What's the last movie you saw?

[Elysian]

Have watched Elf, Die Hard, National Lampoon Christmas Vacation, and tried to watch Christmas with the Kranks today. Have never seen the Kranks movie, and didn't even make it 45 minutes in. Didn't enjoy it.

The rest are Christmas standards in this household.

[ugly]

No Time To Die

It was fine. But way too long. And they had some continuity to the other Daniel Craig Bond movies. I vaguely remembered some of the stuff. But I don't follow Bond movies closely that I was going to pick up on all the stuff from movies that I watched like 10 years ago. I didn't really feel like I missed out on anything, but at the same time I didn't know if I was supposed to know more from the previous movies.

And not enough Ana de Armas.

[SubCog]

Matrix Resurrections - 8/10

Matrix Resurrections - 5/10

[CyanBlues]

Sony a7 IV, might end up selling the III, liking the IV so far

[Silent-Runner]

Don't look up. Well, that was a very strange movie. Still not sure if it was meant to be funny or a drama, maybe a dramedy?

[logical]

Sony a7 IV, might end up selling the III, liking the IV so far

Wrong thread, great camera

[GravY]

No way Home 9/10

[Nascar24]

Don’t Look Up - 3/10 - terrible - about the only funny scenes were the last 2 during the credits.

[ugly]

Spencer

Don't.

[CyanBlues]

Wrong thread, great camera

lol oops

[acroig]

Don’t Look Up - 3/10 - terrible - about the only funny scenes were the last 2 during the credits.

Yeah, looked suspicious to me. Dicaprio needed a paycheck.

[SubCog]

No time to die. 8.5/10

I heard lots of complaining about this film, so I went in with pretty low expectations, but actually I really liked this one. Sure there were a couple of questionable story beats, and I'm still pondering on whether the ending really fits the series, but for the most part I did like the story, characters, etc. Also thought this treatment went a long way toward fixing the problems with the previous film.

[pax]

Manhunter (1986): Usually a big fan of Michael Mann films. Its ok just feels dated and Petersens lines were a bit cornball. 7-10

The Red Dragon remake was better.

[Lazy8s]

Venom: Carnage < Not worth spelling out the entire title / 10

[Silent-Runner]

Kaze Tachinu (The wind rises). Still such a brilliant movie. Highly recommended.

[JZL]

The Nowhere In . . . 6/10

The St. Vincent mockumentary on Hulu. Also with Carrie Brownstein, and of course Annie Clark. Sortova mind-bender for this genre.

KAC will enjoy the playtime lingerie scene with Clark and Dakota Johnson (and little else)

[KAC]

Encanto. Decent Disney movie/10.

[Chuck]

No time to die. 8.5/10

I heard lots of complaining about this film, so I went in with pretty low expectations, but actually I really liked this one. Sure there were a couple of questionable story beats, and I'm still pondering on whether the ending really fits the series, but for the most part I did like the story, characters, etc. Also thought this treatment went a long way toward fixing the problems with the previous film.

It was a good Bond film in general, but there were things I didn't quite like:

1) Lowering the risk of certain action scenes after Daniel Craig got injured

2) Possibly the first Bond movie I've seen where he isn't a playboy... which catering to leftist ideals aside, takes away part of the charm of the character

3) Hottest bond girl is all action, and no booty

4) Last scene where he slumped into the pool where he got infected... REALLY?

All in all a good movie with plenty of action, but I've certainly seen better Craig Bond films.

[acroig]

Venom: Carnage < Not worth spelling out the entire title / 10

Worst movie I saw in '21. Rented it for free and I still felt ripped off.

[acroig]

Manhunter (1986): Usually a big fan of Michael Mann films. Its ok just feels dated and Petersens lines were a bit cornball. 7-10

The Red Dragon remake was better.

I have to disagree with you there, everything about Manhunter is better than Red Dragon. Petersen out acts Norton by a mile and Mann's touch is fabulous as is the entire cast.

Red Dragon was a cheap money grab to cash in on Hopkins as Lecter.

[Munkus]

Encanto. Cute but completely forgettable.

