Movies: Last Movie You Watched and Rate It | Part#: Some High Number +2

[ORRFForever]

Cold Case Hammarskjöld [2018] :

Cold Case Hammarskjöld is like no documentary I've ever seen, and I mean that is a good way. In it, documentary filmmaker and journalist Mads Brügger looks into the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld.

Who is Dag Hammarskjöld and why should you care?

Hammarskjöld was the Secretary-General of the United Nations and, to be honest, I have NO reason why you'd care about someone you've never heard of, who died 60 years ago. As a result of your indifference, the first hour of this doc will be slow / borderline boring.

However, as the second hour begins, the documentary spins off in another direction. A direction you won't see coming.

In 20 words or less : Mads Brügger found evidence confirming a rumour that has been circulating since the late 1980's.

(* I strongly recommend NOT clicking the "Spoiler" below. *)

Spoiler

That AIDS was intentionally spread through Africa to kill black people.

For those who clicked : Before you roll your eyes and say "come on", watch with an open mind because what he found is shocking!

8.5/10

Movie Trailer :

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Brightburn

with people you probably won't know. Badger from Breaking Bad shows up for a while; he was the only one I recognized.

The scene is Everytown, Kansas. Mom, Dad, and son Brandon live on a dilapidated farm in the countryside. They're happy, making waffles for breakfast, feeding the chickens...but something's not quite right. Brandon's hitting puberty, and you know what that means. Levitation, super-strength, sleepwalking into the barn and banging your fists against the chained-up door in the floor that has a pulsating red light coming from behind it...you know, the usual 12 year-old guy stuff. Oh wait, that's not usual 12 year-old guy stuff. That's totally not usual 12 year-old guy stuff. So what is the responsible parenting thing to do in this case? Admit that there's some weird kind of space capsule under the barn where Brandon came from? Nahhhhhhh!! Just pretend that love will conquer all. That'll work out. Yeah, totally. Not.

Interesting take on the Superman origin story; what if Superman was evil? Well, I'd hope that I'd be a better parent that these two schmucks, that's for sure. Good idea that they didn't really do much with. I don't say this often, but I wouldn't mind a well-done sequel.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

My ONE laugh came when Grace found one of the child care workers in the Lazy Susan and the worker said (paraphrasing from memory, so don't quote me) "I'm really not a child care worker. Mr. Le Domas just hired me because he likes the way I dance."

Now THAT made me laugh!

I thought there were a lot of good individual jokes, but I think the what I appreciated and enjoyed the most was Weaving's whole "Exasperated, this is insane and I can't believe this is happening to me" demeanor. I got a lot of humor out of that, especially in the scene where she tries to flag down a car. There's a couple of lines there that had me rolling.

To each their own, my friend!
Happy viewing.

 

[ORRFForever]

I thought there were a lot of good individual jokes, but I think the what I appreciated and enjoyed the most was Weaving's whole "Exasperated, this is insane and I can't believe this is happening to me" demeanor. I got a lot of humor out of that, especially in the scene where she tries to flag down a car. There's a couple of lines there that had me rolling.

To each their own, my friend!
Happy viewing.

Did she remind you of a less pretty Margot Robbie?

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Did she remind you of a less pretty Margot Robbie?

They could be sisters for sure.

 

[Osprey]

The Mustang (2019) - 6/10 (Liked it)

A wild horse goes to prison and tames a wild human. I kid because it's the other way around on the surface, but that's the obvious theme of the film. Besides that obviousness, this redemption story is highly predictable and very thin on plot. What makes it interesting and ultimately watchable are the performances and the look into a prison program that likely few people have heard of. It's a slow movie, but not long at only 97 minutes. It's unlikely to really move you or have you thinking about it days later, but it's worth watching if you like redemption stories or prison films.

 

[ORRFForever]

Why are there no BIG releases on Labour Day? You'd think L.D. would be a perfect weekend to open - lots of people off, with money to spend on a 3 day weekend.

Obviously, there's a method to Hollywood's madness but...

 

[heatnikki]

Thor Ragnarok - 7/10

Slightly unhinged, but that's probably not a bad thing. There's a limit to how much you can just watch Thor throw his hammer around and bicker with Loki, if every film took itself completely seriously. Thor is becoming dangerously Mary Sue at this point, tho. He almost doesn't need any of the supporting characters because he can single-handedly destroy pretty much everything.

 

[Osprey]

The Mule (2018) - 7/10 (Really liked it)

A man in his 80s (Clint Eastwood) with no money and an estranged family is recruited by a drug cartel to transport shipments. It's a little slow, but it kept my attention with its humor (mostly Clint irritating the cartel members), endearing side story (about family estrangement) and Eastwood's performance. I wanted to see how it ended, and I liked how it did, because it felt realistic and in keeping with the character. It could've been better if the other actors had been given more to work with and may be disappointing if judged against most of Eastwood's other films from the last 30 years, but I still enjoyed it.

