Movie What's the last movie you saw? (7)

[Alberto_Magnifico]

I just didn't like Carry On because Egerton isn't a charismatic or entertaining lead and Bateman is pretty one note as the bad guy.
It was just a beige movie and the one big action set piece felt too cgi-ish and hammy.
Rebel Ridge was a much better netflix attempt at budget 80s action flicks.

I kept thinking he was a young Luke Perry, which definitely shot down a few charisma points

 

[phantom13]

I just didn't like Carry On because Egerton isn't a charismatic or entertaining lead and Bateman is pretty one note as the bad guy.
It was just a beige movie and the one big action set piece felt too cgi-ish and hammy.
Rebel Ridge was a much better netflix attempt at budget 80s action flicks.

Hard to disagree with this. Bateman was good on the other end of the line but when face to face he’s about as intimidating as a puppy dog.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Hard to disagree with this. Bateman was good on the other end of the line but when face to face he’s about as intimidating as a puppy dog.

But he's so dreamy

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

You really don’t, absolutely no one is expecting you to “buy in”.

It’s the walking definition of a shut your brain off movie. They’ve been made since day dot and for some reason a bunch of people decided to pick the eyes out of this one.

The small audience revolt on this movie is far more baffling than the audience buy in you’re discussing.

Not sure why you’re taking a stand on this particular movie. It’s utter rubbish imo and you’ve bagged movies that many like. It’s about opinions

 

[phantom13]

Not sure why you’re taking a stand on this particular movie. It’s utter rubbish imo and you’ve bagged movies that many like. It’s about opinions

I’m not against criticism of this or any film I just don’t know what people expected putting on a b grade streaming action thriller.

Saying it needs suspension of disbelief and therefore you couldn’t enjoy it is like saying you watched Harry Potter and hated it cause of all the wizards and magic.

I was also done with discussing it until the whole “movies used to be good” thing got done. That’s just a silly statement

 

[Roobs321]

my fave feature films that I saw for the first time this year:

1. Blitz (2024)
2. The Docks of New York (1928)
3. A Patch of Blue (1965)
4. Dirty Dancing (1987)
5. Late Night With the Devil (2024)
6. Salomé (1922)
7. Queen & Country (2015)
8. High Society (1956)
9. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
10. Benediction (2022)

HM: Sleeping Beauty (2011), Cat Ballou (1965), Shakespeare-Wallah (1965), Marriage Italian Style (1964)

worst: The Instigators (2024), The Rundown (2003), The Sweetest Thing (2002), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)

best revisit: The Sting (1973)

best short: Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)

most watched actor: Clive Owen (also watched all of The Knick)

most watched director: Hong Sang-soo (not really my thing though)

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

my fave feature films that I saw for the first time this year:

1. Blitz (2024)
2. The Docks of New York (1928)
3. A Patch of Blue (1965)
4. Dirty Dancing (1987)
5. Late Night With the Devil (2024)
6. Salomé (1922)
7. Queen & Country (2015)
8. High Society (1956)
9. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
10. Benediction (2022)

HM: Sleeping Beauty (2011), Cat Ballou (1965), Shakespeare-Wallah (1965), Marriage Italian Style (1964)

worst: The Instigators (2024), The Rundown (2003), The Sweetest Thing (2002), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)

Best revisit: The Sting (1973)

Best short: Hedgehog in the Fog (1975)

most watched actor: Clive Owen (also watched all of The Knick)

most watched director: Hong Sang-soo (not really my thing though)

Do you make note of these things through the year?

 

[passmark]

Just scrolling through the comments re Carry On, so I asked my daughter (24) what she thought as we watched together.

She said it was like some shit made for TV film from the 90’s. 5/10.

Not sure Egerton has much range TBH.
He was in Black Bird which was sensational but mainly because of Paul Hauser (he’s staggeringly good) Egerton did pretty well playing a guy trapped from all sides looking scared he could be exposed at any moment, but that could have been him actually feeling out of his depth.

Other than that it’s those truly awful Gentleman movies .

So yeah. Carry On is shizen.

