What was the last movie you saw?

C. Ives · Post by **C. Ives** » Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:36 pm

user wrote: can't deal with another childish duuuude sooperhero film

So don't watch it. Problem solved.

user · Post by **user** » Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:46 pm

that was implicit in my post

not meant as criticism of your enthusiasm...just what I thought as as I watched the previews.

Séamas · Post by **Séamas** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 10:51 am

The Dirty Dozen
I was surprised at how awful this was.
The story is pretty asinine and not really believable. Not that movies have to be believable, but this genre usually sticks to some semblance of it.
The storytelling is also pretty awful.

justine · Post by **justine** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:35 am

Séamas wrote: The Dirty Dozen
I was surprised at how awful this was.
The story is pretty asinine and not really believable. Not that movies have to be believable, but this genre usually sticks to some semblance of it.
The storytelling is also pretty awful.

Pithecanthropus · Post by **Pithecanthropus** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:59 pm

Séamas wrote: The Dirty Dozen
I was surprised at how awful this was.
The story is pretty asinine and not really believable. Not that movies have to be believable, but this genre usually sticks to some semblance of it.
The storytelling is also pretty awful.

Lee Marvin wasn't a big fan of it either. I, on the other hand, love that movie.

justine · Post by **justine** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 5:28 pm

Pithecanthropus wrote:
Séamas wrote: The Dirty Dozen
I was surprised at how awful this was.
The story is pretty asinine and not really believable. Not that movies have to be believable, but this genre usually sticks to some semblance of it.
The storytelling is also pretty awful.

Lee Marvin wasn't a big fan of it either. I, on the other hand, love that movie.

I grew up on all of these flicks. All the old western and war flicks.

user · Post by **user** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 6:06 pm

I had trouble with them dropping bombs on the people in that chalet. Just saying that they were Nazis didn't mitigate the sheer cruelty of it.

I prefer Kelly's Heroes.

Ribtor · Post by **Ribtor** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:31 am

Best WW2 movie might be "A Walk In The Sun" (1945)

Séamas · Post by **Séamas** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 am

user wrote: I had trouble with them dropping bombs on the people in that chalet. Just saying that they were Nazis didn't mitigate the sheer cruelty of it.

I prefer Kelly's Heroes.

Yep. I was thinking the same thing. Kelly's Heroes is great.

Séamas · Post by **Séamas** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 am

Ribtor wrote: Best WW2 movie might be "A Walk In The Sun" (1945)

Might also be Casablanca.

Metacell · Post by **Metacell** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:14 am

"The Witch" (Netflix)

Everything you hate and fear about the Western Christian Roman Empire summed up in one beautifully filmed period horror film. Kinda' brilliant.

Metacell · Post by **Metacell** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 5:46 pm

Captain Marvel....like Ant Man and The Wasp, It felt like a bunch of stitched together action sequences with a few jokes to fill in for characterization and story. Ok, maybe that's a little harsh, but it takes about a third of the movie before I even start to feel like I'm watching people acting in a drama...I think they could have told this story better than starting in on the action half-way through and giving us the backstory in flashback snippets, but then I guess it would take time and writing. Which isn't to say it was awful, just mildly amusing stuff we've seen before, albeit with Kree and Skrull which slightly annoys me because all the Marvel space stuff is spunoff from The Fantastic Four, so it always feels out of place without them, Galactus, Silver Surfer, Doctor Doom, etc. I suppose one day they'll redo it all again with EVERY superhero teamup. *sigh* here's my $6 (senior discount by then).

Pithecanthropus · Post by **Pithecanthropus** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:00 am

Metacell wrote:...felt like a bunch of stitched together action sequences with a few jokes to fill in for characterization and story.

That's they way I feel about almost all of the super hero movies.

Séamas · Post by **Séamas** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:46 am

Saving Mr. Banks

This is an account of the author PL Travers and her reluctance to see her Mary Poppins character made into a film.
She is a tricky character, seems to never want to be pleased by anything. She has an uncompromising disdain for Walt Disney and the product he creates.
While I have long been of the mind that Disney movies, etc can be overly saccharine, I had to in many ways side with Mr. Disney's perspective. Despite several faults, there can be no denying the quality of the work that came from his studio.
The movie delves into her background which had several hardships and it manages to force a somewhat happy ending.

avkills · Post by **avkills** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:12 pm

Just watched "A Star is Born" (the remake) the other night; damn powerful movie. Hats off to Mr. Cooper and Lady Gaga.

I've got to say this is probably one of the best of the year so far if not the best. Storyline and more storyline. Proof you do not need uber effects.

macnuke · Post by **macnuke** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:09 pm

avkills wrote: Just watched "A Star is Born" (the remake) the other night; damn powerful movie. Hats off to Mr. Cooper and Lady Gaga.

