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Started by scarface, March 01, 2013, 12:21 AM

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scarface

Today, I'm going to do a review of Terminator dark fate since I finally watched it.

Reviews were mixed and I'm glad I didn't go to the theater to watch it.
Dark Fate is sadly another bad terminator flick. It is not only a blisteringly dark fate for this once storied franchise, but it also in many ways captures the dark fate of America’s mindless capitalism, a society in thrall to meaninglessly regurgitated pop culture symbols stripped of all that once made them great and then smashed out in great dithering waves to please the public

Terminator Dark Fate is putrid, insulting garbage. It was always probably destined to be that way, given what the last three films in the franchise were, and considering that most franchises are doomed to diminishing returns over time. And yet, foolishly, in some corners of the world where men are beasts and beasts are just the remnants of God’s light, hope endured. Hope that with James Cameron and Linda Hamilton returning to the project, it might be good.

But sometimes hope is just another fool’s delusion. And so it was. The first indication that this movie was going to be bad was that David S. Goyer wrote it. If we are being charitable, we might say that Goyer has contributed to some films that were good in the past. But his most recent credit was as the screenwriter for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, not just one of the worst super hero movies ever made, but truly a mark against human progress that a group of people, collectively, could have all looked at that script at any stage in the production process and believed that it deserved to be made into a movie. The other sign of trouble was the presence of Arnold Schwarzenegger in it.
But now Arnold is old. He is no longer an embodiment of unstoppable antagonist inertia. He has been, quite visibly, slowed if not stopped by time. And de-aging him would have been a disaster. So there weren’t really any good options. But nobody wants to see old Terminator. It’s just… not something we want to see.

That was a puzzle the story was going to struggle to solve no matter what. But it still doesn’t excuse how shoddy the rest of the film’s structure is. This movie just takes the template from the first two films and re-uses it, full stop. Instead of John Connor, now we have some new and totally forgettable future leader of the resistance who needs to be saved and we have a new guardian from the future and a new terminator trying to get them. Literally the only change is that the new terminator is a combination of the old terminator but this time with a liquid metal exterior.

Finally, this movie takes everything that was so good about the first two terminator movies - the imagery, the narrative structure, the characters, the ideas - and just recycles them in a shameless money grab that assumes the audience will be too brain dead to realize what is being done to them. It is an insipid, garbage film unworthy of the pedigree.

scarface

#241
Note that the movie Terminator Dark Fate was removed. It's so bad that neither the forum nor the users deserve such a movie.
Instead, it's is replaced with another movie (reposted), titled Jumper, and released in 2008
Maybe some of you have already watched this movie. Like Terminator dark fate, it does not require a lot of sagacity, but at least it will be an entertaining moment.


Link: https://ok.ru/video/2626188348113


The story:  A teenager with teleportation abilities suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators.



humbert

Quote from: scarface on January 27, 2020, 06:58 AM
Reviews were mixed and I'm glad I didn't go to the theater to watch it.

Theater? Are there still movie theaters? This is obsolete, 20th century technology. Movies are readily available for download online and can be watched in the privacy of your home without having to deal with crowds or paying expensive theater tickets. Last time I entered a theater was back in the late 20th century.

scarface

#243
Tonight, another movie titled 12 Feet Deep, and released in 2017 is available on the forum.


Link: https://ok.ru/video/352712264312


Inspired by true events, two sisters are trapped under the fiberglass cover of an Olympic sized public pool and must brave the cold and each other to survive the harrowing night.



scarface

#244
Tonight, another documentary, titled "Searching for Neverland", and released in 2017, is available on the forum (repost).
If aa1234779 and humbert asked me whether this is a good documentary, I would say it's not essential to watch it, but it's well-made.

Searching for Neverland will reveal firsthand the devotion Michael Jackson had to his children, and the hidden drama that took place during the last two years of his life.
Told through the eyes of his personal bodyguards and assistants in the waning years of his life (Chad L. Coleman and Sam Adegoke), Michael Jackson (Navi) struggles to find a home where he can safely live with his children.

Link: https://ok.ru/video/318209591930




scarface

Tonight, another movie, titled The sonata, and released in 2020, is available on the forum.
Review here: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-01-09/the-sonata-review
Despite the poster, it's not really scary, it's a kind of thriller.

A gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumstances. She discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret.

Link: https://ok.ru/video/1428831800000




scarface

Today, another movie is available on the forum, titled Super size me 2 and released in 2017.


Morgan Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry - this time from behind the register - as he opens his own fast food restaurant.

The most interesting segment of the movie occurs as the buzzwords and their meanings are discussed. Having "nutrition" broken down from a marketing perspective truly exposes the outright fraud being perpetrated on the public. "Health Halo" is the moniker applied to descriptions like "fresh", "all-natural", and "no added hormones". Even "crispy" is used in place of the more accurate "fried", which is obviously a word no consumer would associate with healthy food. Spurlock is in his element when providing a startling visual for what qualifies as "free range" according to the FDA.

'Big Chicken' is compared to 'Big Oil', as 5 corporations control 99% of the chicken farming industry: Tyson, Perdue, Pilgrims, Koch Foods, and Sanderson Farms. We get an explanation of how these corporations apply enormous pressure on the farmers, keeping them in a constant state of debt - or worse for farmer Jonathan Buttram who has been blackballed for helping Spurlock make this movie. Spurlock bounces from Columbus, Ohio to Boulder, Colorado to Tennessee to Kentucky to Washington, D.C, to Alabama; and from Chick-Fil-A to Wendy's to 7-11 to Popeye's, and even to McDonalds - Spurlock's first visit in 12 years to the establishment that put him on the movie map.

Very little new information is provided here, but Spurlock does what he does best - entertain with examples of extremes. While his "fried grilled" chicken sandwich is a publicity stunt, the real story is how menus and labels are used to manipulate the consumer, many who don't seem to much care.

Link: https://ok.ru/video/1433457199720


scarface

#247
Tonight, the original movie Wall Street, released in 1987, is available on the forum.

Link: https://ok.ru/video/29160180282

On the Wall Street of the 1980s, Bud Fox is a stockbroker full of ambition, doing whatever he can to make his way to the top. Admiring the power of the unsparing corporate raider Gordon Gekko, Fox entices Gekko into mentoring him by providing insider trading. As Fox becomes embroiled in greed and underhanded schemes, his decisions eventually threaten the livelihood of his scrupulous father. Faced with this dilemma, Fox questions his loyalties.



scarface

Tonight, another movie, titled Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles 2 and released in 2016 is available on the forum.


The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last canister of the ooze that created the Turtles, with which Shredder wants to unleash an army of new mutants.


Link: https://ok.ru/video/1086256122620



scarface

#249
Tonight, another movie, titled The island, and released in 2005 is available on the forum.


Link: https://ok.ru/video/27253869242

trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn47Crow0nk


The story:
Lincoln Six Echo is just like everyone else - he's waiting to go to the Island, the only place left in the world to actually live a life. Thousands of people stay at a facility waiting to go to the Island. It all sounds like paradise, but Lincoln Six Echo soon discovers that there's actually a sinister purpose going on at that facility.