Film What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[Shinobi Shaw]

It changed me for good.

 

[emielaen]

 

[Aesop Rocks]

how did you like TRAIN DREAMS?

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[emielaen]

how did you like TRAIN DREAMS?

I liked it. The performances and visuals were very very good, and the major incident eating at Robert's core is very effective, so is the inciting one, but I didn't really like the reliance on and execution of the editing as the film moved forward. That and the visuals are pushing us and I feel the visuals did most of the heavy lifting there. That quick, staccato motif in the editing for his dream-state felt directorially trite and the ending hammered itself home a little too much for me. It became platitudinous after awhile.

And It felt like they had that ending of going into the city planned but didn't really know how to get to it organically. I enjoyed that juxtaposition from forests and farms to a theater, office buildings and a mirror as a standalone moment though.

I may have enjoyed it more overall if they cut some of the narration.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

@KaijuDude1992 Not too into found footage, but you sure make The Decedent sound intriguing!

You should definitely check it out when you can Milk Tray Guy even if your not super into found footage films because it's easily one of the better ones out there.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

A solid, gritty Swedish crime film. It was an interesting watch for sure especially seeing a young Joel Kinnaman actually speaking his native language and I still can't believe this is from the same director that would go on to do Safe House, Life and Morbius.The guy definitely has talent but should definitely stick to doing more films like this instead.

7/10



A solid action packed sequel and I actually think I slightly prefer it over the original because of the tighter pacing and the more satisfying ending.

7.5/10



A decent enough ending for this trilogy but I get why its considered the weakest by most fans especially if your a fan of Kinnaman's character who is mostly sidelined in this. It honestly felt like he had 10 minutes of total screentime in this which was pretty disappointing not to mention rushed and anticlimactic.

6/10

 

[Aesop Rocks]

I liked it. The performances and visuals were very very good, and the major incident eating at Robert's core is very effective, so is the inciting one, but I didn't really like the reliance on and execution of the editing as the film moved forward. That and the visuals are pushing us and I feel the visuals did most of the heavy lifting there. That quick, staccato motif in the editing for his dream-state felt directorially trite and the ending hammered itself home a little too much for me. It became platitudinous after awhile.

And It felt like they had that ending of going into the city planned but didn't really know how to get to it organically. I enjoyed that juxtaposition from forests and farms to a theater, office buildings and a mirror as a standalone moment though.

I may have enjoyed it more overall if they cut some of the narration.

yay i found a new sworn enemy. lol jk. idk I personally completely loved the movie, everything absolutely worked for me, especially the narration.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

You should definitely check it out when you can Milk Tray Guy even if your not super into found footage films because it's easily one of the better ones out there.

It's on my list!

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

 

[C. Lee]

THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE BARN (2023) Directed by Magnus Martens. Starring Martin Starr, Amrita Acharia, Kiran Shah, and Townes Bunner. An American family moves to Norway after inheriting the family farm. Only the young teen son believes the legend of barnelves inhabiting their barn. He tries to keep the peace while the rest of the family continuesly unwittingly piss them off leading to all out war. A comedy/horror/Christmas movie.

 

[ObiWanCon]

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

 

[Frodo]

KOLCHAK : THE NIGHT STALKER - THE RIPPER ( 1974)

This first episode of the series is pretty good for the most part , but the third act definitely drags , and but as the season goes on , the writing becomes tighter in the third acts of these episodes.

In this first episode of the series , Kolchak is on the case of a serial killer called " The Ripper" gripping Chicago .
While local officials and the rest of the media think that this Ripper is merely a copy cat , Kolchak believes that this is indeed the real Jack The Ripper , who is a supernatural demon .

However, despite The Ripper's superhuman strength and agility , no one , including Kolchak's boss, believes the killer is the real Jack The Ripper.

The episode isn't exactly PC by todays standards ,and their are some double entendres which are quite funny.

The fighting stunt work is actually pretty good, and The Ripper's speed and agility is demonstrated pretty well for a TV Budget .

Darren McGavin, as usual , is hysterical as he hussles his way from situation to situation trying to get to the bottom of this bizarre series of slayings .

