The "last movie I saw" thread

[Pelado]

I wasn't planning on watching The Rescue, the movie about the Thai kids who were trapped deep in a cave, but an 8.4 IMDB rating and 96/96 Rotten Tomatoes scores impelled me to tune in (it's a National Geographic film available on Disney+). It was excellent. The resiliency of the kids, the massive effort that went into the rescue attempt, and the herculean efforts of the rescuers really got to me. Especially touching were the post-attempt comments from the key rescuers who had been social misfits, even losers, which is what drove them to the weird and rare sport of cave diving. Then suddenly they get called from halfway around the world to try to do what no one else can. Watch it.

We watched this last night and really enjoyed it. Our family listened to the podcast (Against The Odds Season 1) this summer while traveling, so the kids were all familiar with the story. It (the podcast) focuses a lot on the boys and their families and back stories, so it was really cool for my kids to actually see the video footage of the boys when they were first found.

My kids started watching it a while back when I was about to leave the house for something. I ended up sticking around and watching it for a while until I really had to go. Then I watched the rest of it on my own another day. For some reason, I didn't remember hearing about that whole thing when it happened. It was a pretty crazy rescue scheme.

[Green Monstah]

I watched Stillwater on a plane ride last week. I actually really liked it. And as someone who has lived in New England and the oil patch for significant amounts of time, I have to give Matt Damon props for nailing the South Boston trash kid in Good Will Hunting, and for somehow absolutely nailing an oil rig roughneck in this movie. I mean, the boots, the posture, the accent, the goatee, the mannerisms, etc. The film may just be okay to the seasoned critic (again, I though it was solid), but Damon did a great job channeling his inner Oklahoma redneck.

[Donuthole]

I wasn't planning on watching The Rescue, the movie about the Thai kids who were trapped deep in a cave, but an 8.4 IMDB rating and 96/96 Rotten Tomatoes scores impelled me to tune in (it's a National Geographic film available on Disney+). It was excellent. The resiliency of the kids, the massive effort that went into the rescue attempt, and the herculean efforts of the rescuers really got to me. Especially touching were the post-attempt comments from the key rescuers who had been social misfits, even losers, which is what drove them to the weird and rare sport of cave diving. Then suddenly they get called from halfway around the world to try to do what no one else can. Watch it.

We watched this last night and really enjoyed it. Our family listened to the podcast (Against The Odds Season 1) this summer while traveling, so the kids were all familiar with the story. It (the podcast) focuses a lot on the boys and their families and back stories, so it was really cool for my kids to actually see the video footage of the boys when they were first found.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I wasn't planning on watching The Rescue, the movie about the Thai kids who were trapped deep in a cave, but an 8.4 IMDB rating and 96/96 Rotten Tomatoes scores impelled me to tune in (it's a National Geographic film available on Disney+). It was excellent. The resiliency of the kids, the massive effort that went into the rescue attempt, and the herculean efforts of the rescuers really got to me. Especially touching were the post-attempt comments from the key rescuers who had been social misfits, even losers, which is what drove them to the weird and rare sport of cave diving. Then suddenly they get called from halfway around the world to try to do what no one else can. Watch it.

[Commando]

Over the years, I've figured out that my taste in films is unique. With that said, I saw Encanto. Loved it.

I've been wanting to see that. I see that Spiderman is also coming out. In the words of Michael McDonald, yah mo be there.