Name & Rate the Movies/TV You've Watched.

[lorddemaxus]

People gotta give The Empty Man a try. Although it's quite long, I enjoyed it a lot more than any other horror film released this year except The Invisible Man. Some really ambitious and interesting ideas and creative decisions in this film and it's not the shitty "The Bye Bye Man" type horror film that the studio marketed (when they barely did) it as.

[filmlover]

Watched The Midnight Sky last night. Hard to believe Clooney could've made a space movie that would end up such a humorless drag but that's what we get here, even though he gives a very good performance (as does the rest of his overqualified cast with what they're given) and Desplat's score is memorable and deserving of a better movie.

[lorddemaxus]

Heat was the perfect movie to end this year with. Might be the best film I've seen all year.

Edited December 31, 2020 by lorddemaxus

[TwoMisfits]

So, it's the New Year, so I thought I'd do my holiday movies and then follow up later with what I really watched:).  It wouldn't have been an end to 2020 if I hadn't done another JGL movie, so you even get one here:)...

 

Christmas Chronicles 1 - B - A good sweet movie and Kurt Russell chews the scenery like a Santa champ.

 

Christmas Chronicles 2 - C - An example of the sequel that gets made for the money that should never be made.  The one redeeming factor was seeing Goldie Hawn chew the scenery as Mrs. Claus.

 

The Night Before - C - It just didn't work.  It was so slow and kinda depressing for a long while and the cliche ending, well, it did the Christmas feels, but I'm not sure I accepted it on the movie:).  But, the movie gets the C b/c there were a few (but not nearly enough) "laughing so hard I almost snorted my drink" moments - the Church scene can be rewatched all on its own.  JGL was fine, doing his best work when it was an emotional scene, and not a humor scene, but then again, he was cast to be the mostly "straight" man to the other 2 loonies:).  

 

It's A Wonderful Life (rewatch) - B+ - Okay, I raised my grade pretty high here (from where I would have originally graded this movie years ago when I hated it), but I think having seen this again as an older person, what bothered me so much about George Bailey before and his wallowing in his own decision-making can get kinda forgiven...and his wife, I now see, is the true MVP, so I respect that aspect of the movie way more.  That, and everyone has stolen from this movie everywhere, so if you're good enough to steal, you're good enough to get a good grade.

[lorddemaxus]

Still on my Lost rewatch and Lindelof seriously has a thing for shitty dads and pregnancies.

[junkshop36]

Finally watched the first part of season 5 of Lucifer

 

Love this show. Everyone involved does a great job with their characters. Looking forward to the second half of the season. 

[filmlover]

Watched all of the first season of The Flight Attendant this weekend. Pretty good! Also just the right role Kaley Cuoco needed to show she has range beyond Penny.

[TwoMisfits]

3 hours ago, filmlover said:

Watched all of the first season of The Flight Attendant this weekend. Pretty good! Also just the right role Kaley Cuoco needed to show she has range beyond Penny.

 

I just started this and I am AMAZED by her acting.  I had no idea she can completely carry a show on her back.  She's genius in episode 1, and I'm looking forward to finishing the 1st season.

[lorddemaxus]

Steven Universe Future - A perfect ending to a show that means quite a lot to me. The show was a really big part of my late childhood and considering that this season is all about Steven grown-up and dealing with the shit that happened to him as a kid and figuring what he wants to know do with his life and moving on from his childhood, I feel like I watched it during the perfect point in my life (maybe could've watched it a bit sooner actually). 

 

There have been many shows that I love and many more that I will love, but don't think any of them will have the impact this one has had on me as a person. Even very few movies have. I'm really happy and grateful that this show exists.

Edited January 13, 2021 by lorddemaxus

[lorddemaxus]

For last year:

 

Clint is my most watched actor with 8 films and Spielberg is most watched director with 25 films. Goal for this year is for Clint to be both my most watched actor and director. Gonna try going through all of his directorial work I haven't seen yet or needs rewatching, like I did with Spielberg last year.

