Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?

Huntn said:
Extinction (2018)- Netflix original movie, a sci-fi thriller, about a man who has dreams of an alien invasion. The movie is 1 hr, 35 minutes and thankfully heavy action starts 30 min in which is nothing memorable, but keeps it lively. The story includes a significant plot twist which makes it minimally worthy. This could have been much more. How’s that for a reccomendation? :)
This does make me want to watch The Arrival (1996) again. :)
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I liked Extinction but only because of the twist. Didn't really care about the cliche action and plot until to then. Arrival is a campy classic!
 
Mac'nCheese said:
I liked Extinction but only because of the twist. Didn't really care about the cliche action and plot until to then. Arrival is a campy classic!
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Ref, Extinction, the action was blah through and through. It may be realistic on some level, but we don’t want blah, we want something special. It reveals the sub quality of the script and direction. The twist is it's only redeeming quality, but overall poorly executed. Speaking of urban escapes, Cloverfield was much more engaging. :)
 
Huntn said:
Ref, Extinction, the action was blah through and through. It may be realistic on some level, but we don’t want blah, we want something special. It reveals the sub quality of the script and direction. The twist is it's only redeeming quality, but overall poorly executed. Speaking of urban escapes, Cloverfield was much more engaging. :)
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Yes and whatever number cloverfield lane was great. and the cloverfield experiment or whatever it was called was HORRIBLE!!!
 
After seeing present day footage today of a leader sweatily spiraling in the news I just had to give this a spin. It helps if you’ve seen the movie but if not all you really need to know is his ramble makes almost as little sense to those in the room as it probably does to you. Classic.

 
IronWaffle said:
After seeing present day footage today of a leader sweatily spiraling in the news I just had to give this a spin. It helps if you’ve seen the movie but if not all you really need to know is his ramble makes almost as little sense to those in the room as it probably does to you. Classic.

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I need to watch this again.

I chose to watch 7 Days in May a taught, 1960s Cold War thriller. All star cast, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglass, and Frederick March are all superb.

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It was interesting seeing the on location filming on Pennsylvania Ave in front of the White House and at Dulles Airport.
 
Huntn said:
I need to watch this again.

I chose to watch 7 Days in May a taught, 1960s Cold War thriller. All star cast, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglass, and Frederick March are all superb.

It was interesting seeing the on location filming on Pennsylvania Ave in front of the White House and at Dulles Airport.
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If you liked that one, you might like "Twilight's Last Gleaming". A 70's action thriller with Burt and Richard Widmark. It's a pretty good flick.
 
Huntn said:
I need to watch this again.

I chose to watch 7 Days in May a taught, 1960s Cold War thriller. All star cast, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglass, and Frederick March are all superb.

It was interesting seeing the on location filming on Pennsylvania Ave in front of the White House and at Dulles Airport.
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Great movie. Finally saw it for the first time a few months ago. Might just have to throw that on again, too. Nice, tense thriller (for fans of slow burns).


After that, time for A Face in the Crowd.

 
RootBeerMan said:
If you liked that one, you might like "Twilight's Last Gleaming". A 70's action thriller with Burt and Richard Widmark. It's a pretty good flick.
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I’ve not seen this! I’ll look for it. :)
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IronWaffle said:
Great movie. Finally saw it for the first time a few months ago. Might just have to throw that on again, too. Nice, tense thriller (for fans of slow burns).


After that, time for A Face in the Crowd.

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My god, a maniacal Andy Griffith. ;)
 
great thriller, very well made. takes you back to that time. creepy musical score. it dragged alittle in the mid point of the movie but it made up for it in the last 30 mins. there were about 2 twists in the movie, one of them reminded me of that movie called Creepshow when the dead sea zombies came back to kill the main character, this also happens in this movie, i recommend

 
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IronWaffle said:
Great movie. Finally saw it for the first time a few months ago. Might just have to throw that on again, too. Nice, tense thriller (for fans of slow burns).


