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Nick91

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God's Step Children (1938) 1/5


To keep with the theme of my previously reviewed film here (Lost Boundaries), I decided to watch this film as I noticed it was on Youtube. It was directed by the noted African-American Oscar Micheaux and had an all-black cast. Since blacks generally didn't have access to large budgets, backed up by large studios, the production value is not quite up to standard unfortunately. The editing is very choppy, but that could possibly be because of a shortened version rather than the full movie.

The acting has got to be one of the worst I've ever seen. It's stilted and very few deliver their lines in a natural manner. The story? Well, it proclaimed to be a cross between Imitation of Life (a movie I thought was very good) and These Three (never seen it), but I just find the whole plot so lackluster. The non-spoiler summary is that a light-skinned baby, Naomi, is abandoned by her biological mother, and her adoptive mother raises her along with her own son.

Naomi gets into trouble in school for disobeying (and spitting on) her teacher, and for spreading false rumours about her. She is sent to a convent for ten years, and returns home when she becomes a young adult. Her step-brother, Jimmie, is also grown up, and in a bizarre incest-like (but not really, biologically speaking) twist, she becomes attracted to him, though he already has a girlfriend (the teacher's daughter). Instead, he insists on her getting married to his friend, whom Naomi finds physically ugly. But she relents and marries him, until about a year later when she sneaks up on her brother's family, sees how happy they are, and drowns herself in a lake. And that's it.

The film can be watched here.
 

chainsaw_metal1

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The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) - 4/5

A thoroughly enjoyable action comedy starring Samuel L. Jackson as a contract killer who is a witness in a human rights trial, and Ryan Reynolds as the bodyguard tasked with keeping him alive, unless he kills him first.
 

chainsaw_metal1

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Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) - 4/5

Very enjoyable. At World's End lost much of what had made the first two good, and On Stranger Tides had moments, but was mostly forgettable. This movie was a return to the humor of the first movie, and is fun all the way through. Also, by the time they got to World's End, they had added so many characters and side plots that it got too convoluted. They tried to rectify this in Stranger Tides, but the tone of the whole movie felt off, and left out so much of the humor that made the franchise so much fun at the beginning. This actually made me want to see them make a sixth movie.

Minority Report (2002) - 4/5

It had been a few years since I had watched this one, and I forgot just how good it really is. I'm no fan of Tom Cruise, but he is really great in this movie. Top notch cast, great story and well done action. Plus, the ethical quandary it brings up - can we prosecute a crime if the crime hasn't actually happened yet - and the pros and cons of such power.
 

chainsaw_metal1

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The Imitation Game (2014) - 4/5

While there are many liberties taken with the actual events, this is a very wonderful film that highlights the life and achievements of Alan Turing. The end nearly had me in tears, knowing how horrifically the government treated Turing, after everything he had done for his country. Definitely one worth watching.
 

Gavin

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The Imitation Game (2014) - 4/5

While there are many liberties taken with the actual events, this is a very wonderful film that highlights the life and achievements of Alan Turing. The end nearly had me in tears, knowing how horrifically the government treated Turing, after everything he had done for his country. Definitely one worth watching.
Saw this for the first time not long ago. I'm usually not a big fan of biopics, given that they tend to be far more fiction than fact, but this one was very enjoyable and, yes the ending was a sad reminder of how gay people were treated not all that long ago.
 

chainsaw_metal1

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and, yes the ending was a sad reminder of how gay people were treated not all that long ago.
Very true. But even with that, the biggest kick in the gut was knowing that there are people out there who would gladly go back to that sort of treatment. The fact that "pray the gay away" camps and "conversion therapy" are still so popular shows we haven't come nearly far enough.
 

McQualude

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Last movie was Sergeant York (1941). I was thinking Gary Cooper looked a little old for the part, being 40, but I looked it up and Alvin York was 30 when he was drafted. Cooper is great but the real standout is Margaret Wycherly as Alvin's mother - quiet, stalwart, wise, and humble.
 
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chainsaw_metal1

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Spider-man: Homecoming (2017)
I really enjoyed this one.
I actually enjoyed it more than Spider-Man 2, which had been, to that point, my favorite Spidey film, and I thought they could never top it.

I have some major issues, like why they do dick with his Spidey-Sense, but they seem to infer that they will incorporate it into later films. Still, very fun film, and it was nice to see someone who could pull off both Peter Parker and Spider-Man.

It did bring up something that has been nagging at me since the beginning of the MCU. We have fifty-plus years of continuity, and they pull from all sorts of sources for the films. Sometimes they nail it, other times, they drop the ball (*cough*Extremis*cough*). And I know they need to establish these characters, but they go all over the place in doing it. Some aspects, they go back to the silver age, and other times, they go for modern retellings of the origins, or even the Ultimate line. It makes for a mish mash of characters, which can discourage many old school comic fans.
 

MovieKnut

Member: Rank 2
Last movie watched at the cinema was Happy Death Day. It was OK. The Groundhog Day factor added an unusual context to the movie.

Watched Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan on dvd last night. It still kicks ass, one of the best Star Trek cinema efforts.
 
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ant-mac

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Last movie watched at the cinema was Happy Death Day. It was OK. The Groundhog Day factor added an unusual context to the movie.

Watched Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan on dvd last night. It still licks ass, one of the best Star Trek cinema efforts.
It still... licks ass?

As a Trekker, I'm really hoping that was a typo... :emoji_wink:
 

TheSowIsMine

What an excellent day for an exorcism
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November Criminals (2017)
This didn't do the book any justice. The character were nothing like their book counterparts and the tone of the films also is nothing like the books tone. Thats always a problem when you see a film based on a book you read. Its so hard not to compare.
I did like that it seems like the director is a total Bowie fanboy.
 

TheSowIsMine

What an excellent day for an exorcism
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Super Dark Times (2017)
It takes place in the 90's and that was done in a believable way. It starts out as a nice calm drama, but the last 20 minutes they added some suspense that just didn't fit with the rest of the film.
 

Mad_Monster_Party

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I know there's still time left but do you have a favorite yet?

Blade Runner 2049 is up there for me! Im not sure if it's #1 but close.:emoji_alien:
 

JohnnyL REACTS

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The last movie I watched was Jumanji in theatre. Basically there was nothing else worth seeing in my theatre.

I am shocked to say I enjoyed myself. It was actually a fun couple of hours with an intriguing story and many funny moments. Great effects too. Just a solid popcorn flick, it surprised me.

Not big on remakes or reboots usually.
 
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