Last Film(s) You Saw

[WeaponTheory]

Let me rephrase and go into further detail, now that I got clear head.

(04-20-2016, 08:43 AM)Ghenry Wrote: ^What you're describing as it being a "PC/SJW" movie is just plot-armor. That's typical for action movies, including the previous Star Wars films. You think they wrote the movie like that because they were being portrayed by minorities? No, they wrote the movie like that because it's fucking Star Wars.

lmao are you really that peeved that the protags aren't white dudes? Chill out, man.

It's clearly evident that the film's choice of roles/gender/ethnicity is influenced by certain demographic(s) and their issues in today's society. This is not the first time J.J tried to push something like this, in which his vision ended up failing. Really this isn't the first time a Star Wars film was influenced by a real life issue. So to merely say that this is just a coincidence, is bullshit. This is a film catering to a certain demographic that goes in a uproar every time they feel like they're being left out in all the cool medias. Guess which one? All this film was missing is a LBGT character. I'm sure people were mocking "The Force Awakens" when they said they want an Asian lead protagonist in future films, but I can't help to believe this had open some gates, and now look at the casting for "Rogue One". Sorry chief, but it is a PC/SJW/Feminist whatever-the-fuck people are calling it these days propaganda film. Pick one. And it worked, well, at least in terms of diversity casting for future Star Wars films.

I'm not mad that the lead protagonist is a woman, but disappointed how it's so heavily focused about the sole existence of a lead female character that they handled it poorly. She already has female class only plot-armor which means nothing severe is ever going to happen to her. They made her a Mary Sue, the worst kind of female protagonist. And to top it all off, her character development is lacking. And are we seriously supposed to accept that she acquired Jedi powers just because Jew Vader said some shit that TRIGGERED her?
She's perfect AND Jedi Training not required!? "How's that Star Wars female demographic chart lookin' b0ss?".
I don't mind a strong "I don't need no man" female lead character (if it's done right), but they couldn't put the effort of making the character work for it.
At this point, what can Luke Skywalker teach her that she can't master on her own within 30 seconds?
If they want to make a character this OP, then they could have saved face at the end by revealing the character to be some kind of Jedi sleeper agent slowly waking up but no, too busy adding that "A New Hope" v.2 plot in.

I feel like the story/writing suffered because of this. Come on, three writers and this is the best they can do? Borrow previous film plots as safety nets while a character conveniently inputs God mode? Great.
Deathstar V.2 gets destroyed the same fashion as vanilla and immediately R2-D2 awakens from it's sleep mode to reveal "you can end the movie now" map? How convenient.
Let's take it back a bit. Shields go down, chaos happens, no one bothers to turn that bitch back on? I watched the attack scene over and over and I can't grasp anything that remotely says "They destroyed our way of putting the Shield thingy back on, I guess we're fucked.". I know deep down in my heart that I missed something there, because there's no way...
Really? Kylo Ren didn't use his Force abilities at all during his lightsaber fights? I mean, would had been a great time to use it when Rey's bullshit Deus Ex Machina kicked in.
During said lightsaber battles. Finn catches a lightsaber to the shoulder and gets K.O. with a slash to the back (i c wut u did thar).
Kylo Ren gets hit three times by Rey's lightsaber plus a kick.
Rey? Untouched during her lightsaber battle.

In the past Episode films, when the noobs encountered their first lightsaber boss battle, they got rekt. Ren? Level II female plot-armor, only with the Mary Sue DLC.
Totally not a propaganda film of any sort. Not. At. All.

Kylo Ren....trained by Luke Skywalker? OmG.
Killed Luke Skywalker's students? THE MAD MAN!
Up and coming Sith Lord? Ooooo snap!
Only to see him overall act like a whiny brat. And having him remove his helmet was a mistake because I stopped taking the character serious after seeing homeboy's face. They could've at least gave my man some make-up, jeeze. Oh well, at least he has a battle scar now.

I don't mind original casting diversity but everyone knows that adding a token black guy sidekick is tryhard-tier. But at least the actor, the character and his story totally makes up for it. Finn, to me, is the only solid story to come out of this, subliminal "race traitor" message and all. I just would had like to see him go through a few more terrifying battle experiences before eventually calling it quits.

One last thing to add. You know J.J. had a huge boner building up that whole Hitler speech scene, just for them to all meet their demise.

[Ghenry]

Okay, I finally read all that.

Bad writing is bad writing, dude. I was just concerned about you having a problem with diversity. That it was poorly written BECAUSE of the actors and actresses, or so I thought you were implying. But that isn't the case, so no harm no foul.

Also, I feel like whenever it's more than 2 writers on one project, it's going to turn out terrible. That's just something that happens often.

Unfriended

You know, I have to admit. I was at least a teeny tiny bit interested in this movie when it was first announced. Because I don't THINK this has been done before. Could be wrong.

But it was horrible. One of the worst movies I've seen in a while. Garbage story, horribly acted, and anyone that's used Facebook and/or Skype for more than an hour can see the thousands of faults with how they shot this movie.

I think I also realized there's nothing less scary than "a digital ghost."

This is probably the franchise that will replace Paranormal Activity. Can't wait for an entire franchise of this mess.

[WeaponTheory]

(05-17-2016, 11:41 AM)Ghenry Wrote: Unfriended

You know, I have to admit. I was at least a teeny tiny bit interested in this movie when it was first announced. Because I don't THINK this has been done before. Could be wrong.

But it was horrible. One of the worst movies I've seen in a while. Garbage story, horribly acted, and anyone that's used Facebook and/or Skype for more than an hour can see the thousands of faults with how they shot this movie.

