Midnight Screenings - Life

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Movie Review: Life

[@goji3755]

These Hasbro movies just keep distancing themselves more and more from the games they're based on...

[@mrbanks456]

goji3755 That FUCKING BOARD GAME is what this movie is based off of?

[@missnotsocool96]

Tell me this is a joke.

[@rommix0]

Hopefully they don't completely botch the MLP movie that's coming out. I'm kinda looking forward to that one.

[@Clay3613]

MLP has had like 3 theatrical movies already.

[@Daddy0os]

It's a joke. Jesus, lol.

[@casbyness]

1) In 1999, Tess Gerritssen writes the novel "Gravity", about a group of astronauts who are exposed to an alien parasite that causes horrific disasters onboard the ISS, leaving only one female crewman alive to return to Earth. 2) In 2013, after a series of convoluted events New Line/Warner use the book as the basis of the movie "Gravity", but leave out all the elements relating to the alien life form body horror themes, focusing instead on just the spaceborn disaster aspect. 3) Tess Gerritssen sues Warner for breach of contract, but gives up in 2015 from sheer emotional and financial exhaustion. 4) In 2017, Skydance Media produce "Life", a movie which picks up and makes use of the other half of the novel "Gravity", that Warner left out of the movie "Gravity". 5) Being a writer can suck :P Seriously, read the novel!

[@Djonin]

The DNA research being stolen from Rosalind Franklin was real, but the "woman who wrote the Matrix and Terminator" is fake. Matrix was stolen from Grant Morrison's comic Invisibles.

[@taqu]

That's interesting. The novel must be quite different from the movie Gravity, then.

[@geoffreysorkin5774]

@Romano Coombs How about the fact that literary historians over the past decade or so have started to acknowledge that there's a decent chance Beowulf was written by a woman who either couldn't take credit, or had credit taken from her.

[@rzavala9095]

in defense of the creature latching to Ryan Reynolds leg and caress his face... NGL I'd react the same way to meeting Ryan Reynolds

[@xRaiofSunshine]

Pfffffffft!

[@fathergetdown]

I just can't take Brad seriously without his Bugs Bunny hat......

[@KEVMAN7987]

PleasurePlanetDeathtrap Another reason to prevent global warming.

[@johngleeman8347]

I haven't seen the movie, but octopuses are remarkably adept at squeezing into tight spaces. If I remember correctly, the only factor limiting an octopus' ability to fit through or into a space is the size of its brain. You could certainly be right about the alien getting away with things that even an octopus couldn't manage. Great review as always Brad/Brian. :)

[@blither4656]

Pretty sure it's the beak not the brain (?) but yeah good point.

[@taqu]

I _just_ made the same comment before I noticed yours. Doesn't an octopus have 9 brains, 8 in each of its tentacles? Basically, if their beak fits, they fit.

[@AngeliqueStP]

Yup, it's the beak.... the only 'hard' (non-malleable) bit.

[@minigmaenigma]

Holy shit why are people making a big deal out Brian painting his nails?

[@thePANDEMlC]

Because people are sheltered man children.

[@minigmaenigma]

Why?

[@talynhastime9343]

+James Rennick Aaaaand? Ozzy Osbourne paints his nails. Alice Cooper paints his nails. Lots of those death metal bands have members that paint their nails.

[@Daddy0os]

Androgyny is a gr8 look m8s.

[@GermanLeftist]

Because he normally doesn't paint his nails? At least I've never seen him with painted nails in these videos before.

[@rzavala9095]

I thought it was a really weird choice to use a 3-minute clip of the movie as a trailer... first thing I said was "well SOMEBODY watched Alien." It was an especially Alien scene!!

[@crislie4149]

Now the real question, when do we get the sequel: Lives?

[@Magmaster13]

No kidnapped girls in the back seat?

[@KEVMAN7987]

Magmaster13 They released her in the hostage negotiation they filmed earlier.

[@kellydavis3219]

it makes me so happy every time one of you guys reference Sunshine on here, it's one of my two favorite movies ever and it makes me so sad when nobody knows about it. that one is the champ of establishing believable characters

[@Djonin]

So imagine: You're at the end of the movie "Threads". It's been nonstop horrors of nuclear winter, generations have died undignified deaths alone with no one to mourn them, the young girl who's got brain damage from radiation poisoning is giving birth to her stillborn rape baby, and right as she's about to scream, we smash straight to the chorus of "Hooked on a Feeling" That's the dissonance the ending of this movie's soundtrack had.

