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The Martian.

I very thoroughly enjoyed this one. Among the actors I recognize are Sean Bean who played Boromir in LoTR, the fella who played Bucky Barnes, the feller who was Ant-Man's Hispanic friend, a couple others who looked familiar, and of course Matt Damon.

--IronDuke

IronDuke wrote:The Martian.

I very thoroughly enjoyed this one. Among the actors I recognize are Sean Bean who played Boromir in LoTR, the fella who played Bucky Barnes, the feller who was Ant-Man's Hispanic friend, a couple others who looked familiar, and of course Matt Damon.

--IronDuke

Surely you also recognized Jessica Chastain (probably most recognized for major roles in Zero Dark Thirty and Interstellar, as well as Oscar-nominated supporting role in The Help), playing the Mars mission's commander!
I'll confess I tend to confuse her with Bryce Dallas Howard (who played a villainous bigot in The Help), probably because they share the red hair trademark.

I know I've seen her somewhere before, but I can't put a finger on it. I've never seen the movies you mention.

The mom in Home Alone 3 maybe?

--IronDuke

Today I finally saw "Star Wars: Rogue One", great movie.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 -- It's good.
Don't walk out on the credits.
Don't walk out at the mid-point of the credits.
Don't walk out when the credits are nearly done.
You can thank me later.

It's a Marvel movie. Of course no one will walk out

Lum wrote:It's a Marvel movie. Of course no one will walk out

*nods in agreement*

Me and my friends are always making fun of the people who leave early at a Marvel movie.

Finally saw Rogue One tonight.

I did not expect the callbacks to certain characters would be so technically outstanding.

I did not expect it would remind me so intensely of how it felt seeing the original Star Wars.

I did not expect the story to be so deftly written.

I did not expect the characters to feel like people instead of PC checkboxes.

I did not expect it to be so much more morally ambiguous than the original, yet still satisfying.

I did not expect the final scene would punch me so hard in the feelz.

I did not expect this movie to be good.

It really is.

Flatfingers wrote:Finally saw Rogue One tonight.

I did not expect the callbacks to certain characters would be so technically outstanding.

I did not expect it would remind me so intensely of how it felt seeing the original Star Wars.

I did not expect the story to be so deftly written.

I did not expect the characters to feel like people instead of PC checkboxes.

I did not expect it to be so much more morally ambiguous than the original, yet still satisfying.

I did not expect the final scene would punch me so hard in the feelz.

I did not expect this movie to be good.

It really is.

The final version of it is very good. And I rate it even better because it must cope with the enormous "we all know what happens in the end"-handicap. We can hope that every single of the antology movies will be this good.

If you haven't seen it yet, Arrival is a really great movie. I really liked it. Really interesting, and a story with a twist.

Watched Logan early this morning after finding it in a heap of mail to be sorted.

What can I say, it was everything a film should be.

I wasn't expecting so much action from an old man.

Victor Tombs wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:15 am

I wasn't expecting so much action from an old man.

*cackles wildly*

He's a great role model for you, ain't he?

*runs*

On a more serious note, I greatly enjoyed that movie as well.

And today I watched Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge. Good stuff right there.

--IronDuke

Victor Tombs wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:15 am

Watched Logan early this morning after finding it in a heap of mail to be sorted.

What can I say, it was everything a film should be.

I wasn't expecting so much action from an old man.

Honestly I found it needlessly gorey, and over the top.

Though at least we have Marvel churning out good movies, the latest Spiderman (Homecoming) is fucking great.

You know the X-Men movies (including Logan) are Marvel movies right?

Dinosawer wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:27 pm

You know the X-Men movies (including Logan) are Marvel movies right?

No, they are *FOX* movies, with the marvel label only because marvel sold the rights to X-Men movies to fox.