Rate The Last Movie You Saw

saw 2003 it is best movie for me

I realized early on that I had already seen this, and looking at my records it was in 2017. It seems I feel much the same way. It's not quite trashy awesomeness but it is trashy fun.

Possession (1981)

5/5

Thanks again, @Takoma11, this was just as fantastic as I remembered it. Isabelle Adjani is perfect for the part. I’m now nostalgic for other Satanic-themed Sam Neill films.

Just re-watched it. You make some good points. I actually enjoyed it more the second time from knowing before hand that it was a somewhat flat film, because it allowed me to concentrate on the better parts of the production. Sometimes a "black" comedy ought to be over the top to keep it from being too dull or droll. That may have been the case here.

I did think the acting was good. IMO Baird Whitlock is the best kind of role for George Clooney, who IMO was never a heavyweight actor. It was really Josh Brolin's show as the "fixer", Eddi Mannix, and he did a great job.

I didn't even recognize Frances McDormand. There were some fine performances and a few laughs, but as you say, not the best Coen Bros. I did however enjoy this film more so than The Ballad of Buster Scruggs...

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I got to see this (twice!) in the theater and it's one of my favorite movies, period. Just about every minute of it make me uncomfortable in the best way. I know that the "subway sequence" is what's most often shown/referenced, but I think it's packed with interesting and disturbing imagery from beginning to end.

The Land Unknown (1957)

Loved the monster effects in this movie. So bad but just so good.

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)


Thought this was good, decent chemistry between the main players. The storyline, not so sure about especially the ending....would have been nice to explore Rick Dalton's character more after his trailer wig-out and subsequent acting made him look like an interesting character.

The whole Family thing, didn't really see the need to shoehorn it so directly into Rick and Cliffs story, could have been a backdrop in a kinda "end of the love generation" motif....to make it so unnecessarily central to the story's ending was a bit daft I thought. Enjoyed this though!

Oh, learned that the Family *did* actually kill a Stuntman at the ranch!

Moderately interesting. I had to wiki first to see what it was all about.

A great scenery-chewing rôle for Pacino & he was amazing. Helen Mirren holding her own against him.

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Hitchcock (2012)

Love movies about movies and loved Anthony Hopkins performance of Hitchcock so was a win for me and not sure why it took so long for me to watch, I guess I'm not a big Hitchcock fan, I enjoyed this more than the two Hitchcock film I have seen

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Wow. Jock Mahoney. As a kid I used to love him in the TV series Yancy Derringer. I'll have to pull this up and re-watch it...

The Firemen's Ball (1967)

I agree. I'd probably enjoy it the 2nd time more. There were great performances. Just fell flat compared to Coen Bros other movies. Just was not memorable. The communist angle just didn't work for me. It was fine production and acting wise even writing wise for dialogue. The plot was just dull and boring too me. Didn't give a sh*t about the characters.

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101 Favorite Movies (2019)

You need to look for it in the Cough... Cough... Cough... sources!

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My Favorite Films

The Amazing Jonathan Documentary (2019)

There is a subgenre of documentaries where the film itself becomes a major plot point (I am Another You, Grizzly Man, etc). They can kind of cut both ways, because it can feel like the ego-centrism of the filmmaker has taken over the film.

This one, however, is pretty successful. Ben Berman is a director filming a documentary about the Amazing Jonathan, a popular comedy magician who has been given a terminal diagnosis and is only expected to live another year. Jonathan decides that rather than dying at home, he wants to go out swinging and embarks on a mini-tour. Berman dutifully covers the tour and then . . . the other crew shows up.

It's frustrating to try and sell people on certain documentaries, because most of the joy from them comes from the way that the story unfolds in unexpected ways. Much like another recent documentary I loved (Three Identical Strangers), I was completely blindsided by several developments. I won't give anything away, but every 10 minutes or so it felt like something significant was revealed.

Something that helps is the cheeky presentation of the film. In one example, Jonathan offers to show the crew his routine for "smoking speed" (spoiler, it's not speed, it's meth). As he raises the pipe to his mouth, they muse about showing it on camera, and suddenly the film freezes and we hear a phone call in which they decided it isn't a good idea, and a large black box appears, censoring the pipe on screen.

It also helps that Berman doesn't try to frame himself as a victim or a hero. He makes a lot of mistakes, and interviews with other people involved help contextualize how personally he's taking things. There are a lot of moving pieces in this film, and I think they are juggled pretty well.

Also, this movie is funny. Jonathan himself is funny, and the way that the movie is edited plays to this as a strength. I laughed out loud at several points. The movie uses the same technique several times (showing a scene and then flashing back to hours earlier to provide context, such as when someone says something controversial and then a flashback shows that the person was actually an actor paid by the filmmakers to say it), but it worked pretty much every time.

I was, so-to-speak, on the edge of my seat the whole time. This one is streaming on Hulu.

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It was a bit entertaining but silly as well. It was nice to see Mikael Persbrandt in it. Dan Stevens character was a bit flamboyant. Also, it had actual Eurovision contestants in it.

The Bourne Supremacy (2004, Paul Greengrass)

Just as good as the first one - and wow, the car chases in these films are just insane.
And, needless to say, watching Bourne literally running circles around everybody is incredibly satisfying.

It's a really solid trilogy. I can't speak to the later films, but original three are great and I've rewatched all three several times. The supporting casts are really good as well.