Rate The Last Movie You Saw

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08-14-23

Originally Posted by MovieBuffering

Casino - 1995

I think I saw this in my youth but I didn't remember a damn thing. Maybe it was just bits and pieces. I thought it was good however I saw Pollack on a podcast recently said if Scorsese didn't make Goodfellas this would be considered his big movie. I don't think I'd go that far but I do think having made Goodfellas, especially so close to this one, did hurt it a bit. When you hold it to the standard of Goodfellas you can see the flaws. I could feel it drag where as Goodfellas I never felt it. It's sort of a redundant story and redundant role for Pacino.

The biggest flaw to me was the narration. It felt too spoon fed to me. It worked in Goodfellas it was too much here. The movie is too long as well. I think Scorsese might have indulged too much in this flick. I didn't think it was a bad film...Just certain parts I was looking at my watch. It's fine but I don't think I'll revisit it.

Love this movie.

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08-14-23

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08-14-23

Something Different - 5/10
There was nothing unique about this movie. Bland as hell. But it was on TCM and now with the Underground series canceled, I have no reason for cable. YouTube has been my only source of great movies in the last few years anyway.

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08-14-23

Originally Posted by PHOENIX74

Right after high school graduation, I remember when my parents were out of town for the night. A friend suggested going to Blockbusters to rent some stand-up comedy after we got our case of beer despite only being 17. I had never seen any stand-up before, and my friend got Eddie Murphy. "Raw" and then I got "Delirious" which I think is funnier. And then it started me on a quest and changed my life forever. To this day, I only care about movies, music, and stand-up.

Dave Chappelle had a special in 2001, then I find about Bill Hicks, which led me to Mort Sahl and the rest is history. Unfortunately, no matter how many live stand-up shows, or even festivals halfway across the world, I can't find anyone under 50 I'd see today. I wouldn't see anyone I liked because of the audience, who ruin everything for everyone.

There are some stand-ups who are funny on their podcast, OutForSmokes.

FromBeyond

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08-14-23

The Deep House

Really wanted to like this movie, the idea of an underwater haunted house flick really appealed but alas this was mediocre and forgettable stuff

Bull

Enjoyed this gritty and violent brit revenge flick, put me in mind of "Dead Man's Shoes" but not quite as good as the latter. Wild ending though

Love And Monsters

Tried to watch this before but couldn't get into it, pleased I gave it another try as I had a good time

Sedai

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08-14-23

Oppenheimer

Nolan, 2023

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08-14-23

� Plein Temps [Full Time] (2021)

Written and Directed by �ric Gravel
Starring Laure Calamy

A super hit of the so popular modern independent genre about the fundamental problems of the people living in the western society. Intense, thrilling, stressful... very well caught atmosphere. Possible nomination for the foreign language category. Superb performance by Laure Calamy.

- 87/100

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Stirchley

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08-14-23

Originally Posted by mrblond

- 87/100

Love this movie.

Fabulous

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08-14-23

The Last Metro (1980)

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08-14-23

Originally Posted by LChimp

I thought it was pretty good.

The best of 2023 so far IMO

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Gideon58

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08-14-23

Originally Posted by Act III

Rock Star (2001)

This movie. There's so much to say, but I'm gonna keep it short. 7/10 because I like it a scoche more than Wayne's World. Ask me 20 years ago and I'd tell you different.

7/10

I thought this movie was dumb and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as Wayne's World. Dominic West and Timothy Spall were terrific, but Jennifer ANiston's role was thankless. Wahlberg looked good in tight leather jeans though.

Gideon58

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08-14-23

Originally Posted by PHOENIX74

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Eddie Murphy Delirious - (1983)

40 years ago Delirious was naughty enough to be cool, and Eddie Murphy's star was on the rise - my friends and I knew this hour-long performance off by heart, and the man's charisma held us in his thrall. Today, some parts (especially the start) are on the wrong side of offensive, and others have aged poorly, but the comedian's style and enthusiasm can still be felt. He was only 22-years-old when making this HBO Special, and while that didn't mean much to me back then, it sure sounds incredible to me now. At 22 you're still basically a kid, and his meteoric rise would have still felt fresh and new. Watching it again, there was nothing I didn't remember - as kids my friends and I watched this far too many times, but as far as comedic style went, Eddie Murphy was at the very top of the mountain. He was one of the most bankable stars of the 80s, and a very, very funny guy.

8/10

My Life - (1993)

Michael Keaton brings back some of his unique comedic schtick in drama My Life - an unusual choice, but I think Bruce Joel Rubin (the Oscar-winning writer of Ghost) would have welcomed anything that made character Robert Jones (Keaton) more amenable and likable. In this film he has cancer and is dying, while wife Gail (Nicole Kidman) is pregnant with their child. Bob decides to record as much of himself as he can on camera so that his soon to be born son can get to know him, and so he can have that participation in his life. There are two ways I experienced the end of this film - the first at 11:30pm last night, with my heavy eyelids closing and thinking "C'mon, end already" (I decided to shut my eyes with the intention of turning everything off and going to bed when the credits finished - I woke up in the early morning in the same position with nothing turned off.) So early this morning I watched the end again, and this time tears were welling up in my eyes. This film ends with half a dozen scenes that are all really turning the screws hard as far as manipulating it's audience into sadness goes, and I think if you come to those scenes fresh then they'll hit you a lot harder. I didn't mind this - Keaton gives one of his last "Keaton Comedy" performances, and as long as you're not tired you'll find it does manage to play on your emotions.

