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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by indianasmith - Today at 08:34:04 AMBLOODY SUMMER CAMP
Two best friends take off to be camp counselors for a summer together. All the counselors are, of course, way too old to be the early twentysomethings they are portraying, the characters are bad caricatures, the sheriff is such a ridiculous character he's downright hilarious, and they're all being stalked by a masked killer. A mildly entertaining slasher with a very slight twist at the end - and worst of all, about 30 minutes in I realized I had watched it before! Still, it was better than ZOMBIE TOILET BABY STRIKES BACK. Then, so was my last bowel movement. 2.5/5
Two best friends take off to be camp counselors for a summer together. All the counselors are, of course, way too old to be the early twentysomethings they are portraying, the characters are bad caricatures, the sheriff is such a ridiculous character he's downright hilarious, and they're all being stalked by a masked killer. A mildly entertaining slasher with a very slight twist at the end - and worst of all, about 30 minutes in I realized I had watched it before! Still, it was better than ZOMBIE TOILET BABY STRIKES BACK. Then, so was my last bowel movement. 2.5/5
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by claws - Today at 08:21:47 AM
Lunch, dinner, brotzeit. Who cares? Eat whenever.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 07:48:07 AMgentlemen .. tomorrow we shall lunch at dawn!
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Good Movies / Re: Superman (2025)
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 07:44:19 AMI get where you're coming from about the gibberish. Context is everything... Gunn is pulling deep cuts from comics, hence the pocket universe "gibberish" about right-wing baddies illegally remanding undesirables to a black site sans due-process... which was a storyline in the late 00s/around the time of Abu Gharib and Guantanamo Bay... and I suppose this is currently relevant per Alligator Alcatraz. I read that story so its appearance in the movie didn't bother me, but Gunn should probably keep aware of perspectives like yours.
Also the "Injustice Gang" has been a thing in comics. I presume Gunn wanted to start introducing some new Justice Society/League heroes but the name "Justice League" was tainted by the previous movie. I'd imagine when Batman and Wonder Woman inevitably turn up the "Gang" will be renamed.......
Context is everything... Gunn is pulling deep cuts from comics, hence the pocket universe "gibberish" about right-wing baddies illegally remanding undesirables to a black site sans due-process... which was a storyline in the late 00s/around the time of Abu Gharib and Guantanamo Bay... and I suppose this is currently relevant per Alligator Alcatraz. I read that story so its appearance in the movie didn't bother me, but Gunn should probably keep aware of perspectives like yours. Also the "Injustice Gang" has been a thing in comics. I presume Gunn wanted to start introducing some new Justice Society/League heroes but the name "Justice League" was tainted by the previous movie. I'd imagine when Batman and Wonder Woman inevitably turn up the "Gang" will be renamed.......
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: strange dream depository
Last post by chainsaw midget - Today at 06:20:25 AMWe were filling a live action Scooby Doo movie (and there was a CG looking Scooby Doo walking around), when Christopher Lee happened to just be one of the extras without anybody knowing he would be there. The plot of the movie involved a cursed artifact that switched people's minds. I was playing Shaggy (and looked with Mathew Lillard) and when I saw him, I got near him, held then "artifact" close to him and whispered "pretend you're me. I'll explain later." He got a really excited look on his face and said "oh, what fun!"
There was other stuff going on in the dream, but that's the interesting part.
There was other stuff going on in the dream, but that's the interesting part.
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Good Movies / Re: Superman (2025)
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 05:43:17 AMBorrowed this DVD from the library and watched it last night. There were bits n' pieces that I liked but overall I was disappointed. Overlong and overstuffed with unnecessary gibberish (Pocket universes? The Justice Gang?).
I do like the new guy playing Superman better than Cavill or Routh, though.
They need to give Krypto his own movie. He was the best thing in this.
I do like the new guy playing Superman better than Cavill or Routh, though.
They need to give Krypto his own movie. He was the best thing in this.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 03:20:00 AM"Superman" (2025)
Disappointing "reboot" finds the Man of Steel locked in yet another battle with Lex Luthor with the fate of the world in the balance (again).
The special effects are great and I like the new guy playing Superman, but otherwise this was yet another overlong, overstuffed superhero sandwich with unnecessary cameos by other heroes, and too much geo-political gibberish.
Just give Krypto the Super-Dog his own movie, DC. He's the best thing in this.
Disappointing "reboot" finds the Man of Steel locked in yet another battle with Lex Luthor with the fate of the world in the balance (again).
The special effects are great and I like the new guy playing Superman, but otherwise this was yet another overlong, overstuffed superhero sandwich with unnecessary cameos by other heroes, and too much geo-political gibberish.
Just give Krypto the Super-Dog his own movie, DC. He's the best thing in this.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by claws - Today at 12:28:06 AM
In case you are wondering about the second breakfast, depending on the region, it is called "Brotzeit".
QuoteBrotzeit (literally "bread time") is a traditional German savory snack, especially popular in Bavaria. A "meal between meals," typically mid-morning or afternoon.
Also, in some regions "Brotzeit" is lunch.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on December 19, 2025, 07:33:58 PMDid JRR Tolkien base hobbit dining habits on Germans?
