Rate the Last Movie You Saw

[Martin]

Watched 'Those Who Wish Me Dead' last night. A few elements were changed for the movie and a couple of loose ends are left with the changes. Overall a good movie that is action packed and stays true to the story.

[Sock Monkey]

Sock Monkey, thanks for the reply. Amazing that it is real. I agree, makes no sense that people want to do it (I assume they pay for the privilege, too?) and that it is legally allowed. Quite strange. I hope somehow the other Lovecraft films get made, perhaps with different talent.

The last I heard, there was like a year long wait list and in lieu of payment attendees are to donate dog food to local
animal shelter. I don’t know if these are still true and accurate or how COVID has impacted them.

I hope for more Lovecraft adaptations as well. I would have loved to have seen Del Toro’s adaptation of At The Mountains of Madness. A podcast, Best Movies Never Made, covered an failed adaptation in detail, but I don’t recall if it was Del Toro’s. Really interesting though.

[JJ123]

Sock Monkey, thanks for the reply. Amazing that it is real. I agree, makes no sense that people want to do it (I assume they pay for the privilege, too?) and that it is legally allowed. Quite strange. I hope somehow the other Lovecraft films get made, perhaps with different talent.

[TacomaDiver]

Finally got around to watching IT Chapter II. Think I may just be in a bad mood as I didn't care for it much. They spent way to much time on special effects and not enough on the actual story. I think they somehow missed the mark on this one.

For everything that worked in Part 1, there was something that didn't work in Part 2.

Personally, I just found Part 2 boring which was so disappointing because I had a hell of a good time with Part 1. I was disappointed we didn't see Part 2 in the theaters, but I'm much happier only spending $5 on the bluray after watching it.

(My wife, who HATES horror, saw Part 1 in the theater with me. She's a good one. Well, upon rewatch, she commented on how much of the movie she missed by closing her eyes and trying to hide, so it was pretty much a new movie for her.)

[TacomaDiver]

Family watched the new Netflix animated movie The Mitchells vs. The Machines. It was very enjoyable.

We watched this last week and it was a blast! I haven't had fun watching a movie like that in quite some time. Highly recommend this to anyone.

[Sock Monkey]

Color Out of Space, with Nicolas Cage. Thought it was pretty cool as it got going. Never read the Lovecraft tale, will have to remedy that soon.

I am currently watching a movie called Haunters, I believe is the title, on Shudder (or, AMC+). Not sure what to make of one part of it. Seems to be a documentary on haunted houses that pop up during Halloween, and sort of reminds me of the fictional October film. However, I'm not sure if I am to take the part about the over-the-top attraction as real or not.

I really like COLOR OUT OF SPACE as well. It was planned to be the first part of a trilogy of Lovecraft adaptations by director Richard Stanley. Unfortunately, some allegations about Stanley has halted that plan.

Sounds like the second one is Haunters: The Art of the Scare. If so, I really liked that documentary. And, yes, the part detailing McKamey Manor is real. Why anybody would want to be kidnapped and put through what they do is beyond me. Fascinating stuff, though.

[JJ123]

Color Out of Space, with Nicolas Cage. Thought it was pretty cool as it got going. Never read the Lovecraft tale, will have to remedy that soon.

I am currently watching a movie called Haunters, I believe is the title, on Shudder (or, AMC+). Not sure what to make of one part of it. Seems to be a documentary on haunted houses that pop up during Halloween, and sort of reminds me of the fictional October film. However, I'm not sure if I am to take the part about the over-the-top attraction as real or not.

[Brian861]

I agree. I think my main issue with new IT movies, is that they felt "safe". I just never felt like there were any stakes in what was going on. I really think that IT would have been better as a one-season prestige TV show, with the narrative switching back and forth between the kids and the adults.

Completely this.

[Sock Monkey]

I have been avoiding this mostly because I believe it is not a story that can be told well visually. Part one in both the miniseries and the movie were great. Part two went off the rails in the mini series and I was fearful the same would happen again. Chapter II was better than the miniseries but still failed to translate the story well. If I was to rate it I would say 2 to 2.5 stars.

I agree. I think my main issue with new IT movies, is that they felt "safe". I just never felt like there were any stakes in what was going on. I really think that IT would have been better as a one-season prestige TV show, with the narrative switching back and forth between the kids and the adults.

[Ben Staad]

That is a very fair assessment.

If I was to rate it I would say 2 to 2.5 stars.

[Martin]

Finally got around to watching IT Chapter II. Think I may just be in a bad mood as I didn't care for it much. They spent way to much time on special effects and not enough on the actual story. I think they somehow missed the mark on this one.

I have been avoiding this mostly because I believe it is not a story that can be told well visually. Part one in both the miniseries and the movie were great. Part two went off the rails in the mini series and I was fearful the same would happen again. Chapter II was better than the miniseries but still failed to translate the story well. If I was to rate it I would say 2 to 2.5 stars.

[khaos]

Family watched the new Netflix animated movie The Mitchells vs. The Machines. It was very enjoyable. We've been on a streak of lots of not very good movies, mostly predictable horror. Although I did find an older Paul Rudd movie Our Idiot Brother which was good for a laugh.

[Ben Staad]

Another Netflix movie called Stowaway. The movie had some nice elements of sci-fi mixed with some great drama. For me the movie lacked in a few places and left me more interested in the overall mission and less about the characters. I felt a little underwhelmed with the ending but think many would find this worth a watch.

3 out of 5 stars.

[Ben Staad]

The Dig on Netflix. The movie was gorgeous visually and started out strong with some great interpersonal, both spoken and unspoken, exchanges between Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan. However as the movie progressed, more characters were added, and those characters subplots removed me from, what was otherwise, I nice period piece.

2.5 out of 5 stars.

[Ben Staad]

You are welcome. Hope you like it. It's a movie that I think will stick with me for awhile.

I’ve been meaning to check this one out for awhile. Thanks for the reminder!