HessStation Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I may have already mentioned this but Witching & Bitching is a pretty nice find for horror on Netflix. Highly entertaining especially for Sam Raimi-type horror fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Whiplash was really fun. Sure, that whole thing about getting hit by a truck and running off was dumb, but I don't watch movies for their realism (excpet most of Interstellar). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Inception never ceases to inspire awe. How is this not the greatest movie of the 21st century? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 finally saw 10 cloverfield lane, loved it it made me literally sit up and on the edge of my seat towards the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 On July 22, 2016 at 9:45 PM, SenorGato said: Inception never ceases to inspire awe. How is this not the greatest movie of the 21st century? I meant Interstellar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Checked out Straight Outta Compton last night. Loved it. Don't know how much of it is true or false, because by the time I got into gangster rap at 11/12 years old, Dre had already started Aftermath. However, as a huge fan of west coast rap growing up, getting to see the backstory in this form - however baised the perspective may be, was totally and awesomely sick. Not saying the movie should be up for any awards, but for me personally, I was fully invested in the movie from the opening scene - and was pissed that it ended when it did, because I would have loved to have seen how all the dominoes fell from the final scene to where I picked it up back in the late 90's. Also, don't necessarily agree that the acting was terrible. Sure, it could have been better (lookin right at you Paul Giamatti), but I though Cube Jr., the guy who played Dre, the guy who played E, were awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southparkcpa Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 38 minutes ago, greenwichjetfan said: Checked out Straight Outta Compton last night. Loved it. Don't know how much of it is true or false, because by the time I got into gangster rap at 11/12 years old, Dre had already started Aftermath. However, as a huge fan of west coast rap growing up, getting to see the backstory in this form - however baised the perspective may be, was totally and awesomely sick. Not saying the movie should be up for any awards, but for me personally, I was fully invested in the movie from the opening scene - and was pissed that it ended when it did, because I would have loved to have seen how all the dominoes fell from the final scene to where I picked it up back in the late 90's. Also, don't necessarily agree that the acting was terrible. Sure, it could have been better (lookin right at you Paul Giamatti), but I though Cube Jr., the guy who played Dre, the guy who played E, were awesome. I looked at it from a few different viewpoints..but remarkable is that 3 hood types" could have so much talent. The odds of 3 guys coming together and being able to do what they did is simply remarkable. I know almost nothing about RAP but as a CPA and entrepreneur, I can tell you that success is almost never luck. So these guys absolutely impressed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 hour ago, southparkcpa said: I looked at it from a few different viewpoints..but remarkable is that 3 hood types" could have so much talent. The odds of 3 guys coming together and being able to do what they did is simply remarkable. I know almost nothing about RAP but as a CPA and entrepreneur, I can tell you that success is almost never luck. So these guys absolutely impressed me. There's a lot more where those three came from. Seeing how Snoop, Pac, Suge, Bone, DOC were all connected to this and how they came about was cool. You'd be impressed by them too. The historical political/civil/societal aspects of the movie were awesome. Showing what Reagan's war on drugs did to the hoods, how boys in the hood (pardon the pun) were both a product and a function of the inherent violence caused by poverty, how all of the police brutality and unmitigated prejudice bled into their art...it was all so cool. The scene where the kid on the bus is throwing up Crips signs and the Crenshaw Blood comes up and scares the kids into "gangbangin them books" is phenomenal. The jheri curls and hydraulics were awesome. The scenes where Cube and NWA trade disses is the stuff of legend. Personally, I wish they showed more of that - like the dis tracks between Dre and Eazy. Watching what was happening in Ferguson last August, and seeing a direct correlation to it's history back in the early 90's in Compton was...fascinating. Again, I'm clearly biased because I was enamored with west coast rap and the glorified gangster life that came with it as an early teen in the late 90s, but I thought it was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 