NOW CLOSED ; List some movies you've watched recently. Theatre, rental, TV... and give a */10

[Muse]

Boo, finish those shows first.

I gotta put a hold on all 3 shows right now. Need to upgrade my computers, figure to go to Win10 while still free (i.e. before July 30).

 

[DigDog]

i'm watching The Graduate. This guy is 30yo, looks 40, and they're trying to pass him off for 20yo, and an immature 20yo at that.
While i might enjoy the timewarp back to big clunky plastic phones and smoking on airplanes, i can't help but focus on how horribly miscast Dustin Hoffman is in this film; the relationship between young and inexperienced guy and strong willed but unstable emotional cougar just does not work. Can't believe this is the film that launched his career.

Wound up watching this today for the first time because D.H. was also in Outbreak, which i saw yesterday. Cheesy film but imho he's actually better in that one rather than this.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Revenge of Billy the Kid 4.5/10
This is a very classy movie about a family of British hick farmers living on a island. One of them decides their goat is pretty good looking which results in a goat human hybrid monster that goes on a killing spree. There are some fun scenes in this movie but overall it is pretty bleh.

 

[purbeast0]

I didn't think the acting was any worse than any other typical TV series I've seen, though I've only watched the first episode and I wasn't paying strict attention to it. We'll see, though.



I like Pandorum a lot. And yeah Ben Foster is on my man crush list. :awe:

acting in the first ep isn't really as bad because they aren't in full blown middle eastern mode yet. just wait, you will see. the handful of only decent actors include basam and his wife, which i believe are in a lot of the first episode if i remember correctly. as for acting in general, that show by far has the worst acting i've seen on an FX show. usually the acting is really good on them.

Triple 9 - 6/10 - it was alright. kind of an odd paced movie with quite a bit of bs in it, but it was entertaining. ended kinda blah and abruptly.

 

[KeithTalent]

i'm watching The Graduate. This guy is 30yo, looks 40, and they're trying to pass him off for 20yo, and an immature 20yo at that.
While i might enjoy the timewarp back to big clunky plastic phones and smoking on airplanes, i can't help but focus on how horribly miscast Dustin Hoffman is in this film; the relationship between young and inexperienced guy and strong willed but unstable emotional cougar just does not work. Can't believe this is the film that launched his career.

Wound up watching this today for the first time because D.H. was also in Outbreak, which i saw yesterday. Cheesy film but imho he's actually better in that one rather than this.

I watched this for the first time a little while back. I really disliked it and you are 100% right about Hoffman. Love the guy, but he was out of place here.

KT

 

[DigDog]

is there a way to see only my own posts from only this thread? i think it's time i did a "one year in film", and review the best films of last year.

i use this thread often to go back to older pages, and find films i didn't catch; i figured making a list of my own films could be useful.

 

[purbeast0]

is there a way to see only my own posts from only this thread? i think it's time i did a "one year in film", and review the best films of last year.

i use this thread often to go back to older pages, and find films i didn't catch; i figured making a list of my own films could be useful.

top of the page, "search this thread" button and go to advanced. it lets you search by user.

 

[SKORPI0]

Funny Korean movie.... :awe:

A Tale of Legendary Libido (2008) 6/10

This is raunchy American Pie-esque sex comedy done Korean style...in period setting! Byun is the village idiot and women constantly ridicule him for his impotence.
That is until one day a monk teaches him the power of never-ending erection! When all the men are sent off to war, Byun is the lone male left to satisfy the unyielding libido of the village harlots.

scene from movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT4DZTbruOs (NSFW)
Full movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76BU0MQu8gw (110 min)

 

[DigDog]

top of the page, "search this thread" button and go to advanced. it lets you search by user.

cool!

A Tale of Legendary Libido (2008) 6/10

very cool!!

this might be next on my list.

 

[Muse]

i'm watching The Graduate. This guy is 30yo, looks 40, and they're trying to pass him off for 20yo, and an immature 20yo at that.
While i might enjoy the timewarp back to big clunky plastic phones and smoking on airplanes, i can't help but focus on how horribly miscast Dustin Hoffman is in this film; the relationship between young and inexperienced guy and strong willed but unstable emotional cougar just does not work. Can't believe this is the film that launched his career.

