OK, The Revenant was not a Geek movie. Not really.
But I’m writing a review anyway. And I’m typing this Sunday afternoon, so I have no idea how many Oscars it will win by the time this goes live Monday morning. So, deal with it. SPOILER-free review after the cut.
By and large, I don’t put much personal stock in the Academy Awards. They strike me as an excuse for Hollywood to pat itself on the back for all the good work it says it does. If I watch the show at all, it’ll be the last few minutes to find out who won Best Picture, and that’ll be it. The humor is rather lame, the musical numbers dull, and the low-burning outrage over what did and didn’t win can linger for decades.
Case in point: Forrest Gump beat out both Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption for Best Picture. I don’t care how much you like Gump, there’s no way anyone can justify it is a better movie than both of those other two.
But then this year, I actually saw most of the Best Picture nominees. Thoughts after the cut. No predictions, though. If you want predictions, try Watson’s article.
If you’ve been around these parts from the days when we used to do a podcast, you know around here we love The Martian. But I’m sorry Golden Globes, the funniest thing to do with The Martian is it being nominated (and winning!) the GG for Best Comedy. It has some very funny moments, but is not a comedy.
Just my little dated rant for today. Also slightly dated, after the cut be sure to watch what Honest Trailers think about Matt Damon needing to be rescued. Again.
Continue reading Honest Trailer For That Knee Slapping Comedy The Martian
So, I finally saw the new Fantastic Four.
Look, no one logging in here today is looking for a Fantastic Four movie review. You want Star Wars. But I’m prepping for an unexpected but totally expected journey. I couldn’t go today. Instead, I went for this…whatever it was…on pay per view.
Thoughts and some SPOILERS after the cut.
I have to admit, I’m shocked that a 2nd or 3rd tier hero like The Spectre even has a major motion picture, let alone one that would make the top of the box office. Tom would be a better one to talk all things Spectre since I’ve really never read much about him, but Tom is on double secret probation for his Russian box office report last week.
[Editor’s note: JIMMY!!!!]
What? That Russian report was…you’re not talking about that are you…why are you looking at me like that…I didn’t…wait…Spectre…not The Spectre. Whoops! Anyway, let’s see how the new Bond film, not the second film in the new DC Cinematic Universe did after the break.
Continue reading Spectre Number One At The Box Office. Still No Madame Xanadu Film.
Yes, more tickets sold.
Who won this time around? Are there any winners?
Look, we know you’re busy. We know you have things to do. So do we. But the Box Office Report isn’t going to write itself. We know. We tried to see if that would happen.
So, who made money this past weekend?
Continue reading Gabbing Geek Box Office Report: The Martian. It’s Still The Martian
Man, people bought movie tickets over the weekend! Wow! Commerce at work!
Continue reading Gabbing Geek Box Office Report–Get Your Butt Back To Mars
It is a fine tradition here at Gabbing Geek to write up multiple reviews for the same movie as different contributors get to see it.
So, just as Ryan and Jenny shared their own thoughts, here are mine for The Martian.
Possible SPOILERS after the cut, though some of them will be based on my experience with the movie since I saw it in 3-D. I wasn’t intending to see it in 3-D, but was handed the pair of glasses when I got to the front of the line to turn in my ticket.
Watson and Ryan hold down the fort for Episode 54 of the Gabbing Geek podcast while Jenny recovers from Tiredofputtingupwithalltheircrapitis. It’s going around. So the Y chromosomes talk about Star Wars, Hunger Games, Mars, Alexander Hamilton, movie villains, and the summer of 2016 in movies. You should listen to it right the heck now, or jump after the break to read even more!
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