Rate The Last Movie You Saw - 2

[Tortorella's Rant]

56 minutes ago, BoKnows said:

The Big Short 8.5/10

 

Awesome     scary movie

 

[Monty]

Been watching a lot of movies over the past couple days, with the wife out of town for the week. Tonight, it was:

 

Relic (2020)

 

Third horror movie in the last week. This one was great, although not your standard “scary” movie. Here, all the scary bits are a metaphor for a family member slowly losing their mind with dementia. It’s a touching film, with good performances.

 

Worth watching if you like horror movies and particularly if you’ve had someone close who’s suffered from dementia.

 

[BoKnows]

11 hours ago, Tortorella's Rant said:

The Big Short 8.5/10

 

Awesome     scary movie

Really put into perspective how powerful big banks are.

[Monty]

Princess Mononoke

 

After watching “Spirited Away”, decided to watch more of Hayao Miyazaki’s movies, now going to his other heralded masterpiece, “Princess Mononoke”. I think this movie is a lot easier to follow than Spirited Away, as the story doesn’t have as much going on, although there are still 4-5 themes being conveyed. However, the story is much more linear, the lore, while still obviously Japanese, is a lot easier for those not familiar with Japanese culture to pick up and follow.
 

However, unlike “Spirited Away”, which I would not have a problem showing an 8 year old, there is no world where I would show this movie to anyone under the age of 12, unless the child was emotionally mature enough to handle the violence being shown, but even then.

 

One thing I did do differently was watch this with subtitles, instead of the English dub, which I did with Spirited Away. That also seems to have been a much better choice. When I watch SA again, I’ll go that route, as I think messages must not be translated properly to the English dub.

 

All in all, beautiful watch. Love the imagery, the messages, and the score.

 

[Monty]

On 7/2/2020 at 3:16 PM, Down by the River said:

Coherence: 10/10

 

I think this was my third time re-watching. Probably my favorite low-budget film of all time. Rather than give actors a script, the director gave them cue cards with 'goals for the day' and just let them act out the scene in whatever way came naturally. One of the actors was also the writer of the script and so was able to sometimes steer scenes in the direction they wanted things to go in. Not bad for a movie shot in 5 days on a $50,000 budget, $8,000 of which was spent on a wig they had to buy because they had to do some reshoots and the actor cut her hair. 

 

I haven't talked at all about the plot because it is really just something you need to watch. 

Totally forgot that I had watched this a number of years ago. Just saw the trailer on Amazon Prime and instantly remembered it. Great movie.

[BoKnows]

The nun.

3/10 too predictable

[Monty]

Transylvania 6-5000

 

Lol. Wow, this movie was so, so stupid. I can’t really say it’s so dumb it’s funny, it’s just really stupid. We watched it at midnight a few nights ago, which I’m sure played into why we liked it so much.

 

[Gurn]

Greyhound

Tom Hanks, destroyer captain of a ww2 convoy escort.

Spoiler

Hated the music when submarines were shown, had to turn down the sound every time- and it was always the same music.

not so sure that subs would deliberately try trapping and torpedoing the destroyer escorts, when juicy tankers and freighter were much easier targets.

 

 

Based on the book "The Good Shepard" by C. F. Forrester.

7.5/10- read spoiler for why so low.

[D-Money]

Tag - /10

 

Started off dumb but slightly funny, but just got dumber and humourless as it went on. Worst of all, it became mean-spirited, the exact opposite of its supposed message and central plot device. Couldn’t finish it.

(Do Hollywood writers not even know how friendship works?)

 

Edited July 22, 2020 by D-Money

[Monty]

20 minutes ago, D-Money said:

Do Hollywood writers not even know how friendship works?)

They don’t know how anything “normal” works. One of the most tired tropes in Hollywood movies is the father who works long hours, but is portrayed as someone who hates his kid and doesn’t love his family at all, only to “learn” that there is more to life than work. Please. I’m pretty sure majority of father’s want nothing more than to be around their families, but the, oh what’s the word, “responsibly” of providing for your family and keeping them alive is also kind of important.

