Sam's Thread of Chattin' w/ Jake & Other Robust Subjects

[Uncle Sam]

Oh, lots.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

If only...

 

[Uncle Sam]

But-- but that looks like a Disney princess. Like one out of Tangled or Frozen.

Edit: In fact, I'm pretty sure that's just Rapunzel.

 

[Dan Severn's Moustache]

Seems they've stopped following the source material entirely for this one. Which is understandable as I can't see Dreamworks making 12 or so movies for the franchise.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

I can't think of many Dreamworks princesses save for Princess Fiona, who is a ginger.

Rapunzel's naivety is a close match for Daenarys' in the first half of Thrones. Y'know, without the threat of army/beastiality rape.

Seems they've stopped following the source material entirely for this one. Which is understandable as I can't see Dreamworks making 12 or so movies for the franchise.

I know nothing of the source novels to be honest but I did watch a review where one of the panel was having a bit of a sulk that they weren't following the books. He still seemed to have enjoyed the film though.

I don't know if its still there but Netflix had a set of short HTTYD films that were actually pretty decent. Having just wilfully watched a brilliant but incredibly sad Korean war film, I could do with some dragons cheering me up.

 

[Uncle Sam]

It's getting a bit too DeviantArt in here for my tastes.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. The Lego Movie ★★★★★
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★★
4. Calvary ★★★★
5. The Raid 2 ★★★★
6. 22 Jump Street ★★★★
7. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★
8. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
9. Boyhood ★★★
10. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★
11. Her ★★★
12. Locke ★★★
13. Frank ★★★
14. 12 Years a Slave ★★★
15. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
16. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★
17. Godzilla ★★
18. American Hustle ★★
19. The Wind Rises ★

How Sam learned to gradually dislike a protagonist more and more - through the years. Still, I wish Ethan Hawke was my absentee father.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. The Lego Movie ★★★★★
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★★
4. Calvary ★★★★
5. The Raid 2 ★★★★
6. 22 Jump Street ★★★★
7. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★
8. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
9. Boyhood ★★★★
10. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★
11. Her ★★★
12. Locke ★★★
13. Frank ★★★
14. 12 Years a Slave ★★★
15. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
16. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★
17. Godzilla ★★
18. American Hustle ★★
19. The Wind Rises ★

I was listening to the final song of the film and I had an epiphany. Four stars.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. Oculus ★★★★★
2. Noah ★★★★★
3. Starred Up ★★★★★
4. The Wolf Of Wall Street ★★★★
5. X-Men: Days Of Future Past ★★★★
6. Delivery Man ★★★★
7. Pompeii ★★★★
8. Non-Stop ★★★★
9. Labor Day ★★★★
10. The Fault In Our Stars ★★★★
11. Under The Skin ★★★★
12. Bad Neighbours ★★★
13. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★
14. Nymph()maniac: Part 1 ★★★
15. Her ★★★
16. The Raid 2 ★★★
17. Stranger By The Lake ★★★
18. Last Vegas ★★★
19. The Book Thief ★★★
20. 22 Jump Street ★★★
21. The Lego Movie ★★★
22. Need For Speed ★★★
23. Grudge Match ★★★
24. Chef ★★★
25. Dallas Buyers Club ★★★
26. Nymph()maniac: Part 2 ★★★
27. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ★★★
28. Sabotage ★★★
29. Cold In July ★★★
30. Godzilla ★★★
31. The Other Woman ★★★
32. Muppets Most Wanted ★★★
33. The Two Faces Of January ★★★
34. Edge Of Tomorrow ★★★
35. 12 Years A Slave ★★★
36. Out Of The Furnace ★★★
37. The Stag ★★★
38. The Monuments Men ★★★
39. That Awkward Moment ★★★
40. Cuban Fury ★★★
41. The Railway Man ★★★
42. A Long Way Down ★★★
43. A Million Ways To Die In The West ★★
44. Maleficent ★★
45. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
46. Robocop ★★
47. American Hustle ★★
48. 3 Days To Kill ★★
49. Belle ★
50. Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie ★
51. Transcendence ★

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie: Officially the 50th worst film of 2014 as of 15th July. Still better than Trenscendence.

Apparently it's a TV show as well. Who knew.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Had to Google Transcendence to remember what it was. Lucky me.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Saw the trailer for Lucy, Luc Besson's new film. Looked like most of Luc Besson's films - i.e. shit - but this one had the whole "Humans use 10% of their brains - imagine if they could use 100%!" line. 1) That's not true, 2) They wouldn't be able to fly, 3) Stop fucking using that.

How did this guy make Leon, Nikita or even The Fifth Element?

1. The Lego Movie ★★★★★
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★★
4. Calvary ★★★★
5. The Raid 2 ★★★★
6. 22 Jump Street ★★★★
7. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★
8. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
9. Boyhood ★★★★
10. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★
11. Her ★★★
12. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ★★★
13. Locke ★★★
14. Frank ★★★
15. 12 Years a Slave ★★★
16. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
17. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★
18. Godzilla ★★
19. American Hustle ★★
20. The Wind Rises ★

Let Me In was great; I had high hopes for Matt Reeves. This doesn't so much dash them as put them on ice. People will say it's better than the first - you know, 'cos more bang bang means good movie - but it's not.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I forget all about Let Me In.

