For real! The original was great.
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Leave the World Behind
7/10
A ok apocalypse film. The acting is what saves it, otherwise itâs not too interesting. It was aiming for a more cerebral film as opposed to an action firm but doesnât quite have that
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I was chatting with some scientists today about AI superintelligence and potentially creating biological superintelligence by genetically engineering an elephant or whale to have a more human brain, and their extremely large brains, if rewired properly, could have godlike intelligence.
But someone pointed out that a lot of that brain size is to control the many more muscles in their super large bodies. And i thought of the guild navigators in david lynchâs dune. But nobody had seen david lynchâs dune. I tried describing a giant fetus floating in a massive liquid-filled tank with no physical or even self life-support capabilities. Kinda killed the vibe. Probably why villeneuve didnât show them in the remake.
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This is about where we landed after watching it last night. Some pretty great Barbarian-esque vibes in the first third, but the last third has some pretty heavy handed âWe all have to come together as Americansâ preaching that took me out of what was otherwise a perfectly enjoyable, well acted movie.
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Not far off from your take. I thought it was utter nonsense, but that the leads were a good enough hang that it was pretty watchable. Mahershala Ali is irresistible in everything. I give it a 6/10.
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This was the best horror film of the year, but why a remake?
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Yeah, its all in English, right? Doesnât make sense to me.
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Idk. I am interested to see what Blumhouse does with it. Iâm not sure what that would be though besides making it a little more palatable.
Now Iâm with you. I donât see what they can do with this that wonât feel redundant. Maybe surprise everyone and film it in French or something.
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Had to go look up how someone can be an uncredited director. Apparently the rules are that you can only have one credited director so if you have more than one they get a producer credit
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Curious. I had to look up what happened. Karl Urban says he took direction from Garland instead of the named director, and he considers Dredd to be Garlandâs directorial debut over Ex Machina.
Just watched Speak No Evil because of the post yesterday and I remember talk about it on here in the past. The concept was interesting and I loved how it was filmed but watching the stupid fucking family (especially Bjorn) was so frustrating it kind of ruined the movie for me, I didnât even feel bad for them.
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Iâve just done a Monsterverse catch-up and have enjoyed.
Godzilla Minus One is fucking art. Pulled the heart strings hard. The end of war and post-war themes ring true. The friendship/family/love elements are just right.
Youâre so right. Especially at the end. It was just so hard to believe someone would literally do nothing.
Barbie has the best Godfather joke since Youâve Got Mail.
It was an excellent movie, especially considering the title and how bad the previous version would have been, but not sure if Iâll ever see it again.
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I fear that you didnât process the Youâve Got Mail sequence as Meg Ryanâs character coming off terribly for not knowing a basic Godfather reference.
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Well thatâs true, but Iâm biased. I didnât get the reference either. The references I do get now are 100% because of the explanations from Tom Hanks. I donât think Iâve seen any of the Godfather movies from start to finish.
Oh God, itâs getting worse. We really are in that Family Guy scene now.
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Long ago someone gave me a boxed set of the original Godfather trilogy. I always looked back on that as proof they didnât know me very well, but now I think I missed their kind suggestion to educate myself.