What is the last movie you watched and how was it?

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Across the Spiderverse. So good. Highly recommend.

Agreed. I've only gone to the movies twice in the last 2-3 years and I am soo very glad I managed to drag the wife out for spiderman.

It was fantastic. Recency bias completely but I really do think it's better than the first.

I just wish it felt more like a complete story and not just a part one of two.

Donnie Darko. It was cool tho I had to ask my partner to explain what happened at the ending lol

Was it the Director's Cut version? When the movie came out, a lot of arguably necessary content was accessible on the website. A few years later the DC version added title cards to provide some of the additional content you couldn't go online to find anymore. One of my favorite moves.

Ye it was the DC. My partner'd seen it before and I asked her if I should do the DC or not. She sorta shrugged her shoulders and was like "I guess probably?"

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Fucking masterpiece is what it is.

I love the dancing in that film!

It was the first time I saw that film. So amazing!

There's a sequel. Blues Brothers 2000. It's not even close story wise, but the music is just as good. John Goodman is a great singer. Worth a watch.

Massive Talent - I loved it!

That was also mine, didn’t really have a clue about what it was going in (other than it had Nick Cage in) and enjoyed it pretty much all the way through, great movie!

When they're tripping in the car, I was laughing my ass off. That movie was way better than it had any right to be.

The Banshee of Inisherin, I really enjoyed it. Very odd and funny in an uncomfortable, uneasy way. I especially enjoyed Kerry Condon as Siobhán, her performance was a great emotional counter point to the dead pan comedy between Colm and Pádraic.

Across the Spiderverse. I really like Mile's story... But I was a little disappointed by how slow paced the story seemed to be imo. Nothing got resolved. The whole movie was a lead up for the ending. Really disappointed with how the studio overworked artists (although that's par for the course these days) and how shitty the audio was before they finally fixed it. Music didn't live up to the first movie. The first movie has music that works great as stand-alone songs, but the second movie's soundtrack just sounds like a soundtrack.

I still enjoyed it though. I'd give the first movie a 9/10 and the second a 7/10.

Spiderman ATSV

It was fuckin incredible, this trilogy is going to be one of those once in a lifetime trilogies, like the Matrix Trilogy or the Dark Knight Trilogy, you mark my words.

Can't wait for BTSV

Just saw this in the theater with my kids. I didn't know going in that they were setting up for a third one, so was kind of bummed when (mild spoilers) they left things unresolved at the end. Still an amazing movie.

Network (1976).

A prescient film that is just as relevant today as it was almost 50 years ago. A little monologue-y at times, but that's just the style.

The latest Dungeons and Dragons film. I've never played the game and know nothing of the lore but found it to be pretty enjoyable.

Been playing for 2 years and still know practically nothing about the lore but also found it pretty enjoyable.

Hot Fuzz, very comedic and got intense in the last moments

John wick surprised me in being an actual good movie. No brains whatsoever but nice action.

I just watched it too. Really enjoyed it over the second and third.

I felt they did a better job of setting the mood and scene than the previous ones.

Are you talking about the first one or the 4th? After I watched the third I gave up on the franchise, it was so bloody awful in every way. The first one was a good film and it had been going downhill since

I watched Tokyo Drift and Fast X back to back. Finished Tokyo Drift and loved it, felt like an actual movie with 3 acts. I made it a bit over an hour into Fast X before quitting, I honestly don't know what I was expecting after the 9th one.

Watched John Wick 4 last night with my wife. Keanu Reeves is a legend.

28 weeks later. Was recommend by Disney plus in the what to watch tonight section and I just went with it.

Overall it was an OK movie. A bit too constructed maybe. Would watch it again in a year or so.

The first one (28 days later) is significantly better than the sequel you watched

Yes, I've also watched 28 says later, but that was a couple of years ago. It's not available on disney+ though, so I can't watch it again

Just a great great first scene though!

The first scene is absolutely amazing.

I didn't enjoy the rest, however ... there's a few dumb decisions that were made like most horror movies that made me not enjoy it.

That first scene though, I've seen it like 20 times it's so good.

