Jump to content

charlie Jatinder

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

Recommended Posts

I went and saw Zola today. After all this talk about expensive private screenings, I feel like I really scored a bargain only having to pay $9 to be the only one in the auditorium. ;)

 

It's as wild as the Twitter thread that inspired it, and its use of Riley Keough's nails is almost as fabulous as that of Logan Lucky (no small compliment).

Link to comment
Share on other sites



The Tomorrow War - B+

 

Over all I thought it was a solidly entertaining movie. 
 

Most of it centers around Pratt and his daughter character wise. Most of the other characters are fairly one dimensional but it was fine as they were mostly meant to be supportive characters. 
 

The action was pretty good, especially the sequence after they first time travel and the big sequence at the base in the middle of the ocean. 
 

The design of the aliens was pretty cool as well. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites



June aka Animation and Camp Month, thanks chas and Cap

 

*Hoodwinked! - 6/10. This is my preferred version of Rashōmon. X-treme Granny stuff cringy, Patrick Warburton and Japeth the Goat magnificent.

*Monster House - 6/10. A pretty fun, these days refreshingly non-patronizing movie very nearly undone by some of the most eye-gouging horribly aged performance capture animation I've ever seen. (Did it ever look good? I don't remember being put off by it in 2006). Kept thinking about how awesome a Henry Selick-style stop-motion version might have looked like and trying not to cry inside.

*Flushed Away - 7/10

*Ratatouille - 8/10. Hadn't seen it since 2012, and the last 15 minutes now get my vote as the greatest 15 minutes in any Pixar movie.

*Ponyo - 7/10

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar - 7/10

*Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - 7/10

*Coraline - 7/10

*The Princess and the Frog - 7/10. Maybe my favorite WDAS since let's say 2002. It's true that the leads are more interesting in human form, but I'm a total sucker for the setting and style, and the supporting characters and musical numbers are all good-to-great.

*Mary and Max - 3/10

*Fantastic Mr. Fox - 8/10

*Top Hat - 8/10

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - 7/10. There are three movies happening here—a black comedy of family dysfunction, a Sunset Blvd. psychodrama and a nick-of-time physical suspense thriller—and the last of them gets too much screentime for how straightforward it is, while also leaving Joan Crawford with less and less to do as it progresses. Davis for her part is amazing, and the scene where Baby Jane revives her childhood act is an incredible piece of camp, funny, painful and disturbing all at once.

*Monsters, Inc. - 8/10

*The Triplets of Belleville - 7/10

*Rango - 7/10

*Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - 6/10

*The LEGO Movie - 6/10. Loved this when it came out but looking at it now, it does overmilk the jokes and I'm not sure why it thinks it can relentlessly snark on its own narrative and characters, then turn around and play things straight (see e.g. the long scene with Good/Bad Cop's parents or the destruction of Cloud Cuckoo Land), not to mention culminate with that painfully earnest Everyone Is Special speech and Will Ferrell learning a valuable lesson about creativity. A truly committed movie would have embraced the anarchy. Arnett still the best Batman since BTAS, though.

*Only Yesterday (1991) - 6/10

*Spirited Away - 8/10

*The Iron Giant - 8/10

*Inside Out - 6/10

*Fantasia - 7/10

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! - 8/10

*Dumbo - 8/10

*The Secret of Kells - 7/10

*Song of the Sea - 6/10

*Waking Life - 8/10

*Sound of Metal - 7/10. Rating unchanged, but I liked it a little less on rewatch (big screen this time) because it's a lot more glaring how noncommittal its approach to sound really is. If the point of your movie is to immerse the audience in the subjective experience of someone losing their hearing (and of those close to them), there's no good reason for there to be any sound in (at the very least) the shelter scenes, where no hearing characters are present; that the movie randomly switches back to "normal" every few minutes makes it come off as, at best, insecure and more tourist-y than Marder presumably intended, as if it's privileging the comfort of its hearing audience over its own internal consistency and effect. Also, the fact that Ruben isn't explained how the [redacted] work until after he's gotten them seems to me like a pretty ridiculous contrivance. Pacing and performances still carry it; Raci wuz robbed.

*Taxi Driver - 9/10

 

 

 

 

  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites



On 7/4/2021 at 2:45 PM, Jake Gittes said:

*Only Yesterday (1991) - 6/10

*Spirited Away - 8/10

*The Iron Giant - 8/10

*Inside Out - 6/10

*Fantasia - 7/10

yeesh tough crowd. The worst out of those gets like a 9/10 from me.

 

Mine of the last few weeks

Gemini Man. It really has its moments but ends up being more a mixed bag. The young Will effect is very good throughout the movie and in the last scene it somehow turns into pure nightmare fuel. It's really jarring, like it was shot a week before the movie hit theatres.

Those who wish me dead. Not bad, it's more like a fun stupid b movie, not exactly what you 'd expect out of Sheridan. It need a little more budget though to really stand out next to the netflix pile of cheap straight to streaming movies.

