Iboy , Infinity Chamber and The Open House....witch started fight between me and my hubby bleah.
Latest Movie That You Watched!
- Thread starter Lulu Parrot
- Start date
-
This message board permanently closed on June 30th, 2020 at 4PM EDT and is no longer accepting new members.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Which witch is which? Who is this witch? Does she start a lot of fights?
Shut Up and Dance (Black Mirror season 3 episode on Netflix) - Alex Lawther
Not really a movie but an episode of Black Mirror. The episodes of Black Mirror are stand alone stories so they are kind of like 1 hour movies so I'll count it here. In this one, a kid gets some malware on his laptop and thinks he removes it. The virus turns on the camera and the camera on the laptop records him doing something that he'd prefer people didn't see and he then gets blackmailed by unknown people sending him e-mails threatening to expose the video. He is forced to do a series tasks (& crimes) for the blackmailer along with some others he discovers are being blackmailed too. This is a riveting episode with a shocking ending.
Not really a movie but an episode of Black Mirror. The episodes of Black Mirror are stand alone stories so they are kind of like 1 hour movies so I'll count it here. In this one, a kid gets some malware on his laptop and thinks he removes it. The virus turns on the camera and the camera on the laptop records him doing something that he'd prefer people didn't see and he then gets blackmailed by unknown people sending him e-mails threatening to expose the video. He is forced to do a series tasks (& crimes) for the blackmailer along with some others he discovers are being blackmailed too. This is a riveting episode with a shocking ending.
Over my vacation, had an opportunity to watch a couple of movies. First was Goodbye, Christoper Robin. Dang, but this was a depressing movie. If you are a big Winnie the Pooh fan, I would have a hard time recommending this one, although it's very well done. Spideyman - I thought of you in particular, and if you haven't seen it, I wouldn't.
The second one was Gifted and I really loved this one. Cried like a baby, of course, but still really enjoyed it.
Basically, A.A. Milne was very depressed and suffering from PTSD after the "War to end all wars" and was trying to publish something that would make people happy. He achieved that, but sold out his own son's childhood in the process. Christopher Robin (aka Billy Moon) was traumatized by all of the publicity stunts that they put him through, bullied in adolescence when folks found out who he was and never took a cent of the royalties from the Pooh stories. Really a downer of a story, all around.
The second one was Gifted and I really loved this one. Cried like a baby, of course, but still really enjoyed it.
Watched Beauty and the Beast with Hermione in it. 
I liked it but maybe not quite as much as the animated version. Ewan McGregor was super cute as Lumiere, I thought. The songs are all still tripping merrily through my mind this morning. 
I liked it but maybe not quite as much as the animated version. Ewan McGregor was super cute as Lumiere, I thought. The songs are all still tripping merrily through my mind this morning. Do you mean AIP in general, because I would strongly disagree. The Corman/Poe films are AIP and they're solid highlights of (gothic) horror.
As for blaxploitation films. I don't think those are parodies either. They clearly don't take themselves too seriously, but it seems they were making what they thought would be 'cool' films for a black audience. Maybe they try a little too hard to be 'cool' and that's what makes them so funny now often.
I watched 'I'm Gonna Git You Sucka' (1988) from Keenen Ivory Wayans. This is clearly a parody of the genre, although it seems more his nod of the hat to the genre and I don't think he identifies himself too strongly with that time period as the rap music at the end indicates.
This was made right before In Living Color (1990-1994) which made him (and a certain Jim Carrey) famous of course.
I remember always liking In Living Color, but this movie wasn't funny in the least. The situations are potentially funny, but none of the actors are (even though some are from actual blaxploitation movies, most prominently Isaac Hayes). It's Wayans' first film and I suppose he hadn't fully honed his craft yet.
What makes something funny is always a little bit of a mystery. Chris Rock (in an early small role) is in it in only one small scene (playing against Hayes), which is funnier than anything else in the film, even though it doesn't stand out as particularly special or better written than the rest. Comedy doesn't necessarily have to do with brilliant humour - there are comedians who have made a career out of rather corny humour - it seems you can hone it a little, but essentially someone is funny by nature or not.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I've really been enjoying the Black Mirror series. This one was pretty shocking!
(did you see we also have a thread for Black Mirror in the Other TV section?)
....no, not in general....my comment was meant to be derogatory to the earnest, yet overall silly cinema they created across genres in the 50's and 60's........
