I'm very excited about that one. Trailer has me pumped.
RATE or REVIEW The Last Movie You Watched.
- Thread starter CelticPredator
- Start date
Help Support Collector Freaks Forum:
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2016
- Messages
- 5,355
- Reaction score
- 5,369
Very happy that the The Killer is showing in cinemas near me. Might go off and see today before it disappears.
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2016
- Messages
- 5,355
- Reaction score
- 5,369
It’s Fincher. I would rather see it in the cinema
The Killer: 8.5/10
Wonderful. Precisely what you would expect given the quality of the director and star. I think every shot reflects Fassbender's POV. It really immerses you into his work and life.
Wonderful. Precisely what you would expect given the quality of the director and star. I think every shot reflects Fassbender's POV. It really immerses you into his work and life.
True Romance - 7/10
Starts off a bit saccharine, but doesn't take long to remind you it was written by Tarantino. Fun stuff.
The Killer - 9/10
Might be the leanest film Fincher's made. Surprisingly straightforward, entertaining all the way. Didn't feel like two hours, something I can't say for his other films (though I've always enjoyed them).
Starts off a bit saccharine, but doesn't take long to remind you it was written by Tarantino. Fun stuff.
The Killer - 9/10
Might be the leanest film Fincher's made. Surprisingly straightforward, entertaining all the way. Didn't feel like two hours, something I can't say for his other films (though I've always enjoyed them).
Last edited:
8 1/2: 9.5/10
It's not possible to fully process this movie in a single watch. So much is going on both on the surface and subtextually. But it was a very enjoyable movie, and the level of creativity, craftsmanship, and intelligence is of the highest order. The closest I've seen to a film doing what Virginia Woolf did in literature. This is a great film, and as deep a dive into the complex and contradictory nature of modern man as I have seen. After seeing this, I know that without Fellini there is no David Lynch, or Terry Gilliam as we know them.
It's not possible to fully process this movie in a single watch. So much is going on both on the surface and subtextually. But it was a very enjoyable movie, and the level of creativity, craftsmanship, and intelligence is of the highest order. The closest I've seen to a film doing what Virginia Woolf did in literature. This is a great film, and as deep a dive into the complex and contradictory nature of modern man as I have seen. After seeing this, I know that without Fellini there is no David Lynch, or Terry Gilliam as we know them.
Escape from New York - 7/10
Picked up the 4K this weekend. For context, I'm almost 30 and this was my first time watching.
I really enjoyed this movie, but damn, I wish I had seen it as a kid because I'd have way more of a soft spot for it. The music is great, the atmosphere is phenomenal, and Carpenter does a wonderful job making New York feel like a looming, ominous hellscape... until we actually drop into it with Snake. The locales and set pieces just feel tame after having watched the more recent films this one inspired - Dredd, The Raid, any of the dozens of post-apocalyptic/dystopian movies of the last 40 years. Can any boardies confirm if Carpenter's New York felt more foreboding back in 1981? I'm genuinely curious.
It bugs me that Snake takes the elevator from the rooftop to the 15th floor of the WTC, but we only see him make a quick call there before cutting to him on the ground. I was so sure we'd spend some time in the building watching him fight (or escape) his way to the bottom. They even tease someone running around behind him before the scene cuts. I would've also liked to see gangs, rituals and social hierarchies. Supposedly Escape from LA has more going on, but at the cost of tone from what I hear?
All in all, a fun film I wish I wasn't too desensitized for. And that theme song...
It'll be stuck in my head for a week. Might be my next ringtone.
Picked up the 4K this weekend. For context, I'm almost 30 and this was my first time watching.
I really enjoyed this movie, but damn, I wish I had seen it as a kid because I'd have way more of a soft spot for it. The music is great, the atmosphere is phenomenal, and Carpenter does a wonderful job making New York feel like a looming, ominous hellscape... until we actually drop into it with Snake. The locales and set pieces just feel tame after having watched the more recent films this one inspired - Dredd, The Raid, any of the dozens of post-apocalyptic/dystopian movies of the last 40 years. Can any boardies confirm if Carpenter's New York felt more foreboding back in 1981? I'm genuinely curious.
