Movies: Last Movie You Watched and Rate It | Part#: Some High Number +1

[ORRFForever]

Well, I had no intention of watching it, but you convinced me. Mother! is a 7/10 for me, a lot more interesting than most of the stuff I watch now through Netflix and other crappy services.

Let me know what you thing after you see it. Perhaps, like OzzyFan, you will actually like it.

P.S. I HATED "mother!".

 

[McOilers97]

Avengers: Infinity War
4.5/10

I don't like these MCU movies at all. They're bland, uninteresting and curated to death in order to maximize $$$. This was the first one I watched in over two and a half years (Capt American Civil War I saw in theatres back in May of '16), and I won't be taking in anymore in the near future. Not only is the story/plot of this movie uninteresting, but there isn't even anything visually interesting about it either. No interesting filmmaking or shots, just a lot of CGI and fast punching. Not worth it, but at least I didn't pay money to watch this.


Memento
8/10

Long overdue to watch this, and it was worth it. Guy Pearce carried the movie as he had to (was in just about every scene), and the timeline fracturing and reveals that came out as the movie went along were challenging and thought-provoking. Love a good Christopher Nolan movie.

 

[kihei]

Saw Serenity today and had a great time watching it. Yes, it is a bad movie, but I found it the equivalent of a novel that is a real page turner. Here's what I thought was fun about it and here's what I thought was bad:

BAD

Spoiler

I only had three major problems with it. Two of them had to do with actors; one of them had to do with the script (but I liked the "twist"). First, the actors--I hate Jason Clarke and I doubt there is anything he can do about it; and Anne Hathaway is no Kathleen Turner (Body Heat) (though Diane Lane, Hathaway's co-star here, certainly is). The worst writing in the movie hasn't to do with the arc of the narrative but with these two characters who are stupidly overdrawn and to say that they are one-dimensional gives them at least a half dimension too much credit.

As well the very ending could have used some streamlining. It gets the job done but tries for too much schmaltz in too many different directions.

FUN

Spoiler

The movie sometimes does a hamfisted job of it, but it is playing around with an interesting idea. In the past few years, cosmologists and quantum physicists have actually seriously discussed whether we (meaning life as we know it) are no more than a computer simulation, some kid in another universe or galaxy's secondary school science project perhaps. Articles about that possibility have been published in academic journals and hardcore science magazines like Scientific American. A 2017 article in Cosmos debunks the notion, but theoretical physicists took the idea seriously enough to investigate its possibilities. And opinion is still divided in some circles ("How would we know either way?"--Neil deGrasse Tyson). The idea deserves a better script and a better ending, but, to me, it seemed fun indeed that a movie would go this far off the beaten path.

I also like how seriously McConaughey took the role--he did as much as any actor could do to keep me in the movie. He does indeed show his ass in every movie he is in, it seems. But that just tells me two things: he's a very confident guy with a great body and he don't give a f***. Didn't have a problem with that in this particular case.

Anyway I had fun. The movie held my attention in a way that a host of its January siblings never do. Serenity is way better than seeing the 9 millionth super hero movie (saving the universe is not an interesting idea) or watching yet another heist movie or some dumb-ass, lamebrain Hollywood comedy. At least this movie was attempting something different.

That being said, I can see why most people hate it. I'm just saying for me I wanted to see what would happen next all the way through.

I'd give Serenity a seasonally adjusted 4A.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Ant-Man and the Wasp
A fun, goofy mid-tier Marvel venture. Glides on its personality, starting at Paul Rudd and moving down through the cast to always-game pros like Michael Pena and Walton Goggins. I will never, ever say a bad word about Michelle Pfeiffer even if she's only a MacGuffin. Special effects were great (Ghost is a pretty dope villain physically) and deployed playfully befitting the story.

