Serious Movie Discussion XLI

[ufcfan4]

What has amazed me more than anything else is that spamming the good old overhand is still enough to make you a champion even in this day. Woodly is really delimited in terms of his technical arsenal but all he needs is to land one of those T-bombs and the night is his. An proficient outside fighter like Rory can utterly shut his game down and beat him without taking a scratch while a guy like Robbie get's absolutely flatlined in the first round.

Kind of what makes MMA fun, honestly.

What Rory did to him is why I'd have a lot of confidence in Wonderboy beating him bad.

 

[europe1]

What Rory did to him is why I'd have a lot of confidence in Wonderboy beating him bad.

While I favor Wondaboy over Tyrone, I think Rory is actually more apt at deconstructing him than Thompson is. Rory used jabs and front kicks to just pepper him into a shell. Stephen usually doesn't have the same work rate and he throws a lot more power shots. It will give Tyrone a lot more time and space to try and land one of those T-bombs. Stephen's defence has also always been to maintain distance and outmanuver his opponent. As the Ellenberger fight shows, Stephen can get caught, and considering how explosive Tyrone is in his leaps, Woodley can cover a lot of ground with those punches.

 

[BAM]

Just finished Dredd, far far exceeded my expectations.

It was as if they combined Mad Max with The Raid. Pretty badass.

 

[BAM]

btw I've stumbled upon a bunch of Gleeson Domhnall (Star Wars) films as of late, he's in everything.

The Revenant, Frank, Dredd, Star Wars and I just realised he was in the Harry Potter films.

 

[ufcfan4]

btw I've stumbled upon a bunch of Gleeson Domhnall (Star Wars) films as of late, he's in everything.

The Revenant, Frank, Dredd, Star Wars and I just realised he was in the Harry Potter films.

What'd you think of Frank? Got a little too depressing in that third act...

You should check out Brooklyn- he's in that as well and it's quite a good movie.

 

[ClinicalRabbit]

btw I've stumbled upon a bunch of Gleeson Domhnall (Star Wars) films as of late, he's in everything.

The Revenant, Frank, Dredd, Star Wars and I just realised he was in the Harry Potter films.

Frank was hilarious and incredibly sad. Although I feel around that point he was playing the same character over and over. He seems to be coming into his own with Ex Machina and the small role he had in calvary which I think is probably the weirdest and most chilling scene I've watched in a while. His role in star wars however, I feel anyone with any acting ability and access to Hitler speeches could pull off.

 

[ClinicalRabbit]

Watched The Place Beyond the Pines tonight and I walked away thoroughly satisfied. The
cinematography and soundtrack were perfect, the fading shot from the final scene was perfect, almost a full loop of sorts. Bradley Cooper to me seemed incredbily average in comparison to the rest of the cast, the two sons stole the show for me. After being curious watching Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance did not dissapoint. overall 8/10

 

[ufcfan4]

Watched The Place Beyond the Pines tonight and I walked away thoroughly satisfied. The
cinematography and soundtrack were perfect, the fading shot from the final scene was perfect, almost a full loop of sorts. Bradley Cooper to me seemed incredbily average in comparison to the rest of the cast, the two sons stole the show for me. After being curious watching Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance did not dissapoint. overall 8/10

my only compaint- and I guess it's a pretty substantial one in that it's only 1/3 of the movie- is that the Ryan Gosling segment, to me, seemed so above and beyond the other two segments. Because of that, when his character's story wraps, the film has a major loss in momentum.

I don't even fault Coops. I thought he was pretty good- maybe not as good as he has been in his best roles, but solid enough. It was more that his crooked cop/moral dilemma type story seemed contrived. We've seen it done so many times before and we've seen it done a lot better in films like The Prince of the City and Copland.

On the plus side- Liotta is cool to see in virtually any film and ditto for Bruce Greenwood.

Still, there was no doubt to me that the film starts to lose its energy and fire during that second segment. It comes back in the third where, as you said, the two kids are very good from a performance standpoint. However, I thought that Emory Cohen (despite his acting skills) was such a grating, pain in the ass character that my desire to punch him in the face was a bit distracting. I hate to plug it again in two posts, but you check out Brooklyn and see how likable Cohen can be in contrast to his work as Cooper's p.o.s. son. DeHaan was very good.

 

[ufcfan4]

Probably one of the better performances I've seen from Eva Mendes, too. She seemed very natural and convincing.

