Watched The Lego Batman Movie (2017). My mood was not great when I watched and I could not involve myself in the movie. But it is interesting to see all the references to characters from other films and this would heighten the enjoyment if you are familiar with it. I am quite touched with some of the sad moments of Batman.
Watched The Lego Batman Movie. My mood was not great when I watched and I could not involve myself in the movie. But it is interesting to see all the references to characters from other films and this would heighten the enjoyment if you are familiar with it. I am quite touched with some of the sad moments of Batman.
I am quite fond on anything Batman related.
While the movie is fun and whimsical, it has one very big flaw, Batman is awesome, kicks **** and should be allowed to do whatever.
A) Bane is not a Z Grade villain (the Tom Hardy version is, not the South American Prisoner going through experiments one), for that fact neither is Mr. Freeze, The Riddler, etc.
Yes the wording is Bat-Girl, not against feminism i just felt that as it is canonical she shouldve just accepted it, that or accept the name oracle and the position that comes with it. Only one Batwoman exists and it is not Barbara Gordon.
C) Batman was right all along, Barbara messed everything up, my sister even confirmed it.
D) Robin was insane by all circumstances. Wouldve accepted his name as Tim Drake or Jason Todd, but Richard Grayson?.. fine it was a kids movie.
in the end its as if the general mindset of what those that dont get Batman perceive Batman to be was brought to life in Lego form. If this was the real Batman he wouldve beat all those villains 30 minutes ago (Also that line with superman? if batman wanted to you'd be gone bro, he even said it in the beginning)
"DC... The house that Batman built. Yeah, what, Superman? Come at me, bro. I am your Kryptonite" - Lego Batman
""If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change. Hooo."No. I said that. Batman is very wise" -Lego Batman
Watched a Chinese film, Sky on Fire (2016). An action thriller, not a disaster film about fire.
Got some decent action and car chases in it and quite grounded and conservative and not over the top. Storyline a bit hard to follow at first and overall weak. Found myself not rooting for anyone. Daniel Wu is in it.
Watched 'fantastic beasts and where to find them' (2016). I was feeling tired when I watched so I kept nodding off. But generally I tend to nod off in Harry Porter movies. The whole show is always in darkness and the music seems very soothing to put you to sleep.
Anyway not a bad movie but could not empathize with the motivation of the movie. Like the fat side kick more than the main lead.
Watched The Girl with All the Gifts (2016). Very Engaging storyline. Much much better than the boring Maggie I watched recently. Like the British Accent as it is set in UK.
I'm afraid to ask,but what is wrong with Suicide Squad ? Dont get me wrong I am a huge Batman fan all except for Cloony. Now I could have done with out the Ben Afleck cameo at the end but I thought Suicide Squad was great but that's just me
I'm afraid to ask,but what is wrong with Suicide Squad ? Dont get me wrong I am a huge Batman fan all except for Cloony. Now I could have done with out the Ben Afleck cameo at the end but I thought Suicide Squad was great but that's just me
Suidice Squad was on tv last night but we were put off watching it by the bad reviews, so I'm interested to know if it's really that bad haha!
Watched Power Rangers 2017. It is quite fun especially before Power Rangers appeared. Overall it is quite alright and better than Suicide Squad for me.
I thought the very beginning of PR was entertaining but the rest was meh. My husband watched it alone and thought it was entertaining enough to watch again with me. I'm a little older than he is so I wasn't a fan when the show originally aired but he loved it as a young'un.
He and his friends used to play PRs and he was always the Red Ranger.
I added The Girl with All the Gifts to my Amazon watchlist.
Suicide Squad was okay. I read X-men comics reading up so I prefer those movies over all of the superhero franchises.
I'm afraid to ask,but what is wrong with Suicide Squad ? Dont get me wrong I am a huge Batman fan all except for Cloony. Now I could have done with out the Ben Afleck cameo at the end but I thought Suicide Squad was great but that's just me
I’m afraid I’m in that camp who thought Suicide Squad was a bad movie-going experience. It’s been a while since I've seen it, so my thoughts on the matter are a bit imprecise, but I recall thinking that the problem wasn’t necessarily with the casting, but with the script.
Robbie and Smith, for example, are largely okay. I’m not quite so bullish on Leto, who often seems to be trying far too hard. The script is basically one of those Dirty Dozen plots. There’s the requisite sequence early on where Viola Davis provides the viewer with the background details about many of the major characters, but it turns into a breath-takingly bad data dump. What a waste of Davis. I’ve seen movies that have been able deal effectively with bloated casts, providing most of the major characters with clear motivations and storylines in a more or less elegant fashion (see Whedon’s script for the first Avengers flick, for example), but Suicide Squad ain’t one them. Instead, the script seems as though it were written by fifty different writers and clumsily squished together into a single script.
