Discuss and Rate the Last Film You Watched

[Johnny Novgorod]

Conclave

It's a 10/10 from me. Rarely do I get this pumped for a movie from the get go and then it delivers the whole way through.

Companion

Its a 7/10 from me. Funnier than I thought it would be, wish it didn't devolve into something as mundane as killer fuckbot in the woods so quickly.

Also Sophie Thatcher is a dead ringer for young Juliette Lewis and I'm tired of hearing otherwise from my girlfriend even though I have the casting director of Yellowjackets to back me on it.

EDIT: Now she's telling me she wasn't "hot enough" for the part and why couldn't they get Sydney Sweeney or Sabrina Carpenter for the part?

 

[Gordon_4]

A ★★★★★ review of A Goofy Movie (1995)

“You look just like I did at your age.” “Please don’t say that, Dad.” Inspired by a story told by Jeffrey Katzenberg about a road trip repairing the relationship between Katzenberg and his daughter, this film had a surprising amount of issues during the production process. As a sequel/follow-up...

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A genuine classic and I’ll fight anyone who disagrees.

 

[Phoenixmgs]

Emelia Perez
negative infinity / 10

ok... ok....
lol
holy sh**t

I was vaguely of the cONtroverSies with representation and language and all this stuff, and the hype followed by vicious backlash around this movie, but not the details so I was curious and heck it's on Netflix anyway.

Well what I was not expecting was the absolute shambolic nature of the production and presentation. There is acting but it's laughable. There is dialogue and while I'm not a native Spanish speaker it still came across as stilted and inhuman. Entire scene are poorly lit, awkwardly framed, uncomposed. Maybe it's an "artistic" decision but it really just seems like crap film-making.
And the songs... dear lord. I felt like I was watching people discuss ideas for songs as if they were writing them, not watching the finished product. I legit thought for a sec I accidentally selected to watch some making-of documentary of the movie instead of the actual movie.

I also have a thousand other complaints but you get the point, this movie just plain sucks. Halfway through I just embraced it as a so-bad-it's-good experience.

Looks like it's a complete shit movie, even Charlie couldn't even finish it.

 

[thebobmaster]

A ★★★★½ review of Final Destination (2000)

“In death, there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps. And no escapes.” This film began life as a spec script for The X-Files in the mid-1990s, but on the suggestion of a friend, writer Jeffrey Reddick decided to pitch the concept to New Line Cinema instead. They liked the idea, and had...

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[thebobmaster]

A ★★★★★ review of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

“I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you, as you left me ... as you left her. Marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet ... Buried alive ... buried alive..." While this film's production wasn't quite as tumultuous as the...

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[Casual Shinji]

A genuine classic and I’ll fight anyone who disagrees.

When a Disney animated movie had the guts to actually say "electric chair".

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Fancy Dance (Apple TV+)

Lily Gladstone plays a career drug peddler & thief who kidnaps her niece after her own sister disappears so they can go dancing together at the coming powwow. The steal a whole bunch of cars, guns and gas while murdering anyone who gets in the way of their rampage. Perhaps improbably they also solve crimes - well, a crime - along the way, which I thought was a bit of a stretch for a 90 minute Cayuga version of Thelma and Louise.

A Complete Unknown (In Theaters)

Biopic of musician Robert Zimmerman, who weaseled his way to the top of the 1960s folk scene by cozying up to a dying Woody Guthrie, then crashing at Pete Seeger's house, then dating another successful homeowner and cheating on her with Joan Baez. The pattern is: Zimmerman meets someone who is smitten by his BDE, mooches the shit out of them and eventually spits them out after maxing out their usefulness. But for a few snide remarks from Baez he mostly gets away with it, too.

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

A Complete Unknown (In Theaters)

Biopic of musician Robert Zimmerman, who weaseled his way to the top of the 1960s folk scene by cozying up to a dying Woody Guthrie, then crashing at Pete Seeger's house, then dating another successful homeowner and cheating on her with Joan Baez. The pattern is: Zimmerman meets someone who is smitten by his BDE, mooches the shit out of them and eventually spits them out after maxing out their usefulness. But for a few snide remarks from Baez he mostly gets away with it, too.

