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by NicodemustheSage
December 4th, 2023, 11:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"
Replies: 13
Views: 353

Re: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"

...Detente. :D
by NicodemustheSage
December 2nd, 2023, 7:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"
Replies: 13
Views: 353

Re: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"

Ehh, doubtful. The world would be a boring place if everyone agreed.

...Just admit that "Starship Troopers" is a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, and, we're fine. ;)
by NicodemustheSage
December 1st, 2023, 11:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"
Replies: 13
Views: 353

Re: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"

Regarding your "Across the Spider-verse" review, I definitely agree that it was lacking some serious Spider-Ham and Spider-Man Noir. That's about the only issue I have with the film, however. The final half-hour or so had me as breathless as I was when I saw "Return of the Jedi" in theaters in 1983....
by NicodemustheSage
December 1st, 2023, 10:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"
Replies: 13
Views: 353

Re: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"

I'm definitely waiting a while to screen "Oppenheimer" again. I bought a few biographies of him that I plan on reading over the holidays. So, at least I can honestly say one thing about Nolan's biopic: It absolutely inspired interest in the subject. Which is far from a terrible thing for a movie to ...
by NicodemustheSage
December 1st, 2023, 10:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"
Replies: 13
Views: 353

Re: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"

[Shrug] I didn't see "Barbie", and, I'm fine with that. The girls in my house did, and I helped them dress up for it, and they loved it. I don't pay attention to Proud Boys. :D
by NicodemustheSage
December 1st, 2023, 10:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"
Replies: 13
Views: 353

Re: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"

"Oppenheimer" WAS overrated, but I give the film and its makers -- and, particularly, the reliably-taken-for-granted Cillian Murphy -- enormous credit for daring to make a tentpole biopic that avoided portraying its main character as either hero or villain, but rather as a complicated person with pe...
by NicodemustheSage
December 1st, 2023, 8:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rate That Movie Part IV: Movies Never Sleep
Replies: 2320
Views: 391875

Re: Rate That Movie Part IV: Movies Never Sleep

Interesting, yeah. We ended up in around the same place, but for different reasons. (I think I now need to rewatch "Shin Godzilla", which I remember much more favorably.)
by NicodemustheSage
December 1st, 2023, 8:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"
Replies: 13
Views: 353

Re: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"

Oh, cool, I need to read yours. Um... Hm. I haven't seen all that many films this year, actually. Family is dominating my time like never before, which isn't a bad thing, but I don't go to the theaters much, any more. Maybe in a few years. I am ONLY going to rate the films I have actually seen in th...
by NicodemustheSage
December 1st, 2023, 6:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"
Replies: 13
Views: 353

Nico's Review of "Godzilla Minus One"

Again, a movie I wish I could discuss with Shrykey, but I know he'd want us to have the conversation he cannot. :) So, take this for whatever it's worth, but... I was not all that impressed. Let me begin with a few praises. The first hour's special effects were well done (I feel differently about th...
by NicodemustheSage
October 7th, 2023, 10:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "The Creator"
Replies: 15
Views: 594

Re: Nico's Review of "The Creator"

Nope, I don't much support The Rangers, any more. My second-favorite team are the Astros. :) Sorry for the confusion.
by NicodemustheSage
October 7th, 2023, 3:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "The Creator"
Replies: 15
Views: 594

Re: Nico's Review of "The Creator"

I have always had a soft spot for the Cards. Back when I was in high school and lived in Houston, I spent my summers at the Astrodome and at the Westin Galleria, which was where all the visiting teams (in those years before regular-season interleague play, only National League teams) stayed, except ...
by NicodemustheSage
October 7th, 2023, 11:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "The Creator"
Replies: 15
Views: 594

Re: Nico's Review of "The Creator"

Indeed, they did. ...Although, they finished four games ahead of my Red Sox, whp matched their Division-worst 2022 record and wound up sub-.500 for the fourth time in five years. We was wicked owned. ...On the other hand, my SECOND-favorite team, the current World-Champion 'Stros, are about to begin...
by NicodemustheSage
October 6th, 2023, 8:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "The Creator"
Replies: 15
Views: 594

Re: Nico's Review of "The Creator"

I do not, and I would not (make fun of your tastes). But I appreciate the invitation. As for "going after" folks, there may have been a time in the past when that would have appealed to me on some level, but I'm past all that. My fifties have been a steady, inexorable realization that there are fewe...
by NicodemustheSage
October 6th, 2023, 7:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "The Creator"
Replies: 15
Views: 594

Re: Nico's Review of "The Creator"

The comparison with Duncan Jones is apt. In fact, I thought about "Moon" -- a superior film to "The Creator", if only slightly -- some while thinking about my review of the film. I find "Oppenheimer" "essential" not because I'm a Nolan apologist -- although, absolutely, I am -- or in deference to th...
by NicodemustheSage
October 6th, 2023, 3:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nico's Review of "The Creator"
Replies: 15
Views: 594

Re: Nico's Review of "The Creator"

Ironically, that's one interpretation of "The Creator"'s actual narrative: There are anti-AI humans, and there are pro-AI humans, and both are waging war against the other, and ironically both sides UTILIZE AI, at least to some extent, on the other. Disagree with you about Edwards, but not stongly e...