Movies: Last Movie You Watched and Rate It | Part#: Some High Number +4

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

There was talk of doing a sequel film but it never went anywhere.

I think they did a miniseries with Patrick Stewart on BBC.

Stewart played Karla in the two classic miniseries. Alec Guinness was Smiley (and he is fantastic). Watched his TTSS earlier this year. It's an even slower burn than the movie but well worth it for any fan of the material

 

[ORRFForever]

Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2020) :

In 1657, on a shropshire farm, a strict godly sir, his jointress, and their son leadeth the life of olden times. A handsome young "woke" couple appeareth, almost by charm, bringing with those folk their evil ways of free love and a godless ordinary. At first they liveth in peace but, at which hour the flibbertigibbet (in disguise) appears at their doorstep, the young family and their new acquaintances who, is't, to this point, did hath't enshielf their immoral ways, hurlyburly for the soul of the knave, the home, and the future.

Fanny Lye Deliver'd is a period piece with a stout feminist message, characters with most wondrous depth, and a horror thee don't see coming. While not mine cuppeth of tea, i very much did enjoy 't.

Spoiler

In 1657, on a Shropshire farm, a strict Godly man, his wife, and their son lead the life of olden times. A handsome young "woke" couple appear, almost by magic, bringing with them their evil ways of free love and a godless world. At first they live in peace but, when the Devil (in disguise) appears at their doorstep, the young family and their new acquaintances who, to this point, have hidden their immoral ways, battle for the soul of the boy, the home, and the future.

Fanny Lye Deliver'd is a period piece with a strong feminist message, characters with great depth, and a horror you don't see coming. While not my cup of (English) tea, I very much enjoyed it.

8/10

 

[kihei]

Lost Bullet (2020) Directed by Guillaume Pierret 6A

For those people, like me, who spend way too much time thumbing aimlessly through Netflix movie lists trying to find something, anything to watch that I haven't already seen before, you might consider giving the recently added Lost Bullet a try, a little ex-con versus bad cop number from France. Lino is released from prison early because of his ability to turn cars into ramming machines that can survive head on collisions, France's new way of dealing with drug transportation. When his mentor is shot by another cop, Lino has to go on the lam and figure out how to expose the bad guy. Obviously the story doesn't get a lot of points for originality but the execution is nice with some attention paid to more inventive mayhem than we usually get in these sorts of things. I don't want to oversell this movie; it's a solid genre piece, nothing more, and it is slightly marred by an ending that manipulatively screams "sequel." On the other hand, solid genre pieces are nothing to sniff at these days.

subtitles (I don't know if this movie has an English dubbed version as an option, but if it does, don't do it)

available on Netflix

 

[Osprey]

@Violenza Domestica I made it through the entire Slumber Party Massacre trilogy. Do I get a medal? The first one is not quite decent, but not so bad. The second one tries to copy A Nightmare on Elm Street, but with Freddy replaced with Andrew Dice Clay. The third one starts out decently with a mystery about who the killer will be, but then gets stupid once he's revealed. I think that one of the big problems with this trilogy is that it gets boring to have everyone killed the same way. If you've seen one character impaled with a drill, you've seen 'em all. I don't regret watching them, since they carry a little bit of cult charm and nostalgia, but they're definitely near the bottom as slashers go.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

@Violenza Domestica I made it through the entire Slumber Party Massacre trilogy. Do I get a medal? The first one is not quite decent, but not so bad. The second one tries to copy A Nightmare on Elm Street, but with Freddy replaced with Andrew Dice Clay. The third one starts out decently with a mystery about who the killer will be, but then gets stupid once he's revealed. I think that one of the big problems with this trilogy is that it gets boring to have everyone killed the same way. If you've seen one character impaled with a drill, you've seen 'em all. I don't regret watching them, since they carry a little bit of cult charm and nostalgia, but they're definitely near the bottom as slashers go.

Oh, the second one is so bad... that's pretty much rock bottom for slashers! I am not sure I've ever seen the 3rd one.

As for me, after watching the Gordon films that were available, I wanted to go for the Yuzna ones. I watched Society, which is always a treat, and then got through half of Silent Night Deadly Night 4, but it disappeared from Tubi before I could finish it. Too bad because I did not remember this film at all and I was curious to where that was going (I've seen all of the SNDN films, but only remember vaguely the first one, the Yuzna ones are most "intriguing" because they're not linked at all to the first three).

 

[Mantis]

Jojo Rabbit 8/10

 

[x Tame Impala]

Finally got around to seeing BlackKKlansman last night before they took it off of HBO. It was excellent. Great jobs by the whole cast, especially Driver and Denzel’s boy. Loved the movie. Way better than “Da 5 Bloods”

 

[ORRFForever]

Finally got around to seeing BlackKKlansman last night before they took it off of HBO. It was excellent. Great jobs by the whole cast...

God help me but I HATED that movie.

 

[x Tame Impala]

God help me but I HATED that movie.

Yup. Gotta pay for it on Prime like a chump!

 

[ORRFForever]

Yup. Gotta pay for it on Prime like a chump!

