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Post by Vits on Dec 30, 2019 10:31:30 GMT
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Post by janntosh on Dec 30, 2019 12:39:17 GMT
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Dec 30, 2019 13:07:03 GMT
I don't really have any deep thoughts on this, but I did agree that Hobbs and Shaw was a pretty massive turd. And this comes from someone who adores Fast Five and Furious 7.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 30, 2019 15:42:18 GMT
Alita was great.
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 30, 2019 15:57:07 GMT
I thought "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" was an incoherent stinking turd pile.
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Post by mslo79 on Dec 31, 2019 7:11:52 GMT
He's a bit off when it comes to worst as I tend to assume the common person would probably not think all that bad of Rambo/Hobbs & Shaw as they would probably at least think they are no worse than average or so and we all know the F&F series is popular. hell, I think F&F series easily tops ALL super hero movies if you ask me.
I mildly like three of his worst ten movies... the two I mentioned above and Gemini Man. but I am not sure how Gemini Man will hold up for me on a re-watch though. but I kind of assume the other two will hold steady for me on re-watches.
I have seen four out of the Bottom 10 movies on his list and none of them where worse than average(i.e. 5/10) for me as I can safely say that much. I have only seen two out of the ten best movies he listed but it will be three eventually and possibly a little more.
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Post by Vits on Dec 31, 2019 8:57:58 GMT
He's a bit off when it comes to worst as I tend to assume the common person would probably not think all that bad of Rambo/Hobbs & Shaw as they would probably at least think they are no worse than average or so and we all know the F&F series is popular. Well, LAST BLOOD flopped at the box office (against DOWNTON ABBEY of all things) and the book author called it a mess. So... No, I don't think the common person would like it, especially compared to the previous 4 installments. Even if I'm wrong about all of this, Richard is just expressing his opinion. He shouldn't make his lists based on what other people think.
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Post by johnspartan on Dec 31, 2019 16:50:21 GMT
Normal people don't want to see movies that look like X Box game cut scenes.
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Post by Archelaus on Dec 31, 2019 18:49:29 GMT
Alita: Battle Angel was pretty good. It's a shame he didn't like it.
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Dec 31, 2019 18:54:17 GMT
Alita was a pleasant surprise, looked like unconditional crap, but turned out to be a decent Pinocchio variation in a dystopian sci fi setting; leagues ahead of the other female led films this year.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2019 19:04:11 GMT
I've never heard of Fast Color.
I regularly denounce approval ratings, but you'd think one of the top films of 2019 would do better than 5.9.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 1, 2020 5:40:27 GMT
Cool. Thanks.
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Post by ck100 on Jan 4, 2020 21:30:39 GMT
Roeper's comments on his picks for the worst films of the year:
1. ‘Rambo: Last Blood’
A gratuitously violent, logic-defying, racist, xenophobic pile of garbage. This film was such a disgrace that David Morrell, the author of the novel “First Blood” and the creator of the John Rambo character, Tweeted: “I agree with these RAMBO: LAST BLOOD reviews. The film is a mess. Embarrassed to have my name associated with it.”
This is not only the worst film of 2019, it’s one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen.
2. ‘The Intruder’
Many a thriller requires the main characters to occasionally behave like idiots. In the shockingly dopey stalker movie “The Intruder,” every single major player acts like a moron in every single scene. When Dennis Quaid is at his best, he can be entertaining as hell. When he pushes the Ham-o-Meter to 11, as he does here, he might as well be pointing out the “Exit” doors in the theater.
3. ‘Miss Bala’
What’s that? You’ve never heard of this lurid, vapid, ugly and derivative “thriller” about a Los Angeles-based make-up artist who takes a trip to Tijuana and gets tangled up with some Mexican gangsters? Consider yourself lucky.
4. ‘The Hustle’
Not to be confused with the vastly superior “Hustlers,” this reboot of the 1964 con-man film “Bedtime Story” and its 1988 remake “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” manages to soak all of the charm and humor from those two films. Anne Hathaway’s upper-crust accent is so bad she’d get a “Thank you, we’ll be in touch” from the casting director at a small-town community theater, and the usually funny Rebel Wilson delivers the least inspired performance of her film career.
5. ‘Dark Phoenix’
This “X-Men” spinoff/reboot starring “Game of Thrones” alum Sophie Turner in an underwhelming performance as Jean Grey ranks alongside dull, poorly shot, terribly written clunkers such as “Green Lantern,” “Spider-Man 3” and both big-screen versions of “The Fantastic Four” as the most horrible superhero films of the modern era.
6. ‘Hobbs & Shaw’
The “Fast & Furious” franchise has traveled quite the uneven road over the last two decades, with the few standout efforts far outnumbered by the slick, empty, dumbed-down, mediocre entries, e.g., this cinematic pothole. Despite the considerable appeal of action stalwarts Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, the “Fast & Furious” spinoff film “Hobbs & Shaw” is audience-insulting, lazy, empty-headed, excruciatingly overlong nonsense that makes “Tango & Cash” seem like a masterpiece of the genre.
7. ‘Gemini Man’
When the digital de-aging technology goes sideways, it REALLY goes sideways, as evidenced by the strange and waxen appearance of the “young” Will Smith in this sci-fi snoozer. When 50ish Will shares the screen with college-age Will, it presents the opportunity for him to give TWO bad performances simultaneously.
