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[Amiga]

The Outfit

great old fashioned suspense movie. professional script and acting. highly recommended.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Rising Sun

Solid thriller but for some reason despite a prominent cast absolutely nothing stuck with me here.

 

[Andyliini]

I watched Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within yesterday. This was probably my first time watching this film since I saw it in theaters in 2001. I was disappointed back then because it was not a Final Fantasy title, but just your common dark scifi film. Now that I watched it again, I enjoyed it much better, although the CGI really shows it's age. It's good, not great film, and certainly a product of it's time. Will give the commentary track a run one of these days, maybe they have some interesting info regarding the making of the film.

 

[AJUMP23]

Very fun movie.

 

[Interfectum]

Finally watched Joker (2019). What a great movie holy shit. This scene is classic:


The lighting, the tension, the acting, the dialogue... whew!

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Morbius - Apple+ rental
Finally watched this as it was available for $7 on Apply. This movie wasn't terribly made but bloody hell I was bored through the whole film. The story also made very little sense to me. It goes for about an hour and 40 minutes, it takes 30 minutes for Morbius to have his powers, not very much time left to tell an actual story with an substance. Sony are still stuck in the early 2000's when it comes to making comic hero films.

I saw it and I agree absolutely terrible

going to watch Crimes of the Future later today. the one with Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, and Kirsten Stewart.

Good movie but I consider it one of his weaker films

 

[Billbofet]

Lightyear: I know there was a lot of controversy around why this underperformed, and now that I have seen it, I think I know why... It's boring, uninspired, predictable, and has zero humor that works. It has overly complex plot devices for a child to grasp or care about and it is so far removed from Toy Story, aside from one sentence at the start, I can see why it bombed. This was Disney+ material at best. It didn't feel "woke" at all, but Buzz's motivations to complete the mission make him come off as more sociopath than hero. Hated it. Plus, I love Chris Evans, but the performance felt like CE doing a Tim Allen impersonation the entire time.

The Toy: Scrolling through HBO Max and came upon this. Haven't seen it in decades, but my kids wanted to watch it, and they both really enjoyed it. I don't think this would ever be made nowadays, but it's funny and has its heart in the right place. Plus, Richard Pryor is so amazing. True legend.

The Rehearsal: Nathan Fielder's new show is freaking amazing. I know this is a thread on movies, but I have to mention it for more people to know it exists. The concept and execution are incredible and I can't believe it exists and got pulled off - at least the first episode.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Barb Wire

Not really sure it deserves the trash tier rating on imdb. Found the flick solid but prolly won't ever see it again.
Also, dunno... With me being older Pam just isn't that hot anymore. But beauty standards did change ever since.

Funny story: As a kid I was pretty into Pam. Guess most people were back then actually. Anyway, when this movie came out I happened to be in Zagreb to visist my grandparents and I watched this flick with my grandma. Must have been 9 or 10 back then. Luckily noone gave a shit about age back then in Croatia.
Anyway, since movies there are subtitle only wiht no dub and I could neither understand English nor read Croatian fast my grandma ended up reading me the subs in the cinema. Remember how some people there got upset. LOL

Brave

Basically Brother Bears for little girls. Didn't even noticed how similar both movies are the first time I've seen brave. Anyway, it bored me to sleep.

 

[sol_bad]

The Man from Taronto - Netflix
This movie did absolutely nothing for me. I mean, yeah, it made me laugh a few times but the story was ridiculous and boring. I know it's not meant to be taken seriously but it's hard to accept Woody Harelson as this trained killer just letting Kevin Hart pretend to be him.
I got sleepy and my wife nearly fell asleep as well. We didn't even get half way through and I gave it a thumbs down.

The Gray Man - cinema
Really enjoyable and action packed film. It's your typical agent on the run type of story but Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana De Armas are all really great. Really good action scenes, I'm happy to see the Russo Brothers show they can still make great films outside of the MCU. My only complaint is a typical one for Netflix films, it's audio design just doesn't feel like it's made for theatres.

