NEW: List some movies you've watched recently. Theatre, rental, TV... and give a */10

[DigDog]

i've broken a long spell by watching the 22m short "I'm Not A Robot" - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19837932/reference/

which you can watch in its entirety here

2025 Academy Awards winner

it was fun, i wouldn't give it an award, but it was satisfactory as a simple short.

7/10

 

[igor_kavinski]

 

[igor_kavinski]

The score of some movies gets magnified by what you have watched immediately before. Watch something mediocre and the next great thing looks like a rare miracle. I think this could be the secret to happiness. Eat lousy, dress lousy, BE lousy and then after a few days of that, feel awesome being NOT lousy and cherish life more.

I watched about an hour of Canary Black yesterday. Pretty generic movie. Kate and her boss were the only two with any acting skills. Felt like a B-movie. Got fed up and didn't want to watch more. Then today, I got lucky with https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32768323/reference/

Dang! Vikander's best performance yet. Olsen is such a treat for the eyes. This movie is an easy 7/10 and makes Canary Black look like a 4.5/10. Bravo!

 

[MrSquished]

Dredd - 2012 - Just what the doctor ordered.

 

[DigDog]

i watched barely a single episode of

The Pitt - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31938062/reference/

mostly because Legal Eagle decided to do a video on the lawsuit from the "ER" IP holders, alleging that it's a ripoff .. erm, "derivative work" of ER.

I hated it. Aside from the shoddy camerwork, i can't stand being bombarded on day 1 with a barrage of characters that have no immediately-obvious characteristics. I'm just a simpleton when it comes to these things, i like my House MD because it's formulaic, because it's got simple stock characters, illness-of-the-week scenario with the clear weekly Also Starring.
The Pitt has 16 !! primary characters, and 36 Recurring.

House had 4 Primary if you are generous, Dr House, Dr Chase, Dr Black Dude and Dr Stupid Woman. 2 Supporting in Dr Wilson and Dr Cuddy, and the Patient of the Week. THAT is how you cast a show.

To me a show like The Pitt is only for people who want to waste time, barely one step over a telenovela.

6/10 for those so inclined. Current IMDb rating: 8.9/10

 

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Last of Us S2 E1 - 5/10

Disclaimer: I have not played the game.

They have made Ellie a completely unsympathetic protagonist. I was rooting for the mushroom people to eat her.

The fight choreographer lost me when the muscular dude did not slam his way out of Sankaku-jime/ triangle choke. She failed to hook his leg so he could have picked her up and slammed her into the ground. There are numerous other ways to escape, but he was already lifting her, then the script had him pretend he could not get to his feet. You learn early on to Gable grip your hands to avoid the armbar too. A lot of escapes are hard to make work against someone with a good triangle choke. In this case, the weight and strength advantage would have made at least 3 other escapes money.

 

[igor_kavinski]

muscular dude

Why would it be assumed that muscular dudes would know how to fight or bother to learn the needed technical skills? Most of them are muscular for a simple reason. To scare people off with their big muscles

Play the game. Maybe not the remastered one (haven't played that and they may have changed some things for the worse) but the original PS4 remastered one was an absolute classic. The "clickers" were even re-used in this movie if you have seen it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/thelastofus/comments/3mlzrs/anyone_else_see_maze_runner_scorch_trials

 

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Why would it be assumed that muscular dudes would know how to fight or bother to learn the needed technical skills?

Stop being a mouth breather. They are training partners.

 

[soulcougher73]

Last of Us S2 E1 - 5/10

Disclaimer: I have not played the game.

They have made Ellie a completely unsympathetic protagonist. I was rooting for the mushroom people to eat her.

The fight choreographer lost me when the muscular dude did not slam his way out of Sankaku-jime/ triangle choke. She failed to hook his leg so he could have picked her up and slammed her into the ground. There are numerous other ways to escape, but he was already lifting her, then the script had him pretend he could not get to his feet. You learn early on to Gable grip your hands to avoid the armbar too. A lot of escapes are hard to make work against someone with a good triangle choke. In this case, the weight and strength advantage would have made at least 3 other escapes money.

I love the games and the show, but that same thought ran through my head. His size advantage and strength, just slam the bitch haha

 

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I love the games and the show, but that same thought ran through my head. His size advantage and strength, just slam the bitch haha

I did play part 1, it was after watching the show so I spoiled most of it for myself. But I'd give it 8.5/10. This season is part 2 correct? I have not played it yet, but if Ellie sucks as bad, I will purposefully die a lot. ☠️

Some of the memes are killing me

 

[JujuFish]

I've twice tried to play The Last of Us. Couldn't do it. Boring game filled with insufferable characters. Haven't watched the show.

 

[soulcougher73]

I did play part 1, it was after watching the show so I spoiled most of it for myself. But I'd give it 8.5/10. This season is part 2 correct? I have not played it yet, but if Ellie sucks as bad, I will purposefully die a lot. ☠️

Some of the memes are killing me

Yeah this season is the 2nd game.

