Rate the last movie that you saw for the first time.

[slik]

Color out of Space 7/10
A pretty good Lovecraftian movie with rumors of it potentially being part of a shared universe.

I want to watch this soon

[Helmsphere]

Knives out

9.5/10

Loved this movie.

Also want to state for the record to the posta above.

Cabin in the woods is amazing. My girlfriend never saw it which is weird as she is a horror junkie but i had seen it many times

[Blonde Moment]

I want to watch this soon

Best of it's type I have seen since the Void and far better than Mandy

[Bad News Gertner]

1917 9/10. Great movie.

[GD]

Sleepy Hollow - 6/10

Are there any other Tim Burton movies that I should watch?

[Lock Jaw]

Cars 2 - 6/10

Remove all the heart of the first film, take the worst/most annoying character and make him the main character/focus....

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Are there any other Tim Burton movies that I should watch?

I've heard Big Fish was good and Batman Returns has aged beautifully.

[Destor]

Big Fish is my fav Burton film

[Black Widow]

Spenser Confidential

Was pretty enjoyable and plus the fact the movie nerds don't like it makes me like it even more

[Blonde Moment]

Loved it, hope there are mor.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Onward-7/10

Not the best or deepest Pixar effort, but a stellar voice cast and a fun, brisk plot still make it a funny good time with a little emotional heft towards the end.

[Seanny One Ball]

I buckled and bought "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" to watch tonight.
I will write my review afterwards. Will probably take notes during the film like I have the last few times. Seems to make it easier.

[Seanny One Ball]

Big Fish is my fav Burton film

Never seen it, always been curious.

[Lock Jaw]

Brave: 7/10

Was pretty alright

[GD]

Psych: The Movie - 6/10

[Seanny One Ball]

I buckled and bought "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" to watch tonight.
I will write my review afterwards. Will probably take notes during the film like I have the last few times. Seems to make it easier.


Not worth reviewing.

2/4

[Seanny One Ball]

It was very meh

[Destor]

Its exceptional. The cinematography is some of the most jaw dropping shots ive ever seen. There's a oner that i was certain was just clever editing but is infact the most brilliant oner iver seen. Theres 3 oners like that ftr. Its nuts.


Set design, writing, acting. Whole nine. Top shelf.

[Destor]

Cinematography is so good that Richardson should be given best cinematography every year until the day he dies

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Hmm. Personally loved it. What didn't you like, Seanny?

[Droford]

I'd have rather seen Tarantino do an outright western than see bits and pieces of one inside of another movie that was otherwise his most boring movie

[Seanny One Ball]

I just didn't enjoy the storyline that much. The script and the acting were decent enough and it was well shot but the story was just... eh...

[Droford]

I hated the end. I get changing what happened on real life since he's done it before but I felt there should have been more a reason for the Manson followers to change their target besides "Rick dalton was on TV a few years ago and killed people, and he was just yelling at us, so we gotta kill him now" instead of what they were planning on for (at least going by the movie) 6 months.

If I was doing it, I'd have had them go to kill Sharon Tate, get spooked by seeing Rick in the pool thinking he saw/heard something even though he was drunk as a skunk and have cliff save him basically like the movie played out.

[GD]

Fuck spoiler tags, am I right?

[Destor]

I typically think any film out of its theatrical run is free game...still i should added the tags when i saw it. Sorry.

[Destor]

Frozen 2: 6/10


it just didnt hook me at any point

[Destor]

The Lighthouse: 8/10


Films greatest success is Robert Pattinson. He's able to star across Dafoe and be his absolute equal.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Frozen 2: 6/10


it just didnt hook me at any point

It had some good ideas but really needed a villain.

[GD]

So the "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" movie is fun and all but all the forced meta bullshit is super annoying.

[GD]

Jesus, this movie is weirdly emotional at times. Also Y2J!

I give it 3 chocobos!

[Seanny One Ball]

Jason Mewes has a face like an unskilled carpenters thumb

[rez]

Contagion

I rate it 20 spooks outta 10 spooks.

2spooky. never leaving the house again.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Anna 6.5/10

[Droford]

Peanut Butter Falcon was really good
8.5/10

[Droford]

Fuck spoiler tags, am I right?

Movies been out what, 8 months

Plus most of it was actual history

[Droford]

Titanic 1/10

Why the fuck did the boat have to hit an iceberg and sink? And why couldnt rose pull up Jack out of the water there was enough room

[Destor]

I wish Lockjaw hadnt deleted his post

[Lock Jaw]

Lockjaw is a dog's name.

[Destor]

And you always will be

[GD]

Titanic 1/10

Why the fuck did the boat have to hit an iceberg and sink? And why couldnt rose pull up Jack out of the water there was enough room

This might be the most cringeworthy post in this thread.