[McBackup]

The Nun

 

4/10

 

I've already forgotten it. This movie felt like one long Diablo cutscene that is worse than what the Blizzard cinematics team can actually pull off.

Edited July 22, 2020 by Bitter Melon

[D-Money]

14 minutes ago, Monty said:

They don’t know how anything “normal” works. One of the most tired tropes in Hollywood movies is the father who works long hours, but is portrayed as someone who hates his kid and doesn’t love his family at all, only to “learn” that there is more to life than work. Please. I’m pretty sure majority of father’s want nothing more than to be around their families, but the, oh what’s the word, “responsibly” of providing for your family and keeping them alive is also kind of important.

[Psycho_Path]

On 7/18/2020 at 4:32 PM, Monty said:

Princess Mononoke

 

After watching “Spirited Away”, decided to watch more of Hayao Miyazaki’s movies, now going to his other heralded masterpiece, “Princess Mononoke”. I think this movie is a lot easier to follow than Spirited Away, as the story doesn’t have as much going on, although there are still 4-5 themes being conveyed. However, the story is much more linear, the lore, while still obviously Japanese, is a lot easier for those not familiar with Japanese culture to pick up and follow.
 

However, unlike “Spirited Away”, which I would not have a problem showing an 8 year old, there is no world where I would show this movie to anyone under the age of 12, unless the child was emotionally mature enough to handle the violence being shown, but even then.

 

One thing I did do differently was watch this with subtitles, instead of the English dub, which I did with Spirited Away. That also seems to have been a much better choice. When I watch SA again, I’ll go that route, as I think messages must not be translated properly to the English dub.

 

All in all, beautiful watch. Love the imagery, the messages, and the score.

 

My personal favorite of Miyazaki's. Ya, you really need to watch those movies subbed. The voice acting from the Japanese actors is much better than the English counterparts for the most part, for instance, Billy Bob Thorton does one of the voices in the English version of this. Doesn't match the character he's voicing at all IMO.

[Monty]

5 minutes ago, Psycho_Path said:

Billy Bob Thorton does one of the voices in the English version of this. Doesn't match the character he's voicing at all IMO.

I didn’t watch it with the English dubbed voices, and part of the what prompted it was that I heard Billy Bob Thorton was particularly bad at his version. 

[Monty]

My Neighbour Totoro 

 

I’d have to rewatch Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke a few more times each, but I loved this one the most of the 3. With a 4 year old daughter myself, and with a very similar attitude to the 4 year old (Mei) in this film, my wife and I kept pausing it and discussing how great the movie was in its accuracy in capturing how families really talk and cope with a potential tragedy in their life.

This was so cute and fun. Perfect in every way.

 

Edited July 30, 2020 by Monty

[D-Money]

Thor Ragnarok - 8.5/10

 

Easily the most entertaining of all the Superhero movies. Even on my 3rd watch it was a blast.

 

Edited July 25, 2020 by D-Money

[WilliG]

Ex Machina. A masterpiece of a film.

[Monty]

Ponyo

 

Continuing my Hayao Miyazaki “phase”. Ponyo was easily, out of the 3 I’ve watched prior (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbour Totoro) the most appropriate for a small child to watch. I watched 40 minutes and then restarted it when my 4 year old came in. For those that haven’t seen it, it’s essentially The Little Mermaid, but not awful. Major tweaks to everything else, so it’s far less one dimensional, and a better message for kids. Very cute. Immediately after watching it my daughter wanted to see it again.

 

[Shift-4]

Watched Batman Begins in theatre on Sunday. 

Still the best Batman movie

[Monty]

8 hours ago, Shift-4 said:

Watched Batman Begins in theatre on Sunday. 

Still the best Batman movie

I’ve always thought Begins was better than Dark Knight. While a very, very fun movie (Knight), the overall story is quite thin, and hinges entirely on a captivating performance by Ledger. Begins is everything a comic book movie should be when telling an origin story, and Nolan really nailed it.

 

I honestly cannot wait for Zach Snyder’s Justice League cut to finally be released next year on HBO Max, just so the thousands of nerds who’ve been clamouring for it can be silenced in how awful his version will also be. Snyder is such an awful writer and director.

Edited July 30, 2020 by Monty