What was the Last Movie you Saw?

[Janx_uwu]

The Wizard of Oz. Took me long enough! I love the idea of having some of the film without color as to highlight Dorothy's mundane but beloved home and family, the lion was hillarious (I was in stitches when he jumped out the window - I guess that's where Scott Pilgrim got it from), and it was really interesting watching it with my grandma who said she and my great uncle were super scared by the Wicked Witch and would run into the other room whenever she cackled. That's weird to think about! She's really not that scary, even by little kid standards, but then TV, and especially color TV, were pretty new things, so it must be a lot at once. Watching the snow scene is crazy knowing that it was pure asbestos, but then I guess it wasn't the worst thing that happened on set. But the movie itself is so joyful you would never believe any of the behind-the-scenes horror stories until you looked them up. The main four just seemed like such incredible friends in a way I haven't seen another movie replicate. IDK how to end this but yeah, good movie and I will be re-watching it before long.

 

[Champion of Hyrule]

I recently saw the Bob’s Burgers movie and as a fan of the show I enjoyed it. The story did not go where I thought it would at all and there are a lot of plot elements that weren’t what I expected at all (an example being when Louise fell in the sinkhole I definitely expected rescuing her to take up more of the plot.) but it flowed together pretty nice. It definitely does just feel like an extended episode though which isn’t bad by any means but does come with its own problems. Sometimes the stakes get raised to an almost absurd degree like when the family almost gets buried alive and that honestly did feel a bit strange when the rest of the movie or the show for that matter isn’t as dramatic so I suppose that could have been handled better. I guess it is fundamentally about a murder though. I also liked how the movie included plenty of characters from across the series in cameo roles but there aren’t too many and honestly some of them were surprisingly not as involved in the plot as I would have expected which is probably for the best. I like how Jimmy Pesto is conveniently not voiced and also the visual gag where he randomly sprays a guy with a hose had me cackling. Only other two big criticisms are the fact that the songs are pretty bad and sometimes the movie runs with jokes for way too long that weren’t funny in the first place (like basically any of gene’s bits) but that was kind of a problem with the show in the first place.

and it was really interesting watching it with my grandma who said she and my great uncle were super scared by the Wicked Witch and would run into the other room whenever she cackled. That's weird to think about! She's really not that scary, even by little kid standards, but then TV, and especially color TV, were pretty new things, so it must be a lot at once.

I remember hearing a story from the mom of a family friend about her having to walk back home for like half an hour in pure darkness after watching the wolf man in theatres and honestly that kinda gives me a lot more respect for older horror movies, it’s usually just not something people think about that often in the modern day. And her, it gave me more respect for her too.

 

[Deleted member]

In theaters? Wonka.

Not in theaters? Home Alone. (via Discord)

 

[dezeray112]

Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire - Although Zack Snyder's ambitious flick may have his usual visual flair trademarks from his previous works, however it does suffer a lot in terms of its storytelling and underwhelming characters.

Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - Although the film did exploit Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth's characters that showcased excellent performances as does Viola Davis, parts of the plot especially the third act that felt rather rushed.

 

[Deleted member]

I saw "Migration". Thought it was pretty cute.

 

[Qwerty UIOP]

I saw The Meg 2: The Trench on Netflix. I think it's decent.

 

[dezeray112]

Just finished watching Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom.

Overall despite its stunning visuals and some decent action sequences, the film's plot fell rather underwhelming.

 

[Qwerty UIOP]

Watched The School of Good and Evil on Netflix

It was a very solid movie

 

[osby]

Psycho Goreman.

I never felt so bad for laughing so much in a movie.

 

[DragonRobotKing26]

I watched Nimona, and the movie is very good.

I never was a fan of NB Stevenson's works,but Nimona is the only one that i liked,the animation looks likes that is a little unfinished but it's allright,the story is so good who talks about prejudice and Nimona and Ballister have a good arcs,it's sad that Nimona is the last Blue Sky Studios' movie,they made a good work

 

[dezeray112]

Mean Girls (2024): Whilst this version of Mean Girls was based upon the broadway musical show and the 2004 adaptation and even though there were some highlights mostly from the performances of Renee Rapp, Auli d'Carvalho and Angourie Rice, the 2024 film suffers from several pacing issues, a rather dull (and slightly predictable) story and characters that didn't have enough opportunity to shine (despite being a musical.)

Madame Web: Oooh boy where do I begin with this travesty made by Sony Entertainment Pictures whilst attempting to create their own Spider-Man centric universe? Despite starring the likes of Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney, almost every aspect of the film was dreadful. Whether this was based upon the bad writing and dialogue, a script that devoids anything interesting, an uninteresting villain, choppy editing, lack of action sequences or the underwhelming characters.

