Seconding the nomination for a sports movie tournament. Just the debate about what counts as a sports movie would be fun (does Karate Kid count? Or The Last Boy Scout?)
Seconding the nomination for a sports movie tournament. Just the debate about what counts as a sports movie would be fun (does Karate Kid count? Or The Last Boy Scout?)
Alright, we'll call it a draw.
We also have to determine what is a sport. According to the Olympic committee, Chess is a sport so are we going to allow Searching for Bobby Fischer's?
Breakdancing is now an Olympic sport, so you're saying Breakin' 2: Electric Bugaloo has a chance!
Alright, we'll call it a draw.
The Queens Gambit is basically a 7 hour sports movie.Originally Posted by fernandito
We also have to determine what is a sport. According to the Olympic committee, Chess is a sport so are we going to allow Searching for Bobby Fischer's?
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The Green Knight - Quite possibly the absolute worst movie I've ever seen. I wanted both my time and my money back. Long drawn out boring conversations ad nauseum. Painfully pretentious and an incredibly stupid plot. 0 out of 5 stars.
If you feel like it was unnecessary, have you watched this video? It makes a great case for why it was absolutely necessary:
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And I felt like it lacked the "Matrix action" for a reason. It was specifically an anti-nostalgia sequel, the exact opposite of No Way Home. But most people find nostalgia comforting, which is why everyone loved Spider-Man and didn't love Matrix. Makes me very sad, really, as I enjoyed both and see value in both, for different reasons.
I saw it twice
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The second time did you accidentally walk into the wrong theater or was it deliberate? If the latter, what was the draw? I thought the viewing experience was a slog. Interested in hearing a different perspective.I saw it twice
Alright, we'll call it a draw.
Go see it.BETTER THAN LITTLE GIANTS?! BLASPHEMY.Cinderella Man was my all time favourite sports movie until this. I absolutely loved it and so did the other couples we went with. It’s my all time fav. And let’s be honest… they are alll the same… it’s just they make you feel watching them right?The trailer looked like a Paint-By-Numbers sports movie. I also thought they were going to lay on the faith aspect super thick, which will just annoy the piss out of me. You know how many guys prayed their brains out to be an NFL QB and ended shoveling shit?Yep. Loved it better than both those and I liked those a LOT!Bro, that's impossible. It's better than Rudy? It's better than Field of Dreams? We need a sports movie tournament right now.
As for Matrix Resurrections, I had pretty low expectations, so I enjoyed it for what it was, but I wanted to like it a lot more. Honestly, my biggest gripe was the action. I thought it was sloppy. I also thought the CGI was pretty average. I don't think there's anything left to the story. What would be more interesting is to see the early days of the machine takeover. We need a prequel that really explores some of that. I'd have to go back and watch the Animatrix, but I feel like those short films explored things of that nature.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8n8...riticalDrinkerIf you feel like it was unnecessary, have you watched this video? It makes a great case for why it was absolutely necessary:
https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...=1#post1252670
And I felt like it lacked the "Matrix action" for a reason. It was specifically an anti-nostalgia sequel, the exact opposite of No Way Home. But most people find nostalgia comforting, which is why everyone loved Spider-Man and didn't love Matrix. Makes me very sad, really, as I enjoyed both and see value in both, for different reasons.
This guy makes more sense to me.
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The second time did you accidentally walk into the wrong theater or was it deliberate? If the latter, what was the draw? I thought the viewing experience was a slog. Interested in hearing a different perspective.I saw it twice
Oh, I paid for it a second time. Fantastic film.
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Man we have different tastes. This move was BOORING. I don’t know any of my movie going pals who even liked it. It had so much potential but really fell flat for me.The second time did you accidentally walk into the wrong theater or was it deliberate? If the latter, what was the draw? I thought the viewing experience was a slog. Interested in hearing a different perspective.I saw it twice
Oh, I paid for it a second time. Fantastic film.
