Would you recommend it to others?

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Alien Romulus; caught the second showing at a local theater today.

    It’s definitely one of the better Alien films; it’s not as great as the first 2, definitely better than the 3rd though.

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    11 months ago

    Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) - Aubrey Plaza in an engaging character piece that has hints of Eagle vs Shark among others. It’s not outstanding by any means and not among Plaza’s best, but still witty and touching.

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      11 months ago

      I love this movie. It’s not fantastic or anything, but I think it’s a really sweet movie

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    11 months ago

    Inside Out 2 - and yes, I thought it was great, although not quite as good as the first one.

    Last grown up film I saw was Emily the Criminal, which I really enjoyed. Aubrey Plaza is excellent in it.

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    11 months ago

    The Life Aquatic

    Wes Anderson movies are an acquired taste. But this one in particular is very accessible, and very funny. And it has a very emotional ending.

    The only thing an uninitiated viewer needs to know is that the effects are intentionally low-budget. Just take them as seriously as the characters do, you’ll warm to them.

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      11 months ago

      Right up there with Tenenbaums for me. Wasn’t as impressed with it when I saw it in theaters, but it really grew on me. Still get the feels when Queen Bitch plays at the end.

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      11 months ago

      That’s my favourite Wes Anderson film! The story and design are beautiful and the writing is brilliantly clever.

      the effects are intentionally low-budget

      Some of them are for aesthetic reasons, but this film was actually pretty expensive to make. Famously it did a lot of damage to WA’s reputation among Hollywood execs because the studio greenlit a high budget for him and gave him a lot of creative control and the movie ended up doing really poorly at the box office. It cost 50M to make and only earned 25M in box office sales.

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      11 months ago

      My first time watching this movie I stopped paying attention about 30 minutes in. Some time later the final act started and I was drawn back in. I have since watched it from start to finish about 5 times. Which doesn’t sound like a lot, but I’m the kind of person who doesn’t generally watch a movie more than once.

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    11 months ago

    Robocop & Robocop 2 back-to-back. I’d recommend the first one but not the sequel. Even though it’s the same main actors, the writers seemingly decided to lower their IQ and make their personalities more shallow in the sequel.

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      11 months ago

      I feel the second one is worth it for the warehouse attack scene and the press conference/final fight.

      I don’t feel it’s a bad movie, but it’s got more silly than satire and focuses too much on the bad guys POV rather than RoboCop. Plus they literally wreck his personality.

      First movie is still amazing though. One of my favorites!

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    11 months ago

    Perfect Days. Got it half-off from Criterion based on the trailer and little else. Absolutely gorgeous cinematography, and a subtle and compelling character study.

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      11 months ago

      Was my last movie too. I really enjoyed it, and even though some would say that it’s slow/not much happens, it left a stronger impression on me than any other film I recently watched.

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      11 months ago

      Thank you so much for recommending this movie. Today’s my birthday and, on a hunch, I decided to give it a go, I just finished watching it and I cannot explain how much I needed it and how much it’s helped me on this day. Thanks a million

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        11 months ago

        Tbh I debated posting it because it was late and there were already dozens of comments and I didn’t have it in me to write some big review. But I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Make sure not to miss the soundtrack.

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    11 months ago

    Treasure Planet for the first time… It was a ride, I liked the animation and the old Disney style actually got me thinking if it had gaming adaptations… And ofc it had them… I want to at least try one (for nostalgic reasons), but I am unsure if the PS1 or PS2 version is the right one to go.

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    11 months ago

    I watched the running man with some friends last weekend. I’d say it’s a solid meh. It’s the first time I’ve actually seen Schwarzenegger in a movie, and I gotta say, I don’t understand why he’s so popular. He’s a pretty terrible actor.

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      11 months ago

      Watch Running Man for Richard Dawson. If you know about his time as host of Family Feud, his character in this movie takes on a whole extra level!

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      11 months ago

      That’s because you haven’t seen Kindergarten Cop yet, the pinnacle of his acting career.

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      11 months ago

      That’s a pretty early film. His acting and especially his comedy does improve a lot over time, though it’s never amazing. I think he’s a product of the 80’s. If he were getting his start today I’m not sure he’d stand out. He’d be like a less charismatic Jason Momoa.

      He tends to be in movies that don’t rely much on emoting (Conan & Terminator) or with better actors (Danny Devito, Gabriel Byrne, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton—it’s a very long list) and the action and effects were top notch for the day, and the stories usually had a good emotional core. I do think True Lies was probably his best movie even if not the most iconic. And it really holds up today - I would strongly recommend it.

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        11 months ago

        The Last Action Hero got panned, but it’s a pretty solid satire of the action films he made his career on.

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          I love that movie. But it also had Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister) in it and a great villain really helped make LAH the classic it is. I think it exemplifies my comment: emotional core (relationship with the kid and his mom), better actors, good effects.

          But I do wish it was given the respect you and I think it deserves.

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    National Lampoon’s Senior Trip.

    I watched Jeremy Renner’s wired auto complete interview on YouTube and he mentioned that was his first role. So I looked it up and it had 0% on rotten tomatoes. And I thought to myself, it can’t be that bad.

    It was pretty bad, maybe not 0% bad, but I found very few redeeming qualities.

    I would not recommend.

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    Red Rock West, 1994

    Nic Cage movie I heard about in a thread here the other day.

    Cage is unemployed and down on his luck when he gets mistaken for a hitman and is paid to do a job. He takes the money and tries to run, but gets caught up in a more intriguing whirlpool of trouble than I expected.

    Nothing groundbreaking here, but it had more surprises than I had expected and it’s fairly well acted for a 90s movie. If you want something interesting that isn’t too deep and has a vaguely No Country for Old Men flavor, this isn’t bad.

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    11 months ago

    I watched but did not finish inglorious bastards because we had to take iur kitten to the vet.

    However, I watched and finished District 9 and it was unequivically a banger. I can’t reveal too much without spoilers so I will only say this. It primarily takes place in South Africa and the history of apartheid is important to its message.

    I also watched Starship Troopers not to long ago and it was a banger too. The history of American imperialism is incredibly important fot this one.

    Both of these are very relevant to world events at the moment and watching them now will only do you good

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      11 months ago

      Starship Troopers is an odd duck of a movie. I enjoy it, but I also get why fans of the book tend to hate it.

      Basterds was a great movie.

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        Both starship troopers are good.

        The film is campy and playful. But the book is more philosophical in a way that would only work in book format.