Rate the Last Movie You Saw

[dannyboy121070]

I hadn't heard of this one. Thanks for the review. Sometimes entertaining is good enough.

I watched a sci fi flick called 3022. It wasn't bad at all but it was dark and grim. The redemption was in the ending but it felt incomplete. 2.4 out of 5 stars.

The 2nd movie I watched was Bright Burn. Decent movie which didn't really deliver as a fully fleshed out story. I had the strong sense they ended this thinking they were going to make a sequel. 3 out of 5 stars.

I saw BRIGHTBURN a few weeks ago, and I enjoyed it. I was surprised they didn't get sued by DC Comics, since there have been so many similar takes on "What if Superman was a dick?" in the comics. It was fun for what it was.

I watched THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL the other night, which I haven't seen since I was maybe 10 years old, so I remembered nothing but the plot twist and the ending, lol. Both bad things to remember, but I still enjoyed the film. Powerful, and still relevant today. Lawrence Olivier & Gregory Peck both delivered powerhouse performances. If you've never seen it, so yourself a favor...

Last night I rewatched the new JURASSIC WORLD film...We took my Uncle to see it after a family reunion on the 4th of July weekend, and I had to escort him to the bathroom halfway through, so I missed a huge setpiece with a Pteranadon, which has been eating away at me for four months. (My wife's recap of the 15 minutes I missed when I got back to the theater: "This big bird ate the black guy." Gee, thanks.) Fun film, with a lot of dino-action. Nothing new or groundbreaking, but a decent time if you like this sort of thing, which I do.

[Ben Staad]

I was surprised this movie was allowed to be made for that reason. Maybe whomever owns the rights to Superman had a piece of this.

[SIZE=14px]I saw BRIGHTBURN a few weeks ago, and I enjoyed it. I was surprised they didn't get sued by DC Comics, since there have been so many similar takes on "What if Superman was a dick?" in the comics. It was fun for what it was.

[Ben Staad]

I followed your lead and did this last night. 9:20 pm showing which is late for me but had a blast. Almost empty theater but there where a few teenagers there. It was pretty cool seeing them into the movie, laughing along with the jokes, and having a great time.

Going to the theater and watching this was pretty magical. I'm glad you pointed this out and I had an opportunity to go do this.

I went to see the 40th Anniversary of Back to the Future at the theater. Had a blast as this has always been one of my favorite movies, if not my all-time favorite, and I had never seen it on the big screen prior to this as I was a tad too little at the time that it was released. Had so much fun watching this and even got a free poster!

[dannyboy121070]

We used some free movie tickets that we had accumulated to go see PREDATOR: BADLANDS today. Fun film, one of the better in the franchise. Elle Fanning was great as dual synthetics, and the main Predator character was interesting, since we get to actually hear him talk (In subtitles) and see his culture. Dan Trachtenberg has been doing good work with the franchise through his three films, and I'm eager to see where he goes next. I know it's a pipe dream, but I'd love to finally see Arnold and Danny Glover get together....

I've had THE DEAD DON'T DIE on my watchlist for years, and after hearing my son and his roomie rave about it, I watched it last night. Didn't do anything for me, unfortunately....Very low-key and laughless, and the breaking of the fourth wall really annoyed me. Bill Murray and Adam Driver were fun, but overall I'd rate this pretty low.

[Ben Staad]

I saw a preview for the Predators movie and it looked much better than expected. I'll keep an eye out for it streaming and check it out.

We used some free movie tickets that we had accumulated to go see PREDATOR: BADLANDS today. Fun film, one of the better in the franchise. Elle Fanning was great as dual synthetics, and the main Predator character was interesting, since we get to actually hear him talk (In subtitles) and see his culture. Dan Trachtenberg has been doing good work with the franchise through his three films, and I'm eager to see where he goes next. I know it's a pipe dream, but I'd love to finally see Arnold and Danny Glover get together....

I've had THE DEAD DON'T DIE on my watchlist for years, and after hearing my son and his roomie rave about it, I watched it last night. Didn't do anything for me, unfortunately....Very low-key and laughless, and the breaking of the fourth wall really annoyed me. Bill Murray and Adam Driver were fun, but overall I'd rate this pretty low.

[dannyboy121070]

We watched Guillermo Del Toro's Boringstein last night. For something that he has been obsessed with making for his entire career, it was very underwhelming. I was bored and restless throughout the nearly three-hour turgid mess.

First off, I have to say that I hate the novel. I found it to be almost unreadably dry and stuffy when I read it originally, and a few attempts to try again have not made me feel any differently. That said, I have enjoyed many of the film adaptations, especially the Kenneth Branagh version, which is probably as good as you're going to get. (Skip the new one and watch that one instead. It is almost the same, much shorter and more faithful, and has the benefit of real sets and practical effects.)

Del Toro has been crowing about how faithful his adaptation is, but...he changed everything! Added new, and very time-consuming characters, changed names and situations, spent a ton of time exploring Victor Frankenstein's childhood...it was SO...LONG. My wife loves Del Toro's films, and she kept asking me "HOW long is this.." during the film.

Critics are saying that Jacob Elordi is a shoo-in for an Oscar nod, but I didn't buy his monster for one second. His design made me think of Slim Goodbody by way of Robert Pattinson. Mia Goth portraying Victor's mother and love interest was...a choice, I guess. Weird.

Some of the CGI is VERY dodgy...Del Toro has a LOT of animal scenes (Deer, rats, wolves) that looked awful. I mean, is it that hard to film an actual deer, or a few wolves running around? Switch to CGI for the violence, but back in the day, they had trained animals in Hollywood...the CGI animals here were take-you-out-of-the-movie bad.

