what was the last movie you watched?
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Just watched The Painter And The Thief, a 2020 documentary - the basic setup is this: at a trial following an art heist, the victimized painter reaches out to one of the perpetrators, hoping to figure out where her paintings are.
Bottom line, if I've seen a better documentary, I'm not sure what it was; and in terms of a piece of art, I'm quite confident I've never seen one better. The final shot is downright stunning, and the filmmakers set you up for it, but they did it in such a way that you had no inkling they were doing it.
It's not an action film, it's a documentary, but if you want to sit down with a glass of wine and enjoy a really well made film, 10/10.
Bottom line, if I've seen a better documentary, I'm not sure what it was; and in terms of a piece of art, I'm quite confident I've never seen one better. The final shot is downright stunning, and the filmmakers set you up for it, but they did it in such a way that you had no inkling they were doing it.
It's not an action film, it's a documentary, but if you want to sit down with a glass of wine and enjoy a really well made film, 10/10.
I finished up Cloud Atlas last night and while what the Captain said here is generally true, it just didn't really do much for me. It was fine, but not one of those I'll probably ever fire up again.
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Watched Dune again today while donating blood and then finishing it up this evening. This time I tried to step back a bit more from looking at it from a Dune-centric position and watched it more like a typical "film". It holds up and holds up well.
I also found myself catching a few more details here and there - some of the little details, especially in his dreams, came together a bit better this time around.
I also found myself catching a few more details here and there - some of the little details, especially in his dreams, came together a bit better this time around.
I watched Oxygen (Netflix) about a woman who wakes up inside a cryogenic chamber and struggles to find a way to live as her oxygen levels deplete. I guessed one of the twists right away. The movie seems to take a bit too long to get to the end, and then seems to rush that part a bit. There are a couple parts they overplay for drama which could have been cut out or done a different way. But it is pretty well done overall and worth the watch.
I actually watched this (Sabotage) on HBO with my folks a couple nights ago. Not bad, especially for 1936.
Took my dad to go see Uncharted the other day as well as he wanted to go. The thing is, I knew he wouldn't like it. The movie has a lot of over-the-top action scenes I knew he'd hate because they are so unrealistic, but we went anyways. Other than that, I actually thought it was entertaining with all the leads doing a good job. It's a "turn off your brain" action flick. If you like that, go see it.
My wife and I went to see Death on the Nile last night - not an "OMG, FANTASTIC" movie, but very enjoyable with a good cast, it's well-acted, with good music, beautiful cinematography, and an engaging story. Recommended.
Took my dad to go see Uncharted the other day as well as he wanted to go. The thing is, I knew he wouldn't like it. The movie has a lot of over-the-top action scenes I knew he'd hate because they are so unrealistic, but we went anyways. Other than that, I actually thought it was entertaining with all the leads doing a good job. It's a "turn off your brain" action flick. If you like that, go see it.
My wife and I went to see Death on the Nile last night - not an "OMG, FANTASTIC" movie, but very enjoyable with a good cast, it's well-acted, with good music, beautiful cinematography, and an engaging story. Recommended.
I had to choose between Uncharted and Death on the Nile last Friday and went with Uncharted. I second your assessment. I’d never call it a good movie, but definitely entertaining enough, with the leads dragging the movie kicking & screaming into enjoyment territory through sheer force of will/charisma.
Saw The Batman last night. To be honest, when I first heard this was being done again, I was not interested and even more so when I heard “Edward” was playing Batman. That being said, I really enjoyed this film. Much darker than it’s predecessors, score is phenomenal, cinematography is top notch. It’s long but it didn’t feel too long. It’s up there with Nolan’s trilogy. Highly recommend.
I think I saw something today about him doing like 8 movies last year and they were all panned (or at least, not very good). Almost sounds like a cash grab to end a career? Seems strange for such a big star, but you never know.
Ah, it was something like the following article I just googled - he even has his own category at the Razzies this year.
Bruce Willis Gets His Own Razzie Category This Year After Starring in 8 Different Films in 2021 (comicbook.com)
Ah, it was something like the following article I just googled - he even has his own category at the Razzies this year.
