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Recently Watched Movie Thread 2017

Saw Can You Ever Forgive Me? yesterday. Good watch. Interesting story. McCarthy is very good, but Richard Grant is outstanding imo. Kind of shocked that I hadn't taken notice of him elsewhere before, because he cuts a pretty striking figure with scene-commanding presence. Kind of like a cross between Anthony Hopkins and Christopher Walken.

Assuming his role is characterized as a supporting one, I won't be surprised to see him get some Oscar buzz.
 
Saw "Widows" last night - a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
 
ZooCougar said:
I saw the latest Transporter sequel. This time Jason Statham battles against giant sharks. It’s decent.
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Shoot, I didn't realize it was part of that franchise when I watched it. He traded in driving cars for driving submarines in this one.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Shoot, I didn't realize it was part of that franchise when I watched it. He traded in driving cars for driving submarines in this one.
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Yeah I was joking considering Jason Statham can only okay one character given his acting ability.
 
ZooCougar said:
Yeah I was joking considering Jason Statham can only okay one character given his acting ability.
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He might be limited, but he's got that dialed in. Nobody plays Jason Statham better than Jason Statham does. Did you see him in "Spy"? He was hilariously over the top hyper macho in that one, seemed like he was having a lot of fun playing that character.
 
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Incredibles 2. Funny. Mr. Incredible makes it work, with some solid Edna too.

Outlaw King. Better look at the time during and just after Braveheart than Braveheart. Solid movie but not exceptional.
 
Mano said:
Early Man - I'm a sucker for Aardman. It was decent, definitely not their best effort. It held my daughter's attention well enough for a while at least.
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I saw Early Man list night. I pretty much agree with @Mano. I am a sucker for Aardman as well. It was solid and entertaining enough, not a waste of time, but not exactly memorable. It helps if you're a soccer fanatic. The Shaun the Sheep Movie was way much better in my opinion, with Wallace and Gromit certainly at the head of the class.
 
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I finally saw Solo. I thought it was alright. Worth a watch if you enjoy the star wars universe. The pacing was pretty awful though. It seemed like the movie was going to end three or four times.

I also watched Ingrid Goes West. It wasn't bad but I didn't enjoy it. I think they picked the wrong ending.
 
JMick said:
I also watched Ingrid Goes West. It wasn't bad but I didn't enjoy it. I think they picked the wrong ending.
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I really like the 2 lead actresses from that, but I got bored and gave up about halfway through it a while ago. Doubt I'll get around to finishing it another time.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I really like the 2 lead actresses from that, but I got bored and gave up about halfway through it a while ago. Doubt I'll get around to finishing it another time.
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I was kind of hanging on and then the ending... Seemed to be counter to the entire message of the film. You did yourself a favor lol
 
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Saw Wreck It Ralph Breaks the Internet this morning with my sons, nieces, and respective family. Enjoyable enough. Used too many cliches and one part was kind of creepy in an innocent way, but creepy nonetheless.

Much like The Incredibles 2, not as good as the original, but probably a solid B.
 
just saw "fantastic beasts: the crimes of grindelwald" couldn't understand a single thing that was going on in the movie and it was LONG.
 
ZooCougar said:
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I haven't bought it yet and only listened to a few songs. Thought Pressure had that feel like Supermassive Black Hole. Not bad. How's the rest of the album?
 
Crazy Rich Asians - Wife wanted to see it. Pretty blah. They weren't even all that over the top rich. Meh. At least there was Constance Wu to look at.

Ocean's 8 - I was struggling to even remember what the other movie we saw was. Had to go and check my Redbox receipt in my email. So, yea, pretty forgettable.
 
Mano said:
I haven't bought it yet and only listened to a few songs. Thought Pressure had that feel like Supermassive Black Hole. Not bad. How's the rest of the album?
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I like anything that Muse does. But I didn’t care for Something Human. Sometimes I worry that Matt is becoming too domestic LOL.

If you’re a fan then the Super Deluxe version is what you want.
 
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Just saw Green Book. Excellent. My overall favorite so far this year I think. Great watch. Really well cast throughout. Thoughtful and not too preachy. Just right.
 
Watched “Spun” today. Older movie but great cast and really unique shooting style. Good story and Mickey Rourke being Mickey Rourke. Well worth a free view.
 
dbmill said:
I haven't seen it or heard of it, but from a quick look on the internet it does seem to fit in with what I was writing about. And yes, it did get nominated for a Best Animated Feature Oscar. Thanks, I'll have to get around to watching it sometime.
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Hey I just watched this again (A Cat in Paris), enjoyed the second viewing. Barely over an hour. The animation is simplistic looking but there is a graceful, ballet like movement to several of the characters that is mesmerizing. The story is interesting too.
 
