Rate the Last Movie You Saw

[Ben Staad]

Mudbound. A historical drama set mostly after WWII. A slow burn of a movie which really didn't live up to the build up they created. However I enjoyed watching the slice of life they presented. The struggle and interconnections between race, cultures, and how hardship(s) can unite or divide people. That was well done and interesting.

Hard to rate this title but I'm leaning towards 3.75 out of 5.

Edit: I forgot to add that they used multiple characters to narrate over portions of the movie. Many of these were difficult to hear/understand and detracted from the movie for me. I am a little hard of hearing so I'm not sure if this was all me, the movie production, or a little of both.

[Martin]

I don't disagree that the book was middling but I thought it was straight action and felt a little like old school horror in many ways. They really screwed this movie up.

I agree with your assessment.

[Ben Staad]

I don't disagree that the book was middling but I thought it was straight action and felt a little like old school horror in many ways. They really screwed this movie up.

Yep, that was a middling book turned into a horrible movie.

[Martin]

Over the course of two days and multiple starts and stops I finished up CELL. This is a novel which, I think, would be a tough adaption however they made this easy on themselves. They shortened the story, jumbled it up, edited it poorly, and then crammed it all into something that makes almost no sense.

This movies serves as a good guidebook for others in what NOT to do when developing/adapting a movie.

I am very surprised this movie saw the light of day.

Yep, that was a middling book turned into a horrible movie.

[Ben Staad]

Over the course of two days and multiple starts and stops I finished up CELL. This is a novel which, I think, would be a tough adaption however they made this easy on themselves. They shortened the story, jumbled it up, edited it poorly, and then crammed it all into something that makes almost no sense.

This movies serves as a good guidebook for others in what NOT to do when developing/adapting a movie.

I am very surprised this movie saw the light of day.

[sholloman81]

Finally got around to watching " A Quiet Place II" this weekend. While not a bad movie by any means, I was a bit underwhelmed. Nothing really surprising in the movie whatsoever. Felt a bit paint by numbers to me. I also felt that a lot of the characters actions weren't very realistic to the situations they were in. Also, I found the little boy in this movie to be really annoying and was really hoping that a monster would take him out. Overall, while I am happy that I saw the sequel, I much preferred the first movie (as is usually the case).

[Sock Monkey]

I've watched so many movies (For me, at least...) this week that I can't even remember them all. I've been chipping away at the massive documentary IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS II, which is amazing. I & II are highly recommended to fans of '80s Horror films. I watched RAWHEAD REX, which I may or may not have seen when it first came out- Cheesy as hell, but nowhere near as bad as it is made out to be. What else.....The ASSEMBLED episode that documents the making of the LOKI Disney + series, ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, which still makes me laugh, and THE SUICIDE SQUAD on HBO Max, which was awesomely fun.

There were also two '80s films that I was prompted to watch after seeing them in IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS II, but I have completely forgotten about them already. Troubling....

I’ve been working my way through the first IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS and have been liking it quite a bit. For some reason I thought this was just going to be a love letter to the Slasher sub-genre. I’m not really a fan of slashers so I had been putting this doc off. I’m glad I got around to watching it because definitely a broader look at the genre.

[Sock Monkey]

Watched I See You on Amazon. It was entertaining enough but way to much stuff left out to make it great. Fairly creepy, interesting story, and was good enough for a few hours.The sound track/atmospheric noises were overused and stole a little bit from the movie in my opinion. There were a few scenes that I just muted because there was no dialogue and just "spooky" noises.

I’ve heard a lot talk about this one and picked up the UK Blu-ray from Arrow’s last sale. Haven’t had a chance to sit down with it yet.

[dannyboy121070]

It was wife day to control the television content.

We did a re-watch of The Dark Tower. Which I find more enjoyable each time I watch it. Very odd for me to like something more on rewatches. 3.5 out of 5 stars. Still not the story I wanted, and still has a few head scratching scenes, but overall an enjoyable visit to a place I hold near and dear to my heart.

Jaws 2 re-watch. Still as boring as ever. 1.5 out of 5 stars. Not sure how my wife could sit through this movie completely enthralled by it.

I'm with your wife...I love JAWS 2. Yeah, it's no JAWS, but still....well-done.

[dannyboy121070]

I've watched so many movies (For me, at least...) this week that I can't even remember them all. I've been chipping away at the massive documentary IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS II, which is amazing. I & II are highly recommended to fans of '80s Horror films. I watched RAWHEAD REX, which I may or may not have seen when it first came out- Cheesy as hell, but nowhere near as bad as it is made out to be. What else.....The ASSEMBLED episode that documents the making of the LOKI Disney + series, ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, which still makes me laugh, and THE SUICIDE SQUAD on HBO Max, which was awesomely fun.

There were also two '80s films that I was prompted to watch after seeing them in IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS II, but I have completely forgotten about them already. Troubling....

[Ben Staad]

It was wife day to control the television content.

We did a re-watch of The Dark Tower. Which I find more enjoyable each time I watch it. Very odd for me to like something more on rewatches. 3.5 out of 5 stars. Still not the story I wanted, and still has a few head scratching scenes, but overall an enjoyable visit to a place I hold near and dear to my heart.

Jaws 2 re-watch. Still as boring as ever. 1.5 out of 5 stars. Not sure how my wife could sit through this movie completely enthralled by it.

[Ben Staad]

Watched I See You on Amazon. It was entertaining enough but way to much stuff left out to make it great. Fairly creepy, interesting story, and was good enough for a few hours.The sound track/atmospheric noises were overused and stole a little bit from the movie in my opinion. There were a few scenes that I just muted because there was no dialogue and just "spooky" noises.

[TacomaDiver]

Just rewatched the first Mission: Impossible movie and it was exactly what I remembered: decent spy action movie but not a lot of substance. Some of the set pieces are fun, but there’s just not a lot to make the viewer invested in whether or not poor Tom Cruise gets out of the pickle he’s in. Grade: C+

I believe it's the third one (or maybe the fourth) where the series figures out what it wants to be. It's similar to the Fast and Furious movies - took a few before the series "got it" and it became more than it started out to be.

[dannyboy121070]

SATOR seems to be pretty polarizing. I’ve heard people rave about it and others, like you, hate it. It’s in my queue but it’ll probably be a while before I get to it. I’m trying to make a concerted effort to get through my backlog of unwatched dvds and Blu-ray’s. I’ve probably got around 35 waiting to be watched, some stretching back 12+ years.

Ditto on the Blu-Rays and DVDs.....I have over a thousand, and since the player is in the living room, and the TV I can never get near (In addition to my wife dominating that TV, the Switch is also hooked up there, so I have gaming kids to compete with....), I never get to watch any of them.
Last night I watched an old hidden gem favorite of mine on Amazon Prime, REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS. I never get tired of watching that film. In an better world, it would have kicked off a franchise and spawned a series of sequels.....If you haven't seen it, give it a go. Tremendous fun.

[Sock Monkey]

SATOR seems to be pretty polarizing. I’ve heard people rave about it and others, like you, hate it. It’s in my queue but it’ll probably be a while before I get to it. I’m trying to make a concerted effort to get through my backlog of unwatched dvds and Blu-ray’s. I’ve probably got around 35 waiting to be watched, some stretching back 12+ years.