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What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
kamikazekeeg:
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--- Quote from: kamikazekeeg on April 02, 2025, 02:26:38 am ---The Electric State - the effects are fantastic, visually really impressive
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it really did look great, which may be why it cost so much lol
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Sorta, like it makes sense it's pricey, but I don't know if I would say this is 300+ million dollars good lol It's really well done, but nothing here was like Avatar level to me lol
Cartagia:
Wayne's World - Didn't strike me until this time just how prescient Benjamin's plan was. Today every corporation is just buying smaller ones, squeezing out the quick buck, and then putting it out to pasture.
Old Henry - A sturdy, no frills, good performances, simple concept Western. Not too sure how I feel about the twist, but also appreciate that it doesn't hide it from you if you are familiar enough with history. The kind of role Tim Blake Nelson was born to play.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - While not a flawless film it is probably the absolute pinnacle of the spaghetti western as a genre. But that's a genre that embraces flaws as part it's identity, so I guess it is flawless?
The Conversation - Hackman is amazing in this, and the sound design and editing are incredible. Tremendous motion picture.
Punisher: War Zone - Ray Stevenson is great, the violence is terrific, and the accents are atrocious. I totally get what this movie is trying to do, and it works more often that it doesn't, but man are there a lot of bad performances in this, alongside some really ropey effects and not great action editing (probably for rating reasons).
Snatch - An absolute product of its time, but in a way that makes it endearing rather than irritating. Dennis Farina giving the best performance I'm the movie by a mile. Still a ton of fun and genuinely funny.
Nine to Five - Only a woman could have written a movie about misogyny that feels this light and breezy. The structure and pace is kinda wobbly and it's a bit too long, but it's still a lot of fun.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Worked better for me this time, not that I hated it before. Really connected with Rick's story in a way I didn't before. And the climax is pretty much perfect from an execution standpoint. The main thing that makes me hesitate from saying absolute masterpiece is that I still don't know how I feel about intersecting it with a real tragedy to the extent it does. I understand what QT is trying to with it, but something just doesn't sit quite 100% right with me.
Cartagia:
Once Upon a Time in the West - A visual and aural masterpiece. Perfectly paced for about 85-90% of a 2 hour and 45 minute runtime, but having 10-15% of such a long movie drag isn't a small amount of time. I prefer Leone's previous masterpiece, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but I'm not gonna fight with anyone who chooses this film instead.
Everybody Wants Some - Just a fun chill rewatch.
Wrath of Man - A bunch unnecessary non-linear storytelling going on here. Good action, but the dialogue is largely bad, and performances are kinda sleepy across the board.
The Fall - Hadn't seen this since the original home video release. Wonderfully stunning production and costume design, and a great performance from Lee Pace (especially in the third act). Resonated with me a bit more this time around.
Tombstone - It's easy to overlook because of the titanic shadow that Val Kilmer's iconic performance casts over the rest of the film, but there's not one actor who is anything less than stellar, with Michael Biehn and Powers Boothe both giving what might also be career bests. A maximalist take on the classic Western that does nothing but slowly accelerate at a perfect pace for the first 75 minutes or so, Tombstone really only stumbles in its third act, which feels a bit disjointed and rushed, but when you read about the troubled production you have to be at least somewhat impressed at how well it actually holds together.
Flushed Away - Had way more fun with this than I expected. Good voice cast, really fun attention to detail, and just a totally off the wall plot.
Sinners - Ryan Coogler's best by a huge margin, and I liked everything I've seen from him. You know when a horror film or monster movie is great when you remove the antagonist and you've still got something astounding. Ludwig Göransson and Ruth E. Carter better make some room on their Oscar mantle. There's one sequence in the middle that just completely left me in awe - like once in a decade memorable. Everyone see this movie.
Civil War - Well-made and engaging, but I did not really enjoy watching it. I understand why they kept the story at such a zoomed out focus, but a downside of that is that the logistics start to fail if you ask why anything might be happening.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - The first 30 minutes or so wouod probably hit harder if Walk Hard wasnt already around. It gets better as it goes along and really skews from history, with Evan Rachel Wood giving a shockingly great performance as Madonna. The whole thing cost less than an episode of basically any modern prestige drama. Take notes Hollywood.
kamikazekeeg:
Conclave - Saw some story about how people were flocking to this movie because of the Pope's death and I was bored, so I figured why not. I'm not religious, let alone have any Catholic connections, just thought seeing insight into the Vatican during a situation like this (As stylized and dramatic as it probably is), could be interesting. It's a decent drama, but one of small scale. It's not as bold as I feel like the initial idea lets on and it does try to have moments of heightened drama, but this isn't trying to be anything drastic, it's more about interpersonal problems between Cardinals and delving into the political infighting that likely exists.
It's fine though, a decent watch.
Sicario - Seen clips over the years, didn't know exactly what sort of movie I was getting into it, but it's pretty intense, didn't go in the direction I expected, pretty gritty and brutal.
Leviathan - Needed something way less serious after the last two movies, so dumb 80's scifi horror schlock is what I went for lol I always got a soft spot for underwater movies, don't know why, setting is kinda that perfect, uncomfortable place, deep water is scary, and I've watched a lot of deep sea movies. This one was definitely better than the last one I saw, The Rift, generally better budget, though it's mostly just an Alien/Thing knockoff lol
It's that perfect throwaway, old school, horror flick, most people have probably never heard about it, you got a couple known actors in it with Peter Weller, Ernie Hudson, Daniel Stern, and I feel like I generally recognize two others from some other movies. It's very by the book, of the era, all the tropes are there, but totally functional. I wouldn't say it's "so bad it's good", because it's not really that bad, and it's not that good, but it fits in that realm if you wanted something goofy for a movie night in that vibe.
Cartagia:
Havoc - The action is brutal and bloody, but this is pretty handily Evans weakest project to date. Olyphant acquits himself the best out of the cast, although no one is really bad. Better than both of Netflix's similar Extraction flicks.
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