Barbarian

Sadly it does not stick the landing but everything up to that point is great. Love how it plays with the fact that the audience already expects Bill Skarsgård to be creepy.

Went into this one mostly blind and the unexpected transition was definitely A Moment lol.

Last one I really liked was Valerian. Kind of a hokey sci-fi, but good story and engaging. I actually liked the lead characters a lot.

Last one I can't believe I watched was John Wick 4. I mean I knew what it was going to be like. Was almost three hours long with thirty minutes of actual story, the rest just shooting and fighting, but I had to see it, just like the three before it.

One thing that was really cool about John Wick 4 is there's a set of scenes where he's driving a 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda. I had that exact car with all the performance options except the Hemi engine (had a 440 six pack engine). It's by far the favorite of all cars I've owned. I found it in the mid 80's wasting away in a garage and restored it. To this day I think I should have kept it, found a way to store it properly. The whole time I was thinking don't you dare destroy that car, but it looks like they CG'd all the crashes. I'm sure the owner would never let them damage that priceless car.

Mulholland Drive

A strange masterpiece and artwork. Been thinking about it for a few days now.

I re-watched it recently after a number of years and was surprised at how more I liked it despite knowing the story (whatever it means) and how "weird it gets". Lynch has become one of my all time favs, especially after watching Twin Peaks recently and then Twin Peaks Season 3!!

Have you seen Lost Highway?.... Really good.

Yea, I haven't seen Lynch's 90s works and been meaning to for a while!!

  • Wild at Heart
  • Lost Highway
  • The Straight Story

Also haven't seen Inland Empire!!

The terminal; always a good movie! I watched it multiple times now, but this one never gets old.

My dad had on Starship Troopers earlier and it was definitely much scarier to me a decade ago. I cannot say it's the best sci-fi film I've ever seen, but it's pretty decent.

It's a pretty smart film in the context of when it was made and the political situation in the U.S. I remember when it was released a lot of people were pissed at it, it performed pretty poorly.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

I liked it, and it seemed like a good way to show characters changing without actual growth.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes on

A refreshing, slow paced and very touching "fictional-documentary" about the little microcosm of a shell with shoes and how he discovers what's beyond. Its based on three YouTube short films from 2010-2012 made by the director. Highly recommend both the short and the feature.

Fittingly, it also touches on the feeling many of us had when first discovering the Internet. For me, that's also what's happening right now on Lemmy again (a tiny bit).

Coincidentally, I just went down the rabbit hole of the A24 production company. Very cool film-makers behind some of my most recent favourite flicks, including Marcel the Shell with Shoes on!

The platform (2019) https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_platform

Its worth a watch if you like movies where people have to survive in crazy games like Cube, Squid game, Circle or similar.

Hm, I love the Platform, watched it twice, but I really wouldn't place it in the category of Cube or Squid Game. They aren't playing a game. It's much more similar to Snowpiercer.

"You Hurt My Feelings" I loved David Cross.

My girlfriend and I recently decided to watch every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie in order. We saw Hercules in New York this weekend. It was pretty amusing. They clearly shot all the mt Olympus scenes in central park because you can hear the traffic in the background and the occasional crying baby or what not.

Arnold is always a great choice. Commando has been one of my favorite films since it first came out on tape. Not an award-winning movie by any means, but it's sure fun to watch.

Asteroid City. It was... more meta than expected. Not so much breaking the forth wall as featuring the forth wall!

"check out this cool wall guys. Guys? Guys? GUYS! CHECK OUT THIS COOL WALL.

CHECK OUT THIS COOL WALL I FOUND GUYS"

The last one I saw in theaters was Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. It was gorgeously animated and detailed, and I'm excited for Beyond the Spider-Verse.

Last night I torrented a camrip of The Flash. It wasn't terrible, but the ending kinda dissappointed me. (I'm not sure how to put spoiler tags on Lemmy, so for now I'll just leave this comment as it is.)

Underwater. 2020 horror movie that takes place - you guessed it - underwater. It wasn't bad, just kinda mediocre. It was pretty action packed, and the effects weren't bad, but I never really felt for any of the characters, and I thought the monster(s) were underdeveloped and poorly utilized. Still, not a bad way to waste an hour-and-a-half.

