Midnight Special was pretty good. Usually when I see movies like this the end is open ended and underwhelming. The payoff at the end was at least satisfying here. Eye in the Sky was alright. Meh, the moral dilemma concerning drones strikes and collateral damage. As great as the late Alan Rickman was he was miscast here. Helen Mirren and Aaron Paul were good. That Somali dude from Captain Phillips was good too. Standing Tall - French film with Catherine Deneuve playing a juvenile court judge trying to reign in a troubled kid. It was OK. The kid just kept fucking his own shit up over and over again.
Fury Road was overhyped. I bought it in 3d and it looks and sounds amazing. Knowing there is just the most basic story the second time kept my mind from wandering. I just enjoyed it that way.
I agree, there was very little story but the non stop action kept me entertained and made me want to watch it again....which is extremely rare. If I want to think, I'll read a book. The only reason I'm willing to devote two hours of my life for a film is to be entertained. Nothing more or less. This movie delivered in that respect. Speaking of which.....the guy in the red suit on the front of the bad guy's war wagon playing power riffs was absolutely classic. Cracked me up throughout the flick. A great addition to the "story".......
I'd just heard how great this was and how shitty Terminator was around the same time. Expectations sometimes alter my perception of movies. Loved Terminator and thought Fury Road was just ok. Haven't rewatched Terminator since to see how it holds up.
I feel like a lot of the experience of "The Revenant" was seeing it on the big screen, the cinematography is amazing. I'd have to think really hard to come up with a movie that comes close to the Revenant in terms of really giving you a good idea just how vast and open the filming location is. I started to wonder why it was so astonishing to me seeing those wide angle shots. I've been hiking in nature, I've been in an airplane - I understand the Earth is large... I think it has something to do with the fact that since we only see what is on screen in a movie, we view them as small scale in our minds. For instance when you are out in the forest or go to the Grand Canyon (anywhere that gives you a very drastic change in perception of size. IE: "Wow usually things like my car are just at eye level, but I have to look all the way up to see these trees!") you process your surroundings using your perception of size. But when we watch movies we don't usually consider the size of the room when we process what it is we are experiencing. Everything felt so open, even in the scenes that were shot on ground level. Then of course there were the panoramic shots from the sky which brought to us the jaw dropping open wilderness which seemed to stretch endlessly like the ocean. The story was good too, but ultimately I think the biggest selling point has to be the visual.
I saw it in theaters but I bought the blu-ray today and I'm really looking forward to watching it again.
I know a lot of people thought it was boring, even in theaters, but I really don't see myself being bored by it even though I've seen it before. I'll let you know!
I felt like I was at the movies but was free to look at my wife and say "holy shit" whenever I felt like it. The movie was crystal clear on bluray and I was reading that it is the best UHD release yet.
It was beautiful to watch but Leo deserved his awards. The story was enough to explain why things were happening, it would have been good with no dialogue.
Prescription Thugs. From the director of 'Bigger, Stronger, Faster' - it's almost like a sequel. 'Tis on Netflix.
I don't have a UHD setup yet but this website lists which movies are "real 4k" meaning they were actually shot in that resolution.
I didn't check the link but I read something about Revenant being shot in 8k. I'm just planning to wait 3-4 years until projectors that run it are cheaper.
I watched Captain America: Civil War on Thursday night and it was an awesome movie. Great story, spectacular action, good humor. It was a very fun movie, especially the fight scene at the airport/runway, which was EPIC!!!
Green Room was good. A broke punk band gets a gig at a Neo Nazi owned venue and shit get's crazy. Violent and Gory. Patrick Stewart plays a Neo Nazi leader. Sing Street was good too. It's set in the 80's. It's about an teenage boy in Dublin who starts a band to win over an girl, after arriving at a new school.
Definitely very fun. I should really know by now not to expect any kind of above average or unique directing or cinematography choices from Marvel movies but it still disappoints me somehow. It was essentially a 2 and a half hour TV show episode with a higher budget and better acting. The script/story was good enough to carry it though, I'd give it an 8 out of 10.
