What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Stellaboz]

Uglies on Netflix.

A post utopian world where people are surgically made "pretty" when they turn 16. 

So basically, kids are literally called ugly until they can leave school where upon they are made pretty.

Interesting concept completely ruined by a hole-ridden plot, boring world building and not so interesting characters. 

Also, climbing when you have a literally flying skateboard made no sense, nor did getting blisters for working when she'd been climbing her whole life.

Stupid. If they'd made it 20 minutes longer they'd have been able to wrap up this dumb-fest but as you find out, they want to have a whole 2nd film. Which I hope fails. 

2/10. 

[Steve_Wilkos]

I haven't seen the new Speak No Evil remake, but I would implore those who enjoy it also to watch the original. It's an amazingly uncomfortable film.

I might have to give In A Violent Nature a rewatch, as I cannot believe what I have read about it over the last couple of pages. There is no doubt it is very well directed, but the acting and the dialogue are both HORRENDOUS. And not in that old get-out clause of "it's a pastiche of other horror films"... nah it's just SHIT.

imo

[BFTD]

8 hours ago, Steve_Wilkos said:

I haven't seen the new Speak No Evil remake, but I would implore those who enjoy it also to watch the original. It's an amazingly uncomfortable film.

I might have to give In A Violent Nature a rewatch, as I cannot believe what I have read about it over the last couple of pages. There is no doubt it is very well directed, but the acting and the dialogue are both HORRENDOUS. And not in that old get-out clause of "it's a pastiche of other horror films"... nah it's just SHIT.

imo

Did you ever watch the Friday the 13th films?!  

Edit: I've got a horrible feeling that, as they're going down the route of making sequels, it's just going to end up being exactly what they were referencing, and a lot of those films were really poor.

Edited Monday at 22:28 by BFTD

[Craig fae the Vale]

The Crow (2024) on IPTV.

The original is one of my all time favourite films and it was always likely that this remake wasn't going to live up to expectations. I wasn't prepared for just how bad it was going to be though.

Everything that was good about the original is absent here. This is devoid of anything redeemable. Poor writing, poor acting, poor direction, implausibilities left right and centre (even when you take into account the subject and fantasy nature). And the ending is one of the worst I've ever seen.

I have no idea who this is for, no one who enjoyed the original has any need for this, and anyone who hasn't seen it will just see a bad film. 

Absolutely atrocious. Avoid like the plague.

Edited Tuesday at 13:23 by Craig fae the Vale

[Craig fae the Vale]

Bottoms (2023) on Amazon Prime.

Hyped up quite highly as one of the best comedies of the last few years. It's not quite that, but it is entertaining nonsense with some really funny set pieces. I've definitely spent 90 minutes in a worse way.

[scottsdad]

On 13/09/2024 at 20:03, BFTD said:

As we're discussing Forth Valley cinemas, the one at the Chalmers nightclub/church in Alloa has shut down permanently. My son was at the last ever showing a week or two back, and only found out because we usually stop to chat to the manager and he said that was it; they're closing down. As he was on his tod that night, my boy has the dubious honour of being the only person present for the cinemas first and last ever showings, both of which were Channing Tatum films.

Brings back horrible memories of when I was a wee boy and all the cinemas were closing to become bingo halls. Bit sad as, if I had the choice, I'd rather have seen a film there than at any of the others in the area  

I remember it as Cloisters Nightclub, next door to Saddlers Bar where I worked for a while. 

_{Now read it again using the voice of Abe Simpson.}

[Flybhoy]

Vanilla Sky.

 

 

Never got round to watching it when it was released 20 years ago, most of the feedback I read on it was split on two camps, either an incredibly complex mystery with bizarre and brilliant plot twists or a pile of arty self indulgent w**k, have to admit I'm leaning somewhat towards the latter.

Although very cleverly written you can tell they know that and go off on several tangents just for the sake of it which, somewhat boils your piss as a viewer. 

Must admit I'm a big fan of Tom Cruise as an actor, less of the individual however here, his character actually comes across as a bigger p***k than TC himself, for a film with an element of the paranormal about it and several twists involving the central character its a somewhat bizarre concept to portray said lead as an insufferable, narcissistic dick head to the point you genuinely wish he'd just f**king died when Cameron Diaz went all bunny boiler on him, very good cameo mind you from Timothy Spall whom I had no idea was in this, also a brief 'blink and you'll miss me' appearance from Steven Spielberg who was apparently meeting Cruise to discuss his upcoming movie 'Minority Report' and just blagged a quick walk on cameo part.

