Movie What's the last movie you saw? (5)

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After reading an absolute rave of a review of this movie in the paper, decided to catch it in the city this morning. Am regretting that- while the kid actors were great, that was pretty much the only positive. Movies with hardly any plot (and not to mention a shit af ending), well they shit me.
Did lol at this line from a review on imdb: The symbolism of the millionaires helicopters buzzing past the poor people... OK we get it. We got it the first 3 times. I thought the same thing pretty much.

So another one I've hated (along with Wonder) everyone else loved I guess. Except for Disaster Artist.
 

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi - would struggle to watch this movie again. Bloated and very dull. Critics like it but like Johnson's other highly rated movie, Looper, this one does nothing for me. Artificial stakes and cringe worthy scenes. 2/10
Apparently it's only cry babies in the Star Wars thread who don't like it...

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Star Wars - last Jedi. After 35 years of being on the Star Wars wagon, about halfway through this movie I decided to hop off. Really a meh movie for me, coupled with the comforting notion that they will spew out 1 of these a year for the next decade..pass.

5/10 - future movies will have me waiting until streamed rather than go to the flicks
 
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LOVING VINCENT

Movie about the final place where Vincent Van Gogh lived and how he died a year after the fact. All the animation is done as oil paintings in the style of his art and it's amazing. Bronn of the Blackwater rocks up in it too :thumbsu:

I couldn't recommend this highly enough while it's still in cinemas.

9.5/10
I thought it quite a visually beautiful film, of course. In that sense it was a really beautiful film.

Sadly I found the storyline meandering, which was astonishing given it was a relatively short film. I'd recommend the film, but purely for it being so visually spectacular. Although people above seem to be mocking the idea of something being nonetheless worthwhile, this is a case where the film's selling point is its style, not its substance.

I also saw The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

A more visceral movie than his preceding The Lobster and Dogtooth, but I'm not sure I enjoyed it as much. It just lacked the depth, its message seemed relatively shallow and obvious. Nonetheless, as with his earlier films, it did have some really amazing visuals, some great moments of horrific amusement and was pretty enjoyable (especially given how dark the plot is on paper).

The couple sitting next to me hated it though - I thought they might be in strife when the preview came on before the movie for The Shape of Water, which they said they thought looked weird and, therefore, bad. I thought to myself "Well Jeez, you're in for a ride!" And then at the end, yeah, they agreed they should've seen Murder on the Orient Express instead.
 

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Probably tied with Good Time for the best movie I've seen this year. Films about impoverished characters can have a tendency to feel exploitative, but this veers away from being the kind of misery porn those films typically embrace. It's not exactly joyous either, and if the focus wasn't on the children, this is probably much more depressing, but Baker doesn't linger on anything dangerous; it's mostly fields, sunsets, and beautifully decorated (if tacky) motel landscapes.

This also works as a meta commentary on the looming shadow Disney casts over the film industry (especially post-Fox merger). These are the kinds of characters and human beings the studio leaves behind, and these are the kinds of films in danger of disappearing over time.

Just beautiful. I look forward to Willem Dafoe's Oscar speech.
 

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Rewatched Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and seriously think its one of the best movies I've watched this last decade.
Will never get the due it so richly deserves because audiences find it too slow and it's not quite as cool for critics to swoon over. Sits in there somewhere in mild film purgatory, yet it's one of the most densely packed procedural dramas of our time and probably the best espionage movie of the century too.
 

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Do you think so?

I found Eyes Wide Shut quite an easy view.
I also found it a fascinating one as it hit on topics of great interest to me.
Kubrick sure knew how to tell his stories hidden under stories. Was he really murdered? :)
Nah Eyes Wide Shut is hard work
 

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Bright

Was absolutely hanging out for this because the trailer was excellent, Smith and Edgerton are great actors, and it was such a unique spin on the typical 'cops in LA' movie we're used to.

What a massive letdown.

The first 20 minutes of Bright was brilliant and had me thinking I was in for a really good movie. The lore and world they built was fascinating, and despite the racial overtones being a bit too on the nose, I was really into it.

Then they found the plot device and what came next was a mess. I was hoping for gritty realistic action like the excellent End of Watch but most scenes were too dark, the sound editing was awful at times, characters had strange motivations and overall the plot moved along in a very ordinary way.

Finished the movie with a lot more questions than answers, which I'm sure we'll get in the inevitable sequel.

5/10
 

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Bright

Was absolutely hanging out for this because the trailer was excellent, Smith and Edgerton are great actors, and it was such a unique spin on the typical 'cops in LA' movie we're used to.

What a massive letdown.

The first 20 minutes of Bright was brilliant and had me thinking I was in for a really good movie. The lore and world they built was fascinating, and despite the racial overtones being a bit too on the nose, I was really into it.

Then they found the plot device and what came next was a mess. I was hoping for gritty realistic action like the excellent End of Watch but most scenes were too dark, the sound editing was awful at times, characters had strange motivations and overall the plot moved along in a very ordinary way.

Finished the movie with a lot more questions than answers, which I'm sure we'll get in the inevitable sequel.

5/10
That's generous
 

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It was alright I guess. Coincidentally this reminded of the last detail and it turned out to be a unofficial sequel as its based on the sequel novel but they changed the characters names.

Wasnt bad but nothing special happened either. Was suprised Linklater directed this didnt feel like a film of his.

5/10
 

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Downsizing

Very ordinary first 20-30 minutes but once Christoph Waltz weasels his smarmy face into frame, the movie really comes to life. He has magnificent screen presence, as does Hong Chau whom without the movie wouldn't be nearly as intrinsically successful as it is
 

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Very ordinary first 20-30 minutes but once Christoph Waltz weasels his smarmy face into frame, the movie really comes to life. He has magnificent screen presence, as does Hong Chau whom without the movie wouldn't be nearly as intrinsically successful as it is
Worth watching ? I’m keen to see it
 

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Blade Runner 2049

There were things to like about the film. The cinematography and style of the sets and props were outstanding. I'm not a Gosling fan, I find his wooden acting a chore to watch but it suited this role to a degree. The story itself was OK and flowed, but the movie is just too bloody long. They could've sliced 45 minutes off that film and still had a terrific movie. 6/10
 

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I, Tonya. I thought Robbie would go over the top here but she shows restraint and gives a good performance. I can see her and Allisson Janney getting Oscar nominations, Janney might even win, she has a some great subtle moments in a not so subtle character. The movie actually made me have some sympathy for Harding given the abuse she suffered but who knows how much truth there is to that.

A couple of the skating scenes were well done as well.

I think he might to under the radar a bit when people talk about the movie but the Tonya's security guard/terrorism expert/super-spy cracked me up.
 

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Worth watching ? I’m keen to see it
I'd say if you have to see one of the three Matt Damon movies this year, Downsizing is the only one worth spending time with (although I'd caution: its high concept sci-fi premise suggests adventure but delivers more of a straightforward drama, so don't go in like I did expecting the shrinking people down thing to be a bigger deal.)
 
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