General Entertainment ~Rate The Last Movie/TV Show You Watched Thread~

[Bloodporne]

Knives Out

 

Saw this on a (very nice) date the other night and while I thought it was often funny and entertaining, it just kind of stayed in a safe, vaguely boring zone in terms of where the plot went and its scenarios. At this point, and considering its general sense of humor, I was expecting it to totally go off the deep end and go all in with crazy shit in its third end but it just kind of fizzled out predictably. Not bad by any means but not much more than a decently entertaining evening at the movies. 

 

6.5/10 or 7/10...not sure. The sets probably make this a 7/10 for me.

[Spawn_of_Apathy]

Jojo Rabbit.
 

Good movie. Entertaining. Solid  4/5. 

 

Funny, but not so weighed down by it, that feels it can’t take anything seriously at all. 

[Dre801]

Godfather Part 3(first time watching from beginning to end).  Not awful.  If the previous two are 9's, I'd give this a 6 or 7.

[CastlevaniaNut18]

Misery. 8/10. Yep, this was a better adaptation than The Shining. Kathy Bates earned that Oscar. 

[Spawn_of_Apathy]

Knives Out. 
 

Damn good movie. Entertaining. A great “who done it” that doesn’t solve the case with a uncovering some final clue at the end. 

Man, that director was so good, I bet he could make a good Star Wars movie, if given the chance. 

[johnny]

Marriage Story 5/5

[EternallDarkness]

6 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said:

 

Man, that director was so good, I bet he could make a good Star Wars movie, if given the chance. 

I still can't believe a man capable or writing and directing Knives Out made that steaming turd that is TLJ

[SimpleG]

The Irishman 3/5

Well acted and well shot but I found the rest rather boring. The de aging tech worked ok for them most part until you see them start moving around .

 

[SimpleG]

Predator 4k

Best homoerotic man vs alien action slasher flick ever filmed

Visual: The 4k is a huge upgrade from previous 1080p sources.Everything from clothes to jungle to rippling man parts just looks better

Audio: Standard 5.1 DTS-HD nothing special its fine.

 

[Greatoneshere]

2 hours ago, EternallDarkness said:

I still can't believe a man capable or writing and directing Knives Out made that steaming turd that is TLJ

 

Probably means you're missing something because a writer/director doesn't make 4 universally excellent movies and one "steaming turd" out of nowhere. What do you think he did? Turned off his talent and skill for one movie? Makes no logical sense.

[EternallDarkness]

1 hour ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

Probably means you're missing something because a writer/director doesn't make 4 universally excellent movies and one "steaming turd" out of nowhere. What do you think he did? Turned off his talent and skill for one movie? Makes no logical sense.

 

Happens all the time with all creatives. Your favorite band can put out 9 killer albums in a row and ship a complete piece of crap. I generally love Stephen King, but he occasionally drops a deuce as well. No one hits it out of the park every time. 

[Greatoneshere]

26 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said:

 

Happens all the time with all creatives. Your favorite band can put out 9 killer albums in a row and ship a complete piece of crap. I generally love Stephen King, but he occasionally drops a deuce as well. No one hits it out of the park every time. 

 

Of course I understand that, but "steaming turd" is a bit much. The skill on display in that film alone on a technical level precludes it from that. I'm not claiming he "hit it out of the park" but he made 4 excellent movies and then one of the worst of all time? Steaming turd? On the level of The Room and White Chicks and Saw 5? There's something visceral about the hate towards that specific movie I will never understand.

[EternallDarkness]

2 hours ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

Of course I understand that, but "steaming turd" is a bit much. The skill on display in that film alone on a technical level precludes it from that. I'm not claiming he "hit it out of the park" but he made 4 excellent movies and then one of the worst of all time? Steaming turd? On the level of The Room and White Chicks and Saw 5? There's something visceral about the hate towards that specific movie I will never understand.

 

never claimed it was one of the all-time worst, but I personally thought it sucked. I won't rehash all the stuff I hated about the film (and there was a lot ) but what pissed me off the most was that it was clearly NOT a continuation of TFA. Like it or hate it TFA clearly seemed to be setting up a story, but Rian rolls with his TLJ and gives us a slow chase film with an asinine subplot (aka Casino Royally Stupid) and it feels as if he ignored everything that JJ had set in motion. I can't completely blame Rian (though since he wrote it he deserves the vast majority of the blame IMO) because it seems pretty damn clear that there was never a planned story arc for the trilogy. On the plus side for TLJ at least the movie didn't revolve around union negotiations and trade franchises. 

[Greatoneshere]

16 hours ago, EternallDarkness said:

 

never claimed it was one of the all-time worst, but I personally thought it sucked. I won't rehash all the stuff I hated about the film (and there was a lot ) but what pissed me off the most was that it was clearly NOT a continuation of TFA. Like it or hate it TFA clearly seemed to be setting up a story, but Rian rolls with his TLJ and gives us a slow chase film with an asinine subplot (aka Casino Royally Stupid) and it feels as if he ignored everything that JJ had set in motion. I can't completely blame Rian (though since he wrote it he deserves the vast majority of the blame IMO) because it seems pretty damn clear that there was never a planned story arc for the trilogy. On the plus side for TLJ at least the movie didn't revolve around union negotiations and trade franchises. 

