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

[abaddon]

So he's good at his job? Isn't he supposed to be?

The "what's heroic about doing your job?" argument undermines the heroism of all the soldiers. They were all doing their job.

 

[TV and credit cards]

So he's good at his job? Isn't he supposed to be?

The "what's heroic about doing your job?" argument undermines the heroism of all the soldiers. They were all doing their job.

Due to overwhelming forces, the US soldiers were ordered to fall back and retreat off the ridge. It would have been perfectly acceptable, actually expected of Doss to do so too. When he heard the cries of the wounded, he choose to stay, further risking his life to save others. That is the above and beyond part of it.

Read the Metal of Honor citation on his Wikipedia page. The movie doesn't do him justice.

 

[credoconsolans]

So he's good at his job? Isn't he supposed to be?

The "what's heroic about doing your job?" argument undermines the heroism of all the soldiers. They were all doing their job.

Yes, and in recent times, they're all volunteers. So that makes them doing their jobs even less of a 'heroic' nature.

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The "what's heroic about doing your job?" argument undermines the heroism of all the soldiers. They were all doing their job.

Due to overwhelming forces, the US soldiers were ordered to fall back and retreat off the ridge. It would have been perfectly acceptable, actually expected of Doss to do so too. When he heard the cries of the wounded, he choose to stay, further risking his life to save others. That is the above and beyond part of it.

Read the Metal of Honor citation on his Wikipedia page. The movie doesn't do him justice.

So he disobeyed orders while doing his job because he thought he could successfully care for 80 men?

Not seeing it.

 

[abaddon]

The "what's heroic about doing your job?" argument undermines the heroism of all the soldiers. They were all doing their job.

Due to overwhelming forces, the US soldiers were ordered to fall back and retreat off the ridge. It would have been perfectly acceptable, actually expected of Doss to do so too. When he heard the cries of the wounded, he choose to stay, further risking his life to save others. That is the above and beyond part of it.

Read the Metal of Honor citation on his Wikipedia page. The movie doesn't do him justice.

I read up on him after viewing the movie. And I'll rate it while I'm here: 8/10. Really liked the movie, am happy to have learned of this person. And I think the soldiers doing their job (in that particular war) were heroic and anyone going above and beyond all the more-so.

 

[Ford]

Dr. Strange

The price at the local discount theater has gone up to $3.50, and this movie was worth about that much. Mindless fun for a Saturday afternoon. Well, "fun" is a stretch.

The sad part is that this movie is packed with really good actors. Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mads Mikkelson, Tilda Swinton...and it just kinda lays there. It checks off all the boxes of a Marvel "origin story" film, but doesn't do it very well.

5/10

 

[James Brown]

Sausage Party

Tagline 'Yes it's Animated. No, don't bring your kids." (Because apparently some parents need to be told that.)

Very creative, very profane. Love the referential jokes, like the sauerkrauts who hate juice, the Canadian beers who apologize for everything, and the douche who is exactly that.

But I expected it to just be nothing but dick jokes. I didn't know it would also have depth as an allegory of Plato's Cave and the absurdity of Blind Faith.

 

[Underseer]

Finding Dory
7/10

Not as good as the original, but it was still fun to revisit these characters.

 

[DrZoidberg]

I, origins 7/10

A story revolving around a man's research on the evolution of eyes, and eyes generally.

This film is impossible to talk about without spoiling it. So here it goes.

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It's not a particularly good film. But what it does is interesting. It's good in the context. I all the time assumed some magical of mystical explanation. I sat, bored, waiting for it. Awesome ending.

But there's just one problem, and it's quite big. The film was pretty shit to watch, up until that point. And that's basically the last minute. I don't know how they could have done it better.

I interpret the film as being a critique of the context, ie too few films are based on a scientific world view. So whenever a film is, we get confused. Interesting anyway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Origins

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Into The Woods - 2/10

It's a musical about a bunch of fairy tale stories coming together in the woods. They don't really weave together all that well and none of them are interesting on their own. Then, once the movie is done, they decide to tack on another 40 minutes of a separate ending which somehow manages to be even worse than everything which came before it.

A total piece of shit and it should be avoided at all costs.

 

[Sarpedon]

Paths of Glory 9/10

So I finally followed the recommendation that a number of you gave, and thanks to everyone for it. I did indeed find this to be a most excellent film, where Kirk Douglas plays a lawyer turned WWI Colonel, who finds three of his men scapegoated for a failed attack. Possibly if I had seen this before the Trump era, I might have found General Mireau to be unbelievably over the top. Unbearably tense (in a good way) throughout. The one point deduction is kind of arbitrary, as I tend to find courtroom dramas fairly tedious and overdone, though this one is a decidedly good example. Also an unnecessary cameo by the director's wife.

 

[ZiprHead]

Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story 7.5/10

An under-appreciated comedy from Judd Apatow. Follows the life story of Dewey Cox from childhood to country and rock stardom, to drug adventures and addiction, to pop sell-out, to lifetime achievement award, and ultimately, to his death "three minutes after this recording was made".

