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Which movie did you watch today and how would you rate it?

Opoponax said:
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

It's a satire of rock biopics that provides pretty consistent laughs, revels in absurdity, but for some reason doesn't reach its potential.
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That's because the wrong kid died.
 
ZiprHead said:
Opoponax said:
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

It's a satire of rock biopics that provides pretty consistent laughs, revels in absurdity, but for some reason doesn't reach its potential. But it's still better than most comedies that come out now, so it's worth a watch.

5.5/10
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I gave it an 8. Many of the jokes went over many people's heads because they didn't get the references.
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Or maybe I got all the references, but you just think it's funnier than I thought it was.
 
Opoponax said:
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

It's a satire of rock biopics that provides pretty consistent laughs, revels in absurdity, but for some reason doesn't reach its potential. But it's still better than most comedies that come out now, so it's worth a watch.

5.5/10
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Every parody of a rock biopic is going to be compared to Spinal Tap. I'm not sure anything else can reach those heights.
 
Mr And Mrs Smith. Filmed in 2005 when Angie still looked delicious. Brad Pitt and Vince Vaughn were also brilliant in this action movie.

But perhaps the idea behind this film was overdone a little. 6/10
 
Opoponax said:
angelo said:
Surely a " Rotten Tomatoes " recipient.

And no wonder. The world's second worse actor Adam Sandler stars in Pixel. I swear Kevin James looks embarrassed to be in this trash.

A group of middle aged arcade game champions must save the planet from an alien attack.

1/10
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It wasn't a good movie, but I didn't hate it as much as everyone else seems to. What did anyone expect from this flick anyway?
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I went to a Rifftrax live event and they do a screen show before the program begins. One of the slides said 'Pixels, a film that will fall well short of the Futurama episode it clearly stole the idea from.' The problem with Pixels is exactly that. It is a short cartoon concept that in no way can be reasonably stretched into a feature length film.

Certainly, it was a neat idea and could have been better executed, but I've been far more insulted by other Adam Sandler movies e.g. Ridiculous Six (god, what a shiftiest). Also, Zohan, The Longest Yard, Grownups, etc.
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It is incredible that Adam Sandler is one of the highest drawing box office revenue actors of all time. He speaks to a group of movie fans that love bad comedy, and not in an ironic sense, they genuinely love it.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
It is incredible that Adam Sandler is one of the highest drawing box office revenue actors of all time. He speaks to a group of movie fans that love bad comedy, and not in an ironic sense, they genuinely love it.
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I think that for Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, and the Water Boy he made some great absurdist comedy. However, those were all the same movie, with the primary difference being the lead character suffering mental retardation in varying degrees (e.g. Water Boy = severely retarded). Oh, and The Week Of (on Netflix) was surprisingly good too. Or maybe it was just not horrible, and coupled with zero expectations made it seem better than it was.

Largely, he never shifted into a gear higher than the first four movies mentioned above. All but one of his attempts to differ from his original formula have been disastrous (IMO). And Water Boy was made in November, 1998, the last of his idiot rises above his apparent abilities, but gets the girl films*. Even if one likes 50 First Dates, which my mom adored, and believe The Week Of is decent, that's two watchable films in literally 20 years.

*Little Nicky is also this film, but is truly an awful movie.
 
I just watched Outlaw King on Netflix, and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I was expecting a Braveheart remix, and while there were some common elements, they clearly went through a lot more trouble to get the clothing, buildings, weaponry, etc, right. The thing only falls apart at the end, where they jam two historical battles together and once again show the Scots as a barely organized rabbble that would have lost in real life. Why Hollywood continues to ignore actual Scottish battle tactics I have no idea. Also a bizarre scene where a family surrenders a castle for reasons that were not obvious to me, and disastrous to them.

Anyways, the rest of the movie was great, with a surprisingly solid performance by Chris Pine. My ancestor Gilbert Hay did not get much of a speaking role, but the credits say he was there, and our old family seat at Perth gets a few mentions.
 
Opoponax said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
It is incredible that Adam Sandler is one of the highest drawing box office revenue actors of all time. He speaks to a group of movie fans that love bad comedy, and not in an ironic sense, they genuinely love it.
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I think that for Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, and the Water Boy he made some great absurdist comedy. However, those were all the same movie, with the primary difference being the lead character suffering mental retardation in varying degrees (e.g. Water Boy = severely retarded). Oh, and The Week Of (on Netflix) was surprisingly good too. Or maybe it was just not horrible, and coupled with zero expectations made it seem better than it was.

