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Recently watched movies 2025

I tried "Sisu." I realize you have to suspend disbelief when it's one man vs. an army. But they pushed me too far. It got me thinking about a great, often used trope in movies--the human body shield. A bullet will usually pass right thru, unless a main character needs some plot armor and then holding someone else in front of them will stop any round. Sisu employed this repeatedly. I let it go with a regular rifle or machine gun. But I just couldn't do it after many rounds from the tank mounted .50 caliber failed to pass through the human shield. Nope, done at that point.
 
Watched "Turn Me On" on Tubi. Low budget indie. An idea that has probably been done many times. All the people in the movie voluntarily entered some kind of isolated community. Everyone there is on mood modifying, emotion suppressing drugs. Their "daily vitamin." The main character played by Bel Powley (I don't think I realized she's British prior to this) stops taking her meds, then tries to get others to do the same. They rediscover what it means to be human, both the good and the bad. It was slow paced but I found it interesting. Nick Robinson is the co lead. In this community they all have partners they are matched up with, but they simply live in the same apartment, there is no romance or affection or passion. Until they stop taking the drugs of course.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I tried "Sisu." I realize you have to suspend disbelief when it's one man vs. an army. But they pushed me too far. It got me thinking about a great, often used trope in movies--the human body shield. A bullet will usually pass right thru, unless a main character needs some plot armor and then holding someone else in front of them will stop any round. Sisu employed this repeatedly. I let it go with a regular rifle or machine gun. But I just couldn't do it after many rounds from the tank mounted .50 caliber failed to pass through the human shield. Nope, done at that point.
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Often the opposition in movies isn't pretty portrayed as particularly bright, so maybe the people he used as a human shield were "dense."
 
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Life of Chuck. Stars Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gillan, Mia Sara, and others in an ensemble cast. It’s in three distinct acts which are presented in reverse order. There are themes that repeat from various characters, including Carl Sagan’s explanation of time, but most prominent is Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”. You’ll figure out what’s going on without too much difficulty. It’s fairly clever and while the pacing is slow, I thought it was well done. Filmed in coastal Alabama.
 
In the Lost Lands. David Bautista as Boyce a hunter, Mila Jovovich as Gray Alys a witch. Based on a Geore RR Martin short story and with Paul Anderson directing. It's a post apocalyptic setting but with fantasy concepts like magic and supernatural creatures added. D&D meets Mad Max. Should be good right? Well it's not. The CGI is decent, it looks good at times. Mila uses her eyes for her magic and that's mostly because it lets them shoot close ups of those gorgeous eyes. She has terrible hair, weird tattoos and still looks great. Much like the Star Wars prequels, the dialogue here is awful, a 5th grader could have written this. Like those movies, it's a shame because it could have been good. Some depth of character perhaps, make this two movies with real dialogue and character development and you'd have a hit, because the basic plot and setting is fine.
 
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Fantastic Four First Steps (2025).

For full disclosure I was a huge F4 fan as a kid. I bought F4 #2 at the local soda shop and faithfully bought every new issue for years. The setting of the movie, Earth-828, bears a strong resemblance to the 1960s, so it feels like those old comics.

So yeah, I loved it. They skip the origin story and go straight to Galactus, a godlike, giant planet eating bad dude. Of course, everyone knows that the Silver Surfer is Galactus's herald. Bad news when she shows up on your planet. She is a women this time. Makes no difference. It's not really important except the Human Torch has a crush on her.

The other main storyline is that Invisible Girl is pregnant and Mr. Fantastic is nervous about being a dad. First steps, got it? The stories intertwine and that is the main tension in the movie. I don't think any of these facts qualify as a spoiler.

This is Marvel quality film making with a price tag of $200 million plus. Great cast, the performances are great for genre, special effects, sound, editing, everything is top shelf. The movie doesn't take itself too serious but they play it straight. Visually it's a feast. It is a lot of fun. I give it 3 stars. You will not ask ,"Are you not entertained?" You will be.
 
Palatine said:
Fantastic Four First Steps (2025).

For full disclosure I was a huge F4 fan as a kid. I bought F4 #2 at the local soda shop and faithfully bought every new issue for years. The setting of the movie, Earth-828, bears a strong resemblance to the 1960s, so it feels like those old comics.

So yeah, I loved it. They skip the origin story and go straight to Galactus, a godlike, giant planet eating bad dude. Of course, everyone knows that the Silver Surfer is Galactus's herald. Bad news when she shows up on your planet. She is a women this time. Makes no difference. It's not really important except the Human Torch has a crush on her.

The other main storyline is that Invisible Girl is pregnant and Mr. Fantastic is nervous about being a dad. First steps, got it? The stories intertwine and that is the main tension in the movie. I don't think any of these facts qualify as a spoiler.

