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What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
kamikazekeeg:
Been a few since I watched too much, but saw that 28 Years Later was up to watch and checked it out. I really loved the first movie, the second movie was just alright, mostly just a really intense opening, but I think I like this third movie more than the second, but probably not as much as 28 Days Later, though it's been years since I've watched it, it's impossible to watch, or it was, seems like it's up on AMC+, but I ain't signing up for anything else anymore, but I'll get to it again someday.
I like this, because it feels more like just telling a simple story, with a couple characters, in tense situations, much like the first movie. I wasn't sure if I was gonna like the idea of the virus "evolving", I thought it was gonna kinda turn things into more regular zombie flicks (It's sort of a zombie movie depending on how you view the concept, but these are still living, breathing, humans), but I think it works enough here, the infected just becoming functionally angry feral animals, living off the land. The "Alpha" stuff is a tad sillier, but they explain it just enough to be like "alright, I'll just follow along" lol Main cast are good, solid kid character. I'm not sure if I love some of the camera work and such, I guess it's almost a throwback vibe to kinda early 2000's filmmaking, more snapshots and odd camera turns throughout, but at least it keeps it interesting.
The ending is tonal whiplash, really absurd, but I think that's sorta supposed to be the point, but I don't know, I guess we'll see how they utilize that with the sequel that just released, which just came out digital, but will be awhile before cheap rental or normal streaming hits.
(Apparently the ending song connects to the opening that I never caught, but now makes it way more crazy with other elements, hope Bone Temple is decent.)
Fantastic Four: First Steps - Finally got around to this one, and it's overall quite solid. It's a good in progress super hero movie. The 60's scifi vibe is great, though I hate that once again they hold back on the color, things kinda being abit washed out, wish they'd stop, MCU can often be afraid of vibrancy, especially something that is trying to emulate a property like FF4 where it could be a crazy colorful thing back in the day. The movie overall reminds me of the new Superman, a similar vibe with the wholesomeness, of people trying to do their best, it's very classic superhero vibes not just in the setting and it's nice to have that.
I do not know where this goes with Doomsday, I'm kinda not feeling it, bringing back folks that had retired from the role in a kinda permanent way, RDJ coming back, but as a Doom, but not a Stark version of Doom or maybe he is, we don't know, I just don't love it. I'm kinda over the nostalgia tripping, bringing back these people or the fox era X-Men again, I kinda hit my limit of that with Deadpool & Wolverine, where it was a nice final nod to that era of Marvel. We'll see, maybe the story is good enough, maybe it'll go in very interesting ways, who knows.
Cartagia:
Yacht Rock - I actually learned quite a bit here. I've only recently really started to dive into this era of easy listening and didn't realize just how intertwined it all was. Really enjoyed this!
Decision to Leave - A bit more idiosyncratic than I expected, but still expertly put together. Felt like a full 6-8 episode mini-series stuffed into 130 minutes. I really dug it, but just wasn't a total home run for me. I couldn't get fully emotionally invested, but I can't quite put my finger on why.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid - If I had nickel for each Kris Kristofferson western that was cut up by the studios and poorly received on release but was later re-evaluated when the Director's Cut came out, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
The Dark Knight - It's probably been a decade since I've watched this, and I was honestly a little afraid to go back to it. Well, I have some great news. It still absolutely fucking rules. Ledger is obviously the standout, but everything else here is still a perfectly oiled machine.
Life of Brian - The only Python flick with a real plot from front to back, you can definitely feel why they stick to bits as it feels a little dragged out in places, but that doesn't stop it from being uproariously funny. A couple of jokes don't land today, but taken as a whole and a product of its time it is still my #2 Pyhton picture (Grail has the most memorable bits, but also the biggest misses for me).
The Bodyguard from Beijing - Disappointing. Yuen and Li are capable of better. Annoying kid and a bland romance outweigh the far too infrequent action.
South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut - Unreal how topical this still feels today.
