Really interesting and I appreciate events of that time a little better having viewed these movies. Margin Call easier to understand having seen The Big Short.
Like I said they were on my 'to watch list' so a score seems pointless so I will say if you have the time, watch them.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (8/10)
Enjoyable, uncomplicated feel-good flick. Wasn't too sure what to expect. Had read that people said it was underrated, but I was still skeptical. It's a Ben Stiller movie after all.
I guess my skepticism was unfounded. The movie is good, with an enjoyable storyline, decent acting and the right amount of humour. It's not a comedy, mind.
The cinematography is excellent. Very well shot and edited. Musical score is quite powerful in the way it's used in the movie. All in all I can recommend it without a shred of doubt.
He Never Died was surprisingly good, yep. The story took just the right turns at those junctions when it could have fallen apart. Seemed a bit like an Abel Ferrara movie to me.
Rollins was perfect for the role.
Not seen as it is in production but something I am really looking forward to:
The Henson Company doing a prequel-series of The Dark Crystal for Netflix.
I loved their movies, both the original and Labyrinth.
Here's a Crystal-clip:
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - 8/10 Enjoyed it. Sam and Woody are two of my favorites and I’ve thought Frances was great since Fargo.
Bird Box - 5/10 Believe it or not this was my first Netflix original. I thought it was meh. Entertaining enough, but some of the characters did stupid shit for no reason and there were some significant loop holes and loose ends. :down:
I watched The Lion King with my kids. You know, the 1994 Disney movie. I was kind of disappointed with it to be honest. In my memory the movie was much more impressive. Then again, it's been over 20 years since I'd last seen it.
No not at all. Creativity is dead at Disney. My brother mentioned this remake and this got me thinking about my kids never having seen The Lion King, so I thought I'd have a cinema moment with them and grabbed some soda, some popcorn and the movie. My kids liked it even though my daughter was really sad when Mufasa died.
The story just wasn't really entertaining for me, the artwork just wasn't as impressive as I remembered it and having to see it in Dutch wasn't good either because the Dutch voice over is really bad.
Eraser wrote:No not at all. Creativity is dead at Disney. My brother mentioned this remake and this got me thinking about my kids never having seen The Lion King, so I thought I'd have a cinema moment with them and grabbed some soda, some popcorn and the movie. My kids liked it even though my daughter was really sad when Mufasa died.
The story just wasn't really entertaining for me, the artwork just wasn't as impressive as I remembered it and having to see it in Dutch wasn't good either because the Dutch voice over is really bad.
It's easy to dismiss how bad it looks in today's 3D animation world. That scene when there's this huge stampede of wildebeest running down a hill was breathtaking and quite the animation feat back in its day though as were a lot of other scenes.
