"munters? I don't think it means what you think it means.

Well now that makes sense. I looked up the meaning, seems to be many versions. Here is one:

noun

a very unattractive person.
Shes a munter straight from muntervillle!
Last edited on May 10 2002. Submitted by Emily S. from Droxford, Hampshire, UK on May 10 2002.
a very unattractive female. Origin: British
Last edited on Jun 17 2003. Submitted by Dylan H. from Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK on Jun 17 2003.
an ugly person.
I'd kiss a munter like that, I'm not fussy.
an unattractive person.
She's a bit of a munter.
Last edited on Sep 09 2005. Submitted by Phil H. from Cambridgeshire, UK on Sep 09 2005.
an unattractive, unintelligent male. A male "minger".

Anyway, had to look it up as never heard that word before your post.

I think Oliver Stone did a great job of making Talk Radio visual, because the film is mostly of a guy talking into a microphone. The movie is based in Dallas. I remember he talked about the hookers on Harry Hines St. In the last 25 years Dallas has changed so much.. but the hookers are still there.

Refreshingly, the vast majority of that film was historically accurate!

*** SPOILERS ***

http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/anthropoid/

I saw Alien: Covenant yesterday.

My biggest beef with Ridley Scott's Prometheus & now Covenant is that he uses science fiction devices when it suits his film's plot but completely ignores reasonable technological advances. Spoiler Alert: they still don't wear helmets or masks or anything while walking around on a strange planet. In a world where AI exists, space travel/hyper sleep exist, etc, you are telling me there are NO protocols when it comes to exploring other strange planets. Come on man!

The movie is worth a watch. Redbox or stream it. It does have more gore than other Alien movies so that's a plus.

6.5 popcorns.

Now you need to watch Prometheus. It explains a lot. They are both( as you know) prequals to Alien and explain where they they came from

I'll chime in a little late for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. I think it might be one of the best movies I've ever seen in terms of balance between SciFi, action, and comedy. There must have been four different villains in the movie and poor Rocket Raccoon was called everything under the sun: Rat, Raccoon, Triangle-Nosed Monkey, Puppy, Panda, Fox, etc. In my opinion, he was the best character, although baby Groot and Drax put in their fair share of comedy. Kurt Russell was great as Ego the Living Planet......a celestial! The movie really answered a lot of open questions about Quill's backstory, Gamora and Nebula's backstory, Yondu and Quill's backstory, etc.

I loved Gaurdians 2 as well. I thought it was one of the best Marvel movies and up there with the best sci fi ornaction movies ever. I hate that Yondu died after he became a hero but I guess someone had to buy it. I don't know if he died I. The comics or not.

To get ready for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, I went to the Aniversary showing of the Fifth Element, a limited movie theater showing. It was great to see it on the big screen with an audience.

If you look carefully in the trailers you can see the Thai floating Junk and a Corben Style Cab. Love that this is 'of the universe' but entirely its own. Not the the comic was part of that, but likely an influence.

I never new anything about Guardians of the Galaxy till seeing the first movie after renting it at redbox, i thought the trailers made it look dumb, but after watching the first one i became a fan. In the first one i always wanted to see what Yondus arrow could do and in the second you really got to see (I thought it was awesome) really liked Drax in 2 and liked how you got to learn about the characters history.

I'm hoping the third one fleshes out Rocket's and Groot's backstory.

They did a great job with the family themes to keep it grounded. It reminded me of why I liked the first Thor because of the bittersweet relationship between the brothers.

Kurt Russell also just nailed it. I've seen it twice and kind of want to see it again. His speech about the song Brandy is really memorable.

His death was very necessary to me. It gave the movie an emotional punch that stuck with me. The funeral scene at the end was great with all of the emotional beats between pretty much all of the characters. Quill and Rocket. Quill and Gamora. Rocket and Yondu. Quill and Yondu. Drax and Groot. Gamora and Nebula. Even Kraglin had some nice moments.

Saw Alien: Covenant, it was passably entertaining but otherwise a forgettable rehash. It's funny that people are focusing so much on the aliens that they're not even, like, alien anymore. The whole thrill of the original film was that you didn't know what it would do next, but now they're so rote it's like a tradition. Some of the stuff with David's experimentation was cool, I liked the Island of Dr Moreau vibes. Too bad about the rest of it.

It just feels like such a limp compromise between doing something new and trying to hook viewers with something they're familiar with. The franchise is such a product now, all the creativity is suffocated by this obsessive need to kowtow to Approved Concepts. Just make a new movie!

I agree, I expected much more from this film. The dueling androids were predictable, and the visuals were OK but not great. The aliens themselves were like extra cast members. No rotating light beacons and no flame throwers. 5 Popcorns... Prometheus was better.

I get real pissed at the Spoilers in this thread without and clear SPOLIER ALERT separation.

Watched half of the Ghostbusters remake yesterday. You ever get to that point in a movie, not that it's a bad movie, but that you just don't care about anything going on enough to invest another moment? There you go.

Just finished 10 Cloverfield Lane. Didn't really know anything about it going in, and luckily so. Worth the watch.

I liked Alien Convenant and didn't find it derivative of other movies in the series while watching it. After thinking about it, I guess some of it was similar to the first one, mostly the end sequence.

I was fascinated by Fassbender's David. His arc through Prometheus has been really interesting. I've read rumors that Sigourney was hoping to return to the series. It would be neat if they do another movie set years later where David has to be stopped by an older Ripley.