 

[Billbofet]

Where the Crawdads Sing - theater
Took my daughter to this last night per her request. I saw the trailer and thought I was in for some shit, but overall, I had a great time.
It reminded me a lot of the 90's when they would take any reasonably successful novel and make it into a mid-budget movie. It's got narration, it's got 1969 as a setting, it's a bit of a coming of age mixed with courtroom thriller, tear-jerker ending.
I know it's not a great movie, but it was very entertaining. The lead gives a great performance and I can't wait to see her next role. Perfect Sunday afternoon flick.

The theater was majority older women and wine moms that I assumed had read the book all laughing at each other as they left the theater cleaning up their messed-up makeup from crying so much. Thought that was funny.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Thor was exceptionally good, particularly the villain who painted a dark feeling with capturing the kids, killing gods etc. there’s an abundance of content in such a short period of time for example the weapons for most people really fun. Unfortunately after end games Avengers if you look at marvel’s future it’s has-been super heroes getting their “moment” by 2050 every super hero will have a movie, that’s good but for the people who like the avengers story build up to Thanos sadly the movies are moving away from that.

 

[BadBurger]

The Gray Man (2022) | US Netflix | 4/5

I had seen the ads and Tweets and all about this, but I didn't realize it was a Russo Bros movie based on Greaney's Gray Man. I read On Target back in 2014 or so, it was OK, nothing special, but really few such spy thrillers are.

I didn't look up who the cinematographer was, but they have a sharp eye. A very visual movie. The action, just like the Captain America films, almost feels like a dance at times - it has rhythm. Remember the awesome fight at the start of Civil War, where it felt like a choreographed routine between the various Avengers? There's a few scenes like that in this.

Gosling actually does a terrific job adapting the Gray Man character. He's even called "glib" in the opening scene, and that would have been the exact word I would have used to describe the character. He's no Jason Bourne - he has character and depth beyond his super spy training, he has terrible flaws. Chris Evans does his best to come across as menacing but it's really hard to see him that way - he's just too charismatic to play a bad guy to me. Ana De Armas is yet again the female supporting character and hey, I can watch her all day. She is still as arresting as ever. I can't wait for that Ballerina jerk off fest I mean John Wick spin off.

Good, almost great action thriller.

 

[bender]

Watching the new Batman movie. Review in Progress:

Spoiler

-Movie feels really overbearing.
-Something In The Way is a really odd song choice and feels really out of place and I love Nirvana and this song.
-Your not my father! woof
-Andy Serkis is Alfred is a good choice.
-Action scenes are slow and uninteresting.
-The club scene is dumb. "Look back at him, I need to see his face." You are recording this shit dude, just rewind later. And the lame ass HUD.
-Even the orchestral score often feels misplaced.
-This Bruce Wayne performance is reminiscent of Topher Grace from That 70s Show.
-The Saw edition of the Riddler.
-Chief Bock's acting and accent. woof woof woof
-Police escape sequence is lol.
-Bat Mobile being a riff on a muscle car is an interesting choice. Better than the tumbler from the previous trilogy.

 

[ahtlas7]

Just watched

4k and the Atmos work is fantastic!
…those two snippers *damn* it always gets me!

 

[Come On Tars]

Saw NOPE. Absolutely loved it. Best theater experience I've had in a long time.

 

[V1LÆM]

Saw NOPE. Absolutely loved it. Best theater experience I've had in a long time.

i was excited to see it thinking it was out this week but it's not out for another few weeks here

 

[BadBurger]

Yea, don't know why I went this long without seeing this - even though I saw the second and third.

A simple turn off your brain action movie like the rest, but I have to say this was the weakest of the bunch. The pacing is kind of jarring - going from intrigue and drama to a guy kicking the shit of other dudes on a basketball court to a quiet and reflective scene between a guy and his tattoo artist. Stallone is a really good director too, capable of drama, earnest action, and goofy action, so it's odd that he let this edit fly. Still, it's not terrible. Made me laugh several times too with its dad jokes.

2.5/5

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Yea, don't know why I went this long without seeing this - even though I saw the second and third.

