I have a major fear of anticipointment for RP1...I hope I'm wrong.

What did you think of RP1, Ted?

I think I will like RP1 it reminds me of Tron and another dimension of gaming, plus Steven Spielberg does not disappoint. Taking the kids to see Imax 3D on this one, I think it will be one of those movies where 3D is a must like Avatar.

It was good! See it in 3D on the biggest screen possible. When the action heats up, it's great! I thought we'd see a few more classic characters in there. Some you see only for a split second....I thought I saw Harryhausen's Cyclops from 7th Voyage in there. Maybe there were a lot of references I just didn't get. Keep your eyes on some of the backgrounds.
Sort of predictable, but fun!

Saw the first 45 minutes of A Wrinkle In Time and walked out. Bad dialogue and direction....

Another Redbox Night.

Only The Brave ... incredibly moving story about real events in Yarnell, AZ. I will not lie, allergy season is in full affect for this movie.

As a story, 10 popcorns. As a movie, Solid 8.5.

Marcus

Saw RP1 last night and was actually kind of disappointed. It strayed very far from the book in nearly every respect aside from general theme and character names. I was certain that was going to be the case after watching the trailers, but after leaving the film, I really think it only had something like 15% of in common with the source material.

To quote my friend who saw it with me. "It was very Spielbergey, but not at his best." I guess i was hoping for more D&D and Joust and instead got more WoW and Avatar. I understand why they had to go that route to update it and make some money, but i wish it were at least a little less "stylized" or "modernized." For example, will someone please explain to me how every "geeky teenager" in every new movie also manages to be athletic, attractive, and good in a fight? Seriously, a large chunk of the film were these kids fighting/running from "the man" quite effectively in the real world. Art3mis and Parzival were a lot more Trinity and Neo than they probably should have been.

On the upside, acting was pretty good overall (as always, Ben Mendelsohn was excellent). A surprisingly large amount of the dialog was quite cringeworthy, but some was fun and smart, making it really feel like the film was written and/or put together by 2 (or more) different people.

Overall, it was still an entertaining film that served up a rarely-seen breadth of pop culture all together and a lot of fun action scenes. A few parts were really great even (the shining, chucky, etc). Just understand that the target market for this film seems very different from that of the book.

6.5 Popcorns.

8, if i pretend I'm a nine year old into escapist fantasy films.

Ready Player One would be an AWESOME pinball machine

Saw A Quiet Place. OMG...it was just an extended version of my film The Deadly Spawn! Monsters from space with teeth can't see, but only react to sound. People in the basement. Sheesh!

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I read the RP1 book, and yes many things stray from the book (or flip roles), but there was no way they could cram all that in a 2 hour movie (and some things were changed to make it easier to make the story make sense while speeding things up).

I give it 9 popcorns.. I can't wait to get the bluray, so many things to take in.

I may. Having a meeting with my editor. We may make an anthology film (4 20 minute segments). This way we can take our time and shoot for a week or so at a time. I've written plenty of Twilight Zone or Outer Limits-like stories.

I used to do some film/TV work. Pic is of Anthony Hopkins on the set of Hearts In Atlantis. A couple notables were Scorsese's Shutter Island and National Treasure(DC/ Philly). I worked in the Art Department as propmaker/carpenter and set dresser. Retired from the business about 10 years ago when my daughter turned 2, just too much time traveling or on location.

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You and millions of others... We will be freeze framing the heck out of the Blu-ray when it comes out.

I watched Byzantium on Netflix. It's an older code but it checks out.

I thought it was well done for a vampire flick. Worth a watch if you have Netflix.

8 pops outta 10.

What kinda equipment do you use Ted to make films? Camera & Sound.

I just saw "A Quiet Place".Intense as hell. What a freaky movie. 9 popcorns.

You Were Never Really There. Amazon release with Joaquin Phoenix. It’s dark and takes awhile to get moving, but it takes you in to his torment. Just don’t look away or you’ll get lost. Does pack a fair bit into an hour and half.

I saw Chappaquiddick yesterday. It was kind of slow compared to what I usually see. The question I left with, or one of them, was; how did TK get out of the car without Mary Joe getting out? The movie pretty much shows that TK got out of the car but she was left in it and did not drown but suffocated inside. If he got out would the car not be full of water?

Saw & enjoyed Ready Player One. I knew it strayed from the source material so went in prepared to see a story only vaguely aligned with the book.

And it was fun to watch. Having said that, I still want to see an adaption of the book. Maybe in animated form at some point??

