The last movie I saw is "Cry Macho," a beautiful story beautifully told. I'd give it an 8.
movies What's the last film you watched? And rate it!
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Shanghai Knights got added to hulu
What a cast - Kickass/Quicksilver as a child actor side kick, Donnie Yen & Littlefinger as the bad guys.
Unfortunately this movie fell really flat, it's not on the same level as Shanghai Noon. Only one of these is a good movie.
It's no wonder they never made a third.
What a cast - Kickass/Quicksilver as a child actor side kick, Donnie Yen & Littlefinger as the bad guys.
Unfortunately this movie fell really flat, it's not on the same level as Shanghai Noon. Only one of these is a good movie.
It's no wonder they never made a third.
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Getting ready to watch We Were Soldiers, starring Mel Gibson and Sam Elliott.
This movie is from 2002, before Mel started turning into a werewolf.
Then ................................................................................................................... now
This movie is from 2002, before Mel started turning into a werewolf.
Then ................................................................................................................... now
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We saw She Said at our local theater this afternoon - we both (my husband & I) loved it.
It's a drama in the classic style, with a story that develops at a measured pace. And even though we already know how it ends (it's based on the NY Times' reporting on Harvey Weinstein), it's riveting all the way through. The actors were uniformly excellent, ranging from new-er people like Zoe Kazan to those who have been around for decades like Andre Braugher and Patricia Clarkson, and lots of fine actors we've never heard of in small roles.
If you want a change of pace from action & adventure movies, this is a great choice.
10/10
It's a drama in the classic style, with a story that develops at a measured pace. And even though we already know how it ends (it's based on the NY Times' reporting on Harvey Weinstein), it's riveting all the way through. The actors were uniformly excellent, ranging from new-er people like Zoe Kazan to those who have been around for decades like Andre Braugher and Patricia Clarkson, and lots of fine actors we've never heard of in small roles.
If you want a change of pace from action & adventure movies, this is a great choice.
10/10
I watched Emily the Criminal a few nights ago - Audrey Plaza starred & also produced. Theo Rossi also stars.
It's quite low budget - $3 mil from what I saw - and I think it's excellent. You can stream it on Netflix.
8/10
Emily the Criminal
It's quite low budget - $3 mil from what I saw - and I think it's excellent. You can stream it on Netflix.
8/10
Emily the Criminal
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I watched this a few weeks ago, and thought it was a really well designed budget film. They basically kept the focus tight on these 2 main characters, and at least one of them was interesting at any given time. It felt like the minimum that a movie could be, and still be good. I'm not degrading it, it was as good or better than most 8 million dollar episodes of television.
I'm personally more of a Farmageddon guy, but I'd say most Sean the Sheep is good.
Yup. All the Seans are good--a rare corner of uniqueness in the landscape, and I was happy to see a new one.
Edit: Do landscapes have corners? Oh well
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Nope was okay, 3/5, the ending lost me a bit
Thor: Love and Thunder
Holy shit this was so much worse than I expected - and my expectations were so low I had turned down a free theatre ticket to see this.
I'm not gonna go on a long rant bc i think everyone is aware this film sucks, but check out this part... totally bonkers
Thor: Love and Thunder
Holy shit this was so much worse than I expected - and my expectations were so low I had turned down a free theatre ticket to see this.
I'm not gonna go on a long rant bc i think everyone is aware this film sucks, but check out this part... totally bonkers
Christian Bale, filled with hate and distrust bc he was lied to by a god about eternity... his plan is to go to eternity and ask a god for help? wtf.
And then he trust another god (thor) SO much that he gives him his own daughter, what the fuck I thought he hated and distrusted gods, holy shit i hate this ending so much.
And then he trust another god (thor) SO much that he gives him his own daughter, what the fuck I thought he hated and distrusted gods, holy shit i hate this ending so much.
"The Banshees of Isshern" 8/10
It was a good work of art, solid on a concept and execution level, with really good acting from pretty much everyone involved. Technical stuff was all on point, and the film had a strong and clear visual identity.
The two leads were standout performances, and both did an amazing job painting these unique characters on the screen.
There were things that made more sense than others, and the messaging felt a bit ambiguous, but it did make more sense when I looked up the history of the period and understood it's allegorical relationship to the war at the time. You can pick up the core intent of the film via a few strategically placed scenes where the townsfolk discuss the war on the mainland, while simultaneously reenacting it in miniature on their small island.
It was a good work of art, solid on a concept and execution level, with really good acting from pretty much everyone involved. Technical stuff was all on point, and the film had a strong and clear visual identity.