 

[phantom13]

Just scrolling through the comments re Carry On, so I asked my daughter (24) what she thought as we watched together.

She said it was like some shit made for TV film from the 90’s. 5/10.

Not sure Egerton has much range TBH.
He was in Black Bird which was sensational but mainly because of Paul Hauser (he’s staggeringly good) Egerton did pretty well playing a guy trapped from all sides looking scared he could be exposed at any moment, but that could have been him actually feeling out of his depth.

Other than that it’s those truly awful Gentleman movies .

So yeah. Carry On is shizen.

Do you mean Kingsmen?

 

[Roobs321]

Do you make note of these things through the year?

I keep note of a best list, have done for at least a dozen years or so. I like tracking and recognising what made the biggest impression on me within a given year.

Whereas the worst and most watched people are just some incidental stats I grab come year’s end.

 

[passmark]

Do you mean Kingsmen?

Yeah that shit.
Putrid

 

[Beerfish]

Bateman is pretty one note as the bad guy.

He is one note. Period.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

He is one note. Period.

Yeah I was being generous

 

[spinynorman]

Mufasa: The Lion King - from the director of Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk. My otherwise empty cinema told the tale of how this film's faring at the box office. I will say, for Barry Jenkins' credit, that I thought it was a very vibrant looking film in its landscapes etc. It's when you see the photorealistic animals and their uncanny valley mouths that the film visually becomes awful. I found the narrative itself a surprisingly passable adventure tale, though the unnecessary motivation given to Scar's villainy

Spoiler: in case you somehow care

of having been cucked by Mufasa

is pretty laughable. The songs are pretty woeful, as it seems Lin Manuel-Miranda also just happily took the pay day (I'm not his biggest fan in the world but he can do better than this). But the worst aspect was the narrative framing device, and particularly Timon and Pumba's riffing on the story with painful Deadpool and Wolverine for kids meta-"humour".

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul - a delightful new adventure of our old friends, and a far more enjoyable piece of cash-in IP content than the above (it helps it's only 79 minutes compared to Mufasa's 118). Even that's probably too long for a Wallace & Gromit adventure, which are typically short films, and it does get a little repetitive. But there's some good laughs throughout, and it was good to join a packed house of all ages laughing at it (much better showing than the above too). It's coming out on Netflix quite soon but I'm glad I got to see it in a crowd.

 

[spinynorman]

most watched director: Hong Sang-soo (not really my thing though)

I'm impressed he's your most watched and not really your thing, given I feel like you can get the point and tap out if you're not vibing pretty quickly!

 

[Roobs321]

I'm impressed he's your most watched and not really your thing, given I feel like you can get the point and tap out if you're not vibing pretty quickly!

helps that he has a lot of short ones, like 75-ish mins, and free of late on SBSoD to watch through chronologically, so it isn’t a big commitment and there is that ease of samey familiarity as well. Wouldn’t pay to see his stuff. I’ve seen a couple in previous years too.

 

[JackOutback]

I think its one of those movies that has benefited from the quality decline of modern movie making. We are so accustomed to bad movies now that good bad ones are now considered great movies. Had this come out in the 90s it would be a B grade TV movie and the critics would have savaged it if they could be bothered watching it at all.

Alternatively, it’s pretty much the same as action movies from the 80s and 90s but nostalgia makes you think they were classics.

 

[troybe]

Watching the 3 Indiana Jones movies Ch9 are playing this week, then I think a 4th is on next week

 

[adelaidecrows]

Alternatively, it’s pretty much the same as action movies from the 80s and 90s but nostalgia makes you think they were classics.

Yes and no. I think you will find mainstream mega blockbuster action movies from the 80s and 90s stand up today. Aliens, Superman, Batman, Terminator etc. However if you are talking Van Damn, Segull movies, yeah they are hard to watch. Ive gone back to watch a few of those movies and ended up switching them off.

But this was specifically labelled the modern die hard by promotional material and even using fake promotional hype. It is sooooo not. Not even close, not even the same hemisphere. Die hard is a classic today and enjoyable from beginning to end.

