Amph What was the last movie you saw?

Double post, ignore

 

Gods of Egypt: I'm having a hard time deciding if it's gloriously awful or awfully glorious

 

After watching Resurgence I will maintain that neither Michael Bay nor Zach Snyder have made a film even remotely close to being that bad

 

If you think that's bad, watch Legend of Hercules starring Kellan Lutz.

On second thought, I wouldn't wish that on even my worst enemy.

 

Fantastic Beasts. Doesn't quite have the lightening-in-a-bottle vibe of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but very, very good nonetheless. I look foreword to five or six more of these.

 

Yeah, I think it's one of the best movies of the nineties overall. One of my favorites.

 

Shrek - still extremely funny, subversive fairy tale romp and a sweet take on "don't judge a book by its cover."

 

Yeah, the first two are really funny, there are definitely diminishing returns after that.

 

Edge of Seventeen: Pretty good. I'll watch anything with Harrelson, and it was nice to see Steinfield get a great role. One which she rocked. She was really good. Depending on how solid the category is she might as least get a GG nod.

Movie is cliche as **** though. You've seen this movie. You've probably seen it a 100 times. IT hits all the familiar beats. It's saving grace is that it does so competently, with great performances, and if anything it's the new modern version of this idea.

The nerd that likes her is pretty much, the normal guy of today, for example.

 

The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)

Road trip movie about an emotionally damaged caregiver and his disabled young charge. Paul Rudd is as good as usual, and Craig Roberts makes his mark as the acerbic wheelchair-bound young man.

Enjoyable. Not groundbreaking, but if you want a warm-hearted movie with some black humour and a little bad language, this is worth a try.

 

just watched the Superman v.s Batman movie

 

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

I'm on a bit of a Vincent Price binge. Any movie featuring Price killing people with unicorns and Brussels sprouts is an automatic winner in my book.

 

Silent Hill: This was a weird time in life. I watched this film 17 times in a single month. It has a very weird pacing and the narrative structure isn't entirely satisfying. There's lots of Biblical allusions in a film that is also directly about a pseudo-Biblically inspired witch burning cult, a la Salem of the colonial era. They go for a whole "becoming what you hate" thing but it's possibly undermined by the fact that there is a literal demon by the end of the film.

Anyway, though, I mostly remember Wilderness Comedian. He was a pretty bitter guy a lot of the time. But somehow, this film got a whole thread dedicated to it, which he, myself and Zas ended up dominating. The interactions there weren't like any we ever had on any other part of the boards in all our years together. A good reminder of how much people can surprise you. I hope that guy is doing well.

 

Awful, awful movie. Worse than Brett Ratner's Hercules film. Heck, worse than Little Hercules in 3D. But it does have one thing going for it IMO, and that's Scott Adkins as King Amphitryon. He always seemed like he was on loan from a better movie. I've since checked out a few of Adkins' films, and while I don't think there's an Oscar in his future unless that Oscar is followed by the words "Mayer Weiner", he has the goods as an action-star lead.

 

Bananas. It took some time, but Woody Allen and I finally clicked. A gloriously ridiculous comedy that drags Allen's persona through a wild variety of situations and surrounds all that with some inspired lunacy. Nonstop laughter.

 

EDIT: Well this was completely the wrong thread.

 

It's my personal favorite Price film because it is the Vincent Price formula on steroids. It also creates black humor in a way that is funny but is not making fun of horror films. That has always been my problem with Price. He seems to be laughing at some of his films instead of with.

 

This is my favourite thing ever:

 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

9/10, a very worthy continuation of the Potter saga. JK Rowling is my generation's George Lucas.

 

Yes, she might very well turn out to be the spiritual successor to Spielberg and Lucas.

 

I detect some sarcasm in that last post. As it should be.

 

Why should there be? Lucas and Spielberg recycle imagery to make shlocky action films with broad appeal. This lady made some movie about animals that were less impressive than real life animals.

 

Finding Dory. This was a terrific sequel in every way. Loved the new characters, especially Hank. Pixar hit all the emotional notes too.