Movie What's the last movie you saw? (6)

[Chief]

Continued in Part 7:

Movie - What's the last movie you saw? (7)

Continued from Part 6: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/whats-the-last-movie-you-saw-6.1287849/ I've retained Asgardian as the OP. Rest in peace, mate. ================ Starting this up for the mods. Watched Judgment in Berlin, a simple tale of a hijacking from Poland to West Berlin...

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[phantom13]

Will watch it soon but I also don’t get why they show such graphic violence in movies these days. We get what’s happening, no need to show it so graphically. Is it to keep these graphic designers in work? It’s so unnecessary.

1 it’s not a new thing. Sometimes the impact is required for the story telling. Sometimes it’s gratioutis and unnecessary. Sometimes it’s to make you feel uncomfortable. This film uses it sparingly but effectively.

2 that’s not what graphic designers do and in this film (and generally most good films) it’s practical stuff.

Fwiw when I say graphic I don’t mean gory.

Anyway personal opinion aside it’s well worth a watch

 

[GreyCrow]

Bullet Train

On a dodgy usb with no subtitles which impacted my viewing but not my enjoyment.

Completely full of logic holes and absurd situations but ehh - just moved fast enough that these issues didnt have time to grow

Ultimate Saturday night actioner for a brain dead bit of fun

 

[edgie]

1 it’s not a new thing. Sometimes the impact is required for the story telling. Sometimes it’s gratioutis and unnecessary. Sometimes it’s to make you feel uncomfortable. This film uses it sparingly but effectively....

Yep, a lot of things can benefit from sparing but graphic violence. No such thing as gratuitous or unnecessary to me, but many movies that aren't made for action or exploitation, rely on violent themes, and violent visuals can really help with impact.

There's a lot of dramas or thrillers in the world that would lose something by lessening the graphicness. First example is Gone Girl, it would have worked without it, but it works better with it.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I find graphic violence less confronting than implied, off-screen violence a lot of the time. At least you can process what it looks like, the impacts etc.

I still can't watch the curb-stomping scene in American History X again.

 

[phantom13]

I find graphic violence less confronting than implied, off-screen violence a lot of the time. At least you can process what it looks like, the impacts etc.

I still can't watch the curb-stomping scene in American History X again.

The jaws theory.

You can and do imagine worse than what you can see.

Irreversible is, to me, a really good example of using the violence and forced uncomfortability of a scene to hammer home your message.

The scene in that (people who have seen it know) makes you feel sick, it’s supposed, you should feel that way. That’s the point of it.

 

[edgie]

Nit picking on personal definitions here, but I would consider the curb stomping scene to be graphic. Yeah it isn't like torture pr0n horror film stuff, it is filmed in a restrained way that largely avoids the nitty gritty, but you see it, you hear it. The act of violence is shown.

If they skipped past it or only showed the reaction of people watching, then that would be to me, not showing it. But seeing is believing imo. The movie and scene would lose power, doing that.

Anyway redundant point as the ending of the movie is bloody and graphic.

 

[phantom13]

Nit picking on personal definitions here, but I would consider the curb stomping scene to be graphic. Yeah it isn't like torture pr0n horror film stuff, it is filmed in a restrained way that largely avoids the nitty gritty, but you see it, you hear it. The act of violence is shown.

If they skipped past it or only showed the reaction of people watching, then that would be to me, not showing it. But seeing is believing imo. The movie and scene would lose power, doing that.

Anyway redundant point as the ending of the movie is bloody and graphic.

Do you consider the rape scene in X graphic?

It doesn’t really show that much but it’s pretty graphic to me.

 

[edgie]

Do you consider the rape scene in X graphic?

It doesn’t really show that much but it’s pretty graphic to me.

Gee I can barely even remember it lol

I just looked up the IMDB description to refresh my memory

Without watching (I'm at work I ain't searching for rape scenes) I would say given it's male on male, it would be hard to say. You are never really going to see much when it's between men. So I guess since I wouldn't really expect to see anything explicit in the first place, yeah, seeing anything at all, even retrained, would feel graphic.

Sometimes I like my movies like my music.

There's power in restraint.

 

[the_big_sav]

Clerks III.

Hmm not sure if you can keep getting away with recycling the same crap but this version is a bit cringey with jokes and pop culture references getting pretty old. Kevin Smith had his time in 90's and 00's. Time to give it up.

where did you watch it?

