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

[Fizzzzle]

1 hour ago, Bloodporne said:

Have you ever seen Tetro by him? Still one of the quite few movies I ever walked out on in the theater. It legit felt like one of those Mad TV or SNL skits parodying pretentious Indie films. I saw it with my ex and we both burst out laughing several times until we just left.

 

How is it even physically possible to make the aforementioned masterpieces and then something like this?

I haven't, but I don't plan to.

 

What's weird is that movies like that still got decent reviews. I think it's that effect that critics have where, because it's *Coppola*, if they don't like it, it must be because *they* don't get it. So you'll see the phrases "uneven narrative" and "meditative." It means there was no plot, pacing, or structure.

[Keyser_Soze]

You guys are overlooking the fact he directed Captain EO, the greatest thing ever filmed!

[Bloodporne]

18 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said:

I haven't, but I don't plan to.

 

What's weird is that movies like that still got decent reviews. I think it's that effect that critics have where, because it's *Coppola*, if they don't like it, it must be because *they* don't get it. So you'll see the phrases "uneven narrative" and "meditative." It means there was no plot, pacing, or structure.

It currently sits at a 6.8 on IMDB which is amazing to me. I mean, I'm no film critic and can't speak for others but I've seen a lot of shitty movies and somehow Tetro is still a shining example of how much I can possibly be baffled by a director.

[Keyser_Soze]

12 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

It currently sits at a 6.8 on IMDB which is amazing to me. I mean, I'm no film critic and can't speak for others but I've seen a lot of shitty movies and somehow Tetro is still a shining example of how much I can possibly be baffled by a director.

 

Looks like it has a higher rating among women than men. So blame them!

[Fizzzzle]

Escape from New York - 14/10

PERFECT. ALL OVER MY FACE.

[Greatoneshere]

Coppola made plenty of good films in the '80's and 90's, took a 10 year break, and has made three films of very variable quality since 2007 to now. Do they top his 70's films The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now? No, it doesn't. But he intentionally wanted to do weirder films, indie films, and films he has admitted himself few would like, hence his very weird and varied body of work since Apocalypse Now came out in 1979. And don't forget, he made films in the 60's to (four of them) and those weren't as good as his 70's work - yet no one harps on those ones (Dementia 13, You're A Big Boy Now, and Finian's Rainbow are bad to only okay, with only The Rain People from 1969 being the only truly great film that gets close to his 70's work). You could argue he was just getting his sea legs as a director in the 60's, but he is the director of a couple of films from that era, not just like one movie. However, he's made good films since the 70's (amongst bad films too, I admit) that I would recommend, such as: 

 

-The Outsiders (I know @Fizzzzle didn't like it but this is considered a stone cold classic)

-Rumble Fish (even better than The Outsiders, more experimental and indie though)

-Tucker: The Man and His Dream (a great performance from Jeff Bridges)

-Bram Stoker's Dracula (beautiful film, great sets, great costumes, great Gary Oldman)

-The Rainmaker (great John Grisham legal thriller adaptation with Matt Damon)

 

It's true that his three movies since 2007, Youth Without Youth, Tetro, and Twixt, got pretty blasted by critics (with Tetro getting a solid if lukewarm response - the other two got pretty blasted, especially Twixt) but he's intentionally making weird ass shit, so I don't think he cares and he doesn't expect others to like them, has been my sense of it. He came out of retirement after ten years to make films he wants to see, not anyone else. 

[Bloodporne]

4 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

Coppola made plenty of good films in the '80's and 90's, took a 10 year break, and has made three films of very variable quality since 2007 to now. Do they top his 70's films The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now? No, it doesn't. But he intentionally wanted to do weirder films, indie films, and films he has admitted himself few would like, hence his very weird and varied body of work since Apocalypse Now came out in 1979. And don't forget, he made films in the 60's to (four of them) and those weren't as good as his 70's work - yet no one harps on those ones (Dementia 13, You're A Big Boy Now, and Finian's Rainbow are bad to only okay, with only The Rain People from 1969 being the only truly great film that gets close to his 70's work). You could argue he was just getting his sea legs as a director in the 60's, but he is the director of a couple of films from that era, not just like one movie. However, he's made good films since the 70's that I would recommend, such as: 

 

-The Outsiders (I know @Fizzzzle didn't like it but this is considered a stone cold classic)

