Let's Talk Movies #35 – Sparrows and Panthers and Dinosaurs…Oh My!

Which Movies Might You See? (Multiple Votes Allowed)

  • Feb. 16th - Black Panther – Action adventure with Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyo

    Votes: 32 60.4%

  • March 2nd - Red Sparrow – Mystery thriller with Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton and Mary-Louise Pa

    Votes: 15 28.3%

  • March 9th - A Wrinkle In Time – Adventure fantasy with Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Oprah Winfr

    Votes: 26 49.1%

  • March 16th - Tomb Raider – Action adventure with Alicia Vikander, Walton Goggins and Kristin Scott T

    Votes: 10 18.9%

  • March 30th – Ready Player One – Sci-fi adventure with Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke and Simon Pegg

    Votes: 10 18.9%

  • May 4th - Avengers: Infinity War – Adventure fantasy with nobody famous

    Votes: 27 50.9%

  • May 18th - Deadpool 2 – Adventure comedy with Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin and T. J. Miller

    Votes: 19 35.8%

  • May 25th - Solo: A Star Wars Story – Adventure fantsy with Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover and Woody

    Votes: 27 50.9%

  • June 8th - Ocean's 8 – Action thriller with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway

    Votes: 24 45.3%

  • June 22nd - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – Action sci-fi with Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and

    Votes: 22 41.5%
  • Total voters
    53
Will Ferrell's movie Everything Must Go is one of those movies categorized as a comedy drama. But it's not funny, really. It's about a man who has screwed up in pretty much every way possible and is locked out of his home by his wife and fired from his job. He ends up living on his front lawn with all the stuff his wife has moved out of their home that belong to him. His credit cards are cut off and he even ends up having his vehicle impounded. So he is basically stranded and forced to sell off his life's belongings in order to buy food and water until the police deem his "yard sale" to have passed the seven-day limit for that kind of sale. Now, Will Ferrell can make anything funny, but that wasn't the goal of the writer and director. They wanted something more thoughtful, so we basically have a drama which is light in tone but also light in laughs. I suppose movies like this are supposed to have a message as they didn't go for a flat-out belly laugh comedy movie. I can't guess what message they were going for, though. "When it comes to life, don't be a f***-up?" That's the deepest message I can take from this movie. I'm glad Ferrell has tried to branch out into drama, but he should have picked something deeper and more interesting than this one.

Trailer for Everything Must Go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZC-s2oNLT0
 
I want to see it because of the talk surrounding it but I don't really like horror movies so I'm not sure I could get through it either.
 
I'm not sure I would call Get Out a horror movie. Pscyhological drama/thriller is more apt. I see horror as more like Friday the 13th or Saw. I don't see (Stephen King's) Carrie as a horror movie, even though there's certainly some scary stuff in that! :eek:
 
I still think, based on a clip I saw last night, that I wouldn't be able to watch all the way through though.
 
OK, so while being a very well-done horror/psychodrama/thriller, I don't think "Get out" is an award winning or nominated movie. I would nominate Peele, for sure, and Kaluuya, but not the movie. Intriguing premise at first, but when it turned into more conventional horror, I lost some interest.

So earlier today, I took my mom to see "The Greatest Showman" for her birthday a few days ago. Mom loves Hugh Jackman, so this was her movie of interest; yet, somehow neither of us knew the movie was a musical. Musicals usually irritate the crap outta me, and with this one, I think I couldn't get as invested in the movie and characters due to the random dropping into song. But Jackman was fantastic, as was Michelle Williams, Zac Efron (the first time I'd ever seen him in anything), Zendaya, and the supporting cast. The number "This is me" is one I thought was fantastic, and I'm glad that song was nominated for an Oscar. Overall, it made me smile, and I can't ever complain about that.
 
mrr50 said:
Saw The Darkest Hour. Gary Oldman did a very good Churchill. The movie caught the feel of the era. Movies like this and Dunkirk are good at reminding us about WWII. I was in school in the late 60's and early 70's. The history classes I had skipped both WWII and Korea. In one grade the teacher said we would cover them in high school. In high school the teacher said since we had already covered both wars she wouldn't bother.
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My AP US History teacher in high school started with the late 1800s and went through the Korean War, then back to 1492. He said he wanted to make sure we covered the 20th Century. He was one of my favorite teachers.
Except for one thing - I have older twin brothers and the teacher knew me before I had a class with him from me going to my brothers track meets. He called me Little Murph, to distinguish me from my brothers 'Murph' and 'Murph's Twin'.
So the first day of class when he is doing attendance, and the computer printout only had last name and initials -when he came across my last name - he said 'Hey Little Murph'. We had exams but he gave them back after they were graded.
A few months into the semester - in class when he called on me, he realized he did not know my first name. So many were horrified, I thought it was funny. No one would tell him my name. Next day he knew my name.
 
