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[quote=Rogue]Yeah, Brandon and I saw Brave in 3D a couple days ago at the cheap theater.

I liked it, but honestly, it felt more like one of Pixar's middling movies. Not to the emotional masterpiece level of Up, Wall-E, or Toy Story 3 for me.

[spoiler]I kept wondering how she was able to convince the men that the bear was her mother. It was like they just went with it and got upset when it looked like the bear was still a bear and Merida was crying over it.

Still, it was good to see them bond and all that while she was a bear.[/spoiler]

And while I also liked Merida (and I'm glad the story wasn't just her meeting a prince/thief and THAT'S the WHOLE movie), I felt like they were really trying to go, "See! Look! She's an archer and she's not interested in boys! And.. and... she's so far, FAAAAAR removed from those other, WEAKER princesses you all pick on. She rock climbed this ledge and then drank from the WATERFALL. So you like her, right? I mean, you gotta!"

They even had to illustrate how her mother was able to boss the men around with a purposeful stare.

Even though Mulan was technically not a princess, she apparently follows the princess mythology and therefore she gets marketed with others. I feel like Disney got her the most right -- I mean, while there's a man involved, she doesn't pine after him and there's no romantic leaning, although he seems to dig her at the end. At the same time, she's also a warrior and she saves the day and all of her country. Eh...

I guess, at least they made Merida have flaws. She was prideful, impulsive, stubborn, bratty and not ladylike. Makes her more realistic than if she just always knew what to do and was always able to fix the situation.

OK.. I just looked up a video on the making of and noticed Kevin McKidd was one of the clan leaders and got stupidly excited while talking to Brandon just now about how they totally should have used most of the cast of Trainspotting (since Kelly McDonald was in that too). And we keep laughing about how Ewan McGregor's character would have to find a really disgusting privy and Ewen Bremner would be one of the suitors and have some really disgusting thing (not necessarily shit) wrapped in a bed sheet that gets splattered on Merida and her parents. :D[/quote]

