The Movie Review Thread

[Corbi]

I watched Red Sparrow as soon as it hit Red Box and honestly I found it extremely boring and the only decent parts were all in the trailers. Atomic Blonde was another in that genre that basically sucked as well.

Peppermint and Salt were 2 that I did enjoy even if Peppermint was predictable.

[Mark1T]

I watched Red Sparrow as soon as it hit Red Box and honestly I found it extremely boring and the only decent parts were all in the trailers. Atomic Blonde was another in that genre that basically sucked as well.

Peppermint and Salt were 2 that I did enjoy even if Peppermint was predictable.

Salt was very good. They could have had a sequel. I need to watch Peppermint.

Come to think of it, sy could star in one of those CIA spy movies. I'd watch that

[Bando]

The Frozen Ground

On Netflix, Nic Gage's 1,200th movie. Based on a true story of an Alaskan Serial killer.

This is pretty good, cast did a great job, good to to see Hank Schrader back in business. Only huge question they don't answer is how the one girl who got away did it.

Adrift

Also on Netflix, Chick meets a guy that has a sweet sailboat, they agree to sail around the world, hilarity does not ensue. I liked the fact that they cast a female lead that looks like the person who actually went through this, might throw off some viewers, but it's a gritty story and well casted IMO.

[bodyhard]

Cobra Kai is the sh!t right now, loved it binged watched the whole thing in 2 days!

[sy2502]

I guess if you watch Red Sparrow thinking it's a spy movie with lots of action, you definitely won't getting that.

Also the thought of 2 dudes finding Jennifer Lawrence's bewbs boring boggles the mind.

[Mark1T]

I guess if you watch Red Sparrow thinking it's a spy movie with lots of action, you definitely won't getting that.

Also the thought of 2 dudes finding Jennifer Lawrence's bewbs boring boggles the mind.

I didn't miss that, sy

[thor93]

Cobra Kai is the sh!t right now, loved it binged watched the whole thing in 2 days!

I'm So Johnny Lawrence these days.
I can Kick a bunch of punks that diss me at a convenience store,while i'm just trying to get my late night munchie fix.
But then,soon afterwards,i'll be all "Ahhh,Ouuuch,My Dang Knee again !"

[Samraiwise]

I've realized that I'm not good at this movie review thing,
so I stick to just recommending ones I love.

Some of my close friends even told me,
"Your recommendations are great,
just as the BEST Do-Not-Watch-List."

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The non-big-budget movies which made me truly happy,

#1. The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)



"But you just fool yourself if you expect good things to come regular-"
“If life is so bad, how come you’re so happy?”
“Did I say bad? I said it was tough. Nothing to make you happy like doing good on a tough job."

[Samraiwise]

The non-big-budget movies which made me truly happy,

#2. That's What I Am (2011)



The teacher scrawls on the blackboard, reads

Human dignity + compassion = peace

[Mark1T]

InB4 sy, the Italian Movie Queen.

First of all, I am shocked that sy hasn't posted anything about Mulan. sy, why have you brutally held us hostage and in such frustrating suspense?

Without giving up anything, it is a Disney film about a Chinese girl who had a lot of Chi. Engaging throughout.

Recommended.

Sorry sy

[sy2502]

InB4 sy, the Italian Movie Queen.

First of all, I am shocked that sy hasn't posted anything about Mulan. sy, why have you brutally held us hostage and in such frustrating suspense?

Without giving up anything, it is a Disney film about a Chinese girl who had a lot of Chi. Engaging throughout.

Recommended.

Sorry sy

Bwahaha, I don't talk about work :P

[Mark1T]

Bwahaha, I don't talk about work :P

[_zman]

Surprised no one has mentioned TENET. Anyone go to that yet?

I thought it was pretty interesting and the filming/CGI was ridiculously good.

[sy2502]

"The Devil All The Time"

If you like depressing movies where everyone's an irredeemable azzhole, this is the movie for you!
Take a collection of loonies, 'hoes, religious freaks, and crooks, and put them all in a movie and this is what you get.

The cast is impressive for being such an under the radar kind of movie: Bill Skarsgård, Tom Holland, Jason Clarke, Robert Pattinson (sporting a disconcerting southern accent), to name a few.

