TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

I thought it was quite the achievement that such a short movie still managed to feel so relentlessly repetitive. But then again, 90% of disaster movies feel that way to me: 1) Something goes horribly wrong 2) Protagonist miraculously beats odds to save his/her life  3) Goto 1. I need some interesting drama intertwined with the whole jumping through hoops on fire to retain my attention, Gravity didn't have any.

[Malthus]

I thought it was quite the achievement that such a short movie still managed to feel so relentlessly repetitive. But then again, 90% of disaster movies feel that way to me: 1) Something goes horribly wrong 2) Protagonist miraculously beats odds to save his/her life  3) Goto 1. I need some interesting drama intertwined with the whole jumping through hoops on fire to retain my attention, Gravity didn't have any.

Heh, I was amazed that at the end, when the capsule fell to Earth into water, and she was struggling to get out, she wasn't chased to shore by a big shark (only to find a bunch of ISIS-like terrorists waiting for her). 

[Admiral Yi]

Gravity felt to me like technically virtuoso, visually stunning extended short more than a film.

[KRonn]

The Revenant: A-

Agreed. I saw this recently and was pleasantly surprised that it was a pretty good movie.

[celedhring]

Beasts of No Nation. A tale of a boy in a generic war-torn West African country that is recruited into a battalion of child soldiers, wishing to avenge his murdered family.

"Africa is fucked" has become a bit of a staple Oscar-bait genre as of late, but this is one of the best ones imho. Compelling and really, really dark - at the end of it all, you're watching the story unfold through the eyes of a child that becomes a war criminal. Idris Elba is just fantastic as the unit commander, and so is the kid protagonist (and I usually don't care much for hyped up child actors, but this one really is that good). Fukunaga's direction is also pretty good, and makes the most of a shoestring budget.

A real pity that industry politics shut it out from the Oscars, because it deserved some attention, imho.

[Admiral Yi]

Perhaps not an appropriate director to bring up in Compton or Southside Chicago. 

[The Brain]

Compelling and really, really dark

Classy comment.

[celedhring]

Perhaps not an appropriate director to bring up in Compton or Southside Chicago. 

That joke will need some splainin' 

[Admiral Yi]

Perhaps not an appropriate director to bring up in Compton or Southside Chicago. 

That joke will need some splainin' 

Fuck You Niggas

A stretch, but not that much.  I just need to buy one vowel.

[11B4V]

Beasts of No Nation. A tale of a boy in a generic war-torn West African country that is recruited into a battalion of child soldiers, wishing to avenge his murdered family.

"Africa is fucked" has become a bit of a staple Oscar-bait genre as of late, but this is one of the best ones imho. Compelling and really, really dark - at the end of it all, you're watching the story unfold through the eyes of a child that becomes a war criminal. Idris Elba is just fantastic as the unit commander, and so is the kid protagonist (and I usually don't care much for hyped up child actors, but this one really is that good). Fukunaga's direction is also pretty good, and makes the most of a shoestring budget.

A real pity that industry politics shut it out from the Oscars, because it deserved some attention, imho.

It is an exceptional movie and at times hard to watch.

[jimmy olsen]

This looks pretty awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_f1v0Nx5Sw

[Eddie Teach]

I would be more psyched if it was on cable.

[celedhring]

Hollywood's creepy age gap phenomenon 

[CountDeMoney]

[HVC]

(Attractive) men age better.