Aquaman (2018)

[chewblacca]

I just realized that 40 years ago this month WB gave us the first Superman movie and I believed a man could fly. Now they give us Aquaman and I believe a man can talk to fish! It’s amazing how far we’ve come!

 

[Chakor]

You didn’t like those 2 Wor?

Didn't see Fallout, but Incredibles 2 was everything wrong with CW/BvS/IM3 multiplied by 1,000.

Wor and I at least have good taste when it comes to superhero films.

 

[Gruson]

Agreed on Incredibled 2, total garbage of a movie. I hated it big time.

It’s been 24 hours and I’m still on this Aquaman kick. What an amazing film!

 

[Gruson]

For me:
BP:Great
A Quiet Place: Great
Ready Player One: Good to great
IW: Ok
Solo: Good
AntMan 2: Great
Incredibles 2: Trash
Mission Impossible Fallout: Ok
Halloween: Trash
The Predator: Bad
Creed 2: Good
Spiderman into the Spiderverse: Great
Bumblebee: Great
Aquaman: EPIC perfection!

 

[JAWS]

I gave Incredibles 2 a good because I hardly remember it. I saw it at the drive in and figured that might have has something to do with me not liking it more then I should. I remember the ending being a total let down.. Perhaps I need to rethink my rating.

 

[JAWS]

For me:
BP:Great
A Quiet Place: Great
Ready Player One: Good to great
IW: Ok
Solo: Good
AntMan 2: Great
Incredibles 2: Trash
Mission Impossible Fallout: Ok
Halloween: Trash
The Predator: Bad
Creed 2: Good
Spiderman into the Spiderverse: Great
Bumblebee: Great
Aquaman: EPIC perfection!

IW is OK but Aquaman is Epic perfection?

Its like I don't even know you anymore Gru

 

[M United]

BP:Good
A Quiet Place: Perfection
Ready Player One: Good
IW: Perfection
Solo: Average
AntMan 2: Good
Incredibles 2: Average
Mission Impossible Fallout: Ok
Halloween: (havent watched yet)
The Predator: Bad
Creed 2: (havent watched yet)
Spiderman into the Spiderverse: (havent watched yet)
Bumblebee: (havent watched yet)
Aquaman: EPIC! (comes second to IW in comic book movies)

 

[bboy]

Wow so much to say about this movie !!! Too much to do fight now but holy **** what a blast ! Brings me back to being a kid and having my jaw drop during superhero movies. Amazing time in the theater and absolutely epic and cheesey. This is right behind spider verse for me. Dying to see it again. Also whoever said to not watch this in 3D is out of there mind. One of the best 3D presentations ever . Stunning in imax. Definitely seeing this again

 

[Gruson]

Good to see so many people also think it’s epic!

Loved the final trailer for it too, that music!
https://youtu.be/2wcj6SrX4zw

What a movie! I also loved the design of all the troopers in this. Very cool.

 

[Chakor]

Halloween: (havent watched yet)

 

[Boba Ben]

I don't know if I like this movie or not as I wasn't really able to immerse myself in the film due to the circumstances of my seating arrangement. When my friend and I arrived at the theater, a dad was sitting on the end of the row in the aisle seat and he had his son sitting in one of our seats. We told him that they were in one of our seats and the father told us that they had purchased the one in the aisle he was sitting in and the one next to us and asked if we could switch seats so they could sit together. Not a problem, but I noticed that the kid seemed to have a cough or something. As the trailers continued and into the movie, I was convinced that the kid had a pretty severe form of Tourette Syndrome, which I'm familiar with as one of my good friends in grade school had the same condition, but to a lesser degree. He displayed a constant pattern of snorting loudly, coughing, kicking his feet together(which would cause him to kick me and cause his shoes to fly off several times and once flew off and hit my leg), and shifting around in his seat the whole movie. On top of that, the dad kept checking his phone several times during the movie.

I felt bad for the kid and didn't want to make the him feel bad about something he couldn't control, so I just sat through the movie and didn't say anything. I just feel like the father could have put him in the aisle seat next to him and it wouldn't have been so bad instead of taking one of our seats and placing him next to someone else as well. I don't want to be a jerk or insensitive to people with disabilities, but I feel like the dad was pretty inconsiderate about the whole thing.

