Last Movie You Watched (2017)

[T.K.]

I recently rewatched Blade Runner and I was absolutely shocked at how shallow the movie was. A very poor adaptation ( the hollywood romance with Rachel and Deckard made my stomach churn ) even though it wasn't PKD's best novel or anything, it had interesting ideas that all worked together pretty well. So I don't get why they threw all of them away. Special shoutout to Rutger Hauer's goofy performance. I suppose he was supposed to be menacing. And I know he can be since The Hitcher was basically him giving actors a full length video guide on how to be terrifying.

I can't deny though that it's an absolutely gorgeous looking movie. I would argue probably the best looking movie of all time. A rad soundtrack too. I suppose it's aesthetic contribution and influence ultimately justified its existence despite the movies beauty only being skin deep.

 

[JunkMonkey]

Shiri an over-long, pointlessly violent Korean thriller that signalled every 'twist' so far ahead that you didn't notice them when they arrived.
9 1/2 Ninjas - one of the unfunniest 'comedies' I think I have ever seen.

 

[Av Demeisen]

I just fast forwarded through Life. I think I'm just getting too old for Hollywood movies. What a piece of crap!

Earlier I watched episodes 8 (rewatch) and 9 of the new Twin Peaks season 3. Episode 8 was the most mind-blowing thing I have seen this century (both cinema and television). Still 9 hours of new Lynch directed goodness to go!

 

[Spinner]

The last movie I watched at the theater was Wonder Woman. I highly recommend it if you like superhero movies.

The last movie I watched at home was The Void. Overly drawn out and predictable, so avoid The Void.

Now it's back to iZombie on Netflix.

 

[Expendable]

Dr. Strange followed by Captain America: Civil War - on Netflix, I don't get out much here. Marvel is busy re-inventing their heroes, nice if you're into action/adventure.

Just finished up Jack Taylor on Acorn, an Irish private detective series about a former Guard (police) who, while drunk, stopped an MP and punched him. Now working various cases. Can be a bit nasty.

 

[JunkMonkey]

My family is away and I have the house to myself. No one can stop me watching crap like:

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Desert Warrior (1988) - another Post-Apocalyptical Mad Maxican riot in which Lou 'The Hulk' Ferrigno struts his stuff. Mad Max trope points are clocked up with incredible rapidity: desert environment, vehicles with too many roll bars and/or spikes, people standing in said vehicles as they move, character in eyepatch, fingerless gloves, and a fight to the death in an arena all hit the screen in the first few minutes. After that it was watching people in helmets - lots and lots of face obscuring, reuse the same extras in a different costume, helmets in this film - walking up and down corridors or across vast tracts of desert. Lots of walking in this film. Lots and lots of 'getting from here to there as slowly as you can to pad out the running time', walking. My heart would fall every time we cut to a wide shot of desert with a figure on the extreme edge of the frame because you knew what you would be looking at for the next couple of hours... (I exaggerate for comic effect. But not much.) Interspersed with all this walking were scenes liberally sprinkled with TERRIBLE acting. Real junior school, end of term show level, "Yes!... I will Now. Say my. Line!" acting - from grown ups! I don't think it was supposed to be funny. (But then the 'laser guns' in this film actually do go, 'pew! pew!', so maybe it was.) I do know the first time director has never helmed anything else for which, I guess, we must be thankful.

 

[ArtNJ]

New Spider Man is very good and solidly enjoyable, although unlikely to crack your top 5 all time superhero movies due to emphasizing fun/humor. It doesn't go far enough in that direction to compete with Deadpool, and may not work quite as well as say Iron Man I, but does succeed at being breezy fun. Origin, Uncle Ben stuff and "it is too dangerous for me to have a girlfriend" is totally skipped and Peter being young, very dorky and wanting to prove himself worthy of the Avengers is part of the plot. So its a reimagining rather than just a remake. I've seen a few critics say its too fluffy, but a lot of the traditional stuff just makes the Spiderman movies a little ponderous and we have seen that stuff too many times too recently -- remake fitting Spidey into the existing Avengers universe is a good thing. Bottom line: refit of Spidey into the existing Marvel movie universe that is more fun and funny than epic, but mostly succeeds at what it is trying to be.

Random aside: Movie gets major points for integrating Captain America into pop culture in a funny and believable way.

 

[Ropie]

Earlier I watched episodes 8 (rewatch) and 9 of the new Twin Peaks season 3. Episode 8 was the most mind-blowing thing I have seen this century (both cinema and television).

Intriguing! Does it matter much if I haven't seen the first series of Twin Peaks if I want to watch the new one?

 

[JunkMonkey]

Intriguing! Does it matter much if I haven't seen the first series of Twin Peaks if I want to watch the new one?

Just watch them anyway! They are deliriously good stuff. My 15 year old daughter and I are working our way through them at the moment (my 3rd time, her first) and it is surprising how well they look all these years later. Not dated at all. (Well, not to a non-US resident who might miss the odd local nuance). Daughter Number One is hooked.

 

[Av Demeisen]

You would be lost if you hadn't seen the Twin Peaks pilot, season 1, season 2, and Fire Walk with Me or could not remember a thing about them. The 2017 version of Twin Peaks is completely directed by David Lynch, unlike much of season 1 & 2. This means it now also goes into Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire territory. It's not a pilot & season 1 nostalgia trip.

If you now plan on watching the Twin Peaks pilot, season 1, season 2, and Fire Walk With Me, be forewarned there is a progressive drop-off in quality in season 2 (after Lynch left to make Wild at Heart) which does not really let up until the Lynch directed finale which you have to see to make sense of season 3. You also can't ignore Fire Walk with Me.