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Elara Posts: 9731/9736	So we have finally gone back to the movies. Saw Multiverse of Madness... it was good, even if it was starting to get more crowded like the beforetimes. Still, not a bad experience. I still need to watch both the new Hocus Pocus and Munsters. I've heard just as much good as bad, and the "bad" stuff doesn't seem to hold much water.
Rogue Posts: 11912/11918	Just watched the new "Hocus Pocus." Since it was more about the witches, I liked it, generally. Certainly more than the original when it came to the scenes that were just the kids. When it comes to the original, I can only watch scenes that have the Sanderson Sisters in them. The Omri Katz and Thora Birch stuff is unwatchable. My FB is full of people bitching and moaning about the Rob Zombie "Munsters" movie as well. Apparently no Marilyn or Eddie Munster is a deal breaker for some people. It's a corny movie that has its moments, but yeah, it's just a fan-made prequel as far as I'm concerned.
Rogue Posts: 11884/11918	Still haven't gone back to the movies, but I'm kinda tempted to go see "Jungle Cruise" at the end of the month. Awkward sweat drop smile emoji I saw the latest things Disney and Pixar dropped, "Luca" and "Raya and the Last Dragon" on their streaming app. Yeah, they were OK. Not my favorites, though.
Rogue Posts: 11880/11918	Originally posted by Elara Still haven't been back to a theater... can't believe Sonic was the last thing I saw. Yeah, I haven't been back either. My boss at the center was telling me that they separate you by two seats on either side of you, so he'll buy four tickets so he and his wife will have a row to themselves. Shrug Watched the newest "The Conjouring" movie yesterday since it dropped on HBO Max then. It really plays up the fairy tale bullshit that is the Warrens. For some reason, the staff at my center are REALLY into watching those movies at the end of the workday since we don't have clients coming in and there's not much to do at the moment. So yeah, "The Conjouring" on Wednesday, "The Conjouring 2" on Thursday and then "The Conjouring: The Devil Made Me Do It" on Friday.
Elara Posts: 9711/9736	Still haven't been back to a theater... can't believe Sonic was the last thing I saw. Since I have Disney+, I actually finally got around to watching Hercules and Hunchback of Notre Dame because somehow I have never seen either. Hunchback holds up better between the two. Also finally saw Tangled.
Rogue Posts: 11870/11918	I'm most of the way through a really long list of movies for Black History Month. There's A LOT of emotional weight here, so I've been dropping in comedies here and there. As it is currently: ___ 13th âœ”ï¸ The 24th âœ” 42 âœ” All In: The Fight for Democracy âœ”ï¸ Amazing Grace (2018) âœ”ï¸ Amistad âœ” Antebellum âœ”ï¸ Bamboozled âœ” Barry âœ”ï¸ Becoming ___ Belle âœ”ï¸ Bessie ___ The Birth of a Nation (2016) âœ”ï¸ Black Box âœ” Black Dynamite âœ”ï¸ Black Panther âœ”ï¸ BlacKkKlansman âœ” Blazing Saddles âœ”ï¸ The Blood Is at the Doorstep âœ” Boyz n the Hood âœ” The Butler âœ”ï¸ Candyman ___ The Central Park Five âœ”ï¸ Chi-Raq ___ Claudine âœ”ï¸ The Color Purple âœ”ï¸ Coming to America âœ”ï¸ Cool Runnings âœ”ï¸ Da 5 Bloods ___ Dear White People âœ”ï¸ Django Unchained âœ” Do The Right Thing âœ”ï¸ Dolemite Is My Name ___ Emperor ___ Fences âœ”ï¸ Freedom Riders âœ” Fruitvale Station ___ Get On Up âœ”ï¸ Get Out âœ”ï¸ Glory âœ”ï¸ The Great Debaters âœ” Harlem Nights âœ”ï¸ Harriet ___ The Hate U Give âœ”ï¸ The Help âœ”ï¸ Hidden Figures âœ”ï¸ High Flying Bird ___ Hoop Dreams âœ”ï¸ Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror âœ”ï¸ I Am Not Your Negro âœ” If Beale Street Could Talk ___ Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child âœ”ï¸ Judas and the Black Messiah âœ” Juice ___ Just Mercy âœ”ï¸ LA 92 ___ The Last Black Man in San Francisco ___ Lionheart âœ”ï¸ Love & Basketball âœ”ï¸ The Loving Story âœ”ï¸ Ma Rainey's Black Bottom âœ”ï¸ Malcolm & Marie âœ”ï¸ Malcolm X ___ Maya Angelou and Still I Rise âœ” Menace II Society âœ” Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool âœ”ï¸ Miss Juneteenth âœ”ï¸ Moonlight ___ Mr. Soul âœ”ï¸ Night of the Living Dead âœ”ï¸ One Night in Miami âœ”ï¸ Poetic Justice âœ”ï¸ The Princess and the Frog âœ”ï¸ Queen & Slim âœ” A Raisin in the Sun âœ”ï¸ The Rape of Recy Taylor âœ”ï¸ Ray âœ” Red Tails âœ”ï¸ Remember the Titans ___ Rosewood âœ” Scott Joplin âœ” Scottsboro: An American Tragedy ___ Selma âœ” Set It Off âœ” She's Gotta Have It âœ”ï¸ Sorry To Bother You âœ” Southside With You âœ”ï¸ Stormy Weather âœ”ï¸ Straight Outta Compton âœ” Sylvie's Love âœ”ï¸ Tangerine âœ”ï¸ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am âœ” The Tuskegee Airmen ___ The United States vs Billie Holiday âœ”ï¸ Us âœ” What Happened, Miss Simone? âœ” What Men Want âœ” What's Love Got To Do With It? âœ” Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley ___ Within Our Gates
Rogue Posts: 11837/11918	If we're talking last movie in a theater, for me it was "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," and I only saw it the once (as opposed to TLJ, which I saw in theaters like 6 or 7 times. ) Still on the horror train. Ended up starting a subscription for Shudder.
Xeoman Posts: 11716/11757	I'm drawing a blank on the last movie I saw in theaters, lol. Dang...
Rauni Posts: 1351/1351	If I have to recall the LAST movie I saw in theater... It would be Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom that came out in 2018. Before that, it was Ready Player One. I haven't watched any movie as of lately, so if we want to be general about it, I think the last movie I saw was one of My Hero Academia movie that came out. And as for the horror film, I think my last horror film I saw was "Sweet Home", a Japanese film (and a video game), which inspired the Resident Evil series later. I also remember Parasite Eve as well, but find that one more of a psychological thriller than as a horror.