I've got to say this is probably one of the best of the year so far if not the best. Storyline and more storyline. Proof you do not need uber effects.

go watch the second version (remake) with Barbara and Kris.

avkills · Post by **avkills** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:15 pm

macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote: Just watched "A Star is Born" (the remake) the other night; damn powerful movie. Hats off to Mr. Cooper and Lady Gaga.

I've got to say this is probably one of the best of the year so far if not the best. Storyline and more storyline. Proof you do not need uber effects.

go watch the second version (remake) with Barbara and Kris.

I can imagine the original is just as good if not better.

macnuke · Post by **macnuke** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:18 pm

avkills wrote:
macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote: Just watched "A Star is Born" (the remake) the other night; damn powerful movie. Hats off to Mr. Cooper and Lady Gaga.

I've got to say this is probably one of the best of the year so far if not the best. Storyline and more storyline. Proof you do not need uber effects.

go watch the second version (remake) with Barbara and Kris.

I can imagine the original is just as good if not better.

I didn't know there was an earlier. the second was pre internet.
but when i found out. i watched it.
hold the perspective of the day and it's a good one also.

avkills · Post by **avkills** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:22 pm

macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote:
macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote: Just watched "A Star is Born" (the remake) the other night; damn powerful movie. Hats off to Mr. Cooper and Lady Gaga.

I've got to say this is probably one of the best of the year so far if not the best. Storyline and more storyline. Proof you do not need uber effects.

go watch the second version (remake) with Barbara and Kris.

I can imagine the original is just as good if not better.

I didn't know there was an earlier. the second was pre internet.
but when i found out. i watched it.
hold the perspective of the day and it's a good one also.

Hmm I thought the one with Barbara and Kris was the original. :awe:

macnuke · Post by **macnuke** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 1:12 am

avkills wrote:
macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote:
macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote: Just watched "A Star is Born" (the remake) the other night; damn powerful movie. Hats off to Mr. Cooper and Lady Gaga.

I've got to say this is probably one of the best of the year so far if not the best. Storyline and more storyline. Proof you do not need uber effects.

go watch the second version (remake) with Barbara and Kris.

I can imagine the original is just as good if not better.

I didn't know there was an earlier. the second was pre internet.
but when i found out. i watched it.
hold the perspective of the day and it's a good one also.

Hmm I thought the one with Barbara and Kris was the original.

actually....
1937 original
I saw the 1954 version and thought that was original. (judy Garland)
94% on Rotten Tomatos
kristof and streisand were the 3rd A Star is Born.
Gaga and bradley are #4

Ribtor · Post by **Ribtor** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 10:27 am

Hunter Killer (2018) Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman. Oldman is really slumming his way to a paycheque in this god awful action travesty about submarines and rogue Russians trying to start a war. Maybe as a drinking-game movie the film has merit, otherwise, avoid.

juice · Post by **juice** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:51 am

That might be your best review yet.

Metacell · Post by **Metacell** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:38 pm

The Third Man (1949)

Famous Noir thriller in post-war Vienna starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles. Beautiful cinematography, but I found the story hackneyed. Maybe it was revolutionary at the time, but I feel its been absorbed into our cartoon culture by now. The ending is sweet. Alida Valli is hot.

Ribtor · Post by **Ribtor** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 6:50 pm

The Other Guys (2010) Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg. Ferrell is great. The Lion vs tuna argument is gold. "Desk pop!" Fun.

user · Post by **user** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:26 pm

Wonder Woman

Nicely done. Chris Pine was a good choice to play opposite.

avkills · Post by **avkills** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:27 pm

macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote:
macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote:
macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote: Just watched "A Star is Born" (the remake) the other night; damn powerful movie. Hats off to Mr. Cooper and Lady Gaga.

I've got to say this is probably one of the best of the year so far if not the best. Storyline and more storyline. Proof you do not need uber effects.

go watch the second version (remake) with Barbara and Kris.

I can imagine the original is just as good if not better.

I didn't know there was an earlier. the second was pre internet.
but when i found out. i watched it.
hold the perspective of the day and it's a good one also.

Hmm I thought the one with Barbara and Kris was the original.

actually....
1937 original
I saw the 1954 version and thought that was original. (judy Garland)
94% on Rotten Tomatos
kristof and streisand were the 3rd A Star is Born.
Gaga and bradley are #4

Interesting...thanks for the info.

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:21 am

Glass

Very Good. But Unbreakable is still the best superhero movie ever

Ribtor · Post by **Ribtor** » Sun Apr 21, 2019 12:36 pm

avkills wrote:
macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote:
macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote:
macnuke wrote:
avkills wrote: Just watched "A Star is Born" (the remake) the other night; damn powerful movie. Hats off to Mr. Cooper and Lady Gaga.

