Discuss and Rate the Last Film You Watched

[thebobmaster]

A ★★★½ review of RED (2010)

“Do you know what’s wrong with this country?” “Everyone’s trying to kill us?” “EXACTLY!” This very loose adaptation of the comic book of the same name by Warren Ellis had been getting pitched for years by Gregory Noveck, but Warner Bros. was not interested. This was an issue, because in order to...

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[Phoenixmgs]

Dust Bunny - 7/10

Directorial debut of Bryan Fuller who made Pushing Daisies. And visually it is very similar to Pushing Daisies, also the movie is extremely wide in a 3:1 aspect ratio that will make your widescreen TV feel like you're watching The Matrix DVD on an old CRT TV. Overall a solid movie that feels a bit of a combination of Leon: The Professional and Pans Labyrinth. A young girl has a monster under her bed and hires Mads Mikkelsen to kill it and most of the scenes are her and Mads together. The movie is rather small scale as there are only a few sets needed for the whole movie. The action scenes aren't anything super great but they are different and interesting to watch.The dialogue at times has a nice rhythm and quirkiness to it, though overall I wanted more of that throughout the movie. The actual theme of the movie comes through very strong.

I never really bothered following majority of her early controversies (although I see quite a lot of them these days), but that wizards pooping on the floor bit really drove home to me how she has clearly exhausted whatever heart and soul she poured into Harry Potter and has nothing else in her life to look forward to. I think I'd probably still enjoy rereading the original books but it sure seems like everything after that has been an absolute disaster.

That was mainly because she was trolling a Harry Potter forum for fun. She made a user account and would make ridiculous claims and then she would say that on social media as herself and basically tell the forum that "I told you so". Pretty epic level trolling honestly.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

That was mainly because she was trolling a Harry Potter forum for fun. She made a user account and would make ridiculous claims and then she would say that on social media as herself and basically tell the forum that "I told you so". Pretty epic level trolling honestly.

I dunno man, that sounds even more pathetic if that's true.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Any [thing for children] adults are an embarrassment. I don't mind a bit of nostalgia and sharing what one likes with one's own children, that's normal adult behavior. But grown-ass grownups obsessed with Disney or Harry Potter or Star Wars or Barbie or whatever are annoying and stupid and lame.

I'm especially embarrassed by the Harry Potter adult because most of them are embarrassed by its creator. Star Wars is just a brand that bounces around chasing trends while being steered by a glut of middle managers. They don't stand for anything anymore than their fans do. But the Harry Potter adult cannot escape the fact that HP isn't bigger than JK. So either any mention or form of conversation about the author is immediately censored, which is stupid, or people just go along with her bullshit, which is also stupid.

 

[thebobmaster]

I'm embarrassed by the people who judge others based on what they watch for being in the "wrong" age group.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I'm embarrassed by the people who judge others based on what they watch for being in the "wrong" age group.

10 points off Slytherin for that remark!

 

[thebobmaster]

10 points off Slytherin for that remark!

I don't care. Ravenclaw all the way.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I don't care. Ravenclaw all the way.

I'll call you by your preferred Hogwarts House as soon as J.K. Rowling calls everybody else by their preferred pronoun.

 

[thebobmaster]

A ★★★★½ review of High Noon (1952)

“People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care.” This movie had a bit of a troubled production, and it was mostly just due to timing. You see, the film was made just when the Red Scare was fully...

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[Xprimentyl]

Grudge Match: Decent / Great

Two retired professional boxers (Sylvester Stallone and Robert DeNiro,) 30 years removed from their heated rivalry they both feel ended unsatisfactorily, are talked into a rematch to settle their score.

I'm surprised I never heard of this 2013 movie until last night given how it's fairly star-studded top to bottom, but it was pretty good for its ridiculous premise. Alan Arkin plays Stallone's [even more] elderly training coach, and every time he opens his mouth, its comedy gold.

 

[Old_Hunter_77]

A ★★★★½ review of High Noon (1952)

“People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care.” This movie had a bit of a troubled production, and it was mostly just due to timing. You see, the film was made just when the Red Scare was fully...

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An all-time great and a personal favorite. I love a story that is so confident in its simple plot and predictable outcome and still delivers a compelling experience. Just quality acting, directing, and framing, with no frills or bullshit. Like Gary Cooper.