Same movie for me and same impression too. Not sure if the monster's were even necessary. Also it had more of a "run away from the explosion" vibe than a "oh this uboat is about to implode" vibe. But I can confirm it is ok-ish.

Edit: That's crazy. I've looked at your profile since I thought it's a funny coincidence. I've also lived in South Korea for a while and I've also used Pop OS in the past. Really interesting. May I ask what you are doing in Jeju-Do?

My wife and I run a small English school here. It's a nice place, but I do really miss Canada sometimes.

I don't know what Pop OS is though.

Interesting! Hope your school goes well. Pop OS is an operating system. I guess it was just a coincidence you commented there.

Extraction 2 was a lot of fun. The story was kind of a predictable action movie but man, the camerawork and stuntwork was superb.

The 21 minute long one-take... Chef's kiss

Just watched it last night. That one-er was truly glorious.

Then at the end of the next action sequence, Hemworth seemed to me, to just appear on the roof with no know way of getting there. Did I miss something? Or was this one of the very few genuine examples of a actual plot hole.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Friends of mine were hyped for Across the Spider-Verse and that was my opportunity to go watch the first with them. If you're an animation nut, then yeah, this movie is brilliant for that. A very fun movie, definitely going to pick up the Blu-Ray when I pop to HMV in the future.

::: spoiler spoilers for Into + Across the Spider-Verse I did get a new unexpected favourite character, and it was the movie's version of Sp//dr Robot from the Peni Parker version of Spider-Man. Such a great robot design, and I was pretty gutted when it got destroyed in the final fight. Even moreso, I was spoiled on Across the Spider-Verse where they apparently used the comic book design which, ngl, disappointed me a bit. I'm apparently in the minority here but, eh whatever. :::

To Leslie

Loved it. The lead actress was fantastic and it’s no surprise that she was nominated for an Academy Award.

Heat....rewatched it for the nth time. One of the all time great crime movies.

watched Renfield yesterday. was pleasantly surprised. nothing too deep and meaningful but quite entertaining.

I rewatched for the third time what we do in the shadows (2014), I love the quirky humor and the mockumentary type of filming

Ice Age 6(?) with my daughter watching on repeat. I couldn't help but immediately notice that the voice actors were discount versions of the original actors (no shade to them considering what they had to work with). 1/10 would highly recommend this masterpiece.

12 angry men. The 1957 version. It was an amazing watch and I can definitely see why it's one of the highest rated movies of all times.

Not sure whether I should watch the remake though. Not sure about some things that it decided to go with.

The Russian remake is different, and also awesome. 2007 film called "12"

Decided to re-watch the hobbit trilogy to see if they were as bad as I remember them being. Whilst there were some scenes I thought were well done (Bilbo's conversation with smaug for example) the films just aren't good in the way the Lord of the Rings movies are. The LOTR movies feel properly epic and the hobbit movies just feel so "Hollywood" for lack of a better term. All the fight scenes are stupid with excessive cgi but the worst part I feel is the acrobatics of them all with characters leaping off scenery and twirling around whilst slicing up enemies. None of the battles feel "real" or realistic in the way they do in LOTR. The dialogue in the hobbit movies also suffers from what feels like Joss Whedon-esque script writing with tons of witty quips and "humorous" observations on the situation.

Have you seen any of the fan edits? They're limited by the source material obviously but you can do a lot with just cutting out all the unnecessary nonsense.

I've been looking forward to checking them out. How many are there ... any recs?

We watched the Tolkien Edit when it first came out and it was a huge improvement, but was also a fairly rushed project so while it was good at the time it apparently doesn't hold up against newer ones. Nowadays there are tons of different ones with different approaches, I hear good things about the Maple Films one but haven't had chance to check it out yet.

