NOW CLOSED ; List some movies you've watched recently. Theatre, rental, TV... and give a */10

[DigDog]

Passion of the Christ: Jesus sort of lives

.. never actually saw that film.

But i did see Cartman dressed as Hitler.

 

[igor_kavinski]

.. never actually saw that film.

Don't. It's very, very sad.

Watch this instead, from the same director: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472043/reference/

Other gems starring Mel Gibson which you may not have seen:

Boss Level
The Professor and the Mad Man
Edge of Darkness
Dragged across concrete

 

[pmv]

Passion of the Christ: Jesus sort of lives

Spoiler tags, man!

 

[DigDog]

Other gems starring Mel Gibson which you may not have seen:

Boss Level
The Professor and the Mad Man
Edge of Darkness
Dragged across concrete

yeah but are they any good?

I was on the fence with The Professor. I thought i was well made, but .. difficult.

The Professor And The Madman - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5932728/reference

Interesting period piece, based on the real life of self-taught lexicographer and polyglot James Murray.
In 1870s england, an unusual conjunction of two extraordinary men happens under the roof of the Oxford Academy; faced with the impossibility of compiling a dictionary, for "the words change faster than we can write them", they decide to hire an outsider, in the person of Murray, played by a Mel Gibson is such top form that you have never seen him in his entire career.
At the same time a second character, PTSD-suffering US Civil War surgeon William Chester Minor (played by a fantastic Sean Penn), can only find solace from his hallucinations in the perusal of books.
The two being a relationship which is at the core of the plot. If you have enjoyed A Beautiful Mind, i believe that you will find this the superior film. Both Gibson and Penn serve their characters rather then themselves, which both helps make the film more believable, and serves as praise to the director Farhad Safinia, currently on his second(!!) director credit.
Interesting sets, decent photography, quality dialogue, if a bit dispersive. Good work from all the supporting cast.


I have to warn you that this is not an easy film. The majority revolves around the insanity of Minor, there is plenty of conflict, and mysery. Both characters experience more loss than success, so don't go into it expecting "fun".


My vote: 7/10 if you are looking for an entertaining film, but 11/10 if you have been following Mel Gibson's, or Sean Penn's acting careers.

 

[sdifox]

yeah but are they any good?

I was on the fence with The Professor. I thought i was well made, but .. difficult.

Boss Level is a fun little move.

 

[igor_kavinski]

yeah but are they any good?

I was on the fence with The Professor. I thought i was well made, but .. difficult.

Well, I think they were awesome. Wouldn't list them if I hadn't been impressed.

Edge of Darkness tugs at your emotional strings.

Boss Level is a fun, under-rated popcorn movie, mostly coz the protagonist isn't an A-list action hero but still does a bang up job.

Professor and Madman was pure joy for me. I love these kinds of movies.

Dragged across concrete was brutal. One of the last good Mel Gibson movies.

 

[DigDog]

what the heck i said, and also decided to watch Boss Level - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7638348/

.. because i like this kind of film. You know, inspired by Edge Of Tomorrow. And yeah, it's the same film.
But oh boy, what a film.

Frank Grillo plays Roy, an ex-Delta Force who's been dumped by his scientist wife, because he was too absent from their child's life. Roy wakes up every day with a whole bunch of people trying to kill him, without explanation, and the day repeats whenever he dies.
The rest of the film is Roy trying to figure out what is happening, why, and how to put a stop to it.
Mel Gibson has a very marginal role.

i loved it. If anything, it can use a few cuts to make it even more frantic. Now, i'm not advocating for continuous mindless action, and due to the format of the film, that's not what you will get; because it's the same, previous action sequences, but they get played out differently as Roy's day count goes on.

Let's say that, if you loved Edge Of Tomorrow, but wished the end wasn't so stupid, then you'll love Boss Level.

