Let's Talk Movies #36 - 2020 - Yep it is a new decade

[Cachoo]

We now have the competition lineup for the 2025 Venice Film Festival next month!

This looks GOOD!

A new Jim Jarmusch film. I'm looking foward to it.

 

[Buzz]

Fantastic Four has two post credit scenes but don’t bother with the second one. The movie was great and perfectly cast. I heard nothing but good things from fans coming out of the cinema.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Just got back home from watching The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Because it is still in its opening weekend, I’ll put my review in spoiler.

Are you hoping that MCU films would get……better? Are looking for Pedro Pascal to have a performance that you’ll like? Then I highly recommend this film!

Spoiler: My Review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps

I give this film a 9.0/10. This is the best Marvel film I’ve seen in years, maybe since the 2000s.

The “Fantastic Four” are Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), his wife Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), his best friend Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and her brother Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn). They were astronauts who go on a space mission and obtain superhuman abilities when they hit a cosmic storm. The live together as a family and became superhero celebrities in 1960s NYC. They must work together to save the Earth from being destroyed by Galactus.

What’s Great/Good:
1) The production design is the best I’ve seen so far in a film this year. I want to live in this house. This needs to be nominated for as Oscar (but will probably lose to Wicked: For Good).
2) The score and music is probably the best I’ve heard in a superhero movie in at least a decade. Who doesn’t love this?
3) I found a Pedro Pascal performance that I liked. It only took 385,491 tries.
4) I LOVED the “family together” dynamic in this film.
5) The ENTIRE audience clapped or cheered when baby Franklin “clapped” for his mother.

What’s MEH:
1) I did like that the film wasn’t too long (just under two hours), but I felt that they could have fleshed the backstory a little bit more.
2) Reed Richards’ nerd-outs and chalk boarding were a bit clunky in execution.

 

[Tesla]

Just got back home from watching The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Because it is still in its opening weekend, I’ll put my review in spoiler.

Are you hoping that MCU films would get……better? Are looking for Pedro Pascal to have a performance that you’ll like? Then I highly recommend this film!

Spoiler: My Review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps

I give this film a 9.0/10. This is the best Marvel film I’ve seen in years, maybe since the 2000s.

The “Fantastic Four” are Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), his wife Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), his best friend Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and her brother Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn). They were astronauts who go on a space mission and obtain superhuman abilities when they hit a cosmic storm. The live together as a family and became superhero celebrities in 1960s NYC. They must work together to save the Earth from being destroyed by Galactus.

What’s Great/Good:
1) The production design is the best I’ve seen so far in a film this year. I want to live in this house. This needs to be nominated for as Oscar (but will probably lose to Wicked: For Good).
2) The score and music is probably the best I’ve heard in a superhero movie in at least a decade. Who doesn’t love this?
3) I found a Pedro Pascal performance that I liked. It only took 385,491 tries.
4) I LOVED the “family together” dynamic in this film.
5) The ENTIRE audience clapped or cheered when baby Franklin “clapped” for his mother.

What’s MEH:
1) I did like that the film wasn’t too long (just under two hours), but I felt that they could have fleshed the backstory a little bit more.
2) Reed Richards’ nerd-outs and chalk boarding were a bit clunky in execution.

Spoiler

I read the Wikipedia article and wish Julian McMahon could’ve done the Dr. Doom cameo.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Spoiler

I read the Wikipedia article and wish Julian McMahon could’ve done the Dr. Doom cameo.

Spoiler

What was odd about that ending credits scene is that Dr. Doom was holding his mask and they didn’t show any of his face.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Did anyone else see this “Comedy PSA” from Liam Neeson in theaters this weekend? Thoughts?

Liam’s “tribute” to Leslie Nielsen at the end……

 

[Tesla]

Did anyone else see this “Comedy PSA” from Liam Neeson in theaters this weekend? Thoughts?

Liam’s “tribute” to Leslie Nielsen at the end……

I never ever thought of Liam Neeson as a comedic actor. He is amazing.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Box Office Mojo - U.S. Domestic Box Office: Weekend 30

I’m wondering how well Fantastic Four will do their second and third weekends.