I saw 'Molly's Game'. Excellent movie. I am a fan of Aaron Sorkin and love his writing. Not bad for his first movie directing. I am a fan of Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba and they did not disappoint. Story was very interesting. Lots of narration by Molly - I could see how some do not like that, but I am ok with it. I don't totally get poker and I like that I got enough info that I was ok with my limited knowledge. Kevin Costner is good as Molly's father in a small but key roll.
As with any 'true' story I end up reading stuff online after seeing the movie. Sounds like overall the movie reflects much of the spirit of what happened. I appreciate that Molly Bloom is a very smart lady and the movie shows that well.
 
Trailers For Movies Released 2018-02-02nd
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuI4-fSHhipTHaVutLG0slPNIfrTkHkZv


Feb. 2nd - Winchester (Wide) – Supernatural drama with Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke

Feb. 2nd - Braven (Limited) – Action drama with Jason Momoa, Garret Dillahunt [The Mindy Project], Stephen Lang and Brendan Fletcher

Feb. 2nd - The Music of Silence (Limited) – Italian biographical drama with Antonio Banderas. From imdb.com: “Born with a serious eye condition that eventually leads to his blindness, Bocelli nevertheless rises above the challenges, driven by great ambitions towards his passion. The silent pursuit of his daily mission continues.”

Feb. 2nd - Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (Limited) - Animated adventure with Ian McShane, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje [Lost] and Michael Gross [Family Ties]

Feb. 2nd - Scorched Earth (Limited) - Sci-Fi action with Gina Carano [American Gladiator]. From imdb.com: “A bounty hunter named Atticus Gage tracks down criminals in a post-apocalyptic Earth.”

Feb. 1st - Driving While Black (Limited) – Comedy with a new cast. From imdb.com: “Dimitri delivers Pizzas for a living - but as a young black man he is faced with "extra" challenges while navigating the city. The film explores the reasons why so many black men have concerns of unfair treatment, especially while driving.”

Feb. 1st - Adrenochrome (Limited) Action fantasy horror with a new cast & Tom Sizemore. From imdb.com: “A young American Veteran gets involved with a gang of Venice Beach psychos who are killing people to extract a psychedelic compound from their victim's adrenal glands.”

Feb. 2nd - The Cage Fighter (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “A blue-collar family man breaks the promise he'd made to never fight again. Now forty years old, with a wife and four children who need him, Joe Carman risks everything to go back into the fighting cage and come to terms with his past.”

Feb. 2nd NOT January 12th - Wastelander ((DVD and Digital Platforms) – Sci-fi adventure, new cast. From imdb.com: “Nothing Can Save Humanity From Itself”

Feb. 2nd - A Fantastic Woman (Limited - New York / Los Angeles) - Drama from Chile, Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. From imdb.com: “Marina, a waitress who moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.”

Feb. 2nd - Before We Vanish (Limited) – Sci-fi from Japan. From imdb.com: “Three aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies.”
 
I watched a documentary about Antarctica tonight (to avoid watching Trump). Very good. Incredible scenes, as expected but what made it even more interesting was the people in it, their stories. I would love to go there someday, but for only a short while. Not for a whole summer or an entire year.
 
smurfy said:
I saw 'Molly's Game'. Excellent movie. I am a fan of Aaron Sorkin and love his writing. Not bad for his first movie directing. I am a fan of Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba and they did not disappoint. Story was very interesting. Lots of narration by Molly - I could see how some do not like that, but I am ok with it. I don't totally get poker and I like that I got enough info that I was ok with my limited knowledge. Kevin Costner is good as Molly's father in a small but key roll.
As with any 'true' story I end up reading stuff online after seeing the movie. Sounds like overall the movie reflects much of the spirit of what happened. I appreciate that Molly Bloom is a very smart lady and the movie shows that well.
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I like Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba. Both were great in Molly's. As a movie I thought it was good but not great. The book may be more interesting. Those narrations by Molly really bothered me. Kind of ruined the movie for me. I actually liked Chastain (speaking of this year's movies) better in 'The zoo keeper's wife'. I expected her to be nominated for Molly's game only because that movie came out at the end of the year.
 
Just finished The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). A nice romantic comedy with what I felt had a slight feminist bent to it (before feminism was a word??). Reminded me about reading one time about how movies were originally created for a female audience as women had the sway of what was seen in the theatres, so movie were made with women in mind. There were moments in this that made me think, "okay, here's the sexism of the day" and then pretty much right away, Gene Tierney pipes up and puts Rex Harrison's character in his place. Tierney was a widow who decides to leave her in-law's home with her daughter and go live by the sea in a strangely very inexpensive house for rent. Turns out the house once belonged to a seaman who passed away...but whose ghost remains. The movie has a great script, penned by Philip Dunne, who was twice nominated for a screenplay Oscar, for 1942's How Green Was My Valley and then 1952's David and Bathsheba. I can't imagine this script not being equal to those. But The Ghost and Mrs. Muir only got one Oscar nomination: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. Which is a shame because other than the script, I think those two leads, as well as the director (Joseph L. Mankiewicz) deserved nominations. Mankiewicz later won writing and directing Oscars for A Letter To Three Wives and then All About Eve, so I guess he got over this snub. :lol:

There are a number of witty lines/moments in this movie, but this is my favourite:

Tierney's character has visited a publisher in the hopes of having a book published as her income has diminished substantially. A Mr. Sproule is in the publisher's reception area, eyeing her over as she tries to ignore his attention. He starts asking her about the subject matter of her book.