Goals, honestly.

Also, when you put it like that, it makes Bob sound like the not evil counterpart to Charlie Manson from the opposite coast.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Goals, honestly.

Also, when you put it like that, it makes Bob sound like the not evil counterpart to Charlie Manson from the opposite coast.

 

[thebobmaster]

A ★★★½ review of Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)

“Does this code have any rules that don’t end in death?” “It’s a strict code.” This film was put into production fairly quickly after Return of Jafar, and serves as a finale to not just the Aladdin movies, but the series as well. While they did animate everything with Dan Castellaneta as The...

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[thebobmaster]

A ★½ review of Daredevil (2003)

“Justice isn’t a sin, Father.” “No, but vengeance is.” This film had a somewhat protracted history. It was first optioned in 1997 to 20th Century Fox, with Chris Columbus set to direct. However, a year later, with Marvel facing bankruptcy, Fox let the option expire, and Disney began exploring...

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Yes, this is based off the Theatrical Cut, not the (from what I've heard) far superior Director's Cut.

 

[Gordon_4]

A ★★★½ review of Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)

“Does this code have any rules that don’t end in death?” “It’s a strict code.” This film was put into production fairly quickly after Return of Jafar, and serves as a finale to not just the Aladdin movies, but the series as well. While they did animate everything with Dan Castellaneta as The...

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I'm in a minority but I feel the Aladdin films are actually a pretty strong trilogy. First one is the best but the Return of Jafar and King of Thieves are solid movies. King of Thieves is slightly better if only because John Rhys Davies is a commanding presence as Kaseem, and Jerry Orbach is a great threatening villain as Sal'uk.

 

[thebobmaster]

I'm in a minority but I feel the Aladdin films are actually a pretty strong trilogy. First one is the best but the Return of Jafar and King of Thieves are solid movies. King of Thieves is slightly better if only because John Rhys Davies is a commanding presence as Kaseem, and Jerry Orbach is a great threatening villain as Sal'uk.

They are decent. Return to Jafar is the weakest of the three, but it's still solid, just not as good as the third and nowhere NEAR the first one.

 

[Gordon_4]

They are decent. Return to Jafar is the weakest of the three, but it's still solid, just not as good as the third and nowhere NEAR the first one.

Return of Jafar is basically a pilot movie for the series. It establishes the team: Aladdin, Jasmine, Abu, Iago, Carpet and Genie and the status quo for that. There’s a post credit scene with Abis Mal (a name I took a shamefully long time to get) survived so he can be a supporting antagonist. So if judged against the standard of a pilot tele-movie, it’s pretty good. Against the original Aladdin? It’s average.

 

[thebobmaster]

I agree with that. For what it is, you can do a lot worse. The biggest issue was that Dan Castellaneta was trying too hard to be Robin Williams as The Genie rather than actually putting any of himself into the role, and you just can't be Robin Williams.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Luck (Apple TV+)

Samantha, which is what 83% of male writers name their female OC, because you can just shorten it to Sam and pretend she's not like the other girls, is a klutz who has spent her miserable life balancing precariously on the brink of accidentally removing herself from the human gene pool. This is the ***** that can fuck up a cup of coffee Joe Pesci warned you about. As she's sitting on a curb contemplating suicide, a black cat steals her panini sandwich and shits out a lucky penny. Samantha tests it by flinging jam-covered toast and it lands jam-up every time. Egads! I would get that penny surgically implanted, or like the nose ring equivalent. But Sam is such a fuck-up she accidentally flushes it within 24 hours. Fighting off suicidal ideation, she happens upon the black cat again and chases him through a portal into the Land of Luck, where good luck (green) and bad luck (purple) are harvested by leprechauns and shaped into commodities like coins. Will Samantha go the way of the Pixar movie and learn to take the good with the bad, or

 

[Gordon_4]

Luck (Apple TV+)

