What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Rozen Thorne]

 

[ObiWanCon]

Legion (2010)

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Conclave (2024)

Excellent performances all round.

 

[Rozen Thorne]

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Soderbergh and Koepp really cooked with this one and I would honestly rather see more stuff like this from those two than the more gimmicky/experimental stuff Soderbergh has been doing lately like Unsane and Presence which just weren't my cup of tea.

7/10



I've been hearing so much flack about this one that I pretty much went into it with the lowest of low expectations but I actually somewhat enjoyed it for the most part besides the ending and the last 5 to 10 minutes.

6/10



A real underrated gem right here. If you like high concept AI inspired sci-fi flicks like Companion or similar to that one this one is pretty solid as well especially when you consider the lower budget.

7/10

 

[Mysteryman]

Mission Impossible Rogue Nation.

 

[Luigi]

Death of a Unicorn

Fun concept, middling execution. Jenna needs to escape that typecasting quickly.

6/10

 

[Mysteryman]

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It had been nearly 30 years since I saw this. I had completely forgotten that Mia Sara had a nude scene. Weird seeing Sloan Peterson getting it on with JCVD.

I Liked Timecop and, Sudden Death.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

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A real underrated gem right here. If you like high concept AI inspired sci-fi flicks like Companion or similar to that one this one is pretty solid as well especially when you consider the lower budget.

7/10

I actually own the machine on DVD. As you say, amazing what they achieved on such a small budget. Terrific performance from Caity Lotz too.

 

[Rozen Thorne]

 

[Frodo]

Staring : Elliot Page, Catherine Keener , James Franco , Scott Eastwood, Bradley Whitford, and Evan Peters.

 

[Rozen Thorne]

 

[Link]

 

[squeekness]

Deepwater Horizon

 

[Rozen Thorne]

 

[psylockolussus]

Wicked: For Now

 

[psylockolussus]

Moana: For Good

 

[3rdstone]

Companion

I didn't know anything about the story, genre, tone etc here except that Sophie Tatcher is playing some kind of companion robot/android, and I'm glad I hadn't watched any trailers before. This turned out to be an excellent sci-fi/thriller drama with some great twists. As it starts out like an ordinary drama flick I got happily surprised with how everything turned out, and also how the tone eventually shifted more into somewhat close to a dark comedy. And even then IMHO there's more to it, like comments on relationships, identity dilemmas, having control etc.

I totally assumed a few things were short fun nods to T2 here, and I also sometimes felt connections to AI themed films like Ex Machina even though Iris is a totally different character. Everyone did really well here regarding acting, but the standout was of course Sophie Tatcher whom I don't remember seeing in anything before (yes, Heretic has been on my watchlist for a while) and now I'm totally looking forward to more from her.

IMHO a delightful surprise and highly recommended.

Becoming Led Zeppelin

With interviews from the three still living members - Jimmy Page (guitar, mandolin etc), John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards, flute etc) and Robert Plant (vocals (and harmonica I think?)) combined with still and moving footage - we get their personal stories on how they got into playing music, and eventually how they got together to form the New Yardbirds, err.. Led Zeppelin lol. Sadly, the drummer John Bonham passed away as early as 1980 just at age 32. It's mentioned that he never liked interviews, but we hear him as well in a rare old interview commenting on his early days like when meeting and playing with Robert Plant, and later on with becoming a musically important part of Led Zeppelin.

Personally I early on found a couple of things particulary interesting: First as usual, how this generation describes growing up in a post-WWII England which was trying to recover from it's fair share of bombings during the war (which we see with footage from the era), and eventually starting to get influenced by music from the US. And second how ridiculously young Page and Jones were when managing to get into being session musicians at recording studios. I already knew Page did that before Yardbirds etc, but not at this snotty kids age lol. Not surpising how they (kinda similar to The Beatles) quickly developed musically hence wanted to experiment and not just making single hits. This film ends when they'd recorded and toured (including a huge US tour) after their second record, which made them brake through properly.

As usual in many biographies with artists (or "estates") involved with the making, we of course wont experience the controversies that's usually has been/are around (hence I'm VERY curious about the Michael Jackson bio flick). And of course none such stuff are mentioned here. Personally I'm well aware of their more or less ripping off of some material of American old blues songs without properly giving credit. Some years ago there was also some controversy considering a song written by an American 70s band called Spirit, in which claims were made that the classic chord progression at the beginning of Stairway To Heaven was way too similar from that song to be a coincidence. IIRC this has somehow been settled in court. What I clearly do remember though, is the hours I spent decennias ago as a ~20y learning that **** on my old beat up nylon stringed acoustic guitar..

Anyhows, If you're a fan of Led Zep this is of course mandatory. If you're interested in music over all or maybe the music industry/history in the 60s I also highly recommend it.



One of the studio recordings Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones did in around -64 I'd guess. It's kinda fun seeing an eldery JPJ today describing Bassey's moves and mannerisms, and telling how fabulous and awesone she of course behaved even during the recording. Which of course was impressing for a young lad like him lol.

 

[psylockolussus]

Companion 1.0

 

[psylockolussus]

Bridget Jones IV: Mad About the Boy

 

[Batgirl0202]

More dumb mindless fun...

6/10

 

[psylockolussus]

Disney Origins: Mufasa

 

[Frodo]

 

[Rozen Thorne]