Movies 2: Electric Boogaloo

Ah, is that out for rental now? Might see if that's out on the ol' Sky box and give it a rental this weekend myself.

I nearly bought it today in glorious 4K but decided to leave it but may to put a cheeky order in for it somewhere.

Watched Birdman recently and it was excellent. Laughed, cried, the whole shebang. Norton was hilarious, but it was also fun watching Michael Keaton wrestling with past blockbuster success as I still know him mostly for Batman.

I stupidly spent £50 on DVDs (which equates to about 50 films) so I have a LOT of "Best Picture" nominees along with the "Best Picture" winners on Blu-Ray.

Next up... Boyhood.

Birdman is awesome. I remember being utterly entranced watching that in cinema - it doesn't let up for its whole runtime. Gripping stuff.

JayMoyles wrote:

Ah, is that out for rental now? Might see if that's out on the ol' Sky box and give it a rental this weekend myself.

Yeah I just done it through the Psn store, definitely recommend you give it a watch.

Mother of God.

I'm not sold on the style of some of the Mon but it looks okay.

What a day that and Toy Story 4

Oh.

The style is pretty creepy! And why did they have to include a scene with the creepiest Pokémon of all, Mr. Mime?! I think the writing will hold up based on that trailer, but "realistic" looking Pokémon - heavy emphasis on the quote marks - wasn't what I expected them to go with.

I'm only in it for the monster designs and CGI, the rest looks a bit bobbins. But boy am I in it for the monster designs and CGI.

Since when's Jigglypuff furry though? (Also I notice some Morelulls in that Bulbasaur scene - this goes all the way to Gen. 7 folks.)

Jigglypuff's always had a wee quiff thing, no?

I thought they were more rubbery balloon-like wotsits.

Yup the pokemon definitely look odd, obviously it doesn't bother me with having no attachment to the series but would it be such a hard sell if they were in their normal cartoon style? (Who framed Roger rabbit comes to mind)

I was expecting something closer in vibe to the CGI animation they had for the game - like the Danny DeVito trailer that somebody cobbled together.

I dunno. I dunno! My opinion is changing by the second. I like fluffy Pikachu - they should have ret-conned fur-mapping for the Let's Go! games I reckon. But yeah, Jigglypuff is a balloon, and should not be furry. I fear the actual dialogue is going to be craptacular, though.

I really like the look of it. A roger-rabbit deal would be pointless, we have an anime and loads of games. Seeing the monsters brought to life is what I'd be going to a movie like this for. Well, that and Watanabe Ken. It certainly looks more like Pokemon than Monster Hunter looks like Monster Hunter . . .

Balladeer wrote:

Since when's Jigglypuff furry though?  (Also I notice some Morelulls in that Bulbasaur scene - this goes all the way to Gen. 7 folks.)

Pokedex entries repeatedly mention soft fur. #SuckIt #HaveThat #Lawyered #LukeLovesPokemon #Owned #Pwnd

Detective Pikachu looks like a 10/10 banger and I'll hear nothing to the contrary.

Drunkalilly wrote:

Balladeer wrote:

Since when's Jigglypuff furry though?  (Also I notice some Morelulls in that Bulbasaur scene - this goes all the way to Gen. 7 folks.)

Pokedex entries repeatedly mention soft fur. #SuckIt #HaveThat #Lawyered #LukeLovesPokemon #Owned #Pwnd

All right Nick, take it easy.

I seen others bring that up but them thinking the fur was more like a short haired dog.

Drunkalilly wrote:

It certainly looks more like Pokemon than Monster Hunter looks like Monster Hunter . . .

Just you wait for the third act of the movie when Pikachu and his pal must outrun a crack squad of CIA agents who have been transported to the Pokémon world from ours, it'll blow you away.

JayMoyles wrote:

Drunkalilly wrote:

It certainly looks more like Pokemon than Monster Hunter looks like Monster Hunter . . .

Just you wait for the third act of the movie when Pikachu and his pal must outrun a crack squad of CIA agents who have been transported to the Pokémon world from ours, it'll blow you away.

To be confirmed: The lead CIA agents are Pitbull and Gary Barlow on a slide.

Only if he's walking up the slide. Otherwise this movie will be certified ROTTEN and won't be worth our time.

They'd never escape Pitbull, he's too sharp!

Crumpy Andy wrote:

Detective Pikachu looks like a 10/10 banger and I'll hear nothing to the contrary.

This message is Drunka approved.

I doubt I'll be seeing any more films from this year, even though from looking there is a fair few I would like to see at some point but at the moment these are the films I saw in order of rank.

1st Black Panther
Avengers: Infinity War
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
Tomb Raider
Deadpool 2
8th Ready Player One

I really didn't see a lot this year

Not planning on seeing Into the Spiderverse, Mas? I saw that a few days ago - a treat for the eyes and I'll even go as far to say that it's the best Spider-Man movie to date.

I want to see it but don't know anyone else that's does, I could go by myself sometime but might as well wait till it's out in 4K.