Last movie you saw and what you thought...

[ArmchairMillionaire]

I'd never heard of these movies until recently, so going to check out the first one.

The Minions are pretty funny, in an infantile humor kind of way.

 

[motley]

I'm not really a fan tbh, but I like animations in general and if it was well done, it's nothing I can't get past.

 

[Rianne]

I'll never get tired of Tombstone with Kurt Russell. Watched The Departed two or three times. Dune series, the recent ones. For a Christmas pick me up, Love Actually.

 

[Gumby]

On Netflix last night, I watched The Boys in the Boat, starring Joel Edgerton and Callum Turner, and directed by George Clooney. It is about the University of Washington crew team and their path to the 1936 Olympic gold medal in Men's Eight Crew. I enjoyed it.

 

[Maidensong]

We went to see Reagan last week. Really enjoyed the history bc at the time we were too busy raising kids to pay attention to things going on in the political arena. Telling the story through the POV of a KGB agent was an interesting twist. The DH wants to see it again!

 

[thod]

I also just saw Reagan in the theatre last weekend. I thought it was very well done and having a KGB agent drive the narrative made it interesting. They covered a lot of ground during the film, but seemed to cover just about everything and still gave you a feeling of what influenced him and how his governing philosophy was developed/evolved.

 

[Calico]

DW and I watched "The Big Sick" on Amazon Prime Video. Story is about a stand-up comedian, who is a Muslim, who falls in love with a white woman. This is forbidden by the guy's family because they are old school Muslims who believe in arranged marriages. The guy is conflicted about telling his folks about Emily or not rocking the boat. Meanwhile, his mother continues to have "marriage interview" dinners where she invites Muslim women over to meet her son, which only adds to his angst.

It's a movie that is hard to describe, being a comedy, a drama, a romance, etc. We both liked it. Was surprised to see Holly Hunter and Ray Romano in it. Romano does a good job as Emily's dad.

I really enjoyed The Big Sick. I've seen it twice on streaming; thanks for the reminder. I will add it to my list for a re-watch sometime this winter.

 

[CO-guy]

I watched the recently released "Civil War" on a flight on Friday. It was quite terrible with regard to the script, acting, and cinematography. Totally predictable and an overall low quality movie.

 

[Dtail]

Saw the "Perfect Couple" miniseries on Netflix. Enjoyed it a lot and did not guess the culprit until the very end.

 

[imjustawarrior]

I watched Reptile on Netflix last night. It was good enough to finish, but it was kind of slow. The ending was so so. I have no idea why the movie is called Reptile.

 

[motley]

Saw Despicable Me the other night. Good film and good family film too.

 

[Idnar7]

Any opinions on Peaky Blinders (Netflix)? I watched about 5 episodes but couldn't get into it. I know others say it is as good or better than the Sopranos. Might try again over this winter, but it is huge time comittment.

Also liked Poor Things with Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe. It was one of the weirdest movies ever.

 

[SecretlyFI]

I just watched Knox Goes Away on Max. Cleverly smart film that's also poignant. Several brilliant twists, which I enjoyed. Michael Keaton was very good in it, along with Al Pacino, Marcia Gay Harden and James Marsden.

 

[FlaGator]

Watched the 50th Anniversary of Blazing Saddles on the big screen Sunday. Great to see it again in a theater, the last time was the initial release. But many times at home since.

Mel Brooks skewered everyone in that movie. And as Lenord Matlin said in the opening, it would probably not be made today. Perhaps easier to take knowing Richard Pryor worked on the script. Many great one-liners. Glad I own the disc and can watch it when I please,

 

[Irishgirlyc58]

I watched the recently released "Civil War" on a flight on Friday. It was quite terrible with regard to the script, acting, and cinematography. Totally predictable and an overall low quality movie.

I watched it last Saturday night and have the same opinion.
Awful movie.

 

[Chuckanut]

Did I mention American Fiction? A great satire on race relations. And very humorous.

 

[timbervest]

I was wondering what the inflation adjusted ticket price for a movie is today compared to my youth. I went to the movies in 1970 for $3.00 which according to the BLS inflation calculator is equivalent to $24.98 today so pretty much the same.

 

[motley]

Since movie tickets are nowhere near that much, sounds like they're a much better deal now.

 

[gcgang]

Watched two movies on TCM yesterday as I’m laying in a hotel room waiting until I’m able to fly home from Oahu to Maui after detached retina surgery.
Enjoyed Dr Strangelove for about the tenth time. Peter Sellers and George C Scott!
Then a German movie from 2006 I’d never heard of, The Life of Others (Das Leben der Anderen). Totally blew me away, was so moved by the ending I was actually crying. Great movie set in East Berlin just before the wall comes down about the oppression of the Stasi and heroic actions of the people who deal with it.

 

[DrRoy]

Dune 2 - I'm sure a lot of people think it's great (along with Dune 1) but I liked the original movie better (closer to the book). Dune 2 looks like it's setting up for "Paul the Bad Guy", which didn't happen in the first book.

We read the book and watched ALL the movies recently. And read the next two Frank Herbert books too. That's really good writing. He must have had some of his own "mystical experiences" to come up with some of that material. But none of that comes across at all in the new movies, and not much in the original movie.

I'm not sure what "original movie" you are referring to. I don't recall an earlier Dune movie that was closer to the book. That being said, I see no reason for where the recent Dune movies diverged from the original story. There is no need to diverge from the original Herbert.

 

[Qs Laptop]

"To Have and Have Not", the first Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall film.

The plot seems a weak repeat of "Casablanca". Bogart plays an American in St. Martinique trying to stay out of WWII. He has a love interest in the smoldering Bacall. She's trying to leave the island but has no way out. He's got a boat. The bad guys (in this case Vichy France) has an interest in keeping them on the island.

The movie itself was not that remarkable. However, the chemistry between Bogart and Bacall is legendary. Clever, snappy dialogue throughout the movie. Also ten packs of cigarettes were smoked by each character. This is the movie with the famous line, "You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow." This was supposed to be a risque line back in the day, but nowadays it just seems nonsensical.

Recommended for the chemistry between the leads. The story itself is nothing special.

 

[Dtail]

I watched the recently released "Civil War" on a flight on Friday. It was quite terrible with regard to the script, acting, and cinematography. Totally predictable and an overall low quality movie.

Agree not a good movie, but its concept is a little more possible now. Likewise is "The Purge" so far fetched now?

 

[Texas Proud]

Well, just saw 'Am I a Racist'.... interesting movie but not as good as I was hoping it to be..

 

[Chuckanut]

Since movie tickets are nowhere near that much, sounds like they're a much better deal now.

Except that often the ticket often bought you two movies in what we called a Double Feature.

 

[Texas Proud]

Just saw Reagan.... it has the record as the largest gap between rotten tomatoes and whatever the other rating is on Fandango... 18% vs 98%...

I really liked the show... very well done IMO... I would recommend it..