[@havesomecarrots]

The only ad I saw for this movie literally showed Ryan Reynolds' death. I just didn't know when it would happen.

[@lsgreger2645]

Just to be clear, this wasn't a Marvel prequel to a venom movie?

[@rockbusterproductions]

No, that was just a fan rumor.

[@renegadehero7393]

Thanks for the review guys, saves me money. Man I remember Sunshine, that movie was a trip.

[@Clay3613]

Sunshine is overrated.

[@yourmother1000000000]

They're not kidding about the Deep Star Six box art. I can still remember it from when I saw it at a rental store when I was eight

[@WTFisTingispingis]

The moment Brad remembers Mario 2 better than I do. Props, man. It was the first game I ever actually played and I'm still like "wait was that in there..."

[@CommanderZx2]

Don't shock it with a miniature cattle prod, Isn't that what they did in Prometheus as well?

[@almightycinder]

Yeah, and it exploded.

[@Ben_the_Rosafan]

CommanderZx2 Hey, at least that time it didn't end up eating people.

[@taqu]

Regular octopus are actually amazing at fitting through tiny spaces even when they're full sized. They can get through a hole with a 2 inch diameter - as long as their beak fits, they fit. If the monster was at least partly based on a real octopus, those skills would make some sense.

[@donnylurch4207]

Daaaamn, Brad! I thought I was the only person left alive who knows what a Ninji is enough to reference it by name.

[@typacsk]

(sigh) "What *are* we to do with you, Ninji?"

[@Elysium_the_Bard]

The more you guys talked about the movie, the more I slowly started to realize what this movie actually was: The writers/producers of this film probably saw that one Cowboy Bebop episode with the blob-like creature that attacks the crew and then got the insane idea to try to make it into a serious horror movie.

[@Luke.S2099]

So glad you mentioned the music at the end of The Evil Dead :)

[@majormajor3630]

it reminds me of an episode of Cowboy Bebop where they have the space lobster goes bad, but trying to be a horror movie.

[@majormajor3630]

By which I mean this movie trying to be a horror movie.

[@BulletTooth504]

That was a great episode.

[@SamAronow]

Major Major "Program completed, man, program completed!"

[@otakon17]

24:34 Deep Star Six was about a sea monster, you guys are thinking about Leviathan. Which was _Alien_ and _John Carpenter's The Thing_ underwater. So we've actually gone full circle.

[@StonedGremlinProductions]

Actually no, we were thinking about Deep Star Six. I mistakenly said Michael Carmine, but we were talking about Deep Star Six. The monster in Life looks kind of like a Sea Monster.

[@otakon17]

Weird you were thinking about Deep Star Six considering it was a more typical "sea monster" deal than a "organism that enters your body and sucks you dry and grows from feeding" like from Leviathan. *shrugs* content6.flixster.com/question/42/87/14/4287144_std.jpg I mean this is the beastie from Deepstar Six.

[@jellekastelein7316]

I don't think the Deep Star Six monster grew during the movie. Also, much more entertaining movie than Life was.

[@missnotsocool96]

Even from the trailer I thought, "Well, this looks familiar. *cough* Alien and/or Alien Isolation the Video-game *cough*"

[@Robkinggozer]

Familiar isn't necessarily bad though, if it does something new with familiar material. This did a slightly above mediocre job at that.

[@AquaLantern]

'"I'm gonna goooo to the spirit in the sky, it's where I'm gonna goooo when I die, when they die and they lay to rest, I'm gonna go to da place dats the beeeest!" Truly the best possible music for an Alien knockoff :D

[@CactusJackIV]

I could not watch this many movies, you Ser, are a machine.

[@Zeitgeist6]

I need to buy black nailpolish again.... Bryan you're bringing it back. And that's cool!

[@Crinbo]

I liked this quite a bit actually. I thought there was a lot of tense stuff up until the first death. After that it was pretty by the numbers, but well-made at least.

[@russellhunter363]

If you want to see a horror movie, see "Split", "Get Out" or "Belko Experiment".

[@MoonlitLycan]

I wouldn't consider The Belko Experiment a horror movie. More like "goresploitation" mixed with "deathsploitation" (as in a movie whose main selling point is to see a large cast of people killed off in gruesome ways, like Saw or Final Destination)

[@russellhunter363]

MoonlitLycan Yeah, but at least it's fun to watch.

[@TianaSidhe]

I got the trailer for Wish Upon when I went to see Logan. First thought I had: "Gee, I hope Brad goes to see this!'

