What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

[Spider-Aziz]

Oh god, it's been so long since I've seen Street Fighter. I'd need to watch it again.

Enjoy, enjoy, EEENNNJOOOOOOY

 

[Kane52630]

The Dead Don't Die

Interesting choice for Jim Jarmusch to go to the horror genre route after Paterson. It's pretty much the classic Romero zombies that do a few meta things along the way. I do like how it was directed and structured, it's a very nonchalant zombie horror comedy. I dug the cast a lot, it's probably the only thing that keeps the film from sinking. My biggest issue with the movie is it's trying to go for political/social satire, but the message doesn't say anything new. The movie's hottest take is "Trump is bad. Science is good." And Romeo already did a social commentary on consumerism in Dawn of the Dead, so a lot of the movie is just a retread. Outside of all of that, I still enjoyed it, but it's just slightly forgettable.
7.5/10

31 Day Horror Marathon 2019
Day 1 | In Fabric (9/10)
Day 2 | The Dead Don't Die (7.5/10)
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[C. Lee]

DUNE: THE EXTENDED EDITION

 

[Sculder]

Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
Leprechaun Returns (2018)
Child's Play (2019)

 

[Web-Head]

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Joker

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

Hell Fest

 

[Lasirius]

8.5/10

 

[Kane52630]

Polaroid

A very by the book teen horror flick. It's almost like it was made in the early 2000s and didn't get released until now. And it doesn't help that you see the Dimension Films logo at the start of this. The movie is based on the short film and you do you see a shorten version of that in the opening act, but it's nowhere near as clever or sharp. The cast was mostly not annoying, which helps. Also I thought the creature design was pretty interesting and they do some interesting scares. The problem with this lies with how painfully predictable this becomes. It's a formula that's been used countless times and you see every move they make five steps ahead. That being said, there's not enough for me to hate or love about this, it's just kinda there doing nothing. Overall, it's mediocre as hell.
6.5/10

31 Day Horror Marathon 2019
Day 1 | In Fabric (9/10)
Day 2 | The Dead Don't Die (7.5/10)
Day 3 | Polaroid (6.5/10)

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[C. Lee]

 

[NDX]

Maniac Cop 2

 

[MovieSlave]

Caught this movie last night and loved it. The violence is not as extreme as most are saying. I do understand that what violence this film does have (especially one scene in particular) can come off as a bit more brutal since this movie feels more real world than typical comic book films. There is a level of seriousness to it that not all but most comic book movies don't have.

Phoenix was fantastic in the role and I really have a hard time picking my favorite live action interpretation of this character. Over the decades so many comic writers have come and gone and since the character is insane it's easy to stay in the lines as far as staying true to the character while adding a bit of your own ideas and quirks to him. That's what makes it hard to pick if I had to. This is a totally different version compared to the live action versions that came before, just like Ledger was to Nicholson.

As others have said, the score, cinematography and overall direction was superb. I see that some people who liked it said they don't have a desire to watch it again which I can understand. With that being said, there are movies out there that although very grim or dark I'll rewatch if the lead actor or overall cast give some great performances.

Overall the drama over this film is absolutely ridiculous and I don't feel it's glorifying violence or even trying to get people to sympathize with "incels". It's just the media and so called "professional critics/journalists" stirring the pot for ratings and clicks. If anything this movie is more about sympathizing a bit with people with mental illness that get ignored or crapped on. I'm definitely not on Arthur Fleck's level or a lot of other people with a legit mental illness but as someone who suffers from severe depression, when you're around people and depression hits hard it can be mentally exhausting pretending to be happy so as not to be a "downer". That line in his journal hit home with me. "The worst part about having a mental illness is people expect you to behave as if you don't". In my experience far too many people are quick to judge others without stopping to think if there are more issues beneath the surface and assume they are either a buzzkill or even socially awkward on the level of being written off as a "creep".

I really think this movie deserves multiple viewings due to

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the similarity with Taxi Driver and how it makes you question if most of the last act was all in his head. Personally I like to think it all happened but having it be insane delusions is a nice idea to seperate it from past versions.

Not sure if this is a spoiler, it's about Phoenix's laugh.

