Just saw Midsommar at a small movie theatre
(Director’s cut, which I didn’t know! So it was 3 hours of spooky swedes in the sunlight!)
It was uhhh…
UMMM…
Overall, honestly, depressing for the main characters.
It will join Hereditary in the list of horror movies that are way too good at being scary and I have no interest of ever watching ever again.
Damn you, praise you, Ari Aster 
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
I loved the original Beverly Hills Cop as a young man. It still largely holds up as a piece of entertainment. Hell, I enjoy BHC 2 and 3 as well. They’re all fun movies in the very least.
Axel F does not feel like a BHC movie. In the originals Hollywood had this glossy bright feel, like it was another world. In this it looks dull and grey, and with the exception of some palm trees feels just as grimy as the scenes set in Detroit. It doesn’t help that a large part of the movie deals with the cartel, which is pretty far fram a traditional BHC antagonist.
Axel also doesn’t really act like Axel to my mind. Eddie just doesn’t seem like he has the energy anymore. Doesn’t even do the trademark laugh.
Maybe you could argue that Axel has aged and Hollywood has changed, but then what’s the point in a sequel?
It’s pretty bad.
Confirms my suspicions. I will still probably watch it…
“My name is Judge!”
Beverly Hills Cop Axel F
The 4th and hopefully final one. It was fun nostalgia and funny enough to not suck. I actually liked it better than many of the other “legacy sequels” that have come out lately. It was a bit long but worth your time if you are a fan of the first three films.
I watched Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure last night on a whim. My second time seeing it, but it’s been many, MANY years since someone sat me down to watch it for some reason. ’
Gosh, it’s a fun movie. But it’s also incredibly CHEESY AND GOOFY.
The two protagonists are total high-school idiots, drifters through life, and somehow thanks to their supposed future success at forming a rock band, people from the far, far future go back in time to help them finish their final school report before summer break – or the future society they built using Bill and Ted’s totally radical legacy – will never happen, because they’ll both flunk out of school and Ted gets shipped off to military camp.
I feel like a quarter to a third of the movie is just a series of 5-10min scenes of the two dudes arriving somewhere in the past, immediately finding an important historical figure to put in their report, and kind of kidnapping them to use their knowledge later.
It’s super silly, but that doesn’t stop me from still really enjoying scenes like Napoleon finding out about the Waterloo waterpark in a great payoff to an earlier joke, and having the time of his life at this park.
How this movie ended up getting a sequel (that did much worse, but is a cult classic I’ve heard) and a modern revival a few years ago is baffling. – But awesome! 
Saw yesterday. A gripping and confronting epic. Mads Mikkelsen is engrossing, as always.
I also recommend. It talks about the cultivation of land deemed sterile in Denmark, except that the hero has a revolutionary starchy in his pocket… the potato. The challenge for him is to manage to make them grow, which would bring glory to the Danish monarchy that he venerates (having been a soldier). Obstacles will come from a sadistic and stupid local landowner. Mads is fair, touching in his role as adoptive father, but not very funny given his wide acting range.
Today I watched a movie which is going to be my best movie this year.
Maharaja 2024
starring Vijay Sethupathi and Anurag Kashyap.
(not to confuse with a different movie named Maharaj).
This movie is quite disturbing, thrilling, violent (blood and gore) with unpredictable suspense, twists and climax.
If you are looking to try this foreign film with subtitles, I am sure you will like it and the message of the movie will remain in the mind for quite a while.
The Plot is:
A barber goes to police station to report a theft of his old dustbin named " Lakshmi", (Lakshmi is a Hindu Godess of wealth).
The dust bin protected her daughter from fatality when she was young. On a parallel story there is a group of robbers who robs houses in front of the restrained owners and rapes and murders them then. The leader of the thief loves his daughter and gets expensive gifts and jewelleries for her from those robbery.
The interesting part is the barber is ready to bribe all his money savings to police to look into his dustbin case and get it back.
The story is the killer backbone - it will start simple and eventually the plots keeps twisting and the story climax is very unpredictable and one of the best in my opinion.
Just got back from Deadpool and Wolverine.
It’s really hard to talk about without spoiling things, but in short: I really liked it.
