• Genius@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    Free Guy

    Generic video game movie stuffed with trendy references and fanservice is actually a really good singularity story

  • w3dd1e@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    I didn’t think the trailer looked good and it felt meh, but I ended up loving the movie a lot.

  • morphballganon@mtgzone.comEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Clue

    Movie based on a board game? Blegh

    But it’s awesome. Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren

  • kaitco@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Osmosis Jones.

    A half-and-half cartoon and live action film with Chris Rock as the titular character from the late-90s/early-00s. The movie was a flop, but I think it had more to do with lousy marketing. It was actually pretty good and a fun way to look at how things affect the human body.

    David Hyde Pierce as the enormous Pill was a great choice, and Bill Murray was hilarious.

    • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      And Laurence Fishburne as Thrax. He was pretty horrifying when he would let loose and make people explode.

    • EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Around the time this came out, I, having had no idea about the movie or its premise, wrote a story that was along similar lines in creative writing. Specifically, it featured the immune system and other cells as characters and whatnot.

      I was accused of ripping off the idea.

    • mostNONheinous@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I love this movie, but the audio mix kills me. One minute you are struggling to hear characters speaking and then your eardrums get blown out when they cut to the next fight starting. I do have tinnitus so I may be biased a bit.

  • tychosmoose@piefed.socialEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    https://imdb.com/title/tt0116908

    Geena Davis and Samuel L Jackson. He said in 2019 that it was his favorite role. It was released after a flop for Davis and director Renny Harlin (then her husband), and may have had poor press related to that.

    It has an unlikely hero, plenty of action sequences, some fun performances (I had to pause it after a funny line from Brian Cox cracked me up), and heart. Solidly entertaining. But low expectations might help.

    • miseducator@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I watched this movie when I was in middle school and thought it was badass. I completely forgot about it until your mention and now I gotta see if it holds up. All I remember is that it takes place in winter and Samuel L. says "Pussy is pussy " at some point.

      • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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        6 months ago
        Tap for spoiler

        “You’re gonna die screaming and I’m gonna watch” will never not be a badass line, and “I propose that whatever he is trying to dislodge is either gone for good or there to stay” will never stop amusing me.

        I wouldn’t say those are definitely the best lines in the movie, but probably top 5, definitely top 10.

        • tomenzgg@midwest.socialEnglish
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          6 months ago
          Spoiler

          But that first line only gets better when she mows him down and punctuates it with, “Die screaming, motherfucker.”

          That movie is so good, regardless expectations. One of my absolute favorites.

  • Ænima@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Velocipastor! It looks and seems like it’ll be a parody but it was super engaging and fun. Went into it thinking it would be watched between gaming rounds and eventually turned off, but I ended up quitting the game to full-screen that shit!

  • AZX3RIC@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is always a good mention.

    It’s a fun and very accessible movie.

  • lattrommi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Battleship.

    Yeah, the movie based off the board(?) game.

    Feel free to fire up the torches and start handing out the pitchforks, because I’m not playing by the rules.

    It doesn’t just look like it will suck, it looks like a ‘so bad it is bad’ type of movie, an overbudgeted ‘this is what is wrong with movies these days’ sort of unmitigated hot wet trash from a dumpster fire in the bad part of town.

    It isn’t well written.

    It isn’t well acted.

    I honestly can’t even promise a good time.

    These are the thoughts that went through my mind when I read about it before watching: “This is going to be awful and a waste of my time. These actor names kinda look familiar but I don’t know who any of these people are. Is Rihanna her first name or last name? Isn’t she just a singer. It better not have that stupid umbrella song. Wait, Liam Neeson is in this? Is he doing okay? Did he lose a bet? Does he need money? I bet that evil Jar’jar forced him to to do this. Wait, running time over 2 hours?! How is that even… the board never took more than like 15 minutes… except cheaters moving their… fuck me, I already need a drink.”

    Go into the movie with that mindset. Be angry at it before it starts.