-Rumble Fish (even better than The Outsiders, more experimental and indie though)

-Tucker: The Man and His Dream (a great performance from Jeff Bridges)

-Bram Stoker's Dracula (beautiful film, great sets, great costumes, great Gary Oldman)

-The Rainmaker (great John Grisham legal thriller adaptation with Matt Damon)

 

It's true that his three movies since 2007, Youth Without Youth, Tetro, and Twixt, got pretty blasted by critics (with Tetro getting a solid if lukewarm response - the other two got pretty blasted, especially Twixt) but he's intentionally making weird ass shit, so I don't think he cares and he doesn't expect others to like them, has been my sense of it. He came out of retirement after ten years to make films he wants to see, not anyone else. 

I haven't seen quite a few of his movies. Personally, I was specifically baffled by Tetro being such baffling shit after The Conversation being the last Coppola movie I watched prior to that.

 

I think my sister watched the Dracula VHS approximately 50 times back in the day...in hindsight because she wanted to bone Gary Oldman

 

[Fizzzzle]

4 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

Coppola made plenty of good films in the '80's and 90's, took a 10 year break, and has made three films of very variable quality since 2007 to now. Do they top his 70's films The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now? No, it doesn't. But he intentionally wanted to do weirder films, indie films, and films he has admitted himself few would like, hence his very weird and varied body of work since Apocalypse Now came out in 1979. And don't forget, he made films in the 60's to (four of them) and those weren't as good as his 70's work - yet no one harps on those ones (Dementia 13, You're A Big Boy Now, and Finian's Rainbow are bad to only okay, with only The Rain People from 1969 being the only truly great film that gets close to his 70's work). You could argue he was just getting his sea legs as a director in the 60's, but he is the director of a couple of films from that era, not just like one movie. However, he's made good films since the 70's (amongst bad films too, I admit) that I would recommend, such as: 

 

-The Outsiders (I know @Fizzzzle didn't like it but this is considered a stone cold classic)

-Rumble Fish (even better than The Outsiders, more experimental and indie though)

-Tucker: The Man and His Dream (a great performance from Jeff Bridges)

-Bram Stoker's Dracula (beautiful film, great sets, great costumes, great Gary Oldman)

-The Rainmaker (great John Grisham legal thriller adaptation with Matt Damon)

 

It's true that his three movies since 2007, Youth Without Youth, Tetro, and Twixt, got pretty blasted by critics (with Tetro getting a solid if lukewarm response - the other two got pretty blasted, especially Twixt) but he's intentionally making weird ass shit, so I don't think he cares and he doesn't expect others to like them, has been my sense of it. He came out of retirement after ten years to make films he wants to see, not anyone else. 

I didn't say I don't *like* the Outsiders. It's got some nostalgia factor for me. It's just... weird. Like I said, it feels like a Baz Luhrmann movie without singing. Like a musical with no music. There's something off putting about it. It's not the worst thing ever, though.

 

I do actually like Rumble Fish, I forgot about that one.

 

Dracula is another one that is just... weird. Not necessarily bad, it has its moments.

[Keyser_Soze]

9 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

However, he's made good films since the 70's (amongst bad films too, I admit) that I would recommend, such as: 

 

-The Outsiders (I know @Fizzzzle didn't like it but this is considered a stone cold classic)

-Rumble Fish (even better than The Outsiders, more experimental and indie though)

-Tucker: The Man and His Dream (a great performance from Jeff Bridges)

-Bram Stoker's Dracula (beautiful film, great sets, great costumes, great Gary Oldman)

-The Rainmaker (great John Grisham legal thriller adaptation with Matt Damon)

 

 

3 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

You guys are overlooking the fact he directed Captain EO, the greatest thing ever filmed!

 

[Greatoneshere]

2 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

I haven't seen quite a few of his movies. Personally, I was specifically baffled by Tetro being such baffling shit after The Conversation being the last Coppola movie I watched prior to that.

 

I'll certainly agree going from The Conversation to Tetro will give you some serious tonal whiplash. 

 

1 minute ago, Fizzzzle said:

I didn't say I don't *like* the Outsiders. It's got some nostalgia factor for me. It's just... weird. Like I said, it feels like a Baz Luhrmann movie without singing. Like a musical with no music. There's something off putting about it. It's not the worst thing ever, though.

 

I do actually like Rumble Fish, I forgot about that one.

