What was the last film you watched?

[Seaviewer]

Angels & Demons (2009)
Sequel to The Da Vinci Code confusingly based on the previous novel.
The formula is much the same. These films remind me of nothing so much as a Riddler episode of the old Batman TV series - a clue at each crime scene to lead on to the next.

 

[Jessie]

The Reef Stalked
Hoping to heal from a tragedy, a woman and her friends embark on a kayaking and diving adventure in tropical waters. However, the fun soon turns to terror when they find themselves fighting for their lives against a great white shark.

This was a pretty good shark movie.

 

[Willie Oleson]

Two "easy target" films.


My face was like Anna Taylor-Joy's in this picture. It didn't move, not once.
It's too broad and well trodden to call it satire, and the shock moments didn't surprise me (let alone shock) - the cook who was good-but-never-great should have stripped and pooped instead of shooting himself. It's 2023 for heaven's sake, up the ante!
I only watched the first half because I couldn't care less what would happen next or what the ending would reveal.
The only highlight was OZARK's Janet McTeer.



An easy target because it deals with the worst-case scenario: to lose a child. In this case the deaths occured because of a high school spree-killer, and the parents of one of the murdered students meet the parents of the murderer (the legal issues had already been dealt with, of course).
It is not an enjoyable film and it goes without saying that it's sad that a story like this "needs to be told", and yet I found it absolutely spellbinding to watch. There are the big moments but also lots of awkward small moments because the characters have no idea how to do this (and they shouldn't).
The performances by all four actors are frighteningly good and I'm tempted to say that it's so-brilliant-it's-awful. If that makes any sense.

I've cried a lot, especially during the last parts, and that's not a smart thing to do right before you go to bed because your eyes will look puffy in the morning.
I didn't think this was the kind of film I'd want to see again, but now, 24 hours later, I'm not sure about that anymore. It's just so very, very good.

Incidentally, actor Reed Birney stars in both films.

 

[Seaviewer]

Inferno (2016)
Concluding the Robert Langdon trilogy.
There seems to have been some effort to make this one a little different. It's still follow-the-clues but Langdon is stymied to some extent by his own amnesia and there's some question about which are his enemies and which his allies, with nothing less than the fate of civilisation in the balance.

 

[Jessie]

Cocaine Bear
After a 500-pound black bear consumes a significant amount of cocaine and embarks on a drug-fueled rampage, an eccentric gathering of cops, criminals, tourists, and teenagers assemble in a Georgia forest.

 

[Biggie]

no country for old men (2007)

I had high hopes for this movie, but was left deeply disappointed.

 

[Biggie]

Cocaine Bear
After a 500-pound black bear consumes a significant amount of cocaine and embarks on a drug-fueled rampage, an eccentric gathering of cops, criminals, tourists, and teenagers assemble in a Georgia forest.


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That looks genuinely good and entertaining. The soundtrack to the clip is a hip-hop classic!

 

[Willie Oleson]

Kinda like binge-watching an anthology series. It's fun, with references to THE WAR OF THE ROSES and FALLING DOWN, but there's nothing that combines the mixed bag of stories so it's difficult to rate it as a "film".

The seventies-flavoured opening theme is awesome.

 

[Gabriel Maxwell]

What on Earth possessed me to watch UNCHARTED with Tom Holland & Mark Wahlberg? I really have to stop watching movies just because there’s a cute boy in it, lol. I should’ve watched an old Rock Hudson flick if I was in the mood for lighter fare. Wohow, he just flew out of a plane. Zzzzz.

 

[Willie Oleson]

Since the story didn't interest me (it's not as energetic as the trailer suggests) all I could do was wondering if Tom Mercier's full frontal was the real thing or a prosthetic. "Thanks" to modern technology it's hard to tell the difference and that takes a lot of fun out of it.
Or perhaps that's what the Synonym was all about.
I also didn't understand why all these French people were speaking German....turns out I accidentally watched the dubbed version.

The film reminded me of BEAU TRAVAIL (1999) which is also considered a critically acclaimed masterpiece. That film features Corona's "The Rhythm Of The Night", SYNONYMS has Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam".
But this one's new to me:

 

[Mel O'Drama]

I also didn't understand why all these French people were speaking German....turns out I accidentally watched the dubbed version.

Well, since you enjoyed some schadenfreude over my "Five Corners is a 2022 period film" error, I don't feel bad that this gave me a medium sized chortle.

this one's new to me:

I'm afraid I've been put off this song for life. Some years ago it was used in an endless series of heavily-aired ghastly gynocentric commercials for British retailer Boots. I can no longer even hear it without feeling traumatised.

