Last Movie You Saw & What Did you Think
Garthgou81
Placerville, CA
in Movies
Hey all,
just thought I'd start an on-going thread to talk about recent movies you may have checked out. I'll get us started:
Finally got around to The Witch last night and good god--what an amazing, pot-boiler of a horror movie. It has its slow moments that may not move quickly enough for some folks. But I thought it was expertly paced. The language-style choice may be a bit difficult for some to overcome, I repeatedly heard a loud couple a few rows down asking each other what was being said, as the actors all have English accents, which would be fine, but add in the oldy-timey talk, it may be hard to decipher at times. Luckily its not rocket science being discussed, the plot is pretty paint-by-numbers. The film builds to this great crescendo, however. If you like slower moving, quieter horror (think House of the Devil, Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion)--this is for you.
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie: I've always had an interest in this guy, and I love documentaries, so this one is up my alley. I remember seeing him on TV as a kid and him yelling and screaming at everyone and everything, while he chain-smoked was both intriguing and also scary. Its a decent documentary, but they use these strange animated interludes to illustrate certain stories that are being told. The filmakers kind of overplayed their hand there and it comes across as pretty over-dramatic and unneeded. Still worth a look if you are at all interested in the guy or talkshows from the 80s-90s in general.
The Woodsman: This Kevin Bacon movie is really short, and I was hoping for more meat on its bones. It is about a convicted child-molestor released from prison and trying to get his act together. Its very good, but I was hoping for a more nuanced look at things. It only clocks in at like an hour and 20 minutes--so while the film would be a pretty quick view if not an easy one due to the subject matter.
Triple Nine: My friends drug me to this. As much as I love police dramas, I had no interest in this, and maybe that swayed my view of the movie. Its pretty forgettable. If you really adore heist flicks, you will find a ton to love here, however. Unfortunately this flick is beyond dark and bleak. Not that I need my hard-nosed crime dramas to be light and fluffy, but this lacks any sort of brightness at all. Its incredibly dour and violent. It does, however, have an excellent cast with Norman Reedus, Aaron Paul, Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Michael Kenneth Williams, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harerlson, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. I mostly made it through by imagining a world where Darryl Dixon, Omar Little, Jesse Pinkman, and Marty Hart all ended up in the same city doing heists and cop shenanigans.
just thought I'd start an on-going thread to talk about recent movies you may have checked out. I'll get us started:
Finally got around to The Witch last night and good god--what an amazing, pot-boiler of a horror movie. It has its slow moments that may not move quickly enough for some folks. But I thought it was expertly paced. The language-style choice may be a bit difficult for some to overcome, I repeatedly heard a loud couple a few rows down asking each other what was being said, as the actors all have English accents, which would be fine, but add in the oldy-timey talk, it may be hard to decipher at times. Luckily its not rocket science being discussed, the plot is pretty paint-by-numbers. The film builds to this great crescendo, however. If you like slower moving, quieter horror (think House of the Devil, Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion)--this is for you.
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie: I've always had an interest in this guy, and I love documentaries, so this one is up my alley. I remember seeing him on TV as a kid and him yelling and screaming at everyone and everything, while he chain-smoked was both intriguing and also scary. Its a decent documentary, but they use these strange animated interludes to illustrate certain stories that are being told. The filmakers kind of overplayed their hand there and it comes across as pretty over-dramatic and unneeded. Still worth a look if you are at all interested in the guy or talkshows from the 80s-90s in general.
The Woodsman: This Kevin Bacon movie is really short, and I was hoping for more meat on its bones. It is about a convicted child-molestor released from prison and trying to get his act together. Its very good, but I was hoping for a more nuanced look at things. It only clocks in at like an hour and 20 minutes--so while the film would be a pretty quick view if not an easy one due to the subject matter.
Triple Nine: My friends drug me to this. As much as I love police dramas, I had no interest in this, and maybe that swayed my view of the movie. Its pretty forgettable. If you really adore heist flicks, you will find a ton to love here, however. Unfortunately this flick is beyond dark and bleak. Not that I need my hard-nosed crime dramas to be light and fluffy, but this lacks any sort of brightness at all. Its incredibly dour and violent. It does, however, have an excellent cast with Norman Reedus, Aaron Paul, Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Michael Kenneth Williams, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harerlson, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. I mostly made it through by imagining a world where Darryl Dixon, Omar Little, Jesse Pinkman, and Marty Hart all ended up in the same city doing heists and cop shenanigans.
Comments
Deadpool was ok, dragged a bit in the middle though.
Zootopia was good, if a little scary at places for smaller kids. The animation is amazing though, I can only imagine what some of the Avatar sequels are going to look like, because there are environments in this movie that I couldn't tell were animated sometimes.
My wife and I have been on a pretty good run with rentals lately. We watched Bridge of Spies most recently and it was good. I don't have a lot to say about it because it was more or less exactly what you would expect it to be, but very enjoyable.
As good as that and the Imitation Game were, my favorite thing recently was Trumbo. Very cool story. Quality Cranston and Louis CK. I always thought the blacklist period was very interesting/awful and I really enjoyed how all of that played out in the movie. I definitely recommend it.
Also saw Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland. I like BMS a lot but this movie came off as weirdly sad, Sammy is just depressing at this point in the story.
I really, really want to see The Witch - it looks fantastic!
It has the same flaws of every cop movie parady kid film, you can only see so many refrences to 80s movies before they are completely played out.
I wouldn't say I was underwhelmed just whelmed. It did the job, and I would argue the weakest of the last 6 or so film the main studio at Walt Disney Animation has put out.
Not too promising considering the Disney/Pixar lineup for the foreseeable future is all sequels.
I'm thinking of going to see The Witch tonight. I've been wanting to see it for a while now, especially after J & A's review.
I was like "wait do they all have super healing powers and Deadpool got shafted because that's all he got?"
But then I remembered that Deadpool is in the X-men universe. People get tossed around like that all the time.
Also keep in mind that in order for your muscles to have super strength, your bones would have to be even stronger or your super stong muscles would just rip your body apart.
The other big bad didn't feel pain so that's why he was able to take so much damange. I can imagine it's alot easier to walk around with multiple stab wounds if you can't feel them.
I noticed a couple people from Big Adventure and as always some familair faces pop up along the way.
Just a weird funny movie overall
Saw that show too. Cranston and McKean were great! I think I remember hearing that "All the Way" was part one of three and that the others would be on stage at a later date. Hope they get Cranston back for LBJ.