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Which movie did you watch today and how would you rate it?

John Wick 4

7.5/10

It's a John Wick movie. It gives you exactly what you expect from a John Wick movie, maybe even a bit too much. If I'd had one of those clicker things that people used to use to keep track of how many people have entered a venue, I could have produced a fairly accurate body count. But alas ...

There were a number of LOL moments, with the best one being a comment by Winston just before the climactic confrontation.
 
I just watched Buried in Barstow, a 2022 made-for-TV thriller. It gets a 6.5 IMDB score and except for one major flaw (see below) I might give it almost that much. It stars Angie Harmon, an easy-on-the-eyes award-winning actress whose movies etc. I'd never heard of.

I often click-click almost randomly at YouTube, scrolling through the "shorts" and caught the teaser/trailer for this movie at random. It looked like a fun thriller so I watched it. It WAS fun; the female protagonist, Hazel, has a very dark background, but the movie has jokes and thrills; and Hazel is happy to use her gun to solve problems.

But the focus is on thrills rather than developing the story. Will Elliot, Hazel's dishwasher but ALSO a heart surgeon AND secretly working for the bad guys, come to her rescue? We must wait until the very end to have our answer: "To be continued" is written across the final frame. Even if you like this thriller it is NOT worth a Buried in Barstow 2 (which hasn't been planned despite that it's now 3 years later). And --guess what -- the producers see it NOT as a 2-parter but as a 6-parter. Ugh, ugh, Triple Ugh.

Don't waste your time on this. I might have given up initially if I'd noticed the movie doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.
 
Swammerdami said:
I just watched Buried in Barstow, a 2022 made-for-TV thriller. It gets a 6.5 IMDB score and except for one major flaw (see below) I might give it almost that much. It stars Angie Harmon, an easy-on-the-eyes award-winning actress whose movies etc. I'd never heard of.

I often click-click almost randomly at YouTube, scrolling through the "shorts" and caught the teaser/trailer for this movie at random. It looked like a fun thriller so I watched it. It WAS fun; the female protagonist, Hazel, has a very dark background, but the movie has jokes and thrills; and Hazel is happy to use her gun to solve problems.

But the focus is on thrills rather than developing the story. Will Elliot, Hazel's dishwasher but ALSO a heart surgeon AND secretly working for the bad guys, come to her rescue? We must wait until the very end to have our answer: "To be continued" is written across the final frame. Even if you like this thriller it is NOT worth a Buried in Barstow 2 (which hasn't been planned despite that it's now 3 years later). And --guess what -- the producers see it NOT as a 2-parter but as a 6-parter. Ugh, ugh, Triple Ugh.

Don't waste your time on this. I might have given up initially if I'd noticed the movie doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.
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WTF?
Oh, it's Lifetime.
Nevermind.
 
hurtinbuckaroo said:
John Wick 4

7.5/10

It's a John Wick movie. It gives you exactly what you expect from a John Wick movie, maybe even a bit too much. If I'd had one of those clicker things that people used to use to keep track of how many people have entered a venue, I could have produced a fairly accurate body count. But alas ...

There were a number of LOL moments, with the best one being a comment by Winston just before the climactic confrontation.
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My daughter and I went to see it at the drive-in. If I hadn't been able to groan out loud along with series of "Oh Jesus" every time something annoyed me, I would've probably left early. The ending is especially difficult to get through in terms of anything other than a comic book fantasy. I know one is supposed to suspend belief at the door, but got-damn, especially when you know what the outcome is going to be.
 
Death of a Unicorn.

Starts out promising, painful stereotypes show up, and it only gets worse from there; and the CGI is an assault on the eyes.

Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star, so I figured it would be watchable. It wasn't, and when I saw their names at the end with executive producers credits, it finally made sense. Like Michael Caine in Jaws 4, it's likely that Ortega and/or Rudd will eventually tell someone that they don't care how bad it was, it paid for their new house.

2/10
 
Colonel Sanders said:
hurtinbuckaroo said:
John Wick 4

7.5/10

It's a John Wick movie. It gives you exactly what you expect from a John Wick movie, maybe even a bit too much. If I'd had one of those clicker things that people used to use to keep track of how many people have entered a venue, I could have produced a fairly accurate body count. But alas ...