It bugs me that Snake takes the elevator from the rooftop to the 15th floor of the WTC, but we only see him make a quick call there before cutting to him on the ground. I was so sure we'd spend some time in the building watching him fight (or escape) his way to the bottom. They even tease someone running around behind him before the scene cuts. I would've also liked to see gangs, rituals and social hierarchies. Supposedly Escape from LA has more going on, but at the cost of tone from what I hear?
All in all, a fun film I wish I wasn't too desensitized for. And that theme song...
It'll be stuck in my head for a week. Might be my next ringtone.
Last edited:
Sixth Scale Man
Super Freak
Princess Mononoke - 8.5/10
Making my way through some Miyazaki with the kids. I’m not big into anime but these transcend any issues I usually have with the genre.
Anyway, pretty blown away by this one. From the amazing backgrounds to the engaging characters, this had an epic scope with some really good, smaller character moments.
Sound design was incredible too.
My kids were picking up all the stuff that inspired Zelda: BOTW as well.
Recommended if you want to dip your toes into some wonderful lore and beautiful Japanese animation.
The Lost Boys - 8/10
Also taking the kids on a journey through some 80’s faves. A very simple/slight story that benefits from a great cast, genuine laughs and some cool vampire deaths. Kids likened it to The Goonies with vampires once the Frog Bros. kicked into gear.
INXS/Jimmy Barnes “death by stereo”!
Sweaty sax dude!
Mullets!
What more could you want?
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - 10/10
Ruprecht. Nuff said.
Making my way through some Miyazaki with the kids. I’m not big into anime but these transcend any issues I usually have with the genre.
Anyway, pretty blown away by this one. From the amazing backgrounds to the engaging characters, this had an epic scope with some really good, smaller character moments.
Sound design was incredible too.
My kids were picking up all the stuff that inspired Zelda: BOTW as well.
Recommended if you want to dip your toes into some wonderful lore and beautiful Japanese animation.
The Lost Boys - 8/10
Also taking the kids on a journey through some 80’s faves. A very simple/slight story that benefits from a great cast, genuine laughs and some cool vampire deaths. Kids likened it to The Goonies with vampires once the Frog Bros. kicked into gear.
INXS/Jimmy Barnes “death by stereo”!
Sweaty sax dude!
Mullets!
What more could you want?
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - 10/10
Ruprecht. Nuff said.
Otomofan
Super Freak
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2009
- Messages
- 5,227
- Reaction score
- 4,064
Just watched the new Paul Giamatti movie "The Holdovers."
It was good. It had elements of classic boarding school movies like Rushmore and Dead Poets Society, but with a dash of Wonder Boys only less bawdy.
I liked it.
It was good. It had elements of classic boarding school movies like Rushmore and Dead Poets Society, but with a dash of Wonder Boys only less bawdy.
I liked it.
Escape from LA - 6/10
Carpenter considers this one the better movie, so I have to ask: is this what he was trying to do with the first, but couldn't? Is this how he's always envisioned the character and franchise? This seems more satirical than anything else.
Carpenter considers this one the better movie, so I have to ask: is this what he was trying to do with the first, but couldn't? Is this how he's always envisioned the character and franchise? This seems more satirical than anything else.
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2016
- Messages
- 5,355
- Reaction score
- 5,369
I love Carpenter but I’m not a fan of these films. I think I’ve watched this one only once and the single only thing I liked about it was the ending. Everything else was just awful. That surfing scene was the low point.
Big Trouble in Little China - 8/10
Freaking phenomenal.
Freaking phenomenal.
Wish NECA and/or Mafex and/or Figuarts would get that license. I need Jack Burton action figures.