Xeoman Posts: 11715/11757	I recommend Jacob's Ladder for a weirder one. I thought Hellraiser II was pretty fun, really cool locations and set designs. It's like the adult Labyrinth haha. The slashers are always good fun... you know what you get with them, but yeah. I like most of the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Halloween III is probably the most insane (funny) one I've seen, you should give that one a look.
Rogue Posts: 11836/11918	Ever since I started therapy and medication, I've been watching the shit out of horror films. I'd avoided that genre almost entirely my whole life and suddenly I'm all gung-ho for movies that would have made me shit my pants. Since quarantine has started I've watched: The Amityville Horror original The Appearance As Above So Below Bitten (Jason Mewes movie, more funny than scary) The Blair Witch Project The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance Candyman Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh Carnival of Souls C.H.U.D. Child's Play original Children of the Corn The Conjuring The Conjuring 2 Crimson Peak Cronos Cub (Belgian film in French and Flemish) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba (All of the anime series that is currently out) Doctor Sleep (The sequel to The Shining, which I've seen) Don't Breathe Embrace of the Vampire (Not scary at all, just really bad) The Exorcist Friday the 13th Fright Night (1985) Fright Night (2011) A Good Marriage (Stephen King story, not really scary at all) Green Room The Haunting (This was legitimately what I would have considered the scariest movie I'd ever seen in high school. It terrified the shit out of me and gave me nightmares for years. So when I watched it again recently, for the first time in 20 years, my god it was so easy to laugh my ass off at how bad it is. A demon defeated.) Hellraiser Hereditary House of 1,000 Corpses (Seen it before, but not since it came out ðŸ˜Š) Insidious Invasion of the Body Snatchers It Chapter 2 (Had seen part 1 before quarantine) It Comes At Night It Follows Let Me In Let The Right One In (Swedish) The Lighthouse The Little Stranger Lo The Lodgers The Mandela Effect Marrowbone Mermaid: Lake of the Dead (Russian) Midsommar Misery A Nightmare on Elm Street The Nun Odd Thomas Opera Orphan The Others Paranormal Activity Pet Sematary Pet Sematary remake Poltergeist The Purge Queen of the Damned A Quiet Place Rabid Ready or Not Rubber Rosemaryâ€™s Baby Salem's Lot Saw Shark Exorcist (Just don't ...) Sinister Slice (Definitely more comedy than horror) The Stuff Therapy for a Vampire (Austrian. More funny than scary) Thirst (Korean) Tusk Twilight Zone (Season 1 of the Jordan Peele reboot) The VelociPastor Winchester The VVitch Wrinkles the Clown
Xeoman Posts: 11695/11757	Yeah I definitely want to see it! Might take my nephew out to it if he's interested. It sounds pretty solid all around and I've heard similar thoughts about Jim Carrey being classic Jim Carrey, haha.
Elara Posts: 9697/9736	We went and saw Sonic The Hedgehog. It honestly was better than I expected. Still aimed more at kids, but a lot of nods to the original fans of the series that I appreciated (like chili dogs). Jim Carrey was almost 90s level again and it was both a bit freaky and amazing at the same time... I definitely think he did well in the roll. I just hope the promised sequel will be as good if not better.
Lord Alexandor Posts: 404/417	I also went to see Rise of Skywalker. I really enjoyed it and appreciated the way the 9-episode saga was wrapped up. Definitely a rollercoaster ride and the visuals and surround audio really added to the climax. Definitely see it in a theater with good sound!
Rogue Posts: 11824/11918	Went and saw Rise of Skywalker. I have mixed feelings. I mostly liked it, but I'm also going through some depression. Fun stuff.
Lord Alexandor Posts: 403/417	Saw Frozen II twice over the weekend (once just me and the wife, second with the kids). It was WAY better than the first, IMO. Excellent character development, beautiful visuals, and fantastic music (Kristoff's song is legit the best!). I ABSOLUTELY recommend seeing it in a theater if you even remotely enjoyed the first one. Only warning for little ones: the climax is a feels train followed by a "scary" bit, SPOILER:but immediately following those two is the resolution and happy times return.
Rogue Posts: 11818/11918	Went and saw "Terminator: Dark Fate" last weekend. It was OK. I mean, it's still no "Judgement Day," but it had its moments. Every Terminator from "Salvation" on essentially likes to pretend T3 didn't happen (at least that's what McG said about it when I was at the panel for it at Comic-Con.) "Genisys" essentially re-writes the first Terminator movie and "Dark Fate" takes over immediately after "Judgement Day." I'd pretty much order the franchise: "Judgement Day" (T2) "Terminator" "Dark Fate" "Genisys" "Salvation" "Rise of the Machines" (T3) I wouldn't really rank "Sarah Conner Chronicles" in there since the show was its own thing, but then again that's the way of things from T3 forward. It would probably fall around "Dark Fate" or "Genisys."
Rogue Posts: 11763/11918	Originally posted by Xeoman Have you seen the two Raid Redemption's or the newest Judge Dredd (Karl Urban)? You'd probably dig them. I actually haven't. Will have to check them out! Especially since I absolutely Karl Urban, all the way back to when he was in Hercules and Xena.
Xeoman Posts: 11641/11757	As in, lovingly/good fan made? Hehe. I finally hit up the John Wick's last year! Loved them. So yeah I'm stoked for the next on. Have you seen the two Raid Redemption's or the newest Judge Dredd (Karl Urban)? You'd probably dig them.
Rogue Posts: 11754/11918	Originally posted by Xeoman it looks more faithful to the source than that Scarlett Johanson Ghost in the Shell movie... lol. Hah! Brandon and I were in a fan-made trailer for "Alita." The guy who shot it heard there was talk of a movie (again) and really wanted to make his own film, thinking it might fall through again. Even though the guy has a wide array of professional credits in TV and film, this was his little passion project and ... it definitely looked fan-made. I just remembered the third "John Wick" movie is coming. Yup, looking forward to that.
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