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[GoPokes83 2249]

Greased Lightening was on this morning been moons since I last watched it. 

TCM? Are they going with all Black movies for the entire month? Been some good ones on so far.

[Dutchrudder 11247]

Wonka (2023) - When I first saw this trailer my cynical self thought "Oh look, the origin story no one asked for!"  However, I was a surprised at how fun and enjoyable it was. It's very clearly setup to become a musical show in the future, but I didn't get that impression from the movie trailer. The songs are nearly all original, but they of course lean into the melody and themes from songs of the original.  It's a fun story, with lots of whimsical characters and many entertaining songs and dance numbers that keep the pace moving along. It's very different for the original though, this one is much more kid friendly, funny, upbeat and lighthearted, while in the original Gene Wilder was deranged, sarcastic and a bit sinister. I'm sure many will hate it because it re-characterizes the original Wonka, humanizes him, and "ruins their childhood" or something. 

[ztejas 44280]

28 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

That Thing You Do or whatever the band movie was after Forrest Gump sucked.

[Incredulity 11880]

Joe vs the Volcano is a strong contender for shitty TH movie.  off the top of my head

[BabaYaga 15631]

17 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

Joe vs the Volcano is a strong contender for shitty TH movie.  off the top of my head

Blasphemy!!!!!

[rage-a-holic 4744]

Shitty Tom Hanks movies:

• Mazes and Monsters
• The Man with One Red Shoe
• The Polar Express
• Inferno
• Elvis

[66BUFF 2608]

49 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

Shitty Tom Hanks movies:

• Mazes and Monsters
• The Man with One Red Shoe
• The Polar Express
• Inferno
• Elvis

The Man with One Red Shoe is a comedy classic.

[rage-a-holic 4744]

4 minutes ago, 66BUFF said:

The Man with One Red Shoe is a comedy classic.

[The Original Greaser Bob 2901]

Beau is Afraid (2023)

WTF

Although it would be fun having that statute of Parker Posey.

Edited February 5 by The Original Greaser Bob

[Incredulity 11880]

2 hours ago, 66BUFF said:

The Man with One Red Shoe is a comedy classic.

 Is this "cefar oh-gle" or "cefar oggle"?

 

[Incredulity 11880]

Man with one red shoe is peak Lori Singer.  Carrie Fisher looking good too in the Jane outfit.

[RPM 26674]

13 hours ago, BeardIP said:

That Thing You Do or whatever the band movie was after Forrest Gump sucked.

[59 Burst 434]

13 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

Shitty Tom Hanks movies:

• Mazes and Monsters
• The Man with One Red Shoe
• The Polar Express
• Inferno
• Elvis

Red Shoe was ok, but you nailed the others

[ClubWhatever 12324]

Past Lives.  Mostly in Korean with subtitles.  The evolution of childhood love over a long distance, from the perspective of a Korean immigrant.

[Steamboat1874 4391]

20 hours ago, BeardIP said:

Turner and Hooch seems to be not well liked, though I never saw it.

That Thing You Do or whatever the band movie was after Forrest Gump sucked.

Wut ?

That is a great fucking movie.

[HiggyBaby 2621]

Joe vs the Volcano is a strong contender for shitty TH movie.  off the top of my head

Sounds like you have a brain cloud.

Dragnet however….

[Tylerocks 2603]

Watched Fury over the weekend.

Pretty solid.  I'm a sucker for war movies/series

War is hell.

[BrazilHorn 6855]

Zone of Interest & Anatomy of a Fall. 
 

Both were interesting in their own way but neither are what I would call “rewatchable”. 
 

Zone was better overall IMO but they were both fairly slow. Zone really played with overlapping sounds/sights. 
 

Anatomy was interesting in terms of insight (if accurate) into the French judicial system. 

[Bevo&Pevo 5527]

22 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

Watched Fury over the weekend.

Pretty solid.  I'm a sucker for war movies/series

War is hell.

Best job I ever had.

[tokamak 6687]

My All American

Sappy like a TV movie, but also pretty cool that someone made a major Hollywood movie that is 100% about Texas football. 

[Scraps 13811]

June

Doc about June Carter Cash (and a lot of Johnny as well obviously) on Paramount+  

Worth a watch if you are into music/country music

[The Original Greaser Bob 2901]

Strays 2023

[gofuckyourself 9093]

Seven.

Almost as much of a gut punch as it was originally. I can't believe it's nearly 30 years old.

Pitt's acting in the climactic scene is exceptional.

One interesting thing I spotted in this viewing was Fincher shows how it will end when Somerset (Freeman) is in the library. Visuals from one of the books he's researching.

The movie is so damn dark.

I need to go watch Sesame Street now or something.

[Bevo&Pevo 5527]

^^ If you like dark, try Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose.  The storyline is dark as well as most of the scenery.  However, it does turn out to be a good movie.  It was a bit difficult to understand due to the language accents.  Once I got accustomed to it, the rest of it was easy to understand.  However, it simply could our family legacy of poor hearing.  

[Underdog 29211]

And of course the one scene with Slater and the girl. 

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

6 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

Seven.

One interesting thing I spotted in this viewing was Fincher shows how it will end when Somerset (Freeman) is in the library. Visuals from one of the books he's researching.

From interviews, etc I've heard/read that Fincher is extremely meticulous esp with editing. He's an interesting person. Seems like (to me) cast are polarized on his style of direction but many of his movies do tell a story in a compelling way. I loved The Social Network when he collaborated with Aaron Sorkin who wrote the screenplay.

[Hefeweizen 5451]

Greenland.  What a pile of acrid dogshit.  Everyone involved should feel bad and j want my money and time back.

[Guadaloopy 11139]

Dune Pt 1 back in theaters before Pt 2 comes out.  Much better in the theatre.  

