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Film What's the Last Film You Saw? v. Tell Us What You Thought!

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Based on a true story, a low level junky gets framed by corrupt police as a major heroin dealer.

What I loved most is how easy it was to relate to the main character.

Was really great watching Jim Gaffigan play a bad guy in a drama. I've never seen him do anything other than comedy. He does a good job.

Overall good watch. 7/10
 
TheLoveBandit said:
The Midnight Sky (2020 ) <Netflix>


Latest Clooney film, getting a lot of push on Netflix recently. I'll start by saying I was bought in a bit more because Clooney looks a LOT like my stepfather with the facial hair....but my stepfather is bald, and very annoying (not quiet at all). Ok, film opens with a Clooney in his 60's at an outpost in the Artic Circle that is being evacuated. Passing comments is that he has to do daily transfusions for some unknown ailment or he'll die in days. Flashback to his 20's when he met a woman, she got pregnant and didn't tell him, he proclaims there are livable planets and many exploration missions are launched. Back to reality, he's doddering around alone for days when he discovers a small child left behind who won't talk. He takes care of her, trying to contact any returning space missions, as the global catastrophe (undefined) is spreading an making the world uninhabitable. It reaches his post, he grabs the girl and heads for Lake Hazen, a weather station further north. Aether is the lone returning space ship, which runs into it's own issues along the way. He makes contact, explains the situation, half the crew jettison to earth to be with their family while half remain on the ship to slingshot to a different space station in hopes of ... we don't know, it isn't really explained.

I never saw Gravity (2013) with Bullock that so many people said dragged forever, so I can't compare. However, this one drags, a lot. There's a bit of drama as he races with the child to Lake Hazen, and a bit of excitement and drama as Aether deals with it's space issues. But overall, there's a slow pace and dreary soundtrack to just bring you down overall. There are a few wrinkles to what I've laid out, mostly you kinda feel them coming and they aren't that poignant but I'm sure they were expected to be THE point of the film since it left you with a bit of a lame and depressing ending. The only real positive I'll give it is some special effects with the space ship's issues, and an effectively depressing end of the world as we know it (not exactly what I was looking for, just bought into the hype of something more significant and was left wanting). 4/10.


EDIT: Directed by Clooney. I should have known.
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I watched this recently too, and I agree with most of what you said. I may even rate it lower than 4/10 tho

Clooney is one of those actors like Tom Cruise whose fame far outstrips their acting ability imo
 
SnafuInTheVoid said:


Based on a true story, a low level junky gets framed by corrupt police as a major heroin dealer.

What I loved most is how easy it was to relate to the main character.

Was really great watching Jim Gaffigan play a bad guy in a drama. I've never seen him do anything other than comedy. He does a good job.

Overall good watch. 7/10
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Check out the documentary WHITE BOY.
True story and similar
 
Anytime I can’t find anything to watch or need cheering up I put on Extract. Watched it again last night and love it every time.

 
I'm about ready for 'vacation/lockdown' to be over. I'm watching too many movies....



Redemption (2013) <Netflix>

Jason Statham opens the film living in a cardboard box on the streets of London as some local thugs are shaking down bums row for any money and drugs. He gets in a fight with the thugs, runs, falls into some empty luxury apartment while the girl he shares a box with gets taken by the thugs to go to 'work' (prostitution) for awhile. While there are a few Statham dustups with fast fists and bones crunching, they are few. We spend most of the film with him pulling himself together using this luxury apartment (the clothes, the bank card....the resident is in NYC until October as we learn from the answering machine). Statham cleaning up, trying to help out the nun who fed all the street bums....do they flirt, do they connect, can she make him a good man, can he make her taste real life...ehhhh. The action side of the film has him doing thug work for the Chinese while he searches for some rich guy that got rough and killed his box-mate. Sprinkle in some PTSD and flashbacks from his days with Elite Forces (of course) and we wonder if he is truly nuts or able to focus during this 'cleaned up' period. If you want typical Statham action, this isn't quite that. If you want him searching for the peace of a tormented and violent past, this plays at it but isn't quite that. If you want a sexy nun, this definitely isn't that. Bottom line, save your time and watch something else. 5/10.
 