The Bridge on the River Kwai - The prison camp story is powerful exploration of pride, morals, classism, and legacy. The William Holden story is really just a pretty solid war flick.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Not Wayne's best performance (this is much more of a Jimmy Stewart vehicle), but maybe the best movie he was ever in. This is a film that sees the revisionist Westerns on the horizon and does a masterful job of setting the stage for their arrival.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - It's kinda weird that all of the chocolate that Wonka actually has for sale seems like normal candy, but all the stuff in the factory is insane magical bullcrap.
kamikazekeeg:
Predator: Badlands - It's wild how much Dan Trachtenberg has just nailed Predator. Prey, the animated movie, and now this, all quality, all good. Finally got to seeing this and it was some good fun, I liked the dynamic of this torn apart, yet kinda bright and bubbly Synth working alongside a Yatuja. It's a pretty standard dynamic really, but it's fun. I think the only thing I didn't care about was "Bud", the little creature, like she has importance to the story, but quirky animal buddies I can do without most of the time lol Thankfully Bud isn't there for a lot of the movie. It's overall a solid story and just some fun action set pieces.
weirdfeline:
Daltry Calhoun, a movie from 2005 I'm only aware of because of Johnny Knoxville's Wikipedia article. The poster was enticing and the trailer less so but for some reason I was interested enough to watch it. Very misleading! Knoxville's character is hardly the lead but instead the daughter is. It was a fine slice of life movie set in small town Tennessee but had it been marketed more accurately I'd probably have never watched it.
Just watched School for Scoundrels (2006) for the first time in full. The ending seems very familiar to me but the rest didn't. Anyway, this movie is pretty great. Great pacing, amazing supporting cast who pretty much all went on to do bigger things after this. The "Blue Orchid" needle drop was a nice surprise, loved that song when it came out and bought the CD because of it. I watched this because it is one of few HD DVD releases that still doesn't have a Blu-ray, alongside 2005's The Dukes of Hazzard which I'll probably watch next. Dukes has a UMD release but no Blu-ray. School for Scoundrels is free on a bunch of different services including a random but seemingly legit YouTube upload. Fun comedy with a multitude of familiar faces, well worth a watch.
Cartagia:
The Maltese Falcon - This was a lot of fun! Super fast paced and engaging - if this were a modern film it'd be 150 minutes and Spade wouldn't get the case for at least 30 minutes. Sydney Greenstreet was a huge standout out for me. Loved all of his bluster.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - The emotional beats don't work here like it does in Tenenbaums, but the comedy is mostly solid, aside from a couple of bits.
Fire Down Below - As an action star vehicle it is kind of the platonic ideal. Motivations that are easy to relate to, a good supporting cast, a crime lord and his failson, a unique setting (with lots of on location shooting!). It's just a shame it's all in service of Steven Seagal.
Bicycle Thieves - Did Antonio at least try looking in the Alamo's basement?
Scary Movie - Here's the problem: it wants to be both a horror parody and a teen sex comedy riff. The horror stuff is solid enough, but the sex comedy stuff is a big whiff. At its absolute best when it is doing Scream and IKWYDLS beat for beat, but it haphazardly throws in random scenes to spoof other stuff. Performances are really strong, though, with Shannon Elizabeth giving maybe the best performance of her career.
Scary Movie 2 - A better and more consistent parody than the first. A much better hit rate on jokes, though a lot of them drag on for way too long, but not nearly as many bits that aged poorly.
Giant - Extremely well-paced for a nearly 3.5 hour cross-generational epic. Great performances all around. The grand romance at center is ultimately the weakest aspect of the film, with the love triangle feeling a bit underbaked, considering the runtime.
Deathstalker - A good time for what it is. I've seen way worse takes on the genre on MST3K.
Deathstalker II - It's a more well-made film than the first, but it leans way too much into the comedy this time. Some levity wouldn't have been a problem, but practically every line is a bit.
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