Official Rate the last movie you watched thread

[MRP]

OH man - I LOVE Kurosawa and I PVR'ed a bunch of his movies on TCM a few weeks ago. I caught Drunken Angel for the first time. Maybe not my favourite of his but it's amazing to see how fantastic Takashi Shimura, Mifune and Kurosawa are together right away!

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From Beyond (1986) - watched this late last night. I didn't realize the whole Re-Animator gang got back together for this one! I loved how the cast was 1,000% committed to all the insanity.

Eighth Grade (2018) - I absolutely loved this movie. I found it terrifying, funny, frustrating - I was extremely lonely at that age too and it hit a few nerves for me.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) - Directed by Fritz Lang, but you'd never guess by watching it. A writer purposely frames himself for murder to demonstrate the flaw of having the death penalty and then obviously there are a few twists to this plan. Kind of fun if you like mid-50s film noir - but it was mostly a turkey. Looks like it was re-made in 2009 with Micahel Douglas. I assume just the bones of the story though.

Yeah, I DVRed that whole marathon in honor of Tifune's 100th birthday, and I am watching my way through it. I only skipped recording Yojimbo as I have the Criterion DVD. I've only gotten through the first 3 from the marathon so far.

-M

[Confessional]

Hmm, I really like the soundtrack/band for Backbeat for capturing the raw and fun energy in a way that more *accurate* recreations of the Beatles often don't. Which has me thinking about watching The Commitments (1991) again…

What's really important here is that I back-to-back watched/re-watched The Lighthouse (2019)- 8/10 and Amelie (2001) - 9/10… what a wild yin-yang 3 1/2 hours that was! I've feel the power of redemption this morning as I was dirty and then made clean!

[Nostalgiabuff]

I did not know that Brazoo. the actor that played Paul also played Paul in the Linda McCartney story

[Brazoo]

re-watched Backbeat last night in honor of Astrid kircherr's passing. still a really good early Beatles movie. holds up really well even 26 years later. the soundtrack is not great, I think they could have done better with the singers sounding closer to the Beatles but the movie works. Sheryl Lee is gorgeous. the actors playing John and Paul were good. In fact I had not realized, until I looked it up, that the actor playing John was Prof. Quirrel, In the first Harry Potter movie

I thought of that movie when I saw she died too! I saw that one in the theatre (probably mostly to see Sheryl Lee, because I am a huge Twin Peaks fan). That actor played John Lennon in another movie too - called The Hours and Times. (I never saw it, but remember hearing it was very good at the time.)

[Brazoo]

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

-M

OH man - I LOVE Kurosawa and I PVR'ed a bunch of his movies on TCM a few weeks ago. I caught Drunken Angel for the first time. Maybe not my favourite of his but it's amazing to see how fantastic Takashi Shimura, Mifune and Kurosawa are together right away!

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From Beyond (1986) - watched this late last night. I didn't realize the whole Re-Animator gang got back together for this one! I loved how the cast was 1,000% committed to all the insanity.

Eighth Grade (2018) - I absolutely loved this movie. I found it terrifying, funny, frustrating - I was extremely lonely at that age too and it hit a few nerves for me.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) - Directed by Fritz Lang, but you'd never guess by watching it. A writer purposely frames himself for murder to demonstrate the flaw of having the death penalty and then obviously there are a few twists to this plan. Kind of fun if you like mid-50s film noir - but it was mostly a turkey. Looks like it was re-made in 2009 with Micahel Douglas. I assume just the bones of the story though.

[Nostalgiabuff]

re-watched Backbeat last night in honor of Astrid kircherr's passing. still a really good early Beatles movie. holds up really well even 26 years later. the soundtrack is not great, I think they could have done better with the singers sounding closer to the Beatles but the movie works. Sheryl Lee is gorgeous. the actors playing John and Paul were good. In fact I had not realized, until I looked it up, that the actor playing John was Prof. Quirrel, In the first Harry Potter movie

[MRP]

I just recently saw Kagemusha on FXM. I think I'd enjoy The Hidden Fortress.

I saw FX was airing that, and set the DVR for it, but I haven't seen it before. I still have a bunch of Kurosawa films to watch that I recorded when they did the Mifune marathon on TCM a couple months back. Kagemush is just added to the cheque.

-M

[PNGwynne]

I just recently saw Kagemusha on FXM. I think I'd enjoy The Hidden Fortress.

[Hector]

Just watched John Henry starring Terry Crews...



I like Terry Crews. I like the John Henry folklore.

But holy mother of gawd...the movie itself was awful, just awful. Trust me, I was fast-forwarding through most of this mess.

It’s slow, plodding, cringy, corny, pointless, boring, just bad, bad, bad, etc. The journeyman director will probably never direct another movie ever again, lol.

I should’ve listened to Rotten Tomatoes....

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/john_henry_2020

O/10. Yes, this pile of krap gets a big fat ZERO stars. One of the worst flicks I’ve ever seen.

Rapper Ludacris wears the most bizarre side chin grill I’ve ever seen. It was appropriate for his name, ludicrous, lol...

[Hector]

We watched that and I liked it, but my wife hated it.... Oh well

It’s a guy movie, not a chick one, lol...

[Hector]

I finally watched Toy Story 4 on Disney+ (my wife took the kids to see it in the theatre when it came out but I couldn't go). It was good, but IMO the least of the four films. It was still a funny and entertaining watch and had a lot of heart. So maybe 7/10 for me?




I've been hearing good things about it. Netflix films can be hit or miss, but I'll give this one a try.

Cool!!!

[MRP]

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



I had not seen this one before, but was aware of it through discussions of its influence on George Lucas. I quite enjoyed it and I tried to take it in on its own merits and not to focus on picking out the bits Lucas riffed off of in the various Star Wars films over the years (which proved difficult as some were blatantly obvious and one seen reminded me of a scene from Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom). Even without its role in Star Wars lore, this was a magnificent film. 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

[drquest]

Extraction with Chris Hemsworth...wow...what a great ride of a movie. Picture John Wick and Jason Bourne having a baby, yeah, sort of like that.

I loved it!!!

We watched that and I liked it, but my wife hated it.... Oh well

[Mikey]

The Toxic Avenger -- -- 1984

Still funny as it was 35-ish years ago

Still scratching my head how a crazy low budget super raunchy black comedy which features adults murdering children and then photographing their bodies to masturbate to got made into a Saturday Morning cartoon ?

[cjefferys]

I finally watched Toy Story 4 on Disney+ (my wife took the kids to see it in the theatre when it came out but I couldn't go). It was good, but IMO the least of the four films. It was still a funny and entertaining watch and had a lot of heart. So maybe 7/10 for me?

Extraction with Chris Hemsworth...wow...what a great ride of a movie. Picture John Wick and Jason Bourne having a baby, yeah, sort of like that.

I loved it!!!

I've been hearing good things about it. Netflix films can be hit or miss, but I'll give this one a try.