What was the last movie you watched?

[Mountains#41]

Originally Posted by clayj41

I think there's definitely been a trend in this direction, but I've also adjusted my expectations accordingly. Most movies fail to present their themes and ideas in an impactful fashion anyway, to the point where sometimes it's enough if you can immerse me in an interesting world for a couple of hours.

I'm getting vibier and vibier the older I get, but that admittedly doesn't always yield a worthwhile viewing experience.

Agreed! And certainly doesn't entice me to a theater by any means. I can accept it on the couch and watch it in parts or at my leisure.

I don't know if this is a trend or just what directors and producers think people want or might get awards. It's just odd more than anything.

I don't really want a snapshot in time of something going on. I personally prefer a beginning, middle and end with a solid plot. Not saying all great movies are done this way, but when I consider my faves, most are.

Otherwise, it feels like your catching episode 5 of a 10 episode series, but you don't really know the beginning and haven't seen the end. It's a lazy way to do things in my opinion. Where you want to capture something, but don't really have a specific story to tell so you just do it in the snapshot way.

[scrock25]

I figured that the number one spot would have gone to that piece of shit movie The Tree Of Life.

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by Rodey

I figured #1 on that list from Indie Wire was going to be the biggest piece of shit movie of all time: Tree of Life.

Originally Posted by scrock25

I figured that the number one spot would have gone to that piece of shit movie The Tree Of Life.

#1 in my heart, #1 in your farts.

[scrock25]

I didn’t even see Rodney’s post

[Useliteski]

I'm already starting to get in the mood for some Halloween movies. It's been cool and stormy the last couple nights despite still being hot during the day. Might throw on something fun but still spooky tonight, haven't decided yet.

[Rodey]

Originally Posted by scrock25

I didn’t even see Rodney’s post

My fucking guy

[K270]

Originally Posted by Mountains#41

I used to love this movie. For some reason it was an action movie my parents let me watch. I think I recorded the edited TV version to VHS, so it was cleaned up by my parents standards.

It's actually a really tame action movie. Not super violent. I bet the only reason it gets an R rating is because of the dance in the hotel suite. If that came out today, I bet it would get a PG-13 rating.

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by Useliteski

I'm already starting to get in the mood for some Halloween movies. It's been cool and stormy the last couple nights despite still being hot during the day. Might throw on something fun but still spooky tonight, haven't decided yet.

I used to wait until September 1st to go into full Halloween mode, but life's too short for me not to treat every day like Halloween.

[AlpineValley804]

I didn’t count it out, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I have seen less than half from that list, and probably 25-30 I haven’t even heard of.

[BotheLaneFan]

Speed Racer at 100 already makes this list invalid. Jesus.

[BotheLaneFan]

Miami Vice and OCEAN’S TWELVE make this even worse. The people who made Ocean’s Twelve think it’s fucking terrible. Ffs

[BotheLaneFan]

80-60 is better so far. Shout out to having Bamboozled (which should be way higher, alone with Tenenbaums but whatever).

[Useliteski]

I was just kind of roll my eyes at "top whatever it is" movie lists. The author is just going to list movies that they like. Always.

[BotheLaneFan]

“Being objective” on picking the top movie of the 00’s leads to a few choice that “should” be there:

You can put these ten in any order and you did fine. I don’t even like a few of them all that much (or at all) but they “should” be there. Or at least they feel the most right to me.

Mulholland Dr
Spirited Away
In the Mood for Love
Talk to Her
The Departed
There Will be Blood
Lost in Translation
LOTR (easier to count them as one whole imo)
Oldboy
The Dark Knight

There’s other stuff you can put in there obviously, but I think these best represent the major pockets of the 00’s.

[Useliteski]

Originally Posted by BotheLaneFan

“Being objective” on picking the top movie of the 00’s leads to a few choice that “should” be there:

You can put these ten in any order and you did fine. I don’t even like a few of them all that much (or at all) but they “should” be there. Or at least they feel the most right to me.

Mulholland Dr
Spirited Away
In the Mood for Love
Talk to Her
The Departed
There Will be Blood
Lost in Translation
LOTR (easier to count them as one whole imo)
Oldboy
The Dark Knight

There’s other stuff you can put in there obviously, but I think these best represent the major pockets of the 00’s.

These are absolutely some Pinnacle movies from this era. Agreed on almost all counts

[Benny003]

The Bikeriders

I was happy to see this was on Peacock already since I had been wanting to see it. I enjoyed it for what it was. Jodie Comer was fantastic in it. She really nailed a lot of the midwest mannerisms. It was a well paced movie. I wish it had gone a little deeper than surface level in some of the things. There were a lot of interesting ideas to explore there that just didn't get explored. Like why exactly did Johnny want a club at all and why did motorcycle clubs in that era trend toward violence and crime? I do like exploring a idea of how groups can start as one simple thing, then grow and turn into something completely unintended and uncontrollable. It's very interesting how group dynamics work like that. There are a lot of examples like that in the world.

[smokew11]

Instigators. That just wasn't good. Chemistry between Affleck and Damon was great but the story was shit. I thought it was going to be more semi-serious but everything about it was nonsensical

Maybe not a great idea to do a Boston heist movie after The Town

[OK_Ant]

Perfect Skin (2018)

A tattoo artist goes nuts. Not bad.

