Whoa! I did not know that Hamill voiced Ozai.
― how's life, Thursday, 24 December 2015 10:33 (eight years ago) link
Guardians of the Galaxy was nicely designed, but a lot of that bro comedy fell flat on its ass. Chris Pratt is so charmless. Kind've a weak film, for me.
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Thursday, 24 December 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bYzsCbd.jpg
― 龜, Thursday, 24 December 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link
hot solo. woof!
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/1531560_1655588111380482_4286063226048179277_n.jpg?oh=fe191948bebb6d80fe5c8c0b24c799b7&oe=56D99D4D
― scott seward, Thursday, 24 December 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Thursday, December 24, 2015 1:21 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah I really have no desire to ever watch that movie again. And I really liked it.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 24 December 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
isn't that noodle vague on the left hanging out with harrison there.
ewok talk reminds me that i believe the first star wars film i ever saw was caravan of courage, i think for quite some time i didn't even know that ewoks were a star wars thing.
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 24 December 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link
lol at guy doing the look at the hole thing with his left hand
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 December 2015 22:12 (eight years ago) link
Is that Sergio Mendes?
― stupid children forever (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 24 December 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
btw, i saw this movie with two old high school friends while i was home for the holidays, maybe the only way I was gonna see it in theaters. coincidentally, we saw it on the day when i knew my ex was going to have our dog put down so that was in the back of my mind the whole time. when credits were rolling i left to call her and then we cried for awhile. that all said, i kinda barely remember it. two and a half stars?
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 December 2015 23:29 (eight years ago) link
"Is that Sergio Mendes?"
indeed! han solo built his recording studio.
― scott seward, Friday, 25 December 2015 00:53 (eight years ago) link
Noodle Vague has been holding out on us
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 25 December 2015 17:40 (eight years ago) link
i saw this tonight in 3d. it seemed about as good as the other modern day epic stuff like lord of rings and hunger games and stuff
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Sunday, 27 December 2015 02:25 (eight years ago) link
not really a fan of 3d in general but i've seen this in both 2d and 3d and didn't feel 3d added anything
― k3vin k., Sunday, 27 December 2015 02:28 (eight years ago) link
I was considering it but I don't think they could really fly at u face
― μpright mammal (mh), Sunday, 27 December 2015 02:29 (eight years ago) link
i had two people sell me on going 3d, specifically not because of stuff jumping at you, but because of the 'depth' it added
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Sunday, 27 December 2015 02:33 (eight years ago) link
the spaceships looked cool but i think 2d would have been fine + no putting things on your face
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Sunday, 27 December 2015 02:34 (eight years ago) link
I have never seen anything in 2d that made me want to go back and see it in 3d.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 27 December 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
Star Wars title fading into the stars and massive text crawl both looked cool in 3d fwiw. Movie felt a little dark bc of the 3d tho
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 27 December 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
Rey abseiling down into the star destroyer looked like a tiny doll in 3d.
― ledge, Sunday, 27 December 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
My best friend since grade school (we were 7 years old in 77 when we saw the first movie together at the Roseville 4) is on his way to pick me up for this. I think we're seeing it in 3D which wouldn't be my druthers but fuck it.
Watched rotj for the first time in decades this morning and was surprised that I now find the beginning of the movie boring compared to the stuff after they leave jabba's. The Jabba sequence felt oddly limp and I am a creature fiend so I should love it.
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 27 December 2015 17:09 (eight years ago) link
Gonna go tomorrow, 38yrs after seeing the orig a few blocks east. Thence to the spoiler thread.
― kevin smith what a bro (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 27 December 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link
It was v goodI have thoughts I hope to type later
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 27 December 2015 23:13 (eight years ago) link
Really hoping stupidly named Snoke is actually about 2 inches tall
― as verbose and purple as a Peter Ustinov made of plums (James Morrison), Monday, 28 December 2015 02:53 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZfAJDYeOk
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 28 December 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
3D plus some (plenty) of beer and wine before the first viewing has given me a lovely woozy and fuzzy, already nostalgic idea of the whole thing. I enjoyed it a lot. But I will see it again soon in 2D and sober.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 00:07 (eight years ago) link
Saw it again today, this time in 2D. Confirmed my suspicion that springing for 3d the first time around was completely unnecessary.