3 hours ago, greenwichjetfan said: Checked out Straight Outta Compton last night. Loved it. Don't know how much of it is true or false, because by the time I got into gangster rap at 11/12 years old, Dre had already started Aftermath. However, as a huge fan of west coast rap growing up, getting to see the backstory in this form - however baised the perspective may be, was totally and awesomely sick. Not saying the movie should be up for any awards, but for me personally, I was fully invested in the movie from the opening scene - and was pissed that it ended when it did, because I would have loved to have seen how all the dominoes fell from the final scene to where I picked it up back in the late 90's. Also, don't necessarily agree that the acting was terrible. Sure, it could have been better (lookin right at you Paul Giamatti), but I though Cube Jr., the guy who played Dre, the guy who played E, were awesome. Same. I watched it Saturday, I think, basically as soon as I saw HBO had it available. I think I was in 5th grade when I finally got my hands on Straight Outta Compton. It was a remarkable album, and I loved it at the time, but I didn't get into the goofy, cartoonish gangsta rap scene that it spawned. As talented as Dre, Pac and Snoop are, their lyrics just didn't appeal to me over time. NWA tapped into something unique, pure even, but everything after it quickly became over-the-top and silly. I've always been an idealist and rebellious in nature, so the idea of NWA delivering the reality story of where they came up appealed to me... but when "gangsta rap" became this sort of glorification of decadence, it lost its appeal to me. Not all of it, but generally speaking. Similar to the difference in punk that is about positive change, and punk that is about drugs and booze. The latter doesn't appeal to me at all. They did a good job with look-alike casting. The acting was about on par for what I'd expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Been a sh*tty summer for movies, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Matt39 said: Been a sh*tty summer for movies, no? Kid movies have been good. Grown up stuff mostly crap. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Just now, Integrity28 said: Kid movies have been good. Grown up stuff mostly crap. Yes. Secret life of Pets any good? Serious question- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I rented Triple 9 because the cast was pretty solid and it actually looked intriguing. Unfortunately, the move was none of the above. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 On 7/11/2016 at 11:56 AM, JiF said: The Extended version of BvsS is sick!!!! I loved the movie. Dont care what anyone else says. Another movie liked and dont care what everyone else says, Maze Runner. I felt like guilty liking it but I did. So, I liked it enough to watch the second one, Scorched Trials. OMG - what a piece of sh*t. It's soooooooooooooo ******* bad. Like Fantastic 4 terrible. Not seen BvsS yet, but the maze runner movies are bad ass. Gotta see the last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 9 minutes ago, Matt39 said: Secret life of Pets any good? Serious question- My wife and daughters took the neighbors little munchkin they babysit. They liked it and the kid loved it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 9 minutes ago, Matt39 said: Secret life of Pets any good? Serious question- I've been told it's alright. We're holding off. My daughter isn't even 3 yet, so there's no pressing need to see everything in the theatre. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 4 hours ago, greenwichjetfan said: Checked out Straight Outta Compton last night. Loved it. Don't know how much of it is true or false, because by the time I got into gangster rap at 11/12 years old, Dre had already started Aftermath. However, as a huge fan of west coast rap growing up, getting to see the backstory in this form - however baised the perspective may be, was totally and awesomely sick. Not saying the movie should be up for any awards, but for me personally, I was fully invested in the movie from the opening scene - and was pissed that it ended when it did, because I would have loved to have seen how all the dominoes fell from the final scene to where I picked it up back in the late 90's. Also, don't necessarily agree that the acting was terrible. Sure, it could have been better (lookin right at you Paul Giamatti), but I though Cube Jr., the guy who played Dre, the guy who played E, were awesome. The way they portrayed Eazy was flat out bullsh*t. They made zero mentions of all the disses he threw back at them, no mention of 187 which is a ******* classic. The she-thang line is still one of the all time greats and instead we get him crying to Paul Giamatti. Come on man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Batman the killing joke. Very much meh, one of the weaker DC animated movies unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 