My vote: 8/10 - great, but i doubt it will survive repeat viewings.

waaaaay ahead of you

to be honest i think 8/10 is maybe a bit too much, idk, 7.8/10 is more appropriate.
Mel Gibson's part was not good though. While he was veeeery good in, instead, Professor.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Mel Gibson's part was not good though.

I just find him very likable. Kinda wish he was my grandpa

 

[sdifox]

I just find him very likable. Kinda wish he was my grandpa

Did you fail biology?

 

[DigDog]

i watched Maverick.

No no no, not THAT Maverick.
THIS Maverick- https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0110478/
Wild-west Mel Gibson is an all'round lovable rogue, charming, quick on the draw, card ace, a scammer and a gentleman, a lover and a cheat.
He's on his way to the big poker game and alobg the way needs to raise the entry money by swindling, heroic deeds, and .. eh, pretty much every fucking trope you can throw at a western.

It's ok. The plot and script are suuuper-basic, but it's well acted and competently directed, if you are ok with some of the most PG13 action this side of Disneyland.
Jodie Foster is the femme fatale / cat burglar sidekick.


6.5/10 maybe 7/10 for kids

 

[mikeymikec]

Return of the Jedi (Blu-Ray edition)

I wasn't aware / didn't remember that there had been more edits after the 'Special Edition' (I have all three versions of the trilogy that I'm aware of), this version has another NOOOOOOOOO! scene when Darth Vader saves Luke from the emperor. Yikes.

 

[igor_kavinski]

when Darth Vader saves Luke from the emperor. Yikes.

What's the original scene? I saw it on VHS and Vader throws the Emperor into the pit while Force lightning is spewing out from his fingers.

 

[mikeymikec]

What's the original scene? I saw it on VHS and Vader throws the Emperor into the pit while Force lightning is spewing out from his fingers.

Original version:
Emperor is applying electro-shock therapy to Luke, Vader is watching, Luke is begging his father for his life, Vader watches some more then without a word picks up the Emperor and throws him down whatever shaft that is.

It's unaltered in the special edition, but altered in this latest version.

This latest version's revision is weirdly done as well, because the first "No" that Vader says has a standard vaguely-menacing Vader tone to it, then the second "No" is the full-blown type when Anakin finds out about Padme. If the first had sounded like when Vader later says "Luke, help me take his mask off", a bit of an emotionally cracked tone to it, it would make more sense IMO. The second "No" made no sense, is Vader crying over the fact that he's going to kill his Emperor to save his son, or what?

I should have just checked YouTube, because of course someone has done a comparative video

 

[igor_kavinski]

Original version:
Emperor is applying electro-shock therapy to Luke, Vader is watching, Luke is begging his father for his life, Vader watches some more then without a word picks up the Emperor and throws him down whatever shaft that is.

Yeah. That's what I remember watching too.

The altered version sounds really weird. Good thing Georgie Lucas wasn't an artist. Mona Lisa would have a dozen different versions in different museums around the world.

 

[mikeymikec]

Tremors (1990)

People on imgur love this movie / franchise. I'm not sure what the attraction is, I've seen enough sci-fi channel B-movies to not see anything new here. The second is better than the first apparently, maybe I'll give it a try.

 

[Kaido]

Tremors (1990)

People on imgur love this movie / franchise. I'm not sure what the attraction is, I've seen enough sci-fi channel B-movies to not see anything new here. The second is better than the first apparently, maybe I'll give it a try.

I watch it every few years, one of my favorite campy movies! Burt kept the vision alive with multiple sequels lol

 

[Kaido]

The Flash

10/10. Best superhero movie I've ever seen! They kept the humor up the whole time. Two of my favorites are Ironman 1 & Captain America 2: Winter Soldier & I liked this one the most! I'm glad this didn't get mothballed like Batgirl.

From the IRL allegations, Ezra needs to clean up his personal life & has apparently been keeping it together for the last year. He knocked it out of the park in the movie; there's no way they could ever replace him.