Is it a cookbook? I hope not another life of Byron. Or is it a book of dreams?

Tierney's character turns and gives Sproule a cold, silent look.

You're trying to give me a hint. Has it something to do with ice?

:lol:

DannyCurry said:
I watched That Sugar Film tonight and thought it was quite good : educational, fun and effective narrative. However, I did find it a bit depressing because now I'll feel guilty having my daily juice ! For a split second after the movie, I thought "Let's try not eating sugar anymore" but I have no willpower whatsoever.
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Word.
 
Something funny happened today. I returned the Antarctica DVD- put it in the mailbox this morning. After I got home I saw many penguins on my tv screen when I turned it on. I was so confused! It was like - do I still have that disk in the DVD player? Then I saw the name of the channel, and it was the Weather channel. They were doing a story about penguins. For just a moment I had amnesia.
 
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I forgot to mention that The Ghost and Mrs. Muir had a good biography on Rex Harrison. I'm not sure if it was a part of the A & E series, but it was of that quality. Very informative. I ended up adding about four of his movies to my To See list. :D Had no idea his personal life was such a mess. I wonder if he was alive today if he'd be hanging out with Leonardo DiCaprio and just dating up a storm rather than getting married then divorced then married then divorced (add four more of those). Some people aren't made to marry and he was one of them, in a time when "settling down" was an expectation. The hurt the women in is life experienced because of societal pressure. Sucks! :(

I also have been meaning to comment on The Jungle Book discussion. To me, an animated movie is a two-dimensional cartoon format. If CGI is used, I still see the project as a live-action movie if real locations, real items (cars, houses, forests) are used...even if the actors are wearing a coat of CGI. To me, it comes down to whether you think Andy Serkis is an actor, or a stand-in model for the CGI artists. I think the former. I would have been okay with Serkis being nominated for best actor this year for his work as Caesar in War For The Planet of the Apes. If Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Kaluuya or Denzel Washington had not been nominated and Serkis taking any of their places instead...cool beans. So I think The Lion King will be similar to the work of Serkis. The eyes, the facial expressions, the body movements and the voices will be those of the actors cast in their roles. But instead of a cape or a gown or suit, they will be wearing some CGI as their costume.
 
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Andy Serkis should have been Oscar nominated for Gollum and the fact that the Academy and other awards shows haven't figured out what to do with mo-cap actors is ridiculous.
 
I saw Paddington 2 yesterday and it is ridiculously charming. Like a 90 minute hug. The movie is so lovingly made; it has this sweetness about it, gorgeous sets, rich colours. Heartwarming.

Also the cast is so dope. Like, all the British greats. And this is one of Hugh Grant's most amazing roles. I can't find fault in this one folks...
 
I saw 'Get out' today. Went to the morning show, so I won't be scared at night. LOL.

Very well made movie, though not really my type. I can see why Jordan Peele got the director nomination. Good suspense. The violence at the end fit in the story, so it was not the unnecessary violence that I usually complain about. Now I have seen all the best picture nominees. :)
 
Containment is a movie from the UK about a virus that hits an area of buildings where the inhabitants are locked in their homes while...well, nobody knows anything. The power has been cut and they are sealed into their apartments. In order to figure out what's happening, they must resort to breaking through apartment walls to see if their neighbours know anything. I found this to be a bit better than average sci-fi-horror-thriller movie but it still has stock characters, such as the young male who gets angry too quickly and acts without thinking, resulting in problems created for everybody else. It would be nice to see this kind of movie without that character, because we've seen that too many times. There's nobody famous in this one, but Pete Postlethwaite's son William is one of the leads. I recommend this if you're looking for some lighter movie-watching, although because of the theme there are a number of intense scenes.

Trailer for Containment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fT7h8Q-ffc
 
Just saw Thor Ragnorak at the cheap theatre. Very entertaining. Nice to see a few surprise cameos. A number of times I was thinking, "hey, is that..." Which makes me wonder if a cameo such as
Matt Damon's
means that this was there shot at being part of the Marvel Universe? I also liked seeing
Stan Lee
. Wonder what his net worth is these days? He might have accumulated a nice nest egg for retirement at this point. :lol: I did think the movie would be funnier than it was. But for a superhero movie, it had a good number of laughs. Enjoyed the voice work on the director. And Cate Blanchett was good. Couldn't remember Idris Elba beign in this movies...I think from my peek at imdb.com that this is his fourth? Maybe I've missed one or two of those. But he seems like a big star to have so little to do in this movies. Overall review: two thumbs up!
 
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