 

[manly]

Max suggested I watch some foreign soap operas. 🤣

Tokyo Vice
8/10

Scent of Time (2023)
6.5/10
(I would have been lost if not for machine-translated episode recaps)

Like Water for Chocolate (2024)
8/10

 

[MrSquished]

Last of Us S2 E1 - 5/10

Disclaimer: I have not played the game.

They have made Ellie a completely unsympathetic protagonist. I was rooting for the mushroom people to eat her.

The fight choreographer lost me when the muscular dude did not slam his way out of Sankaku-jime/ triangle choke. She failed to hook his leg so he could have picked her up and slammed her into the ground. There are numerous other ways to escape, but he was already lifting her, then the script had him pretend he could not get to his feet. You learn early on to Gable grip your hands to avoid the armbar too. A lot of escapes are hard to make work against someone with a good triangle choke. In this case, the weight and strength advantage would have made at least 3 other escapes money.

As far as the fight, Ellie caught at least one time where the other guy held back to go 'easy' on her, which was admitted to, so why is it out of the realm of thinking that he did so another time or two and she just didn't catch it? The guy is not going to say oh yeah, you missed the other times we went easy on you too. He isn't stupid. I fail to find that a point of contention, though your knowledge of fighting moves is impressive.

As far as her character appeal in this first episode vs the first, yes she is annoying as fuck, but people get annoying, this is 5 years later, and it's way too early to decide her character arc for this season, as it may all make sense over the course of Season 2. I mean her new abrasive personality easily makes sense out of all the possibilities of the last five years of her life. It's not a giant leap at all.

 

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As far as the fight, Ellie caught at least one time where the other guy held back to go 'easy' on her, which was admitted to, so why is it out of the realm of thinking that he did so another time or two and she just didn't catch it? The guy is not going to say oh yeah, you missed the other times we went easy on you too. He isn't stupid. I fail to find that a point of contention

That's because you don't train. It was bad writing and bad fight choreography necessary to support the bad writing. Why? Because you are not supposed to go HAM. That's how serious injuries happen. She would have learned that day one. We would have never gotten to the - why are you holding back on me bullshit. Do they have an orthopedic surgeon and facilities waiting? Yeah yeah, suspension of disbelief. If we do that, and give them plot armor where they can't get seriously injured rolling 100%, or everything magically heals perfectly, then we enter the FAFO zone.

So when he stood up, he could decide if she finds out, or he goes easy as you posit, and sets her down lightly. Either way, after the roll you would explain how she would have gotten bodied by the slam, or she gets bodied by the slam. And that's why it is better to hook the leg to avoid getting lifted. He had his hand on her opposite shoulder, so he could have just stacked her and pulled his arm out. Or used it to keep her from turning with him and clocked walked to an escape and likely side control. It was the first escape I learned for the triangle. Being big and strong against a smaller opponent helps a lot with that one. But that is all ancillary to the real issue, which again, is that she would have learned day one not to go HAM because the potential for serious injuries is way too high.

As far as her character appeal in this first episode vs the first, yes she is annoying as fuck, but people get annoying, this is 5 years later, and it's way too early to decide her character arc for this season, as it may all make sense over the course of Season 2. I mean her new abrasive personality easily makes sense out of all the possibilities of the last five years of her life. It's not a giant leap at all.

It is irrelevant to me why she is an insufferable shitter, only that she is one.

 

[igor_kavinski]

It is irrelevant to me why she is an insufferable shitter, only that she is one.

I did not particularly like her in S01 and now she seems to be worse? God help me...

 

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I did not particularly like her in S01 and now she seems to be worse? God help me...

I was sympathetic to her in S1. She is a good actor too. Now she is starting to remind me of Joffrey

 

[MrSquished]

That's because you don't train. It was bad writing and bad fight choreography necessary to support the bad writing. Why? Because you are not supposed to go HAM. That's how serious injuries happen. She would have learned that day one. We would have never gotten to the - why are you holding back on me bullshit. Do they have an orthopedic surgeon and facilities waiting? Yeah yeah, suspension of disbelief. If we do that, and give them plot armor where they can't get seriously injured rolling 100%, or everything magically heals perfectly, then we enter the FAFO zone.

So when he stood up, he could decide if she finds out, or he goes easy as you posit, and sets her down lightly. Either way, after the roll you would explain how she would have gotten bodied by the slam, or she gets bodied by the slam. And that's why it is better to hook the leg to avoid getting lifted. He had his hand on her opposite shoulder, so he could have just stacked her and pulled his arm out. Or used it to keep her from turning with him and clocked walked to an escape and likely side control. It was the first escape I learned for the triangle. Being big and strong against a smaller opponent helps a lot with that one. But that is all ancillary to the real issue, which again, is that she would have learned day one not to go HAM because the potential for serious injuries is way too high.


