Movie Thread

@icey wicey 1517  
…Wat?…

@Myoozik  
Again. I did not make any of this up.
 
This actually happens in the movie.
 
Also the twist at the end…
 
you know a movie is bad when the big twist is literally just the “IT’S JUST A PRANK BRO!” meme…  
And then there is ANOTHER dumb twist n top of that!

@icey wicey 1517  
Now I see why Youtuber movies have such low standards

@Myoozik  
tbh im glad the “youtuber movie” craze has died down.

I liked Kickassia,and the AVGN movie was fun. It wasn’t something I’d gave watched otherwise, though.  
Brad Jones’s movies are pretty good most of the time.

@Myoozik  
Gosh man, it was just so hard to process everything when the pacing was so awful! Not to mention it took FOREVER to get to the main plot of the “movie” Felt like too much crap was going on at once and i got lost.
 
And yeah, that particular scene was the nastiest shit I’ve seen in a while. Felt like most of the movie was just gross out, shock value, and dumb humor.

Me and Leo saw The Emoji Movie and we expected it to be a lot worse than the whole Intenet made it sound. It was still a terrible and awful movie, with it playing its cliches so painfully straight, but it wasn’t the absolute worst thing in the world.

Me and my friend saw Foodfight! and I felt so bad for the animators for not only creating this monstrosity, but also enduring the primma donna that was the director.

Just watched Spider-Man: Far From Home for the first time and I was supposed to watch this thru cinema a year ago but got suddenly broke and life getting in my way by the time it premiered everywhere here, this was fairly a little down for me than Homecoming but in short, still a fair movie.
 
Also me on a that scene:
 

Here’s the films I saw in 2020. This took too long at the end of the year.
 

Saw Wolfwalkers a few days ago, probably now my favorite animated film aside Iron Giant and assorted Ghilbi films. It’s incredible how an Irish studio is able to make a film that feels like a Ghibli film pretty much perfectly, if significantly more European than Asian. I’m a huge sucker for hand drawn animation and environmental/pro-pagan themes; it’s easily the best thing I’ve seen in a long time.

Hi! I found a great list of TV/Movies for you on Likewise. Check it out - I think you’ll like it!
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Me and my friend got started watching all the filmography of Vanguard Animation, the same studio that gave us Valiant, Happily N’Ever After and Space Chimps. I’m not expecting Pixar or Dreamworks level of quality here.

@Myoozik
be prepared for spcae chimps

that movie (and the sequel) is ROUGH

@ichiban iceychan 1517
I’ve already seen Space Chimps, though that was a long time ago so I remember next to nothing about it. It’s gonna be a rewatch after so long and I know about the sequel’s infamy.

@Myoozik
FR the second movies animation straight up looks like WIP the whole way through it looks really unfinished
also im sure at one point the villain just straight up uses a nintendo wii for his device lol

I’ve been watching all the Thomas the Tank Engine movies. Some are pretty good. Some are really bad.

Thomas and the Magic Railroad-

This one’s okay. Paced horribly, bizarre plot that’s hard to follow, but it’s got a nice atmosphere of those types of silly movies I watched as a kid. I’m nostalgic for it, despite not having seem it as a kid. The modelwork for Thomas is amazing, most of the voices are good, the biggest problem is too much focus goes to human characters that arent nearly as interesting as the engines.

Calling All Engines-

This one’s all models, no live action. I watched the American version narrated by Michael Brandon. This one’s fine. Kinda dull, but it’s got its moments. I like The music. The thing that hurts this one is weird “learning segments” inserted into the movie. Keep your remote ready to fast forward. Some of these are kinda funny, as they encourage kids to help Thomas inconvenience Diesel.

The Great Discovery-

This one is pretty boring. It drags on and on. The concept is cool, Thomas finding a forgotten village overgrown in the forest. The middle just feels like one of the later model seasons with a new engine showing up, Thomas not liking them, and doing something to play a trick on them. Pierce Brosnan narrates this one, and I hate how slow and quiet he talks. There is one unintentionally hilarious bit where we see the new engine,Stanley, smiling like a dumbass, then cut to Thomas with his frowny face, and Brosnan calmly whispers, “Thomas didn’t like Stanley.”

