The Last Movie You Saw?

[Wired-Warlock]

beetlejuice !

 

beetlejuice !!

 

BEETLEJUICE !!!

 

 

 

 

Saw the original on the weekend on my PS5 in 4k. Excellent transfer by the way.

 

Very much looking forward to seeing the gang get back together this year some time...

 

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Edited March 25 by Wired-Warlock

[Mr_Wright95]

Oppenheimer: 

8.5/10

An amazing movie that does get docked in my ranking marginally due to its length. In my opinion it is hard to say this movie fully values your time as I feel about 20 minutes could have been cut to achieve the same results, but it is still an excellent movie and that is truly one of my only criticisms. The cast of this movie is absurd and more and more talent seemed to be joining the ensemble as the movie progessed.

 

Cillian Murphy and RDJ truly shined in their roles and I was glad to see them win an Oscar for their performances. 

 

A great movie that leaves you pondering morality.

[El Duderino]

Aliens (1986)

Edited March 26 by Beyondthegrave07

[Crzy Minus]

[El Duderino]

Event Horizon (1997)

 

The movie starts promising but completely fumbles it in the third act with its religious nonsense. 

 

 

[darkdemonia89]

[Mellenthin]

I saw Dune part 2 at the cinema last night and it was well beyond what I expected - highly recommended.

Edited March 26 by Mellenthin

[Slava]

Nimona

 

 

Honestly, it was a little hard to watch Nimona after such great animated films as Spider-Verse and a bunch of Ghibli masterpieces. It doesn't look as good, the writing is not as good, etc. But it gets the job done.

 

The idea and the message are simple, and the film goes straight to the point. The closest comparison is probably Shrek, only here, Nimona is Shrek and Donkey at the same time. It's also probably the gayest animated film I've seen since Evangelion 3.33 😁.

 

P.S. I like the fact that I've basically watched every animated movie nominated for this year's Academy Award except for the latest Pixar offering, which is the opposite of what would happen 10 years ago or so. Not that I care who was nominated - I'd watch all of these films regardless. Feels good.

[ChilledBrandon]

 

Triple 9 (2016)

 

Fun Heist film with an absolutely incredible cast. A lot of actors in this I really enjoy a lot, made it such an easy watch.

[Sigma999]

                                                                                                                                             Jojo Rabbit (2019)

 

[Caquis_1]

[SmileSlice]

Alone in the Dark (2005)

 

In honour of the new game, I had to revisit this old cheeseball favourite of mine. Not even the least bit scary, but so enjoyable and unintentionally hilarious. There’s something special about Uwe Boll films.

[POEman553]

Here's what I've seen since the last time I reported on movies I've seen:

 

A Walk in The Woods (3/23/2024)

Collective (3/23/2024)

Immaculate (3/23/2024)

Dallas Buyers Club (3/23/2024)

The Devils (3/24/2024)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (3/24/2024)

The Glorias (3/24/2024)

The Iron Lady (3/24/2024)

Never Rarely Sometimes Always (3/24/2024)

The Constant Gardener (3/25/2024)

Suffragette (3/25/2024)

The Way Back (3/25/2024)

Dead Presidents (3/25/2024)

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (3/25/2024)

Sexy Beast (3/26/2024)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (3/26/2024)

Out Of Sight (3/26/2024)

The Place Beyond The Pines (3/27/2024)

Vanity Fair (3/27/2024)

Hanna (3/27/2024)

Bronson (3/27/2024)

Elysium (3/28/2024)

[TheDarkKratos]

The Sword & The Sorcerer (1982)

 

[LastMinuteSavior]

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[ 8/10 ]

[alexandra-jane09]

Lost World: Jurassic Park [ 1997 ] on Sky Cinema HD last night. 

[eduartpxx]

[Crzy Minus]

[Redgrave]

 

Figured I would watch one more A24 sci-fi movie. Aniara I guess is based on a poem/novel where a colony ship is leaving Earth after some sort of apocalypse to go to Mars. The ship is basically a flying apartment/mall complex that winds up hitting some kind of debris that prevents them from steering the ship and so they are going away from Mars. Initially it is said that this delays their arrival by two years which then keeps extending as the movie goes on. Thankfully they do show that the ship has an arcade and other entertainment stuff to do. If I were on that ship and it turned out there was no Time Crisis to play I would have gone down to the reactor room and blown it up myself.

There is another thing called the Mima which is some kind of AI thing that acts as a sort of holodeck. The way it works is kind of odd, since the people are supposed to lay down on the floor and they put their face through some kind of ring thing (presumably this is for comfort so they aren't just laying on the ground with their face on the dirty floor) and then Mima has them experience environments from their memories on Earth. These are supposed to be peaceful and start off that way but eventually this also goes wrong because the negative memories make Mima depressed and so the environments wind up becoming dark too. They should have reprogrammed it so there could be a scene where someone shoots a couple of cyborg zombies with a tommygun like Picard does in Star Trek: First Contact.

Basically anything that can go wrong does go wrong in this movie and it becomes a pretty miserable experience by the end. I think the lesson that can be taken from it is outer space sucks and is very scary. I would say it's worth watching but don't expect to finish it and feeling optimistic. If you want to make it somewhat humurous you could always just read the time-skip title cards in the SpongeBob narrator voice.
 