Against my better judgment I saw Transformers. No idea what was happening there. In the film or my life at the time.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Inside Llewyn Davis shouldn't be above Her, I don't think. What's going on in my life?

 

[Dan Severn's Moustache]

Considering I don't like Mrs Brown's Boys the show, I can imagine the movie was an abomination.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Part of me wants to defend it as genius, because something as shit but popular as that must be genius on some level, but I think it really is just shit.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. The Lego Movie ★★★★★
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★★
4. Calvary ★★★★
5. The Raid 2 ★★★★
6. 22 Jump Street ★★★★
7. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★
8. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
9. Boyhood ★★★★
10. Her ★★★
11. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★
12. Monty Python Live (Mostly) ★★★
13. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ★★★
14. Locke ★★★
15. Frank ★★★
16. 12 Years a Slave ★★★
17. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
18. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★
19. Godzilla ★★
20. American Hustle ★★
21. The Wind Rises ★

I saw it at the cinema so I suppose we'll say it's a movie.

The Mail's right - it's shit. But it's still Monty Python, god damn it.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

After seeing it, im going to need some serious explanation about the high marks given to "NOAH". I thought it was total fucking nonsense.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. Oculus ★★★★★
2. Noah ★★★★★
3. Starred Up ★★★★★
4. The Wolf Of Wall Street ★★★★
5. X-Men: Days Of Future Past ★★★★
6. Delivery Man ★★★★
7. Pompeii ★★★★
8. Non-Stop ★★★★
9. Labor Day ★★★★
10. The Fault In Our Stars ★★★★
11. Under The Skin ★★★★
12. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
13. Bad Neighbours ★★★
14. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★
15. Nymph()maniac: Part 1 ★★★
16. Her ★★★
17. The Raid 2 ★★★
18. Stranger By The Lake ★★★
19. Last Vegas ★★★
20. The Book Thief ★★★
21. 22 Jump Street ★★★
22. The Lego Movie ★★★
23. Need For Speed ★★★
24. Grudge Match ★★★
25. Chef ★★★
26. Dallas Buyers Club ★★★
27. Nymph()maniac: Part 2 ★★★
28. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ★★★
29. Sabotage ★★★
30. Cold In July ★★★
31. Godzilla ★★★
32. The Other Woman ★★★
33. Muppets Most Wanted ★★★
34. The Two Faces Of January ★★★
35. Edge Of Tomorrow ★★★
36. 12 Years A Slave ★★★
37. Out Of The Furnace ★★★
38. The Stag ★★★
39. The Monuments Men ★★★
40. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes ★★★
41. That Awkward Moment ★★★
42. Cuban Fury ★★★
43. The Railway Man ★★★
44. A Long Way Down ★★★
45. A Million Ways To Die In The West ★★
46. Maleficent ★★
47. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
48. Robocop ★★
49. American Hustle ★★
50. 3 Days To Kill ★★
51. Transformers: Age Of Extinction ★★
52. Belle ★
53. Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie ★
54. Transcendence ★

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes started off fine and then turned into Call Of Duty with apes.

 

[Tastycles]

I saw it at the cinema so I suppose we'll say it's a movie.

The Mail's right - it's shit. But it's still Monty Python, god damn it.

That's why it is shit. Oxbridge graduates using 'funny' words, lol.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I thought it was common knowledge that Monty Python was 50%-70% nonsense and 30-50% genuinely good stuff, with The Meaning of Life being about 90% of the latter.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. The Lego Movie ★★★★★
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★★
4. Calvary ★★★★
5. Joe ★★★★
6. The Raid 2 ★★★★
7. 22 Jump Street ★★★★
8. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★
9. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
10. Boyhood ★★★★
11. Her ★★★
12. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★
13. Monty Python Live (Mostly) ★★★
14. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ★★★
15. Locke ★★★
16. Frank ★★★
17. 12 Years a Slave ★★★
18. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
19. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★
20. Godzilla ★★
21. American Hustle ★★
22. The Wind Rises ★

Joe just sort of collapses in on itself once the third act rolls around. It seems almost in a hurry to get to the end and get there in the most obvious way possible. It's a rather delicious soufflé up until that point. I may be a sucker for pictures about deprived, quirky American backwoods towns; I'm definitely a sucker for Nicolas Cage.

To alcohol! The cause of - and solution to - all of life's problems.

 

[Lee]

Did you know Tim Burton Produced Batman Forever?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Yes.

Here's another fact: Tim Burton did not produce The Purge: Anarchy. In fact, I don't think anybody produced it.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

Armageddon is technically a Disney film.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Along with Con Air, The Rock, Pulp Fiction and more. Touchstone they called it. A magical time for cinema.