 

 

[TMP]

Come and See is probably the best war film I've ever seen. Incredible, visceral stuff.

[lorddemaxus]

Started watching Everwood and this show is great so far. Really surprised Berlanti created this show. 

[Eric Duncan]

Planned to push to watch more movies this year, so I'm gonna dump out what I saw each month for you lovely peeps.

 

January

Walk the Line: 6/10

Guys and Dolls: 7/10

After Hours: 9/10

Risky Business: 9/10

Melody Time: 4/10

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: 4/10

Friday Night Lights: 5/10

Splendor in the Grass: 9/10

The Man with the Golden Arm: 5/10

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: 8/10

Blood Simple: 8/10

On the Town: 8/10

The Pelican Brief: 6/10

Hannah Montana: The Movie: 2/10

When Harry Met Sally: 10/10

Cinderella (1950): 10/10

Martha Marcy May Marlene: 8/10

One Night in Miami...: 8/10

Anchors Aweigh: 5/10

Magnolia: 10/10

The White Tiger: 7/10

Treasure Island (1950): 6/10

America America: 7/10

The Emperor's New Groove: 10/10

The Philadelphia Story: 10/10

Derek Delgaudio's In & Of Itself: 10/10

 

God bless HBO Max's "Last Chance" section. It actually gives you an incentive to watch stuff, and it's surprising other services don't have this kind of tab. I was hoping to get some more in, but my laptop is busted, but hopefully it'll get fixed sooner rather than later.

 

And also I'm gonna push In & Of Itself hard when the BOFFYs/Top 25 come around next year. Don't know what non-Hulu services it's on internationally, but it'll be hard for any movie to top this for me.

[lorddemaxus]

I guess I haven't done this for a while either. Here's everything I watched last month (first couple films are some I saw in the last week of 2020 I didn't mention too):

 

Death to 2020 - 2/10

The Empty Man - 7/10

Sound of Metal - 9/10

The Thin Man - 7/10

Promsing Young Woman - 6/10

Heat (re-watch) - 10/10

 

Jan:

Sully - 8/10

Tokyo Godfathers - 8/10

Inside Man - 8/10

Weathering with You - 6/10

Let Them All Talk - 8/10

Cape Fear - 9/10

LOTR Fellowship of the Ring (re-watch) - 9/10

LOTR The Two Tower (re-watch) - 9/10

LOTR Return of the King (re-watch) - 10/10

The Curious Case of Benjaman Button (re-watch) - 10/10

Red, White, and Blue - 8/10

Alex Wheatle - 6/10

His Girl Friday - 6/10

Education - 9/10

Locked Down - 3/10

Outside the Wire - 3/10

Misery - 8/10

Undine - 8/10

Tenet (re-watch) - 10/10

The Kid Detective - 8/10

 

TV:

 

Lost Season 5

Steven Universe Future

Batman The Animated Series 

The Legend of Korra (re-watch)

Everwood 

Pushing Daisies

The Dragon Prince (this is so bad compared to Avatar)

Wandavision

Green Eggs and Ham

Edited February 1, 2021 by lorddemaxus

[Jake Gittes]

January

 

*A Star Is Born (1954) - 10/10

*Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1975) - 7/10

*Prince of Darkness (1987) - 6/10

*Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) - 9/10

Under the Cherry Moon (1986) - 7/10

Walker (1987) - 6/10

The Grapes of Wrath (1940) - 8/10

*Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) - 7/10

Rifkin's Festival (2020) - 5/10

*Bound (1996) - 8/10

*All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - 7.5/10 (10 for the war sequences, 5 for all the monologuing)

*The Blue Angel (1930) - 7/10

*People on Sunday (1930) - 6/10

*His Girl Friday (1940) - 8/10

*Ms .45 (1981) - 7/10

*Breathless (1960) - 9/10 [up from 8]

