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SeanMayTriedToEatMe said:
I was a little disappointed by Doctor Strange. Well acted, intriguing background of how he came to be, reminded me a lot of Batman Begins in good ways. But several jokes fell extremely flat. Awkwardly flat. Like everyone in the theater was thinking, "it has been so good aside from this joke - should I laugh merely out of respect for the rest of the movie?" And the superhero-ness got so crazy by the end that they could've had him doing anything with his powers and it wouldn't have been surprising. This was a common criticism of Thor in the context of the Avengers - he could've easily beaten any villain and was so much stronger than the rest of them. There's obviously a lot of suspension of disbelief required in any Marvel movie, and Doctor Strange pushes this to the point where it's kind of boring.
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I was just coming to post the exact same thing.

I said to my friends after we left the theater, "So he just has unlimited power?" His power made Palpatine and Dumbledore both look like children.
 
Oh cool. Moonlight still not in the fucking Durham theater it's supposed to come to. It's in Philly but I don't have the money to stop through Philly on my way back to Wilkes Barre. It will never be in Wilkes Barre.

How many times do I have to say this: if you're an indy film release your shit streaming at the same time as your theatrical release. I will pay $10 and you will make way more money in the long run.

Arrival better come to my theater or I will murder someone.
 
Arrival was fantastic. I love Villaneuve's direction. He's never flashy, but not boring either. He managed to make a movie that is essentially about language suspenseful . And I liked that it wasn't an alien movie where everything is about explosions, war, and hostility. It played out much more subtly, and I think closer to how it would actually happen.

There were a couple of cheesy moments, and a moment of narration in the middle that I thought could have been done better. Also, I wonder about the ending. It was mind-blowing, but I might have preferred something less "clever."

Maybe I am just a little tired of time paradox movies. I will say that it made far more sense than most other films in the genre.
 
And one more casting note for the Han Solo movie:

 
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Anybody up for a TDF meet and greet at the movie theater for "Office Christmas Party"?
 
Haha Fantastic Beats was good. Looking forward to what they do with it.

Following your line of thinking though Farmer, I have been watching Vikings on Amazon. I so wish that was a showtime or HBO show as opposed to History Channel. So many opportunities for nakedness.
 
I am sure the internet will supply you with Viking raping and pillaging porn, if that's your thing.
 
I enjoyed Blood Father, a recent Mel Gibson action movie that flew under the radar. A lot of basic plot elements don't make any sense, but the setting, characters, and cinematography were interesting. And Gibson is compelling as an actor and cultural figure, as much as I don't want him to be.

Between this and Hacksaw Ridge -- which is getting universally praised -- he may be having something of a renaissance.
 
BTW, any theories on why Amazon ratings are so much less accurate to the quality of a movie than IMDB's?

IMDB isn't the gospel, because it's still based on general audience's scores, and people are dumb. But why is the general Amazon reviewer so much stupider? Is it because going to IMDB indicates a level of interest in movies, while watching something on Amazon just indicates that you watched a movie once? That doesn't seem like enough to explain the difference.
 
rome8180 said:
BTW, any theories on why Amazon ratings are so much less accurate to the quality of a movie than IMDB's?

IMDB isn't the gospel, because it's still based on general audience's scores, and people are dumb. But why is the general Amazon reviewer so much stupider? Is it because going to IMDB indicates a level of interest in movies, while watching something on Amazon just indicates that you watched a movie once? That doesn't seem like enough to explain the difference.
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My theory is, there are lots of stay-at-home moms/dads rating videos on Amazon. Shows aimed at pre-schoolers and chick flicks almost always get high marks there.
I like Amazon a lot for TV (how much longer will we call shows that originate online "TV", I wonder?) but their movie selection always leaves a bit to be desired. But then, I may watch a dozen movies a year, and probably 50 different TV series (maybe more, I'm afraid to do the math).
 
Is there a writer who has a better string of adaptations made of his books than John le Carre? The Constant Gardner, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, A Most Wanted Man, The Night Manager, and Our Kind of Traitor (which I just watched) are all good to great. Haven't seen The Tailor of Panama or The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, but I assume they are both good too.
 
Just watched Dear Zachary and was not prepared for what a sad and terrible story that was. I feel sick
 
I keep putting that one off even though I know it will be amazing. Not ready for the trauma.
 
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