151 thoughts on “Movie Day”

    1. When you mentioned It's A Mad World finally being up on your queue I almost said, "and you still haven't seen Network, eh?"

  2. I like the new season of the Walking Dead.

    Snowpiercer: Solid movie with good performances. The humor was a little jolting (though I did love Tilda Swinton's character), and the suspension of disbelief got twanged a couple of times (even after handwaving the premise), but overall, I really enjoyed it. It'll stick with me.

    Mr. Nice Guy: Silly Jackie Chan movie I watched when Caleb was home sick. To call the plot "threadbare" would be high praise, and the actresses are beyond awful (most of the actors are, actually), but whenever Jackie's doing his thing, I'm good with it, and there's a lot of fun action.

    In Bruges: Didn't expect the mean dark streak of humor, but loved it. I really liked the movie, especially the third act, where I expected it to sort of peter out, but instead, it ratcheted up and upped the ante, both on the drama and action, as well as the dark humor.

    Pixels: Guys put this on at a weekend a couple of weeks ago while we were all quite drunk. Not drunk enough, as it turns out. It was quite bad. The Pacman was kind of cool looking, but that's about as good as it got. No joy, no laughs, no nothing.

    Kung Fury: Same weekend. Only slightly better. The trailer was the best part of this movie. Trying WAY too hard.

    I've also been watching some of Attack on Titan when I've had a chance. Really enjoying it, looking forward to digging in some more.

    1. I love "In Bruges". This might be one of my favorite lines in any movie. It just nails what it's like to be that angry and have no real cognition left.

      httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRzOK0YUVfs

      2. I've had outbursts like that. I should probably watch this for, at the very least, this scene.

    2. I also watched the first few episodes of Comedy Bang! Bang It scratches the oddball comedy itch for me nicely, but I never really laugh all that much. It's a very... amusing? show.

    3. I started to watch In Bruges on NetFlix, and then realized that I needed to watch it on the TV for which I can get captions.

        1. I don't remember who it was... months ago?
          I cannot get captions with the old Blu-Ray hand-me-down that we got from SiL. Not via TV closed-captioning, not via subtitles on the Blu-Ray, and options are not available via the Blu-Ray's Netflix interface. I've tried... we used to have captions always on because we were less likely to miss or mis-hear important dialogue.
          If I want captions/subtitles, I have to watch on our "other TV", which has a Roku and antenna, but no disc player. I also cannot get alternate audio tracks. I'm just lucky that foriegn-language on the player defaults to original language plus subtitles.

    4. I didn't realize anyone had mentioned Kung Fury when I started it last night. (I was maybe a minute past the Hacker.) I'll finish the movie before I watch the trailer.
      I hope Triceracop plays a significant role in the later in the plot.

      1. Oh, it's only about a half-hour long. I wanted a feature!
        The insanity could have been more fully developed.

        As it was, I'll take it over "Too Many Cooks".

        1. You see, I'll take "Too Many Cooks", though it's hard to recommend to anyone who doesn't like really absurd humor. I raved about it to a friend a few months ago, and we sat down and watched it. I found it just as funny the third time, and he spent the entire video asking "yeah, but what IS this?"

  3. Finished up Season 2 of Agents Of Shield. I miss the first half of the first season, but I enjoy what it became too. I hear Season 3 starts strong.

    Watched through a season of The Great British Bake-off (or somesuch). Thoroughly enjoyable reality TV. Watch the Brits. They're fun.

    Bullworth - Had never seen it. Will never see it again. That was awful.

    In Search Of Happiness - A quite enjoyable, if a bit rambling, film. Netflix told me I might like it. They were right. Didn't love it, but some quality here.

    1. Bulworth:
      But it's got the best-ever Bee-Gees-penned* Ol' Dirty Bastard** hit.

      *co-writers, at least.
      **featured performer, at least.

  4. The Martian: Fun movie. As someone that follows space exploration it's interesting to see it feature so strongly. The one part that dropped me out of the movie was the supercomputer scene. It wouldn't be cold in there, in fact it would likely be hot. It's common for datacenters to be ~80 degrees Fahrenheit and I heard one site wants to cool the system with 50 degree Celsius air.

    The X-Files: With The Wire done, we needed something new to watch completely. The wife is a big fan of The X-Files but never watched it all and I've seen only a few episodes. It's all available through Amazon Prime so we started that last week. Eventually we'll mix in ST:TNG too. We should be set for a while I think.

