Film What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

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[KaijuDude1992]

I enjoyed this but the first one was definitely better although I wouldn't mind seeing more films or spinoffs with other characters in this universe.

6.5/10

 

[emielaen]

 

[Aesop Rocks]

SATURDAY NIGHT, 2024
Dir. Jason Reitman

This era of SNL is admittedly my least known and the one I have the least emotional investment in as a fan. In fact I had no idea Jim Henson's Muppets were even a thing until promotion for this movie started gearing up with casting announcements (Which we will talk about). My memories of SNL come from the early 90s and fondly watching weekly as a kid with Hartman, Farley, Sandler, etc and I still that the 90s is the best era of the show, even with all of the ratings and criticism. I always knew about the earlier cast members, especially the standouts like Belushi and Murray, but I didn't really have any way to access those episodes at the time so I never really watched them - even to this day, when all SNL episodes are streaming. Nothing has really given me that drive to go back and search out older episodes.

SATURDAY NIGHT was a misfire for me. I didn't hate it but it didn't click with me. Cooper Hoffman and Gabriel LaBelle are fantastic but I just could not buy this idea of Lorne Michaels that Reitman was trying to sell me, it felt too polished and safe. Two great actors working with a bad script. Matt Wood as John Belushi was a complete dud and if anything he looked like the front-man for the band Coheed & Cambria (Claudio Sanchez) which made his portrayal as the iconic OG cast member not work for me. This sadly also applies to most of the rest of the cast as well, save Dylan O'Brien's Dan Akryoyd and Cory Michael Smith's Chevy Chase. When J.K Simmons comes in as Milton Berle and outshines most of the cast in the small screentime he's given in a movie, it's definitely a script issue and a lot of the side characters suffer incredibly for it. I didn't care for Rachel Sennott, either, and that worries me because I think she's an incredibly funny person in general. Just flat all around. I want to forget that Nicholas Braun ever played Jim Henson AND Andy Kaufman. His Kaufman is great but him being both of these characters felt confusing and weird to me. Was there supposed to be some weird inside joke about Jim and Andy being the same person? It didn't work at all. I also refuse to believe that Kaufman seemingly saved SNL's fate with his Mighty Mouse bit. It felt too heroic, fictionalized, idol-worship-y from the writers to be a real thing and if it did happen in real life, congrats I guess.

2/5

 

[Luigi]

Nickel Boys

Emotional wallop of a film.

9/10

 

[KaijuDude1992]

It's my first time watching these movies and I still don't know what the hell I just watched lol. I remember seeing trailers for these films back in the day and thinking they looked pretty cool but I guess I completely forgot about them until the directors name came back up after all these years.

Even as a guy that likes dumb, mindless B action movies this was almost too out there for even me at times and the plots of both movies is so ridiculous and nonsensical but damn do the action scenes look cool and it's definitely creative for the most part so props to them on that.

I just wish I understood what was actually going on but I did enjoy watching these movies especially the sequel which was better than Night Watch IMO although a bit too long overall.

Night Watch - 6/10
Day Watch - 7/10

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Hunter Rider]

Chuckles Nozza has a motorcycle that farts grenades!

7.5/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island/Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island

Back-to-back double-bill

 

[Hunter Rider]

My favourite John Wayne movie is Big Jake, but this is his greatest movie and best acting performance. John Ford masterfully directs an epic, uncompromising journey across country to rescue a young girl, Ethan Edwards is not the typical Wayne hero, he's a darker, hardened man, made bitter and cold by war and now a want for revenge. It's an utterly compelling film.

9.5/10

 

[Sculder]

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
Vengeance (2022)
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
The First of the Few (1942)
Loups-Garous / Family Pack (2024)
Thar (2022)
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)
Rifle Club (2024)
Candlelight in Algeria (1943)

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Luigi]

Flow

As someone with thalassophobia, this had me sweating a few times. The capybara was the MVP.

7.5/10

Memoir of a Snail

Welp, that was depressing. Everyone deserves a friend like Pinky.

7/10

 

[Hunter Rider]

5/10

6/10

7/10

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I definitely enjoyed this a bit more on a second watch but it's still not up to par with the greatness that was District 9 although neither are any of Blomkamp's later/follow up films but I can atleast appreciate the fact that a studio did give him these big budgets for movies like this and Elysium which I doubt many studios would do nowadays unless your someone on the level of Christopher Nolan.

Sharlto Copley is still the MVP of this film but I forgot just how ridiculous of a villain High Jackman was in this with that mullet and those cargo shorts lol not to mention how wasted Sigourney Weaver was in this which disappoints me the most. I also forgot how cute and touching this movie is at times but man it should have been better.


6.5/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Zombie Flesh Eaters (AKA, Zombi 2, AKA The Island of the Living Dead, AKA Zombie, AKA Zombie: The Dead Walk Among Us, AKA Zombie 2: The Dead Are Among Us, AKA Nightmare Island ~ 1979)

Lucio Fulci was variable as a filmmaker, but when he was on form he was excellent; he's on top form here. No social commentary (leave that to Romero), no attempt at 'high art' (leave that to Bava or Argento); just an honest-to-god zombie gorefest, featuring great looking zombies, great practical effects, stunning women (Olga Karlatos, Auretta Gay, and Tisa Farrow), a coherent storyline (always a plus with Fulci), and some really top cinematography (the shots of the zombies rising from the graveyard, and then later lumbering through the village look fantastically creepy). Plus two scenes long enshrined in horror infamy; the wooden shard through the eye, and the shark vs zombie underwater fight. As for performances, they're fine, with British thesps Ian McCulloch and Richard Johnson especially giving the whole thing the gravitas it needs. Some nudity, and (obviously!) a lot of blood and gore. 8/10

 

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[MilkmanDan]

K-19: The Widowmaker
'71

 

[Hunter Rider]

5/10

5/10

 

[Hunter Rider]

7.5/10

3/10

5/10

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Watching this again I actually think it's a pretty solid adaptation of the anime eventhough it never reaches that level of quality. Rupert Sanders is definitely a talented director especially when it comes to shooting action sequences but he also needs good writing and a strong script which were the biggest flaws with his Crow remake IMO.

I also feel like as much flack as Scarlett got back in the day for her role in this she is doing the best she can with what she's been given.

7/10



I definitely liked this more on a second watch mostly because of how likable and relatable this cast was but man I really find myself enjoying it less the second Elizabeth Banks pops up onscreen again as Rita Repulsa which is still one of her worst performances IMO. That being said I do like the film more than I did before and it would have been interesting to see where they would have took this going forward if it was actually a successful franchise.

6/10

 

[Hunter Rider]

It's got a real pulpy charm!

7/10

@C. Lee have you seen it?

 

[MilkmanDan]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)