I think I also realized there's nothing less scary than "a digital ghost."

This is probably the franchise that will replace Paranormal Activity. Can't wait for an entire franchise of this mess.

I also was highly interested in the movie because I thought it was a neat concept because it "hits close to home" (or something along the lines of that idiom, I dunno). I love the thought of things like that, something that makes you think twice on your daily activities, y'know?
But yeah, because it was a digital ghost, it just kills the whole vibe for me because the deaths were like quick glimpses or some shit,but I was still glued, as my friend sits next to me talking shit. We usually clown movies together, but I was hooked, and I can see the look on his face like "W-why you're not jumping in on this?". I even shushed him once.
Facebook, everyone uses/used Facebook, so you can kind of understand what's going on in the film. I never Skyped though but I get the gist of it.
Again, I only liked the concept of it, but eh.

Yeah, I also thought that this was going to be a thing too, but I am not aware of anything else that came after this. Now that you mention it, I do remember a film that released before this.
It's called "Smiley". I haven't seen it, but seems to be the same concept, except no digital ghost and different social media. If I can remember, I will watch it next time I'm chilling at my friend's.

[Ghenry]

Soylent Green
Seen it before, but got the blu ray for $7. Still a motherfucking MASTAPEECE. It's a shame that the twist of the movie became a major meme for a couple decades, but that joke isn't tossed around anymore and has become more obscure. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, watch the movie! It's good stuff.

Heavy Metal
People have recommended it to me from time to time. It's a collaboration of shorts made possible by the artist of the magazine of the same name. The story isn't great, but the movie as a whole has really good rotor-scope animation (especially for 1981), tons of violence, blood, action, and TITS. Lots and lots of TITS! So yeah, a fun movie overall.

Chappie
From the same people behind District 9. This isn't nearly as genius as said movie, but still tugged plenty of heart strings for me. I even stomached Dev Patel, he acted really well throughout the movie. I also like how the robots look like probotectors. The ending also wasn't entirely predictable, especially with how they drew it out. A lot of people didn't seem to like this movie, but fuck them! I recommend it.

[WeaponTheory]

If you were impressed by the drawing style and animation of Heavy Metal, just skip Heavy Metal 2000. Jesus Christ.

Also...

Your Movie Sucks: Unfriended Parts 1,2,3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qEGnktvfCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF_Ko8ljCgY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0wWtHFpSR8

Part of me thinks you've already seen these though.

[CNS]

Deadpool. Heard good things about it. Finally picked up the home video release. All in all, it's not bad. The humor is a bit on the nose at times and feels forced. I get the feeling this is the kind of movie you get your friends together to watch. I can easily see it as being better while watching with a crew.

[Ghenry]

Suicide Squid

It wasn't terrible, it was okay . . . but it's just one of those things where it was so "okay" that it barely justifies its existence. And I think Harley's antics and personality that is being presented in live action for the first time shows just how shallow of a character she truly is. Something I've been saying for years now.

Deadshot's daughter also made me cringe so hard. Her acting was god awful, and the direction they took that fight between him and Batman was so laughable.

I'll admit I didn't read a lot of the newer comic run (couldn't keep my interest), but does the plot ever turn into Ghostbusters? Because that's what it basically became.

Two points of controversy I might as well state
-BvS was better
-Joker was fine

EDIT: This movie becomes worse the more I think about it.

[WeaponTheory]

Conjuring 2

I had no plans to watch it but I was forced.

Besides me and my friends making nonstop jokes about it, it was actually not that bad. My only gripe is the terrible CGI of the crooked man, there's no excuse for that. With that said, I can't wait for Marylin Manson, the side story movie.

[Ghenry]

Kubo and the Two Strings

Great movie. Awesome story and incredible animation.

Want to support animated movies that are actually good in which the studios don't enslave and underpay their animators? Forget Sausage Party and its shallow themes that make people think the movie is smarter than it actually is, go watch this instead.

Don't Breathe

The first 10 minutes suck dick. But it takes off once they get into the meat of the story, which is the house.

It's a very simple thriller, but shot and directed extremely well. It's easy to follow, but foreshadows particular things that can be easy to miss if you're not paying attention (making it more satisfying when you catch it). I definitely recommend it. With this and 10 Cloverfield Lane, it's nice that we've received two thrillers this year that aren't garbage.

[WeaponTheory]

Mechanic Resurrection

Every once in a blue moon my friend and I joke about Jason Statham movies and how he always need to take his shirt off. So we came up with an idea for a movie. It's called "The Banana".

Starring Jason Statham as himself. After working out and grabbing a banana smoothie from the gym's bar. He finds out that his favorite shirt has been stolen from his locker.

Jason goes back to the bar and questions the whereabouts of the guy who usually works at the bar. *intense music*
"He's sick"

Jason looks around his surroundings to find people starring at him, then back at the guy at the bar whose slowly reaching for something.

"Oh, that's funneh. Becos he's my friend. And we were supposed to go Golfing today. And he didn't onser his fone wen i cawed him just now"

Then this happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXupv8iC7Og

Unfortunately I can't find a better clip that shows five minutes before that video starts, because that's what happen in that movie. Thugs starring at him from afar, and Jason's character looks around to see that he's about to get fucked over in public.

I'm glad I told my friend this shit before we watched this film a week later, because this is straight up identical to my vision.

Nothing much to say how I feel about the film itself, it's a shitty action film plot that even my friend and my stupid ass can write up.
And because I can't stand action movies where the hero gives a shit about some damsel in distress (HE JUST MET), it's an auto fail movie for me.