 

Dracula is another one that is just... weird. Not necessarily bad, it has its moments.

 

Haha, I mean, for me, a 5/10 is a straight up bad movie, in terms of score, which is why I said that. It's definitely a weird movie, as is Bram Stoker's Dracula, no question.

[Greatoneshere]

1 minute ago, Keyser_Soze said:

Captain EO

 

I don't really count short films when I'm discussing feature films is all. Captain EO is certainly a fun, experimental thing where Coppola snuck in some serious effects into the budget.

[Fizzzzle]

38 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

I'll certainly agree going from The Conversation to Tetro will give you some serious tonal whiplash. 

 

 

Haha, I mean, for me, a 5/10 is a straight up bad movie, in terms of score, which is why I said that. It's definitely a weird movie, as is Bram Stoker's Dracula, no question.

My scale is as follows:

1 - Worthy of committing sepuku

2 - An unmitigated disaster

3 - Generally bad

4 - Bland. Forgettable.

5 - Some good things

6 - Some bad things

7 - Firing on all cylinders

8 - Great in every way

9 - Tell all your friends

10 - One of the greatest of all time

[Greatoneshere]

3 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said:

My scale is as follows:

1 - Worthy of committing sepuku

2 - An unmitigated disaster

3 - Generally bad

4 - Bland. Forgettable.

5 - Some good things

6 - Some bad things

7 - Firing on all cylinders

8 - Great in every way

9 - Tell all your friends

10 - One of the greatest of all time

 

That helps, and is fair! Solid scoring system.

[SimpleG]

4 hours ago, Fizzzzle said:

Escape from New York - 14/10

PERFECT. ALL OVER MY FACE.

If you can check out the 4k from studio canal . 

The sound track is from the gods

 

[Keyser_Soze]

 

Sonic the Hedgehog: 5/10 - I was assured this was a good movie and it was borderline ok at best

Actually the most compelling part of the movie was the beginning. Then it turns into a movie about a cop that Sonic happens to be in. Eggman comes off more Jim Carrey smart ass than he does actual Robotnik (at least compared to the cartoons in my mind) and why aren't his robots animal shaped? Also, how is a guy from Montana supposed to be able to afford to live in San Francisco?

That being said Tika Sumpter is very beautiful. I wonder how many racists hated on the film for the mixed race marriage.

 

Also, missed opportunity having Wiz Khalifa do the song at the end. I feel like Charles Hamilton has been waiting this moment his whole life and he got snubbed!

[elbobo]

New of the World

 

It was about what you would expect

 

7/10

[gamer.tv]

So, I’m very nearly at the end (though not quite) but over the last few weeks my wife and I have watched The Office (US) for the first time ever.

 

As a sitcom, it’s pretty fantastic and very bingeable - although the first season or so is a bit of a struggle, same for this last one.

 

I do have to say though, as a television show it isn’t a patch on the UK Office, but it’s head and shoulders above most of the shit I seem to watch.

[CayceG]

Continuing the theme... Casablanca.

 

And for the first time ever. Yeah, yeah, I know. Classic, it's 2021, whatever. 

Bogart is a legend, but I truly had no idea just how blatantly antifa this movie was lol. I know it came out in 1942, so it's expected. But watching it now 79 (!!!) years later, it's still relevant politically. And the personal love story was tight, full of twists, and well done. It was legit. The movie deserves every bit of praise it gets. 

 

Casablanca - 10/10

[EternallDarkness]

Bright wtf/10

[johnny]

nomadland 5/5 

 

my only wish is that i could have seen this in a movie theatre. there are so many beautiful shots of the environment. 

[Fizzzzle]

21 hours ago, CayceG said:

Continuing the theme... Casablanca.

 

And for the first time ever. Yeah, yeah, I know. Classic, it's 2021, whatever. 

Bogart is a legend, but I truly had no idea just how blatantly antifa this movie was lol. I know it came out in 1942, so it's expected. But watching it now 79 (!!!) years later, it's still relevant politically. And the personal love story was tight, full of twists, and well done. It was legit. The movie deserves every bit of praise it gets. 

 

Casablanca - 10/10

Definitely one of those "somehow I've never seen it" movies. I need to get on it.

[CayceG]

I finally found one that I have a hard time making heads or tails of. 

 

Last night, I went back to the Hitchcock well and watched Vertigo.

