Last Movie You Watched (2017)

King Arthur. I wasn't expecting much, because I haven't seen a good King Arthur movie since Excalibur, and expected even less when I saw Guy Ritchie's name in the credits. But, seriously, WTF was this thing meant to be? Cockney gangster Lord Of The Rings?
 
Yogi Bear (2010)
My 1 complaint is no end credits it is 72 long.

It is a great straight forward movie with a simple Villain that wants power, and to make a high amount of money.
The romance plot with Rachel and Ranger Smith isn't contrived, Yogi, Ranger Smith, Rachel and others have to save Jellystone Park, and expose the dirt of Mayor Brown the main Villain that wants to become Governor so more power, also make money for other buisnesses also himself by shutting down Jellystone Park.
He does have a Loyal army which is shown.

The characters including Yogi Bear on the mark, funny parts including repeated backfires, and a decent entertaining funny movie with a exciting decent climax persons having to save Jellystone Park.
If Scooby Doo ever gets a feature non animated reboot the same writer should write the Reboot Scooby Doo movie because it was on the mark for Yogi Bear while the 2 Scooby Doo movies was unfunny garbage that became Ted, Family Guy, or South Park.

The Hitman's Bodyguard
10/10
A Great action comedy drama movie that has a perfect literal Title.
It's mostly the Bodyguard having to guard the Bodyguard having to get the Hitman to a Courthouse because he has tangible incriminating evidence about a Remorseless nefarious dictator.

The Nefarious Dictator the Big Bad has a army so it is a challenge for Darius the Hitman and Michael the bodyguard to get to the courthouse since he's sending his army to kill Michael and Darius.

It does remind me of 48 Hours but still unique, Great action, exciting great climax, decent dialogue and memorable terrific lines including from the charismatic Darius, formidable Villains, great drama, great soundtrack with recognizable songs, a great ending, and resolutions to subplots.

Unique believable likable characters including the main 2 Michael and Darius both have chemistry it's great, also sensible reasons why the violence happens no lameass lazy, great fast irony for 1 scene, also the beautiful busty Mexican babe Salma Hayek is Sonia a Babe that smashes and defeats predatory guys that were harassing and sexually assaulting her.

Excellent that she plays a Badass Babe that can kick ass and defeat foes which is not the dime a dozen for Salma Hayek it's babe characters.
This is the same kind of badass as Sarah From Terminator 2 Judgement Day.

This is how Darius met her and was turned on that he sees a beautiful woman kicking ass so the best combo of physical beauty and violence because she was working as a Cocktail waitress.
Darius didn't intervene because he saw her kicking ass, and at the bar decided to enjoy something exciting and entertaining.


It has surprises because unlike most other Hollywood action movies the writer decided real world physics and mortality including showing it's unsafe to break a window with a unprotected hand, jump from a high distance landing on hard ground will be painful, etc.
 
Logan (2017). A very grim film noir experience. I can't say I really enjoyed it, but I certainly couldn't stop watching either.
 
The Hitcher (1986)
6.5/10
Rutger Hauer is a hitchhiking serial killer who tries to frame a kid who picks him up. Rutger takes down a helicopter with his handgun with his other hand on the steering wheel of his pickup truck while driving off-road at considerable speed.
 
The Hitcher (1986)
6.5/10
Rutger Hauer is a hitchhiking serial killer who tries to frame a kid who picks him up. Rutger takes down a helicopter with his handgun with his other hand on the steering wheel of his pickup truck while driving off-road at considerable speed.

What? Who hasn't done this? Easy-peasy. ;)
 
Chuck Norris could do it shooting from the hip;)

The Hitcher (1986)
6.5/10
Rutger Hauer is a hitchhiking serial killer who tries to frame a kid who picks him up. Rutger takes down a helicopter with his handgun with his other hand on the steering wheel of his pickup truck while driving off-road at considerable speed.
 
We got Amazon Prime a few months back and I have watched a LOT of films over the summer. Not to go into too much detail but my favourites have been:

The Place Beyond the Pines (melancholy, discombobulating crime drama)
Hell House LLC (one of the best horrors I've ever seen)
Toni Erdmann (awkward German Comedy)
Fish Tank (Mike Leigh-esque drama)
Paterson (Jim Jarmusch quiet brilliance)
Manchester by the Sea (utterly brilliant Casey Affleck)
Edge of Tomorrow (really solid Tom Cruise time loop adventure)
Whale Music (sort of Canadian version of Demis Roussos)
Flower and Garnet (more Canadian indie perfection)
The Incident (ultra-weird South American SF/horror)
I, Daniel Blake (contemporary Ken Loach, still brilliant)
Sleep Tight (Spanish - I think - creep thriller)
The Overnight (unflinching sex comedy)
The Captive (strange yet gripping Atom Egoyan abduction tale)
and - maybe my favourite of the lot - Take This Waltz (cooky Canadian girl falls for neighbour comedy drama, better than it sounds!)

For what it's worth, I've sat through a few stinkers too: Shut In, Madre, Perks of Being a Wallflower, and (another SF) Triangle, which was utterly awful.
 
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Watched Atomic Blonde last night - very average; the fights scenes were well done but the story was contrived and just trying too hard.

Also recently watched American Made - Tom Cruise plays Barry Seal, the airline pilot who flew drugs for the Medellin cartel in the 80's. Quite watchable, and interesting the links to the Narcos TV series I've been watching, but there's no emotion or back-story to Cruise's character so there's no real investment in him or what happens to him.

Spider-Man Homecoming - now this was good. I'm not usually a big fan of superhero movies but this was fresh, fun and didn't take itself to seriously which made it very enjoyable.

Baby Driver - points for originality and one of the best opening scenes in a movie, but got a little bogged down towards the end. Still above average.
 
Watched Brawl in Cell Block 99 on Sunday night - a violent revenge story that sees Vince Vaughn in a role not usual for him, fighting his way in prison to save his wife. Very entertaining (the director's previous Bone Tomahawk was also very good, though both have some graphic violence which isn't for everybody).
 
Saw the new Blade Runner. Kind of liked it, despite the lack of action and fact that advancement of the plot depended on contrivance. Definitely can't understand why anyone would call it a favorite, but it did have atmosphere.
 
I watched several movies that turned out to be DNFs for me. The latest was War for the Planet of the Apes. It never drew me in.
 
But the special effects are amazing. You really believe apes could have meetings. ;)
 
Remember, about an Auschwitz survivor with dementia who sets out to kill the man who killed his family there. Pretty good movie, but the ending was somewhat predictable.

At least I think that was the title.
 

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