What was the last movie you saw?

[serpro69]

Spiderman: No Way Home. I must say I haven't seen a comic-book-based movie in years which I have enjoyed, and this wasn't an exception. That's probably all I'm going to say about it.

[Hertzian56]

Watched the bruckheimer/simpson cheesefest Days of Thunder and couldn't resist watching the first/original propaganda cheesefest by the same team, Top Gun, that opening still gets me, totally cool.  The small comedy bits throughout both films are memorable and I'm very liable at times to quote them when I'm feeling silly and it works in context. I see the two as really the same film just appropriate substitutes for nascar and naval aviators. Rubbins racing, the need for speed, loving feeling etc lols

[Hertzian56]

Rewatched the 1984 Dune which I think is pretty good if cheesy in places, the effects seem like they missed 2001 or Star Wars which were made well before it. Upon researching it on imdb I guess it is/was considered a bad film even by it's now famous director. Love Sean Young who was also in Blade Runner which I watch a few times a year. Also rewatched the Steve Mcqueen Le Mans one of the best auto racing movies.

[ryan]

neat fact...seinfeld came out on netflix not sure how many of you watch it, if you dont I recommend you do very funny

[JeanLegi]

Over the last few weeks

 

Not a movie but a serie Pacific Rim - The Black on Netflix

A Silent Place 2 i think it was on Amazon Prime

The Silence noice Movie i liked it 😄 Amazon prime as well i think

Vox Machina very funny serie if you have no problems with dirty jokes and some more dirty things.

[Hertzian56]

Made the mistake of rewatching Prometheus after I had rewatched Alien/Aliens. It's been so long I forgot just how bad Prometheus is, the rest of them after Aliens aren't much better but don't sink to the level of pretentiousness mixed with such insulting stupidity.  Well we got the first two at least, 3 was ok. On the other hand just rewatched Singing in the Rain what a great movie all around, it still makes me tired watching the "Make em Laugh" sequence, amazing.

[Hertzian56]

Rewatched Blade Runner 2049.  I didn't pay much attention to it when I first watched it a couple years ago. Oof what a disappointment and it's almost completely just activism of multiple issues like almost everything today in the media complex. They also tell us something about their real life themselves in an undercurrent way through the story, can't get into it here though. On a surface level there is none of the noir of the first one, waiting 30+ years is just too long. The mystery of the first one is gone and their attempt to replace it with an activist-oriented "mystery" is under developed and crass. I wouldn't want to turn my back on Jared Leto in real life either lol. There's certainly something not quite right about Ryan Gosling either, weird looking like a lot of celebs that's all I'm going to say on that though, similar thing going on with the "person" who's the solution to the films central "mystery" as well. A few of the cast also fit that "something's off about these people" category, if you're paying attention. It's also way too long at close to 3 hours.

[ryan]

im really liking the series my name is earl on disney.....just funny and pretty unique big on karma

[ratchetnclank]

The Batman. 

 

It was very average. Fell apart in the 3rd act with the need to have too much action and raising the stakes to saving the city. 

[ratchetnclank]

On 4/29/2022 at 7:45 PM, Hertzian56 said:

Rewatched Blade Runner 2049.  I didn't pay much attention to it when I first watched it a couple years ago. Oof what a disappointment and it's almost completely just activism of multiple issues like almost everything today in the media complex. They also tell us something about their real life themselves in an undercurrent way through the story, can't get into it here though. On a surface level there is none of the noir of the first one, waiting 30+ years is just too long. The mystery of the first one is gone and their attempt to replace it with an activist-oriented "mystery" is under developed and crass. I wouldn't want to turn my back on Jared Leto in real life either lol. There's certainly something not quite right about Ryan Gosling either, weird looking like a lot of celebs that's all I'm going to say on that though, similar thing going on with the "person" who's the solution to the films central "mystery" as well. A few of the cast also fit that "something's off about these people" category, if you're paying attention. It's also way too long at close to 3 hours.

 

I really enjoyed Blade Runner 2049, it's world is just as bleak and it does have the noir aesthetic and themes. The film is paced similar to the first in that it's a slow burn. The only thing it didn't really need was deckards appearance in the film but i don't mind it too much. The cinematography in it too is just amazing.

 

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film noir, (French: “dark film”) style of filmmaking characterized by such elements as cynical heroes, stark lighting effects, frequent use of flashbacks, intricate plots, and an underlying existentialist philosophy. The genre was prevalent mostly in American crime dramas of the post-World War II era.

 

 

So it is definitely noir.

[JeanLegi]

Wrong section 😄 excuses guys..

 

Last movies

Boss level

Point Black

 

in the next few days..

Killers Bodyguard 2

[Hertzian56]

2 hours ago, ratchetnclank said:

 

I really enjoyed Blade Runner 2049, it's world is just as bleak and it does have the noir aesthetic and themes. The film is paced similar to the first in that it's a slow burn. The only thing it didn't really need was deckards appearance in the film but i don't mind it too much. The cinematography in it too is just amazing.