6/10

I agree with just about everything you said about Delirious and it's nice t know someone has seen My Life besides myself. I liked it a lot more than you did and though there are comic moments, I would hardly consider it a comedy, but that's just me I guess.

Balor

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08-14-23

Originally Posted by Marco

The Seventh Continent (1989)

Directed by the chief master of comedy Michael Haneke. This is an absurdist tale of a family who, whilst living a comfortable existence, decide they don't like the world they are living in. There may be a deeper motif about consumerism but it's so opaque it's hard to tell. I enjoy Hanekes films and the nihilism and darkness of them but this was just ok.

How would you rate this in comparison with Haneke's other films? I liked The Seventh Continent quite a bit, more than Funny Games now that I think of it. I got the feeling as though the explanation that the viewer wanted for why they did what they did was purposely excluded from the film---I imagine to force the viewer to examine the whole social context on their own.

Takoma11

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08-14-23

The Killing Time, 1987

An unnamed man (Kiefer Sutherland) murders a man named Brian Mars in a remote location. He steals the man�s identity, showing up to a small town and claiming to be Mars, their new deputy. The false Mars has walked right into the middle of a soap opera. His co-worker Sam (Beau Bridges) is having a steamy affair with Laura (Camelia Lynne). Laura is suffering horrible verbal, physical, and sexual abuse at the hands of her husband, wealthy land developer Jake (Wayne Rogers). Things get very twisted with Sam and Laura decide to rope Mars into their plan to murder Jake to free Laura.

Eh.

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Jackie Daytona

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08-15-23

Aw man, Wayne�s World was such a dumb, fun movie. You had to be a smart-ass 90�s kid kid to really get it.

Fabulous

Jonsilfab

08-15-23

The Last Wave (1977)

PHOENIX74

I forgot the opening line.

08-15-23

Originally Posted by Gideon58

I wouldn't say the film is a comedy per se, but rather Michael Keaton does his comedy thing during the movie - mainly when he's talking to his prospective kid into the camera. It's like he's being funny 'in-movie', if that makes any sense. Keaton has a very particular brand of trying to elicit laughs. But even though there are moments like the one where he gets a ball off a toy shop shelf thereby creating an avalanche which nearly buries him, I agree with you - it's very much a drama that has moments that are comedic and funny.

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I forgot the opening line.

08-15-23

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Asteroid City - (2023)

There are ensembles, and then there are Wes Anderson ensembles - and while the sheer number of talented performers in Asteroid City robs it a little of any sure focus it might have had, it matters little when a film is this funny, gorgeous, whimsically cheerful and beautiful. It's a film that begs to be seen in a cinema, and the group of people at the one I saw it at were especially malleable and ready for what Anderson was doing. There wasn't only laughter, but all kinds of expressive noises that humans make, and you could hear the appreciation in the room. Be warned though - this filmmaker has not reinvented himself or experimented here. Asteroid City is typical kind of stuff for him - it just so happens that he does it so wonderfully that I'm not near being sick of it yet. An improvement over The French Dispatch, it comes close to that grand perfection he reached in The Grand Budapest Hotel but falls just short of that. It's a fictional play brought to life in deep and bright Southwestern desert colours, whereupon the literary reality where Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe and Bryan Cranston exist is in black and white. It's funny, cute, silly and just 105 minutes of delight for me personally. The only thing it's really missing is Bill Murray. The plot, which involves the aforementioned play about a group of science prodigies receiving awards when a UFO descends from the skies is almost incidental to the whole film - but Wes Anderson's movies are moving to a completely different set of priorities - and I love them.

9/10

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Scream - (1996)

A very astute and expert balancing act came off when it comes to Scream - a knowing and complexly comedic look at the teen slasher genre which is itself a teen slasher movie. Too self-referential, and it breaks the fourth wall and lets all the tension escape the room. Too serious or wrenching and it's no longer a fun examination of 80s horror films. It manages to be both fun and tense by letting it's characters in on everything - watching Halloween on VHS and letting these films be the driving force behind a series of murders occurring in the small town of Woodsboro. Killing it's most famous star in the film's first scenes and featuring all the slasher's tropes or completely reversing them, Scream did everything right and looks great for it's age. It did what Wes Craven was trying to do in Wes Craven's New Nightmare, bringing a sense of culture, artistry and self-acknowledgement to a cinematic corner oft pointed to in derision, sometimes fairly, sometimes unfairly. A generation had grown up going to these movies, and were particularly ready to examine a portion of cinema that was rarely given a second look. A really smart movie, and a good horror film on it's own - those two aspects going hand in hand in perfect unison. Still great to watch.

9/10

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Beau is Afraid - (2023)

Once you've seen it once and are ready for all it's changes of pace and twists and turns, Beau is Afraid is even better. A supremely enjoyable film to watch - twisted and oddly original. Ari Aster sticking to the darkness, only with more of an unnerving grin on his face.

8/10

matt72582

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08-15-23

Originally Posted by mrblond

- 87/100

This looks good, and I want something to watch while it's still dark... For some reason, I can tell by her face she's going to be a convincing actress. Hope I can find it!

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