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Good Movies / Re: 100 Movies Over 3 HOURS Lo...
Last post by Trevor - Today at 12:06:58 AM106. AVATAR FIRE AND ASH
195 min.
195 min.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - December 19, 2025, 11:58:06 PMYou had me at "Crispin Glover" and "surrealist"!
FOUR DAUGHTERS (1938):
Okay, there's four daughters, see... they belong to Claude Rains as an aging widower music professor, which sounds like license for Comic Gold and in fact is why I watched this movie, though Rains is fifth-billed (after the daughters) and probably has the 7th or 8th largest role.
Naturally I don't begrudge him his paycheck, and he's outstanding as always. The film predominantly focuses however on the romantic entanglements of the daughters and their procession of suitors, one of whom is John Garfield in an early role. The four daughters are played by three real-life sisters (one of whom bears no resemblance to the other two) and a fourth unrelated actress (who looks identical to the two real sisters). 
I was looking for something fairly innocuous for the end-of-semester/pre-holiday period, though short of the mind-deadening Hallmark Christmas movies I've been watching or trying to watch. This fit the bill - for a while. (There's even a Christmas sequence.)
I should mention that FOUR DAUGHTERS is directed by Michael Curtiz, who directed many famous films in the 30s and 40s, including CASABLANCA, my perpetual bugbear. After 20 or so minutes of FOUR DAUGHTERS, I was thinking: Y'kmow, this Michael Curtiz is a pretty good director...! That led me to reflect that I've seen at least a half dozen of his movies and my complaints about those are never related to how the film is shot or edited or anything. FOUR DAUGHTERS bears some understated yet palpable auteurially zest, shall we say, and it moves along engagingly with zingy dialogue and mostly affable performances.
It's only as it enters its third act that FOUR DAUGHTERS begins to show some fundamental problems... some that are similar to those I've had with Curtiz' other pictures. Alas, the guy couldn't be a true auteur if he exercised so little control over (or regard for) his material. By the final stretch of FOUR DAUGHTERS, none of the leads are behaving like realistic human beings with organic needs and emotions... they're just performing a series of choreographed maneuvers demanded to get them from artificial plot point to the next. Yeah, FOUR DAUGHTERS looks nice and it's zing-y, but it's mostly hollow... like a lot of Hollywood product from the era. Also, Garfield plays a one-note pity party princess and the other major male love interest is a glib philanderer, so feh on that.
Still, at least FOUR DAUGHTERS has the dignity to dress up its shallow, empty excuse for a screenplay with a lot of classy fixin's.
3/5
Apparently it was a big hit - there are at least two direct sequels and a spin-off with the same cast as different characters. I can't imagine the contrivances that ensue in order to justify three more movies...
FOUR DAUGHTERS (1938):
Okay, there's four daughters, see... they belong to Claude Rains as an aging widower music professor, which sounds like license for Comic Gold and in fact is why I watched this movie, though Rains is fifth-billed (after the daughters) and probably has the 7th or 8th largest role.
Naturally I don't begrudge him his paycheck, and he's outstanding as always. The film predominantly focuses however on the romantic entanglements of the daughters and their procession of suitors, one of whom is John Garfield in an early role. The four daughters are played by three real-life sisters (one of whom bears no resemblance to the other two) and a fourth unrelated actress (who looks identical to the two real sisters). I was looking for something fairly innocuous for the end-of-semester/pre-holiday period, though short of the mind-deadening Hallmark Christmas movies I've been watching or trying to watch. This fit the bill - for a while. (There's even a Christmas sequence.)I should mention that FOUR DAUGHTERS is directed by Michael Curtiz, who directed many famous films in the 30s and 40s, including CASABLANCA, my perpetual bugbear. After 20 or so minutes of FOUR DAUGHTERS, I was thinking: Y'kmow, this Michael Curtiz is a pretty good director...! That led me to reflect that I've seen at least a half dozen of his movies and my complaints about those are never related to how the film is shot or edited or anything. FOUR DAUGHTERS bears some understated yet palpable auteurially zest, shall we say, and it moves along engagingly with zingy dialogue and mostly affable performances.
It's only as it enters its third act that FOUR DAUGHTERS begins to show some fundamental problems... some that are similar to those I've had with Curtiz' other pictures. Alas, the guy couldn't be a true auteur if he exercised so little control over (or regard for) his material. By the final stretch of FOUR DAUGHTERS, none of the leads are behaving like realistic human beings with organic needs and emotions... they're just performing a series of choreographed maneuvers demanded to get them from artificial plot point to the next. Yeah, FOUR DAUGHTERS looks nice and it's zing-y, but it's mostly hollow... like a lot of Hollywood product from the era. Also, Garfield plays a one-note pity party princess and the other major male love interest is a glib philanderer, so feh on that.
Still, at least FOUR DAUGHTERS has the dignity to dress up its shallow, empty excuse for a screenplay with a lot of classy fixin's.
3/5
Apparently it was a big hit - there are at least two direct sequels and a spin-off with the same cast as different characters. I can't imagine the contrivances that ensue in order to justify three more movies...