What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Stellaboz]

9 to 5

Dolly Parton,  Jane Fonda and Lili Tomlin get back at their chauvinist boss and it all gets out of hand. 

Easy fun watch for an older film and Parton's paps make it even better. 

[MSU]

All things considered, I was pretty pleased with the outcome of the Oscars. Was happy for EEAAO, Brendan Fraser, and as happy for A24 as much as someone can be happy for a studio, but generally they make good movies that I'm interested in. Out of 23 categories, I pipped Mrs MSU and our youngest by predicting 13 winners correctly to their 12. The only big shock of the night was Jamie Lee Curtis picking up Best Supporting Actress in a very strong year. Out of the nominees, she'd have probably been my fourth pick. I mean, who remembers much of her role in EEAAO, especially compared with Hong Chau or Kerry Condon or even Stephanie Hsu? My prediction of Banshees being nominated for everything and winning nothing came true, glad that Elvis and Fabelmans came away empty-handed too, and the only real regret of the night was that Aftersun wasn't nominated for more.

[DA Baracus]

2 hours ago, Zetterlund said:

I gave this a watch last night for the princely sum of £1.99 on Prime. Very enjoyable and sweaty palm inducing. As for the twists...

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When the affair was revealed I was convinced the movie would end with the guilty one saving her friend by chucking herself off the tower with her phone, posting to social media on the way down. This would have been better than the next twist, which was a bit random I thought.

 

I liked the second twist. Didn't see it coming at all, but there's loads of clues if you watch it back.

[Steve_Wilkos]

Champions - 8/10

[Oystercatcher]

Just finished everything everywhere all at once.

 

I just feel angry that I endured it to the end.

[Bully Wee Villa]

One of your all time favourites and you give it 7.5/10? Tough crowd.

[ScotiaNostra]

House Party 2022 - Not a patch on the original movie with Kid'N Play but I managed to sit through this till the end. Some funny parts in it. The bloopers at the end were probably the funniest though. Soundtrack ok but again not where near as good as the original.

Edited March 15, 2023 by ScotiaNostra

[BFTD]

17 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said:

One of your all time favourites and you give it 7.5/10? Tough crowd.

The system:

• No Kurt Russell? Docked 1 point.
• Fails the Bechdel Test? Another point gone.
• Nothing sexually arousing? That's another one away.

...and so on. John Carpenter's The Thing is my #1 film, and it still only gets a 9/10. Harsh but fair.

[Theroadlesstravelled]

The only 10/10 movie is Cooling Runnings.

[BFTD]

20 minutes ago, Theroadlesstravelled said:

The only 10/10 movie is Cooling Runnings.

Sighting of Kurt Russell required for confirmation.

Edit: going forward, Wyatt Russell may now be considered as a suitable alternative.

Edited March 15, 2023 by BFTD

[Bully Wee Villa]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't pass the Bechdel Test, either. Sexually arousing? Well, John Candy was a big bundle of fun, I suppose.

[BFTD]

2 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said:

I'm pretty sure it doesn't pass the Bechdel Test, either. Sexually arousing? Well, John Candy was a big bundle of fun, I suppose.

Been too long for me to comment on the former. The latter is open to interpretation.

[DrewDon]

Close is excellent, poignant and hugely powerful, and also just a complete gut-punch of a film. Eden Dambrine, as Leo, gives one of the best child actor performances I have seen.

[Rodhull]

Scream VI. Went into this for some reason not realising it was a direct sequel to the last one (I thought they were all standalone movies after the reboot) and thought this was pretty decent before falling away badly at the end.

Not really spoilers but I'll put it in here just to be safe 

Spoiler

The final reveal of who the killer is was near Scooby Doo villain reveal level of rubbish.

Also I know this isn't a series that is always deadly serious but it felt like every character was stabbed multiple times and several of them just walk it off like it's nothing to comical effect.

 

[Guest]

This week's double-header was Pearl, the slightly more sedate prequel to last year's X, set a good five or six decades earlier. A different pace to the first film, with some deliberately hammy acting that was definitely in line with the B-Movie feel. That's not meant as a criticism either - I thought it worked well. You'd probably need to see X beforehand or you'd find this one a bit odd. I think there's a third film to follow. 

And then Rye Lane. Normally I would avoid anything with 'romantic comedy' in the description, but this was a good watch. Some funny lines throughout and they didn't give away all the best ones in the trailer, which is a pet hate of mine (can't stand it when they show a two or three minute trailer and give too much away).

Edited March 17, 2023 by IncomingExile

[DeeTillEhDeh]

On 13/03/2023 at 06:01, accies1874 said:

I think it's fair to categorise EEAO's dominance as a "sweep." 

It's been fun following it from being a random wee film with a bit of buzz behind it to becoming this huge phenomenon. You don't get that quite as much in the UK where a lot of Oscars films either release here with a lot of nominations attached or tend to be pretty hyped up regardless. 

EEAO has been hyped as well.

I found the film an unwatchable mess.

Edited March 18, 2023 by DeeTillEhDeh

[jimmy boo]

Living.....