Largely, he never shifted into a gear higher than the first four movies mentioned above. All but one of his attempts to differ from his original formula have been disastrous (IMO). And Water Boy was made in November, 1998, the last of his idiot rises above his apparent abilities, but gets the girl films*. Even if one likes 50 First Dates, which my mom adored, and believe The Week Of is decent, that's two watchable films in literally 20 years.

*Little Nicky is also this film, but is truly an awful movie.
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Wasn’t he good in the one serious he was in, Punch Drunk Love?
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
Opoponax said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
It is incredible that Adam Sandler is one of the highest drawing box office revenue actors of all time. He speaks to a group of movie fans that love bad comedy, and not in an ironic sense, they genuinely love it.
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I think that for Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, and the Water Boy he made some great absurdist comedy. However, those were all the same movie, with the primary difference being the lead character suffering mental retardation in varying degrees (e.g. Water Boy = severely retarded). Oh, and The Week Of (on Netflix) was surprisingly good too. Or maybe it was just not horrible, and coupled with zero expectations made it seem better than it was.

Largely, he never shifted into a gear higher than the first four movies mentioned above. All but one of his attempts to differ from his original formula have been disastrous (IMO). And Water Boy was made in November, 1998, the last of his idiot rises above his apparent abilities, but gets the girl films*. Even if one likes 50 First Dates, which my mom adored, and believe The Week Of is decent, that's two watchable films in literally 20 years.

*Little Nicky is also this film, but is truly an awful movie.
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Wasn’t he good in the one serious he was in, Punch Drunk Love?
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Reign Over Me was the other serious one, he was very good, and the whole movie was great.
 
Bohemian Rhapsody - Warm and alive. Well worth a watch. Focuses on Mercury mostly of course, but the casting feels as though it's spot on.

Penguin Highway - At 41, this anime was probably not for my age range, but not a complete loss. I walked away thinking David Lynch making a film for kids. Unloveable main character though.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald - a good brisk 80 minute movie. A shame then it's 2 and a quarter hours long. Weak. Worth a look as it's seems to be setting up for an actually interesting movie, but weak.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
Opoponax said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
It is incredible that Adam Sandler is one of the highest drawing box office revenue actors of all time. He speaks to a group of movie fans that love bad comedy, and not in an ironic sense, they genuinely love it.
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I think that for Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, and the Water Boy he made some great absurdist comedy. However, those were all the same movie, with the primary difference being the lead character suffering mental retardation in varying degrees (e.g. Water Boy = severely retarded). Oh, and The Week Of (on Netflix) was surprisingly good too. Or maybe it was just not horrible, and coupled with zero expectations made it seem better than it was.

Largely, he never shifted into a gear higher than the first four movies mentioned above. All but one of his attempts to differ from his original formula have been disastrous (IMO). And Water Boy was made in November, 1998, the last of his idiot rises above his apparent abilities, but gets the girl films*. Even if one likes 50 First Dates, which my mom adored, and believe The Week Of is decent, that's two watchable films in literally 20 years.

*Little Nicky is also this film, but is truly an awful movie.
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Wasn’t he good in the one serious he was in, Punch Drunk Love?
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I saw it a long time ago, but didn't think much of it. I vaguely remember that critics were touting it as something along the lines of his evolution into more serious and complex roles, but I personally found it kind of boring and meh. The only thing I remember about it is that the lighting was kind of dark and he wore a blue suit.
 
On Adam Sandler and the Variety article; I actually really liked the film Spanglish, in which he played a relatively serious role. Though one of the strengths of the movie was of course that his role was a bit limited. It wasn't a Sandler vehicle, but I thought it was a decent movie, and timely when it came out especially for those in my part of the world. There aren't enough films with Latina protagonists that make national releases.
 
The Colourful Jester said:
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald - a good brisk 80 minute movie. A shame then it's 2 and a quarter hours long. Weak. Worth a look as it's seems to be setting up for an actually interesting movie, but weak.
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A friend of mine posted a detailed review on Facebook, and as I strongly trust her judgement in such matters, and the review perfectly captures her reaction to the film, I have pasted it in full below:


Meh.

 
angelo said:
Underseer said:
angelo said:
His ten worse according to Variety.

https://variety.com/gallery/adam-sandlers-10-worst-movies-ever/
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But he's white. Doesn't that automatically make all of his movies superior?

Or are they bad because he's Jewish?
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They're the pits because they are genuinely bad movies, and also his acting leaves a lot to be desired!
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Clearly not the case seeing he is a huge box office draw for so many of his movies. His comedy speaks to a lot of people. I can't stand it myself, but it works which is why his movies more often than not, do very well.
 
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