[Seanny One Ball]

Nope

[Seanny One Ball]

I wish Lockjaw hadnt deleted his post

Word

[GD]

Nope

Shut your mouth, you thong wearing fatty!

[Seanny One Ball]

You said you'd keep that under wraps

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Crazies 6/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Book of Eli 6.5/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Mirrors 7/10

I enjoyed it for what it is. I also now fear for Seanny and his sanity, if his place of work is full of mirrors.

[slik]

The Invisible Man - 9/10

That was really good. Definitely recommend.

[GD]

The Invisible Man - 9/10

That was really good. Definitely recommend.

Isn't that the movie where the trailer reveals everything? Damn, the reviews seem good.

[slik]

The trailer doesn't give the movie away.

I think the most memorable/best scene in the movie (imo) was not even in the trailer.

I think you would like the film.

[Seanny One Ball]

Would I like it?

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The Foreigner-7/10

Jackie Chan plays a former special forces soldier now in his 60s who suffers immense tragedy after a bombing in London. He goes on a mission to find the bomber, putting him in the middle of the political plotting, backstabbing and leveraging Pierce Brosnan finds himself in trying to play both sides of the Britishand Irish fence. Thoroughly enjoyable if not a bit thin. Sad Jackie Chan might be the best Jackie Chan.

[Black Widow]

Would I like it?

Why you asking someone else if you would enjoy something?

[GD]

Contagion - 8/10

[Destor]

Why you asking someone else if you would enjoy something?
Do you not understand how recommendations work?

[Seanny One Ball]

Why you asking someone else if you would enjoy something?

That's the joke, dingus!

[Lock Jaw]

I Lost My Body - 7/10 Was ok I guess, but nothing I'll ever watch again

[Destor]

Ome Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- 8/10

[Lock Jaw]

Frozen II - 7/10

Felt kind of "rushed" in general... was just like "hold on, that's it?"

[GD]

Ome Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- 8/10

Going to download it.

[Destor]

Frozen II - 7/10

Felt kind of "rushed" in general... was just like "hold on, that's it?"
Whole thing was pretty aimless
Going to download it.
Acting is really great throughout. The writing of the 2nd act is very much a product of its period but its central premise and themes are timeless

[Black Widow]

Do you not understand how recommendations work?Yeah but i don't care about those i watch movies without reading critic reviews or wannabe critics reviews and make up my own mind if something was good/bad

[rez]

Yeah but i don't care about those i watch movies without reading critic reviews or wannabe critics reviews and make up my own mind if something was good/bad

You literally came into this thread to give your opinion on a movie you saw. Be gone!

[GD]

The Invisible Man - 7/10

So many logical flaws but perfect at creating tension.

[Black Widow]

You literally came into this thread to give your opinion on a movie you saw. Be gone!

Guess you didn't understand the last response

[Droford]

1917 - thought the whole "one shot" thing as hyped as it was would still come off as an unnecessary gimmick used to disguise a shitty movie but honestly its one of my favorite war movies.

9/10

[Droford]

Jumanji 2 - didnt really like it

5/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

A Perfect Getaway 7/10

I liked the swerve.

[Seanny One Ball]

I enjoyed the swerve a lot, not the obvious one.

[rez]

Outbreak..6/10

I hadn't realized I'd seen it years ago so I'm gonna count it. So unrealistic but it fits the mold for the current hysteria.

[Black Widow]

The Peanut Butter Falcon.

I'll give it a 7/10 don't think it was as good as reviews claimed.


Zombieland Double Tap.

Almost as entertaining as the 1st but not quite.

7/10

[Droford]

The Peanut Butter Falcon.

I'll give it a 7/10 don't think it was as good as reviews claimed.


Zombieland Double Tap.

Almost as entertaining as the 1st but not quite.

7/10

Are you hitting the redbox up like I am, cause i just rented those lol

Zombie land 2 I probably should have watched the first one over again, 10 years is a long time between sequels.
It was ok but maybe not the best time to rent a zombie movie.
6/10
Ford v Ferrari - I'm not big into the type of racing involved but I felt they did a good job with the story elements and the racing. I thought Christian Bale did a better job than Matt Damon. Overall my only criticism is it felt a bit long at a bit over 2 1/2 hours.
8/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Heat 8/10

I think I'd only ever partially seen the film before now, so this was probably the first time I've seen it the whole way through.

To say it is nearly three hours long, it kept me engaged throughout. I'd forgotten about 1990s Al "I'VE GOT TO SHOUT EVERY OTHER WORD" Pacino.

[rez]

Vivarium 10/10

It just came out on VOD

I really don't know how to explain it...so I won't. so fucking weird

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGY4Y2FkZGYtMWNlOC00MjYwLWE0ZjctYTExNzViOTNjNjc1XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFybm8@._V1_CR147,0,1484,835_AL_UY2 68_CR46,0,477,268_AL_.jpg

Weirdest fucking movie since Mandy.