I didn't expect much, because I knew going in that I had long-ago reached my tolerance for movies adapting the Frankenstein novel. Much like Superman's origin, I have seen/heard/read it enough to last me a lifetime...this was a completely unneeded film, and a very self-indulgent one, at that.

I'd love to hear your opinions.....

[Ben Staad]

Oh man. I was looking forward to watching this but I don't see this story anywhere near three hours long.

nearly three-hour turgid mess

I'd love to hear your opinions.....

[sholloman81]

We watched Guillermo Del Toro's Boringstein last night. For something that he has been obsessed with making for his entire career, it was very underwhelming. I was bored and restless throughout the nearly three-hour turgid mess.

First off, I have to say that I hate the novel. I found it to be almost unreadably dry and stuffy when I read it originally, and a few attempts to try again have not made me feel any differently. That said, I have enjoyed many of the film adaptations, especially the Kenneth Branagh version, which is probably as good as you're going to get. (Skip the new one and watch that one instead. It is almost the same, much shorter and more faithful, and has the benefit of real sets and practical effects.)

Del Toro has been crowing about how faithful his adaptation is, but...he changed everything! Added new, and very time-consuming characters, changed names and situations, spent a ton of time exploring Victor Frankenstein's childhood...it was SO...LONG. My wife loves Del Toro's films, and she kept asking me "HOW long is this.." during the film.

Critics are saying that Jacob Elordi is a shoo-in for an Oscar nod, but I didn't buy his monster for one second. His design made me think of Slim Goodbody by way of Robert Pattinson. Mia Goth portraying Victor's mother and love interest was...a choice, I guess. Weird.

Some of the CGI is VERY dodgy...Del Toro has a LOT of animal scenes (Deer, rats, wolves) that looked awful. I mean, is it that hard to film an actual deer, or a few wolves running around? Switch to CGI for the violence, but back in the day, they had trained animals in Hollywood...the CGI animals here were take-you-out-of-the-movie bad.

I didn't expect much, because I knew going in that I had long-ago reached my tolerance for movies adapting the Frankenstein novel. Much like Superman's origin, I have seen/heard/read it enough to last me a lifetime...this was a completely unneeded film, and a very self-indulgent one, at that.

I'd love to hear your opinions.....

Totally understand. I know it's a bit a blasphemy to most horror movie lovers, but I ALWAYS find Del Toro's stuff lacking, To me, his movies look amazing but always feel hollow.

[dannyboy121070]

Totally understand. I know it's a bit a blasphemy to most horror movie lovers, but I ALWAYS find Del Toro's stuff lacking, To me, his movies look amazing but always feel hollow.

I'm kind of in the same boat...I've loved a few of his films (MIMIC, BLADE 2, THE SHAPE OF WATER), but I've hated a few as well (FRANKENSTEIN, CRIMSON PEAK), and found most of the rest lacking in one way or another.

[brlesh]

Totally understand. I know it's a bit a blasphemy to most horror movie lovers, but I ALWAYS find Del Toro's stuff lacking, To me, his movies look amazing but always feel hollow.

I haven’t seen everything by Del Toro, but in general, I’ve liked what I’ve seen.

I thought the Hellboy movies were a lot of fun, especially the first one, which seemed to have a much stronger ensemble cast than the second.

I thought Mimic was great, though it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.

But for me, hands down, his best movie was Pan’s Labyrinth. Damn, that movie blew me away the first time I saw it. The mix of fairy tale, folk horror, and war story was just a great combination for a movie.

B

[dannyboy121070]

I haven’t seen everything by Del Toro, but in general, I’ve liked what I’ve seen.

I thought the Hellboy movies were a lot of fun, especially the first one, which seemed to have a much stronger ensemble cast than the second.

I thought Mimic was great, though it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.

But for me, hands down, his best movie was Pan’s Labyrinth. Damn, that movie blew me away the first time I saw it. The mix of fairy tale, folk horror, and war story was just a great combination for a movie.

B

I'm of two minds about the HELLBOY films...The first one was a fairly faithful adaptation of the comic, which I am a huge fan of, but the introduction of the bland white-bread audience identification character really impacted the pacing. The second one was better, but totally abandoned the comic storyline in favor of Del Toro's obsession with fairy tales, which actually bled into the comic book, changing it from cosmic horror to a blend of fairy tales and mythology, which Mike Mignola handled beautifully, but I have to wonder what would have happened if he hadn't been swept up by Del Toro's vision.

[dannyboy121070]

Spent most of the week watching ALIENS EXPANDED in dribs and drabs....a five-hour, exhaustive documentary about the making of ALIENS. A lot of fun, overall, and made me want to watch the film itself again.

Joe Hill's ABRAHAM'S BOYS adaptation finally hit Shudder the other day....I don't remember much about the original short story, so I can't comment on how faithful the film is, but it sure was dull and cheap-looking. It looked like it had a budget of a few grand. The square aspect ratio made it seem like it was a 90s Sci-Fi Channel original, and the weird, jaunty soundtrack music was totally out of place. Titus Welliver is probably in his mid-to-late sixties, but he seemed way too young to play Van Helsing. At least this was short...

Unemployment is forcing us to ditch Netflix, so I'm watching the few things I've been meaning to get to before our last day. I finally sat down and watched Eddie Murphy's MY NAME IS DOLEMITE, which was a hoot. Never seen a Dolemite film, but I think I'm going to have to remedy that.