Edge of Tomorrow
Not bad
Having read all the books, Iām starting on The Hunger Games. I watched what I could of that, as the disc I rented is fucked up on 1:11 to 1:20. Itās alright regardless, though I have quite a few issues with actor choices and removal (or brushing over) of important objects and scenes.
The second movie is actually much better, IMO.
The second book is better, too.
How To Train Your Dragon 2 for fathers day.
I absolutely loved this movie. Kinda a bad choice for Fatherās Day thoughā¦
Edge of Tomorrow. Was a pretty good movie, all things considered. They did a very good job with the whole Groundhog Day thing.
Another thumbs up for Edge of Tomorrow. Iām a sucker for time travel and time loop stories, but even so I was leery of this one at first. It just looked soā¦generic? Like it would be pretty boring and trite. Thanks to yāalls recommendations I went and saw it anyway, and I was quite pleased with it. I wish it would have gone just a biiit further with some of the themes and dilemmas it was presenting, but it at least it didnāt completely bungle them. I would have also liked to get to know some of the supporting characters a bit more. But the action was good, the story was good, the acting was good. All in all an entertaining movie worth at least one watch.
How To Train Your Dragon 2 with my nephews. I had a lot of fun, and it didnāt hurt that we were the only three in the room 
I watched the Lego movie last night. It was pretty good actually.
Transformers: Age of Extinction. 4/10.
Long, boring, and visually exhausting. At the beginning, it almost feels like these human characters might be worth caring about, and maybe the plot will be interesting, but then, about one third of the way in, everything starts exploding. Itās almost like Bay got through the introduction then said, āOk, now that weāve got that boring stuff out of the way, letās play with CGI robots for a couple of hours!ā I know thatās probably how most Bay films seem, but it seriously almost seems like the case here, because from that point on we never really get to learn anything more about the characters or the plot, because everyoneās too busy running and screaming and shooting and falling and exploding to get any conversation besides, āLook out!ā or āHelp!ā Then at some point near the end of the movie Bay realizes he didnāt ever finish explaining the plot to us, so we get a few lines from Optimus to fill us in with what the bad dudesā problems are, and then the movie resumes exploding. For most of the movie, the screen is constantly filled with fireballs, sparks, flying dirt, and reaction shots of people gaping. Itās ridiculously over the top, even by Michael Bay standards. Sadly, it felt like it had some small undercurrents of quality running through it, as though the talents of the actors and writers were begging to be let loose, but instead we mostly get John Goodman saying absolutely awful one-liners while debris clutters up every shot. Optimus also says heās really definitely for realsies never gonna help humans again (because they are tragically and profoundly stupid, arrogant, and ungrateful), and I really hope for his sake he doesnāt have to. Let the guy rest.
TL;DR - Stuff explodes nonstop for two and a half hours. If you must have more Transformers, wait for the bluray, and skip straight to the final [part of the single giant] battle and watch robots blow up a city for half an hour.
Iāve seen so many posters for that in shopping centres and unfailingly, every time, thought āoh that looks interesting I wonder what it- oh, Transformersā.
Pretty much this.
The ending could be an opportunity to make a more interesting sequelā¦ no we need to focus on the human element some more
Kind of regret not seeing it in 3D, looked like it might have worked well.
I recently re-watched Brazil which is probably my favorite movie of all time.
Also I re-watched Simon Says which is one of the best B-horror movies of this decade if only because of Crispin Gloverās beautiful acting.
and this scene.
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I saw Edge Of Tomorrow (over a week ago?). That was pretty entertaining and all, but I canāt say it was as truly great as other critics have been saying. It was fun, funny, the action was good, most of the story made sense within its own internal logic, but it still felt like ti was missing something, and the ending felt like a cop out. Still worth seeing, a very good movie, but just short of āgreatā.
Thatās how I feel about life.
The ending was a bit iffy for me. [[color=ā#171717ā]Him waking up on the helicopter made sense, but the stuff after than felt a bit too perfect, with all the mimics dying, them knowing exactly what was happening, and him not being in trouble any more. I like happy endings, but thereās definitely such a thing as too happy. The scene at the very end between Rita and Cruiseās character, though, I actually quite liked.]
Yeah, I was thinking the same things. This is one story where I would have liked it if there had been sequel baiting. Of course they got lucky and the movie didnāt make enough to warrant a sequelā¦ But it would have made more sense if there needed to be another fight or three (in a different movie, this one was the perfect length for what it was) to end the confrontation.
Wait, I thought Cage was basically[color=ā#191919ā] forced to go to the front lines by the antagonistic general because he wanted to improve support and morale by showing a popular face joining the battle, or something like that. At the very least, Cage became a deserter by trying to escape after his meeting with the general, which lands him in trouble and gets him shipped off, unable to avoid being taken along on the invasion. But with the mimics defeated and the invasion unnecessary, Cage doesnāt even seem to meet with the general at all, who is on TV now talking about the defeat of the mimics. So Cage has no reason to be in trouble with anyone now. I also donāt recall them stating that they knew any specifics about why the mimics died, just that they were dying. Iām not 100% certain about that, Iāll have to go watch it again.
Also, Iām glad they wrapped it up nicely. Iād prefer one stand alone movie with this premise than them trying to stretch it out way too long coughEndlessEightcough. I just donāt think they could make a sequel in the same way and have it not be boring, but not having time-looping wouldnāt make sense either if facing the same enemy, so I think one movie was the right choice.
I get the feeling Cage can still time loop if he wantedā¦
The Monuments Menās.
It was a fairly good movie, but slow. When it ended I was still wondering if that was really the movieās climax.
One of the reviews I saw said it was too episodic, and would have done better as a TV series than a feature film. I can definitely agree with that assessment.