Author Topic: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?  (Read 1209303 times)

Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2610 on: October 02, 2025, 01:00:45 pm »
KPop Demon Hunters is worth the hype. I watched it to prepare for their inclusion in Fortnite and enjoyed it a lot. I'd compare it favorably to Trolls Band Together. After it ended I already wanted to watch it again.

Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2611 on: October 02, 2025, 05:07:04 pm »
In 2023 and 2024, I watched a horror movie each night in October. I wasn't sure if I'd be feeling up for that again this year, but I'll see if I can manage it for 2025.

I've started my October movie-a-day habit again!

Smile 2 - Unreal performance from Naomi Scott. Absolutely better than the first, but leans too hard on a trope I really don't like in the third act, though.

#Alive - I had fun with this! Well-made minimalist zombie story, that starts out spending a lot of time focusing on logistics and what it might actually feel like in a zombie apocalypse. It starts to lose focus and not really make sense by the end, though.

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust - This looks just absolutely stunning. Good pacing, great action, but it gets pretty muddled in final act and I wasn't quite sure what happened.

The Grand Duel - Shame is has such a soggy middle, as the opening and ending are both great, and the soundtrack is an all-timer.

Sputnik - I was getting major X-Files vibes from this one.  Cool mystery, well-directed, excellent production design.  Spends a little too much time on the set-up, and the scientists kinda leap to some wild conclusions without much evidence, but it also makes excellent use of its early 80s USSR setting.
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Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2612 on: October 06, 2025, 03:16:00 am »
Hacksaw Ridge - I believe I have seen this one before I think, feel like I vaguely remember some scenes, but it was interesting, because while it has what you expect from these types of war movies, the story about a conscientious objector going to war as a medic, refusing to carry a rifle, and ended up saving dozens of men himself, is a pretty strong story.  It feels a little schmaltzy in the beginning in places, but decent setup as to why Doss is the way he is, a man of faith, but it isn't all just a thing of faith, some of it having to do with his alcoholic father who is a veteran of World War 1 and is clearly haunted by his time there, and growing up under that man lead to how he wanted to live his life.

Looking into the factual elements, it's interesting, because it did some changes for narrative purposes, combining characters into one for the sake of convenience, and apparently the ending where Doss gets hurt after deflecting grenades, which I think happened, but instead of being carted off, in actuality, he gave his stretcher to another soldier after helping bandage him, and then was shot in the arm and crawled 300 yards to safety after hours of being left alone, but they thought audiences wouldn't believe that, which is wild honestly.  There was also some time shifts, as apparently his time there was spent over three weeks saving people rather than the shorter length of a few days that it was for the movie.  So, accurate, but not out inaccurate for the sake of sensationalizing the events in particular, at least with the actual war aspect, apparently the pre-war part of the beginning isn't very accurate, which is abit less important to me in particular.

Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2613 on: October 06, 2025, 08:31:03 pm »
MadS - This really surprised me.  I barely knew anything about it going in, so I spent a lot of the first act just trying to figure out what kind of movie it is, and once it shows it's hand it really takes off and becomes one of the most refreshing takes on zombies I've seen in ages.

Freaks - Haven't seen this since college, and it played completely different for me this time.  Barely a thriller, let alone a horror film, it's mostly just a slice of life portrait of these circus performers.  Would love to see those lost 20-30 minutes one day.

Something Wicked this Way Comes - Amazing soundtrack and immaculate vibes. Jonathan Pryce is great, and Jason Robards is no slouch. Unfortunately, it's dragged down by what always seems to drag this type of movie down - the kids. If this took a broader approach with the town and extended cast it would be a must see.

Late Night with the Devil - It's really impressive how much this really captures the vibe of a 70s talk show (until it doesn't).  I could forgive the handful of shoddy effects, but coupling them with the AI graphics makes it tougher to swallow.  The ending feels kinda rushed, but works for the most part.

Blood Quantum - Outside of the general premise this is a pretty bog-standard zombie flick with stilted acting and a generic script.  Which is unfortunate because the premise and opening are both really strong.

Huesera: The Bone Woman - Well-mad, and appropriately moody in place, with some ok body-horror, but once it became obvious it was a "horror is a metaphor" film I started to lose interest.

High Noon - Easy to see why it's considered a masterpiece.  An indictment on McCarthyism that feels just hugely relevant today.

