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

[Y 2 Jake]

It's as adequate as adequate can be.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

I bought the sequel over a year ago but still haven't watched it. Every time I reach out to it, I think, nah, not in the mood yet.

Really liked the first film though and glad to see Scoot McNairy has done well for himself since it came out. Bummer of a start/ending though.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

It's as adequate as adequate can be.

More than I can say for the first one. I'll check it out

 

[Mighty NorCal]

It's as adequate as adequate can be.

WHY the fuck was this two hours long?


Short on laughs, this one.

 

[Uncle Sam]

So I'm now one of the few in this thread to have not seen the sequel to Monsters. How you must all envy me.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

So much.

Two hours of crying and screaming. Both in the film, and the audience. 17% more monsters. Not worth it. They were even less pivotal to the plot in this one than the last.

 

[JGlass]

I've seen neither of them, and judging my all of you reactions to the films, this leads me to believe I am heading a happier life than any of you.

At least that's what I'll tell myself to hold back the tears.

 

[Uncle Sam]

You could watch Gareth Edwards' Godzilla, though that has less Godzilla than Monsters has monsters, and is also a massive pile of shit. When you're three quarters through the film, Godzilla finally turns up, and then you immediately cut away, you know you've made a mistake.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Son, I paid to see that film IN FUCKING IMAX. No one has been wounded more by Edwards than I.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

We've been here before but as I watched The Raid again in an incredibly drunken stupor at the weekend, the one true Gareth is Evans.

 

[JGlass]

And now he's directing the new Star Wars film... and Disney demanded re-shoots because they were so unhappy with the final product.

This has the makings of a disaster.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I can vaguely see why you'd give him Godzilla after seeing Monsters, but why would you give him Star Wars after seeing Godzilla?

I'll probably see the new X-Men in the next seven days and we'll see how far my love for Singer will stretch. Love & Friendship got a gushing five star review in Empire and I'm intrigued - I always hoped there was more to "Stone Cold" Jane Austen.

 

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They gave every relevant Sci-Fi director a Star Wars movie.

Hence why the Chronicle guy had one.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

★★★★★ Money Monster
★★★ A Hologram For The King
★★ X-Men: Apocalypse
★ Alice Through The Looking Glass and Warcraft: The Beginning

I hope Johnny Depp does jail time for besting Amber Heard.

 

[Uncle Sam]

That's an unfortunate typo.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

It's this predictive text thing on this tablet I obtained. No idea how to stop it.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. Room ★★★★★
2. 10 Cloverfield Lane ★★★★
3. Anomalisa ★★★★
4. Creed ★★★★
5. The Revenant ★★★★
6. Everybody Wants Some!! ★★★★
7. The Hateful Eight ★★★★
8. The Witch ★★★★
9. Captain America: Civil War ★★★★
10. Green Room ★★★★
11. Bone Tomahawk ★★★★
12. The Nice Guys ★★★
13. Hail, Caesar! ★★★
14. Zootropolis ★★★
15. Spotlight ★★★
16. Deadpool ★★★
17. Rams ★★★
18. The Survivalist ★★★
19. The Big Short ★★★
20. The Jungle Book ★★
21. Goosebumps ★★
22. Eddie the Eagle ★★
23. High-Rise ★★
24. Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice ★★
25. The Assassin ★

Not quite peak Black - though there are pretty overt shades of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lethal Weapon and even Iron Man Three in there - but enough to keep my interest in whatever he's going to do with Predator simmering.

The plan was to see X-Men but the girlfriend's colleagues told her it wasn't good, so we're off to Sam's second viewing of Civil War. Prepare to see a star drop off that score once I realise quite how hard it drags.

 

[Blue Chipper]

Is 10 Cloverfield Lane worth a buy?

 

[Uncle Sam]

Cheah.

 

[Blue Chipper]

Sweet. Don't care to drop the money if it's good.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

★★★★ Me Before You
★★★ The Nice Guys and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

The Nice Guys made me laugh in between checking my watch. Turtles was good. They nailed Bebop and Rocksteady, Krang was also everything you could hope for from a spitting piece of chewing gum masquerading as a brain. The surprise of the year, if you exclude Me Before You.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Were the hell has Sam been? I thought he learned his lesson with that camping shit

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Work? He seems like somebody that has work.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I was hiding from Takeover results. Considering there was one surprise, it was worth it.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Though it's good to know an absence of approximately forty-eight hours is seen as abnormal for me.