I've got to say this is probably one of the best of the year so far if not the best. Storyline and more storyline. Proof you do not need uber effects.

go watch the second version (remake) with Barbara and Kris.

I can imagine the original is just as good if not better.

I didn't know there was an earlier. the second was pre internet.
but when i found out. i watched it.
hold the perspective of the day and it's a good one also.

Hmm I thought the one with Barbara and Kris was the original.

actually....
1937 original
I saw the 1954 version and thought that was original. (judy Garland)
94% on Rotten Tomatos
kristof and streisand were the 3rd A Star is Born.
Gaga and bradley are #4

Interesting...thanks for the info.

Deleted scene from A Star Is Born

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3dnMKeLgSg

Pithecanthropus · Post by **Pithecanthropus** » Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:17 am

Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill! (2006). Body count: 8.

You get a brutal murder in the first minute, then you have to wait a very long time before the next. Some of the scenes (the hooker scene especially) go on way too long. The final half hour makes the whole film.

Super low budget, starring no one you've ever seen before. Worth it if you're into that kind of thing. Avoid it if not.

Séamas · Post by **Séamas** » Mon Apr 22, 2019 10:49 am

Metacell wrote: The Third Man (1949)

Famous Noir thriller in post-war Vienna starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles. Beautiful cinematography, but I found the story hackneyed. Maybe it was revolutionary at the time, but I feel its been absorbed into our cartoon culture by now. The ending is sweet. Alida Valli is hot.

Love the chase scene. Couldn't work as well today now that everyone wears soft-soul shoes. The clickity clack of the shoes as the people ran through the sewer was iconic, as was the zither music.

Metacell · Post by **Metacell** » Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:46 pm

Séamas wrote:
Metacell wrote: The Third Man (1949)

Famous Noir thriller in post-war Vienna starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles. Beautiful cinematography, but I found the story hackneyed. Maybe it was revolutionary at the time, but I feel its been absorbed into our cartoon culture by now. The ending is sweet. Alida Valli is hot.

Love the chase scene. Couldn't work as well today now that everyone wears soft-soul shoes. The clickity clack of the shoes as the people ran through the sewer was iconic, as was the zither music.

Yeah, the music is cool.

Metacell · Post by **Metacell** » Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:45 am

Grass is Greener (Netflix)

The joint (sic) history of marijuana and hip-hop from jazz through rock directed by Fab 5 Freddy. Pretty darn good and you know exactly what the viewing prerequisites are.

Séamas · Post by **Séamas** » Fri May 03, 2019 11:43 am

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

I might enjoy it more after seeing it a second time, which is often the case with Coen Bros movies.
Even though it came out six years ago I very much anticipated seeing it (tempus fugit).

It was far darker than I expected, and had a much different feel to it than any of the Coen bros movies I have seen. It was said to be a dark comedy, but I had some difficulty in finding the comedy.
Part of my problem was having a different expectation of what it would be and the other with watching it with my kids, who found it troubling.--

(Yeah bad decision watching it with a 12 year old, but it isn't as bad as my father in law taking my wife and her friends to see All That Jazz when they were that age)

Link · Post by **Link** » Sat May 04, 2019 11:28 am

Avengers Endgame

ukimalefu · Post by **ukimalefu** » Sun May 05, 2019 5:28 am

Atomic Blonde

:up:

Ribtor · Post by **Ribtor** » Sun May 05, 2019 11:25 am

ukimalefu wrote: Atomic Blonde

Indeed.

Movies like this and the Bourne series make the Bond movies a bloated, dated joke.

Bond should to go back to its post war roots. Not that it should be like a Le Carre Tinker Tailor kind of thing but the story-telling would benefit from a simpler time line

Metacell · Post by **Metacell** » Fri May 10, 2019 6:01 am

Snowpiercer. Off-the-wall dystopian sci-fi action movie from Korea. Pretty darn good.

Pithecanthropus · Post by **Pithecanthropus** » Fri May 10, 2019 11:40 am

Metacell wrote: Snowpiercer. Off-the-wall dystopian sci-fi action movie from Korea. Pretty darn good.

Until you start to think about it. For example: how do the children get to school?

Metacell · Post by **Metacell** » Fri May 10, 2019 5:01 pm

Pithecanthropus wrote:
Metacell wrote: Snowpiercer. Off-the-wall dystopian sci-fi action movie from Korea. Pretty darn good.

Until you start to think about it. For example: how do the children get to school?

I think it's really utterly ludicrous, but it's just an interesting setting and allegory. But in addition, "We survived all this, just to be eaten by bears?"

DukeofNuke · Post by **DukeofNuke** » Fri May 10, 2019 9:18 pm

“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
Except bears. Bears will kill you.”

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