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

[TSwizzle]

The Croupier, 6/10; Stars Clive Owen as a struggling writer who is manipulated into taking a job as a croupier in a Casino. It's a rather convoluted and lengthy story with some interesting plot lines. The twist at the end was a bit of a surprise and there are a couple of loose ends that could have been cleared up.

Summer of '84, 7/10; A mystery/horror movie set in a smallish town back in 1984. The plot revolves around a young kid that has a lively imagination and a number of kids in the area that have disappeared. He convinces his friends that his neighbor, a highly respected cop, is somehow involved in these disappearances. The kids try to gather evidence to support the theory and things start to get weird.

 

[Shadowy Man]

Star Wars, A New Hope. 9/10

just watched this with my 9 year old. I hadn’t watched it in years and it was her first viewing. It really holds up well after all these years. Only a few additions by Lucas seemed a little out of place, but some actually helped with the story telling. The relatively tight story telling just points out how far the recent movies have strayed. It’s hard to point to any major flaws and the minor ones don’t take away from the experience. My kid is eager to watch Empire now. It’ll be interesting to see how she views that one, considering the substantial change in tone.

 

[steve_bank]

The 7 Year Itch with Marylin Monroe. Ran on a regular TV channel.

Whatever 'it' was, she had it.

 

[DrZoidberg]

Thanks for the warning! I was considering watching that film. Didn't realize it was a Snyder film. I still feel bitter about Suckerpunch.

I just looked through Zack Snyder's filmography. It's not impressive. That guy seems able to fuck up anything. He didn't fuck up Watchmen too bad. Because he stuck to the original story and didn't get creative. But it's still a pretty flat movie.

But I need to see how Snyder manages to fuck up a zombie movie. I didn't think that was possible.

I thought 300 and Dawn Of The Dead were pretty good.

Yes, I agree 300 is great. I will amend my earlier appraisal of him. He does have talent. But is hit'n'miss. Mostly miss.

I hadn't heard of the 2004 Dawn of the Dead before. I want to see this! I cannot get enough of zombies.

 

[marc]

now seeing the Honest Trailer, yup, not sorry to skip this one.



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

 

[TSwizzle]

Summer of '42, 6/10; Released in 1971 this movie is a "coming of age' story set in 1942 on the island of Nantucket. Stars Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes and Jerry Houser. Three teenage boys are vacationing on Nantucket and are determined to "get laid". One of the boys becomes smitten by an older woman and awkwardly tries to befriend her. The woman's husband is in the military and is sent to fight abroad so he does start to make some headway in striking up a friendship with her. There are some good parts to the movie but I think it is overrated. Although the scene where the main character "Hermie" is in the drugstore trying to buy condoms is very good.

 

[ideologyhunter]

Summer of '42, 6/10; Released in 1971 this movie is a "coming of age' story set in 1942 on the island of Nantucket. Stars Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes and Jerry Houser. Three teenage boys are vacationing on Nantucket and are determined to "get laid". One of the boys becomes smitten by an older woman and awkwardly tries to befriend her. The woman's husband is in the military and is sent to fight abroad so he does start to make some headway in striking up a friendship with her. There are some good parts to the movie but I think it is overrated. Although the scene where the main character "Hermie" is in the drugstore trying to buy condoms is very good.

I feel the same. It was considered a heart-catching coming of age story when it was released. To me, now, it seems less substantial, and it plays off the plot of Tea and Sympathy too much for comfort. Drugstore scene is good, and in the same way, the evocation of the war years.

 

[TSwizzle]

Summer of '42, 6/10; Released in 1971 this movie is a "coming of age' story set in 1942 on the island of Nantucket. Stars Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes and Jerry Houser. Three teenage boys are vacationing on Nantucket and are determined to "get laid". One of the boys becomes smitten by an older woman and awkwardly tries to befriend her. The woman's husband is in the military and is sent to fight abroad so he does start to make some headway in striking up a friendship with her. There are some good parts to the movie but I think it is overrated. Although the scene where the main character "Hermie" is in the drugstore trying to buy condoms is very good.

I feel the same. It was considered a heart-catching coming of age story when it was released. To me, now, it seems less substantial, and it plays off the plot of Tea and Sympathy too much for comfort. Drugstore scene is good, and in the same way, the evocation of the war years.

I saw this movie years ago and I seem to remember really enjoying it so I thought I would watch it again. Alas, my memory must have been playing tricks as I didn't think it was particularly good. The drugstore scene stands out and there are a couple of other scenes that are memorable but overall the movie is pretty bland. I don't think I have seen the sequel, Summer of '44.

 

[thebeave]

Summer of '42, 6/10; Released in 1971 this movie is a "coming of age' story set in 1942 on the island of Nantucket. Stars Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes and Jerry Houser. Three teenage boys are vacationing on Nantucket and are determined to "get laid". One of the boys becomes smitten by an older woman and awkwardly tries to befriend her. The woman's husband is in the military and is sent to fight abroad so he does start to make some headway in striking up a friendship with her. There are some good parts to the movie but I think it is overrated. Although the scene where the main character "Hermie" is in the drugstore trying to buy condoms is very good.

This movie came out when I was 10 years old, so I was too young to watch it in the theater. However, Mad Magazine (my older brother subscribed) had its satirical take on it that I remember pretty well, especially the drugstore scene. Hermie is in the drugstore saying to the clerk, "I'd like to buy some whisper, whisper, whisper. From then on out, Hermie and the clerk described his request as a whisper, whisper, whisper. I remember thinking that was kind of funny and interesting, but I had know idea what the whisper, whisper, whisper meant. It was not until I was in my 30's that I rented the video and did the old forehead slap and realized it was about condoms. Duh. I guess I never figured it out at age 10, because I didn't even know what a condom was back then. I probably didn't even knew what sex was.