[GD]

You had me at Imogen Poots.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Hands off, Dave, Imogen is mine!

[OssMan]

"Arizona" mad dark comedy on hbo... danny mcbride always good... disturbing movie tho

[rez]

Imogen Poots

I posted the movie. she's fucking mine

[Frank Drebin]

Sing Street - 10/10

I loved the singing.

*Destor post

[Seanny One Ball]

RE: Poots

I called dibs back in 2011 when I saw that Fright Night film. I still like it.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

I see I will have to dispose of scoundrels whom would seek to steal my Imogen from me. You will all be dealt with swiftly and decisively.

[rez]

RE: Poots

I called dibs back in 2011 when I saw that Fright Night film. I still like it.

That's just tough shit. I'm 61 days older than you and my English isn't Scottish hooligan nonsense (no offense). ;)

[Black Widow]

Jexi

Pretty entertaining i thought.


Charlie Angel's 2020

Could have been better but still enjoyable.

[slik]

I thought Jexi was entertaining as well

[Seanny One Ball]

That's just tough shit. I'm 61 days older than you and my English isn't Scottish hooligan nonsense (no offense). ;)


I have no idea what this means

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

He is saying that neither of you are worthy of Imogen's love, only myself.

[Lock Jaw]

I will chime in by saying.... lol "poots"

[Seanny One Ball]

Fill yer Poots

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)-8/10

A re watch, obviously. Watched it with my 4 year old daughter, who loved it. Film is criminally underrated and would be a huge hit nowadays. There's little nuances I didn't catch as a mid, like Michelangelo avoiding the idea of Splinter ever being gone. Also, Shredder has one of the best final boss builds in movie history. Fuck me, it's been 30 years and I still love this movie.

[Sixx]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)-8/10

A re watch, obviously. Watched it with my 4 year old daughter, who loved it. Film is criminally underrated and would be a huge hit nowadays. There's little nuances I didn't catch as a mid, like Michelangelo avoiding the idea of Splinter ever being gone. Also, Shredder has one of the best final boss builds in movie history. Fuck me, it's been 30 years and I still love this movie.

Was it the first one where they were eating Domino's?

I felt so great when I saw them with a Domino's Pizza box, cause I was addicted to that shit as a kid.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Yes.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Blood Father-7/10

Fast paced, frenetic chase movie about Mel Gibson, an ex con who's sobered up, only to find himself back on the run after gods estranged daughter reaches out to him for help from the Mexican drug cartel. A fun hour and a half of Mel Gibson playing a grumpy, sarcastic old biker.

[rez]

Was it the first one where they were eating Domino's?

I felt so great when I saw them with a Domino's Pizza box, cause I was addicted to that shit as a kid.

That scene in TMNT2 where the Yorker's are eating that very cheesy pizza from where Keno works haunts my dreams (morning wood).

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[rez]

I'd take a big mouth full of that over a traditional Chi Town pie any day.

[slik]

Sonic The Hedgehog - 7/10

Was much better than I thought, harmless fun

[Frank Drebin]

I'd take a big mouth full of that over a traditional Chi Town pie any day.

Traditional chi town pie? There's no such thing. It's called deep dish fuck face.

[Frank Drebin]

Aaaiiiii.....look a dis New York pizza! It's just like any other pizza but you eat it standing up cuz ders no place to sit cuz the population is dense as fuck which is why we all got dat 'rona. Oohhhhhh!

[Seanny One Ball]

Imagined Triple A's old Italian colleague saying that

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The Current War 6/10

My attention began to wander by the third act.

[Black Widow]

Blank Check.

Still a fun movie to watch.

[Lock Jaw]

I remember as a youth getting to somehow see a "sneak peek" screening of Blank Check before it came out in theaters.....

[Seanny One Ball]

I vividly remember the trailer for it. I never did get to see that film but it always looked like a great flick to me as a kid.

[Lock Jaw]

I remember feeling very special and hyped up to somehow be in that special screening..... and then I also remember thinking the movie was just "eh, I was entertained I guess"

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Dirty Harry-8/10

A classic. Clint Eastwood as a bad ass cop who locks wits with a local domestic terrorist sniping people from buildings.

Minority Report-8/10
Pretty interesting premise. Read that the ending wasn't well received. I kinda get it. But it's a fun movie with a neat twist about halfway during the movie.

[GD]

The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 - 9/10

[GD]

Vanilla Sky - 6/10

[Black Widow]

Pineapple Express.

Hilarious and not really any complaints besides lying bitch being in it.

[Seanny One Ball]

We even like the same movies

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Pineapple Express.

