godofdeadlydeath wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:45 am
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Film - 6/10 - Fine. Felt like a 2 hour long DVD extra. It was well-done but completely unnecessary.
This shit was so fucking weird. I should re-watch it.
I feel like my assessment of it was really pinched by the hype at the time.
Felt the same way you did I guess, maybe a 7 for me.
Would be cool to just watch it as a little western/thriller instead of sitting there worrying if I was being too-soon nostalgia-baited.
livid dealer wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:31 amDIO NEVER JUMPED ON WHAT WAS POPULAR (THE PROVERBIAL BANDWAGON)
godofdeadlydeath wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:45 am
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Film - 6/10 - Fine. Felt like a 2 hour long DVD extra. It was well-done but completely unnecessary.
This shit was so fucking weird. I should re-watch it.
I feel like my assessment of it was really pinched by the hype at the time.
Felt the same way you did I guess, maybe a 7 for me.
Would be cool to just watch it as a little western/thriller instead of sitting there worrying if I was being too-soon nostalgia-baited.
I bet if I had watched it right when it came out I would've given it a higher score but I just didn't have the urge even though I loved Breaking Bad. The stuff with the fake cops who were old friends of Todd was cool but the flashback scenes with Mike and Walt didn't really need to be there. The Jane and Todd stuff was cool. Nice to see Robert Forester give such a great final performance too.
Altered States - 6.5/10 - Icarus story that started strong but fizzled out, and lingered on topics while rushing the end. I would have loved them explore the other story lines more. (pre-Adam & Eve, unlocked anti-Christ). This is one of those movies that would improve with a proper remake.
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Shadow in the Cloud - 4/10
Seemed promising until it was super heavy handed with feminism, kinda like the first Wonder Woman, but way more blunt with the male chauvinism. Credits roll and 'Written by Max Landis' flashes for less than half a second. The rest of the credits continue at normal speed. If John Landis hadn't killed those kids in the 80s with a helicopter blade, this might have been a better movie.
The Ratings Game (1984) - 8.5/10
Danny DeVito's first time directing a feature (made for TV) and he must have called in all his favors, because it's stacked with 80's actors & comedians. Bit parts for Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards, George Wendt, John Ratzenberger, Tony Danza, Steve Allen, James Le Gros... Every 5 minutes I was saying "oh shit, it's that dude!" It's not an amazing movie, but it hit all the beats that gave me that poisonous hit of nostalgia.
Psycho Goreman (2020) - 7/10
A showcase for practical effects. I ate it up, despite the kid actors not being great. Heavy on the cheese.
FVBTVS wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:12 pm
the phenomenon - 10
I can't stop thinking about the last segment in this. It seems like total crackpot territory, but something about those kids man... I really do not know what to think of it. Eyewitness testimony of anything with zero physical proof probably won't ever change my mind about anything... but dag.
livid dealer wrote: ↑Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:31 amDIO NEVER JUMPED ON WHAT WAS POPULAR (THE PROVERBIAL BANDWAGON)
Point Doom - 5/10
Pure late 90s LA trash. Richard Grieco stars with Ice-T, Sebastian Bach and Andrew Dice Clay in a movie about bad drug deals, a biker gang, a strip club, and a ton of stereotypical machismo schlock.