Topic: Latest Movie You Watched

[goldshirt*9]

Prey ( Skull)
Better than what i thought it would be and to be honest I enjoyed it.

13 Lives.
Not a bad interpretation of a very good documentary. Missing a lot but its ok.

[goldshirt*9]

 
Elvis 2022, not what I expected. Tom was good , Elvis was better

[6pairsofshoes]

Elvis has his place.  I preferred the sources that he drew from.

A friend's mother had a shrine to him in her house with all kinds of crazy memorabilia.  Her daughter has an Elvis doll instead of an angel on her Xmas tree.  There's all kinds of people in the U.S. who are still very much devoted to him.  And there's an industry of Elvis impersonators.  I'm not sure how strong the market remains for that entertainment niche.  He's been dead long enough that I suspect this kind of hagiography/biopic will do well in theatres (as much as any movie can do well in theatres/since Covid).  The clip looked interesting.  Did you like the film?

[goldshirt*9]

I wont say I dislike it, The young actor did well in the part as per Tom Hanks, To me its another film out of its era. I have watched it, wont watch again .
Elvis is still has a cult following in the UK.

[6pairsofshoes]

It sounds like the kind of movie I'd watch on an airplane if I didn't have something more compelling to read.

[goldshirt*9]

It sounds like the kind of movie I'd watch on an airplane if I didn't have something more compelling to read.

spot on

[smokester]

I took a couple of hours off from studying to watch IMDb: Vengeance and I was genuinely surprised just how much I enjoyed it. The ending got much darker than the majority of the movie - which was kinda fun - but I think it worked just about how it should.

[dweez]

The Batman. Finally got around to watching it. I thought it was pretty decent. Not sure Robert Pattinson makes a believable Bruce Wayne but I thought he pulled off Batman pretty well. I enjoyed the dark but not "everything blue-tinted" atmosphere and the pacing was good for me (though most people I know say they fell asleep at the beginning). 3 hours is pretty long for a movie but, for me at least, the story kept me entertained.

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It struck me as weird that they introduced venom before Bane (if that's what it was) and I'm not sure how I feel about Batman partaking of it, but I didn't write the movie so, ok.

[6pairsofshoes]

Everything Everywhere All at Once.
I wanted to like this movie.  It had a promising original premise and then degenerated into sentimental claptrap.  Boo.  That's 2:19 of my life I won't get back.

[6pairsofshoes]

I hope for your sake that is 2 minutes and 19 seconds.

Nope, 2 hours & 19 minutes, but I started fast forwarding after an hour.  I probably put in 2 hours worth.  The movie should have been less than 90 minutes, but it was a bloated CGI spectacle.

[goldshirt*9]

Not a lot atm again. Documentaries taking a battering as worked nights and always have a few hours spare.
Did watch Bullet Train and thought it was pure fun (a tad Guy Ritchie but for what it was twas great).

[goldshirt*9]

Vesper 2022, A bit of a shock tbh, didn't know what to expect and it did surprised me.

[6pairsofshoes]

They both look pretty interesting, goldie.  Thanks.

[goldshirt*9]

Bushwick 2017 - caught this again after a long time. Story Meh but it did have a few surprise in it.

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main characters came to an unfortunate ending

, and the camera work by hand following the characters around was pretty good

[goldshirt*9]

Couple of documentaries
USA one

 
Wow a brutal version of how America left Afghanistan with disturbing footage. How they thought they would ever win this war against fanatics  🤷‍♂️
GB (BBC) Documentary Afghanistan: Getting Out 2022 (cannot find a player link)
Very BBC, plenty of politicians and senior people saying how it went wrong. So British