Inglorious Bastards. Much better than I expected.
(ok, ok, last movie seen was actually Avatar, but there’s plenty of threads for that)
Was going to quote, but then realized I was on the first page. But what the hell. Finally watched it last night. Not an all time classic. Not even Quentin’s best. But pretty damn good.
Ender’s Game
meh. The book was better.
Most books are.
Except Harry Potter. SO ICONIC!
Glitch
I just watched Dunkirk too to christen my new 4K setup. Christ almighty that is a brilliantly put together film.
Watched it the other week. Loved it. My family thought it was made unecessarily confusing. I enjoyed how it all came together.
And congrats on the 4K! My residential future is too uncertain for me to invest in any such thing for now (I’ll just end up having to move it 5 times…). But once I settle a 4K home theater setup will be the first luxury I budget for!
EDIT. I think future film purchases will be 4K/BD combos when available. Definitely for TLJ anyway. Time to future proof.
It does feel incomplete. It’s been too long since I read it (nearly 10 years probably) for me to pin down exactly what it is that was left out, but I did think while watching it that it should have been two parts. It’s also only about 90 minutes. Maybe they could’ve just added an hour?
Ender’s Game
meh. The book was better.
LEGENDS WAS THE BEST!!!
Last Jedi retailer exclusive packaging for BD (and 4k!) leaks. Hopefully the standard release just has theatrical release art as with TFA and RO.
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/011218-1500
He says don’t join verbatim in the hangar after the betrayal.
Don’t join a cause. It’s every man for himself.
Star Wars’s is certainly the least offensive. But it’s still just a stack of disembodied heads. The original Star Wars artwork was gorgeous (both theatrical posters). The colors on the ROTJ SE poster are downright gross. The Emperor looks like shit on the TESB poster.
fixed
Because either Rey’s parents were on that departing ship or they’re dead and buried on Jakku. It can’t be both.
And Kylo can’t be trusted.I already asked this, but are we really sure we see Rey’s parents leave in that ship? Maybe it was just a random ship and Rey imagined her parents were in there, because that would make it easier for her.
Given Rey’s response to Ben, it’s clear that Rey has maintained a myth about her parents in her mind. Why can’t she have manufactured a memory? Not that unrealistic. Indeed, there are still Star Wars fans who maintain that Luke’s first go at the grappling hook missed when SW first hit theaters.
In regards to the debate about how Luke died: On second viewing, it stood out that, during their first telepathy session, Ren says to Ray something along the lines of, “you’re obviously not doing this; the effort would kill you.”
SW/Empire
TLJ
TFA/ROTJ
After a second viewing of TLJ, this ranking confidently stands.
When I talk to my 14yo nephew about the Star Wars movies, he’s not really that big a fan and has a hard time remembering which Episode number goes by which subtitle. At one point, he asked me why I don’t just call them by their episode numbers, and I said that it wasn’t until the prequels came out that their numbers even were on the box or that Star Wars was marketed as A New Hope.
Then I showed him images of OT posters and VHS boxes to prove my point.
God those were awful posters.
To me it sounds weird to call it “Star Wars”. The movie should have its own name to distinguish itself from the franchise as a whole.
It does…
Star Wars’ sequel is The Empire Strikes Back whose sequel is Return of the Jedi etc.
lightsabers beat wands every time.
So would a Colt .45
Why can’t Snoke just be a powerful guy who hid in the shadows and took advantage of a power vacuum when the Emperor and Vader were killed?
There’s a thread for that show.
JEDIT: Wait, someone please tell me they didn’t do it in more than one show.
They did it in more than one show.
What the heck is a binary load lifter?
The load is either lifted or it isn’t.
Only a Sith speaks in absolutes.
I’m going to see it for the second time next week. Looking forward to watching it for all the little details now that I know the story.
OT Jedi > PT Jedi
They could’ve gone the Blofeld in From Russia With Love and Thunderball route and not shown his face. Only have him looking out the window, had an impersonator do the voice.
I do really like theatrical RotS. Only prequel movie I don’t watch fan edited. I watch an extended edition.
How is an extended edition not a fan edit?