 

[ORRFForever]

The Mule (2018) - 7/10 (Really liked it)

A man in his 80s (Clint Eastwood) with no money and an estranged family is recruited by a drug cartel to transport shipments. It's a little slow, but it kept my attention with its humor (mostly Clint irritating the cartel members), endearing side story (about family estrangement) and Eastwood's performance. I wanted to see how it ended, and I liked how it did, because it felt realistic and in keeping with the character. It could've been better if the other actors had been given more to work with and may be disappointing if judged against most of Eastwood's other films from the last 30 years, but I still enjoyed it.

Eastwood was good in it. Everyone else was meh.

As I mentioned in a previous post, Eastwood is cranking out movies at a crazy pace - I'm assuming it has to do with his age and bucket list. Sadly, it is hurting the quality of his movies.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Us (2019)

7.5/10

 

[Jussi]

Thor Ragnarok - 7/10

Slightly unhinged, but that's probably not a bad thing. There's a limit to how much you can just watch Thor throw his hammer around and bicker with Loki, if every film took itself completely seriously. Thor is becoming dangerously Mary Sue at this point, tho. He almost doesn't need any of the supporting characters because he can single-handedly destroy pretty much everything.

The true challenge and charm of superhero characters/comic books has always been how they solve issues where you cannot "destroy everything".

 

[Osprey]

As I mentioned in a previous post, Eastwood is cranking out movies at a crazy pace - I'm assuming it has to do with his age and bucket list. Sadly, it is hurting the quality of his movies.

It's really no different of a pace than Eastwood has maintained since he started, IMO. Even in the 1970s, he was directing, producing and acting in nearly a film per year. It may seem crazy because he's so old now, but his pace is the same as always. Also, in every decade, he's made films that didn't hit the mark and were largely forgettable. He makes one now and it's chalked up to age and losing his touch. It's nice if he's held to the standard of his masterpieces like The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby and Letters From Iwo Jima, but he's also made all kinds of films that were far from masterpieces, like Firefox, The Rookie, True Crime, Blood Work, Hereafter, J. Edgar and so on. He's just not a director/producer who spends a long time preparing for and producing each film of his. He's the total opposite of Kubrick and Cameron. He's prolific and, sometimes, he hits it out of the park, and many other times, he doesn't. That's just his style.

 

[ORRFForever]

It's really no different of a pace than Eastwood has maintained since he started, IMO. Even in the 1970s, he was directing, producing and acting in nearly a film per year. It may seem crazy because he's so old now, but his pace is the same as always. Also, in every decade, he's made films that didn't hit the mark and were largely forgettable. He makes one now and it's chalked up to age and losing his touch. It's nice if he's held to the standard of his masterpieces like The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby and Letters From Iwo Jima, but he's also made all kinds of films that were far from masterpieces, like Firefox, The Rookie, True Crime, Blood Work, Hereafter, J. Edgar and so on. He's just not a director/producer who spends a long time preparing for and producing each film of his. He's the total opposite of Kubrick and Cameron. He's prolific and, sometimes, he hits it out of the park, and many other times, he doesn't. That's just his style.

Fair enough.

 

[Osprey]

Fair enough.

When I saw that you were the most recent reply in the thread, I knew that you were replying to me with "Fair enough." I didn't need to click on the thread, but did so just so that I could pat myself on the back for being right .

 

[ORRFForever]

When I saw that you were the most recent reply in the thread, I knew that you were replying to me with "Fair enough." I didn't need to click on the thread, but did so anyways just to pay myself on the back for being right .

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Dead Heat - can't really give that a good rating because it's not a good film, terribly executed, weirdly acted, with 95% of its jokes being lame or missing the mark by a mile, but a fun dumb film that I'd want to see remade as a Netflix series. 4/10 (which is still an ok rating for me)

 

[zombie kopitar]

Casino- 7.5/10
It's just too long and Sharon Stone's part doesn't really hold up. Cut some of her drawn out scenes and I'd bump this up to an 8/8.5 for sure.

American Hustle- 8/10
Christian Bale absolutely killed it. Amy Adams was not far behind. Bradley Cooper was at least keeping pace. JLaw....was not. It was like Sharon Stone's part....just realllly cheesy imo.
Basically for my money both these movies were brought down by what were 2 very well received performances

Inglorious Basterds 8.5/10
I watched this on a laptop without undivided attention quite a while ago. So technically a re-watch, but I really only remembered the 3 fingers/bar scene(which might be the best scene). Such a fun movie and I think it's on par with Django.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Into the Forest

with Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Callum Rennie, and the west coast rainforest which is supposed to be near Boston in this movie for some reason.

