What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

**Frownland** · 03-14-2018, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Went to see The Shape of Water with a friend yesterday.

I didn't really like it.

Not surprised tbh.

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~~MicShazam~~ · 03-14-2018, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Not surprised tbh.

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Probably still better than Black Panther, which was the other option.

**Frownland** · 03-14-2018, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Probably still better than Black Panther, which was the other option.

A love story between a black panther and a fishman sounds pretty cool though.

Chula Vista · 03-14-2018, 09:56 PM

Finally got around to Gerald's Game.

King was once asked early on my he wrote such creepy and disturbing stories. He replied, "What makes you think I have a choice?"

**Frownland** · 03-14-2018, 10:19 PM

A couple that I watched recently

A Perfect Day

Aid workers in Yugoslavia try to get a body out of a well but get wrangled in UN red tape. It was just alright. Well shot with some interesting and funny parts, but it was also full of moments that were more annoying and forced than funny. The movie is engaging enough to watch to overlook that though. What was distractingly bad was the soundtrack. It was like they had just tossed on a satellite radio station that the director or producer dug during moments that necessitated a song change. If that aspect of the movie wasn't so goddamn ****ty, then it would have another star, but until this film gets a remix it's a 3/5.

Nocturama

Existentialist thriller about French domestic terrorists committing an attack and hiding out in a shopping mall. Potential moral qualms of sympathizing terrorists through dramatization aside, this was one of the most suspenseful and tense films that I've ever seen. Great acting and well shot.

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I don't have a clear outcome on what this movie is trying to say and I kind of like that since it gives me something to think about. Interested on your thoughts on this. Gonna go with a 4.20/5

~~MicShazam~~ · 03-15-2018, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

A couple that I watched recently

A Perfect Day

Aid workers in Yugoslavia try to get a body out of a well but get wrangled in UN red tape. It was just alright. Well shot with some interesting and funny parts, but it was also full of moments that were more annoying and forced than funny. The movie is engaging enough to watch to overlook that though. What was distractingly bad was the soundtrack. It was like they had just tossed on a satellite radio station that the director or producer dug during moments that necessitated a song change. If that aspect of the movie wasn't so goddamn ****ty, then it would have another star, but until this film gets a remix it's a 3/5.

I saw this one back when it ran in theaters. I don't remember anything about the soundtrack, but I do remember feeling like especially a lot of the attempts at humor and quirkiness missed the mark. I still liked it. It's uneven, but has some strong bits.

**Frownland** · 03-19-2018, 10:57 PM

Tarde para la ira (The Fury of a Patient Man)

Genre-bending, gritty, great cinematography. The ending could have used some work since it definitely felt underdeveloped, but it was still a really great watch regardless. 4/5

Trollheart · 03-20-2018, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

A love story between a black panther and a fishman sounds pretty cool though.

Yeah...

Plankton · 03-22-2018, 07:13 AM

If you're a fan of Spinal Tap-ish humor, or a drummer, or an aspiring drummer, or possibly you just love playing air drums or anything else, or maybe you're just bored, or all of the above, this is a great way to spend 90 minutes:

~~Dude111~~ · 03-22-2018, 02:39 PM

I last watched BLUE STREAK (1999) on VHS

The Copy I have is a preview of the movie.... It was recorded IN A MOVIE THEATHER and to be honest is the nicest copy of this movie I have ever seen! (Its a little dark but thats cause of how they had the camera pointed towards the screen)

03-14-2018, 09:56 PM	#21164 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Finally got around to Gerald's Game. King was once asked early on my he wrote such creepy and disturbing stories. He replied, "What makes you think I have a choice?" __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

03-14-2018, 10:19 PM	#21165 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	A couple that I watched recently A Perfect Day Aid workers in Yugoslavia try to get a body out of a well but get wrangled in UN red tape. It was just alright. Well shot with some interesting and funny parts, but it was also full of moments that were more annoying and forced than funny. The movie is engaging enough to watch to overlook that though. What was distractingly bad was the soundtrack. It was like they had just tossed on a satellite radio station that the director or producer dug during moments that necessitated a song change. If that aspect of the movie wasn't so goddamn **ty, then it would have another star, but until this film gets a remix it's a 3/5. Nocturama Existentialist thriller about French domestic terrorists committing an attack and hiding out in a shopping mall. Potential moral qualms of sympathizing terrorists through dramatization aside, this was one of the most suspenseful and tense films that I've ever seen. Great acting and well shot. Spoiler** for .: The subtitles could have been poorly done (the facebook post one of them was reading wasn't translated at all), but it seemed like the attack wasn't ever rationalized by the characters. That could have been unintentional or a conscious decision by the director to explore the psychological drives behind committing an attack like this. That would be consistent with the ending where their attack ends up not having any real effect or meaning, which I do think was done intentionally. I think that the girl saying that it was bound to happen was to double down on the meaninglessness of their attack, because people were already conscious of a lot of the issues that motivated the terrorist's actions. Maybe the director was implying that the government/symbols that they're rebelling against are hated on an unspoken level that they caused to become a spoken issue with their attack, that it wasn't exactly pointless. I don't have a clear outcome on what this movie is trying to say and I kind of like that since it gives me something to think about. Interested on your thoughts on this. Gonna go with a 4.20/5 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-19-2018, 10:57 PM	#21167 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Tarde para la ira (The Fury of a Patient Man) Genre-bending, gritty, great cinematography. The ending could have used some work since it definitely felt underdeveloped, but it was still a really great watch regardless. 4/5 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-22-2018, 07:13 AM	#21169 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	If you're a fan of Spinal Tap-ish humor, or a drummer, or an aspiring drummer, or possibly you just love playing air drums or anything else, or maybe you're just bored, or all of the above, this is a great way to spend 90 minutes: __________________ See location...

03-22-2018, 02:39 PM	#21170 (permalink)
~~Dude111~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 758	I last watched BLUE STREAK (1999) on VHS The Copy I have is a preview of the movie.... It was recorded IN A MOVIE THEATHER and to be honest is the nicest copy of this movie I have ever seen! (Its a little dark but thats cause of how they had the camera pointed towards the screen)