28 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said: The way they portrayed Eazy was flat out bullsh*t. They made zero mentions of all the disses he threw back at them, no mention of 187 which is a ******* classic. The she-thang line is still one of the all time greats and instead we get him crying to Paul Giamatti. Come on man. Were they supposed to have scenes in the movie that depicted every verse, in every song? Seems reasonable. They were making a sob story for middle-aged white people to reminisce about their younger days appropriating black culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 46 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said: The way they portrayed Eazy was flat out bullsh*t. They made zero mentions of all the disses he threw back at them, no mention of 187 which is a ******* classic. The she-thang line is still one of the all time greats and instead we get him crying to Paul Giamatti. Come on man. I mean, as I said earlier - I would have loved to have seen more of the diss tracks between them all and the details of the breakup. I also wish they showed more of Bone, Pac, Snoop, etc. I'd even have loved for them to go into the eastcoast/westcoast sh*t with Suge, Biggie and Bad Boy Ent. Hell, I'd even have loved for it to go through Chronic '01 and end after introducing The Slim Shady LP. I probably would have sat there through it all for another 2 hours and not batted an eye - because I was that engrossed in it. Plus, I went into it with a little bit of survivorship bias priced into the perspective. Eazy wasn't around to get his side of it on film. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 20 minutes ago, greenwichjetfan said: I mean, as I said earlier - I would have loved to have seen more of the diss tracks between them all and the details of the breakup. I also wish they showed more of Bone, Pac, Snoop, etc. I'd even have loved for them to go into the eastcoast/westcoast sh*t with Suge, Biggie and Bad Boy Ent. Hell, I'd even have loved for it to go through Chronic '01 and end after introducing The Slim Shady LP. I probably would have sat there through it all for another 2 hours and not batted an eye - because I was that engrossed in it. Plus, I went into it with a little bit of survivorship bias priced into the perspective. Eazy wasn't around to get his side of it on film. I knew going in that most of the stuff was going to be from Dre and Cube's perspective (i.e. Dre didn't WANT to wear the disco outfits and Eazy simply could NEVER write lyrics without Cube...etc), but to not even mention anything he threw back at them? They made him look like a broken down and bitter housewife and that isn't what happened. 187 was a top 5 album that hit #1 on the R&B charts. They devoted 10 minutes of screen time to No Vaseline but none to Real MF G's when the latter is without question a harder track and is consistently ranked as a top 2 or 3 diss track on every list out there. I get that history is written by the victors, and to be clear I think it's a well done movie, but the second half of that flick is devoted to propping up the influence and legacies of Dre and Cube and for Eazy fans it just came off as disingenuous and sh*tty. You don't earn the title Godfather of Gangsta Rap when crying is your default emotional response. Ren was seriously pissed about how they portrayed the story for both Eazy and him, and I thought he was just being salty, but when the movie dropped I saw exactly what he was talking about. They do a huge disservice to Ren's role in all the writing as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Did anyone read Girl on the Train? Movie comes out in October I believe, trailer was pretty solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 26 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said: I knew going in that most of the stuff was going to be from Dre and Cube's perspective (i.e. Dre didn't WANT to wear the disco outfits and Eazy simply could NEVER write lyrics without Cube...etc), but to not even mention anything he threw back at them? They made him look like a broken down and bitter housewife and that isn't what happened. 187 was a top 5 album that hit #1 on the R&B charts. They devoted 10 minutes of screen time to No Vaseline but none to Real MF G's when the latter is without question a harder track and is consistently ranked as a top 2 or 3 diss track on every list out there. I get that history is written by the victors, and to be clear I think it's a well done movie, but the second half of that flick is devoted to propping up the influence and legacies of Dre and Cube and for Eazy fans it just came off as disingenuous and sh*tty. You don't earn the title Godfather of Gangsta Rap when crying is your default emotional response. Ren was seriously pissed about how they portrayed the story for both Eazy and him, and I thought he was just being salty, but when the movie dropped I saw exactly what he