“Every day, I come by your house and I pick you up.

[Nintex]

hell yeah

[D3RANG3D]

[Nintex]

Just something I realized about Disney Star Wars.

In TFA General Hux is probably the most terrifying human villain of the series as he uses Star Killer base to blow up an entire star system and kill billions.

Yet in the final movie he is outed as being the rebel spy who dies in a moment of comic relief.

[Potato]

Star Wars sequel logic 

[benji]

In TFA General Hux is probably the most terrifying human villain of the series

Palpatine's human.

[DavidCroquet]

Joker 2 is awesome.

Modern movie critique just doesn’t know what to do with a film like this.

[HaughtyFrank]

I think i need to watch this

[Nintex]

MOVIE ENDING AND PLOT SPOILERS
If you don't plan on seeing it but wonder why folks are dissapointed:
A) It is kinda slow and boring
B) People dislike the plot

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

The movie musical puts Arthur Fleck on trial for 2.5 hours as it recaps the events of the first film (you'll find out what happened and didn't happen). During trial they basically revert his "Joker" persona to what he was at the start of the first movie: Arthur Fleck. He meets Harley who is "attracted" to his Joker persona. You find out most of what happened in the first film didn't actually happen. It was all in his head. 

He never lets the "Joker" out during the trial though and Arthur is gang raped by cops in jail. 
When Harley finds out he's a fraud she breaks up with him. 
There is an explosion in the courtroom that hits Harvey Dent, so that's the origin of Two Face.

In the end he is murdered by the "real" Joker. Someone who was inspired by his Joker persona and adapted it as his own. 

They hint strongly that the new Joker is the Heath Ledger Joker from The Dark Knight as he carves a smile in his own face. 

[DavidCroquet]

Did you watch it Nintex? 

Not a gotcha, but your summary misses a major court plot point, that is kinda the lynchpin of the whole movie. Also not sure what you mean by “most of what happened in the first movie didn’t happen”…

[Nintex]

Did you watch it Nintex? 

Not a gotcha, but your summary misses a major court plot point, that is kinda the lynchpin of the whole movie. Also not sure what you mean by “most of what happened in the first movie didn’t happen”…

Nope haven't watched it yet. Just what I gathered from reviews and clips.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Joker 2 was great. Definitely kept the vibe. 

I get why people are put off by it. Cause they’re idiots.

I’d have to rewatch, but was the outro scene the same as the intro?

Just a fantasy?

Also did the joker in make up lawyer TOTALLY have a Charlie in sunny in Philadelphia vibe?

[Eric Cartman]

Yesterday I discovered there's a remake of Annie with a black cast. WTF. Annie is a tale for white girls. Not black girls, Asians, Indians, Latinas or any other race. It's a feel good, comfort movie that tells white girls no matter how poor they are, or how bad their situation is there will always be an Epstein waiting for them. Spreading that message to other races is just wrong.

[DavidCroquet]

Joker 2 was great. Definitely kept the vibe. 

I get why people are put off by it. Cause they’re idiots.

I’d have to rewatch, but was the outro scene the same as the intro?

Just a fantasy?

Also did the joker in make up lawyer TOTALLY have a Charlie in sunny in Philadelphia vibe?

My gf and I literally scouring All of Online to find another sympathetic soul, and where do I find him other than here on The Bire. 

It's poetic, really. 

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Joker 2 was great. Definitely kept the vibe. 

I get why people are put off by it. Cause they’re idiots.

I’d have to rewatch, but was the outro scene the same as the intro?

Just a fantasy?

Also did the joker in make up lawyer TOTALLY have a Charlie in sunny in Philadelphia vibe?

My gf and I literally scouring All of Online to find another sympathetic soul, and where do I find him other than here on The Bire. 

It's poetic, really. 

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

literally the video i used to show my partner what I was talking about. 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Finally saw the rocky horror show movie at an event.

I miss fishnets.

[Snoopy]

Noticed The Thing on sale



It's the 2011 remake

[chronovore]

Watched POOR THINGS, really ended up enjoying it. Visually arresting, philosophically stimulating, and no shortage of belly laughs. It's problematic premise required that I recontextualize the entire thing as a faerie tale, which is clearly the director's intent, throughout. It just caught me off guard. Still, just fantastic.

Watched ALIEN COVENANT, thinking it was a re-watch, but I guess I was either drunk or asleep when I last saw it because I only remembered a couple scenes. It's beautiful, visually, but everything about its storytelling is frustrating by the end. It's difficult to understand what the point of the movie is. Walter and his over-emphasized American midwest accent, leaning on his soft Rs, in comparison to David's posh British-English accent and readily-detailed exposition on any topic, consistently sure of his own superiority — which eventually proves itself true by the end of the film. WTAF? If Ridley wants to turn this franchise into a treatise on Man's relation with God, fine; but please at least have a coherent set of statements, or theory, to wrap around. What a load of bullshit. Makes Prometheus look coherent and well-considered. 