This is Marvel quality film making with a price tag of $200 million plus. Great cast, the performances are great for genre, special effects, sound, editing, everything is top shelf. The movie doesn't take itself too serious but they play it straight. Visually it's a feast. It is a lot of fun. I give it 3 stars. You will not ask ,"Are you not entertained?" You will be.
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This surprises me because, to be honest, it looks like dreck. I think I'll wait for a few more people to buy into it before I give it a shot.
 
CL82 said:
This surprises me because, to be honest, it looks like dreck. I think I'll wait for a few more people to buy into it before I give it a shot.
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My daughter has become hyper critical of Marvel (after loving the early movies) and said it was good.

By the way, Thunderbolts is also good. Funny, doesn't take itself too seriously. David Barbour is awesome as Red Guardian, genuinely funny. It's a bunch of misfit supes who are pulled together and learn to become actual heroes. One of the best Marvel offerings in recent years.
 
Palatine said:
Fantastic Four First Steps (2025).

For full disclosure I was a huge F4 fan as a kid. I bought F4 #2 at the local soda shop and faithfully bought every new issue for years. The setting of the movie, Earth-828, bears a strong resemblance to the 1960s, so it feels like those old comics.

So yeah, I loved it. They skip the origin story and go straight to Galactus, a godlike, giant planet eating bad dude. Of course, everyone knows that the Silver Surfer is Galactus's herald. Bad news when she shows up on your planet. She is a women this time. Makes no difference. It's not really important except the Human Torch has a crush on her.

The other main storyline is that Invisible Girl is pregnant and Mr. Fantastic is nervous about being a dad. First steps, got it? The stories intertwine and that is the main tension in the movie. I don't think any of these facts qualify as a spoiler.

This is Marvel quality film making with a price tag of $200 million plus. Great cast, the performances are great for genre, special effects, sound, editing, everything is top shelf. The movie doesn't take itself too serious but they play it straight. Visually it's a feast. It is a lot of fun. I give it 3 stars. You will not ask ,"Are you not entertained?" You will be.
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CL82 said:
This surprises me because, to be honest, it looks like dreck. I think I'll wait for a few more people to buy into it before I give it a shot.
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I saw it a bit more than a month ago while visiting my son (he's a big Marvel fan & a bit of a movie buff).

It was a weird setting, and alternate earth with a 1960's feel. I gave me a few memories of things from my childhood (I was born in 1960), which may have been the most redeeming part of the movie.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I saw it a bit more than a month ago while visiting my son (he's a big Marvel fan & a bit of a movie buff).

It was a weird setting, and alternate earth with a 1960's feel. I gave me a few memories of things from my childhood (I was born in 1960), which may have been the most redeeming part of the movie.
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So thumbs up or thumbs down?
 
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HuskyHawk said:
In the Lost Lands. David Bautista as Boyce a hunter, Mila Jovovich as Gray Alys a witch. Based on a Geore RR Martin short story and with Paul Anderson directing. It's a post apocalyptic setting but with fantasy concepts like magic and supernatural creatures added. D&D meets Mad Max. Should be good right? Well it's not. The CGI is decent, it looks good at times. Mila uses her eyes for her magic and that's mostly because it lets them shoot close ups of those gorgeous eyes. She has terrible hair, weird tattoos and still looks great. Much like the Star Wars prequels, the dialogue here is awful, a 5th grader could have written this. Like those movies, it's a shame because it could have been good. Some depth of character perhaps, make this two movies with real dialogue and character development and you'd have a hit, because the basic plot and setting is fine.
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I tired it and gave up after maybe 45 minutes or so.

edit--oops, I mean tried instead of tired, but maybe that was actually an appropriate mistake
 
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Medieval. Stars Ben Foster as famous Czech hero Jan Zizka. Michael Caine, Sophie Lowe, Til Schweiger and Matthew Goode have big roles. Set in the 1400s, in a time of turmoil in Bohemia. It's based on a true story of a Czech military leader during the Hussite Wars. He was evidently a brilliant tactician who was never defeated and is credited with the first use of mobile artillery. We see only a little of that here, but this is a bloody and violent movie. Because there are two Popes at this juncture, there's an effort for one of these competing Bohemian kings to become the Holy Roman Emperor and unite the Catholic world or to break from it entirely. That's a key plot element, but there's another element of the people revolting against brutal monarchs and Jan realizing that he can mobilize them. This was filmed very well all in Czech Republic, the acting is good and I enjoyed it. The pace is slow at times despite the action scenes and there's a lot going on.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Medieval. Stars Ben Foster as famous Czech hero Jan Zizka. Michael Caine, Sophie Lowe, Til Schweiger and Matthew Goode have big roles. Set in the 1400s, in a time of turmoil in Bohemia. It's based on a true story of a Czech military leader during the Hussite Wars. He was evidently a brilliant tactician who was never defeated and is credited with the first use of mobile artillery. We see only a little of that here, but this is a bloody and violent movie. Because there are two Popes at this juncture, there's an effort for one of these competing Bohemian kings to become the Holy Roman Emperor and unite the Catholic world or to break from it entirely. That's a key plot element, but there's another element of the people revolting against brutal monarchs and Jan realizing that he can mobilize them. This was filmed very well all in Czech Republic, the acting is good and I enjoyed it. The pace is slow at times despite the action scenes and there's a lot going on.
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I'm going to check that out.
 