Seen several ho hum movies lately that aren't worth writing about, a few I gave up on after 30 minutes or so. A few the last couple weeks I did enjoy. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" is streaming on Netflix. Interesting historical fiction in post WWII England. I'm a fan of Lily James, I think I've liked her in everything I've seen.

"Basmati Blues" was fun, a bit silly and lighthearted. Half Bollywood and half Hollywood indie rom-com. Brie Larson is usually in fairly heavy and dark movies. It was nice to see her in something different, looked like she had a lot of fun making this. She has a nice singing voice too. She plays a scientist/botanist touring India trying to win over local rice farmers with a new genetically engineered strain of rice. Donald Sutherland plays an evil greedy corporate type totally over the top, looks like he was having fun too. His character isn't quite as dastardly as President Snow from The Hunger Games, but close.

"Entanglement" was an odd movie, but I enjoyed it. Thomas Middledich was straddling the line between annoying and endearing. He plays an oddball misfit struggling emotionally after a divorce and a failed suicide attempt. He has a doting neighbor who is secretly in love with him, but then out of nowhere appears a manic pixie dreamgirl that shakes up his world played by Jess Weixler. I've enjoyed her in several movies, I think she does indies exclusively. You start to wonder if you can believe anything that's happening. It's trippy, but worthwhile to me.
 
The Predator. I usually really like Shane Black films but...

This one really was not worthy of the franchise. It tried to tackle Veteran PTSD, Autism and global warming. It really doesn’t work.

I think Olivia Munn probably regrets being in this one.
 
ZooCougar said:
The Predator. I usually really like Shane Black films but...

This one really was not worthy of the franchise. It tried to tackle Veteran PTSD, Autism and global warming. It really doesn’t work.

I think Olivia Munn probably regrets being in this one.
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Yeah I was excited for this one but was completely let down. The only good part is Sterling K. Brown's character.
 
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Saw Bohemian Rhapsody over the weekend. Really superbly done, very compelling story and entertaining start to finish. Acting was first rate and some of the casting was impressive (for Brian May in particular). Highly recommended.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Margin Call is really good.

Centurion (2010) - this was a straight to video movie with Michael Fassbender about a Roman centurion vs. some Picts in 2nd or 3rd century Britain. It feels like a subtle ripoff of Apocalypto. Despite that, it is just a well done little movie. Olga Kurylenko is awesome is the main villain. It is on NetFlix now.

Gold (2016) - Mathew McConaughey movie loosely based on the Bre-X scandal of the 90's. This movie is OK, but something is missing. I can't put my finger on the film's problem, but it should have been better with the subject matter and the cast.

Black Mass (2014) - Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger. This movie is really good. I think Depp-fatigue hurt it at the theaters and with the critics, because I think Depp deserved an Oscar nomination for his portrayal.
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I thought Black Mass was a major disappointment, one of the all-time criminal's and all-time crime stories and they somehow found a way to make it boring. Depp was effectively creepy but the makeup was incredibly distracting, they made him up to look more like Dracula than Bulger.
 
A couple big ones that I finally got around to watching:

Solo: A Star Wars Story - Not gonna lie, I was pretty entertained by it. Production values were great. Plot was predictable but ok. If they just called it Semi-Generic Sci-Fi Blockbuster instead of trying to fit it into the Star Wars universe it might of been received a little better. I'm no SW nerd but it just felt shoehorned in I guess.

Avengers: Infinity War - The ending was ruined for me long ago, but it didn't matter, still a great, fun popcorn flick. On par with the first Avengers. My only issue is with that ending, it's all so obviously impermanent, even if I hadn't had it ruined, I don't think it would've stuck with me like it was this big, huge shock. As quickly as Thanos did what he did, it'll likely get reversed just as fast. Sure there will be some sacrifices but there has to be some loss in all of this.
 
Just watched “The Man Who Invented Christmas”, about Charles Dickens and the creation of his classic, “A Christmas Carol”. While it isn’t going to join my top four Christmas films of all time, it is still a solidly entertaining movie. This film does have fantasy elements that come out when Dickens interacts with various literary characters that he creates, particularly Ebenezer Scrooge, played wonderfully by Christopher Plummer, who is probably the best thing this movie has going for it. Some of the interaction between Dickens and Scrooge is priceless. On the downside, the film takes a little too long in dealing with a bad case of writers block that Dickens has in writing the story. Still, overall it is quite worth seeing. My wife was willing to overlook this caveat of mine about the writers block, she just loved this movie.
 
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Justice League was not nearly as bad a critics said.

It was an averageish comic book movie. A Bish grade
 
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