There were a number of LOL moments, with the best one being a comment by Winston just before the climactic confrontation.
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My daughter and I went to see it at the drive-in. If I hadn't been able to groan out loud along with series of "Oh Jesus" every time something annoyed me, I would've probably left early. The ending is especially difficult to get through in terms of anything other than a comic book fantasy. I know one is supposed to suspend belief at the door, but got-damn, especially when you know what the outcome is going to be.
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A blind uber-skilled assassin is in most of the movie, and it took you until the end to register it as comic book fantasy?
 
hurtinbuckaroo said:
Colonel Sanders said:
hurtinbuckaroo said:
John Wick 4

7.5/10

It's a John Wick movie. It gives you exactly what you expect from a John Wick movie, maybe even a bit too much. If I'd had one of those clicker things that people used to use to keep track of how many people have entered a venue, I could have produced a fairly accurate body count. But alas ...

There were a number of LOL moments, with the best one being a comment by Winston just before the climactic confrontation.
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My daughter and I went to see it at the drive-in. If I hadn't been able to groan out loud along with series of "Oh Jesus" every time something annoyed me, I would've probably left early. The ending is especially difficult to get through in terms of anything other than a comic book fantasy. I know one is supposed to suspend belief at the door, but got-damn, especially when you know what the outcome is going to be.
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A blind uber-skilled assassin is in most of the movie, and it took you until the end to register it as comic book fantasy?
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Yes. I'm that stupid. Seriously though, even for its format, it was fucking ridiculous. And predictable.
 
hurtinbuckaroo said:
Colonel Sanders said:
hurtinbuckaroo said:
John Wick 4

7.5/10

It's a John Wick movie. It gives you exactly what you expect from a John Wick movie, maybe even a bit too much. If I'd had one of those clicker things that people used to use to keep track of how many people have entered a venue, I could have produced a fairly accurate body count. But alas ...

There were a number of LOL moments, with the best one being a comment by Winston just before the climactic confrontation.
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My daughter and I went to see it at the drive-in. If I hadn't been able to groan out loud along with series of "Oh Jesus" every time something annoyed me, I would've probably left early. The ending is especially difficult to get through in terms of anything other than a comic book fantasy. I know one is supposed to suspend belief at the door, but got-damn, especially when you know what the outcome is going to be.
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A blind uber-skilled assassin is in most of the movie, and it took you until the end to register it as comic book fantasy?
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Yup, it really went off the rails after the first movie.

Reminds me of Stallone in the First Blood series. The First Blood movie did a great job of portraying a troubled man trying to return to normal life in the US. The rest were just comic book fodder.
 
Companion.

I'd give it a 6.5/10.

Another take on the "could an AI pass a Turing Test" movie. Not nearly as good as Ex Machina, but entertaining. Nerdy guy and his girlfriend go to a rich (but shady) guy's house on a lake, meet up with a couple other friends, and the "twist" is almost comically easy to spot. Then they throw another twist at you. And another, and another, and another. Jack Quaid is good, Sophie Taylor is very good, and the rest of the cast is just okay. But not a bad watch for a slow day at work.

p.s. Don't watch the trailer. It basically gives away the whole shebang.
 
Presence

The main character has a friend who died and the ghost of the dead friend follows her to her new home and does haunty things. It started out as a good film with multiple storylines, good atmosphere, and good cinematography. Lucy Liu is in it, which gives it some credibility. Other performances range from good to not so great.

It has some good disturbing elements that the film tries to run with but falls short. These moments had a Killing of a Sacred Deer vibe, which also didn't take things as far as it could've. So this one falls short of a film that falls short.

One of the storylines promises to be a relevant part of the movie. Then it's like the writers forgot about it; it just ended and played no further role.

Best Part: the house the family lives in. I just love that style of home. Maybe see it for that?

4/10 on any scale.
 
Fantastic 4 - Hope Marvel Doesn't Fuck it Up

The latest Marvel film is about a plucky group of four people that get super powers. But that is in the past, thank goodness, and we are spared an origin story. This film is about a big guy with an even bigger appetite, who has a shiny person that likes beaches scout out for places to consume. Earth, having lots of great restaurants, became an obvious target. The only question was, Italian or Indian first? However, the plucky group of four meet up with the big guy and then he gets all Fat Bastard on them, however, they refuse. So they head back home will little idea how to stop the ravenous consumption. Reed Richard is busy at the board trying to come up with a metaphor as the Inflammable Flammable tries to decode messages received from space... which exist for the convenience of the plot... that are in several languages... while using just three words from one. In an attempt to fool the massive guy, they try to pass off a bag of potatoes as their child (played by some QAnon member who can't manage Trump not releasing the Epstein files). That plan fails, but the Incredible Hu... Korg... no... umm... The Thing keeps him distracted by doing a long cooking show as the rest of Earth Deus ex Machinas it up. The shiny beachcomber decides to look for alternative employment opportunities and the good guys win.

