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The Martian (2015) - I watched it on 1.5x speed so I could go to bed early.

Castaway on Mars. Entertaining enough, but mediocre in most aspects. The CGI was surprisingly crappy. Too many cheesy jokes and too many of them about disco music.

Why do so many movies revolve around rescuing Matt Damon?

Jessica Chastain is a turboMILF. :betplom:

6.8 Mattys out of 10
 
Here's a question for the gamelive hordes: me and a guy here both remember a scene - not sure if it's TV or movie - and someone shits in someone's top desk drawer. Pretty sure it is in a work/office environment. Not sure if it is done as a joke or revenge or what.

Any idea where that happens?
 
Yeah but no - never seen that before so can't be what I was thinking. I'll mention it to buddyboy though.

There was a scene in Falling Down - which I actually saw not too long ago - where they do something to Robert Duvall's desk on his last day before retirement. But I think they just fill it with sand.

I don't know.
 
The Big Short (2015) - Good movie. As it is based on what really happened with the 2008 financial meltdown, it is supremely unsatisfying. A bunch of Wall Street douches behave with incredibly stupidity - causing MILLIONS of people to lose their homes and jobs and retirement savings - and those stupid Wall Street douches get bailed out by the government (i.e. the millions of people they screwed over) and get their bonuses and go back to doing the same stupid stuff.

Good movie though. Unlike a comedy movie like Spy - where the level of humor hovers around - oh my gawd she's fat; why, that isn't normal for a spy at all! The Big Short has many very intelligent laughs. It is somewhat educational although I will probably forget what I learned within a week. I don't have a good sense for options/trading/shit-like-that. But they did make me understand it for a little while.

The cast is very good. Christian Bale is scarier than American Psycho.

I like the movie. 8.2 out of 10.


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Beasts of No Nation (2015) - Good movie on a good subject (the creation and use of child soldiers in Africa).

The award season angle is Idris Elba for Supporting Actor. He is very good and I say he has a real shot - although as far as GG's, I still have two more of them to see - one of which is Sylvester Stallone - whom I feel positive will NOT have my vote.

Anyhoo Idris Elba is an outstanding and convincing as a bucket of charismatic, uncompromising but weirdly calm, focused, psycho-scum.

The child actors are key and they are great.

There is something about it for me that felt more like an overview than a real story. I had a sense of boxes being checked off as key points were covered. That prevents me from putting it into the absolute upper echelon of movies. But it's very good at taking me into a world I am happy to only have to deal with from a distance and I'll go 8.1 out of 10.


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The Social Network (2010) - Caught it on TV last night. I now regret not watching it when it came out - hell of a movie. Eisenberg is outstanding as borderline-autistic Zuckerberg. I knew the rough outline of MZ's career, including the feud with the "Winklevii" :biglaugh:, but I didn't know about the CFO partner or the Napster guy.

Tremendous dialogue. Sorkin's machine-gun style fit perfectly.

Hell of a docudrama. *slow nods*

8.3 Matty Rains
 
Yap. I did not realize when I was watching and reviewing The Revenant that it wasn't even out yet. There were pages and pages of detailed discussion about it.

Guess there are a lot of pirates out there.

Anyway, looks like it's out now and all the reviewers I look at are giving it top marks.




*ADDING - actually though, it is not getting an absolute top critics rating at Rotten Tomatoes. 80%. While that is a big number on the surface, there are more thumbs-downers than a good bunch of the award season flicks.

Spotlight - 97%
The Big Short - 87%
Mad Max - 97%
Spy - 93%


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That Joy movie, I turned it off when Grandma died. I mean it was kind of cute in an "Americana stupid?" kinda way.
You know that spirit of invention (mops) and fighting for the right to market on QVC, and risking everything to this noble end :rolleyes:
...but then they had to go and kill Grandma
 
The Golden Globe Awards are tonight. I don't generally watch those and I doubt I will tonight.

The controversial Ricky Gervais is hosting and he made a statement I found interesting. He says he will only make fun of things that the celebs have actually done and not what they can't help.


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