Movie What's the last movie you saw? (7)

[Gralin]

In that case a Se7ven and Irreversible doubleheader would work a treat! (I havent actually watched Irreversible but it sounds grim AF)

It's a movie I've seen but wouldn't recommend to anyone

It's not mean to be enjoyable and it very much isn't

The first 20 minutes are designed to make you nauseous

 

[bommer16]

The Last Castle

I really enjoy prison films. This one doesn’t disappoint with two great actors perfectly cast for their roles. I rate this one highly too with the power shifting from those in charge to the prisoners. A film that I’ll watch whenever it’s available.
Robert Redford reminding me what a huge loss he is to the movie industry.

Currently streaming on world movies.

 

[Knees of Ben Allan]

Up in The Air.
George Clooney.
Really good.

I think I fell asleep to this in a cinema on release. But I got around to watching it in totality earlier this year and enjoyed the performances, the rhythms and clarity of storytelling.

George Clooney is always likeable. Famously so. Perhaps that is what made his whole schtick a bit predictable for awhile, which would repel some and attract others, no doubt.

In this film, which is framed within that particularly late noughties device of examining an under chronicled vocation, here utilised as a backdrop to matters of the heart within the greater sense, that aforementioned
Clooney schtick comes full circle, performing that Ouroboros trick, where I couldn’t help but like him, despite of himself.

By no means offering faint praise, I felt that this a good example of that all too rare thing: a slick, yet intelligent film, which is crowd pleasing, but still possesses the ability to sustain a varied audience.

 

[JHF1870]

The Last Castle

I really enjoy prison films. This one doesn’t disappoint with two great actors perfectly cast for their roles. I rate this one highly too with the power shifting from those in charge to the prisoners. A film that I’ll watch whenever it’s available.
Robert Redford reminding me what a huge loss he is to the movie industry.

Currently streaming on world movies.

Love this niche flick. Love Ruffalo and Clifton Collins jr too. Awesome movie. Ive rated it before. So glsd to see someone else watched it

 

[JHF1870]

Were doing a lot of animated kids Christmas movies and today was Klaus.

It’s a 2019 Santa origin story and I did not have this ****ing movie making me cry on my bingo card today but GODDAMN.

Really really really good.

On theme of Christmas I found a Denis Leary film called The Ref on my hard drive.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Still as much fun as the last time I saw it well over 10 years ago.

Sadly though it sent me down a Google rabbit hole just to find that one of the world's most famous con men actually conned everyone into believing a bunch of made up cons

 

[Frank Bunn]

Sisu : Road to Revenge (2025)

If you watched the first one it's more of the same. OTT action featuring a Finnish man at the end of WWII, who is repeatedly attacked by bad guys but refuses to die. He's on a road trip and has a dog so at times it feels a bit like Mad Max. It's an entertaining enough 90 minutes but not as good as the original.

5/10

 

[Hoos]

Barry Lyndon (finally)

Kubrick, man. Just further confirmation that he is the goat.

Took me a minute to acclimatise to the 1700s vibe but ended up totally enthralled. Nothing to add about the technical aspects (amazing), but the writing is also excellent.

Picked up a couple of things PTA has straight up lifted for his movies. As a Phantom Thread head I was always going to love this.

I just watched it myself for the first time yesterday.

Totally enthralled. I was continually astounded by how many familiar - and superb - actors were used for brief, but important characters all the way through the film.

And those candlelit scenes were something I'm not sure I've seen anything like before. Kubrick wanted the lighting to look as close to how it would have looked as possible. No electrical lights were used. He used special, super speed cameras he aquired from NASA to shoot those candlelit scenes. The entire movie looks like a moving painting by Turner or Constable.

The just over 3 hour running time might put a few people off but it's worth it and didn't feel anything like 3 hours.

I agree that Kubrick is the one.

 

[Hoos]

A Kubrick film everyone gets to after several others, only to find it competing to be his best.

Exactly.

You can almost put Paths Of Glory in that category too.