Notable opening next week: Together and IT’S TIME FOR THE NAKED GUN, Y’ALL!!!!

 

[vgerdes]

Spoiler

What was odd about that ending credits scene is that Dr. Doom was holding his mask and they didn’t show any of his face.

Spoiler

They probably didn't want to fork over the extra $$$ to get Downey to do it.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Avatar: Fire and Ash - Official Trailer

Hmm. I can’t get excited about another Avatar film.

 

[sk8pics]

My friend who told me she wanted to see the Superman movie has not gotten back to me so . I think I’m just going to go myself tomorrow afternoon. Only $7 at Regal.

 

[ilovepaydays]

My friend who told me she wanted to see the Superman movie has not gotten back to me so . I think I’m just going to go myself tomorrow afternoon. Only $7 at Regal.

I love the $7.99 Tuesdays at Regal. I believe AMC has movies at 50% off on Tuesdays as well.

 

[MacMadame]

This has not been a good year for me. My beloved cat died on my birthday(of all days) and I can't stand Trump and his awful treatment of people and my front tooth just broke. I NEED THIS MOVIE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OMG, that's Liz Larsen! We went to school together. And are friends on TikTok.

 

[Cachoo]

OMG, that's Liz Larsen! We went to school together. And are friends on TikTok.

Well I don't know if she is anything like her character but there are parts of that preview that made me laugh out loud. And I don't laugh easily.

 

[MacMadame]

Well I don't know if she is anything like her character but there are parts of that preview that made me laugh out loud. And I don't laugh easily.

I would say there are aspects that are like her but mostly not.

 

[ilovepaydays]

The reviews are coming out on Rotten Tomatoes!

Together - Sorry, I typically can’t do body horror!

The Naked Gun

 

[sk8pics]

I went to see Superman last night and enjoyed it very much. So many similarities to things going on in the world today I found it engrossing and the dog scenes hilarious.

 

[Tesla]

ZOOTOPIA 2!

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

I watched War of the Worlds reboot with Ice Cube. It's worth it's 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It's not even so bad that it's good for comedy sake. It's just bad.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Just watched The Naked Gun. Being that it’s still in it’s opening weekend, I’ll put my review in spoiler.

Do you miss watching great comedies in theaters? Have you been loving Pamela Anderson’s career resurgence? Are you in the mood for belly laughs? Then run to the theaters and see this film!

Spoiler: My Review of The Naked Gun

I give this film a 9.2/10. It’s basically nonstop humor for 85 minutes. Lt. Frank Drebin, Jr. (Liam Neeson) of The Police Squad investigates an apparent collision death of Davenport. He realizes that the death is related to a doomsday event planned by Richard Cane (Danny Huston) using a P.L.O.T. device. During the investigation, he starts a romance with Davenport’s sister (Pamela Anderson).

What’s great/good:
1) Liam Neeson was perfect for this role.
2) Pamela Anderson’s singing performance on stage at the jazz club was .
3) I would say that about 75% of the jokes and “side humor” hit the note. The ones that didn’t land didn’t cause the film to crash and burn.

What’s MEH:
1) The trailer gives away the joke about O.J. Simpson. There’s another joke about Bill Cosby that some might find too .
2) I’m not convinced that the stuff with the snowman needed to be in Drebin and Davenport’s “romantic weekend”. It seemed a bit “extra”.
3) During Drebin and Davenport’s “romantic weekend”, I was expecting a 2025 version of the “body condoms”. It didn’t happen. SIGH.

 

[manhn]

I watched French Girl, about a couple in NYC. The girl gets a cooking opportunity that has her return to her hometown of Quebec City. Zach Braff, a teacher in Brooklyn, follows her. Cross culture hilarity ensues. It was fine like I like Meet the Parents is fine. But it mentions figure skating, referencing some American and Canadian legends. I will always like a movie with a skating reference unless it’s I Tonya.

 

[Cachoo]

I was perusing Peacock and decided to watch "The Ballad of Wallis Island." It had funny, happy and sad moments. And I loved seeing a phone booth. (I miss phone booths for some reason.)