Mark Vader Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 The month of October is here, which always means one thing.....horror movies. Well, not this year. Those were reserved for the month of September. Scary movies are very scant this month. As the next batch of big titles waits in the wings next month, we are given a diverse set of offerings. Leading off the month is a trip into the DC universe in a different way. Joaquin Phoenix stars in, "Joker". In Gotham City, mentally-troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: "The Joker". Also starring Robert DeNiro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy & Brett Cullen. Will Smith stars in, "Gemini Man". An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself. Also starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen & Benedict Wong. In "Zombieland: Double Tap", Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family. Starring Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin & Zoey Deutch. In "Jojo Rabbit", A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Scarlett Johansson & Sam Rockwell. Angelina Jolie is, "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil". Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play. Also starring Elle Fanning, Teresa Mahoney & Michelle Pfeiffer. MGM presents and animated version of "The Addams Family". Starring the voices of Oscar Issac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz & Finn Wolfhard. Willem Dafoe & Robert Pattinson star in, "The Lighthouse". The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. In "Jexi", A comedy about what can happen when you love your phone more than anything else in your life. Starring Adam Devine, Alexandra Shipp, Rose Byrne & Michael Pena. In "Countdown", When a nurse downloads an app that claims to predict the moment a person will die, it tells her she only has three days to live. Starring Charlie McDermott, Anne Winters, Elizabeth Lail & Peter Facinelli. Finally, in "Black and Blue", A rookie police officer in New Orleans has to balance her identity as a black woman with her role as a police officer when she witnesses other police officers committing murder. Starring Mike Colter, Naomie Harris, Frank Grillo & Reid Scott. Calendar with Trailers. 10/4 "Joker": https://www.joker.movie/ 10/11 "Gemini Man": http://skydance.com/film/gemini-man/ "The Addams Family": https://www.addamsfamily.movie/home/ "Jexi": https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/jexi 10/18 "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil": https://movies.disney.com/maleficent-mistress-of-evil "Zombieland: Double Tap": http://www.zombieland.com/ "Jojo Rabbit": https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi2663366425?ref_=ttvi_vi_imdb_10 "The Lighthouse": https://a24films.com/films/the-lighthouse 10/25 "Black & Blue": https://www.blackandblue.movie/ "Countdown": https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi2813181721?ref_=ttvi_vi_imdb_3 That's all for now.....Enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdutton Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 This one might be worth seeing too. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6751668/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6751668/videoplayer/vi4232428569 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 The Lighthouse Can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Jerk Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Joker is awesome. I want to see it again. Can't wait for a sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 18 hours ago, Mark Vader said: In "Zombieland: Double Tap", Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family. Starring Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin & Zoey Deutch. I just can't go see this. It's predestined to be disappointing. They can't possibly top Bill Murray's death in the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 16 hours ago, DC Tom said: I just can't go see this. It's predestined to be disappointing. They can't possibly top Bill Murray's death in the first one. Dan Aykroyd will show up in this one instead. I can't name a single sequel that failed after replacing Murray with Aykroyd. And Joker was great. They need to hand all the awards to Phoenix right now because he was amazing. It's chilling how real that movie felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Joker has a huge buildup but I felt a bit letdown. Not sure what i was expecting? I just didn't love it but the acting and all that stuff was fine. It was dark, very dark. Arthur Fleck is disturbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Joker is a instant classic for me. Disturbing depiction of a mans decent into insanity. Very well done and Oscar worthy performance Jaquin but I doubt is cause the SJW's warriors hate the movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 6 hours ago, shrader said: Dan Aykroyd will show up in this one instead. I can't name a single sequel that failed after replacing Murray with Aykroyd. And Joker was great. They need to hand all the awards to Phoenix right now because he was amazing. It's chilling how real that movie felt. 3 hours ago, zow2 said: Joker has a huge buildup but I felt a bit letdown. Not sure what i was expecting? I just didn't love it but the acting and all that stuff was fine. It was dark, very dark. Arthur Fleck is disturbing. 2 hours ago, Dante said: Joker is a instant classic for me. Disturbing depiction of a mans decent into insanity. Very well done and Oscar worthy performance Jaquin but I doubt is cause the SJW's warriors hate the movie. Gee, I was on the fence about seeing "Joker", Now I better get out there and see it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Yeah, you guys have me wanting to go see Joker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 3 hours ago, zow2 said: Joker has a huge buildup but I felt a bit letdown. Not sure what i was expecting? I just didn't love it but the acting and all that stuff was fine. It was dark, very dark. Arthur Fleck is disturbing. Interesting in that Rupert Pupkin was the same sort of disturbing character in ‘The King of Comedy’. 35 years later, De Niro is now the Jerry Langford character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Mark Vader said: Gee, I was on the fence about seeing "Joker", Now I better get out there and see it. Just a heads up. It's the furthest thing from a comic book movie. I think we have had a discussion before about Marvel movies and they just aren't my thing. This one is more of a character study than anything else. Nothing "Super Hero" about it. Not very often a movie sticks with me beyond a day but this one sure has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I liked Joker. It was different in that there wasn't really all that much plot when it came right down to it. It was a deep dive into an individual and very well done. Phoenix was great. I thought I'd be comparing him to Ledger but I can't really. Phoenix's Joker was about society and outside forces shaping him. Ledger's Joker was about a more evolved Joker having judged the society and manipulating it. The Joker writers did a great job. You could see Ledger's Joker arising from Phoenix's or not. They made it independent but not totally removed. It's odd to me that a comic book villain could produce two of the better acting performances I can remember, but I thought Phoenix was great and years later the Ledger Joker still amazes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Dante said: Just a heads up. It's the furthest thing from a comic book movie. I think we have had a discussion before about Marvel movies and they just aren't my thing. This one is more of a character study than anything else. Nothing "Super Hero" about it. Not very often a movie sticks with me beyond a day but this one sure has. Yeah, I got that feeling from the trailer, and that's fine. Sounds like this is more along the lines of "Watchmen". