Jurassic World (2015) - Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitors' interest, which backfires horribly.

Dinosaurs don't appeal to me I and haven't seen any of the previous Jurassic Park movies, but this wasn't bad. 3/5

Whiplash A+++++++

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Dope (2015)

I really liked this, but I'm a sucker for "coming of age" stories anyway. I was glad that the plot mainly focused on the central character. It was lighthearted and had some humorous moments, but a good message.

3.5/5 stars

Won't say it's the best pixar film since I don't want to be accused of recency bias, but never before had I enjoyed this as much. Better than Toy Story 3, Frozen and How to Train Your Dragon 2 without a doubt. I willl be going back to see it again next Tuesday night. 5/5

JURASSIC WORLD

2/5 vile/too cute/boring/mediocre pile of shit for the iPhone generation

take the 1993 classic and then add HUNDREDS of layers of mediocrity and 21st Century B.S.

awful

2 stars out of five for some well-staged death scenes and professional CGI, that's all

the franchise is dead as far as I'm concerned

sexton said:

Jurassic World (2015) - Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitors' interest, which backfires horribly.

Dinosaurs don't appeal to me I and haven't seen any of the previous Jurassic Park movies, but this wasn't bad. 3/5

You should see the first one.

"Sue, Mai and Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship"

http://asianwiki.com/images/a/a8/Sue,_Mai_and_Sawa-_Righting_the_Girl_Ship-p1.jpg

Like most other Japanese movies I watched, characters' feelings are portrayed very in detail. Could be a boring movie for some people for that reason. I'd definitel recommend it to women more than men. Really love the lingering of shots of sceneries of Japan. 3/5

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Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

Tour de force performances by McConaughey and Leto. Nice turn by Jennifer Garner. They made this movie.

kewlschool said:

sexton said:

Jurassic World (2015) - Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitors' interest, which backfires horribly.

Dinosaurs don't appeal to me I and haven't seen any of the previous Jurassic Park movies, but this wasn't bad. 3/5

You should see the first one.

While I did enjoy the movie somewhat, it wasn't enough to go back and watch the first one. I'm still not into dinosaurs.

sexton said:

kewlschool said:

You should see the first one.

While I did enjoy the movie somewhat, it wasn't enough to go back and watch the first one. I'm still not into dinosaurs.

The story is better and so are the sub-plots, it's based on a real book.

Inside Out 0 stars out of 5

I thought it was a terribly predictable movie. Cliched too. Easily Pixar's worst film.

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome 0 stars out of 5

Like most North Americans, my first introduction to Mad Max was Mad Max: The Road Warrior which was actually the second film. I saw the original Mad Max about a year ago and thought it was terrible, but The Road Warrior was an instant classic with me. Unfortunately Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome was terrible too because of all the stupid dialogue and all the pig shit.

Decalage Horaire (Jet Lag) 5 stars out of 5

I'm biased, because Juilette Binoche is my favourite actor and I like everything I've seen her in. I'm off American movies at the moment and only going to watch French and Italian films. This is a funny/serious romcom that is delightful.

Mad Max: Fury Road 0 stars out of 5

Why did I go see this? Because I thought it might be a return to greatness from George Miller similar to Mad Max: The Road Warrior. It sure wasn't. Completely noisy, completely sense shocking, just all in all a bad time at the movies. Won't be seeing Mad Max 5, if they make it.

7thday said:

Decalage Horaire (Jet Lag) 5 stars out of 5

I'm biased, because Juilette Binoche is my favourite actor and I like everything I've seen her in. I'm off American movies at the moment and only going to watch French and Italian films. This is a funny/serious romcom that is delightful.

Have you seen Clouds of Sils Maria?

7thday said:

Mad Max: Fury Road 0 stars out of 5

Why did I go see this? Because I thought it might be a return to greatness from George Miller similar to Mad Max: The Road Warrior. It sure wasn't. Completely noisy, completely sense shocking, just all in all a bad time at the movies. Won't be seeing Mad Max 5, if they make it.

