Movie Mini-Review Thread - Part III

[daveza]

That's the 1. YMMV on it. Has its moments but a missed opportunity & crappy casting imo.

Pass then - too many better things in the queue.

 

[FiestaST]

The Last Duel (2021) 7/10

Well told & well-researched epic historical drama. High production quality & cinematography. Great realism & scale. The long running time did not phase me. Much respect to Ridley Scott, 84 years old & still knocking out high quality films.


Ridley Scott blamed cell-phone addicted millennials for letting the film flop. He stated "What we've got today are the audiences who were brought up on these f*cking cell phones. The millennial who do not ever want to be taught anything unless you told it on the cell phone"

 

[cerebus]

Psycho (1953) - 9/10. Actually the first time I’ve seen this somehow. I had some idea of the story but my wife didn’t so she was legitimately shocked by the events. Hitchcock had a blast with the story.

 

[FiestaST]

Dinner for Schmucks (2010) 6.5/10

First time watch & I found it ball bustingly funny. Quick fire jokes aplenty. Carell & Rudd are on point.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

The Last Duel (2021) 7/10

Well told & well-researched epic historical drama. High production quality & cinematography. Great realism & scale. The long running time did not phase me. Much respect to Ridley Scott, 84 years old & still knocking out high quality films.


Ridley Scott blamed cell-phone addicted millennials for letting the film flop. He stated "What we've got today are the audiences who were brought up on these f*cking cell phones. The millennial who do not ever want to be taught anything unless you told it on the cell phone"

/Dark tale ahead.

But cellphone generation vs attention span, focus and not being able to google-it.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Nitram - 8/10. Caleb L Jones gives a riveting performance.

 

[FiestaST]

List dropped:

Top 10 Worst Movies of 2021

Number 3:

Chaos Walking (2021) - IMDb

Chaos Walking: Directed by Doug Liman. With Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo. Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality where all thoughts are seen and...

www.imdb.com

Number 2:

Cosmic Sin (2021) - IMDb

Cosmic Sin: Directed by Edward Drake. With Frank Grillo, Bruce Willis, Brandon Thomas Lee, Corey Large. Seven rogue soldiers launch a preemptive strike against a newly discovered alien civilization in the hopes of ending an interstellar war before it starts.

www.imdb.com

& the "Winner" at Number 1:

Music (2021) - IMDb

Music: Directed by Sia. With Maddie Ziegler, Mary Kay Place, Leslie Odom Jr., Braeden Marcott. Zu is newly sober when she receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum. The film explores two of Sia's favorite themes...

www.imdb.com

 

[dualmeister]

List dropped:

Top 10 Worst Movies of 2021

Number 3:

Chaos Walking (2021) - IMDb

Chaos Walking: Directed by Doug Liman. With Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo. Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality where all thoughts are seen and...

www.imdb.com

Number 2:

Cosmic Sin (2021) - IMDb

Cosmic Sin: Directed by Edward Drake. With Frank Grillo, Bruce Willis, Brandon Thomas Lee, Corey Large. Seven rogue soldiers launch a preemptive strike against a newly discovered alien civilization in the hopes of ending an interstellar war before it starts.

www.imdb.com

& the "Winner" at Number 1:

Music (2021) - IMDb

Music: Directed by Sia. With Maddie Ziegler, Mary Kay Place, Leslie Odom Jr., Braeden Marcott. Zu is newly sober when she receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum. The film explores two of Sia's favorite themes...

www.imdb.com

 

[FiestaST]

Wowzer.

 

[dualmeister]

Wowzer.

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Quarter of the way through the Last Dual, but it is boring drivle that has been done a thousand times before and much better.

And it looks like Ben Affleck is going to burst out laughing at and second.

 

[WaxLyrical]

List dropped:

Top 10 Worst Movies of 2021

Number 3:

Chaos Walking (2021) - IMDb

Chaos Walking: Directed by Doug Liman. With Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo. Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality where all thoughts are seen and...

www.imdb.com

Number 2:

Cosmic Sin (2021) - IMDb

Cosmic Sin: Directed by Edward Drake. With Frank Grillo, Bruce Willis, Brandon Thomas Lee, Corey Large. Seven rogue soldiers launch a preemptive strike against a newly discovered alien civilization in the hopes of ending an interstellar war before it starts.

www.imdb.com

& the "Winner" at Number 1:

Music (2021) - IMDb

Music: Directed by Sia. With Maddie Ziegler, Mary Kay Place, Leslie Odom Jr., Braeden Marcott. Zu is newly sober when she receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum. The film explores two of Sia's favorite themes...

www.imdb.com

I just don't get the hate for Chaos Walking. Even Philip Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine) failed to adapt the book for the screen. The fact that it still managed to get made is an achievement.

 

[cerebus]

Wowzer.


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Who wants to see boring 2 2/12 hour long epics by past-their-prime directors? People still go to see movies that manage to appeal to a thoughtful audience. Look at Dune - $382mil box office to date. I didn't think it could get close to that.

 

[saor]

Who wants to see boring 2 2/12 hour long epics by past-their-prime directors? People still go to see movies that manage to appeal to a thoughtful audience. Look at Dune - $382mil box office to date. I didn't think it could get close to that.

Can't quite tell if that was sarcasm or not.

 

[cerebus]

Can't quite tell if that was sarcasm or not.

Not sarcasm. Last Duel is totally unappealing to me and I can't remember the last good Ridley Scott feature tbh. Maybe The Martian?

 

[dualmeister]

Ridley Scott blamed cell-phone addicted millennials for letting the film flop. He stated "What we've got today are the audiences who were brought up on these f*cking cell phones. The millennial who do not ever want to be taught anything unless you told it on the cell phone"

I missed this part in his rant.

Sir Ridley, 83, confirmed this week that Blade Runner and Alien, his 1979 film, are being turned into 10-part television series.

I don't really get his rant. He is upset that young people did not go see his movie based on a true story about some stuff that happened decades ago. LOL full of himself much?

 

[saor]

I missed this part in his rant.

Sir Ridley, 83, confirmed this week that Blade Runner and Alien, his 1979 film, are being turned into 10-part television series.

I didn't mind the recent Blade Runner that much. The Alien movies...everything after Alien 3 is dead to me. Wish they'd just leave it and rather adapt a book.

 

[WaxLyrical]

I didn't mind the recent Blade Runner that much. The Alien movies...everything after Alien 3 is dead to me. Wish they'd just leave it and rather adapt a book.

After Alien3?? Some say this one cant even hold up against Prometheus. Covenant not the worst either.

When the bar is set very high theyll always be diminished returns but the worst offender is the latest Terminator even with JC on board.

 

[FiestaST]

11:14 (2003) 7/10

Came across this one by pure chance. Clever neo-noir black comedy thriller. Interconnected story told by five different perspectives. Well constructed.

PS: Then 24yr old Rachael Leigh Cook is extremely easy on the eyes.

 

[RanzB]

PS: Then 24yr old Rachael Leigh Cook is extremely easy on the eyes.

Especially once she takes off the glasses and lets her hair out of that ponytale.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Especially once she takes off the glasses and lets her hair out of that ponytale.