Sam's Thread of Chattin' w/ Jake & Other Robust Subjects
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Sounds like a distinctly American experience.
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
Tis what I have read. Lacks the highest highs of the first, but overall is much better.
Sounds right up my alley.
Probably won't see it for at least another month. Actually going TO the cinema were I have to be around other people and listen to intensely loud speakers just ain't my bag anymore, not for a movie anyways.
- It Follows ★★★★
- Whiplash ★★★★
- Avengers: Age of Ultron ★★★
- Fast & Furious 7 ★★★
- Kingsman: The Secret Service ★★★
- Inherent Vice ★★
- Big Hero 6 ★★
- Ex Machina ★★
Layered, maybe. Nuanced, no. I'm off work ill and I'm not sure I actually saw The Avengers last night - I think it might have been some sort of fever dream. It is absolutely chaotic. Remember when people were worried about how Joss Whedon would juggle half a dozen characters for some reason? Well, they should have worried about when he had to juggle a dozen characters - that seems to have been his breaking point. This fucking movie never slows down for a second. Alright, well, it does, for about five minutes halfway through. It starts out and it's like FUCKING AVENGERS HUAAAGGGH! And then five minutes later it's like FUCKING AVENGERS HUAAAGGGH! And then by the end of the movie it's like THERE'S FUCKING AVENGERS FUCKING EVERYWHERE! HUAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!
There are some really great sequences in here, but they're sequences within sequences within sequences following more sequences. Nothing's allowed to sit. It's like a Ring of Honor match and you best believe even Hawkeye's gonna get his shit in.
1. It Follows ★★★★
2. Whiplash ★★★★
3. American Sniper ★★★
4. The Theory Of Everything ★★★
5. Kingsman: The Secret Service ★★★
6. Ex Machina ★★★
7. The Judge ★★★
8. Foxcatcher ★★★
9. Unbroken ★★★
10. Taken 3 ★★★
11. Birdman ★★
12. The Avengers: Age Of Ultron ★★
13. Exodus: Gods And Kings ★★
14. Into The Woods ★
15. The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death ★
16. Mortdecai ★
I updated this on a tablet. Took me ages.
The Avengers might be good. I wouldn't know. I was out like a light about twenty minutes in. Paul Bettany looked silly. Though he was Mortdecai so his career is on an upwards swing.
2. Whiplash ★★★★
3. American Sniper ★★★
4. The Theory Of Everything ★★★
5. Kingsman: The Secret Service ★★★
6. Ex Machina ★★★
7. The Judge ★★★
8. Foxcatcher ★★★
9. Unbroken ★★★
10. Taken 3 ★★★
11. Birdman ★★
12. The Avengers: Age Of Ultron ★★
13. Exodus: Gods And Kings ★★
14. Into The Woods ★
15. The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death ★
16. Mortdecai ★
I updated this on a tablet. Took me ages.
The Avengers might be good. I wouldn't know. I was out like a light about twenty minutes in. Paul Bettany looked silly. Though he was Mortdecai so his career is on an upwards swing.
The idea of The Joker sitting in a chair for eight hours at a time and getting lots of high quality tattoos is pretty funny, I suppose.
I'll probably have to remove a star now that she introduced me as "Sam who I met on the internet" to her friends.
Dowdsy McDowds
Sally was here
Couldn't find your Daredevil thread Sam although that's mainly down to lack of trying.
2 and a bit episodes to go and holy shit has it been good. Charlie Cox's blind acting is pretty ropey but Vincent D'Onofrio has been excellent as Fisk. The episode that dealt with his childhood is probably my second favourite ep so far after Condemned.
Love it, absolutely love it.
2 and a bit episodes to go and holy shit has it been good. Charlie Cox's blind acting is pretty ropey but Vincent D'Onofrio has been excellent as Fisk. The episode that dealt with his childhood is probably my second favourite ep so far after Condemned.
Love it, absolutely love it.
Dowdsy McDowds
Sally was here
Unless you were meaning a low for Fisk, I feel like I've missed something.
Very good ending and I didn't come too close to hating Foggy when he was going through his moody phase. Definitely comes off as childish and petulant but the guy's hurt and feels stupid so I let it slide.
Very good ending and I didn't come too close to hating Foggy when he was going through his moody phase. Definitely comes off as childish and petulant but the guy's hurt and feels stupid so I let it slide.
That suit and that last fight are both embarrassingly bad. My interest in a second season takes a pretty big dent if they're going to insist on Daredevil wearing something that looks like a cross between Kick-Ass and a fucking gimp. I've genuinely not seen anyone say they like it - and this is the internet, where people like weird shit like professional wrestling.
Dowdsy McDowds
Sally was here
Well I'll be the first person on the Internet to like the costume, or at least not have an issue with it. Fisk being the first person to match up with Murdock without any weapons was a bit strange but he has been presented as a very restrained ball of rage so I can buy him standing up to and dishing out a fair bit of punishment. The corridor fight did set an incredibly high bar though.
It isn't like the suit had nipples though so using that as an excuse to not watch a second season and/or spin off is a little bit silly.
It isn't like the suit had nipples though so using that as an excuse to not watch a second season and/or spin off is a little bit silly.
- Mad Max: Fury Road ★★★★
- It Follows ★★★★
- Whiplash ★★★★
- Avengers: Age of Ultron ★★★
- Fast & Furious 7 ★★★
- Kingsman: The Secret Service ★★★
- Inherent Vice ★★
- Big Hero 6 ★★
- Ex Machina ★★
Those poor, poor, poor men's right activists.
