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

[ghostfreak]

Such a fucked up film. More art house horror than a straight up horror. Messes with your head a bit, good when stoned or benzo’d up. Mental health horror can be a sensitive topic to cover in a film but I think it handles it well.

3.5/5

 

[Cream Gravy?]

The Batman (2022)
Dude just didnt make the cut IMO being BM.
Too long for the little action.
BM (actor) is an emo from the past. No offence against any genre just NOT BATMAN! I get the similarities but BM is an action figure not a pouter.
Meh

^Ah bugger, was hoping it would be a decent one. Good to know, to hold out, until bored & flicking through channels, when it appears.

I hate superhero movies, I'm very apathetic about Batman even... and The Batman (2022) was THE best superhero movie I've ever seen. The pacing was fantastic, it didn't rely on being superhero-fanboy-nutz to follow, and while I think Michael Keaton was my favorite Batman, Pattinson is a close second. Bale was great too but the Nolan trilogy hasn't aged as well as I expected.

The Batman (2022) isn't the Batman that many wanted... but he's the one we NEED! Pattinson signed on to do a trilogy so I'm excited to see the next two.

I'm dead serious when I say it's the only superhero film I really will ever care about, at least until it can be topped. Tim Burton Batman with Keaton was good but... Tim Burton isn't my man.

BM (actor) is an emo from the past.

Also, I just really, really feel sorry for folks who see Pattinson and Kristen Stewart as just 'emo' teenage actors... I get it, Twilight was a bad fever dream, but shit man, they're both fantastic actors. Stewart shoulda got best actress for Spencer (2021) and Pattinson shoulda earned a best actor for The Lighthouse. But I'm a weirdo who spends a lot of time at the theaters and so I get to see actors outside their stereotypes.

All I'm trying to say is, if you think either are still the same kids from Twilight... then it's time to crawl out from the rock stuck in 2009 and get up to speed on the past 12 years of their careers.

 

[Cream Gravy?]

I apologize if that came off as rude or something akin to rudeness; all I mean is I really loved The Batman, enough to see it twice at theaters, and I hope more superhero movies can be even half as good as it was. The Batman was truly the first film ever for me that made me feel the superhero genre has any place as a form of art and entertainment vs simple cash grabs (looking at you Marvel/Disney).

 

[Burnt Offerings]

He is a pretty good actor. I liked "The Lighthouse" a lot too, it's kind of an artsy-fartsy slow burner but it's quite good IMO, I loved Willem Dafoe as the barnacly old lighthouse keeper, but Pattinson was excellent too. He also did well in "Good Time", another somewhat more recent Pattinson film I've seen. The movie overall wasn't that great, it was OK but nothing to get too excited about, but Pattinson's performance was above-average for sure

I don't really like Batman at all to be perfectly honest, the character (brooding rich guy with a bunch of high-tech gadgets etc) just doesn't do it for me and the tropes/characterizations/storylines are played out/hackneyed, as is the case with many superhero stories IMO. But I'd be willing to give the movie a fair hearing and watch it with an open mind I suppose, especially because, like I've mentioned, I have been impressed with Pattinson's past work, or at least the couple I've seen. I did surprisingly enjoy "Joker" a great deal actually, but that one is more of a character study that's only loosely connected to the overall Batman universe

 

[PtahTek]

different folk....

 

[Robi]

The Silence, it was good

 

[PtahTek]

The Batman (2022) was THE best superhero movie I've ever seen.

Somehow previous post was cut short.
Yeah this just goes to show how diverse we all are.
I am basically stuck with what bias I have left. May not be much but its mines gotdammit.
Dude aint the worse imo... just not my cup o' tea, if we can.
peace

 

[Cream Gravy?]

Somehow previous post was cut short.
Yeah this just goes to show how diverse we all are.
I am basically stuck with what bias I have left. May not be much but its mines gotdammit.
Dude aint the worse imo... just not my cup o' tea, if we can.
peace

I think we can all agree that either Clooney or Affleck was the worst hahah, though I have a special place in my heart for Uma Thurman as Ivy and Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

Such a fucked up film. More art house horror than a straight up horror. Messes with your head a bit, good when stoned or benzo’d up. Mental health horror can be a sensitive topic to cover in a film but I think it handles it well.

3.5/5

one of my favorite theaters has this right now. is on my list.