I am so embarrassed to admit that I watched the Power Rangers movie. I had to skip 45 minutes to the finale fight.
In fact I was pretty engaged until they finally become Rangers. Felt that the action was too short and lacklustre as compared to movies like Transformers. I did not follow Power Rangers back in the old days as I am already grown up. But they looked like ugly versions of Japan masked riders that started in my childhood.
@KrustyBrand I agreed with you on the part about editing in suicide squad. The movie did not flow properly and could not engage me.
Watched Power Rangers 2017. It is quite fun especially before Power Rangers appeared. Overall it is quite alright and better than Suicide Squad for me.
I thought the very beginning of PR was entertaining but the rest was meh. My husband watched it alone and thought it was entertaining enough to watch again with me. I'm a little older than he is so I wasn't a fan when the show originally aired but he loved it as a young'un.
He and his friends used to play PRs and he was always the Red Ranger.
I added The Girl with All the Gifts to my Amazon watchlist.
Suicide Squad was okay. I read X-men comics reading up so I prefer those movies over all of the superhero franchises.
I am so embarrassed to admit that I watched the Power Rangers movie. I had to skip 45 minutes to the finale fight.
Watched as well, i felt the movie was trying to be Breakfast Club half the time, and only got into the whole Ranger deal at the end, was never a fan of the show myself (cheesy, and i was like 6 at the time, i'd spend my time watching Gargoyles instead, that was cool)
I'm afraid to ask,but what is wrong with Suicide Squad ? Dont get me wrong I am a huge Batman fan all except for Cloony. Now I could have done with out the Ben Afleck cameo at the end but I thought Suicide Squad was great but that's just me
High five, I too am no fan of Clooney.
Neither will i ever be, Tomorrowland? Woulda been great without Clooney (even though he was actually good in it, i do not believe he has repayed his debt to mankind over what he did to Batman.)
That said, ehhh.
meh.
It wasnt bad in essence, just, uggh. Where to start?
For starters i didnt want Davis as Waller, people had said Oprah would be a good Waller. I cant help but agree, however she was only the tip of an otherwise large iceberg.
We knew most things ahead of time, the first trailer was actually pretty good (you need a balance of not revealing too much, with revealing the right amount). Later trailers revealed too much, so when we see the actual Squad assembled, i wasnt too surprised that Slipknot had his head blown off.
If you arent important enough for the trailer, you'll die (chances are you'll die anyways, but in a movie like this, death is guaranteed)
Looking at the Roster:
Most if not all have bumped into Batman at one point or another (comic books i mean, need i another reason to verify Batmans awesomeness?)
Most of them would have looked better if they had a general look reminiscent of the Batman viedeogames recently released (and by recent i mean in the past decade or so)
Harley? passable, same as Deadshot, Katana and a couple others.
Killer Croc while intimidating, i feel was way better looking in the videogame, dude was a giant that rivaled bane (a character which i hate Tom Hardy for, length of time: Hate him forever now).
Captain Boomerang? according to my sister "they ruined him" as for me, never a fan of earrings on a dude, not unless your under 20 or unless thats your general look since forever ago.
Leto, where to begin, here is where i believe all of the issue lies in. Yes the plot sucked, yes the whole thing could have been solved by Batman 30 minutes ago, but thats not the case here. Leto just didnt create a tolerable version of the Joker.
I could get into the Clown prince of crimes mind and come half twisted, naked and full of pus and still not be any closer to emulating him, Leto dived in and came out with half used...things (condominiums, latex type) and weird tattoos....i feel like it was a drunk mans portrayal of the Joker.
I feel Mark Hamill has been the perfect version, from the show to videogames to the animated movies and even Batman Beyond, the "Hamill" version of the Joker hits all the marks.
Ledger did a great performance, i enjoyed it. Leto needed less, everything he had on him, and more.... not him? At this point i feel it would be easier if the Joker was cast (or coached by) Jack Nicholson which is crazy i know, but i feel this would be the applicable level of crazy instead of Letos crazy.
The plot? A whole other issue that i wont dive into. you want a good version of suicde squad? watch the animated film Batman: Assault on Arkham instead (looking back at it i could have started with that and saved myself a lot of explaining)
I always wondered about the animated Batman movies if they were to 90's cartoon series now I will have to give Assault on Arkham a shot,no pun intended.With Jack Nicholson I think you are right I also think he was one of the best Jokers to this day.He was not to crazy just sinister enough also since were on that movie I still think it is the best Batman
Apologies for the previously long post, however if anyone was unhappy with suicide squad i HIGHLY recommend watching Assault on Arkham, in general most DC movies are good, as long as theyre animated.
