Rate the last film you watched...

[johnsusername]

On 09/10/2024 at 18:37, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Rewatched Mad Max: Fury Road last night. Struggling to think of a better blockbuster action film from the last decade.

 

I think I might even prefer it to Mad Max 2, though that might be because I still hate the dog dying in that.

 

Mad Max is my favourite film series, love them all, flaws included. 

[Bjornebye]

Lock Up 

 

Gets slagged off this film but it’s got a some great bits. The ending is wanky but other than that it’s decent. 6.5/10 

 

Stallone is ace 

[Anubis]

Salem’s Lot (2924) - 7/10. 
 

Plenty of nod’s to the 79 tv series without outright copying it. Cuts out most of the little side plots. Also there are seeming nods to other films in the horror genre - Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Howling, Thirty Days of Night and The Lost Boys being the most obvious. It makes some interesting choices, some of which work, some of which don’t. The transitions, while clever, occasionally take away from tension building, but there are other choices which work well, particularly scenes involving silhouettes and the view from wrappings, shall we say. Straker is less James Mason’s menacing Englishman and more Renfield from Dracula. I thought Barlow was well executed though. Overall, enjoyable but the 79 version still reigns supreme.

[Bjornebye]

6 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Salem’s Lot (2924) - 7/10. 
 

Plenty of nod’s to the 79 tv series without outright copying it. Cuts out most of the little side plots. Also there are seeming nods to other films in the horror genre - Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Howling, Thirty Days of Night and The Lost Boys being the most obvious. It makes some interesting choices, some of which work, some of which don’t. The transitions, while clever, occasionally take away from tension building, but there are other choices which work well, particularly scenes involving silhouettes and the view from wrappings, shall we say. Straker is less James Mason’s menacing Englishman and more Renfield from Dracula. I thought Barlow was well executed though. Overall, enjoyable but the 79 version still reigns supreme.

Nobody's arsed about the movie review mate. Tell us who’s top of the league 

[Strontium]

Longlegs 3/4

Satanic horror with Nicolas Cage in full Nicolas Cage mode, which is always worth seeing. The plot is routine and the ending fairly predictable but it's satisfyingly creepy and capably made by writer-director Oz Perkins, son of Anthony. His new film The Monkey based on the Stephen King story is out next year.

 

Blink Twice 3/4

Darkly comic thriller with Channing Tatum as a mysterious tech billionaire who invites Naomi Ackie and a mate to his private island. I guess the girls haven't heard of Jeffrey Epstein, and things get pretty weird pretty fast. I'm quite enjoying this trend for feminist movies from female directors, and this is Zoe Kravitz's directorial debut. On the basis of this she has a promising career behind the camera.

It Ends With Us 3/4

There was a lot of negative press around this romantic melodrama, which is a shame as it is perfectly passable viewing. Chock full of people with preposterous names - it is a chick-flick, after all - but it's a nice change for one of these films to be populated with characters who aren't total morons making dire life choices, and for an antagonist to not be a cartoonish bad guy but a flawed human being.

 

Reawakening 3/4

Low budget British family drama about a couple whose missing daughter apparently reappears after 10 years. If you can get past the far-fetched plot, you have a very good examination of loss and grief, with sincere, well-judged performances from Jared Harris and Juliet Stevenson. One scene in particular blew me away, a masterclass in saying a lot without saying anything at all.

The Substance 4/4

Jaw-dropping body horror, with Demi Moore as an ageing (but still spectacular) movie star who is about to be thrown on the proverbial scrapheap, and is offered a mysterious new drug that creates a younger incarnation of herself. The plot is necessarily ludicrous, but I don't think anyone who watches this movie is ever going to forget it. Brilliantly directed by Coralie Fargeat, who seems to be simultaneously channelling David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and Stanley Kubrick. I didn't know Moore was this good an actress, and Dennis Quaid is also terrific as a reptilian TV executive. The gore may be too much for some, but it had me laughing like a drain. It's the best film I've seen this year.

(can I also add that Jack Antonoff going from Lena Dunham to Margaret Qualley is the trade up of the century)

 

Deadpool & Wolverine 3.5/4

This was so much better than I was expecting. I actually think I like this the best out of the three Deadpool movies, and it's probably also the funniest. With that said, the bigger the Marvel fan you are, the more you will get out of it, as there are so many in-jokes and meta references, even I missed a few. The cameos are just great. You could criticise the flimsy, low-stakes plot and write the whole thing off as mere fan service, but when it's done this well, that just feels like sour grapes. A $1.3bn box office on a $200m budget tells its own story. Comic book movies for the fandom? It'll never catch on.

