What's the last movie you saw?

[Kain]

Sometimes I just like slower paced movies.

As for me, I watched Godzilla vs. Kong few days back. Went in for the monster fights and got the monster fights.

If I were to rank all the current movies, it would be Godzilla (2014) > Godzilla vs. Kong > Kong: Skull Island > Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

On second thought, I would rank the movies like this: Godzilla (2014) > Kong: Skull Island > Godzilla vs. Kong > Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

[KAC]

I rate the whole set of movies a 4/10. Godzilla 2014 was super garbage and there were barely any monsters in it. Kong Skull Island was quite possibly the better one. But the 2nd and 3rd movies are terrible.

[Kain]

I rate the whole set of movies a 4/10. Godzilla 2014 was super garbage and there were barely any monsters in it. Kong Skull Island was quite possibly the better one. But the 2nd and 3rd movies are terrible.

While the 2014 movie lacked monster action, what it did have was a sense of awe whenever Godzilla showed up. There was a great sense of "grandness" to Godzilla in that movie. The following movies that featured Godzilla made him somewhat cartoonish in movement and presence.

[SubCog]

Godzilla vs Kong. 7.5/10, fun action movie.

Very different tone than the previous films in the series. WAAAY less grounded to reality, with alot more fun, light-hearted action. It's alot of jumping the shark, having the humans fly in anti-gravity ships, building Mecha-Godzilla, etc. And Godzilla and Kong are both personified perhaps a bit too much... in the other movies they were more like forces of nature, rather than pro-wrestlers. Not necessarily a bad thing to make it a bit more fun, but there's definitely trade-offs there.

I don't really get the complaints about the human plots, as I thought they were mostly fine, and pretty well integrated into the story. The one problem I see is that Millie Bobby Brown & crew are trying to find a way to sever Mecha-Godzilla's wifi connection, and fail... it leaves their storyline dangling a bit. I feel like there must have been a deleted scene in there somewhere.

[Nascar24]

The Whole story was abysmal! Not sure how it’s seen any other way.

[acroig]

The Whole story was abysmal! Not sure how it’s seen any other way.

The whole "hollow" stuff is very bad.

[Nascar24]

The whole "hollow" stuff is very bad.

Yea, didnt want to give away the Oscar winning story, but its like the guy who wrote the story was high on crack.

[Lazy8s]

The whole "hollow" stuff is very bad.

And then they tripled down on it with Godzilla blasting a hole all the way to the center of the earth to wreck Kong's throne

That was some next level if ya ask me....

[KAC]

The drilling of the hole is when the movie lost it. It is also how women describe my interactions with them.

[Jankan]

Yeah story was a little but I didn't watch the movie expecting it to be a Oscar contestant. It was enjoyable for what it was

[Nascar24]

Yea I dont either, but for me it was so bad that it takes away from what it is. I was so disintrestested in the story it made the movie boring.

[acroig]

And then they tripled down on it with Godzilla blasting a hole all the way to the center of the earth to wreck Kong's throne

That was some next level if ya ask me....

Yeah story was a little but I didn't watch the movie expecting it to be a Oscar contestant. It was enjoyable for what it was

Yeah, indeed...

The drilling of the hole is when the movie lost it. It is also how women describe my interactions with them.

Yeah.... ok......

[Munkus]

A movie about a giant plasma-breathing lizard and a giant gorilla should probably be expected to have some unrealistic scenes in it.

[SubCog]

A movie about a giant plasma-breathing lizard and a giant gorilla should probably be expected to have some unrealistic scenes in it.

Well yes, but in the previous movies the monsters were the only unrealistic elements, and the rest of the world was very grounded.

I kindof love that type of fantasy story, btw. TMNT stories are often like that, where the turtles live in a totally grounded world around them, and contrasts the ridiculousness of the turtles against that backdrop... really pushes the theme of them as outcasts who don't belong. Actually the long TMNT arcs usually start that way, and then gradually introduce more fantasy elements and characters, until eventually the turtles are the one grounded element among a universe of crazy ridiculous stuff. Think Cuddly the Cowlick, transporting the turtles across the universe to fight the Triceritons, etc.

Back on topic, I think that jumping the shark actually works for Godzilla vs Kong, as that's what happened with the old movies. They started out grounded, and eventually got cheesy and stupid... this movie seems to pay homage to that trend. If they do a sequel, it should push the cartoonishness even farther, imo.

[Jankan]

Well yes, but in the previous movies the monsters were the only unrealistic elements, and the rest of the world was very grounded.

I kindof love that type of fantasy story, btw. TMNT stories are often like that, where the turtles live in a totally grounded world around them, and contrasts the ridiculousness of the turtles against that backdrop... really pushes the theme of them as outcasts who don't belong. Actually the long TMNT arcs usually start that way, and then gradually introduce more fantasy elements and characters, until eventually the turtles are the one grounded element among a universe of crazy ridiculous stuff. Think Cuddly the Cowlick, transporting the turtles across the universe to fight the Triceritons, etc.

Back on topic, I think that jumping the shark actually works for Godzilla vs Kong, as that's what happened with the old movies. They started out grounded, and eventually got cheesy and stupid... this movie seems to pay homage to that trend. If they do a sequel, it should push the cartoonishness even farther, imo.