It stays on brand for Deadpool (and does not feel watered down), does with the multiverse what I was expecting from Multiverse of Madness (or at least it’s closer to it), and is quite funny.
Loads of fun cameons and comic book references, and yes, fan-service (even though I’d heard about a lot of the cameos through rumors a good 2-3 of them were new to me).
I was on the fence on whether or not I would go watch it. Going off of what I thought of Deadpool 2 (being the worst cinema experience I had and cringy humour that didn’t work for me), from that I have decided not to give it my time or money. The reviews and overall Metacritic score perfectly reflects my expatiations of the film. I loved the first film though.
I’ll save my hard earned cash and letting my parents babysit our daughter, for Alien Romulus instead. I’ll catch it on Disney+ some day. Then again I might not. It doesn’t seem to lift the bar for the MCU, which was strongest with Winter Solider a 7/10 film. However If it could live up to Logan and Days of Future Past then I would gladly give them my time and money.
I just got back from Deadpool and Wolverine. Wow, it’s such a fun action film. Tons of surprises and omg I’m both in awe and afraid at what the entire budget must be for this film between production AND marketing. Ryan and Hugh have been on a duo press streak for a while now! I just can’t escape them online!
It was a great Deadpool movie that sticks to its guns and guts and gore and sex jokes omg, and even has a few running jokes from previous films which I really enjoyed!
Also plays with A LOT of toys from Marvel’s toybox of previous films, MCU or not… And even had a sizeable inclusion of the TVA that I loved to see return from Loki and they once again nailed their aesthetic and presentation.
The Villain(s) of this film did a great job and I think that specifically Emma Corrin and Matthew Macfayden looked like they had a really fun time with their scripts and not taking themselves too seriously.
Also I think I caught that Dopinder’s actor was no longer doing a stereotypical indian accent? Neat, IMO. Shows some interesting growth as a character and not just playing his voice off as a joke.
They DO drop the R-slur later in the film. Not glorifying or using it against someone, but just egch…
I think I’d slot this between the last two deadpool movies. 2 > DPW > 1. I just LOVE the found-family arc and trying to help a misguided kid plot from 2, this one has some great heartfelt moments but doesn’t cut as deep with eeeeverything going on in the plot and cast.
Plus 2 has that epic song from Celine Dion so I’m biased, eh?
This one DOES have a fantastic opening credits scene that Marvel Studios doesn’t do all that much.
Spoilers spoilers!!
RIP Agent 47 just kidding…
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RIP Wade and Vanessa’s relationship. So sad they had them break up off-screen kinda.
Was surprised to see Paradox be revealed as a bad guy that DP had to stop. None of the marketing showed that. And especially after Loki series, where the TVA is changed for the good, it was a nice surprise seeing a rogue section of the agency try to prune timelines the old-fashioned way.
It was extremely surprising to see characters from every branch of Fox. That Chris Evans cameo really got me stunned, I totally forgot about him as that character.
Definitely felt like one big celebration of the Fox films as a whole with the big montage at the end credits. Great stuff. (I haven’t seen all the old ones, I just recently saw the OG X-Men film with legends Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen)
I have ZERO clue what Channing Tatum was saying 75% of the time. I’m glad they made a bunch of jokes about it, and Wade “translated” for him later, but whoof! What the HECK was that?? Boston-French, or something??
“Who is your Dialect coach??!”
(Also, I happened to see an “old” photo of the entire Fox cast of films together earlier this morning, alongside Tatum who was slated to have his own Gambit film that got cancelled. So thankfully I was filled in on his “Marvel debut” jokes in the film and how it was some big deal lol, didn’t know he was gonna be in this film tho!.)
If I have a few gripes with the plot (and this is kinda due to my own expectations, but)
they never had a payoff to that Thor crying joke that’s set up and constantly referenced. Maybe in another film?
Alioth is a nice addition, but like… just after DP&W jump back into their home world, it munches the cast at the Ant Man Skull but Nova is still fine a scene later, and the TVA can just… bring back everyone who got munched in the Void at the end? How? Huh? 