So, for a first episode, it's pretty good , even if it's not as tight as future episodes, this first season .

Airing September 13, 1974 in the top ten was a song by Andy Kim

 

[3rdstone]

La Femme Flic/The Woman Cop (1980)


A French police drama starring French actress star Miou Miou. The title may sound a bit silly today, however this film clearly stresses how a young ambitious female police inspector still had some serious barriers to go through back then (here supposedly in France). And especially since this particular case gets controversial pretty quick, and deals with pedohilia cases.

This is of course not some action filled cop action, but rather a typical European drama from late 70s/early 80s which happended to take place within a police environtment and themes, hence obviously a different pacing compared to usual Hollywood cop action stuff of today (I remember one but a very short shootout during the film).

I've always heard about Miou Miou during the 70s and 80s grewing up, but this was actually my first real experience watching her. This is a slow yet tensionend drama over all. The acting might be a bit all over the place here IMHO, but Miou Miou together with the concept/premise held this up for me, especially considering the whole pedohilia theme which felt pretty progressive for its time.

Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

I **** you not, but for some reason this is honestly the first time I've watched this flick. I.. might've seen some infamous pics during my 30 years of internet (bad, bad internet!).

Seriously though, I remember watching Porky's (1981) at the cinema as a 15-16yo, which would never ever get released today consdidering.. lots of issues (but of course us kids loved it, and rented some crappy sequel as well). Quite weird today when you think about it. FTARH would be considered the very same today. But for some reason it has been classified as some early 80s high school classic flick.

I just guess everybody loved young Sean Penn as the stoner surfer dude who ordered pizza at his class etc. I'd probably loved that too at that age in early 80s. And of course I probably would have a crush on Pheobe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh back then.

And I guess that's what it took back then for being an American early 80s high school classic flick just like Porky's. However, we would see just a few years later other high school drama classics like Breakfest Club and others which I consider better, and with less issues.

My all time favourite American high school flick will always be a movie set in the 70s, but made in 1993: Dazed and Confused. And by then I was already old as ****, like 27 or something. Lol.

 

[Brutikus]

 

[3rdstone]

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A solid, gritty Swedish crime film. It was an interesting watch for sure especially seeing a young Joel Kinnaman actually speaking his native language and I still can't believe this is from the same director that would go on to do Safe House, Life and Morbius.The guy definitely has talent but should definitely stick to doing more films like this instead.

7/10

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A solid action packed sequel and I actually think I slightly prefer it over the original because of the tighter pacing and the more satisfying ending.

7.5/10

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A decent enough ending for this trilogy but I get why its considered the weakest by most fans especially if your a fan of Kinnaman's character who is mostly sidelined in this. It honestly felt like he had 10 minutes of total screentime in this which was pretty disappointing not to mention rushed and anticlimactic.

6/10

I wasn't even aware they made three films lol. I've watched the first one only. The books these are adapted from were a huge sucess though, I've read two of them. The author Jens Lapidus (who is a lawyer as well) got quite famous and are is now frequenting tv every now and then over here. I need to see these sequels.

 

[Frodo]

Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

I **** you not, but for some reason this is honestly the first time I've watched this flick. I.. might've seen some infamous pics during my 30 years of internet (bad, bad internet!).

Seriously though, I remember watching Porky's (1981) at the cinema as a 15-16yo, which would never ever get released today consdidering.. lots of issues (but of course us kids loved it, and rented some crappy sequel as well). Quite weird today when you think about it. FTARH would be considered the very same today. But for some reason it has been classified as some early 80s high school classic flick.

I just guess everybody loved young Sean Penn as the stoner surfer dude who ordered pizza at his class etc. I'd probably loved that too at that age in early 80s. And of course I probably would have a crush on Pheobe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh back then.

And I guess that's what it took back then for being an American early 80s high school classic flick just like Porky's. However, we would see just a few years later other high school drama classics like Breakfest Club and others which I consider better, and with less issues.

My all time favourite American high school flick will always be a movie set in the 70s, but made in 1993: Dazed and Confused. And by then I was already old as ****, like 27 or something. Lol.