 

[ORRFForever]

Saw Serenity today and had a great time watching it. Yes, it is a bad movie, but I found it the equivalent of a novel that is a real page turner. Here's what I thought was fun about it and here's what I thought was bad:

BAD

Spoiler

I only had three major problems with it. Two of them had to do with actors; one of them had to do with the script (but I liked the "twist"). First, the actors--I hate Jason Clarke and I doubt there is anything he can do about it; and Anne Hathaway is no Kathleen Turner (Body Heat) (though Diane Lane, Hathaway's co-star here, certainly is). The worst writing in the movie hasn't to do with the arc of the narrative but with these two characters who are stupidly overdrawn and to say that they are one-dimensional gives them at least a half dimension too much credit.

As well the very ending could have used some streamlining. It gets the job done but tries for too much schmaltz in too many different directions.

FUN

Spoiler

The movie sometimes does a hamfisted job of it, but it is playing around with an interesting idea. In the past few years, cosmologists and quantum physicists have actually seriously discussed whether we (meaning life as we know it) are no more than a computer simulation, some kid in another universe or galaxy's secondary school science project perhaps. Articles about that possibility have been published in academic journals and hardcore science magazines like Scientific American. A 2017 article in Cosmos debunks the notion, but theoretical physicists took the idea seriously enough to investigate its possibilities. And opinion is still divided in some circles ("How would we know either way?"--Neil deGrasse Tyson). The idea deserves a better script and a better ending, but, to me, it seemed fun indeed that a movie would go this far off the beaten path.

I also like how seriously McConaughey took the role--he did as much as any actor could do to keep me in the movie. He does indeed show his ass in every movie he is in, it seems. But that just tells me two things: he's a very confident guy with a great body and he don't give a ****. Didn't have a problem with that in this particular case.

Anyway I had fun. The movie held my attention in a way that a host of its January siblings never do. Serenity is way better than seeing the 9 millionth super hero movie (saving the universe is not an interesting idea) or watching yet another heist movie or some dumb-ass, lamebrain Hollywood comedy. At least this movie was attempting something different.

That being said, I can see why most people hate it. I'm just saying for me I wanted to see what would happen next all the way through.

I'd give Serenity a seasonally adjusted 4A.

For the record, I didn't "hate" Serenity - altho, I did use "hate" in a post. It has been changed.

Serenity is too silly to hate and its "badness" literally made me laugh a few times. However, I didn't feel the kind of disgust I felt for movies like "mother!"

I just don't understand the point of it...

* If the makers of this movie wanted to make a Jaws rip off, and it starts off like one, cool.
* If they wanted to make a Body Heat clone, great!
* If they wanted to make a movie with a Matrix-esk spin, okay.

But why would anyone (in their right mind) combine all 3?

 

[ORRFForever]

Saw Serenity today...

Parts of Kihei's posts that made me smile...

1) "I only had three major problems with it."

"Three major(s)" is a LOT.

2) "I hate Jason Clarke and I doubt there is anything he can do about it"

Me, too.

I find his looks distracting. Even his hairline irritates me.

3) I also like how seriously McConaughey took the role

To me, that was the source of a lot of my laughter.

4) The movie held my attention in a way that a host of its January siblings never do. Serenity is way better than seeing the 9 millionth super hero movie (saving the universe is not an interesting idea) or watching yet another heist movie or some dumb-ass, lamebrain Hollywood comedy. At least this movie was attempting something different.

Good point. Well said.

 

[Mario Lemieux fan 66]

widows: 5/10 boring below average movie

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Super Troopers 2

* 1/2 stars out of 4

Meh , the jokes fall flat most of the time and when the film did have funny moments they quickly moved along to an unfunny followup joke/sequence

Loved the original but this sequel just was mediocre thru and thru and overall is forgettable film

 

[Nalens Oga]

After Hours (1984) - 7/10

Funny/creepy. Starts intruigingly but gets a bit tiring as it goes along. Scorsese directs this a bit like it's a Lynch movie. Has a very nice 80s aesthetic. 90 minutes long, so short. Worth a watch.

 

[kihei]

For the record, I didn't "hate" Serenity - altho, I did use "hate" in a post. It has been changed.

