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

[joey_jo_jo]

Bone temple ****ing rocked. The first 28YL is better because its cooking with a lot more ideas but this was just a great time at the cinema. Both ralph feinnes and jack oconnell knocked it out of the park, whenever they shared a scene together it was awesome.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Bone temple ****ing rocked. The first 28YL is better because its cooking with a lot more ideas but this was just a great time at the cinema. Both ralph feinnes and jack oconnell knocked it out of the park, whenever they shared a scene together it was awesome.

How scary was it compared to the last one? Imagine you are a fraidy cat

 

[joey_jo_jo]

How scary was it compared to the last one? Imagine you are a fraidy cat

Hmm, thats a tough one to answer.
Its got some parts I think you will love (the whole cinema was laughing at a couple of points) and i dont think there's any major jump scares.
But there is some pretty gnarly graphic violence that even i was wincing a little bit at .
OTOH my wife watched it and also loved it, she just turned her head away for those scenes.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Hmm, thats a tough one to answer.
Its got some parts I think you will love (the whole cinema was laughing at a couple of points) and i dont think there's any major jump scares.
But there is some pretty gnarly graphic violence that even i was wincing a little bit at .
OTOH my wife watched it and also loved it, she just turned her head away for those scenes.

eeeek I can be brave. One of my girlfriends promised she'd come to Wuthering Heights if I womaned up and went to 28YL with her

 

[PhatBoy]

Watched Aliens again last night for the first time in maybe 10 years.

F**ken hell it’s a good movie.
I know the first film was iconic as well and I do like it but not only is the second film better IMO but it manages to be better with a totally different atmosphere and aesthetic despite still sharing a lot in common with it.

The hideousness of the cocooning and the absolute c**t that is the alien queen is just amazing. Giving the queen a character is fantastic as well - the little exchange just before Ripley torches her eggs is fantastic. The human bad egg element with Paul Reiser. It’s a phenomenal film. I’d give it 15/10 if I could

 

[Roobs321]

Watched Aliens again last night for the first time in maybe 10 years.

F**ken hell it’s a good movie.
I know the first film was iconic as well and I do like it but not only is the second film better IMO but it manages to be better with a totally different atmosphere and aesthetic despite still sharing a lot in common with it.

The hideousness of the cocooning and the absolute c**t that is the alien queen is just amazing. Giving the queen a character is fantastic as well - the little exchange just before Ripley torches her eggs is fantastic. The human bad egg element with Paul Reiser. It’s a phenomenal film. I’d give it 15/10 if I could

that was my favourite film from about 11-15yo, would've seen it more times than any other live-action film. Me and my younger siblings could just about quote the entire film IRL. I remember once it aired on telly the night before my 12th birthday and I recorded it to videotape (best present ever! gave that a good flogging).

 

[Frank Bunn]

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)

If I had watched the whole of this movie I would kick myself.

 

[squashface]

Watched Aliens again last night for the first time in maybe 10 years.

F**ken hell it’s a good movie.
I know the first film was iconic as well and I do like it but not only is the second film better IMO but it manages to be better with a totally different atmosphere and aesthetic despite still sharing a lot in common with it.

The hideousness of the cocooning and the absolute c**t that is the alien queen is just amazing. Giving the queen a character is fantastic as well - the little exchange just before Ripley torches her eggs is fantastic. The human bad egg element with Paul Reiser. It’s a phenomenal film. I’d give it 15/10 if I could

I have Alien higher simply because the beginning of Alien 3 just ruins the whole point of Aliens.

I don't even think Alien 3 is that bad of a movie (maybe controversially) but the opening of it making Aliens pointless just shits me.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Rewatch of Walk the Line. (2005)

It's hard to believe it's 20 years old. Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter are outstanding. They both did their own vocals. Witherspoon got the Oscar for best actress. Phoenix probably unlucky to go against Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain. The concert scenes are really well done. The extended edit probably spends too much time on when Cash was wasted on drugs but overall it's a great movie.

8/10

 

[GreyCrow]

The Invisible Man 2020 STAN

Friend recommendation

A Leigh Wannell film that has good intentions but for me was slow building the tension . I felt 20 minutes could have come off this 2hr movie and not much would have been missed

I understand the need to build tension and plot but lingering looks at wide shots ( good choice using wide shots) did nothing

Elizabeth Moss was outstanding and the rest were ok

The resolution was obvious from a long way out and some plot issues which were never addressed

On a completely different note - if a movie called Karen was ever made then Elizabeth Moss will star in it

 

[bommer16]

Fantastic Mr Fox.

Really well written story.

 

[raskolnikov]

The Invisible Man 2020 STAN

Friend recommendation

A Leigh Wannell film that has good intentions but for me was slow building the tension . I felt 20 minutes could have come off this 2hr movie and not much would have been missed

I understand the need to build tension and plot but lingering looks at wide shots ( good choice using wide shots) did nothing

Elizabeth Moss was outstanding and the rest were ok

The resolution was obvious from a long way out and some plot issues which were never addressed

On a completely different note - if a movie called Karen was ever made then Elizabeth Moss will star in it

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12636872/?ref_=fn_t_3

 

[phantom13]

The Rip

Story and production wise this is a pretty by the numbers action/thriller but it’s elevated a lot from Damon, Affleck, Yuen, Taylor and Sasha Calle.

Especially the effortless natural chemistry between Damon and Affleck.

It wouldn’t have been a wildly expensive production and frankly this is what Netflix and co should invest their money into (and to a degree they have, the old guard and extraction worked, the gray man and red notice did not).