[Dutchrudder 11247]

American Fiction - Wow, there were a surprising amount of laugh out loud moments, a lot of uncomfortable situations and some meaningful cultural criticism. Well worth the time to watch, and Jeffrey Wright was excellent in it. 

[F250 29204]

I watched Surrounded on Prime last night. It's a fairly entertaining Western about a former slave women that pretends to be a man as she travels through the wild west.

 

 

[Billy Pilgrim 2079]

On 2/5/2024 at 2:39 PM, rage-a-holic said:

Shitty Tom Hanks movies:

• Mazes and Monsters
• The Man with One Red Shoe
• The Polar Express
• Inferno
• Elvis

Are we gonna pretend like Bosom Buddies never happened?

[RPM 26674]

Bonfire of the Vanities

Joe vs the Volcano

[notre dame joe 205]

On 1/21/2024 at 8:49 AM, RPM said:

1939 had a helluva run.

Just the fucking G's was brutal.

When you can get to the 10th best film of the year and it's still a classic and good to watch 85 years later.  Of Mice and Men is an also ran because it came out in 1939. 

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2780]

Can’t Buy Me Love
CSB time. This movie was my first date. We were supposed to go to Busch Gardens for the day but it was raining so my Mom offered to drop us off at the theater.
It was the summer after my first year at a new middle school and she was the head cheerleader just like Cindy.
36 years later we are still friends and went to each others weddings.

[The Original Greaser Bob 2901]

Past Lives (2023)

1) First five minutes:

2) Movie answers the question:  Are engineers and playwrites cool asians or asian nerds?  Or does it?"

3) Nobody stares at each other than long and hard without cracking up.

4) No way Uber driver waits that long without saying "Hey, Mister Kim, let's get going."

5) Would have liked a little more life out of John Magaro - I like that actor.

6) I loved it, beautiful flick but in the end, the male lead was such a unique guy that it kind of hurt the "universality" of the film for me. But on the flip side, the film only made sense given his somewhat unique approach to the issue at hand.

[The Original Greaser Bob 2901]

8 hours ago, RPM said:

Bonfire of the Vanities

Joe vs the Volcano

Saw both of these flicks during period of extreme work exhaustian/anxiety and both profoundly depress me.

[Underdog 29211]

On 2/6/2024 at 12:03 PM, HiggyBaby said:

Dragnet however….

Motherfucker, there’s no hating on Dragnet ‘round here. 
 

11 hours ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

Are we gonna pretend like Bosom Buddies never happened?

And you, motherfucker, just made the list! 

[Duane Moore 5773]

9 hours ago, RPM said:

Bonfire of the Vanities

Joe vs the Volcano

I saw both of these in the theaters. Found Joe almost completely laugh free and the whole initial sequence of him at his office under the florescent lights was just actively off-putting. The bit with the luggage salesman was about the only part that made me chuckle, and Abe Vigoda is a national treasure. 
 

I actually liked Bonfire, not having read the book at the time, and found it entertaining but not particularly memorable. I’ve since read the book a couple of times and I can understand why people were so underwhelmed by the movie version. 

[Tylerocks 2603]

Watched Finestkind...Paramount movie.

Had high hopes with a pretty solid cast.  Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Foster, Jenna Ortega.

It was ok...a little slow. Slogged on for the first hour.

Foster and Jones did good jobs, but the story was predictable.

Meh

[PittsburghTiger 6351]

First time watching it the whole way through. I enjoyed it more than the TV show.

The TV show seemed, to me, to be more of a CW Dawson's Creek with a bit of football thrown in.

[Hook1997 5524]

I just watched Marmalade, really liked it.  Don’t read too much about it or too many reviews before watching it, might spoil it some.  

[MrBig 5651]

Watched the horror movie Thanksgiving from last year. I was expecting a straight up horror film but when Gina Gershon popped up on screen I knew exactly what kind of movie it was going to be. I liked it better than those new crappy Halloween movies.

[tx 3 putt 78736]

Rewatching ‘The Wrecking Crew’, damn good documentary 

[Bevo&Pevo 5527]

12 Mighty Orphans.  True story from the day, gives Rusty Russell some love for coming up with the spread offense.  The epilogue at the end is worth watching for.  Stars Martin Sheen, Luke Wilson, Vanessa Shaw, with a bit of Robert Duvall and Ron White as the sheriff.  Worth the watch.

[pch 1264]

1 hour ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

12 Mighty Orphans.  True story from the day, gives Rusty Russell some love for coming up with the spread offense.  The epilogue at the end is worth watching for.  Stars Martin Sheen, Luke Wilson, Vanessa Shaw, with a bit of Robert Duvall and Ron White as the sheriff.  Worth the watch.

I met the author of the book, Jim Dent, at Barnes & Noble and got an autographed copy.  The movie was enjoyable, the book was outstanding-hopefully Dent will get past his struggles and health issues because he is an excellent writer.

[Bevo&Pevo 5527]

^^ X2 on the book.

[F250 29204]

I watched The Art of Self-Defense starring Jesse Eisenberg. It's like Fight Club if Michael Cera played Ed Norton's character and the movie was produced by Donald Glover.

It was odd yet entertaining.

 

 

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2780]

Triple Frontier.
Started off pretty well but I thought the ending was flat.

[pch 1264]

The Zone of Interest-an interesting adaptation of what it must have been like to live next door to one of the deadliest Holocaust camps during WWII.  The film has won numerous awards which are well deserved and is up for several Oscars in the coming weeks. 

[Scraps 13811]

Bob Marley One Love

Understood maybe 80% of the dialouge. Definitely needed to wait and throw subtitles on just to catch some of the shit they were saying.

Great soundtrack though lol