Lynch himself said recently that he is extremely proud of the pilot, that there were some wonderful moments along the way and that season 2 'sucked'.

 

[Ropie]

Thanks. A friend of mine here said similar things to you. I have seen Fire Walk With Me - as well as most of his other films - but it was back when it came out. Need to find out where I can see the original series first then...

 

[Av Demeisen]

I think if you watch Twin Peaks season 2 in its entirety just for once, the worst soap opera plot lines introduced in the later episodes won't be nearly as bad as the worst of the Star Trek The Next Generation season 1 & 2 episodes you are currently binging on. Especially since you now won't be stuck with a maddening cliffhanger for 25 years and have reassurance regarding the continuation's quality. Lynch has only gotten better imo.

 

[JunkMonkey]

Ropie, I see you you live in the UK, DVD boxsets with both seasons sell for about 12 quid second hand. The last time I was in a CEX store there were several copies on the shelves.

 

[Av Demeisen]

It's also on streaming services in HD (and on blu-ray).

 

[theonefirestorm]

Spider Man Homecoming
9/10
The best Spider Man movie and a wonderful movie

This is on the mark for Spider Man.
This Spider-Man is mostly the same size as the 1 in his debut.
Peter can't have a normal life because vulture and his crew are creating problems.

Dejavu of Harry Potter or The Wonder Years because Peter, Liz, Ned, Flash, etc all are believable as teenagers and high school students including using a action without thinking of the consequences.


A show don't tell for why Adrian becomes the super villain the Vulture plus his crew become a Confederacy or Syndicate.

The Vulture is a understandable super villain but still is a unsympathetic super villain which is terrific because mcu movies plus Spider Man movies haven't had many unsympathetic super villains.
He's a classic Villain doing the wrong things for the right reasons so mostly reminds me of General Hummel of the wonderful movie The Rock.
A topnotch performance by Michael Keaton as a super villain convinced he's doing what is right.


Tony Stark underestimates him because he's a teenager with 0 experience fighting super villains which is why he tells him he should fight ordinary foes before working his up to the major league which is fighting super villains.
It's why he is a underdog.
A huge surprise for the father of Liz, and it goes from bad to worse fast.

A wonderful climax with Spider Man defeating a ruthless formidable foe that has the huge advantage with his technology costume that has detachable wings that can cut like claws and because Spider Man doesn't have his technology costume which mostly is a super swissarmy knife.
That's why the victory is remarkable, along with Spider Man having to lift debris on him from a building whichis a obvious homage from a mainstream Spider Man comic book which is phenomenal, and 1 of the hardest obstacles Spider Man had to overcome in a movie with what was shown.
Topnotch reveal the father of Liz a utter surprise which creates problems before and after the climax. As a result a person can't say Liz is contrived to be the Peter's crush and nothing more than that.
Ned is the comic relief, Peter's best friend and proves useful multiple times including when needed most which is great.


A priceless scene after credits, a typical interruption of credits scene with foreshadowing including Mac shown has a scorpion tattoo on his neck so obvious who he becomes in a sequel.
Highly possible the Vulture will be the creator of the Sinister 6.

 

[Eldarin]

The best Spider-Man movie? That's impressive, as Raimi's Spider-Man 2 was probably one of the best superhero movies in general. I haven't seen the latest one yet, but I'm a little doubtful about it...not sure about the high school setting. It does sound like they did a pretty good job though.

 

[Jennifer P]

If you don't like school settings it might not hit the mark for you - it's a very young adult movie with a lot of echoing of 80s high school comedies.

They nailed the background diversity - demographics were very appropriate. Good storyline, it wasn't the freaking origin again (we don't need to kill Uncle Ben every movie, people)...I liked it.

 

[Carl L. Sanders]

I bought a used 3D BluRay of Marvel's Avengers ('if we can't protect the world, we'll avenge it.')
A fairly entertaining film. The 3D works much better on TV than at the local theater. They need to work on the glasses; a broad visor would seem about right to me.

 

[theonefirestorm]

The best Spider-Man movie? That's impressive, as Raimi's Spider-Man 2 was probably one of the best superhero movies in general. I haven't seen the latest one yet, but I'm a little doubtful about it...not sure about the high school setting. It does sound like they did a pretty good job though.

I forgot that it has a topnotch cliffhanger ending.
Also I'm astiunded because the replacement for Shocker also played a bad guy in the unsuccessful remake Total Recall also a summer movie.

He's in a wonderful movie so he has something better on his actor resume plus possibly be in other good or terrific movies.

 

[Nymirah]

The last movie I watched (that I'm not otherwise too embarrassed to admit) would have to be Signs. I think it's one of M. Night. Shayamalan's best and even though I already know the twists, I still find myself "in the mood" to watch it every few years.

In fact, more and more lately after browsing new releases for rent I find myself instead falling back on older titles. Is it just me or are car chase scenes 550% longer than they used to be? The entire first 45 minutes of the newest Die Hard movie was one explosive, bloody, drawn out car chase scene... or at least that's how it felt to me.

Don't get me wrong. I love action, adventure, a well choreographed fight and "wizard ninja BOOM BOOM" as much as the next person... I just can't help but feel like movies these days have been specifically designed for the reduced attention spans of younger audiences. With all that added action there isn't much room left for character development or a very deep story.

Next on my list (if I can convince my husband to partake) is probably either The Green Mile or The Shawshank Redemption. As with Shayamalan, every now and again, I get in the mood for a little King.