Bill Nighy plays a stiff upper lip council manager who has given a few months to live and it changes his outlook and behaviour. Outstanding performances from him and supporting cast....loved it....8/10

[MSU]

072 Scream -- It bears repeating that in 1995, we got The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Leprechaun 3, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, and Piranha. 1996 gave us Scream. What makes Scream so good, I reckon, is that it gives us characters to care about, and it subverts expectations. It's like it looked at Hitchcock killing off Marion Crane in Psycho at the midway point and said hold my coffee. Killing Drew Barrymore after 13 minutes is still kinda insane when you think about it, and imagine going into it not expecting it. Incredible chase scenes, a sharp and witty and meta script when that was still unusual, and a Giallo-inspired whodunnit element, it's no wonder this is still a delight. Oh, to be 23 again and see this for the first time. 10/10

073 Scream 2 -- For me, this movie is all about two unbearably tense sequences that play back-to-back. Gail and Dewey are stalked in the college movie theater and soundproof booth, and then Sidney and Haley are trapped in a crashed cop car and have to crawl over a seemingly unconscious Ghostface in the driver's seat. Add to this a wonderfully deranged performance from Laurie Metcalf and there's a lot of fun to be had. Okay, so the end feels a good bit more manufactured, the kills less satisfying, and there are a couple of very questionable moments -- the song in the cafeteria, Sidney shaking the scenery in the denouement -- but with Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson still at the helm, as far as sequels go it ranks pretty high. 8/10

074 Scream 3 -- Proof, perhaps, that the lightning in the bottle wasn't just Wes Craven because with Kevin Williamson off doing Dawson's Creek, this is a bit a mess. That said, it's interesting that it has a go at the casting couch culture in Hollywood and the industry sexual impropriety with Harvey Weinstein's name on the credits. Sidney is little more than a bit character until the end, thanks to contractual issues with Neve Campbell, so it's left to Gail and Dewey to keep the action engaging, and not even Courteney Cox's bizarre hair is enough to do that. It's Scooby Doo style hokum. 5/10

075 Scream 4 -- In an alternate universe, this would be Scream 3. Craven and Williamson back for what would be the final time makes a better swansong for that generation, a more fitting end to the trilogy. There's plenty I still like about this one; the opening sequences that seemed to be inspired by Inception, the kills are more brutal than I remember, and Hayden Panettiere being the only one with a tan. But it's a tired Sidney Prescott and I don't think I would've begrudged her for bowing out at this stage. Poor Dewey and Gale are beginning to feel like Donald Pleasence in some of the higher-numbered Halloween sequels, desperately trying to be relevant. And who is still selling Ghostface masks at this point? Fucking capitalism. Not bad, not great, better than the last one, pretty much instantly forgettable, and I can't remember the last character I actually cared about. 6/10

076 Scream -- The new cast is a welcome alternative to the old guard who were already looking pretty tired in their roles 11 years previously in Scream 4. Their introduction here is a bridge between the two collections, I guess, but in retrospect, did Sidney really need to return? Maybe not. The meta chat feels even more tired when you see all the movies essentially back to back. It's fun, though, the kills have really amped up in the last decade, and well would you believe it but I actually cared about Judy Hicks and her kid. The ending might as well have arrows pointing at it from the end of Act One, the continuity of who killed who makes no sense, but it's still enjoyable. It's just not as good as I first thought, and whenever I get around to seeing it again, I expect I'll feel the same way about Scream VI. 7/10

077 Champions -- I'm so glad no one tried to make this in the 90s. Woody Harrelson plays a stubborn assistant basketball coach in the Nowhere Leagues who assaults his boss during a game, gets drunk, and then drives into the back of a parked police car. He's given a choice of a custodial sentence or to coach an intellectually disabled team for 90 days. Can this bum of a coach turn this team into winners and maybe, just maybe, learn a bit about himself and the world in the process? Well, if you've seen a sporting comedy in your life, you probably know all the beats that this is going to hit as it slowly saunters its way to the obvious conclusion. Even the love interest B Story of Harrelson and Kaitlin Olson sticks very much to the well-trodden path. The interest in the movie comes from the characters in the team but it's all rather miss rather than hit and aside from a few laugh-out-loud moments, it's mostly a comedy that you smile at while appreciating what it's trying to do. I wish it had been funnier, I wish it had been braver in its narrative choices, and ohmygod I wish it had been shorter, but I'm glad that it exists and that it gives the intellectually disabled a rare opportunity to see themselves on screen, making the jokes rather than being the butt of them. Judging by the viewing I was in, people enjoy being positively represented in the media they watch. Who knew? 6/10

Edited March 19, 2023 by MSU

[BFTD]

I must be the only person who never liked Scream, despite looking forward to it because Wes Craven's early work was a bit special.

Also, Drew Barrymore was a has-been child star in 1996, and hadn't had her millennial rom-com renaissance yet. Her being killed off at the beginning was less 'Janet Leigh in Psycho' and more 'thanks for giving my client a bit of work, Wes'  

Edit: sorry, spoilers for Psycho  

Edited March 19, 2023 by BTFD

[Guest]

Allelujah. A film adaptation of a 2018 Alan Bennett play (which I didn't know until afterwards). My last entry on this topic mentioned how I hate the longer trailers that give too much of a film away - they definitely avoided doing so in the trailers for this film. My 23rd film of the year so far and it's going to be one of my favourites come New Year's Eve.   

(Edit: was deliberately vague about the subject as the film has only just come out. Geriatric ward of a hospital with a very distinguished cast). 

Edited March 19, 2023 by IncomingExile