also i couldn't get past how stupid their mission was. really? there's no other way to do this? what if you sent in, idk, a slightly higher number of planes. oh right, only the enemy has the super advanced unstoppable Fifth Generation Fighters. clearly we've starved the Pentagon for too long.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
put me down as someone for whom the new recruits worked, but that's prob because they're like the crew of a slasher film, all paper-thin archetypes
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 18:45 (one year ago) link
I kept thinking of the Futurama line about "a dedicated young man, with no characteristics."
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 19:09 (one year ago) link
lol
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
this could easily become "most promising" if they do the right thing and cast danny devito as the title character
A live-action film is in development based on the classic arcade game with an endless appetite, #PacMan https://t.co/Z6nBd7qgmD pic.twitter.com/aG98LUtTym— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 8, 2022
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Monday, 8 August 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
predator 5 best predator
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Monday, 8 August 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link
Y’all have almost convinced me to watch it.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 8 August 2022 20:33 (one year ago) link
All the manbabies on Twitter whining about the ending has convinced me to watch it.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 August 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
I thought Prey was...well, I didn't much like the original Predator to begin with (never saw any of the other sequels). Liked the girl, liked the dog, liked the setting, but I found a lot of the action hard to follow, to the extent that I had to rewind a couple of scenes to be sure what was going on. I'm happy that people are happy, though.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Friday, 19 August 2022 17:02 (one year ago) link
it definitely feels like it's being overrated just for not being bad. it isn't bad, but it isn't particularly good either. acting was fine, the effects were pretty good, i didn't have a problem with the action, but there was nothing in particular in it that excited me or seemed especially interesting.
― na (NA), Friday, 19 August 2022 17:15 (one year ago) link
i do agree that i enjoyed it more than the o.g. Predator, which i rewatched recently and is a very unpleasant movie
― na (NA), Friday, 19 August 2022 17:16 (one year ago) link
the animal disembowelment in Prey i found extremely unpleasant. was going to watch it with the boys but the 10 yo loves animals of all kinds and i think would be pretty upset by it
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 19 August 2022 18:40 (one year ago) link
that said it looks absolutely amazing on a good tv (brag brag)
Today in S/R/F news…
"Disney+ added that the new series, TWO GIANT GORILLAS FUCKING, will most likely reside behind the age-restriction barriers on the streaming service." https://t.co/oX3GVdcnIx— DrewMcWeeny (@DrewMcWeeny) August 23, 2022
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 23:30 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imn_gHwvUmc
"fletch, confess" with jon hamm as fletch
preview is promising? feels like they're trying to cash in on "knives out" kinda but a few lines made me chuckle
― na (NA), Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link
sorry "confess, fletch"
I...kinda want to see that.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 August 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
The novel (and the whole Fletch series) are drier and smarter than the Chevy Chase movie suggests. And solid plots. Hamm seems like a great choice.
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Thursday, 25 August 2022 22:14 (one year ago) link
I read three or four of the novels as a teenager, around the time the movie came out. They were good; I wonder if they'd stand up now.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 25 August 2022 22:29 (one year ago) link
I seen Confess, Fletch this week and it was dreadful. Enough very good or competent people involved to wonder why it fell so flat.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 26 November 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
i thought it was pretty ok! i lol’d throughout, maybe too loudly on the plane. i will not remember a thing about it by tomorrow
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 November 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link
The actual mystery plot itself was fine but 98% of the jokes just died horribly. It wasn't even that they were terrible jokes but something about the delivery felt really off. One of the worst films I've seen in a while.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 26 November 2022 21:00 (one year ago) link
Not gonna go to bat very hard for it but my experience was more like Brad's: amusing and diverting enough, and I lolled several times. I'd watch another sequel, though I have doubts this was successful enough to make another
― Vinnie, Saturday, 26 November 2022 22:30 (one year ago) link
loved the rookie detective getting constantly outfletched by fletch
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 26 November 2022 22:36 (one year ago) link
Not as good as a Fletch book, but a good modern adaptation of a Fletch book. Would happily watch two a year.
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Saturday, 26 November 2022 22:55 (one year ago) link