What's the latest movie you've seen?

[Lexi Darling]

The Godfather has amazing cinematography, like that film does not look like it was made in the early 70s.

[jimmy jazz]

The Godfather has amazing cinematography, like that film does not look like it was made in the early 70s.

I noticed that. True, but, if the plot is boring then it doesn't matter how shiny and new it is imo.

What do you think of Goodfellas?

[Trollheart]

I don't know how you can say it's a boring plot. It set the mould for every gangster film to follow, including Goodfellas, which is a fantastic movie, but chances are without The Godfather it would never have been made. Gangster movies were seen as a relic of the 1930s and 1940s and Hollywood was moving on. The Godfather brought crime and the Mafia into the mainstream, and opened or re-opened up a whole new genre of movies.

[Trollheart]

Se7en (1995)

For years I wouldn't watch this movie, as it seemed too gory for my tastes. Since it was on the box last night I decided to go for it, and was surprised at how easily I was able to watch it. There was gore and so forth but I found it was handled decently well, not shoved in your face with sharp orchestral hits or doomy bass piano notes (in fact, not much music at all in the film). Overall, I enjoyed it but I did not like the ending. I've read all about how it revitalised the crime/serial killer genre, both in movie and TV, but to me it was a lazy ending. I expected something else to happen: maybe

Spoiler

Somerset could have been forced to shoot Mills to prevent him killing Doe, maybe both would have died and Doe sat there grinning, after having turned the two allies against each other

[close]

, I don't know, something other than what happened.

I can see how shows like True Detective and The Wire got their inspiration from the movie, but I was disappointed in the ending. And what is it with everyone praising Morgan Freeman's role? All he did was what he always does, look enigmatic, tired, disillusioned and speak mostly in a bored monotone. As Karen used to say, "and Morgan Freeman as Morgan Freeman."

In the end, I would have to say, did not live up to its promise and generally speaking was not worth waiting for.

And setting-wise, totally ripped off Blade Runner.

[jimmy jazz]

I don't know how you can say it's a boring plot. It set the mould for every gangster film to follow, including Goodfellas, which is a fantastic movie, but chances are without The Godfather it would never have been made. Gangster movies were seen as a relic of the 1930s and 1940s and Hollywood was moving on. The Godfather brought crime and the Mafia into the mainstream, and opened or re-opened up a whole new genre of movies.

Not denying that but it doesn't really matter.

When I watch a film I don't really care what came before it in that respect. There are probably films you like that wouldn't exist were it not for some black and white film from the 1920s or whatever. It doesn't mean the earlier film is more enjoyable.

I'm going to watch Godfather 2 soon. Hopefully that is better.

[Lexi Darling]

I noticed that. True, but, if the plot is boring then it doesn't matter how shiny and new it is imo.

What do you think of Goodfellas?

I've actually never seen it. The extent of my knowledge of it is from the Goodfeathers Animaniacs sketches lol.

[Psy-Fi]

Fiend of Dope Island (1961)

B-movie action/adventure flick about a maniacal crime boss who smuggles guns and marijuana from a small Caribbean island and rules over his underlings and the locals with a sadistic iron fist. A few entertaining moments here and there but rather disappointing overall. A title like 'Fiend of Dope Island' could've been wildly entertaining in the right hands but, unfortunately, it was not to be.

[SGR]

For my money, I prefer Goodfellas to The Godfather. Throughout the runtime, I just find it to be a more engaging and rewatchable movie. I also think Goodfellas has more moments of levity and humor - in other words, it's just more fun. No disrespect to The Godfather though, which is obviously an excellent and highly influential film.

[Guybrush]

Its a long ass time since I saw either, but I think I enjoy The Godfather more than Goodfellas.. And maybe I enjoyed Casino more than either. The Departed for sure, although the style is a bit different.

Last movie I saw was:

Under the Shadow from 2016



It has a little bit of a reputation and so has been on my radar for years and years. We finally got to it.

Without giving away too much, it is an Iranian haunted house movie set against the backdrop of the Iran-Iraq war close to 1980. A young woman whose ambitions of becoming a doctor was crushed by the Iranian revolution is now a mother and increasingly disillusioned housewife. Her husband gets drafted and people start to leave Tehran due to daily Iraq missile strikes on the city. Yet, she decides to stay behind in her flat with her daughter and soon has more than just bombs to contend with.

