Last movie you saw? v2.0

[Zantera]

Evil Dead Rise - and it was great!

[Podaar]

Evil Dead Rise - and it was great!

You should have seen the look on Mrs. P's face when I suggested we go see that. 

[King Postwhore]

Cocaine Bear is on the Peacock streaming channel. Might have to watch it tonight.

[hunnus2000]

Well file this under the "better late than never" but we watched the first John Wick last night. It was enjoyable if not predictable.

Question - we caught the movie 5 minutes in - did they show his wife get wacked within the first 5 minutes as a flashback or did they just allude to it throughout the dialogue?

[lordxizor]

Watch Space Jam for the first time with the kids last night. I was a little old to be interested in it when it came out. I was actually pretty disappointed.  I thought it was pretty bad. It always seems to be such a nostalgic thing for a lot of people.

[hefdaddy42]

Well file this under the "better late than never" but we watched the first John Wick last night. It was enjoyable if not predictable.

Question - we caught the movie 5 minutes in - did they show his wife get wacked within the first 5 minutes as a flashback or did they just allude to it throughout the dialogue?

She didn't "get wacked" - it was a disease (cancer, I think, but I don't remember for certain).  It was a flashback.

[MirrorMask]

The Menu.

The phuck was that.

I mean, I overall liked it, but again, the phuck was that 

[XJDenton]

Finally got around to watching Arrival last night. Damn good film.

[axeman90210]

Now that I finally have a license and a car, I'm taking advantage of it by signing up for the unlimited movies deal at my local theater. $22 a month and I get a 10% discount on concessions. Started it off with a couple of movies that I might not have ponied up for a full-price ticket.

The Pope's Exorcist was interesting if only for it's not the kind of movie that one might expect "Acadamy Award Winner" Russell Crowe to star in. He's clearly having a bit of fun, but the rest of the movie plays it a little bit too straight. Especially in a genre that nobody's been able to really advance since The Exorcist.

Renfield was a good bit of throwaway fun. Nicholas Cage is clearly having a blast as Dracula, and the rest of the cast leans in to it a bit as well. Some funny moments and a little perfectly cromulent action.

[El Barto]

Countdown to Looking Glass (1984)

Continuing the WWIII theme. This was the winner so far. It's essentially CVN's coverage of the beginning of WWIII. There's some behind the scenes stuff, but probably 2/3 of the movie is depicted as broadcasts, with plenty of interviews and whatnot. Kind of like a modern War of the Worlds. Adding to the authenticity is using some noteworthy people as reporters and guests, including [female broadcasting pioneer] Nancy Dickerson as the White House corespondent, Eric Sevareid, congressmen Robert Ellsworth, Eugene McCarthy and Newt Gingrich, and a few prominent political scientists, including Admiral LaRocque. What makes it actually work, though, is that the buildup is so incremental, going on over six or seven days, and each step is somewhat plausible. I wasn't buying it at first, but over time the story comes together and some of the details make it seem like it actually could have happened that way. Nowadays, not so much, but back in the early 80s certainly.

It's also kind of a refreshing look back at when broadcast journalism counted for something. Real shame seeing what it's become compared to what some of us remember.   

[hefdaddy42]

Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed (2023)

This is a really great HBO documentary about one of my favorite singer/songwriters.  It's extremely interesting from a variety of perspectives, including relationships, fame, success, music, the pandemic, etc.  I recommend it, even if you don't like/aren't familiar with his music.

[Chino]

I watched two classics last night that I have never seen before. 

1) Caddy Shack  - I was enjoying the movie at the beginning, but I eventually couldn't wait for it to be over. It had about 50 solid one-liners, but I found it to be a really boring watch overall. Rodney Dangerfield and his style wears thin on me after a joke or two.

2) Beetlejuice - Stellar. I loved everything about it. Talk about a stacked cast!

[Stadler]

I watched two classics last night that I have never seen before. 

1) Caddy Shack  - I was enjoying the movie at the beginning, but I eventually couldn't wait for it to be over. I had about 50 solid one-liners, but I found it to be a really boring watch overall. Rodney Dangerfield and his style wears thin on me after a joke or two.

I know people that can literally recite that movie from top to bottom.  I don't get it.  I'm sort of with you; it wears thin quick (and I think the Bill Murray parts are just not funny at all).

2) Beetlejuice - Stellar. I loved everything about it. Talk about a stacked cast!