After that, time for A Face in the Crowd.

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Do not watch this trailer if you’ve not seen 7DIM! It shows too much, seriously! :eek:
 
BlackKklansman was okay. A little too long actually. The film was pitting the black power movement opposite the KKK with law enforcement caught in the middle. A true treat for the never-trump crowd. Ends with footage of the Charlottesville protest.
 
Saw "Cold War" (an excellent - if somewhat bleak at times - Polish movie set in the 40s, 50s, and 60s); if you like the work of directors such as Andrzej Wajda, you should like this.

Beautifully shot, and superbly acted, with a stunning use of music, this is an excellent movie.
 
Well, the family sat down to watch yet another DC animated movie last night. "Batman Ninja". This one is kind of a different movie, being a solely Japanese production and only vaguely a DC product. The story and art were pretty good, and we enjoyed the movies first half or so. Somewhere about half or 2/3's through the movie, though we we catapulted in Japanese anime hell. LOL. The movie went totally off the rails. The writers were obviously crazed at this point and decided to throw in every anime trope they could think of. Cute monkey companions, giant robots, Voltron-like massive robots and sheer insanity. At the end we were like.."WTF did I just watch?". It wasn't horrible or even bad, just batcrap crazy. If you're a fan of Batman or anime you might want to spend the time watching it, as a lark. If you're not a fan of either then this one ain't for you!
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Currently watching Body of Evidence (1993), starring Madonna, Willem Dafoe and Joe Mantegna, to name a few.

The last time I saw this I think I was about 13 years old, and I can see why I liked it better then than I do now. This was one of the better known erotic thrillers that came in the wake of the famous Basic Instinct (1992), but had the female lead been anyone other than Madonna, I don't think this would've gotten even half of the recognition it did. And rightfully so.

As fas as films go, this isn't really an outing worth mentioning for anyone involved.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Has anyone here ever watched - or seen - the classic Sunset Boulevard?
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The one by Billy Wilder from the 50's? Yes, but many, many years ago. I'm a big fan of films by David Lynch, and he has cited Sunset Boulevard as one of his big influences in filmmaking, so I sought it out one day.

I remember liking it, especially the cinematography and generally the visual tone of the film, but other than that my memory is a bit hazy. A rewatch would be in order.
 
Mefisto said:
The one by Billy Wilder from the 50's? Yes, but many, many years ago. I'm a big fan of films by David Lynch, and he has cited Sunset Boulevard as one of his big influences in filmmaking, so I sought it out one day.

I remember liking it, especially the cinematography and generally the visual tone of the film, but other than that my memory is a bit hazy. A rewatch would be in order.
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To my mind, it is brilliant.

It was a stunning, flawless, beautifully shot, with stunning cinematography, a wonderfully clever movie with an amazing story, an incredible and unforgettable cast, terrific script, superb characters, and many bitter, barbed, clever, in-jokes. And the courage to have that ending - again the bitter sweet integrity of art winning out.

Seriously: Buster Keaton and Hedda Hopper and Cecil B De Mille playing themselves, Gloria Swanson and Erich von Stroheim wonderfully inhabiting their characters of the late 40s and early 50s, and paying a bittersweet homage to the world of the Silent Stars and Silent Era of the Silver Screen of the 20s, and William Holden playing a man who has sold soul and body and is trying to square that with himself - this is what a movie should be.
 
obeygiant said:
BlackKklansman was okay. A little too long actually. The film was pitting the black power movement opposite the KKK with law enforcement caught in the middle. A true treat for the never-trump crowd. Ends with footage of the Charlottesville protest.
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Haven't see it yet but I always hate when a film ends with an in your face message like see! this is still going on! Remember Natural born Killers, ended with footage of OJ. If the director and writer did their jobs, you would get that message on your own and not have to have it spelled out for you. (which is why I hated the end of Saving Private Ryan, wasn't real footage but still was the director not trusting his own audience)
 
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