    1. Yay for TNG! If y'all enjoy the Treks' though, I have to recommend DS9. I was continually impressed by the series (especially in the middle and late seasons.).

      1. Maybe we'll do that one instead. She's seen all of TNG more than once but I picked that one because I haven't seen that many episodes plus it's TNG.

        1. Oh, to be sure, the characters of TNG are my favorite. But the plot and supporting characters of DS9 are... something very special.

    2. I loved The Martian, especially the way science and scientists were presented. The impression you get of JPL, NASA, astronauts, etc. is really spot on, with no characters that seemed to be there just to have a target for making "what a bunch of nerds!" jokes.

      As a space scientist, I sometimes have a hard time enjoying space movies due to obvious (to me at least) mistakes, but there were only a few scenes that were incorrect/implausible enough to take me out of the movie. That supercomputer scene was one of them, and I didn't even think of the temperature. I was more focused on going into a supercomputer to plug in your laptop. Yeah, that's not how that works.

      (Also, this is a very quick scene, and not a big plot point, so I didn't bother spoilering this conversation. Hope no one is too offended...)

      2. I was more focused on going into a supercomputer to plug in your laptop. Yeah, that's not how that works.

        Definitely. I noticed that too but shrugged and figured it made a better visual. Plus that way they don't have to offer a vendor or name and hand wave that away.

        Edit: And yes, my number one thought when watching that scene was wondering if they'd name the vendor.

      3. I thought Ripley did a pretty darn good job following the book. There were things that bothered me as well, but not enough not to really like the movie. I agree that the engineers and scientists were played well, as particularly smart people, and not nerds, with maybe the exception of Glover.

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        I thought the add-on speech at the end was superfluous. It was nice how they used the end credit scenes to reference stuff that wasn't spelled out earlier in the movie.

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  5. Anyone else watch "The Leftovers" on HBO? Man, I love that show. That was definitely the show I was most excited to see back this Fall. For me it's the perfect mix of weird, supernatural things, along with realistic life. I feel completely confused as to what is happening at least once per episode, but in a good way. Seems like it could be quite popular, but I don't ever really hear anyone talking about it.

    1. I watched the first season and loved it, but we wound up cutting cable just before the second season this year. Although I loved it, I'm sure my wife would not have, which makes it harder to find time to watch it.

    2. I'd heard the first season was just so-so but season two sounds great. I've got it on my "to watch" list but it's behind The Knick and Fargo.

      1. If you were planning to watch Fargo--which IMO is a good idea--on Netflix streaming, I read that it's expiring on Nov. 1st.

        1. I should've been more clear! I mean starting season 2. I love, love, loved season 1, and I'm pretty sure that season 2 I will enjoy even more. I just need to get started.

          1. Yeah, I'm not sure how long it's been on there. Sometimes older movies sneak on without much fanfare, I don't think I noticed it until a month or two ago.

      2. I'd probably flip that assessment. I liked season 1 more than I've like the second one so far, though number 2 is ramping up nicely. The Knick and Fargo are also great, so I don't blame you at all there.

        I watched The Knick on HBO Go, and they way they list their episodes is backwards of what I assumed it would be. I expect the first episode to be on the left, and the last episode to be on the right. Well, they do it the other way. If you're watching them as they come out this makes sense, so the most recent episode is the one that you'll see first on the list. I, however, started watching well after the first season aired. Unfortunately, I didn't pay enough attention to episode numbers, and accidentally started watching the last episode first. That was a very confusing viewing experience to say the least. I had so much trouble tracking who was who, and I just kept thinking "Seems like that should have been a big plot point that would have worked better with some buildup, rather than doing it in the first episode." Figured it out about 3/4 of the way through the finale, then started over with episode 1. I still loved it, and I don't think it actually hurt the storytelling that much to know what was going to happen, but probably not the best way to watch.

    3. I think I made it through the first 4 1/2 episodes of The Leftovers. Really grew to hate it. There wasn't one redeemable character, IMO.

  6. My wife watched every episode of Buffy and Angel over the past few months. Neither grabbed my interest that much, though I did miss a lot of the plot. I liked the former a bit better; it just seemed funnier. Though there was an episode of Angel where most of the characters get turned into stage puppets. That was hilarious.

    Gone Girl: Meh. I love David Fincher and all, but man I hate how this thing ends. I'll blame the source material I guess? The last half just sucks out the tension and intrigue and replaces it with cynicism. Also, the cops all have to be stupid as rocks for the plot to work.

