Would you recommend it to others?
Waves (2019)
Exceptional movie. Highly recommend
Deadpool and wolverine. It was a pretty good movie.
Operation Mincemeat. Love me some bickering British spies.
Perfect Days. Got it half-off from Criterion based on the trailer and little else. Absolutely gorgeous cinematography, and a subtle and compelling character study.
Thank you so much for recommending this movie. Today’s my birthday and, on a hunch, I decided to give it a go, I just finished watching it and I cannot explain how much I needed it and how much it’s helped me on this day. Thanks a million
Tbh I debated posting it because it was late and there were already dozens of comments and I didn’t have it in me to write some big review. But I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Make sure not to miss the soundtrack.
Was my last movie too. I really enjoyed it, and even though some would say that it’s slow/not much happens, it left a stronger impression on me than any other film I recently watched.
Treasure Planet for the first time… It was a ride, I liked the animation and the old Disney style actually got me thinking if it had gaming adaptations… And ofc it had them… I want to at least try one (for nostalgic reasons), but I am unsure if the PS1 or PS2 version is the right one to go.
Robocop & Robocop 2 back-to-back. I’d recommend the first one but not the sequel. Even though it’s the same main actors, the writers seemingly decided to lower their IQ and make their personalities more shallow in the sequel.
I feel the second one is worth it for the warehouse attack scene and the press conference/final fight.
I don’t feel it’s a bad movie, but it’s got more silly than satire and focuses too much on the bad guys POV rather than RoboCop. Plus they literally wreck his personality.
First movie is still amazing though. One of my favorites!
National Lampoon’s Senior Trip.
I watched Jeremy Renner’s wired auto complete interview on YouTube and he mentioned that was his first role. So I looked it up and it had 0% on rotten tomatoes. And I thought to myself, it can’t be that bad.
It was pretty bad, maybe not 0% bad, but I found very few redeeming qualities.
I would not recommend.
I watched but did not finish inglorious bastards because we had to take iur kitten to the vet.
However, I watched and finished District 9 and it was unequivically a banger. I can’t reveal too much without spoilers so I will only say this. It primarily takes place in South Africa and the history of apartheid is important to its message.
I also watched Starship Troopers not to long ago and it was a banger too. The history of American imperialism is incredibly important fot this one.
Both of these are very relevant to world events at the moment and watching them now will only do you good
Starship Troopers is an odd duck of a movie. I enjoy it, but I also get why fans of the book tend to hate it.
Basterds was a great movie.
Both starship troopers are good.
The film is campy and playful. But the book is more philosophical in a way that would only work in book format.
Didn’t even realize it was a book, only knew about the movie through memes. Is it good?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
Warmly recommended to kids and adults alike. Fantastic style, cool action sequences, top-notch voice acting and cool story. It may seem derivative of Spiderman Into the Spider verse, but it’s better in many respects.
My GF asked me to come to it ends with us with her. I didn’t see any trailer or read anything about it so I assumed it was a romcom or something, boy was I wrong…
The plot was quite gripping though and Blake Lively and the cast were really good in it. I’d definitely recommend watching it but keep in mind that it’s a pretty intense movie with lots of dark content in it.
Interstellar. It was like the 4th or 5th time I’ve seen it, so yeah, I’d definitely recommend it if you’re into sci-fi epics.
The last movie I saw for the first time was Barbie. I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. It also didn’t take itself too seriously, despite having a very positive message for women.
Ratatouille
It was pretty good. My son loved it. I recommend it for sure.
Red Rock West, 1994
Nic Cage movie I heard about in a thread here the other day.
Cage is unemployed and down on his luck when he gets mistaken for a hitman and is paid to do a job. He takes the money and tries to run, but gets caught up in a more intriguing whirlpool of trouble than I expected.
Nothing groundbreaking here, but it had more surprises than I had expected and it’s fairly well acted for a 90s movie. If you want something interesting that isn’t too deep and has a vaguely No Country for Old Men flavor, this isn’t bad.
I watched the running man with some friends last weekend. I’d say it’s a solid meh. It’s the first time I’ve actually seen Schwarzenegger in a movie, and I gotta say, I don’t understand why he’s so popular. He’s a pretty terrible actor.
That’s because you haven’t seen Kindergarten Cop yet, the pinnacle of his acting career.
WHO IS YOUR DADDY AND WHAT DOES HE DO!?!
Watch Running Man for Richard Dawson. If you know about his time as host of Family Feud, his character in this movie takes on a whole extra level!
That’s a pretty early film. His acting and especially his comedy does improve a lot over time, though it’s never amazing. I think he’s a product of the 80’s. If he were getting his start today I’m not sure he’d stand out. He’d be like a less charismatic Jason Momoa.
He tends to be in movies that don’t rely much on emoting (Conan & Terminator) or with better actors (Danny Devito, Gabriel Byrne, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton—it’s a very long list) and the action and effects were top notch for the day, and the stories usually had a good emotional core. I do think True Lies was probably his best movie even if not the most iconic. And it really holds up today - I would strongly recommend it.
The Last Action Hero got panned, but it’s a pretty solid satire of the action films he made his career on.
I love that movie. But it also had Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister) in it and a great villain really helped make LAH the classic it is. I think it exemplifies my comment: emotional core (relationship with the kid and his mom), better actors, good effects.
But I do wish it was given the respect you and I think it deserves.
Clue. 1985 Yes, Tim curry is fantastic in it.
Ah, I see somebody listens to the Blank Check podcast, the Special Features one on Patreon!
Also RIP Martin Mull.
Who isn’t fantastic in that movie!?
Communism?
No, Mr. Green, Communism is just a Red Herring.
Not gonna bite on that one. I’m gonna go home and have sex with my wife!
“AND NOW! I’m going home to sleep with my wife!”
