Recently watched movies 2025

[nelsonmuntz]

If you're remaking Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and you end up with neither a snowy white nor seven dwarves, I would say you're making a movie to impress the people you go to cocktail parties with in the summer and no one else.

Most movies are only as good as their villain, and Gal Gadot can’t act. At all.

 

[Palatine]

Most movies are only as good as their villain, and Gal Gadot can’t act. At all.

Gal's acting had nothing to do with the horror that was Snow White. But she was a very good Wonder Woman. I also liked her her in Keeping Up With The Joneses an under rated, very funny little film.

 

[Fishy]

Most movies are only as good as their villain, and Gal Gadot can’t act. At all.

She was problem #238 in that movie.

 

[Fishy]

John Wick 4. Absolutely absurd, even by John Wick standards.

I like how the bad guys who come with swords all come at the same time. The guys with hatchets all come at the same time. The guys with guns all come at the same time. And John Wick somehow ends up fighting those guys with exactly what they brought to fight him with. He never ends up with a machine gun in his hand when the knife fighters show up. He is so unlucky that way.

Also, there are 40 people in 20 matching BMW 5-series literally circling Paris on the off chance that a bounty will be announced on someone walking down the street.

I liked it anyway.

This one is a solid Three Deepsters and a Deeply Good rating.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Captain America Brave New World. This was weird. Not sure why they made this movie, especially since it relies heavily on past events that are referenced but which never appeared in any Marvel movie. Harrison Ford is pretty good. Looks very fit for his age. I appreciate that Anthony Mackie's character has huge doubts that he can be "Captain America". The ridiculous occurs regularly, as expected. Some very weird things are depicted, like Japan having a functional military. The casting choice for the President's Black Widow security aide could not have been worse. The woman looks like a 40 year old in the body of a stunted 8 year old. Just find a random fit, athletic actress, it's not that hard.

All in all, pretty bad, yet not as bad as it might have been. I still don't understand why this story needed telling.

 

[Palatine]

Captain America Brave New World. This was weird. Not sure why they made this movie, especially since it relies heavily on past events that are referenced but which never appeared in any Marvel movie. Harrison Ford is pretty good. Looks very fit for his age. I appreciate that Anthony Mackie's character has huge doubts that he can be "Captain America". The ridiculous occurs regularly, as expected. Some very weird things are depicted, like Japan having a functional military. The casting choice for the President's Black Widow security aide could not have been worse. The woman looks like a 40 year old in the body of a stunted 8 year old. Just find a random fit, athletic actress, it's not that hard.

All in all, pretty bad, yet not as bad as it might have been. I still don't understand why this story needed telling.

CABNW. Big, loud super hero movie. I love 'em. I thought they were a little cheap with the special effects and a lot of the special effects scenes were not good. Mackie is not as convincing as Evans in the fight scenes. And, of course, he should be dead multiple times in the movie. The story was OK. I could have used a little more Bucky. The Liv Tyler piece was a nice touch.

 

[HuskyHawk]

CABNW. Big, loud super hero movie. I love 'em. I thought they were a little cheap with the special effects and a lot of the special effects scenes were not good. Mackie is not as convincing as Evans in the fight scenes. And, of course, he should be dead multiple times in the movie. The story was OK. I could have used a little more Bucky. The Liv Tyler piece was a nice touch.

Bucky is a guy they could make a movie around, especially if he was dating Liv Tyler. The missed opportunities.

 

[HuskyHawk]

The Accountant 2. Ben Affleck plays Christian Wolfe, the Accountant. Jon Bernhal is his brother, an assassin. JK Dobbins is back as head of FBI financial crime. Cynthia Addai Robinson is back as his #2. The attractive Daniella Pineda is new as another assassin, but how that came to pass is the backbone of the story. In some respects this is better than the first one. Perhaps it's Christian's attempts to be a little normal. It seems that Ben really has this character down now and that helps the whole thing work. It's ridiculous at times, of course, but it's a pretty good action film. Free on Prime.

