What movie did you see recently?

Saw Uncut Gems and the new Star Wars in two days, courtesy of A List. I actually liked Uncut Gems a lot. Probably one of my favorites this year. Adam Sandler did an amazing job. Rise of Skywalker... ehhhhh. I saw far worse this year, but it sure as hell wasn't a good installment or movie.
 
Saw Rise of Skywalker. I haven't seen any of the previous WokeWars movies, but it wasn't difficult to catch up. Movie sucked, as I knew it would, but it wasn't the cinematic abortion Star Wars autists are REEEE'ing about either. I've seen much worse. Then again, I've never been much of a Star Wars fanboy so I didn't have much invested into the series. Only went because my brother loves Star Wars and insisted I see it with him, to the point of buying my ticket if I went with him.
 
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The Lighthouse.

It was boring at first but turned out entertaining in a strange way. I recommend it if you got nothing else to do and want to see two dudes go batshit crazy.
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That's the kind of film I like. I definitely want to see it since the trailer looks sinister.
 
Do movies at home count? If so I'm watching Halloween 2 (1981) as I type this, I plan on popping in an American werewolf in London next. I like to recreate movie screenings that would have been possible in the year they were released.
 
just finished watching event horizen and heres my hot take:
Event horizon is actually a comedy movie despite all the intergalactic mutilation. yes its full of self torture and people going in to space hell, but Immediately, like not even a second after the movie ends, this fucking technomancer wizard song plays. its gives you NO time to process what happens. you just get thrown in and thrown out.
 
Shin Godzilla, fucking hell did they make Godzilla look more monstrous. Even the song "Who Will Know", played when Godzilla levels 1/3 of Tokyo with a spamming of atomic beams, painted Godzilla as a tragic figure in some way (If you analyze it like a sped, ala Evangelion) and I like how the movie spells out that bureaucracy is crap and doesn't do any good during a crisis (If that's the angle Hideaki Anno was going for).
 
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Just watched 1917 in theaters, and I recommend it a lot. The camera work was fantastic, the story was basic yet tight, and there are a couple of scenes that blew me away.
I would see it in theaters, it’s one of those movies that benefit from a huge screen.
 
Piddled around on Amazon Prime and watched Kenneth Branagh "Much Ado About Nothing" from the 90's. Other than the weird stiltedness of Keanu Reeves as the villain it was pretty enjoyable. Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson play off each other well.
 
I watched a documentary on the Power Glove, started one on Apple/Macintosh but then remembered there was an avgn movie, so finally watched that.
Not bad.
I can never get enough classic gaming stuff
 
Starship Troopers
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My son loves this movie so we've seen it like 20 times and will probably watch it again tomorrow. I have to cover his eyes when the Brain Bug sucks out discount Rob Lowe's brains though, he's only 6 but he's doing his part.
 
Seen the new Star Wars, 1917 and Little Women since the new year. 1917 was great, didn't expect to be too big on it. Thought Little Woman was a cheese-fest. I really liked the BBC adaptation that was released a couple of years ago and the old movie is okay but I found this version awful. Do not get the hype at all. Didn't particularly like Star Wars, found the ending dumb but I was never a huge fan of the franchise.

Also recently seen Green Mile for the first time. One of my favourite books so was scared I would hate the movie and didn't watch it for the longest time. Glad I did.
 
Watched Ready or Not on Redbox this week. This is a movie that I had wanted to check out while it was in theaters, but it came out during a time I was really busy and out of town.

Anyway, I loved the movie. I guess one can classify it as a dark comedy, but there are so many more horror elements to it than the trailers suggested (which worked to the film's benefit). The movie is full of fun, suspense, great setpieces, and a lead character that's very likable (the lead actress is great in it).

Horror has really been making a helluva comeback over the past several years. It's probably my favorite genre, currently. Right now, horror is offering the most unique stories and some of the best performances from its actors.
 
