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

[ZiprHead]

Watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. Probably been 15 years since last seen on Turner Classics. I liked how they didn't cut anything, even the intermission.

Surprising how well it's held up even though it's more than fifty years old.

 

[Ford]

Watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. Probably been 15 years since last seen on Turner Classics. I liked how they didn't cut anything, even the intermission.

Surprising how well it's held up even though it's more than fifty years old.

It's a masterpiece, to be sure. There are so many little details. Like the fact that Hal is more emotional than Dave and Frank. There's an underlying theme where things are grouped in threes. Also, Gary Lockwood is a fraternity brother of mine.

 

[bilby]

Watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. Probably been 15 years since last seen on Turner Classics. I liked how they didn't cut anything, even the intermission.

Surprising how well it's held up even though it's more than fifty years old.

It's a masterpiece, to be sure. There are so many little details. Like the fact that Hal is more emotional than Dave and Frank. There's an underlying theme where things are grouped in threes. Also, Gary Lockwood is a fraternity brother of mine.

I am always sad that it was so obvious that PanAm would fly commercial passengers to the moon; But they never did.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Tom and Jerry The Movie - Yeah, my daughter was excited for this. To be fair, the film was much better than I expected. It was cliche as all heck (I’m getting old), but otherwise the comedy was pretty good with several LOL moments, including a Droopy cameo. I might be mistaken, but I thought visually this was the best cartoon live action mix since Roger Rabbit, not that there were many other films in that time.

2.75 of 4

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. Probably been 15 years since last seen on Turner Classics. I liked how they didn't cut anything, even the intermission.

Surprising how well it's held up even though it's more than fifty years old.

It's a masterpiece, to be sure. There are so many little details. Like the fact that Hal is more emotional than Dave and Frank. There's an underlying theme where things are grouped in threes. Also, Gary Lockwood is a fraternity brother of mine.

I am always sad that it was so obvious that PanAm would fly commercial passengers to the moon; But they never did.

Didn’t some guy named Stryker fly a PanAm to the Moon?

 

[Swammerdami]

I just watched Red Sparrow (2018), a spy thriller. It had flaws (too much violence; only the main character, played by Jennifer Lawrence, was interesting; the plot and its twists might heve been better developed) but I enjoyed it; I was sorry that it ended! The 6.6/10 IMDB points were about right, though I'd give it more since I'm a fan of the spy thriller genre.

I'd never heard of co-star Amy Adams but clicked to learn she's now one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses. I'd seen her in the 2018 mini-series Sharp Objects — a detective story which I'd also recommend.

You hadn't heard of Amy Adams... today? She has been everywhere except porn!

I had enjoyed her in Sharp Objects; I just don't pay attention to these new-fangled faces and names.

There are plenty of actors and actresses I know on sight — Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Stewart, Jimmy Cagney, Bette Davis, etc. I even know plenty of young actors: Lee Marin, Paul Newman, Audrey Hepburn, etc.

 

[DrZoidberg]

Watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. Probably been 15 years since last seen on Turner Classics. I liked how they didn't cut anything, even the intermission.

Surprising how well it's held up even though it's more than fifty years old.

I recommend trying to watch it on a big screen. It's a completely different experience. Especially the end.

Fun fact, the end is intended to be watched on LSD. In a movie theatre.

Its a mind blowing experience. With or without acid

 

[Swammerdami]

90+% of message-board nerds think 2001 is one of the greatest movies ever made. Include me in the 5+% who think it's insufferably boring and couldn't even finish a re-watch. Consider the very long scene where the guy makes a Happy Birthday "Zoom" call to his kid: Is that alluring or thought-provoking here in the 21st-century?

Sometimes, when watching a boring movie, I turn the play speed up to 150% or so. Even that didn't help 2001.

Fifty-three years ago, I drove across the Bay Bridge with my first real girlfriend to watch the premiere of 2001 in San Francisco. I think I liked it okay then, though I'd already read enough sci-fi that the Big Deal or Whatever™ of The.Ending™ was "old hat."

When I admitted to disliking 2001 on The.Other.Message.Board, I was told that I was a moron who only likes car chases, and can't stand thought-provoking movies! Come on, TFTers, see if your insults can outdo The.Other.Message.Board !

(I once worked closely with a guy who is a minor celebrity because of his touting the legacy of 2001. On 12 January 1992 he made a big deal about HAL's birthday.)

 

[ZiprHead]

Watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. Probably been 15 years since last seen on Turner Classics. I liked how they didn't cut anything, even the intermission.

Surprising how well it's held up even though it's more than fifty years old.

I recommend trying to watch it on a big screen. It's a completely different experience. Especially the end.

Fun fact, the end is intended to be watched on LSD. In a movie theatre.

Its a mind blowing experience. With or without acid

I actually did see it on the big screen when I was a kid, but still too young to appreciate the artistry. And way too you for psychedelic drugs.