Bruce Willis Gets His Own Razzie Category This Year After Starring in 8 Different Films in 2021 (comicbook.com)
Just rewatched Eternals and it was a bit better on the second viewing. There are some plot nuances I think I missed the first time trying to follow what was going on. Not saying it rises to the upper echelons of the MCU or anything, but it ticks up a (small?) notch. Still not a "great" movie by any means.
Saw this (The Batman) today with a friend. I actually thought Pattinson did a decent to fairly good job in this (as well as Kravitz as Catwoman), but the Riddler character was a bit "over the top" whack and the movie was like an hour too long (not that it really dragged all that much, but I did check my watch a couple of times to see how we were progressing - and I never do that for long flicks like Dune or the good MCU flicks, etc.). Definitely not as good as the Christian Bale Batman to me - some unevenness and the excessively overly gloomy/brooding tone bring it down a bit. And my goodness, will people quit filming EVERYTHING in pitch black? What planet to some of these filmmakers live on where there is no daylight (or sometimes, even very little contrast!)? If I tried to watch that at home I'd miss about half of what is on the screen due to some minor window glare even with all the curtains drawn.
It wasn't bad, more "meh" (friend and I both agreed), and for a Batman-type film that's not great.
It wasn't bad, more "meh" (friend and I both agreed), and for a Batman-type film that's not great.
Just cast the princess role…
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I stand by everything I said about the film War Dogs here, with the rather glaring exception of my comments about de Armas (bolded above) of whom I’ve since learned:
A: I spelled her name wrong
B: She did not speak much English at the time and learned and memorized her lines phonetically.
What an absolute badass.
Her character still comes across as grossly wooden and under reactive, but when she quite literally doesn’t understand the words she’s saying, that makes total sense.
At that point it’s the fault of the director for not coaxing a more evocative reaction from his actor. Gotta give better notes dude, and make them in Spanish.
A: I spelled her name wrong
B: She did not speak much English at the time and learned and memorized her lines phonetically.
What an absolute badass.
Her character still comes across as grossly wooden and under reactive, but when she quite literally doesn’t understand the words she’s saying, that makes total sense.
At that point it’s the fault of the director for not coaxing a more evocative reaction from his actor. Gotta give better notes dude, and make them in Spanish.
Caught Honest Thief (Prime) today while donating platelets/plasma - decent story but not very complex, you can tell Liam Neeson is getting older but he's still good in this role. A bit of a stretch on the initial premise (he's a bank robber who is trying to return all the money he stole to "go straight" again but is double crossed by FBI agents).
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Finally got around to watching The Batman. Three hours is an excessive runtime even by modern blockbuster standards but this was a lean movie without much in terms of subplots or B-plots so I'm not sure what the right course of action was there aside from splitting it up into two movies or doing an old-time intermission or something.
Jeffrey Wright was a good Jim Gordon and I thought Pattinson did his best with what the script asked him to do and I liked the fact that he didn't do the gravelly "I AM BATMAN" voice like some of the more recent portrayals have done. Zoe Kravitz was solid as Selina Kyle in a role that I am sure has already been earmarked for its own spinoff movie somewhere in the recesses of Warner HQ. The clear winner of the actors though was Paul Dano, who remains one of the most underrated actors working in film today.
Overall, it was a really good modern film noir but I'm not sure it'll be in my rewatch queue like a lot of the Marvel movies just on the basis of runtime and subject matter.
Jeffrey Wright was a good Jim Gordon and I thought Pattinson did his best with what the script asked him to do and I liked the fact that he didn't do the gravelly "I AM BATMAN" voice like some of the more recent portrayals have done. Zoe Kravitz was solid as Selina Kyle in a role that I am sure has already been earmarked for its own spinoff movie somewhere in the recesses of Warner HQ. The clear winner of the actors though was Paul Dano, who remains one of the most underrated actors working in film today.
Overall, it was a really good modern film noir but I'm not sure it'll be in my rewatch queue like a lot of the Marvel movies just on the basis of runtime and subject matter.