There are several comedic gems, from his first time picking up a guitar as a child, to meeting the Beatles in India, and brilliant bit of comedy, "Oh no! The Temptations!" and a couple recurring gags.

Much of the music is actually quite good. Writing provided by Marshall Crenshaw, Van Dyke Parks and Charlie Wadhams.

I can understand it's lack of box office success since many will not get the references to popular music history, especially the reference to Brian Wilson's disaster, Smile.

Over all, a fun poke at musician documentaries. Well made and worth a watch.

 

[Sarpedon]

On a lighter note, I also saw The Cat Returns 7/10

Another Studio Ghibli feature, this one is well served by the weightless tone typical of Studio Ghibli, of which I have complained before. An awkward girl saves a cat from being run over, only to learn he is the prince of cats. The cats attempt to reward her, stuffing her pockets with catnip, presenting her with giftwrapped mice, and planting her garden full of cattails. When she is not delighted by these gifts, the king of cats decides to reward her by turning her into a cat and marrying her to the cat prince. She is helped in her escape by a renegade cat and a magical cat figurine brought to life. The cat prince doesn't want to marry her, preferring an actual cat, and the King of Cats, after going completely bonkers, comes to his senses and decides to abdicate. As usual, not much in the way of tension, but like my favorite Ghibli movies, the light tone and consequence free action matches the subject material this time.

 

[Ford]

Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story 7.5/10

An under-appreciated comedy from Judd Apatow. Follows the life story of Dewey Cox from childhood to country and rock stardom, to drug adventures and addiction, to pop sell-out, to lifetime achievement award, and ultimately, to his death "three minutes after this recording was made".

There are several comedic gems, from his first time picking up a guitar as a child, to meeting the Beatles in India, and brilliant bit of comedy, "Oh no! The Temptations!" and a couple recurring gags.

Much of the music is actually quite good. Writing provided by Marshall Crenshaw, Van Dyke Parks and Charlie Wadhams.

I can understand it's lack of box office success since many will not get the references to popular music history, especially the reference to Brian Wilson's disaster, Smile.

Over all, a fun poke at musician documentaries. Well made and worth a watch.

And one of the most quotable movies nobody has ever seen.

"Wrong kid died."

"You don't want no part of this shit."

"I'm cut in half real bad."

 

[ZiprHead]

And it's got lots of star cameos.

My favorite scene is meeting the Beatles. "I wonder if your songs are still shit when I'm 64."

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/OALGSvv7EBM[/YOUTUBE]

 

[TSwizzle]

Sausage Party, 8/10; Animated adult comedy by Seth Rogen/Jonah Hill. It is not very subtle in its mocking of religion but still does it in a very amusing way. Worth a watch.

 

[TSwizzle]

The Loft, 6/10; A stylish psychological thriller that revolves around five friends who have the use of a loft apartment to liaise with mistresses, hookers and girlfriends. It all goes tits up when a woman is found chained to the bed, dead. It appears one of the friends is responsible for the death of the woman and the movie goes into the background of each character, dropping red herrings about who the culprit is, there are twists and turns before ultimately the truth is revealed. It's ok, not particularly entertaining but well filmed.

 

[Underseer]

Logan 9/10

This is the single best movie of the X-Men franchise. It's like an indie movie, a comic book movie and a western had a bastard love child.

I really hope FOX learns from this: more emphasis on the drama/characters/story, and less emphasis on big budget action-movie spectacle.

Oh, and there was no end-credits scene, so don't stick around unless you just want to watch the credits themselves.

 

[Underseer]

Addendum on Logan.

Logan says he doesn't care, and part of the fun for the audience (both in the movies and the comic books) is figuring out how much of a liar he is.

In this movie, pay attention when he does this with Xavier.

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The real gut-wrench is when we find out he's been using Xavier's dementia to hide something from Xavier. From that moment, you can think back to the previous bits of movie and realize that his love for Xavier was his driving force all along.

Oh, and in case you didn't figure it out from the trailer, X-23 is there so that Logan can learn things about himself. That actress was incredible.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Logan 9/10

This is the single best movie of the X-Men franchise. It's like an indie movie, a comic book movie and a western had a bastard love child.

I really hope FOX learns from this: more emphasis on the drama/characters/story, and less emphasis on big budget action-movie spectacle.

Oh, and there was no end-credits scene, so don't stick around unless you just want to watch the credits themselves.

I was hoping that the trend would continue, First one sucked, second one decent, third one great.

 

[Underseer]

Logan 9/10

This is the single best movie of the X-Men franchise. It's like an indie movie, a comic book movie and a western had a bastard love child.

I really hope FOX learns from this: more emphasis on the drama/characters/story, and less emphasis on big budget action-movie spectacle.

Oh, and there was no end-credits scene, so don't stick around unless you just want to watch the credits themselves.

I was hoping that the trend would continue, First one sucked, second one decent, third one great.

What amazes me is that it was the same director for the second and third movie.