It is irrelevant to me why she is an insufferable shitter, only that she is one.

Yeah man I'm going to go with if it takes you that long to explain a technical fighting choreography mistake, nobody gives a shit but a very very very small amount of people that it's not really relevant to the quality of the story 😁😛

 

[DigDog]

i watched

War Machine - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4758646/reference/

Brilliant little satire ""war" film about the US' prolonged occupation of Afghanistan, and the pencil-pushers that made it all possible.

Brad Pitt, hilariously (but likely on purpose) miscast as ten-stars general mcMahon is given the reins of the Afghan operation, to finally bring an end to the war. And to do this he can have anything he wants, the coffers are open, he has but ask - provided that he does not ask for troops, nor money, nor time. Or anything else that could actually get the job done.
Because around him is a world of bureaucracy and an ocean of incompetence, and people who cannot see past their own self-interest.

I loved it and i found it much funnier than many straight comedies i have seen recently. Brad Pitt is absolutely great, playing with a straight face a character he in no-way resembles physically, but he put in all the conviction in the world. And it's not a tongue-in-cheek comedy either, it takes itself seriously to the point where, if you are a little thick, you could mistake this for war propaganda.

recommended. 7/10

 

[igor_kavinski]

War Machine - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4758646/reference/

Funny. Filmed in Abu Dhabi.

 

[MrSquished]

i watched

War Machine - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4758646/reference/

Brilliant little satire ""war" film about the US' prolonged occupation of Afghanistan, and the pencil-pushers that made it all possible.

Brad Pitt, hilariously (but likely on purpose) miscast as ten-stars general mcMahon is given the reins of the Afghan operation, to finally bring an end to the war. And to do this he can have anything he wants, the coffers are open, he has but ask - provided that he does not ask for troops, nor money, nor time. Or anything else that could actually get the job done.
Because around him is a world of bureaucracy and an ocean of incompetence, and people who cannot see past their own self-interest.

I loved it and i found it much funnier than many straight comedies i have seen recently. Brad Pitt is absolutely great, playing with a straight face a character he in no-way resembles physically, but he put in all the conviction in the world. And it's not a tongue-in-cheek comedy either, it takes itself seriously to the point where, if you are a little thick, you could mistake this for war propaganda.

recommended. 7/10

bookmarked this in my Movies to Watch folder, thanks.

 

[DigDog]

I watched

Chronicles Of Riddick - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296572/reference/

in the *theatrical* version, which is better in every way compared to the director's cut.

1. everything the DC adds is redundant and over-explains the things which are later either hinted at, or explained subtly somewhere else
2. more fighting scenes do not make the film better
3. shorter runtime helps the pacing
4. they have the excellent "NEVER!" instead of the lame "fuck you" during the fight with the big bad guy.

i know there are mixed feelings about this film, but i loved it. Good villain, a good subplot about the power struggle in the necromonger faction, that intertwines with the main plot.
Some elements are weak, sure. Kyra is a horrible character, black-preacher-dude is poorly recycled. And, let's be honest, the whole necromonger stuff is quite cartoonish. Now, i don't terribly mind this last aspect, and i found the sets & costumes to be pretty good, aside from a few matte paintings and some other cost-related elements like that.
Vin Diesel is just great as Riddick, and hey, it's got Thandiwe Newton, you guys like her, right?
Karl Urban is the important secondary antagonist. And, the plot isn't just a dumb "kill the bad guy" schtick, there's a bit more to it and on top of that the what-little horror element that serves as the background story is quite nice, too.

Today i would rate this film 7/10. When it came out, fresh on the trail of Pitch Black, i would have given it a 8/10. If you watch this having NOT seen Pitch Black, probably 6/10.

 

[mikeymikec]

Chronicles of Riddick Director's Cut seemed to be an exercise in "how can we make this film significantly worse".

 

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2. more fighting scenes do not make the film better

My favorite line is when Keith David asks if he is listening to him. He responds something like - Yeah. You're saying the whole universe, it's circling the drain. Keith says "that's right" Riddick replies with his usual stoicism and drawn out syllable - Haad to end some time. chef's kiss

That was Derple, one of my best.
If you say so.

That's for protein waffle eating pussies. Tombs was great.

The plot was just space Muhammad spreading his religion by the sword. Convert or die.

Carl Urban demonstrating his versatility. Dude is impossible to type cast.

7.5/10

Grosse Point Blank 9.5/10

The soundtrack, witty and intelligent dialogue, Benny the Jet Urquidez as a bad guy. The entire cast is great.

The 90s was peak cinema.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Pretty decent actress taken by T2D

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/04/16/michelle-trachtenberg-cause-of-death-diabetes-complications/83126352007/ I'm guessing she didn't know she had T2D? Another reason could be that she was dieting, her glucose levels went really low and her brain just plain...

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