 

[Jabberwocky]

The Batman (2022) - 4/5

There are things I loved about it, there are also things I didn't like about it.

I loved the grittiness and realism of it. As if it wasn't an actual superhero movie, they were just realistically normal people doing things possible in real life. Pretty dark movie. As if this movie could have actually happened. Great.

However, I really didn't like Robert Pattinson in the role. He's a great actor, I respect him and he did a great job, but he just comes off a lot more as an emo teenager (who somehow is also a badass fighter). I don't know. He just came off more as a sullen emo kid than someone who moonlights as a badass crime fighter. Physically he just looks a little too slender both in the body and the face. Looks more like a vampire than batman.

Also Gordon, bit of an odd acting and role choice there, but it works.

And the line about "white privilege" from Cat Girl... combined with all the black actors... just felt... a bit forced, like a social acceptance grab. Realistically, it fits a modern city like New York (which this film obviously is mimicking). My only gripe here is it just feels forced, too politically correct... like a new Netflix movie.

still, great movie

 

[Cream Gravy?]

He also did well in "Good Time", another somewhat more recent Pattinson film I've seen. The movie overall wasn't that great, it was OK but nothing to get too excited about, but Pattinson's performance was above-average for sure

I agree with your thoughts here; Good Time was a decently done film with mad decent acting, but to connect that in:


Uncut Gems (2019)

Pretty bad film. Great soundtrack, same director as Good Time. I guess his movies always revolve around someone kinda scummy guy who's always trying to pull one over on everyone else. Always hustling and much to their own detriment. I'm not a big fan of films that revolve around bad people having bad lives, so much like Good Time, it wasn't my cup of tea.

People marveled at Sandler's serious acting... I mean, if you're a good comedian, you HAVE to be a good actor, as comedy is harder to act by and large IMO. Good examples are Robin Williams in any number of serious films, or Jim Carey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. So for me, it was no surprise to see Sandler perform amazingly. It still doesn't redeem his character in the film nor the cruddy plot for me.

5.5/10 - barely worth a watch

but he just comes off a lot more as an emo teenager (who somehow is also a badass fighter). I don't know. He just came off more as a sullen emo kid than someone who moonlights as a badass crime fighter.

I get why people are feeling this way. But if you read trivia, Matt Reeves (the director) wanted Pattinson for the role, because he wanted to cast Bruce Wayne as the opposite of the Playboy-Billionaire that Nolan did in his trilogy with Bale. I'm not much for the comics but supposedly he drew upon a period when Batman was reclusive and trying to fight an inner struggle about how to deal with the murder of his parents. Perhaps that insight might help others, it did for me.

So I guess if you go into The Batman expecting a superhero flick, you'll be bored to tears. As someone who hates superhero flicks, it struck me as phenomenal and leagues apart from the other Batman films.

Here's a good quote off imDb which sheds light on some of that:

Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne is partially inspired by Kurt Cobain. Writer/director Matt Reeves was listening to Nirvana when he wrote the first act with Pattinson in mind: "That's when it came to me that, rather than make Bruce Wayne the playboy version we've seen before, there's another version who had gone through a great tragedy and became a recluse. Kurt Cobain had a relationship with fame, where being famous was not his goal. He loved music, but the idea of being famous for music was a double edged sword for him. And that made me think of Rob Pattinson, actually. I felt that this rock-star vibe suited him well. After all, he became a pop-culture icon at a very young age and had to carry that burden too, and extricate himself from it to become the actor he is today."

 

[Jabberwocky]

I get why people are feeling this way. But if you read trivia, Matt Reeves (the director) wanted Pattinson for the role, because he wanted to cast Bruce Wayne as the opposite of the Playboy-Billionaire that Nolan did in his trilogy with Bale. I'm not much for the comics but supposedly he drew upon a period when Batman was reclusive and trying to fight an inner struggle about how to deal with the murder of his parents. Perhaps that insight might help others, it did for me.

makes sense, it does fit into the overall feel and differences from Nolan's films

I just never got the feeling like he was actually that dangerous or powerful in the movie, maybe that's the point/what they were going for?

So I guess if you go into The Batman expecting a superhero flick, you'll be bored to tears. As someone who hates superhero flicks, it struck me as phenomenal and leagues apart from the other Batman films.

Oh I loved it, was never bored.

While I do love Nolan's batman series, and the Unbreakable series/that whole story line, in general I hate superhero movies. I have never honestly watched a Marvel movie unless I was bored and there was nothing else to watch. I was never into comic books.