8. ‘Cats’
I’m hoping for a “Making of ‘Cats’ ” feature that addresses pressing issues such as …
• Dame Judi Dench’s Old Deuteronomy wears a fur coat. Is there a deleted scene in which one of the other cats says something like, “Hey, are you wearing my late Uncle Jimmy?”
• Did Taylor Swift insist her cat character have a noticeable bustline?
• Why do the cats have human hands? Are they products of some sort of scientific experiment gone wrong?
9. ‘Hellboy’
Nothing like hitting the “Reset” button on a franchise in order to produce a loud, crude, self-congratulatory, headache-inducing, smug and wildly unfunny reboot.
10. ‘Alita: Battle Angel’
This sci-fi epic from Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron had some admittedly impressive set pieces, but the digitally oversized eyes of the title character, the dopey “Rollerball” scenes and some creepy, Freudian twists sunk this battleship.
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Post by ck100 on Jan 4, 2020 21:35:49 GMT
Roeper's comments on his picks for the best films of the year:
1. ‘The Irishman’
To anyone still intimidated by that 3 hours and 30-minute running time: click to any random spot on the timeline and watch for a few minutes. No matter where you’ve landed, you’ll be dropping in on a masterpiece — from Martin Scorsese’s direction to the performances of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, et al.
If that isn’t enough to persuade you to commit to the entire film, we should shake hands and go our separate ways.
2. ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’
Quentin Tarantino’s 1969-set, stylized, trippy, wickedly funny and revisionist opus perfectly encapsulates a time of seismic cultural shifts — not only in Hollywood but in virtually every corner of the country.
3. ‘The Farewell’
I loved every moment of writer-director Lulu Wang’s comedy/drama about a far-flung extended family that reunites in Changchun, China, when they learn “Nai Nai” (paternal grandmother in Mandarin) is dying. Awkwafina is stunningly good as Nai Nai’s granddaughter Billi, a Chinese American who has always felt like an outsider growing up in the states — but is just as uncomfortable when she returns home.
4. ‘Uncut Gems’
It’s hardly news when Adam Sandler flexes serious dramatic chops. From “Punch-Drunk Love” (2002) to “Reign Over Me” (2007) to “The Meyerowitz Stories” (2017), Sandler has consistently demonstrated his range — but he achieves next-level brilliance as a manic, self-destructive gambler in Josh and Benny Safdie’s disturbingly great “Uncut Gems.”
5. ‘Waves’
So, what’s the one movie I might have missed this year but I should definitely check out? I hear some version of that question all the time. For 2019, the answer is “Waves.” Writer-director Trey Edward Shults’ family/crime drama is a masterful, insightful examination of a myriad of racial and social issues. It is my hope every single member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences sees Taylor Russell’s astonishingly memorable performance in this film, so she gets the best supporting actress nomination she richly deserves.
6. ‘Booksmart’
Director Olivia Wilde, a quartet of gifted screenwriters (who all happen to be female), and the all-star, double-play onscreen combination of Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Deaver teamed up to deliver one of the funniest, smartest, fantastically ridiculous and yet relatable coming-of-age movies of the decade.
7. ‘Fast Color’
On some weird level, writer-director Julia Hart’s beautifully filmed, admirably risk-taking, “Twilight Zone”-esque, increasingly involving story of a mysteriously gifted, reluctant superhero reminded me of films such as “Phenomenon” and “Unbreakable.” Only it’s better. Also, as great as Gugu Mbatha-Raw is in “Motherless Brooklyn” and the Apple TV+ series “The Morning Show,” THIS is her defining performance of the year.
8. ‘Little Women’
Florence Pugh (from left), Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson play three of the March sisters in “Little Women.” Sony Pictures via AP
Oh for God’s sake, is there REALLY a “manly man” backlash against the latest “Little Women” film? In just the last 18 years, we’ve had nine “Fast and Furious” movies about narcissistic, pumped-up, gym-obsessed, big men overcompensating by playing with their little cars. And yet a new version of “Little Women” is somehow tiresome and redundant and reductive?
For the record: The fearsome foursome in Greta Gerwig’s reinvention of the classic Louisa May Alcott story achieve a collective level of badassery and bravery rarely exhibited by the preening peacocks in those cartoon car movies. It’s difficult to imagine a 21st century male movie lover who would be so insecure he’d consider it a sign of weakness just to see this film.
9. ‘Parasite’
After a sluggish start and some plot machinations straight out of an episode of “Modern Family” (combined with a few obvious callbacks to certain scenes in “Pulp Fiction”), Bong Joon-ho’s dark and funny thriller finds its stride and absolutely kills, in more ways than one.
10. ‘Queen & Slim’
The easy shorthand labeled this film about a beautiful, outlaw couple on the run as “the black ‘Bonnie & Clyde,’ ” but it was actually more of an “ ‘Easy Rider’-meets-‘Thelma & Louise’ ” fable. Unlike the murderous career criminals Bonnie and Clyde, Daniel Kaluuya’s Slim and Jodie Turner-Smith’s Queen were law-abiding citizens who were turned into anti-heroes on the run after a traffic stop went horribly sideways. Thanks to a smart and nuanced and at times piercingly funny screenplay from the great Lena Waithe, the strong directing work by Melina Matsoukas and the captivating performances by Kaluuya and Turner-Smith, “Queen & Slim” has an impressively resonant stamp all its own.
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