98% at rotten tomatoes

guess it sucks to be you?

sexton said:

7thday said:

Decalage Horaire (Jet Lag) 5 stars out of 5

I'm biased, because Juilette Binoche is my favourite actor and I like everything I've seen her in. I'm off American movies at the moment and only going to watch French and Italian films. This is a funny/serious romcom that is delightful.

Have you seen Clouds of Sils Maria?

No it's on my list.

JoeTyler said:

7thday said:

Mad Max: Fury Road 0 stars out of 5

Why did I go see this? Because I thought it might be a return to greatness from George Miller similar to Mad Max: The Road Warrior. It sure wasn't. Completely noisy, completely sense shocking, just all in all a bad time at the movies. Won't be seeing Mad Max 5, if they make it.

98% at rotten tomatoes

guess it sucks to be you?

No, it sucks to be a lowest common denominator moviegoer who accepts whatever crap Hollywood sends down the tubes.

7thday said:

JoeTyler said:

98% at rotten tomatoes

guess it sucks to be you?

No, it sucks to be a lowest common denominator moviegoer who accepts whatever crap Hollywood sends down the tubes.

you think a 98% at rottem tomatoes means that a movie falls into the "hollywood crap" cathegory???? !!!!!!!!

have a nice day, or not

What I mean is the General Public usually has no idea what a good movie is. Look at Adam Sandler's success.

Snobby critics do. And 98% of them gave positive reviews to Mad Max and Inside Out.

Grease 5/5 for me, always! Love it when OJ goes to the dark side and becomes Miss Tightpants. "You're the one that I want, whoo whoo whoo."

It's time for another exciting chapter of Movies I Watched Part Of But Had Already Seen Once Long Ago. Plus a bonus, and yes - the bonus is a Lifetime Movie!!!

Did you know MTV is still on the air? It is. And no, they don't show any music videos. But they have a new series coming out, called "Scream". It's based on - you guessed it - the "Scream" movies. It looks like a weak rehash of "Pretty Little Liars", which is a totally dumb series that my daughter was addicted to for far too many years.

However, in honor of this monumentally dubious event, MTV ran a "Scream-athon" Saturday night. I hadn't watched "Scream" in a looooooong time, so I checked in on it while the England/Canada Womens World Cup was in halftime. And dang it - I got hooked on "Scream" and had to vacillate back and forth.

IMPORTANT POINT - Did you know there is a rapper called Ghostface Killah? I thought that was a cool name and was sure that at some point, I would refer to myself as Ghostface Killah. I figured it was some rap slang or whatever. But when I was looking at the guide info for the next "Scream" movie, it said something like "The ghostface killer returns to stab as many people as possible before dying a naturally gruesome death". Oh snap! THAT'S what they called the "Scream" killer! So negative points for whoever the rapper is that ripped off the name Ghostface Killah. C'mon dude, be original!

ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT - I was curious and looked up to see what came first, the chicken or the egg. Or in this case, the Ghostface Killer or the Ghostface Killah. Not only did the dude rip off his first name from "Scream" but then he ripped off "Iron Man" and sometimes calls himself Iron Man or Tony Stark. I might one day call myself Ghostface Killah but I'll never go by Tony Stark.

THE THIRD AND FINAL IMPORTANT POINT - David Arquette is in all the "Scream" movies. He made a living chasing the Ghostface Killer. But did you know he was in a Lifetime Movie called "The Happy Face Killer"? He was! And not only that, HE WAS THE HAPPY FACE KILLER! C'mon, that's some pretty incredible irony if you ask me. I only watched the last 20 minutes of "The Happy Face Killer" but I did get to see Arquette happily kill his fiance and then draw a happy face on the wall with her blood. I guess he did that every time he killed someone. Anyway, as is typical in Lifetime Movies, this one sucked. It was completely unbelieveable and it was based on a true story! Only Lifetime could have someone arrest a Happy Face Killer and forget to give him his Miranda rights, and instead have the detective and the Happy Face Killer engage in a conversation full of incriminating statements. I give "The Happy Face Killer" only 1 "I want my baby!!!!" out of possible Way Too Many "I want my baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Back to the "Scream" movies. I watched part of "Scream" and the last 45 minutes of "Scream 2". These are GREAT movies. I either forgot, or never realized, how campy these movies are. But their campiness is awesome. FYI, I tried to watch some of "Scream 3" but it was boring.