It works, it’s not ground breaking by any stretch but it’s a great 2 hour hangout.

Also it’s a really interesting behind the scenes production story with the whole artists equity stuff.

 

[phantom13]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12636872/?ref_=fn_t_3

Tarryn Manning was like ALMOST a movie star at one point.

Also that directors name is Coke… wild stuff

 

[dumb]

eating miss campbell

all parody, no movie. a girl lives out her lives in movies, and is stuck in this one as a cannibal school student having a fling with her english teacher. living a movie isn't much more than a vehicle for referencing other movies, nothing interesting is done with it.

 

[dumb]

How does everyone choose what movie to watch? Is it because it's highly reviewed or has made its name during award season or because you genuinely have an interest in the story, teaser.

For me I'm the latter. Even if the movie wins the Palme D'or or BP/best director/Best actor at the Academy and I have zero interest in it I'm not going to watch it. i.e. Green Book, Nomaland or CODA.

i might have watched 'weapons' at the cinema for the hype + being a horror movie but missed the boat. waiting until it appears on a platform or elsewhere. not really interested in a film's credentials, unless it's hated or cult, then i'm curious.
not likely to pick something to watch because of a director. but do pick up/collect/watch based on who is in it, sometimes before considering the story. recently sorted through a bunch of marilyn monroe movies considering whether i could take them on holiday. sometimes it's about what i have free and easy access to, public domain etc.

my watch lists tend to come from blogs about weird or shit movies

 

[Frank Bunn]

The Rip

Story and production wise this is a pretty by the numbers action/thriller but it’s elevated a lot from Damon, Affleck, Yuen, Taylor and Sasha Calle.

Especially the effortless natural chemistry between Damon and Affleck.

It wouldn’t have been a wildly expensive production and frankly this is what Netflix and co should invest their money into (and to a degree they have, the old guard and extraction worked, the gray man and red notice did not).

It works, it’s not ground breaking by any stretch but it’s a great 2 hour hangout.

Also it’s a really interesting behind the scenes production story with the whole artists equity stuff.

Good tip. The plot got a little convoluted but it all came together. The ending was slightly soppy. I would have liked to see

Spoiler

the girls and dog drive away with the buckets of cash.

 

[phantom13]

Good tip. The plot got a little convoluted but it all came together. The ending was slightly soppy. I would have liked to see

Spoiler

the girls and dog drive away with the buckets of cash.

I think that’s probably more soppy tbh.

Spoiler

it also would have undermined the whole tattoo thing and the plot point about his kid

 

[phantom13]

i might have watched 'weapons' at the cinema for the hype + being a horror movie but missed the boat. waiting until it appears on a platform or elsewhere. not really interested in a film's credentials, unless it's hated or cult, then i'm curious.
not likely to pick something to watch because of a director. but do pick up/collect/watch based on who is in it, sometimes before considering the story. recently sorted through a bunch of marilyn monroe movies considering whether i could take them on holiday. sometimes it's about what i have free and easy access to, public domain etc.

my watch lists tend to come from blogs about weird or shit movies

Fwiw weapons is out in a few platforms now has been for a while

 

[Kirby]

The Limey (1999)

Decent Soderberg film about a criminal father (Terence Stamp) who comes out to LA to investigate the death of his daughter who had got caught up in a shady relationship in Hollywood. It goes a bit overboard with the cockney slang (obviously done for the US audience) and it has some annoying editing techniques, but overall it's an entertaining movie that at about 100 mins doesn't overstay its welcome. 7/10

 

[Jatz]

Sinners just got nominated for 16 Oscars. 16!

Broke the record for the number of nominations for a single film.

 

[spinynorman]

For Best Picture, we could have nominated It Was Just an Accident, the daring and timely statement from director Jafar Panahi, but in the end hopefully he can reflect while serving the jail time he's been sentenced for for making this movie that, in the end, Brad Pitt driving fast is the better picture.

 

[Sketi]

For Best Picture, we could have nominated It Was Just an Accident, the daring and timely statement from director Jafar Panahi, but in the end hopefully he can reflect while serving the jail time he's been sentenced for for making this movie that, in the end, Brad Pitt driving fast is the better picture.

100%. F1 stood out like a thumb on that list, but also wholly unsurprising. The Oscar's gonna Oscar.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

For Best Picture, we could have nominated It Was Just an Accident, the daring and timely statement from director Jafar Panahi, but in the end hopefully he can reflect while serving the jail time he's been sentenced for for making this movie that, in the end, Brad Pitt driving fast is the better picture.

Yeah that looks like the biggest oversight. First time the palm d'or winner hasnt been nominated for ages.
Was reading its because Neon put more of the campaigning effort into Sentimental Value and Secret Agent.

But i also think that, even with the new voting set up with more global voters, Panahi is still too much of an industry outsider vs Trier and Filho.
Plus a lot voters are lazy and may not have paid attention to it because there were no known actors in it vs Wagner Moura and Stellan Skarsgaard in the other two flicks.

The F1 nom is crazy, no pundits were predicting that. Seemed like it came and went without any fanfare.

 

[phantom13]

To be fair to F1 expanding the catagorey to 10 pictures was almost exclusively done to give movies like F1 a nom and increase viewership. It’s not really stealing a nom spot from anyone because if you don’t nom it we go back to 5 anyway.

It’s the Dark Knight, Top Gun Maverick spot (same director of the latter too)