 

[jye4ever]

The 2 guys next to me brought an 8 course fried chicken and ribs dinner they had like 6 large styrofoam food containers and a liter bottle of soda and a few cans of beer they would open the ketchup and mayo packets then stuff the dirty packets into the nice leather reclining seats next to them one of them even filled the cup holder with water to wash his fingers in.

One was on a headset using his phone and walking around the theater looking to see if any of the seats had a usb phone charging plug.

I still enjoyed AM that’s how much fun it was

 

[Gruson]

The 2 guys next to me brought an 8 course fried chicken and ribs dinner they had like 6 large styrofoam food containers and a liter bottle of soda and a few cans of beer they would open the ketchup and mayo packets then stuff the dirty packets into the nice leather reclining seats next to them one of them even filled the cup holder with water to wash his fingers in.

One was on a headset using his phone and walking around the theater looking to see if any of the seats had a usb phone charging plug.

I still enjoyed AM that’s how much fun it was

Oh boy. It’s unreal the way people act in movies. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to ask people to put their phones up. Then they look at me like I’m the bad guy. One guy even tried to fight me because of it. Unreal. No respect for the cinema these days. Luckily my crowd was actually behaving when I saw this and Bumblebee. It helps for sure.

 

[jye4ever]

Mind you i’m not a fan of the Alamo Drafthouse strict no talking no noise policy I enjoy a vocal excited crowd it makes the experience more connected and fun.

During IW at a non Alamo theater a whole bunch of fans were Oooing and Owwing during key emotionsl moments and some guy yells out telling everyone to calm down, everyone yelled back at him to get that Alano crap out of here we’re enjoying the movie, we’re feeling and sharing the moment!

Damn right!

I love an interactive audience.

 

[Chakor]

Oh boy. It’s unreal the way people act in movies. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to ask people to put their phones up. Then they look at me like I’m the bad guy. One guy even tried to fight me because of it. Unreal. No respect for the cinema these days. Luckily my crowd was actually behaving when I saw this and Bumblebee. It helps for sure.

Whenever I go to opening night showings, parents almost always bring children below the age rating in at way later hours than they should even be awake. I end up having to complain to the manager about crying children and irresponsible parents every time. Nobody enforces the rules anymore. When we pay to see it, we have every right to responsible behavior from the rest of the audience.

 

[Wor-Gar]

The 2 guys next to me brought an 8 course fried chicken and ribs dinner they had like 6 large styrofoam food containers and a liter bottle of soda and a few cans of beer they would open the ketchup and mayo packets then stuff the dirty packets into the nice leather reclining seats next to them one of them even filled the cup holder with water to wash his fingers in.

One was on a headset using his phone and walking around the theater looking to see if any of the seats had a usb phone charging plug.

DCEU attracts that type.

MCU everyone is clean and pressed, quiet in their 3 piece suits, politely applauding when required.

 

[Wor-Gar]

You didn’t like those 2 Wor?

No. Really irritated with re-Credibles... and Fallout was meh to me. Can't remember anything from it except Tom broke his foot (which they pushed like crazy) and the ridiculous helicopter finale.



But IW is enough to get me thru 2018 and the likely flood of disappointments to come for 2019.

 

[a-dev]

Mind you i’m not a fan of the Alamo Drafthouse strict no talking no noise policy I enjoy a vocal excited crowd it makes the experience more connected and fun.

During IW at a non Alamo theater a whole bunch of fans were Oooing and Owwing during key emotionsl moments and some guy yells out telling everyone to calm down, everyone yelled back at him to get that Alano crap out of here we’re enjoying the movie, we’re feeling and sharing the moment!

Damn right!

I love an interactive audience.

And that was the last time Chakor would ever go to a non-Alamo theater.

 

[jye4ever]

 

[Gruson]

im all for the occasional cheer or talking about key moments. Like a couple of seconds but I think Alamo is right for the no talking enforcement. I don’t want to hear people commenting on every damn scene or explaining things every 2 minutes.
Worst things I’ve seen during actual movie:

Shopping on phone for athletic gear
Recording moments and posting on social media
Snapping video selfies to friends
Talking to friend on phone in loud voice during movie
Watching Directv on phone
Playing Switch

It’s unreal....I really try to be polite about asking people to stop but they just don’t listen. I’ve only had to get management twice.
That beer story above would have driven me nuts.