Samantha, which is what 83% of male writers name their female OC, because you can just shorten it to Sam and pretend she's not like the other girls, is a klutz who has spent her miserable life balancing precariously on the brink of accidentally removing herself from the human gene pool. This is the ***** that can fuck up a cup of coffee Joe Pesci warned you about. As she's sitting on a curb contemplating suicide, a black cat steals her panini sandwich and shits out a lucky penny. Samantha tests it by flinging jam-covered toast and it lands jam-up every time. Egads! I would get that penny surgically implanted, or like the nose ring equivalent. But Sam is such a fuck-up she accidentally flushes it within 24 hours. Fighting off suicidal ideation, she happens upon the black cat again and chases him through a portal into the Land of Luck, where good luck (green) and bad luck (purple) are harvested by leprechauns and shaped into commodities like coins. Will Samantha go the way of the Pixar movie and learn to take the good with the bad, or

I can't tell if you accidentally left the review hanging like that or if it was on purpose.

 

[thebobmaster]

A ★★ review of Rush Hour 3 (2007)

“You see, I always got your back.” “Then why the hell did you give me an empty gun?” “I didn’t know!” This sequel follows a few years after the events of Rush Hour 2. Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma), returning from the first movie, apparently has information on one Shy Shen, who is rumored to be the...

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[Old_Hunter_77]

I basically been watching movies only, not playing games. Too tired at the end of the day to even pick up a controller hahah

Wicked part 1, 7/10

I'm not qualified to rate musical movies, I think the whole genre is pretty odd. I respect musical theater but it doesn't really translate well to the silver screen IMO.
I knew very little about Wicked going in but mostly what I though while watching this is that I could see how this would be a lot fun on a stage and understand why this is such a big hit.
Best part is Cynthia Erivo's performance, she is a hell of a singer (she did actually play Aretha Franklin in a TV show but I never watched that), by far the most impressive of the cast. Arianna Grande did some nice physical comedy. Otherwise it looks like Tim Burton barfed up a candy story, it's so much harsh bright color on top of each other. I think it's playing on the Wizard of Oz movie but that movie's age and lower fidelity makes the kiddie color more palatable.

It's 2.5 hrs and there's gonna be a part 2, I dunno why this needs so much screen time but *shrug*

Well after Emelia Perez it was nice to see songs actually written thoroughly. I guess it's not fair to compare them given the disparity in budget but since these are the only two musical movies I'm watching all year I can't help it.

 

[Old_Hunter_77]

A couple of documentaries. I'm not gonna rate them because they're dealing with some heavy stuff:

The Black Box Diaries
Documents a high profile rape case in Japan from the perspective of the victim, herself a journalist. Naturally gets into the antiquated laws and politics and culture around sexual violence, which was the most interesting part for me.

Sugarland
Investigating a boarding school for native people in Canada where of course the kids were abused and killed. I remember following this in the new a few years ago when they found a bunch of previously hidden graves. It's a tough one to watch both because of the subject matter but also it's very slow paced as the survivors are old but- at the risk of sounding preach- everyone needs to know about this stuff.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
I really don't know what to think about this. The subject matter is fascinating to me- it basically is a social studies lesson about the political history of post-colonial Africa; how 16 countries entered the U.N., the awkward and exploitive transition to independence, the crazy Cold War crap everyone was up to.
The presentation is right up my alley, and I've seen this sort of musical collage approach like in The Blackpower Mixtape, where there's no narrator instead it's a lot of music, intercutting culture with politics and text on the screen to glue the narrative together.
And the soundtrack here is my favorite music- jazz (and jazz adjacent). Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, Miriam Makeba, et al, tons of glorious footage and performances, culminating in Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln's direct involvement in the politics. These are my gods and I'm elated when I see/hear them. So much so that I forget I'm watching a serious political documentary. Sometimes it's hard to follow what was going on with all the politicking when in my heart I'd rather have heard the end of Dizzy's solo. Especially at 2.5 hours I had to watch this in a couple sessions.
It's certainly a vibe though so I do recommend it but take notes and read about some of these people later on your own, it's... a lot.