TV/Movies Megathread

[CountDeMoney]

I counter-trolled.  Don't bring a red sweater vest to a gunfight and shank the punt, Tupa.

[FunkMonk]

I had also attended a lecture a few weeks ago at the Funk Museum

I went to the Funkmonk Museum once.  A shitload of spreadsheets on papyrus.

[Maladict]

Dunkirk. The visuals are stunning, acting is fine I suppose.

The out-of-gas Spitfire gliding back and forth along the beach and then downing a German plane was a bit much.
As was the navel-gazing self-congratulating Britishness which I guess was only to be expected.

[Admiral Yi]

Think I'll catch a matinee of Dunkirk today, as the rain is keeping me off the links.

Don't spoil the ending for me!

[citizen k]

Don't spoil the ending for me!

Harry Styles kills Hitler in a dramatic action sequence on the beach.

[citizen k]

This season of The Strain is a fun romp through a vampire nazi dystopia. Part Handmaid's Tale, part Schindler's List.

[CountDeMoney]

This season of The Strain is a fun romp through a vampire nazi dystopia. Part Handmaid's Tale, part Schindler's List.

I just started watching that this week.  Season 1, Episode 1.  Fucking vampires.

[Admiral Yi]

What Maladict said about Dunkirk for the most part.  The out of fuel Spitfire was really silly.

There's really no story.  There's an evacuation and bits of sentimentality that work to varying degrees.

I had a hard time keeping track of all the white guys with their boy band haircuts.

[Savonarola]

I saw Dunkirk as well; it's not really a movie it's more like a roller coaster ride.

[spoiler]You knew young George was going to bite it the moment he started talking about his personal life.  If you ever find yourself in a war picture never talk about your personal life.[/spoiler]

[Liep]

Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

Hahahaha. It's been a while since I've seen a movie like this, still a lot of fun even if most of it is horrible.

4 kicks 30 cm away from that guy's face but he still falls over out of 5

[Duque de Bragança]

Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

Hahahaha. It's been a while since I've seen a movie like this, still a lot of fun even if most of it is horrible.

4 kicks 30 cm away from that guy's face but he still falls over out of 5

Dolph Lundgren + Hiroyuki Cary-Tagawa = so bad it's good.
Yet the movie does not take itself very seriously, same director as Commando, and has some interesting insights on issues such as multiculturalism and assimilation.
Not the finest hour of Brandon Lee, and Tia Carrere shows up for er... a great line.

AFAIK, even Dolph Lundgren recognised in an interview about this movie he should have read the script (in its entirety?) before signing for a movie. 
He wears as a matter of fact one of the most ridiculous outfits of his movie career.

PS: as per '80s Actions rules, there is some mandatory [spoiler]homoeroticism.[/spoiler]

[CountDeMoney]

PS: as per '80s Actions rules, there is some mandatory [spoiler]homoeroticism.[/spoiler]

W.T.F.

[Liep]

PS: as per '80s Actions rules, there is some mandatory [spoiler]homoeroticism.[/spoiler]

W.T.F.

The onsen scene is pretty damning evidence.

[Duque de Bragança]

PS: as per '80s Actions rules, there is some mandatory [spoiler]homoeroticism.[/spoiler]

W.T.F.

http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/the-ruthless-guide-to-80s-action/

Check Out the RUTHLESS TIMELINE of 80s Action

Welcome to the wonderful, whitebread world of 80s Action. The brain trust here at Ruthless spent some time figuring out just what exactly made a shoot 'em up flick in the 80s so much better than the identical film shot in some other decade. That task took all of about five minutes. Firstly, action films from the 80's are all exceedingly homoerotic. It is an essential part of the given movie's aesthetic. Sure, Steve Reeves took his shirt off in The Thief of Baghdad, but he spent most of his time chasing after the princess, not touching other men. Of course all of the heroes in 80s Action flicks talk like tough guys, but there is rarely any hetero-sex and by the end of the movie they are typically locked in mortal, lascivious combat with another muscular, shirtless man.

Emphasis mine.

[CountDeMoney]

That is a silly premise, and precisely why film critics and reviewers are as universally despised as dentists and personal injury lawyers.