Hilarious and not really any complaints besides lying bitch being in it.

A timeless classic

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Angel Has Fallen 7/10

[Seanny One Ball]

I have to write a short "Fighting With My Family" review tomorrow.

Pleasantly surprised would be an understatement.

[Black Widow]

The Departed.

Was my 3 time seeing it and still enjoyed it as much as the other times.


Spider Man: Far From Home.

Didn't like it as much as other Marvel movies but still good.


50/50.

Wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did.

[Seanny One Ball]

I have to write a short "Fighting With My Family" review tomorrow.

Pleasantly surprised would be an understatement.



Fighting With My Family - 3/4

A funny, heartwarming story about WWE's Paige and her oddball family. I particularly enjoyed Florence Pugh's performance and the attention paid to the emotional aspects and toll that wrestling takes on its performers.
I was excited to watch a film that kept the laugh ratio respectable and yet kept the emotional tempo high enough to swing back into drama expertly.
Great fun, would watch again quite happily.

I thought I might give it a proper review but I would have to re-watch and take notes and I can't be arsed.

[Triple A]

Richard Jewell (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3513548/?ref_=rt_li_tt) (2019) - 9/10

American security guard Richard Jewell saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely reported that he was a terrorist.

Freaking great... Makes the lying fake news media and FBI look like shit which is good...

Lead actor is freaking incredible...

Highly recommended...

[Triple A]

Other movies I watched recently...

The King of Comedy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085794/?ref_=rt_li_tt) (1982) - 8/10 - Very good. Didn't think I would like this that much for some reason but it was great. Sandra Bernhard's acting sucks in this though... kept "taking me out of the movie."

Oldboy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/?ref_=rt_li_tt) (2003) - 8/10 - Never watched this and finally did. It was good. Lots of cool parts... Feel like I would have liked it much more in 2003 though. "Fight Club-esque" in that way.

638 Ways to Kill Castro (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918485/?ref_=rt_li_tt) (2006) - 7/10 - Documentary about some of the insane and evil ways that the US tried to kill Fidel Castro. Interesting... "TV documentary" quality though tbh.

Snowpiercer (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/?ref_=rt_li_tt) (2013) - 6/10 - From Bong Joon Ho, the director of Parasite. Was fine but was like way too overt in its "class war" theme. No subtlety... Also was mostly just like an action movie. Cool concept though...

The Thing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/?ref_=rt_li_tt) (1982) - 6/10 - Was fine... Seems like it doesn't really hold up. Felt bored... Expectations were too high I think.

Alps (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1859446/?ref_=rt_li_tt) (2011) - 5/10 - Interesting concept... Love the director... Movie didn't really go anywhere...

Hail, Caesar! (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475290/?ref_=rt_li_tt) (2016) - 5/10 - Coen brothers movie... Not that great overall... Disappointing

I Love You, Daddy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7264080/?ref_=rt_li_tt) (2017) - 3/10 - That Louis CK movie that he made before he got "canceled." Not good... Not good at all... Felt kinda embarrassing... Not even any laughs at all...

[Black Widow]

Love & Other Drugs.

Pretty good romance comedy.

[Lock Jaw]

Around the World in 80 Days (2004) - 4/10

Just finished reading the book today (in Spanish), and decided to watch this movie on Disney+

It was...... ummm.... a "liberal" adaptation of the novel, inserting Jackie Chan and Kung-Fu into the mix. It was not too good.

[road doggy dogg]

Onward - 6/10


It's basically Frozen but with Chris Pratt and the kid from Spiderman. I enjoyed it (despite my score) but it doesn't feel like anything I hadn't seen before.

[Black Widow]

Holes.

Still one of my favorites from childhood.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Four Lions 6.5/10

It marries comedy and the subject of terrorism fairly well, but it didn't really keep my attention.

[Seanny One Ball]

That's a full marks film if ever there was one

[Lock Jaw]

Hector and the Search for Happiness - 7.5/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Black Rain 6.7/10

An entertaining, if shallow and cliched, thriller starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia who play NYC cops that escort a Yakuza member back to Japan, whom promptly escapes, and they have to hunt him down.

[rez]

The Martian 10/10

No idea why I didn't watch it sooner. I compare it to why I didn't watch Batman Begins for years but then was blown away

[Seanny One Ball]

It is quality.

Watch "Moon" if you haven't yet.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Candyman 7/10

I've seen the second film a number of times, but never the original (that I can remember). It was not the splatterfest that I was expecting; more atmospheric, which I liked.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Limitless-7/10

Not what I thought it was gonna be. More addiction themes than I expected. It was a little all over the place. Like it didn't know if it wanted to be a gangster movie, a political movie etc. But Bradley copper is really good in it and he and De Niro workreally well together.