 

4/10, an interesting concept but soon disappears up its own arse much like its central character. 

[ScotiaNostra]

On 11/09/2024 at 02:52, Chripper said:

Fright Night (1985)

 

When people offer opinions or make lists of Vampire movies, the title "The Lost Boys" inevitably pops up.

For me, though, the quintessential modern day (80s) take on the Vampire lore is, and will always be "Fright Night".

I did love "The Lost Boys". How could you not? The Coreys were never hotter (career wise), Keifer Sutherland was coolness personified and Jamie Gertz was gorgeous. (Plus there's the "Edgar" and "Alan" that I appreciate. They could've got it right with calling him "Allan", but no matter)

As a Vampire fan, as well as loving anything gothic and macabre, I dearly loved both movies growing up. I still love them. But for me, "Fright Night" just edges it.

If you haven't seen it, think of "Rear Window", but replace the neighbour with a Vampire.

It's surprisingly funny and satirical, it gently pokes fun at the horror genre, plus it is still scary. The sheer concept is terrifying.

The creator of "Fright Night" (Tom Holland. No... not the one who plays "Spider-Man") also created "Child's Play", so the creep factor was always going to dialled up to eleven.

Roddy McDowall gives a brilliant performance as the washed up "Van Helsing" type actor. Christopher Sarandon is smouldering and charmingly menacing as "Jerry Dandridge".

Both of the aforementioned seasoned actors carry the younger cast "William Ragsdale", "Amanda Bearse" and "Stephen Geoffreys" along for the ride.

It's a brilliant movie. I'll have to give it a perfect score, otherwise I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

10/10

Psst! Avoid the 2011 remake.

Great movie, pity they dont seem to make them like that anymore

[Flybhoy]

On 07/09/2024 at 19:34, BFTD said:

I'd no idea about the Kevin Bacon/Tremors stuff, but I do remember wondering how he ended up in it at the time it came out. Very B-movie, and he was a fairly hot young property at the time.

That reminds me, I need to make a GIF of his "fascism is coming back" line from JFK.

JFK features not only one of the greatest cameo scenes of all time, Donald Sutherland as X, his only scene in the film but, also, in my opinion doubles up as one of the greatest movie scenes ever.

 

 

Up there with a few of my personal favourites. 

 

Godfather 2, Michael hugging his brother Fredo at their mother's funeral and giving Al Neary that icy stare that told you he was going to 'whack' his own brother. 

The opening scene of Inglorious Basterds in the dairy farmer's cottage and the slow dawning on why Landa switched the conversation to English. 

Daniel Craig foolishly trying to get a hit man to kill Serbian nutcase Dragan in Park in London and quickly realising he'd f**ked up in Layer Cake.

 

'You're f**king their mate' Dead Man's Shoes

 

'There's no more room in hell' Dawn of the Dead 1978

 

De Caprio discovering the envelope in Sullivan's office in The Departed with the misspelling of 'Citizens' that told him who Costello's rat in the state police was.

The blood serum test scene in The Thing

Terminate the Colonels command.....with extreme prejudice Apocalypse Now

I'm going out the front door, with Gerry... In The Name of the Father 

Private Pyle eventually going full meltdown and blowing away Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

I don't want lunch, I want breakfast.... Michael Douglas's finest ever performance in my opinion, Falling Down 

Renton deciding to steal the heroin money in Trainspotting and Spud seeing him betraying his friends but staying silent in Trainspotting. 

The scene in Casino where all the players in the skim get whacked as House of the Rising Sun plays in the background. 

'OH GOD, OH JESUS CHRIST NO.....' Edward Woodward realises his grizzly fate in the Whicker Man

The final scene of The Long Good Friday, not a word of dialogue from brilliant Bob Hoskins just a superb piece of acting using only facial expressions as he realises his number is well and truly f**king up.

More Bullets.... The Deer Hunter 

The final court room scene in A Few Good Men

Dennis Hopper, knowing he is about to meet his maker in True Romance, telling Christopher Walken the history of Sicilian genealogy. 

Uma Thurman requesting 'Japanese Steel' from Sonny Chiba in Kill Bill

Al Pacino being hunted down through Central Station in New York in Carlitos Way

De Niro and Pacino's characters stopping for coffee in the midst of their cat and mouse game in Heat.... 'What's a regular life, ball games and barbecues?'