Wound up watching this today for the first time because D.H. was also in Outbreak, which i saw yesterday. Cheesy film but imho he's actually better in that one rather than this.

I rewatched The Graduate 10 years ago and was turned off by D.H's portrayal of Ben. It worked for me beautifully when it first came out, however. So, I think that time has spoiled it somehow.

College age or especially high school aged people are routinely cast by older actors.

The ending of The Graduate is still one of the greatest ever. The Simon and Garfunkel score was fantastic.

 

[DigDog]

do you mean, the tragic ending? there is no happy ending in The Graduate.

main theme from the graduate:

Mrs Robinson confesses to Ben that she married without love; she did this because she was pregnant and the 50s society around her led her to make this choice.
This is the same kind of society which makes Ben's father force Ben into the ridiculous scuba suit gag, and which makes Mr Robinson pressure Ben into accepting his "like a son" role, and makes him blind to Mrs Robinson's problems.

When Elaine is running away from the church her mother tell her "it's too late", Elaine says "not for me".

When they get on the bus, Ben realizes that he is making the same mistake as Mrs Robinson did; he doesn't love Elaine, he just wants to get married. Elaine too wants to run away from herself, and shares Ben's sentiments when she sees his expression on the bus. Ben and Elaine are just as much a product of their society as Mrs Robinson is, and will fail in the same way.


i cannot understand how roger ebert called this film "the funniest comedy of the year" and managed to keep his job. The Graduate is a sad, depressing, grim film of how the imposed behaviours of the time destroy people's spirit.

 

[zerocool84]

The Purge: Election Year 6/10

Took a girl to the drive in to see this last night, and with all the the other good movies out, this is what she wanted to see so whatever.

I've seen the first one but not the second one.

For what it is, it's a fine movie. It's violence porn, basically where you see lots of people getting killed in graphic ways. You can't go in expecting more. Honestly the reason why I thought it was ok was that they did a decent job of weaving in the political madness we are going through today into the movie which unless you follow politics, you won't get it. Other than that you have to go in with minimal expectations and it will hit that mark.

 

[Pandasaurus]

I watched "In The Valley Of Elah", entirely because of Tommy Lee Jones (selection of his movies on Netflix leaves much to be desired). It wasn't terrible. No U.S. Marshals/The Fugitive, of course. If I had to rate it... I dunno, 5/10?

I also watched "Point and Shoot", which was quite possibly the worst thing to be called a "documentary". Nothing wrong with the movie per se, it just had no actual value as a documentary. It was more of a "LOOK AT ME! I'M AWESOME AND HAVE VIDEO FOR PROOF!!" sort of film. I probably should have stopped after the first 10-20 minutes, but it was like a trainwreck. I had to watch.

Rating as a documentary: 1/10
Rating as a movie for entertainment: 2.5/10
Rating if you're watching it because you can't find anything else to watch: 5/10

 

[Charmonium]

Stan Lee's Lucky Man 8/10

It's about a detective with a gambling problem who comes to possess a lucky bracelet. But there's actually a whole lot more to the story. This is easily on a par with Dare Devil or Jessica Jones and probably a lot better.

I'm only halfway through but I love it. And James Nesbitt, as always, is spectacular.

 

[Charmonium]

Has anyone watched All Or Nothing on Amazon - it looks like a reality type show featuring the Arizona Cardinals.

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01GF3WJ2C/ref=atv_hm_hom_1_c_s9ptoaec_4_1

 

[sdifox]

Good Morning Call 8/10. Romcom series based on comic book. I am laughing my head off, maybe a bit too juvenile for grownups :biggrin:

 

[DigDog]

omg.

i watched the "previously on.." section of Suits, first episode of season 6. I had not watched any of season 5 because the show took a bad turn somewhere.

just in the first couple of minutes, i was so shocked i turned it off; when did this nice, uplifting show about a wonder kid became this tragic, cringey drama? And why?

