What's The Last Movie You Watched? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Part 51

[Spider-Aziz]

I liked part 1 when I saw the animated adaption of the story, still unable to try to get behind the rest of the story.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Ring (1998)

 

[Sculder]

First Kill (2017)

 

[Kane52630]

Home Again

Man, this was rough to get through. It's a typical romcom that is made for white people in Hollywood. The plot is pretty simple and incredibly sentimental. You pretty much follow Reese Witherspoon around as a single mom who finds a really young filmmaker and they hook up. There's no real drama that comes up and if it does, it gets resolved quickly. The comedy aspect was pretty painful to watch. Overall, this was by far the whitest thing I've seen in a while.
3/10

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

It's a really well made dark comedy about dealing with grief or a tragedy. I like how the movie starts out pretty black and white with the issue and you're on Frances McDormand's side despite her going nuclear. Then the movie changes little by little and you find out it's not as black or white as you think it is. Also when the movie gets dark, it really gets dark. Just like with the directors previous films (In Bruges or Seven Psychopaths), the comedy and tragic drama works side by side like chocolate & peanut butter. Performance wise, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, and Sam Rockwell were the standout stars. The entire cast was also terrific. Overall, it's great movie filled with great moments and it's one hopefully get some award recognition.
9/10

Lady Bird

It's a decent coming of age film that has a really great performance by Saoirse Ronan. It's a good first time directing effort for Greta Gerwig who's been in these kinds of films for a while now. The movie primarily focuses on the mother/daughter relationship and all the problems that come with it. Although that being said, I thought it was a bit too straight forward and cliched for my liking. So I was bit baffled why it's gotten so many great reviews. I've seen plenty of coming of age movies where they do something new and different, but here there's no real nuance to it. The only thing holding together this was Saoirse Ronan's performance, other than that it's just a decent movie.
8/10

 

[hammerhedd11]

The Circle - 6.5/10
A huge mess, but a surprisingly entertaining one despite the extremely negative reviews. Zips through a bunch of potentially interesting material but I was fairly pleased to see a somewhat mainstream film not tiptoe around the fact that their lead character is turning into an evil person.

 

[Jesse]

Edge of the City (1957)

Excellent casting with some really strong performances. The story is interesting and there are some genuinely tense moments. There's a great use of drama with underlying social commentary that in some ways feels ahead of its time. Sidney Poitier steals nearly ever scenes he's in and he has some very memorable lines. The climax where John Cassavetes confronts the murderer of his best friend while risking his own imprisonment for being an AWOL soldier is both moving and exciting.

 

[Jesse]

The Room (2003)

After seeing the recent trailers for The Disaster Artist I decided to give this a chance. This movie is so thoroughly awful that it ends up being pretty entertaining and I can see why it has a cult following.

 

[hammerhedd11]

Power Rangers (2017) - 6/10
Surprisingly engaging in its first forty minutes or so. It never manages to create characters that are much more than stereotypes, but the time it takes to set up its world is somewhat refreshing in the modern blockbuster era. It eventually settles in to normal tedium by its ending stretch however.

 

[Sculder]

Lady Macbeth (2016)

 

[fancyarcher]

Boss Baby (not that bad) - 6.5 / 10

 

[hammerhedd11]

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - 6.5/10
Enjoyed this much more than expected. Guy Ritchie's mark is all over the film and is really what makes this worth watching, giving this oft-told story a wild and manic energy that makes the whole tale feel fresh. That said, you can definitely see the hands of reshoots and story lines bleeding through; there are too many characters, and too many shifts of tone and scope for it to feel cohesive.

 

[Sculder]

Phantasm (1979)

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

The Innocents (1961)

 

[Luigi]

Brawl in Cell Block 99

Talk about a literal descent into hell. Came into this expecting a brutal action film and ended up being blindsided by how heartbreaking it was at times.

9/10

 

[blueharvest]

Batman: Gotham Knight

 

[Jesse]

The Front (1976)

This is probably my favorite Woody Allen movie after Annie Hall even though he didn't write or direct this. In a way it's a middle finger to the House Un-American Activities Committee who were responsible for blacklisting and essentially ruining the lives of a number of Americans they deemed as Communist sympathizers. In fact it was written, produced, and directed by several people who were themselves all blacklisted during that time. Incredible that they survived that and later were able to come together to make this poignant and funny film about how McCarthy era paranoia effected people. Allen's character finds success signing his name to the scripts of writers after they are unable to get work but eventually comes under suspicion himself. Zero Mostel gives a brilliant and moving performance as an actor whose career is tragically ruined. The film's final message during the HUAC questioning and the final credits showing the blacklisted creators make for a pretty satisfying ending despite the real life consequences of such an ignorant and un-American witch-hunt.

 

[Kane52630]

Wheelman

This was just incredible to watch. It's by a first time director (Jeremy Rush), but it's produced by Joe Carnahan and you can tell it's something he would get behind and help make. Frank Grillo stars in it who's always great and it's essentially about a seasoned getaway driver who got into deep sh**. What makes this so ambitious and fascinating to watch is the fact they shot 95% of the film inside of the car. As for plot and acting, this feels like a throwback to those gritty 70s car chase movies like Spielberg's Duel or The Driver. Overall, it's one of those great Netflix gems that more people need to seek out.
9.5/10

Tulip Fever

It's one of those Victorian dramas that tries to be an Oscar caliber movie, but fails to deliver on anything new or interesting. It heavily leans on the romance and relationships. Performance wise it's a bit predictable, Outside of Alicia Vikander, everyone from Christoph Waltz and Dane DeHaan end up doing their same ol shtick. The only upside I can give this movie are probably the sex scenes. Outside of that, it's pretty forgettable.
6/10

 

[Kane52630]

Wonder

I really enjoyed it. It's one of those sentimental movies that could have easily become cliched and stale, but they do more than enough to make it feel original and earned. What makes it feel different is the fact they not only focus on Jacob Tremblay's character go through trials and tribulations, they focus on the rest of the family and friends who at first were cliched, but were given time to become more three dimensional characters. Performances were great, Jacob Tremblay as always knocked it out the park and the rest like Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts have their moment to shine. Overall, it's a great feel good movie that has a good message behind it.
9/10

 

[Link]

A Christmas Prince

Earnest, and deliciously incompetent. It packs all the holiday film cliches into a colorful bouquet of garbage. I loved it.

5/10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

 

[Immortalfire]

Miracle on 34th Street

 

[RacerX]

Justice League.

9/10

 

[fancyarcher]

Coco - Absolutely loved it. Gorgeous animation, great characters, a strong message of family, and the last act had me bawling like a baby. I'll have the song Remember Me stuck in my head for a while. - 10 / 10

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Katasumi and 4444444444 (both 1998 ~ prequel shorts to the 2002 movie Ju-on: The Grudge). 4444444444 is so-so, really liked Katasumi.

 

[Ash J. Williams]