A simple turn off your brain action movie like the rest, but I have to say this was the weakest of the bunch. The pacing is kind of jarring - going from intrigue and drama to a guy kicking the shit of other dudes on a basketball court to a quiet and reflective scene between a guy and his tattoo artist. Stallone is a really good director too, capable of drama, earnest action, and goofy action, so it's odd that he let this edit fly. Still, it's not terrible. Made me laugh several times too with its dad jokes.

2.5/5

2nd one is the best with the greatest action star cast of all time

 

[BadBurger]

Was in an 80's and 90's comedy mood, tried two movies I've never seen before:

City Slickers - I don't get why this is considered a classic. I made it slightly halfway through before turning it off. I didn't laugh once. Just a boring movie and none of the humor lands.

My Blue Heaven - Cheesy in a good 1990 way. It had some funny moments. Not sure how I'd feel about this one if I was an Italian American. The stereotyped cliches and depiction of Italians is pretty wild. Steve Martin is basically a cartoon character at times he's so absurd.

 

[V1LÆM]

watched Dune (1984). finished the book last night. already watched Dune (2021) which is what convinced me to read the book.

despite being dated with silly visual effects i quite enjoyed it. it did leave some things out from the book but not really an issue. the movie wasn't as bad as i expected it to be. now i'm just so excited for Dune Part 2 next year (hopefully)

 

[Sosokrates]

Marathon man

Theres something about movies made in the 70s + 80s I find really relaxing, you kind of feel like you're there and its a real place, they kind of feel like they are more real then modern movies. The cameras and film they use migh jave somthing to do with it.
Great movie this, simple but also complex.

 

[Insane Metal]

Clean

It was ok. It's kind of a toned down, gritty, depressive John Wick. I really like Adrien Brody tho so I might have been biased towards this one.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Theres something about movies made in the 70s + 80s I find really relaxing, you kind of feel like you're there and its a real place, they kind of feel like they are more real then modern movies. The cameras and film they use migh jave somthing to do with it.
Great movie this, simple but also complex.

I think I know what you mean. It's like the heightened "realism" of Hollywood movies wasn't an established trend yet, and they aimed to capture how life actually was. How people actually acted.

Of course, my frame of reference for how life was in those times are the movies themselves so maybe I'm way off base.

 

[Sosokrates]

I think I know what you mean. It's like the heightened "realism" of Hollywood movies wasn't an established trend yet, and they aimed to capture how life actually was. How people actually acted.

Of course, my frame of reference for how life was in those times are the movies themselves so maybe I'm way off base.

Old movies like taxi driver and marathon man and plenty of others just seem to relax more, I feel most modern films dont have simple everyday situations like having dinner in a cafe or at libary as much as old films.
Modern movies have to moving all the time and more dramatic. There are exceptions, smaller films like nomadland, gran torino, the mule, and several others also have the ability to make boring everyday things seem interesting.

 

[bitbydeath]

Crazy movie, absolutely bonkers, I enjoyed it.
Bit slow at the beginning but it’s worth watching the whole way through.

 

[clarky]

Crazy movie, absolutely bonkers, I enjoyed it.
Bit slow at the beginning but it’s worth watching the whole way through.

Yep the last act is fucking bonkers, loved it.

 

[GeekyDad]

...City Slickers - I don't get why this is considered a classic. I made it slightly halfway through before turning it off. I didn't laugh once. Just a boring movie and none of the humor lands.

...

Guess "you had to be there." It's a classic for my wife and I.

"Yes, we're both black and we're dentists. Let's not make an issue out of it."

 

[Lunarorbit]

Watching the new Batman movie. Review in Progress:

Spoiler

-Movie feels really overbearing.
-Something In The Way is a really odd song choice and feels really out of place and I love Nirvana and this song.
-Your not my father! woof
-Andy Serkis is Alfred is a good choice.
-Action scenes are slow and uninteresting.
-The club scene is dumb. "Look back at him, I need to see his face." You are recording this shit dude, just rewind later. And the lame ass HUD.
-Even the orchestral score often feels misplaced.
-This Bruce Wayne performance is reminiscent of Topher Grace from That 70s Show.
-The Saw edition of the Riddler.
-Chief Bock's acting and accent. woof woof woof
-Police escape sequence is lol.
-Bat Mobile being a riff on a muscle car is an interesting choice. Better than the tumbler from the previous trilogy.