I want to see GeniusKid and SuperLawyer beat up bad guys, not get beaten up themselves.

 

[TwiceOver]

omg.

i watched the "previously on.." section of Suits, first episode of season 6. I had not watched any of season 5 because the show took a bad turn somewhere.

just in the first couple of minutes, i was so shocked i turned it off; when did this nice, uplifting show about a wonder kid became this tragic, cringey drama? And why?

I want to see GeniusKid and SuperLawyer beat up bad guys, not get beaten up themselves.

This is entirely what is wrong with Suits. It's like USA said "OK you have to wrap this up by season 4-5" and they blew their story up to do it. They could have done multiple seasons of actual lawyer stuff and taken care of this in the last half of whatever will be the final season.

 

[Homerboy]

Elstree 1976 -- 7/10

Basically, this is a simple documentary of a handful of people that were more or less extras in the original Star Wars (though it does include David Prowse too). It basically just covers how they stumbled into the part, what it was like filming and the aftermath of being even remotely related to the movie itself.

Admittedly I'm a Star Wars nerd, so my level of interest was a little higher than your normal man off the street I'd figure. But it was interesting to see the "hierarchy" of these extras and how even playing a bit role in the movie has changed their lives.

 

[William Gaatjes]

7/10
The Conjuring

It had some scary moments, but it looks like that these days, horror movies are made for sissies by sissies. A lot of horror movies on netflix should not even be in the horror section. Bunch of Nancies. D:

Where are the days of Hellraiser, Event Horizon, The excorcist. Even Freddy Krueger was way more scary then what is out today. The only decent horror movie that has come out over the years was Mirrors and the Grudge. Oh yeah, Book of blood is also decent.

 

[Ichinisan]

7/10
The Conjuring

It had some scary moments, but it looks like that these days, horror movies are made for sissies by sissies. A lot of horror movies on netflix should not even be in the horror section. Bunch of Nancies. D:

Where are the days of Hellraiser, Event Horizon, The excorcist. Even Freddy Krueger was way more scary then what is out today. The only decent horror movie that has come out over the years was Mirrors and the Grudge. Oh yeah, Book of blood is also decent.

It was better than I thought a PG-13 rated horror movie could possibly be.

 

[KeithTalent]

7/10
The Conjuring

It had some scary moments, but it looks like that these days, horror movies are made for sissies by sissies. A lot of horror movies on netflix should not even be in the horror section. Bunch of Nancies. D:

Where are the days of Hellraiser, Event Horizon, The excorcist. Even Freddy Krueger was way more scary then what is out today. The only decent horror movie that has come out over the years was Mirrors and the Grudge. Oh yeah, Book of blood is also decent.

You were also likely a lot younger when you saw those other movies, that may have something to do with it.

I enjoyed The Conjuring. Not really scary, though it did have that creepy doll which is something that always seems to work on me. :hmm: Mainly I just enjoyed watching Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga.

KT

 

[RossMAN]

Stan Lee's Lucky Man 8/10

It's about a detective with a gambling problem who comes to possess a lucky bracelet. But there's actually a whole lot more to the story. This is easily on a par with Dare Devil or Jessica Jones and probably a lot better.

I'm only halfway through but I love it. And James Nesbitt, as always, is spectacular.

Where did you find it? I can't find it on Netflix/Prime

 

[William Gaatjes]

It was better than I thought a PG-13 rated horror movie could possibly be.

It had some scary moments.

You were also likely a lot younger when you saw those other movies, that may have something to do with it.

I enjoyed The Conjuring. Not really scary, though it did have that creepy doll which is something that always seems to work on me. :hmm: Mainly I just enjoyed watching Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga.

KT

I liked the movie too, but i did not get scared. And i know possession movies always creep under my skin for it supposed to be beyond our known laws of nature.
I guess indeed when younger, less life experience makes a difference...

 

[JEDI]

Where did you find it? I can't find it on Netflix/Prime

The bay famous for pirates may have it.
as well as it's kickass competitor.

10 episodes