 

[Doolby]

Saw Poor Things and The Iron Claw for 9 euros at the movie theater. Both were decent, but I couldn't fully immerse myself in The Iron Claw since it ran quite late and I had like 7 minutes to run a kilometer to the last bus

 

[dezeray112]

• Lisa Frankenstein - Although Kathryn Newton and newcomer Liza Soberano did very well in their performances, the film does have pacing issues and sometimes the humour doesn't always land.
• Poor Things - Emma Stone's performance is something that deserved praise even though the film is weirdly crafted but utilised its dark humour theme. Emma and Mark Ruffalo's characters were also very well done and developed.
• Killers of the Flower Moon - I can see why Lily Gladstone's performance was praised. Even though the film's runtime does feel draggy and slow paced, it still made up for its strong performance and powerful story.
• Argylle - Left rather disappointed with Argylle which ended up being a rather convoluted to follow with its plot.
• Iron Claw - Very well performed by its cast and its very well written and strong story that unfolds a lot of tragedy.
• The Last Airbender - How exactly did this adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender even got greenlit with poor performances from its cast and a story that doesn't follow the source material?

 

[BritishGuy54]

The Incredibles has still held up as my personal favourite Pixar film.

Incredibles 2 is overhated, and it’s good. Just not as good as the first movie.

 

[dezeray112]

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Freedom - I was very lucky enough to watch a screening of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Freedom in my country (which was in cinemas for two days) and as someone who watched SEED and SEED Destiny a long time ago, I actually enjoyed it. Despite some pacing issues, the story was well crafted which was able to highlight the struggles amongst Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne. But one thing, that I will say is that although I wasn't over keen on Shinn Asuka in SEED Destiny, I actually feel like he was much better in SEED Freedom.
• Next Goal Wins: Based upon the true events of the American Samoa national football (or soccer) team, although Michael Fassbender did very well in his performance, I just wished the film made the characters more interesting.

 

[Lioncache]

crimes of the future

my man cronenberg has still got it

 

[TheLastMaverickHunter]

 

[osby]

Jurassic Park.

...yeah, I've just seen it. Pretty fun movie - impressive how well the special effects aged.

 

[dezeray112]

Spy X Family Code: White - A fun yet entertaining film which is well animated along with a comical story that once again continues onward with the Forger family and and yes there was also a poop god featured.

 

[Sucumbio]

Dune and Dune 2 back to back these are really good movies!

 

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Finished re-watching both Deadpool films and the original X-Men trilogy to prepare for this weekend. I'm not sure if I'll re-watch the prequel or Wolverine films.

Both Deadpool films are solid. I didn't care for the first film that much when I originally saw it in theaters, but enjoyed it much more on a re-watch. I think the jokes landed more for whatever reason and the love-interest story didn't bother me as much either (because different from the comics).

Deadpool 2 I loved on the first watch, but didn't care for it as much upon re-watch. I think a good chunk of the humor comes as shock value, such as what happens to the X-Force, so it shows more age. I'm not sure if I still like it more than the first or not.

I've never actually watched the first X-Men film before, so I was surprised at how well it aged. I can certainly see why it helped kick-start the superhero boom. That said, it's still somehow the least memorable of the trilogy. Nothing bad, but nothing amazing either. X2, naturally is the best of the trilogy from a writing and character standpoint.

X-Men TLS is definitely the worst of the films in terms of writing and changes from the source material, but also I find it to be the most memorable in terms of action and scale (is also certainly the most meme-able), so in a lot of ways it's kind of my favorite of the trilogy.

 

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Saw Deadpool and Wolverine last night. Solid overall, with just one major issue IMO holding it back that I can't really explain without spoilers.

That said, I can safely say that it is a Deadpool movie first, Fox X-Men tribute movie second, and MCU third. It's not going to be the movie that suddenly causes a rebound for the MCU against superhero fatigue, but it also doesn't try to be either. I guess though that might put both hot water and cold water on the film for some.

There is only one post-credit scene.

Spoiler: Light Non-Plot Point Spoilers

I feel the biggest issue of the film is the plot itself. The plot is pretty thin and is mostly just an excuse to bring Deadpool and Wolverine together alongside a list of pre-MCU (minus Sony) movie characters together. I was honestly lost on some key character motivations outside of Deadpool himself. It very much values fan service above all else.

MCU stans will also probably be disappointed in that it doesn't really advance the Multiverse Saga that much and that there are a lot of plotholes and contridictions. Kevin Feige said it would be an 8 in terms of impact whereas Infinity War/Endgame were 9/10s. This movie definitely isn't that.

Spoiler: Actual Spoilers

Given Deadpool and Wolverine both survive and stay in their universe, it's almost guaranteed that both will show up in Secret Wars (certainly Deadpool). The whole Thor holding Deadpool in his arms joke feels like something they are going for the long payoff on.