 

 

So it is definitely noir.

Look just putting up some bullet point definition which 2049 has maybe one example of doesnt make it noir. Go ahead and watch out of the past, the big sleep, double indemnity and the other noir films, even china town in more modern times. Maybe rewatch the original one.

[ratchetnclank]

9 hours ago, Hertzian56 said:

Look just putting up some bullet point definition which 2049 has maybe one example of doesnt make it noir. Go ahead and watch out of the past, the big sleep, double indemnity and the other noir films, even china town in more modern times. Maybe rewatch the original one.

 

I've seen the original many times. Whether you agree or not 2049 is a noir film the story is classic noir with theme of existentialism,femme fatales ect. It may not be as dark and gloomy in visuals but that is only part of noir films.

[Hertzian56]

14 hours ago, ratchetnclank said:

 

I've seen the original many times. Whether you agree or not 2049 is a noir film the story is classic noir with theme of existentialism,femme fatales ect. It may not be as dark and gloomy in visuals but that is only part of noir films.

I don't see why you think it's so important to think BR49 is noir or not, if you liked it that's fine. For you it didn't take anything away from your enjoyment so why bother? I didn't care for it and the missing noir aspects were a large part of it but not all of why I didn't care for it, see above. I read the original Philip K Dick story a long time ago but BR49 is not sourced from that like BR is, it's totally new. Gosling as an actor is not a good fit for noir, he's a good fit for the activism oriented overarching theme of 49 though.  I'm a huge fan of noir and BR has a lot of noir in it and thus I like it a lot, but it's not a full noir film either. Maybe easier to go by your Britannica reference.

 

Cynical heroes:  gosling doesn't have that at all, Ford fit that almost to a T. The dialogue between Deckard/Tyrell/Rachael illustrates that.

 

Stark Lighting:  this was mostly very clear lighting either dark or light but mostly bright/clear/OR type lighting of modern sci fi thrillers, Death Stranding has a similar aesthetic, there was no high contrast stuff all the time like the first one, no smokiness or rain soaked streets, even the tyrell pyramid etc BR49 had the aesthetic that reminded me of District 9 lighting wise.

 

Flashbacks: some of the little horse with the date on it, of one scene from the original movie, but no where near what you get in say "out of the past" or double indemnity which almost the whole movies are flashbacks, same with The Killers etc etc. BR1 didn't have that either, other than the deposition playback.

 

Intricate Plots: There's some there in 49 no doubt but it's nowhere near typical noir, go watch out of the past, the maltese falcon, the big sleep, double indemnity. There's definitely misdirection and mystery but it's not heart of darkness type of unease inducing or labyrinthine hard to figure out. The first bladerunner didn't have that either it was pretty straightforward but there was the tone of heart of darkness type mystery from the music, lighting, etc The only similar I could see from the first one is what Tyrell was going to be able to do for the nexus which we didn't know beforehand. Also Ford had to do some intricate things to root out the nexus. The whole origami handler character added a lot of mystery and suspense.

 

existentialism: Gosling's character doesn't trouble himself with any of that, other than being alienated but that's because they inserted an out of place hostility towards replicants in a society where outcast types seem to be the norm. It was nothing personal to gosling just the class of beings he was a part of. With Ford it was for personal reasons. I guess there's a whiff of it when gosling interacts with his madam but that's so cut and dried and minimal that it's hard to count. We don't' get enough dialogue to claim it, like we did with Ford interacting with Tyrell/Rachael.

 

There's no femme fetale in either BR film, there's the robotic psycho killer in 49 but that's not the same, the "daughter" was a truly innocent, madam is a very minor character not even close.  Rachael was too truly innocent, see the maltese falcon(where it was a feigned innocence if you watch the whole thing) or out of the past to see an example of a femme fetale. I could thrown in The Killers as a semi-noir film that has a femme fetale. Dead Reckoning is another example.

 

Granted the first Bladerunner was not a complete noir film either but had a lot more of noir elements to be called tech noir.  It had that booziness and fatalism along with the hardboiled loner detective/police/other, raining/dark/smokey lighting, chasing criminals who happen to be replicants, the music, if you played it in BW it would be even more noir. It was made too far from the time period where noir was defined to be completely noir,  similar to Chinatown which was closer to proper noir than BR.

 

Edit: wanted to add some of the other reasons BR is great, the roy batty character adds a lot to the fatalism as well, great ending dialogue during the final fight sequence, the other nexus 6 and their segments especially triss and her very femme fetale-esque massaging of the toy/doll maker guy can't remember his name. The Nexus 6 squad is very underworld-esque crime gang. So those add to the noir aspects of the first one.

[KING19]

On 4/30/2022 at 6:32 PM, ratchetnclank said:

The Batman. 