M: 9/10
Truly unbelievable that something like this was created in the early 1930s. Amazing film in so many ways. Lorre's acting is something to behold. But the innovation in film making is the real star.
Albert Brooks: Defending my Life: 7/10
I've been a massive fan of his since the '90s, and this is a very nice overview of his life and career. All the major comedians love this guy and this film shows you why.
Truly unbelievable that something like this was created in the early 1930s. Amazing film in so many ways. Lorre's acting is something to behold. But the innovation in film making is the real star.
Albert Brooks: Defending my Life: 7/10
I've been a massive fan of his since the '90s, and this is a very nice overview of his life and career. All the major comedians love this guy and this film shows you why.
He's a guy who seems to have lost perspective as his career went on, along with a diminution of his talent. He is what Tarantino is trying to avoid by quitting after his next film. I saw this one in the theaters. Never again.
Sixth Scale Man
Super Freak
Kurt Russell is a god.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: 6/10
Not bad, but a pale shadow of the first three films. I read some criticisms of the goddaughter, but I thought she was good and charming for the most part. Mikkelsen is great as always, and Ford was also quite good. He didn't phone it in and gave the character believability and pathos. The problem for me was the story. It was decent enough for the first third or so but then things started bugging me, and toward the end I had soured on a lot of it. Not a horrible sendoff for Indy but they could have done better.
Not bad, but a pale shadow of the first three films. I read some criticisms of the goddaughter, but I thought she was good and charming for the most part. Mikkelsen is great as always, and Ford was also quite good. He didn't phone it in and gave the character believability and pathos. The problem for me was the story. It was decent enough for the first third or so but then things started bugging me, and toward the end I had soured on a lot of it. Not a horrible sendoff for Indy but they could have done better.
Godzilla Minus One - 9/10
Wow. This might be the quintessential Godzilla film, the best all-around and the one I'd recommend to someone who could only watch a single film from the franchise. Every ounce of hype is warranted. I love sci-fi blockbusters, especially when they involve monsters, especially when they're done with this much heart, and especially when they're done on a lower budget -- because they really cut through the financial and bureaucratic bloat that Hollywood seems to think is necessary when making a successful genre picture. Go, Goji, go!
Only reason I'm not giving it a 10 is because the Ride design just isn't my favorite. Still a great look though, I appreciate the Heisei influence. This is unmistakably Godzilla in his upright, chunky, slightly cute glory.
Wow. This might be the quintessential Godzilla film, the best all-around and the one I'd recommend to someone who could only watch a single film from the franchise. Every ounce of hype is warranted. I love sci-fi blockbusters, especially when they involve monsters, especially when they're done with this much heart, and especially when they're done on a lower budget -- because they really cut through the financial and bureaucratic bloat that Hollywood seems to think is necessary when making a successful genre picture. Go, Goji, go!
Only reason I'm not giving it a 10 is because the Ride design just isn't my favorite. Still a great look though, I appreciate the Heisei influence. This is unmistakably Godzilla in his upright, chunky, slightly cute glory.
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2016
- Messages
- 5,355
- Reaction score
- 5,369
The Warriors 7/10
I can see why people like this film so much and I liked it, but it feels like a film I need to watch again. It just didn’t grab me, its well made, the acting is mostly average, music is great.
Mulholland Drv 9/10
This just gets better every time I watch it. The 4K is grainy but good enough it’s really clear that Laura Palmer and Ronnette Pulaski are in the theater scene.
A Murder At The End Of The World 8/10
Ok it’s a mini-series not a movie. Despite one clunky episode this is brilliant. Really top class stylish murder mystery. Amazing cast, Emma Corrin, Clive Owen, freakin Joan Chen (although she doesn’t get a lot to do). Go in cold.
Die Hard
Watched all of these with my kids. They loved them but completely agree the first is a 10/10, the second around a 6, the third around 7, the forth around 5, I honestly don’t think this is as bad as people say, despite the lower rating it’s a fun film with a good cast and the last one, well, I would say a 4, the action is pretty decent but it’s a pale shadow. Why they dropped the Christmas setting and why they dropped the trapped in a confined space is beyond me. The 4Ks on Disney are good if very grainy (the first 3).
