Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12/18/15)

[DiFabio]

Leave Mary Sue to me.

 

[Khev]

Don't forget, "Something far worse has happened to you." and "I know where you come from... Before you called yourself Kylo Ren."

And the opening scroll implied that Von Sydow was an old friend of Leia's which turned out to be the very "family" he was talking about. Almost as subtle as Luke saying in ROTJ "You're wrong. Soon I'll be dead...*PAUSES AND DELIBERATELY LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW INTO SPACE WITH A SATISFIED LOOK ON HIS FACE*...and you with me..." Luckily the Emperor already knew the Rebel fleet was coming because otherwise Luke would have blown the whole thing right there.

 

[Khev]

By the way, that last line by Kylo That (and the striking him down) is a galactic mic drop.

And it's actually a really fun line to quote whenever you want to have a "mic drop" moment in a real world conversation that you don't otherwise have a rebuttal for.

 

[IrishJedi]

And it's actually a really fun line to quote whenever you want to have a "mic drop" moment in a real world conversation that you don't otherwise have a rebuttal for.

True!

Also, at work the other day I got to use the line, "I never ask that question until after I've done it."

 

[Khev]

I find myself using variations of Han's "It's all true" line. Just today I was at this new zoo with the kids that was free parking and admission. I texted a lady friend (who also likes Star Wars), "Everything at the zoo is free today! The tickets, parking, the Dark Side and the Light, all free."

 

[DiFabio]

I texted a lady friend (who also likes Star Wars), "Everything at the zoo is free today! The tickets, parking, the Dark Side and the Light, all free."

 

[Khev]

"You're so right!" *slice*

Spoiler

But otherwise yeah, I'll give you that one, I'm a nerd.

 

[DiFabio]

You probably made her completely frigid towards you with that text, you old rascal!

 

[JAWS]

You know that's what I thought but some of these recent "event" movies with threads where we both show up tend to be the ones where I try (and usually succeed) to go along for the ride where you, as you say, aren't quite as forgiving. Otherwise we seem pretty in sync and it all comes down to degrees of like/dislike.

As for your list:

Training Day --LOVED, probably should have included it on mine I just haven't revisited it in at least 10 years
Collateral--Didn't see
Gone Baby Gone--Didn't see
Blood Diamond--Upsetting but that was the point, a very well made film
Unbreakable--Loved it until the last 5 minutes
Book Of Eli--Pretty good (I'm actually surprised this made your list, I wouldn't have guessed)
The Raid and The Raid 2 (Once Netflix effing gets these films I'll finally be able to see them, until then...still haven't)
Prisoners--Didn't see
The Town--Didn't see
The Hateful Eight--Tarantino reviewed to release the Roadshow version in my city so I said "eff him, I'm not paying to be punished by what he publicly calls a lesser version of the film." If it is ever released on blu-ray that's the version I'll watch.
Django Unchained'--First 2/3 loved, final 1/3 I thought was very poor
Whiplash--VERY good!
The Fighter--VERY good!
Silver Linings Playbook--Again, very good
Zero Dark Thirty--Still haven't seen
Nightcrawler--Haven't seen

Looks like I've a ways to go to catch up to you.
Sinister
I Saw the Devil
The Reef
Both Planet of the Apes films
Cloverfield
Krampus
Tron Legacy (Better then TFA )
Man on Fire
13 Hours

Wait... You have not seen any of those films in bold???

You do have some catching up

I liked Book of Eli because I loved the great fight choreography, the Road Warrior feel and the

Spoiler

the film did not shy away about the existence of God by making the twist the fact he was Blind the whole time.. Don't see as much of that in modern film.

Django should have ended after the first shoot out.. Would have been perfect. But then again the biggest laugh came after that

Spoiler

QT getting blown up

So perhaps it was worth it...

From what I have read.. The best version of Hateful Eight might be the theatrical cut. People have said the Road Show did not add much... Either way I loved it. It was very much inspired by John Carpenters The Thing, which was a nice surprise.

 

[IrishJedi]

Tron Legacy (better than TFA)

The two latest Planet of The Apes films ARE pretty awesome, though. Especially the last one.

I was disappointed in Krampus, if only because I love Trick 'r Treat so much and expected something more like that. It's okay, though.

 

[Khev]

Wait... You have not seen any of those films in bold???

Hmm, weird that I missed copying those. Well let's continue.

Sinister--Pretty good, definitely had a "whoa" ending
I Saw the Devil--Haven't seen
The Reef--Haven't seen
Both Planet of the Apes films--Thought both were "okay"
Cloverfield--cool concept but I liked 10 Cloverfield Lane better as a film
Krampus--Loved it!
Tron Legacy (Better then TFA )--Liked the visuals and what's her name, that's about it. "Better than TFA" wha...?
Man on Fire--Really good!
13 Hours--I had planned to see this one but it slipped through the cracks.

I liked Book of Eli because I loved the great fight choreography, the Road Warrior feel and the

Spoiler

the film did not shy away about the existence of God by making the twist the fact he was Blind the whole time.. Don't see as much of that in modern film.

Yep, it was very cool to have it be a face value "Bible" movie.

From what I have read.. The best version of Hateful Eight might be the theatrical cut. People have said the Road Show did not add much... Either way I loved it. It was very much inspired by John Carpenters The Thing, which was a nice surprise.

Hmm, I hadn't heard that. I was just going off of Quentin's snobby trumpeting of the hyper-exclusive Roadshow edition which turned me off to seeing it at all. Well if you loved the edited version I might check it out then.

 

[Khev]

Target by far got the best behind the scenes special features. Tons of B-roll footage (which is the best stuff!) including alternate takes and line readings.

Here's one of the documentaries for those who haven't watched them yet:

 

[kryptonianmutie]

Rey is adorable. I don't care what that big mean old Difabio says.

 

[DiFabio]

I can't understand either of them.

 

[kryptonianmutie]

Ask Chewy, he'll translate.

 

[AIR]

Rey is adorable. I don't care what that big mean old Difabio says.

*see avatar

 

[karamazov80]

I can't understand either of them.

Those foreigners need to learn how to speak English IMO.

 

[jye4ever]

I absolutely love her mouth.

 

[Khev]

Funny deleted scene not available on disc. You have to redeem the digital copy to get it or just go to youtube:



It's reminiscent of Han speaking to the officer over the intercom in the Detention Center but it goes on too long and makes the FO Stormtroopers look pretty goofy. It does explain how he guessed that Finn wasn't part of the Resistance and why Finn didn't have his rifle "I need a weapon!" when they emerged from the rubble though.

 

[IrishJedi]

Yeah, I love that goofy scene.

BTW, Khev... you're needed in the BvS thread. Jye is slipping into darkness again.