#MovieThread starts here.
Today's film, #1, 1984's "The Terminator," because they're showing T2 at the movie theatre this week and it probably works better if I've seen T1 recently.
Today's film, #2, "Promare." No idea what this one's about but the animation looks cool.
Tonight's film, #3! 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day"! In the movie theatre, so: I'll be back?
Tonight's film, #4! A friend on the other website is making me watch "Christine," which I understand to be "what if Duel but it's demons or some shit."
This kind of thing works better for me on the TV, so see y'all in two hours.
Today's film! #5, 1932 Best Picture nominee "Smilin' Through."
I've deffo looked at the Wikipedia page, but no idea what this one's about.
Movie #6! I watched spoopy zoom call horror movie "Host."
I don't watch a lotta these by pretty much any definition of "these," but, I dunno, at 56 minutes, pretty efficient use of all parts of the cliché buffalo.
Tonight's film, movie #7! Ripped from the headlines, it's 1932 Best Picture nominee "I Am A Fugitive From a Chain Gang."
...Finally, one I feel like I can safely assume is exactly what it says on the tin.
I forgot to thread, but movie #9 in #MovieThread is "Toy Story." https://beepboop.one/@Alexis/104722204163664976
Movie #10: I think Tarantino probably sucks, but people won't shut up about him, so I'm heading out to go see the first half of Kill Bill in the cinema.
Movie #11: I've got 2019's "The Assistant" on -- trying to clear out some stuff from early in the pandemic.
God, what a relentless, crushing slog. Which I imagine is the point! As such, success? (Cripes, oh cripes.)
Movie #12: This spring's "Underwater," because I'll watch Kristen Stewart fight a Cthulhu, sure.
Tonight's movie, #13, "An American Pickle."
Seth Rogen is watchable enough, and I love a pickle, I assume that averages out to something I'll enjoy.
Movie #14: 1973's "Live and Let Die." Third Bond in a row with a different face than the last one, let's see how this one does.
I've put on movie #15: 1974's "The Man with the Golden Gun," a film that sure appears to open with a Sir Christopher Lee third nipple reveal.
More clearing out of my downloads folder, movie #16: 2008 political dramedy "Swing Vote," which I think is about Kevin Costner somehow getting to cast the One Vote the (fictionalised) 2008 election hangs on.
Once again I return to the downloads folder for some early-lockdown movies with "Capone." (#17!)
There was a lot of talk when this released about how this redeems Trank as a director post-"Fant4stic," and that's fair — it's well-made, and there's some great sequences in here, but at no point does he actually manage to make me *care* about this person or his family, which makes it all a bit flat.
Hardy, of course, plays a terrific disease-riddled Capone losing what little is left of his mind.
Heading out to see movie #18, "The Personal History of David Copperfield."
Heading out to see #19, "Tenet." ...Or, perhaps, I've just come back from seeing it?
Movie #20: I kept getting interrupted, so I watched it in chunks over the past couple days, but I rewatched "A Bug's Life."
It was fine. Better'n I remembered.
Heading out to see the second half of movie #10, or, movie #21: Kill Bill vol. 2.
I assume in this one she Kills Bill.
Movie #22: Toy Story 2.
Better'n the first one, etcetera.
Movie #23, rewatched Breakfast Club because some days just be like that.
Movie #24: Apparently the shortest film ever nominated for Best Picture, "She Done Him Wrong" is only about an hour long.
Ya gotta hope that's not all it's got goin' for it.
You can see why this launches the careers of Mae West and Cary Grant, but eh, in 2020, hard to give a shit.
Movie #25, I've put on something called "Time Trap," because, frankly, you can't put something called "Time Trap" where I can see it and not expect me to bite.
The dog is called Boss, which I think is fun.
Takes them ages to figure out what kind of story they're in, but fun enough low-key, low-budget cave sci-fi.
(Check it out, maybe, I think it's on Netflix pretty much everywhere.)
Tonight's movie, #26, is "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure." Not that the third one is actually coming out here, I don't think, so no rush and all.
I've definitely seen this one in full before, and the second one in bits on TV.
also, god, they're babies
the end of the movie is here to tell the start of the movie to get the fuck on with it
Truly, a most excellent delight.
Heading out to see New Mutants, even though it's almost certainly trash. Movie #27.
oh, right, uhhhhhhh
mid-tier horror movie, mid-tier X-movie, some Unpleasant Creative Decisions, second half was okay
Forgot to thread. Movie #28 is 2018's "Bumblebee."
