"Why would you watch a movie by/about/for gay guys that you've heard nothing good about and know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you're going to hate?"
"Why would you watch an insanely popular franchise that has spawned 2 separate trilogies, multiple rides at one of the biggest amusement parks in the country, trillions of dollars worth of merchandise, and an NBA franhise?"
The Untouchable discussion reminds me to preview a film I watched last night. When I hung out with UT, Durden, and Gaylord 1, I had seen Bruno that day bc I had to kill time - It was a 10/10.
Last night I watched Borat 2, its on Prime Video. That movie is hysterical. I saw previews by all you guys on here, and you all ranged from terrible to OK. You guys are wrong. It was so retarded that its great. That Giuliani scene is insane.
I dont rec this to 76 bc he will watch it just to bash it bc they shoot on republicans the whole time, but its funny if you can just chill.
this movie is excellent, if you liked In Bruges, you'll enjoy this, only thing missing was someone screaming
I started watching it over the weekend. It's very odd, not what I was expecting.
Wherever they filmed it is the coolest area I've ever seen, though. It made me want to wander down to the local pub every day. Wait a minute.....
I don't know if it's actual Inisherin but it's at least some island off the coast of Ireland and yes.... my dream scenario is living somewhere quiet with a pub to walk to where everybody knows your naaaame, and they're always glad you caaaaaaaaame (like your moms)
Glass Onion, the new Knives Out sequel. Loved it. Thought the cast was excellent, for some reason Daniel Craig doing a weird southern accent was less distracting than in Knives Out. Just a really smart way to set up sequels, they can just keep doing whodunits forever.
My off-camera role was more prominent than I expected, too. Enjoyed that.
Took the kids to see Puss in Boots 2 today. We watched the first one that came out like 10 years ago this week in preparation to see the new one, and I was not enthused, the 2 youngest didn't make it more than 20 minutes through it. The new one....was tremendous. Legitimately great kids movie, IMO. They completely changed the style, the first one was kind of animated like Shrek and this one was almost more comic booky like Spiderverse (I assume they were going for a fairy tale book look?). In any case, if you've got to see a movie with kids, this one is a great one.
Also, there's basically no reason to watch the first one in order to follow this one.
I watched a movie on Netflix called Moneyball. Its pretty good, I had seen it once before. I forgot that Chris Pratt is in it. Chris Pratt and Brad Pitt in one film? Wow, I was wet. JK, I dont see how ppl say Pratt is a heart throb, hes just normal looking. People are idiots. When on screen with Pitt, its not close.
I liked Jonah Hill in this.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman was annoying. like he is in every movie he ever did. What a ninnie.
This gay post was brought to you by myself and 31.
Glass Onion, the new Knives Out sequel. Loved it. Thought the cast was excellent, for some reason Daniel Craig doing a weird southern accent was less distracting than in Knives Out. Just a really smart way to set up sequels, they can just keep doing whodunits forever.
My off-camera role was more prominent than I expected, too. Enjoyed that.
Because they're available on Amazon Prime, I decided to go through and watch the 3 Hobbit movies several years too late. I've caught bits and pieces but I never really got drawn in. Enjoyed the LOTR movies though so I thought I'd give it a shot.
Nerd alert incoming:
Pros: Ian McKellan as Gandalf remains basically perfect casting. Always good to have Gollum back as well. Martin Freeman is solid as Bilbo, believable as a younger version of Ian Holm. A few of the Dwarves are actually distinguishable, and the dude who plays Thorin is good. The guy who plays the Elf king guy is really excellent. I know she's just created for the movies, but I always enjoy seeing Evangeline Lilly. Once I actually buckled down and watched, the stories moved along pretty well.
Cons A ton of the dwarves are completely indistinguishable. You've got Thorin, the old wise one, the fat(test) one, the slightly taller hot one who wants to bang Evangeline Lilly, his brother...and the rest. A lot of the action is kind of dumb and somehow looks worse than the effects in the LOTR which came out years earlier? Completely CGI bad guy Orcs were both pretty lame. Smaug is kind of blah and it's funny that as much of a focus as he is of the story, his screen time is pretty limited. Legolas looks weird and definitely older (with a fatter face) than he did when he was in the original. There is ZERO need to have 3 3-hour movies made out of the Hobbit. Even using some of the background of the rise of Sauron stuff that's decent, it's still way too much filler for a kid's book. Goddamn Eagles always showing up when it's convenient for the plot.
Overall, I'm glad I watched them but I don't see myself revisiting them again like I do with the LOTR movies.
