Recently watched movies 2025

[HuskyHawk]

Apropos of nothing, but I am in my late 40's and just today found out that The Kurgan (or Captain Hadley, depending on the generation), is a successful voice over actor and has been doing animation and video game work for over 30 years.

He's Mr. Krabbs!

 

[Husky25]

He's Mr. Krabbs!

Since 1999! I just saw a clip of the live action performers doing a skit with their SpongeBob voices.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I tried "Sisu." I realize you have to suspend disbelief when it's one man vs. an army. But they pushed me too far. It got me thinking about a great, often used trope in movies--the human body shield. A bullet will usually pass right thru, unless a main character needs some plot armor and then holding someone else in front of them will stop any round. Sisu employed this repeatedly. I let it go with a regular rifle or machine gun. But I just couldn't do it after many rounds from the tank mounted .50 caliber failed to pass through the human shield. Nope, done at that point.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Watched "Turn Me On" on Tubi. Low budget indie. An idea that has probably been done many times. All the people in the movie voluntarily entered some kind of isolated community. Everyone there is on mood modifying, emotion suppressing drugs. Their "daily vitamin." The main character played by Bel Powley (I don't think I realized she's British prior to this) stops taking her meds, then tries to get others to do the same. They rediscover what it means to be human, both the good and the bad. It was slow paced but I found it interesting. Nick Robinson is the co lead. In this community they all have partners they are matched up with, but they simply live in the same apartment, there is no romance or affection or passion. Until they stop taking the drugs of course.

 

[CL82]

I tried "Sisu." I realize you have to suspend disbelief when it's one man vs. an army. But they pushed me too far. It got me thinking about a great, often used trope in movies--the human body shield. A bullet will usually pass right thru, unless a main character needs some plot armor and then holding someone else in front of them will stop any round. Sisu employed this repeatedly. I let it go with a regular rifle or machine gun. But I just couldn't do it after many rounds from the tank mounted .50 caliber failed to pass through the human shield. Nope, done at that point.

Often the opposition in movies isn't pretty portrayed as particularly bright, so maybe the people he use as a human shield wear "dense."