movies

[go birds]

lmao

[stlouie_lipp]

"Wind River". Anyone else see this? I went over the weekend and liked it quite a bit. It is somewhat depressing, but I like how the story unfolded and how they revealed what happened to the dead girl. I'm a Jeremy Renner fan and it was under 2 hours, so that generally get a couple stars from me out of the gate.

[thrill]

"Wind River". Anyone else see this? I went over the weekend and liked it quite a bit. It is somewhat depressing, but I like how the story unfolded and how they revealed what happened to the dead girl. I'm a Jeremy Renner fan and it was under 2 hours, so that generally get a couple stars from me out of the gate.

It's very dark, and the premise of women and poc only receiving justice by the hand of a righteous white man is certainly problematic in terms of these largely being the only stories we tell, but that's not going to stop me from being exhilarated by Jeremy Renner with a rifle in the Wyoming wilderness killing rapists.

[ghostrunner]

Close Encounters is out for one week for its 40th anniversary. Started this past Friday. I think this is a cut that came out in 1997 with more cottage than the original, but without the scene Spielberg later added of Dreyfuss' character going inside the alien ship. That was added in 1980 under pressure from the studio and Spielberg later decided it was a mistake.

Going today with the family. Can't wait.

[thrill]

Logan Lucky was boring and definitely a minor Soderbergh. Daniel Craig was good. Everything else was fine. It just didn't have that sharpness that his best stuff has.

[heyzeus]

Saw Ingrid Goes West. It was shallow and unremarkable, with a bad ending. Don't see Ingrid Goes West.

The highlight: thinking during most of the movie, "man, that guy looks just like a young Ice Cube." Yeah, it's Ice Cube's son.

[pioneer98]

My God, 1976's Network is thought provoking in the bizarre, gloomy America we somehow live in right now.

Is that on Netflix? I may have to watch that. Never seen it.

[ghostrunner]

Close Encounters is out for one week for its 40th anniversary. Started this past Friday. I think this is a cut that came out in 1997 with more cottage than the original, but without the scene Spielberg later added of Dreyfuss' character going inside the alien ship. That was added in 1980 under pressure from the studio and Spielberg later decided it was a mistake.

Going today with the family. Can't wait.

Oof. Cottage? I would guess the amount of cottage was the same. Damn autocorrect.

This was expensive but they actually put it in the best theater at the location, which really surprised me. Good on AMC for still giving a [expletive]. I expected it might get relegated to a tiny theater at the end since it was only out for one week. Honest to god full Dolby surround sound. The seats actually shook during the louder parts, but it wasn't deafening either.

Only thing that bugged me is they had a making of video at the beginning. Seemed to go on forever, plus my kids had never seen it before and this video showed about 5-6 iconic shots and a couple things that would have been surprising. I forgot about it once the movie started but I was beside myself for a few minutes.

Anyway, well worth it to see in the theater again. Early Spielberg is the best Spielberg + Vilmos Zsigmond, who really knew how to compose a shot.

[pioneer98]

Kind of. The first part was slow, trying to figure out who the mysterious dudes were and all. I got to the halfway point and fell asleep. Picked up the next night for the last half. Yeah, I guess I liked it. I think if I would have seen it as a kid I would have thought it was the greatest movie ever.

I sure did. Got that as a Christmas gift from my Grandmother on VHS. Best present ever.

Several years ago I watched it again as an adult, and...

[SHOW]

Something I read said the character E.T. symbolizes childhood...Sneaking around doing things behind your parents' back, riding your bike to the woods, fighting with your siblings, getting in trouble at school, Halloween shenanigans, etc....Also, the grownups can't even see E.T. It's like they are so bogged down with work and responsibility that they forgot about childhood. Viewed through that lens, the film is about dealing with growing up...or more like: sometimes that spark of childhood may feel dead and gone but it's always still there...viewed it that way, the movie hit me pretty damn hard as an adult and parent. Cheesy, I know.

[tlombard]

I have seen one movie in a theater since probably Wedding Crashers came out. Now that I cut the cord and don't have HBO, I've decided to just pay the $10/month for Movie Pass. I signed up today and we'll see how that goes when I get the card in the mail next week and can start using it. MX Movies downtown participates in the deal and that's pretty convenient for me.

I've been to quite a few Cards games thanks to the Ballpark Pass so I guess I'll give this a shot now.