The Last Movie You Saw?

[Nekket_]

Edge of Tomorrow. Noticed it was on Netflix and I thought it looked cool. I loved it, as it is essentially what would happen if you made a rougelike a film. 

[Maxximum]

 

 

 

These are the last 3 movies I watched. I just realized that coincidentally, they are all similar in terms of their main characters being (or having been) spies. Almost similar plots as well. Their main characters live new lives until their pasts catch up to them. Suddenly they're not really who they are. They claim to have been someone else under a different alias and working with some shady people and agencies but haven't fulfilled their obligations so they end up as conflicts of interest.

 

Funny enough, I randomly chose to watch them simply because I was either attracted by the movie poster, or I was interested in the cast. I've been a fan of Mark Wahlberg, so that's the reason for Family Plan. I wanted to see Kaley Cuoco in action and in other material because I have only seen her portray her iconic role as Penny in The Big Bang Theory TV show. The Argylle movie was quite obvious, the cast looked packed, so I was like "why not?".

[Crzy Minus]

[Redgrave]

 

Alright, now I can say I am caught up on the Monsterverse lore barring Godzilla: Minus One and the upcoming Kong x Godzilla: More Monkey Business. At least for the most part I can since I found out there is some kind of series on AppleTV+ or whatever that also ties into the movies but I don't really feel like subscribing to that just to catch up on the movies. I just hope it doesn't get as bad as Star Wars, Marvel, or God forbid 343 Halo because they have another thing coming if they think I'm keeping up with it if it gets anywhere like those.

 

Anyway, I like the timeframe of this where it's set after the Vietnam War since with the soldiers trapped on Skull Island kind of made me think of Predator. Plus it brought for a cool scene when they get to the island and Kong starts taking out the helicopters and how they encountered the other weird creatures on the island. I didn't look into the production history but I get the impression that this was intended to be R rated because they say the fuck word on a few occasions and some of the deaths that happen definitely should have been more bloody. For instance there's a part where a guy flies into helicopter blades but they cut away from his body getting sliced up and all that happens is the blades get set on fire. There's also a soldier that gets impaled through the mouth by a spider thing and there's no blood where there should have been. If I were to guess this was intended to be a lot more bloody and violent but studio execs stepped in and told them to tone it down so it could keep the PG-13 rating.

 

I'm also assuming there were some reshoots because there's a character that makes a sacrifice near the end by holding two grenades but then he just gets whacked away by one of the skull lizards. It was kind of hard to tell if it was supposed to be serious or funny with the way it was shown. But aside from all that I still liked it for the most part and I liked the credits sequence where it shows Marlow coming back home.

 

 

I've wanted to see this for a while since I heard it was funny. I actually think I remember seeing the ending a long time ago but I don't think I realized it was from this. But yeah, it was pretty funny with it basically being a mix between Looney Tunes and other martial arts movies. Despite the comedic aspect the fights were actually really cool to watch and I especially liked the one with the two guys that play the stringed instrument and summon invisible swords. I'm not sure if that's based on something but I would love to see it be used in a video game. I especially love the part where Sing is trying to throw his weight around and pick an easy fight with the people of Pigsty Alley and the joke is that whoever he picks winds up being tougher than they appeared

 

Watching this also made me realize I am overdue for watching Kung Pow! Enter the Fist again.

[Caquis_1]

[ChilledBrandon]

 

I See You (2019)

 

This was such an awesome film, I really wasn't expecting it to be so good. I've passed over it a few times on Netflix. It goes in so many ways I wasn't expecting with the plot.

 

Very clever with some great atmosphere and suspense.

[Slava]

Past Lives

 

 

Past Lives is a well-shot and laconically told "What could've been" relationship story. Didn't capture me from the start, but had a strong ending.

 

I liked how it looks more than anything. The camera is a pretty strong storyteller in Celine Song's hands as well. Some shots will stay in my memory for sure. 

 

The film is light on the drama, and I'm glad it is. Nora's and Hae Sung's lives, as well as their complicated relationship, are shown in three parts, and we get to see what's changed after each time jump. The film succeeds at making you feel awkward, and then giving you a genuine heartache by the end. Although I felt like I wanted to know more about the characters, and what these people have in common besides the languages they speak. 

 

There was one thing that stuck with me, other than the main idea referenced in the title. It has to do with conflicting points you hear throughout the film: "You haven't changed at all" vs "I'm not the same person you used to know". I thought the ending was leaning towards one of them. But I wonder if it's intended or more open for interpretation.

 

Pretty good film for a debut feature. Won't be surprised if it's a little bit autobiographical. I wonder what other kinds of stories Celine Song can tell.

[ChilledBrandon]

 

 

This is my favourite of the Harry Potter films. Great pacing throughout and it just flows extremely well.

 

They have the whole collection on Netflix so I'm just making my way through it all again. A lot of good memories from growing up with these.

[LastMinuteSavior]

[ 6/10 ]

 

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How my 2023's Top 10 currently stands:

1. The Zone of Interest

2. Past Lives

3. Perfect Days

4. Poor Things

5. Monster

6. The Holdovers

7. Saltburn

8. Across the Spiderverse

9. Oppenheimer

10. Anatomy of a Fall

 

Still have to find out if Godzilla Minus One or Mads Mikkelsen's The Promised Land can break into the list.

[Slava]

7 hours ago, LastMinuteSavior said:

How my 2023's Top 10 currently stands:

1. The Zone of Interest

2. Past Lives

3. Perfect Days

4. Poor Things

5. Monster

6. The Holdovers

7. Saltburn

8. Across the Spiderverse

9. Oppenheimer

10. Anatomy of a Fall

 

Nice.

