Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?

[Pezimak]

Borderlands became available to purchase today, insta buy for me on Apple TV so I get Dolby Vision, watching some of it now and it looks fantastic on my Sony OLED.

 

[EllieCat]

Half of this movie is reading subtitles. Is there only an English dub out?

Cabrini (2024) ⭐ 7.3 | Biography, Drama

2h 22m | PG-13

www.imdb.com

 

[GrayFlannel]

Waiting for A Complete Unknown release in December.

 

[Queen6]

Daughters of Darkness (1971)

Another with style & substance from the 70's...

Q-6

 

[Huntn]

Borderlands became available to purchase today, insta buy for me on Apple TV so I get Dolby Vision, watching some of it now and it looks fantastic on my Sony OLED.

Based on the game, yes? I’d be interested if there is any resemblance to the in game story…

 

[Pezimak]

Based on the game, yes? I’d be interested if there is any resemblance to the in game story…

There is, the characters and story in it are from the game. But be warned as many people didn't like it. Best rent it when it's cheaper to be safe.

 

[pachyderm]

Based on the game, yes? I’d be interested if there is any resemblance to the in game story…

Funny story: I was thinking of Fallout... lol.

MY bad.

 

[Huntn]

There is, the characters and story in it are from the game. But be warned as many people didn't like it. Best rent it when it's cheaper to be safe.

Always. I laugh when they have movies for rent at $20. I can wait…

 

[GrayFlannel]

Waiting for A Complete Unknown‘s release.

 

[Huntn]

I loved it and I've never played the game.

I played this game with my Grandson. We used to negotiate with each other over each weapon that was found in a cache or dropped from off a dead enemy. It turned out that the spec on the weapon, such as “shock”, or “corrosive” vs straight damage, outweighed the listed damage of the weapon, so a 200 shock weapon was better or just as good as a 300 damage weapon.

 

[pachyderm]

I played this game with my Grandson. We used to negotiate with each other over each weapon that was found in a cache or dropped from off a dead enemy. It turned out that the spec on the weapon, such as “shock”, or “corrosive” vs straight damage, outweighed the listed damage of the weapon, so a 200 shock weapon was better or just as good as a 300 damage weapon.

cool.

Funny story: I was thinking of Fallout... lol.

I've not seen Borderland... my bad. I probably will one day...

 

[Huntn]

cool.

Funny story: I was thinking of Fallout... lol.

I've not seen Borderland... my bad. I probably will one day...

Borderland is very different than Fallout 4, more of a shooter with what I'd call a minimalist story, versus an RPG that's a shooter.

 

[pachyderm]

Borderland is very different than Fallout 4, more of a shooter with what I'd call a minimalist story, versus an RPG that's a shooter.

Yes sir.

 

[pachyderm]

Borderland is very different than Fallout 4, more of a shooter with what I'd call a minimalist story, versus an RPG that's a shooter.

Was it also a comic at one time?

 

[Huntn]

Was it also a comic at one time?

No clue about Borderlands. It’s a unique looking game, kind of a pre-finished state that looks good.

 

[Huntn]

Land Of Bad (2024)- 94% Audience rating on RT. Watched on Netflix. Good, taught, survival action thriller. Russel Crowe redeems himself post Guardians of the Galaxy performance.

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[pachyderm]

Land Of Bad (2024)- 94% Audience rating on RT. Watched on Netflix. Excellent, taught, survival action thriller. Russel Crowe redeems himself post Guardians of the Galaxy performance.

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Yeah it wasn't horrible. I seem to recall enjoying it. It is taught though for sure.

 

[Pezimak]

Really didn’t enjoy this one, found it to be far too stupid like a cat that NEVER makes a noise so you think it’s mute, then it pours at one point in the film… oh and it can survive being under water too, or how footsteps NEVER make a noice, but a brief case falling over sounds like a 200 ton weight being dropped from 100 feet up!

it really lacks the charm of the first 2 films, perhaps because it lacked the brilliant young deaf actress from those first two films.

 

[GrayFlannel]

I’m going to Megalopis tomorrow afternoon. I expect it to be bad AF.

 

[HDFan]

 

[mtbdudex]

Watched this documentary last night, interesting information presented.

 

[MacDaddyPanda]

Just watched Wolfs last night. I enjoyed it. It was like a non Romantic version of Mr & Mrs Smith, lol.

 

[GrayFlannel]

I’m going to Megalopolis tomorrow afternoon. I expect it to be bad AF.

I was wrong. It was worse than expected. It was the worst movie I have ever watched. I’m using the word worst here without the slightest bit of exaggeration. Francis Ford Coppola has lost his mind and $120m. His paycheck from the original Godfather will be more than he deserves off this steaming pile.

 

[mtbdudex]

I was wrong. It was worse than expected. It was the worst movie I have ever watched. I’m using the word worst here without the slightest bit of exaggeration. Francis Ford Coppola has lost his mind and $120m. His paycheck from the original Godfather will be more than he deserves off this steaming pile.

I’m a sci-fi nerd.. so wait till this streams?

For me, this is the worst scifi movie adaptation of a book, “Battlefield Earth”. I have to say it’s the first major sci-fi movie I’ve turned off while watching. The book was so good.
Yes I have the DVD from 2000-ish in my collection.

 

[GrayFlannel]

I’m a sci-fi nerd.. so wait till this streams?

Megalopois does have a bit of a sci-fi / Matrix vibe to it. Here’s some excerpts of a review from SFGate.

This is not a review. This is a warning. If I gave Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" a standard movie review and told you that it was an incoherent mess on par with "Rebel Moon" (which it is), your fanboy reflexes would kick and you'd write me off. You'd take me as just another pair of glasses dead set on panning a movie just to bolster their art cred. I hate critics like that, and so do you.

So I'm telling you this not as a reviewer, but as a friend: Do not see this movie. It is a piece of s—t.

This movie is unwatchable. It deserves to live in infamy, with its title acting as shorthand for any multimillion-dollar flop borne out of monstrous ego. I took a bullet watching "Megalopolis" for you. An actual bullet would have been kinder.

Don't be tempted by Coppola, or by the cast, or by any contrarian review that attempts to kick off a reassessment of this disaster that it will never deserve. This movie is garbage. It doesn't work as "so bad it's good" camp. It doesn't work as a "fable." It doesn't work as a noble attempt at a Big Statement. It doesn't work at all. I'm sorry I watched it, and I will genuinely think less of anyone who finds it redeemable. There are plenty of directing legends, Martin Scorsese chief among them, who have great stories left to tell. "Megalopolis" proves that Coppola is not one of them. This man doesn't know how to make good movies anymore. In fact, he doesn't appear to know how to make any movie anymore.

The dialogue is terrible. The color palette is nearly as incongruent as the music. The overdubbing sometimes doesn’t match the actors’ lips at all. The visual effects are terrible, featuring virtual sets that look like early design mockups Coppola never bothered to flesh out. Even the PROPS are terrible. Every physical prop in “Megalopolis” looks like Coppola either found it in his garage or asked his grandkids to make it for him. This movie cost the old man $120 million. He sold one of his wineries off to finance it. You could have shot a better looking movie with your phone.

The only reason this film was released was because Coppola made it, and the only reason that Coppola made it was because he’s a centimillionaire. This is very much the work of a bored old stoner. I knew it five minutes into “Megalopolis.” I also knew that I was stuck.

'Megalopolis' is a piece of s—t

SFGATE's Drew Magary begs you not to see Francis Ford Coppola's new film.

www.sfgate.com