― how's life, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link
Some minor spoilers itt over the last couple of days. Come on, people. There are two threads!
For those who haven't seen it and are understandably avoiding the spoiler thread, I will happily say that most of the reservations I voiced itt were unfounded. It's derivative but not to an off-putting extent (and I went in expecting to be at least a little put off). And the extent to which it's derivative is offset by the newer cast, who do their level best to make this its own thing. I saw it with family members who claimed to have seen any previous Star Wars films or have any interest in Star Wars and they enjoyed it. So, y'know, recommended.
Look, just go see it, Shakey.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 13:35 (eight years ago) link
'claimed to have never seen any previous Star Wars films'
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
http://hypetrak.com/2015/12/listen-to-royksopps-unused-song-for-star-wars-the-force-awakens/
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
when I get the band back together I'm just going to start every song by announcing a recent hit movie it wasn't used in
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link
lol at "Star Wars-themed music" being interpreted at "for the movie"
I mean, come on, they will have a dozen "music inspired by" collections or music used at their new Star Wars Land or w/e in the next few years
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 18:58 (eight years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/iqWhd2Qh9VK
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
Anyone have thoughts on the following viewing options:
(a) Standard 2D(b) IMAX 3D(c) Regular 3D, but in a cool-ass movie palace with huge screen
Would honestly prefer IMAX 2D but there is no such option near me.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, December 31, 2015 10:56 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
FTR I'm generally someone who doesn't like 3D, but I love IMAX and I would also love to be in a movie palace.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, December 31, 2015 10:56 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
(reposted from rong thread)
Option (d) would be wait til I can actually see it at the Franklin Institute in glorious 2D 70mm Imax, but that's 2 hrs away and so not gonna happen.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2015 16:23 (eight years ago) link
I honestly didn't have a sense of 3-D adding much to the experience. See it on a big, nice screen and you should be good.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 December 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
Does the 3D detract? I'm not sure how nice the standard 2D screens are (also, if anyone is in NYC and can recommend a good 2D screen...)
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 31 December 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
It detracts from your wallet.
― ledge, Thursday, 31 December 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link
seeing the battles on a tru IMAX screen (we only have a few in FL, one of which is conveniently located near my house) is awesome. that battle on Jakku was boner-inspiring
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 31 December 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
not sure your equipment is functioning properly if that's happening to you at star wars.
― how's life, Thursday, 31 December 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link
just wrapping up Special Edition ROTJ with my son, and hoo boy, it is clearly the worst of the Special Editions by a mile. So much badness added to the Jabba the Hutt sequences and the horrible, multi-planet ending, now I know why I haven't watched this since it came out.
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 31 December 2015 19:56 (eight years ago) link
The ending is poopshits
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 31 December 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
Never watching the special editions of the OG trilogy is one of the best unimportant decisions I've ever made.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 December 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
there are a few annoying changes in Special Edition Star Wars (Jabba scene in particular), but it is mostly pretty good. The changes to Empire are pretty negligible. The changes to Jedi are off-the-chart bad.
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Thursday, 31 December 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
The change to the Emperor's hologram in Empire really throws me off bc it seems more subtle but I am too old school I miss that weird chimpanzee-faced witch version. The dialog was altered too.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 31 December 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtciRCVpFE
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 31 December 2015 20:27 (eight years ago) link
Bring back Clive Revill's and the chimp eyes!
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Thursday, 31 December 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link
yeah the gf and i just watched 4-6 (the special editions) this past week and ROTJ is so much worse than i remember it being.
― k3vin k., Friday, 1 January 2016 00:23 (eight years ago) link
I still have that special edition widescreen VHS box (non special editions obv) and it made me wish I had a functioning vcr.
― nomar, Friday, 1 January 2016 00:28 (eight years ago) link
psst the despecialized versions are en la bahía del pirata
― polyphonic, Friday, 1 January 2016 00:31 (eight years ago) link