The Films and Movies Thread

[colin007]

On 11/5/2021 at 2:32 PM, iacas said:

 

This was so good. I love the question that it leaves you with. He's such a wonderful actor, good to see him finally get the leading role he deserved

[nevets88]

Drive My Car - eagle. Thought I wrote about this already, saw it way back in late November or early December (took a chance seeing it in a theater but there were like 3 people in the screening, sitting far far away, lol), then again a couple of weeks ago when it streamed for free. So good. A treatise on dealing with loss, loved ones who wronged you, language, the melding of art and life. People complain about subtitles, see the super-titles with 5 languages shown in this movie. Also learned a little about a Chekhov play. Surprised something I like actually got recognition from the Oscars. A 3 hour movie that moved languidly but it was finished before you realized it. First movie I've seen that actually acknowledges the presence of the pandemic although subtle, but my movie watching has decreased significantly the past few years.

I've only seen four of the 10 best picture noms. Power of the Dog, Drive My Car, Nightmare Alley, and Dune. Could resubscribe to Apple and watch CODA and Macbeth. That's 6. West Side Story is coming to Hulu in March. Missed my chance to see King Richard, wasn't really too keen on watching that because I just don't like Hollywood biopics. Belfast/Pizza, meh. 7/10 is a lot of my taste intersecting with the Academy, although I really didn't want to watch Nightmare Alley.

 

[iacas]

5 hours ago, nevets88 said:

There was some celeb talk I don’t remember about Sean Young. Are there better spy movies sure but it wasn’t awful. 

Sean Young, meh.

And no, it wasn't awful, but it was pretty bad.

[iacas]

Jungle Cruise, par. Entertaining, just what you'd expect, not something I'll ever watch again. Passed the time.

[ChetlovesMer]

Death On The Nile, Birdie. 

I'd actually probably give it an Eagle. Because I really enjoyed it. However, it's probably not for everyone. I read all of the Hercule Poirot/Agatha Christie books as a kid. Many of them more than once. So, I'd consider myself a fan. I remember the 1978 version well. I saw it several times back day. BTW - Angela Lansbury is phenomenal in her like 20 minutes of screen time in that 1978 version. 

If you are a fan of Agatha Christie or if you like a mystery and don't know this story; I think you will really like this movie. If you are one of those people that hates remakes, you will hate this movie. Is it better than the 1978 version? .... The 1978 version is really good. This one is really good. ... I like them both. 

[iacas]

Best New Movies of 2022

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It's only February, but Joaquim Trier’s 'The Worst Person in the World' is this year's film to beat.

 

 

[iacas]

Finally:

And…

[Bucki1968]

Okay...The Batman. Birdie. Good movie. REALLY LONG.

[saevel25]

I will not see top gun 2 if it’s anything like the original. Can’t stand that movie. 

[iacas]

31 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

I will not see top gun 2 if it’s anything like the original. Can’t stand that movie. 

[boogielicious]

2 hours ago, saevel25 said:

I will not see top gun 2 if it’s anything like the original. Can’t stand that movie. 

The funny thing about the movie is the female character, Kelly McGillis, who was a flight instructor was based on a real person. My wife worked with an attorney whose son was at Top Gun school when they were making the movie. The female lead was originally going to be an aerobics instructor or something. The base commander suggested they change it to flight instructor because they had one on the base.

That being said, we rewatched the movie last year and it wasn’t as good was we remembered.

[nevets88]

Whatever your thoughts on Top Gun, there are some iconic lines that are part of American Pop Culture that you just cannot ignore.

Your ego is making out checks your body can't cash.

You can be my wingman any day.

On 2/25/2022 at 2:54 PM, iacas said:

Best New Movies of 2022

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It's only February, but Joaquim Trier’s 'The Worst Person in the World' is this year's film to beat.

 

 

These are all on my to watch list, just haven't gotten to them yet.

[iacas]

On 3/9/2022 at 11:01 AM, iacas said:

The Adam Project, par. It's exactly what you can expect from a Ryan Reynolds movie. Action, comedy, and nothing that will really offend anyone (Deadpool excepted here).

The plot is not great if you're a big "time travel rules" kind of person.

But… it was a "good" movie, just like par is a good score on any hole. It had the action, it had the comedy. It passed the time while entertaining.

Now I'm watching Top Gun, just to annoy @saevel25. Undoubtedly it's not as good as I want to remember it as being… but also, I loved fighter plane movies as a kid. I may just follow it up with some Iron Eagle.

[boogielicious]

29 minutes ago, iacas said:

Now I'm watching Top Gun, just to annoy @saevel25.

Ha ha!

[iacas]

Top Gun, birdie. Take a suck of that @saevel25.

It's a bit cheesy. Okay, it's quite cheesy.

But it nails the flying stuff, and it's perhaps the best fighter pilot/fighter plane movie out there. I watched it at just the right age, but I'm nearly 44 now (12 days), and it was still good.

[jmanbooyaa]

Street Kings. Easy birdie. Good fun bad cop needing redemption movie. Cast is solid also. Keanu is the man before John Wick. 

[colin007]

CODA was wonderful

[nevets88]

Everything Everywhere All at Once was bonkers crazy, it was a little too much at times, but totally worth a theater visit. Birdie.