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

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TheLoveBandit said:
Boogie Nights (1997)

Been on my list for awhile, finally gave it a spin. Plotline for those that don't remember is young Markie-Mark Wahlburg is a late 70's teen who enters the world of adult films owing to his huge member. Plenty of stars in the film and nearly all do very well with their roles, seems pretty close to how I'd imagine that era, that lifestyle. At 2.5h long, we get hardly any skin...because, according to the director it wasn't about porn but about people trying to find themselves, a family, etc...in the porn industry. It's also constructed around the life and times of The John Holmes. Side note, until I looked him up today, I'd always assumed he was black, and I had no clue to the Wonderland killings (also mirrored in Dirk Digglers world to a degree). It doesn't drag, but you feel he entire 2.5h as we watch Dirk and his friends rise to fame, and fall. Can't say I'd recommend it, but I can cross it off the list now. 5/10.
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I still haven't seen this one shame on me
 
The Invisible Man

Started off very slow and felt like turning it off in the first half, but by the second half it gets interesting. I am guessing the film is meant to be metaphor for abusive relationships in general. Was pretty interesting after the half way mark if you like psychological thriller type stuff.

Some of it seemed a bit stupid though, like for example the woman is terrified of her abusive ex at the beginning to the point where she is scared to go outside. But then like 10 minutes later she's gone shopping and is all happy and excited. Then she suddenly goes back to being scared again.

Before that I watched I, Robot again. Good fun film and I do like the use of Asimov's five laws, it's done in what is actually a pretty clever way. The content of the film is nothing to do with the Asimov novel the same name. But still it is a good light entertaining film.
 
I watched Dragged Across Concrete (2019) and I enjoyed it! It was a pretty good film and I went in with really low expectations. It's a movie about two cops, some gangsters and questions of morality and what sort of moral standards we place on people depending on their station in life. I had certain notions about where the story was going, but it managed to challenge those expectations. I thought the character development was really good and it was refreshing to see Vince Vaughn in a serious role and Michael Jai White not relying on his considerable martial arts prowess for his role in a film. The cop talk wasn't too cornball (while still playing into certain archetypes) and it has kind of a nice gritty feel to it that I can't quite place my finger on. It is gory at times, but I don't think it detracted from the film. Overall, worth a watch. 7/10

 
"The Prodigy"
I had scrolled past this movie in my guide many times, and had not intended to watch it. An old friend recommended to me after it creeped him the hell out. I found it lackluster in every way, like a 90's John Saul book put to film. Trite, cliched, and boring. I think it just freaked my friend out because his 8 year old son looks eerily like Miles (the possessed kid from the movie), just without dominant heterochromia. 1/5, don't waste 90 minutes of your life....
 
The Babadook (2014)

Aussie film, billed as Drama-Horror. Focus is on a mother raising her son turning 7. The father died in a car crash getting mom to hospital for delivery. Kid is always fighting imaginary monsters, and needs cuddling at night out of fear, he has a lot of social issues. The mom can't get him to be normal and is barely holding it together, when a book suddenly appears and they read it for night-time. The story alludes to "let me in and you'll wish you were dead" per the monster in the book, the Babadook. By the second page, kid is freaked, mom reads the rest to herself while telling him it's happily ever after. This occurs about 45-50min into the film, and to that point it is a very slow drag of their world falling apart. At that point, it becomes akin to the exorcist on meth. For the climax, she basically yells at the beast to leave her son alone or she'll kill it, and it runs out the front door. We close with a fairly unclear setttled state by which 'something' is living in the basement but they are at peace with things, including what's in the basement.

One can take this as a horror, and be mind numbed to the midpoint then enjoying the back half. Or, one can take it as a physical metaphor of their grief over losing the father figure. Or, one can walk away wondering what the hell did I just watch. Another one of those 'many hate it, a few love it'. I'll give it 5/10.
 
You were never really here (2017)

Heavy performance by Joaquin as a man hired to track down abducted girls, often using a lot of force. involves elite pedo conspiracies, incredible acting by joaquin as traumatized , sympathetic brute , very surreal and prescient film
 
Not the last film i watched but the best: First Reformed

Ethan hawke as priest who gradually becomes eco-radical. Made by a producer who was on taxi driver. Incredible, understated performance
 
debored13 said:
You were never really here (2017)

Heavy performance by Joaquin as a man hired to track down abducted girls, often using a lot of force. involves elite pedo conspiracies, incredible acting by joaquin as traumatized , sympathetic brute , very surreal and prescient film
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Kind of like Taken but presumably better because Joaquin Phoenix is starring?

I really should watch more of his films, he was fucking amazing in Joker. I also really need to watch Taxi Driver since it's the main influence for Joker and a classic. In fact I will this weekend. I have it on my media server just been meaning to get around to watching it.
 
TheLoveBandit said:
Boogie Nights (1997)

Been on my list for awhile, finally gave it a spin. Plotline for those that don't remember is young Markie-Mark Wahlburg is a late 70's teen who enters the world of adult films owing to his huge member. Plenty of stars in the film and nearly all do very well with their roles, seems pretty close to how I'd imagine that era, that lifestyle. At 2.5h long, we get hardly any skin...because, according to the director it wasn't about porn but about people trying to find themselves, a family, etc...in the porn industry. It's also constructed around the life and times of The John Holmes. Side note, until I looked him up today, I'd always assumed he was black, and I had no clue to the Wonderland killings (also mirrored in Dirk Digglers world to a degree). It doesn't drag, but you feel he entire 2.5h as we watch Dirk and his friends rise to fame, and fall. Can't say I'd recommend it, but I can cross it off the list now. 5/10.
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Wait, didn't you like Boogie Nights? Really? It's one of my favorite PT Anderson films. I would say second behind The Master.
 
"Extraction", for mindless action and some cool hand to had combat scenes it was pretty good. A little like an open planned version of "The Raid". Plot was a bit weak though.
 
Zoob1234 said:
"Extraction", for mindless action and some cool hand to had combat scenes it was pretty good. A little like an open planned version of "The Raid". Plot was a bit weak though.
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Same. I figured I'd watch something mindless while I was eating. It wasn't anything special. Plot was weak as stated. The action scenes where decent though. Overall it worked as something to watch while doing something else. :)
 
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