 

[Willie Oleson]

I don't feel bad that this gave me a medium sized chortle.

Touché.

Some years ago it was used in an endless series of heavily-aired ghastly gynocentric commercials for British retailer Boots. I can no longer even hear it without feeling traumatised.

Yes I can see how that can work against it. Let's hope they'll never use Donna Summer's I Feel Love . I'd hate to hate it (title obscured for anti-algorithm purposes).

 

[Seaviewer]

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Bing Crosby musical loosely based on the Mark Twain novel. A couple of hit songs and a few blah ones. Crosby's laid back style ensures that nothing is taken very seriously - not even an impending execution.

 

[darkshadows38]

the Uncharted film was decent it wasn't a great film but it was decent they made sully such a f.. dick that really angered me i love Sully and he's my favorite character from the games. the movie is really more so a remake of the 4th game in some aspects they left out Sam's story though. the final fight was more or less really close to the end of the game the way they found the ship at the end of the game was spot on with the game they really were close and for that i loved them. i love Tom Holland but really Nathan Fillion should have been cast instead he's older yes but check out that short he made a few years ago it was f... brilliant.

 

[Seaviewer]

Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
One of those films which made a big splash at the time but which I never got around to seeing.
It's not as salacious as the hype would have you believe - or maybe that's just because it's now 30 years later. It's mostly just talk, but still very compelling. I get the feeling that this is what Hope Springs would have liked to be but couldn't pull off.
Also a very interesting cast from a 30 years later perspective - an extremely young, non-bald James Spader, Peter Gallagher before The OC, Laura San Giacomo who went onto a number of good things, and Andie MacDowell, known for Groundhog Day, but who I've thought never quite made it as big as she should have.

 

[darkshadows38]

that's one film that's got this amount of love towards it and i've seen it a few times it's a decent movie but it's really overrated

 

[Biggie]

Barbie.

Don't expect anything groundbreaking, but if you're looking to a fun and easy to digest movie... Barbie delivers just that.

Some well choreographed set pieces, some comedy and two excellent ladies at the forefront doing the do. Margot Robbie and America Ferrera.

Star of the show.... Amy Sosa!

 

[Seaviewer]

The Flash (2023)
There are all sorts of reasons that I shouldn't like this:
The Flash himself - his superpower is that he can run real fast? And I've never liked the shared universe concept. As I've said before, I think the heroes are best served as the sole hero in their own worlds. The shared universe dilutes them all.
But in this case, the two things seem to cancel each other out - since I'm indifferent to the Flash, I don't mind that he's overshadowed by Supergirl and the various Batmans.
And speaking of Supergirl, being a traditionalist, I really shouldn't like this very non-traditional portrayal. But I find myself liking her very much as a character and I'm quite happy to accept her as another Supergirl from another timeline, and for Sasha Calle to repeat the role as the star of her own film.
All things considered, I'd call this the most entertaining DC film of the modern era.

 

[Angela Channing]

The Flash (2023)
There are all sorts of reasons that I shouldn't like this:
The Flash himself - his superpower is that he can run real fast? And I've never liked the shared universe concept. As I've said before, I think the heroes are best served as the sole hero in their own worlds. The shared universe dilutes them all.
But in this case, the two things seem to cancel each other out - since I'm indifferent to the Flash, I don't mind that he's overshadowed by Supergirl and the various Batmans.
And speaking of Supergirl, being a traditionalist, I really shouldn't like this very non-traditional portrayal. But I find myself liking her very much as a character and I'm quite happy to accept her as another Supergirl from another timeline, and for Sasha Calle to repeat the role as the star of her own film.
All things considered, I'd call this the most entertaining DC film of the modern era.

I can't understand why The Flash (2023) was a box office flop because I think it was a really good superhero film and one of the best DC ones. I thought the actor playing Barry/The Flash was great in the role with the right balance of quirkiness, humour, likeability and heroics. I liked how they dealt with the origin story without getting too bogged down in it, allowing for the action of the main plot of the film to take centre stage. It was great seeing the different iterations of Batman and Superman and the other superheroes which made it almost a mini Justice League film. It was a strong film all around.

 

[Willie Oleson]

Downsizing (2017)

The first half of the film is all about the fascinating Sci-Fi and mini worlds, but that no longer matters in the second half when it all looks like the real world.
Disappointing.

Cosmopolis (2012)

Playing this role without falling asleep may be the greatest acting achievement of all time.

I can deal with "boring" dialogue, but boring and monotone is asking too much. But it's my own fault because I mistakenly believed I was watching a Lars von Trier film but it turns out it was made by David Cronenberg. If I had known I probably wouldn't have bothered.