The two leads were standout performances, and both did an amazing job painting these unique characters on the screen.
There were things that made more sense than others, and the messaging felt a bit ambiguous, but it did make more sense when I looked up the history of the period and understood it's allegorical relationship to the war at the time. You can pick up the core intent of the film via a few strategically placed scenes where the townsfolk discuss the war on the mainland, while simultaneously reenacting it in miniature on their small island.
rewatched Fellowship of the Ring and noticed a couple details
When Frodo goes to rivendell and meets up with Bilbo, and bilbo hands him his big book of world adventures, of all the places to look at frodo flips to the shire and looks at the map of the shire. aww he so homesick, i never noticed that detail.
Also never noticed when arwin has frodo on her horse and she is galloping away from the wraiths she smacks her face into a tree branch and cuts open her cheek. lol i never noticed that either.
granted this is my least favorite of the trilogy, so i haven't seen it as much as the others.
I think its like a 3/5 film honestly, its not that great.
legolas and gimli barely say a damn thing, eowyn, wormtongue and gollum are some of my favorite characters and they're basically completely absent, theres no carl weathers, etc plus it has the dumbest scene at weathertop when aragon fights off like 7 wraiths single handedly without a scratch on him.
Not to mention a room at the prancing pony that has four single beds?? in one giant room... what the hell kind of hotel is this.
there is no inn or hotel with FOUR single beds in a giant room!
When Frodo goes to rivendell and meets up with Bilbo, and bilbo hands him his big book of world adventures, of all the places to look at frodo flips to the shire and looks at the map of the shire. aww he so homesick, i never noticed that detail.
Also never noticed when arwin has frodo on her horse and she is galloping away from the wraiths she smacks her face into a tree branch and cuts open her cheek. lol i never noticed that either.
granted this is my least favorite of the trilogy, so i haven't seen it as much as the others.
I think its like a 3/5 film honestly, its not that great.
legolas and gimli barely say a damn thing, eowyn, wormtongue and gollum are some of my favorite characters and they're basically completely absent, theres no carl weathers, etc plus it has the dumbest scene at weathertop when aragon fights off like 7 wraiths single handedly without a scratch on him.
Not to mention a room at the prancing pony that has four single beds?? in one giant room... what the hell kind of hotel is this.
there is no inn or hotel with FOUR single beds in a giant room!
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A few of these shots seemed impossible to achieve with autofocus, but here I am a day later with it all figured out.
Okay so it turns out you can set custom functionality to a button to be something called a Focus stop, and you can press to stay locked on the focal distance no matter what happens in your frame, and then release it and autofocus takes back over. Using that on and off and on technique i could accomplish that seemingly impossibly shot with autofocus!
p.s. the movie was kind of ridiculous in some parts too but you just roll with it bc its a silly horror movie and its a fun ride.
Watched Alien: Covenant as part of my Alien movie marathon. I forgot how much of a really excellent movie this is. The kills are all gory and satisfying, Michael Fassbender gives some of his best stuff as both androids, it's shot as beautiful as most other Ridley Scott movies, and honestly David is probably one of my favourite villains at this point. Thought I think it and Prometheus suffer from having to be part of the Alien franchise since I honestly think they would work best as their own standalone series about one Android's god complex and his desire for creation and life. Overall I would say an A-
I agree. Change the script a little and they would have been much better as an android story rather than a prequel.
Whtie Noise 4/10
That's a generous score and reflects the fact that I'm a big Adam Driver fan.
Ridiculously long, both in total run time and time in each scene. Boring. Meandering. Seemingly endless.
MAYBE it was a great book but I hated the movie - and I was seriously looking forward to seeing it.
I saw in several places that the budget is listed at $80 mil and all I could think was "are you f***ing kidding me?"
I can't see how that cost more than $10 mil but I guess I'm naive.
That's a generous score and reflects the fact that I'm a big Adam Driver fan.
Ridiculously long, both in total run time and time in each scene. Boring. Meandering. Seemingly endless.
MAYBE it was a great book but I hated the movie - and I was seriously looking forward to seeing it.
I saw in several places that the budget is listed at $80 mil and all I could think was "are you f***ing kidding me?"
I can't see how that cost more than $10 mil but I guess I'm naive.
Watched Georgetown on Amazon Prime, (2021) with Christopher Waltz, Annette Benning, and Vanessa Redgrave. Good cast, and a pretty good true crime story--a pretty accurate, from what I read, story about a con-man crackpot and his older wife. And nice to see accomplished veterans, like Vanessa Redgrave (now in her 80s) with a solid role. -- 8/10
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Thanks for the recommendation - I've added that to my watch list.
