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What's the latest movie you've seen?

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#1005 Mar 06, 2025, 01:43 AM Last Edit: Mar 06, 2025, 01:50 AM by Janszoon


Splash (1984)

I saw this in the theater when it was new, and maybe one more time as a young adult, but it's been a long time. I was surprised that it holds up as well as it does. Aside from John Candy's character's pervy-ness, this movie, including the VFX, has aged incredibly well. 

Throw your dog the invisible bone.
#1006 Mar 06, 2025, 02:36 AM
One of Karen's favourite movies. A very young Tom Hanks, and basically a modern version of The Little Mermaid. Without all the cute songs.

#1007 Mar 06, 2025, 04:59 PM


Cry Vengeance (1954)

:3stars:


Crime thriller about a former cop who is released from prison after serving time for a bribery charge which he was framed on. He is obsessed with seeking revenge against the man he believes is responsible for the deaths of his wife and child in a bomb blast which was meant for him shortly before he was set up and sent to prison.

#1008 Mar 12, 2025, 01:17 AM
After seeing Flow,, it left me in the mood for another good animated movie. I watched The Wild Robot. Anyone here seen that one? I quite liked it. Deifnitely tugged on your heart strings. Best thing Dreamworks has done in a long while imo.

#1009 Mar 12, 2025, 03:02 AM
Haven't seen it but it looks good. Isn't he friends with a bird or something in it?

#1010 Mar 12, 2025, 03:10 AM
Quote from: Trollheart on Mar 12, 2025, 03:02 AMHaven't seen it but it looks good. Isn't he friends with a bird or something in it?

Yeah, she stumbles on a bird egg and through circumstance, ends up becoming a mother to the bird (who is a runt).

#1011 Mar 12, 2025, 04:00 AM
You did say runt, right?  :laughing:

#1012 Mar 12, 2025, 05:53 PM
Quote from: SGR on Mar 12, 2025, 01:17 AMAfter seeing Flow,, it left me in the mood for another good animated movie. I watched The Wild Robot. Anyone here seen that one? I quite liked it. Deifnitely tugged on your heart strings. Best thing Dreamworks has done in a long while imo.

I saw Wild Robot a few weeks ago and loved it.

Throw your dog the invisible bone.
#1013 Mar 12, 2025, 05:59 PM
Its been on my to watch list. I wanted to see it while it was in theaters.

Same thing with Piece by Piece but I ended up watching it a few weeks ago.

It's interesting to see Pharrell's autobiography in Lego pieces. It's a great nostalgia trip hearing all the songs he produced and was part of.

I was this cool the whole time.
#1014 Mar 16, 2025, 09:05 AM Last Edit: Mar 16, 2025, 09:10 AM by Guybrush
Saw All of us Strangers yesterday.



It was a very good movie. Powerful drama with phenomenal acting by Andrew Scott in particular.

Only thing is I thought it was crushingly sad at the end 😱 I won't spoil, but a big theme is loneliness and the barriers that keep us from loving other people and from being loved. It's the sort of movie where you wish you could reach through the TV screen to give the characters a hug. I was crying at the end and that sense of sadness didn't shake off immediately either. It haunts me still.

More powerful than entertaining, of course, but a good watch if/when you're in the mood for something a little more slow, but impactful.

:4stars:

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#1015 Mar 29, 2025, 02:29 AM
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is free on YouTube so I'm watching it again...for like the millionth time. I love this movie so much.

#1016 Mar 29, 2025, 03:19 AM
Quote from: Key on Mar 29, 2025, 02:29 AMEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is free on YouTube so I'm watching it again...for like the millionth time. I love this movie so much.

One of my all time favorites too!  :)

#1017 Mar 29, 2025, 03:28 AM
Quote from: SGR on Mar 29, 2025, 03:19 AMOne of my all time favorites too!  :)

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#1018 Mar 31, 2025, 02:14 AM
Is there something in Liam Neeson's contract that says every movie he is in has to have his family threatened so that he can use his classic line?  ::) It's becoming boring. Case in point:


The Commuter (2018)

In which he is approached by a mysterious woman who offers him money to find someone on a train and tag their bag. When he realises how this is turning out (oh! Shock! She's not just running some survey!) his (say it with me) family are threatened, so he has to go into Action Man mode. Yawn. A movie that basically gives LN a chance to look his usual cold-eyed hard man, kick a lot of ass and look somewhat confused at the end, as was I. Meh.

#1019 Mar 31, 2025, 04:01 AM
Quote from: Trollheart on Mar 31, 2025, 02:14 AMIs there something in Liam Neeson's contract that says every movie he is in has to have his family threatened so that he can use his classic line?  ::) It's becoming boring. Case in point:


The Commuter (2018)

In which he is approached by a mysterious woman who offers him money to find someone on a train and tag their bag. When he realises how this is turning out (oh! Shock! She's not just running some survey!) his (say it with me) family are threatened, so he has to go into Action Man mode. Yawn. A movie that basically gives LN a chance to look his usual cold-eyed hard man, kick a lot of ass and look somewhat confused at the end, as was I. Meh.

Its unfortunate because he genuinely seems like a great actor but unfortunately he's been plagued as a one trick pony and anything he does outside of "i have a certain set of skills" comes off as a bit odd. On the contrary tho, he has had a lot of great films that don't fall into that category but they're few and far between.

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