 

7 hours ago, LastMinuteSavior said:

[ 9/10 ]

 

Very nice 😎.

[TheDarkKratos]

The Hitcher (1986)

[LastMinuteSavior]

2 hours ago, Slava said:

Very nice 😎.

 

Been thinking a lot about Perfect Days since I watched it.

Just today I was thinking how Hirayama looking at the sky every morning speaks to the life choices he made, and about what he said about different people living in different worlds.

 

2023 had a handful of movies that "said" and showed a lotta important things.

It's always great when film helps you find the words in your head to make sense of things.

[ozymandias1994]

 

Playing racing games, watching racing movies. 😄
Good French comedy, minimum offense and maximum Marion Cotillard.
Action scenes with pursuits filmed amazingly, no cgi only real stunts and full-scale shooting.
Really good movie. Pity it's box office is average.

[Juzota]

 

 

65 - Watched this week ago and don't remember anything about it

Death Proof - Been a while since last watched. Bit better than I remembered.

Riders of Justice - Pretty good Danish movie, watched mainly because Mads Mikkelsen.

Fallen Leaves - Most Finnish movie I've seen and as a Finn I've seen plenty. I don't give 5 stars on first watch, but this was very close.

[LegitDolphionXR]

1) A very shocking film

 

2) A very beautiful piece of the director of "Canino"

 

3) Another film based on "The witch" (2015)

 

4) A very slow film and there are barely dialogues but keeps the tension well.

[shadaik]

18 hours ago, Juzota said:

65 - Watched this week ago and don't remember anything about it

Be grateful. Probably how it achieved a second star in that rating.

 

Speaking of god-awful attempts at horror movies involving prehistoric creatures:

Dull, boring, by-the-numbers, with terrible cinematography

[Juzota]

58 minutes ago, shadaik said:

Be grateful. Probably how it achieved a second star in that rating.

 

 

Probably. I save 1 star for movies that actually makes me mad.

[Crzy Minus]

 

 

On an unrelated note from my recent watches since I'm starting to move on from 2023 releases I'd just like to express how great of a year it's been in term of first watches but also most importantly new releases, I can confidently say the year was filled with many gems all around (from blockbuster hits to more indie darlings) to the point not even a top 10 list could justify the quantity that came from many great filmmakers across the globe.

 

So with all that being said, I present here my Top 25 Films of 2023:

 

[POEman553]

Just came back from seeing Problemista. It's essentially "Late '20s / Early '30s Job Hunting: The Movie."

 

Yesterday, on Peacock I finished Vice and then watched on Max Mon Oncle D'Amerique. Both are leaving the services at the end of the month. I'm planning on seeking out more of Alain Resnais - the movie was absolutely on my wavelength and at times funny. That movie and Problemista both speak to the same issue with people trying to find jobs and find their place in this world.

[Rikapadupu]

A Quiet Place 1 and 2.

 

Just love everything in both movies. The atmosphere, the tension, the story, everything.

 

Emily Blunt is just fantastic.

[DrBloodmoney]

Red Rocket - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Susperia (Remake)  - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Killer  - ⭐

Saltburn  - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Barbie  - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bones and All - ⭐⭐

Vivarium  - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

[LastMinuteSavior]

@Crzy Minus I have Blackberry at #16. Such a fun and well crafted movie! Everyone should watch it.

 

And you should check out How to Have Sex [my #14] and Red Rooms (Les Chambres Rouges) [#12] if you haven't yet. Not sure you'll like them as much as I did, but I think they deserve a watch nontheless.

[ChilledBrandon]

 

The Lodge (2019)

 

Great movie, it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. So much tension and very dark/atmospheric.

[StewartBros]

Watched Ghostbusters: Afterlife the other night.  Thought I'd best get it out of the way before Frozen Empire comes out.

 

Quite enjoyed it.  Definitely better than I was expecting.

[Redgrave]

 

Thought I would watch it since @Slava mentioned it and it was available on HBO. I thought it was good even if it's got that "movie you pass by regularly while browsing at Blockbuster" kind of quality to it. The mob characters were pretty funny especially when they are looking for Ghost Dog and they wind up at the wrong roof a couple times, and then there is also the one that likes Flava Flav.

 

There's also a part where Ghost Dog gives the book Roshomon to a girl and while watching I was wondering why he thought it appropriate to give that to a kid but I guess the book Roshomon and the movie are different. I also couldn't help but think the movie title and the setting sounds like it would have been made into a PS2 game that would have gotten 4/10 ratings on IGN.

 

 

The tagline for this should have said "You think you had a bad day?" because pretty much everything bad imaginable that could have happened winds up happening to the main character. You know you're in for a rough time when one of the first things that happens is the main character gets mauled by a bear which is the main reason I wanted to see it because I read it made the bear terrifying and that made me think a bear was stalking Glass through the entire thing but everything else that happens is still pretty brutal.

 

There are plenty of parts where he gets repeatedly banged up pretty badly and I find it hard to believe he could even walk halfway through the movie or somehow didn't break one of his arms. On top of that is the freezing cold which really makes you appreciate blankets and hot showers along with modern medicine because I know some of those wounds he got were infected. So yeah, it's a very harsh and brutal movie but at the same fascinating. Tom Hardy also did good as the antagonist who I could see being a Red Dead character and I think he even kind of looked like Micah a bit only he didn't have a desire to massacre entire towns just to get his guns back.

Edited March 18 by Redgrave