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[esoxlucius]

Fortunately I can save a bit of money thanks to a shrewd idea I've come up with. If I get the wife to watch it with me I can charge her half!! So that's 0.50 gribliks for me, and 0.49 gribliks for her. Outstanding, lol.

If the film does turn out to be garbage I've got a plan there also. I can dress it up in whistles and bells and recommend it to that dasterdly dude tlindsay, as revenge for Aquariums of the dead! Happy days.....but don't tell him!

 

[esoxlucius]

I watched Predestination last night with the wife. All I can say guys is....."DON'T GO THERE!"

My wife is sulking at me now. She summed it up nicely when she said, half way through the film, "I don't think that guy on your forum likes you very much does he?" Stop laughing jjohnwm . That doghouse we spoke of.......you're in it!!! Lol.

Guys, I could write paragraph after paragraph on this film, but I will sum it up in a couple of short sentences, just to give you the gist of the utter carnage involved.

It's a time travelling movie, and I should have known early on of what was to come when the time travelling porthole turned out to be.........wait for it.........a trumpet case!! Yes guys, a trumpet case! My wife looked at me with a smirk on her face and said, "Are you sure about this lover?"

And then, as the movie progresses you begin to realise that the main characters are all the same people, but at various stages in their time travelling past!!!!!

There is an hermaphrodite who is also it's own mother and father and son. Just take a moment and read that one sentence back to yourselves, and you may just begin to understand where I'm coming from, though I doubt it!

I'd stay at home and take today off work to recover from the cerebral blitz I had to endure last night.....but my wife doesn't want me around at the moment!

I never ever thought I'd say this, but I really could do to watch "Aquariums of the dead" all over again to aid my recovery!

Cheers John, my bestest buddy, I owe you one!

 

[jjohnwm]

Okay, see, that's why I didn't even try to describe the movie ahead of time; when you try to sum it up in a handful of words, it's inevitably going to suffer. The paradox is simply impossible to outline easily without sounding silly...and without completely giving away all the twists and turns of the plot.

But, Esox, you have tossed out so many spoilers in one or two sentences that you've made it impossible for anyone else to watch it now and properly enjoy it!

So the mechanism that performs the magical feat of travelling through time is packed into a musical instrument case; so what? These people are acting surreptitiously. Do you expect them to carry around a box plastered with safety-orange stickers proclaiming "Caution! Time Travel Device; No User Serviceable Parts Inside! For Authorized Operators Only!!"?

I shudder to think how you would summarize and describe movies like the Lord Of The Rings trilogy (a bunch of barefoot delinguents, assisted by walking/talking trees, hike cross-country to steal the private property of an angry 50-foot guy wearing a spiky suit) or King Kong, (giant monkey tours New York City, looking for love) or a host of others whose magic stems from letting your imagination go a little!

As for the proverbial doghouse...well, I spend so much time there that I have it fixed up nicely and comfortably; it's quiet, peaceful...almost like a spa day!

To anyone else reading along: Esox actually loved this flick! He's trying to scare off others so that he can greedily and selfishly revel in its artistic joy by himself...

Esox, have you ever noticed how your enjoyment of a movie is largely influenced by your frame of mind when you watch it? I think maybe you were having an "off" day, which soured you on this flick as a result. I think you should re-watch it, maybe tonight! Have a couple beers beforehand, get into a good mood, then dive in...

 

[tlindsey]

Has anyone seen the movie Megan? My wife and daughter talked me into watching it

 

[jjohnwm]

Has anyone seen the movie Megan? My wife and Daughter talked me into watching it

Saw it. Totally formulaic, completely predictable, no surprises, a snoozefest.

Let's recommend it to Esox! This is starting to remind me of the old commercial for some forgotten breakfast cereal:

"Let's get Mikey to try it!"

"Yeah... he hates everything!"

 

[esoxlucius]

Has anyone seen the movie Megan? My wife and daughter talked me into watching it

That's the one with the spooky doll isn't it? And no Tom, I'm simply not falling for it this time. I'm feeling a little fragile at the moment, lol.

 

[jjohnwm]

"The deer approaches the trap...and then pauses, somehow sensing danger..."

 

[esoxlucius]

"The deer approaches the trap...and then pauses, somehow sensing danger..."

This deer approaches said trap....without pause....doesn't have a clue what lies in store....and suddenly....he's been hoodwinked....yet again!

 

[esoxlucius]

I almost forgot too. Early on in the film when Ethan Hawke was talking to the "stranger" in the bar, i had one of those moments when I thought, "where the hell have I seen that face before?"

This went on for some time. It didn't help that "she" was dressed as a bloke! Then it dawned on me some time later. The character was played by Sarah Snook.

She played one of the main characters, Shiv Roy, in the brilliant series Succession. The short hair and male appearance threw me completely, lol.

 

[Caperguy99]

Anyone watch Halloween Ends, which came out last year? I watched it and was super disappointed.