Bubble Boy - The way Jake switches from being the dorky Bubble Boy to hot confident Jake Gyllenhaal in the flip of a switch at the end is insane acting.
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Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2614 on: October 13, 2025, 03:25:16 pm »
Alligator - The first half of this, which plays more like a noir-ish serial killer mystery than a creature feature with Robert Forster: Pet Detective, is a bit stronger than the back half.  The monster mayhem stuff is totally fine and fun, but it's just got a bit more pizzazz earlier on.

Torso - Really puts the sexual in psychosexual.  Maybe my favorite of all the giallo I've seen so far.  Not as outlandish with the twists, and a bit more straightforward, but it handles it all well.

The Wolf Man - Pretty handily my least favorite of the classic Universal horror films I've seen, but not bad by any means.  A bit sluggishly paced for only being 70 minutes.

Delicatessen - Really weird, really French, and a lot of fun.

Nightmare - A very taut, well-acted and tense psychological thriller!  Felt a little old-fashioned for the mid-60s, but i think that actually helped it quite a bit.  One of my favorite Hammer films I've seen so far.

Bubba Ho-tep - Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis are legitimately great in this. The 4K disc does not favors for hiding just how cheap this movie is, though. It still has loads of charm, though.
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Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2615 on: October 18, 2025, 07:32:44 am »
Black Phone 2 is very good and better than the first!

Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2616 on: October 18, 2025, 08:43:40 pm »
The Ten Commandments - Such a pompous self-indulgent 1950s big Hollywood film. I love it. Real "They don't make em like this anymore" type stuff.


Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2617 on: October 19, 2025, 04:33:23 am »
good fortune is not good! first, like with every theatrical comedy these days, there's of course a push for seeing comedies in theaters.. sure, great, but why release this with an R rating then? that kind of thing matters for theatrical releases even still and this movie has no reason to be rated R, replace like 2 f-bomb's and it's PG-13.

the movie simply put is freaky friday with a poor guy and a rich guy (it does not deserve a comparison to the eddie murphy classic trading places). it's much more humorous than it is funny. maybe laughed once? it's weird watching very notable actors sympathize with being poor for 90 minutes. i also don't know why the production budget of this is $30m, you definitely don't see it on the screen. i'm assuming a big pay day for seth rogen and keanu and they apparently wasted money using CGI to remove a knee brace from keanu. i think i just feel bad for lionsgate after watching this.

Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2618 on: October 19, 2025, 06:08:58 am »
Ford vs Ferrari - Solid racing movie, Christian Bale and Matt Damon nail the characters.  Apparently Tom Cruise was gonna be in the movie, I assume as Shelby, but I definitely don't think he would have fit the part nearly as well.

Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2619 on: October 19, 2025, 06:33:51 am »
roofman is so good, captured my interest because it's set in toys r us and it doesn't disappoint on that front. i avoided the marketing and trailers for it so i'm not sure exactly what it's marketed as but it's like a crime/romantic light-hearted drama. this movie features a cameo from the video game cel damage, can't say that about many movies.

Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« Reply #2620 on: October 19, 2025, 02:38:35 pm »
Black Phone 2 - I liked the first film well-enough, and I thought this one was just a skosh better.  Excellent aesthetics and vibes.  It gets a bit too wrapped up in expositional conversations a couple times, and the first hour or so gets a little repetitive.  Not enough to derail it for me, though.

Maverick - A textbook romp. So much fun, a killer cast, music fits perfectly. I love the way it feels like this is just a couple of regular episodes in Bret's life.

Suspiria (2018) - Forgoes the hyper-stylization of the original in order to forge its own no less unique identity - exactly what a remake should do. More general substance than Argento's film, but probably didn't need to be nearly 2.5 hours.

Nosferatu (1922) - Is it unfair to say the Eggers version is better? Probably. But this is still pretty dang good in its own right.

Starship Troopers - An even more overt satire than RoboCop, Starship Troopers took everything Verhoven had done since than prior film and dialed it 11. Its weakest aspect, the relationship between Rico and Carmen, isn't really helped by their lack of chemistry, or the fact the two performances kinda let down the overall vibe of the movie.

The Wizard of Gore (2007) - Look, I'm not saying the numetal aesthetic and film noir style are completely incompatible, but it would take a much steadier directorial hand to make it work.
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