I found a couple of scenes in this movie to be genuinely creepy and that's quite rare for me. The reason is creepiness mixed with the high stakes from having a child in the mix. It's not particularly original, but an unfamiliar setting helps make the movie feel somewhat fresh still.

The acting is good enough to draw you in and the movie has got some layers of meaning for those who like to ponder a bit after viewing.

I'd recommend it to those who like haunted house movies that rely more on psychological horror than violence. I don't think there's even a drop of blood here, but there's some great tension. Not Hereditary levels of tension, but still good.

[Psy-Fi]

That poster reminds me of this album cover...

[innerspaceboy]

I've just returned from the local indie theatre participating in the worldwide one night only screening of Daft Punk's 2003 epic anime musical science fiction film, Interstella 5555 featuring all the music from their Discovery LP. Anyone who knew me in college knows I adored the album and film, (and I still have my Daft Club membership card!)

At the show I didn't pass up the opportunity to pick up the promo poster for the one-night event. And as an insane bonus, when I got it home I found it measured 12x18 - the exact size of the lone spare duplicate frame I had laying around! So in minutes at no cost I had it hanging proudly in my home!

This will be a treasured memory and a fond look back at my early 20s.

[Psy-Fi]

Devil Girl from Mars (1954)

B&W British sci-fi flick from the 50's. A spaceship crash-lands in Scotland after colliding with a plane. The sole inhabitant of the spaceship emerges soon afterwards, looking like a cross between a vampire and a dominatrix. The martian visits the inhabitants of a nearby inn and announces that Mars is running out of men capable of procreation, and, as a female Martian, she has come from the planet Mars to look for suitable males to bring back to Mars for breeding.

Ridiculous but entertaining enough to watch to the end. The poster shows 3 spaceships but there's only 1 in the movie, and the robot-creature shown in the poster looks far more menacing and interesting than the one that actually appears in the film. A 3 star movie with a 5 star poster.

[Lucem Ferre]

Se7en (1995)

For years I wouldn't watch this movie, as it seemed too gory for my tastes. Since it was on the box last night I decided to go for it, and was surprised at how easily I was able to watch it. There was gore and so forth but I found it was handled decently well, not shoved in your face with sharp orchestral hits or doomy bass piano notes (in fact, not much music at all in the film). Overall, I enjoyed it but I did not like the ending. I've read all about how it revitalised the crime/serial killer genre, both in movie and TV, but to me it was a lazy ending. I expected something else to happen: maybe

Spoiler

Somerset could have been forced to shoot Mills to prevent him killing Doe, maybe both would have died and Doe sat there grinning, after having turned the two allies against each other

[close]

, I don't know, something other than what happened.

I can see how shows like True Detective and The Wire got their inspiration from the movie, but I was disappointed in the ending. And what is it with everyone praising Morgan Freeman's role? All he did was what he always does, look enigmatic, tired, disillusioned and speak mostly in a bored monotone. As Karen used to say, "and Morgan Freeman as Morgan Freeman."

In the end, I would have to say, did not live up to its promise and generally speaking was not worth waiting for.

And setting-wise, totally ripped off Blade Runner.

Se7en is a direct inspiration on Saw and also much better than Saw.

[Guybrush]

We saw this hunk of cheese:



The Pope's Exorcist!

It's like part horror, part buddy action comedy, part cheese-fest. Russel Crowe has a rather limited range of expression, channeling a sort of stoic but still somewhat compassionate tough guy.

The Catholic church obviously plays a role here, being fun and occult. They're on the front lines in the fight against Satan - or at least used to be. Now it seems when they're at war with the literal kings of hell, they send one guy.. but luckily that guy is Russell Crowe, so it works out fine, and he also does stumble across a new sidekick purely by chance.

He has to help a family of mother and two children who is being bothered by a prominent demon, one which I immediately recognized as being voiced by Ralph Ineson. Cool.

I don't think this merits too much analysis. It's stupid, but also kind of fun and the sets actually look good. Dont expect too much and just enjoy. Popcorn is definitely allowed.

Somewhere between and

[Thelonious Monkey]

Recently watched Terrifier 3. Hadn't see the previous films but my mate just decided to buy it and we really enjoyed it. It's plenty gory and the main villain is incredibly well acted.