What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[3rdstone]

I like that movie. Still haven't managed to see the rather meta remake/sequel.

Same here. I've always been curious on that one.

Rough Cut (1980)

A slightly different Burt flick, with a diamond heist and non US areas involved. Not fantastic but still kinda decent flick with David Niven and classic stunning beauty Lesley Anne-Down as nice side cast bonus.


The Last Movie Star (2017)

His last film? A nice little feelgood dramedy in which Burt ends up at this non official nerd-driven low budget "filmfestival" in Nashville, playing pretty much himself with some fun flashbacks during his career (like real flashbacks from films like Smokey and the Bandit, Deliverence etc with just a different name).

The relationship between Burt and Ariel Winter (and his reactions to this nerdy filmfestival) is quite predictable, but there's also stuff like a sincerely heart warming scene when he visits his first now demented wife at an elderly home. I always thought Burt did really well in his older days, be it often cameos (with loads of self distance). And he's totally great here IMHO. Recommended for fans.

This was lots of fun. Didn't really know what to expect here except hopefully fun performances from Robbie and Gosling. And of course they delievered. Nothing spectacular, but full of entertainment. A rewatchable flick for sure.

I laugh so hard at the snotty whining incels claiming this would be some kind of whatever feminist propaganda (they have to be a minority, right?). Barbie the doll actually always reminds me of when my ex wife told me how she wasn't allowed by her then left wing mother to have an imperialist, capitalist and anti-feminist product like a Barbie doll (we're talking marxist left here, this was Scandinavia in the 70s after all lol). And of course her kind grandma secretly gave her one.

Ngl, the trailers looked very generic to me, hence having very low expectations going in here. I was expecting Spider-Man in Iron Man suit with talking AI again bla bla here. And yes, there's pretty much of that. But I still enjoyed this flick way more than expected. Xolo and his family was a fun bunch, and of course George Lopez stole the show as expected. Looking forward to the sequel (in which we might learn what happened to Ted Kord?)

 

[Detective Conan]

Here’s the movies I’ve checked out before I return to work tomorrow morning.

Barbie(2023)

The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar(2023)

You know what these two wildly different movies I saw have in common? Great production design! Truly impeccable stuff.

 

[Frodo]

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES : MUTANT MAYHEM (2023)

A little more than 30 years after discovering the Ninja Turtles from a Saturday Morning cartoon , I can safely say ,this is the best TMNT film, live action or animation, since the classic 1990 film IMO.
It had an great an interesting new take on the mythology , that actually explores what it would be like, for these four kids, to be isolated from their peers, and the rest of the world.
Other tv and film adaptations have kinda glossed over it , but this actually takes it head on and runs with it in a way that expands the myths and leaves the door open to all kinds of possibilities that weren't imagined by in the early 90s when the cartoon and the films were huge.
And if you were around at that time and aware, you'll know how huge they were for a few years there, in the early 90s.
I really enjoyed this film, and it's one of my favorite films of the year.
Cowabunga dudes

 

[squeekness]

Alien 3

 

[Ash J. Williams]

Doctor of Doom

Arabella: Black Angel

 

[MilkmanDan]

Riders of Justice

 

[NDX]

Dredd

 

[Batgirl0202]

10/10

 

[Hunter Rider]

7.5/10

 

[blueharvest]

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Boom]

Watched Harakiri for the first time. Instantly one of my favorite movies ever.

 

[MilkmanDan]

Mississippi Burning

 

[Wildcard]

 

[Frodo]

The Wicker Man (1973)


Totally not what I was expecting , but I thought it was brillant.
It features Dracula and The Equalizer, so how can you go wrong:coolguy:

 

[CaptainWagner]

Watching the Best Pictures

Oliver! (1968)

The worst thing to happen to this movie was winning Best Picture/Director/Art Direction over 2001. Otherwise, it would be remembered as a perfectly fine musical (if indulgent - unwilling to part with ANY of the score, there's a nearly 3-minute long black screen following the intermission to allow for the entire Entre'Acte) with stellar production values and some great performances.

The kids are thankfully very good - Mark Lester was only 10 as Oliver, which is crazy, and Jack Wild is a blast as the Artful Dodger. In addition, Ron Moody's Fagin is magnetic, a perfectly designed performance that manages to balance both the desperately pragmatic real man and the campy clown persona he throws on to maintain his little cult of preteen rapscallions. As for Oliver Reed and Shani Wallis....

All in all, an enjoyable take on the classic tale that doesn't deserve the hate it gets, but definitely didn't deserve the gold the Academy gave it either.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Silent Hill: Revelation

First time I've seen this follow-up to the 2006 movie. Michael (now MJ) Bassett takes over directing from Christophe Gans (Gans is returning for next year's Return to Silent Hill), Sean Bean and Radha Mitchell return as Chris and Rose (albeit with reduced screentime - Mitchell gets just one scene!), whilst Adelaide Clemens takes over from Jodelle Ferland as Sharon/Alessa. Also starring are Kit Harington and Carrie-Anne Moss. The movie kinda picks up from the last one, but some things are different. I won't say what - that would spoil the ending of the first movie - but things aren't quite as we left them. In fact Bassett drew heavy criticism from fans for breaking continuity with the first, after having previously promised that wouldn't happen. And at 95 minutes and a budget of just $20 million, it's half an hour shorter and $30 million cheaper.

Having said all that, I thought it was okay (at times putting me in mind of Hellraiser - one creature is very Cenobite-like). Much of the effects work is practical (although the CGI mannequin spider looked every bit as bad as it did in the trailers), and some of the locations (especially Brookhaven Hospital, and the Lakeside Amusement Park) are really nice. And as a non-gamer I actually found the story easier to follow than the first one. Plus, the awesomely creepy 'dark nurses' return!!

It's not as good as the first film, and looking around online I can see why some die-hard SH fans felt so letdown; but as a non-gamer watching a movie I give it 6/10

 

[NDX]

Horror High
Night Fright

 

[Luigi]

Night of the Creeps

 

[Batgirl0202]

7/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)

Straight-to-video fifth installment of the Hellraiser franchise. I completely get why Hellraiser fans don't like this, and Silent Hill fans do!

 

[Ash J. Williams]

The second one is The Hourglass Sanatorium.

 

[Gothamsknight]

8/10

7.5/10

 

[STARMAN]

Operation Sea Wolf

It stars Dolph Lundgren as a German submarine commander. If Lundgren is starring, then you know this a b-movie. Frank Grillo has a cameo where are he does is take off his glasses and read war reports while leaning over a desk. Watching the movie, I got the sense the filmmakers wished Operational Sea Wolf had been a success and Germany won the war.

 

[Spider-Fan83]