    Wild: Watchable. Not a fan of the narration or the underdeveloped flashbacks, but the cinematography was good.

    Theory of Everything: A nice bit of acting. Though if they were going to eschew nearly all of the science from the story, I wish the drama would have been better.

    1. I liked Wild a bit more than I thought I would. Well made, well acted, all around pretty good.

  7. Woman in Gold – This was well done (Good story, Helen Mirren was awesome and Ryan Reynolds was alright).

    Batman Begins – Bought the blu-ray disc at half-priced books. I hadn’t rewatched this in probably 6 years and as such, I’d forgotten much about the details. Great movie.

    Unbroken – Pretty impressive life for Mr. Zamperini and Angelina did a fine job presenting it.

    Ex Machina – Holy hell was this intense. The premise and execution was so unsettling that I couldn’t get it out of my mind for like three days.

    Bloodline – Season 1, Episode 1. We were having some trouble with the streaming and were only able to watch the first half of this, but what we did see sucked us right into their world. Will definitely be back for more.

    [Edit] Forgot - We watched all of the Harry Potter movies over the past month too. Impressive how much it improved from the first to the last. Also ... I might finally read these books.

    1. Batman Begins is on Netflix now. It's on my list to get to FW to see this. She needs to see where my Batman voice comes from.

      I'm interested in Bloodline for no other reason than Kyle Chandler a/k/a/ Coach Taylor is involved.

      1. I hadn't heard about it until E-6 and DK (I think) mentioned it in here. I really enjoy Ben Mendelsohn's work.

    2. Bloodline is awesome. Kyle Chandler is the weak link of the leads, but he's still fine. I'm a little over half done, and need to get a marathon in for the rest.

      The Harry Potter movies, interestingly, had direction to match the quality of the books.

  8. J & I watched all of Season 1 of iZombie and the first two episodes of Season 2. It's basically Veronica Mars with zombies, and I'm completely okay with this.

    We also rewatched What We Do in the Shadows. It's still the best.

  9. Watched Nightcrawler and, while I didn't enjoy the movie that much, thought Jake Gyllenhaal was marvelous.

    Up to season four of 30 Rock, and like all of you explained, it definitely got much better after moderating the Tracy Morgan usage. Also still watching Twin Peaks. We've now solved the murder, so now is where the show gets really weird. Also, yesterday's Brooklyn Nine-Nine was phenomenal.

    3. I couldn't finish Nightcrawler but I'll agree that Gyllenhall's performance was crazy-good.

    4. I've had Nightcrawler in my queue for months, but just haven't felt like it was the right time to watch it.

  10. Watched Birman last night, too. Absolutely loved it, which is about what I expected. The odd story, mix of realism and weirdness, impressive cinematography, and a cast full of people I love really did it for me. I especially appreciated all those incredibly long tracking shots. There was one point where it looked like there was just one cut in about 20 minutes.

    Based on everything I had heard, I expected it would be right up my alley, but I was a bit worried it would disappoint, like Grand Budapest Hotel did for me.

      1. Have you seen Moonrise Kingdom? I had no expectations, but I really enjoyed that.
        But I'm also a Fantastic Mr. Fox fan. Moonrise Kingdom is my favorite non-animated Wes Anderson movie. I haven't seen GBH though.

        1. I will second Moonrise Kingdom. And The Royal Tenenbaums is one of my absolute favorite films. But The Grand Budapest Hotel is something special.

          1. I have a deep emotional attachment to The Darjeeling Limited that I can't quite put my finger on, but it remains my favorite of his films. Because I find making lists soothing:

            1. The Darjeeling Limited
            2. Moonrise Kingdom
            3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
            4. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
            5. Rushmore
            6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
            7. The Royal Tenenbaums

            I still haven't watched Bottle Rocket, despite owning it for a few years. Maybe I'll do that soon.

            2. Bottle Rocket was only okay, as I remember it. Very much a freshman film outing. Some promise shown, not all realized.

              1. 1. Tenenbaums
                2. Grand Budapest
                3. Moonrise
                4. Rushmore
                5. Life Aquatic
                6.                 Bottle Rocket

                Never seen Darjeeling or FMF.

