What was the last movie you saw?

[KGeo777]

I remember being spooked by a cartoon image of the woman looking through the port hole--they advertised it with that image.

 

[Vince W]

Joker. Very well acted and Joaquin Phoenix is chilling but I can't say I actually enjoyed the film. It was just too grim and plausible for my tastes.

 

[Rodders]

I have to confess that i thought it somewhat overrated. A good first watch, but I doubt I’d watch it again unless there was nothing else on telly. Probably that the fans enjoy more than the casual viewer.

 

[AE35Unit]

The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh(2012)
Creepy house horror.
An old woman dies, (Vanessa Redgrave) and her estranged son visits the house, and weird stuff begins to happen.
Different, not bad at all.

 

[AE35Unit]

Joker. Very well acted and Joaquin Phoenix is chilling but I can't say I actually enjoyed the film. It was just too grim and plausible for my tastes.

I thought it was really good

 

[Vince W]

I have to confess that i thought it somewhat overrated. A good first watch, but I doubt I’d watch it again unless there was nothing else on telly. Probably that the fans enjoy more than the casual viewer.

Agreed. It was worth watching it the once, but I'd never attempt a second viewing.

I thought it was really good

I would say objectively it was a good film but not for me generally.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Skyfall (2012)

Well! After the mediocrity of Quantum of Solace, I wasn't expecting this to be one of the most effective Bond films yet. Aside from a few quibbles about plot holes (could the villain really know exactly what would happen during his capture and escape?) everything seems to work, from the intense pre-credit chase scene, to the decent title song and surreal title sequence, to a shockingly haggard Bond, to stunning visuals of great variety (Shanghai seems straight out of Bladerunner), to an extraordinarily fascinating villain (driven to his megalomaniacal schemes by the lust for revenge, instead of wealth or power), to a great role for M and a welcome appearance by Albert Finney, to a properly balanced combination of spectacle and emotional power. Good movie.

 

[KGeo777]

THE STREETFIGHTER 1974 - Sonny Chiba martial arts movie-I have not seen a Japanese MA movie before as far as I know excluding the superhero type like the Golden Bat. No Godzilla cameo either. Chiba probably was inspired by Bruce Lee in his face poses--kind of funny although Lee never grabbed someone between the legs and ripped off something to make a point.

 

[Foxbat]

Alien Versus Predator: Requiem
This movie was released in 2007 and I’ve been avoiding it ever since. I recently saw a second hand copy on sale for £1 and my curiosity got the better of me.

What a mess. The editing is all over the place and most of the movieis shot in darkness, which may be a good way of camouflaging cinematic shortfalls but makes watching it pretty pointless exercise (because you struggle to see what on earth is happening). It’s so cliched filled with the usual cardboard cut-out characters that it’s both boring and predictable. You know things are not going well when you’re glancing at your watch wondering how much longer it has to go.

When I first bought this movie, I thought: what the hell, it’s only a pound. I grudge spending even that little amount on this drivel.

But perhaps this movie‘s greatest sin is that it makes Prometheus look like a cinematic masterpiece.

 

[BAYLOR]

Alien Versus Predator: Requiem
This movie was released in 2007 and I’ve been avoiding it ever since. I recently saw a second hand copy on sale for £1 and my curiosity got the better of me.

What a mess. The editing is all over the place and most of the movieis shot in darkness, which may be a good way of camouflaging cinematic shortfalls but makes watching it pretty pointless exercise (because you struggle to see what on earth is happening). It’s so cliched filled with the usual cardboard cut-out characters that it’s both boring and predictable. You know things are not going well when you’re glancing at your watch wondering how much longer it has to go.

When I first bought this movie, I thought: what the hell, it’s only a pound. I grudge spending even that little amount on this drivel.

But perhaps this movie‘s greatest sin is that it makes Prometheus look like a cinematic masterpiece.

It needs the Mystery Science 3000 treatment.

 

[Mon0Zer0]

Joker. Very well acted and Joaquin Phoenix is chilling but I can't say I actually enjoyed the film. It was just too grim and plausible for my tastes.

