The Life Aquatic
Wes Anderson movies are an acquired taste. But this one in particular is very accessible, and very funny. And it has a very emotional ending.
The only thing an uninitiated viewer needs to know is that the effects are intentionally low-budget. Just take them as seriously as the characters do, you’ll warm to them.
In theater, deadpool and wolverine. Plot was silly but holy fuck the movie itself was incredible. Won't spoil it but they're are some great surprises for 90s kids. I felt pandered to in the best way.
At home, the mask. Girlfriend hadn't seen it. Warned her that I remembered it being amazing when I saw it ages ago, but it might not hold up. It held up. Chick chicky boom.
Treasure Planet for the first time... It was a ride, I liked the animation and the old Disney style actually got me thinking if it had gaming adaptations... And ofc it had them... I want to at least try one (for nostalgic reasons), but I am unsure if the PS1 or PS2 version is the right one to go.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988). While not The Blob or Night of the Creeps, it's pretty fun.
Interstellar. It was like the 4th or 5th time I've seen it, so yeah, I'd definitely recommend it if you're into sci-fi epics.
The last movie I saw for the first time was Barbie. I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. It also didn't take itself too seriously, despite having a very positive message for women.
My partner and I are watching every movie that Arnold Schwarzenegger has ever been in, no matter how small the role. We just finished watching Scavenger Hunt from 1979 and it was fucking horrible. By the far the worst movie from his early days in film. It's not that he made it bad, the movie in and of itself was bad.
Operation Mincemeat. Love me some bickering British spies.
I just watched one, like 30 minutes ago. It's Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Earth Symphony
It's about music, and honestly animated films about music are some of the coolest films, as they can have infinite imagination of synchronizing and visualizing the music.
I know Doraemon isn't that popular in the west, but it's one of the top franchises here in Asia.
Vesper. It is imo a good sci-fi movie, but a tough one. The lives of the characters are not easy, but the movie doesn't tell you that, you discover it through details casually said by the characters. The movie itself is a post apocalyptic movie in a very original setting. It is about biotechnology instead mechanised or AI tech. It is worth it for this alone IMO. It was a great movie imo, but not one to cheer up.
Borderlands. Unsurprisingly, no.
City Lights. (1931)
Found it on a harddrive at work. It was fun to watch, if you can find a copy somewhere I can recommend it.
Jay and Silent Bob strike back
BOONG!
Red Rock West, 1994
Nic Cage movie I heard about in a thread here the other day.
Cage is unemployed and down on his luck when he gets mistaken for a hitman and is paid to do a job. He takes the money and tries to run, but gets caught up in a more intriguing whirlpool of trouble than I expected.
Nothing groundbreaking here, but it had more surprises than I had expected and it's fairly well acted for a 90s movie. If you want something interesting that isn't too deep and has a vaguely No Country for Old Men flavor, this isn't bad.
The Sudbury Devil. Would I recommend it? Yes, if you don’t mind weird, independent horror movies.
Perfect Days. Got it half-off from Criterion based on the trailer and little else. Absolutely gorgeous cinematography, and a subtle and compelling character study.
Deadpool and wolverine. It was a pretty good movie.
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
It's an absolute delight and based on a true story. The first black ops team.
Two books on it:
https://archive.org/details/ministryofungent0000dami
https://academic.macmillan.com/academictrade/9781250119032/churchillsministryofungentlemanlywarfare
The crazy part, the absolutely crazy part, is that in the real life story, nobody got killed. You can see in the trailer they COMPLETELY changed that part. Nobody would believe it.
Gladiator. Hells yes!
Damsel
Hell no
Longlegs If you like psycho horror it's fun. So yes :) Takes place during the last years of the satanic panic. Not necessarily my cup of tea but nicely made. Not as jump scary as expected, but still some jump scares, so be aware.
My GF asked me to come to it ends with us with her. I didn't see any trailer or read anything about it so I assumed it was a romcom or something, boy was I wrong...
The plot was quite gripping though and Blake Lively and the cast were really good in it. I'd definitely recommend watching it but keep in mind that it's a pretty intense movie with lots of dark content in it.
I watched but did not finish inglorious bastards because we had to take iur kitten to the vet.
However, I watched and finished District 9 and it was unequivically a banger. I can't reveal too much without spoilers so I will only say this. It primarily takes place in South Africa and the history of apartheid is important to its message.
I also watched Starship Troopers not to long ago and it was a banger too. The history of American imperialism is incredibly important fot this one.
Both of these are very relevant to world events at the moment and watching them now will only do you good
Spaceballs. yeah
Ratatouille
It was pretty good. My son loved it. I recommend it for sure.
Role Models. Which I had completely forgotten existed until my wife asked if I had seen it.
Early 2000s, Paul Rudd and Stiffler get stuck doing community service in a Big Brother program. I laughed a few times, and there's a lot of LARPing involved.
It's not going to be anyone's favorite movie, but it was a fun way to spend an evening.
In a theater? Deadpool and Wolverine. Similar to other people here, I think objectively it was not good, but just a fun ride of fan service and cameos that was quite entertaining. I don’t know why I paid for 3d though: had to wear glasses but didn’t see any 3d effects.