I have not. I thought about finding one of the fan edits that remove a ton of filler and so cut the 3 movies into 1 very long one but the pacing of the films wasn't my main complaint with them. There are totally scenes I would have been happy to have been cut and whilst that would have been an improvement, I just disliked so much of the actual movie part of the movies and I don't see how any fan edit could polish that turd into something I would happily re-watch over and over again like I do frequently with the LOTR movies (and don't get me wrong I still have some minor gripes with those movies too - such as how Faramir's interactions with Sam and Frodo differ from the books and how they turned Gimli into comedic relief for most of his scenes). But (despite being high fantasy) LOTR always feels real. The characters aren't just flanderised and walking one-liner machines. The battles are brutal and grounded in reality and don't feature any of this cinematic bullshit (goatshit?)

They truly are some of the greatest disappointments of our cinematic era. So much hype for nothing. The Hobbit and Game of Thrones will outlive most movies and shows culturally just based on how badly they were received

I mean, the hype when Del Toro was on the film and they were gonna split it into only two films to fill in the surrounding story ... that was highest hype that ever deflated hard, at least for me.

I liked The Hobbit and GoT. Furthermore I liked the higher framerate when I saw The Hobbit in a theater which was showing the higher framerate. 🤷

I watched Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino yesterday for the first time, after being in my list for so long.

Such a masterpiece. Lengthy, but it gives it enough room to have a nice pacing. Great photography and dialogue, of course. One of Tarantino's best, imo.

Fall (2022). The concept is pretty simple: Two women climb a TV tower and are stuck at the top. Before watching it I thought: How are they going to make a movie out of that? Well, they did and it was better than I would have expected. If you like those movies with a limited cast and set and without much action, I can definitely recommend it.

Shorter is not necessarily better: "THE Fall" from the early 2000s was a much better value-per-minute movie. :P

Just finished "smoking causes coughing" which is a weird french movie that goes in weird directions. I don't know whether there's a term for gore comedy? This is that in places

Just watched Monsters, Inc. It's great, the ending is really sweet too. I miss old Pixar ;(

One of my favorite movies of all time. It's so creative and charming. It has aged very well, I think.

Finally got around to watching Stalker last night! Partner and I both really loved it. Absolutely deserves the legacy it has, it explores so many philosophical and existential questions but still stays incredibly clear. Would recommend wholeheartedly if you're in the mood for a slow paced philosophical/psychological sci-fi.

Avatar: The Way of Water

I liked it. Not much happens story wise but I love exploring the lore and stuff of Pandora.

Fast X. It's gone off the rails.

I went into it expecting it to be over the top, with a weak story, crazy twists.. but holy shit.

I watched Despicable Me with the kids recently - for the very first time - and was pleasantly surprised. It was actually good fun!

Everything Everywhere All At Once (for the second time) and it's even better the second time.

I feel bad because I just couldn’t get into this. I’ve seen all the praise but I just don’t think it’s for me.

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Watching a second time helped. It's a movie that throws a lot at you all at once and then sort of grabs you by the neck and drags you along. But I liked that. And of course, everything isn't for everyone all of the time. Plenty of fish in the sea.

The Flash, mildly funny, awful awful CG, the most interesting bit was spoiled in the trailer, I’ll never watch it again. 2/5

Over the years I've learned not to watch any trailers if it's a movie I'm interested in watching. They seem to want to give the whole movie away in them these days.

Turbo kid. It’s a gory mess covered in 80s nostalgia.

Charlie Day's new movie Fools Paradise!

If you like always sunny you'll have a good time spotting cameos from like, everyone.

I really enjoyed the film, but my family wasn't digging it and I could definitely see why.

Just watched Greta Gerwig's Little Women, it was quite enjoyable.

I just spent ten minutes attempting to remember. I did not remember but, whatever it was, it was "meh".

Glorious - a film about a man's interaction with an other dimensional being he finds in a rest stop bathroom. Very weird, but refreshingly interesting. I didn't know what was going to happen next throughout the whole movie, which was is a change compared to most movies these days. I'd give it an 8/10 overall.

Knock at the Cabin

Not M. Night's best work. I'm not a particular fan anyway, but here's my micro-review. The love story was touching, but didn't wrestle a tear out of me. You can tell from the flashbacks that the writers spent a lot of time thinking about the main characters, but there's not enough screen time dedicated to developing them.