 

[ibd77]

where did you watch it?

On the high seas somewhere near Somalia.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) (1948)

An Italian film set and made just after WWII when the average family is struggling to make ends meet. The protagonist is given a job that will save him and his young family, but it requires him to have a bike, so he buys back the bike that he had pawned off for food. Twenty minutes into the film, street hoodlums steal his bike, devastating him and his family. The film follows him, his son Bruno, and a few of his friends as they search Rome for the stolen bike.

This is apparently considered an all time great by many critics and a major influence for many directors. It’s such a simple story but it definitely kept my attention throughout, and the acting was great.

It's ranked 119 in the IMDB top 250 movies. It deserves its place in history with its depiction of poverty in post-war Italy, and the use of non-actors in key roles. I can see how directors like Ken Loach would have been influenced.

It starts off really well. It paints a picture of the bleak world the characters live in. But they also live in Rome, with its amazing streets and piazzas. There's a ray of hope for one family but we know from the movie title that he's soon going to have his precious bicycle stolen! The score enhances the tension.

But it's also flawed. It tails off somewhat in the second half. All the dialog is dubbed, even the original Italian version. Some scenes get a bit repetitive - how many times does the old man say "I'm an old man, leave me alone?" Some of the acting in the group scenes is amateur. There's out of focus shots. The end scenes seemed unrealistic -

Spoiler

he chose a bicycle on its own rather than one of the thousands for the soccer game, then instantly a guy jumps out and chases him. Then after being caught by the mob he is excused.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Wog Boys Forever

Quite enjoyed it old school Aussie comedy and Shooshi Mango were hilarious they will get their own movie I reckon

Felt proud to be a wog after I left the theatre

 

[HairyO]

Bullet Train

On a dodgy usb with no subtitles which impacted my viewing but not my enjoyment.

Completely full of logic holes and absurd situations but ehh - just moved fast enough that these issues didnt have time to grow

Ultimate Saturday night actioner for a brain dead bit of fun

I didnt mind it. Viewed it as a comedy with silly action.

Bay crossed with Tarrantino.

Very silly from start to finish but the action was good and the cast worked.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Saw Amsterdam tonight, amazing cast and some good performances, but found myself drifting in and out a lot and didn’t hold my interest for long. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood for it, idk.

Probably just give it a 5/10 on the cast alone, but felt like a waste of their talents for the most part. Don’t think I’ll revisit.

 

[Kong]

It's ranked 119 in the IMDB top 250 movies. It deserves its place in history with its depiction of poverty in post-war Italy, and the use of non-actors in key roles. I can see how directors like Ken Loach would have been influenced.

It starts off really well. It paints a picture of the bleak world the characters live in. But they also live in Rome, with its amazing streets and piazzas. There's a ray of hope for one family but we know from the movie title that he's soon going to have his precious bicycle stolen! The score enhances the tension.

But it's also flawed. It tails off somewhat in the second half. All the dialog is dubbed, even the original Italian version. Some scenes get a bit repetitive - how many times does the old man say "I'm an old man, leave me alone?" Some of the acting in the group scenes is amateur. There's out of focus shots. The end scenes seemed unrealistic -

Spoiler

he chose a bicycle on its own rather than one of the thousands for the soccer game, then instantly a guy jumps out and chases him. Then after being caught by the mob he is excused.

I didn’t mind the end scene.

Spoiler: Ending

I feel like on some level he was replicating the theft of his own bike, like he’d tried doing things his way with no success, so he tried to do what had been done to him successfully, in a moment of desperation.

As for the old man, the scene annoyed me but not for that reason. I think it’s believable that someone with a secret would stick to a simple denial in the way he did, and the protagonist was never going to give up even if it felt repetitive.

I watched the Italian version and I saw the poor dubbing, but I don’t mind that with old Italian films; it feels like part of the charm.

The one scene that I did think was odd was where the lead actor walks into his son’s bedroom to collect his bike for work. When he enters, there’s a light shade swinging pretty noticeably from the ceiling. So much so that I originally thought I could see a boom mic. My assumption is that they’d done a few takes and in a previous one the actor had hit the shade with his bike, as he came close-ish in the eventual scene. Either way, it didn’t make sense to be swinging like that.