                1. This would probably be my listing order, though sub FMF at 6 for Bottle Rocket, which I haven't seen. I also haven't seen Darjeeling.
                  I enjoy Wes Anderson's movies, but I can't recommend the FMF version he produced. To me, it comes off as too sharp: caustic or snide when the book always strikes me as charming and heartfelt.

                    1. Further: I quite enjoy the movie, and it seems to have given Anderson permission to dial back his cruel and misanthropic tendencies (which are usually built into gorgeous movies that end up the opposite of life-affirming). Among his live-action movies that I've seen, only Moonrise Kingdom avoids giving off that "People really are awful and maybe we should all kill ourselves, and quickly" vibe.

                    3. Really?
                      I saw that in theaters, so it's been almost 15 years. But I don't recall anything like that in it.
                      Maybe it just went on too long.

                      (I also saw Rushmore and Zissou in the theater. The pretty images of the previews kept us coming back.
                      Getting a sitter and spending the time to see Zissou was a big downer.)

                    4. Really. There's certainly a "people really are awful" bit to it, but that is needed to set up the redemptive power of the story.

            4. I've seen them all, here's my ranking:

              Rushmore
              Tennenbaums
              Moonrise
              Budapest
              Darjeeling
              Fantastic Mr Fox
              Life Aquatic
              Bottle Rocket

              1. I'm with free, except I'd list moonrise last. I also almost listed Bottle Rocket first because that movie holds a really, really sentimental place in my heart, but it's just not that good of a flick.

            5. I love the way that The Darjeeling Limited looks, but the story just doesn't resonate with me. My favorites of his are Moonrise, Budapest, and Tenenbaums. Haven't seen Fox.

        2. I haven't seen those two or Darjeeling. I was left cold by most of his work and didn't bother for quite a long time. I'm not entirely sure why I decided I wanted to see Budapest, but I'm glad I did.

      3. It wasn't that I didn't like Grand Budapest, I just didn't like it as much as I thought I would. I think the issue may have been overblown expectations.

        I love pretty much all of his movies, and I heard multiple times that it was the most Wes Anderson-y movie he's made yet, so I just figured it would exceed the others for me, and it just didn't do that. I didn't feel nearly as connected to the characters as I had in his previous films (especially Moonrise Kingdom and Royal Tenenbaums). Too many of them sort of seemed to quirky just for the sake of being quirky, without as much reason behind it, if that makes sense.

        Again, I liked it, I just like other Wes Anderson movies better. Other than Bottle Rocket, I at least liked all of his movies a great deal. Since everyone seems to be making lists, I'd go with:

        1. Moonrise Kingdom (very hard to decide between these first two)
        2. Royal Tenenbaums (one of my all-time favorites; also the only soundtrack I ever listened to regularly)
        [gap]
        3. Rushmore (these next 4 are also very close to one another, had a hard time deciding between them)
        4. Life Aquatic
        5. Grand Budapest
        6. Darjeeling Limited
        [gap]
        7. Bottle Rocket (I can see how this one lead to the others, but seems like Wes didn't quite have it all together yet)

        And I haven't seen Mr. Fox. I should probably give that one a shot. I'd guess my 4-year old would like it, too.

  11. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. Pretty good, and the end payoff was felt, even when I didn't expect it five minutes prior.

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    Reign (TV Series) EAR got me into this. Teen drama with historical basis in reformation-era France, England, and Scotland. Cheap, but fun. Neat to see some people come to their deaths historically, even though I felt it would be very improbable when coming to it.

    Legends (TV Series). Sean Bean ("Winter is Coming") as an undercover FBI agent who spends too much time in deep cover and starts to disconnect from who he actually is. Bits of "24" (this series' Chloe is more confident and capable... spy technology has come a long way in five years). I really, really, dug this.

    Zoo (TV series). I didn't know anything about this before I pulled it up. Animals worldwide are acting up and attacking humans, and it might be a giant corporate conspiracy. I enjoyed it, even if the supposed science makes no sense to me. Sortof like Marty Stouffer meets X-Files, with some Alias. I wanted it to finish with the one (short) season on Netflix, but it'll be continued. For good or ill, I guess.

    Residue (British mini-series). I've watched two of three episodes. Mystery and darkness (is it horror or just suspense? I guess I'll have to wait until I watch episode 3). It brings me back to the British world I imagined in the mid-90s, with Massive Attack and Tricky and Primal Scream and Brilliant! New Art from London, with all the depth of grit those implied. It's not set in that period, it's just set in how I imagined that world.

    Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (Anime series.) I really, really liked this one. It's the story of a female bodyguard that is hired to protect the Mikado's second son from execution (on the Mikado's orders) because if the boy isn't killed, a long drought will affect the country. It's not earth (there are two moons), but it sure looks a lot like Medieval Japan (think Mononoke). Duty, honor, karma, balancing the needs of many vs the rights of few, very interesting world-building. It goes slow at times (I think it took me five nights to get through one of the middle episodes because I kept falling asleep), but everything pays off in the end; I don't feel like any explanations were elided or loose strings were left hanging. I highly recommend for those who can tolerate slow things and the introductory song. Pretty much everything done is important, even if it seems that parts are just treading water. 26 episodes makes a full story. I read that this was the first story in a long Manga series, but I can't imagine where it goes from here, it's so succinctly wrapped up. I've started HPR and CER on it and both like it. This is their first Anime series (and first subtitled film/tv/video and first "cartoon for adults" (though they've seen some of The Simpsons)).

    Aldnoah.Zero (Anime series.) Mecha. Set in present-day Japan, but with different history: Earth was attacked by the humans of Mars 15 years ago, which destroyed much of the moon. Now the princess of Mars is to arrive on Earth on a peace mission, under threat of assassination. Not as graphic or gritty as Attack on Titan, but I think fans of that could find this a decent replacement, because many of the things AoT does well are also done well by AZ. Netflix only has the first season (12 episodes), but there are at least two (I'm not going to read the wikipedia page any further and spoil it for myself). The last episode of season 1 was quite a punch, and I really want to see where it goes.

    Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Anime series). Still picking my way through this, Still good. Taking my time because Netflix only has first four of five seasons. I have noticed that season 5 is on Hulu Plus, and that my SiL that gave us her old Blu-Ray didn't log out of Hulu before she gave it to us. But I've tried watching some other shows at times, and if SiL is using the login, I can't use it at the same time. And the Hulu interface on that Blu-Ray is a PITA (Netflix interface is clunky, but there are a few things about it I like better than on the Roku).

    (With all of the anime, I've watched it all in Japanese with subtitles. I've tried some in dubbed English: I always like it less.)

            1. I added "Space Buddies" to my Netflix queue. I assume that's the same thing.
              If not, maybe I can still steal SiL's Hulu+.
              But I'll have to finish FMA:B first.

  12. Before I remembered there was a baseball broad-cast, I started watching Kung Fury. Looks crazy.

  13. I'm watching It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World this morning. The opening credits are impressive...I counted 48 names, and I knew damn near all of them.

      1. The pace is - deliberate - as film comedy was for years. I mean, it's essentially a race, so you wouldn't think this, but the scenes are all pretty long, as if writers were still getting used to writing for film rather than the stage.

        That said, it's funny, and seeing all these people interact is pretty sweet.

  14. The last movie I saw was Fitzcarraldo. Now I have to see Burden of Dreams. I saw Herzog's Aguirre, Wrath of God a while ago, long enough that the general idea of the plot essentially seems the same, but the plot is clearly not the point of the film. The point of the film--at least in my view--is that in 1982, when he could have just used special effects, Werner Herzog went into the Amazon and hauled a steamboat up and over a 40-degree hill. The whole thing is really slow, and a lot of the plot elements seem completely irrelevant, but the boat getting hauled up a hill was kind of mesmerizing. I think I benefitted from watching it on Blu-Ray--when I saw Aguirre, it was a fairly low-resolution projection onto a big screen, now I'm feeling the itch to go revisit it.

    Tokyo Story. I've seen this before, but I'd actually forgotten that I saw it. I think I appreciated the story a lot more with some additional life experiences under my belt. Now I'm determined to see some more of Ozu's work.

    House of Flying Daggers. I loved the cinematography in this film. It's on Netflix streaming, but they are apparently removing it from streaming on November 1st.

    Django Unlimited I really liked this movie, great follow-up to Basterds. The bobbing tooth on the top of the dentist/bounty-hunter's stagecoach reminded me of the dildo strapped to the dog's head in Orgazmo.

    Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. I liked this a lot more than I thought I would.

    Starship Troopers. I've never read the book, had no real expectations coming into it. It's no Robocop, but it has its moments.

    The Master. It looked good and had good acting performances, but it didn't really hook me emotionally or intellectually. Though I knew going into it that it was loosely based on Scientology, and I did often think to myself "wow, L. Ron Hubbard was a crazy dude."