Serenity is too silly to hate and its "badness" literally made me laugh a few times. However, I didn't feel the kind of disgust I felt for movies like "mother!"

I just don't understand the point of it...

* If the makers of this movie wanted to make a Jaws rip off, and it starts off like one, cool.
* If they wanted to make a Body Heat clone, great!
* If they wanted to make a movie with a Matrix-esk spin, okay.

But why would anyone (in their right mind) combine all 3?

Movies I hate, I hate right away, like a half hour into the movie (Forest Gump; Requiem for a Dream; El Topo; The Fighter; Hail, Caesar; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; and, yes, Mother; et al).

It was the debate on here that motivated me to see Serenity which I had planned to skip. So I had read your comment and seen your equation about the three movies and it stuck in my mind (or, granted, I probably never would have thought of this):

Spoiler

I thought a young teen might almost certainly have watched The Matrix and Jaws and, perhaps, have sneaked a guarded peak at the sexy Body Heat. I also thought there was a Key Largo vibe in there, plus a soupcon of film noir, as well. So as to why anyone would combine all 3? Perhaps, given his lack of life experience, an introverted, antisocial kid might have watched a lot of movies in his lonely room and they formed the substance of his fantasy.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Movies I hate, I hate right away, like a half hour into the movie (Forest Gump; Requiem for a Dream; El Topo; The Fighter; Hail, Caesar; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; and, yes, Mother; et al).

It was the debate on here that motivated me to see Serenity which I had planned to skip. So I had read your comment and seen your equation about the three movies and it stuck in my mind (or, granted, I probably never would have thought of this):

Spoiler

I thought a young teen might almost certainly have watched The Matrix and Jaws and, perhaps, have sneaked a guarded peak at the sexy Body Heat. I also thought there was a Key Largo vibe in there, plus a soupcon of film noir, as well. So as to why anyone would combine all 3? Perhaps, given his lack of life experience, an introverted, antisocial kid might have watched a lot of movies in his lonely room and they formed the substance of his fantasy.

What pissed you off about Requiem for a Dream? I don't think it's as awesome as some people say it is (the portrayal of drug abuse is pretty much torture porn and cartoonish) but I thought it was pretty competent with some good performances.

 

[kihei]

What pissed you off about Requiem for a Dream? I don't think it's as awesome as some people say it is (the portrayal of drug abuse is pretty much torture porn and cartoonish) but I thought it was pretty competent with some good performances.

Well, torture porn says it all. I also thought the whole thing was way over the top, overwrought, hammy, and I wanted all the characters to die horrible deaths, taking the director with them.

 

[Arizonan God]

Green Book (dir. Peter Farrelly)

Completely average schmaltzy schlock. Not terribly made. Well acted. Weird racial politics. Occasionally charming. Also occasionally boring.

No idea how this and Vice are up for the Best Picture Oscar.

5/10

 

[ORRFForever]

Movies I hate, I hate right away, like a half hour into the movie (Forest Gump; Requiem for a Dream; El Topo; The Fighter; Hail, Caesar; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; and, yes, Mother; et al).

It was the debate on here that motivated me to see Serenity which I had planned to skip. So I had read your comment and seen your equation about the three movies and it stuck in my mind (or, granted, I probably never would have thought of this):

Spoiler

I thought a young teen might almost certainly have watched The Matrix and Jaws and, perhaps, have sneaked a guarded peak at the sexy Body Heat. I also thought there was a Key Largo vibe in there, plus a soupcon of film noir, as well. So as to why anyone would combine all 3? Perhaps, given his lack of life experience, an introverted, antisocial kid might have watched a lot of movies in his lonely room and they formed the substance of his fantasy.

Fair enough.

It's unfortunate because any one of the three might have worked, but combining the three was an attempt to be too clever by half.

Anyway, like you said, compared to so much of the junk we see, at least he tried to be different.

 

[ORRFForever]

Green Book (dir. Peter Farrelly)

Completely average schmaltzy schlock.