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest K-GunJimKelly12 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I thought the Joker was great. It was a masterful performance by Phoenix. There is one scene that had me squirming in my seat which I don't think I have ever done before. The only negative I have is I saw the twist coming a mile away but the movie is built around the twist like many movies are. This movie is definitely worth seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Why didn't they stick with the original/official real name of the Joker being Jack Napier? Now it's Arthur Fleck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 9 hours ago, Doc said: Why didn't they stick with the original/official real name of the Joker being Jack Napier? Now it's Arthur Fleck? Joker's origin is multiple-choice. This is just one version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 4 hours ago, LeGOATski said: Joker's origin is multiple-choice. This is just one version. Into the Joker-Verse? Ugh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, Dante said: Just a heads up. It's the furthest thing from a comic book movie. I think we have had a discussion before about Marvel movies and they just aren't my thing. This one is more of a character study than anything else. Nothing "Super Hero" about it. Not very often a movie sticks with me beyond a day but this one sure has. I was calling the one of the scariest movies I've seen right after I left the theater because it felt so real. Everything right down to any of the violent moments, there's no special effects, no massive explosions... each of those moments was so real. I'll spoiler tag the next part because it's as spoilery as possible: I love how after watching that entire movie, you have no idea if any single scene actually happened or not. I enjoy the thought that all things Batman could just be a figment of his imagination. 14 hours ago, 4merper4mer said: I liked Joker. It was different in that there wasn't really all that much plot when it came right down to it. It was a deep dive into an individual and very well done. Phoenix was great. I thought I'd be comparing him to Ledger but I can't really. Phoenix's Joker was about society and outside forces shaping him. Ledger's Joker was about a more evolved Joker having judged the society and manipulating it. The Joker writers did a great job. You could see Ledger's Joker arising from Phoenix's or not. They made it independent but not totally removed. It's odd to me that a comic book villain could produce two of the better acting performances I can remember, but I thought Phoenix was great and years later the Ledger Joker still amazes me. They worked in one really cool homage to Ledger's Joker later in the film. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. It's quick, but I saw it as a nice tribute. edit: And speaking of great Joker performances, we now have 3. It's a shame that Leto trainwreck actually made it to theaters. Edited October 15, 2019 by shrader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Doc said: Into the Joker-Verse? Ugh. That's just the way the Joker has always been. His character literally makes up different stories about his own past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, Doc said: Why didn't they stick with the original/official real name of the Joker being Jack Napier? Now it's Arthur Fleck? Multiple reasons: https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Napier Jack Napier is an alter-ego associated with the Joker, sometimes used as the character's real name. This is a tribute to the actors Jack Nicholson and Alan Napier. It has been used by several incarnations of the Joker, although usually as an alias and not a secret identity. The "Jack Napier" identity was created by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren for the Batman film (1989). https://dcmovies.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Napier Jack Napier was the narcissistic right-hand man of Boss Carl Grissom. Napier was having an affair with Grissom's girlfriend, Alicia Hunt, prompting the jealous crime lord to set his right-hand man up to be killed by the corrupt police officer Lt. Eckhardt at Axis Chemicals. However, Grissom's plan went awry thanks to intervention by both Batman and Commissioner James Gordon. After killing Eckhardt and then catching a ricocheted bullet in the face, Napier tumbled into a vat of chemicals. Although Napier survives, the chemicals wreak a horrible toll: his hair is dyed green, his skin is bleached chalk white, and a botched attempt at reconstructive surgery severs critical facial nerves, leaving him with an eternal "smile". The Joker After his mind completely snapped after seeing his smile, he assumes his new identity as the Joker, he kills Grissom as revenge ("You set me up over a woman".) and takes over the gangster's empire, engaging in a violent, chaotic crime spree, the motive being to "outdo" Batman, who he feels was getting too much press. He also tries to woo Gotham Globe reporter Vicki Vale. When Bruce Wayne learns about the Joker, he recalls that his parents were murdered by Jack Napier, realizing that the Joker is indirectly responsible for the origin of Batman. Edited October 15, 2019 by Lurker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo86 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 I've seen Joker twice & will probably go see it again. Best film I've seen since I don't know when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Finally got around to seeing Joker. Best movie I've seen since The Silence of the Lambs, and by a pretty wide margin. Wasn't a thing about that movie I didn't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I saw The Irishman last weekend in its limited theatrical run before it hits Netflix next week, another Scorsese masterpiece. DeNiro and Pacino were tremendous, and it was so great seeing Pesci again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Joker was good. JoJo Rabbit was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 On 11/16/2019 at 8:32 PM, Joe in Winslow said: Finally got around to seeing Joker. Best movie I've seen since The Silence of the Lambs, and by a pretty wide margin. Wasn't a thing about that movie I didn't like. **SPOILER ALERT** Have you read the fan theories? One of them basically said that the Joaquin Phoenix's character ins't the Joker that fights Batman. But it was one of his copycat followers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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