It's not a bad movie, don't get me wrong, but when practically everyone in the movie is a villain, it starts to feel a bit phony. Like "what additional misery can we pile onto this character? Oh we missed this one? Well the movie ain't over yet..."

Trigger warning: a lot of the bad guys are religious figures (preachers, pastors) or religious loonies. It may make you feel like the movie has something against religion.

[Samraiwise]

The non-big-budget movies which, rather, should have made me truly happy,

#3. Any Day Now (2012)




"I wanted you to know who Marco really was. He was a sweet kid, and smart, and funny. He had a smile that could light up a room. He loved junk food. Chocolate donuts were his drug of choice. He was the world's greatest disco dancer And he liked to have a story told to him every night. As long as the story had a happy ending.

Marco loved a happy ending."

Spoiler!

Alan Cumming - "I shall be released"

[sy2502]

Watched again "The People vs Larry Flynt", that movie never gets old, if anything it's more relevant than ever.
If you never heard of it (I'm looking at you, millennials...), it's about Hustler Magazine's owner Larry Flynt's crazy and amazing fight for his 1st amendment right to publish outrageous and offensive stuff. His antics tickle my anarchist side like crazy, from waring a US flag diaper in court, to paying his $10,000 contempt to court fine in sacks of $1 bills (apparently at some point he threatened to pay it in pennies). From giving the media a (probably fake) audio tape of a FBI drug deal, to showing up at his own trials with a "Fck this court" t-shirt. I checked them, they are all true. Bless the guy, they don't make them like that anymore.

Directed by Milos Forman ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Amadeus", "Man on the Moon"). Woody Harrelson as Larry Flynt, Courtney Love plays his stripper drug addicted wife, and Edward Norton plays Flynt's lawyer.

[Mark1T]

^^^sy, I have never seen the Flynt movie, but might since you are a demanding woman

Have you seen Hardcore Henry? I mentioned this in my supremacist thread. The effects are amazing. Extremely realistic CGI and non-stop action, just how you like it. Ha

[sy2502]

^^^sy, I have never seen the Flynt movie, but might since you are a demanding woman

LOL I absolutely DEMAND everybody watch it!!!
Actually it's such an entertaining movie I doubt you'll regret it.

Have you seen Hardcore Henry? I mentioned this in my supremacist thread. The effects are amazing. Extremely realistic CGI and non-stop action, just how you like it. Ha

Is that the videogame-like movie? I saw it a while ago, the film makers came to my work to do a talk about it. Gawd 2015 seems like a geological era ago...

[Mark1T]

LOL I absolutely DEMAND everybody watch it!!!
Actually it's such an entertaining movie I doubt you'll regret it.

Is that the videogame-like movie? I saw it a while ago, the film makers came to my work to do a talk about it. Gawd 2015 seems like a geological era ago...

Real people video game-like. I might have to watch it again.

[Corbi]

The Invisible Man started out strong and had a few creepy moments but I saw the ending coming from a mile away. Definitely a massive departure from the original movie and plot but all in all it was enjoyable but beware there are a few parts that dragged out and this movie easily could have had 15 minutes cut out & nothing would have changed.

[Bando]

Enemies at the Gate

On Netflix. Tells the based on truth story of a Russian Sniper who has a keen eye for picking off Nazi officers. He makes all the papers in Russia but doesn't want the fame. A clever Nazi officer who is also a sharpshooter is dispatched to kill him.

Very few subtitles but it's 2 freaking hours long, no woman will ever sit and watch this with you. That said, I enjoyed it, it's no Saving Private Ryan but it's a decent gritty war flick

Free State of Jones

On Netflix. This movie tells the based on truth story of Rebel deserters who congregate in an Alabama swamp with runaway slaves and form an army of their own. It's got Matthew McConaughey, who is always good IMO. That said, there's bunch of illogical leaps in the timeline. It's like they spent the budget on actors, sets and horses and ran out when it came to the writers. Still a good movie if you're into Civil War scenery and can overlook a few plotholes.

[sy2502]

Enemies at the Gate

On Netflix. Tells the based on truth story of a Russian Sniper who has a keen eye for picking off Nazi officers. He makes all the papers in Russia but doesn't want the fame. A clever Nazi officer who is also a sharpshooter is dispatched to kill him.

