Topic: Latest Movie You Watched

[8ullfrog]

Cook Off! (2007)

The movie was shelved for a decade and released in 2017. They should have binned it.

A dramatic waste of talent.

[8ullfrog]

They. Cut. The. Battle. Pug.

[goldshirt*9]

They. Cut. The. Battle. Pug.

 

I did watch "One Life" with Anthoney Hopkins, Hopkins is Hopkins as always and the film wasnt graphic. Was touching at the end

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Damsel
Story is OK, Acting OK and the CGI Dragon is great.,
It is what it is, entertainment. 

[goldshirt*9]

Dune 2.
I read a film review post about above film on a sadbook, and a person stated in the posts that
"it wasn't culturally represented" with the choice of actors.
The replies were funny.
They again defended their post stating that as the author drew his storyline from "the middle east" they should have been more representation from that area and religion (never read the books, so assuming that the religion was Islamic).
I left it there as it went from funnily interesting to not.

[6pairsofshoes]

I once visited a friend in Las Vegas for two weeks during July, the hottest part of the summer.  The average daily temperature outside was 120.  So one might think you'd want to run around in shorts and a slight top, but no.  The sun was intense and the few rain showers that happened consisted of sprinkles that lasted a few minutes and barely wet the top soil.

One afternoon, I decided to take a walk in the nearby desert (she lived on the northern edge of the city near the airport and there weren't really any other houses out there at the time).  I wore long corduroy pants, a long sleeve shirt and a hat and boots.  I wasn't hot at all. 

The clothes were for protection since the dry heat would dehydrate me quickly.  I was advised to turn back the minute I felt tired or thirsty.  The vegetation was mostly scrub brush and the lizards zipped around in the heat, but I don't think wearing less would have been a good idea.  It soon became clear to me why men and women in the middle East would wear clothing that covered them to such an extent.

[8ullfrog]

Abigail (2024)

Woof, this movie was dogshit. The outline has bones but the movie does not. The idea of a criminal organization using a vampire to dispose of loose ends was neat, and some of the vampire powers were unique. The way thralls are controlled was a short and fairly chilling moment, ruined by the occasional departure to humor that this movie should have avoided. They're never afraid to puncture a moment of building terror with a shitty one liner.

If you can see it for free, there are some interesting effects, but as a movie this is a solid non recommend.

I feel bad for the actress who plays Abigail, she's clearly working her ass off throughout the whole film, but no one could have saved that script.

Giancarlo Esposito is fully wasted, if you've seen the trailer you've seen 90% of his character. They can't all be prestige!

[goldshirt*9]

Arrival 2016
Love the film

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Arcadian 

Better than what I thought it would be, not too bad actually.

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Civil War. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[goldshirt*9]

Became bored so I watched a Documentary film
The Final: Attack on Wembley.

Not as the news stated at the time, but what carnage or fun depends where / what you are

[smokester]

OK. So we watched Never Let Go last night as we'd seen the trailer in St Lucia and it looked quite gripping. All I can truly say about it is WTF, in fact, let me rephrase that to

Spoiler (hover to show)

WTF

[goldshirt*9]

Not for me , Horror no matter how good or bad
We did watch Quartet again on Saturday night

[smokester]

I stopped watching horror movies decades ago. I'm too squeamish to even watch Criminal Minds.

The regular news is way more terrifying than any horror I can think of.

[6pairsofshoes]

The regular news is way more terrifying than any horror I can think of.

I've started restricting the amount of time that I devote to reading the New York Times given how depressing it is.

My brother is a big fan of horror films.  Last time we watched a video of one together (it was the one with the hovering sphere that would appear with sharp blades protruding that would hurt people) I had the remote and would mute the shrieking violin music, thereby reducing the ability of the film to inflict anxiety.  He was annoyed.  There's a bizarre aspect to this genre that seems to have some kind of effect on the endocrine system, one that I find unhealthy and undesirable.  But, clearly, I'm not the intended audience.  It makes me wonder why it exists, and why so many people enjoy such films.  I find old campy ones really fun, like Vincent Price in House on Haunted Hill, and such Japanese treats as Attack of the Mushroom People, but I don't get the ones that are increasingly realistic and terrifying or gory.  Why bother?