I rewatched it with my friend last weekend and was floored by how bored I was by it. I'm totally down with a slower paced detective Batman but knowing the plot and where it was going made me completely unenthused to finish it. My buddy fell asleep actually.

This and black widow were big disappointments for me.

 

[bender]

I rewatched it with my friend last weekend and was floored by how bored I was by it. I'm totally down with a slower paced detective Batman but knowing the plot and where it was going made me completely unenthused to finish it. My buddy fell asleep actually.

This and black widow were big disappointments for me.

I couldn't finish it. I probably wasn't in the right mood. I only made it a few minutes into Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.

 

[clarky]

MEN (2022) Alex Garlands latest, after so so reviews i took a while to get round to watching this. Though it was fantastic, if you liked his last couple i strongly recommend it. Should have known better than listening to critics.
Solid 8/10 for the final act alone.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

★★☆☆☆ / Korg was like a Reddit user trying to farm Karma

 

[KyoZz]

Prey

Great performance from the actress, nice environment and cool kills from the predator (the highlight imo). But it is nothing more as opposed to Predator 1.
The movie is trying a bit too hard to make the lead a Lara Croft like character but it is not Netflix level of stupidity.
It was ok, 6/10

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Nobody: A

Was surprised. Highly entertaining. Had some great action setpieces. Would love a John Wick X Nobody Crossover

Moneyball: A

Another good surprise. Great Sports movie. Had an excellent script.

 

[kurisu_1974]

I've been doing a stupid little thing these last few weeks, where I follow the alphabet when deciding on a movie to watch. It really helps with the selection process, and it gave me the opportunity to finally fill in some gaps and cross off some films from the list of shame.

I will write a short impression for every movie over the next few days. Please like and subscribe.

1. 3 Days to Kill (2014)

Pretty generic thriller from that hack McG who has only made shit movies? It had some entertaining parts, but it was all very far fetched and the villains were worse than cartoon characters, especially the Amber Heard character.

2. Allied (2016)

Remember when Robert Zemeckis made all those 80s classics? Yeah here he's doing super generic Hollywood war drama where everyone speaks English, sometimes with a funny accent tho!

3. The Black Phone (2021)

This was actually pretty entertaining, even if I didn't like some of the stylistic choices, but yes I was entertained by the mystery and it had some cool moments.

Stay tuned!

 

[GreenAlien]

It started pretty silly which made me fear it was another pickle like Thor L&T, but it kept picking up speed (like a bullet train ) and I ended up thoroughly enjoying myself.

 

[kurisu_1974]

4. The Card Counter (2021)

It's no Taxi Driver, but it's a vintage Paul Schrader movie and to be honest I have never been disappointed. Great atmosphere, great performances, one of the best films I watched during this run.

5. Draft Day (2014)

It's no Moneyball. Yeah it really isn't. Very mediocre and not very interesting, and from what I've been told, also very much removed from how baseball drafting occurs in real life.

6. The Exception (2016)

Pretty lame semi-historical movie about the last days of the German kaiser when he lived in The Netherlands in exile during WWII. It was kinda interesting, but it was also very close to a TV movie.

Stay tuned for more alphabetical cinephilia!

 

[sol_bad]

EVERYONE NEEDS TO GO AND WATCH AND SUPPORT BULLET TRAIN AT THE CINEMAS. I'VE SEEN IT TWICE AND LOOOOVE IT!!!

 

[AJUMP23]

Just One of the Guys 1985 - This is a fun 80s comedy about a girl that dresses as a boy to get ahead with her dreams of writing news articles.

The most surprising thing is that a movie about high schoolers has the main character get topless in the end. I don't know if they would make a movie about High schoolers today and have the lead expose themselves.

