The Last Movie You Watched (no spoilers)

[tabascojet]

Spy with the wife.....probably funniest MM movie I've seen but then again I hate her movies usually. Not top ten but funny parts all around.

 

[Cave_Johnson]

Saw Jupiter Ascending. Pretty meh overall , but it would be an okay rental. Would have been better if the main bad guy didn't look like a botox experiment gone wrong and could actually act.

 

[calsnowskier]

Whiplash

If I liked Jazz mire, I definitely think I would have liked the movie more. It definitely had a "Jazz-Pron" feel to it.

As it is, I thought it was an OK movie. Not great, but enjoyable. Maybe "enjoyable" is not the right word, seeing as the professor character was sooo overbearing, it was almost hard to watch.

Spoiler: Semi-spoiler

i have read people complaining that the final concert was too "Hollywood" because the professor would not sabotage his own reputation while taking down the kid. I disagree. His life's journey was to find the next great musician, and the kid had taken that away from him. There was no point in his continuing. It was, in a way, musical suicide.

After the humiliation, and the kid came back out and took over, he realized that he had found what he was looking for, thus trumping his desire for revenge, and his life's work had been accomplished.

7/10

 

[SDGuy73]

Trashier maybe.

Teresa Palmer is far from trashy. She is gorgeous. Great rack too.

 

[Sgt Brutus]

Wild Card Wild Card (2015) - IMDb

Typical Jason Statham movie, story wasn't anything good. A few good action scenes. 4.9/10

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Teresa Palmer is far from trashy. She is gorgeous. Great rack too.

I still say a pointless remake.

Racks aren't everything....

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Wild Card Wild Card (2015) - IMDb

Typical Jason Statham movie, story wasn't anything good. A few good action scenes. 4.9/10

I'll always watch a Turkish movie. He's a guilty pleasure of mine.....

 

[Sgt Brutus]

I'll always watch a Turkish movie. He's a guilty pleasure of mine.....

Absolutley, I'll watch anything of his even though the movie might be bad he is usually good

Same with Adam Sandler movies. You know quality wise they might not be the best but it's still worth a watch to me

 

[SDGuy73]

I still say a pointless remake.

Racks aren't everything....

I agree with it being a pointless remake. Way too many being made. I saw the trailer and to me, other than the title and character names.....it stands on it 's own. Why they don't call these different names is beyond me.

 

[SDGuy73]

Absolutley, I'll watch anything of his even though the movie might be bad he is usually good

Same with Adam Sandler movies. You know quality wise they might not be the best but it's still worth a watch to me

I keep getting suckered in with him. He does bomb after bomb. Jack and Jill you knew was going to suck. That one doesn't count. The last movie Sandler did that I enjoyed was Grown Ups.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

I keep getting suckered in with him. He does bomb after bomb. Jack and Jill you knew was going to suck. That one doesn't count. The last movie Sandler did that I enjoyed was Grown Ups.

I liked the one with Chris Walken and the vampire killer gal Beckinsale, Click? Where he had the magical remote control? And I liked 50 First Dates.

But I start running out of what I'd call good ones after that.

 

[SDGuy73]

I liked the one with Chris Walken and the vampire killer gal Beckinsale, Click? Where he had the magical remote control? And I liked 50 First Dates.

But I start running out of what I'd call good ones after that.

Both of those were very good. I tried Blended due to 50 First Dates. The chemistry Sandler and
Barrymore had in 50, was great. Blended fell short.

 

[tabascojet]

Statham plays a bit of a Buffon in spy. Funny to see her m play against type.

 

[SDGuy73]

Statham plays a bit of a Buffon in spy. Funny to see her m play against type.

I figure Statham's over the top character is what makes that movie. The trailers I've seen look funny when it comes to him. Melissa just isn't funny in the movies I've seen her in.

 

[SilverFalco8]

Lord of the Rings Return of the King is the last movie I've watched. Seen it about a hundred times.