28 Years Later. Aaron Taylor Johnson, Jody Comer, Ralf Fiennes but the star is a child, Alfie Williams. He's very good. I assume you know the basics, there's a rage virus that created zombies in the UK. The virus is contained to the UK, but persists there. 28 years later you've got a small island off of Northumberland living an existence roughly similar to 300 years ago. This is really a movie about people, about a family struggling with normal challenges, but in a world that isn't modern and which imposes the additional challenge of zombies. It's not a zombie movie, it's a movie with zombies and is pretty darned good.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Medieval. Stars Ben Foster as famous Czech hero Jan Zizka. Michael Caine, Sophie Lowe, Til Schweiger and Matthew Goode have big roles. Set in the 1400s, in a time of turmoil in Bohemia. It's based on a true story of a Czech military leader during the Hussite Wars. He was evidently a brilliant tactician who was never defeated and is credited with the first use of mobile artillery. We see only a little of that here, but this is a bloody and violent movie. Because there are two Popes at this juncture, there's an effort for one of these competing Bohemian kings to become the Holy Roman Emperor and unite the Catholic world or to break from it entirely. That's a key plot element, but there's another element of the people revolting against brutal monarchs and Jan realizing that he can mobilize them. This was filmed very well all in Czech Republic, the acting is good and I enjoyed it. The pace is slow at times despite the action scenes and there's a lot going on.
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Damn, I just looked this up to see what its on, and sure enough my wife had to cancel Hulu / Disney this morning (because of you know who).
 
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Jay-Bone said:
Damn, I just looked this up to see what its on, and sure enough my wife had to cancel Hulu / Disney this morning (because of you know who).
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Hulu is great, especially at $1 per month. I have a couple episodes left on Say Nothing. Just realized I have a couple of seasons of Baskets left to watch, same with Justified, and some Luther episodes I missed. Also the final season of Fargo.
 
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28 Years Later. Aaron Taylor Johnson, Jody Comer, Ralf Fiennes but the star is a child, Alfie Williams. He's very good. I assume you know the basics, there's a rage virus that created zombies in the UK. The virus is contained to the UK, but persists there. 28 years later you've got a small island off of Northumberland living an existence roughly similar to 300 years ago. This is really a movie about people, about a family struggling with normal challenges, but in a world that isn't modern and which imposes the additional challenge of zombies. It's not a zombie movie, it's a movie with zombies and is pretty darned good.
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It's now streaming on Netflix. I saw it last night. I'm a big fan of the series and genre. I thought the opening could have been better, the last two openings were incredible, this one was eh.

You're right about this not being a zombie movie. There's a message about humanity in it and I think it will be explored in the next movie that's being released I think I'm January of 26.

The end was interesting, slightly amusing as they mirrored a British pop culture figure.

I also think that Williams as Spike had tremendous presence on the screen for a young actor. Cillian Murphy returns to the franchise as Jim in the upcoming film. Should be fireworks, can't wait.
 
I thought Superman was great. The best superhero movie for me since I don't know when. I've read comic books forever and don't have use for most comic book movies. But this hit for me from the get-go. And once I saw Metamorpho I was all in.
 
Waquoit said:
I thought Superman was great. The best superhero movie for me since I don't know when. I've read comic books forever and don't have use for most comic book movies. But this hit for me from the get-go. And once I saw Metamorpho I was all in.
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Does it explain why no one can tell that Clark Kent is Superman? You know, how he just throws glasses on and suddenly no one recognizes him?
 
Deepster said:
Does it explain why no one can tell that Clark Kent is Superman? You know, how he just throws glasses on and suddenly no one recognizes him?
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A Seinfeld bit from the late 70's. He revisited it on the "Talking Funny" special as the joke where he decided that the ef-word wasn't for him.
 
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Deepster said:
Does it explain why no one can tell that Clark Kent is Superman? You know, how he just throws glasses on and suddenly no one recognizes him?
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Yes, it does in fact. From Luthor himself. You should see it.
 
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