 

[Hammerite Zealot]

Finally got to see Prince of Darkness 1987. I love most of John Carpenter work but somehow I missed that one. Anyway good horror movie a must watch for Carpenter fans. It lacks a bit of polish and budget to make it great, still a 7-8/10.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Bodies Bodies Bodies: C

This movie was unfunny and boring. At least the actresses were hot The acting was good but just not for me

Compliance: F

Based on a True Story and found the movie boring. Another dud, I was rolling my eyes during the whole movie

 

[BadBurger]

Rewatch of Deadpool 2

This might be the greatest comic movie ever for actual fans of old comics, who witnessed the rise of the MCU amongst a public that 99% probably never read an issue of the Avengers. Ryan Reynolds is also the only actor to accurately capture his target character 100% in a comic adaptation IMO.

It is consistently on point when breaking the fourth wall. Like when Deadpool gives his "four or five moments" speech. Within the confines of the film he was giving audience, but he was actually lowkey breaking the fourth wall in a soliloquy to the fans pointing out that he's the guy that does the "ugly stuff that no one else will do", right before he blows the brains out of several pedophiles.

4.5/5

 

[V1LÆM]

just went to see NOPE. didn't enjoy it. not sure wtf was going on lol. might need a second watch but not sure i care enough.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Uncharted

One of the better video game adaptations. The movie draws inspiration from all games in the series. Ridiculously over the top action sequences, just like the games. The casting was a bit uneven. Mark Wahlberg was the best. He didn't look like Sully, but he nailed the snappy and humorous banter with Drake. Tom Holland was okay. He will probably grow into the character by the second movie. Chloe was meh, Banderas was a wasted opportunity for a good villain, but the black chick sold her part as the main baddie so I guess it worked in the end. I hope it turns into a good blockbuster franchise. It has potential to be even better, given this was a good first try.

 

[jason10mm]

Just One of the Guys 1985 - This is a fun 80s comedy about a girl that dresses as a boy to get ahead with her dreams of writing news articles.

The most surprising thing is that a movie about high schoolers has the main character get topless in the end. I don't know if they would make a movie about High schoolers today and have the lead expose themselves.

That shot is the only reason any of us remember the film!

 

[jason10mm]

Finally got to see Prince of Darkness 1987. I love most of John Carpenter work but somehow I missed that one. Anyway good horror movie a must watch for Carpenter fans. It lacks a bit of polish and budget to make it great, still a 7-8/10.

My buds and I used to say "....the radiologist with glasses" whenever someone asked "who is XXX?".

PoD really got under my skin back in the day. That end shot with her behind the mirror....sheesh. Plus those credits across the first 20 minutes.

Ahhhh, the days when John Carpenter had good ideas!

 

[BadBurger]

I'm a fan of Studio Ghibli films, this is one of the last ones I've yet to watch despite having owned it on bluray for many years.

Directed by Hayao's son Goro Miyazaki. These films are typically aimed at teenagers to young adults, with some often very adult themes mixed in. This film focuses on the lives of two teenagers but feels like it's crafted specially for adults. It deals with recovery from devastating loss, grief, forbidden love - it's a far more serious film then I was expecting. It's also not adventurous as most other Ghibli films are. The animation, score, and voice acting are all predictably excellent given the source.

3.5/5 I suppose.

 

[Kenpachii]

Thor love and thunder:

4/5

I liked everything about it, besides the somewhat lackbusting enemy and lackbusting ending. However the theme they went for was straight up my allay i can see why people dislike it more tho.

 

[Mossybrew]

Thirteen Lives, wow, I recommend this to anyone that needs a reminder that humans can be a force for good, the lengths people can go to save the lives of total strangers. Its a long movie but doesnt feel like it, but damn it is an experience.

 

[sol_bad]

Nope - cinema
Absolutely loved this movie, such a unique and surprising concept that I was not expecting at all. Try and avoid reading about this film or watching the trailer, just watch it and experience it.
So good.

 

[V1LÆM]

Nope - cinema
Absolutely loved this movie, such a unique and surprising concept that I was not expecting at all. Try and avoid reading about this film or watching the trailer, just watch it and experience it.
So good.

i think i only watched a couple trailers before going to see it. wasn't quite what i expected from watching them. i didn't enjoy it but i'll give it another shot when i can rent it. not paying to go see it in the cinema again.