Voice actors include Kevin Conroy (he;s been the voice of motherfuckin Batman since the 90's) and John Dimaggio (Bender from Futurama as well as Jake the Dog from Adventure Time)
That said i can talk Batman all day every day, while Nicholson was great i believe one actor hit perfection on his villain portrayal, and that would have to be **** Danny DeVito, that version of Penguin? Yeah their are some changes in origin story and some other odd additions, but in my opinion he nailed the role and has been one of the few Batman actors in any Franchise to perfectly emulate their role.
The Batman animated movies are all great, didnt like the Batffleck Batman VS Superman?
Try Batman Vs Superman Worlds Finest. Joker tries to kill Superman with some kryptonite after he manages to coerce a sum of 1 Billion dollars out of Lex Luthor if he is successful
Heart of Ice an Episode of the Batman animated series (90's) won an emmy, not to mention the couple of emmies the series won throughout.
Mask of the Phantasm is one of the best batman movies ever made, this isnt me speaking, this is Gene Siskel, yes THAT Gene Siskel.
in conclusion i can and have talked about Batman all day, trust me this batman kicks ****. Thats the problem with all these live actions ones looking like ****, given the precedence it should be far greater but instead falls below the mark that any Bat-loving fan could bear,
I caught up with last year’s Hidden Figures, one of those feel-good, based-on-true-events films.
The plot centers around three African-American women who were employed as “computers” (i.e., mathematicians) during the early years of the NASA program. The storyline is rather predictable and unsurprising; and it occasionally falls prey to the type of unsubtle and overly-dramatic sequences that characterize movies of this type (e.g., a scene where Costner uses a crowbar to remove a sign to a segregated restroom). But I have to admit that, if the film is a bit manipulative, it usually works — when the film wants us to feel inspired, I was in the main inspired; when it tried to evoke weepiness, I usually got a little misty. And the cast is excellent (especially Taraji Henson).
I just watched The Void (2016). It is an independent studio's production with a low budget and in fact, they solicited funds to for their practical effects. This is a horror show and there isnt much of a story. I feel that they just made up the story as they shot. Their focus is to showcase their practical effects.
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Watched The Lego Batman Movie (2017). My mood was not great when I watched and I could not involve myself in the movie. But it is interesting to see all the references to characters from other films and this would heighten the enjoyment if you are familiar with it. I am quite touched with some of the sad moments of Batman.
I am quite fond on anything Batman related.
While the movie is fun and whimsical, it has one very big flaw, Batman is awesome, kicks **** and should be allowed to do whatever.
A) Bane is not a Z Grade villain (the Tom Hardy version is, not the South American Prisoner going through experiments one), for that fact neither is Mr. Freeze, The Riddler, etc.
C) Batman was right all along, Barbara messed everything up, my sister even confirmed it.
D) Robin was insane by all circumstances. Wouldve accepted his name as Tim Drake or Jason Todd, but Richard Grayson?.. fine it was a kids movie.
in the end its as if the general mindset of what those that dont get Batman perceive Batman to be was brought to life in Lego form. If this was the real Batman he wouldve beat all those villains 30 minutes ago (Also that line with superman? if batman wanted to you'd be gone bro, he even said it in the beginning)
"DC... The house that Batman built. Yeah, what, Superman? Come at me, bro. I am your Kryptonite" - Lego Batman
""If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change. Hooo." No. I said that. Batman is very wise" -Lego Batman
10/10 Batarangs would (and have) watch again.
Watched a Chinese film, Sky on Fire (2016). An action thriller, not a disaster film about fire.
Got some decent action and car chases in it and quite grounded and conservative and not over the top. Storyline a bit hard to follow at first and overall weak. Found myself not rooting for anyone. Daniel Wu is in it.
Watched 'fantastic beasts and where to find them' (2016). I was feeling tired when I watched so I kept nodding off. But generally I tend to nod off in Harry Porter movies. The whole show is always in darkness and the music seems very soothing to put you to sleep.
Anyway not a bad movie but could not empathize with the motivation of the movie. Like the fat side kick more than the main lead.
I think DC movie Flash character acts in it
Watched The Girl with All the Gifts (2016). Very Engaging storyline. Much much better than the boring Maggie I watched recently. Like the British Accent as it is set in UK.
Glenn Close of Fatal Attraction is also in it.
Suidice Squad was on tv last night but we were put off watching it by the bad reviews, so I'm interested to know if it's really that bad haha!
I thought the very beginning of PR was entertaining but the rest was meh. My husband watched it alone and thought it was entertaining enough to watch again with me. I'm a little older than he is so I wasn't a fan when the show originally aired but he loved it as a young'un.
I added The Girl with All the Gifts to my Amazon watchlist.
Suicide Squad was okay. I read X-men comics reading up so I prefer those movies over all of the superhero franchises.
@natefarley81 Agree about the cameo.