[GD]

Green Room - 8/10

Imogen Poots <3

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Dave, you know Imogen's love is not for you; it's all for me.

[Lock Jaw]

lol Poots

[Lock Jaw]

Coco - 9.5/10

Loved it

[GD]

That movie made grown ass men cry in the cinema.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Indeed it did. I was one of them.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade-8/10

Such a fun movie with a ton of impressive for the time set pieces that still hold up after all these years. Connery is so funny and loveable and he and Ford have undeniable chemistry. The movie works at its best and most entertaining when they're sharing the screen.

[Black Widow]

Mud.

8/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

21 Bridges 6.7/10

[Lock Jaw]

Cars 3 - 7/10

Good to see that they fixed the mistake of the last one and had Mater barely be in this one. That being said, it was alright, not great. Definitely made to sell more toys/different paint jobs of cars.

[Black Widow]

Bad Boys For Life

Liked it better than than the 2nd one but not as much as the 1st.


Like a Boss

6/10

Funny but not super funny.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Romancing the Stone 7/10

I haven't seen this film in at least 20 years. An Indian Jones-lite film, but enjoyable with a dollop of 80s cheddar and silliness.

I will watch the sequel, which again I haven't seen since probably the late 90s, tomorrow.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Jewel of the Nile 5/10

A case of diminishing returns.

[OssMan]

Monty Python Holy Grail

Funny

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 6.5/10

[rez]

Watching "The Silence" on Netflix. I'm liking it so far.

[Lock Jaw]

The Incredibles 2 - 8/10

Enjoyed it, even if it followed a very similar plot/villain to the first movie.

[rez]

The Silence - 8/10

Way better than Bird Box

I felt it could have been longer tbh

[Black Widow]

Extraction.

Hemsworth is so damn hot!

Movie was pretty good also fuck the whiny critics complaining about too much violence.

[rez]

I read that as "whitey critics"

lol

[Lock Jaw]

A Star is Born (Latest One) - 8/10

Enjoyed it

[XL]

I watched that a couple of weeks ago with the wife. I’d go 8/10 too. Not seen the previous ones to compare.

[XL]

Yesterday 8.5/10

[XL]

Knives Out 9/10

[XL]

Rocketman 9/10

[XL]

Bohemian Rhapsody 8/10

[XL]

Aladdin (2019) 10/10 (keeps the Little One entranced)

[XL]

Mary Poppins Returns 7/10 (not really for me)

[XL]

Bad Times at the El Royale 9/10 (it was a while back I watched this but I remember enjoying it)

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Extraction-7/10

Chris Hemsworth plays an ex military soldier now working as a for hire mercenary type who gets contracted to retrieve the child of the biggest drug lord in India kidnapped by a rival drug lord in Bangladesh.

The story is flimsy and at best basic. But Hemsworth carries it, and the movie itself is excessively and gloriously violent, with an excellent 12 minute one shot fight/chase scene.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Joker 8/10

Finally got round to watching it. Joaquin Phoenix went beast-mode in this film. We didn't need another scene of Bruce Wayne's parents being killed, though.

I don't know why the SJW knobs were getting triggered by this film; its doesn't appear to be about Incels or "toxic masculinity" (a bullshit term if ever there was one), at least not to me.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Because they think it promotes and paints Arthur as a sympathetic hero, which is a give I didn't get when I watched it.

[Lock Jaw]

Toy Story 4 - 7.5/10

Enjoyable, but feels like it "didn't need to get made". Think it is also my least fav of the Toy Story movies. I do like the antagonist's storyline a lot.

[Seanny One Ball]

Because they think it promotes and paints Arthur as a sympathetic hero, which is a give I didn't get when I watched it.



It is a sympathetic take until you recognise the duality of Arthur's "reality".
I reckon anyone who got offended by that completely missed the importance of his delusion.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

100%. Once you realize he's not a trustworthy narrator of his own story and sympathy instantly washes away and you see him for the deranged individual he is.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Need to watch it again. Haven't seen it since its theatrical release. Namely because it was a brutal and exhausting film to get thru. But in the best ways.

[Seanny One Ball]

I haven't seen it again yet either, as you said it was so impactful that I have it firmly pressed into my mind.

That's the best Joker now.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I can't compare it definitively say who was better. I love them both.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The Conversation-6/10

Gene Hackman lead feature about a man running a private surveillance company who's hired to spy on the wife of a top executive. Gets a little too involved in the recordings in trying to crack what the cheating couple is insinuating when they say "he'd kill us if he had the chance". The film breaks away from this plot to highlight Hackman as a paranoid, socially inept loner, which isn't half as interesting as that main plot.

Couldn't really get into. Found it a little boring and I think the focus on the character as opposed to the story is why. It's not even a 2 hour film, and cutting 29 minutes or so of the character driven stuff prob would've made it better for me personally.