Most of the screen time is spent highlighting two or three perdictable jump scares, and many minutes of bad attempts to build suspense. The religious dogma is boring. If you're going to include that as the premise of your thriller, then at least get creative.

Bautista is the best part and that's saying something.

EDIT: The twist, if you can call it that, is more of a mild tale of morality about how things aren't always what they seem. Blair Witch 2 had a better "twist" and it was one of the worst movies I've ever had to suffer through.

I watched Sick (2022), the story was about normal/average for a slash-horror, but the action scenes themselves were surprisingly well shot. It was written by the same writer of the original Scream movies.

Into the Spiderverse at cinema! It really really blew me away, the visuals, the music, the plot. Honestly an experience. One of the few movies I'd really recommend to watch on cinema (alongside the LOTR movies)

Flesh Gordon.

No that isn't a typo.

Yes it is exactly what you think.

Yes it is hilariously bad.

My lord, do I want to google that one or stay far away from it?

Haha only you can make that decision, it's a 70's porn parody of Flash Gordon, there is sex and nudity but it's honestly pretty tame compared to today's porn. It's more silly than anything, silly with boobies.

Where'd you watch it? I've never been able to find it streaming anywhere.

Not streaming, torrented it. I think it's on Soulseek but I can't check rn.

Repo! The Genetic Opera. It's a rock opera horror set in a dystopian future where organ repossession is a thing. I enjoyed it and might even add it to my background noise rotation.

Oh man Repo is an absolute gem, I've watched it more times than I care to admit.

Pusher 3, completing Nicolas Refn's trilogy. All three films were great and I can't believe I'd never heard of them until recently. Each provides a kind of day in the life perspective of someone involved in the Danish drug trade (circa '96-'05). Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, and Zlatko Buric...great films!

Just finished Blue Velvet. Very David Lynch. I think I may have changed a few things; Jeffrey should have picked up the knife Dorothy dropped, for instance. You could see some of the influence on later works like Lost Highway and Twin Peaks. I went in with no idea what I was going to see, and as might be expected it was twisted.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture. I've seen it before but watched it with friends, including one who had never seen it, after consuming edibles and had fun with it even though it's slow and cheesy.

I watched 20 minutes of Moonfall. 20 minutes because it was full of cliches and cringe. Then I watched a YouTube video of Action Adventure Twins who explore deep, unsettling and claustrophobic caves. It was wayy better.

Shoplifters sweet, harsh, and with a nice reveal at the end. It was my second watch as I wanted to revisit it

Clueless. It's one of the few films I can actually sit and watch all the way through at home. Witty, campy 90s fun. The fact it's actually an adaptation of Emma by Jane Austen is the icing on the cake.

Free Solo

Impressive what some people can handle.

Dino Dana: The Movie. It was about what I expected. Fun for the kids and not bad for adults either.

I didn't know that was a thing. I'll have to find that one and give it a go

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2. Before watching it I was sceptical of its immaculate reputation among those who enjoy bad movies, but I am happy to report that it did not disappoint in the least.

I rrwatched for like the 10th time Star Wars in order, got to a New Hope so far. It just reminded me of how good the core story writing for Lucas was even if the dialog can be clunky at times. Luke really reminded me of padma's strong believes in goodness and anakin's raw power potential. It made me appreciate the prequels more and I am so excited for the empire strikes back and then capping star wars with return of the jedi.

The new Flash movie. I really like it, seemed pretty well-thought-out, had some pretty funny bits, and lots of nostalgia. The CGI was a big meh, some parts good, some parts just too cheesy.

Watching the Tanya the Evil movie. Enjoying it so far, especially the jokes about the communists.

Last I saw was Tàr in the cinemas when it came out. I liked it, not a lot, but I liked it and defended it against my partner who didn't think much of it.

But I haven't had a film fade away in my mind as much as this, where I went from liking it, to kind of forgetting it and eventually criticising it, just passively as my mind mulled over the film.

When it came time for the Oscars I accurately predicted it wasn't going to win anything because I suspected I wasn't alone in this feeling ... that others would eventually feel like maybe it was just technically good and not actually about much.