Noticed The Thing on sale



It's the 2011 remake

I feel like using CG in that prequel is one of the biggest signs that they didn't understand what they were doing. 
I AM LEGEND, too, apparently had entirely practical VFX at one point, was redirected to use CG for the hemocytes. Hemophiles? What did they call their damned vampires?

[NekoFever]

Just something I realized about Disney Star Wars.

In TFA General Hux is probably the most terrifying human villain of the series as he uses Star Killer base to blow up an entire star system and kill billions.

Yet in the final movie he is outed as being the rebel spy who dies in a moment of comic relief.

I mean this is the moment in The Last Jedi when I started getting a sinking feeling.

[DavidCroquet]

I saw Megalopolis, and in order to confirm that I am not some weird automatic-liker-of-bad-movies, I can confirm that it is Actually Bad.

There are some striking visuals in here, and I have a certain respect for Coppola really fucking going for it but like...the movie doesn't really justify its thesis. And structurally it's a total fucking mess. It's obvious at times that Coppola is having a goof--either with specific scenes or entire arcs/characters--but that constantly gets in the way of the message he's trying to communicate.

I could more easily buy this movie as a parody of it's own themes than, y'know, an earnest assertion of them.

I DO think the movie has huge potential as Rocky Horror for a future generation.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Apparently nola is a little bitch:

https://gizmodo.com/joker-folie-a-deux-ending-spoilers-christopher-nolan-heath-ledger-2000508662

However, the idea was scrapped—not at Phillips’ behest, or even Warner Bros.’, but one of the studio’s other premier directors at the time, Christopher Nolan, who purportedly believed that only the late Heath Ledger’s incarnation of the Joker should be distinguished by the smile scar.

[benji]

I saw Megalopolis, and in order to confirm that I am not some weird automatic-liker-of-bad-movies, I can confirm that it is Actually Bad.

There are some striking visuals in here, and I have a certain respect for Coppola really fucking going for it but like...the movie doesn't really justify its thesis. And structurally it's a total fucking mess. It's obvious at times that Coppola is having a goof--either with specific scenes or entire arcs/characters--but that constantly gets in the way of the message he's trying to communicate.

I could more easily buy this movie as a parody of it's own themes than, y'know, an earnest assertion of them.

I DO think the movie has huge potential as Rocky Horror for a future generation.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Why did I think megalopis was one of those shark movies?

[benji]

Joker 2 was great. Definitely kept the vibe. 

I get why people are put off by it. Cause they’re idiots.

My gf and I literally scouring All of Online to find another sympathetic soul, and where do I find him other than here on The Bire. 

It's poetic, really.  

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

I saw Megalopolis, and in order to confirm that I am not some weird automatic-liker-of-bad-movies,

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Why did I think megalopis was one of those shark movies?

That's a megalodon, a megalopolis is just where the sharks live.

[Snoopy]

I feel like using CG in that prequel is one of the biggest signs that they didn't understand what they were doing. 
I AM LEGEND, too, apparently had entirely practical VFX at one point, was redirected to use CG for the hemocytes. Hemophiles? What did they call their damned vampires?

One of our teachers had us read the book in school. I loved it. So I was hyped as fuck when they announced the big budget film. I stomped out the cinema after 20 minutes in a fit of pure autistic butt rage. I couldn't believe they stripped out all the horror and turned it into a shitty action movie.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Atonement has to be one of the best movies ever.

The placement of the story in history, the assholeness of everyone involved. The twist. The cinematography, the scores.

and 

James Mackavoy.

[Potato]

Finally got around to watching The Batman. 

That was a good 2-hour flick stretched out to a pretty tedious 3-hour movie. 

I blame Christopher Nolan for all these directors thinking their dumb capeshit is worthy of the extra length.

[Eric Cartman]

watched It's What's Inside and like most straight to streaming films think its gone more unappreciated than it would have been via the traditional routes - its pretty good!

Terrible name - sounds like its gonna be a rom com - but its a high concept sci fi satire (not a horror as suggested) about a bunch of yoots at a house party (that house apparently belonging to Nicolas Winding Refn based on the decor) and their shenanigans with a brain swap machine.

Would make a great double bill with Bodies Bodies Bodies, or depending on your vibe with Possessor which both touch on similar themes in their own ways.

[Eric Cartman]

Apparently nola is a little bitch:

https://gizmodo.com/joker-folie-a-deux-ending-spoilers-christopher-nolan-heath-ledger-2000508662

However, the idea was scrapped—not at Phillips’ behest, or even Warner Bros.’, but one of the studio’s other premier directors at the time, Christopher Nolan, who purportedly believed that only the late Heath Ledger’s incarnation of the Joker should be distinguished by the smile scar.

I mean... its a slippery slide from >implying heath ledger joker in other films, to whoring out his digitally necromanced likeness and performance in every ropey DCEU cash grab in perpetuity

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Why does rachel mcadams have an american accent in about time?