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I absolutely loved how they decided to give Fleck that condition involving uncontrollable laughing when he's nervous. Had to look it up but it's called Pseudobulbar affect. That was a nice change instead of going the normal route and having him just laugh all the time due to being/going insane.

I'm glad this is a one-off kind of film. I hope director Todd Phillips and Joaquin don't change their mind down the road and make a follow up. I'm not even talking about tying it to Reeve's upcoming Batman film because let's be honest, that is Not going to happen. Not even because of the time difference but it sounds like with how many villains he's using and which ones, I don't think his film is going to be grounded like this one or even Nolan's trilogy for that matter.

4.5/5

 

[C. Lee]

 

[Kane52630]

In The Tall Grass

Pretty enjoyable for the most part. It started off kinda rough on the acting side of things, but it slowly turned around when Patrick Wilson showed up. Vincenzo Natali is the director and while it is a Stephen King adaptation, it does feel like a spiritual sequel to Cube just by concept. They do a good job of making you feel trapped in the tall grass with them. There's some very imaginative visuals and direction going on and that keeps you interested. The movie does explore some interesting themes and relationships, but the ending kinda falls flat. Overall, I dug it. It's got a great middle, but a rocky beginning and ending.
7.5/10

31 Day Horror Marathon 2019
Day 1 | In Fabric (9/10)
Day 2 | The Dead Don't Die (7.5/10)
Day 3 | Polaroid (6.5/10)
Day 4 | In The Tall Grass (7.5/10)

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[Teelie]

Rewatched this a month or so back. It's meant to be a satire (according to Carpenter) but it doesn't come off very well as one.

 

[C. Lee]

Rewatched this a month or so back. It's meant to be a satire (according to Carpenter) but it doesn't come off very well as one.

I saw it when it first came out, and didn't like it. I decided to give it another chance last night....still don't like it. To me it is the least successful of his movies. The music he wrote for this is most unforgettable of his scores. The scene cuts he used were too distracting. The "flashback" parts to tell the story from different character's point of view occasionally stopped the story in it's tracks. And the way that one character is telling the story to authorities (after they are told that that person was the only survivor on the train they arrived in)....kind of destroys the tension of which of the dozen people who get on the train will survive.

 

[NDX]

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

 

[Ninjablade]

Joker

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

Spider-Man: Far From Home - Disappointing

 

[blueharvest]

The Nightmare Before Christmas

 

[Spider-Aziz]

This is one of the more interesting movies of 2017 and I enjoyed it, but I wish it was better made and received. I forgot what issues I have with it.

 

[Kane52630]

Joker

Remove all the media circus hype and fear that is attached to this film, I thought this was an astonishing achievement. It's one of the rare cases where the trailers accurately portrayed the final film to the tee. It is very much a Taxi Driver pastiche under a Pagliacci style dressing. They also drew some influences from The Killing Joke, The Dark Knight Returns, and other films like the French Connection and even a little bit of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It wears its influences on its sleeves and I don't think it's a bad thing (Tarantino does it for a living). Without giving it away, there's some interesting addition to the Joker mythos that worked really well.

I thought Todd Philips and the production department did a phenomenal job showcasing a grimy and sick Gotham in the early 80s just like New York City in the late 70s/early 80s. There's a level of attention to detail that is undeniable and it adds up a lot to the film. Lawrence Sher shot it just like a film from the late 70s only with a nice sheen to it to make it utterly beautiful to watch.

As for Joaquin Phoenix, I never thought I'd see someone who could take up the challenge Heath Ledger put out after The Dark Knight, but he manages to create a performance that is on the same level as Heath while operating on a completely different context. The movie is a character study solely on Arthur Fleck and nothing else. The casting for everyone else is also really well done. It's got some of my favorite character actors working today. If I have any complaints about this movie, it would be that I wish they had the supporting cast do more than only exist for Arthur Fleck.

Overall, I thought it was incredible. It's one of the few comic book movies where they aren't focused on meeting a quota for action and adventure or setting up the next movie. It sets out a fully engrossing character study that also happens to be a comic book movie and fully embrace it. The only superhero film that I can compare this to is Logan which is a character study set in a western. It'll be shocked if Joaquin Phoenix isn't at least mention for best actor.
10/10

 

[tzarinna]

The Visit.

 

[Captain Tired]

After Hours (1985)

I damn well love this movie.