That I was not drunk enough to deal with Tom Cruise's acting. Maybe I should try today. HAPPY 4TH!

Thelma and Louise..? That was a men bashing film. Baby Driver is cool action movie with a lot of different music. With all the music, it reminds me of The Galaxy of the Guardians.

I was referring to people being on the run with nowhere to go and no way out. Yes they did break the law but they weren't really hardened criminals, there were extenuating circumstances. There were no bombs going off, no GCI, no outrageous shit that could never happen. Just a good movie.

Ok, so, War For the Planet of the Apes was pretty damn good. Well written, nicely acted and the CGI was incredible! Tight ape close ups were right on. It didn't seem so long ago I was talking with my friend at ILM about the problem of realistic hair. (Mighty Joe Young 1998) How far we've come!

I was suprised how good the last planet of the apes movie was.

I enjoyed seeing the setup and the references to the original 1968 Planet of the Apes.

Just saw Spider Man Homecoming. Tom Holland blew me away as Peter Parker/Spider Man. He's just as good as Tobey McGuire. Micheal Keaton was AMAZING as the Vulture, best MCU villain to date IMO. I'd give it an 8/10. A solid comic book movie that doesn't suck, and is my third favorite Spider Man movie behind the first two with Tobey McGuire.

Awesome movie. Great back story, great characters, incredible soundtrack (that is very well tied into the action). If anyone goes to see it, pay very close attention after the first car chase when he's getting coffee.

The first 6 minutes of the movie is on youtube if you need convincing. It won't ruin the movie either, in fact you'll probably want to watch that once before seeing it in the theater (it's worth watching multiple times). I won't post a link, but it's not hard to find.

#bellbottoms!

I realize I am a few months late to the party, but I finally saw "Get Out" last night.

It is the best movie I have seen all year. It felt like a classic "Twilight Zone" episode, but stretched out to movie length.

I plan to watch it a few more times to catch all the little things I missed in my first viewing.

10 popcorns.

Marcus

Yeah, but did you see the price of the ticket??

Gonna check out Valerian 3D ....I'll let youz know if it's the next Avatar or not....

Good catch!! Already fixed!!

I've seen Children Of Men pop up on a couple of "Greatest Sci-Fi movies of all time" lists, and I just don't see the big deal.

I've watched it a couple of times, and it's not a bad flick (I'd say 6.5/10), but it's not the end all be all of Sci-Fi for me. I'd say personal Top 100 mayyyyybe, but not even Top 50. Can you guys help me understand the love on this one?

Thanks,
EV

I thought children of men was stunning when I saw it several years ago. It just struck me correctly.

Apparently not just me it was nominated for 75 awards and won more than 40. Including oscars.

Then the director made gravity which I like but not as much. Im not sure what's next but I will watch.

I felt like children of men was hard to watch. At times. Not a happy place to be that future...

Only if you thought Avatar was awful (I didn't).

Just watched wonder women. 8 popcorns! I have been off the super hero bandwagon for a while but this movie delivered! Great action, good story, plus wonder woman is HOT!

Also just got back from Disney. Avatar land is SWEET at night. I thought the movie was a remake of pockahountis,
but the 3D was off the hook. Actually looking forward to the new movies after Disney.

Children of Men doesn't even register as sci-fi to me. I think of it as a dystopian drama if anything, as there are very few sci-fi elements. This article explains its greatness better than I can:

http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/children-of-men-alfonso-cuaron-c-v-r.html?mid=twitter_vulture

Jay,

really interesting article. Didn't really think it through the political angle. That explains a lot.

Thanks,
EV

Ten year old spoiler alert - I like that.

Valerian 3 d is on the radar.

I'll go over some of my recent watches..

- The Great Alone (Netflix) :: 7/10 popcorns

This was a documentary about the Iditarod, and more specifically, one family that runs it. I find the race really interesting in itself and the characters are interesting enough to bring you in. It bounces around a little, but I liked the story and the scenes from the race.

- Arrival :: 9/10 popcorns

I had pretty high expectations for this, and I really wasn't disappointed. The acting was solid, and the story is thought provoking. This is one of my favorites of the year thus far.