Weird - The weird Al Yancovic Movie

It was something...

The weird al movie will always be UHF to me

Werewolf of London (1935) - a solid werewolf movie for the period, but with no surprises in the plot - and without a lot of the 'standard' lore that developed around the time.

Chiefly notable, I thought though, in showing a surprisingly independent woman in a failing marriage (failing due to her husband being a werewolf...) and in portraying a drunken upper-middle class woman (and contrasting that with fairly stereotypical drunken working class women). Warner Oland features in one of his many bizarre yellow-face roles too.

Just prior to that I went to a 50th anniversary screening of The Wicker Man (1973), which was as great as ever.

Arielle - not bad. Most of the songs were still great. Eric's standalone was incredibly weaksauce though. Triton's casting and makeup was fucking S Teir. I thought making all the daughters different races somewhat based on the seven seas was a clever handwave for the diversity injection. I also liked how Eric was no longer just a pretty face but he and Arielle shared a common curiosity and passion for exploration. I mean it's still a pretty shaky story but it's also definitely an upgrade.

The Banshees Of Inisherin.

It was like finding razorblades if you are in a really razorblade-y kinda mood.

The DnD movie and it was great! Jarnathan 🙄

Watched the new ant man and i honestly thought it was a lot better than the reviews gave it credit for. The cg was pretty bad though.

27th May - Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

It was alright, good film you can put on and zone out to. I wasn't actively watching it out was in the background while I was visiting family.

I know when and what it was cause I keep a list of every film I watch, the day I watched it, and if it's the first time I've seen it. The last new film I've seen was Rio 2, same date and same occasion.

Have been doing this for many years and thought I'd lost a couple years of data when Google decided to update the notes app and all my archived lists vanished, but I retrieved a backup (luckily)

The Bad Guys (animated kids film) with my kids for any the 6th time I think. Still pretty good.

Was it better or worse than the 5th time?

Still very watchable actually. The voice acting is spot on. And my kids still laugh at it which helps.

Love and Basketball. A good movie, but has a bit of 2000s baggage. There aren't any good dad role models in that movie

I recently joined in on the MCU Crew's watch-along for Iron Man 3. It was marginally better than I remembered but I still have issues with the one reveal, all the fake out deaths, as well as the entirety of the final action scene.

Saw Asteroid City last night. Liked it a lot but it's not my favorite Wes Anderson movie. It is, thought, the most Wes Anderson movie imaginable.

Midnight Special with Michael Shannon, it was very enjoyable.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, pretty good movie in the Harry Potter universe without all the school of magic theme.

The Godfather, it was great again. After The Offer TV series

Saw Elemental on Friday. Wasn't bad. Nice message. I didn't catch the whole controversy about pronouns though. 🤷‍♂️

Nefarious.

It was definitely a nice twist on your typical demonic possession film, but I expect given that it's basically an hour and a half of two men talking it wouldn't go down well with your typical horror audience.

Could have done with a bit more mystery and a bit less telegraphing what was going to happen, but it was still an enjoyable time and the lead actor was great.

Recommend for anyone who likes their horror to lean closer to psychological thriller territory than the low-effort "just fill it full of screech noises and jump scares" fare.

I think the first Spiderverse movie, if I remember correctly. It was great, it set a new standard for animation in general.

Gravity. Meh...

It grinds my gears that the sole idea to create tension is the presence of stray ropes. And slinging objects. 🥱

Renfield! I loved it. It was a nice silly distraction from, y'know life. If you like horror comedies, like Cabin in the Woods or Tucker and Dale Vrs Evil I can't recommend Renfield enough.

Saw a movie at the museum about some projects Jane Goodell knows of that keeps her optimistic about the state of the world and the ecosystem. Really uplifting and motivating, made me want to start volunteering and trying to make a difference

A horror movie called X. The first half was good, the second half was more funny than creepy. But I'll watch the prequel Pearl anyway.

I came in here to angrily talk shit about the movie you claimed to be your favorite, but I realised you said "X" and not "Fast X" lol.