 

It was very average. Fell apart in the 3rd act with the need to have too much action and raising the stakes to saving the city. 

 

Agreed...

 

I think the ending was pretty weird

 

Anyways i rewatched The Equalizer, its still a very good movie that i can watch over and over, Same goes for the John Wick series. I cant wait for Chapter 4 next March 😄

[Hertzian56]

Rewatched The Last Boy Scout and it is very nearly a noir film, the cynical detective, serpentine story of corruption and murder, LA setting, overall dark high contrast moody lighting, a few rain soaked scenes like the amazing opening which is probably why this film is obscure, the NFL overlords are very protective of their circus. Like the Chandler Spade films I could have seen this as a series of films with the same PI.

[Eban]

Not my last movie.

 

Most rubbish from hollyweed these days I have no interest In. Marvel universe and similar brainless crud.

 

But.....

 

When I was still just a juvenile delinquent my friends and I loved and dreamed about Top Gun.

To that end, I'm hanging to go see Maverick 

 

https://hlo.tohotheater.jp/net/movie/TNPI3060J01.do?sakuhin_cd=018316

 

[Hertzian56]

Finally watched the new Dune film, it has stunning cinematography and more subtle understated tech and staging but idk I guess I'm just too much into wanting some form of friendly popcorn showmanship in films even with the cheesiness, rather than the moody serious hazy malaise that seems to be in vogue. The color palette is darker and somber, kind of a downer tbh. I still like watching the 84 Dune better even if it's not considered a good film and apparently cut out a ton of the stuff from the books, which I've never read. The actors in the 84 version were better cast, they looked like the parts they played and just acted the parts better imo. New Dune was too meandering and ponderous and it's only part 1. I have not heard that part 2 is even being made. Music was not as good as 84 either. Idk maybe it needs a rewatch to form a full opinion. I noticed it was directed by the same guy who did Bladerunner 2049 so that might have contributed to my slight dislike.

[Hertzian56]

Rewatched Grease after a few years, forgot how I loved this movie, catchy tunes and great dance numbers. This is pretty close to my fav musical along with Singing in the Rain. ONJ so adorable in this.

[jaybee83]

me and my lady did a "for her" / "for him" double last weekend, starting wirh Marry Me (which was surprisingly entertaining) and then followed by Moonfall (surprisingly dull, but at least unexpected ending).

 

damn JLo looks so fine at her age! 😋😁

[Hertzian56]

Finally got around to watching the last two main line star wars movies and I'm just meh, there were lots of cringe moments as well seems almost like a variety show rather than a focused story to me and I'm glad we won't have to see any of those actors in those roles again, or ever again as far as I'm concerned. I mean the effects were amazing but all the rest was just nonsensical and all over the place. Deus ex machina is used and abused. I thought Force Awakens was pretty good but I just lost the convoluted story. 4-6 will always be the real star wars to me, with 3 and 7 being pretty good.

[jaybee83]

2 hours ago, Hertzian56 said:

Finally got around to watching the last two main line star wars movies and I'm just meh, there were lots of cringe moments as well seems almost like a variety show rather than a focused story to me and I'm glad we won't have to see any of those actors in those roles again, or ever again as far as I'm concerned. I mean the effects were amazing but all the rest was just nonsensical and all over the place. Deus ex machina is used and abused. I thought Force Awakens was pretty good but I just lost the convoluted story. 4-6 will always be the real star wars to me, with 3 and 7 being pretty good.

omg, I KNOW! 100% agreed. so many storylines that just ended up nowhere or were brushed aside with some lame joke (i.e. building up Rey's parents and ending up being nobodys / building up the importance of luke's lightsaber and he just throws it away, etc etc etc dont even get me started on the quick n silly death of Snoke, wtf).

its like the filmmakers trying way too hard to be unpredictable but instead of providing actual depth n storybuilding via alternative pathways they just shrug and go "meh, f*ck it, lets just throw them a curveball and forget about everything before".

[Reciever]

The only way I can describe those movies now without getting caught up in hours long discussions is I thought the new movies were decent/good movies but terrible star wars movies. Great visuals, terrible consistency.

 

To share my .02 I simply laughed when Rey took the lightsaber and buried it on the planet that two generations of Skywalker struggled and entered Galactic scale wars to get away from.

[KING19]

Finally seen The Matrix Resurrections on HBO and it was bad as i thought. It started out decent but then it went downhill after that. The whole story made no sense whatsoever and its a insult to the trilogy and especially to the first matrix as they tried to rehash certain moments from it.

[Reciever]

2 hours ago, KING19 said:

Finally seen The Matrix Resurrections on HBO and it was bad as i thought. It started out decent but then it went downhill after that. The whole story made no sense whatsoever and its a insult to the trilogy and especially to the first matrix as they tried to rehash certain moments from it.

 

I read some theories thats by design as the producers were going to make one with or without the original directors