The movie you just watched

[Continental Op 3934]

Watched The City of the Living Dead before bed last night.  Pretty incomprehensible, even by Italian horror movie standards, but the more messed up set pieces make it worthwhile.  

[Underdog 28604]

Greatest movie ever made is currently on IFC...

 

You’re gonna need a bigger boat

[Lhorn 4912]

10 hours ago, Underdog said:

Greatest movie ever made is currently on IFC...

 

You’re gonna need a bigger boat

Caught the end of that one and decided to watch the movie right after - The Day After Tomorrow. Never seen it.  JFC, what a steaming turd.  It's "Twister" bad.  I"m not saying global warning is or isn't real, it's just that their take is regarded.  It's like being lectured on quantum physics by the stupidest person you know.  I was on the fence about Dennis Quade - not anymore.  He's on the shit list.  

[Buzzrock 14914]

Took the kids to see Bumblebee and fell asleep in the first half (not the film’s fault), then got a call I had to take so spent most of the second half in the lobby. I need to see it again because the nostalgic/80s/Spielberg/Hughes vibe was a good choice and working pretty well. It’s not the tiring explosion-fest of the other films, and the main actress is good.

[Continental Op 3934]

Bird Box.  I enjoyed it.  

[Girdwood 118]

On 12/30/2018 at 1:43 AM, Lhorn said:

Caught the end of that one and decided to watch the movie right after - The Day After Tomorrow. Never seen it.  JFC, what a steaming turd.  It's "Twister" bad.  I"m not saying global warning is or isn't real, it's just that their take is regarded.  It's like being lectured on quantum physics by the stupidest person you know.  I was on the fence about Dennis Quade - not anymore.  He's on the shit list.  

What about Dennis Quaid though? Is he ok?

[joeycovers 391]

Creed 2. Loved it 

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

Wife, 13 year old, and I watched these last night: Dangerous Minds, Ron Clark Story, Friday Night Lights.

[RPM 26318]

4 hours ago, ernest_t_bass said:

Wife, 13 year old, and I watched these last night: Dangerous Minds, Ron Clark Story, Friday Night Lights.

I originally read that as Roy Clark Story. 

[Captain Ron 12872]

A Simple Favor - Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. A black comedy, depending on your taste, might be for you, I enjoyed it.

Serious spoiler here, but ...

Spoiler

... think Gone Girl or The Prestige.

 

[Parliament 14253]

Iron Man 2.   Opinions are mixed on this board, but I liked it.  Well-paced cool action.

[Woland 733]

Wife got to choose yesterday and today because she is working this week and I am not;  Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 2 on New Year's Eve and 3 this afternoon.

I watched King Arthur: The Tale of the Sword on Monday before the wife came home from work. It lives down to the reviews.

[CooterBrown 18005]

Wife, 13 year old

Why is her age relevant?

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

43 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

 

Why is her age relevant?

 

Have some rep

[Underdog 28604]

9 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

 

Why is her age relevant?

 

Great balls of fire. 

[PittsburghTiger 6177]

 

Fred MacMurray was perfect for this one.

[RPM 26318]

Wizards. Stumbled across this on FXM this morning. 1977 Ralph Bakshi (Fritz The Cat, New Mighty Mouse, American Pop, The Lord of The Rings and a shitload of animated stuff going all the way back to Heckle & Jeckle) experimental animated movie about elves, wizards, tyrants and war. If you like GoT and LoTR type stuff you'll like this. This movie, LOTR and American Pop were genius.

 

[Fozzz 152]

On 12/26/2018 at 10:41 AM, tantric superman said:

Balthazar?  I don't know about daytime soap or hallmark, but the girl was pretty.

 

I think this is the only movie to ever make me cry.

[Fozzz 152]

Some of the most minimalist, slowest cinema I've ever seen.  Slower than Rohmer.  Not bad though.

 

Edited January 3, 2019 by Fozzz

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Double Indemnity 

[David Dennison 18852]

Kingsman: Golden Circle

God awful.

[Buzzrock 14914]

Agreed. But I didn’t like the first one either.

Just rewatched Thor: Ragnarok with the kids. So good. If James Gunn is going to remain in exile then GOTG 3 needs to go to Taika.

[HiggyBaby 2529]

Bird box. Very disappointing. Suspenseful in parts, stupid in others. Terrible ending.

[Damor 1236]

My 11yo and 13yo both begged to watch Raising Arizona last night.  O-kay, then.

Although few and fleeting, there are moments when I feel like I'm doing a good job as Dad.

[tbone_ 14115]

I’ve been contemplating that with my 12yo. How was it, kid wise?

[Damor 1236]

We actually watched it for the first time a few months ago.  They liked it, but a lot of the Coen stuff was lost on them, so I was actually a bit disappointed in their reaction.

True to Coen humor, though, it grows on you and they both insisted on watching it last night (when they both usually take every opportunity to disagree) -- we all laughed our asses off, and they even picked up some things I'd never noticed.  It does help that it's one of their wackier and more accessible movies.

