I have a fondness for superhero movies, if only because we finally have the tech to bring the old comic books to life. I just with they would quit remaking the same story (how many Spidy origins were there?).

I loved Rogue One. It was almost canon (unlike the last one where the heretics killed off Han Solo).

Did you see the theatrical version, or the Ultimate Cut? It's longer, but better... for the most part. The story is much better and clearer. The pacing suffers somewhat for the added scenes, but overall it's better I think. It's a flawed movie either way, but much better than it gets credit for.

I can agree with that. There is way to many of them, especially as most of them don't really try to be anything unique or special, but try to replicate succesful formula and wow the broadest possible audience, which means being bland and shallow. That's part of what I liked about Batman V Superman- it is it's own thing, and it's not aimed at pleasing every focus group out there. Despite the ridiculous numbers of superhero movies in recent time it still felt fresh.

For me, Train to Busan was a predictable film with familiar story beats, but the pacing, writing, and action were really well done and the acting was excellent, especially from Kim Su-an, Ma Dong-seok and Gong Yoo. I'd agree that it's easily one of the best films of the genre in recent memory. Jong-gil's scene with her sister is easily one of the stand out moments in the movie for me.

It's also a fantastic critique of a lot of the issues confronting modern Korean society, not the least of which being ageism against the young, and corruption among the government and industry.
For me it was Deadpool's line, "Stewart or McAvoy? These timelines are so confusing!"

Anyway, what was interesting for me from the linked interview was Reynolds struggles in trying to play Deadpool during the production of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and how hard he had to press to get Deadpool itself greenlit. One gets the impression that Fox really didn't want Deadpool to be made, and only let Reynolds do it just to make him shut up.

Speaking of which, I have to wonder if Reynolds' often-panned role in Blade Trinity was him trying to play Deadpool in a movie that wasn't about Deadpool.

As a sucker for DC characters BvS & Suicide squad where not only the only movies that lured me to the big screen (I don't enjoy the whole cinema experience anymore) but also preorder the extended special edition steelbooks of both.

Even though I find Deadpool very overrated, that line did make me chuckle.

By the way, I think after Logan Fox should just let the X-Men universe rest. It's obvious they don't really have a coherent idea for those movies, and pretty much all the actors involved are done with the franchise anyway.

Just the theatrical version (with the added bonus of it being in 4:3, which I can't stress enough makes a world of difference). The Ultimate Cut AFAIK is a Blu-ray exclusive. Thanks, Warner!

But, truth be told, the narrative feeling totally disjointed and nonsensical actually contributed my enjoyment of the film. It played a great part in making this feel like a comic book geek's bad acid trip.



I'll go ahead and add another film to the list: Blair Witch. The funny thing about Blair Witch is how each of their films managed to exactly replicate the way each Star Wars trilogy was received. We have the trend-setting original that made a shitton of money and gets credit for revitalising a genre. We have the sequel, universally loathed because it strayed too far from the original. And now we have another sequel, one that has learned its lesson from the widely disliked first sequel and, as a result, is so afraid of trying anything new that it becomes more of an inferior big budget remake of the revered original than anything else.

Of course, this having a bigger budget, we do get a few glimpses of shitty CGI monsters chasing the protagonists. And we get near constant loud bursts of static, because they need to keep the audience on edge somehow.

Not even Ed Wood or Sleepy Hollow?

Ed Wood was pretty good.

Sleepy Hollow sucked the sweat off a dead man's balls. :D

I don't see many movies these days but Hacksaw Ridge was pretty good. Don't Breathe was a solid B-movie thriller. Most of the others I saw were sort of blandly competent, like The Secret Life of Pets, Captain America 3 (holy crap this was long), and Dr. Strange (pretty good effects in this one, though). I watched Terra Formars on a plane ride and it was at least sort of memorably weird.

Yeah, that's what I mean.

I liked Sleepy Hollow :D

I mean come on, it's a fun movie. Christopher Walken as the Horseman is awesome. Sure, it has next to nothing to do with the original story and it has the depth of a puddle, but it's fun, with great visuals and cool eerie mood.

Plus that dead man's ball sweat thing. A classic! :D

Taken from "Good Morning Vietnam". :D

"I have no idea what that means, sir, but it seems very negative to me."