[@smjaiteh]

I'd rather watch Life, the Eddie Murphy/Martin Lawrence movie, honestly. I remember liking that movie in middle school.

[@adamcheek2244]

I'd say this is definitely a rental. I saw it in theaters and liked it enough, and it was a nice way to spend my birthday with a few friends. I will give them credit for not having the trope of the "I'm going home soon and this is my last week here" crewman or something like that in the film. I do agree it could've used some more exposition at the outset to better define the characters...wasn't a bad movie, wasn't stellar, but a fun watch. Can't wait for Covenant in a month and a half though.

[@almightycinder]

The thing about the guy in the wheelchair reminds me of William Fitchner's character from Contact. They never mention even once that his character is blind. All you really get is people helping him walk once, and saying that he recognized how James Woods smelled. That's it.

[@pikkonkicksass]

@ 15:45 Heh, just saw the film an hour ago. I was thinking that there were now two Calvins too, one on the external of the ISS which Hugh (black guy) saw before going into cardiac arrest, and then there was the Calvin that had entered Hugh's body after attaching to him the first time when he broke the glove. I remembered Miranda suggesting at the beginning that because it didn't have a central nervous system like us and that each cell was an organism unto itself that it could be a super-organism/hive mind creature. Lol, I kept expecting a post-credits scene showing the ISS crashing and a second Calvin surviving reentry, setting it up for an invasive Martian species rather than Prometheus-monster flick. Clearly I over-analyzed the direction and cinematography. Ah well, missed opportunity.

[@fervalencia30]

I enjoyed this film. It wasn't great or anything, but it was fun. Also, the first sequence reminded me of Gravity, it's one long shot, and I'm a sucker for long takes.

[@firefly4f4]

When the end credits started, and then "Spirit in the Sky" played, I couldn't stop myself from saying, "Oh, you are KIDDING me!" How obvious a song could you have picked? A co-worker suggested, "The Universe" song from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life would have been more appropriate and unexpected.

[@Lawlaliet]

I dunno why, but seemed like a mix of The Thing and Alien to me.

[@FelisTerras]

And some Deep Rising thrown in for good measure

[@JacobKaiju]

Or Leviathan in Space.

[@holsson85]

I just looked up Deepstar Six, thanks for the tip!!

[@brianamartini3379]

I figured Ryan Reynolds was going to be the first to die when I heard he was originally the lead and took a smaller role so that he could film Deadpool 2.

[@vanzonhl]

they havent even started filming deadpool 2..

[@Ben_the_Rosafan]

Briana Martini According to IMDb, the conflict was with a project called The Hitman's Bodyguard.

[@SkolneyVikings]

Him being billed AFTER Rebecca Ferguson was a dead giveaway.

[@Karmakamilia]

Loved these days.

[@fuzzyfennec7493]

the length of time jakes char was in space was to show how much he didnt want to go back to earth, which becomes relevant towards the end

[@Ike_of_pyke]

I kind of predicted the final reveal but was kind of "Huh?" that they went for it because it was pretty well telegraphed

[@Waffles252]

The only movie to successfully put a title card in past the 10 min mark was 127 hours. It honestly worked really well.

[@Robkinggozer]

The Ryan Reynolds death scene made this worth it imo :)

[@ramboraph4life]

I think Brad was thinking of Leviathan when Brian was talking about Deep Star Six...both did come out in 1989 so it's understandable, lol. I say that because Leviathan did have Michael Carmine (as well as Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Ernie Hudson, and Daniel Stern) who Brad mentioned. I don't mind Deep Star Six...I actually like it. But I Love Leviathan from the same year...it's a childhood favorite (Jerry Goldsmith score, Stan Winston FX, & a cast with Peter Weller/Ernie Hudson/Daniel Stern). And sadly...Christian Slater did do a movie like that and it was called Stranded from 2013.

[@StonedGremlinProductions]

No I was thinking of Deep Star Six, I know Leviathan is the Peter Weller one. But given how long it had been since I'd seen DSS, I simply thought Michael Carmine was in that one.

[@ramboraph4life]

Ah ok then, no worries. Great job with the video...sad to see that the actors seemed very wasted in a meh movie.

[@RockinRhinox]

Huh, so the best movie Brad saw this week was Power Rangers, did not see that one coming.