 

[Frank Bunn]

I didn’t mind the end scene.

Spoiler: Ending

I feel like on some level he was replicating the theft of his own bike, like he’d tried doing things his way with no success, so he tried to do what had been done to him successfully, in a moment of desperation.

As for the old man, the scene annoyed me but not for that reason. I think it’s believable that someone with a secret would stick to a simple denial in the way he did, and the protagonist was never going to give up even if it felt repetitive.

I watched the Italian version and I saw the poor dubbing, but I don’t mind that with old Italian films; it feels like part of the charm.

The one scene that I did think was odd was where the lead actor walks into his son’s bedroom to collect his bike for work. When he enters, there’s a light shade swinging pretty noticeably from the ceiling. So much so that I originally thought I could see a boom mic. My assumption is that they’d done a few takes and in a previous one the actor had hit the shade with his bike, as he came close-ish in the eventual scene. Either way, it didn’t make sense to be swinging like that.

I didn't notice the light shade. In some ways it had a feel of an amateur production with mistakes like that but apparently it didn't have a low budget. As you say, it had that old school charm. I wonder if the kid falling over on the road was unscripted. Then he nearly got run over by two different cars! How about the guy who climbs the shelving to about 10m? I got the impression they filmed a guy doing his regular job.

 

[Sinjin Smith]

Continuing with MCU I haven't seen: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Visually a treat. The story line had me confused until I found out I had to watch Wanda Vision first which I hadn't so I got lost in the plot a bit and didn't realise the Scarlett Witch had such immense power. Matter of fact Dr Strange seems to have powered up as well. With all of that still enjoyed it, one of the better ones.

7/10.

 

[JackOutback]

In the Shadow of the Moon... given its low-ish scores of RT and Metacritic, I'd have to say this is a bit underrated because I quite enjoyed it. The first half hour is particularly frenetic, the mystery draws you in. A bunch of unrelated people die suddenly and a police officer (Boyd Holbrook) chases the woman thought to be responsible. It's no spoiler to say she ends up dead, but nine years later, the deaths happen again and it seems like the woman has returned. There's a sci-fi twist to the tale, there's a lack of detail in the sci part of sci-fi and perhaps the ending doesn't quite land as well as it could, but it's still a fun ride and there's some good performances from Michael C Hall and Bokeem Woodbine. 7/10

 

[windyhill]

Irrational man.

 

[HeathySure]

Don't Worry Darling

Utter load of crap, There wasnt that many people in the theatre but they all laughed at things that happened that were meant to be serious. Flo Pugh was great and about the only reason to see this. Harry Styles spent his time on screen pretty much sticking his tongue down Flo's throat for the whole movie. He might be getting a Raspberry Award it was that bad.

Also my pet hate, Token Indian, token black actor, token asian. It just stands out as really bad casting especially in the time period the movie was set in.
3/10

 

[bok_party]

Don't Worry Darling

Utter load of crap, There wasnt that many people in the theatre but they all laughed at things that happened that were meant to be serious. Flo Pugh was great and about the only reason to see this. Harry Styles spent his time on screen pretty much sticking his tongue down Flo's throat for the whole movie. He might be getting a Raspberry Award it was that bad.

Also my pet hate, Token Indian, token black actor, token asian. It just stands out as really bad casting especially in the time period the movie was set in.
3/10

Spoiler: Spoiler

you know it was set in the modern day right?

 

[phantom13]

Spoiler: Spoiler

you know it was set in the modern day right?

I thought the same thing...

 

[Kong]

Fantastic Mr Fox (2009)

Really enjoyed this film. It's a stop motion adaptation of the Roald Dahl kids novel, directed by Wes Anderson, featuring most of his usual ensemble of actors, plus George Clooney as Mr Fox.

It is exactly what you'd expect, with all of the usual quirkiness, but more fast paced than some Anderson films.

Clooney was perfectly cast as the smug and ambitious lead, too.

 

[L_W_P]

Watched "Jerry & Marge Go Large" last night.

It was solid enough and Bryan Cranston was great playing an undiagnosed autistic guy, being pushed into retirement and fearing what 'use' he'll be. Other than that though it's pretty 'meh'.

 

[troybe]

Talking about accents, watched Rough Night the other day and Kate McKinnon playing an Australian was strange why not an Aussie?