Went a bit of a movie spree yesterday and today, watched these all since around 6pm yesterday lol.
Get Out - 9-9.5/10 - Phenomenal, see my other post if you want details.
Kong - 7 - 7.5/10 - I had low expectations for this film. I enjoyed the direction they went, and besides Larson, I thought everyone had good-strong performances. I love John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson played his angry black man role perfectly, John C. Reily was hit or miss, being funny at times and annoying at others. Hiddleston had a boring roll, but he played it well. Shea Whigham was probably the best thing about the film, reminded me of Tig from Son's of Anarchy, kind of a similar character. Most of the random support cast did at least an okay job.
XXX Return of Xander Cage - 4 - 4.5/10 - Was exactly what I expected. This one might have actually been better than the first two, but that's not saying very much. Donnie Yen and Tony Jaa were absolutely horrible in this. I'm a bit of a nut when it comes to Kung fu and these are two of my all time favorites for the genre, I'll watch anything with either of them. Also, the comedic relief tech girl, had to have been one of the best examples of what not to do with that role. I literally face-palmed at one point because of how horrendous her character was... just bad bad bad writing. Typical action blockbuster though, I somewhat enjoy these films, even though they're horribly predictable, corny and just for the most part a snooze fest. If you like Fast and the Furious, you'll love this, it's the exact same fucking thing.
Bad Santa 2 - 2.5/10 - Bad Santa without everything that made it funny. I don't think I got a single chuckle out of the film.
Resident Evil The Final Chapter - 2/10 - Another just fucking awful installment in the franchise. I hope they take another whack at this series sometime in the future, and maybe next time they won't completely shit the fucking bed. It was like they were trying to make each and every one of these worse than the previous. Seems almost impossible with how fucking bad they were, but somehow, someway, they keep pulling it off. Hopefully it's actually done now for real.
Underworld - 1/10 - Pretty much the exact same as the above, but somehow even worse.
Going to watch Hail Ceasar or Ghostbusters next, haven't decided. Low expectations for both ofc.
I'm looking for more recommendations for films to watch from this year or last year that are now available online. I'm a bit behind on current films and I've got a lot of shitty/good movies to watch to catch up. Feel free to recommend anything, but if it's an artsy, high-rated, Oscar worthy piece of shit that's neither original, thought provoking or even moderately enjoyable, I'll probably skip it. - La La Land, Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea etc... I'll get around to watching these eventually, but I'll be surprised if I don't hate all of them
I know, I know, I hate most things, but as you can tell from the list I've posted above, I'm not above watching things that are completely fucking awful to kill time on a lazy weekend
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This post was edited by jadeoshbogosh on May 27 2017 05:54pm