This thread is for discussing what you are watching/watched recently. Let us know what you've seen recently whether it's old or new, good or bad, or anything in between. Obviously, movies are preferred, but feel free to post whatever you've been watching. Expect spoilers.
It is 20 years from realese of The Return of the King.
What I will watch is not a question.
I just watched Spirited Away. I’ve seen it many times. My sister is a big anime fan so we always used to watch Studio Ghibli movies and they are my favorite anime movies.
Some Wes Anderson movies I haven’t seen, like The French Dispatch and The Royal Tenenbaums.
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Typist Artist Pirate King (2023) - biopic of Audrey Amiss with a very effective portrayal of her paranoid schizophrenia.
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The Creator (2023) - looked great but totally predictable and unoriginal.
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A Field in England (2013) - surreal, low-key folk horror with some memorable BW cinematography.
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Oppenheimer (2023) - powerful and great performances, but it could have been just as effective with 20 minutes cut IMHO.
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The Miracle Club (2023) - nothing outstanding here, but a solidly told tale of forgiveness.
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Lair of the White Worm (1988) - as messily uneven as ever. Amanda Donahue seemed to know what
LoachRussell was aiming for. Not sure about anyone else.
Sounds like I might skip The Creator.
A Field in England is great. I really enjoyed the cinematography too.
The Creator is visually spectacular - don’t underestimate that - but don’t expect anything interesting from the plot.
Good to know. Tthe trailer made it look pretty good but if the narrative is pedestrian then it might be a bit of an empty experience.
I fully agree. I put it off and finally watched it. It is beautiful and visually interesting. They really made the best of that budget.
The story is nothing new and the tone is inconsistent at times but certainly worth a watch.
Do you mean Russell? Not Loach. I found Altered States a bit uneven but the Devils was superb
Yes - I do!
Oh yes, The Devils was excellent, as was Tommy - so much anger captured in that one.
Will have to check Tommy, been on my watchlist for a while
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La Haine (1995), amazing movie. The lives of others (2006), very good too.
La Haine, loved it as a teenager.
I need to rewatch The Lives of Others. I have a feeling it really holds up.
Leo (2023) awesome feel good animated movie. Solid 7/10.
We watched the Murder on the Orient Express series, including the nee Haunting in Venice movie. I really liked them. They’re fun and keep me guessing until the end.
Just watched Renfield and liked it a lot.
The Killer was my other recent pick.
I’ve just watched Brazil, a dystopian scifi from the 80s. The visuals were great, and I love the genre, but I wasn’t really feeling it. I just couldn’t really care about the characters.
@Roggebrood hmm yeah good point. The only one we can really care about is the main character but he keeps disassociating.
So far I’ve watched Godzilla, Lean on Me, Election, and A Boy and a Heron.
Godzilla I watched with commentary from a guy who wrote a book about the cultural impact of Godzilla. It’s on Critereon streaming. I learned a ton. This week I’m showing Godzilla and Godzilla vs Destroyah to my movie night group.
Lean on Me was decent, Morgan Freeman is really good and it’s a whole cast of, oh shit, it’s that guy. The opening is amazing
Election was great, I had seen it before but all the performances are really good. Glad they changed the ending.
A Boy and a Heron was a beautiful weird dream. I kept thinking the whole time about the kids from Grave of the Fireflies are in a cave starving down the street.
Finally watched “The Menu”. Great premise, great acting, and delicious tension but the ending ended up being a little bit of a letdown for me.
I went on a run of watching the DC movies in chronological order. Mainly because I have seen the Marvel ones so many times now.
Now I’m doing same with the doom patrol series I’d never got past season 1 before now.
I watched Airplane II last night. Hadn’t seen it since I was a kid. I remember it being as funny as the first one but now not so much. Just a lot of recycled dumb jokes from the first one. Although the end scenes with William Shatner did crack me up - pretty much the only saving grace.
I took a trip back to the 80s and watched Dune (1984) on laserdisc. People love to hate on it, but I much rather watch this version of it than the new ones.
The Wire. Again. 😎