    Ida. I liked this quite a bit. Good characters, good performances, some really good moments, and the pacing is pretty quick.

    1. Saw FItzcarraldo way back in college. I believe people were killed in the making of the movie if I recall correctly. Very beautifully filmed.

      You should give Starship Troopers a read. A bit preachy in re: Heinlein's politics, but it had a lot of great stuff that the movie ignored.

      1. There were definitely serious injuries, not sure about fatalities. Mick Jagger was originally cast in the movie, but wound up dropping out. That could have been pretty fascinating. I love the last paragraph ofEbert's review of Fitzcarraldo:

        "I don't want to live in a world without lions, and without people who are lions," he says in "Burden of Dreams." At the darkest hour in "Fitzcarraldo," when Robards fell sick and he had to abandon four months of shooting, Herzog returned to get more backing from investors. They had heard he was finding it impossible to get the ship up the mountain, and asked if it would not be wiser to take his losses and quit. His reply: "How can you ask this question? If I abandon this project, I will be a man without dreams, and I don't want to live like that. I live my life or I end my life with this project." With Herzog, that has often been the case.

    2. Heh... Django Unlimited. I know what you mean. I loved that movie. Definitely my favorite Taratino. Also watched the Kill Bills. I liked them, but they ran a little long. The kung fu scenes were decent, but I was expecting more. Especially in the 2nd. However, I still liked it overall.

      1. The second one is a drama and not really meant to be a kung fu movie.

        I don't know how to expect more than the gloriously bloated scene at O-Ren Ishii's place in the first one.

      1. You are correct. I got Fitzcarraldo from their Blu-Ray rental service--still useful IMO due to their selection--and the others aren't available on streaming, either. Burden of Dreams is available on Hulu Plus, which I am currently not subscribed to, but I'm tempted to subscribe over the holidays, when I'll have some more down time, due to their huge coverage of the Criterion Collection.

  15. I will continue to pitch to anyone that will listen that the FXX show You're the Worst is phenomenal. Its like if you took the selfish-awfulness (I think that is the phrase) of the characters in Seinfeld and added the heart of Community.

    1. I like that one, too, but didn't realize the second season had started already. Guess we missed the first half of the season already. Oops.

    1. Watched it for the second time last night. Cried harder than I did the first time. Top 10 movie for me

      1. I watched it for the first time on Wednesday. I might have to change the filter in my furnace, or something. Also, that bit at the very end was freekin hilarious.

    2. I really want to see this.
      Would it be appropriate for/appreciated by Kernel (4 year old girl)?

      1. I second this sentiment and question. (Well, except 5-year-old boy.) The jalapeno's school is doing a "Family Movie Night" on Friday, showing this movie. We can't go (it'll be just me and the boys with no car), but I told him maybe we could watch it at home together instead. I was surprised to see the PG rating, though.

        1. Maybe it's PG due to it's heavy emotional themes? I suppose they could be intense for a kid, but I've never had a 4 or 5 year-old. There's not much innuendo, if any.

        2. We watched it with two 4-year-olds (and a 2-year-old). In my opinion there is nothing in there to be concerned about a kid that age seeing. There's nothing scary or particularly intense, with Beau probably being quite accurate on where the PG comes from.

            1. She laughed at some bits, but didn't pay much attention to most of it. We didn't start watching it until around 7 at night, which is prime tired/not paying attention to anything time.

        3. My boys were 1.5 and 4 when we went to see it. The little one didn't care one way or the other, but the 4 year old really liked it. It was a little intense a couple of times, but nothing too severe. Sort of Toy Story-level danger, trying to get somewhere, etc. He cried a bit, too (and I was right there with him on that...), but he's a pretty sensitive kid around those sorts of things. He's watched the Rugrats Movie a few times, and he bawls his eyes out every single time.

    3. I... have no desire to see it. The previews all looked awful. Tell me they didn't do a good job and the movie is nothing like them and it's actually good?

      1. Watched it for the second time last night. Cried harder than I did the first time. Top 10 movie for me

        1. Sure, but that's you. It's not like you meticulously make lists or regularly review movies or anything like that.

      2. The previews didn't look good, but all I've heard (literally ALL I've heard) is nonstop praise.

        I haven't seen it yet, but I'm pretty sure I have to at this point.

          1. Actually, now that you mention it, I'm trying to think of a preview of a Pixar movie that made me think "oh, yeah. that movie looks awesome".