 

[Shadowy Man]

90+% of message-board nerds think 2001 is one of the greatest movies ever made. Include me in the 5+% who think it's insufferably boring and couldn't even finish a re-watch. Consider the very long scene where the guy makes a Happy Birthday "Zoom" call to his kid: Is that alluring or thought-provoking here in the 21st-century?

Sometimes, when watching a boring movie, I turn the play speed up to 150% or so. Even that didn't help 2001.

Fifty-three years ago, I drove across the Bay Bridge with my first real girlfriend to watch the premiere of 2001 in San Francisco. I think I liked it okay then, though I'd already read enough sci-fi that the Big Deal or Whatever™ of The.Ending™ was "old hat."

When I admitted to disliking 2001 on The.Other.Message.Board, I was told that I was a moron who only likes car chases, and can't stand thought-provoking movies! Come on, TFTers, see if your insults can outdo The.Other.Message.Board !

(I once worked closely with a guy who is a minor celebrity because of his touting the legacy of 2001. On 12 January 1992 he made a big deal about HAL's birthday.)

I think it took me about three views before I could stay awake through the whole thing.

 

[TSwizzle]

90+% of message-board nerds think 2001 is one of the greatest movies ever made. Include me in the 5+% who think it's insufferably boring and couldn't even finish a re-watch. Consider the very long scene where the guy makes a Happy Birthday "Zoom" call to his kid: Is that alluring or thought-provoking here in the 21st-century?

Sometimes, when watching a boring movie, I turn the play speed up to 150% or so. Even that didn't help 2001.

Fifty-three years ago, I drove across the Bay Bridge with my first real girlfriend to watch the premiere of 2001 in San Francisco. I think I liked it okay then, though I'd already read enough sci-fi that the Big Deal or Whatever™ of The.Ending™ was "old hat."

When I admitted to disliking 2001 on The.Other.Message.Board, I was told that I was a moron who only likes car chases, and can't stand thought-provoking movies! Come on, TFTers, see if your insults can outdo The.Other.Message.Board !

I am a fan of the movie and will tune in to watch if I see it playing while channel surfing but it's definitely not for everyone and it is laboriously slow but the Kubrick style keeps me mesmerized. I've never watched it in it's entirety for years and I don't think I would now.

I've not watched 2010: The Year We Made Contact for years either, I can't remember it but I think it was OK.

 

[Ford]

90+% of message-board nerds think 2001 is one of the greatest movies ever made. Include me in the 5+% who think it's insufferably boring and couldn't even finish a re-watch. Consider the very long scene where the guy makes a Happy Birthday "Zoom" call to his kid: Is that alluring or thought-provoking here in the 21st-century?

Sometimes, when watching a boring movie, I turn the play speed up to 150% or so. Even that didn't help 2001.

Fifty-three years ago, I drove across the Bay Bridge with my first real girlfriend to watch the premiere of 2001 in San Francisco. I think I liked it okay then, though I'd already read enough sci-fi that the Big Deal or Whatever™ of The.Ending™ was "old hat."

When I admitted to disliking 2001 on The.Other.Message.Board, I was told that I was a moron who only likes car chases, and can't stand thought-provoking movies! Come on, TFTers, see if your insults can outdo The.Other.Message.Board !

I am a fan of the movie and will tune in to watch if I see it playing while channel surfing but it's definitely not for everyone and it is laboriously slow but the Kubrick style keeps me mesmerized. I've never watched it in it's entirety for years and I don't think I would now.

I've not watched 2010: The Year We Made Contact for years either, I can't remember it but I think it was OK.

I watched it when it came out, and then saw it again a few years ago on streaming. I also read the books.

2010 is a very, very different movie than 2001. I chalk that up to it not being directed by Kubrick, and it had more of a "big studio movie" feel. That doesn't make it bad, just a whole lot more mainstream and approachable than the original.

It is also (as I noticed the last time I saw it) a bit dated. Set while the Cold War is still going on, it's got the "American and Soviet astronauts struggling to put aside their differences and work together" trope. Despite being set in 2010, everything on Earth seems pretty much exactly like it was in 1984, when the movie came out. IIRC it hews fairly close to the book (Clarke was consulted regularly by the director) and that's good, though it misses a lot of the wonder and mystery of 2001. It is very much an 80's movie. It's not bad, just not as groundbreaking or interesting as the original. It does give an explanation of why HAL did what he did.

 

[TSwizzle]

I Care A Lot, 6/10; A Netflix original starring Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage. A thriller that starts off really well but goes off the rails in the last third. Marla Grayson (Pike) is a lawyer scam artist that fleeces the elderly of their wealth by becoming a court appointed guardian. Her latest "cherry" (victim) is not the sweet little old lady Marla thinks. It could have been a lot better but a few implausible situations and an unsatisfactory ending let the movie down in he final third.