I'm the ghost with the most, babe!   

[pg1067]

Caddyshack came out at a time when my ability to see a movie depended on what my best friend's brother wanted to see.  I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen it all the way through.  I find Rodney Dangerfield annoying.

When my now wife and I first got together, she couldn't stop talking about how great Beetlejuice was.  We rented it. and I almost broke up with her.  I found it annoying as fuck.  Other than the first Batman movie, I'm not sure I've ever seen a Tim Burton movie I really enjoyed.

[hefdaddy42]

Tim Burton is a weird motherfucker, and I also don't like most of his films.  Beetlejuice is probably the one I like the most, but I certainly have no burning desire to rewatch it, ever.

I love Caddyshack, though.  A perfect product of its time, so I totally get how younger people wouldn't like it, but I've loved it since I was old enough to watch it.

[Adami]

Caddyshack came out at a time when my ability to see a movie depended on what my best friend's brother wanted to see.  I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen it all the way through.  I find Rodney Dangerfield annoying.

When my now wife and I first got together, she couldn't stop talking about how great Beetlejuice was.  We rented it. and I almost broke up with her.  I found it annoying as fuck.  Other than the first Batman movie, I'm not sure I've ever seen a Tim Burton movie I really enjoyed.

Beetlejuice is great, but to each their own. I'm not a huge Burton fan, especially his basic shtick, but I love Ed Wood, Mars Attacks, and Big Fish. So give those a try, maybe one of them will be your thing.

[El Barto]

Hated Beetlejuice.

I find Caddyshack overrated, but it's still pretty good. Ted Knight is what makes the movie. It's an odd duck because the finished product is so different from what they set out to make, largely because they kept adding talent. It was supposed to be about the kids, and it wound up being about the adults as Chase, Dangerfield, Knight, and Murray kept stealing scenes.

Also, the making of video is a hoot. I'm in awe of the amount of partying that went on on that set.

[Stadler]

Caddyshack came out at a time when my ability to see a movie depended on what my best friend's brother wanted to see.  I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen it all the way through.  I find Rodney Dangerfield annoying.

When my now wife and I first got together, she couldn't stop talking about how great Beetlejuice was.  We rented it. and I almost broke up with her. I found it annoying as fuck.  Other than the first Batman movie, I'm not sure I've ever seen a Tim Burton movie I really enjoyed.

HAHA, I just saw that.  I mean, I'm not laughing that your relationship almost ended, but that certainly does indicate your feelings for that movie!! 

[Cool Chris]

I love Caddyshack, though.  A perfect product of its time, so I totally get how younger people wouldn't like it, but I've loved it since I was old enough to watch it.

This an Animal House are two of the biggest examples of movies I saw at the right time and place in my youth to hold an enormous amount of nostalgia for.

Regarding Caddyshack, I think it works for me largely because everyone's bit doesn't overstay its welcome. For me, anyway. It wouldn't work as a movie about the Judge, or Czervik, or Ty Webb, or Danny Noonan,or Carl. If anyone of those got too much screen time, it would have been a drag. It only works because of how each character pops in and out of the film at the right time and place.

Whoever said Batman 1989 is the only Tim Burton film they have ever liked, I feel the same.

[El Barto]

I love Caddyshack, though.  A perfect product of its time, so I totally get how younger people wouldn't like it, but I've loved it since I was old enough to watch it.

This an Animal House are two of the biggest examples of movies I saw at the right time and place in my youth to hold an enormous amount of nostalgia for.

I regard Animal House as an underrated masterpiece. Caddyshack is an overrated, but still pretty decent movie. But yeah, they really do go hand in hand. If you're not aware, the Stork was actually the principle writer for both, and I believe co-founder of National Lampoon.

Regarding Caddyshack, I think it works for me largely because everyone's bit doesn't overstay its welcome. For me, anyway. It wouldn't work as a movie about the Judge, or Czervik, or Ty Webb, or Danny Noonan,or Carl. If anyone of those got too much screen time, it would have been a drag. It only works because of how each character pops in and out of the film at the right time and place.

That's an excellent point. I know they left something like three and a half hours of footage of the kids on the cutting room floor. I'd be curious to see what their original idea was. But you're right about them treating it as a true ensemble piece, and it made all the difference.