At home? The Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies. Apparently I had never seen them and my teen insisted. I liked them. I don’t know why people criticize the actor: I’d criticize the writers. No one wants a moody emo self-centered Spider-Man. Toby McGuire does well partly because they wrote a more lighthearted playful Spider-Man for him, even in the face of apocalypse
My wife and I were staying in Bologna for 2 nights, and there was a big free open-air cinema on the largest public square that showed Italian film classics with English subtitles. We watched "La Dolce Vita" by Fellini on the first night and a satirical comedy called "Divorce Italian type" the second night. La dolce vita is great but not an easy watch since it deals with typical topics of early modernity in the 50s. It's kinda like the books from that time about existence and hedonism and the complexity of life. The other movie is about a guy who wants to murder his Wife so he can date his 16-year old cousin and is way funnier than the premise would suggest.
Alien Romulus; caught the second showing at a local theater today.
It's definitely one of the better Alien films; it's not as great as the first 2, definitely better than the 3rd though.
Brother Bear 🐻
Orange County
Coming of age movie with Tom Hanks' kid, and Jack Black. Mediocre at best.
Thelma
Indie movie about a grandma that gets scammed and fights back. Funny and cute. Really good if you like that stuff. Based on a true story.
Watched the Waterboy again.
Sad they don't make good comedy movies anymore. Would recommend it. Recently watched America Pie too. Quality film.
More like a documentary: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau it basically tells the story of how the movie The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) was produced. Let's say a lot of weird stuff happened and I can really recommend the documentary.
Nit exactly a movie, but I rewatched the first season of True Detective. It is a Masterpiece, IMHO.
I Married A Witch, some old black and white movie my partner threw on. It was utterly enchanting.
Neon genesis evangelion : The end of Evagelion
. . .
Second time watching the whole series + ending, understood things better this time around however still have some questions. Third time will be the charm I am sure of it.
It's a great storie revolving around the hedgehog dilema, change within ourselfs, and escapism, hitting too close to home at times.
What upfront looks like a freaking cool mecha anime, which it is, hides a narrative so human it gives you chill by how real it is at times. Really recommended the movie + series.
How I Saved the President also known as The Undercover Kid. It‘s a 90s kd adventure move in which a preteen who can talk to animals is somehow way better than the Secret Service at their full-time jobs.
It‘s perfect for a Bad Movie Night.
2036 Origin unknown. It was quite a good movie so, yes, I would recommend it.
At home: Knives Out In a cinema: Bad Boys 4
Back to the future. It was my wife’s first time seeing it all the way through. Yes. Watch it. It’s funny, dumb, and a clever story. If you can get past some of the classic campiness from the 80s you won’t regret watching it. However, my wife could not get past the campiness and would probably recommend avoiding it.
National Lampoon's Senior Trip.
I watched Jeremy Renner's wired auto complete interview on YouTube and he mentioned that was his first role. So I looked it up and it had 0% on rotten tomatoes. And I thought to myself, it can't be that bad.
It was pretty bad, maybe not 0% bad, but I found very few redeeming qualities.
I would not recommend.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
Warmly recommended to kids and adults alike. Fantastic style, cool action sequences, top-notch voice acting and cool story. It may seem derivative of Spiderman Into the Spider verse, but it's better in many respects.
I wouldn't recommend it to cis people, but maybe to some trans folks.
Love Lies Bleeding, and yes, I’d recommend it.
The Mask is sssssmokin'!
Thor 1. i thought it was great. very shakespearian
Perfect Days 2023
Excellent movie, simple story showing his simple every day life. It goes through his life, doing what he likes, and shows stories that happens every day.The last kids movie: The Incredibles 2, great as always, and highly recommended along with the 1st. Very excited for the 3rd.
The last non-kids movie: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. I recommend this to anyone who likes movies similar to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Everyone in it does a great job and is interested that it is based on a true story, albeit embellished, but also the basis and inspiration for the James Bond books.
Ford vs Ferrari last night. Yeah, I would recommend it.
Recently rewatched “What If” as background noise. I had never heard of it when I first watched it, and came away really enjoying it. A really good cast, and a quirky rom-com plot made it a fun watch.
A Family Affair (2024) Zac Efron, I expected background noise and got a surprisingly good movie.
The instigators
The Debt.
A Mossad team is tasked to retrieve a Nazi war criminal that is living in East Germany and get it to Israel.
I would recommend it.
Zoolander. It's nice to finally see the film that created a bunch of memes, most notably "What is this? A center for ants?!"
I can recommend it as a well-made comedy/satire. It didn't feel like anything groundbreaking. Maybe it was at the time of its release, I really don't know, but as far as I'm concerned its popularity is just luck of the draw
Foe.
I just watched it because there was nothing else. I didn't expect to like it.
It made me sad, but I think it was worth watching.
Wrath of the Titans.
Tuesday
Absolutely. It’s wild and heartfelt and weird and thoughtful and disturbing.
Sasquatch Sunset.
Amazing photography. But disturbing. Would not recommend.
Spiderman no way home, at the theater.
I finally watched Caché by Michael Haneke. It was a lot different and puzzling than I expected.
Someone here uploaded the trailer to Miami Connection awhile back and it was an absolute revelation.
I am currently watching Invasion USA on MST3K as I scroll. Or does the fact it's MST3K make it count as a TV episode? 🤔
I recommend it. Edit: updated link
Twisters. The twist at the end when 2 twisters became 4 twisters got me going! Ate twizzlers the whole time. spoiler: the guy with the big white teeth gets the lady
Today, logan Kinda goofy cgi and stunts at the start
But stories pretty good
The Last Breath, it's dreadful. 💀 I wanted for it to end. So badly... 😭.
Waves (2019)
Exceptional movie. Highly recommend