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Viewed The355 today. Easy to see why this four year old piece of tripe was sent to the January dumping ground. A terribly unoriginal movie that steals (plagiarizes?) every idea, fight scene, and exterior action shot from earlier great movies (Mission Impossible, Ocean's 8, Charlies Angels, Highrise, several Bond movies-the list goes on and on.)
Tedious, predictable, muddled, and almost laughable.
1/6 beers on the RFSRS.
I knew it was gonna suck from the moment I realized the movie was called The 355
Finally got to see Villeneuve's take on Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic Dune. Dune, and it's initial sequels, have long been favorites of mine. And while I haven't read the novel in a long time, I was struck by how many oh-yeah moments I watching the film. It seems to be a fairly faithful adaptation. I loved every minute of it. I can't wait for Part 2, and I hope that Villeneuve gets to do his planned trilogy, which would mean an adaptation of Dune Messiah. 9/10 for me.
I’ve just started Dune and it’s AMAZING. I’ve heard many times that the first book is the only good one. Should I read the others then?
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I knew it was gonna suck from the moment I realized the movie was called The 355
The trailer seemed to be screaming GIRL POWWEERRRRRR at me, but I heard nothing.
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I would have told you that Green Knight wasn't for you. It's super artsy and avant-garde. If you've seen Ghost Story, then you'd know what you were in for.Man we have different tastes. This move was BOORING. I don’t know any of my movie going pals who even liked it. It had so much potential but really fell flat for me.The second time did you accidentally walk into the wrong theater or was it deliberate? If the latter, what was the draw? I thought the viewing experience was a slog. Interested in hearing a different perspective.I saw it twice
Oh, I paid for it a second time. Fantastic film.
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In the trailer, they mention the origins of the organization dates back to the first female spy during the Revolutionary War. They should have made THAT film.I knew it was gonna suck from the moment I realized the movie was called The 355
The trailer seemed to be screaming GIRL POWWEERRRRRR at me, but I heard nothing.
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I’m all about Girl Power, but that was a bad trailer and a bad-looking movie so I never bothered.I knew it was gonna suck from the moment I realized the movie was called The 355
The trailer seemed to be screaming GIRL POWWEERRRRRR at me, but I heard nothing.
Absolutely. Personally, I love the first four books, and the fifth is pretty good as well. I kind of fell off after that.I’ve just started Dune and it’s AMAZING. I’ve heard many times that the first book is the only good one. Should I read the others then?
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One Cut of the Dead - 4/5
A pretty solid film that's hard to classify as a film. It's experimental in a b-movie kind of way and has a fun exploration of filmmaking, but ultimately I think it's bogged down by its first third, which is also incredibly necessary for the rest of it works as well as it does.
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98% audience on RT. I was just talking to a friend that said the same. It’s his favourite sports film of all time. So, I looked up every movie here mentioned by members. Not a single one was close to the 98% score. I think the closest one….. was 91%. Not that this Should mean it’s the hands down best BUT I find we always choose the older films as the “best” because we were more impressionable then or maybe Nostalgia plays a part? I don’t know but after thinking on this again and the discussion with my movie pal… I’ll re-affirm this is my favourite sports movie ever.The trailer looked like a Paint-By-Numbers sports movie. I also thought they were going to lay on the faith aspect super thick, which will just annoy the piss out of me. You know how many guys prayed their brains out to be an NFL QB and ended shoveling shit?Yep. Loved it better than both those and I liked those a LOT!Bro, that's impossible. It's better than Rudy? It's better than Field of Dreams? We need a sports movie tournament right now.
As for Matrix Resurrections, I had pretty low expectations, so I enjoyed it for what it was, but I wanted to like it a lot more. Honestly, my biggest gripe was the action. I thought it was sloppy. I also thought the CGI was pretty average. I don't think there's anything left to the story. What would be more interesting is to see the early days of the machine takeover. We need a prequel that really explores some of that. I'd have to go back and watch the Animatrix, but I feel like those short films explored things of that nature.
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High and Low - Truly a great film and one I don't think I'll ever get sick of appreciating...which is high praise considering I just watched it for the first time. 5/5
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