"Scream"'s bad guys were some dude whose eyes are too far apart, and Skeet Ulrich. I bet you haven't heard that name in awhile! Skeet - or as I think of him, Johnny Depp Lite - spent the entire movie using his patented Tilt Your Head Down And Then Look Up At Neve Campbell With Puppy Dog Eyes move the entire movie, which got boring so I was really glad when he got popped. Since I hadn't heard of him in a long time, I researched him to see what his story is. It's really kind of cool, but the only thing you need to know is that he's got NASCAR blood in him. Ricky Rudd is his uncle.

I give "Scream" 4 stabbing knives out of 5 stabbing knives. I give "Scream 2" 3 stabbing knives.

Hudson said:

Snobby critics do. And 98% of them gave positive reviews to Mad Max and Inside Out.

This snobby critic does not agree.

Last night we watched "While We're Young". I want to sue someone!

This is another of those movies where they make you think it's a comedy, when in reality it's a 100-foot cliff dive into the Lagoon of Depressing Yuppies. It's not as bad as "Click" but it's in the neighborhood. We should get our money back due to false advertising.

If you saw the previews, you might think like I did that it's going to be a comedy romp where the sometimes-hilarious Ben Stiller tries to relive his youth. Nope!

He DOES try to hang out with some hipsters but it's not funny at all.

First of all, this movie makes a cardinal mistake - the lead character is not very likeable. Neither is his wife, played by Naomi Watts. SIDENOTE - Naomi Watts is another one of those actresses who's been around for a couple decades but has never made a movie I'd ever seen. Kind of like Kate Beckingsale, etc. She (Watts) was OK but nothing to write home about.

ALERT ALERT ALERT - If you are a Beastie Boys fan, do NOT see this movie. One of the Beastie Boys plays a dishelved new father who is a TOTAL Yuppie. You will never be able to listen to a Beatie Boys song again, promise me. So if you like the Beastie Boys, STAY AWAY FROM THIS TURKEY.

In fact, here are several age groups that should stay away from this movie, and why they should stay away:

20-somethings - Egad, are you guys portrayed as nitwits. Some dude named Adam Driver plays The Ultimate Hipster, which is supposed to represent all of you guys. Yikes, does he come off bad in this movie. Which, by extention, condemns all of you. You will hate Driver's character, trust me.

30-somethings - You will be PO'ed because your age group is not represented at all. You will think, "Were we really that obnoxious ten years ago? Will we really be that boring ten years from now? Where is the absinthe?!?"

40-somethings - If you identify in any way with Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, that Beastie Boy, or that Beastie Boy's doofus wife, you need to completely re-arrange your life.

50-somethings - You will see the guy playing Ben Stiller's father-in-law in an early scene and spend the rest of the movie waiting for the credits, because you KNOW you know who he is, and you KNOW you like him, but for the life of you, you can't figure out who he is. HINT: It's Charles Grodin.

60-somethings - Who are we kidding? You aren't going to ever watch this movie.

It's time to put this movie review out of its misery. I give "While We're Young" 0.5 retro cassette tapes out of 5 retro cassette tapes. And since I don't want you to waste your time on this movie, I'll tell you that of COURSE the Hipster Doofus's car has a cassette player.

RodeoSchro said:

It's time for another exciting chapter of Movies I Watched Part Of But Had Already Seen Once Long Ago. Plus a bonus, and yes - the bonus is a Lifetime Movie!!!

Did you know MTV is still on the air? It is. And no, they don't show any music videos. But they have a new series coming out, called "Scream". It's based on - you guessed it - the "Scream" movies. It looks like a weak rehash of "Pretty Little Liars", which is a totally dumb series that my daughter was addicted to for far too many years.

However, in honor of this monumentally dubious event, MTV ran a "Scream-athon" Saturday night. I hadn't watched "Scream" in a looooooong time, so I checked in on it while the England/Canada Womens World Cup was in halftime. And dang it - I got hooked on "Scream" and had to vacillate back and forth.