Brightburn. I guess cool idea, but that's about it. Fell asleep halfway through and finish it the next day kind of movie.

The Devil all the Time. Bad movie, only Pattinson's accent survives this mess.

Thoroughbreds. Cool, well shot, definately has a Lanthimos vibe. 

In the Heights. A little bit tired by the runtime but it was very good. Anthony Ramos just shines for 2.5 hours straight.

Good Boys. More funny as an idea than an actual movie but it's pretty sweet anyway. Tremblay was good too, carrying the entire R rated comedy genre on his tiny shoulders.

Jason and the Argonauts. gotta respect the classics

Hobbs and Shaw. It's mainly just boring CGI trash, but at times it's even worse. Like with the "banter" between the Rock and Statham or even worse like the celebrity friends giving a 5min joke monologue that's dead on arrival. Every attempt at humor by this movie kinda made my skin crawl. The Rock really needs an intervention.

 

  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Today's deep dive "passed the 1st time superhero movie" was The New Mutants - this is a film called "I watched this so you don't have to."  It suffers from some of the same problems Fant4stic did - it's a superhero movie that forgot it was a superhero movie.  As in, there are no superheroics, and that's a big drag on the movie.  It's also supposed to be some sort of suspense/horror theme - and it's not scary or suspenseful.  All in all, it's just there, and it's not there well.

 

There's also no concern for editing - errors in scenes pile up like Joey Chestnut's 4th of July hotdog count and they are so noticeable, well, you notice and become not impressed.  And the plot is questionable at best...at best.

 

All in all, I'll give it a generous D+ for being over in 90 minutes, and thus I did make it through the whole movie...if it was 2 hours, I'm not sure I'd have held out:).

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites



Rewatched Superman (1978). The effects have dated sure, but the film itself has aged tremendously well. So honest, sincere and heroic in a way that's so rare in comic book cinema now. Reeves really was terrific and I love the screwball style comedy with him and the Daily Planet gang. Top 3 superhero movie for me alongside, Spider-Man 2 and Batman Returns. 10/10

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Horse Feathers (1932) - Felt a tad like “lesser Marx Brothers” but their anarchic mayhem is always fun. 
 

Fantastic Planet (1973) - I’ve heard this described as “really weird”, but honestly that’s just the world/creature/character design and animation; the story itself is fairly straightforward and easy to follow. Pretty fantastic overall, although it’s not very subtle with its themes. 
 

The Plague Dogs (1982) - I’d never gotten around to seeing this, mainly because I assumed it would crush me emotionally (I was right). What a beautiful, sad, and haunting movie — less known than Watership Down, I think, but I found it better. 
 

In & Of Itself (2021) - a delight and a marvel, simply stunning. I knew absolutely nothing about it beforehand (other than folks in my Twitter timeline had raved about it), but it’s remarkable both in its simplicity and its effectiveness. I was reduced to a heap of happy tears by the end. 
 

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) - gorgeous, stunning cinematography, Technicolor is so dang beautiful when filmed by a master, and it puts modern films to shame when it comes to color aesthetics (why oh why don’t we have vibrant colors in movies anymore?). As for the rest, it’s John Ford starting to hint at a new sensibility (that would be fully realized with The Searchers). That being said, I’ve never been much of a John Wayne fan and Ford (as usual) got a little sentimental for my taste. 
 

Millennium Actress (2001) - another one I knew very little about, but another joy. What a delightful journey through time, space, and imagination; also a lovely ode to Japanese history and movies. Very poignant. 

  • Like 7
Link to comment
Share on other sites



So, I saw this one in theater - The Croods: A New Age (aka Croods 2).  And now, I know why it got such good legs.  It's the best sequel they could have possibly come up with after the 1st movie.  It was enjoyable and light and funny.

 

A solid B animated movie with all my kids (even my tough to please ones) giving it a thumbs up...

Edited by TwoMisfits
  • Astonished 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I just wolfed down Leverage: Redemption and Oh My God, how I have MISSED this show.  It's just SOOO GOOD.  Such good campy fun.  The perfect mix of revenge fantasy, and comedy.  Noah Wyle fits right in with the crew, and Aleyse Shannon as Breanna (Hardison's sister) is SUCH a vibrant and youthful additional to the cast. 

 

My only complaint is I WISH that Aldis Hodge was in more than two episodes.  I thought how they wrote him out of the show was really respectful to the character, but it's just not the same.  I know he's a huge star right now and booked on everything, but like the JOY of watching Parker, Hardison, and Elliott together was too much in episode 1 and 2.  They are just so powerful. 

 

And for all the Word of God talk about protecting the OT3, there's is ZERO OT3 feels and action once Hardison's out of the picture.  It just doesn't feel right.  

 

That said, the show, for what it is, is excellent. It's such an easy watch and TOTALLY worth it.

 

And the devil is in the details, but I will never understand how I hate Bucky Barnes so much but will die for Elliot Spencer.