 

[Sgt Brutus]

Welcome to the Punch (2013) - IMDb

Welcome to the Punch

British film, i reall like james mcavoy and mark strong so i saw it had both and it was on netflix stream so i watched it

Pretty good with a nice story and action. 7/10 the cast was really good

 

[Smart]

Whiplash

If I liked Jazz mire, I definitely think I would have liked the movie more. It definitely had a "Jazz-Pron" feel to it.

As it is, I thought it was an OK movie. Not great, but enjoyable. Maybe "enjoyable" is not the right word, seeing as the professor character was sooo overbearing, it was almost hard to watch.

Spoiler: Semi-spoiler

i have read people complaining that the final concert was too "Hollywood" because the professor would not sabotage his own reputation while taking down the kid. I disagree. His life's journey was to find the next great musician, and the kid had taken that away from him. There was no point in his continuing. It was, in a way, musical suicide.

After the humiliation, and the kid came back out and took over, he realized that he had found what he was looking for, thus trumping his desire for revenge, and his life's work had been accomplished.

7/10

If your friends thought that Whiplash was about jazz, they missed the point of the movie. The movie is entirely about how far we are willing to push ourselves for greatness. One could have made the exact same movie with tennis, chess, a home-schooled student, or just about anything. It's just that jazz was a fucking awesome way to do it because it allows for great visuals and an audible experience which is second to none (you can feel his tiring as he keeps playing).

Indeed, Whiplash is a spoof of sports movies in a way. That last scene exists to put us in a ridiculously melancholy place which we never arrive in at sports movies: asking "is this a good thing?" In a basketball movie, the guy makes the last shot and we are all happy. That last scene exists to make us question that.

Spoiler

I mean, he fucking nails it. We should be thrilled. But we know the psychological troubles, so our feeling of happiness is almost immediately destroyed. Is he gonna have to go through more car crashes? More alienation of his family? Will he consider himself above the cute girl? Most troublingly, will he kill himself like Fletcher's other star pupil?

And then we see Fletcher's look. And that look is so fucked up. It is a mutual recognition of his greatness. It is vindication for the douchebag. You know Fletcher is happy and you want to puke. But was he right? Was it worth it? If Neyman becomes the greatest drummer ever was it worth the collateral damage?

It finishes the movie off so well. It leaves the viewer queezy at what we just saw. That is absolutely the most troubling scene I've ever watched in a movie. It also is the best. In case people can't tell, I loved Whiplash. It's probably the best movie I've ever seen in a theatre, and may be the best movie I've ever seen.

 

[Indrid Cold]

Watched "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" on DVD...it was very well made and acted. Of course, it concentrates on the suffering of the Sioux as they are forced into a smaller and smaller space where they cannot hunt when the Black Hills are taken away when gold is discovered and then another corridor is taken for the railroad. But, the white man is not totally demonized...a US Army officer makes a good point about how the Sioux had not even lived in the Black Hills for long and had wiped out the previous inhabitants, and Gen. Sherman tells of how the Indians had done things to Custer's men that even HE had not seen before. The commander of the troops who committed the massacre at Wounded Knee even provides a moment of pathos as he desperately tells everybody in earshot, "I swear to GOD we did not fire first!!!" I was especially impressed by the peformance of August Schellenberg as Sitting Bull, very powerful despite the chief not having many words to say.
7/10, moves along slowly at times but well worth a watch.

Also watched "This Is Spinal Tap" on Netflix...what can I say, a masterpiece that most posters are probably familiar with. Watch and listen carefully for great little sight gags and tossoff lines.
9/11

 

[outofyourmind]

The 'Avengers' movie.
Too long to get a good grade. 2hrs 20min was about 30 minutes too long.
Good plot, decent story, but dragged on and on and on.
6.5/10

 

[TheRedPlectrum]

Lord of the Rings Return of the King is the last movie I've watched. Seen it about a hundred times.

My all-time favorite film. I doubt there will ever be another as good.