Last Movie You Watched 2026

[Hobbit]

Think you've summed up pretty much what I thought there, PD. It looks great, I thought Scarlett Johansen was pretty good (and look how prominent she has become in the publicity!), but the script.... ugh. Add to that my favourite trope-to-hate, what we call "the kiddies in peril" in my house, and the result is a formulaic movie.... but better than the last couple of Chris Pratt ones.

It was very successful, so I suspect there will be more in the offing...

 

[Ropie]

I watched Audition after someone here recommended it. Very good, very gory (at the end) and, I think, very Japanese. I'm still not sure if the guy only got what he deserved after the way he and his friend treated the women but it was a well made film.

 

[Ropie]

Following on with more horror: Hereditary. The first half was quite promising, spooky and shocking. The second half took it too far, got more and more ludicrous, and contained so many consecutive slack-jawed-slow-realisation scenes from the remaining sane character in 15 minutes that it was actually quite funny. Midsommer (the director's second film, which I saw a couple of years ago) was much better.

 

[Hobbit]

Following on with more horror: Hereditary. The first half was quite promising, spooky and shocking. The second half took it too far, got more and more ludicrous, and contained so many consecutive slack-jawed-slow-realisation scenes from the remaining sane character in 15 minutes that it was actually quite funny. Midsommer (the director's second film, which I saw a couple of years ago) was much better.

Like The Babadook, I didn't get why there was all the positive praise for this movie myself. May have been for the reason you suggested.

But I did like the oddness of Midsommer.... very Wicker Man!

 

[Ropie]

Like The Babadook, I didn't get why there was all the positive praise for this movie myself. May have been for the reason you suggested.

But I did like the oddness of Midsommer.... very Wicker Man!

Yes, and Toni Collette is a great actor even in this silly setting, which I think added a bit more weight to the review average. I thought Babadook was just okay and contained about 3 good scenes (a bit like Hereditary). I saw another horror film called Hostel recently but it was just a silly shock-fest really.

Can anyone recommend any good recent horror films, or at least something you enjoyed?