 

The original trilogy didn't have a plan either, to be upset that TLJ takes things in a different direction than TFA intended seems like a mild criticism at best? I'm not saying a person has to like TLJ but you called it a "steaming turd" which is a bit much is all. It's a much more competently made film than many movies are. 

[EternallDarkness]

1 minute ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

 you called it a "steaming turd" which is a bit much is all. 

A bit much? Dude, it might be a bit much for you, but since it's my OPINION it's not a bit much for me. You don't have to agree with it, but you really can't argue with opinions. As for the original trilogy not having a plan whether mapped out or not I can say storylines followed one another in a coherent way. 

[Greatoneshere]

2 hours ago, EternallDarkness said:

A bit much? Dude, it might be a bit much for you, but since it's my OPINION it's not a bit much for me. You don't have to agree with it, but you really can't argue with opinions. As for the original trilogy not having a plan whether mapped out or not I can say storylines followed one another in a coherent way. 

 

What I mean is by saying it's a "steaming turd" you're saying it's as bad as some of the worst movies ever made, presumably.

[johnny]

2 hours ago, EternallDarkness said:

A bit much? Dude, it might be a bit much for you, but since it's my OPINION it's not a bit much for me. You don't have to agree with it, but you really can't argue with opinions. As for the original trilogy not having a plan whether mapped out or not I can say storylines followed one another in a coherent way. 

Believe it or not, opinions can also be steaming turds. You can believe what you want but that doesn’t mean it isn’t idiotic. 

[Nokt]

22 hours ago, EternallDarkness said:

Happens all the time with all creatives. Your favorite band can put out 9 killer albums in a row and ship a complete piece of crap. I generally love Stephen King, but he occasionally drops a deuce as well. No one hits it out of the park every time. 

I was going to say Ridley Scott. Dude has had a pretty stellar career, but there is some not so good movies in his filmography.

[EternallDarkness]

1 hour ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

What I mean is by saying it's a "steaming turd" you're saying it's as bad as some of the worst movies ever made, presumably.

 

that's you interpreting my meaning of steaming turd   I don't get way people are defending this so hard. I don't get why it seems to bother you. It's not like I've insulted your mother here, and it's not as if what I am saying is going to hurt TLJ box office...the movie already made a billion. And it's not even as if my not liking the movie is going to stop me from seeing Skywalker. I'm still playing to be there opening weekend. Just accept that there are people, myself among that, that don't like the movie. 

 

1 hour ago, johnny said:

Believe it or not, opinions can also be steaming turds. You can believe what you want but that doesn’t mean it isn’t idiotic. 

 

that would be another's opinion, meaning it would be your opinion that my opinion was idiotic 

[CastlevaniaNut18]

The whole a Star Wars series is a steaming turd. There, I said it. Debate over.

 

 

Anyway, I watched Die Hard for the first time ever last night. It was actually better than I thought it would be. 8/10. 

[Greatoneshere]

6 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said:

 

that's you interpreting my meaning of steaming turd   I don't get way people are defending this so hard. I don't get why it seems to bother you. It's not like I've insulted your mother here, and it's not as if what I am saying is going to hurt TLJ box office...the movie already made a billion. And it's not even as if my not liking the movie is going to stop me from seeing Skywalker. I'm still playing to be there opening weekend. Just accept that there are people, myself among that, that don't like the movie. 

 

That's fine, I'm just pointing out that that's quite hyperbolic. I'm not defending anything "so hard". I would be making this argument for any competent film, it being Star Wars is irrelevant to me.

[EternallDarkness]

2 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

 

Anyway, I watched Die Hard for the first time ever last night. It was actually better than I thought it would be. 8/10. 

 

you'd never seen Die Hard?! Wow. Given how often that movie seem to be on TV that fact that you haven't accidently seen it after all these years is actually pretty dang impressive. 

[CastlevaniaNut18]

Just now, EternallDarkness said:

 

you'd never seen Die Hard?! Wow. Given how often that movie seem to be on TV that fact that you haven't accidently seen it after all these years is actually pretty dang impressive. 

I’m sure I’d seen bits and pieces in TV over the years, but never actually sat down to watch it all. I missed out on a lot of those 80s and 90s action movies during my childhood. 
 

I plan on watching the rest of the series in the coming weeks. 

[EternallDarkness]

2 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

That's fine, I'm just pointing out that that's quite hyperbolic. I'm not defending anything "so hard". I would be making this argument for any competent film, it being Star Wars is irrelevant to me.

 

again, your opinion that my comment is hyperbolic...also your opinion that the film 'competent'   I'd say that the mere fact that half the storyline depends on the one or two people aware of the 'escape' plan not filling in the rest of the crew to be completely asinine. These are the core members of the rebellion, the die hards….and so we can't trust them to know what we are doing? Not to mention Poe doesn't have any friends among the ground/flight crew that could have filled him in on the fact that all the smaller transports were being prepped? And Rian having the ship become a lightspeed missle completely negates the threat of any massive ship in future and makes the sacrifices of those who died fighting the previous Death Stars seem outright stupid. Why launch a massive assault at all, take one capital ship, aim it at your target, hit the hyperdrive, and threat go bye bye. 