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Shin Godzilla, fucking hell did they make Godzilla look more monstrous. Even the song "Who Will Know", played when Godzilla levels 1/3 of Tokyo with a spamming of atomic beams, painted Godzilla as a tragic figure in some way (If you analyze it like a sped, ala Evangelion) and I like how the movie spells out that bureaucracy is crap and doesn't do any good during a crisis (If that's the angle Hideaki Anno was going for).
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Anno was more than a little pissed at how the Japanese Government completely choked due to bureaucratic paralysis during the 2011 Tsunami iirc. He was pretty upfront about it in the interviews leading up to the release of the movie.
 
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Anno was more than a little pissed at how the Japanese Government completely choked due to bureaucratic paralysis during the 2011 Tsunami iirc. He was pretty upfront about it in the interviews leading up to the release of the movie.
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Interesting. I may have to give those interviews a look when I get the chance. I liked how Shin Godzilla was more than just a simple kaiju film.
 
Underwater, a survival/horror movie movie starring Kirsten Stewart. Was pretty decent, the filmmakers were pretty clearly aiming for "Alien but underwater" right down to the station aesthetics and crew interactions. Stewart did a surprisingly decent job as the lead. Nothing really groundbreaking but if you're one of those weirdos like me who like movies like Leviathan and Deep Star Six then check it out.
The giant monster reveal at the end was A+.
 
I watched Richard Jewell the other day and started rooting for the FBI halfway through. That fat beta retard was infuriating beyond belief. "HEY GUYZ! IM A COP TOO! LET ME HELP YOU RANSACK THROUGH MY MOM'S UNDERWEAR DRAWER HOKAY?! SURE! I'LL REPEAT INCRIMINATING PHRASES TO HALP YOU! PLZ LET ME SUCK YOUR COCK!"
 
I saw Midsommar on Amazon Prime last night and much like Hereditary, it requires a second viewing to catch all the things you didn't see before (even though both have long running times for horror movies). The cinematography was what stood out to me and made you feel isolated despite the open setting the commune was in. I notice that both movies have a lot of similarities and personally, I hope Ari Aster's next project is radically different otherwise it would appear he's becoming formulaic.
 
Godzilla VS Kong a few days ago. I liked the film, but I don't understand why movies with a "versus" element have to have human "subplots" make up most of the film. Because I didn't go to the movie to see a bunch of humans getting involved in government conspiracy stuff (though I have to admit I thought the conspiracy theorist character was funny - dude was a black Alex Jones); I want to watch giant monsters beat each other to a pulp. Gave me Freddy VS Jason vibes. Also King Kong got absolutely demolished by Godzilla. The latter won 2/3 times, and I think Kong finishing off Mechagodzilla (yes, he's in this, too) was meant to not make fans of either monster mad because both of them "won" in a way; Godzilla and Kong essentially have a truce in the end and go their separate ways.

While I was in the theater, I saw a trailer for A Quiet Place: Part Two, and I'm planning on watching that when it comes out because it looked really good. I haven't seen the first one, but the trailer for the new one implied that there will be flashbacks to the first one, so I feel like I should watch the sequel first because of that among other reasons.
 
The Death of Stalin, love how they turned what actually happened into a comedy that, imho, worked. Lots of good actors like Steve Buscemi as Khrushchev and Michael Palin as Molotov. While the greater scope of the events had happened, the smaller details weren't so. Still, the part that made me laugh was Jason Isaacs (Say what you want about him) as Marshal Zhukov who pretty much acts like a chad to where nobody really wanted to fuck with him, not even Stalin or Beria. Fun fact: they had to tone down the number of his medals to make it look more 'believable'. Glad they didn't even bother to fake the accents.
 
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Just got done rewatching American psycho for the first time in a few years. I have to say the critique of consumerist culture, and blind conformity are as pertinent as ever. It's not just "yuppies" who fall into this odd state of being identity-less. Your average Zoomer despite all the quirky things they're into will spout off the same meme phrases as any other zoomer. In everyone's rush to stand out with cutting edge culture they just end up looking like an army of clones.
 
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