It's one of those films like (its inspiration) Taxi Driver that is well made and fantastically acted but says quite unpleasant things about humanity.

I think the message of the film - about the importance of social (mental) healthcare, compassion and generally looking out for each other, is a good one, though and I'm kinda surprised that so many critics and commentators were wide of the mark on interpreting it.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Joker. Very well acted and Joaquin Phoenix is chilling but I can't say I actually enjoyed the film. It was just too grim and plausible for my tastes.

The subject material of mental health makes it a difficult movie to watch and enjoy. There's no doubting though that Phoenix is an incredible actor.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Anti Life:
Avoid.

 

[KGeo777]

Alien vs Predator: Requiem has one advantage over the previous one-they use the Predator score which helps a little.
It has one of the most shocking horror sequences though-the maternity ward scene--it's also funny that the film was made by brothers and the ending seems to be designed in their favor.
This is why Ridley Scott was reduced to slumming when he went back to this universe. I do not think he wanted to. He had to in order to keep working.

The Joker is following a new trend of making bad guys into the heroes (anything to avoid traditional narratives).
And this time, Hollywood cannot say "it's the public negativity about Watergate."
That is what was claimed in the 70s--that all the negativity was fueled by a public appetite for downbeat stories.

 

[BAYLOR]

Alien vs Predator: Requiem has one advantage over the previous one-they use the Predator score which helps a little.
It has one of the most shocking horror sequences though-the maternity ward scene--it's also funny that the film was made by brothers and the ending seems to be designed in their favor.
This is why Ridley Scott was reduced to slumming when he went back to this universe. I do not think he wanted to. He had to in order to keep working.

The Joker is following a new trend of making bad guys into the heroes (anything to avoid traditional narratives).
And this time, Hollywood cannot say "it's the public negativity about Watergate."
That is what was claimed in the 70s--that all the negativity was fueled by a public appetite for downbeat stories.

If id been in charge, I wouldn't have let Ridley Scott do Prometheus.

 

[Toby Frost]

I've seen some of Goliath Awaits, and while I find the premise intriguing, I thought that it was pretty dated and clunky - which is a shame. I wonder if the makers of Bioshock had seen it too. It's one of the few films that could really do with a remake.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Spectre (2015)

Of the Craig films, this one seems most like a standard Bond film, lacking the innovations of Casino Royale or Skyfall, but avoiding the lackluster mediocrity of Quantum of Solace. It's too long (I understand the next one will be even longer) and tries too hard to be a spectacle (superhero movie influence?) and the attempt to make SPECTRE responsible for everything that happened in the previous Craig series doesn't make sense. I also didn't like the personal connection between the villain and Bond, which seemed petty compared to the usual megalomaniacal evil organization with its giant secret headquarters. Watchable, but not much more.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

And for a change in mood after the Bond marathon (although the plot has some similarities . . .)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Works best when the actors take their roles seriously, so Ricardo Montalban (who has only one scene where he mugs it up, when he finds a human finger in his hot dog) as the villain is the best thing. I like the absurdity and verbal humor more than the slapstick and raunchy jokes, but it's all pretty funny stuff. The musical soundtrack (except for a couple of pop songs) could have been taken from a dramatic movie of, say, the late 1960's or early 1970's, which helps.

 

[Toby Frost]

I still have a lot of fondness for the first Naked Gun. There are just so many jokes packed into one film! A particular favourite is the scene where Drebbin bribes a shady man at the docks, and somehow comes away with more money than he started with.

I've found myself thinking about Lake Mungo all weekend, so it's clearly accomplished what it set out to do.

 

[Chris 1978]

Shiny Flakes (2021)

The documentary film of how teenage German boy Max Schmidt went from zero to 'completed it mate' in the world of drug dealing, all from the bedroom of his parents house.
I found myself unsure if this was real life or not at times, Max feels like a character in his own life with the documentary being shot in an way that compliments its unbelievable nature.

Next up:

Truffle Hunters (2021)