Disappointed that Noomi Rapace was so casually discarded. She's one of my favorite actresses but it was a neat callback to kill her offscreen.

I think every movie James Franco is in should start off with him dying.

Pirates of the Caribbean (2017)

I'll go 6-7 popcorns. I had rather low expectations, so given that it ended up being enjoyable. Just sit back and watch it....don't think about it too deeply or you could ruin it.

that's how I felt, and it wasn't just because it was women. It didn't have good comedy, it didn't have good scary cgi, storyline was too much like the first movie.

Totally agree.. I just watched this maybe 2 months ago, one of those moments "Hey, I didn't watch that movie, looked interesting". Definitely had a good "I'm not sure if he's telling the truth or not". The trailer is good too because it makes it look happy go lucky, then it turns

T2 Trainspotting 2 - Great throwback film, lots of nostalgia, good tunes, fun story. - 7 Popcorns

Adult Life Skills - Funny dialogue, new take on a coming of age film, good for a second watch - 7.5 Popcorns

Does anybody else think Katherine Waterston is one of the ugliest looking actresses? Maybe it was her terrible Scott Pilgrim hair do.

I liked her, she looked like a real person, it's nice to have someone in a movie who doesn't look like they were plastiformed.

I agree but I was looking thru IMDB and she looks quite atractive with ling hair.

She looked alright in Harry Potter - Fantastic Beasts.

Are you a Harry Potter Fan? See 1. Do you have children of age 10+? See 1. Do you like magic? See 1. Wizard fetish? See 1. Are you bored? See 1. Other? See 2.

1) Rent Movie
2) Skip

Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them - 7 Popcorns

Great movie too by the way.

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Over the weekend, I watched two very good movies.

"Woman in Gold" - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404425/ - Historical Drama - It's the story of a woman (Helen Mirren) who challenges the Austrian Government in court for the rights to a family painting that was stolen by the Nazis during WWII. Her young lawyer (Ryan Reynolds). It closely follows the storyline of the real world event. It's well done, and I highly recommend it. 7.5 popcorns.

"Black Mass" - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355683/ - Historical Criminal Drama - It's the story of how the FBI helped create one of the biggest Crime Lords ever. Whitey Bulger (Johnny Depp) takes over the Boston Crime Syndicate with the protection of the FBI since he is an informant that is helping bring down the Mafia. Many well known actors are in this movie. The story is fast paced and well executed. It's a riveting story, especially when you realize that it is based on real life events. It's full of gangster murders and Depp does an outstanding job of portraying Bulger. I give it 8.5 popcorns.

Marcus

I know it's not a movie.. I just watched a wonderful story about Robert Gagno on HBO's Real Sports. Here's the HBO trailer video:

http://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel/episodes/0/242-episode/video/pinball-wizard-autistic-pinball-champion-trailer.html?autoplay=true

Trainspotting 2:

It's fantastic to have a true sequel and wanting to catch up with characters you gave a shit about 20 years ago.

It's poignant about reaching middle age and wondering what the fuck went wrong.

It's lovely that you get to see Spuds journey on becoming a better person for his ex wife and kid.

Begbie and Sick Boy, harsh and villainous as ever.

Side note: I'm English and could have done with some subtitles at times. The Scottish accent is thick as molasses

Fuck remakes and reboots. I want to see what these characters have been up to.

Now let's have a bit more of that.

I want to see what Jack Burton has been up to the last thirty years

This one's going back a few years, but "Mother Night" is one of my favorite movies and if you're a fan of Kurt Vonnegut, it's a very good adaptation of his book. I'd like to hear opinions from anyone else who's seen it, I always ask but no one has ever heard of it, much less seen it. The soundtrack also makes wonderful use of Arvo Pärt's minimalist style, if you're a classical music fan.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117093/

Just saw Wonder Woman. Terrible Terrible movie.

" For only love can save the world"

I liked WW

I want to go see Wonder Woman but my expectations aren't very high.

I hate her theme. That electric guitar riff gives me traumatic flashbacks to BvS.

Did you know that Covenant was filmed in Milford Sound? My husband and I just watched it last night. One of the early scenes had a ship landing on a planet with mountains and waterfalls. My husband immediately said he thought it was Doubtful (we spent three days sea kayaking in Doubtful earlier this year as part of a trip to NZ). Turns out it was Milford - so close enough.

Covenant was good - it makes Prometheus make sense. But nothing will ever be as good as the original. Talk about standing the test of time. I'm watching it again now because I'm a huge fan and my husband just left on a business trip (and isn't around to ask me why the heck I'm watching it for like the 30th time).

I've heard both good and bad things about Wonder Woman, but man, idk, I just can't get excited for any of these superhero movies. They're so corporate.

hahaha

Of course you would have.

We had the best time there. Ended up in Manapouri for a couple of nights afterwards. Locals were hilarious and very welcoming - and we even found pinball at this odd campground.

We actually stayed at the campground. He and his wife (?) were very nice. His collection of old cars is something else. And of course pinball...

Missed the underground hydro station. Next time!

Hah, yeah, I know they'll just churn these out for years. They feel like they're designed by committee. I didn't even like Deadpool or Guardians, because even those felt like a bunch of people in suits sat around with big graphs and sheets showing them exactly how weird or offensive they could be before their market numbers dropped.

I enjoyed Wonder Woman. Great theme music! As far as comic book movies, I think WW is better then the latest Batman and Logan films.

Agreed...just watch this last night. Good movie...I like a cool "true story".