I laugh every time at him punching her in the face on the train like DAMNNNNN
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Ok so I grabbed a box Batman and Superman Blu-rays and me and the boyfriend have been watching through them
- BATMAN: Itâs straightforward good. Watching the template 90% of all superhero films would take but with actual capital D direction is awesome. Nicholsonâs Joker is still the one to beat in live action for me, only guy whoâs really topped him is Hamil. Batman as weird outsider artist of vigilantism is also a cool angle that I think literally no one else has really approached again, Even Burton. Plus a ton of Prince music? Fuck, incredible, Great movie.
- Batman Returns: seeing Burton just get to spend as much money as he wanted making a movie that is so comically not really about Batman is incredible. The art direction is even gothier, the villains are weird as fuck, the connection to the comics is even more tenuous than the first movieâŠand yet it has a baffling mayoral election sub plot from the 60s tv show. I told my boyfriend that you can tell this movie is completely off the wall because nobody ever mentions Christopher Walken is the third villain since heâs overshadowed by every other thing. I love it, absolute mess of a movie, definitely my favorite live action Batman movie even if it probably isnât a Batman movie. Objectively worse than the first but still awesome
- Batman Forever: What if they made like a really gay Batman movie thatâs arguably a love triangle between a woman, Batman, and an adult robin? What if âbeing a vigilante crime fighter because your parents were killed by circus themed criminalsâ was a metaphor for being gay? What if you make the batsuit even more explicitly kink gear themed with an eye towards the gay gaze? Also Jim Carrey is just doing his standard 90s schtick in the middle while wearing Green spandex. I maintain this is better than its rep, and I think Val Kilmer is a super underrated Batman. Still not nearly as good as the first two and is somehow idiosyncratic yet also feels like the template all super hero movies would follow at the same time. Weird one, still kinda like it
- Batman and Robin: A lot of the gay themes have been extracted and replaced with a kind of Gay for the Straight Audience vibe and the awesome sickly neon explosion of Forever has been replaced by colorful yet flat lit sets that all look like a broadway production. Arnold Schwarzenegger is somehow completely miscast and the only guy who could be this version of Mr freeze at exactly the same time. Poison Ivy doesnât work at all. The entire movie being and extended argument between Batman and Robin because they got hit with boner powder is incredibly stupid even for one of these. George Clooney is impressively awful in this. Just a mess, but a kind of singular one that feels like itâs at least something compared to modern marvel BS
Mixed bag, unsurprisingly. I still enjoy a watching them more than the Nolan ones.
Now we start watching Superman movies. Unlike Batman, the only one of these Iâd seen before is the first. I have zero expectations besides âthey get worse rapidlyâ after II
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âMy characterâs name isâŠRAVEN, and heâs in leather overalls. His main weapon is a sledgehammerâ
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autistic Michael Keaton is the best Bruce Wayne
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This is probably because I saw it the most as a kid but I will go to bat for Superman III, Iâm not sure it is good (in fact Iâm pretty sure it is not) but it makes some utterly wild choices that have stuck with me for decades.
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MOONSTRUCK IS SO FUCKING GOOD every single character has depth and wears wool except for mr cucky. what a movie
cher still has the coat she wore to the opera, itâs singed thoguh cuz after that scene she stood too close to a space heater and caught on fire
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Many things are said in Moonstruck I think about a lot. You can develop a whole framework for understanding life by watching Cher work. Also just a very nice looking film!
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Honestly one of my favorite movies Iâve ever podcast about. Went into it going âHa, Cher and Nicholas Cage, good podcast fodderâ and ending up with it being one of the best movies we watched, IMO.
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itâs one of the best movies ever. a rare time where a big box office success actually hits me in the heart
nic cage is such a fucking tik tok lesbian every time he runs his fucking hands through his hair I expect him to start doing hunter eyes and licking his lips hahahha
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I went to see Obsession the other night. It reminded me of Talk to Me with its constant dread and also with its premise is that some unlikely supernatural thing simply works.
Itâs also kind of clever the way the protagonist becomes the villain while the âmonsterâ is entirely innocent. Clever and distressing.
Apparently this is the first movie since E.T. to have its third week outperform the first two.
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Face Off next week.
June is John Woo month in Glasgow
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Blessed 
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Still trying to convince someone to go see The Killer on a Sunday night
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Thatâs kind of like going to church in a way
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They screened Ascenseur pour lâĂ©chafaud / Elevator to the Gallows (1958) at the museum, last night. Longtime fan of the music recorded for it, but never seen the movie. Plenty of great shots. Also, they advertised a 20-min Miles performance from the period would play before the feature; it turned out to be 360p YouTube audio+video quality, and also the elderly couple seated behind me would not stop crinkling a bag of illicit snacks 3 inches from my ear hole. I am willing to forgive both, because it turns out a gullwing 300SL is basically a major character in this picture. Wow.
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thatâs a great movie if you enjoy watching people fuck up continually
Saw the Dirty Dozen at a small historic theater this evening. Thereâs an old drunk guy who always shows up there and gets up and dances during the movie or talks through it or something, and this time he held it together through most of it which is impressive given how long it is, but at the end when Telly Savalasâ character runs across that German lady during the big mission, he blurted out âsenorita!â Later during the credits he announced âthe warâs not over for me, sign me up!â
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I saw the new Masters of The Universe HeMan movie and I had a nice time. It was very fun. A lot better and lighter than the trailers would let on.
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Double posting to say I had another split shift so I saw Pressure today. The WW2 weather movie. Andrew Scott is a good actor.
Anyone want to go to a film screening at AFI this month?
Itâs âBleak Weekâ and Pride. Then they have a restoration of Artists and Models at the end of the month.
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