The D Day landings in Saving Private Ryan 

Jack O'Connell refusing to be beaten by the Japanese POW guard by holding the wooden beam up in Unbroken 

Jordan Belfort losing his powers of speech midway through a phone call to lawyer in a drug induced meltdown in Wolf of Wall Street 

Johnny Depp luring Stevie's girlfriend to a safe house and a false sense of  security in Black Mass then brutally and ruthlessly strangling her.

'Do I remind you of someone?' Michael J Fox getting a flashback in Casualties of War

Put your mouth on the kerb... now say goodnight American History X

 

Just my own personal favourites there, I'm sure most will disagree and some might even mock but it's all just opinions end of the day. 

Edited Tuesday at 22:24 by Flybhoy

[jimbaxters]

1 hour ago, Flybhoy said:

JFK features not only one of the greatest cameo scenes of all time, Donald Sutherland as X, his only scene in the film but, also, in my opinion doubles up as one of the greatest movie scenes ever.

 

 

Up there with a few of my personal favourites. 

 

Godfather 2, Michael hugging his brother Fredo at their mother's funeral and giving Al Neary that icy stare that told you he was going to 'whack' his own brother. 

The opening scene of Inglorious Basterds in the dairy farmer's cottage and the slow dawning on why Landa switched the conversation to English. 

Daniel Craig foolishly trying to get a hit man to kill Serbian nutcase Dragan in Park in London and quickly realising he'd f**ked up in Layer Cake.

 

'You're f**king their mate' Dead Man's Shoes

 

'There's no more room in hell' Dawn of the Dead 1978

 

De Caprio discovering the envelope in Sullivan's office in The Departed with the misspelling of 'Citizens' that told him who Costello's rat in the state police was.

The blood serum test scene in The Thing

Terminate the Colonels command.....with extreme prejudice Apocalypse Now

I'm going out the front door, with Gerry... In The Name of the Father 

Private Pyle eventually going full meltdown and blowing away Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

I don't want lunch, I want breakfast.... Michael Douglas's finest ever performance in my opinion, Falling Down 

Renton deciding to steal the heroin money in Trainspotting and Spud seeing him betraying his friends but staying silent in Trainspotting. 

The scene in Casino where all the players in the skim get whacked as House of the Rising Sun plays in the background. 

'OH GOD, OH JESUS CHRIST NO.....' Edward Woodward realises his grizzly fate in the Whicker Man

The final scene of The Long Good Friday, not a word of dialogue from brilliant Bob Hoskins just a superb piece of acting using only facial expressions as he realises his number is well and truly f**king up.

More Bullets.... The Deer Hunter 

The final court room scene in A Few Good Men

Dennis Hopper, knowing he is about to meet his maker in True Romance, telling Christopher Walken the history of Sicilian genealogy. 

Uma Thurman requesting 'Japanese Steel' from Sonny Chiba in Kill Bill

Al Pacino being hunted down through Central Station in New York in Carlitos Way

De Niro and Pacino's characters stopping for coffee in the midst of their cat and mouse game in Heat.... 'What's a regular life, ball games and barbecues?'

The D Day landings in Saving Private Ryan 

Jack O'Connell refusing to be beaten by the Japanese POW guard by holding the wooden beam up in Unbroken 

Jordan Belfort losing his powers of speech midway through a phone call to lawyer in a drug induced meltdown in Wolf of Wall Street 

Johnny Depp luring Stevie's girlfriend to a safe house and a false sense of  security in Black Mass then brutally and ruthlessly strangling her.

'Do I remind you of someone?' Michael J Fox getting a flashback in Casualties of War

Put your mouth on the kerb... now say goodnight American History X

 

Just my own personal favourites there, I'm sure most will disagree and some might even mock but it's all just opinions end of the day. 

That was a fine read, sir 

[scottsdad]

10 hours ago, Flybhoy said:

JFK features not only one of the greatest cameo scenes of all time, Donald Sutherland as X, his only scene in the film but, also, in my opinion doubles up as one of the greatest movie scenes ever.

 

 

Up there with a few of my personal favourites. 

 

Godfather 2, Michael hugging his brother Fredo at their mother's funeral and giving Al Neary that icy stare that told you he was going to 'whack' his own brother. 

The opening scene of Inglorious Basterds in the dairy farmer's cottage and the slow dawning on why Landa switched the conversation to English. 

Daniel Craig foolishly trying to get a hit man to kill Serbian nutcase Dragan in Park in London and quickly realising he'd f**ked up in Layer Cake.

