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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?
« on: December 31, 2025, 08:48:07 pm »
The Naked Gun (2025) - So dumb and funny.
Gremlins - If Gremlins 3 is CGI what is even the point.
The Alamo - John Wayne had made enough movies that when he does try his hand at directing he knows what a film should look and feel like, but he doesn't seem to have that extra vision that knows how to make it compelling. The action spectacle stuff is thrilling enough, but the writing and characters are impressive one-note, pretty much across the board.
Live Free or Die Hard - Much better than I remembered, and maybe an underrated action gem of the 00s. More practical effects and stunts than its contemporaries, which really scores it points with me. Still a step down from the previous three films, but I'm glad I revisited it.
A Good Day to Die Hard - If this were a lower budgeted Scott Adkins straight to streaming title it'd be amazing, but it's not. It's supposed to be a Die Hard film, and at that it fails pretty spectacularly. Action was never boring at least.
Sense and Sensibility - Beautiful and moving. Maybe Ang Lee's best movie.
Friendly Persuasion - It's not until the last 30-40 minutes that this really lines up with the logline, and by that time the movie has already delivered something so much lighter that the Civil War stuff feels a bit tonally at odds. It looks incredible, and the acting is all good, it just feels like two different movies thrown together.
Tenet - The most Christopher Nolan movie of them all. Convoluted, incredible to look at, a bit high on it's own supply. He was obviously surrounded by yes men, which is probably for the best because he got it out of his system. Operating almost exclusively on vibes.
Gremlins - If Gremlins 3 is CGI what is even the point.
The Alamo - John Wayne had made enough movies that when he does try his hand at directing he knows what a film should look and feel like, but he doesn't seem to have that extra vision that knows how to make it compelling. The action spectacle stuff is thrilling enough, but the writing and characters are impressive one-note, pretty much across the board.
Live Free or Die Hard - Much better than I remembered, and maybe an underrated action gem of the 00s. More practical effects and stunts than its contemporaries, which really scores it points with me. Still a step down from the previous three films, but I'm glad I revisited it.
A Good Day to Die Hard - If this were a lower budgeted Scott Adkins straight to streaming title it'd be amazing, but it's not. It's supposed to be a Die Hard film, and at that it fails pretty spectacularly. Action was never boring at least.
Sense and Sensibility - Beautiful and moving. Maybe Ang Lee's best movie.
Friendly Persuasion - It's not until the last 30-40 minutes that this really lines up with the logline, and by that time the movie has already delivered something so much lighter that the Civil War stuff feels a bit tonally at odds. It looks incredible, and the acting is all good, it just feels like two different movies thrown together.
Tenet - The most Christopher Nolan movie of them all. Convoluted, incredible to look at, a bit high on it's own supply. He was obviously surrounded by yes men, which is probably for the best because he got it out of his system. Operating almost exclusively on vibes.