IMPORTANT POINT - Did you know there is a rapper called Ghostface Killah? I thought that was a cool name and was sure that at some point, I would refer to myself as Ghostface Killah. I figured it was some rap slang or whatever. But when I was looking at the guide info for the next "Scream" movie, it said something like "The ghostface killer returns to stab as many people as possible before dying a naturally gruesome death". Oh snap! THAT'S what they called the "Scream" killer! So negative points for whoever the rapper is that ripped off the name Ghostface Killah. C'mon dude, be original!

ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT - I was curious and looked up to see what came first, the chicken or the egg. Or in this case, the Ghostface Killer or the Ghostface Killah. Not only did the dude rip off his first name from "Scream" but then he ripped off "Iron Man" and sometimes calls himself Iron Man or Tony Stark. I might one day call myself Ghostface Killah but I'll never go by Tony Stark.

THE THIRD AND FINAL IMPORTANT POINT - David Arquette is in all the "Scream" movies. He made a living chasing the Ghostface Killer. But did you know he was in a Lifetime Movie called "The Happy Face Killer"? He was! And not only that, HE WAS THE HAPPY FACE KILLER! C'mon, that's some pretty incredible irony if you ask me. I only watched the last 20 minutes of "The Happy Face Killer" but I did get to see Arquette happily kill his fiance and then draw a happy face on the wall with her blood. I guess he did that every time he killed someone. Anyway, as is typical in Lifetime Movies, this one sucked. It was completely unbelieveable and it was based on a true story! Only Lifetime could have someone arrest a Happy Face Killer and forget to give him his Miranda rights, and instead have the detective and the Happy Face Killer engage in a conversation full of incriminating statements. I give "The Happy Face Killer" only 1 "I want my baby!!!!" out of possible Way Too Many "I want my baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Back to the "Scream" movies. I watched part of "Scream" and the last 45 minutes of "Scream 2". These are GREAT movies. I either forgot, or never realized, how campy these movies are. But their campiness is awesome. FYI, I tried to watch some of "Scream 3" but it was boring.

"Scream"'s bad guys were some dude whose eyes are too far apart, and Skeet Ulrich. I bet you haven't heard that name in awhile! Skeet - or as I think of him, Johnny Depp Lite - spent the entire movie using his patented Tilt Your Head Down And Then Look Up At Neve Campbell With Puppy Dog Eyes move the entire movie, which got boring so I was really glad when he got popped. Since I hadn't heard of him in a long time, I researched him to see what his story is. It's really kind of cool, but the only thing you need to know is that he's got NASCAR blood in him. Ricky Rudd is his uncle.

I give "Scream" 4 stabbing knives out of 5 stabbing knives. I give "Scream 2" 3 stabbing knives.

RodeoSchro said:

Last night we watched "While We're Young". I want to sue someone!

This is another of those movies where they make you think it's a comedy, when in reality it's a 100-foot cliff dive into the Lagoon of Depressing Yuppies. It's not as bad as "Click" but it's in the neighborhood. We should get our money back due to false advertising.

If you saw the previews, you might think like I did that it's going to be a comedy romp where the sometimes-hilarious Ben Stiller tries to relive his youth. Nope!

He DOES try to hang out with some hipsters but it's not funny at all.

First of all, this movie makes a cardinal mistake - the lead character is not very likeable. Neither is his wife, played by Naomi Watts. SIDENOTE - Naomi Watts is another one of those actresses who's been around for a couple decades but has never made a movie I'd ever seen. Kind of like Kate Beckingsale, etc. She (Watts) was OK but nothing to write home about.

ALERT ALERT ALERT - If you are a Beastie Boys fan, do NOT see this movie. One of the Beastie Boys plays a dishelved new father who is a TOTAL Yuppie. You will never be able to listen to a Beatie Boys song again, promise me. So if you like the Beastie Boys, STAY AWAY FROM THIS TURKEY.