 

[thebobmaster]

A ★★★★½ review of All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

“Charlie? Do you think you’ll be able to help me find a mommy and daddy?” “Kid, I’ll help you find the lost city of Atlantis, just PLEASE go to sleep!” This film did not have a very smooth production, and sadly, a tragedy played a part in it. To begin with, while Don Bluth had the idea for the...

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[Gordon_4]

A ★★★★½ review of All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

“Charlie? Do you think you’ll be able to help me find a mommy and daddy?” “Kid, I’ll help you find the lost city of Atlantis, just PLEASE go to sleep!” This film did not have a very smooth production, and sadly, a tragedy played a part in it. To begin with, while Don Bluth had the idea for the...

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I watched this movie once. It was very good, but very sad. And after I heard about Barsi, I’ve never watched it again. Nor Land Before Time.

 

[thebobmaster]

A ★★ review of Flashdance (1983)

“Nick, I told you. I don’t think it’s a good idea to go out with the boss.” “All right, have it your way. You’re fired. I’ll pick you up tomorrow at 8.” In 1980, a man named Thomas Hedley developed the concept for this movie based on the lives of exotic dancers he had met as a journalist, then...

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[hanselthecaretaker2]

Grudge Match: Decent / Great

Two retired professional boxers (Sylvester Stallone and Robert DeNiro,) 30 years removed from their heated rivalry they both feel ended unsatisfactorily, are talked into a rematch to settle their score.

I'm surprised I never heard of this 2013 movie until last night given how it's fairly star-studded top to bottom, but it was pretty good for its ridiculous premise. Alan Arkin plays Stallone's [even more] elderly training coach, and every time he opens his mouth, its comedy gold.

God, the irony of these two IRL personalities being in a movie like this together.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Watched the 2022 Hellraiser, helpfully titled Hellraiser: Her in Spanish.

I believe I've only ever seen the first three movies and then the ninth or tenth in the series, Hellraiser: Revelations, which taught me the term "ashcan copy" (when you produce something purely to retain the rights).

By 2022, the series probably deserves some kind of award for clearing the lowest standard possible with the lowest quality product imaginable, a straight-to-Hulu soft reboot (Hellraiser hasn't had a theatrical release since the 90s) that complies with some fleeting body horror when it's not cutting away or obscuring the image and somehow wastes 121 minutes of your time in the process.

Stars nepo baby/industry plant/'gram icon Odessa A'zion.

 

[PsychedelicDiamond]

Watched the 2022 Hellraiser, helpfully titled Hellraiser: Her in Spanish.

Hellraiser: Her sounds like a crossover that would play very well in the age of generative AI.

 

[thebobmaster]

A ★★★ review of The Equalizer 2 (2018)

“The mistake you made was you killed my friend. So, I'm gonna kill each and every one of you. And the only disappointment in it for me is that I only get to do it once.” While there were plans for a sequel even seven months before the first film came out, nothing was officially announced until...

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[McElroy]

Marty Supreme
Timothée Chalamet stars as Marty Mauser, a young rising star in a young flashy sport called table tennis in the early 1950s. Dedicated to table tennis but not really to anything else, we follow him and his bouncy shoulders as he: plays table tennis and plays around everybody hoping things won't come back later to whack his ass. They do though. It's A24 with their biggest budget yet, Josh Safdie directing. The casting hits a bit different: Gwyneth Paltrow as Kay, a fading movie star Marty tangles up with is a good choice but then we have Kevin O'Leary from Dragons' Den as Kay's husband Milton, who delivers very well, and a bunch of other surprises to mostly great effect.

Movie is shot well, has the period look down, and the anachronistic music isn't bothersome, because it's good music. The drama is rather simple, but it is important for Marty and as he argues about it with others he argues it to the viewer too: Marty is convinced he has a purpose so let's see that through, hijinks and all. That said two and a half hours is a long runtime. I give it three out of four stars.

 

[thebobmaster]

A ★★★½ review of The Lion King 1½ (2004)

“Everything the light touches...belongs to someone else.” The plans for a third Lion King movie go back to 2000, with initial plans for a DVD release in 2001. However, it seems that writing the script took longer than expected. While the first two movies took inspiration from Hamlet and Romeo...

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