The Big Risk (1960) - 7/10

Shoot the Piano Player (1960) - 7/10

The Sign of Leo (1962) - 7/10

The Suitor (1962) - 6/10

Suzanne's Career (1963) - 7/10

The Soft Skin (1964) - 7/10

*The Band Wagon (1953) - 8/10

*Mulholland Dr. (2001) - 10/10 [fourth viewing, first on the big screen; always adored it but it may have shot up into my top 10 after last night]

 

*rewatches

Edited February 2, 2021 by Jake Gittes

[Plain Old Tele]

11 hours ago, Eric Gardner said:

 

God bless HBO Max's "Last Chance" section. It actually gives you an incentive to watch stuff, and it's surprising other services don't have this kind of tab. 

I know it’s kind of a niche streaming channel, but Criterion does this as well: a section of movies that are leaving at the end of the month. 

[charlie Jatinder]

I have really slowed down.

 

January

 

Movies

1. Enchanted - The idea was good and it is good, just could have been better perhaps. 6/10.

2. Nomadland - It sure gives a peek in life of a nomad, and that part works well halfway through the film. Half of it is just landscape porn which feels really really cold, literally and figuratively. 3/10.

3. Run - Searching was no fluke. Aneesh Chaganty is here to rule. Right from the first shot to the last frame, the film keep you engaged. Loved the pay-off. 8/10.

4. Happiest Season - The girls are pretty, film could have been better. 3/10.

5. The Matrix - I remember watching it as a noob and was like action's good but plot...

 

Well today, I loved the concept, really well done, and action felt like just accessories, which for 1999 is quite well done. 8/10.

6. Matrix Reloaded - Yeah this is BS. Freeway sequence stands out, rest all is bleh. Guess I don't need to watch the third one anymore. 3/10.

7. Master - A good South Indian commercial potboiler. 5/10.

 

TV

 

1. Wanda Vision - The besssssssssstttttt. 

[charlie Jatinder]

On 1/14/2021 at 1:11 PM, lorddemaxus said:

For last year:

 

 

Ralph Fiennes was most watched thanks to Harry Potter rewatch and Bond films.

 

Films could have been more but last 3.5 months were low with just 20 films.

[Barnack]

21 minutes ago, jatvision said:

Nice, do you have some post with your Kubrick output thought ?

[charlie Jatinder]

49 minutes ago, Barnack said:

Nice, do you have some post with your Kubrick output thought ?

Unfortunately, I didn't put my thoughts. I find it really hard to praise a film. Criticising something is easy, as then I know what didn't work, when film is good, "its all good man".

 

Spoiler

On 7/25/2020 at 1:47 PM, jatvision said:

Week 16

18-24 July 2020

Movies

1. A Clockwork Orange: 8/10
2. Eyes Wide Shut: 6/10
3. Paths of Glory: Great. 8/10.
4. The Killing: 8/10

Watched these 4 on first two days and then nothing.

  

Spoiler

On 8/1/2020 at 5:19 PM, jatvision said:

Week 17

25-31st July 

Movies

1. Dil Bechara: This might have passed as decent thing if I hadn't seen The Fault in Our Stars. 3/10.
2. Following: Brilliant. Among my top Nolan films easy. 8/10.
3. Insomnia: I guess the most non-Nolan, Nolan film but great stuff. Also Robin Williams is great in it. 8/10.
4. Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom: 💩. 0/10.
5. Barry Lyndon: Resuming Kubrick filmography. This gave me GWTW vibes. 8/10.
6. Spartacus: 8/10.
7. Shakuntla Devi (Hindi): The film was very pretty good in first two acts, but third act felt like not fully developed. A lenient 6/10.
8. Lolita: Kubrick's weakest for me. There are two others, won't be watching them. 5/10.
9. Lootcase (Hindi): I was expecting this to be Andhadhun level good but this was neither than smart nor funny. Decent watch though. 5/10.