was talking about. They do a huge disservice to Ren's role in all the writing as well. Fair enough. I honestly don't know enough about Eazy, and although he's got some gems, his voice and delivery always annoyed me. And when you look at a lot of his songs including the ones on his solo stuff, there are lots of ghostwriting credits thrown around...and label me old fashioned, but I'm still that kid from the 90's who thinks that if you're not rapping (or even singing in the case of so many bands these days) your own words, it loses my interest. Regarding Ren and Cube: I'm not going to pretend like I know much at all about either. I know their most famous stuff, but that's about it. However, even when listening to NWA stuff, it's clear that Cube was the driving force of story-telling gangster rap. The moment he broke free from NWA, he continued it on his solo stuff, whereas everyone else almost starting turning into caricatures of themselves. Even chronic '01 (which I LOVED as a teenager; never having heard the original chronic or any NWA at the time) seems corny now. Frankly, I'm happy they didn't really focus on him much, just as they didn't focus on Dre's rapping either. I think they did right by the group...Cube was the lyricist, Eazy the rapper, Dre provided beats and produced, and yella and ren were Toni Kukoc and Luc Longely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 37 minutes ago, Matt39 said: Did anyone read Girl on the Train? Movie comes out in October I believe, trailer was pretty solid. My fiance has, and she can't wait for the movie. She had also read gone girl and loved the firm interpretation of it, so it's helping to build her anticipation for girl on the train even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 On 7/24/2016 at 2:33 PM, SenorGato said: I meant Interstellar I am a very un emotional guy. The music in that is amazing, the score alone gets me. Then the scenes, where his daughter thinks he betrayed her. If you have a little girl, you can't watch that and not be moved. Plus the amazing visuals, the story, all of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 2 hours ago, Matt39 said: Secret life of Pets any good? Serious question- Kids really liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I go to the movies at least once a week with my oldest. Perfect for when it is too fricken hot in the mid afternoon. These are the last few movies we went to. Tarzan - typical mediocre adventure flick. The 7 year old liked it. Finding Dory - poor version of Finding Nemo. The 7 year old thought it was OK. Star Trek - Very good entry. Loved the nods to the original. The 7 year old LOVED it (especially the Beastie Boys Sabotage blasting). Secret Life of Pets - typical kid movie, enjoyable for adults. The 7 year old LOVED it. Ghostbusters - Meh. Not terrible, but so much untapped potential. The 7 year old thought it was OK. He is a fan of the original. World of Warcraft - Mediocre adventure flick, better than the reviews though. The 7 year old liked it. Jason Bourne this week, Suicide Squad next week. High hopes for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishooked Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Depp in Black Mass is unreal. Was nice to see him in a film not done by TIm Burton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 so we're what 10 days from Harley Quinn being the #1 google search ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 14 hours ago, Larz said: so we're what 10 days from Harley Quinn being the #1 google search ? 8... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwichjetfan Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Jason Bourne was, as expected, very predictable, and very fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Saw BFG with the kids. I know it bombed at the box office, but all 4 of us really liked it. Very good kids movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 59 minutes ago, chirorob said: Saw BFG with the kids. I know it bombed at the box office, but all 4 of us really liked it. Very good kids movie. My 7 year old doesn't want to see it. I actually kind of want to... I might drag him this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 51 minutes ago, Bergen Jet said: My 7 year old doesn't want to see it. I actually kind of want to... I might drag him this weekend. I have a 7, 9, and 13 year old. All 3 liked it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 4 hours ago, chirorob said: Saw BFG with the kids. I know it bombed at the box office, but all 4 of us really liked it. Very good kids movie. 3 hours ago, Bergen Jet said: My 7 year old doesn't want to see it. I actually kind of want to... I might drag him this weekend. my 10 year old read the book and loved it. some good silly funny scenes. place was empty when we went, go soon or it will be out of theaters 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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