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Kerrick wrote:

metaldude wrote:Hush

How was it?  It looks pretty good...

And Vacation is a classic!

Hush is surprisingly good. 

Vacation wasn't the original,  it was the one from last year. I still laughed a lot.

metaldude wrote:

Kerrick wrote:

metaldude wrote:Hush

How was it?  It looks pretty good...

And Vacation is a classic!

Hush is surprisingly good. 

Vacation wasn't the original,  it was the one from last year. I still laughed a lot.

I tried watching the new Vacation a while back. Got maybe a quarter of the way through, and quit. Just wasn't digging it.

Has anyone seen X-Men: Apocalypse yet? I've heard conflicting reviews on the quality of it.

metaldude wrote:Vacation wasn't the original,  it was the one from last year. I still laughed a lot.

Right on; I'll have to add Hush to my list!  Have you seen the trailer for Don't Breathe?  Similar themes though with a different twist...  It's supposed to be very good.

I heard the new Vacation was not very good.  I'll probably keep skipping that one though it's good to know it's not ALL bad...

Joy
Risen

Also watched the Roots remake. I was surprised at how much I liked it.

TMNT:  Out Of the Shadows

I started watching "The Do Over" on Netflix. It's an Adam Sandler movie (don't judge!). His movies can be hit or miss, mostly falling on the miss side lately. But I made it about half way through before I tired of it's juvenile vulgarity. I think he is trying to be "edgy" in this one. Just doesn't work for me.

metaldude wrote:Joy
Risen

Also watched the Roots remake. I was surprised at how much I liked it.

The NOVEL that Roots is based upon is basically a combination of plagiarism and fiction.  It was, at first, touted as a true story and actual genealogy, but then a plagiarism case came down and they had to reduce the book's style as a novel.

http://www.martinlutherking.org/roots.html

This has largely gone over the general public's head.

Superjuice wrote:

metaldude wrote:Joy
Risen

Also watched the Roots remake. I was surprised at how much I liked it.

The NOVEL that Roots is based upon is basically a combination of plagiarism and fiction.  It was, at first, touted as a true story and actual genealogy, but then a plagiarism case came down and they had to reduce the book's style as a novel.

http://www.martinlutherking.org/roots.html

This has largely gone over the general public's head.

Interesting. I didn't know if it was or wasn't a true story. Now I  know.

A couple nights ago Veronika and I watched the classic Bonnie And Clyde with a couple friends.  I was surprised that none of them had ever seen it before!  It had probably been 15 years since I watched it last so it was fun to see again for myself too.  It really is a very well done flick!

Kerrick wrote:A couple nights ago Veronika and I watched the classic Bonnie And Clyde with a couple friends.  I was surprised that none of them had ever seen it before!  It had probably been 15 years since I watched it last so it was fun to see again for myself too.  It really is a very well done flick!

The 1967 version of that movie is one I will watch every time I find it on. Excellent movie. 

I just watched The King and I  (Yul Brenner version) and also rewatched Now You See Me.

Superjuice wrote:

metaldude wrote:Joy
Risen

Also watched the Roots remake. I was surprised at how much I liked it.

The NOVEL that Roots is based upon is basically a combination of plagiarism and fiction.  It was, at first, touted as a true story and actual genealogy, but then a plagiarism case came down and they had to reduce the book's style as a novel.

http://www.martinlutherking.org/roots.html

This has largely gone over the general public's head.

Thanks for the info.

The Resurrection of Jake The Snake on Netflix. Very well done documentary.

I finally saw Mad Max: Fury Road. What a waste of time. It's hard to believe this movie won five Oscars.

The boy and the beast - watch this and thank me later. This is one of the best anime films I have seen in a long time. But the story quality is far beyond anything else I've seen for a while. It was funny, heartfelt and just a great family film overall. Go to Amazon, YouTube, whatever, rent this or buy it, just watch it. An hour went by and I still couldn't believe there was another hour. It was extremely enjoyable.

Watched "Airplane!" with my wife and daughter. Haven't seen this one in decades. Loved it. I had to keep stopping it tho to explain a lot of the dated cultural references to my daughter.

The Big Short

Now You See Me 2 at the infamous Aurora theater

Dear God

Independence Day at a dine-in cinema

Re-watched The Incredible Hulk. First time for my son. Was better than I remember, but I look the current version better.

Just finished watching "Approaching the Unknown" with Mark Strong. It was interesting.

Watched "The Bridge on the River Kwai" for the first time yesterday. Really good movie. The finally had me standing getting all antsy, even tho I knew the final result.

Also watched "National Treasure" with the boy again. Always liked that one.

Our local theater does $5 movies all day on Tuesday.  I am seriously thinking of seeing Independence Day 2 and Tarzan today.

I saw Independence Day Resurgence the night of my wife's birthday. It was good.

My biggest gripe with these types of movies is some of the impossible odds overcome are ridiculous.