Board 8 > Ready Player One is playing near me in an hour. Do I go?

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So most of my friends are flying somewhere on holiday tonight because term/semester finished. I chose to save since I have to fly home in May for a wedding, so I'm bored in my flat.

I've never been to the movies alone before though, feels like it would be kind of sad? Cinema Is like 5m away

Make my life decisions for me b8
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what else is playing

can you see i kill giants
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if you want to see it, sure. going to the movies alone is fine.
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Reviews were apparently pretty good for it.
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I was finally gonna go see the shape of water
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My choices are

Pacific Rim 2
Peter Rabbit
Hurricane Heist
Baaghi 2 (not having seen Baaghi 1, I think this would be lost on me, so this is sadly out of the question)
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Eesh b8 looks to have decided to keep me apartment-bound
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Nothing wrong with going to the cinema alone and I hear it's pretty good. Go for it.
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XIII_rocks posted...

Hurricane Heist

like

are they stealing a hurricane?
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The rural town of New Hope, Ala., has a pair of super-sized problems heading its way: There's a hurricane bearing down on the Gulf coastline, and there's a team of 30 well-armed mercenaries intent on looting the local treasury facility.

Sadly no

Stealing a Hurricane would be a much better movie. Call Soderbergh.
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Update:

I decided to go. Fuck the polls.

Got there about 10m late because of some minor car trouble and just...leaving late... and then found out the showing I wanted was in the VIP cinema, twice as expensive. I've done it once and it wasn't that great. Also I've probably missed the start

So there's another showing in about 45m, I'm going to that instead.
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Im glad fuck the h8trs
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Movie was fine

Probably pushed the references a bit much to the point it got in the way of the movie, but then MechaGodzilla shows up as it wraps back around into being fun again

Music got on my nerves, soundtrack is seriously corny in the worst of ways
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didn't see this topic till just now but my answer would have been 'go if you want to go, don't go if you don't want to'

seems like that's what you did
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I mean, I voted no, but seeing what your other choices were I can't blame you for seeing it if you really didn't want to stay home.
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MariaTaylor posted...

didn't see this topic till just now but my answer would have been 'go if you want to go, don't go if you don't want to'

seems like that's what you did

I was wondering if someone had seen it and would tell me if it was worth getting out of bed for

I'm pretty sure it's better than Hurricane Heist anyway
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What is it even about?
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I've heard pretty bad reviews. I hear it just tries to jam tons of 90's nostalgia references down your throat one after another with no real reason for doing so. Just like a remember this, and this, and this. Haven't seen it though that's just what I've heard.
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5tarscream posted...

I hear it just tries to jam tons of 90's nostalgia references down your throat one after another with no real reason for doing so.

wow, the trailers totally didn't make it seem like that
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This is one of the few times I don't care about reviews

The intended audience for this clearly isn't people going for a real deep film experience, it's people wanting a huge fun sci-fi blockbuster
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Johnbobb posted...

This is one of the few times I don't care about reviews

The intended audience for this clearly isn't people going for a real deep film experience, it's people wanting a huge fun sci-fi blockbuster

Even those have been getting solid reviews lately.

This is just shite that some people are apologizing for because its got Spielbergs name on it and therefore can't just be shite.
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Johnbobb posted...

This is one of the few times I don't care about reviews

The intended audience for this clearly isn't people going for a real deep film experience, it's people wanting a huge fun sci-fi blockbuster

So, Transformers.
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I'm all about fun sci-fi blockbusters as long as it's not spy kids for adults
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Wasnt interested in this but saw it tonight and actually enjoyed it a lot.
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5tarscream posted...

I've heard pretty bad reviews. I hear it just tries to jam tons of 90's nostalgia references down your throat one after another with no real reason for doing so. Just like a remember this, and this, and this. Haven't seen it though that's just what I've heard.

I'd say there's quite a bit of that but that it would be unfair to say it's "just" that.

I like the weird visuals of it too. And it impressed me how Ben Mendelsohn's character in the game matched the mouth movements of the actor irl. I know about facial capture etc but it was much more noticeable and cool with him because he speaks in such a unique way.

There's a couple of cool, if slightly obvious, lines about dangers of social media etc but that gets buried deep underneath the next pop culture reference
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I didn't like how watered down the "quest" aspects of the movie were.

And that's saying something because even in the book i felt like they started hand-waving too many important things about halfway through, but it was even more egregious in the movie.

Other than that it was a "fun" movie and i enjoy the themes and references if nothing else.
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Hurricane Heist Helmsley
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The references were fun, but once the main plot/conflict took over, it was a slog to get through. Movie felt like it was three hours long.
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

The references were fun, but once the main plot/conflict took over, it was a slog to get through. Movie felt like it was three hours long.

Sounds like a great value.
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

The references were fun, but once the main plot/conflict took over, it was a slog to get through. Movie felt like it was three hours long.

Oh yeah, it did start to feel the length a bit. It felt like they were going after the third key for ages. Like it had a climactic pace at that point, but then just maintained that for ages and it started to drag.
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UltimaterializerX posted...

Surprised b8 voted no.

There has been a pervasive motion towards detached disinterest on the board for years now, spearheaded by foolmo. It's no surprise, really.
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XIII_rocks posted...

The rural town of New Hope, Ala., has a pair of super-sized problems heading its way: There's a hurricane bearing down on the Gulf coastline, and there's a team of 30 well-armed mercenaries intent on looting the local treasury facility.

Sadly no

Stealing a Hurricane would be a much better movie. Call Soderbergh.

I was thinking about this movie earlier today

The idea of using a vicious Hurricane as the cover for a heist is such a ridiculously audacious idea that I'm instantly on the side of the thieves here. Or heist movies have really done a number on my moral compass, I dunno. But it feels like they made the wrong people the good guys in this one. I 100% want the people with the balls to rob the US Treasury during a fucking killer Hurricane to succeed.
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I think people are generally on the side of the heist perpetrators in these movies. Ocean's Eleven, The Sting, The Thomas Crown Affair... they are generally protagonists.
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I can't remember, are the robbers the good guys in Heat?
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Heat tries to paint De Niro as somewhat sympathetic though. There's respect at the end of the film between De Niro and Pacino.
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This topic has sort of made me want to watch Hurricane Heist
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It is by the director of The Fast and The Furious, one of the best remakes of Point Break ever made
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I really enjoyed Ready Player One. Saw it this afternoon
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Eddv posted...

This topic has sort of made me want to watch Hurricane Heist

Same
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Loved the movie

I was worried that the main guy was going to be creepy, but he wasnt so bad
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It was fun. The second key was bad and IOI seemed way too inept. Otherwise it was a fun popcorn flick. A couple things were way better in the movie.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

There has been a pervasive motion towards detached disinterest on the board for years now, spearheaded by foolmo. It's no surprise, really.

Yeah it's my fault people don't like the movie filled with pandering misogynist shit lmao
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foolm0r0n posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

There has been a pervasive motion towards detached disinterest on the board for years now, spearheaded by foolmo. It's no surprise, really.

Yeah it's my fault people don't like the movie filled with pandering misogynist shit lmao

No one here has seen the movie yet. Have you?
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All the previews and source material I've seen are terrible. That's all I'm judging it by. If people say it's actually amazing despite the previews then I'll check it out. But just cuz it "gamer" themes doesn't mean we have to love it.
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i don't get the "it's no surprise, really" part of scarlet's post.
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

i don't get the "it's no surprise, really" part of scarlet's post.

Makes sense in context of someone saying "I'm surprised"
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oh i didn't read the post you were responding to my bad.
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I figured, no worries.
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