[slik]

Tigers Are Not Afraid - 9/10

Pans Labyrinth meets City of God

[Seanny One Ball]

Watching "Child's Play" reboot.
It works.

[Seanny One Ball]

I don't remember the original being funny.
This one is... zany

[Seanny One Ball]

Man alive, this kid thinks the garbage chute is a portal to another dimension.
Boy ain't bright.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Does the reboot have Brad Dourif voicing the character?

If not, I cannot get on board.

[Seanny One Ball]

It has Mark Hamill voicing Chucky so it's a pretty solid replacement.

Brad Dourif has done like 8 shitty Chucky films already.

[Lock Jaw]

@Seanny One Ball

Do you want to sing the Buddy song?

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

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[Black Widow]

Swingers.

8/10

[Lock Jaw]

Contratiempo ("The Invisible Guest" in English) - 8.5/10

Thought that it started out kind of "generic" plotline, but then it got better.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

La Dictadura Perfecta (The Perfect Dictator)-8/10

A political satire, it focuses on a corrupt news station empire that is hired by a governor to clean up his image after video released outs his corruption. The station producer and star on scene reporter take advantage of a kidnapping to deter attention while working double time to silence an honest politician.

I liked it a lot even tho it is extremely cynical and the ending is a bummer. Was well done and is apparently a play on real life occurrences in Mexico.

[GD]

The Lighthouse - 7/10

[Seanny One Ball]

If it was rubbish would you have called it The Shitehouse?

[Nicky Fives]

21 Bridges - 7.5/10 - Pretty good for what I thought was going to be a paint-by-numbers action movie.... Had more thriller elements to it, which I did enjoy....

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - 5/10 - Never watched it as a kid, finally watched it as a 30-year old, clearly doesn't hold up in 2020, but I don't think it would have been something I enjoyed as a child....Seemed very "meh"

[XL]

Rise of Skywalker

Not-as-bad-as-I-expected/10

[Black Widow]

Rhythm Section.

Decent could of been better though.

6/10


Good Boys.

Made me laugh enough to watch again.

7/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

IT Chapter Two 7/10

The first film is stronger, but I still enjoyed it. Its nearly 3 hours long, but doesn't seem to drag, which to me is usually a good indicator.

[Seanny One Ball]

Man, it sure as hell dragged when I watched it.

[Sepholio]

I like both movies but the first one was way better and the second seemed like it dragged a lot more between the exciting scenes.

Just saw Prison Break: The Final Break movie. It was ok at best. Least favorite part of the series by a mile though. The format and stories they tell with that show demand way more than a couple hours to make them work. It stripped out so much of what made the prior seasons of the show so great and wittled it down to the bare minimum. No time to develop the new characters in any way or flesh out the plan into the levels of detail I was used to. Just seems so whack after watching all these super in depth plans come together over the course of a season with all the twists and turns and double crosses only for them to easily spring someone from jail in a couple hours with hardly any effort at all.

[Black Widow]

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Very nostalgic for me.

[slik]

1BR - 8/10

One of the better horror films I've seen in a while. Realistic and disturbing.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

El Hoyo-9/10

The Platform on Netflix, a film about a Jesus allegory man who enters a prison like structure where a platform of food descends down a hole, stopping for 2 cell mates to eat as much as they can before it moves down to the next floor.

I enjoyed it but it's hard to write a review. Lots of themes to unpack, the biggest one being how one man can attempt and sacrifice to start a social movement of unity.

[GD]

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - 8/10

[Black Widow]

The Last Laugh.

Thought it would be boring but was watchable.

Django Unchained.

Leo was great but nearly 3hrs wasn't necessary.

American Ultra.

Pretty entertaining.


To The Bone.

Undecided on my opinion on it.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Police Academy 6/10

I've seen all the bad sequels at some point, but never the original film. I'm not quite sure how this film managed to spawn an entire series. Kim Cattrall was ridiculously cute in the 80s, though.

[Lock Jaw]

Okja - 7/10

Dunno. It just seemed like a long "eating meat is bad" movie

[GD]

That movie was dope.

[Seanny One Ball]

I could go for some elephant trunk calamari

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Todos Los Saben-8/10

Everybody Knows on Netflix. Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz star. A small scale crime thriller where a kidnapping takes place in the middle of a wedding reception in a small village in Spain. Some family secrets and true feelings spill, a family's loyalty to itself is challenged, and a sense of revenge is had.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Scoob-5/10

Meh. Mediocre animation, mediocre writing, and a mediocre story starring a smorgasbord of Hannah-Barbera characters to flank and fill passable but forgettable Scooby Doo movie that might get a few chuckles out of you.

[Lock Jaw]

Wild - 7.5/10

[GD]

Contact - 7/10

[GD]

Prisoners - 9/10

[Black Widow]

Halloween 2018.