 

Joker: Folie a Deux 2.5/4

Speaking of fandoms... this one appears to have been received about as well as a turd in a swimming pool. Most people are going to hate it. A few will hail it as a masterpiece. I am on the fence. I think I see what they were going for. Holding a mirror up to the people who liked the first one is a risky business, especially if you have any ambition of making money. Spending $200m to shit all over the audience, maybe that was the joke all along. I could see this being one of those films that is critically reappraised in 20 years or so.

Speak No Evil 3/4

No, not a long awaited sequel to See No Evil, Hear No Evil, but a remake of a Danish-Dutch film that only came out a few years ago, which bucks the trend by actually being quite good. This one is set not in the Netherlands, but the West Country, which immediately evokes Straw Dogs, to which this could almost be a spiritual successor. The whole thing is carried by an agreeably sinister turn from James McAvoy, who almost makes the silly plot believable.

[Bjornebye]

Some reviews them Barry Norman. Really looking forward to all of them except the marvel one. 
 

Brilliant film reviewage 

[manwiththestick]

Everyone marks out of ten in here.

[manwiththestick]

14 hours ago, Elite said:

Session 9 - 8/10

 

Psychological horror from 2001 that I'd never heard of prior to this week. fucked up but gripping and really sticks with you afterwards.

One of my favourites that, seen it a couple of times, it might be time for a rewatch.

 

Watched The Usual Suspects last night with my lad, it's still brilliant. Thought he might not like it as it's a bit dialogue heavy but he loved it, particularly the ending which he didn't see coming. 8/10.

[Mudface]

13 hours ago, Arniepie said:

Cracking 1st date film that 

 

Never mind a first date kiss, go straight to ass-to-ass.

[SasaS]

Watched Costner's Horizon an American Saga 1, Chapter 2 is apparently coming out soon.

 

6.5/10.

 

Would really work as a more than decent TV miniseries, don't understand this distribution concept with theatrical releases every year. I get it is big budget, but the writing is nowhere near strong enough for this. And they are really trying too hard to signal how "epic" is this all supposed to be, form score to scope to some of the dialogue and directing.

 

Some of the maliciously bad reviews are way over the top though. Perfectly watchable.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

Just now, SasaS said:

Watched Costner's Horizon an American Saga 1, Chapter 2 is apparently coming out soon.

 

6.5/10.

 

Would really work as a more than decent TV miniseries, don't understand this distribution concept with theatrical releases every year. I get it is big budget, but the writing is nowhere near strong enough for this. And they are really trying too hard to signal how "epic" is this all supposed to be, form score to scope to some of the dialogue and directing.

 

Some of the maliciously bad reviews are way over the top though. Perfectly watchable.

 

 

I enjoyed it. Lots going on and a lot of back and forth which pissed me off but I’m looking forward to part 2. Although the ending pretty much told you what’s coming. Sienna Miller is outstanding. As is the girl who plays the brass. 

[Elite]

On 12/10/2024 at 12:31, manwiththestick said:

One of my favourites that, seen it a couple of times, it might be time for a rewatch.

 

Watched The Usual Suspects last night with my lad, it's still brilliant. Thought he might not like it as it's a bit dialogue heavy but he loved it, particularly the ending which he didn't see coming. 8/10.

I'm not big into horrors as I find them mostly quite dull but stuff like this I very much enjoy.

[Numero Veinticinco]

On 12/10/2024 at 05:13, Strontium said:

Longlegs 3/4

Satanic horror with Nicolas Cage in full Nicolas Cage mode, which is always worth seeing. The plot is routine and the ending fairly predictable but it's satisfyingly creepy and capably made by writer-director Oz Perkins, son of Anthony. His new film The Monkey based on the Stephen King story is out next year.

 

Blink Twice 3/4

Darkly comic thriller with Channing Tatum as a mysterious tech billionaire who invites Naomi Ackie and a mate to his private island. I guess the girls haven't heard of Jeffrey Epstein, and things get pretty weird pretty fast. I'm quite enjoying this trend for feminist movies from female directors, and this is Zoe Kravitz's directorial debut. On the basis of this she has a promising career behind the camera.