- Passengers :: 5/10 popcorns

I felt like I knew what to expect with this one, mostly because they told you in the advertising. It was a fairly entertaining movie without much depth (other than the weight of a single choice).

- Rogue One :: 8/10 popcorns

My 5th favorite Star Wars movie.

Oh, I forgot. Valerian! Yikes! I didn't know anything about the book or comic....didn't know it was written for 12 year olds. Great special effects, terrible script! Dialogue even I would be embarrassed admitting to!

Saw Kong skull island yesterday good movie some scenes where a little stupid by being too far fetched but I will give 3 and a half stars out of 5

We rate in popcorns around here not stars. from 1-10.

I really enjoyed this movie too for what it was. In addition to the driving, favorite part was when he had the gangsters hold off for a couple of seconds so that he could resync his tune to the action that was about to go down. Who doesn't appreciate a little humor in their gangster/music/love themed movies?

The real question is, would George Lucas be embarrassed to admit writing it? (Looking at SW EP I-II-III, in particular.)

Ok so last night. I had to watch the notebook instead of the new game of thrones. With my girlfriend.

I had never seen the notebook. I wanted to see the game of thrones.

(I'm going to watch that now, this morning.)

Note book was an epic love story eclipsed only by my own love stories.

right now, as we speak. My epic love story is unfolding.

As for the notebook, it was good. I kept thinking about how I will film what I write In my love story. Later.

I just thought I would share. I got to watch notebook instead of game of thrones. I made the best of it.

Sadly, the answer is yes!

Saturday night was double feature night as I was playing pinball in the garage. Two great movies I had never seen before.

The Big Empty- I don't know how I missed seeing this classic all these years, but will be worth watching again.

The Lone Ranger- Action packed rendition of the classic TV show I grew up with, and Johnny Depp as Tonto may be my favorite roll he has ever played. Classic!

I din't get much pinball in while either of these was on.

At our house we watched two movies on Saturday - we watched Hidden Figures, and we all loved it. Daughter's planning on being an engineer when she goes into college, so the science side was interesting to her.

Then my wife and I decided to show our daughter a classic film - Highlander. Wow. Our memories of that film were sooooo much better than it actually was. It was so painful to watch, we turned it off 40 minutes in. Even with us all doing our own version of MST3K, it was still unwatchable. Makes me shudder to even think of seeing 2&3 which, in my memory were even worse than the original...

Blashpemer! The Queen soundtrack alone is worth 6 popcorns.....

Later,
EV

"mom"

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The soundtrack was great, but DAMN the writing, acting, cinematography, and the sound effects were painful...

For those of you that didn't get to see Shin Godzilla when it was in the theatres last fall it comes out on Blu Ray / DVD on 8/1 (Funimation)

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On a related note, Funimation had this banner up at their booth at San Diego Comic con, and neglected to put the release date on it.
There were a lot of people asking if they could buy it there.

Looking forward to this!

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just saw Kingsman the secret service last night i was surprised by it was pretty good it had a lot of cool action sequences, some funny jokes, and a good story i will give it 8 popcorn's out of 10.

I also got to see rouge one it was good the special effects where great i really liked the plot of the movie but i did not liked what happened to all of the main characters at the end i will give it 7 popcorn's out of 10.

I agree. Saw this one Sunday and found Michael Keaton to be a very good, atypical villain and the movie overall better than expected. I was worried that the new actor's "teenagerness" from Civil War would be too annoying at feature length, but it ended up being a good balance.

Yes the trailer for it looked really good can't wait too see it.

Directed by an Aussie whose previous directing experiences were almostly exclusively constrained to music videos by Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet. It shows in the movie's over the top choreography and use of fog machines, that's for sure.

Whether that is a positive or a negative is up for debate.

Funny thing to note, Michael Keaton was Batman, Birdman, and The Vulture...

Gif made me think of gojira the band which is playing somewhere small nearby in early August. Gojira would be cool.

What great song. Ocean planet gojira

Has any body else seen The Fast and the Furious?

I'm watching it right now for the first time.

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