I love movies more grounded in reality. I hate watching movies which are basically "unbelievable". My brain can't help but point out every single thing in a movie that is unrealistic or impossible. I guess I'm not very imaginative?

 

[Cream Gravy?]

I just never got the feeling like he was actually that dangerous or powerful in the movie, maybe that's the point/what they were going for?

Fair enough, I see where you're coming from. His tech was kinda downgraded from The Nolan trilogy, The Batmobile was less of a tank and more of a monster, he had to work more within' the realms of possibility, and as such seemed far less like a badass.

One thing I really liked which lends to the 'emo' thing was how Bale, when he removed his mask, boom no eye shadow anymore. Puts on his mask and boom eye shadow. In this newest iteration it's the first one to show him applying makeup and then it still being there and sweating off him when his mask is removed. To me those extra bits of realism made this the most accessible Batman movie.

It was definitely lacking in action though. As I saw another reviewer say, "More like Detective Batman than, THE BATMAN!"


The only Marvel film I think I enjoyed was Logan. That one was rated R and pretty separated from the rest of the Marvel universe, and in doing so provided something fresh and surprising for me.

 

[izo]

My neighbor totoro:

My Neighbor Totoro - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Almost forgot how good some studio gibbli animes are compared to the ordinary samurai stories. Such a beautiful storyline.

 

[ghostfreak]

Watched this super weird film called 'We’re All Going to the World's Fair' - can't explain it in words but def check out the trailer but don't read up about it - just watch it.

Can't link the trailer as I'm in work and YT is blocked ugh.

 

[Jerry Atrick]

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) I've been watching a lot of '70's films this week, and THIS one is fucking brilliant. Seriously, Al Pacino is beyond amazing. I mean, the entire cast was great, the story is SO well-written...I just loved it. Most films these days SUCK ASS, but the vast majority of older films I've seen are seriously entertaining. Later on I'm going to see The Godfather (part 1 & 2) for the third time. With buttered popcorn. I LOVE buttered popcorn!

"Take the gun. Leave the cannoli."

If you like 70s films, I also recommend Taxi Driver (1976) with Robert DeNiro. I also liked Scarecrow (1973) with Al Pacino and Gene Hackman.

If you like the Godfathers, I once found The Godfather Saga, which is all the Godfathers but in chronological order of all the events. Since part 2 has a lot of stuff from old school Sicily, in Godfather Saga, that stuff is at the beginning. It's an interesting and refreshing take on the movies.

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli"

 

[Robi]

365 days THIS DAY, i liked it despite reviews is part 2 of 365 Days, saw on the news that it should be rated X, the ending of both pissed me off (in a good way) they arent deep films , they are beautiful in so many ways

 

[Jerry Atrick]

So I made a trip to Goodwill last week and found The Last Samurai (2003) on DVD for $3.99.... score. I've seen it before and TBH, it's the only Tom Cruise lead role I can stomach. Having grown up in the '80s and '90s, I've seen far too many of them. IMHO this was his first, last, and only great film.

For me it ranks up there with Dances With Wolves, but set in Japan. In fact, if Dances With Wolves had a sequel where Lt. John Dunbar was promoted to Captain and shipped to Japan, this could be it. But without all the sequel baggage. I feel it stands firm as a unique film in it's own right.

 

[Cream Gravy?]

So I made a trip to Goodwill last week and found The Last Samurai (2003) on DVD for $3.99.... score. I've seen it before and TBH, it's the only Tom Cruise lead role I can stomach. Having grown up in the '80s and '90s, I've seen far too many of them. IMHO this was his first, last, and only great film.

For me it ranks up there with Dances With Wolves, but set in Japan. In fact, if Dances With Wolves had a sequel where Lt. John Dunbar was promoted to Captain and shipped to Japan, this could be it. But without all the sequel baggage. I feel it stands firm as a unique film in it's own right.

I completely disagree, but I didn't really like Dances with Wolves nor The Last Samurai. I've watched both several times so I'm sure I won't change my mind.

I thought Cruise's best roles were in Eyes Wide Shut and Top Gun. But that's just my opinion man lol

 

[Cream Gravy?]

Oh yeah, I watched Bo Burnham: Inside (2020) earlier and I think it's probably one of the best films to come out of the 20s so far.

9/10