 

[JHF1870]

Halloween 1978

9/10

Wow. 1st time watch. Incredibly haunting from the off beat music, the cinematics which have a strong resemblance to Escape from NY, the sound effects, raw feel and the sheer anticipation from the slow build. This has to be deliberate. The long drawn out scenes create incredible tension.

Interesting there are some hommages tp Psycho with the name Loomis, cast member nancy loomis was intrresting
Also saw a Ford Pinto

Spoiler

The peace when Myers is unresponsive creates tension. Is he dead or alive? Laurie dropping the knife for the second time made me feel incredibly frustrated like damn girl, we saw what happened the first time. The first time we're a little anxious the second its only a mattrr of time. When they show him in the background you know hes getting up

 

[bommer16]

Halloween 1978

9/10

Wow. 1st time watch. Incredibly haunting from the off beat music, the cinematics which have a strong resemblance to Escape from NY, the sound effects, raw feel and the sheer anticipation from the slow build. This has to be deliberate. The long drawn out scenes create incredible tension.

Interesting there are some hommages tp Psycho with the name Loomis, cast member nancy loomis was intrresting
Also saw a Ford Pinto

Spoiler

The peace when Myers is unresponsive creates tension. Is he dead or alive? Laurie dropping the knife for the second time made me feel incredibly frustrated like damn girl, we saw what happened the first time. The first time we're a little anxious the second its only a mattrr of time. When they show him in the background you know hes getting up

One used in Cujo as well.

 

[BEaston]

Barry Lyndon is possibly Kubrick's best to me. It's comedy is underrated also.

 

[Hoos]

Barry Lyndon is possibly Kubrick's best to me. It's comedy is underrated also.

As it is in some of his other films, Clockwork especially .

 

[JHF1870]

Hmmm, so what do I watch next

 

[Billy ray]

Hmmm, so what do I watch next

Albino alligator

 

[JHF1870]

Albino alligator

Not on my list.

 

[crafty_bernardo]

Hmmm, so what do I watch next

One flew over the cukoos nest then se7en

 

[JackOutback]

Knives Out: Glass Onion… watching them back to back, the first is definitely more interesting and the cast more compelling. And while this gets off to a slower start, I really did enjoy the meta ending. It feels like it’s trying a little harder than the original, which is almost effortlessly cool, but it gets there in the end. 7/10

 

[JHF1870]

One flew over the cukoos nest then se7en

Considering Awakenings tbh. Although I could watch both and compare and contrast.

 

[Ocha905]

Up in The Air.
George Clooney.
Really good.

Thought this was terrific but it seems to have been lost in terms of cultural relevancy.

 

[Ocha905]

Exactly.

You can almost put Paths Of Glory in that category too.

Yeah only saw PoG this year. Unreal.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

The Luckiest Man in America (Prime) - no idea about just came across it and I’m glad I did. I thought it was a nice little (short) film about a schemer who figures out a game show. Some good actors in it with Hauser the stand out. Strathairn good as usual. 7/10

The Phoenician Scheme - yeah…loved Tennenbaums and GBH, but last few movies Wes has lost me. Continues with this one. I feel like he’s too tied up in his own style that it’s … dare I say…boring. Sets/ visual brilliant as usual but the monotone delivery from each actor just doesn’t work. The cameos from a heap of big names is monotonously wasted. There’s just no soul, heart ..whatever you want to call it.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Sentimental Value (2025)

A Norwegian intergenerational family drama. Stellan Skarsgård plays a movie director whose career has declined. He writes a script for his estranged actress daughter (Renate Reinsve) to be in the leading role. When she declines, he hires an American actress played by Elle Fanning.

The characters are well written, all the performances are top notch, there's good cinematography. There's a non-linear structure that doesn't explain everything for you. A nice score. It's what a low budget character driven movie should be. It starts off really well but unfortunately after the first hour it really drags.

5/10

 

[crafty_bernardo]

Dracula (Luc Besson 2025)

First half was alright but starts to drag. The medieval scenes were the highlight. Excalibur like scenes

 

[Hoos]

Yeah only saw PoG this year. Unreal.

Hard to believe when you're watching it that it was made nearly 70 years ago.