8/10

Isn't it Romantic

7/10

Sonic

Pretty enjoyable wasn't expecting much

[Seanny One Ball]

Watching "The Platform".
How the Hell does this pile of crap have a decent rating?

The acting is atrocious.
The plot is already razor thin and the development is infuriatingly mundane.

Repetition might be a form of comedy, but it makes for extremely lazy dialogue.
It's also guilty of shoe horning in a very dreary and childish political ideology which is likely the root cause of its rating.
A damning indictment of any critic would be any acknowledgement of this as a positive in their review.

[Seanny One Ball]

Just as I typed that out a black fella climbing a rope takes a hefty load of shit right in the eye from a nefarious white bumhole.

Political

[Seanny One Ball]

It's like a writer accidentally turned in his ten year old's social studies homework instead of a script and they just worked around it.

[Seanny One Ball]

The Platform - 0/4

Like being patronised by a Spanish imbecile for 90 minutes.
Appalling rubbish.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I disagree Seanny but I still love you

[Seanny One Ball]

It was Communist propaganda dressed up as a parody of Communist propaganda.
If Vincent Canby got his hands on this thing he would have ripped it to shreds.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

1917

8/10

[Destor]

1917 is phenomenal. The technical achievements of that film are ground breaking and mind blowing

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm currently watching Uncut Gems.
Very early on it sets up a lot of connected situations to be anxious about as the film progresses.
I don't gamble and I don't trust people with my money so this film is torturous.

I am enjoying the performances, I just can't see any way it ends happily.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Hope you had a pot of coffee before the viewing cuz it's great but exhausting

[Seanny One Ball]

Actually I drank 2 tall cans of Relentless energy drink and nearly had a fucking panic attack. That isn't a joke.
That film is a painful exercise in the unparalleled pace of the highs and lows of high roller gambling addiction.

I saw a Mark Kermode review that said it invoked Bad Lieutenant the old Abel Ferrara film and I would agree if not for the fact that the newer Bad Lieutenant is actually more frenetic and a better example of addiction as a whole.

Uncut Gems was an incredible film though, one I will not forget anytime soon. No matter who says what, that ending was world class. Completely perfect as a story, the realism could cause every viewer to hate themselves a little more.

As for performances it was all beautiful. Not one aspect was misused or misappropriated in any way. The absurdity of it was so close to real life I would bet good money that a substantial amount of improvisation was allowed.

Adam Sandler is one of my heroes. I realise how unpopular that opinion is and I totally understand it. I just see the world class actor hiding in between silly comedies and I imagine how much more he has to offer.

I honestly think he will win an Oscar one day. He has it in him.

[Seanny One Ball]

4/4 by the way

[Seanny One Ball]

I forgot to say how good the woman that played his girlfriend was, Julia Fox.
She was about as realistic as a person can be on camera and her contribution made the whole film much more upsetting in so many ways.

I hope she gets to work with more directors that actually know what acting looks like. She was equal to Sandler in this.

I think the Safdie brothers are reinventing what thrillers actually are.
I bet their magnum opus kills people.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

American Sniper 7.5/10

[Black Widow]

Love & Basketball.

I enjoyed it.

7/10

[Nicky Fives]

Bad Therapy - 6/10 - Odd, but I did not hate it
Fantasy Island -7/10 - Pretty good, a few twists I did not see coming
I Hate Kids - 6.5/10 - Very odd, but I enjoyed it. Starring Titus from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

[Seanny One Ball]

I'm finally watching my copy of Seven Samurai. I bought it last year and it has sat there intimidating me ever since. Three and a half hours is a long time.

Anyway I'm 75 minutes in and so far it's very funny. I wasn't expecting the comic element to be so prevalent and it has worked a charm in warming me up to the Samurai themselves.

This opening act is the archetype for all films that build teams early on by introducing each member individually.
It's sets the social/political climate in rural Japan firmly against the Samurai as a preferred defence and establishes a "hero we need rather than the hero we want" attitude to the townspeople.

It's extremely enjoyable storytelling at its heart. The aspect I am most enamoured with is how easily the tone adapts as the imagery flits from sombre stoicism to jovial comedy and immaculate violence.

This is shaping up to be every bit the classic I was promised.

[Seanny One Ball]

The second act is the Seven Samurai preparing the farming village to defend themselves against the bandits.
It's around an hour of more intense, revealing social commentary driven by the Samurai's integration with the villagers who's perceptions of them are at odds with their reasons for being there.

It's all moving along nicely, the wit and charm are still in full effect though there are a couple of scenes involving women that are vividly unsettling and I still don't understand one of them in the slightest.
It threw me off.

