Rate the last movie you saw

[CouchCoach]

Sorry, I have a strange sense of humor.

And, evidently, a gastro intestinal issue?

 

[dreghorn2]

I think it did a very good job of showing just how romanticized outlaws were back then, society just didn't get sick, been ill for a long time.

Yes i can see that perspective, but that really was a unique time in history. The depression, a drought, terrible things that affected so many.

I'm not sure the public really had a true grasp of what the couple were doing from a human standpoint, news was sporadic and less detailed etc..

There was just so much pent up frustration and anger. Hopelessness ruled the day and anyone lashing out in almost any way was admired in a weird but understandable sense.

Not picking on your post by the way, i'm just a little more forgiving of humankind than most.. but damned if that isn't tested regularly

 

[CouchCoach]

Yes i can see that perspective, but that really was a unique time in history. The depression, a drought, terrible things that affected so many.

I'm not sure the public really had a true grasp of what the couple were doing from a human standpoint, news was sporadic and less detailed etc..

There was just so much pent up frustration and anger. Hopelessness ruled the day and anyone lashing out in almost any way was admired in a weird but understandable sense.

Not picking on your post by the way, i'm just a little more forgiving of humankind than most.. but damned if that isn't tested regularly

Agree, it was also a time that the majority of people hated banks just like we did not too many years ago.

 

[dreghorn2]

Agree, it was also a time that the majority of people hated banks just like we did not too many years ago.

In the blow your mind category i submit this.

When i opened my first bank account, the interest rate for my savings account was... wait for it..... 8%!!!

 

[Kevinicus]

In the blow your mind category i submit this.

When i opened my first bank account, the interest rate for my savings account was... wait for it..... 8%!!!

70's?

 

[Runwildboys]

70's?

I opened a savings account in the 80's (maybe even the 90's) at around 8%.

 

[dreghorn2]

70's?

Yes, early 70s.

 

[Big_D]

Appaloosa 6/10. Based on the Robert B. Parker novels with Ed Harris as Virgil Cole.

 

[khiladi]

Triple Frontier - boring... 4/10...

 

[Kevinicus]

Pet Semetary - kind of different from the original, but a lot of that goes nowhere. The pacing is a little off as it builds to getting to a certain point and then ends fairly abruptly.

Shazam - Not bad, but not great. Definitely fallows the Marvel formula a lot more than the DC formula. Billy Batson character is very uneven. Is being Shazam supposed to completely change his personality?

 

[CouchCoach]

Triple Frontier - boring... 4/10...

And what a waste of good talent. I was pretty pumped for that with Affleck, Issac and Hunnam but a real dud.

 

[CouchCoach]

Appaloosa 6/10. Based on the Robert B. Parker novels with Ed Harris as Virgil Cole.

Is that a remake of the one with Brando?

 

[Stash]

And what a waste of good talent. I was pretty pumped for that with Affleck, Issac and Hunnam but a real dud.

I have no idea how Hunnam continues to find work.

 

[CouchCoach]

I have no idea how Hunnam continues to find work.

Different strokes, I like him.

 

[MizzouCowboy4]

Captain Marvel. Fun.

 

[Stash]

Different strokes, I like him.

Definitely. I find the guy to be wooden, like a mannequin. Like he's reading his lines off of a cue card for the very first time.

 

[CouchCoach]

Definitely. I find the guy to be wooden, like a mannequin. Like he's reading his lines off of a cue card for the very first time.

Well, I didn't like him in Triple Frontier or any of the others either. I liked Hunnam in SOA and thought he was fine in Pacific Rim.

 

[DallasEast]

Comparing opening weekend box office

Shazam (The original Captain Marvel): $53 million esimated

Captain Marvel (The copyright winner): $153 million

Currently, CM is in +1 billion overall box office territory. May be wrong but I doubt Shazam sees $800 million.

Marvel kicks DC butt. Again.

 

[Big_D]

Is that a remake of the one with Brando?

Had to research this. Nope, not the same. Different characters, different story. The movie I saw was from 2008 and the book was written in 2005. The Brando movie was in 1966.

 

[Kevinicus]

Comparing opening weekend box office

Shazam (The original Captain Marvel): $53 million esimated

Captain Marvel (The copyright winner): $153 million

Currently, CM is in +1 billion overall box office territory. May be wrong but I doubt Shazam sees $800 million.

Marvel kicks DC butt. Again.

Except Shazam is the better movie. CM has the MCU bolstering it. In particular, IW and Endgame.