Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Predator 2 was on, back-to-back with Predator recently and I was thinking to myself what a big mistake it was to have a Predator in the city. I haven't seen Predators all the way through but at least the makers realized that.

I really just want you all angry and confused the whole time.

@Ultraviolence , you aren't a comic book fan are you?

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem -

Still one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem -

Still one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I admire you, sir, for having the courage to watch this movie twice!

Is that the avant-garde film where it's just a black screen the whole time?

I'm still amazed at how the DP also shot the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre (and the rest of his filmography is...fairly eclectic, to say the least.

I am a big fan of comic books!!

Just not of the movies...

I enjoy comics too and know that they can and tend to make adjustments on the movies but I still enjoy. I love X-Men cartoons but I know they aren't like the comic books on their storylines. Same as their movies. I think Disney will do better with their movies.

I don't know how many times this same trite subject has been used in films, but this particular one was pretty good because of the acting-- especially from the principles. As great as Hackman is, he pretty much failed with his accent as a former Mississippi sheriff.. He and Willem Dafoe worked very well together. Hackman is very good at playing a mixed philosophical character. THAT part is pretty authentic..

~Doc

I don't care if the movies are like the comics, actually, I preffer they change everything. Infinity War is bad in my opinion, because it's incopetent as 'movie'!

I like the cartoon "X-Men Evolution", and there's nothing of the comics there. Also, I like superhero films, when they are good. I just don't think that seen a character that I love in a film (I love Spider-Man since I was a little kid), doesn't make the film good. X-Men 2 for example, is a very good superhero movie. Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi) it's also a good movie if I remember well (it's been ages since I last saw it).

The fact is: Avengers is pretty bad cinema, it's a CGI fest, nothing more.
Thanus was okay, but he wasn't "HUMAN" like much people say. Actually, he was pretty cliche. Different from the comics, yes, but that doesn't make him better!

Somehow missed the continuation of Seagal debate.



I haven't watched the linked video but comparing Seagal's characters to the likes of Willis in Die Hard is in my opinion completely missing the point. Practically all of his characters are as far from "everyman" as possible, legends in the violence business closer John Wick than John McClane.



I've always been a fan of his cinematic Aikido. It's the locks and breaking of joints/bones that really set him apart. And while I don't focus that much on realism when it comes to movie fights I'd say Seagal's early films are at least little better on that regard than van Damme and other more acrobatic action stars (though even van Damme started to do some grappling later in his career).

I'm honestly not sure what to think of his striking ("flailing his hands around like a marionette"). It's kind of reminiscent of Wing Chun and obviously looks very different from the boxing based hand techniques most of the western actions stars use. It's never bothered me but I can understand why it seems weird to many.

I guess the only realism based annoyance in martial arts films for me is the use of knives. Like the Seagal vs Jones in Under Siege (which looks like some silly fencing) or practically any fight where only one of the guys has a knife (why is everyone always leading with the knife and if blocked just try overpower the defender). That sort of stuff really pisses me off.

Pretty much agree with what you've said about Seagal. And what you said about his methods looking like Wing Chun. I had a friend who studied Martial Arts and he said that what Seagal did mostly was Wing Chun style but he didn't say anything about Aikido.

Seagal's method was particular in "joint-locking," that is, like it sounds, hitting people at their joints, say like wrists and elbows and turning them away from their natural angle.