TBT-TheBigToe
Gemcutter
- 9,674
- 27,677
Atrocious acting, dialogue, and delivery but still manages to be a good time. One of my favourites from when I was a teen. 7.5/10 if you like martial arts shlock, no point in watching if you don't.
Rate Movies You've Recently Watched.
- Thread starter Xeldar
- Start date
Atrocious acting, dialogue, and delivery but still manages to be a good time. One of my favourites from when I was a teen. 7.5/10 if you like martial arts shlock, no point in watching if you don't.
Oblio
Utah
- 11,280
- 24,086
Both are on my list to watch with my kids. You have great taste Sir!
- 2
- 2,716
- 2,996
Thats what i've been doing a lot of too. I guess at my (our) age, it feels good to watch movies from 80s/90s, I find myself scanning the scenes for old brands, furniture styles, etc. Also there are tons of good movies from then that i've never seen, just the other night I watched Edward Scissor Hands for the first time ever.
I've been doing the same with video games. I've succumbed to full on nostalgia living, and I don't care.
- 4
Big Phoenix
Pronouns: zie/zhem/zer
- 44,621
- 93,171
Id say less nostalgia and more its that movies pre 80s are almost entirely devoid of anything resembling SJW retardation.
Men wherent bumbling retards struggling with not shitting themselves
Women could be provocative and men could like them for being provocative
No diversity hires
Actual blood and gore
etc.
Once you get into the 90s that stuff starts creeping in and by the end of the 2000s everything is thoroughly infested. Sure lots of 80s movies end up looking dated/archiac or being cheesy with the performances(especially fight scenes or anything physical compared to today, probably the one area movies have improved in) but not being pozd with sjw retardation elevates them so much regardless.
- 3
lurker
Vyemm Raider
- 1,360
- 2,789
True Grit 10/10
I like westerns and this is a good 'un. Well acted, well written, well directed and photographed. Not overly dark, it has some lighter moments . I believe I will commence speaking as they did back then and will use no contractions in my speech
I like westerns and this is a good 'un. Well acted, well written, well directed and photographed. Not overly dark, it has some lighter moments . I believe I will commence speaking as they did back then and will use no contractions in my speech
- 3
Sanrith Descartes
Veteran of a thousand threadban wars
- 41,467
- 107,522
Its great. One of the few remakes that is actually near/as good as the original.
- 1
- 2,716
- 2,996
Before I forget.. I watched a movie called "The Woman" (2011) last night.
Stick with it, it may seem cheesy for the first 15 mins but you need to trust me. Also, the soundtrack was just phenomenal and I'm not the kind that usually keys in on that.
2nd, to try to fall asleep I started a 2nd movie last night, "The Howling 2: your sister is a werewolf"!!! I had heard this was a kinda "lost" movie and hard to find, anyways its streaming on .... shit I forgot, but one of my traditional services like HBO or Prime. I only got half way through before falling asleep but I was enjoying it and will finish tonight. Has Christopher Lee in it and WILD ass 80's style scenes. Was so bad it was good.
Stick with it, it may seem cheesy for the first 15 mins but you need to trust me. Also, the soundtrack was just phenomenal and I'm not the kind that usually keys in on that.
2nd, to try to fall asleep I started a 2nd movie last night, "The Howling 2: your sister is a werewolf"!!! I had heard this was a kinda "lost" movie and hard to find, anyways its streaming on .... shit I forgot, but one of my traditional services like HBO or Prime. I only got half way through before falling asleep but I was enjoying it and will finish tonight. Has Christopher Lee in it and WILD ass 80's style scenes. Was so bad it was good.
- 1
Sanrith Descartes
Veteran of a thousand threadban wars
- 41,467
- 107,522
Ender's Game. 8/10
Caught this as a rewatch today. Holds up pretty well. CGI really well done.
Caught this as a rewatch today. Holds up pretty well. CGI really well done.
- 5,967
- 30,698
You were never really here. 6/10
A guy with severe early childhood trauma works to save children from being trafficked. This summary makes it sound better than it is, it takes serious suspension of disbelief. For instance, the main guy kills almost everyone with a hammer. He just walks up and bashes until dead. This includes playground guards and cops that are actually trying to kill him. It has a little Leon the professional vibe with him and the kid he's saving but without any of the charm.
This was probably a really good story but it's ruined by bad directorial choices, terrible editing and weird sound/music choices. Fantastic acting almost saves it.
A guy with severe early childhood trauma works to save children from being trafficked. This summary makes it sound better than it is, it takes serious suspension of disbelief. For instance, the main guy kills almost everyone with a hammer. He just walks up and bashes until dead. This includes playground guards and cops that are actually trying to kill him. It has a little Leon the professional vibe with him and the kid he's saving but without any of the charm.
This was probably a really good story but it's ruined by bad directorial choices, terrible editing and weird sound/music choices. Fantastic acting almost saves it.
Arbitrary
Tranny Chaser
- 27,119
- 71,807
Just watched Old by M. Night Shyamalan, the one where people are on a beach that ages them a year for every half hour they are there. I had the Rifftrax commentary for it (the MST3K guys) and gave it a go.
I don't dislike the story it was telling or the characters or anything. Those were fine but the cinematography was awful. Awful awful awful. You know that horror trope where the camera isn't showing you something during a scene to build tension? Oh no, the character doesn't know X and as the scene drags out the eventual reveal is all the more impactful as both the character and the audience finally have their revelation? This whole fucking movie is shot like that. The camera is all up on just fucking everything all the goddamn time. On the big screen I think it would have given me a migraine.
I don't dislike the story it was telling or the characters or anything. Those were fine but the cinematography was awful. Awful awful awful. You know that horror trope where the camera isn't showing you something during a scene to build tension? Oh no, the character doesn't know X and as the scene drags out the eventual reveal is all the more impactful as both the character and the audience finally have their revelation? This whole fucking movie is shot like that. The camera is all up on just fucking everything all the goddamn time. On the big screen I think it would have given me a migraine.
Sanrith Descartes
Veteran of a thousand threadban wars
- 41,467
- 107,522
Watched Shanghai on HBO last night. Ken Watanabe and Chow Yun-Fat make it hard to not like. It was good. John Cusack just wasnt the right guy for the lead. Honestly, this reminded me of a 1950's film noir piece that would have starred Humphrey Bogart. It would have been better as a Bogart film. 6.5/10 and could have been an 8/10 with the right lead actor. A Robert Mitchum or James Cahn type is what it was lacking.
Homsar
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
- 8,652
- 7,482
I kinda fell asleep since it was late, liked how it was straight forward and didn't have some twist. Did they ever mention the backstory of the badass killing black guy? Kind of why I kept trying to stay up.
If you like 80/90s action movies it's worth a watch. Butler needs to do a sequel to Den of Thieves
- 2
Sanrith Descartes
Veteran of a thousand threadban wars
- 41,467
- 107,522