The Movie House - Part 5

going to order this soon

Saw The Martian, 9.5/10 for me

Jeff Daniels killed it as director of NASA imo

Going this weekend. Can't wait.

Thursday... hate this waiting

Just watched Dope today. Really liked it.

Zoë Kravitz is getting up there on my sexiest women in the world.

Southpaw 7/10

Had potential to be better, I appreciated it until the moment after he wins the charity match and 50 gives him 6 weeks, it was rushed from that point. Wrong cast for the wife role, don't know her name but her face and demeanor are a bit skanky, it should have been someone more gentle and vulnerable, easier to connect to. Should have given Hoppy more time and some more backstory so that his death would be more tragic and have a bigger influence on the film, this way it was irrelevant and failed to do what it should. The southpaw should have been a bigger moment, he should be shown training it harder and struggling to do it time and time over, it was given 10 seconds screen time FFS. His entourage should have played a bigger role, being with him on the top and abandoning him later, even Jon Jon was barely introduced. I get the impression the film was 60 minutes long, and it was 2 hours. Too much time wasted in the early phase.

Could have been far better.

The Martian
Dat final space sequence https://i.imgur.com/mo7zYc9.png

Dat geeky science by Watney

Damon doing his best to copy Leo DiCaprio's look

Dat Iron Man doe https://i.imgur.com/mo7zYc9.png

All in all, it was very good indeed. Amazing shots of (supposed) Mars, quite funny as well. I feel though some of the other crew members were underdone, but probably excuse that because of limited screen time. And then apart from a few pacing problems throughout the narrative, there's not much to complain about.

4/5

By the way, that supposed Mars is Wadi Rum, Jordan.

holy shit, you actually went to cinema before me for once



Hoping to go this friday after work.

Question: NASA is not usually super open about everything they’re working on, or lending their names to projects without their approval. How difficult was it to get their OK for “The Martian?”

Drew Goddard: It's a big deal. They're very protective about that. Rightfully so. We knew we really need their support for this movie. So much of the movie celebrates what they do that it felt, if they said, "No, we don't care for this movie," it felt like we were doing something wrong.

That's not what this movie should be. We involved them. ....As soon as Ridley got the script to where he was happy, he sent it to NASA right away and they were really happy. They got on board very quickly. They saw it for what we wanted them to see it as, which is a celebration of them. I think they're really happy with it. From that point forward it was easy. Their only big note when they saw the movie was that the offices are way too nice for NASA people. It was funny.

One of the things I'm sad we couldn't get in the movie, just because we couldn't find it, but the thing that's cool about JPL is that there are just deer running around all outside. It's in Pasadena; they're just all eating lunch and deer are running by. That’s bizarre. That's weird. Those are the things that I get excited about. The geniuses of the world have deer grazing in their lunchroom. That's crazy. If we put that on the screen everyone would be like, "What?"

loooooool that would've been GOAT DEER

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-the-martian-lord-of-the-rings-joke-20151002-story.html

Amazing. Best space movie I've ever seen.

bah gawd

Freeza wrote:Amazing. Best space movie I've ever seen.

Curious as to what you think of Jeff Daniels performance

Spoiler:

FFS I can't wait. The wait for the Martian is killing me.

I don't know about best space movie ever, but of course that's just Freeza's opinion

El Gunner wrote:I don't know about best space movie ever, but of course that's just Freeza's opinion

Didn't state anything like that though just that I've seen. Not a huge list. And generally not a fan of those films. This one is something special. Never seen myself cry this many times in a single film

Just watched it.


Was fantastic. Matt Damon is a phenomenal actor. Really liked how they didn't portray him to be some sort of magician who could fix anything. And he acted brilliantly in every situation.

That scene in the final act of the film was unbelievable.

Overall the film was a 'feel good' film. Wouldn't say it was extraordinary but it wasn't supposed to be one either. A good simple script enhanced by great acting and very appropriate humour in places.

8.7/10

Gonna start reading the book soon. It's really highly rated.

You going soon M99?

Yeah, maybe next week. Want to watch Sicario too.

Yea wanted to ask about that to everyone here. Mate wants to watch Sicario but I don't like drugs based films.


Is it worth it?

You love suspense so I say yes. It is very edge of the seat according to everyone. Strong acting performances and outstanding cinematography. Cinematography is beautiful. Stiff competition at Oscars though with The Revenant and Macbeth.

Tomorrow The Martian for me ffs.
Sunday Sicario

Gonna be a GOAT weekend.

Don't call me James wrote:Tomorrow The Martian for me ffs.
Sunday Sicario

Gonna be a GOAT weekend.

jealous.

Go for it RG. Denis Villeneuve hasn't disappointed me yet. Year-end best film in 2013 (Prisoners), another top 10 in Enemy last year. And Incendies is one of my favourite foreign films.

Don't think it's been posted yet, looks an amusing concept.

FFS that all star cast. You guys think 2016 is shaping up to be even better than 2014 and 2015?

Lol looks awful

Typical Coen brothers. Haters gonna hate.