In fact, here are several age groups that should stay away from this movie, and why they should stay away:

20-somethings - Egad, are you guys portrayed as nitwits. Some dude named Adam Driver plays The Ultimate Hipster, which is supposed to represent all of you guys. Yikes, does he come off bad in this movie. Which, by extention, condemns all of you. You will hate Driver's character, trust me.

30-somethings - You will be PO'ed because your age group is not represented at all. You will think, "Were we really that obnoxious ten years ago? Will we really be that boring ten years from now? Where is the absinthe?!?"

40-somethings - If you identify in any way with Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, that Beastie Boy, or that Beastie Boy's doofus wife, you need to completely re-arrange your life.

50-somethings - You will see the guy playing Ben Stiller's father-in-law in an early scene and spend the rest of the movie waiting for the credits, because you KNOW you know who he is, and you KNOW you like him, but for the life of you, you can't figure out who he is. HINT: It's Charles Grodin.

60-somethings - Who are we kidding? You aren't going to ever watch this movie.

It's time to put this movie review out of its misery. I give "While We're Young" 0.5 retro cassette tapes out of 5 retro cassette tapes. And since I don't want you to waste your time on this movie, I'll tell you that of COURSE the Hipster Doofus's car has a cassette player.

I usually like Baumbach, but I HATED this movie.

And I found Grodin's character's decision (at the end of the movie) totally inconsistent with his...well...er...character. Rang false, for me.

Ace said:

RodeoSchro said:

Last night we watched "While We're Young". I want to sue someone!

This is another of those movies where they make you think it's a comedy, when in reality it's a 100-foot cliff dive into the Lagoon of Depressing Yuppies. It's not as bad as "Click" but it's in the neighborhood. We should get our money back due to false advertising.

If you saw the previews, you might think like I did that it's going to be a comedy romp where the sometimes-hilarious Ben Stiller tries to relive his youth. Nope!

He DOES try to hang out with some hipsters but it's not funny at all.

First of all, this movie makes a cardinal mistake - the lead character is not very likeable. Neither is his wife, played by Naomi Watts. SIDENOTE - Naomi Watts is another one of those actresses who's been around for a couple decades but has never made a movie I'd ever seen. Kind of like Kate Beckingsale, etc. She (Watts) was OK but nothing to write home about.

ALERT ALERT ALERT - If you are a Beastie Boys fan, do NOT see this movie. One of the Beastie Boys plays a dishelved new father who is a TOTAL Yuppie. You will never be able to listen to a Beatie Boys song again, promise me. So if you like the Beastie Boys, STAY AWAY FROM THIS TURKEY.

In fact, here are several age groups that should stay away from this movie, and why they should stay away:

20-somethings - Egad, are you guys portrayed as nitwits. Some dude named Adam Driver plays The Ultimate Hipster, which is supposed to represent all of you guys. Yikes, does he come off bad in this movie. Which, by extention, condemns all of you. You will hate Driver's character, trust me.

30-somethings - You will be PO'ed because your age group is not represented at all. You will think, "Were we really that obnoxious ten years ago? Will we really be that boring ten years from now? Where is the absinthe?!?"

40-somethings - If you identify in any way with Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, that Beastie Boy, or that Beastie Boy's doofus wife, you need to completely re-arrange your life.

50-somethings - You will see the guy playing Ben Stiller's father-in-law in an early scene and spend the rest of the movie waiting for the credits, because you KNOW you know who he is, and you KNOW you like him, but for the life of you, you can't figure out who he is. HINT: It's Charles Grodin.

60-somethings - Who are we kidding? You aren't going to ever watch this movie.

It's time to put this movie review out of its misery. I give "While We're Young" 0.5 retro cassette tapes out of 5 retro cassette tapes. And since I don't want you to waste your time on this movie, I'll tell you that of COURSE the Hipster Doofus's car has a cassette player.

I usually like Baumbach, but I HATED this movie.

And I found Grodin's character's decision (at the end of the movie) totally inconsistent with his...well...er...character. Rang false, for me.

Absolutely right! I'm surprised a pro like Grodin let that happen, although I bet it was Grodin that added the scene where he and his daughter were about to leave, and he said he'd been ruthless in order to get what he wanted.

kewlschool said: