The "last movie I saw" thread

[Jeff Lebowski]

[Flystripper]

I am super confused

[creekster]

I am super confused

No less than I, it appears. I swear I didn’t post that.

[Uncle Ted]

I expect the Best Picture Oscar nominations to be announced Tuesday will be better, top to bottom, than those of last year. Within the past week I've seen two that should be on the list and I enjoyed them both very much.

The Post is very good, with strong performances from Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and a good supporting cast (although I like Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee in All The President's Men better). The 45-year-old story is very timely in view of current events and it was interesting for me to contrast my feelings back then (Daniel Ellsberg was a traitor!) with the sympathy I feel now for those willing to risk a career to help expose government wrongdoing (not that all of them are without fault...). I didn't care much for the misplaced conclusion (the totally unrelated Watergate break-in), but still, a strong movie.

I liked I, Tonya even more, perhaps much more. So many great performances, esp. Allison Janney as Tonya Harding's mother (truly awesome), and the guy playing Shawn Eckhardt was hilarious. Margot Robbie was very convincing, on and off the ice, and deserves a lot of credit for bringing the story to the screen. If you haven't thought much about Tonya in the aftermath of 1994, I promise you'll feel very differently about her when you see the movie. Tonya was a very flawed person, but it's easy to see why when you see what various sources confirm as being true about her upbringing. Lots of profanity, but it's essential to the story, and what an amazing story it is. There are loads of laughs, but also some very poignant and disturbing moments throughout the film which is based on interviews with all of the major characters. Because of the sometimes conflicting versions of what happened, the characters occasionally talk straight to the audience and you get lines like "This is bullshit! This never happened." And yet despite the conflicts, you come away with a very clear sense of who these people are, and a greater sympathy for the lousy hand life dealt to Tonya.

I agree with these two picks... they should be on the nomination lists.

The amazing thing about I, Tonya is that most of it is true. It is like watching a train wreck... you can't turn away.

[Commando]

No less than I, it appears. I swear I didn’t post that.

I just thought that might be your very meta review of Mother.

[Northwestcoug]

No less than I, it appears. I swear I didn’t post that.

The Russian bots have finally infiltrated CS.

[smokymountainrain]

No less than I, it appears. I swear I didn’t post that.

[Uncle Ted]

The Russian bots have finally infiltrated CS.

Yeah, you can blame the Russians but isn't Maryjane now legal in "The Creek"?

[Northwestcoug]

Yeah, you can blame the Russians but isn't Maryjane now legal in "The Creek"?

Hey you're right!

Maybe we'll start seeing a more light-hearted and less pedantic Creek from now on!

[falafel]

I saw The Post last week. I was a little underwhelmed. Such a big cast and big director, I guess I was expecting more. In fact, I was often bored (but never fell asleep!). Perhaps as someone who did not live through that time, the importance of the moment is a bit lost on me. It does not feel like an Oscar-caliber movie to me.

[Topper]

I saw The Post last week. I was a little underwhelmed. Such a big cast and big director, I guess I was expecting more. In fact, I was often bored (but never fell asleep!). Perhaps as someone who did not live through that time, the importance of the moment is a bit lost on me. It does not feel like an Oscar-caliber movie to me.

The preview looks underwhelming, coming from somebody who sort lived the through the period, to the extent a junior high schooler lives through any period.

[jay santos]

Phantom Thread! It’s amazing! Go see it!


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I wanted to love it but just didn't get it.

[falafel]

I wanted to love it but just didn't get it.

I haven't seen it, but this is what I would expect to feel after watching and re-watching the trailer.

[jay santos]

I haven't seen it, but this is what I would expect to feel after watching and re-watching the trailer.

I think I'm going to give up on PT Anderson. I used to be a total fanboy. Boogie Nights, Punch Drunk Love, There Will be Blood. These are among some of my all time favorites. Then Master, then Inherent Vice, then this. Maybe he's getting more and more esoteric. Or maybe I'm just not getting him. But I think maybe our love affair is over.

[UVACoug]

The "last movie I saw" thread

I wanted to love it but just didn't get it.

I’m sorry you didn’t get it. One of the best movie experiences I’ve had in years. I think the trick is to realize it is a comedy and that it’s OK to laugh throughout the whole thing. I’ve heard people say they loved it on a second viewing, but I imagine you may not want to invest the time if you didn’t like it the first time.

I love PTA. This is my favorite PTA film since Boogie Nights.