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

[Uncle Sam]

1. Creed ★★★★
2. The Revenant ★★★★
3. The Hateful Eight ★★★★

If we're going to be living off nostalgia acts for the next few years, let's stop regressing - looking at you, Jurassic World - or spinning wheels - and at you, Star Wars - but looking at where we can modernise and improve on the originals, and advance the fucking story.

Creed is the best blockbuster since, well, Mad Max: Fury Road.

 

[Lee]

Yeah nostalgia trips are weird ones, I loved Jurassic World at the time but was swpt up with rose tinted glasses really.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I liked the premise of the fully operational park but the execution was so botched. The supposed hero is a guy who thinks you can train velociraptors and who wanders into dinosaur enclosures without checking tracking devices first. The last thirty minutes is a lot of fun but mostly for the wrong reasons.

I didn't mention Terminator Genisys, which is the movie equivalent of shitting your pants and smearing the shit all over your hands and face and the shit gets mixed in with your tears and sweat and blood and why are you bleeding? Where is the blood coming from? There's too much shit to tell.

 

[nightmare]

The Raptor/Trainer relationship was odd. Pratt reminded me of that part in Tropic Thunder where Stiller wore a panda suit. Insert raptor for panda and add an Indiana Jones hat on top and you have what I kept picturing through the movie.

Not sure if that choice would have made a better or worse film. Too bad Leslie Nielsen is dead and Sheen is not getting calls from Hollywood or we could have a parody film to test that question out.

 

[Uncle Sam]

It's a pity what happened to the gag-heavy comedy films. Maybe they always were shit.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Supposedly a massive snow storm hitting my area this weekend.


The Revenant should be a solid choice.

 

[Uncle Sam]

The Hateful Eight more prominently features snow. Creed looked rather chilly in parts - lots of hats being worn.

 

[Lee]

I liked the premise of the fully operational park but the execution was so botched. The supposed hero is a guy who thinks you can train velociraptors and who wanders into dinosaur enclosures without checking tracking devices first. The last thirty minutes is a lot of fun but mostly for the wrong reasons.

I didn't mention Terminator Genisys, which is the movie equivalent of shitting your pants and smearing the shit all over your hands and face and the shit gets mixed in with your tears and sweat and blood and why are you bleeding? Where is the blood coming from? There's too much shit to tell.

In a way that's why I'm excited for Fantastic Beasts. It expands the universe but doesn't rely on the rehashing. I think.

 

[Барбоса]

It'll be interesting to see how much plugged into the X-Men universe Deadpool will be, especially with it being rated R.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I've read a good chunk of the script, which, judging from the trailer, hasn't changed much. It mainly features characters the main X-Men universe isn't particularly concerned with/hasn't featured at all/aren't necessarily still canon after Days of Future Past. There's a young X-Men spin-off coming - I forget the name but bigger fans would punch me in the gut for not knowing it off the top of my head - and this helps introduce some of them.

I'm just happy to see Colossus.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

The real Colossus, fuck yes.


I grew up on the X-men, and to me the original cannon character heavies are Wolverine, Gambit, Cyclops, Colossus, Angel/Archangel, Jean, Jubilee, Rogue, etc.

The others, while being utterly marred at times, have at least had more than cameo appearances.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. Mad Max: Fury Road ★★★★★
2. Spy ★★★★
3. It Follows ★★★★
4. Whiplash ★★★★
5. The Good Dinosaur ★★★★
6. Inside Out ★★★★
7. A Fistful of Fingers ★★★
8. The Lobster ★★★
9. Slow West ★★★
10. The Martian ★★★
11. Ex Machina ★★★
12. Jurassic World ★★★
13. Ant-Man ★★★
14. Superbob ★★★
15. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens ★★★
16. Steve Jobs ★★★
17. Song of the Sea ★★★
18. Fast & Furious 7 ★★★
19. Avengers: Age of Ultron ★★★
20. Pitch Perfect 2 ★★★
21. Sicario ★★★
22. Kingsman: The Secret Service ★★★
23. Inherent Vice ★★
24. Carol ★★
25. Amy ★★
26. Straight Outta Compton ★★
27. The Gift ★★
28. Macbeth ★★
29. Turbo Kid ★★
30. Big Hero 6 ★★
31. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol ★★
32. Spectre ★★
33. Terminator: Genisys ★

Ring ring. Ring ring.

Hello? Oh, Michael Ironside's performance, how nice of you to call.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Saw The Martian yesterday. Ridley Scott is a hack.

Five stars

 

[Mighty NorCal]

The Revenant -

Fucking intense. Gorgeous. Tom Hardy was incredible.

4 stars.

 

[JGlass]

I think The Revenant gets 5 stars, higher if possible.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I think that's the closest to a universal recommendation this thread has ever got.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Norcal fucked it up with Fury Road.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

I never said I wouldn't recommend it, I just didn't think it was gone with the fuckin wind

 

[JGlass]

I never said I wouldn't recommend it, I just didn't think it was gone with the fuckin wind

It was way better than Gone with the Wind. Like a hundred more people got run over by cars that spat fire.

 

[Coco]

Also, how many Doof Warriors did GWTW have?

I rest my case.

 

[JGlass]

Started playing Binary Domain. Lot to take in, like the special Chinese agent that's also a pornographic actress, and also how they shot a United States General in a special meeting with the President.

I don't like when your partner runs in front of your gun when you're trying to shoot bad guys.

I do like shooting bad guys.

 

[Uncle Sam]

There's not a more satisfying feeling than popping a robot's head off in that game and it turning on its allies.

 

[JGlass]

There's not a more satisfying feeling than popping a robot's head off in that game and it turning on its allies.

What I like about it is that sometimes you shoot at a robot but it's on the move or has good cover so you only get a few pot shots on it, but then if you take your time and pick the right shots you can pick them off one at a time.

I played through the first few missions. It's fun, I can see why you'd think it would appeal to me. I see it as a game I'm going to make my way through slowly because I'm on such an NBA 2k16 and Rainbow Six Siege kick right now, but I will beat it eventually.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. Creed ★★★★
2. The Revenant ★★★★
3. The Hateful Eight ★★★★
4. The Assassin ★

The Assassin got such glowing reviews from the beret crowd that you'd think it wouldn't be a total load of pretentious wank - but it is. It was seemingly edited by a six year old so maybe I'm being a bit harsh on someone who's just graduated from finger painting and macaroni pictures.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Although I can't think of a better accompaniment to one of Jake's cinematic naps. Alright, I'd stayed up for the Rumble the night before but I was still nodding throughout.