[EternallDarkness]

15 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

 

I plan on watching the rest of the series in the coming weeks. 

 

the original is definitely the best, but all of them are to a certain degree-some more than others 

[Greatoneshere]

26 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said:

 

again, your opinion that my comment is hyperbolic...also your opinion that the film 'competent'   I'd say that the mere fact that half the storyline depends on the one or two people aware of the 'escape' plan not filling in the rest of the crew to be completely asinine. These are the core members of the rebellion, the die hards….and so we can't trust them to know what we are doing? Not to mention Poe doesn't have any friends among the ground/flight crew that could have filled him in on the fact that all the smaller transports were being prepped? And Rian having the ship become a lightspeed missle completely negates the threat of any massive ship in future and makes the sacrifices of those who died fighting the previous Death Stars seem outright stupid. Why launch a massive assault at all, take one capital ship, aim it at your target, hit the hyperdrive, and threat go bye bye. 

 

I said competent on a technical level. I figured reasons like those were why you didn't like the film. As I said, don't like it, but it's still hyperbole to compare the film to the worst films ever made.

 

And the whole point of Poe's arc is a metaphor for faux male heroism, it doesn't matter if it isn't 100% airtight/logically sound. This is the stupid "Looper - could dump bodies in the middle of the ocean" scenario. You guys gotta get over that kind of stuff for the beautiful things movies are trying to say rather than expecting movies to be airtight story delivery devices. It's not "asinine" to teach Poe a lesson.

 

https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2012/10/30/film-crit-hulk-smash-hulk-vs.-plot-holes-and-movie-logic

[EternallDarkness]

1 minute ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

 but it's still hyperbole to compare the film to the worst films ever made.

 

but I never did that. I just called it a steaming turd. In no way imaginable would I lump it in with the likes of The Happening or Dead End Drive-in

[Greatoneshere]

7 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said:

 

but I never did that. I just called it a steaming turd. In no way imaginable would I lump it in with the likes of The Happening or Dead End Drive-in

 

So if TLJ is a steaming turd and those are worse, then what would you call The Happening, etc.?

[EternallDarkness]

TLJ was just a crappy film, The Happening was an abomination 

[Mercury33]

A) just ignore him. He gets lonely under his bridge. 
 

B) I like White Chicks a lot

 

C) Can we please not have the Star Wars debate take over every other thread. 
 

D) Noelle 4/5

Very fun and cute for what it is. Anna Kendrick is so damn adorable in spite of her creepy legs. 

[CastlevaniaNut18]

White Chicks makes me laugh, I cannot lie. 
 

“Yo, hold my poodle!”

[Bloodporne]

White Chicks is fucking funny. Maybe unfortunately but it's the same demon in me that thinks Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is really funny. 

 

Currently watching The Last O.G. just because I really like Tracy Morgan. I'd probably give it an 7/10 so far, he's pretty great in it.

[EternallDarkness]

7 hours ago, Mercury33 said:

 

D) Noelle 4/5

Very fun and cute for what it is. Anna Kendrick is so damn adorable in spite of her creepy legs. 

 

I downloaded that to my phone but haven't gotten around to watching yet.

[Zeluge]

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women - Interesting in how it rattles through events, less concerned with the creation of the lie detector or Wonder Woman and more on the fluctuations in the relationship(s) and, to a lesser degree, their sexual explorations. Evans and Heathcote are great, but Rebecca Hall continues to make a strong case for being one of the best modern actors by lending so much empathy and perspective to a character that could have easily been unsympathetic. // B

 

Queen & Slim - Exhibit A for the difference in writing for television and film, and why making that jump is not as easy as you'd think. Some solid direction in spots, but the movie feels like it's going for different goals and styles on a scene-to-scene basis and everything suffers for it. A real disappointment. // C-

 

The Irishman - Kind of obsessed with a scene early on in which Pesci's character is conducting business in his shop, and it's shot from across the room from a single camera position as if you're a worker in the shop casually observing all this. And oh yeah, the movie is amazing, love it. // A

 

Dark Waters - For all the gripping details of the story and strong performances (Ruffalo is so fucking subtle), the merits of this one largely sit on the shoulders of Haynes. Classy direction that opens up a multitude of implications that surely weren't on the page, and a lot of unorthodox approaches to standard scenes. Convinced for most of the movie that it was shot on film. Looks damn good. // B+

 

Waves - Lot of Place Beyond the Pines vibes in the structure and determinism of the first half, but kind of recovers in the second with a more lyrical indie approach. In spite of the litany of problematic implications, as a white man with his own father issues, I can't deny getting caught up towards the end. Father and daughter talk towards the end is a great scene. Harrison Jr. is fantastic as always. Pacing is shit, feels like an eternity. // C+

[Alpha1Cowboy]

caught up on The Connors...  especially liking the Katey Sagal, John Goodman Laurie Metcalf interactions.

 

some really good television...spoilers, but one of the better scenes I've seen on television this year