Movie #29, I'm heading out to see "Misbehaviour," which looked alright from the one trailer I saw in front of "Personal History of David Copperfield" the other week.
Enjoyed that. Perhaps boils the real history down in some places to basic feelgood stuff, but a feelgood film about 70s women's lib can be a pleasant and enjoyable way to spend two hours. And it was!
Movie #30. I'm about halfway through "I'm Thinking of Ending Things."
It's... a bit... like having a ham thrown at you.
A ham that is, at this time, not entirely sure it's going to hit you.
Absolutely terrific unhinged nonsense, but I get it. (The ham was the power of ambiguity all along.)
Flying hams with anxiety disorders aside,
Do I feel like I totally understood this film emotionally? Yes, completely.
Could I explain it to anyone else? Would know where to end but not where to begin.
Have put on movie #31, "The Spy Who Loved Me."
...That could be the title of half the Bonds I've seen so far.
🔫 "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
ski chase ski chase
🔫 "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
"Our nuclear submarine Potemkin has disappeared."
The Submarine Who Ghosted Me.
🔫 "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
* The stuff at the pyramids looks teriffic.
* Absolutely baffling to keep Tracy in continuity. Could have very easily never brought her up again after Lazenby.
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"Mr Stromberg prefers not to shake hands."
A sensible man. Evil, but sensible.
🔫 "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
Jaws is a solid concept for a Bond henchman, but I wish the biting was a little more visceral, and a lot less "sweaty uncle trying to kiss you."
🔫 "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
submarine car submarine car submarine car
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the absolute *scale* of some of these sets, man
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the TABLE is a GUN
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Do people like this one? I liked this one.
Wasn't gonna watch another Bond just yet but I guess in this one he GOES TO SPACE??
Movie #32 is 1979's "Moonraker."
🌕 "Moonraker"
okay i love a goofy chase but
this one opens with him being pushed out of a plane sans parachute and stealing a parachute from somebody in MID-AIR
@Alexis Ah, I remember that serial, "Doctor Who and the Time Trap", a classic, it--
wait what do you mean
@Alexis Legit I knew it sounded familiar and I probably should have checked first haha
@The_T They even both have dogs in'm.
@Alexis not that it would be hard to find... *cough*
@The_T It could have a very local release here in my living room as early as ten minutes from now, when it finishes downloading.
@Alexis how forward thinking of the film companies.......
@The_T That would be odd scheduling, though, on account of me being only 40 minutes into the first one.
@Alexis they are legitimately good movies. in places. I'm going to watch the 3rd one... soon.
@Alexis is it better than Dark Phoenix at least?
@jeffjk I mean, New Mutants
* is relatively competently made
* doesn't have to negotiate any extremely messy continuity
* operates on a pretty small scale
so it's almost unfair to compare it to Dark Phoenix
(but: yes, for sure.)
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🔫 "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977), uspol pun
@Alexis So that's why they call him Joe Biting.
@Alexis I think there's a couple of bond movies that take their title from entirely different bond stories.
@kurt Yeah, this one is an original story with the title of a Fleming novel -- though apparently that's because Fleming was unhappy with the book, so included only the title in the Bond film rights.
@Alexis Yeah, to rake it, which seems a futile effort.
@kurt I guess Apollo 11 must have left behind a right mess.
@Alexis They did drop a bag of poo on the surface as soon as they landed.
@kurt Sigh. Americans.
a literal cat :cybertransW2:
@kurt@social.thiskurt.me @Alexis@beepboop.one suddenly reminded of the mythbusters bit on big blocks of frozen piss crashing through people's roofs after being ejected from commercial airlines
@kurt@social.thiskurt.me @Alexis@beepboop.one pretty sure that one was confirmed lmao
@kurt@social.thiskurt.me @Alexis@beepboop.one i would've thought he was being a rake on the moon, that seems more in character
@InspectorCaracal @kurt I think a Moonraker is a fictional type of Space Shuttle, but really, it's a title with a thousand layers.
@InspectorCaracal @kurt That's James Bond, alright!
re: 🌕 "Moonraker"
@Alexis@beepboop.one sucks for the other person
re: 🌕 "Moonraker"
@InspectorCaracal yeah, he dead
There are like six musical numbers in this hour-long film -- it's based on a play, so, you know, sure -- but the audio quality is such that I sure wish there were fewer.