Spoiler

Eric Stoltz lol

"Baby shower" rofl

Nick Cage A+++

 

[sportage]

Surprised to come across this. I never knew.
The Twilight Zone "It's Still A Good Life"

 

[mikeymikec]

I watch it every few years, one of my favorite campy movies! Burt kept the vision alive with multiple sequels lol

I wonder if the 'camp' element is lost on a foreigner, ie. what you perceive to be camp is what I might perceive to be a stereotypical American from down south somewhere.

I've never really thought about it, but I guess the sheriff from a few Roger Moore James Bond movies would count as camp?

 

[DigDog]

I've never really thought about it, but I guess the sheriff from a few Roger Moore James Bond movies would count as camp?

i wouldnt call that camp; he's exagerating an otherwise-normal feature. camp is outright ridiculous, from the spandex costumes of flash gordon, to .. uh, maybe, some Wes Anderson color schemes. Camp needs to be really intentional, on-the-nose. Like, The Running Man isnt camp enough to be camp.

 

[DigDog]

i tried to watch Blonde but by god, it's ghastly. From what i could tell it's 70% guilt trip and 65% Ana De Armas crying.

 

[Kaido]

i wouldnt call that camp; he's exagerating an otherwise-normal feature. camp is outright ridiculous, from the spandex costumes of flash gordon, to .. uh, maybe, some Wes Anderson color schemes. Camp needs to be really intentional, on-the-nose. Like, The Running Man isnt camp enough to be camp.

Yeah maybe "inflated stereotyping" is a better description for that James Bond scene.

 

[Kaido]

I wonder if the 'camp' element is lost on a foreigner, ie. what you perceive to be camp is what I might perceive to be a stereotypical American from down south somewhere.

I've never really thought about it, but I guess the sheriff from a few Roger Moore James Bond movies would count as camp?

What makes Tremors fun is that they hold the line between scary & funny without being too scary or too silly. The characters take their situation seriously, despite everything being borderline ridiculous. Watch the second one too, it's fun!

There's a key element missing other than being a foreigner tho, which is that you're not a kid anymore. When we're kids, things make a bigger impression on us, and we use our imagination to fill in the blanks more. As practical adults, it's really hard to see past a movie just being shot as a movie & to see the director's vision & plug into the story they're trying to tell for things like the Tremors series, Earnest movies, etc.

I remember when the Hobbit came out & they released it in 48 FPS high-framerate. The whole thing LOOKED and felt like a stage play! Someone explained it better here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/1lciu8

It really threw me out of the movie because I wasn't able to connect to the suspension of disbelief. And I think childhood imagination ties into that suspension. Really great movies do such a great job of immersing you that you get sucked in right away! Like for me, Back to the Future I is one of those movies where I always just get sucked into watching it. So I think by watching Tremors as an adult & a foreigner, you're watching a movie instead of an immersive story, and you're watching it as a niche subset of a foreign country's stereotyping of southern cowboy type of people.

 

[mikeymikec]

i wouldnt call that camp; he's exagerating an otherwise-normal feature. camp is outright ridiculous

Yeah maybe "inflated stereotyping" is a better description for that James Bond scene.

Huh. I would have called that character from JB as borderline outright ridiculous As I said, it's hard to tell, maybe because I'm not American. I'd be curious to know what other non-Americans think on this topic.

Back to Tremors, I didn't think anything about it was outright ridiculous (except for the creature, but not to the point that I'm unable to enjoy a nefarious critter movie).

 

[igor_kavinski]

Blackberry: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21867434/reference/

Tech-nerd movie alert!

Personally, it was a 10/10 for me. Really enjoyed it. The only question that I think was left open was, who came up with the name Blackberry?

If you liked Pirates of Silicon Valley, this movie should be an automatic 8/10 for you.

For others, it might be a 6/10 or even lower, depending on whether you understand or care about some of the techie concepts being discussed.