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Re: Most Recent Movie You've Seen
Recently watched Revenge of the Sith for its 20th anniversary which was a walk down memory lane. Also, I caught a screening of Clown in a Cornfield. Quite liked it overall. Though not nearly as good as the director's previous work, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil.
Re: Most Recent Movie You've Seen
I've watched a shit ton of new movies/seriesthe past few months...
The Astronaut - First half pretty good and keeps you in suspense....it then falls off a cliff with a ridiculous climax.
Nuremberg - Amazing. This should get a few Oscar noms.
The Long Walk - I literally waited like 35 years for this movie to happen. It was ok but they bastardized the ending just so a black guy can be the survivor.
The Monkey - Another Stephen King story I waited eons for. I hated it. The actors are unlikable and they don't take the story seriously.
Alien: Romulus - I'm officially done with the Alien franchise. Garbage acting and garbage story. There's just no point in continuing this saga whether in sequels or reboots.
The Senior - Amazing story....middle aged guy makes college football comeback. Thankfully they didn't fictionalize it too much.
Drop - I normally hate smartphones in any type of movie. Almost didn't watch it. It's different here because the whole story revolves around her getting texts while out on a first date. Definitely worth watching....once.
F1 The Movie - While it's just a generic run of the mill racing movie, I actually liked it. A bit too long though.
Green Room - Loved it. It's always weird seeing Patrick Stewart in anything not named Star Trek.
Presence - Wow. This deserves a Best Picture Oscar nom. This may be the most unique, original ghost film ever. We see everything from the ghosts POV...and it's nothing outlandish like most ghost/supernatural movies now.
Final Destination Bloodlines - The story doesn't even really matter...it's all about the crazy deaths throughout. They do a pretty good job with it.
Paterno - Pacino deserved an Emmy for this performance. He knocked it out of the park. I gotta watch this again.
When We Were Kings - Holy shit...this might be the greatest documentary ever. If not...it's certainly top 5. Just the spectacle surrounding the fight (Ali vs Foreman) sends chills down your spine. It's also a reminder of how far boxing has fallen in relevance.
Man....Ali was really something else. There'll never be another.
The Luckiest Man In America - Crazy it took 40 years for someone to make a film for this story. It's about the Press Your Luck scandal.
It's amazing but the thing I worried about going into it wound up happening....they don't show us how his life completely unravels after he wins all that money. The film focuses on the game show itself.
The Apprentice - If the world hadn't been turned into a dystopic Trump world, this probably wins shit tons of awards. It's really something else. Love the 70s vibe they got for this.
The Yogurt Shop Murders - The greatest documentary on the case ever. It deserves awards. Its too bad they couldn't have waited a few more months to release this because shockingly, this case wound up getting solved. I highly recommend this.
The Speedway Murders - About the 1978 Burger Chef murders. I guarantee this format gets ripped off by tons of true crime shows. It has actors playing the victims alive in the restaurant and they go over all the various theories about what really happened. Pretty unique.
Juror #2 - This was a huge disappointment... especially when you consider the possibility that it's Clints last film. He should've starred in it as the juror. It has a Lifetime movie vibe to it. I've noticed a lot of dramas feel like this now.
Trap - Just another M Night Sghbnbgfgk movie with a twist. His twists are simply way too predictable and when that's all his movies have to offer....
Late Night With the Devil - They nail the late night tv 70s setting. It was great up until it goes bat poop crazy at the climax.
I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) - Pure garbage. I only made it halfway through. The cast is simply too unlikable for me to give a shit about anything that's happening.
John Candy: I Like Me - This was incredible. He's deserved a documentary like this for decades. Loved the SCTV footage.
GLOW (series) - The first two seasons were perfect. I regretted waiting so long to watch it. It did not need that third season. It almost ruins it. If/when I watch it again, I'll be skipping the final season.
Cheech and Chong's Last Movie - A perfect final chapter to their story. They drive while going over every aspect of the saga while we get to see all the footage. You can tell the breakup still bothers them... especially Chong.
I always thought a final movie like a Grumpy Old Men for stoners would've been the way to go out. Nope...this provides closure.
Defending Jacob - Great 8 episode miniseries. I should probably read the book.
The World Will Tremble - It's good but there was so much more potential here. I wish Spielberg had tackled this story. What happened at Chelmno is horrifying...and just the opening round of the death camps ..but they don't properly convey the nightmare. It's just not all that emotional or shocking.
I'm starting to wonder if those old historians were right....it would be impossible to really dive into the Holocaust on film. A few exceptions of course.
Goebbels and The Fuhrer - This was better than it had any right to be.I went into it with low expectations. I have it on my list of things to watch again.
The Apology - This could've been amazing but they drag it out way too long. I would've preferred a better actor as brother in law/killer.
Humane- Loved it. I could easily picture this really happening in the coming decades....some sort of collapse happens and every family has to agree to euthanize some members.
You'll Never Find Me - I loved it up until the twist ruined it.