[ricky towel]

The Bikeriders.

I liked it quite a bit. I grew up around bikers.

[OK_Ant]

Hey, I was wrong. Robin Williams died on the 11th of August in 2014. Why did I think it was the 14th? Anyway, gonna watch some of his movies. Ones I haven't seen yet.

[scrock25]

So have there been any announcements regarding a sequel to Alien Romulus called Alien Remus?

[AlpineValley804]

Been on a minor Scorsese kick and watched Goodfellas the other night for the first time on 4k. This was a new steelbook edition that was just released, but I don't believe it was a new transfer from the one that was released when 4k just started becoming a thing circa 2015. A lot of reviews cite the 4k disc as being a bit of a disappointment and not much of an upgrade from the blu-ray. For me, I never watched it on blu-ray - I only had the snap case DVD I bought in my early college years, so I thought this was an absolutely massive upgrade from what I had for the better part of 2 decades and is easily one of my favorite 4k purchases that I have made since I started upgrading my personal collection. I thought the picture quality was absolutely gorgeous, and even further highlighted how beautifully shot this film is.

And the movie itself, is of course, an absolute masterpiece. I also recently rewatched Taxi Driver, which I absolutely adore and have considered to be his best for a very long time, but this revisit of Goodfellas has me debating that question again. They're basically 1a and 1b. Just cinematic perfection on every level.

[JimBeam41]

Originally Posted by Benny003

The Bikeriders

I was happy to see this was on Peacock already since I had been wanting to see it. I enjoyed it for what it was. Jodie Comer was fantastic in it. She really nailed a lot of the midwest mannerisms. It was a well paced movie. I wish it had gone a little deeper than surface level in some of the things. There were a lot of interesting ideas to explore there that just didn't get explored. Like why exactly did Johnny want a club at all and why did motorcycle clubs in that era trend toward violence and crime? I do like exploring a idea of how groups can start as one simple thing, then grow and turn into something completely unintended and uncontrollable. It's very interesting how group dynamics work like that. There are a lot of examples like that in the world.

I wanted to like this movie, i watched it last night, it had the look of a movie i would love, but the story was pretty blah to me. Just seemed like a lot of potential with the cast/director/setting, but it was average to me.

[Benny003]

Originally Posted by JimBeam41

I wanted to like this movie, i watched it last night, it had the look of a movie i would love, but the story was pretty blah to me. Just seemed like a lot of potential with the cast/director/setting, but it was average to me.

That's fair. I thought the story was a little thin as well, but I enjoyed other aspects of it enough that I still enjoyed it overall.

[OK_Ant]

Popeye was cute. Great to see Paul L. Smith in another movie. Shelley Duvall was fantastic.

Moscow on the Hudson was more dramatic than I expected. And touching.

It's still really a shame what happened to Robin Williams.

[Benny003]

I couldn't decide what to watch last night, but I knew I wanted an easy popcorn movie, so I rewatched Days of Thunder (on 4K blu-ray). It hit the spot. Sound is pretty damn good on it as the cars fly by they go around the surround channels and there is some deep bass as well. I can't believe how different Nicole Kidman looks in it compared to now. Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Michael Rooker, John C. Reilly, Cary Elwes, and Nicole Kidman? Not to mention Hans Zimmer on the music with all the wailing guitars?! Can't go wrong.

[OK_Ant]

Originally Posted by Benny003

I couldn't decide what to watch last night, but I knew I wanted an easy popcorn movie, so I rewatched Days of Thunder (on 4K blu-ray). It hit the spot. Sound is pretty damn good on it as the cars fly by they go around the surround channels and there is some deep bass as well. I can't believe how different Nicole Kidman looks in it compared to now. Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Michael Rooker, John C. Reilly, Cary Elwes, and Nicole Kidman? Not to mention Hans Zimmer on the music with all the wailing guitars?! Can't go wrong.

Haven't seen this one. But Elton John has a great song on the soundtrack.

[Benny003]

Originally Posted by OK_Ant

Haven't seen this one. But Elton John has a great song on the soundtrack.

I had no idea. If that song is played in the movie, I don't know where.

[oasisfan35]

Originally Posted by Benny003

I couldn't decide what to watch last night, but I knew I wanted an easy popcorn movie, so I rewatched Days of Thunder (on 4K blu-ray). It hit the spot. Sound is pretty damn good on it as the cars fly by they go around the surround channels and there is some deep bass as well. I can't believe how different Nicole Kidman looks in it compared to now. Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Michael Rooker, John C. Reilly, Cary Elwes, and Nicole Kidman? Not to mention Hans Zimmer on the music with all the wailing guitars?! Can't go wrong.

Absolutely adore this film... and I mean, Duvall in anything.

When I was (foot) racing this was always the film to watch the night before.

[Route_2]

Has anyone seen Man from Reno?

It's on Amazon Prime and I just threw it on today for no particular reason. Really liked it. Kind of a noiry detective story with two plot lines, one in mostly Japanese, that eventually intersect. Thought it was really well done.