Last Movie You watched - 2018

I actually liked Venom to the point where I think a lot of the people who didn't just didn't get it, ya know.
 
We saw Alpha at the local 2nd run theater last evening. Enjoyable, simple tale. Dunno why it's PG-13; a good kiddy film. My main complaint(and it's a very minor one) is that the Early Modern Human advance into having tailored clothing, doesn't really mean, 'looks like bought at a thrift store'.
The wolf-dog 'acting' is really well-done.
*** We're halfway through Lynch's Twin Peaks reboot. Some of the stuff is interesting. The thing is: each episode contains scenes that go on for too long. I mean, some of the actors(and not just the old ones) visibly age as they stare at each other without speaking. Eraserhead references notwithstanding, this seems as though Lynch is deliberately padding out the episodes to run 58 minutes. Much more effective to have no fixed length, as in Sopranos, Carnivale, etc. Then the 'false endings' really work.
Touching to wait for the credits to tell us who is now 'in memoriam.' R.I.P. Log Lady, Albert, Dr. Haywood...
 
I am in a state of somewhat shock in that I just watched a Star Trek movie that didn't suck! Star Trek: Into Darkness had me actually interested in what was going on for most of its run time and, as I had forgotten what I had read about it at the time of its release, I had utterly forgotten the true nature of our villain and was somewhat hooked to know what was going on. The plot was nicely convoluted and there was actual, believable moral ambiguity involved! Gosh! (The third act was a bit of a let down and by the numbers and started piling on the usual Star Trekky WTF?ery - e.g. Uhura beaming down to join in the fight between Kahn and Spock on top of the convenient flying... whatever it was they were fighting on thing. Why Uhuru beamed down and not some beefy security guy with specialist weapons training is a question for better brains than mine but, given the fact that any crisis onboard - or related to - the Enterprise is solved by the five central characters, one does wonder what all the other people in the crew actually DO all day before being sucked out into space in yet another "hull breach"?)
 
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Not a movie but a TV series (there should be a "TV series" thread) - The Bureau, or 'Le Bureau des Légendes' is a French spy thriller series - really liking it, started on the weekend and been watching an episode a night (and there are 4 seasons so plenty more to go).
 
We finished the Twin Peaks reboot: got quite good for the final 7 or so episodes. I had not heard of the passing of Harry Dean Stanton; rip.
Last night we re-watched Inherent Vice. I couldn't make it through the novel, but this adaptation is sensational. Hard to believe that the boring female protagonist of Alien Covenant (ultra-turkey, imo) is the same actress who steamed my specs up as Shasta Faye.
 
Dad's Army (2016). Didn't see this one when it was first released, but I still hoped it would have been good. No such luck.
 
On 5 Nov, we watched V for Vendetta.
Well enough done. That said, it embodies everything I detest about Propaganda. An apology for Terrorism in general and an attack, specifically and overtly, on the 'War on Terror' after 911. Simple minded, evil garbage.
 
Started a new job a couple of months ago as a courier, and since I spend as much as fourteen hours a day on the road, I've gotten into listening to podcasts. . . One in particular that has become my go-to, is a weekly bad movie review show called 'How Did This Get Made?' Hearing these comedians rip into some of these films has prompted me to check a few of them out, most recently a film from 1983 called A Night In Heaven; a movie so bad that it can only be found nowadays through piracy, presumably because no one involved with the film wants to acknowledge its existence. . .

This is a film that's so incomprehensible, you'd be hard-pressed to find even one scene that makes sense in its entire hour-and-twenty minute run time. I lost a full night's sleep just thinking about this movie; not since Inception has a film had me constantly thinking about it for the days that followed, although this one was for all the wrong reasons. Glad to have watched it, will never watch it again.
 
Last evening, as a prep for going out later this week to see The Nun, we watched The Conjuring 2.
Now we don't wanna see The Nun.
Exorcism flics are right down there with Musicals, 'Black-washing' movies and The Fast and the Furious spin-offs(and spin-outs) as genres which I severely under-appreciate.
I mean, the first time, it's an exorcism; thereafter, just an exercise.
 
Well they are tweet in chief's core support after all, only people dumber and as badly educated as the TOTUS can stand him and they love the .... oh what the hell just thinking about him will raise my BP till i get a nose bleed... 2 more years of avoiding the usa evening news...
 
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Well they are tweet in chief's core support after all only people dumber and as baddy educated as the TOTUS can stand him and they love the .... oh what the hell just thinking about him will raise my BP till i get a nose bleed... 2 more years of avoiding the usa evening news...
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I'm not 'baddy educated'. Dunno who's dumberer.:p
ot She talked me into seeing The Nun after all; not bad.
What a smart merchandizing move New Line is using in this(so-so) series of Flics. The references and teaser scenes of the 'Evil Objects' in the care of Ed and Lorraine are swell advance PR for the coming installments. Beats a bunch of sequels and prequels in creating a 'Conjuring Universe.'
As a bonus, Taissa Farmiga (Vera's younger sister) is as cute as Ms. Farmiga ever was.
 