 

'You're f**king their mate' Dead Man's Shoes

 

'There's no more room in hell' Dawn of the Dead 1978

 

De Caprio discovering the envelope in Sullivan's office in The Departed with the misspelling of 'Citizens' that told him who Costello's rat in the state police was.

The blood serum test scene in The Thing

Terminate the Colonels command.....with extreme prejudice Apocalypse Now

I'm going out the front door, with Gerry... In The Name of the Father 

Private Pyle eventually going full meltdown and blowing away Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

I don't want lunch, I want breakfast.... Michael Douglas's finest ever performance in my opinion, Falling Down 

Renton deciding to steal the heroin money in Trainspotting and Spud seeing him betraying his friends but staying silent in Trainspotting. 

The scene in Casino where all the players in the skim get whacked as House of the Rising Sun plays in the background. 

'OH GOD, OH JESUS CHRIST NO.....' Edward Woodward realises his grizzly fate in the Whicker Man

The final scene of The Long Good Friday, not a word of dialogue from brilliant Bob Hoskins just a superb piece of acting using only facial expressions as he realises his number is well and truly f**king up.

More Bullets.... The Deer Hunter 

The final court room scene in A Few Good Men

Dennis Hopper, knowing he is about to meet his maker in True Romance, telling Christopher Walken the history of Sicilian genealogy. 

Uma Thurman requesting 'Japanese Steel' from Sonny Chiba in Kill Bill

Al Pacino being hunted down through Central Station in New York in Carlitos Way

De Niro and Pacino's characters stopping for coffee in the midst of their cat and mouse game in Heat.... 'What's a regular life, ball games and barbecues?'

The D Day landings in Saving Private Ryan 

Jack O'Connell refusing to be beaten by the Japanese POW guard by holding the wooden beam up in Unbroken 

Jordan Belfort losing his powers of speech midway through a phone call to lawyer in a drug induced meltdown in Wolf of Wall Street 

Johnny Depp luring Stevie's girlfriend to a safe house and a false sense of  security in Black Mass then brutally and ruthlessly strangling her.

'Do I remind you of someone?' Michael J Fox getting a flashback in Casualties of War

Put your mouth on the kerb... now say goodnight American History X

 

Just my own personal favourites there, I'm sure most will disagree and some might even mock but it's all just opinions end of the day. 

Good list. I'll add a few of my own (not Star Trek - the movies there have surprisingly few scenes that grab you like these ones). 

Sean Connery getting murdered in The Untouchables

Clint Eastwood coming into the bar in Unforgiven, shotgun out, ready to kill Gene Hackman. "Misfire!"

The car chase scene in the French Connection

The Joker making the pencil disappear in The Dark Knight

Tommy getting "made" in Goodfellas

Clarice showing up to Buffalo Bill's house in Silence of the Lambs, whilst the main FBI guys went elsewhere. 

[Starksdynamo]

20 hours ago, Craig fae the Vale said:

Bottoms (2023) on Amazon Prime.

Hyped up quite highly as one of the best comedies of the last few years. It's not quite that, but it is entertaining nonsense with some really funny set pieces. I've definitely spent 90 minutes in a worse way.

Will absolutely watch anything Rachel Sennott is in.

[Craig fae the Vale]

1 hour ago, Starksdynamo said:

Will absolutely watch anything Rachel Sennott is in.

She is excellent. Will probably do Baby Shiva in the not too distant future.

[accies1874]

4 hours ago, Craig fae the Vale said:

She is excellent. Will probably do Baby Shiva in the not too distant future.

'Enjoy' it...

[Craig fae the Vale]

No One Will Save You (2023) on Disney+

I really enjoyed this alien invasion horror. Almost no dialogue at all, and an incredible performance from Kaitlyn Dever. A bit off the wall in places, but in a way that works.

[BFTD]

14 hours ago, scottsdad said:

The Joker making the pencil disappear in The Dark Knight

Linda Lovelace did a much more impressive version of that trick decades before.

[MSU]

4 hours ago, Craig fae the Vale said:

No One Will Save You (2023) on Disney+

I really enjoyed this alien invasion horror. Almost no dialogue at all, and an incredible performance from Kaitlyn Dever. A bit off the wall in places, but in a way that works.

Really enjoyed this. Wish I’d seen it in the cinema. Was pretty impressed with what they managed to do with so little dialog

[Craig fae the Vale]

11 hours ago, MSU said:

Really enjoyed this. Wish I’d seen it in the cinema. Was pretty impressed with what they managed to do with so little dialog

I loved it. Keep thinking about it and keep finding wonderful little parts. The ending is so beautifully bleak. Great film.