It Ends With Us 3/4

There was a lot of negative press around this romantic melodrama, which is a shame as it is perfectly passable viewing. Chock full of people with preposterous names - it is a chick-flick, after all - but it's a nice change for one of these films to be populated with characters who aren't total morons making dire life choices, and for an antagonist to not be a cartoonish bad guy but a flawed human being.

 

Reawakening 3/4

Low budget British family drama about a couple whose missing daughter apparently reappears after 10 years. If you can get past the far-fetched plot, you have a very good examination of loss and grief, with sincere, well-judged performances from Jared Harris and Juliet Stevenson. One scene in particular blew me away, a masterclass in saying a lot without saying anything at all.

The Substance 4/4

Jaw-dropping body horror, with Demi Moore as an ageing (but still spectacular) movie star who is about to be thrown on the proverbial scrapheap, and is offered a mysterious new drug that creates a younger incarnation of herself. The plot is necessarily ludicrous, but I don't think anyone who watches this movie is ever going to forget it. Brilliantly directed by Coralie Fargeat, who seems to be simultaneously channelling David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and Stanley Kubrick. I didn't know Moore was this good an actress, and Dennis Quaid is also terrific as a reptilian TV executive. The gore may be too much for some, but it had me laughing like a drain. It's the best film I've seen this year.

(can I also add that Jack Antonoff going from Lena Dunham to Margaret Qualley is the trade up of the century)

 

Deadpool & Wolverine 3.5/4

This was so much better than I was expecting. I actually think I like this the best out of the three Deadpool movies, and it's probably also the funniest. With that said, the bigger the Marvel fan you are, the more you will get out of it, as there are so many in-jokes and meta references, even I missed a few. The cameos are just great. You could criticise the flimsy, low-stakes plot and write the whole thing off as mere fan service, but when it's done this well, that just feels like sour grapes. A $1.3bn box office on a $200m budget tells its own story. Comic book movies for the fandom? It'll never catch on.

 

Joker: Folie a Deux 2.5/4

Speaking of fandoms... this one appears to have been received about as well as a turd in a swimming pool. Most people are going to hate it. A few will hail it as a masterpiece. I am on the fence. I think I see what they were going for. Holding a mirror up to the people who liked the first one is a risky business, especially if you have any ambition of making money. Spending $200m to shit all over the audience, maybe that was the joke all along. I could see this being one of those films that is critically reappraised in 20 years or so.

Speak No Evil 3/4

No, not a long awaited sequel to See No Evil, Hear No Evil, but a remake of a Danish-Dutch film that only came out a few years ago, which bucks the trend by actually being quite good. This one is set not in the Netherlands, but the West Country, which immediately evokes Straw Dogs, to which this could almost be a spiritual successor. The whole thing is carried by an agreeably sinister turn from James McAvoy, who almost makes the silly plot believable.

 

I very nearly negged this for your ridiculous, and I'm personally offended by this, and I do mean ridiculous 'out of four' rating system. However, it's immaculately formatted, and there's not much more I like than something that's well formatted. Please, do come again. 

[Strontium]

35 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

I very nearly negged this for your ridiculous, and I'm personally offended by this, and I do mean ridiculous 'out of four' rating system. However, it's immaculately formatted, and there's not much more I like than something that's well formatted. Please, do come again. 

 

Thanks, I have previously explained why I use the four star rating system, which I repeat below for your convenience. 

 

On 02/02/2022 at 10:50, Strontium said:

There are two long established rating systems for movies: four stars (ie marks out of four) and five stars.

 

The four star rating, which I elect to use, has been used by the likes of Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Leonard Maltin, and Sight and Sound. Whereas the five star system is used by the Times, the Guardian, Total Film, Empire etc.

 

I don't think it's too difficult to understand, but if it helps, these would be rough equivalents on the weird bespoke "out of 10" system most use on this forum:

 

0/4 = 0/10

0.5/4 = 1/10

1/4 = 2/10

1.5/4 = 3/10

2/4 = 4/10

2.5/4 = 5/10-6/10

3/4 = 7/10

3.5/4 = 8/10-9/10

4/4 = 10/10

[Elite]

9 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

Thanks, I have previously explained why I use the four star rating system, which I repeat below for your convenience. 

