Movies you just saw

[Valpodoc85]

Saw 1917 tonight. Just a bit less than 3 out of 4 stars. The story is more Hollywood than reality. I wanted to like it but it tried to hard.

 

[ACamp1900]

Seeing 1917 on Monday, just to see how big of haters you all really are,...

 

[zelezo vlk]

Seeing 1917 on Monday, just to see how big on haters you all really are,...

Lots of good, but lacking in plot. Enjoyable but ultimately too flawed for the nominations it has.

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[BobbyMac]

Saw Ford vs Ferrari a couple nights ago.

Meh.

I'm a Shelby fanatic and know that story backwards and forwards. It could have been better written. Just didn't trip my trigger. Mama loved it and is down for me to build a GT40 MkII replica.

The GT40 they used in the film just sold at auction for $440k.

 

[Bishop2b5]

The Irishman was excellent. Holy hell.

Just finished it tonight. It really is outstanding.

 

[ACamp1900]

1917 was very good.

 

[zelezo vlk]

1917 was very good.

Yeah it was better the second time I saw it, but I still found the plot a bit lacking. And again the long shots were overall distracting. Outside of the trench and tunnel scenes, they could've done away with them.

 

[calvegas04]

1917 was great, wonderfully shot and the music was great. I did find myself looking for the breaks in the long shots only because how much ive heard about them. I think the next view will be a even better experience

 

[irishnd31]

Just finished it tonight. It really is outstanding.

Amazing performances by the leads. Really liked Pesci and De Niro. Pacino stole the show for me. Story flowed. One negative, Pacino eating ice cream. Was ready to chop my ears off listening to him smack his lips while enjoying his sundaes.

 

[ACamp1900]

I liked the Irishman for all the same reasons I like good Scorsese but I didn't think it was on par with his other mob movie films, the first act was largely a jumbled mess in comparison to his usual standards, and then the end just drug on a bit too long.

 

[GATTACA!]

I liked the Irishman for all the same reasons I like good Scorsese but I didn't think it was on par with his other mob movie films, the first act was largely a jumbled mess in comparison to his usual standards, and then the end just drug on a bit too long.

I don't think it really needed the plot device of them being on the road trip together. Just go through the plot chronologically and you don't really miss anything.

 

[Circa]

I don't think it really needed the plot device of them being on the road trip together. Just go through the plot chronologically and you don't really miss anything.

The whole story was built off of the road trip.
You might want to watch it more than once.
There are so many aspects to the narrative to take in. I watched it twice before I even understood the narrative of the car ride.
It might be that the story is based on the nonfiction.

 

[Circa]

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[Bishop2b5]

I watched Manchester By The Sea yesterday. Affleck won the best actor Oscar and certainly did a good job in the film. It's a great story, but I didn't always like the dialogue with characters constantly talking over each other. I did like the way it dealt with grief and made the point that not everyone resolves their grief and finds peace.

 

[ACamp1900]

Finally saw Dr Sleep... so, I don’t watch many movies anymore, and I’m a big Shinning fan... After the second act I thought, ‘this is one of the best films I’ve seen in YEARS!! how did this not win a ton of accolades!!??’ The third act was a ton of weak fan service really. It’s still a good film and a nice, unique follow up to one of the greatest films ever. Just wish the third act was a bit stronger.

 

[zelezo vlk]

The Gentlemen was another fun Guy Ritchie film.

 

[Bishop2b5]

Oscar Nominations are out; Parasite deserves Best Picture.

And won it. Well deserved.

 

[gkIrish]

And won it. Well deserved.

See I think this is a situation where if the exact same movie was made in the USA it would not have won so many awards. It actually benefited from being a Korean film. The plot had a lot of holes and the social commentary felt hollow considering there was no character development. It was clear one family was poor, and the other was rich, but how did they get there? The movie asks us to make a lot of assumptions, and perhaps someone with knowledge of Korean culture would "get" it more than I did.

At the end of the day I felt like it was a Korean Woody Allen film that deserved best International Film for sure, but I can't get there with Best Picture.

 

[zelezo vlk]

You think that Parasite was a Korean Woody Allen film? I think you and I watched different movies...

 

[gkIrish]

You think that Parasite was a Korean Woody Allen film? I think you and I watched different movies...

Should have been more specific. It felt to me like Match Point by Woody Allen. First half of the movie is kinda funny, with a lot of sneaking around. Second half of the movie becomes a thriller after someone randomly gets killed. Stylistically there were a lot of similarities.

Parasite is about a poor family that cons their way into working for a rich family before the former housekeeper's husband who was living in the cellar of the house for 4 years goes on a killing spree. Oh and the rich dad privately told his wife that his well-paid driver smelled bad which made the driver murder him?

I mean, what? It's hilarious because it's accurate. Again, the movie was really good, and I would see it again, but I am totally shocked it got enough support to win Best Picture.

 

[gkIrish]

I think my issue is that I kept reading "don't read anything about Parasite before seeing it" so I expected something totally unique and fresh. I guess maybe my expectations were way too high.