[@whatiftherewasanun]

The sharks end up in space at the end of Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

[@TheAlienmorph]

BTW, Spirit in the Sky actually IS in Guardians of the Galaxy's OST. So yeah, you were totally right about that lol

[@ShadeMeadows]

I fell in love with the Movie ❤

[@RubexQewb]

I thought the monster was gonna end up being the size of the monster from "deep rising" or at least bigger than it really was. My TV is bigger than it's full size.

[@npaulagain]

octopus, the critter you compared the alien to? It can compress itself and fit into spaces far smaller than you would think.

[@BainesMkII]

Haven't watched the film, but if the creature is based on an octopus, then maybe it *can* get through small gaps and pipes despite having a large body. What an octopus can do is pretty darn amazing. A 600 pound octopus can move through a hole that is less than an inch wide.

[@rockbusterproductions]

Friday The 13th (2009) has the opening title card come in after 2 opening sequences, one of them the opening credits, and the other an entire 20 minute opening prologue. And you could've completely cut one of them out.

[@hostagexandox]

I had just seen this movie so this lines up perfectly. I laughed all the way through it. Basically it's "the worlds smartest people" making some of the dumbest mistakes and suffering the consequences. Once you understand it's one of THOSE movies it becomes as hilarious as The Purge. I think it would have been a better movie as a graphic Hard R black comedy horror film where the astronauts are basically Camp Counselors waiting to be killed off by the space squid. Which is probably what they attempted with the ending and the playing of "Spirit in the Sky" when the credits began to roll. For example, when there are the two remaining characters left on the space station and they realize they only have 38 minutes to live, a guy and a girl, they should have played "Let's Get it On" by Marvin Gaye (the universally recognized song for a comedy sex scene) and started fucking. By the end of the film, myself and the people I was with in the theater were all just chanting for the space squid to be in the capsule. Just "Squid! Squid! Squid! Squid!" Then we got what was basically the happy ending, at least for me. That's what you get for breaking the first rule of quarantine. If something bad is happening, don't open the god damned door!

[@irrefutablematt]

well that sucks... was looking forward to this for the exact reason you mentioned.. the cast... gyllenhaal been doing some really good films lately

[@Citrakite]

Sharknado 7: Sharks in time. During a physics experiment at CERN a hole in time is created and now time storms dot the Earth raining sharks from every period past and future. Can Mike take the Megalodon before it takes Manhattan?

[@maryc.7103]

Brads nails are poppin

[@ILikeBleachItsTrue]

Fine I'll watch Alien tonight xD You convinced me

[@JacobKaiju]

You know, the bad thing is that every time I watch a review for this movie, no matter what, I kept remember Brad saying "it's just a group of actors who got together and said "let's make ourselves a Alien knock off movie". Or it's something to that effect.

[@CrystalJupiter]

I actually like the mid-opening title thing, I think it can work. I expected to hate or at least be ambivalent towards this but I kinda liked it. It's not going to be something I remember much, but it had some good gore moments and it was a fun kind of midnight sci-fi movie. It's predictable but I was entertained.

[@TheZombiehunter24]

Even a generic Alien knock off can be better than most Blumhouse movies.

[@StonedGremlinProductions]

This year's Blumhouse horror (Split, Get Out, The Belko Experiment) are all far better than this movie.

[@TheZombiehunter24]

That is true but I was more or less comparing it to movies like the darkness, The gallows, or Incarnate.

[@robotrix]

Deep Star Six or Leviathan?

[@Tonbot74]

14:25 Does anybody else see that cut that makes the audio de-sync, or is that just me?

[@dankester5607]

It's a really fine line, isn't it? You either spend too much time on a cast of characters that we know doesn't really matter because they are just going to end up being alien bait, or we don't spend enough time getting to know them as people and we aren't emotionally invested in their demise, so we don't care that they're being terrorized and brutally slain. However, I tend to lead more toward the latter as being the better option, because really, that is what the people came to see in a situation like this. It's not the English Patient or Sophie's Choice, ya know? Give us a few minutes of dialogue so we can figure out what kind of archetypes they are, and their development will come as the movie progresses.

[@Robkinggozer]

The creature stuck to Reynolds leg without hurting him (yet), because it wanted back on the ship. If it killed Reynolds out there, the others wouldn't have opened the hatch. Everything it does is pretty logical.

[@andyhoov]

I find myself agreeing with these guys 90% of the time, but not on this one. The film isn't great and Sunshine is the better choice for fans of Hiroyuki Sanada in space, but I quite enjoyed it. While the concept is far from original, the acting and film making definitely elevate the material; though I do agree the creature POV shots were frustrating. Also, I enjoyed how the structure and pacing got things moving along quickly and even felt much of the dialogue through these scenes did a fine job setting up the characters. All that being said, I can agree that I would prioritize Split and Get Out over this one. However, for those who have seen those better flicks, I have no problem recommending Life.