The Wicker Man 8/10
Still an amazing, unique film. Midsommar would not exist without it. 4K is staggering.
Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl Netflix shorts 8/10
Like most Anderson it took me a bit to warm to these short films but once I did, wow. The Swan in particular is quite beautiful and affecting, really shocked how great Rupert Friend is.
Evil Dead Rise 6.5/10
I think this is one of those occasions where a cinema experience really would have helped. I enjoyed it but I watched it by myself which feels really wrong for these films. There is some crazy stuff in it, really shockingly wild but none of the characters interested me at all so i didn’t care what was happening to them. Tbh I think I prefer the last ED film to this.
Long Kiss Goodnight 7.5/10
One of my Christmas picks this year and despite some really clunky effects and a boring bad guy this is still a terrific film and proof that if you can get SLJ into your film it immediately goes up a star. The cast is great and tbh I wish they had made David Morse the bad guy, he is incredible the brief role he has. The action is terrific and proof that Harlin can shoot the heck out of it.
He .. just .. needs .. a good script.
I can see why people like this film so much and I liked it, but it feels like a film I need to watch again. It just didn’t grab me, its well made, the acting is mostly average, music is great.
Mulholland Drv 9/10
This just gets better every time I watch it. The 4K is grainy but good enough it’s really clear that Laura Palmer and Ronnette Pulaski are in the theater scene.
A Murder At The End Of The World 8/10
Ok it’s a mini-series not a movie. Despite one clunky episode this is brilliant. Really top class stylish murder mystery. Amazing cast, Emma Corrin, Clive Owen, freakin Joan Chen (although she doesn’t get a lot to do). Go in cold.
Die Hard
Watched all of these with my kids. They loved them but completely agree the first is a 10/10, the second around a 6, the third around 7, the forth around 5, I honestly don’t think this is as bad as people say, despite the lower rating it’s a fun film with a good cast and the last one, well, I would say a 4, the action is pretty decent but it’s a pale shadow. Why they dropped the Christmas setting and why they dropped the trapped in a confined space is beyond me. The 4Ks on Disney are good if very grainy (the first 3).
The Wicker Man 8/10
Still an amazing, unique film. Midsommar would not exist without it. 4K is staggering.
Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl Netflix shorts 8/10
Like most Anderson it took me a bit to warm to these short films but once I did, wow. The Swan in particular is quite beautiful and affecting, really shocked how great Rupert Friend is.
Evil Dead Rise 6.5/10
I think this is one of those occasions where a cinema experience really would have helped. I enjoyed it but I watched it by myself which feels really wrong for these films. There is some crazy stuff in it, really shockingly wild but none of the characters interested me at all so i didn’t care what was happening to them. Tbh I think I prefer the last ED film to this.
Long Kiss Goodnight 7.5/10
One of my Christmas picks this year and despite some really clunky effects and a boring bad guy this is still a terrific film and proof that if you can get SLJ into your film it immediately goes up a star. The cast is great and tbh I wish they had made David Morse the bad guy, he is incredible the brief role he has. The action is terrific and proof that Harlin can shoot the heck out of it.
He .. just .. needs .. a good script.
Sixth Scale Man
Super Freak
Re: Evil Dead Rise - yeah, I watched it on Netflix and I feel the same. There's some inventive stuff and they don't skimp on the gore. The cast did a pretty good job but I agree that there wasn't much to get invested in. The final act takes it up a notch and I found I was actually rooting for them though.
Similar threads
Latest posts
-
Hot Toys The Dark Knight Joker DX/Artisan 1/6 Scale Figure- Latest: Captain Jack Sparrow
-
InArt: The Lord of the Rings - Aragorn 1:6- Latest: ObiGlennKenobi
-
-
-
