Rate The Last Movie You Saw

LOL you've convinced me, earl!

I'm gonna check out this film!

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Dunkirk 8/10

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Me too. Sounds hilarious.

You will enjoy!

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Might invite a friend over for the weekend, get tipsy and watch this. She screams at inappropriate moments during movies like this and we all end up on the floor laughing.

La Cara Oculta ( The Hidden Face )


A decant movie but nothing special, it had potential but it fails in character development, two crazy women and a cheater with nothing good that would make you go " yea he is cheating, but..."

Movie starts well, mystery develops and then at first half of it you find out what is happening, even before then, some scenes just make it too obvious...

6/10 - Good watch when you don't have anything else to do, nothing horrible in it.

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Tokyo Twilight - 6/10

This is a short and typically simple film from director Ozu. A young boy who's separated from his father is a burden to the strangers who are looking to watch out for him. A woman takes him in reluctantly, and then she developes feelings for him. Like many of the director's films, I felt like I witnessed it more than I watched it, and the payoff comes suddenly at the end.

There's definitely some "I can't believe they did that" moments!

Ichiban utsukushiku [The Most Beautiful] - Akira Kurosawa, 1944 +
Worth a proper gander once the heavy-handed propaganda is out the way

I'd agree with what you said here. It was a pleasant surprise as I had no expectations going into this one.

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Suspect's Reviews

I'm surprised. I thought you and @Ultraviolence would have liked that one. What in particular rubbed you the wrong way eg unlikable characters, cinematography, stupid concept by Madame etc? I wanted that bitch to rot in hell. I like reacting that way. I also found the scene where one of the henchmen was bashing the crap out of the woman pretty convincing.

The Yakuza - 6/10

Sicario (2015) -

Cinematography and score was great but I wasn't able to invest myself in the plot or the characters.

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Safe in Hell (William A. Wellman, 1931)

Another pre-code I watch -I'm quite into them lately- and another unexpected gem. As usual, heavy on the violence and sexual undertones, and quite... unorthodox to say the least in terms of morals. It is a story about a woman who becomes a fugitive and ends up living in exile with a group of obnoxious men trying to seduce her, while she tries to remain loyal to her boyfriend. This scenario, which may seem rather comical at first, is actually treated seriously and the drama of the character is fascinating: the stress, doubts and fears she displays throughout are absolutely on point. And it works really well, to the point that the film becomes hard to stomach and stressful in its own. I have suffered and felt distressed watching this, and I mean it. The conclusion alone is something I won't forget easily...

Check it, specially if you are into classics and pre-code. You will get an unique Hollywood movie filled with energy that will defy your preconceptions and standards in just 70 minutes. And it will be absolutely worth the effort.

Monster's Ball (2001)

Halle Berry won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in this somber drama. I've only seen two of the nominees in the same category that year, Renée Zellweger and Nicole Kidman for Bridget Jones's Diary and Moulin Rouge! respectively, but I preferred Berry's performance in this. I don't know how much it drained her to act this out, but it drained me to watch, the emotion was so deep in this film. In the movie, Billy Bob Thornton plays a racist prison guard who works on Death Row, and Heath Ledger is his sensitive son who has started to work with his father. But it proves to be too much for Ledger and Thornton rides, beats, and berates his son mercilessly, leading to a bad result. Berry's husband is on Death Row and is played by Sean "Puffy" Combs, the rapper/actor, who does a good job in the short screen time he has. Berry is left to care for their preteen, overweight son who, like Thornton's son is also very sensitive and Berry treats him roughly as well. Things do not go well for her and her son either. After her husband is executed, she goes through a lot of rough times, including the threat of eviction from her house and a car on the fritz, and having to walk to work.

Although Berry and Thornton's paths almost meet at the prison, they actually meet when she is at the moment of her greatest need. Soon he finds a new purpose in life, and the two of them begin to find romance with each other despite his previous prejudice, and the interference of his bigoted father, played as a hardened, pathetic scum by the late, excellent Peter Boyle. It's hard to think of him as the same man who played the creature in Young Frankenstein, so good is his acting. Thornton's role was the best for me, because he is the person who really has to turn his life around and he applies himself to the task as hard as any person can, even making a huge familial sacrifice. I think he should have been nominated as well for an Oscar but there were a lot of heavy-hitters that year that hurt his chances. I think he's vastly underrated as an actor, with his naturalistic, "every man" type of roles maybe playing against him---I can't say for sure but I know I really like him as an actor. Again, Berry earned her Oscar. I've never seen her in a role this raw and she gives it her all. It's a hard watch but very well worth the effort if you're in the mood to see a well-directed, expertly played drama that is ultimately rewarding.

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Monster's Ball is a film I've never seen, but always wanted to.

Based on a true story, Masterminds takes what is one of the biggest robberies in American history and makes it into a so-called comedy. David Scott Ghantt, the man who robbed the bank, worked as a special consultant on the film and he's played with innocence by Galifianakis. He's the one character who comes off as 'good', so I'm not sure how much of this film we can take seriously.

Ghantt is in love, but it's not with his fiancee. It's with his co-worker, played by Wig. Once she is fired, she is talked into helping Wilson and others rob the bank by playing on the emotions of Ghantt. They use him as a pawn and he's caught on camera. The hunt for him begins.

I was going into this film expecting a heist movie, but that happens in the first 20 some odd minutes. The film is actually about the aftermath. I couldn't believe how uninteresting it is on film, but was probably intense in real life. Galifianakis flees the country, expecting Wig to join him once the heat wears off. The thing is, she isn't. He was played and once he finds out, he makes it his mission to get even.

Most of the laughs come from the actors, with Galifianakis supplying the best bits. Surprisingly Wig is the "straight man" here and Wilson seems completely out of his element and underused. One of the saddest parts is with Sudeikis, who clearly is trying to be funny and weird, but fails at both. The film feels dead on arrival with very little entertainment value to be earned.

Jones is the FBI agent tasked with finding Ghantt, but very little time is given to her. She does her usual loud black woman shtick and it wears thin the moment you see her. Most of the jokes do not hit and when they do, it's with minimum staying power. You immediately forget what you laughed about and I'm using the term laugh loosely as you'll probably snicker at best.