The Witch
*hugs* I know I just had not been able to post... has for the witch....I think after he yell at me i became the witch. dang bad spelling
*hugs* I know I just had not been able to post... has for the witch....I think after he yell at me i became the witch. dang bad spelling
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I think the Poe pictures are somewhat of a standout amongst them - probably a combination of the qualities of Vincent Price and the screenplays by Matheson (and Charles Beaumont and Robert Towne, who wrote them too) - but the sets also look fantastic, even though those were apparently cheaply made.
Overall though even though they're B-movies, they are B-movies that kind of have stood the test the time, as they're still being watched and re-released on blu-ray and dvd. As B-movies there is a certain timeless quality to them, because in general B-movies that are actually totally bad tend to be forgotten completely.
Last edited:
Did a re-watch of Bad Teacher last night as I wanted to watch a comedy and laugh. I still can't get over Justin Timberlake's 'sex'scene even after multiple viewings of the movie.
The Big Lebowski. My go-to pick-me-up movie.
Snatched (2017) Amy Shumer, Goldie Hawn
The movie is uneven without much of a plot but there are some very funny gags & jokes throughout the movie. It's great to see Goldie in something again. It's been a long time.
The movie is uneven without much of a plot but there are some very funny gags & jokes throughout the movie. It's great to see Goldie in something again. It's been a long time.
I watched Get Out.
This was the most acclaimed horror film of last year, I think. I saw it constantly at the top of 'best of the year' lists. It's hard to say if such acclaim just creates too much of an expectation. In any case, I couldn't see at all what was special about it. I found it sort of okay at best, but nothing stood out about it where I could see why there was such raving about it.
There is this pattern where when a film is strongly acclaimed, wins many prizes or even is regarded as 'one of the best films of all time', when you finally see the film it's impossible to see what all the fuss is about. There are exceptions of course, no one will see Star Wars and not understand at least a little why people are crazy about it. But at other times it's completely puzzling.
It's always hard to say what to do when you 'don't see it'. It feels like you 'missed something'. Should you read a lot of reviews about it and watch it over to appreciate it more? I don't know if that will help. It seems a film either strikes a chord with you or it doesn't. If you appreciate a film more it's usually something that happens over time.
Does hype around a film create too much expectation? I find it hard to say. Often the films you like the most feel like they 'surprised' you, where people say 'I didn't expect it to be so good.' So maybe too much hype beforehand is detrimental to your viewing experience. You're watching it with the attitude of 'well, show me what's so good about it', rather than with the open mind of knowing nothing about it.
This was the most acclaimed horror film of last year, I think. I saw it constantly at the top of 'best of the year' lists. It's hard to say if such acclaim just creates too much of an expectation. In any case, I couldn't see at all what was special about it. I found it sort of okay at best, but nothing stood out about it where I could see why there was such raving about it.
There is this pattern where when a film is strongly acclaimed, wins many prizes or even is regarded as 'one of the best films of all time', when you finally see the film it's impossible to see what all the fuss is about. There are exceptions of course, no one will see Star Wars and not understand at least a little why people are crazy about it. But at other times it's completely puzzling.
It's always hard to say what to do when you 'don't see it'. It feels like you 'missed something'. Should you read a lot of reviews about it and watch it over to appreciate it more? I don't know if that will help. It seems a film either strikes a chord with you or it doesn't. If you appreciate a film more it's usually something that happens over time.
Does hype around a film create too much expectation? I find it hard to say. Often the films you like the most feel like they 'surprised' you, where people say 'I didn't expect it to be so good.' So maybe too much hype beforehand is detrimental to your viewing experience. You're watching it with the attitude of 'well, show me what's so good about it', rather than with the open mind of knowing nothing about it.
The Post - slick but emotionless true-life Oscar-bait from Spielberg
The Commuter - formula Liam Neeson urban paranoia thriller: enjoyable but predictable
Downsizing - great idea in a film which doesn't quite know what it wants to be
The Commuter - formula Liam Neeson urban paranoia thriller: enjoyable but predictable
Downsizing - great idea in a film which doesn't quite know what it wants to be
That rug really tied the whole room together, man.
I'm going to catch a movie this weekend and I can't decide what to see. There are quite a few I have on my radar. The ones I want to see that are at the theaters closest to me are
The Post
The Commuter
Lady Bird
Three Billboards...
Hostiles
Darkest Hour
I'm leaning towards The Post. Anyone seen any of these and want to change my mind?
The Post
The Commuter
Lady Bird
Three Billboards...
Hostiles
Darkest Hour
I'm leaning towards The Post. Anyone seen any of these and want to change my mind?
Go see billboards. I want to know how it is.