What Is The Last Movie You Saw

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I watched the new Road House on Saturday night because honestly WTF else what there for me to do? Was there good acting? No. Was it mindless entertainment while I sat on the couch and drank beer? Yes. It definitely wasn't any better or worse than the the original. Just a modern day take on the same story.
 
I'm a huge fan of the movie Jaws so anytime I get wind of a new shark movie I usually watch it unless the reviews are horrible. That said, I recently watched The Shallows, wasn't a bad movie but some if it was a little far fetched but it's a movie so that's to be expected. I also recently watched The Reef and it was a pretty terrifying movie considering it was based on a true story, I cannot imagine being miles from any shore and having to swim for it knowing great whites are local to those waters. Next up, Godzilla vs Kong.
 
American pie with some friends about a month ago. It was the first time I saw it. Pretty funny.
 
aloyouis said:
American pie with some friends about a month ago. It was the first time I saw it. Pretty funny.
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🤯 The second and third movies are pretty funny too. Definitely worth checking out.
 
Been watching a dump truck load of movies lately.

Been kinda stuck in a Jason Strathan rut..........

Wrath of Man, Beekeeper, Expendables, Crank...........

That and I've been binging through 6 seasons of Longmire.

And I'm writing my 16th full length novel since 2018. Had the first two published and actually got a $1.96 royalty check from Amazon.

Wondering if I should go back to work after being retired for 11 years. Got an offer to manage 11 people from home with a starting salary of $225K with bonuses. I told them that i was 74 and retired. They don't care. I was wondering if they're that hard up if they might forgo the bonuses and pump the salary to $312K?
 
Just finished an oldie. 2002. Lucky Number Slevin.

Great cast. Josh Harnett, Lucy Lui, Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Morgan Freeman, Sir Ben Kingsley.
 
In the theater, I saw the last Hunger Games, the Prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. So well done. Acting was superb. They probably should have broken into two movies as it was almost 3 hours but it held my attention.
 
I watched two really good comedies last week, so plug them along with a bonus pick because everybody could use a laugh now
and then.

The first was "Bad Words" (netflix). It stars Jason Bateman as a 40 year-old guy who finds a loophole that allows him
to compete in a spelling bee with little kids thereby becoming the most hated man ever. And Bateman couldn't care
less even if the competition is years from puberty. He is in it to win it and will stop at nothing. The dialogue is hilarious
and profane. Excellent, funny film with some surprising twists.

The other was "Ricky Stanicky" on Prime (Zac Efron, John Cena). A group of male friends continue to use a fictional friend
as an all-purpose excuse for their various hijinks as they grow from kids into adults, but eventually it comes back to bite
them in the ass. Hard. I didn't expect much from this one going in, but it turned out to be a first-rate comedy. I thought Cena stole
the show and is now a fine comic actor. I recommended it to my brother, who is a hard-to-please movie freak, and his
verdict was "loved it".

These two reminded me of another comedy, somewhat obscure, that he had recommended to me a while back. "The Good
Boys" was a highly enjoyable watch concerning three 12 year-old best friends who get involved in a series of comic misadventures
as they try to cross the wild meridian into tweenhood by attending a "kissing party". It's a very funny film that I found both
relatable and even touching. It's got some heart. I caught it for free a while back, but it costs about 4 bucks on various
platforms including Prime. Worth it.
 
One of my favorite theaters in Nashua is closing for good and for old times' sake I decided to watch one last movie there, and had the misfortune of choosing The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare directed by Guy Ritchie.

It's a highly fictionalized interpretation of an actual event, that I imagine was originally pitched as The Dirty Dozen meets The Inglorious Bastards. It borrows/steals so much from Inglorious Bastards that I thought the movie would've been more aptly named The Ministry of Bastardly Warfare, but Ritchie was clumsy with the elements that he borrowed and what worked for Tarantino fell flat for Ritchie. The characters were underdeveloped at the expense of more action scenes, and while the action scenes were filmed expertly they had very little tension as you knew the good Guys would barely break a sweat while mowing down countless bad guys.

It's an unoriginal lazy effort that rips off much better movies. Do yourself a favor and watch the Dirty Dozen or Inglorious Bastards instead.
 
Watched a few old favorites recently:
No Country for Old Men
The Usual Suspects
True Romance

I am not advocating that "True Romance" is the best film of all-time by any means, but in my humble opinion, the Walken/Hopper scene is the best movie scene of all-time.

I also got around to watching "The Mule" with Clint Eastwood. I had caught about 30 minutes or so, previously, but was glad to have circled back to it. Great premise for a film.
 
Last Friday we had some friends from North Pole come to town for a visit and we were searching for a good action movie to watch, while searching we came across Nobody, which we had seen once before so we decided to watch it again. If you haven't watched it it's a pretty violent movie but has some pretty hilarious moments in too. Bob Odinkirk (Better Call Saul) is hilarious and does a good job of portraying a mild mannered family man with a dark past.
 
I watched Paths Of Glory last night. It's an early effort from Stanley Kubrick (his fourth major film), and is currently available for free on Tubi.

It's in black and white, and stars Kirk Douglas. If you liked Breaker Morant you'll probably like this film; it has a similar plot.

And the big battle scene in the middle of the film reminded me a little of the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan.

The movie is based on a non-fiction book, and the title of both the movie and the book comes from Thomas Gray's Elegy Written In a Country Churchyard.
 
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Big/Sky/Fly said:
Jerry Seinfeld’s new movie is soggy in milk…☕️
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I watched it last night and enjoyed it.

It's a very stupid movie done in the same vein of Weird (the Weird Al Yankovic movie). I went into it with very low expectations and got exactly what I wanted out of it - a few chuckles.
 
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I watched it last night and enjoyed it.

It's a very stupid movie done in the same vein of Weird (the Weird Al Yankovic movie). I went into it with very low expectations and got exactly what I wanted out of it - a few chuckles.
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Yeah, I watched it with the wife because she's a pop tart fanatic. It's about what I expected. Mindless entertainment.
 
just got back from Furiosa. Really well done and a good watch. i might have to say there's too much action and will be curious to see what others think once they see it.
 
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