Hero of the Rails-

This one is really good. Thomas happens across some forgotten railway line that leads into the woods. In the woods, he finds an old forgotten engine. He befriends the engine, Hiro, and secretly tries to fix him up. He’s afraid Hiro will be scrapped if he’s found in bad condition. Meanwhile, a snooty engine named Spencer decides to be an asshole and insists Hiro be scrapped once he finds out about him. This was the first cgi film in the franchise, and it’s impressive for a first outing. The new characters are all pretty cool, and it actually gets kinda intense later.

Misty Island Rescue-

This one’s regarded as one of the worst, and I can understand why. The film sets up characters and elements only to completely forget about them minutes later. Was this movie made for Dory? The plot is absolute nonsense, and the new characters are pretty useless. I like the opening credits, which are usually creative for the cgi films. Thats about the only positive.

Day of the Diesels-

Diesel 10, the Villain from Magic Railroad is reimagined as a more calculating manipulator. Unfortunately his evil plan is nonsensical, and the film overall is kinda annoying. Percy plays a big part, and I don’t like his voice.

Blue Mountain Mystery-

This one is pretty good, Thomas meets a little green engine he’s never seen before on an assignment away from his typical job. The other engines try to keep the green engine secret. Thomas eventually finds out why and it’s a pretty dark situation, but with a happy outcome.

King of the Railway-

This one feels like a long episode. Not in a bad way, it just diesnt feel very big for a movie. Thomas is helping restore a castle, befriends a really old engine, saves him when he gets caught in a cave-in, pretty typical stuff for the average episode. It’s paced well and the animation is nice.

Tale of the Brave-

This one surprised me, I really liked this one. The music is good, the animation is improving over time, and the new characters are all pretty fun. My one issue is the unfortunate cliche of many animated movies, towards the end, there’s a very forced feeling misunderstanding that causes a rift between the characters. Thomas thinks he saw monster tracks in stone, and later Percy thinks he saw the monster. When Thomas doesn’t believe him, Percy gets all passive aggressive and ignores him. It doesn’t go on for too long, though.

The Adventure Begins-

I haven’t seen this one yet.

Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure-

This one is usually considered one of the best movies in the series. Thomas discovers a pirate ship, and a shady sailor pretends to be his friend in order to steal the ship and it’s treasure. There’s a ton of old characters popping up in the first half, it’s obvious fanservice, but done in a way that feels natural. The dark tone in the latter half makes this one stand out.

The Great Race-

This one is an okay one. It’s a fun fast paced movie but the character focus is uneven. There are fun musical parts and the new characters are fun as well. The titular great race is actually a small part and most of the movie is characters preparing for the show the race is a part of.

Journey Beyond Sodor-

I haven’t seen this one yet.

Big World, Big Adventures-

This one is annoying. A race car convinces Thomas to come with him around the world, and he does. Thomas makes some new friends who are tolerable and the race car just kinda leaves. This one wasn’t a very ambitious movie, which is ironic considering it was intended to introduce a new format where Thomas would travel to other countries.

There are two upcoming films in production, one based off the current 2d cartoon, and one that maybe is going to be a live action/cgi hybrid theatrical movie. Little is known right now about either. The 2d one I probably won’t watch, the series is a baby show. I can’t imagine the film being engaging, even for it’s target audience. The other in hopeful will be more like the Sonic Movie, nothing amazing, but with decent visuals and likable characters opening the door for more ambitious sequels later.

@ichiban iceychan 1517
Well that right there just sets up my expectations for it :V

@Myoozik
Glad i can paint a picture of it lol

I saw both of the Space Chimps movies. The first one was bad because the pacing was extremely fast but the second one was so mind meltingly stupid, my friend was just raging throughout the second act.

@Myoozik
me and my friends had the same reactions to those movies

We both thought they were extremely dumb, and the second one was so mind numbling bad

@ichiban iceychan 1517
My only problem with the first movie is that it moves by way too quickly without a chance for the pacing to slow down. There could’ve been scenes to develop the characters more but it was way too focused on throwing in as many jokes as possible and its awkwardly written dialogue. The second movie has better pacing, but the plot is so unbelievably stupid that I was just laughing mad at it.

@Myoozik
the issues we hadwas that everything looked ugly AF and the humor was very crappy X)

@ichiban iceychan 1517
The humor sucked really badly for both movies. I also really hated how Titan was written in the second movie where they turned him into an idiot and deadass, that departicalizer weapon thing is a Wiimote. XD