 

[storrsroars]

The Accountant 2. Ben Affleck plays Christian Wolfe, the Accountant. Jon Bernhal is his brother, an assassin. JK Dobbins is back as head of FBI financial crime. Cynthia Addai Robinson is back as his #2. The attractive Daniella Pineda is new as another assassin, but how that came to pass is the backbone of the story. In some respects this is better than the first one. Perhaps it's Christian's attempts to be a little normal. It seems that Ben really has this character down now and that helps the whole thing work. It's ridiculous at times, of course, but it's a pretty good action film. Free on Prime.

I enjoyed it more than expected, but it's like it's from a completely different franchise than the original. I wonder if anyone who watched 2 without seeing 1 would have a clue as to what's going on. The original did a solid job in portraying Christian's limitations in functioning in society, while also do a solid job explaining his gifts and motivations. The second has little of that. Christian isn't even the same guy, IMHO.

The kiddie computer camp was s bit ridiculous.

 

[Waquoit]

Wes Anderson movies are pretty much critic-proof these days. I think how you feel about The Phoenician Scheme will mirror what your feeling about recent Anderson movies is. We loved it. I thought it was hilarious. More great visuals, of course.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Wes Anderson movies are pretty much critic-proof these days. I think how you feel about The Phoenician Scheme will mirror what your feeling about recent Anderson movies is. We loved it. I thought it was hilarious. More great visuals, of course.

I’m a huge Wes fan, like top 5 directors for me. I liked Phoenician Scheme. I did not like French Dispatch really, but I really liked Asteroid City.

Fantastic Mr. Fox, Darjeeling Limited and Grand Budapest still remain my favorite.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I enjoyed it more than expected, but it's like it's from a completely different franchise than the original. I wonder if anyone who watched 2 without seeing 1 would have a clue as to what's going on. The original did a solid job in portraying Christian's limitations in functioning in society, while also do a solid job explaining his gifts and motivations. The second has little of that. Christian isn't even the same guy, IMHO.

The kiddie computer camp was s bit ridiculous.

I just viewed that as Christian learning how to interact with people a little better.

 

[CL82]

I enjoyed it more than expected, but it's like it's from a completely different franchise than the original. I wonder if anyone who watched 2 without seeing 1 would have a clue as to what's going on. The original did a solid job in portraying Christian's limitations in functioning in society, while also do a solid job explaining his gifts and motivations. The second has little of that. Christian isn't even the same guy, IMHO.

The kiddie computer camp was s bit ridiculous.

I liked it. It's not a great movie by any means, but it's solid entertainment.

I feel like the head of the "kiddie computer camp" was more significantly impaired in the first movie. In this one, she seems like a nerdy mute. I like the sequence where the federal agent wanted them to stop, and they all ignored her, but, yeah, it was far-fetched.

 

[CL82]

I just viewed that as Christian learning how to interact with people a little better.

The speed dating sequence sets the table for that. It talks about all the prep work he did. I did like the sequence showing him using exactly the same lines delivered exactly the same way in the same abbreviated laugh.

 

[dbmill]

I’m a huge Wes fan, like top 5 directors for me. I liked Phoenician Scheme. I did not like French Dispatch really, but I really liked Asteroid City.

Fantastic Mr. Fox, Darjeeling Limited and Grand Budapest still remain my favorite.

I have mentioned before that I have liked quite a bit a few Wes Anderson movies, my favorite of his is Moonrise Kingdom. I did not care for French Dispatch as well. I recently recorded Asteroid City, so I hope to be able to watch that one soon.

 

[CL82]

well. I recently recorded Asteroid City, so I hope to be able to watch that one soon.

I'll be interested to hear your take on it. To me, it was a pleasant enough viewing experience, very typically Wes Anderson in that it was visually engaging with interesting dialogue. For whatever reason, I never retain any of the narratives from his movies (except for The Life Aquatic, because that was a hysterical premise). I still enjoy them though.

 

[dbmill]

I'll be interested to hear your take on it. To me, it was a pleasant enough viewing experience, very typically Wes Anderson in that it was visually engaging with interesting dialogue. For whatever reason, I never retain any of the narratives from his movies (except for The Life Aquatic, because that was a hysterical premise). I still enjoy them though.

