Rate the latest movie you've seen.

[Baruch]

Good observation.  I think at the time (1966) Star Trek was considered a Space Western wanting to be a Space Opera.

[Shiranu]

Just watched Star Wars again. It's still great. Probably going to see it with family later this week.

[Solomon Zorn]

Just finished watching Ant-Man on blu-ray. Wow! What a fun ride! All we need now is Wasp, and we'll have all five original Avengers, from their first appearance in 1963: Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, and Wasp. 

[SGOS]

Just finished watching Ant-Man on blu-ray. Wow! What a fun ride! All we need now is Wasp, and we'll have all five original Avengers, from their first appearance in 1963: Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, and Wasp. 

Yes, that one was a surprising treat.  I never imagined the Ant Man concept would be that good.

[Baruch]

Beware the original villain group ... R.A.I.D ;-)

[Shiranu]

Oh my god... the cameos...

Also... my god I hope this is true.

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[Solomon Zorn]

Yes, that one was a surprising treat.  I never imagined the Ant Man concept would be that good.

I read a book when I was a kid called, "The Micronauts." It was about miniaturization, and the adventures of some ant-sized explorers.

As for the movie, I thought Paul Rudd was perfectly cast, and I enjoyed seeing that Micheal Douglas had a very large part in the film. There's a lot of humor in it as well, especially with Ant-Man's close friends.

I heard they're doing an "Ant-Man and Wasp" movie in the near future.

[SGOS]

As for the movie, I thought Paul Rudd was perfectly cast,

That was another surprise.  He turned out to be an excellent choice for the part, but I never would have anticipated that.  In fact, I discounted the movie somewhat when I heard he was going to be ant man.  I always get Paul Rudd confused with Ryan Reynolds, and never thought of either of them as serious actors, but they both seem to have broken out of their usual one dimensional roles this year.

[Hydra009]

More Star Wars spoilers

[spoiler]I just watched Angry Joe and co's discussion and they bring up one thing that I absolutely disagree with.  The guy on the left says that Kylo Ren should've been scarred under the mask, "like a Sith should look".  This plays into a pair of tropes that the good guys should look attractive while the bad guys should look unattractive/disfigured.  I don't blame him for this expectation - Palpatine and Vader, the two most famous Star Wars villains, were both heavily disfigured - but it's a terrible trope to keep using, so I'm glad they didn't do that this time around.  Because obviously, looks are unrelated to evil.  Villains can come in a variety of forms, just like heroes.  It'd be stupid to have the villain be some deformed guy every single time.

Also, I don't think Rylo Ren was an unbearably angsty teen.  I think he pulled it off decently.  And compared to prequel Anakin, he's great.  I count this as an example of Abrams and Disney successfully pulling off what Lucas couldn't - a young man seduced by the dark side.[/spoiler]

[aitm]

Just watched Star Wars on the IMAX in 3. Fun. Good tie in with older stuff. Nothing too wacky, I thought the "mind channeling" or whatever you call it was drug out a little more than need be but hey, I had fun. Its a movie. But holy cow the previews of shit coming!  Star Trek looks interesting, Independence day looks fun, Capt America and then we have the Superman,Batman, Wonderwoman thing looks fun. Crap I might spend a week n the theatre.

[drunkenshoe]

Star Trek looks interesting, Independence day looks fun, Capt America and then we have the Superman,Batman, Wonderwoman thing looks fun. Crap I might spend a week n the theatre.

Yep. 

[leo]

Just watched Star Wars on the IMAX in 3. Fun. Good tie in with older stuff. Nothing too wacky, I thought the "mind channeling" or whatever you call it was drug out a little more than need be but hey, I had fun. Its a movie. But holy cow the previews of shit coming!  Star Trek looks interesting, Independence day looks fun, Capt America and then we have the Superman,Batman, Wonderwoman thing looks fun. Crap I might spend a week n the theatre.

What about the force awakens score ? How do you rate the movie?

[Shiranu]

Pk (2014) - Another Bollywood film staring Amir Khan alongside Anushka Sharma, this one takes place after an alien (Khan) arrives on Earth and almost immediately finds himself in trouble as his way back home is stolen from him. Unable to speak Hindi at first, and then not understanding anything of human culture, finds himself in multiple hijinks... first of a male/female dynamic but then later religious. He "adopts" the name PK after many people call him it... not realising the peekay is the Hindi word for "drunk" which they believe he is.

Anushka's role as a TV personality mean while has her in Belgium where she falls in love with a Pakistani guy... just to have her family and religious leader tell her he will betray her and sure enough he does. She ends up meeting PK and tries to get his story because of his appearance and he is posting  and hading out fliers everywhere "Lost: God. If found him please call" and thus she ends up learning about how he has survived.

The middle and final acts become a fight between PK's naive view on religion and how it conflicts with the religious leaders and different sects in India, culminating in a debate with one of the largest prophets in the country. It is very condemning of religious expenditures on prestige and temples rather than the poor as well as religious leaders who make false claims... and it wasn't something I was expecting from an Indian film. There were one or two people actually set themselves on fire in protest of this so it wasn't something that certain sects apparently appreciated.

All in all it was a good film; it is mostly comedy but dealing with a very controversial subject. The romance part is not over-done and it doesn't end with the main character magically ending up with the romantic lead... which I appreciated.

[Baruch]

Indian version of Mr Bean?  Things look much clearer thru eyes of an alien ;-)

[aitm]

Also to add, first time to the big theatre since the last Star Trek. Don't go often. Also first time I have had popcorn since the same time. Don't each much popcorn either…..don't know how they do it, but you can't argue most movie popcorn is the frickin best.