 

Vertigo is a great movie. The cinematography and camera work was just second to none. The sheer vibrancy of the color in each and every scene is incredible and Hitchcock's use of color is masterful. The plot had a great twist and it was very engaging, but I was left feeling really grossed out. 

For those who haven't seen it, I'll put it in spoilers, because it does deserve to be watched to really get the full effect of the reveal.

Spoiler

So Jimmy Stewart's character is doing private eye work for an acquaintance of his. He's following the wife of the guy around town because her husband says she goes off into these trances and he needs to know what she's doing. 

 

Through this, he meets her and they strike up a romance. Well, once the romance gets hot and heavy, she commits suicide and Jimmy Stewart can't do anything to stop it despite being there. 

 

The rest of the movie is Jimmy Stewart dealing with his PTSD in the most unhealthy way possible. He meets a girl on the street that looks just like the girl who committed suicide. Jimmy Stewart gets involved with her, but then makes her--literally forces her against her will--to dress like his dead lover. He takes her to the same places they went, buys her the same clothes, and even forces her to get a make over to look exactly like her. It's abuse. 

 

I don't think Jimmy Stewart's character is meant to be a monster in the film. But this really plummets his likeability for me and turns the movie for me. Instead of a mystery thriller, it shifts into a tale of obsession and the paths that can lead to. It really put a bad taste in my mouth for the third act. 

 

I don't know that this is what Hitchcock intended. But knowing what I know about how Hitchcock treated his leading ladies (especially Tippi Hedren), this is eerily similar to real life. 

 

Furthermore, my favorite character in the film is Marjorie Wood, Jimmy Stewart's character's spurned lover and probably one of Hitchcock's best strong, independent female characters. And 2/3 of the way through the movie, she completely disappears! Hitchcock just drops her. NOT SINCE RISE OF SKYWALKER HAS A FEMALE CHARACTER BEEN SO MISUSED.

 

Apparently, there was a final coda in the movie that the studio made Hitchcock film that addressed some censor issues, but the final shot is with Jimmy Stewart walking into Marjorie's apartment and silently having a drink with her as the events of the finale resonate. Hitchcock hated it and didn't use it, but I actually think it adds a great end to the film in what it means for Stewart's character. 

 

If anyone is interested, here's that ending, with obvious spoilers for the filmed finale:

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

Anyway. It was a great film. But it really left me quite grossed out over what the relationships in the movie evolved into. -1 for the skeevieness. 

 

Vertigo - 9/10

[Keyser_Soze]

Spoiler tag for a 64 year old movie, oh lawd!

 

[CayceG]

Hey, I've never been spoiled and it was a great experience watching and not knowing!

[Bloodporne]

On 2/22/2021 at 9:22 AM, CayceG said:

I finally found one that I have a hard time making heads or tails of. 

 

Last night, I went back to the Hitchcock well and watched Vertigo.

 

Vertigo is a great movie. The cinematography and camera work was just second to none. The sheer vibrancy of the color in each and every scene is incredible and Hitchcock's use of color is masterful. The plot had a great twist and it was very engaging, but I was left feeling really grossed out. 

For those who haven't seen it, I'll put it in spoilers, because it does deserve to be watched to really get the full effect of the reveal.

  Hide contents

So Jimmy Stewart's character is doing private eye work for an acquaintance of his. He's following the wife of the guy around town because her husband says she goes off into these trances and he needs to know what she's doing. 

 

Through this, he meets her and they strike up a romance. Well, once the romance gets hot and heavy, she commits suicide and Jimmy Stewart can't do anything to stop it despite being there. 

 

The rest of the movie is Jimmy Stewart dealing with his PTSD in the most unhealthy way possible. He meets a girl on the street that looks just like the girl who committed suicide. Jimmy Stewart gets involved with her, but then makes her--literally forces her against her will--to dress like his dead lover. He takes her to the same places they went, buys her the same clothes, and even forces her to get a make over to look exactly like her. It's abuse. 

 

I don't think Jimmy Stewart's character is meant to be a monster in the film. But this really plummets his likeability for me and turns the movie for me. Instead of a mystery thriller, it shifts into a tale of obsession and the paths that can lead to. It really put a bad taste in my mouth for the third act. 

 

I don't know that this is what Hitchcock intended. But knowing what I know about how Hitchcock treated his leading ladies (especially Tippi Hedren), this is eerily similar to real life. 