The Life Aquatic was the first Wes Anderson film that I ever saw, I know I saw it a number of years before I knew who he was, and it was way before I started seeing and enjoying several of his other movies. I recall that when I first saw it, I didn't care for it all that much. I have not seen it in many years, at this point I suspect that it is possible that if I ever saw it again I might end up liking it a bit instead of not caring for it like I did when I first saw it given that I took a liking to a number of his films.

 

[Waquoit]

I’m a huge Wes fan, like top 5 directors for me. I liked Phoenician Scheme. I did not like French Dispatch really, but I really liked Asteroid City.

Fantastic Mr. Fox, Darjeeling Limited and Grand Budapest still remain my favorite.

OMG, I can't say I don't agree with you anymore. I sign off on everything in your post. Perhaps Fox is tied for 3rd for me with Moonrise and Tenenbaums.

And db, same here. But give it another try, I did and I loved it 2nd time around.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

OMG, I can't say I don't agree with you anymore. I sign off on everything in your post. Perhaps Fox is tied for 3rd for me with Moonrise and Tenenbaums.

And db, same here. But give it another try, I did and I loved it 2nd time around.

Tenebaums and Life Aquaric are right behind. I’m pretty rare in my love for Darjeeling but that’s the one of Wes’ that I love that others may not.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I’m pretty rare in my love for Darjeeling but that’s the one of Wes’ that I love that others may not.

I liked it fairly well. Moonrise and Budapest Hotel are my top 2, not quite sure after that, but Darjeelling is near the top of the rest for me.

 

[Waquoit]

I’m pretty rare in my love for Darjeeling but that’s the one of Wes’ that I love that others may not.

That's the one where it all clicked for me. The second Anderson I watched, first in a theater. And yes, that's the one that seemed on the bottom of many lists until French Dispatch came out.

 

[CL82]

Deep Cover 2025

Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, and Nick Mohammed (Nathan Shelley from Ted Lasso) star in this unlikely but funny movie. All three are down on their luck. Howard is the teacher of an improv class and Bloom and Mohammed are her students. They probably get offered a job working a low-key undercover gig with the police "because of their improv skills." They're supposed to buy some bootleg cigarettes, but as they riff, they get sucked in deeper and deeper into London's criminal underworld. I enjoyed it. Ian McShane (Winston from John Wick) and Sean Bean (Eddard Stark in Game of Thrones) are good in supporting rolls.

 

[superjohn]

Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, and Tenenbaums were all great.

Grand Budapest was really good.

Life Aquatic and Darjeeling were both good.

Moonrise Kingdom was awful.

Haven't been interested in any of his more recent movies.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

The Accountant 2. Ben Affleck plays Christian Wolfe, the Accountant. Jon Bernhal is his brother, an assassin. JK Dobbins is back as head of FBI financial crime. Cynthia Addai Robinson is back as his #2. The attractive Daniella Pineda is new as another assassin, but how that came to pass is the backbone of the story. In some respects this is better than the first one. Perhaps it's Christian's attempts to be a little normal. It seems that Ben really has this character down now and that helps the whole thing work. It's ridiculous at times, of course, but it's a pretty good action film. Free on Prime.

I enjoyed it more than expected, but it's like it's from a completely different franchise than the original. I wonder if anyone who watched 2 without seeing 1 would have a clue as to what's going on. The original did a solid job in portraying Christian's limitations in functioning in society, while also do a solid job explaining his gifts and motivations. The second has little of that. Christian isn't even the same guy, IMHO.

The kiddie computer camp was s bit ridiculous.

I liked it. It's not a great movie by any means, but it's solid entertainment.

I feel like the head of the "kiddie computer camp" was more significantly impaired in the first movie. In this one, she seems like a nerdy mute. I like the sequence where the federal agent wanted them to stop, and they all ignored her, but, yeah, it was far-fetched.

All things considered it was pretty good, but it had a feel of going the route of Fast & Furious; what began as a reasonable, if somewhat far fetched premise moves to where you need to move beyond reality. My gut tells me that we will see more Accountant movies and the new assissin will now be part of the crew

 

[Waquoit]

Moonrise Kingdom was awful.

Yeah, no