I recently saw Rang Song (2021), The Worst Person in the World (2021), and Donnie Darko
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Just watched Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. It’s 140% more Nick Cage per Nick Cage than any other film.
Im about to go watch Galaxy Quest with the movies community
Last night I watched an old DVD copy of Old School I found on a “free stuff” shelf. Some dated humor but also some really good moments.
By Grabthar’s hammer, what a savings.
Cool community! How do you watch together?
Just click the cytube link in the post!
The Meg 1 & 2. First one was okay, nothing exceptional but I could enjoy it. Second one was not that great, it felt like a money grab.
Big lebowski for the first time. Monkey man yesterday.
What did you think of both? I’m my town once a year we have a big Lebowski movie night where the theater serves White Russians and everyone says the lines. It’s super fun.
My last few movies were:
- Furiosa: it was alright, but the music was really lacking for me which was a big part of why I like the first one. It was also slower which I think is a mistake for something so heavily focused on cars/speed 2.5/5
- Mad Max Fury Road: Now this shit rocks. Action packed, great music, immediately to the point. Much better than the Mel Gibson films, including Thunderdome 4/5
- Cloverfield: I was looking for some horror and heard good things about the other ones. This had cool parts, but even by horror movie standards these protagonists were so insanely stupid I couldn’t focus on the movie. Every decision made was the wrong one 2/5
- Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog: I was drunk and needed to kill an hour. I sang the whole thing and had a great time 4/5
- I saw the TV Glow: This was a rollercoaster. I liked it, then was irritated, then it explained what was happening and I really liked what was happening, then it got to the end and lost me again. I think different editing could have made this better. Still very cool 3.5/5
- Blackberry: I have no idea how close to reality this was but the story was compelling and people felt like a lot of the people I work with in tech. 4/5
Buena Vista Social Club. It’s about the making of the album and the rich Cuban history is the backdrop. I bought it in 1997, and it’s still such a great album. A nice encapsulation of a type of music that would have died quietly without Ry Cooder.
Love it, I’ll have to watch it. Speaking of movies with a Latin cultural backdrop, I saw a thriller called Bacurau (2019). It’s a little rough around the edges, but has memorable scenes. Some characterization of antagonists was a bit of a caricature, imo
Oh I’ll definitely watch that. I want to watch this other one called Havana Motor Club as well.
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I recently watched LA Confidential for the first time. It’s like a noir film except in color. Russell Crowe looks super young, and the setting of LA/Hollywood in the 50s is exquisitely realized. The plot is pretty intricate, it often expects the viewer to be able to connect the dots. Great film.
Godzilla Minus One. What an amazing treat! I went in expecting the big guy to stomp around Tokyo, but old timey, and instead got the best human story in a Godzilla film ever!
Also, Furiosa, which I liked too.
Also just saw Godzilla Minus One. It was good
Is it on Netflix now? I think I read that somewhere.
I moved my projector and screen into the back garden and watched Gladiator once it had got dark enough. It’s really not quite good enough weather for it, but it was a neat experience nevertheless. I accidentally clicked the extended edition and the Blu-ray was too much of a ball-ache to go back: Ridley Scott introduces it with “this is not the Director’s Cut … you’ve probably already seen that at the theatre, this is just the film with some scenes we cut out that maybe you’ll like”. Way to sell it Riddles.
Projector screen in garden sounds excellent!
Hundreds of Beavers (2024)
Basically a “silent” film in the vein of slapstick Loney Tunes-esque nonsense. Except it has a coherent, albeit quite silly, plot.
In independent film and the most madcap and creative I have seen in a long time.
I’ve seen the style compared to lofi music, a very simple aesthetic. It sets your expectations accordingly. Its well done in its own unique style.
Come for the story of Jean Kayak and his wilderness adventures.
We watched the big short for the 4th or so time and I wanted to see what other movies were directed by Adam McKay.
So we watched vice which is about dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld and I knew how corrupt those fuckers we’re but damn that movie did a great job of breaking down some of the shady shot that went on with the bush presidency. Highly recommend but if you’re like me you are so repulsed by that time period that it’s hard to give it a shot.
If you liked the big short then you will like vice.
Furiosa
Just watched new kids turbo with my friend at 3 am. Going to bed now :D
Dune part 2 because I couldn’t sleep and happened to check out Max like 30 minutes after it went up.
This is supposed to be a trilogy? What’s the 3rd movie gonna cover? The first 2 parts were just the first book. Are the rest of the books just gonna be condensed into a single 2-3 hour movie?
- Godzilla Minus One - absolutely fantastic (now on Netflix)
- Civil War - really great and a lot less political than I expected
- Fall Guy - meh
- Bullet Train - meh
- Monkey Man - alright
- Latenight With The Devil - pretty good
- Argylle - No…just, no
- The Beekeeper - not sure if it was meant as a joke
- Dune (Parts One and Two) - instant classics
I might get Netflix after almost a decade to watch Godzilla Minus One hah. Haven’t seen the Dunes yet
Neat list, appreciate you sharing it!
It would cost you the same or less to just buy the Blu-Ray than it would to pay for a Month of Netflix if all you care about is that one movie.
