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

[JGlass]

Also, if a "monkey movie" is simply a movie with a monkey in it, I would like to point out that Speed Racer expertly employs a chimpanzee as an actor.

 

[Uncle Sam]

That's Andy Serkis.

 

[JGlass]

Andy Serkis wishes he was as talented as the chimpanzees that played that chimpanzee.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Andy Serkis played the chimpanzee playing the chimpanzee.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Alpha 5 and Rita were the best bits of the new Power Rangers BY MILES.


Weird movie if it doesnt become a franchise. Decent movie if it does become a franchise.

 

[Uncle Sam]

The fact that I didn't even bother with the Power Rangers film shows I'm more immune to nostalgia than my professional wrestling obsession would suggest.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

It was mostly to see Banks portray Rita, for me. Im a big fan of the show Modern Family, and that spark of crazy she has in her eyes/voice is 1. fucking hot 2. something I knew I wanted to see in a very challenging role

 

[Y 2 Jake]

July

☆☆☆☆☆ Baby Driver and Kedi
☆☆☆☆ Spider-Man: Homecoming, War For The Planet of the Apes, 47 Metres Down, City of Ghosts and The Beguiled
☆☆☆ Despicable Me 3 and David Lynch: The Art Life
☆☆ The House, Captain Underpants, It Comes At Night, Fences and Cars 3

My film of the year so far is a documentary about cats in Istanbul.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Big week for me: The Big Sick, Dunkirk, and Valerian. Then again, I normally miss one when I promise to see three, so...

I really wanna see shapeshifting Rihanna.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I'm taking the plunge and seeing Dunkirk in IMAX. At £15 it had better be good.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. Baby Driver ★★★★★
2. Okja ★★★★★
3. The Handmaiden ★★★★
4. Moonlight ★★★★
5. Free Fire ★★★★
6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ★★★★
7. Colossal ★★★
8. Get Out ★★★
9. My Life As a Courgette ★★★
10. Split ★★★
11. The Big Sick ★★★
12. War for the Planet of the Apes ★★★
13. The Lego Batman Movie ★★★
14. Toni Erdmann ★★★
15. Jackie ★★★
16. Hidden Figures ★★★
17. Spider-Man Homecoming ★★★
18. Dunkirk ★★★
19. Logan ★★★
20. Wonder Woman ★★★
21. Fate of the Furious ★★
22. Manchester by the Sea ★★
23. La La Land ★★
24. T2 Trainspotting ★★
25. Mindhorn ★★
26. Their Finest ★★
27. Kong: Skull Island ★★
28. Alien: Covenant ★
29. John Wick: Chapter 2 ★

Basically, what I'm saying is this: I'd much sooner fuck Ray Ramano than Harry Styles. Dude looks like Jeff Goldblum these days.

Nolan's bloodless style doesn't really mesh with a movie in which bombs literally land on people.

 

[Барбоса]

Any John Williams fans here? BBC Proms did a tribute to him last week.

An archaeologist, a shark, two alien refugees, the orient, an airport, a horse, a wizard, a giant, a slave ship, an imposter, a brood, an Olympic tragedy, and a space soap... Top stuff

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Who isn't?

 

[Барбоса]

Who isn't?

There are some weird people out there.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I also like chocolate and oxygen.

 

[Барбоса]

I also like chocolate and oxygen.

I liked them before they were popular; not so much now that they have sold out and become mainstream

 

[JGlass]

Saw Dunkirk, cool movie.

How hilarious does Only The Brave, or as I call it, Backdraft II, look?

 

[Uncle Sam]

I think that belongs to that weird sub-genre of heroic real life American films that barely register with me and normally star Mark Wahlberg.

1. Baby Driver ★★★★★
2. Okja ★★★★★
3. The Handmaiden ★★★★
4. Moonlight ★★★★
5. Free Fire ★★★★
6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ★★★★
7. Colossal ★★★
8. Get Out ★★★
9. My Life As a Courgette ★★★
10. Split ★★★
11. The Big Sick ★★★
12. War for the Planet of the Apes ★★★
13. The Lego Batman Movie ★★★
14. Toni Erdmann ★★★
15. Jackie ★★★
16. Hidden Figures ★★★
17. Spider-Man Homecoming ★★★
18. Dunkirk ★★★
19. Logan ★★★
20. Wonder Woman ★★★
21. Fate of the Furious ★★
22. Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets ★★
23. Manchester by the Sea ★★
24. La La Land ★★
25. T2 Trainspotting ★★
26. Mindhorn ★★
27. Their Finest ★★
28. Kong: Skull Island ★★
29. Alien: Covenant ★
30. John Wick: Chapter 2 ★

I don't know where Luc Besson got the money for this film, because it looks fantastic, but it's all brought down by - no exaggeration - the least convincing romantic relationship I've ever seen depicted in a film. It's The Room in space.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I wanted Valerian to succeed. It's rubbish but they spunked $200 million on it and now that it's bombed all we'll get is Marvel films for eternity.

 

[Uncle Sam]

That's what happens when you cast a goblin man as Han Solo. Also, nobody wants late nineties era sci-fi anymore, no matter how fondly we all remember Lost In Space.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I saw Valarian on my birthday. 19 years to the day that I saw Lost In Space. I adore one of them .

 

[Uncle Sam]

Is it Lost In Space with Friends star Matt LeBlanc?

 

[JGlass]

I think that belongs to that weird sub-genre of heroic real life American films that barely register with me and normally star Mark Wahlberg.

I'm an American and I couldn't give less of a shit about any of these movies whose sole purpose seems to be to glorify a dangerous profession. They've done it with miners, oil rig workers, they do it with cops like five times a year, so I guess now it's time for firefighters to get the spotlight.

Is Josh Brolin a poor, older version of Mark Wahlberg? To be honest I think I'd prefer Marky Mark over Brolin in just about any role...

 

[Uncle Sam]

Maybe I'm just not down with the kids but I have the utmost respect for Josh Brolin. And firefighters. And America.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Maybe I'm just not down with the kids but I have the utmost respect for Josh Brolin. And firefighters. And America.

*squinty eyes*

Good fucking answer