I’m afraid I’m in that camp who thought Suicide Squad was a bad movie-going experience. It’s been a while since I've seen it, so my thoughts on the matter are a bit imprecise, but I recall thinking that the problem wasn’t necessarily with the casting, but with the script.
@KrustyBrand I agreed with you on the part about editing in suicide squad. The movie did not flow properly and could not engage me.
Needful Things is a beast movie. That & Thinner are the better under the radar Stephen King movies. Damn...now i want to watch Needful Things too.
Watched as well, i felt the movie was trying to be Breakfast Club half the time, and only got into the whole Ranger deal at the end, was never a fan of the show myself (cheesy, and i was like 6 at the time, i'd spend my time watching Gargoyles instead, that was cool)
High five, I too am no fan of Clooney.
Neither will i ever be, Tomorrowland? Woulda been great without Clooney (even though he was actually good in it, i do not believe he has repayed his debt to mankind over what he did to Batman.)
That said, ehhh.
meh.
It wasnt bad in essence, just, uggh. Where to start?
For starters i didnt want Davis as Waller, people had said Oprah would be a good Waller. I cant help but agree, however she was only the tip of an otherwise large iceberg.
We knew most things ahead of time, the first trailer was actually pretty good (you need a balance of not revealing too much, with revealing the right amount). Later trailers revealed too much, so when we see the actual Squad assembled, i wasnt too surprised that Slipknot had his head blown off.
If you arent important enough for the trailer, you'll die (chances are you'll die anyways, but in a movie like this, death is guaranteed)
Looking at the Roster:
Most if not all have bumped into Batman at one point or another (comic books i mean, need i another reason to verify Batmans awesomeness?)
Most of them would have looked better if they had a general look reminiscent of the Batman viedeogames recently released (and by recent i mean in the past decade or so)
Harley? passable, same as Deadshot, Katana and a couple others.
Killer Croc while intimidating, i feel was way better looking in the videogame, dude was a giant that rivaled bane (a character which i hate Tom Hardy for, length of time: Hate him forever now).
Captain Boomerang? according to my sister "they ruined him" as for me, never a fan of earrings on a dude, not unless your under 20 or unless thats your general look since forever ago.
Leto, where to begin, here is where i believe all of the issue lies in. Yes the plot sucked, yes the whole thing could have been solved by Batman 30 minutes ago, but thats not the case here. Leto just didnt create a tolerable version of the Joker.
I could get into the Clown prince of crimes mind and come half twisted, naked and full of pus and still not be any closer to emulating him, Leto dived in and came out with half used...things (condominiums, latex type) and weird tattoos....i feel like it was a drunk mans portrayal of the Joker.
I feel Mark Hamill has been the perfect version, from the show to videogames to the animated movies and even Batman Beyond, the "Hamill" version of the Joker hits all the marks.
Ledger did a great performance, i enjoyed it. Leto needed less, everything he had on him, and more.... not him? At this point i feel it would be easier if the Joker was cast (or coached by) Jack Nicholson which is crazy i know, but i feel this would be the applicable level of crazy instead of Letos crazy.
The plot? A whole other issue that i wont dive into. you want a good version of suicde squad? watch the animated film Batman: Assault on Arkham instead (looking back at it i could have started with that and saved myself a lot of explaining)
Voice actors include Kevin Conroy (he;s been the voice of motherfuckin Batman since the 90's) and John Dimaggio (Bender from Futurama as well as Jake the Dog from Adventure Time)
That said i can talk Batman all day every day, while Nicholson was great i believe one actor hit perfection on his villain portrayal, and that would have to be **** Danny DeVito, that version of Penguin? Yeah their are some changes in origin story and some other odd additions, but in my opinion he nailed the role and has been one of the few Batman actors in any Franchise to perfectly emulate their role.
The Batman animated movies are all great, didnt like the Batffleck Batman VS Superman?
Try Batman Vs Superman Worlds Finest. Joker tries to kill Superman with some kryptonite after he manages to coerce a sum of 1 Billion dollars out of Lex Luthor if he is successful
Heart of Ice an Episode of the Batman animated series (90's) won an emmy, not to mention the couple of emmies the series won throughout.
Mask of the Phantasm is one of the best batman movies ever made, this isnt me speaking, this is Gene Siskel, yes THAT Gene Siskel.
in conclusion i can and have talked about Batman all day, trust me this batman kicks ****. Thats the problem with all these live actions ones looking like ****, given the precedence it should be far greater but instead falls below the mark that any Bat-loving fan could bear,
I just watched The Void (2016). It is an independent studio's production with a low budget and in fact, they solicited funds to for their practical effects. This is a horror show and there isnt much of a story. I feel that they just made up the story as they shot. Their focus is to showcase their practical effects.
Overall, it is a watch and forget show for me.