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

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Gormur said:
Watching all three Purge films. I like these movies
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i like em to, i know some ppl be like " i wish the purge was real" but i think they missed the point of the films, its a way of keeping the poor down like less ppl on welfare wile the ritch hide away from it all
 
The series is even better at explaining the truth behind the Purge, in my opinion. Although I like the movies better. I guess I'm a movie person
 
Offret (1986)

I was disappointed to find that Mirror/Зеркало (1975) is the only Tarkovsky film aside from The Sacrifice (Offret) that includes subtitles on the DVD; the Blu-Ray versions do but I don't have a Blu-Ray player. I got into Tarkovsky's films in my early 20s and they're some of the only films I can watch over and over again
 
The Gentlemen - I totally missed it.

Nice to see mr Richie back in shape after his overproduced cumstain-flicks.
 
Gormur said:
Watching all three Purge films. I like these movies
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Gormur said:
The series is even better at explaining the truth behind the Purge, in my opinion. Although I like the movies better. I guess I'm a movie person
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Any recommendation on which to watch and in what order? I've always been intrigued by the concept but haven't watched any of them.
 
Monsters: Dark Continent (2014) <Netfilx>

Bills itself as 'soldiers vs alien monsters (in the desert)'. However, in the rollout we start with some friends in the Detroit hood who sign up and head to the Middle East together. Are we in for a 'band of brothers' character type film? No. We are assigned under a sergeant who's done many tours, has the experience to get these sheep up to speed. A third of the way in most of the platoon is torn apart. Are we in for a 'war is hell' type film? No. So...about these aliens, do we get some cool action combat? No. What we end up with is a long film in the Middle East mostly focusing on one central Detroit punk on his first trip out from the hood and a sergeant that must complete the mission (rescue some soldiers from some faraway village). The film never uses the aliens much for the story, though they are decent special effects. I suppose what we're supposed to take away from it is our misguided efforts to stop the inevitable and the collateral costs we incur for it which leave us questioning our own purpose - but it is a long 2h to get there and it isn't worth the journey. Nothing notable about this film at all. I can't recommend it for action, soldier bonding and self-doubt, nothing really. Skip it. 3.5/10
 
Gormur said:
Offret (1986)

I was disappointed to find that Mirror/Зеркало (1975) is the only Tarkovsky film aside from The Sacrifice (Offret) that includes subtitles on the DVD; the Blu-Ray versions do but I don't have a Blu-Ray player. I got into Tarkovsky's films in my early 20s and they're some of the only films I can watch over and over again
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I found the subtitled DVDs. It's confusing that there are two versions of each (except for Mirror), one version of the DVD with subtitles another without so beware of that if you're looking for these

@TheLoveBandit I never thought about it. I just watched them from first to last
 
Currently watching:



Really damn good so far, here’s the plot:

Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.

Think it’s on Google Play to buy/rent.
 
In the Shadow of the Moon (2019) <Netflix>

Trailer is about an obsessed cop chasing a killer who appears once every nine years. Boyd Holbrook plays our central character 'Lock', a Philly cop, and does a very good job throughout the film. You'll recognize his partner (Bokeem Woodbine) and his brother-in-law / boss (Michael C Hall, lead from Dexter). We start in 1988 with Lock heading out for his shift leaving his pregnant wife at home as he and his partner stumble into an odd killing that is replicated around town a few times = all same MO, all with some unknown injected substance, all seemingly random. They come across the perp and chase her to a subway station where Lock and her have a short dialogue and she shares things about him she shouldn't know. He accidently knocks her in front of a train, killing her; and is then made aware of his wife's delivery that night so he rushes to see his new baby...with the wife dying in the process. Skip ahead 9 years, and he and his partner get pulled in again as the same style killings start to occur. Another chase, brief encounter with the SAME killer, his partner is killed accidently, more shared dialogue she shouldn't know....then she disappears again. Skip ahead 9 years, Lock is now unemployed, obsessed, chasing down leads; nearly estranged from his daughter as she lives with his BIL who is concerned for Lock's mental health. A more in depth discussion with the killer whom he is convinced is time travelling, and if he can kill her he can stop the deaths that occurred in the past...but she escapes. Skip ahead 9 more years and we have a final confrontation that lays out all that is occurring = it explains the other connection he has to the killer beyond obsession, which we can feel is there but can't quite put a finger on during the lead up. Her reasoning for time travel and killing leaves us with an 'uh....ok' explanation that fits, and is likely all they could do at that point for the storyline, but isn't powerful from my takeaway. Bottom line, decent concept without too much science explanations, a bit of story telling that unwinds steadily, great acting by all 3-4 leads with good effects to show the passage of time. One huge knock is no acknowledgement of WTF does anyone do for the 9y in between??!?!?!!!! Still, worth the watch. Not awesome, not terrible, pretty ok. 6.5/10.
 
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The Editor

A man was once the greatest editor of all time but now is working on pulp and trash films after suffering and injury that caused him to loose most of his hand requiring a wooden prosthetic. A series of killings starts happening causing the editor to get caught up in a huge cluster fuck of a situation. I usually don't like it when they mix comedy and horror together but thought it was pulled off pretty good.
 
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Fudge nuggies, I watched lots of films this last week and can't recall all of them or how I felt -_-

Lets see...

The Last of the Mohicans (1992) - not a bad period piece, I really enjoyed this one and the soundtrack and cinematography were well done. I'd give it a 7/10 because the plot was rather predictable and there were some overused tropes of course. Overall decent film though.

Memories (1995) - This was an animated anthology film by the same director as Akira and reviews made it out to be good; well, the first story in the anthology was fantastic, very much what I was looking for. It was dreamy and spacey and spooky and hit all the right buttons. About 45 minutes in this story ends and two shorter stories follow, which to be quite frank, blew. The second one was 'too soon' and not funny even though it was trying to be facetious. The final story was an oddly animated short without much plot basically rejecting national socialism without employing any real commentary or purpose. If I was to judge the film solely on the first story, I'd give it a 7.5/10; with the other two tacked on, I felt my time had been wasted, bringing the overall film to a 5/10. Watch it if you're bored, or even better, just watch the first half and skip the last two stories!

Disco Godfather (1979) - The most classic of the terrible blaxploitation Rudy Ray Moore flicks, this one revolved around him trying to rid his hood of a scourge sweeping the streets and killing our kids... PCP!!! As you can imagine, some very strange hallucinatory scenes were included, which were entertaining if only for the technicolor imagery a few times. Mostly it was just weird and full of shitty editing though. Watched it out of complete boredom and got exactly what I put in back out... nothing lol. 3/10
 
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sewerslide.666mg said:
sweet!
i dont like spoilers 🤘im a film buff but i dont think ive seen any of lars von flix
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I love Lars, Nymphomaniac is one of my favorite films. If you like and can follow Lars you will like yorgos lanthimos. Check out The Lobster. Deliciously accurate of today's views, truths, and judgement of others and hoethey see themselve/others on their relationships.
 
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