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

[Y 2 Jake]

Blade Runner 2049 - Barely 3☆

 

[Uncle Sam]

I've a bad feeling about this. I genuinely do like liking what everyone else likes.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

There's a lot to like, the pumped up running time is not one of those things.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I just got to meet - better not to use names - the guy who won an Oscar for Bridge of Spies. That's now ranked above the time at work I got to meet Shirley from Eastenders or the boy from About a Boy.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I got chucked out of Liquid in 2001 for making a Cheeky Girl cry.

 

[Uncle Sam]

You utter bastard.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Not sure which.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

GOTG2 - A. Maybe my favorite marvel movie.

The Mummy (Tom Cruise) - D....Universal decided the only way to avoid their universe being off from a tone perspective is to use any and all tone a movie can have it in it all at once. Genuine popcorn flick comedy spots in a film that also features a baby decapitation.

*****.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I'm glad I'm not alone on how much I liked the new Guardians.

This is the most I've wanted to see The Mummy since I learned of its existence - i.e. still not very much.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Blade Runner 2049 - Possibly 5☆

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. Baby Driver ★★★★★
2. Okja ★★★★★
3. The Handmaiden: Director's Cut ★★★★
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. It ★★★
19. Blade Runner 2049 ★★★
20. Dunkirk ★★★
21. Logan ★★★
22. Death Note ★★★
23. Wonder Woman ★★★
24. Fate of the Furious ★★
25. Valerian: City of a Thousand Planets ★★
26. Shin Godzilla ★★
27. Manchester by the Sea ★★
28. La La Land ★★
29. T2 Trainspotting ★★
30. Mindhorn ★★
31. Their Finest ★★
32. Kong: Skull Island ★★
33. Alien: Covenant ★
34. John Wick: Chapter 2 ★
35. Kingsman: The Golden Circle ★

Are you implying I need to see it a second time to understand its true layers of genius? Because I was thinking of breathing a sigh of relief that the Blade Runner sequel wasn't an incoherent mess, lamenting its runtime, and moving on with my life.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I've seen it 3 times now. It's so boring but I love it. Like The Greasy Strangler.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Hootie tootie disco cutey
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But I do think "I have enough free time to watch Blade Runner 2049 three times" is quite the statement.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

My life is quite tedious.

 

[JGlass]

I'm having a not insignificant amount of existential anxiety about seeing Blade Runner 2049 and you guys aren't helping.

 

[Uncle Sam]

You'll want to carve out a day and watch it eight times to truly appreciate its majesty.

Or just watch Her instead.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

2nd times a charm.

 

[JGlass]

So I was just planning on going to see it once in IMAX, so you're making it worse.

 

[Uncle Sam]

If you want to see it as the director - and cinematographer - intended, don't watch it in IMAX. There aren't many people that don't think it's a very pretty movie. You're a film nerd, you pretend to care about this shit as much as I do.

 

[JGlass]

That will save me some money at least.

 

[JGlass]

I thought that Blade Runner 2049 told a compelling story in a really interesting world.

That's about the length of it. Worth seeing, bring a strong bladder and be ready to be bored here and there.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Painfully boring - 4☆

 

[JGlass]

If you all you want is to watch Ryan Gosling walk around looking vaguely perplexed then this is the movie you've been waiting for.

 

[Uncle Sam]

It's not like there aren't shorter movies with Ryan Gosling walking around looking vaguely perplexed. It's like you're pretending Drive and Only God Forgives didn't happen

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Wonder Woman - A-

Outside of the willfully silly action segments, absolutely tremendous

Pirates Of the Caribbean (the new one) - C+ small scope but perfectly acceptable. Captain Salazar was awesome. Def has my vote for Villian of the year at the MTV movie awards