Last movie you watched?

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The Great Silence (Il grande silenzio) - 1968

I'm back to watching spaghetti westerns again, and chose Sergio Corbucci's magnum opus for tonight. Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant as a mute gunslinger and Klaus Kinski as a sadistic bounty hunter (both superb), it tells a dark tale of misery, greed, injustice and revenge in a small town during a freezing cold winter at the end of the 19th century. Very violent for it's time, it features a great score by Moriccone, socio-political background and probably the bleakest ending ever. 
One of the greatest westerns of all time, way too overlooked.

8.5/10

[True Blue]

The Lucky One 7/10

The Secret Window 7/10

[tarzanontoast]

I finally got round to watching Prometheus last night. Yeah, I know, I know. I’m about 5 years too late behind all the hype it received, and the inevitable disappointment that got hurled at it. And since it’s been out for five years, I trust you won’t mind there are SPOILERS (!) in here. 

+ POINTS:

a) Fassbender’s portrayal of David. 
b) THAT scene where Shaw goes into the operation machine thingy-wotsit and has emergency surgery had me squirming on the edge of my seat.
c) Marc Streitenfeld’s soundtrack is a pretty good listen. (In fact, I’m listening to it now, as I type.)
d) Some of the philosophical questions asked still have me pondering, a good 24 hours after watching it. The comparisons between man creating robots like David, to the Engineers creating man. The scene where Holloway mentions this to antagonise David, just before he’s poisoned. Other movies are quite forgettable. I at least had to use my brain in parts, even if parts of it made little sense. Which segues me on to…

– POINTS:

a) A lot of unbelievable and unlikeable characterisation, which leads to me giving less of a fuck when characters die/are put in peril. The scene where Millburn and Fifield discover the Hammerpede in the black goo…  Why in the name of all things holy would you reach out to touch a king cobra-like pale, writhing alien life-form? Also, Shaw and Holloway did not seem like a natural couple. I know opposites attract, but this felt like cheap writing to smush two heroes with contrasting philosophies together. 
b) Maybe an unfair assumption, but going into this with the Ripley model of heroine in mind, I couldn’t help but predict only one crew member of Prometheus would survive, and it would be a woman. The obvious (and only) choice was Shaw. This also meant that I assumed the other crew members would die. Even the sacrifice Idris Elba’s character and his plastic co-pilots made didn’t really hit any of my emotions. Again, probably because they were all idiots, cliched or completely irrelevant and forgettable. 
c) On a parallel note: this was a ‘trillion dollar expedition’ – so why did Weyland hire a bunch of naive fools to discover the origin of the species? Were they all just nothing but guinea pigs for Weyland, until they found a cure? (Maybe this was the case, since David poisoned Holloway with the black goo.)
d) You could tell the script had been ‘Lindelof-ed’. Yep, the final draft of the screenplay was polished and re-written by one of the show-runners of Lost. And in true Lost style, there were a few too many questions rather than answers, or perhaps leaps of faith required by the audience. 
e) I’ve since seen a deleted scene, or rather an extended scene, where the last Engineer is woken up by David, who then translates what Weyland and Shaw are trying to ask it and the Engineer replies. The deleted scene would have added a lot more context to the plot, I feel – Weyland having a god complex and comparing himself to the Engineers, and it insulting the big white fella to the point where he goes on a killing rampage. There’s even a cool reference to Michaelangelo’s painting of God and Adam almost touching fingers. Why was this trimmed from the final cut? What else was cut? Other equally important stuff? So is the confusion due to Lindelof’s script, or Scott’s editing?
f) Finally, Charlize Theron (Vickers) trying to out-run a tumbling, rolling spaceship. In a straight line. Come on. 

Wow, I went on quite the rant there! 
Like I said, this is a five-year old film, so apologies if you’ve all discussed this in the past… it just struck me as interesting since Alien: Covenant has only been out for a couple of months (I haven’t seen it yet) and I wondered if any of y’all had any opinions on that or Prometheus? Maybe I need to watch A:C to fully understand/appreciate Prometheus? Or maybe Ridley Scott just fucked up. Who knows?!

[Cicero]

On 6/23/2017 at 4:19 PM, Tsubasa said:

Have you seen this? 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2879552/

Yes mate. I remember us discussing the ending of the show as we shared different opinions in how a post Kennedy era would be. 

 

Shutter Island 9/10

The Oscar Leo SHOULD HAVE won. Brilliant film and almost flawless performance from Leo. Seen it maybe 20 times and when ever it's on the Tele I will always select to watch it. 

Edited June 29, 2017 by Cicero

[IgnisExcubitor]

On 22/06/2017 at 9:07 PM, DeadLinesman said:

 

It was a mess, that hasn't aged (despite being from the nineties) well. The cringe inducing villain, the dialogues, the computer that objects cursing, Stallone's acting and that weird sex scene.

[Tommy]

2 hours ago, Cicero said:

Yes mate. I remember us discussing the ending of the show as we shared different opinions in how a post Kennedy era would be. 

 

Shutter Island 9/10

The Oscar Leo SHOULD HAVE won. Brilliant film and almost flawless performance from Leo. Seen it maybe 20 times and when ever it's on the Tele I will always select to watch it. 

 

Oooooh right, that was some time ago. I forgot  

 

And I agree about Leo's performance in Shutter Island. He was simply amazing in that. My favourite scene is when he meets George Noyce and his "wife" in the cells, and the flashbacks. Oh and then the "reveal" in the lighthouse. Man, that really was Leo at his best. 