???

 

[x Tame Impala]

???

Didn’t see your post edit. You didn’t like Klansman or 5 Bloods?

 

[ORRFForever]

Didn’t see your post edit. You didn’t like Klansman or 5 Bloods?

I hated Klansman. I know I am alone but I just HATED IT.

 

[x Tame Impala]

I hated Klansman. I know I am alone but I just HATED IT.

Damn really? What did you HATE? Might’ve surpassed “Inside Job” as my favorite Spike Lee movie

 

[Langdon Alger]

Finally got around to seeing BlackKKlansman last night before they took it off of HBO. It was excellent. Great jobs by the whole cast, especially Driver and Denzel’s boy. Loved the movie. Way better than “Da 5 Bloods”

How was Topher Grace?

 

[Langdon Alger]

Damn really? What did you HATE? Might’ve surpassed “Inside Job” as my favorite Spike Lee movie

ever see 25th hour? That’s my favourite Spike Lee film.

 

[x Tame Impala]

How was Topher Grace?

Smug, but good. I only see Eric Foreman when I watch the guy.

Haven’t seen 25th hour yet

 

[Langdon Alger]

Haven’t seen 25th hour yet

Well, get on that. Great movie.

 

[Osprey]

Oh, the second one is so bad... that's pretty much rock bottom for slashers! I am not sure I've ever seen the 3rd one.

I liked the main actress (Crystal Bernard, before she was on the TV show Wings) and how it didn't take itself seriously at all, but the killer and the musical numbers were cringe worthy.

The third one is on YouTube. If you watch it, find the upload that's the correct runtime and in 720p. Wikipedia says that it's generally considered the worst of the trilogy, so I was curious to see how you get worse than the second one. It wasn't that bad, honestly. It might actually be slightly better than the second, not that that's saying much. Granted, I drifted between paying attention and having it on in the background, so that might've helped my impression slightly. It's a little more serious than the second one and a little more clever because it has you guessing who the killer is, like a Scream movie, during the first half. As I said, though, it's rather stupid in the second half.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Watched Little Big League last night. Saw it when i was 12, but haven’t watched it since then. It’s about a kid who manages the Minnesota Twins because his grandfather owned the team. Then after his grandfather dies, the kid owns the team and shortly after becomes their manager. Fun movie actually. Some cameos from real ball players like Randy Johnson and Ken Griffey Jr. Features one of the more unique pick off plays I’ve ever seen.

7/10

 

[ORRFForever]

Damn really? What did you HATE? Might’ve surpassed “Inside Job” as my favorite Spike Lee movie

I wanted to like BlackKKlansman - I LOVED Spike Lee's 25th Hour. And, at first, I was impressed - there is an early "speech" scene that is really well done. Unfortunately, it was all down hill after that. The acting was weak and Spike Lee felt the need to grab you by the collar and scream in your face when making a point.

The worst parts were the calls from the Black Cop to the Klan leader. It was NOT funny the first time he did it, but Lee kept going back, over and over, again - with other cops laughing in the back ground. It was painful - when one of the cops did a 'spit take', I almost walked out...

 

[Langdon Alger]

Watched Fever Pitch tonight to continue my theme of baseball movies. Decent movie, enjoyable enough. Jimmy Fallon can’t act. I can see why his movie career never really went anywhere. I can relate to his whole die hard fan thing in that movie though.

6/10

 

[nameless1]

Smug, but good. I only see Eric Foreman when I watch the guy.

Haven’t seen 25th hour yet

He is merely serviceable in my books. Like you said, he pretty much plays Eric Foreman in every role, so I am not impressed at all.

I do like BlackKKlansman quite a bit. It is one of the better Spike Lee movies.

 

[nameless1]

Damn really? What did you HATE? Might’ve surpassed “Inside Job” as my favorite Spike Lee movie

I recently got to see Malcolm X, and other than a few wonky camera work scenes, it is probably second to Do The Right Thing, his best film. Inside Man, The 25th Hour and BlacKKKlansman would round out the top 5.

 

[nameless1]

I'm looking to check out the Studio Ghibli movies, now that they're on Canadian Netflix. Any recommendations on an order, or where to start?

I saw Spirited Away about a decade ago, but that's it.

I actually prefer his pre-My Neighbor Totoro movies. While part of the admiration is for the sake of nostalgic reasons, I also love the sense of epic adventure in them, which have become very rare nowadays.

My Neighbor Totoro annoys me. It is one big product placement. It feels like the merchandise from the movie alone pretty much sustains his film studio.

 

[nameless1]

Man, all of the Knives Out hate is bumming me out. One of my favourites of 2019.

It is quite fun, and I did enjoy it, but that is mainly because I see it as as an homage to great detective novels of the past, from the many plot twists, down to the silly explanations. One cannot deny that there are major plot holes though, and how one perceives the movie probably depends on how much they deem those mistakes to be fatal.

Spoiler

I only cannot stand how Marta becomes completely innocent because of her intuitions, because it is such a cheap out, but since it is so late in the movie, and I had my fun already, so I can tolerate it.