Look, people are entitled to like what they like and many people like this movie. As I said, I have reasons and pinpointed them as perhaps major flaws. But hey, enjoy away. No harm no foul. Live and let live.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Blink Twice (2024)

It was well made and performed but it didn't quite grab me. There was too much set up, little character exploration and the ending was far fetched. Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie were both good but there wasn't much chemistry between them , considering he must have been obsessed with her to keep bringing her back to the island.

5/10

 

[ibd77]

a couple of other michael wincott movies.

Ticket to Heaven (1981) ⭐ 6.9 | Drama

1h 48m | PG

www.imdb.com

closest point of reference would be an early 80's midsommar, without any horror. the creepy feeling of a cult eventually controlling someone. bordering on being an exposé. always that sense of a facade hiding something else.

and

Title Shot (1979) ⭐ 4.7 | Crime, Drama

1h 28m | R

www.imdb.com

probably the most michael wincott role ever, his first. plays a baddie, incomprehensible lines (screechy rather than gravel), and is dead before the credits. movie switched off at that point. boxing, gambling, police politics... nah.

Check out Strange Days, today considering it's NYE.

 

[RustyHawk]

Yes and no. I think you will find mainstream mega blockbuster action movies from the 80s and 90s stand up today. Aliens, Superman, Batman, Terminator etc. However if you are talking Van Damn, Segull movies, yeah they are hard to watch. Ive gone back to watch a few of those movies and ended up switching them off.

But this was specifically labelled the modern die hard by promotional material and even using fake promotional hype. It is sooooo not. Not even close, not even the same hemisphere. Die hard is a classic today and enjoyable from beginning to end.

Look, people are entitled to like what they like and many people like this movie. As I said, I have reasons and pinpointed them as perhaps major flaws. But hey, enjoy away. No harm no foul. Live and let live.

Not sure I could any "Superman" or "Batman" movie as a good block buster. Maybe for Superman, the 1st one with Christopher Reeve but that is a stretch. Batman, the only one I would consider any good was Christian Bale. [Michael Keaton as Batman! Wow, great actor, loved him in The Founder (2016) but he is like Tom Cruise as "Reacher" - totally miss cast.]

Add in Robocop (1987) Die Hard (1988) and Total Recall (1990) and you have true block busters of the 80's and 90's.

Wait, Segull and Van Damn made movies. Wow, I am glad they kept them secret!

 

[dumb]

Check out Strange Days, today considering it's NYE.

have seen and quite like it. it's a bit overlooked.

 

[Kirby]

Caught a couple of films in the last few days:

Last Night in Soho - It started pretty well and was somewhat intriguing but then just lost its way. The film looked great and so did Anya Taylor-Joy, but the film got bogged down with repetitive horror elements (cgi ghosts galore) which just took the air out of it. Also, Thomasin McKenzies’ voice got more and more annoying as the film went on. 5.5/10

My Old Ass - in the first 15 mins I was tempted to turn this off as it was all these 3 teenage girls prattling at a hundred miles an hour (this is a reflection of my old arse) but the film stepped up with the introduction of her old ass (Audrey Plaza) and even more so with the introduction of Chad (Darcy Moore). It then became a very sweet and poignant coming of age story. The rapport/chemistry between the young couple was palpable. Very nice little film 7/10.

 

[spinynorman]

Two final films for 2024.

Anora - some of the hype for this is going to hurt it, being the Palme d'Or winner at Cannes and the favourite for the Oscar for Best Picture. That said, it is a very enjoyable film - very funny and great performances. By director Sean Baker's standards it's reasonably tame and a little slight, and I felt like the resolution didn't entirely work, but I did really like its portrayal of people dreaming big and coming short.

The Room Next Door - Pedro Almodovar's first English language film, and I was a bit worried by the preview, which made it look like a maudlin "serious" movie. Thankfully, it's much more in line with what you would expect from him, despite the subject matter. Julianne Moore plays a writer who comes back into contact with an old friend, Tilda Swinton, who is dying from cancer. Swinton is looking at euthanasia, and asks Moore to assist her. It sounds incredibly heavy but this is a film with a sense of humour and a playfulness that keeps it from being a miserable slog.