Movies: Poor Things, Barbie and Oppenheimer are stuck in La La Land

[dxmnkd316]

Never mind the fact that there’s many, many people who are beyond tired of the superhero dreck

Yeah, I don't think it a black captain America thing.

I didn't even know the movie existed before this thread.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Black Captain America existed in the comics long before the movie was made.

Samuel Wilson, known by his superhero alias Falcon, uses mechanical wings to fly, defend, and attack. He also has limited telepathic and empathic control over birds. After Steve Rogers retired, Wilson became Captain America in All-New Captain America #1 (Jan. 2015) and the leader of the Avengers.

Comics are DEI. White males should avoid them like the plague.

 

[rufus]

Black Captain America existed in the comics long before the movie was made.


Comics are DEI. White males should avoid them like the plague.

As I said, no one but the Marvel fan boys are gonna go to the theaters to see that.

 

[Slap Shot]

We watched the latest Venom and it's possibly the only MCU movie I wasn't completely bored by for several years.

 

[mookie1995]

Watched French Connection for the first time the other night. Had always heard about the car chase, but didn’t realize it was with a subway car

Last night mookie watched Kepler’s favorite all time movie…Bonfire of the Vanities

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Watched French Connection for the first time the other night. Had always heard about the car chase, but didn’t realize it was with a subway car

When I was a child, my grandparents lived on the lower east side (Knickerbocker Village). My grandfather once took me for a walk by those elevated subway lines, and pointed out this was where the French Connection car scene was filmed. I thought that was the coolest spot in the world.

(I also remember seeing the World Trade Center going up. Each time I visited, it got taller and taller.)

 

[MissThundercat]

Tarot.

Supernatural horror film with neat kills, but a wholly predictable plot.

Nice afternoon time filler.

 

[Kepler]

The Gorge. Good idea, well shot, two good primary characters and excellent actors. I was amazed it wasn't based on a video game -- it had that feel to it.

Becomes deathly boring once it just becomes boom boom but for an action movie today it was a laudable effort.

C+ by historical standards. A- for a movie made since 2000.

 

[mookie1995]

Busting

1974 elliot Gould & Robert Blake.
mookie loves older movies shot in cities. Nothing beats seedy LA
These two are vice cops chasing a kingpin

 

[Slap Shot]

The Gorge. Good idea, well shot, two good primary characters and excellent actors. I was amazed it wasn't based on a video game -- it had that feel to it.

Becomes deathly boring once it just becomes boom boom but for an action movie today it was a laudable effort.

C+ by historical standards. A- for a movie made since 2000.

That's similar to how we felt about it. Once they went in it became a bit trite/formulaic, but overall worth the time.