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

[Xtreme]

Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum

Not quite a marathon, but watched Identity/Supremecy with a tiny break in between both films earlier today, while I watched Ultimatum through the late afternoon to just before. Enjoy them immensely even though Identity is clearly the best, the other two do well to extend the trilogy.

Can't be arsed watching "Legacy" or Jason Bourne right now.

 

[crafty_bernardo]

Anora

Very good comedy, that final scene really was a home run

Think I've pretty much almost watched all the anticipated 2024 movies. Last one left is Conclave

 

[phantom13]

Watched Die Hard 2 with the boy on Christmas night. It’s fine but it ain’t no Die Hard 1. Some good moments, plenty of nostalgia that lifts it to a a 7/10 whereas it’d probably be closer to a 6.

Contraversial opinion but Die Hard with a vengeance is a more entertaining film than the original (it’s not BETTER but it’s a shitload of fun).

2 I always found to be pretty poor by comparison

 

[Xtreme]

Contraversial opinion but Die Hard with a vengeance is a more entertaining film than the original (it’s not BETTER but it’s a shitload of fun).

2 I always found to be pretty poor by comparison

Recyling the same chat every time I watch the movies but growing up I loved the original and had a soft spot for 2 (this was way before I knew 3 existed.... in fact I didn't officially see WAV until a few years after it was made and released). Once I saw it I fell in love and it was my favourite in the series... but admittedly at that point it had been a few years since I had seen the first two.

It wasn't until I got the 2 disc special editions of 1 & 2 (2001/2002ish) that I preferred the movies in release order again.

Extra trivia it wasn't the later half of the 2000's that I got my hands on a special edition of With a Vengeance with the alternate ending/deleted scene (McClane has Simon playing Russian roulette with a rocket launcher), doesn't really add much to the film just an interesting way to end it.

 

[Grogg]

Anora

Very good comedy, that final scene really was a home run

Think I've pretty much almost watched all the anticipated 2024 movies. Last one left is Conclave

The Brutalist, but I think we may not get that before 2025 here.

 

[GreyCrow]

Spy Hard - 1996 - Leslie Nielsen

You get what you expect with a Leslie Nielsen 90s comedy

There are moments and I spent more time looking up cameos than laughing but its a no-brainer on a 2nd day of gorging on left-overs

 

[RAPPA]

The Incantation.

I love my supernatural horrors but this one I felt was lacking. 4/10

 

[Ry009]

Huge fan of Nolan, but wowee that cast screams studio driven big budget cash grab for The Odyssey.

 

[JackOutback]

Contraversial opinion but Die Hard with a vengeance is a more entertaining film than the original (it’s not BETTER but it’s a shitload of fun).

2 I always found to be pretty poor by comparison

Not that controversial, 3 got a real reevaluation over the years. On release, the consensus was 1, 2, then 3 because 2 hit similar beats and felt like a Die Hard movie whereas 3 was a different beast. In hindsight, it’s 1, 3, 2, cause 2 is a bit of a rehash and bit run of the mill for that era of action.

 

[VainGlorious]

Die Hard 3 is top notch imo. I’ve always enjoyed it more than 2.

 

[GreyCrow]

No love for Under Siege?

 

[JackOutback]

No love for Under Siege?

Plenty of love for Under Seige. And Erika Eleniak.

 

[VainGlorious]

Gary Busey’s teeth are incredible.

 

[dumb]

metro

eddie murphy. second-hand stocking filler for michael wincott fan wife.

not terrible but movie didn't quite know what it wanted to do. paper-thin writing, laundry list of cop movie tropes and revolves around a relationship that made me feel uncomfortable. the kind of relationship that tommy wiseau would think was well-written and absorbing.

 

[phantom13]

metro

eddie murphy. second-hand stocking filler for michael wincott fan wife.

not terrible but movie didn't quite know what it wanted to do. paper-thin writing, laundry list of cop movie tropes and revolves around a relationship that made me feel uncomfortable. the kind of relationship that tommy wiseau would think was well-written and absorbing.

I ****ing loved this movie as a kid and re watched when I got older and realised it is REALLY ****ing average.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

The Talented Mr. Ripley

GAHHHH AHHHHH what the ****
Sumptuous visuals, heavenly music, Jude Law singing Italian jazz...and all the rest. Excellent movie.

 

[crafty_bernardo]

The Promised Land

stolen line but movie: There Will Be Potato's

Amazing cinematography, Mads is great as always

 

[joey_jo_jo]

The Talented Mr. Ripley

GAHHHH AHHHHH what the ****
Sumptuous visuals, heavenly music, Jude Law singing Italian jazz...and all the rest. Excellent movie.

Have you watched the netflix tv series that came out earlier this year? Was great too, Andrew Scott is a perfect Ripley.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Have you watched the netflix tv series that came out earlier this year? Was great too, Andrew Scott is a perfect Ripley.

I haven’t, I shall check it out

 

[Warsaw]

A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg directs a two-hander, where he and his cousin (played by Kieran Culkin) take a tour to Poland to visit the home of their recently passed grandmother. It's a crisp examination of the now distant cousins coming to terms with their loss and their relationship to each other. Eisenberg and Culkin both lean into their personal brand of neurosis...Culkin is essentially playing a Jewish, less wealthy Roman Roy - to good effect, but would like to see him venture out of this typecast soon. 7/10

The Hypnosis - Swedish film about a couple taking part in a competition to pitch their app to investors. A hypnosis prior to the competition sees the girlfriend let go of her social inhibition and have a no filter approach to her interactions, leading to some erratic behaviour. And the boyfriend, who has had no hypnosis but has this classic LinkedIn approach to networking that is just as awkward. Hilariously cringe inducing that still leads to dramatic moments. 7.5/10

 

[RAPPA]

No love for Under Siege?

He’s just a cook after all.

Good movie. But by gee, the second one is an abomination.

 

[GreyCrow]

He’s just a cook after all.

Good movie. But by gee, the second one is an abomination.

Just more the strong rumour JVCD was shown a script for a presumed Die Hard 2 and ripped it off and got in first

 

[Xtreme]

I've reached the point where even though my collection is varied and I have a lot to choose from, it still feels like Foxtel where I can't find anything to watch!! I've grabbed a selection of movies to watch for the next few weeks (Tobey McGuire spidey trilogy, the fast & furious movies etc). But I'm still on a quest to vary my movie watching and not just recycle and watch the same ones so often (variety is the spice of life after all).

That said, inspired by the most recent Rambo film airing on 7mate a month or so ago, I watched the 4th film not long after that.... well many weeks later it was time to watch First Blood and First Blood Part 2

Obviously the first movie is the best in the series, but I have a soft spot for the second movie. Have loved it ever since I was little and the sequence where Rambo uses the exploding arrow to kill the lone soldier still excites me (much in the same manner of surprise climatic moments in films eg: when Superman overthrows Zod in Superman 2, when they kill the shark at the end of JAWS etc).

 

[RAPPA]

Just more the strong rumour JVCD was shown a script for a presumed Die Hard 2 and ripped it off and got in first

For Sudden Death wasn’t it?

 

[GreyCrow]

For Sudden Death wasn’t it?

Could be. I had always thought Under Siege