The "last movie I saw" thread

[Uncle Ted]

Star Wars. Possibly ruined my desire to see anymore of them. Really bad plus really long is a rough combo. Found myself longing for Jar Jar Binks.

Like in Rogue One...




You have to look hard to find the Jar Jar:




The movie sucked. Although I did enjoy...

Spoiler for Enjoyable Part:

Chewie cooking up those damn bird things:

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I thought it was good. But I guess once reality sets in, I'll figure out it was horrible.

It sucked, people initially tried to talk themselves into The Phantom Menace being ok.

[falafel]

It sucked, people initially tried to talk themselves into The Phantom Menace being ok.

Phantom Menace was horrible from the get go. I still haven't finished it. The Last Jedi is not in that same category.

[Green Monstah]

Saw it with my older kids tonight. There were 20 minutes in the middle where I slept, but I give it 5 out of 10. Maybe those 20 mins would improve my rating, but I’m skeptical.

Way too long.

[Flystripper]

Saw it tonight. Liked it for what it was.


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[Donuthole]

I saw The Shape of Water yesterday. I like it, but I'm not sure I love it. It's a period piece and an obvious homage to monster-horror films from generations ago. It's visually stunning, just as you would expect from Guillermo Del Toro, and the sets are fantastically detailed and colored. It's a fun story with likeable characters, but for me the story arc just fell a little flat. For one, it's a little too black and white about who is good and who is bad--perhaps that part of the homage to films of old. But more nuance with the characters, or perhaps some back story about why the foil was so unreasonable, might have made for a more interesting climax. The show was plenty long, but the relationship between the protagonist and her lover felt rushed and superficial. The antagonist, Michael Shannon, is great, but it feels like he plays the exact same character in everything; he essentially reprised his exact character from Boardwalk Empire for this role. Richard Jenkins is also great, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a best supporting actor nominee for him. In fact, this thing is going to get tons of Oscar buzz, and will likely be nominated in all of the major categories. It's definitely worth seeing, but I don't think it's nearly as profound as it wants to be.

[happyone]

Saw it tonight. Liked it for what it was.


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I saw it this morning and I agree with this

[Topper]

Saw Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri

An artistic "black comedy crime" movie focused upon the inability to solve a year old rape-murder of a local girl. The acting is superb, in that broken, poor white trash, are shown in their frailty but with some aspect of humanity still in tact. Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson show unvarnished characters as part of blue collar middle America. The lack of resolution is part of its painful appeal.

[hostile]

Darkest Hour. Really enjoyed it. Oldman was excellent as Churchill. Very interesting to see the turmoil/anxiety in parliament and in the war cabinet leading up to Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain.

[Topper]

Darkest Hour. Really enjoyed it. Oldman was excellent as Churchill. Very interesting to see the turmoil/anxiety in parliament and in the war cabinet leading up to Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain.

However, it is purported to be very inaccurate.

http://www.sandfordborins.com/2017/0...-a-true-story/

http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...urchill-memory

https://www.vox.com/2017/11/21/16680...ston-churchill

http://time.com/5031642/winston-churchill-darkest-hour/

It is routinely panned for historical inaccuracies.

[happyone]

My brothers, BIL also went and saw Darkest Hour

All of us are WWII buffs and it was an interesting discussion on the inaccuracies. That said we enjoyed it.

I agree with Hostile - Oldman is excellent. He really brings the man alive! I think he should get some nods during the awards season.

[old_gregg]

Darkest Hour. Really enjoyed it. Oldman was excellent as Churchill. Very interesting to see the turmoil/anxiety in parliament and in the war cabinet leading up to Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain.

my favorite movie in a long time

[Topper]

My brothers, BIL also went and saw Darkest Hour

All of us are WWII buffs and it was an interesting discussion on the inaccuracies. That said we enjoyed it.

I agree with Hostile - Oldman is excellent. He really brings the man alive! I think he should get some nods during the awards season.

The subway scene never happened. Lots of literary license according to historical reviewers.

National Review put it thus,

It is a cliché of the motion-picture industry that, in order to sufficiently excite audience interest, the climactic moments must incorporate a reversal of direction. Since we all know how this chapter of World War II ends — to give Wright and McCarten credit, it’s a stirring, magnificent scene in which Churchill rouses the nation with the 34-minute address one MP called “the speech of 1,000 years” — Darkest Hour simply imposes its dramatic needs upon the days preceding it. For the sake of a good yarn, it mistakes a lion for a jellyfish.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...urchill-memory

[Brian]

Saw "Darkest Hour" a few days ago, and really enjoyed it. It was only playing in the Indy theater, and the 4pm showing was full of gray-haired people.... I thought it was kind of funny that cell phones were ringing during the whole movie.

That subway scene was dumb, and seemed totally out of character for WC, and was a major veer of the road for the movie. Walking to the car, and before checking google, my daughter and I both doubted that really happened.

I loved the line at the end about Winston 'weaponizing the English language'
Great acting, good movie.

[Brian]

Saw Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri

An artistic "black comedy crime" movie focused upon the inability to solve a year old rape-murder of a local girl. The acting is superb, in that broken, poor white trash, are shown in their frailty but with some aspect of humanity still in tact. Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson show unvarnished characters as part of blue collar middle America. The lack of resolution is part of its painful appeal.

It looks really good.
I enjoy movies that don't resolve. Life rarely resolves.