Hell of a Summer - Great slasher comedy. We need more movies like this.
Stranger Things - I finally forced myself to give this a shot...I had waited long enough. It starts out with a bang but I lost interest completely when season 4 starts. I don't think I can finish it.
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Re: Most Recent Movie You've Seen
I think season 4 was the best by far of Stranger Things. I was losing interest with season 3 but the fourth was a huge improvement imo. Not watched any of season 5 yet.
Re: Most Recent Movie You've Seen
Netflix just bought Warner Bros (which includes HBO and HBO Max). Another nail in the coffin of the theater going experience, cinema and probably physical media.
They have already indicated that they will shorten the window that new movies will be shown in the theater /cinena.
oh your Netflix rates are probably going to increase because of this.
Two of the major film companies (MGM and now Warner Bros) are owned by “streamers” now (Amazon and Netflix). We never knew how good we had it (70s-mid 2000s) in terms of movies.
I kind of get sad when I watch these older movies and the company that made them is now defunct (like Tri-Star pictures) or owned by a media conglomerate (Universal now a Comcast company)
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Yeah, going to movies is a underrated aspect of my life. I wish I went more, it is a great experience. Kinda like a day at the rollercoaster. This past year I saw F1 and Tron Aris. Both were good, Tron was a slight letdown. Visually it was great, and the music (NIN) was phenomonal, but the script and storyline a bit thin. No character development. Also hard to tell how the acting was with such a flimsy script. F1 was good, the race scenes were great (and it was mostly race scenes, which I liked, not much storyline). Brad Pitts a bit old for the role, but they played it off sorta ok.
James, GLOW was a great series. I was fortunate to watch it in real time when it was out. I agree the 3rd seasons sucked. I think I read that the ratings were moderate at best, and Netflix asked them to rush the story along to get it moving. So they had to speed it up. Also they were never told it was being cancelled, so they didn't write for a proper ending to it.
Re: Most Recent Movie You've Seen
Watching Avatar this weekend. First new movie I'm watching in 2 years. So much shit out there now. If it's not an old director I'm not interested. People working at studios today are fucking clueless. The art has been completely lost.
Re: Most Recent Movie You've Seen
Watching Avatar this weekend. First new movie I'm watching in 2 years. So much shit out there now. If it's not an old director I'm not interested. People working at studios today are fucking clueless. The art has been completely lost.
I was reading up on it a little and just the way it works now in terms of movies is quite depressing. Also all the telecommunications/big guys just buy out the legacy studios.
look at all the big four /five movie studios : all got bought swallowed up by bigger media companies:
20th century Fox=disney
MGM=Amazon
Universal=Comcast
Columbia Pictures=Sony
Paramount=Skydance
They have pretty much cut down on physical media. That’s killer for new films. Matt Damon talked about it years ago.
Re: Most Recent Movie You've Seen
polluxlm wrote:Watching Avatar this weekend. First new movie I'm watching in 2 years. So much shit out there now. If it's not an old director I'm not interested. People working at studios today are fucking clueless. The art has been completely lost.
I was reading up on it a little and just the way it works now in terms of movies is quite depressing. Also all the telecommunications/big guys just buy out the legacy studios.
look at all the big four /five movie studios : all got bought swallowed up by bigger media companies:
20th century Fox=disney
MGM=Amazon
Universal=Comcast
Columbia Pictures=Sony
Paramount=Skydance
They have pretty much cut down on physical media. That’s killer for new films. Matt Damon talked about it years ago.
Yeah, the old studios cared about money, but they also had decades and decades of talent in their ranks. Those guys knew how to make a movie. Even movies that I considered average are head and shoulders over new productions.
Just look at the first 15 seconds of this clip. Great directing, great score and incredible acting by John Travolta. It's not just the facial and eye expressions, but the rhythm of it. It's musical the way he reacts. Absolutely brilliant.
It's those little things, those little touches of art that is completely missing from a modern production. There is just nothing there. A highly sanitized product. And that's before I even mention the politics that ruin everything.
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Around 99% of actors can't even properly act anymore. They're basically just playing themselves...and they're all so unlikeable.
Films don't have any personality whatsoever. Back in the day, the cities/location would pretty much be their own character in the film.
Not anymore.
Comedies are pure garbage and have been for years. They're not funny.
I really wish we had some of the old comedians alive right now to see what we've become. Imagine the likes of Don Rickles, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, etc being brought back from the dead and thrust into this dystopic Idiocracy.
We have one of the greats still alive...
Mel Brooks. Unfortunately he's probably too scared of being cancelled or simply too old to give a shit.
I said it years ago....a much younger Mel Brooks would mock all this insanity.
A Harriet Tubman movie starring Margot Robbie
Supergirl starring a male actor
On the subject of Netflix -Warner Bros...
If the world can ever go back to normal, I want a president to break up all these massive corporations.
If someone wants to watch ESPN, they're not really watching ESPN. They're watching Disney.
The slop Americans eat was made by one of three companies.
It's obscene and this shit has gone on long enough.