[KevShmev]

I never noticed it until I read about a few years ago, but in the dinner scene when Ted Knight's character is talking, you can see Rodney's table in the background, and before the camera cuts, you can see the lady on the right at Rodney's table hunch over to do a legit snort of cocaine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPaClGpIfK4 (blonde lady wearing black - around the 20-21 second mark)

[Orbert]

Nice catch.  The camera cuts away quickly enough to make it slightly ambiguous, but the way she hunches over is pretty obvious to anyone familiar with "the hunch".

[hefdaddy42]

Regarding Caddyshack, I think it works for me largely because everyone's bit doesn't overstay its welcome. For me, anyway. It wouldn't work as a movie about the Judge, or Czervik, or Ty Webb, or Danny Noonan,or Carl. If anyone of those got too much screen time, it would have been a drag. It only works because of how each character pops in and out of the film at the right time and place.

That's a great point.

[Cool Chris]

I regard Animal House as an underrated masterpiece. Caddyshack is an overrated, but still pretty decent movie. But yeah, they really do go hand in hand. If you're not aware, the Stork was actually the principle writer for both, and I believe co-founder of National Lampoon.

If I had a choice of watching either of those right now, or any time in the past 10+ years, it is Animal House. That movie will still get some chuckles out of me, and feels more timeless, than Caddyshack, which would just elicit a bunch of "oh, yeah, I remember this scene" comments. Though that "You buy a hat like this you you probably get a free bowl of soup... oh, but it looks good on you though" will always kill me.

I do recall watching something about the actor playing Stork being a writer, and I just confirmed what I thought I remembered, that he died very young (33).

And holy crap that cocaine scene!

[KevShmev]

I regard Animal House as an underrated masterpiece. Caddyshack is an overrated, but still pretty decent movie. But yeah, they really do go hand in hand. If you're not aware, the Stork was actually the principle writer for both, and I believe co-founder of National Lampoon.

If I had a choice of watching either of those right now, or any time in the past 10+ years, it is Animal House. That movie will still get some chuckles out of me, and feels more timeless, than Caddyshack, which would just elicit a bunch of "oh, yeah, I remember this scene" comments. Though that "You buy a hat like this you you probably get a free bowl of soup... oh, but it looks good on you though" will always kill me.

I do recall watching something about the actor playing Stork being a writer, and I just confirmed what I thought I remembered, that he died very young (33).

And holy crap that cocaine scene!

The actor, Douglas Kenney, who played Stork was the guy who gave the lady the cocaine to snort in the Caddyshack scene I posted.  He is the guy at Rodney's table in the tux (he looks very different).

What's sad is that Kenney was one of the writers of Caddyshack and committed suicide because of how poorly the film was initially received. 

[El Barto]

I regard Animal House as an underrated masterpiece. Caddyshack is an overrated, but still pretty decent movie. But yeah, they really do go hand in hand. If you're not aware, the Stork was actually the principle writer for both, and I believe co-founder of National Lampoon.

If I had a choice of watching either of those right now, or any time in the past 10+ years, it is Animal House. That movie will still get some chuckles out of me, and feels more timeless, than Caddyshack, which would just elicit a bunch of "oh, yeah, I remember this scene" comments. Though that "You buy a hat like this you you probably get a free bowl of soup... oh, but it looks good on you though" will always kill me.

I do recall watching something about the actor playing Stork being a writer, and I just confirmed what I thought I remembered, that he died very young (33).

And holy crap that cocaine scene!

The actor, Douglas Kenney, who played Stork was the guy who gave the lady the cocaine to snort in the Caddyshack scene I posted.  He is the guy at Rodney's table in the tux (he looks very different).

What's sad is that Kenney was one of the writers of Caddyshack and committed suicide because of how poorly the film was initially received.

I watched that scene five or six times trying to see if it was Stork, and decided it wasn't (though I trust you on that). It looked like him at the table, but when they walked away I thought it didn't.

Also, the girl was the only one that wasn't eating. Attention to detail.

And given the success of Animal House it was all but certain that Caddyshack would be huge. I think that's what set him off.

[KevShmev]

The funny thing about Stork is he barely says anything in Animal House, yet has a great line that everyone remember ("What the hell are we supposed to do, ya moron?!") and a great moment (shoving the parade guy out of the way, catching whatever that was he threw up in there, and then doing that over the top motion with it ).

