Movies (and occasionally face slaps) (Part 1)

Ballpark how much? It at least sounds baller.

It was $200 for a weekday matinee. Could have brought up to 20 people. Looked into holiday weekend showtimes, but those were closer to $330 for a new release.

Nice. We did some kid bday parties back in the day. (ST first contact. Awesome)

Well that’s depressing, was pretty hype for this :neutral_face:

Looks like other reviews aren’t as harsh, 82% rotten :tomato: s

In Manhattan?

Yeah. The theater didn’t seem busy at all. They were actually checking for proof of vaccination for customers.

Suicide Squad (2021)

It’s good! As had been said, it’s basically the DC, R-rated version of Guardians of the Galaxy, which is great because GOTG is fantastic. A little slow in the middle, but overall a fun ride.

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Taking of Pelham 123 now on the Criterion Channel, absolute must-watch, what a classic.

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Really bro?

I vaguely remember the remake as being okay, although I don’t remember anything at all about it.

Co-sign the remake being fine. Also, pretty sure it was RiskyFlush who alerted me to that there’s a version with Vincent D’Onofrio from the 90s, but I haven’t watched that one yet.

So watched Evil Dead (2013) this past week. Original Evil Dead was already bloody but it had a camp element. Evil Dead (2013) got rid of the camp and ramped up the gore to the max. So, so, much gore. Might be the goriest movie I’ve seen since brother tricked me into watching The Fist of The North Star (hey want to watch a cartoon I rented). But I hate that level of gore.

Also recently watched Hari-Kari for the first time. An absolutely brilliant Japanese samurai film.

I don’t know if there is anyone out there that has Criterion Channel but hasn’t watched it, but if so it gets my full recommendation

https://twitter.com/histoftech/status/1434197529214783491

Yeah, A+ samurai flick.

Heist movies are maybe my favorite genre, so it’s wild I’d never seen Michael Mann’s Thief before. Must-watch if you liked Heat.

MST3k veterans Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu did a riffing of Ed Wood’s Glen or Glenda? that I watched the other day. As incompetently made as this movie is, there’s something touching about the sincerity of it. This was quite possibly the first movie ever made with an openly pro-transgender message.

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Watched no sudden move last night, don’t think it’s been posted itt before. Really awesome and worth a watch. Big The Departed vibes with a huge all star cast and double and triple crosses

Watching Pelham 123 right now, it’s even better than I remembered. All the characters are the most stereotypical New Yorkers ever. AY BUDDY WHY DON’T YA GO GRAB A GODDAMN AEROPLANEPLANE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE

Caught some of Django Unchained last night and was reminded how great it is.

Off-brand Batman knockoff movies look so much better than actual legit Batman movies:

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Hyped

https://thechoiceisyours.whatisthematrix.com/en/

Have you seen the Matrix 2+3?