Link to comment
Share on other sites



Always thought War of the Worlds was mid-tier Spielberg, but I now think that this is a stunningly horrifying movie that also feels like a blueprint for pretty much all disaster movies made afterwards (Cloverfield, Godzilla 2014, Knowing, and very clearly The Happening).

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck - B

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - A+

Paris, Texas - A

Pumping Iron - B+

The Dawn Wall (rewatch) - A (somehow even more amazed by Caldwell ever since I started outdoor climbing)

Three Colours: Blue - B

Three Kings - B+

Tomboy - B

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites



Tenet (rewatch) - 10/10. Watched it with some friends. Movie still goes hard but maybe a bit too hard for my friends.

Three Days of the Condor - 6/10

Conjuring 3 - 5/10

Broadcast News - 9/10

Matchstick Men - 8/10. Kinda feels like Ridley imitating his brother here with the editing at times. Movies goes completely off the rails by the end.

J. Edgar - 9/10. Eastwood's Citizen Kane. A constant examination of an extremely controversial political figure that still treats its subject with empathy (Eastwood maybe the most empathetic filmmaker alive, which is even more clear with the next film of his I mention). He allows Edgar to indulge his own delusions and then starts poking holes in them, which is probably the best approach to take with a person like this. Also makes a better gay love story starring Armie Hammer than Call Me By Your Name. And the lighting in this is some of Clint's best. 

Raising Arizona - 8/10

F9 - 6/10

In the Heights - 4/10. Embarrasingly huge disappointment.

Stoker - 8/10. Horniest movies I've seen in a while. Park Chan Wook has this incredible ability to make even camera-movements and cuts into something titillating.

Hereafter - 10/10. Quite easily one of my favs of all time at this point. Eastwood takes an incredibly measured approach to the topic of death and makes a movie that's just as much about lonely people trying to form some kind of connection. There are no answers here, but just some kind of cathartis for those who need it. I'm not generally into slice of life movies but Eastwood can make even the smallest moments seem like something bigger. Takes detours into stuff I don't even know much about, italian cooking classes, Charles Dickens, Francois Mitterand, but the way Eastwood treats all of this just creates a very cozy experience. Great movie to watch after a year of the pandemic (and personally as someone who also experienced the deaths of two people close to me).

Those Who Wish Me Dead - 6/10

Raya and the Last Dragon - 5/10

Crimson Tide - 8/10

Edward Scissorhands - 7/10

Dan in Real Life - 7/10. This doesn't do anything groundbreaking, but the characters here are all so fun to watch, and Lawrence Sher's photography is just incredible for a film like this. Some really cool long-shots too.

Mission to Mars - 9/10

Luca - 6/10 

The Village - 9/10

The Rock - 9/10. I could probably rewatch this countless times. Bay is an absolute mad-man (the carnage here puts most modern-day action movies to shame).

The Quiet Man - 8/10. Didn't quiet latch onto the main romance, but the romance between Ford and the Irish people is beautiful.

The Holiday - 8/10. Nancy Meyers does romcoms better than anyone else in Hollywood today. Odd seeing Kate Winslet play a happy character. Also surprisingly one of Hans Zimmer's best scores?

Cats Don't Dance - 8/10. People should just watch this instead of Zootopia

A Quiet Place 2 - Emily Blunt's character and the boy are pretty useless characters. Movie just feels incomplete.

Father of the Bride - 6/10

 

TV:

 

The OC - Season 2 was the peak imo, season 3 wasn't too bad but it does end up getting too dour by the end. Season 4 swings back due to a major character change which allows the show to have more fun again. Probably my favourite teen-drama at this point. Also, this show looks better than most movies made today.

 

Lost - Finally finished season 6 with family this month. Dad thought the last couple seasons were just bullshit and that they were making random shit up. I get it, and it does start to feel that way for half of season 6, but the ending is just too good.

Edited by lorddemaxus
  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites





9 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:


wait what

Maybe it's depression from modern day blockbusters influencing my rating there, but always love when a big-budget genre film goes all out like that. I was totally into all that sappy shit too.

Edited by lorddemaxus
  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites



14 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:


wait what

The man drinks way too much of that vulgar auteurism Kool-Aid. I half expect him to pop up here and say "guys, Bucky Larson is kind of incredible. Shot better than any big-budget film made today! I cried when Christina Ricci talked about when she accidentally spilled soup all over that old lady"

  • Haha 5
  • Sad 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites



25 minutes ago, Eric E Coyote said:

The man drinks way too much of that vulgar auteurism Kool-Aid. I half expect him to pop up here and say "guys, Bucky Larson is kind of incredible. Shot better than any big-budget film made today! I cried when Christina Ricci talked about when she accidentally spilled soup all over that old lady"

Bucky Larson sounds like a 10/10

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites



12 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

Bucky Larson sounds like a 10/10

You know it does have Stephen Dorff as a rival porn star named Dick Shadow, so it does have that going for it. There's also a Pauly Shore cameo and a pre-famous Keegan Michael-Key cameo thrown in there too.

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites





Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Guidelines. Feel free to read our Privacy Policy as well.