Funny as well to think that it was the first film with Kevin Bacon, who also doesn't say much, but has probably two of the top five most iconic lines from the film - "Thank you, sir, may I have another?" and "Remain calm, all is well!"

[Samsara]

Saw Super Mario Bros. in the theater on Sunday. Wow. It was so well done. So many clever nods to the game franchise history, fun story, humor galore by Jack Black, it very much reminded me about how well done the Batman Lego Movie was. A very similar take. Absolutely an A+

[El Barto]

The China Syndrome (1979)

Continuing the nuclear theme I wanted to watch something a little more lighthearted after all of the apocalyptic misery. Jack Lemon, Mike Douglas, and Jane Fonda FTW. Excellent movie, though perhaps a little bit of a reach to believe that a power company has a crack hit squad on hot standby, just in case. Two things really make it work: One is that it's as much behind the scenes of a newsroom as it is a nuclear thriller. Hanoi Jane really is a fantastic actress, and her plight being stuck doing human interest stories vs hard news plays great, seeing as the movie's a product of the 70s and set in a male-dominated field. "Cue the redhead." The other thing is that there are actually two aspects to the nuclear "disaster," which the media people totally fail to grasp. The initial accident was proof that the safeguards and procedures are highly effective. There was a mechanical fault and they prevented a catastrophe. The actual problem wasn't nuclear but bureaucratic. The movie was more a tirade against big business rather than nuclear power, a point that some might have missed.

And talk about timing. Uncanny that the movie hit theaters less than 2 weeks before Three Mile Island.

[El Barto]

El Mariachi (1992)
Desperado (1995)

First two parts of the trilogy. Don't know as I'll bother with the third, as these are the two people actually talk about. I thought Mariachi was excellent. The mistaken identity thing worked great, you cared about the characters, and nothing was sugar-coated. Amazing what a talented guy can do with $7500. The cheapness of it really added to the grittiness (in this case literally, as well as figuratively). Desperado didn't really work for me beyond the first 20 minutes or so. The two scenes in the bar with Buscemi and Tarantino were great, but it kind of fell apart after that. Banderas played the whole thing a little too tongue in cheek, I thought. The tone was just kind of weird. Rodriguez certainly has a style, and often times it works great. From Dusk Til Dawn is some kind of masterpiece. I just didn't think it worked here. Brutal violence and comedy can work well together (48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop), but this just seemed kind of cheesy. The two saving graces were gratuitous Salma Hayack and a kick ass soundtrack. 

[hefdaddy42]

I haven't seen The China Syndrome in 40 years.  I need to remedy that.

I share your opinion on El Mariachi and Desperado.

[Orbert]

The China Syndrome (1979)

...

And talk about timing. Uncanny that the movie hit theaters less than 2 weeks before Three Mile Island.

I remember.  My senior year in high school, and nuclear power was either going to be the next big thing, or the thing that finally destroys our planet.  There was a lot of talk, then the movie got more people talking.  A lot of misinformation and paranoia, then Three Mile Island happened and everyone was all "Well, we're all fucked now."

[Harmony]

The China Syndrome (1979)

Continuing the nuclear theme I wanted to watch something a little more lighthearted after all of the apocalyptic misery. Jack Lemon, Mike Douglas, and Jane Fonda FTW. Excellent movie, though perhaps a little bit of a reach to believe that a power company has a crack hit squad on hot standby, just in case. Two things really make it work: One is that it's as much behind the scenes of a newsroom as it is a nuclear thriller. Hanoi Jane really is a fantastic actress, and her plight being stuck doing human interest stories vs hard news plays great, seeing as the movie's a product of the 70s and set in a male-dominated field. "Cue the redhead." The other thing is that there are actually two aspects to the nuclear "disaster," which the media people totally fail to grasp. The initial accident was proof that the safeguards and procedures are highly effective. There was a mechanical fault and they prevented a catastrophe. The actual problem wasn't nuclear but bureaucratic. The movie was more a tirade against big business rather than nuclear power, a point that some might have missed.

And talk about timing. Uncanny that the movie hit theaters less than 2 weeks before Three Mile Island.

Jack Lemon is one of my all time favorite actors.  This is such a great movie.  And yeah, I bet the producers were ecstatic about Three Mile Island.  LoL.  I had forgotten about that impeccable timing.

[Dream Team]

A Man Called Otto - Tom Hanks, Netflix. Great movie.

[MirrorMask]

Mulan. The live action one. Very pretty!!!