 

[JSN]

Good moobie. Not perfect by any means, and I agree with CR's criticism. I see what they were going for, but they needed to amp it up a little bit to pull it off. And get rid of Bradley Cooper. That guy's acting chops are inversely proportional to his chops and nose size. I have no clues how he became such an huge star.

 

[Thought Criminal]

I picked up dragonheart with dennis quade at the library. Dont remember ever seeing it. Maybe saw it as a kid not paying attention.

Should i waste my time with this movie? Is it worth it?

 

[Ricky13]

Star Trek Beyond was better than the last two. I liked the central idea a lot. And the fan servicey stuff was more nostalgic nodding than narrative crutch. Just: why can't they make a good movie around these ideas? For the middle third of that thing I was genuinely nodding off.

 

[ClinicalRabbit]

my only compaint- and I guess it's a pretty substantial one in that it's only 1/3 of the movie- is that the Ryan Gosling segment, to me, seemed so above and beyond the other two segments. Because of that, when his character's story wraps, the film has a major loss in momentum.

I don't even fault Coops. I thought he was pretty good- maybe not as good as he has been in his best roles, but solid enough. It was more that his crooked cop/moral dilemma type story seemed contrived. We've seen it done so many times before and we've seen it done a lot better in films like The Prince of the City and Copland.

On the plus side- Liotta is cool to see in virtually any film and ditto for Bruce Greenwood.

Still, there was no doubt to me that the film starts to lose its energy and fire during that second segment. It comes back in the third where, as you said, the two kids are very good from a performance standpoint. However, I thought that Emory Cohen (despite his acting skills) was such a grating, pain in the ass character that my desire to punch him in the face was a bit distracting. I hate to plug it again in two posts, but you check out Brooklyn and see how likable Cohen can be in contrast to his work as Cooper's p.o.s. son. DeHaan was very good.

I've got the day off work today so I'll be watching Brooklyn, as it's been on my list for a while. I'm also going to be watching Ned Kelly, as my friend is adamant it's underrated and a superb performance from Heath Ledger, but I'm probably gonna be unconvinced.

 

[ClinicalRabbit]

I picked up dragonheart with dennis quade at the library. Dont remember ever seeing it. Maybe saw it as a kid not paying attention.

Should i waste my time with this movie? Is it worth it?

If you go into it with childhood nostalgia in mind, yes. Serious movie quality not so much.

 

[scrubadiver]

Went to see the latest Star Trek movie, it was awful. Why can't they make a proper movie centered around actual exploration is beyond me. Just another generic pewpew space schlock.

 

[Joseph Budden]

my only compaint- and I guess it's a pretty substantial one in that it's only 1/3 of the movie- is that the Ryan Gosling segment, to me, seemed so above and beyond the other two segments. Because of that, when his character's story wraps, the film has a major loss in momentum.

I don't even fault Coops. I thought he was pretty good- maybe not as good as he has been in his best roles, but solid enough. It was more that his crooked cop/moral dilemma type story seemed contrived. We've seen it done so many times before and we've seen it done a lot better in films like The Prince of the City and Copland.

On the plus side- Liotta is cool to see in virtually any film and ditto for Bruce Greenwood.

Still, there was no doubt to me that the film starts to lose its energy and fire during that second segment. It comes back in the third where, as you said, the two kids are very good from a performance standpoint. However, I thought that Emory Cohen (despite his acting skills) was such a grating, pain in the ass character that my desire to punch him in the face was a bit distracting. I hate to plug it again in two posts, but you check out Brooklyn and see how likable Cohen can be in contrast to his work as Cooper's p.o.s. son. DeHaan was very good.

Hes GOATsling bro, of course thats gonna happen.

Great film though

 

[deise69]

btw I've stumbled upon a bunch of Gleeson Domhnall (Star Wars) films as of late, he's in everything.

The Revenant, Frank, Dredd, Star Wars and I just realised he was in the Harry Potter films.

His first few auditions didn't go so well.

 

[JSN]

not as bad as this

 

[WiolentOne]

After watching The Witch I couldn't help but think of it as a pg13 rippoff of Lars von Trier's Antichrist.

 

[HUNTERMANIA]

I just love Predestination -- it's so good.



It hits so hard. I feel like this is a character that would understand my life if I ran into them, and that's extremely rare (maybe unique). I think you could understand me as a person... at least all the components are there if you watch and understand Black Swan, Predestination, and Hannibal (the show). I can at least define myself, as far as has been useful to me, in relation to these 3 pieces of media without needing much else.