Official Rate the last movie you watched thread

[palitoy]

They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé (2016) 7/10

Pretty interesting piece on this maverick filmmaker, I had to watch it in three parts because Grefe himself is so chill and laid back that I found myself dozing off. It's not to say the movie is boring, far from it.

[Wee67]

They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé (2016) 7/10

Pretty interesting piece on this maverick filmmaker, I had to watch it in three parts because Grefe himself is so chill and laid back that I found myself dozing off. It's not to say the movie is boring, far from it.

Psychedelic Priest?!? You had me at the title. And it only took this line hook me for Jaws of Death (pun recognized)- "deadly sharks once saved his life. Now he lives and kills as one of them."

[palitoy]

VFW (2020) 7/10

A group of Vietnam veterans holds off a drug lord and his horde of zombie-like addicts in this adventure horror. This is VERY inspired by John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13" and The Warriors, even casting David Patrick Kelly (!). Like a lot of modern horror films it delves a little too much on fanboy 80s homages and splatter (The Cannibal Holocaust scene was really over the top and had me rolling my eyes) and worked against the dramatic impact, it gets a little too "Evil Dead" at times.

The performances by Stephen Lang, William Sadler and Fred "The Hammer" Williamson save it by giving it some tangible substance.

[Mikey]

Watched Casino Royale (2006) for the first time last night.

Love Bond but always avoided the Craig series because they have a reputation of being "gritty".

Was surprised how much I liked it --- I think carrying M over from the Brosnan series really helped cement the fact that THIS IS JAMES BOND.

I could have done without the ball-torture scenes though

[Mikey]

Just watched the 70's version of Invasion of Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland.

Had a super John Carpenter-ish feel... never guessed Veronica Cartwright's character would be the last remaining human...

[msenger76]

wonder woman 84....should have left after the first 30 minutes

[YoungOnce]

Forbidden Empire (available for free on Amazon Prime)

Gorgeously shot with pretty good special effects, edited at breakneck speed, and entertaining. I’d place it in the genre of Van Helsing, Brothers Grimm, and Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow. It’s an odd one though. Perhaps something was lost in the translation (it’s partially dubbed).

It really does look lush with great cinematography. It seems to never stop moving and feels like it’s in an incredible hurry.

I couldn’t take my eyes off of it though and could never make up my mind if it was great or a total mess.

[Mikey]

Good Burger (1997)

Have no idea why the movie critics lambasted this movie at the time.

It's good clean fun ment for 12-ish year olds.

Were they hoping for Oscar performances ?

[Confessional]

Continuing my Kurosawa/Mifune kick, watched the Hidden Fortress this afternoon...

… It felt and looked a little different from the two earlier offerings I watched, and felt more akin to Seven Samurai and Yojimbo which were the only Kursosawa films I remember having seen before I started this block of films. It featured strong characters, an engaging story and stunning visual work.

-M

Just watched Yojimbo (really just damn good!) and Hidden Fortress is up next… my years of youthful appreciation of Kurosawa is really turning to love the older I get. Modern filmmakers should look at these and feel both ashamed and reinvigorated.

[Confessional]

Class Action Park (2020) 8/10… This should be made into a comedy starring John C Reilly, it has everything.

Agreed!, but unfortunately Johnny Knoxville (Action Point, 2018) beat Reilly to it… got suckered into watching this, pretty terrible (I was hoping the animals would maul the cast for more laughs) aside from the momentary homage to Action Park. 3/10

[drquest]

Good Burger (1997)

Have no idea why the movie critics lambasted this movie at the time.

It's good clean fun ment for 12-ish year olds.

Were they hoping for Oscar performances ?

A burger joint in St. Louis, Hi-Pointe Drive-In bought the actual Good Burger car and they are working on restoring it.

[Mikey]

Zombieland 2

Was WAAAYYY better than I had expected

I would put it in the rare category of sequels as good as their originals along with Godfather 2 and Superman 2

[Hector]

Good Burger (1997)

Have no idea why the movie critics lambasted this movie at the time.

It's good clean fun ment for 12-ish year olds.

Were they hoping for Oscar performances ?

I love Good Burger! It’s a light-hearted fun comedy. Love the two leads, Ed, the bumbling child-like employee and Dexter, the slacker who is there working to pay for car repairs.

Yes, good clean fun, a movie for all ages.

[Mikey]

Got through 1 hour of Tarantino's --- "Once upon a time..." and had to take a break...

I dunno if I like it or not … doesn't seem Tarantino-ish so far.

Missing the LONG stretched out witty dialogs (not counting the Pacino scene)

Guy who played Steve McQueen was SPOT-ON in the Playboy Club scene

Will continue watching just cause it's Tarantino

[Nostalgiabuff]

oh it's worth it Mike. the end was great