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I watched Fight Club in theater, when it was released. I remember that I liked the film, the plot twist was surely nice.
 
Saw Captain America: Brave New World last night, and despite mediocre reviews I think it was a solid film in the end. Interesting choices on which parts of MCU history it decided to latch itself onto, too.

Will be interesting to see where they go with Thunderbolts*, especially given some of the nuggets dropped in the Cap movie…
 
Watched the last episode of series 3 of INVINCIBLE. Pretty solid, I think the penultimate episode was stronger and more dramatic but I still think it was a good conclusion, but I was a little disappointed the fates of Allen and Omni-Man are still unknown. The main battle was good, the animation's taken a huge step up this series and this fight really showcased that, but it made me realise...

I'm getting tired of seeing cities get destroyed and innocents killed during these punch-ups, it's not shocking anymore and there doesn't seem to be any consequence to it. Like, the city they begin the fight in gets flattened like it had an atomic bomb dropped on it, but there's no reaction to it aside from Oliver, and he's only concerned because he knows Invincible is in the middle of it and could've been killed, but we all know he's gonna survive. Conquest also repeats Omni-Man's move of using Invincible to plough through a crowd of civilians, but the former case was more shocking because it was Omni-Man doing it to his own son, this time just didn't have the same impact. Over the last two episodes we've seen major cities destroyed across the globe, but this episode barely mentions the impact, aside from a passing line about rebuilding, and at the end we even see people going about their lives in a city that's back to normal, is it supposed to be the same place? The Pentagon's already close to fully repaired despite being attacked, what, three days prior? It took NYC eight months to clean up after 9/11, these places are gonna be ruins for years.
 
Recently finished Rogue Heroes.
Just started re-watching The Witcher series, interspersed with some episodes of What We Do in the Shadows for laughs.
 
Watched Presence last week. The only recognizable actor is Lucy Liu. Saw it on a whim, a friend invited me out to lunch and while we were out she said, "Wanna go to a movie!?" "Uh... ok," so we went. In reading the exerpt it said that a family is trying to keep it together after a friend of their daughter's died and she's depressed. I immediately knew what kind of movie we were getting into, the kind that is a "horror" movie but the super natural is nothing more than a projection of what the family is going through. Like in The Babadook or Hereditary.

What made this movie a tad different is that the whole thing takes place from the point of view of the titular presence. The tension comes from not knowing what kind of presence (good, bad in between) it is or who/what it is. Because it's all from the ghost's point of view it has a low budget feel a la Paranormal Activity, where you only get snippets of conversations, the editing has hard cuts and transitions, because the ghost just leaves or is done for that day I guess.

The movie clicked along at a decent pace until, like Paranormal Activity, the last 5-10 minutes of the movie where it all hits the fan and the ending still gives me chills. If you like that kind of suspense/horror it's worth a watch, but wait for it to hit streaming platforms.
 
Saw Mickey17 (2025) at the pictures.

A pretty decent movie based on Edward Ashton's excellent Mickey7. As the title change might suggest, it plays pretty loosely with the source material. I'm not too keen on the heavy handed political satire and would much rather have stayed in the philosophical questions and character moments - please do not mistake this cloning business for a tired trope in SF, Ashton's take is hugely fresh and is regrettably somewhat diluted in the movie.
 
Maturin said:
Saw Mickey17 (2025) at the pictures.

A pretty decent movie based on Edward Ashton's excellent Mickey7. As the title change might suggest, it plays pretty loosely with the source material. I'm not too keen on the heavy handed political satire and would much rather have stayed in the philosophical questions and character moments - please do not mistake this cloning business for a tired trope in SF, Ashton's take is hugely fresh and is regrettably somewhat diluted in the movie.
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I haven’t read the novel but I am aware of what Bong brought to his adaptation and pretty much agree. Kinda wild that the same guy also made Parasite, although that was heavy handed as well I think it was a lot more focused than Mickey 17.

I enjoyed the movie though, much better than the typical action blockbuster slop lately. Pattinson was fantastic.
 
terrell39 said:

@MrKnickerbocker
@Detective Beauregard

Check out this restored footage of 1930s Chicago
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I love the building on fire at 1:15 and the guy passed out at 6:45. Definitely the Chicago I know! But my favorite part has to be the two full minutes of the guy on a bench slowly falling asleep.

Did everyone really wear hats back then?

I like how wide the roads are and the minimal traffic. You can definitely see the Chicago, though.

Thanks for sharing!
 
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