That's what I expected and the reason why I haven't see it.

 

[McOilers97]

Ex Machina
9/10

Loved it. The twists were smart, but well laid out (ie: not inserted into the movie from out of nowhere). The conversations between Gleeson + Vikander & Gleeson + Isaac were interesting as hell, and the show really knew how to build up the tension when it was time for the payoff.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Ex Machina
9/10

Loved it. The twists were smart, but well laid out (ie: not inserted into the movie from out of nowhere). The conversations between Gleeson + Vikander & Gleeson + Isaac were interesting as hell, and the show really knew how to build up the tension when it was time for the payoff.

I really need to re-read The Beach - Garland was a young novelist before seemingly drifting permanently into filmmaking - and I loved the book as a teenager. I wonder if it holds up.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Movies I hate, I hate right away, like a half hour into the movie (Forest Gump; Requiem for a Dream; El Topo; The Fighter; Hail, Caesar; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; and, yes, Mother; et al).

Oh... I liked Mother! quite a bit and I can live with that, but you went too far with El Topo! ;-)

What about The Holy Mountain???

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Velvet Buzzsaw
A deeply deeply silly movie that I nonetheless enjoyed thanks to a cast that never once stops to wink even as a sculpture is ripping off one of their arms.

 

[ORRFForever]

Article in today's National Post about how "ludicrous" Serenity is...

Spoiler alert: Serenity (and its ludicrous twist) doesn’t play by the rules

 

[GarbageGoal]

American Hustle (2013)

Been watching a bunch of movies from five or six years ago. Man, this one didn't impress me either. Very hard to follow the plot. Seemed like one big shaggy dog story. I mean great acting and all but meh.

5/10

 

[ORRFForever]

American Hustle (2013)

Been watching a bunch of movies from five or six years ago. Man, this one didn't impress me either. Very hard to follow the plot. Seemed like one big shaggy dog story. I mean great acting and all but meh.

I enjoyed the first 2/3rds of the movie, but thought it fell off the side of a cliff during the last hour.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

The Endless

with people

Two brothers in their late 20's? Maybe? Are eking out a living in California cleaning houses at the older one's insistence. They live in a shitty apartment somewhere just barely scraping by...because they left some weirdo UFO suicide cult ten years ago. They're both in therapy, have no friends, no girlfriends and just generally hate their lives. One day, the younger one gets a package in the mail with a videotape of people they used to know in the cult. It's weird, grainy, and doesn't say much. But he wants to go back...just for a day, y'know? Just to say hi to people and get some fresh country air, right? Not to stay or anything. Nope. No way. Nuh-uh! The older one eventually acquiesces, and off they go. Just for one day. Just to say hello and stuff. Totally. Not because they hate their lives and the UFO cult people really aren't as bad as the older one remembers. And that's totally what they say when they get there, too. Everyone remembers them and is still friendly, though. With reservations towards the older one...as you'd be if the guy who left your camp a decade ago and told everyone you were some weird UFO death cult showed back up with his younger bro one day when all you wanted to do was live peacefully in the woods, pound homebrew beer and eat fresh veggies. But wait...what's that weird picture this chick is drawing? Why are those crows circling over those areas of landscape? And...uh...when did the Earth get two more moons? WTF was that...?!

Easily the best movie I've seen on Netflix in a while. Actually keeps you guessing. Temporal loops, alternate realities and some kick-ass microbrew beer happens. Well worth the time, and you can't say that very often for a Netflix movie. Really liked it.

 

[Nalens Oga]

Branded To Kill (1964) - 7/10

Batshit insane good-looking pulpy hallucinatory Japanese film. Lots of sudden outbursts of yelling as they usually tended to have in the 50s and 60s. A fairly good final third.

 

[aufheben]

Well, torture porn says it all. I also thought the whole thing was way over the top, overwrought, hammy, and I wanted all the characters to die horrible deaths, taking the director with them.

Always annoyed me that their pupils dilated after shooting heroin lol.