And at the end, Wade is… kinda back right where he started, only he saved the world from dying. I guess this lets him live his life with his people, and they can just call him in whenever they need a deadpool crossover. I just expected a bit more interaction with the established MCU… (Especially since we start with Wade in the Sacred Timeline, I expected him to go back again later) Welp, hopefully next time the OG DP crew get some more time to shine alongside Wade too.
Oh yeah and I was really hoping for a Fox-to-Marvel logo transition at the very start, but alas, we can’t have everything. Loved the “Screw you Fox, I’m going to Disneyland!!” joke 
Well I would assume it is supposed to be a Cajun accent given the character he plays…
I am not familiar with that character so… huh. Okay.
(I HAVE seen like two episodes of the OG XMen cartoon, and I’m pretty sure I heard him speak french in those, so I guess that’s my explanation for it huh.)
Evidently. Because being Cajun is a big part of his character, not for nothing that his unofficial moniker is the Ragin’ Cajun
Well that is because Cajuns are French, the are culturally and ethnically descended from the original French settlers of what is now called Nova Scotia after they were exiled by the British. They have their own distinct culture from France with a subtler variation of the language, it leaves people native to the Delta with a distinctive American accent as well.
Most writers will have Gambit speak normal French because it is far easier to do that then to learn Cajun French simply for the mannerisms of one character or because they might not have been aware of the difference at all.
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Hey @schatenjager the OX crew reckon that the new Borderlands movie is probably the greatest cinematic masterpiece since Citizen Kane: don’t bother watching their video to confirm this, just get out there and see the movie…
Alien: Romulus
That’s it, my first Alien movie watched at the cinema.
The film does not revolutionize the genre in any way, it is a well-constructed stand-alone, which looks most like Aliens, with an ending that resembles Alien: Resurrection, which I liked less (because humanoid derivatives are ugly and uninteresting).
The parts with the facehuggers are the most stressful, because the spectators know them well now and there are really many of them.
Some beautiful images in space were filmed.
The passage of the acid that is suspended by gravity is very cool.
The background music adds to the oppressive atmosphere.
The duo between the heroine (seen in Civil War) and the android is strong.
Iconic lines have been reused.
At first, it was necessary to have an excuse to visit the abandoned station, then the objective very quickly becomes having to flee.
The argument of the company’s scientists, seeking to save humanity from diseases (instead of waiting for its natural evolution), does not hold water, because it is clear that their alien synthesis is not the panacea, on the contrary. But they are very stubborn.
A well-known android is making a comeback unfortunately, but the actor (deceased) is very good.
I would say the first part is similar to the original movie, with the classic process of the xenomorph being born, and then the hunt of this latter is rendered null when we realize that… an entire nest is infesting the ship!
Since there are only the main characters, we don’t see many deaths.
I would have liked to see more diversity among the aliens, as seen in the video game Aliens: Fireteam Elite, where there were at least six species.
For those like me who loved Alien: Isolation, you’ve found your film, even if the tension drops when the characters have a gun in their hands.
If you like the saga, don’t deprive yourself of going to watch it.
I can’t lie to you about your chances, but… you have my sympathies.
Also, Fede Álvarez: where is the queen??
Just watched Be My Cat: A Film for Anne. It’s about a sick, twisted dude obsessed with Anne Hathaway who’s trying to shoot a film so that he can send it to her. I’ve been on kind of a found-footage horror kick all week, and this definitely stuck out to me among the bunch. It’s captivating and genuinely disturbing, it’s the kind of movie that makes you feel uncomfortable until you remind yourself that it’s all just performance. I loved it. It’s free on Tubi, just make an account if you don’t already have one.
Loved Alien: Romulus. 
It doesn’t quite touch the first two, of course, but Fede nails the 70s blue collar sci-fi aesthetic and if I didn’t know better I would swear he shot a good chunk of the movie on the set of Isolation. Only thing missing was a Working Joe. 
I have mixed feelings about resurrecting Ian Holm and a few (callback) moments felt flat–even Andy seemed puzzled about why he added “you bitch” after “Get away from her”–but the movie’s tense and visually impressive–zero g acid lives up to the hype–with really good performances from Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson. And baby xeno? xeno baby? fleshy boy? is creepy as hell.
It’ll be interesting to see how it shakes out after a couple of rewatches, but it could end up being my favorite of the post-Cameron movies. 