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What Was The Last Movie You Watched and Rate it!

Lursa said:
The banality of the family was the point. And it was pulled out of the novel intentionally as the focus for that and other reasons. I found it excellent and awful. The killings were only supposed to be hinted at but it's not like everyone...movie watchers and the Hoss family and villagers... didnt know it was happening. That was another point. People loving their pets and horses and ignoring what was happening 'next door.' Still being petty and sarcastic about a previous Jewish neighbor who's possessions they ended up having a shot at buying at auction.

I did have to read some reviews to get a better understanding of the ending scenes where it shifted between him leaving the building and the future. I read 3 different takes on it and one really did resonate...that he realized that all he had proudly accomplished would, in the future, only focus on the victims and not his efficient and effective work.

I watched it twice, kind of. It's subtitled and you do need to take in the scale and proximity of the wall. You need to get a good grasp of the setting. And the period house and furnishings were so interesting (I rarely watch old movies that have that stuff.)

So the 2nd time I fast forwarded past some things and rewound others to better view and understand.

Some reviewers say it was pretentious. It was very self-aware. But that is what contrasted so perfectly with the family's ability to not even acknowledge what was happening next door (except as an exercise in efficiency and success for Hoss, the father.) I give it an 8.5/10. It's fascinating but not fun. The score is so creepy I turned the sound down during the credits.

As an aside, Hoss was a real person and charged and hung in 1947. This isnt in the movie so it's not a spoiler.
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Well, I thought the banality was just a pretentious gimmick. Even though I havent read the source book, I have read up on Hoss' life in other works, and the whole movie just isnt accurate.

When they interrogated him after his capture, Hoss admitted that his family knew what was going on, so the movie's depiction of them being in some kind of bubble like that wasnt accurate. In fact, his kids did go out to where the prisoners were farming and even had armbands with triangles on them stitched by their nanny to help the make believe play they were doing. The eldest son also had a pistol, and he would shoot into the garden, almost hitting the prisoners.

The movie also shows Hoss as a soft spoken wimp, but in reality he was a hardcore Nazi. The real reason he was transferred out of Auschwitz was because he had an affair with a prisoner in the camp and got her pregnant. That was never shown in the movie. Hoss never had second thoughts about what he did until the last minute, when he was awaiting execution.
 
PoS said:
Well, I thought the banality was just a pretentious gimmick. Even though I havent read the source book, I have read up on Hoss' life in other works, and the whole movie just isnt accurate.

When they interrogated him after his capture, Hoss admitted that his family knew what was going on, so the movie's depiction of them being in some kind of bubble like that wasnt accurate. In fact, his kids did go out to where the prisoners were farming and even had armbands with triangles on them stitched by their nanny to help the make believe play they were doing. The eldest son also had a pistol, and he would shoot into the garden, almost hitting the prisoners.

The movie also shows Hoss as a soft spoken wimp, but in reality he was a hardcore Nazi. The real reason he was transferred out of Auschwitz was because he had an affair with a prisoner in the camp and got her pregnant. That was never shown in the movie. Hoss never had second thoughts about what he did until the last minute, when he was awaiting execution.
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They did know what was going on. His wife even threatened a house servant with Hoss having her ashes spread over the countryside. They still lived in a bubble of apathy and contentment. And the affair was in the movie. One doesnt ever get the impression he questioned his "mission" at all, he was smugly satisfied with his efficiencies, that goal drove him. That's one of the things that was very clear, from direct observations and also contrasts.

It seems you were so bored you really just zoned out on the movie. You seem to have missed a lot.
 
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Lursa said:
They did know what was going on. His wife even threatened a house servant with Hoss having her ashes spread over the countryside. They still lived in a bubble of apathy and contentment. And the affair was in the movie. One doesnt ever get the impression he questioned his "mission" at all, he was smugly satisfied with his efficiencies, that goal drove him. That's one of the things that was very clear, from direct observations and also contrasts.

It seems you were so bored you really just zoned out on the movie. You seem to have missed a lot.
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LOL you got me there. After the first boring ten minutes or so, I began checking my phone and laptop, and would only occasionally glance at what was on screen.



Anatomy of a Fall (2023) French movie about a widow being tried for the possible murder of her own husband when he dies from a fall off the window. She claims it was suicide. The acting is good, but its a very low key movie, so nothing epic. Rating: 6.5/10
 
I watched Argylle on Sunday. I'd give it 9/10. It was a good movie. There was something I got sort of right from the trailers, but not completely. I won't spoil it though. It reminded me somewhat of Kingsman: The Secret Service, very similar, but some differences that made it move all over. There was a part that was just way overboard too, one of the fight scenes, but overall still a good movie.
 


The Stranger (2023) Aussie movie about an undercover cop trying to gather evidence against a possible child murderer. I was expecting a pulse pounding procedural, but I got instead was a slow as heck buddy movie. Theres some really long scenes where nothing happens. Everything is muted and shot in long shadows. Boring. Rating 4/10
 
We watched “ANNA” last night. It’s one of thos films that you invest enough time in to stay with it and see where it is going. About half-way in it turns cartoonish with the action scenes……6/10. Cillain Murphy and Helen Mirren help a little

 
Tombstone. It never gets old (8/10)

My fave scene is when Doc Holiday slips out of the sanatarium to put a bullet in the forehead of Johnny Ringo.

This was after he told Wyatt he couldn't take Ringo

A true friend
 
VySky said:
Tombstone. It never gets old (8/10)

My fave scene is when Doc Holiday slips out of the sanatarium to put a bullet in the forehead of Johnny Ringo.

This was after he told Wyatt he couldn't take Ringo

A true friend
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Kilmer, Elliot, Russell, Paxton, Boothe….and Charlton Heston, great cast!
 
