The Movie Thread....what are you watching?

[culturejam]

Over the weekend, I watched the Bernie Madoff movie with DeNiro playing the old ponzi master. It was very good, and also quite sad.

[EBRAddict]

I watched Patriot's Day (Boston Marathon bombings) and The Founder (McDonalds' founder story) over the weekend. They aren't my typical choices but both were pretty good.

[sonnyboy27]

Saw King Arthur over the weekend. I really enjoyed it (as did the wife). Great soundtrack. I'm also partial to Guy Ritchie's editing style.

[raulduke]

I was looking forward to Covenant but will leave it. I've also seen all the mixed reviews.

Shame as I actually quite enjoyed Prometheus.

I agree on Fassbender... he's top notch. One of my favourite actors. Stands out in pretty much every film he's been in.

The new Blade Runner looks interesting with Dennis Villeneuve directing. I thought Sicario was amazing, and I've heard great things about Arrival.

[flanagan0718]

I finally got around to watching Rebel One (I'm probably going to be crucified for this), I didn't like it. I though the story line was weak, and it took WAY too long to get going. The one redeeming quality was the A-hole droid. He was pretty funny. But overall, I'm glad i didn't see it in the theaters.

[stringsthings]

Just watched "A Cure for Wellness".   I enjoyed it quite a bit.  It's not the best horror movie I've ever seen,
but I think fans of the genre will like it.   It's extremely well filmed and it just looks great from a film-making perspective.
The acting is solid.

The plot is a bit flimsy, especially towards the end where things feel a bit rushed.  It's a long movie, so watching it at home
was a good idea. 

It has an old-school vibe to it that I enjoyed quite a bit. 

[jimilee]

Just watched "A Cure for Wellness".   I enjoyed it quite a bit.  It's not the best horror movie I've ever seen,
but I think fans of the genre will like it.   It's extremely well filmed and it just looks great from a film-making perspective.
The acting is solid.

The plot is a bit flimsy, especially towards the end where things feel a bit rushed.  It's a long movie, so watching it at home
was a good idea. 

It has an old-school vibe to it that I enjoyed quite a bit.

Reminded me of an old Vincent Price  style movie. Just saw planet of the apes. It was better the first time when it was apocalypse now.


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[flanagan0718]

Just watched "A Cure for Wellness".   I enjoyed it quite a bit.  It's not the best horror movie I've ever seen,
but I think fans of the genre will like it.   It's extremely well filmed and it just looks great from a film-making perspective.
The acting is solid.

The plot is a bit flimsy, especially towards the end where things feel a bit rushed.  It's a long movie, so watching it at home
was a good idea. 

It has an old-school vibe to it that I enjoyed quite a bit.

Been meaning to check this out. I'll have to give it a watch.

New(ish) Movies I've seen and enjoyed
-John Wick Chapter 2 (all around BAD ASS)
-Jason Borne (pretty good)
-Moana (I was off for 2 weeks with my daughter...still not a fan of the Rock but it was tolerable)
-Despicable Me 3 (great movie and the villain in it was so funny)

[alanp]

Moana was better than I expected.

Understandable how they changed his fish hook from, originally, his grandmother's jawbone, to simply just a "magic" fish hook.

[stringsthings]

Just watched "A Cure for Wellness".   I enjoyed it quite a bit.  It's not the best horror movie I've ever seen,
but I think fans of the genre will like it.   It's extremely well filmed and it just looks great from a film-making perspective.
The acting is solid.

The plot is a bit flimsy, especially towards the end where things feel a bit rushed.  It's a long movie, so watching it at home
was a good idea. 

It has an old-school vibe to it that I enjoyed quite a bit.

Reminded me of an old Vincent Price  style movie.

Exactly!   

I can't get enough of "The Abominable Dr. Phibes"!

[Leevibe]

Watched Dunkirk in 70mm projection last night. I very much enjoyed the experience. An amazing film.

[culturejam]

Moana was better than I expected.

My daughter got into this about 2 weeks ago. I've seen it no less than 30 times since then. It's AWESOME. The music is just fantastic. I walk around humming it all day. Lin Manuel Miranda is a talented man.

Also, the guy who does the voice of Moana's dad is the same guy who played Jango Fett.

[alanp]

VIOLENCE WARNING -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz0CAn6zHY4

Also the actor who played Jake the Muss, which is the role I really remember Temuera Morrison for.

Skip to 1m for when he appears in that clip.

[TNblueshawk]

Watched Dunkirk in 70mm projection last night. I very much enjoyed the experience. An amazing film.

I saw it last weekend and enjoyed it. Part of me says I wish they would have included some of the front line action that was taking place. But then the other part said no, we have enough of those and it was good to just keep to the escape aspect of things.

Any thoughts on if you think they should have included more fighting that was taking place on the front line?

[TNblueshawk]

Rented Ghost in a Shell last night. Yeah...well...I didn't rent it for the quality of the movie. I don't recommend it unless you like staring at Scarlett for 2 hours   

If you don't like staring at Scarlett for 2 hours then DO NOT rent this movie.

Oh, and make an eye appointment asap.