What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

Trollheart · 11-20-2021, 02:12 PM

Duck, You Sucker!/A Fistful of Dynamite: Meh. Sergio Leone western without Clint Eastwood. Thought it would be better. Found it a little hap-hazard. I am not a fan of Leone's directing - all these close ups of faces, and the bloody slow motion! No wonder his movies last so god-damn long! Like, we get it - now move on to the next scene, why don't you?

Not a waste of time, particularly, but not that glad I watched it.

Lisnaholic · 11-21-2021, 09:42 AM

I enjoyed the first Bourne movie I saw, as it slowly reveals the effects of JB's special training, not only to us, but to Bourne himself. Plus an innocent girl who gets unwittingly swept up in a world of violent subterfuge.

This 2016 movie is a real disappointment, though. I would recommend giving it a miss:

The absence of any surprise, a rudimentary plot, cardboard cut-out characters and a shortage of ideas means that you find yourself watching, in glazed disinterest, variations of the same situation over and over again:
Agents zeroing in as JB uses a crowd scene as cover to make some essential rendezvous. Athens, Berlin, L.A., but the action sequence is identical: JB rushing purposefully through a crowd, agents lose his trail, despite shooting anyone who stands in their way etc.
Not just nonsense, but boring nonsense.

Trollheart · 11-21-2021, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

I enjoyed the first Bourne movie I saw, as it slowly reveals the effects of JB's special training, not only to us, but to Bourne himself. Plus an innocent girl who gets unwittingly swept up in a world of violent subterfuge.

This 2016 movie is a real disappointment, though. I would recommend giving it a miss:

The absence of any surprise, a rudimentary plot, cardboard cut-out characters and a shortage of ideas means that you find yourself watching, in glazed disinterest, variations of the same situation over and over again:
Agents zeroing in as JWB uses a crowd scene as cover to make some essential rendezvous. Athens, Berlin, L.A., but the action sequence is identical: JWB rushing purposefully through a crowd, agents lose his trail, despite shooting anyone who stands in their way etc.
Not just nonsense, but boring nonsense.

Didn't realise we had a secret agent/trained killer at MB!

adidasss · 11-23-2021, 04:42 AM

Onwards

Best Pixar film I've seen in years. Fun, funny and emotional.

Trollheart · 11-26-2021, 09:33 PM

What is the deal with this Sicario? I thought it was supposed to be a great movie? I've watched an hour and a half of it and I am bored ****less. I also have very little idea what is going on. **** this.

**Frownland** · 12-13-2021, 03:27 PM

The Green Knight

Years from now, David Lowery will be known for releasing some powerful masterpieces. This won't be one of them.

Trollheart · 12-13-2021, 08:52 PM

Watched the three Millennium films by Stieg Larsson, the original Swedish ones, not the rebranded US ones - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Loved them to death, but I'm glad it was the originals I watched. I may go on a Scandi-movie binge.

Mucha na Dziko · 12-14-2021, 03:18 AM

McCartney 3,2,1

rostasi · 12-14-2021, 10:12 AM

Soylent Green took place in 2022.

**Exo** · 12-14-2021, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

The Green Knight

Years from now, David Lowery will be known for releasing some powerful masterpieces. This won't be one of them.

There were a lot of issues with this but I LOVED the camerawork and world building. Great production all around. The story was just silly.

11-20-2021, 02:12 PM	#23841 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Duck, You Sucker!/A Fistful of Dynamite: Meh. Sergio Leone western without Clint Eastwood. Thought it would be better. Found it a little hap-hazard. I am not a fan of Leone's directing - all these close ups of faces, and the bloody slow motion! No wonder his movies last so god-damn long! Like, we get it - now move on to the next scene, why don't you? Not a waste of time, particularly, but not that glad I watched it. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-21-2021, 09:42 AM	#23842 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	I enjoyed the first Bourne movie I saw, as it slowly reveals the effects of JB's special training, not only to us, but to Bourne himself. Plus an innocent girl who gets unwittingly swept up in a world of violent subterfuge. This 2016 movie is a real disappointment, though. I would recommend giving it a miss: The absence of any surprise, a rudimentary plot, cardboard cut-out characters and a shortage of ideas means that you find yourself watching, in glazed disinterest, variations of the same situation over and over again: Agents zeroing in as JB uses a crowd scene as cover to make some essential rendezvous. Athens, Berlin, L.A., but the action sequence is identical: JB rushing purposefully through a crowd, agents lose his trail, despite shooting anyone who stands in their way etc. Not just nonsense, but boring nonsense. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

11-23-2021, 04:42 AM	#23844 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Onwards Best Pixar film I've seen in years. Fun, funny and emotional. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

11-26-2021, 09:33 PM	#23845 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	What is the deal with this Sicario? I thought it was supposed to be a great movie? I've watched an hour and a half of it and I am bored **less. I also have very little idea what is going on. ** this. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-13-2021, 03:27 PM	#23846 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The Green Knight Years from now, David Lowery will be known for releasing some powerful masterpieces. This won't be one of them. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-13-2021, 08:52 PM	#23847 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Watched the three Millennium films by Stieg Larsson, the original Swedish ones, not the rebranded US ones - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Loved them to death, but I'm glad it was the originals I watched. I may go on a Scandi-movie binge. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-14-2021, 10:12 AM	#23849 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	Soylent Green took place in 2022.