What's the latest movie you've seen?

[Psy-Fi]

Frau im Mond (1929)

Silent B&W German sci-fi film by Fritz Lang, with a love story within the plot. The video I saw looked very good considering the age of the movie. I watched a version with English subtitles added because my German is rudimentary at best. The directing was as good as I expected, the acting was fairly typical of films of the era, and I thought the special effects were good for the time. Supposedly, the countdown sequence for the rocket launch was the first time that a countdown was ever used to depict a rocket launch. The story had some ridiculous and scientifically wrong aspects to it but it was fairly entertaining and managed to keep me interested despite the rather long running time of 166 minutes.

[Psy-Fi]

The Big Chase (1954)

Early 50's B&W crime flick disaster. A rookie patrol cop crosses paths with a couple of ex-cons and their two cohorts during a heist. The idea of the plot isn't bad but the script is. Mediocre acting, bad script, incompetent directing, the only good thing about the movie was its short running time of 59 minutes.

[grindy]

Le Trou (The Hole)
I've seen it many years ago and loved it and probably loved it even more this second time. This movie is just perfect from start to finish. It's about a prison break and the best one of this kind I've ever seen. It's based on a true story and one of the guys who participated in the real thing plays one of the major roles. Even apart from that it's very detailed and realistic and a fascinating insight into french prison life in the 40s. It has a certain calm intensity about it. There is very little drama, no music at all, few cuts, understated acting and yet it really grabs you. We actually had to split watching it into two days because at some point my GF couldn't bear the tension any more and wanted to relax a bit.
Highly recommended. This is such a great relief after watching a lot of modern stuff which is rife with overwrought drama, ridiculously over the top music and the plot being driven by people being idiots. Here we have several people calmly and intelligently solving a difficult problem and it's a delight to watch.

[Guybrush]

Nice one, @grindy ! Adding it to my list.

[Hope]

Watched this the other night. Don't know what it would have been like to just watch it, because I had read the book first. This is a prequel centered around Snow and how he became an evil shit.

Wonderful book series.

[Guybrush]

Watched The Void as it seemed like something I'd find enjoyable enough.



It's a B movie that has its cast of characters holed up in a partly burnt hospital under siege by cultists and Lovecraftian/Carpenterian monsters.

It definitely is rooted in a kind of 80s horror and a scene or two in here seems very The Thing-inspired. Something that is great is I didn't see any overt CGI in the monster designs, so that helps add that 80s feel.

It's decently acted for what it is - a B horror flick. None of us are expecting a riveting dramatic performances.

All in all, it feels like a mixture between Dead Space (the computer game and its story) and Hellraiser. Not great, but quite ambitious and kinda fun.

It sits somewhere between:

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[grindy]

Are there jump scares?

[Guybrush]

Are there jump scares?

Yes, a few, although it doesn't overuse them.

I didn't find it scary, but it's fun to watch monsters.

[grindy]

Being John Malkovich
Used to love it as a teenager but haven't seen it in many years.
Still think it's a cool movie but a lot of it didn't hold up well. Some scenes just seem kinda lame and juvenile.

[Guybrush]

Being John Malkovich
Used to love it as a teenager but haven't seen it in many years.
Still think it's a cool movie but a lot of it didn't hold up well. Some scenes just seem kinda lame and juvenile.

Hmm.. I haven't seen that one since it was new. While I remember the premise being kinda fun and weird, I can't actually remember finding the movie to be very entertaining 🤔

I might actually like it more today. Who knows.

[Psy-Fi]

Okinawa (1952)

B&W WWII war movie about an American destroyer assigned to a formation of ships around the island of Okinawa, to help protect the supply ships and American troops from Kamikaze attacks. The story mainly focuses on several crew members assigned to operate one of the main guns on the ship. A lot of stock combat film footage of Kamikaze attacks against American ships is used throughout the film, all of which I've seen countless times before, but it fit in well with the story so I didn't mind seeing it yet again. The running time of the movie was rather short at just over 1 hour. Not what I would consider an essential WWII flick, but fairly realistic and watchable. 

[tristan_geoff]

The Zone of Interest (2023)
9/10

It's a film drenched in symbolism that will turn your gears the entire time you're watching it.  I don't want to talk too much about even the themes because this movie is best went into blind, spoiling the themes even reveals too much.  Maybe I've said too much already.  Oh well, this is one of the best movies of the decade so far.

[Psy-Fi]

The Turning Point (1952)

Another film from 1952. This one is a crime noir thriller about a city prosecutor trying to root out a major crime syndicate operating in his city. His girlfriend is working as his secretary, his best friend is reporter for a local newspaper, his father is a city cop, there's a love triangle, and moral dilemmas and corruption galore.

 

[robhr]

Ted. Funny. Rare that I find mainstream comedy funny but I generally believe in Seth MacFarlane. Generally.

[Hope]

Ted. Funny. Rare that I find mainstream comedy funny but I generally believe in Seth MacFarlane. Generally.

I'm a Seth fan. I even like his music.

I saw Ted a couple years ago and thought it was ok. I'm not really into comedies. There's a new Ted tv series that other Seth fans are enjoying. I procured the first season, but I haven't watched anything but trailers so far.