Rate the Last Movie You Saw

[Sock Monkey]

The Borderland/Final Prayer. 3.5/5

Solid found footage movie with a bit of an odd ending. The whole thing kept my interest, lightly touched on some elements which are creepy, and overall worth a watch. I will say that I'm not sure they managed to make the entire thing coherent but they gave it a good go.

 

You seem to recently be hitting all the movies that have been on my radar.  I'm kind of a  sucker for a decent found footage flick and this has been on my list for a while. Reviews, overall, seem to be middling, as is yours, but I still need to check it out. 

By the way, how did you watch this?  

[Ben Staad]

The Borderland/Final Prayer. 3.5/5

Solid found footage movie with a bit of an odd ending. The whole thing kept my interest, lightly touched on some elements which are creepy, and overall worth a watch. I will say that I'm not sure they managed to make the entire thing coherent but they gave it a good go.

 

[Sock Monkey]

If you have the opportunity to watch this let us know your thoughts. I'm not sure this is horror but its certainly something devilishly good.



 

Will do, but it might be a little bit for a get around to it.  My To-Watch pile is starting to get as unwieldly as my TBR pile!

[Ben Staad]

If you have the opportunity to watch this let us know your thoughts. I'm not sure this is horror but its certainly something devilishly good.

I heard quite a bit of buzz about this movie and then it seems as if it wound up pretty divisive with audiences.  Like you, I am a big fan of dialogue-driven films, especially two-handers, so I'm still planning on checking it out.  

 

[Sock Monkey]

Nefarious. A+

I love dialogue driven movies and this one was just about perfect. A couple minor hiccups but overall a rock solid film. Original, smart, and intense. I wasn't convinced they could nail the ending but I think they did.

I heard quite a bit of buzz about this movie and then it seems as if it wound up pretty divisive with audiences.  Like you, I am a big fan of dialogue-driven films, especially two-handers, so I'm still planning on checking it out.  

[Ben Staad]

Leave the World Behind 2 out of 5.

This one had everything I wanted in regards to concept. Catastrophe, World Ending Scenario, and so many awesome thoughts that were ruined by an awful ending and writing that tried very hard to sneak in social talking points where they just weren't needed.

This was just about a flop to me.

[Ben Staad]

Nefarious. A+

I love dialogue driven movies and this one was just about perfect. A couple minor hiccups but overall a rock solid film. Original, smart, and intense. I wasn't convinced they could nail the ending but I think they did.

[brlesh]

Good to hear this! I've been torn on seeing it or not as I'm not a Zach Efron guy at all. Enjoy wrestling in general and always found their story interesting/tragic.Â

My only reference for Zac Efron’s work before The Iron Claw was The Firestarter remake from a year or two ago, which was awful, and he was awful in it.

In TIC he comes off as, at least when speaking, very wooden and awkward, but I’m assuming that was what the director wanted to play the character of Kevin Von Erich.

They definitely played up the fact that Kevin was not as good on the mic or cutting promos as David was.

B

[sholloman81]

Went to see The Iron Claw the other night.

I really enjoyed it, though I think the pre-release Oscar hype is unwarranted.

As with any ‘inspired by a true story’ movie, there was a very liberal interpretation with the actual events portrayed in the film, and there was a lot to fit into a movie with a running time of just over 2 hours. I don’t think the movie was near as dark as the real life story it was trying to tell.

Still, all in all, I thought this was a pretty worthy effort to tell the story of the Von Erichs.

B

Good to hear this! I've been torn on seeing it or not as I'm not a Zach Efron guy at all. Enjoy wrestling in general and always found their story interesting/tragic. 

[brlesh]

Went to see The Iron Claw the other night.

I really enjoyed it, though I think the pre-release Oscar hype is unwarranted.

As with any ‘inspired by a true story’ movie, there was a very liberal interpretation with the actual events portrayed in the film, and there was a lot to fit into a movie with a running time of just over 2 hours. I don’t think the movie was near as dark as the real life story it was trying to tell.

Still, all in all, I thought this was a pretty worthy effort to tell the story of the Von Erichs.

B

[sholloman81]

Picked-up "Mother's Day" on 4K via the Vinegar Syndrome Black Friday event. Had never seen it before and finally got around to watching it. Holy crap, that's a twisted movie. Definitely one of the better things that Troma has ever released. The disc also had fantastic special features, as is usual with VS releases. Had no idea of the film's ties to Friday the 13th until watching the commentary. Eli Roth also has a fantastic featurette regarding the movie, which helped me appreciate it even more. Overall, I'm glad that I finally got around to watching this film and get why it's considered a seminal horror movie.

[Sock Monkey]

My wife wanted to watch one of her favorite Christmas movies yesterday, so we sat down for our almost-annual rewatch of the Kate Winslet/Cameron Diaz rom-com THE HOLIDAY. I've gone back and forth on the movie over the years, vacillating from loving it to thinking that it barely holds together, but I think that I finally settled on that it's a nice little confection of a movie. It does pretty much nothing new in the genre, but everyone is charming and charismatic, and the subplot with Eli Wallach's old screenwriter character is fun.

Another perennial holiday rewatch is LOVE ACTUALLY, but we forego it this year for a different film by writer/director Richard Curtis: ABOUT TIME. This film about a young man who discovers that the men is his family can travel through time is really buoyed by the cast. Domnhall Gleeson has quietly been moving up my list of favorite actors. I might not like everything that he is in, but I always find him interesting. LOVE ACTUALLY alum Bill Nighy always makes a film for me as he's just so darn fun to watch. And, really, Rachel McAdams should be a much bigger star than what she is. The movie might just be full of plot holes and the whole time travel mechanics are pretty much glossed over, yet I enjoyed it. And there was a pre-famous Margot Robbie in it as an extra bonus! If you like sentimental rom-com-ish movies, then you could do worse than this one.

[Sock Monkey]

Re-watched It's a Wonderful Life. Still 5 out of 5 stars for me.

I just love this movie and enjoy watching it over the holiday season.

My wife and I sat down to actually watch the movie (you know, instead of just allowing it to play as background noise on whatever channel was showing it) and I really, truly liked the movie. It is a little overly sentimental, but that's also part of the charm. Christmas is a time to be sentimental and the movie definitely fits the bill.

[Ben Staad]

Re-watched It's a Wonderful Life. Still 5 out of 5 stars for me.

I just love this movie and enjoy watching it over the holiday season.

[Sock Monkey]

After all the talk on the forum, I had to do it. Sat down this morning and watched DIE HARD. After my effusive praise for it, I was a little worried that maybe the film will have lost some of its charm. It happens sometimes and it's one of the dangers of revisiting favorite films as you get older. But, nope, this movie still rocks as much as I think it does. All the little character arcs play out so well and its so gratifying, which is especially interesting considering that the film was reportedly being rewritten during filming.

I have an old DVD of the movie from the four-film "Ultimate Collection" and the picture looked pretty darn good, but it might be time to upgrade to the 4K. Anyways, I did go through some of the special features and from what I saw of it, it has an interesting "text commentary" that runs through the film as subtitles while the standard audio of the film plays and one of the interesting comments made, I believe from one of the writers or producers, was that in comparison to all the other action films during the time that were all about autonomous proactive heroism of the individual, John McClane actually spends the first act of the film trying to get help. While it's something that I understood subconsciously, it had never dawned on me in that specific manner and, as the commentary suggests, really helps ground the film.

So, thanks for giving me the motivation to dust off the old DVD disc and give it another spin!