My review of the Titan on Netflix.
I'm going to put this as gently as I can, this movie was a total cluster fuck. It was mind-numbingly stupid almost from the get go. A sharp seven-year-old could have written a more convincing plot. I fear I've actually lost a couple of IQ points just from having watched the film. Now I love Sci-Fi movies. And if you look back most of the movies I've reviewed here I've given seven or eights. I'm not hard to please. I'll put it this way M Night Shyamalan could have made a better film out of this. Look back at my recent M Night rant if you're unsure of how I feel about him. -2 popcorn's for being hazardous to your intelligence quotient.

My friend didn't have nice things to say about it either & I regard him as of sound movie rating mind. I have a similar write up about Neflix's Mute. Just pass on it.

Too late...like I said, I like Sci-Fi. And yes that was pretty bad also. If I recall I started playing on my phone about halfway through that one. For some reason Netflix is having a hard time getting their actors to act (at least in their films). Is it the directors they're using? Maybe I'm going to have to start giving directors more credit when it comes the actual acting that takes place.

I also watched "The Outsider" starring Jared Leto. I like Leto but his performance in this one was a little too wooden. It's not horrible but not great either.

Wish me luck on "Orbiter 9"

My major problem with Netflix's original Sci-Fi content is story. Mute, Titan, Cloverfield Paradox, all have poor stories. They are not well written with poor character arcs, poor dialogue, etc. Heck, I'll even throw in What Happened to Monday. It's story is average or slightly above average at best. It's shameful really, especially when Netflix boasts about Black Mirror so much. They could have the market on great original Sci-Fi content.

Yeah I've watched all of Black Mirror and even there I thought one was great and a few others were okay...the rest...meh.

What happened to Monday started out good but then just got silly (plot wise).

SPOILER!!!.........
I think what they were trying to say is that the armor was hard to get through. Only when that high pitched sound came on and the head opened up were they able to blast it with a shotgun.

Any word on that new movie Constipation?

I can agree with that - my daughter and I were not impressed with it either. Wasn't that thrilling and we had figured it out before the reveal.

I heard it was held up....

It hasen’t come out yet

There was a strain on the budget....

So now it's stuck in production?

Anybody else's wife make them suffer through 2.5 hours of Three Billboards? Sure the acting was fantastic, but goddamnit I need CLOSURE. I've never been so pissed at the end of a movie arrghhh.
6 snaps WAY DOWN.

I was soooo pissed. The movie was good till the end. I HATE open ended movies.

As soon as she see's who it is they are going to kill him.

I would think so. Maybe they left it like that for a sequel? Either way it was a pretty big let down.

Got my Avengers: Infinity War tix, Woot!

Saw Rampage! 3D. It was a fun popcorn movie! Ape CGI was really good! If you like monsters run amok films, this is A-OK!

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Ready Player One gets 8.5 Bags from me!

Anybody see Blockers?

I did go see A Quiet Place. I absolutely loved it....

Highly recomend

Went to see (Ready Player One) last week and thought it was pretty good 7.5 popcorn's also watched (A Quiet Place) today not bad but would have liked the ending better if it was 5 more minutes. 7 popcorn's

Ending came way too soon

Molly's Game - 8 popcorns. Based on a true story. Smart, well written, good characters. Fascinating story to me but I'm also a big (more of a former) Texas Hold'em player. I played online in Casinos and in some small tournaments (won a couple) so the story was right up my alley. Still...should be a good entertaining story for anyone.

My wife made me see I Can Only Imagine last night and it was really a good movie. If you like that kind of movie it is worth going to see.

Well I have to say that "Orbiter 9" was actually pretty good (although it is subtitled...just F.Y.I.). I'd give it a solid 7. One of those movies where you can't say too much or you could easily give something away. Let's just say it wasn't what I expected. Worth a watch.

Blockers? Juvenile fun, tries hard, but you can see the guffaws coming a ways off.
Pretty predictable. Actors did a good enough job and made the best of it.
Surprising how much language and parent nudity they can fit in a teen prom theme.
4 popcorns
Hope I didn't blow it again Iceman. Hit a matinee and let us know.

Rampage. The action was most everything. And it was good. The rest was product placement,
cool look at the new bronco? the Dave and Barrys sign gets ripped down.
Slight push for "save the whales" and "don't fool with mother nature".
Fun action romp. Better to play the old video game. 5 popcorns

Ready Player One; from the "I never knew the books existed" view...
very, very good. Innocent David beats evil Goliath. Good guys win.
Go in with no preconceptions and it's great fun. Great action. Nice message.
Everyone will get at least some of the fun gaming references. Gamers get more.

She was already dead, Teddy put it in neutral and rolled it in. Joe took care of the rest.