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ShelC wrote:I don't know why, but I have no desire to see Rogue One. Huge Star Wars fan, thought TFA was great (but a bit of a retread). Still, not interested in Rogue.

I am right there with you 100% on that one, Shel. It just feels like an unnecessary movie to me. Some in-between story about how the Rebels stole Death Star plans? ... So what? It isn't about characters that I have any connection to, and the events of the film don't really matter to the overall story of Star Wars in any way, so why should I care? Also, what I've heard about the film is that it has great action and tone and does a good job enriching the story and so on, but that the characters are a bit flat and lifeless and don't convince you to care about them much. Force Awakens did a good job I thought with their main characters like Rey and Finn and Kylo Ren and so on. All these characters are just made up for this movie and presumably end up dead or don't matter to any other later films. What's the point?

Shel and Mori at the movies:

I watched The Accountant last night. I liked the concept of an action hero who falls somewhere on the spectrum, even if it was essentially a rip off of John Wick. The third act though, that was hot garbage.

Ha!

I read some decent things about The Accountant but I just can't take Ben Affleck seriously for some reason. He's starting to look kinda weird with the wigs and botox. He was good as Bruce Wayne tho and I'm looking forward to seeing more him in that world. But The Accountant and Live by Night...meh.

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:

ShelC wrote:I don't know why, but I have no desire to see Rogue One. Huge Star Wars fan, thought TFA was great (but a bit of a retread). Still, not interested in Rogue.

I am right there with you 100% on that one, Shel. It just feels like an unnecessary movie to me. Some in-between story about how the Rebels stole Death Star plans? ... So what? It isn't about characters that I have any connection to, and the events of the film don't really matter to the overall story of Star Wars in any way, so why should I care? Also, what I've heard about the film is that it has great action and tone and does a good job enriching the story and so on, but that the characters are a bit flat and lifeless and don't convince you to care about them much. Force Awakens did a good job I thought with their main characters like Rey and Finn and Kylo Ren and so on. All these characters are just made up for this movie and presumably end up dead or don't matter to any other later films. What's the point?

I would put Rogue One as the 3rd best Star Wars movie, without question.

There's at least as much intrigue in the operation to steal the Death Star plans as there is in the question "what was Darth Vader like as an 8 year old?" and I'm sure you paid money to find out the latter.

My nerd friends are all raving about Hidden Figures.

I'm on vacation for a while, so I've been watching a lot of movies from the past year for the first time recently.

The Accountant: I already gave my opinion a few days ago. Overall a pretty solid action movie 2.75/4.

Snowden: A really well made film, albeit extremely politically one-sided. 3/4.

The Magnificent 7: I'm not familiar with the original. Good but not great film, but Chris Pratt's role is worth .25 points by itself. 3/4.

Bad Moms: Basically The Hangover for women, and I kind of enjoyed that. There were definitely some misses, but I think they hit on a lot of the jokes. 3/4.

Eye In The Sky: Brutally boring after about the hour mark. Had more potential but just plain fell flat. 2/4.

Star Wars Rouge One: I'm not a Star Wars fan by any means, but this was a really well made action fantasy. A bit long for my liking. 3.25/4.

Zero Days: A documentary on the Stuxent cyber weapon used to destroy an Iranian nuclear facility in 2010(?). Very interesting and well made for a documentary on complex topic. 3/4.

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:My nerd friends are all raving about Hidden Figures.

Same here. It's on my short list of movies to see.

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:I finally got a chance to see Arrival and loved it. Best movie I saw this year. Thoughtful intelligent sci-fi.

Agreed. Amy Adams is in the running for an Academy Award.

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Has anyone seen Nocturnal Animals? I think it was pretty interesting, but has more layers than my simpleton mind can deconstruct.

Flagrant Fowl wrote:Has anyone seen Nocturnal Animals? I think it was pretty interesting, but has more layers than my simpleton mind can deconstruct.

Yes. Thought the performances were great, but I did not like the movie.

I saw La La Land a few days ago and it was great.

A good buddy of mine just saw the new M Night film, Split, and he said it was cool. Getting 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:A good buddy of mine just saw the new M Night film, Split, and he said it was cool. Getting 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Seeing that tomorrow night for a date. She thinks it looks interesting too. I'll let you know what I think.

AmareIsGod wrote:
Seeing that tomorrow night for a date. She thinks it looks interesting too. I'll let you know what I think.

That very last scene!

carey wrote:

AmareIsGod wrote:
Seeing that tomorrow night for a date. She thinks it looks interesting too. I'll let you know what I think.

That very last scene!

It was good.

AmareIsGod wrote:

It was good.

carey wrote:

AmareIsGod wrote:

It was good.

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Did you expect for Bruce to show up? It has been revealed that he will be filming a direct sequel to Unbreakable soon.