I think they had to somehow explain where the big lizard, monkey and the island the monkey lives on came from. Using the radiation from nuclear bombs explanation wouldn't have cut it

[SubCog]

I think they had to somehow explain where the big lizard, monkey and the island the monkey lives on came from. Using the radiation from nuclear bombs explanation wouldn't have cut it

Actually I think their explanation opens up more questions than answers. Kong's home in the hollow earth includes actual architecture...
somebody BUILT all that, and I don't think it was Kong and Godzilla. Ancient gigantic aliens? Gods? Human-type titans?

[acroig]

A movie about a giant plasma-breathing lizard and a giant gorilla should probably be expected to have some unrealistic scenes in it.

Perma.....

[Kain]

Watched Nerve (2016). Thought it was alright. Good idea but okay execution.

[Renocide]

Grosse Point Blank - 2085757934990/10

I took off 45900 points for all the random heterosexual people thrown in for no reason.


This fight scene.....

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[KAC]

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Sums up my opinion well.

[KAC]

The dry. 7.5/10.

[Lupine]

Spotlight. 10/10 and a ...

[KAC]

Run. Average American white mom/10.

[mizzer]

Spotlight. 10/10 and a ...

Right?! Great/terrible movie. Check out https://www.bishop-accountability.org/

[KAC]

Thunder force. Absolute garbage/10.

[Kain]

Watched Rings (2017). Thought it was much better than the reviews it got.

[JZL]

Kevin Smith: Silent But Deadly . . . 7.5/10

This is really a long stand-up set, ~ 1:30 runtime. Smith can carry it off because he's such a good storyteller. It's a pretty good mix of personal stuff and celeb stuff. imDb has this as a documentary and it's long-ish, so I thought movie rather than TV thread.

Oh yeah, it's funny.

[Cyko]

The drilling of the hole is when the movie lost it. It is also how women describe my interactions with them.

Extremely cringy to the point it’s laughable?

[KAC]

Extremely cringy to the point it’s laughable?

If they are moaningly smiling when being ploughed it means the op was a success.

[Silent-Runner]

Captive State. Very meh. Boooooooooring. I'll give it a very generous 4/10

[Kain]

Watched Child's Play (1988). Used to love this movie as a kid. Watching it brought back some good memories.

[KAC]

You must be a troubled child

[bob saget]

yeah im with KAC. i remember the night i watched it for the first time like 20 years ago as if it was yesterday. because i did not close my eyes for a second i must have been like 11.

[YellowBeard]

Playing catch up

Kong: Skull Island - Loved it. The "fun" of the beginning of the movie completely turns on it's head the moment the tree takes out the first helicopter. Great film, awesome location, the island was it's own character.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Good. Not great. They kind of go back on some of their own lore. Mutos were parasites, but all of a sudden there's another one and it's showing submission to Godzilla at the end? I don't know. Decent throughout, really kind of enjoy the world building, (Titans, ancient civilizations, etc etc. ) Mothra was a freaking bad ass and wish had more screen time.

Godzilla vs Kong - ****... I don't know what to say. The whole thing felt forced just to have them fight. Did not feel organic in the slightest. Skull Island pretty much being destroyed in a storm killing all the inhabitants? And all you get is a throwaway line about it? There's just so much more I could go on about. Ultimately disappointing and I loved the direction the new movies were taking. Maybe I'll give it another go. I did mainline Skull Island, King of the Monsters, and then this one all in one day, so maybe I was fatigued.

If I had to rank them all it would probably be in order of appearance. Godzilla > Kong > King of Monsters >>>>> Godzilla vs Kong.

And since this was another movie I watched recently.

Baahubali: The Beginning - Watched this one a couple weeks ago. Musical numbers were like weird surreal straight up music videos in this one. That combined with the over the top stuff had me enjoying it quite a bit. Had a real fun time with it up until they were fighting an invading army made up entirely of people in black face. Which... was something. Oof... I want to watch the second one, but after that, I don't know.

[Vanz_007]

Godzilla vs Kong - ****... I don't know what to say. The whole thing felt forced just to have them fight. Did not feel organic in the slightest.

your expectation is that Kong and Godzilla have a nice flowing harmonic organic relationship?

...maybe counselling...

[acroig]

your expectation is that Kong and Godzilla have a nice flowing harmonic organic relationship?

...maybe counselling...

[KAC]

Nobody. 7/10. Was better than I expected it to be. Still no John Wick and the music seemed garbage and out of place.

[Kain]

You must be a troubled child

Not really. I just really liked horror movies from the start and started watching them at a very early age.

So, after rewatching the first/original Child's Play few days ago, I rewatched Child's Play 2 (1990). The ending part that takes place in the toy factory is still awesome.

[YellowBeard]

your expectation is that Kong and Godzilla have a nice flowing harmonic organic relationship?

...maybe counselling...

That would have been a more enjoyable movie than what we got.


Damn, I'm still getting disappointed when I think about it. Like at the end of King of Monsters that the "eco terrorists" got the head, and then somehow sold it to the "humans are the best" tech bro? Why does the lore of a ****ing Godzilla movie annoy me this much.... ARGH!

[KAC]

Marksman. Old man kills 5 dudes in 1 hour 40 mins movie and then takes a bus ride/10.