Very few subtitles but it's 2 freaking hours long, no woman will ever sit and watch this with you. That said, I enjoyed it, it's no Saving Private Ryan but it's a decent gritty war flick

Most memorable quote from this movie that IMO totally illustrates Russian mentality:
when they are handing out rifles and ammo to the soldiers and they organized them into pairs:
"One out of tow gets a rifle, one without follows him. The one with the rifle shoot . When the one with the rifle gets killed one who is following pick up the rifle and shoot"

That "when the one with the rifle gets killed" instead of "if the one with the rifle gets killed" was priceless.

[Bando]

Most memorable quote from this movie that IMO totally illustrates Russian mentality:
when they are handing out rifles and ammo to the soldiers and they organized them into pairs:
"One out of tow gets a rifle, one without follows him. The one with the rifle shoot . When the one with the rifle gets killed one who is following pick up the rifle and shoot"

That "when the one with the rifle gets killed" instead of "if the one with the rifle gets killed" was priceless.

And they saved the machine guns for their own retreating soldiers

Midnight Special

As a big sci fi fan not sure why I have never heard of this 4 year old movie, currently on Netflix.

It's basically a Stephen King "Firestarter" but with a boy. This plot has certainly been rewritten a number of times and most of the acting is passable if nothing special. The boy does a good job and the movie has some good suspense, as a bonus there's some pretty good chase scenes and gun action. The beauty of it is in some of the late scenery that I can't really write about without giving the story away.

Definitely worth a watch if you're into Sci Fi.

[Samraiwise]

Dan Frost : Well, this is not how I pictured life turning out, Jane. How did you see it?

Jane Hammond : We just never came down that day. Just chose to live in the sky.

While commercially it's a box office bomb, to me it's the best one since "The Quick and the Dead (1995)"

Again this certainly proved my lack of taste for movies.

So you should avoid this movie at all cost, srs.

[sy2502]

And they saved the machine guns for their own retreating soldiers

I seem to remember reading, but I may be wrong, that in WWI where they invented trench war the British army had something similar, a group of soldiers that when everybody went to the attack stayed back in the trenches with the job of shooting anyone who came running back to the trench to hide from the fight.

[Samraiwise]

The non-big-budget movies which made me truly happy,

More Than Enough - Good after Bad (2017)



You've gotta lighten up! You are way too sensitive.

Look, the reality is that they either like it or they won't,
it's not gonna change who you are

and for god's sake try to have some fun.

[Bando]

Oddly enough I can't find a review of the Star Wars Movies Episode 7 & 8, which I finally got around to watching. My apologies, if you reviewed them please bump, the search function here sucks bad.

They were loooong but I didn't mind that, star wars movies are epochs and I don't mind investing nearly 3 hours for good sci fi. I liked the stories to some extent. Liked the characters, especially the purple haired lady who ripped through a destroyer at light speed, that was the best scene in either movie IMO.

Now for the bad. Carrie Fischer (RIP) and Mark Hamill are no longer actors. Their delivery and acting was pretty flat and as much as I wanted to see them again, they could not deliver what Harrison Ford can.

It's true that Disney milked this once great movie for all it's worth.

[Corbi]

Ad Astra starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones, can't believe I wasted 2+ hrs I will never get back? Started out pretty good but then devolved into a boring mess, seriously not much good I can say about this film.

[weiss1967]

And they saved the machine guns for their own retreating soldiers

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well-made movie, excellent actors and acting. I liked the intercourse scene the most. Hard to accept the rest of the bulls..t since I have read Zaitsev's memoire. In actor's own words, they were not even trying to follow the historical facts but rather conveyed the spirit, which they did very good indeed.


Watched "the professor's beloved equation". Japanese movie, beautiful, very kind story, acting, the whole movie is like a breath of fresh air. Might be hard to find it with English subtitles.

[Mark1T]

Ad Astra starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones, can't believe I wasted 2+ hrs I will never get back? Started out pretty good but then devolved into a boring mess, seriously not much good I can say about this film.

To me, Ad Astra seemed to be to be made for people who only wanted to look at Brad Pitt. That can only go so far and the movie was disapoint. Negative 2 Stars.

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I watched Pay The Ghost with Nickolas Cage. Actually, a pretty good scary movie. Not too scary. I think even sy would probably like it

It was good because it wasn't too far-fetched. As the title implies, it is about a naughty ghost. That is all I am going to say.