New movies undeserving of their own thread 2: The Night It Came Home

[Abraham Smashington]

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And this is great, I don't know why they felt the need to make a full movie. I hope it's good, but again, I need some reviews from some people who I trust first.

[gravedigger]

YO F BOTH OF THOSE

[BillyG]

I now want to know what movie you're talking about haha

Orphan!

[B_Metal]

Anyone else seeing Lights Out this weekend?

If I had no children I would be. But it appears I'll be watching Secret life of pets instead. The 4 year old got to choose.

[Matt]

STAR TREK BEYOND was fucking GREAT. We absolutely loved it, and I'd put it as the best of the Nu Trek films and probably in the top 3 of all of the Trek films.

Of note: don't pay for 3D, it's worthless for the most part. We did this in IMAX 3D and I hardly noticed it for the entire runtime.

[Abraham Smashington]

Orphan!

oh yeah, I remember that movie. Wasn't a fan.

[BillyG]

oh yeah, I remember that movie. Wasn't a fan.

Sorry you're not an or-fan of Orphan.

[Matt]

Still in the afterglow from seeing STAR TREK BEYOND. If I had to rank the films right now, I'd go:

1. STAR TREK 2: THE WRATH OF KHAN
2. STAR TREK FIRST CONTACT
3. STAR TREK BEYOND
4. STAR TREK 6: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
5. STAR TREK 3: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
6. STAR TREK (09)
7. STAR TREK 4: THE VOYAGE HOME
8. STAR TREK 5: THE FINAL FRONTIER
9. STAR TREK GENERATIONS
10. STAR TREK INSURRECTION
11. STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE
12. STAR TREK NEMESIS
13. STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

If BEYOND holds up on a second viewing, I could see it moving to #2 without too much issue. It just hit all of the right buttons for me in every possible way.

[Anderson]

Still in the afterglow from seeing STAR TREK BEYOND. If I had to rank the films right now, I'd go:

1. STAR TREK 2: THE WRATH OF KHAN
2. STAR TREK FIRST CONTACT
3. STAR TREK BEYOND
4. STAR TREK 6: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
5. STAR TREK 3: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
6. STAR TREK (09)
7. STAR TREK 4: THE VOYAGE HOME
8. STAR TREK 5: THE FINAL FRONTIER
9. STAR TREK GENERATIONS
10. STAR TREK INSURRECTION
11. STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE
12. STAR TREK NEMESIS
13. STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

If BEYOND holds up on a second viewing, I could see it moving to #2 without too much issue. It just hit all of the right buttons for me in every possible way.

That's really blowing a ton of smoke up Beyond's ass. It's good, but not that good.

[Abraham Smashington]

Man, First Contact is still a bunch of fun. Zephram is the best.

[Matt]

That's really blowing a ton of smoke up Beyond's ass. It's good, but not that good.

I can see BEYOND being a 'your mileage may vary' type of film. For me, it just hit everything that I was wanting in a Star Trek film. The shine may wear off in time, but right now I'm still smiling pretty broadly about seeing it last night. I dug the shit out of it.

[Anderson]

I can see BEYOND being a 'your mileage may vary' type of film. For me, it just hit everything that I was wanting in a Star Trek film. The shine may wear off in time, but right now I'm still smiling pretty broadly about seeing it last night. I dug the shit out of it.

Like the last Nu-Trek and the plans for Nu-Trek 4, it still felt like a retread.

When it worked, it worked. Elba went the fuck out of his way to make it work. But, so much just felt off.

Still, heads and shoulders above Into Darkness.

[Matt]

Very, very little felt off to me. There were a couple of obvious edits (probably for time) that might have fleshed out a couple of things a tad better, but nothing to get into a twist over.

The set pieces in this thing, though. Holy cow, are they good.
- The attack on the Enterprise, ending with its destruction (it's in the trailers so I'm not spoiling anything) is superb. It's conceived and executed to perfection.
- The Kirk/Chekov sequence later on when they go back looking for the McGuffin (I won't say where as it's spoilery) is also fantastic. The set design is utterly convincing.
- The climactic battle at the end take full advantage of three dimensional space in an effective manner, giving me things that I haven't seen before.

The one divisive element that I could maybe see coming up will be the use of a certain element to defeat the enemy. If handled incorrectly, it would sink the film (and I suspect that it could for some people). For me, it worked...and it also worked very well in my theater. It's also a fun callback to the first film. The cast sells its usage with some funny lines, too.

Whatever, I dug it immensely. Lots of fun, very entertaining across the board without any really bad plot holes (there are a few, but nothing egregious).

[Anderson]

Very, very little felt off to me. There were a couple of obvious edits (probably for time) that might have fleshed out a couple of things a tad better, but nothing to get into a twist over.

The set pieces in this thing, though. Holy cow, are they good.
- The attack on the Enterprise, ending with its destruction (it's in the trailers so I'm not spoiling anything) is superb. It's conceived and executed to perfection.
- The Kirk/Chekov sequence later on when they go back looking for the McGuffin (I won't say where as it's spoilery) is also fantastic. The set design is utterly convincing.
- The climactic battle at the end take full advantage of three dimensional space in an effective manner, giving me things that I haven't seen before.

The one divisive element that I could maybe see coming up will be the use of a certain element to defeat the enemy. If handled incorrectly, it would sink the film (and I suspect that it could for some people). For me, it worked...and it also worked very well in my theater. It's also a fun callback to the first film. The cast sells its usage with some funny lines, too.

Whatever, I dug it immensely. Lots of fun, very entertaining across the board without any really bad plot holes (there are a few, but nothing egregious).

My favorite things about the movie were the roly poly people, the back story for Elba and the dynamics of the Yorktown. Everything else felt very average.

[Abraham Smashington]

Does it at least live up to the original reboot?