 

[atrib]

Still Walking - 9/10

A day in the life of a Japanese family that gathers at the home of the elderly parents to remember a family member who was killed in an accident a few years ago. Beautifully narrated, quiet and understated, and very real. Reminded me of Satyajit Ray's early work. Loved it!!

 

[The Colourful Jester]

Counting this as a movie, not tv...

Zack Snyders Justice League

Pretty good. It's surprising to see how much of Snyders material was used in the original. And surprising to see what changes have been made to that material. I may be the only person in the world who loved the first version, but this is better.
Oddly, this feels like a Joss Whedon written and directed four hour movie as produced by Snyder.
The Flash feels like a hero. Cyborg has been said to be the heart of the movie, but I disagree. The basic story is the same. Still interesting though. But hard to see how this could have worked as a two hour movie theatrically.
Annoyingly, this was said to be the first of a trilogy. And the setup seems to work. With DC apparently interested only in solo and non-connected movies, we’ll never see these.
Well worth a watch!

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Counting this as a movie, not tv...

Zack Snyders Justice League

Pretty good. It's surprising to see how much of Snyders material was used in the original. And surprising to see what changes have been made to that material. I may be the only person in the world who loved the first version, but this is better.
Oddly, this feels like a Joss Whedon written and directed four hour movie as produced by Snyder.
The Flash feels like a hero. Cyborg has been said to be the heart of the movie, but I disagree. The basic story is the same. Still interesting though. But hard to see how this could have worked as a two hour movie theatrically.
Annoyingly, this was said to be the first of a trilogy. And the setup seems to work. With DC apparently interested only in solo and non-connected movies, we’ll never see these.
Well worth a watch!

The fight scenes were much better and Flash and Cyborg were actual characters in the movie with things to do, so that was good. Aquaman was half the character he was in the original, though.

Ten minutes into it, however, I came to the opinion that this was not a four hour movie and they could have made it three hours without losing a single thing. That opinion was maintained throughout the rest of the film. Also, shut up with Evil Superman. Give us Good Superman for a while before you try to shake things up with Evil Superman. Superman turning evil only works if you've taken the time to establish him as good and that hasn't been done. Also, that conversation between Batman and Joker was just awkward and weird and it went on way too long being awkward and weird. The music was much better in the Whedon version.

Random Martian Manhunter was just fucking random. I mean ... why? I liked Batman's blasé reaction to him when he showed up at the end like "Oh. Some alien popped by talking about the end of the world ... I guess it's Tuesday?" He gave even less of a shit than the people who wrote MM into the script.

 

[marc]

For those into stupid horror/comedies that don’t take themselves too seriously, might like Willy’s Wonderland.

Nick Cage is forced to spend the night cleaning a haunted Chuck-E-Cheese rip off. Some kids who want to destroy the place try to warn him, only to find he is more dangerous than the monsters.

I enjoyed it a lot.

Show

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/jO9lc3wzifY[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Counting this as a movie, not tv...

Zack Snyders Justice League

Pretty good. It's surprising to see how much of Snyders material was used in the original. And surprising to see what changes have been made to that material. I may be the only person in the world who loved the first version, but this is better.
Oddly, this feels like a Joss Whedon written and directed four hour movie as produced by Snyder.
The Flash feels like a hero. Cyborg has been said to be the heart of the movie, but I disagree. The basic story is the same. Still interesting though. But hard to see how this could have worked as a two hour movie theatrically.
Annoyingly, this was said to be the first of a trilogy. And the setup seems to work. With DC apparently interested only in solo and non-connected movies, we’ll never see these.
Well worth a watch!

The fight scenes were much better and Flash and Cyborg were actual characters in the movie with things to do, so that was good. Aquaman was half the character he was in the original, though.

Four hours wasn't enough to get them all a good presence?

Also, shut up with Evil Superman. Give us Good Superman for a while before you try to shake things up with Evil Superman.

I wish X-Men First Class allowed Magneto time before the heel turn. That would make it matter. Also, we don't want an evil Superman, we Thanos Superman who is effectively becoming the Monarch of the planet who has slowly taken control of everything because he wants what is right and fair, but his application of it policy and punishment becomes more and more questionable.

 

[TSwizzle]

The Silent Partner, 8/10; Streaming on Kanopy. Released in 1978 it stars Elliot Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York and surprisingly John Candy in a minor role. A clever thriller about a bank robber (Plummer) who successfully robs a bank. However, the teller he robbed (Gould) only handed over a small amount of the cash and kept the rest. Infuriated, Plummer goes after the teller to get the money and a game of cat and mouse begins.

 

[ZiprHead]

The Silent Partner, 8/10; Streaming on Kanopy. Released in 1978 it stars Elliot Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York and surprisingly John Candy in a minor role. A clever thriller about a bank robber (Plummer) who successfully robs a bank. However, the teller he robbed (Gould) only handed over a small amount of the cash and kept the rest. Infuriated, Plummer goes after the teller to get the money and a game of cat and mouse begins.

That sounds interesting. I different take on a heist movie, which is one of my favorite genres.