Nell (Page), her sister Eva (Wood) and their dad Robert (Rennie) live in a house secluded in the woods. Nell's studying, Eva's working on ballet, and dad's being dad. Then the power goes out. No internet, no tv, no way to know what's going on. They eventually make it into town to discover the power's out everywhere. The store's almost completely looted, people aren't into helping their fellow man, but this is a cozy Canadian apocalypse, so it's not all that bad. The world doesn't revert to a Mad Max-based economy quite as eagerly as a lot of American movies, but it's still not a very nice place to be. The house in the woods goes from well-maintained to dilapidated within weeks somehow, and the sisters face loss, trauma and the difficulty in trying to keep a balanced diet from eating stuff they run across in the woods.

Meh. Was okay. More about the quiet power of sisterhood and family through times of desperation and distress than anything else.

On Netflix now.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Dead Heat - can't really give that a good rating because it's not a good film, terribly executed, weirdly acted, with 95% of its jokes being lame or missing the mark by a mile, but a fun dumb film that I'd want to see remade as a Netflix series. 4/10 (which is still an ok rating for me)

Is the the Joe Piscopo/Treat Williams 80s/LA/zombie/noir one? If so I feel like I saw this a bunch on cable and 10 year old me liked it.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Is the the Joe Piscopo/Treat Williams 80s/LA/zombie/noir one? If so I feel like I saw this a bunch on cable and 10 year old me liked it.

Yes! The 14 y/o me liked it a lot too so when I saw it was available on Tubi, I jumped on it and wasn't disappointed at all.

 

[Trap Jesus]

American Hustle- 8/10
Christian Bale absolutely killed it. Amy Adams was not far behind. Bradley Cooper was at least keeping pace. JLaw....was not. It was like Sharon Stone's part....just realllly cheesy imo.
Basically for my money both these movies were brought down by what were 2 very well received performances

It's been so long since I've seen this (guess it would have been 6 years ago when it came out), but this has always stood out to me as one of my most frustrating movie-watching experiences in recent memory. I remember it just being so bloated and boring and I was particularly irked at Lawrence's performance. The only positive thing I remember from that movie was Louis CK's character.

 

[zombie kopitar]

It's been so long since I've seen this (guess it would have been 6 years ago when it came out), but this has always stood out to me as one of my most frustrating movie-watching experiences in recent memory. I remember it just being so bloated and boring and I was particularly irked at Lawrence's performance. The only positive thing I remember from that movie was Louis CK's character.

It was a pretty well executed narration of a crazy true story; but also shamelessly twisting and glamorizing it into an Oscar bait character study.
Louis was great, the chemistry with him and Cooper was gold. Jeremy Renner also killed it. I think what annoyed me so much is that Jenifer Lawrence had this aura in the movie of being the hottest **** in Hollywood (which she was), but it just made her performance not play and she got outclassed......by quite literally everyone.

 

[ORRFForever]

In Fabric [2019] :

"A Killer (Red) Dress" : You wear a red dress and your life goes to hell.

Sound familiar? Sounds like The Ring, One Missed Call or It Follows.

The difference? In Fabric is funny. Really funny!

So, if you're looking for a horror/comedy that is light on the horror but heavy on the laughs (the comedy is really dark), In Fabric is for you.

8/10

Note : In Fabric was released in England but won't be in North American theaters until December 2019.

Movie Trailer :

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Le Monde est a Toi (The World is Yours)

with French people, notably a leathery Vincent Cassel.

The French crime scene ain't what it used to be. Fares is a rotund but competent middle manager working for an idiot drug kingpin, made fun of by his idiot minions and still lives with his scammer Overlord mommy. He has dreams of leaving his humiliating station by setting up a freezie-pop franchise in Morocco, but mommy unfortunately controls the purse strings. And tutors his fellow scammer would-be girlfriend. But an opportunity eventually presents itself: his boss sends him to Spain to organize a big drug shipment from the mysterious Scotsman, and the resulting payday could well set him in the clear. But the Scotsman isn't a very nice man. And neither are the idiot minions who accompany him. Also, his scammer crush and scammer mommy aren't about to let Fares have a moment to himself without sticking their oars in. What's a nice guy trapped in a criminal underworld to do?

Fares really doesn't want the world, he just wants a small house and a pool in North Africa. And damned if you aren't rooting for this hapless clump. Ah, there's worse ways to kill and hour and a half if you're in the mood to read a movie.

On Netflix. In French. And stupid almost-French gangsta talk.