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Recently Watched Movies 2022

Matrix Resurections (2022)

Blah blah blah bullet time blah blah blah flash backs blah blah middle-age people screaming in slow motion blah blah blah zombie agents blah blah Neo has the Force blah blah Trinity is Superman.

It was vaguely okay. The problem with using flashbacks is it reminds us when the special effects in the storyline were new to us. Now we’ve seen it all before.
 
CL82 said:
Matrix Resurections (2022)

Blah blah blah bullet time blah blah blah flash backs blah blah middle-age people screaming in slow motion blah blah blah zombie agents blah blah Neo has the Force blah blah Trinity is Superman.

It was vaguely okay. The problem with using flashbacks is it reminds us when the special effects in the storyline were new to us. Now we’ve seen it all before.
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They wanted to squeeze the last dollars out of the franchise and they did. Nothing new or very interesting. One last payday.
 
I just watched Top Gun Maverick. Undisputably, this is a good movie hitting every point it needs to. It was really enjoyable.

My only question is would it make far more sense to send cruise missiles in to take out the target we know they’re faster than -18s and they’re specifically designed to come in ground hugging.. You wouldn’t need to send just two and make everything perfect you could just keep on flying them until you blew the thing up. But if you weren’t going to do that why not use stealth bombers? But if you couldn’t do that, wouldn’t you just run a series of sortees taking out the SAMS first and then going in and bomb the site? it just seemed like they took it the mission that had the least opportunity to succeed and went with that.
 
Spirited. Apple+. Stars Ryan Reynolds’s and Will Ferrell. This is a Christmas movie that takes a unique spin on the Dickens ”A Christmas Carol” story. It’s pretty funny and has a solid plot and storyline. It’s also a musical, and yes, both stars sing some tunes. The ghosts of past. present and future do their thing with a new target every year. This year they take aim on Reynolds’s character and that backfires in some ways. It’s clever, fun and has a good message. Recommended.
 
"Troll" Norwegian film on Netflix. I enjoyed it. Pretty decent for B grade. Gets you right into the action and never really lets up.
 
"Don't Worry Darling.' Sooooo slow. 3/4 of the way thru, still waiting for it to get anywhere. Florence Pugh can't rescue it. Why is Harry Styles being cast in movies? He's not an actor. He's a singer and a pretty boy, that's about the extent of it. He's just so clearly not up to par with almost every other member of the cast. Florence is acting circles around him. And so is Chris Pine.
 
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CL82 said:
Matrix Resurections (2022)

Blah blah blah bullet time blah blah blah flash backs blah blah middle-age people screaming in slow motion blah blah blah zombie agents blah blah Neo has the Force blah blah Trinity is Superman.

It was vaguely okay. The problem with using flashbacks is it reminds us when the special effects in the storyline were new to us. Now we’ve seen it all before.
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When I'm scrolling on my phone while a movie is on, you know the movie sucks. Like this one.
 
nwhoopfan said:
"Don't Worry Darling.' Sooooo slow. 3/4 of the way thru, still waiting for it to get anywhere. Florence Pugh can't rescue it. Why is Harry Styles being cast in movies? He's not an actor. He's a singer and a pretty boy, that's about the extent of it. He's just so clearly not up to par with almost every other member of the cast. Florence is acting circles around him. And so is Chris Pine.
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I was underwhelmed. I didn't mind the pace at all, it was just the reveal was unoriginal. And the plot holes were too large to get past.
 
Dove said:
Nope (2022) - We enjoyed this one a lot. Totally captivatng. An unmoving cloud houses an alien ship that occasionaly comes out and vacuums the Earth of humans, then regurtitates metal objects and blood. A great cerebral battle ensues.

The Swimmers (2022) - Cute movie about two Syrian sisters and a cousin who leave Damascus amid war and become refugees looking to get to Germany. The sisters are world-class swimmers and the youngest has dreams of being an Olympian and representing Syria. The movie slowly has the viewer experience the long journey and succssfully shows how tough things were.

She eventually gets to the Olympics, but as a representative of the newly-created Refugee Olympic Team. She did it in 2016 and 2020.
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I was hoping Nope would be better than it was. I've been underwhelmed by Nope and Us after being incredibly impressed, like everyone else, with Get Out.
 
"See How They Run" was entertaining, but could've been better. Saoirse Ronan's character was a lot of fun. Some of the cast weren't given much to do.
 
"Wifelike." Hmm, what to say? A bit of elements of Stepford Wives, and various other movies or tv shows dealing with very lifelike androids and what role and rights they have in society (I got just a bit of a reminder of "Humans"). Starts out a bit exploitative/titillating, maybe the director felt that was necessary to set the tone for what happens later. It was okay, but not exactly good. Some of the dialogue and acting felt flat. Elena Kampouris was great as the main android. Her manner of speaking, the way she moved, her posture, all very convincing that she wasn't quite human.
 