True to the point, the end-credits being a montage of blooper/behind the scenes reels of all of the Fox films was really heartwarming and I think underscores my feelings about this being a Deadpool/Fox tribute/farewell film over a MCU film.

 

[Sucumbio]

Good stuff!

 

[dezeray112]

• Borderlands: Lionsgate's take on the Borderlands video game failed to soar with a rather bland and messy adaptation,
• Despicable Me 4: Whilst the fourth film is a slight improvement from the third, I still would not put it past the first two films.
• Snow White & The Seven Samurai: A rather terribly adapted film which almost everything is such a disaster whether this is from the underwhelming plot, lack of character growth and development to poor performances from its cast.

 

[Sucumbio]

I never did watch this growing up but it's really good! I am looking forward to the sequel.

 

[dezeray112]

• Deadpool & Wolverine: Even though some of the jokes don't land at times, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman still provided the thrills and entertainment.
• Wicked Part 1: Based upon the musical, Jon M. Chu's Wicked shined on every aspect whether this is from the lively songs to the performances of its cast.
• Red One: Whilst Red One is not as bad as the critics state, it is not entirely perfect even though Chris Evans and Dwayne Johnson did as much as they could within their performances.

 

[MasterCheef]

Red One: entertaining family movie

 

[Diddy Kong]

I'm not a movies type of guy, but on my flight to Ethiopia I watched King Kong vs Godzilla and its sequel on the way back and I actually really liked both movies.

 

[osby]

The Science of Sleep.

The story wasn't super unique but I loved the blend of live-action and stop-motion animation. Great music, as well.

 

[Oddball]

I watched Nosferatu. It was dull, boring, hard to see what was going on, and had a vampire design that inferior to the one that was used in the 100 year old movie they remade.

 

[Megadoomer]

Godzilla: Final Wars

After watching Godzilla Minus One, I wanted to learn more about the Godzilla series, so I got a pack of seven of those movies that mainly covered the Millennium era. (It was the six Millennium era movies plus Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla 2)

I saved Final Wars for last out of that collection, and I'm glad I did. After Godzilla vs. Megaguirus and Godzilla Tokyo SOS fell kind of flat for me (Tokyo SOS was okay, but I preferred its prequel, Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla), Final Wars was downright insane at times. You could feel the mid-2000s energy emanating off of the screen - questionable CGI, Sum41 randomly being included in the soundtrack, incredibly unsubtle references to the Matrix, X-Men, Star Wars, and Dragon Ball Z...

I don't know if I'd consider Godzilla Final Wars to be a good movie or a bad movie, but at the very least, it was an entertaining movie. I find it hard to go wrong with a movie that has a flying drill submarine and a man who's willing to fight Godzilla despite being armed with only a sword.

EDIT (Jan. 19)

Conan the Destroyer

I hadn't heard much about this compared to the original, Conan the Barbarian, and the PG rating had me a bit concerned, though from the opening, I sincerely question how this got a PG, especially if this was by modern standards. (it seems like it would be a PG-13) The plot was fairly formulaic, but it felt like a Dungeons and Dragons quest with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the main hero, complete with party members that drop in and out as time goes on, and a final confrontation against some kind of eldritch entity that has to be beaten through cleverness rather than brute force. (complete with a justification for why it doesn't wipe out the party immediately)

I had a good time with watching it. It's a shame that we haven't gotten another Conan movie with Schwarzenegger (hopefully the Conan the King idea that's been tossed around actually happens), but it's gotten me wanting to look into the original books to see what they're like.

 

[dezeray112]

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Nick Park and Aardman Animation's dynamic duo of Wallace and Gromit makes a return with a film that is backed with a "vengeance most fowl." Other than that the story is pretty much what I expected from Wallace and Gromit ever since I watched the "Wrong Trousers" dating back from my childhood which is fun, witty and entertaining.

 

[waddledeeonredyoshi]

Recently saw Saltburn..

Yeah.. uh... I didn't like it very much. If you know you know.

 

[dezeray112]

Finished watching all of the Resident Evil live action films and it was just dreadful.

Sadly, Paul W.S. Anderson who helmed all of the RE films does not seem to know how to craft or even know how to connect each of the films' stories that made little to no sense (that only ended up creating plot holes.)

Like what I felt with Mortal Kombat's Cole Young, Alice just wasn't really a necessary character and does not add anything interesting to almost every one of the films.

 

[Deleted member]

I saw "Despicable Me 4" today at my theater as part of the winter family film series, which I bought a passport for (so technically I paid for 4 of the 8 movies featured, but I plan to see them all). It was alright (I'd already seen it last year) but my favorite part was

Spoiler

the ending with all the villains from the first three movies, plus both Minions movies, making cameos while Gru and Maximo sang "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", which thankfully confirmed that Vector SOMEHOW got back to Earth despite being stranded on the moon (and later Mars according to the short attached to "Migration")