Ghost Rider (2007) <Netflix>

Nick Cage again (groan), but with Eva Mendes as the love interest (yay!), and Wes Bentley as the evil son of Satan "Blackheart" (who?). Oh, and a small roll for Sam Elliot (as the previous generation Ghost Rider, the horse one) and Peter Fonda as Mephistopheles (The Devil Himself). Film opens with a young Johnny Blaze helping his stunt riding dad at the shows and Eva as 'Roxie' in the stands. Dad gets cancer, Devil shows up to make a deal with Johnny to clear the cancer in return for his soul. Johnny doesn't believe this old guy and signs anyway. Next morning, dad is 'strong as a horse' and feeling great....is it true? Then dad dies that afternoon of a crash, and the Devil laughs into the sunset saying he'll be back when he needs Johnny for something. Johnny ditches the girl and goes on to be his own stunt super rider. JB and the girl connect later, Blackheart escapes hell and rounds up some demons to help take over the earth, and Fonda....er, the Devil, shows up to call Johnny to work. Oh, what bad timing. It's not explained why the Devil can't reign in his son, Blackheart, or deal with the demons, but he sends JB to go collect them and return them to hell as the Ghost Rider. Fight, fight, fight, and a boss showdown with Roxie pitching in (she now accepts GR is part of who JB is) and Devil says 'JB you paid your debt, I'll take back the power and let you have your soul, your life back." JB says he's keeping the power of the GR and will use it to come back on the Devil anytime innocent blood is spilled. Cage does this in a longer dialogue but it still sucks. So, overall review. Marvel fandom scale is 1.5/10 considering decent special effects for the era. Sexy Eva is worth a point, even though we never really see anything. All the actors, the action, plotline and dialogue drag this back down. Overall 3.5/10 (and yes, I'm still bitter they cast Cage as GR....they even made a sequel).
 
Shot Caller (2017) <Netflix>

We open with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (only credit I can find of note is GoT, which I never saw so I dunno this guy at all), getting released from prison, with a van waiting courtesy of 'The Beast'. We follow him as he returns to open society and connects with the brothers he bonded with in jail, and we start mixing in flashbacks to tell you how we got to this point. Plotline is a rich executive gets a DUI, killing his partner in the accident, and goes to jail. He leaves outside his wife and young son. Upon entering for what should be 18-24mo, he is confronted with survival = be a warrior or be a victim. He gets in with the Aryan Brotherhood there and works his way up the power structure; and in doing so commits more vicious crimes and has time added, eventually moving to a bigger, more serious prison. Once out after serving about 10y (?) he comes across as someone higher up in the brotherhood, sent on a mission from 'The Beast' with a group of the brothers. The rest of the cast have a few recognizable faces, but nobody of note. The story is about 'Money' (the name he earned in prison), working with the brothers on a gun sale to the cartel, where we can't read some of his own team and their motives...but mostly we spend the film trying to understand Money and what his motives are. There are a few scenes touching base with the wife, and even the kid (before, during, and after prison), but they are only one facet of this guy and we can't tell where they fit into his big picture. Not to spoil the film, but it gives a good look at what the prison system can do to an honest man without making THAT the point of the film. The point is Money, why is he doing what he is doing? And he carries the film quite well for this purpose. Not a great film, but a good solid character film if that's what you're looking for. 7/10.
 
I found Ringu Spiral (1998 ) on cable. It's the film after Ringu (1998 ) and before Ringu 2 (1999). Ringu 0 (2000) comes after that but it's a prequel to the original film. After watching this, I'll have seen all Ringu and Ring films. Did anyone else notice how hard it is to find Ringu films? The later Ringu films have different titles without ringu in them
 
Gormur said:
I found Ringu Spiral (1998 ) on cable. It's the film after Ringu (1998 ) and before Ringu 2 (1999). Ringu 0 (2000) comes after that but it's a prequel to the original film. After watching this, I'll have seen all Ringu and Ring films. Did anyone else notice how hard it is to find Ringu films? The later Ringu films have different titles without ringu in them
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The Ring films are great I thought. The Ring Virus is meh so if you don’t watch it there’s nothing really lost there. Even enjoyed the most recent US entry (Rings) and also there’s Sadako 3D and it’s sequel if you haven’t seen it. Sadako vs Kayako (from The Grudge) and last year’s Sadako entry.