[Cicero]

38 minutes ago, Tsubasa said:

 

Oooooh right, that was some time ago. I forgot  

 

And I agree about Leo's performance in Shutter Island. He was simply amazing in that. My favourite scene is when he meets George Noyce and his "wife" in the cells, and the flashbacks. Oh and then the "reveal" in the lighthouse. Man, that really was Leo at his best. 

What's better? To live as a monster, or to die as a good man?

The ending before his lobotomy. That part was the clincher for me. Incredible and simply unappreciated to the academy's standards. 

[ASF]

'10 Cloverfield Lane'

Much better than the first one.

7/10

'The Conjuring 2'

I thought it was even better than the first. One of the best horror movies of the last years.

8.5/10

[True Blue]

Resident Evil - The Final chapter

I am a big fan boy for the Resident Evil franchise but the final was piss

4/10

[Toinho]

The House
5.5/10

A new Will Ferrell movie. I just finished the school term so thought I would go see a silly light hearted movie. Very average with a couple of decent moments. But I knew that would happen.

Suicide Squad
7/10

Finally watched it. Decent, Margot Robbie can just do anything to me. The Aussie bloke was a useless character but a decent stereotype.

Edited July 2, 2017 by Anton

[IgnisExcubitor]

Watched Baby Driver. Definitely over hyped. It is a fun movie, but apart from the concept of choreographing pretty much everything to music (which at times seems awesome and at times forced) the rest of the story, characters and action is strictly alright. A lot of things in the climax make no sense. But still, this is a really good movie. I had fun watching this.

On a side note, Lily James' character reminded me of Madchen Amik's character from Twin Peaks.

[Lucas]

9 hours ago, IgnisExcubitor said:

Watched Baby Driver. Definitely over hyped. It is a fun movie, but apart from the concept of choreographing pretty much everything to music (which at times seems awesome and at times forced) the rest of the story, characters and action is strictly alright. A lot of things in the climax make no sense. But still, this is a really good movie. I had fun watching this.

On a side note, Lily James' character reminded me of Madchen Amik's character from Twin Peaks.

I want to see this. Without giving too much away though, would you say this is better or worse than Drive? (which I loved)

Edited July 4, 2017 by Lucas

[IgnisExcubitor]

17 hours ago, Lucas said:

I want to see this. Without giving too much away though, would you say this is better or worse than Drive? (which I loved)

 

I loved Drive too. For me it was a unique movie. I had never seen anything like it (I went on to watch Thief, the movie from which it was inspired, much later). And Drive was unique. The style, the acting, the music and the story.

Like I said above, apart from the concept of choreographing the movie to songs, nothing is original in Baby Driver. But, and it's a big but, this is an entertaining movie, if you ignore its few flaws. There are many scenes which will bring a wide smile on your face (it happened to me). I had a really good time, and I suggest you to watch it on the big screen, where I am sure you will have a good time too.

[carefreeluke]

Sausage Party

Some funny moments and some nice ideas but meh. Also, even considering the film's make up, I thought the plot got worse as the film went on. 

5/10

War Dogs

Pleasantly surprised by this.

7.5/10

[Bluewolf]

'The Mummy'

The latest version..Thought this might have been better but to be honest it was really disappointing all round for me.

Considering they were aiming for a darker  version it failed on all levels.. Much preferred  the previous versions to this 

3/10

[True Blue]

American Ultra 3/10

Heist 4/10

[Cure]

On 23/05/2017 at 11:24 PM, ASF said:

It had the potential to be decent, but the way Apocalypse is defeated was a joke.

The Green Mile and 13 hours are top movies.

Watched 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. What the actual fuck was that? 

4/10

I like Rocky Horror a lot. Collectively I think it's great give or take the camp. I'd give it an 8/10. The re-make was horrible.

[Cure]

On 23/05/2017 at 11:24 PM, ASF said:

It had the potential to be decent, but the way Apocalypse is defeated was a joke.

The Green Mile and 13 hours are top movies.

Watched 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. What the actual fuck was that? 

4/10

I like Rocky Horror a lot. Collectively I think it's great give or take the camp. I'd give it an 8/10. The re-make was horrible.

[Tommy]

T2 Trainspotting (2017)

 

I'm glad they didn't fuck this up. Nice tribute to the masterpiece that is Trainspotting, and a decent movie on it's own. But the tribute parts with the old soundtracks were the best. 

8/10

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On 5/24/2017 at 5:24 AM, ASF said:

It had the potential to be decent, but the way Apocalypse is defeated was a joke.

The Green Mile and 13 hours are top movies.

Watched 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. What the actual fuck was that? 

4/10

 

2 hours ago, Cure said:

I like Rocky Horror a lot. Collectively I think it's great give or take the camp. I'd give it an 8/10. The re-make was horrible.

 

Rocky Horror Picture Show is a cult classic, and it's fucking awesome! It's the only theatrical release in movie history that still continues to be played in cinemas today. I know there's a remake, but there's no way I'm watching it.

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57 minutes ago, Tsubasa said:

T2 Trainspotting (2017)

 

I'm glad they didn't fuck this up. Nice tribute to the masterpiece that is Trainspotting, and a decent movie on it's own. But the tribute parts with the old soundtracks were the best. 

8/10

The new "Choose life' monologue was probably even better than the original one!

[carefreeluke]

Bad Boys

Believed I watched this years and years ago but anyway.

8/10

[IgnisExcubitor]

Spiderman Homecoming is a charming, fun movie. One of the rare times when the reboot is far superior to the original.

[True Blue]

Blackwood (2014)

5/10

[carefreeluke]

Bad Boys 2

Not as good as the first.

6.5/10