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Post by Kamera on Dec 25, 2020 13:55:23 GMT -6
I went with a Christmas Murder Mystery Comedy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 14:12:50 GMT -6
I went with It's a Wonderful Life.
Remember that time George Bailey Tony LaRussa'd his car into a tree? Good times.
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Post by rango420 on Dec 25, 2020 14:40:44 GMT -6
The two best Christmas movies are Gremlins and Eyes Wide Shut
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Post by ultravisitor on Dec 25, 2020 20:35:30 GMT -6
I thought WW84 was better than WW, but that's still damning it with faint praise because I hated the first one. I liked the parts with Kristen Wiig the most.
Now I gotta watch Soul.
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Post by Timbo on Dec 25, 2020 20:52:29 GMT -6
Interesting. I'm about 15 minutes into WW1984 and considering turning it off bc of how cartoonish it is. I dug the first one tho and this is a pretty sizable shift in style.
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Post by ultravisitor on Dec 25, 2020 21:35:39 GMT -6
The style definitely bothered me.
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Post by cosmo on Dec 25, 2020 21:57:40 GMT -6
Interesting. I'm about 15 minutes into WW1984 and considering turning it off bc of how cartoonish it is. I dug the first one tho and this is a pretty sizable shift in style. I (somehow) made it all the way through, but I thought the same thing. I don't follow the DC timeline, but where was Superman when the missiles were being launched? Was Superman dead in 1984? Or, did Lex Luther wish him out of existence? Also, was the main 'bad guy' supposed to be donald-trumpesque?
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Post by mookie on Dec 25, 2020 21:58:11 GMT -6
Yeah, WW84 wasn’t the worst thing I’ve seen, but I’m very glad I did not see that in a theater.
And Happiest Season was a waste of a very good cast. Every scene with Dan Levy and Aubrey were great, but yikes, zero chemistry with the two leads
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Post by Timbo on Dec 25, 2020 22:55:52 GMT -6
That was shit awful on so many levels.
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Post by munkivelli on Dec 25, 2020 22:58:30 GMT -6
I was entertained throughout, but there was a lot of things in WW84 that make you go hmm.
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Post by alady on Dec 25, 2020 23:05:22 GMT -6
I want a movie that's just all Amazon women on their Amazon island. Why won't they make that movie?
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Post by ultravisitor on Dec 25, 2020 23:20:11 GMT -6
And WW84 was way too long. That did not merit 2 1/2 hours.
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Post by munkivelli on Dec 25, 2020 23:45:06 GMT -6
And WW84 was way too long. That did not merit 2 1/2 hours. I thought about that, but contrary to some other superhero films of that length with greater clout, I was never bored while watching it.
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Post by Kamera on Dec 25, 2020 23:53:40 GMT -6
After reading the comments here, I opted to watch Soul before WW1984. That Trent Reznor+Atticus Ross score really does wonders.
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Post by munkivelli on Dec 26, 2020 0:00:20 GMT -6
After reading the comments here, I opted to watch Soul before WW1984. That Trent Reznor+Atticus Ross score really does wonders. Of course you did, as our resident Disney plant But I will concur that it was the better of the two new films I watched today.
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Post by krentist on Dec 26, 2020 0:11:29 GMT -6
Interesting. I'm about 15 minutes into WW1984 and considering turning it off bc of how cartoonish it is. I dug the first one tho and this is a pretty sizable shift in style. I (somehow) made it all the way through, but I thought the same thing. I don't follow the DC timeline, but where was Superman when the missiles were being launched? Was Superman dead in 1984? Or, did Lex Luther wish him out of existence? Also, was the main 'bad guy' supposed to be donald-trumpesque? you'll enjoy it more if you don't put more thought into it than the writers did.
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Post by sleeping on Dec 26, 2020 8:14:30 GMT -6
I want a movie that's just all Amazon women on their Amazon island. Why won't they make that movie? You should just watch Amazon Women on the Moon instead.
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Post by sleeping on Dec 26, 2020 8:16:21 GMT -6
Sorry all, WW84 has been irreparably ruined by its inattention to historical accuracy:
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Post by cosmo on Dec 26, 2020 8:20:47 GMT -6
They also credited the "Cars" video to Gary Newman.
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Post by Tweet on Dec 26, 2020 10:10:01 GMT -6
Guys I could’ve told you the WW1984 was bad because almost all super hero movies are bad.
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Post by ultravisitor on Dec 26, 2020 11:14:20 GMT -6
Guys I could’ve told you the WW1984 was bad because almost all super hero movies are bad. I was willing to give it a chance since the trailer was good and I do like a very few superhero movies (I am one of the people who fell asleep during Endgame), but I think I'm done giving WW a chance. Maybe with a different director.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2020 11:52:39 GMT -6
Guys I could’ve told you the WW1984 was bad because almost all super hero movies are bad. if this is the level of edgelord we've hit in 2020, I'm definitely deactivating my account before the new year
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Post by rango420 on Dec 26, 2020 11:53:46 GMT -6
Aquaman rips
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Post by nanatod on Dec 26, 2020 11:57:47 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Dec 26, 2020 11:58:30 GMT -6
Guys I could’ve told you the WW1984 was bad because almost all super hero movies are bad. if this is the level of edgelord we've hit in 2020, I'm definitely deactivating my account before the new year I leave the edgelording to the professionals around here. Superhero movies exist as circuses for the masses so that films that actually say something about society can exist. It’s too bad that movie theatres will not exist anymore in 3 months though so we’re gonna need more of these movies to bring them to bring them back
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Post by neader on Dec 26, 2020 12:03:00 GMT -6
if this is the level of edgelord we've hit in 2020, I'm definitely deactivating my account before the new year I leave the edgelording to the professionals around here. Superhero movies exist as circuses for the masses so that films that actually say something about society can exist. It’s too bad that movie theatres will not exist anymore in 3 months though so we’re gonna need more of these movies to bring them to bring them back what in the world
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2020 12:04:14 GMT -6
yeah I'm just walking away from this thread lol
i haven't seen ww84 yet but pretending that superhero movies are inherently invalid as art or means of a message because they make a lot of money is a take i don't have the energy for this year. hmu after nye.
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Post by ultravisitor on Dec 26, 2020 12:13:58 GMT -6
I don't think superhero movies are inherently invalid as art. I'm just not entertained by them often enough to spend much time on them anymore.
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Post by thebosma on Dec 26, 2020 12:15:34 GMT -6
My favorite part of Black Panther (a movie I actually enjoyed) is when they go to a CIA black site and nobody acknowledges it as a thing that might be bad, in a movie that has a shitload of US military consultants on hand so that America is represented appropriately. There are some good superhero movies but so many of them are not so subversively propaganda for the US military lol.
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Post by andrewvb on Dec 26, 2020 12:38:04 GMT -6
Superhero movies exist as circuses for the masses so that films that actually say something about society can exist.
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