Originally Posted by Goonies85 (Post 13401720)

Unfortunately, sat through some pretty brutal movies the past couple of days...But here's my takes on them...

Tag. With this cast, I was REALLY looking forward to this one. I love Ed Helms. I love Hannibal Burress (who had next to nothing to do in the movie). I generally like Jeremy Renner and Jon Hamm. I had heard the concept and thought it would make a great movie. But, man, this was just brutal. I maybe chuckled a couple of times, but that's it. I think I was sitting on the couch just frowning for most of the movie. I think part of the issue is that they took the concept and instead of making it somewhat believable, they just went so over the top that the story really suffered. One of my least favorite movies of the year.

Game Night. Well, I purchased these ones on the same day and since I had heard all sorts of great things about this one (as opposed to the somewhat scathing reviews Tag got), I decided to save this one for last just in case I didn't like the prior movie (which, clearly, I didn't). This one was disappointing, too. It was still better than Tag, but that's a pretty low bar. I usually like Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, but didn't really think they had much to work with in this one. Like, I couldn't believe that this has a "Fresh Tomatoes" sticker on the cover (in general, I could care less for a Rotten Tomatoes score, but it still annoys me that it's on the cover of this movie). Pretty dreadful movie...Although I will agree with others that Jesse Plemons was the standout in the movie...I laughed once or twice because of him...

Daddy's Home 2. The agony didn't end there. I didn't even like the first one, but found this one in a bargain bin and thought, what the hell. I generally like Mel Gibson (aside from his racist/sexist/bigoted/drunken acts), and wanted to see how he interacted with Wahlberg. Well, he was pretty much the only decent thing in a truly abysmal movie...While I didn't care for the first one too much, it's a masterpiece compared to this. Just brutal. I wished I picked up Blockers instead of this...

1941. Decided to change things up and finally watch this Spielberg Blu-Ray, which I've owned for about a year (it's the version in that Spielberg Universal box-set). Well, first off, I chose the Theatrical Cut, which is about half-hour shorter than the Extended Version. For that, I am truly grateful. I hated this movie. By far, Spielberg's worst (even worse than that last Indiana Jones movie). Just nothing funny in it. John Belushi and Akroyd were completely wasted in this. Treat Williams was somewhat decent, but the movie just wasn't funny at all. Was surprised to see Warren Oates in this trainwreck...

Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone. The first one. Have never watched this. Didn't much care for it. I thought the music/score was good, but the story never really drew me in. And, for some reason, I didn't think the Blu-Ray image looked that good. Almost looked like a DVD. Weak. I'm hoping the series picks up, as I'm looking forward to watching whatever entry Cuaron directed...

Originally Posted by JimRochester (Post 13429512)

Family Video raised their prices considerably so I'm giving Netflix another chance. Started with this one.

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Not a huge Amy Schumer fan but this one was OK. A lot better than Snatched.

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Very fun entry in the MCU even though the story is kind of like Indiana Jones. Constant chasing and stealing back the prize only to have some really simple ending where none of it mattered. Still thoroughly enjoyable. Great looking 4K presentation.