Perpetual Movie Thread/What was the last movie you watched?

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Originally Posted by Thief

Dredd
Why didn't anyone tell me this is the coolest movie ever? Dredd's lines of dialog are reminiscent of Clint Eastwood and the tone of the movie is how a comic book adaptation should be. Pity it didn't have the budget of today's blockbusters.

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Get fucked.

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Originally Posted by MrMatthews

Dredd was awesome, and I’m confused why everyone wouldn’t agree.

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Originally Posted by Thief

Some might be familiar with the comic book source. Because let me tell you, if you're ever familiar the comic book or novel source, the disappointment that is Hollywood shines brightest. Quite frustrating.

Personally myself not being at all familiar with the comic book source, got my money's worth from the Stallone Dredd in theaters. Not sure how it holds up now, not even sure I'd want to watch it again either, but seen it a few times in the 90s. My brother enjoyed it too and he's much more into comic books then me (though we're both big Stallone/Arnold fans), think he even checked out some of the Dredd comics after. Forget what he said about the new more faithful to comic books movie... (As he's opinion on movies are a perfect 1:1 ratio to mine from growing up watching the same things together)

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Originally Posted by MrMatthews

I thought the Stallone Judge Dredd movie was insipid, and little more than Demolition Man Pt 2, despite the fact that Stallone himself is well-suited for the role.

Dredd, on the other hand, was gloriously ugly & gruesome, and Karl Urban gets bonus points for allowing his face to be covered for 100% of the film.

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Dredd WAS awesome, though, yes.

Dark City (1998). Weird and yet beautiful. Like the whole Matrix trilogy, only better.

Dredd was too similar to The Raid for me. But without the excellent hand to hand combat.

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Originally Posted by DrunkenHigh

Dredd was too similar to The Raid for me. But without the excellent hand to hand combat.

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Combat in The Raid is superfluous fluff. Unfortunately this is the only thing that resonates with today's audiences. Not me, so could not finish watching The Raid past the hour or so mark.

If you think excellent martial arts choreography in action films is superfluous fluff then you just don't appreciate martial arts on film. Anyone can shoot guns, render CGI, and say one-liners. That's what you call superfluous fluff.

And I loved both Dredd and The Raid. Dredd had Karl Urban, interesting cinematography and a great pacing. The Raid had unmatched martial arts choreography (seriously, Hollywood, you spend millions of dollars on your movies and yet your combat scenes are dull shit with quick editing and camera being way to close to understand anything; The Raid did everything right with great choreography, the camera being pulled way back so you could see who's hitting who and good editing too).

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Originally Posted by DrunkenHigh

If you think excellent martial arts choreography in action films is superfluous fluff then you just don't appreciate martial arts on film. Anyone can shoot guns, render CGI, and say one-liners. That's what you call superfluous fluff.

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Dredd was a very cool character that stands out and impresses. The Raid, not one character stood out, just a bunch of martial art puppets.

https://media.giphy.com/media/jPKAtrr9k57nq/giphy.gif

Well, times they are a-changing, but Thief is as clueless as ever.

You know, it just dawned upon me that my last post was misunderstood. Ironic, no?

I hope you're joking. Iko Uwais actually did some acting, as well as amazing martial arts. Yayan Ruhian was cool as Mad Dog. There's a reason these guys were cast in Star Wars(albeit underutilized). As well as Donnie Yen, another amazing martial arts actor. There's a reason why there was talk of a Hollyweird remake of the film.


Sorry, that don't look like puppets to me.

I liked Dredd too. It was just too similar to The Raid. I seen them both around the same time, which made it even more noticeable.

https://pics.me.me/rogue-one-a-star-...r-30006731.png

Yeah, sorry, there wasn't one memorable character in Rogue One. (But I'll give The Raid another shot hopefully sometime today)

I could care less about Star Wars. But millions of others do. And to be cast in one of them is a big deal. The only reason I even watched The Force Awakens was for these guys, only for them to be on-screen for like 5 seconds. I was actually dozing off at times.

Only reason I watched Rogue One was for Donnie Yen. And he was by far the most memorable character, along with his silent partner.

I have no idea what them names are in the meme, so that's meaningless to me. They could be viruses for all I know.

Agreed, Donnie Yen was the most memorable character in Rogue One.

Yeah, there was also K2SO, but let's face it, he was a discount HK-47. If you want a mean version of C3P0, go with HK-47, he's hilarious.

High Noon - the sheriff gets married and retires, only to find out that the bad guy he sent up for murder got released and will be on the noon train. He's only got an hour to round up some deputies to take on the bad guy and his gang. Unfortunately for him, nobody else wants to get killed alongside him! Tension builds to the final battle. A great classic movie.

Now, after all these years, I finally get that Diehard reference, too. :mrgreen:

https://youtu.be/-mEUTq6R2oU

(skip to 1:18 in the video)

https://images.redbox.com/Images/EPC...cal/200140.jpg
Actually liked this one better than I thought I would