RATE or REVIEW The Last Movie You Watched.

[The Entity]

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City - 5/10
Mediocre.

 

[The Entity]

Dante's Peak - 6/10
Hadn't seen this in ages. Makes minimal use of CGI which is good thing for movies made in that era, since it tends to look iffy. Fun to watch again after all these years.

 

[ArtDamage]

Barbarian-
Decent little horror flick. Has some themes that it could be a tad more subtle on, but it's not as heavy handed as some stuff nowadays. I don't want to say a lot as half the appeal of the film is kind of enjoying the absurdity of what happens next. So I'll just say if you like a good thriller with a bit of humor that this one is probably worth checking out.

It was written and directed by Zach Cregger (most famous for being a member of "whitest kids u Know" comedy troupe). From what I understand Jordan Peele gave him a great deal of advice on the project as well.

Numbers feel so hard to assign sometimes, but I'd probably say it shows some promise, but im mostly interested to see what's next from him. 7.5/10

 

[greygoose]

Dante's Peak - 6/10
Hadn't seen this in ages. Makes minimal use of CGI which is good thing for movies made in that era, since it tends to look iffy. Fun to watch again after all these years.

I haven't seen this since I was a teenager.

I enjoyed it more than Volcano.

Talking of this, I miss those days when studios used to make a mirror image film and release them under different names; Dante's Peak/Volcano, Deep Impact/Armageddon, A Bug's Life/Antz, White House Down/Olympus Has Fallen etc...

 

[e30ernest]

I haven't seen this since I was a teenager.

I enjoyed it more than Volcano.

Talking of this, I miss those days when studios used to make a mirror image film and release them under different names; Dante's Peak/Volcano, Deep Impact/Armageddon, A Bug's Life/Antz, White House Down/Olympus Has Fallen etc...

They still technically do in the comic book genre. Batman V Superman and Captain America: Civil War or Justice League and Avengers for example. In horror, you have the Insidious and Conjuring franchises.

 

[The Entity]

I haven't seen this since I was a teenager.

I enjoyed it more than Volcano.

Talking of this, I miss those days when studios used to make a mirror image film and release them under different names; Dante's Peak/Volcano, Deep Impact/Armageddon, A Bug's Life/Antz, White House Down/Olympus Has Fallen etc..

Yes, I enjoyed this one more than Volcano as well. Same with Deep Impact vs. Armageddon. Both Dante's Peak and Deep Impact feel more grounded than their counterparts who became the bigger blockbusters.

I'm planning on rewatching Deep Impact soon.

 

[greygoose]

Yes, I enjoyed this one more than Volcano as well. Same with Deep Impact vs. Armageddon. Both Dante's Peak and Deep Impact feel more grounded than their counterparts who became the bigger blockbusters.

I'm planning on rewatching Deep Impact soon.

I was obsessed with Deep Impact as a child/ teenager. I haven't watched it in years. As you said, it's much more grounded than Armageddon, parts are pretty bleak to be honest.

 

[Dark_Knight_89]

James Cameron's Avatar - 8/10

Copying what I posted in the "Unpopular movie or tv show opinions" thread;

This is a movie I actually find hard to gauge what the "popular" opinion is. Those that love it are very vocal and say that movie is overhated. Those that don't like it are also very vocal and say that it is overrated. For either side to say it is overrated/overhated there needs to be clear consensus to the other side but all I see is a very even split.

So, my opinion is that James Cameron's Avatar is a great sci-fi movie. But I don't know if that is an unpopular opinion or not!

The argument that it follows similar plot threads to Pocahontas and Dances With Wolves is a weak point and irrelevant for me. People will whine and moan about how it "rips off" other stories, like Pocahontas, Dances with Wolves, Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest, The Last Samurai, etc. Here's a question those decriers climb over one another to avoid; how can all those other films work, but not this one? Is there a magic limit that was reached where stories like this cease to function?

I'm excited to go to Pandora again in December.

 

[greygoose]

James Cameron's Avatar - 8/10

Copying what I posted in the "Unpopular movie or tv show opinions" thread;

This is a movie I actually find hard to gauge what the "popular" opinion is. Those that love it are very vocal and say that movie is overhated. Those that don't like it are also very vocal and say that it is overrated. For either side to say it is overrated/overhated there needs to be clear consensus to the other side but all I see is a very even split.

So, my opinion is that James Cameron's Avatar is a great sci-fi movie. But I don't know if that is an unpopular opinion or not!

The argument that it follows similar plot threads to Pocahontas and Dances With Wolves is a weak point and irrelevant for me. People will whine and moan about how it "rips off" other stories, like Pocahontas, Dances with Wolves, Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest, The Last Samurai, etc. Here's a question those decriers climb over one another to avoid; how can all those other films work, but not this one? Is there a magic limit that was reached where stories like this cease to function?

I'm excited to go to Pandora again in December.

I like it.