[@josephsanti6219]

The worst Spider-Man 3 movie prequel.

[@culwin]

How do you make a whole movie about cereal

[@YuzuruA]

The writers did Zombieland and Deadpool - either they write the story with humour (that´s why Reynolds) and then the script was ignored by the director or they tried to make a more serious movie and couldn´t get the tone right...

[@mikekz4489]

So, the Deep Star Six to Alien: Covenant's Leviathan?

[@davidj.thompson]

At least, no adult male in THIS movie is called "Baby Bear".... there's a nerdy reference for ya!

[@DasKame]

We all watched Nostalgic Critic Mate

[@MrUnamazing]

Nice nail color, I usually go with mauve

[@lnfreeman]

i didn't even realize there would be a woman in this movie. all the marketing I've seen has been selling the Gyllenhaal Reynolds chemistry so hard I legit thought this was gonna be Moon with just the two of them and the alien

[@skyhighgd1261]

good review.

[@Burori1]

Oh my god. This movie has the Jeepers Creepers ending?

[@chicostephenson]

Ah. Yet another movie that you can predict just from watching the trailer.

[@motolicious12]

Additional comment about Brian painting his nails

[@tarlx902]

Nice nail-polish Brian.

[@yoshimasterleader]

I'm gonna assume Brain's nails is for film reasons

[@captcrais101]

Why did the net say this was a prequel to Venom? Did someone have their imagination runaway with them or did Sony put out a lie to fill the seats? It has nothing to do with Venom.

[@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677]

Will the next alien in this series be called Hobbes

[@Dboy21ish]

ah so it's the Suicide Squad opening kind of opening.

[@MrSmart-wo6wb]

Y'all going to see Song to Song?

[@ZekeStaright]

So it's kinda like Godzilla '14 where they wasted their Cranston? shit... Things I'e learned from Lost World: Jurassic Park, Prometheus & now Life, don't cattle prod strange things

[@DasKame]

I love how "Alien" from 1979(!) is a better Movie in any (any) Way

[@MetalHeadChick16661]

Dang, I was kinda hoping that this one was gonna be good. Oh well, I guess i can buy food instead.

[@ViperChief117]

Alien on the ISS.

[@akildukes7499]

I think you guys are thinking about leviathan, not deepstar 6.

[@300IQPrower]

Anyone gonna bring up the sinilarity to the video game P R E Y ?

[@bassfunkmaster85]

How sick would it have been if it actually was a prequel to Venom

[@DasKame]

So... both movies are lame. Got it

[@zeo1chris]

So the trailer is right... 2017 the Abyss?

[@DasKame]

Poor Mans "Alien"

[@Matt-mq6ws]

Come on guys. Apollo 13! Apollo 13 is the one with Spirit in the Sky.

[@DasKame]

It was hilarous predictable "OH THE JAPANESE GUY BECOME FATHER! HE WILL SURE SURVIVE THIS"

[@felinefatale7773]

Of course Stuckmann and Jahns seem to praise this movie and enjoyed it, but Brad and Brian are "meh" about it. Bottom line, I'll probably won't be impressed by "Life".

[@WillsonT011]

There are alot of "SHIT MOVIES" Brad & Brian have like or loved especially Brad. So there view of THIS movie is just there's

[@Robkinggozer]

It's fun if you're looking for a gory b-sci fi horror, high quality production, good actors, great visuals. But you can't really take it serious in the second half. Kind of like Prometheus in that way.

[@vfxfan]

I was disappointed that they didn't go anywhere with the alien sparing the Japanese guy in the sleeping pod after he looked at photos of his family. They could've done something clever with that, but I just didn't understand why it was there. And none of the deaths were particularly gruesome, except for the rat, although the cheap CGI watered that down, so the film didn't have gore porn going for it.

[@DasKame]

"Well, the Foreigner with Family will survive this Horror-Movie" - Nobody, Never

[@moomoopuppy5810]

Sharknado 7: Sharks in Da Hood.

[@the2ndsaint]

This movie would have been awesome if it had Christian Slater and Stephen Dorff.

[@kismete6921]

Where is your bugs bunny hat? Can I have it?

[@barubary218]

... damn I had high hopes for this movie...

[@Wolf10media]

nice nails Brian

[@eah4452]

Life was better than Alien Covenant