I remember seeing No Country for Old Men before I even knew it had Oscar hype. I remember walking out of that movie thinking...wow that should win Best Picture. Felt that way about the Departed, Gladiator, LOTR, and Slumdog Millionaire, too. Just didn't get that feeling from Parasite.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Should have been more specific. It felt to me like Match Point by Woody Allen. First half of the movie is kinda funny, with a lot of sneaking around. Second half of the movie becomes a thriller after someone randomly gets killed. Stylistically there were a lot of similarities.

Parasite is about a poor family that cons their way into working for a rich family before the former housekeeper's husband who was living in the cellar of the house for 4 years goes on a killing spree. Oh and the rich dad privately told his wife that his well-paid driver smelled bad which made the driver murder him?

I mean, what? It's hilarious because it's accurate. Again, the movie was really good, and I would see it again, but I am totally shocked it got enough support to win Best Picture.

Okay this actually makes way more sense. I actually thought the transition was pretty good, because everything seems off when the housekeeper comes to the house in the rain. Nothing about that felt right.

I'm with you though, I'm shocked that Parasite ended up with enough support to win BP. Perhaps in another year they wouldn't have, but I thought the nominees were overall weak (I loved Parasite though). Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse absolutely should have been nominated.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

The Gentlemen was another fun Guy Ritchie film.

Saw it last night, really enjoyed it. Great cast, very entertaining.

Being a big Sons of Anarchy fan, it was nice to see Charlie Hunnam come through with a nice performance on the big screen. He had struggled a bit. He was really good in this role.

Colin Farrell killed it too.

 

[gkIrish]

Okay this actually makes way more sense. I actually thought the transition was pretty good, because everything seems off when the housekeeper comes to the house in the rain. Nothing about that felt right.

I'm with you though, I'm shocked that Parasite ended up with enough support to win BP. Perhaps in another year they wouldn't have, but I thought the nominees were overall weak (I loved Parasite though). Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse absolutely should have been nominated.

Agree with this.

Seems like the nominees have been pretty weak for the last 5 years or so. The best movie I have seen in the last 5 years was La La Land and it didn't even win (well it did for a minute haha).

 

[zelezo vlk]

Manchester by the Sea and Parasite for me. Overall have been unimpressed for years. The year The Shape of Water won was very underwhelming

 

[greyhammer90]

I think my issue is that I kept reading "don't read anything about Parasite before seeing it" so I expected something totally unique and fresh. I guess maybe my expectations were way too high.

I remember seeing No Country for Old Men before I even knew it had Oscar hype. I remember walking out of that movie thinking...wow that should win Best Picture. Felt that way about the Departed, Gladiator, LOTR, and Slumdog Millionaire, too. Just didn't get that feeling from Parasite.

Whew, speaking of "not getting it," that's my No. 1. Watched it after it won and left thinking "that was terrible."

I think the Academy has been pretty solid at giving the big prize to a non-boring choice lately, with Green Book as the obvious exception.

Comparing No Country to just about anything is going to end in disappointment. It's one of the best movies ever made IMO.

 

[GATTACA!]

I think my issue is that I kept reading "don't read anything about Parasite before seeing it" so I expected something totally unique and fresh. I guess maybe my expectations were way too high.

I remember seeing No Country for Old Men before I even knew it had Oscar hype. I remember walking out of that movie thinking...wow that should win Best Picture. Felt that way about the Departed, Gladiator, LOTR, and Slumdog Millionaire, too. Just didn't get that feeling from Parasite.

I though Parasite was amazing and easily the best movie of the year. Just curious have you seen Snowpiercer? Maybe Bong Joon Ho movies just aren't your flavor.


I think this year was incredibly stacked. I think Uncut Gems deserved a nom for best picture. I would have put it in over FvF or Jojo, but both of those are great movies as well. Hard to be upset with any snubs this year considering how good the nominees were. The Lighthouse was good enough too, I loved it, but Eggars style is too strange for the Academy. I think if Once Upon a Time, 1917, The Irishman, or Parasite come out any other year they would all be fruntrunners for best picture. They all just happened to drop at the same time.

I agree with Greyhammer, I thought slumdog sucked.

 

[koonja]

Was "The Lighthouse" actually good? I want to watch it because it looks so off that it has to be good.

 

[ACamp1900]

My wife made us all watch Ace Ventura this weekend... I've never sat and watched the whole thing and fully understand why now. It's awful in every way a comedy can be. I didn't so much as smile at a single 'joke' in the entire movie. That has to be the lamest 'hit' movie ever... how did it make so much money??!! I was kind of pissed offf for like an hour or so afterwards like, "1, never make me watch something so stupid again babe, and 2. how dafaq is that dude considered some comic genius!?"

 

[koonja]

My wife made us all watch Ace Ventura this weekend... I've never sat and watched the whole thing and fully understand why now. It's awful in every way a comedy can be. I didn't so much as smile at a single 'joke' in the entire movie. That has to be the lamest 'hit' movie ever... how did it make so much money??!! I was kind of pissed offf for like an hour or so afterwards like, "1, never make me watch something so stupid again babe, and 2. how dafaq is that dude considered some comic genius!?"

Top 5 comedy of all time.