The Meg (2018)

9/10

This has homages to other famous Killer Shark movies while still being it’s own Killer Shark creature feature movie.
A terrific entertaining creature feature Science Fiction Action movie from start to the end.
An impressive looking Megaladon shark, other great looking sharks, a charismatic likable main hero along with other likable good characters including a kid, drama, terrific exciting climax, great action, expected great 1 liners, and a terrific ending.



Alpha (2018)

9/10

A terrific Adventure Drama movie set in the Ice Age with a young man that bonds with a abandoned wolf, and both need to travel through the Wilderness to reach the Safe Haven before the Frigid Winter starts.

Impressive looking locations for a movie Set in the Ice Age, great looking animals including a Sabertooth Tiger, exciting drama, great action, 2 likable main characters, and a amazing ending.





AntiTrust (2001)
10/10

The Skulls Meets The Firm in this Terrific Thriller Drama movie that is Milo Hoffman the likable protagonist a Stanford Graduate gets a dream job at the Powerhouse Electronics Corporation NURV that has dirty secrets , a great Mastermind the charismatic Main Antagonist Gary Winston The NURV CEO along with other antagonists , terrific acting, great believable twists, terrific high stakes climax, exciting drama, believable characters,a entertaining terrific movie start to the end, and a wonderful ending.

Most likely set in the same year it was released because of seeing the recognizable early internet.





Love on Safari (2018)

9/10

The Song Africa by Toto would have been perfect for this movie set in the Africa Safari also South Africa filmed in that location, along with real African animals shown Elephants, Lions, etc.
If a sequel gets made that should be used. This is a Hallmark Movie except great quality so could have been released To Theaters.

Something outside the box for a Romance Drama movie because not likely this exact story has been used, set in Africa, also something different for Hallmark Star Lacey Chabert.

A great romance drama movie with a straight forward story Kira played Lacey Chabert is a Web Designer that lives in Chicago with Brad her boyfriend that does appear in the movie unexpected for her because she is told that she inherited a Wildlife Reserve in South Africa that is in financial jeopardy a main obstacle or antagonist , Tom the Head Ranger wants her to fall in love with animals, and land because the person that Kira can sell the Wildlife Reserve to doesn’t care about the animals.




A great unique entertaining romance drama movie start to the end , 3 dimensional likable main characters Kira Tom and his Sister along with supporting characters, drama, romance, believable unlikable main characters, beautiful real locations used South Africa and a Africa Safari with real Africa wild animals, believable changes, and a realistic wonderful ending.

Tom does find out that Kira has a boyfriend, and shows he’s not a jerk because he doesn’t pursue Kira, Brad undermines her since didn’t talk to her because he wanted a deal made so he and her could travel back to Chicago since he doesn’t want to remain in South Africa with valid reasons so he is a unlikable character along with being the buzzkill, the other unlikable character the Buyer that doesn’t care about the animals.and it’s believable that Tom and Kira are the new couple late in this movie

A viral video why the Reserve gets saved, Kira wants to make the right decision for the solution for the Wildlife Reserve which makes her likable and admirable, Tom and Kira are the new couple late in this movie which is believable.
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I picked up this DVD somewhere and finally got around to watching it. It was certainly not what I expected. After having watched part of it, I began thinking, “This seems more like Kubrick than Spielberg!” Afterwards, I learned that this was actually a Kubrick project that Spielberg finished. It is a powerful and deeply disturbing movie, that does have some flaws.

Some people have problems with the ending, they say it would have been better if it ended without the 2,000-year time gap. These people have a point, but it would have been a different move. There are some other places that things could have been done differently or better, but in spite of these issues, this is still a amazing film.

For those that are unfamiliar, the film deals with a new type of android that is designed to simulate a child. The prototype is called David (played by Haley Joe Osment), who is uniquely programmed with the ability to love.

David is discarded by the family that tested him when their own biological child is returned to them following an illness and cryogenic preservation. David then joins up with a runaway sexbot known as Giggolo Joe (Jude Law), who is fleeing a murder he did not commit but is being being blamed for. This journey gives them both a purpose, and for David results in his deepest desire being fulfilled, if only briefly.
 
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I can't argue with that, although Lost Highway was a better theatrical experience for me. There were about three people in this nice old fashioned cinema (big screen). Like a Club Silencio screening. ;)
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You like (near) empty cinemas? How curious. I am the exact opposite. For me the cinema experience is similar to that of the theatrical experience. Being part of a group watching something communally is different from watching it on your own. I have had my thoughts about films changed by watching them with a group of strangers as their reactions (consciously observed or subliminally absorbed) have changed the way I react to the drama.
 
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