[SubCog]

Encanto. Cute but completely forgettable.

We watched this as well. My 5 year old has been watching it over and over again for the last 2 days. Good thing the music is good, otherwise I'd be pulling my hair out!

[Kain]

Watched Don't Look Up. It was alright.

[Silent-Runner]

Dune (2021). It was not bad, mostly very close to the book(s).

[Meteor_of_War]

Operation Finale.

Thought it was fantastic. This kind of subject material is right up my alley though. But I thought the performances, especially from the leads were just amazing.

[Lazy8s]

Jungle Cruise:

Better than Venom / 10

It’s actually a semi-entertaining, easy to watch popcorn flick. Shut off brain, enjoy Emily Blunt and roll your eyes at the Rock. A LOT.

[huskylord]

Hot Rod 8/10

[acroig]

Better than Venom / 10

Anything is better than Venom! Bar too low.

[pax]

I have to disagree with you there, everything about Manhunter is better than Red Dragon. Petersen out acts Norton by a mile and Mann's touch is fabulous as is the entire cast.

Red Dragon was a cheap money grab to cash in on Hopkins as Lecter.

Im just a big Ralph Fiennes fan so that probably tainted my experience. Hes so watcheable.

[Kain]

Watched Ghostbusters: Afterlife today. Thought it was really good. Awesome bass/sound mix as well.

[KAC]

Resident Evil 2021. So bad/10.

[acroig]

Im just a big Ralph Fiennes fan so that probably tainted my experience. Hes so watcheable.

I agree but Tom Noonan did a fantastic role as Francis. I really think this is one un-needed remake as the 1986 film is in all ways superior.

[Lazy8s]

Anything is better than Venom! Bar too low.

True. I really need to forget I ever saw it.

[acroig]

True. I really need to forget I ever saw it.

Same, waste of time, had nothing going for it. Hardy just collected a paycheck.

[JZL]

Don't Look Up . . . 8/10

This is now on Netflix, a poignant and compelling story and an all-star cast headed by DiCaprio and J-Law.

What happens when a dangerous event threatens humanity in crazy times?
I have no idea.

[pax]

The Green Knight. 7-10 for the performances.

[SubCog]

Alien (1979). 7.5/10

Wife bought me the Quadrilogy for christmas. She's only seen the 2nd one, so this was a first for her.

I have mixed feelings on this one. The first 2/3 of the film is mostly excellent. Great atmosphere, lots of intrigue, nearly perfect pacing, stellar performances from the entire cast, especially Sigourney Weaver. The last act devolves a good bit into incomprehensible horror nonsense... it's just not as tightly constructed as I would have liked.

Ridley Scott has a tendency to do that in his alien films. They start off intriguing, and last half of the film always goes off the rails, in a bad way. Raised by Wolves was similar. Too bad, 'cause I can think of lots of other Ridley Scott films that are nearly flawless all the way to the end. Somehow he likes this formula for alien films though.

One big gripe I have is when the alien goes from being tiny to man-sized, within just a few minutes, without any explanation. Maybe they should have had a scene where the crew discovers that the alien has gotten into the food stash, and being surprised that it has eaten everything. I saw Ridley Scott explain once that the instant-growth twist was done deliberately, to surprise the audience, to make it more mysterious how the creature can defy the laws of physics a bit. I think that's lame and dumb. To me, horror always works better when it's well grounded, follows established rules... otherwise I end up tuning-out a bit in horror films where anything can happen for no reason at any moment.

Luckily the last 5 minutes of the film is strong, so it goes out on a high-note.

Looking forward to watching Aliens next. It's my favorite of the series, by a very large margin..

[JZL]

Looking forward to watching Aliens next. It's my favorite of the series, by a very large margin..

I always liked the first one more. I'm curious if you're old enough to have seen both at theaters when first released.

[acroig]

I'm curious if you're old enough to have seen both at theaters when first released.

[nutcrackr]

ghostbusters: afterlife - really not that good, too disjointed with overdone nostalgia. Kid protags are meh. 5.5/10