Spoiler

Probably the most controversial part going by other discussions is the part where the ship finds a probe heading towards them. I call this probe the JJ Abrams probe because it basically is a mystery box that winds up not really amounting to anything. I don't know much about the poem/novel the movie is based on but apparently the probe is in it too and it also doesn't really explain anything. Initially the crew think it's a probe from Earth sent to help them but after having to wait 14 months to capture it they wind up not being able to open it and so not only does it cause them to become more depressed but it quickly gets set aside because the movie is starting to wrap up by the time they get it.

 

Unfortunately seeing discussions on it don't really offer interesting ideas either because I just see pretentious people saying that the JJ Abrams probe was supposed to be the universes way of saying that it was something not meant for humanity or whatever else that comes off as them trying to make themselves sound smart. Either that or it was a missile sent from Earth for a mercy killing or aliens, neither of which make sense. Personally I think it just serves as another thing in the story that gives the crew hope only to take it away from them like everything else that happens. I just think I would have liked it better if they at least got to open it.

 

I think they should have opened it only to find that it was a probe from Earth and all it wound up being was either a survey probe with nothing useful or one of those probes that have a golden record in it like Voyager. The former would have been suited just fine with the theme of the crew constantly getting their hopes up only to wind up being dashed for one reason or another. Ultimately I just feel like it should have been something since it wound up feeling like an unnecessary mystery box.

 

 

Stepping away from the depressing sci-fi, I wanted to watch this timeless masterpiece that has only gotten funnier over the years. Made by Steve Odekerk who helped write The Nutty Professor, Jimmy Neutron, Barnyard, and the Thumb parody movies. Seeing this explains the strange humor in Jimmy Neutron or Barnyard but it's a good kind of strange. I also just can't help but be impressed with how this movie uses clips and edits Odekerk over scenes from a 1976 film called Tiger and Crane Fists. It's very seamless apart from obvious ones such as the cow fight scene but even with the ones they added on their own they capture that old 70's effect really well.

 

Like any really good comedy it is endlessly quotable and the jokes are hilarious no matter how many times you see them. It's hard to really go into it since I don't think this is a movie that you can just explain and it's better to just watch yourself. I think the only ones that you can point out are the ones that poke fun at old martial arts dubbing, like one moment where Wimp Lo asks "Hey, who is he?" about the Chosen One and the guy he asks obviously says a lot but the dubbing just goes "I don't know" or when the Chosen One is obviously yelling something but he just calmly says "I implore you to reconsider" They even do a bit a couple times where the dog will bark but the barking sound is delayed.

 

It really is just a treat and if you haven't seen it before it is definitely worth the watch. The best part is you can watch it for free on YouTube now so there is no excuse not to unless you want to mysteriously get beat up by someone playing the song about big butts. Supposedly in 2015 the sequel was reported to be in the works but I feel like it's been too long now. I do think that the sequel to this and Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money could be the keys to achieving world peace however.

[Shaowsintzu]

Story Ave (2023)

Road House (2024)

Argylle (2024)

[TheDarkKratos]

Darkman (1990)

 

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love. But when thugs employed by a crime boss lead a vicious assault on Dr. Peyton Wilder (Liam Neeson), leaving him literally and psychologically scarred, an emergency procedure allows him to survive. Upon his recovery, Wilder can find solace only by returning to his scientific work developing synthetic skin, and seeking revenge against the crime boss. He assumes a phantom avenger persona called Darkman, who, with malleable facial qualities, is able to infiltrate and sow terror in the criminal community.

 

 

 

[ChilledBrandon]

 

The Bad Guys (2022)

 

Happy to see more recent films get added to Netflix. I really enjoyed this. Great voice cast, characters and an entertaining plot for an animated film.

Edited April 2 by ChilledBrandon

[Creasy007]

I went from watching a couple of Buster Keaton short films I had yet to see to finally checking out 'Highlander' for the first time.

[PHIL_DADDY1]

Next Goal Wins

 

The story of a washed-up soccer coach who is forced to coach the worst team in the world - American Samoa. Having come off a hiding to Australia, 51-0, in a World Cup Qualifier, they just need to be able to score 1 goal to reach the milestone of the first international goal.

 

Written & directed by Taika Waititi

 

I didn't mind it, some funny parts and loosely based on a true story, so I learned something.

 

[wolvieware]

Watched a couple over Easter break:

 

Gran Turismo - this was actually ok. I think being partly based on a true story works in making this film a bit better than most game based adaptations. The racing scenes were really good, and although knocked in media reviews I quite liked the gaming elements they included as an overlay on the screen at times making it seem more like the actual game.

 

Barbie - I expected fluffy pink mindless entertainment but actually this is a movie with a message. Although an important message that sparks debate, it completely over rides the whole film to the detriment of anything else. I don’t think it’s even that good when considered as a film - poor plot, Will Ferrel was acting in a completely different movie and a rubbish ending. But it is still an important movie thanks to its feminism message so is worth a watch. I do still feel it presents mixed results at times with the Ken’s (are they bad? Are they also complying to social norms etc)…unless that was also the point it was trying to make!