            1. !!!! Are you high!?*

              Finding Nemo, WALL-E, The Incredibles ... admittedly, I'm not nearly as demanding a critic as many around here, but I can still remember the previews for these three - at least - with "oh man that looks great" feelings.**

              [edit] *this might be a little strong...

              **maybe it's hindsight and having seen the movies, but I don't think so.

              2. Incredibles. I knew there was one.

                All the others, I went to, knowing that they'd be great, because Pixar, but if, say, DreamWorks had come out with those trailers, I might have waited for a friend or two to see them first.

                But yeah, the Incredibles had a good trailer.

                1. I remember Wall-E's trailer best of all. Honestly, that film was a tiny let down for me, based on the awesomeness of the trailer.

                    1. Non-Pixar but slightly related

                      Kung Fu Panda 3 is coming out in January. This might be my favorite animated series, and the trailer has me practically giddy.

                      httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10r9ozshGVE

                    2. I watched Kung Fu Panda 2 again the other day. The last fight to that movie, short as it is, is absolutely brilliant. Gary Oldman is awesome in that movie.

                    3. I honestly get teary watching KFP2. So did FW. She was like "I should not get this emotional over a digital panda!"

                      My measuring of the two is that the original is more quotable, but the second is a better story.

      3. I really hadn't seen any previews, so I can't say specifically, but if they made it look like a shite movie then they were very poorly done and it is nothing like the actual movie.

        1. Let me ask this question of y'all... where do you come down on Toy Story 3? That one did not work for me. Am I taking the advice of TS3 apologists here?

          1. Perhaps. Toy Story 3 is my favorite of the three and is in my top 30. So I guess you can stop taking my advice forever. My rankings of the ones I've seen

            Inside Out
            Wall-E
            Toy Story 3
            Brave
            Toy Story 2
            Finding Nemo
            Ratatouille
            Up
            Monsters Inc
            Toy Story
            A Bug's Life

            1. Huh. That is quite different from my list.

              I'd have Up, Toy Story, and Monsters Inc. in the top half.

              1. It's tough for me to do a full list, but my top 5 would probably be: Wall-E, UP, Inside Out, Ratatouille, Toy Story 3.

              2. I saw Toy Story 14 years after it came out. That may have affected my opinion?

                If we're ranking the first 15 minutes of movies, Up is solidly in the top 3

            2. Ooh! I can do this.

              Ratatouille
              The Incredibles
              Up
              Wall-E
              Toy Story 3
              Toy Story 2
              Toy Story
              Finding Nemo
              Monsters Inc
              ...
              Cars

              Everything but the top one and the bottom one move around a lot.

              1. Alright, my full list:

                The Incredibles
                Toy Story 2
                Up
                Monsters, Inc
                Wall-E
                Toy Story 1
                Ratatouille
                ...
                Toy Story 3
                Bugs Life
                Finding Nemo

                Watched A Bug's Life a lot this summer, because my kids were on a big kick for some reason. It rebuilt itself in my mind on multiple viewings. It's got some good humor, it moves quickly, and the plot is ripped directly from The Three Amigos so can you really go wrong there? Still, easily bottom part. Nemo is the most overrated Pixar film by far. Monsters Inc. is the most underrated. Lots of those middle ones are about even.

                  2. I'd agree that it's right up there. We watch that one with some frequency in my house, and I just don't feel like it's quite as strong a movie as Monster's Inc., which is the only reason I'd bump it down.

                1. I've never actually seen monsters university. I love monsters inc largely because John Goodman and Billy crystal absolutely destroy their parts.

                  2. I would posit that John Goodman absolutely destroys a vast majority of his parts. One of our finest actors.

          2. Toy Story 3 was excellent (how the heck could it not work for you, this is very confusing to me!), but Inside Out is significantly better.

            1. Because the emotional notes were the exact same as Toy Story 1 and 2. Kids grow up. Yup. There it is. Again.

          3. I'm surprised I've seen all their major features:

            Inside Out
            WALL-E
            Ratatouille
            The Incredibles
            Up
            Finding Nemo
            Monsters, Inc.
            Toy Story 3
            Monsters University
            A Bug's Life
            Brave*
            Toy Story 2
            Toy Story
            Cars
            Cars 2

            Those top 4 are real close to each other. On a different day, I might list them in different order.

            (*only saw this once and I kept falling asleep, so more viewings might change this)

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