Just finished watching  Unfrosted which was released on Netflix today.

The Trailers led me to suspect it was going to be stupid but I was pleasantly surprised.

Clever writing with lots of scenes satirizing period events and people.

I know Jerry Seinfeld isn't everyone's cup of tea but I think he's likable in this.
 
Just watched a gritty Sandra Bullock movie called Unforgiveable. She was an ex-con, 20 years in, rebuilding her life after release.

Slow burn, hard to watch, but I thought it was decent.
 
Kill the Irishman. The movie is based on the Cleveland Irish gangster Danny Green. Well done. Very fookin' good.
 
Just saw The Challengers. I'd give it a six out of ten. Cannot imagine what the sparkling reviews are about.
 
Arcadian finally answers the question nobody is asking: "Do we miss shaky cam?"

The answer is "No."
 
Abigail is what you'd get if you throw in a little Constantine, a half cup of From Dusk Til Dawn, a pinch of The Usual Suspects, and stir. The result is something that should theoretically be entertaining since all of those ingredients are themselves entertaining. And it has the promise of being entertaining, but it just ends up being loud, vaguely annoying, and tiring. When I got halfway through the movie and learned what the deal was, I wasn't interested enough to learn how it wrapped up. I assumed there was a final monster we'd meet, but I didn't really care. YMMV.

Maybe I'm just getting old.

But if you're interested in a movie with lots of action and empty style then this will kill an hour and a half for you (assuming you're more patient than me). Just don't go into it expecting The Godfather.
 
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Unfrosted.

Cute at first, cool nostalgia for those that lived in that time, but quickly runs out of gas.

Didn't even finish it.

3/10
 
On Thursday evening I fired up Dr. Strangelove off the Plex server. It is one of my all time favorites. I think it is one of the best satires ever.



I love movies where every watch delivers a new appreciation. Though Peter Sellers playing three characters is a backbone of the movie, I had a newer found appreciation for just how strong George C. Scott, Slim Pickens and Sterling Hayden were in carrying this movie.... all great characters well developed by their respective actors.

I thoroughly enjoyed it for the umteenth time. Its an 8.4 on IMDB, but I give it 10 megatons. I look forward to watching it again when free time and the mood once again converge.
 
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Kelby said:
Unfrosted.

Cute at first, cool nostalgia for those that lived in that time, but quickly runs out of gas.

Didn't even finish it.

3/10
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it's campiness put me in the mind of this era's airplane
 
Rexedgar said:
We watched “ANNA” last night. It’s one of thos films that you invest enough time in to stay with it and see where it is going. About half-way in it turns cartoonish with the action scenes……6/10. Cillain Murphy and Helen Mirren help a little

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I liked it. Bad Ass Hot Chick kicking the shit out guys and the spy thriller aspect of double cross and all that was cool.
upsideguy said:
On Thursday evening I fired up Dr. Strangelove off the Plex server. It is one of my all time favorites. I think it is one of the best satires ever.



I love movies where every watch delivers a new appreciation. Though Peter Sellers playing three characters is a backbone of the movie, I had a newer found appreciation for just how strong George C. Scott, Slim Pickens and Sterling Hayden were in carrying this movie.... all great characters well developed by their respective actors.

I thoroughly enjoyed it for the umteenth time. Its an 8.4 on IMDB, but I give it 10 megatons. I look forward to watching it again when free time and the mood once again converge.
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I haven't seen it in 20 years... should watch it again!
 
Kelby said:
Unfrosted.

Cute at first, cool nostalgia for those that lived in that time, but quickly runs out of gas.

Didn't even finish it.

3/10
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Agreed. Even the beginning was cartoonish. I did like Seinfeld's statement that the kid's life was over for spelling "ass" with alphabet soup LOL
 
Watched the 3 Body Problem last week... really REALLY cool...

I just watched Thank you for Smoking.... a GREAT flick!

Started the Meg II last night and stopped watching after about 20 minutes... it sucked. I liked the first. Fun. Action. This one was shit.a

Watched The Last Dance again... great sports Doc.

I am starting the Continental on Prime... looks great so far.
 
Bodi said:
Watched the 3 Body Problem last week... really REALLY cool...

I just watched Thank you for Smoking.... a GREAT flick!

Started the Meg II last night and stopped watching after about 20 minutes... it sucked. I liked the first. Fun. Action. This one was shit.a

Watched The Last Dance again... great sports Doc.

I am starting the Continental on Prime... looks great so far.
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HBG and went to the theater to see Meg 2 because we loved the first one so much. It was a bougie theater that served food and alcohol. $52 later, we went home madder than hell. Meg 2 was ****ing horrid.
 
Bodi said:
Watched the 3 Body Problem last week... really REALLY cool...

I just watched Thank you for Smoking.... a GREAT flick!

Started the Meg II last night and stopped watching after about 20 minutes... it sucked. I liked the first. Fun. Action. This one was shit.a

Watched The Last Dance again... great sports Doc.

I am starting the Continental on Prime... looks great so far.
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Continental was good. My only beef is that they only had the money/time to have one real John Wick-brand fight scene. I gave it a break though because the choreography needed for just one of those scenes must take a bazillion years to shoot, and the television series needs to wrap up shooting in a reasonable amount of time. That's it, though. Fun show all around.
 
Superfly said:
We watched The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare last night. Story of the first special operations team, created to cripple the German u-boat fleet.

Loved it.

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Good Friday night flick? We try to save fun movies for Friday night.
 
Cardinal said:
Good Friday night flick? We try to save fun movies for Friday night.
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Absolutely. Felt very Tarantino-ish to me, but I love Tarantino. It’s a historical action movie, with a few places where we belly-laughed.

Based on a true story, with, of course, liberties taken.
 
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