 

[DBT]

Summer of '42, nice theme song if I remember correctly.

 

[ZiprHead]

Secondhand Lions 8/10

Coming of age story of a boy abandoned by his mother to the care of two aging great-uncles.

I've never actually seen this movie until today. Most everyone has seen the beer and ribs fight scene, but the whole movie is definitely worth a watching. The three main actors all turn in excellent performances, especially Robert Duvall as Hub.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The Mitchells verses The Machines - An enjoyable family romp about a dysfunctional family dealing with an impending robot apocalypse. Plenty of cliches, but the animation has some fresh style to it. The loaf of bread does steal the show. The movie, while not very authentic, doesn't overstay its welcome (nor does it lag) and competently manages the billion time told stories of a teen becoming an adult and family road trips. 3 of 4

 

[atrib]

The Apartment (1960) 7/10

This movie won 5 Oscars including Best Picture. Some of the plot elements are over the top, but Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine both did a good job. I enjoyed it.

 

[Politesse]

Secondhand Lions 8/10

Coming of age story of a boy abandoned by his mother to the care of two aging great-uncles.

I've never actually seen this movie until today. Most everyone has seen the beer and ribs fight scene, but the whole movie is definitely worth a watching. The three main actors all turn in excellent performances, especially Robert Duvall as Hub.

One of my favorites! Never understood why it didn't draw more attention.

 

[Jayjay]

The Dictator
5/10

I think Sascha Baron Cohen is one of the most overrated comedians. I just don't find him that funny. This movie is a case in point: most of its jokes are based on either racist stereotypes, misogyny, and gratuitous display of both male and female genitals. Only part I found funny was the helicopter scene where Cohen and Jason Mantzoukas are pretending to be American tourists, but even that was a throw-away sketch that didn't really advance the plot at all.

 

[DrZoidberg]

now seeing the Honest Trailer, yup, not sorry to skip this one.

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

I saw this yesterday. I love zombie movies. I thought I'd love this one as well. Nope, I literally fell asleep. I couldn't keep focus. The story is the weakest shit in history. The film would have been better if they'd just skipped any of the dialogue. The story added absolutely nothing. Yet, there was a lot of talking. Talk talk talk talk. None relevant to anything.

I should say that I only saw the first half. I gave up 45 minutes in. What a load of absolute crap.

None of the zombie deaths were entertaining. None of any of the deaths were interesting. I didn't care enough about any character to be sad to see them go. The zombie spread montage following the opening scene... what a snoozefest. It was all just "cool" shots without any connection to the story. The idiotic derivative story. A child could have written that script. I hope a child did write it. It would explain a lot.

It's astonishing how in the opening scene, how the escaping first zombie from the armoured truck, the filmmakers completely failed to create any tension. Before the zombie appears, we haven't seen it yet. We don't know what it is. We know it's probably a zombie. Because it's in the title of the movie. But we don't really know. After it appears it kills every soldier in seconds. Except the two that run away. What? Where's the tension and horror in that? The two soldiers who run away then have a nonsensical conversation about that it's probably safe now and they both stop. Why? Then the zombie suddenly appear out of nowhere and murders both of them in the space of one second. So now all the soldiers are dead. If there's none of the soldiers left, where's the tension? What should I as a viewer care about?

The Dave Bautista character has a sad background and is traumatised. At the point it was introduced I'd been overwhelmed by so much irrelevant information I couldn't care any less. I was burned out already.

What a stinking heap of shit.

I'm baffled it's possible to fail this hard with a zombie movie.

 

[marc]

It was all just "cool" shots without any connection to the story. The idiotic derivative story.

That was my impression of Snyder’s other abomination of a movie Sucker Punch. The guy can do good when given a comic book to work from (300, Watchmen) then someone else is supplying the story and what the visuals should be. If anything is left to his discretion then it quickly goes to crap

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit - A film noir... with cartoon characters. The tech in this film is under-rated even when rating it highly, mostly hidden in minute details that can be overlooked. The story is good ole fashion cliché intermixed with cartoon cliché, but the ride is wonderful. The HD transfer is incredible and shows few signs of weaknesses. 3.5 of 4

The Dictator
5/10

I think Sascha Baron Cohen is one of the most overrated comedians. I just don't find him that funny. This movie is a case in point: most of its jokes are based on either racist stereotypes, misogyny, and gratuitous display of both male and female genitals. Only part I found funny was the helicopter scene where Cohen and Jason Mantzoukas are pretending to be American tourists, but even that was a throw-away sketch that didn't really advance the plot at all.

He is like Andy Kaufman. He has his moments, and I get what he is trying, but some of his comedy is overshooting the target or has the nuance of firing a rocket propelled grenade at an archery target.

 

[Jayjay]

Get The Gringo
8/10

Decent thriller with Mel Gibson playing a suave criminal who gets locked up in a Mexican jail and has to use his wits to get out and get back at the people who put him there. Only thing that bothers me is that I couldn't figure out what he had against the shipping magnate at the end, and who was that guy anyway? Was it foreshadowed at all or did I miss something?

 

[ZiprHead]

Get The Gringo
8/10

Decent thriller with Mel Gibson playing a suave criminal who gets locked up in a Mexican jail and has to use his wits to get out and get back at the people who put him there. Only thing that bothers me is that I couldn't figure out what he had against the shipping magnate at the end, and who was that guy anyway? Was it foreshadowed at all or did I miss something?

Sounds similar to Payback, another MG movie, which I very much liked.