As far as appropriateness goes, nothing worse than some reproductive anatomy, a little l'amour/wife swappin' propositioning, and language no worse they hear a hundred times a day from their mom.

[huge 3793]

I remember seeing it in the theater as a seventh grader and howling with laughter on the car chase scene, especially when they go back for the Huggies.

It has a little something for everyone.

[Buzzrock 14914]

Raising Arizona had to grow on me a little because it was my first Coen experience, but it quickly became an all time favorite and I love almost everything they’ve done.

I can’t imagine seeing it with fresh eyes.

[Continental Op 3934]

First Reformed - Dutch Reformed Taxi Driver.  Incredibly tedious. 

[RPM 26318]

7 hours ago, Damor said:

Although few and fleeting, there are moments when I feel like I'm doing a good job as Dad.

Those are the salad days.

[SimonBolivar 10958]

Roma packs a punch. 

[Continental Op 3934]

McQueen - I know nothing about the world of high fashion, so this was kind of an interesting glimpse into that.  2018 was a good year for documentaries.  

[bamachine 1230]

Finally saw Ready Player One. It was not as bad as I feared but not a reliable translation of the book. I understand the constraints but certain things could have been left as is and still told a coherent story.

[nycHorn 3004]

Sticking with the Coen Brothers...

 

[CooterBrown 18005]

Watching Streets of Fire for the first time since it came out when I was in 6th grade. I remember it being so bad ass. It has some cringe worthy acting and dialog.

[Parliament 14253]

 

It's a heavy movie.

[Go Pokes 979]

Watching Streets of Fire for the first time since it came out when I was in 6th grade. I remember it being so bad ass. It has some cringe worthy acting and dialog.

I had the same reaction last week when I watched The Warriors

[nycHorn 3004]

Watching Streets of Fire for the first time since it came out when I was in 6th grade. I remember it being so bad ass. It has some cringe worthy acting and dialog.

My father loved this movie. He even had the soundtrack. I remember it being ok when I was small, and I was terrified of Willem Dafoe in his trash bag outfit. Saw it not too long ago - seriously terrible acting. “Tom Cody” couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag.

[Carl Spackler 3480]

On 1/4/2019 at 12:55 PM, Damor said:

My 11yo and 13yo both begged to watch Raising Arizona last night.  O-kay, then.

Although few and fleeting, there are moments when I feel like I'm doing a good job as Dad.

If your kids are begging to watch Raising Arizona, you've clearly done a fine job in raising them.  

[Neonmoon 38129]

Just saw Favourite. Really well done, and surpirsingly funny. The actress who played the Queen did a great job. She will probably be up for an Oscar. 

[Captain Ron 12872]

A Quiet Place - one of the best horror films I have seen in a long while. Edge of the seat type stuff.

[Beau Vine 54210]

If you love dogs, watch this:

[Continental Op 3934]

You Were Never Really Here.  I went into this one blind so I didn't have any expectations.  Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Phoenixes really hard and everyone gets an A for effort but this one left me cold.  

[RPM 26318]

The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man

Enjoyable Netflix documentary about the greatness of Bill Murray dropping in on unsuspecting people. The stories are true (mostly). Has an Austin story.

[ernest_t_bass 1196]

Watched "Hook" with the kids.  As a grown man, that hit me in the feels.  Nostalgic b/c it came out when I was around 10, and hit to the gut b/c of how the growing old stuff resonated. 

[HiggyBaby 2529]

She’s half-Polynesian... half-American. She’s.....Amnesian.

Dave FTW. Never gets old.

[Buzzrock 14914]

Catching up on some classics with the 9 and 12 year old. Watched Men in Black over the weekend and it holds up pretty well. More language than I remembered for a PG-13 movie but my kids ride the bus so they’ve pretty much heard it all. 

I think The Matrix will be next. 

[tantric superman 4667]

14 hours ago, Continental Op said:

You Were Never Really Here.  I went into this one blind so I didn't have any expectations.  Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Phoenixes really hard and everyone gets an A for effort but this one left me cold.  

Totally agree.

[tantric superman 4667]

On 1/5/2019 at 7:07 AM, nycHorn said:

Sticking with the Coen Brothers...

 

Liked Serious Man the first time I saw it but REALLY liked it the second time.

Those crazy Jews.

I'm hoping the same thing happens for Inside Llewyn Davis when I get that another shot.

 

 

[JSB 677]

FIL stayed over Saturday night to help watch my 4 year old daughter, while I took my son to/from a birthday party. My wife was out of town. I leave to take my son, while he stays home with my daughter, and get back home about 30-45 minutes later to see them two sitting there watching Bird Box.  I ran over and turned it off, but the survivors were all already in the house, which means my 4 year old sat through the entire mass suicide scene after Sandra and her sister leave the hospital. 

I asked him what he was doing, and he said a button got pressed, and Netflix was all he could get to turn on. Luckily, my daughter either wasn't really watching that scene, or it didn't phase her, but still... old people are such idiots sometimes. The movie was good though, I enjoyed it.