[Seanny One Ball]

Oh man, just as I wrote that something happened that made me realise how hard going this last hour is going to be.
Bodies are going to rack up fast.

[Seanny One Ball]

There's the world famous solo mission trope where a character proposes an insanely daring act of war and them re-emerges later after cutting a swathe of unseen destruction.

Respect for keeping it realistic though. It wasn't one against a hundred and nothing blew up.

That's where Hollywood goes wrong with the adaptations. It tries to one up common sense too often. You can see this film was written not to be like 300. It's not the story of insurmountable odds, it's the story of a carefully plotted strategic defence.
You're getting a whole hour to resolve this issue where nowadays it's all told in an epic final showdown.

If you take anything from this it's that bamboo spears actually look scary as shit when wielded even by the caring hand of a film extra told not to poke anybody important.

[Seanny One Ball]

The villagers in this are ruthless and well coordinated. Everyone is much more defenceless in Hollywood. These guys catch a bandit coming off his horse? 20 different bamboo poles go up his ass.

[Seanny One Ball]

There's a bloke in this with a sword almost as big as he is. In battle it should leave him comically unbalanced, much as his mind is, however he is an artist with that big bastard.

He's also fucking hilarious.

[Seanny One Ball]

Seven Samurai - 4/4

This film is rightfully a treasure trove from which film makers still take the shiniest pieces.
It's extremely reassuring to see a film with a perfect score that actually deserves it.

[Bad News Gertner]

JoJo Rabbit. 8.5/10. What a wonderfully weird movie.

[Destor]

JoJo might be 2020 film of the year

[Bad News Gertner]

Had to turn down the volume a bit because my neighbour downstairs is Jewish. Lol too many "Heil Hitlers", especially when the Gestapo go looking through JoJo's home

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

A Hidden Life 8/10

A film about Austrian conscientious objector, Franz Jägerstätter, and his refusal to swear an oath to Hitler.

It is a (very) slow, quiet and intimate film; full of Austrian scenery porn. If you are looking for action, you will not find it here, but for the patient it is a lovely (wrong word to use), if sad, experience.

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I'm probably going to watch some other films by Terrence Malick.

[Seanny One Ball]

Terrence Malick is a dreary bastard

[Lock Jaw]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix - 7.5/10

Dunno... after the turd that was X-Men: Apocalypse, was not expecting much from this... especially with, y'know, all the bad reviews and reception it got..... but.... I didn't mind it. I was entertained.

[Seanny One Ball]

I sincerely hope Sophie Turner retires to pump out bairns for Harpo Jonas or whatever his name is.
She has had more than a fair chance at acting and she can't do it.

The lad Joffrey was the one we wanted to become a star. Now he's a dentist or something.

[Seanny One Ball]

After a quick Google it looks like he's lined up to act in a couple of projects. One this year.

Good lad.

[Lock Jaw]

Just read that in the comics, Cyclops/Wolverine/Jean Grey are in a 3-way relationship now. Disney should make a movie about that.

[Seanny One Ball]

Weren't they always?

[Seanny One Ball]

Unless you mean like that film with Lara Flynn Boyle and Stephen Baldwin

[Lock Jaw]

Weren't they always?

They were in a "love triangle" before, but they were never all consentually banging each other.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Cyclops loves getting fingered up the bum by Wolverine.

[Lock Jaw]

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[Seanny One Ball]

They were in a "love triangle" before, but they were never all consentually banging each other.


Why are you reading erotica?

[Lock Jaw]

Have not read any Marvel comics in a long time..... Just briefly skimmed an article about it....

[Seanny One Ball]

Kinky get

[Black Widow]

Anchorman 2.

Funny but 1st was definitely better

[Lock Jaw]

Never saw Anchorman 2.... I remember not caring for the first one, while everyone else was going crazy about it and saying it was hilarious..... I do feel like I should give it another shot, though, because I think when I watched it I was definitely "more pretentious" about my comedy

[Seanny One Ball]

Anchorman is a strong comedy, Anchorman 2 was pretty disappointing.

Milk was a bad choice

[Seanny One Ball]

Anchorman definitely had a big impact on pop culture. People used to quote Brick a lot.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The second one was pretty good until the second half. It lost all its steam from the first half and just becomes ridiculously unfunny.

[Bad News Gertner]

They just repeated the same jokes from the first one and made all the characters extreme parodies of themselves.

[Seanny One Ball]

Read about a website that has fuckloads of new movies on it in HD.
Watching "Good Boys" then "JoJo Rabbit". Also just saw all of Rick and Morty season 4.

www2.f2movies.to

[Seanny One Ball]

Good Boys is funny as hell.

Boy kissing a sex doll

[Seanny One Ball]

You been druggin your whole life?

[Seanny One Ball]

Dunno if I will be able to watch another comedy after this.
The laughs are too big, too regular.