Big Ring fan haha.

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Didn’t expect it to be as good as it was, class popcorn flick to just turn your brain off and enjoy the action/suspense.
 
ghostfreak said:
The Ring films are great I thought. The Ring Virus is meh so if you don’t watch it there’s nothing really lost there. Even enjoyed the most recent US entry (Rings) and also there’s Sadako 3D and it’s sequel if you haven’t seen it. Sadako vs Kayako (from The Grudge) and last year’s Sadako entry.

Big Ring fan haha.

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Indeed. I have seen them all, hehe. The Korean film is all right. I think I like the original Ringu: Kanzenban (95') the best. After I watched it, the later films didn't make sense to me; not that I look for depth in horror but it's always nice when it's there. Here's the original film. Maybe you've seen it too --


I'm watching Severed Ways (2009). I've definitely seen it before and it's dubbed which I dislike. I can't find out what language it's supposedly dubbed into except people online say it's supposed to be Old Norse. I've been studying Icelandic and passive reconstructed Old West Norse but I don't recognize any of the words. Maybe it's a made-up language. All right, there's a woman and her dubbing is in Swedish because I understood everything. Quite odd. The film itself is pleasant I guess but like I said, I dislike dubbing or really anything that separates the characters from the audience. Anyway I'm going to finish this off. There's supposed to be a Native language on here so I'm waiting to hear that
 
Gormur said:
Indeed. I have seen them all, hehe. The Korean film is all right. I think I like the original Ringu: Kanzenban (95') the best. After I watched it, the later films didn't make sense to me; not that I look for depth in horror but it's always nice when it's there. Here's the original film. Maybe you've seen it too --


I'm watching Severed Ways (2009). I've definitely seen it before and it's dubbed which I dislike. I can't find out what language it's supposedly dubbed into except people online say it's supposed to be Old Norse. I've been studying Icelandic and passive reconstructed Old West Norse but I don't recognize any of the words. Maybe it's a made-up language. All right, there's a woman and her dubbing is in Swedish because I understood everything. Quite odd. The film itself is pleasant I guess but like I said, I dislike dubbing or really anything that separates the characters from the audience. Anyway I'm going to finish this off. There's supposed to be a Native language on here so I'm waiting to hear that
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I haven’t actually, been meaning to forever though. Thanks for the link! 😎😎😎
 
About to watch "bad times at El royale". Hoping for an "identity" level mystery thriller experience

Oh, and my top 2 movies of 2020 were
1. Mandy
2. Dragged across concrete

Everyone should watch DAC. Its Seriously an great movie of Epic proportions
 
Catch Me if You Can (2002)

Wife and I popped this one on last night after watch Jurassic Park III (bleh lol). I'd never seen it before but she said her dad used to watch it over and over when she was younger so we wanted to see why he liked it.

My father-in-law is a very libertarian type individual, and in being so, I see why he loved this film. Tom Hanks actually looks/sounds a lot like my father-in-law too in the film heheh. Anyhow, the film revolves around DiCaprio and Hanks, the former a fraudulent check casher, the latter an FBI agent chasing him down. It takes place in the 1960s so it's easier to buy the idea of someone cashing fake checks, not to mention this was based on a true story.

So anyways, the acting was superb in this film, the plot moved along well, and the true story element was intriguing. Apparently the man DiCaprio plays is behind much of the financial securities we have today regarding checks and cash; the best criminals make the best law men eh? Too true.

So yeah, good film, worth a watch. Netflix added it on January 1st and is removing it on January 31st so if you wana watch it there, get a move on lol

7.5/10
 
Soul (2020)

This was a really cute little animated feature. Plenty of adult wink wink nod nods and overall very sweet. It really speaks to finding your passion/place and there are some metaphysics and nice music and stuff thrown in. Sort of an ode to teachers too. 7/10
 
"Another round" by Thomas Vinterberg. Was intrigued by premise (a bunch of friends decide to drink alcohol everyday to fuel their creativity), but director trivilialized topic of alcohol or drugs in general and made movie of people struggling to find meaning in their life. Which is fine, but not what was promised. And director (Vinterberg) doesn't understand alcohol or drugs, I think.

But this is in-line for Vinterberg, he is not afraid to fail, which I congrutalate.
 
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