 

 

I don't think it's too difficult to understand, but if it helps, these would be rough equivalents on the weird bespoke "out of 10" system most use on this forum:

 

0/4 = 0/10

0.5/4 = 1/10

1/4 = 2/10

1.5/4 = 3/10

2/4 = 4/10

2.5/4 = 5/10-6/10

3/4 = 7/10

3.5/4 = 8/10-9/10

4/4 = 10/10

Always have to be awkward you. It's my thread, it's ratings out of ten. Don't like it? Fuck off and start your only thread, with all ratings out of four.

[Strontium]

7 minutes ago, Elite said:

Always have to be awkward you. It's my thread, it's ratings out of ten. Don't like it? Fuck off and start your only thread, with all ratings out of four.

 

The very first page of the thread has several people giving ratings out of 5, and one giving them out of 6(!)

 

If you wanted people to rate exclusively out of 10, it might have been an idea to lay the ground rules 16 years and 1545 pages ago.

[Elite]

1 minute ago, Strontium said:

 

The very first page of the thread has several people giving ratings out of 5, and one giving them out of 6(!)

 

If you wanted people to rate exclusively out of 10, it might have been an idea to lay the ground rules 16 years ago.

I can change it whenever I want. It's my thread, my creation.

 

You will bow down before me you awkward bastard!

[Strontium]

1 minute ago, Elite said:

I can change it whenever I want. It's my thread, my creation.

 

You will bow down before me you awkward bastard!

 

I rate your response a 2.5/4

[Elite]

Just now, Strontium said:

 

I rate your response a 2.5/4

I rate your existence 1/10.

[Numero Veinticinco]

2 hours ago, Strontium said:

 

Thanks, I have previously explained why I use the four star rating system, which I repeat below for your convenience. 

 

 

I don't think it's too difficult to understand, but if it helps, these would be rough equivalents on the weird bespoke "out of 10" system most use on this forum:

 

0/4 = 0/10

0.5/4 = 1/10

1/4 = 2/10

1.5/4 = 3/10

2/4 = 4/10

2.5/4 = 5/10-6/10

3/4 = 7/10

3.5/4 = 8/10-9/10

4/4 = 10/10

 

Yeah, I get you. I accept your reasoning. I just wonder why - given the wonderous formatting - why it isn't pre-translated. The 'out of five' scale annoys me. I think the 'out of four' scale is better, somehow. I would argue that the 'out of one hundred' is best; it just allows for seamless granularity. There are so many movies, shows, seasons, and episodes (my own library is 20,000 episodes deep) that I find 'out of one hundred' is best. It's easily converted for the 'out of ten'ers too. 

 

Anyway, I respect you're comfortable bucking the trend in this thread. 

[Sut]

Big Roger Ebert favoured the /4 format.

 

Joker. Rewatched it last night as we're hoping to get to the sequel. Still ace.

[Carvalho Diablo]

2 hours ago, Sut said:

Big Roger Ebert favoured the /4 format.

 

Joker. Rewatched it last night as we're hoping to get to the sequel. Still ace.

 

0.3/4

[VladimirIlyich]

7 hours ago, Sut said:

Big Roger Ebert favoured the /4 format.

 

Joker. Rewatched it last night as we're hoping to get to the sequel. Still ace.

I trusted his sidekick's opinion more.

[SasaS]

Seen Threads for the first time. This must have been some experience watching it on the telly in '84. Somewhat negative view of the nuclear war.

 

Deadpool & Wolverine 6/10, it felt very tired and forced and couldn't get into it, but people seem to like it. I normally only watch the fringe superhero movies like Deadpool, Logan, Joker etc, I liked the first Deadpool but this one felt oh so meta, but for meta's sake, whilst at the same time following the structure of a regular superhero movie.

[Carradona]

21 hours ago, Strontium said:

 

Thanks, I have previously explained why I use the four star rating system, which I repeat below for your convenience. 

 

 

I don't think it's too difficult to understand, but if it helps, these would be rough equivalents on the weird bespoke "out of 10" system most use on this forum:

 

0/4 = 0/10

0.5/4 = 1/10

1/4 = 2/10

1.5/4 = 3/10

2/4 = 4/10

2.5/4 = 5/10-6/10

3/4 = 7/10

3.5/4 = 8/10-9/10

4/4 = 10/10

How does 2/4 = 4/10? It should obviously be 5/10.