"Dio: Dreamers Never Die." Documentary that came out this year about Ronnie James. Well put together. I had no idea he had such a long and varied musical career. Joined his first band in 1958!

Is Rudy Sarzo in every music documentary? It seems like it. Well, he's been in almost every band, so I guess that's why.
 
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"Ticket to Paradise" was billed as a comedy, but wasn't that funny. Like I expected the bickering between exes George Clooney and Julia Roberts got old real fast. When the movie and their characters moved past that and got more heartfelt, it was much better. Also as expected Kaitlyn Dever and Billie Lourd were the best part of the movie, and didn't get enough screen time.
 
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

This is the story of the intelligence hunt that led to the capture of Osama bin Laden. It is shown through the eyes of a fictional analyst Maya Harris, played by Jessica Chastain. It is an interesting look at the intelligence operation to locate bin Laden, including enhanced interrogation techniques, black detainment sites, etc.. The acting is solid in the movie is engaging. Highly recommended.
 
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White Elephant

Reviews aren't great, but I watched it to the end, which I don't often do. Part of my interest was trying to figure out who the lead was. Turns out it's Yandu from Guardians of the Galaxy. He must have pissed someone at IMDB off because he's not listed in the credits until "All Cast" on their second page.

This is likely the future of a Bruce Willis movie. He's in a 1/2 dozen short scenes. He's still considered the lead in reviews.

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White Elephant (2022) ⭐ 4.5 | Action, Thriller

1h 32m
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Avatar. With the new one now, I wanted to rewatch this. Plus, wife has Covid some I'm staying away and needed something to watch. This is certainly a visual and technical achievement. As a movie, it's good, not great. It's a bit of a cliche, with the evil corporation mining a pristine world, and being willing to kill the natives. At least there were scientists who wanted to study and learn about them. The way the main character becomes one with the Navi and is accepted was nice. In hindsight, one of the most fascinating things is that the people, animals and plants employ something that looks like fiber optic cable, and allows communication and data transfer. Memories stored in trees. The whole planet is a sentient database of sorts. It appears to be a technological version of some Native American beliefs, and that's quite interesting. Overall, it's good, if a bit too long.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Spirited. Apple+. Stars Ryan Reynolds’s and Will Ferrell. This is a Christmas movie that takes a unique spin on the Dickens ”A Christmas Carol” story. It’s pretty funny and has a solid plot and storyline. It’s also a musical, and yes, both stars sing some tunes. The ghosts of past. present and future do their thing with a new target every year. This year they take aim on Reynolds’s character and that backfires in some ways. It’s clever, fun and has a good message. Recommended.
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I liked this a lot. Definitely a good re-making and modernizing of A Christmas Carol, which A Christmas Carol definitely needed.
 
The Banshees of Inisherin. HBOMax. My family loves Ireland so we were looking forward to this. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson star, the pair that was so good in In Bruges. This is set on an island off the west coast of Ireland, in 1923. The Irish Civil War is ongoing, but doesn't touch the island. Locations are stunning, I've been to some of them and recognized the spots. The acting here is superb from both leads and the supporting cast. I'm not going to talk about the plot much, but Farrell and Gleeson are friends and then Gleeson decides otherwise. The rest flows from that, and from the isolation inherent in living on a small island with few people and no diversions except conversation and the pub. There are messages here, about what kind of life is of lasting value, relationships, kindness and a dark, inner madness that can take many forms. So critics love this film, it's certain to be nominated for best picture and some (deserved) acting awards. I didn't like it. The comedic moments are too sparse and the ending was unsatisfying. Mostly I didn't like it because they could have explored these topics in an uplifting way, and instead this is bleak.
 
21. This is the movie based on the book Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich. It’s based on a true story of the MIT blackjack team that counted cards and made a lot of money. The book is better. Stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Lawrence Fishburne and Kate Bosworth. It simplifies the story somewhat. Card counting, with a sophisticated system to avoid detection. The real story had several big players, including an Asian kid who could better pretend to be a wealthy foreigner who gets lucky. Bosworth is cute and the whole thing is a lot of fun. Nobody plays a creepy A - hole quite like Kevin Spacey. Lots of fun here. Read the book first, but the movie is good too.
 
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"About Fate" is a fairly cliched rom com, but Emma Roberts and Thomas Mann were charming enough to pull it off. Bit parts for Britt Robertson, Madelaine Petsc;h, Cheryl Hines.
 
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