What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

jadis · 02-16-2023, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Mojo

^^Yeah. seriously I was a little unprepared for such an impactful ending. It just didn't seem as though it was going to really have one.

I crossed another film off the bucket list of films that other people are angry I haven't seen yet last night. I kinda figured I'd love this one and I did. Even though I'm not huge on war films, this was one of the visually stunning films I've ever seen.

I could've done without Dennis Hopper doing his usual thing

**Frownland** · 02-20-2023, 10:25 PM

Missing

A story about a girl trying to locate her missing mother. Exclusively shown on a computer screen jumping back and forth between messages, videos, security cameras, facetime calls, internet posts, etc. Could easily be gimmicky, but it was handled with enough care to pull it off. They take a very Hitchcock meets telanovela approach with their direct cinematographic homages, tight pacing, and suspenseful twists and turns. With the form it's also a surprisingly good in theatres, I almost wonder which direction of effect watching it on my computer would bring. It's brought down quite a bit by the teenagery plot (which I guess makes sense for a film with a teenage protagonist), garbage stock music, and general Hallmark/Lifetime film vibes, but overall I thought it was a super fun watch. It also put Storma Reid on my radar, I think she'll wind up in some amazing roles.

Spoiler for .:

6.5/10

djchameleon · 02-21-2023, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Missing

A story about a girl trying to locate her missing mother. Exclusively shown on a computer screen jumping back and forth between messages, videos, security cameras, facetime calls, internet posts, etc. Could easily be gimmicky, but it was handled with enough care to pull it off. They take a very Hitchcock meets telanovela approach with their direct cinematographic homages, tight pacing, and suspenseful twists and turns. With the form it's also a surprisingly good in theatres, I almost wonder which direction of effect watching it on my computer would bring. It's brought down quite a bit by the teenagery plot (which I guess makes sense for a film with a teenage protagonist), garbage stock music, and general Hallmark/Lifetime film vibes, but overall I thought it was a super fun watch. It also put Storma Reid on my radar, I think she'll wind up in some amazing roles.

Spoiler for .:

6.5/10

When I saw that trailer I feel like I know the ending already. I'm still willing to give it a watch though to see if it plays out like I think it does.

**Frownland** · 02-21-2023, 11:09 AM

I'd say it's a mixed bag of predictable and unpredictable parts.

djchameleon · 02-21-2023, 11:37 AM

I'm struggling to make it to Thursday but doing good so far. I haven't been spoiled by Antman stuff yet. I'm going to see it Thursday night.

djchameleon · 03-15-2023, 10:17 AM

Spoiler for Ant Man 3 poster:

I ended up making it to see Ant Man 3 without being spoiled and I was super surprised. I usually tend to see the first showing of Marvel movies to avoid being spoiled by Twitter or a random comment on Youtube. I enjoyed it so much though I don't even see the hate and criticism that it's been getting. It starts off going full speed right from the beginning to give you that sense of urgency. It does have comedy elements as Ant Man usually does but I was there was a bit more. I definitely can't wait to see it again. Don't need to see it in theaters again but will definitely re-watch it.

Spoiler for Creed 3 movie poster:

I enjoyed Creed 3 and I didn't even watch the first two. The only thing that bothered me was the constant ageism going on. I wanted the antagonist to win so badly because of it and that's the only reason lol. I was rooting for him throughout the whole movie. Another great thing about this movie is the soundtrack. I went looking up the soundtrack to re-listen to some of the walk out music but ended up finding out that they gave J Cole free reign over the soundtrack and it's pretty good but like all of the songs aren't even in the movie lol. I just wanted to hear those two Nipsey Hussle tunes but had to look them up separately away from the soundtrack. Don't get me wrong the soundtrack is dope its just all inspired by stuff and I don't think I heard a single song from the soundtrack actually in the movie. I don't know if this was Michael B Jordan's directorial debut but I really like the little anime touches that he put into the fight choreography. I'm looking forward to seeing what other material he heads up directing and how his signature spin to directing will end up looking.

YorkeDaddy · 03-18-2023, 01:09 PM

Quick reviews for every 2023 movie I've seen so far:

M3gan: 3/5 - Surprisingly hilarious. Really loses steam in the third act but a good time

Missing: 3.5/5 - Pretty much in full agreement with everything Frown said. Solid little concept mystery thriller, but nothing super special

Infinity Pool: 4/5 - Really fun time and held up by excellent performances by Alexander Skarsgard and Mia Goth. Greatly enjoyed the slow escalation into pure chaos

Knock at the Cabin: 4/5 - I could see how someone would think this is dumb as **** but I had a really great time with this. I am a sucker for single-setting concept thrillers that get started right away and never really let off the gas

Antman 3: 3/5 - It's whatever, you already know if you will enjoy this or not

Cocaine Bear: 2/5 - Kinda worth watching just for the ambulance sequence, but everything else is shockingly terrible. A movie called Cocaine Bear did not need an ensemble cast with 47839 characters

Creed 3: 3.5/5 - Good sports movie. Jonathan Majors is ****ing badass

Scream 6: 4.5/5 - Might actually be my 2nd favorite in the franchise. Just ****ing loved basically everything about this. Very close to a full 5 stars but a couple minor nitpicks keep it from the perfect score

Champions: 1/5 - I only saw this because I pay for unlimited theater tickets and I had some free time on a Saturday. It is really bad

Shazam 2: 2.5/5 - Just like Antman, it has some fun comedy but is otherwise a pile of CGI dog****

Raime · 03-19-2023, 02:34 PM

Spooky.

YorkeDaddy · 03-20-2023, 06:09 AM

Love Lake Mungo, it is indeed very spooky

**Exo** · 03-20-2023, 11:12 AM

Wife and I were bored last night so we found out a theater near us was playing Garden State. It was cheap and we thought it'd be fun to see an old film.

What a terrible f*cking movie. I didn't realize how bad it was since the only time I saw it was when I was 15. Just awful.

02-20-2023, 10:25 PM	#24352 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,551	Missing A story about a girl trying to locate her missing mother. Exclusively shown on a computer screen jumping back and forth between messages, videos, security cameras, facetime calls, internet posts, etc. Could easily be gimmicky, but it was handled with enough care to pull it off. They take a very Hitchcock meets telanovela approach with their direct cinematographic homages, tight pacing, and suspenseful twists and turns. With the form it's also a surprisingly good in theatres, I almost wonder which direction of effect watching it on my computer would bring. It's brought down quite a bit by the teenagery plot (which I guess makes sense for a film with a teenage protagonist), garbage stock music, and general Hallmark/Lifetime film vibes, but overall I thought it was a super fun watch. It also put Storma Reid on my radar, I think she'll wind up in some amazing roles. Spoiler for .: I liked the schmaltzy ending too. 6.5/10 __________________ 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

02-21-2023, 11:09 AM	#24354 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,551	I'd say it's a mixed bag of predictable and unpredictable parts. __________________ 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

03-20-2023, 11:12 AM	#24360 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,344	Wife and I were bored last night so we found out a theater near us was playing Garden State. It was cheap and we thought it'd be fun to see an old film. What a terrible fcking movie. I didn't realize how bad it was since the only time I saw it was when I was 15. Just awful. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*

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