 

Furthermore, my favorite character in the film is Marjorie Wood, Jimmy Stewart's character's spurned lover and probably one of Hitchcock's best strong, independent female characters. And 2/3 of the way through the movie, she completely disappears! Hitchcock just drops her. NOT SINCE RISE OF SKYWALKER HAS A FEMALE CHARACTER BEEN SO MISUSED.

 

Apparently, there was a final coda in the movie that the studio made Hitchcock film that addressed some censor issues, but the final shot is with Jimmy Stewart walking into Marjorie's apartment and silently having a drink with her as the events of the finale resonate. Hitchcock hated it and didn't use it, but I actually think it adds a great end to the film in what it means for Stewart's character. 

 

If anyone is interested, here's that ending, with obvious spoilers for the filmed finale:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

 

 

Anyway. It was a great film. But it really left me quite grossed out over what the relationships in the movie evolved into. -1 for the skeevieness. 

 

Vertigo - 9/10

I actually really love Vertigo for how uncomfortable and uneasy it makes me feel. It doesn't just look surreal, it also feels deeply surreal and darker than it initially appears. Funny thing is, I've seen it at least three times and I'm not sure I've ever paid as much attention to the plot as reading your summary of it. It's one of those movies that just kind of washes over me when it's on and I get too hung up on the visuals and feel of it all to properly pay attention to the plot. 

 

I need to rewatch it sometime soon actually. I saw The Birds not too long ago so it's about time.  

[Bloodporne]

On 2/20/2021 at 7:23 PM, CayceG said:

Continuing the theme... Casablanca.

 

And for the first time ever. Yeah, yeah, I know. Classic, it's 2021, whatever. 

Bogart is a legend, but I truly had no idea just how blatantly antifa this movie was lol. I know it came out in 1942, so it's expected. But watching it now 79 (!!!) years later, it's still relevant politically. And the personal love story was tight, full of twists, and well done. It was legit. The movie deserves every bit of praise it gets. 

 

Casablanca - 10/10

Out of all the obscure, ancient and what-not movies I've ever seen...I've somehow never watched Casablanca. 

 

[johnny]

I Care a Lot - 3/5 

 

i was going to rate this a tad higher but i really disliked the way the movie ends

[SimpleG]

On 2/23/2021 at 1:34 PM, Bloodporne said:

Out of all the obscure, ancient and what-not movies I've ever seen...I've somehow never watched Casablanca. 

 

 

I cant even look at you right now, anything you wanna tell us?

[Bloodporne]

15 minutes ago, SimpleG said:

 

I cant even look at you right now, anything you wanna tell us?

...I've never seen Casablanca.

[SimpleG]

11 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

...I've never seen Casablanca.

[Captain Pickle]

Me neither 

[Bloodporne]

11 hours ago, SimpleG said:

 

11 hours ago, Captain Pickle said:

Me neither 

[TheLeon]

I saw Casablanca for the first time a year or two ago. I guess it was pretty good. Movies that old usually put me to sleep within 10 minutes, but I stayed awake the whole time. 

[gamer.tv]

The Devil Wears Parada - despite the name , it didn’t scare me once. 9/10

[Keyser_Soze]

 

Jiu Jitsu: 5/10 - Written and directed by Dimitri Logothetis, Jiu Jitsu is a movie based on a comic book he wrote of the same name. The film never makes clear what "Jiu Jitsu" is. Obviously it's a martial art but characters mention it like it's an object or something, "he gave you Jiu Jitsu" but ... huh? In any case the movie is like if the predator was mixed with Mortal Kombat but instead the predator looks like the guy from Dead Space and shoots shurikens. Most of the cast are martial artists (not Nic Cage obviously but he tries) and the acting comes off that way. Nic Cage is obviously the best actor but I think Marie Avgeropoulos was serviceable as a dollar store Michelle Rodriguez. It seems like an ambitious movie with not enough budget to get away with they are trying to do. The cinematography is all over the place. Paul Greengrass would be proud of the beginning shaky cam, but suddenly it decides it would be cool to go into first person perspective and... yeah it's all over the place. The worst part is the action / stunts feel so choreographed that it's just kind boring. Nothing is unexpected because you as the viewer can anticipate the next move in advance. The movie is a mess, not even necessarily "so bad it's good" but "bad not terrible" See you in six years!