What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

[C. Lee]

I love that poster.

I do too. Was lucky to find it decades ago.

 

[Ninjablade]

Tall Girl

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

Chris Clearmont’s X-Men

 

[blueharvest]

Creed

 

[-Arya-]

Boyhood - 9/10
Between this, Dazed and Confused + the Before Trilogy, Linklater is one of my favorite directors now.

Roma - 6/10
5 years since Cuarón made a film and it was disappointing for me.

 

[Teelie]

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

 

[Kane52630]

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Surprisingly a fun kids movie for the family that's not annoying. It sorta reminds me of the live action family movies that were made in the late 90s and early 2000s. The movie takes what people know about Dora the Explorer and becomes fully aware of itself which makes for some good comedy. The first 30 minutes pretty much deals with Dora going to high school trying to fit in. That's probably where the movie is it at best because of the scenes between Dora and Diego. The next hour and change is pretty much an adventure movie for kids and it's not bad for the most part. It's not wholly original or new, but there's a lot of charm that keeps it afloat. Isabela Moner as Dora does a great job making the movie fun and light. The movie also has some bizarre choices and scenes that would only make sense if you're high. Overall, it's enjoyable and while it's not perfect, there's some effort put into this.
7/10

 

[Kane52630]

The Art of Self-Defense

Imagine if Yorgos Lanthimos made a low budget Fight Club, it would look pretty similar to this movie. Jesse Eisenberg plays a socially inept guy who's incredibly neurotic (what a stretch, I know). They make him such a coward that you at first don't feel sorry for him. He gets randomly beat up one night and he suddenly turns to a strip mall Karate school for guidance. They do a good job at first showing you the ins and outs of a Karate school. You get the gist that is movie is a satire once Alessandro Nivola, who plays the instructor, starts acting bizarre with his teachings. There's also some hints that you see early on that this is not some normal Karate school. The movie gets into Fight Club territory in the 2nd half and it makes for an interesting discussion on toxic masculinity. I thought Imogen Poots was great and they do give her some of the better moments in the movie. Overall, while it doesn't fully work for me, there's a lot of things in here that make for a decent satire of a movie.
8/10

 

[Kane52630]

The Hustle

Goddamn. If comedies can be used as a torture device this movie would be up there. This is like watching The Big Bang Theory (which is already atrocious on its own) without the laugh track. It's like watching Steph Curry miss every 3 pointer. It's the equivalent of hearing some dude's fanfic about My Little Pony. All you need to know about this "comedy" is Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson doing some lame 90s hijinks to game the system and profit from it. It all feels like it came from a bad SNL sketch that someone threw in the trash and some movie producer picked it up and threw money at it. There is no script or structure outside of the plot summary of the movie. It's a lot of bad imporv that goes nowhere. If I had anything nice to say about this, it would be that they hired a good cinematographer and Anne Hathaway looks good in every outfit she's in. Outside of that, it's a trashfire that sank in a lake full of sh**. It's easily one of worst films of the year.
2/10

 

[Detective Conan]

Blade Runner 2049

It’s a beautifully made film but much like the last movie I can’t help but feel detached from the characters. Blade Runner is contemplative, slow-burn that some may find ponderous but I find ambitious even if I feel the movie wears out it’s welcome a bit in the end. I don’t find there is enough story there to justify its rather lengthy run-time but the production design, cinematography, and overall direction is breathtaking. Unlike JJ Abrams with Force Awakens, Villenueve finds the fine line between homage and doing his own spin so the results are masterful as well as visionary. The devil is in the details with this picture, and it does warrant multiple viewings if you want to get a adequate messaging of the story being told of this film but it’s worth a watch at least once, even if you’re not keen to watch again after finishing it.
6.5/10

 

[C. Lee]

 

[C. Lee]

 

[psylockolussus]

Doctor Sleep

 

[Sculder]

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Stuber (2019)

 

[Web-Head]

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[blueharvest]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

Geek, and You Shall Find

 

[Luigi]

Den of Thieves

 

[childeroland]

Doctor Sleep. Pretty good.

 

[Iceman]

John Wick 2 - motivation to get out and watch the 3rd!

 

[NDX]

The Last Stand
Eraser
Timeline

 

[Sculder]

Paradise Beach (2019)

 

[Web-Head]

 

[Zorro]