3 of 4
 
The Monkey

An evil toy monkey causes grisly deaths to occur when it beats its drum. Twin brothers are cursed with it when they somehow get it from their dad. Where the evil within the monkey derives is unknown.

This movie is a weird one that's genuinely funny and creepy. A lot of the creepiness comes from the kitsch that's so prevalent throughout. It also has some surreal themes and is well shot, well acted, and well written.

The only real drawback is that it runs about 20 minutes too long. Other than that, this is best horror-comedy I've seen in quite some time.

Horror Scale: 8/10

Non-Horror Scale: 6/10
 
War of the Worlds (2025)

Apparently this one was made in 2020, but released in 2025 like a fart in an elevator.

I'd read that it was bad, but because it was highlighted on one of my streaming services I decided to find out for myself.

This movie was cool for about the first 45 seconds or so. It has a high tech vibe wherein Ice Cube is staring at different computer screens, zooming in on various places because he works for the NSA (?). Then it turns out that his first priority while at work is spying on his kids. He even knows what his adult daughter has in her refrigerator, what she's doing at home, and where she is when she's out in public. This is supposed to come off as a sweet protective dad thing. That's in the first 2-3 minutes of the movie.

Whoever thought this element of the film wasn't psychopathic and creepy, bordering on incestuous is probably creepy and horny for someone in their own family.

I stuck with it though because I wanted to be an internet smart-ass and tell everyone that it wasn't that bad. This was a hopeless endeavor.

Ice Tea clicking, zooming in on different screens while watching news updates on computer screens as they occur in real time is the entire movie. You think that Ice Tea is going to quickly leave the office to go outside to be a participant violent alien shenanigans is going to happen, but nope. And what the fuck is up with American security agencies having to get information from TV news outlets??? Shouldn't they know more of what's going on than the local weather guy?

And why are the aliens here? Because they want to eat our data.

I hate myself just little bit more than I did for giving this movie an entire half hour. It's not good enough for Rifftrax because they'd have to make the same joke over and over.

Fuck You/10
 
Watched G20 on a plane last night. African American female former army POTUS attends G20 conference in South Africa. Terrorists take it over and she saves the day Die Hard style, with the help of super genius daughter. All white men are either bad guys and/or incompetents. All competents are women and/or minorities. Action is decent but requires a lot of suspension of disbelief. Viola Davis and Anthony Starr are both great actors but they only had so much they could work with here. Maybe 5/10…
 
Colonel Sanders said:
War of the Worlds (2025)

Apparently this one was made in 2020, but released in 2025 like a fart in an elevator.

I'd read that it was bad, but because it was highlighted on one of my streaming services I decided to find out for myself.

This movie was cool for about the first 45 seconds or so. It has a high tech vibe wherein Ice Cube is staring at different computer screens, zooming in on various places because he works for the NSA (?). Then it turns out that his first priority while at work is spying on his kids. He even knows what his adult daughter has in her refrigerator, what she's doing at home, and where she is when she's out in public. This is supposed to come off as a sweet protective dad thing. That's in the first 2-3 minutes of the movie.

Whoever thought this element of the film wasn't psychopathic and creepy, bordering on incestuous is probably creepy and horny for someone in their own family.

I stuck with it though because I wanted to be an internet smart-ass and tell everyone that it wasn't that bad. This was a hopeless endeavor.

Ice Tea clicking, zooming in on different screens while watching news updates on computer screens as they occur in real time is the entire movie. You think that Ice Tea is going to quickly leave the office to go outside to be a participant violent alien shenanigans is going to happen, but nope. And what the fuck is up with American security agencies having to get information from TV news outlets??? Shouldn't they know more of what's going on than the local weather guy?

And why are the aliens here? Because they want to eat our data.

I hate myself just little bit more than I did for giving this movie an entire half hour. It's not good enough for Rifftrax because they'd have to make the same joke over and over.

Fuck You/10
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I came across this too, saw the reviews, and I'm thinking I'm going to watch it anyway. I'll have to learn the hard way. lol I have a weakness for those movies that take place on a phone or computer screen. There's an occasional good one, mostly bad, but I have to see for myself.
 
12 Angry Men - Kind of a misleading title as only two are really angry. Classic film that is solidly written, with a solid cast playing a wide range of personalities. I saw the Jack Lemmon made for TV version, which was good, but it lacks the heat and intensity of the original.
 
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