 

[choombaz]

James Cameron's Avatar - 8/10

Copying what I posted in the "Unpopular movie or tv show opinions" thread;

This is a movie I actually find hard to gauge what the "popular" opinion is. Those that love it are very vocal and say that movie is overhated. Those that don't like it are also very vocal and say that it is overrated. For either side to say it is overrated/overhated there needs to be clear consensus to the other side but all I see is a very even split.

So, my opinion is that James Cameron's Avatar is a great sci-fi movie. But I don't know if that is an unpopular opinion or not!

The argument that it follows similar plot threads to Pocahontas and Dances With Wolves is a weak point and irrelevant for me. People will whine and moan about how it "rips off" other stories, like Pocahontas, Dances with Wolves, Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest, The Last Samurai, etc. Here's a question those decriers climb over one another to avoid; how can all those other films work, but not this one? Is there a magic limit that was reached where stories like this cease to function?

I'm excited to go to Pandora again in December.

It’s a good point. There are supposedly only a small number of “stories” and everything is a variation of everything else. So those sort of complaints show a basic lack of understanding of storytelling.

 

[a-dev]

Both Cameron's Avatar and Titanic are more often than not shat on and described as overrated - such that, if they ever were overrated, they surely can no longer be considered so. General opinion seemed like it swerved completely the opposite way.

 

[greygoose]

Both Cameron's Avatar and Titanic are more often than not shat on and described as overrated - such that, if they ever were overrated, they surely can no longer be considered so. General opinion seemed like it swerved completely the opposite way.

I like Titanic. Once it hits the iceberg it pretty much becomes a horror film. It's all very horrifying and I don't like water.

 

[Alatar]

The Woman King… this is an incredibly good movie. It takes some major liberties with the real world history of the Dahomey Kingdom (at least per Wikipedia). In my own head canon I like to imagine that the character Nanisca, the Woman King, and the character Nawi went on to become a prominent citizens of Abeokuta, a city in Africa that actively fought to end the slave trade and twice went to war with Dahomey to bring that about finally, along with a British naval blockade three decades later. But if nothing else, the movie beckons the viewer to learn more about the history of the slave trade—and that is a valuable thing.

In any event, this movie is to me something like Dances With Wolves or Doctor Zhivago by basically telling a mythic tale by using the backdrop of a sweeping historical event. Best I can tell, the movie’s story is a metaphor about the emotional pain of dealing with the African slave trade aspect of black history, wherein white slavers exploited the warfare between African tribes and by offering money for captives taken from those constant battles between tribes. And of processing it and working it through, etc.

I cared tremendously about the characters and the story itself. It is very powerful emotionally and I was moved to tears several times by it. Great performances by virtually everyone in the film.

Viola Davis created a production company, JuVee, to create more prestige roles for black actors and through that she developed and pitched this to TriStar, a division of Sony. It’s absolutely going to be nominated—and deservedly so—for multiple Oscar nominations. I think it will probably win best picture. It’s that good.

Go see it!

 

[Adoptedscot]

The Golden Child 8/10
Trading Places 8/10

Both great 80's flicks, but I never realised how Eddie Murphy seems to play the same person in both , hardly superior acting but a fun watch none the less.
Xx

 

[Lejuan]

The Golden Child 8/10
Trading Places 8/10

Both great 80's flicks, but I never realised how Eddie Murphy seems to play the same person in both , hardly superior acting but a fun watch none the less.
Xx

For a while there he was putting out hit after hit. I liked the shout out to Trading Places in Coming to America

 

[e30ernest]

Full Metal Alchemist (Live action movie from 2017).
If you don't expect it to be 100% true to the anime/manga, then the story was pretty good. There were some over-acting (as is the norm on live action anime adaptations) and sometimes Edward looks like a cosplayer but otherwise I really enjoyed this.

Will be watching Scar's Revenge and Final Alchemy next.

 

[Adoptedscot]

For a while there he was putting out hit after hit. I liked the shout out to Trading Places in Coming to America

He was wasn't he, his 80's flicks were the best. I loved Coming to America, and that nod to Trading Places was awesome
Xx

 

[Adoptedscot]

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 10/10 - Absolute classic, still the best version, I love the umpa lumpas
Xx

 

[generalszabo]

The thin red line

Watched it last night as I had 3 hours to kill, some great performances and it is interesting to read how terrence malick cut so many famous actors out. Adrian brody's lead role was reduced to an extra. Clooney, leto and Travolta had bit parts, some actors were cut out altogether after recording hours of work

Standard malick then, far too long, pretentious disjointed mess of a film.

However 8/10 as the cinematography was great, and I quite like pondering explorations of the human condition

 

[Alatar]

The Green Knight.

Overall I liked it. But it’s a challenging film! As far as I can see, it’s a deconstruction of the Arthurian myth of chivalry. Basically asking: is genuine chivalry actually even possible? Tons of symbolism. Requires multiple viewings to properly digest and appreciate. That’s the sort of thing I like as a rule.

It’s not as appealing as I would ideally like. But deconstruction isn‘t doing its job if it isn’t making you just a little bit uncomfortable.