Rate The Last Movie You Saw

What’s to explain? The movie bored me and I turned it off.

Okay, at least that's something.
Still I'm curious to know what you found so boring about those first 20 minutes.
Was it because it didn't live up to your expectations, considering the popularity of this film?

Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter Cottonhell (2014) This is hilarious and a lot of fun. My theory is that the people who give this movie a low rating were hired by the Easter Bunny to review bomb it because the Easter Bunny doesn't want anyone to know the truth. Beaster Day doesn't take itself seriously and the cast look like they are having fun. The actors do what the movie calls for and I enjoyed the performances. The giant killer Easter Bunny looks ridiculous (which it should) and the kills are creative and over the top. If you like wacky fun and the Easter bunny, then check this out.

The Inheritance (1962) – Owner of a giant tech company is dying in a few months and the search for his three illegitimate children / heirs to his belongings begin.

A satisfying neo-noir (I mean look at this elegant cinematography) in which Kobayashi uses the “who will end up with everything?!” narrative to go beyond the web of out-smarting and back-stabbings and comment on the imbalance of power, ambition and misogyny.
Keiko Kishi (who is still around!) gives a terrific turn here – especially as her character takes action mid-way; instantly making this a “good for her” classic.... 8.5/10

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HEI guys.

Love that one and ranked it high on my Kobayashi list. Looks like I watched it in 2019 on the Criterion Channel. (And it came out the same year as his classic, Harakiri - great year for the director)

The Passion Live (2016, tv movie) Rewatched on Tubi. This live musical special from 2016 is like the story of Jesus, except set in contemporary times and Jesus and the disciples do karaoke, including singing songs by Katy Perry, Imagine Dragons, Train, Creed, Hobostank, and Evanescence. Tyler Perry narrates, Jencarlos Canela plays Jesus, Chris Daughtry is Judas, Seal is Pilate, and Trisha Yearwood is Mary. I really enjoyed the musical numbers and the performances, especially by Daughtry and Canela, are quite good.

some cool stuff but its also pretty dry and slow.

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slurps up! 🤙🤙

Parents (1989)

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Grand Canyon - (1991)

You know what's amazing? I haven't seen Grand Canyon since the 1990s, and at most I've only ever seen it twice - but despite that, as I watched each scene I remembered nearly everything. That means all of the scenes, visuals and lines of dialogue in this movie have been knocking around in my brain for nearly 30 years - without me having thought about them at all. They've been in there, dormant, never accessed. How much information like that is stored in my brain? Where in my brain is all this information? Never mind. You know, this one is kind of schmaltzy but it's one I like regardless. Kasdan makes this movie about life and friendship feel a little real, and just manages to fend of any pretentiousness or mawkish sentimentality despite looming signs of such appearing constantly. A terrific Steve Martin, branching out into more dramatic territory, helps enormously as shallow action film producer Davis - his "seeing the light" and subsequent reversal keeps our feet planted after threatening to skew proceedings too far towards the light. Kasdan is less surefooted when it comes to race, but overall my fond memories of Grand Canyon remained intact. Enjoyed reanimating the part of my brain it resides in - it's not a truly great movie, but it's solid and true feelgood entertainment as long as you're not feeling too cynical.

7/10


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Last House on Dead End Street - (1973)

Infamous once hard-to-find horror movie about a maker of snuff movies. Shot on a budget of $3000 ($2200 of which went towards buying drugs) - it's crude, and not really well made from what I could discern. Famous for it's shocking last 20 minutes of gory murder. I kind of hated it, but researching the history of this movie was really interesting. Full review here, in my watchlist thread.

3/10

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The Pornographers (1966, unbelievable year)…. An observation on the times and affairs of low-lives in a neighborhood. I guess this is to Imamura what I Vitelloni is to Fellini, Faces to Cassavetes and Mean Streets to Scorsese… except that Imamura goes beyond the every-day laughs and nastiness to attack the obscure situations of a post-war (post-God, really) modern world where everything - especially relations between citizens/men & women/family members - have turned to hopeless degeneration and confusion; making you question if morals ever carried some higher truth to them or they’re just outdated contracts we made at some point in time...

It starts as a somewhat amusing neo-realist piece where only the bold symbolism of a certain fish and boxed-in mise-en-scènes stand out (characters are almost jailed - and we with them - in doorway and window frames all the time) anchored by a surprisingly likeable performance from Shōichi Ozawa.. but then where the story - and the style - goes become increasingly more disturbing (and not always for the obvious reasons; like a bit is only the son’s girlfriend walking towards the camera and I can’t clearly say why it’s nerve-wracking) to the point that all you could do is to chuckle but that makes it more uncomfortable, and then the final 20 minutes arrive…

I can only imagine the angst that it must've caused at the time of release; just an early bit of a mother rubbing her son's belly under the blanket was enough to get a reaction out of me watching this in 2025 (it's filled with moments and signs like these)... truly a provocative work of art. Hard 8/10.



@Captain Quint have you checked this out?

I started it, years ago, but never finished it.

1st Rewatch...Despite a likable cast, I found this crime comedy a little hard to believe. Diane Keaton stars a s a middle-aged housewife who gets a job at the Federal Reserve in DC where old money is burned and comes up with an idea to steal the old money, but can only do it with the aid of0 a couple of co-workers (Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes) because they work in three different departments and it requires all three of them to pull it off. The screenplay errs by beginning the film with the end of the story, draining any suspense out of the story. I just found it really hard to swallow that three women could actually pull of a scam like this at the Federal Reserve with all the security there. The three ladies work well together and I loved Ted Danson as Keaton's husband and Stephen Root as the ladies' boss, but I just couldn't get behind these ladies pulling this off.

5th Rewatch...I don't know what else can be said about this Scorsese masterpiece tat hasn't been already said. As impressive as it is. in terms of pure entertainment value, I have come to prefer Casino, but this film still holds up.

1st Rewatch...Doris Day's second feature film appearance finds her playing a song plugger who is discovered by a Hollywood agent (Jack Carson) who pursues her to replace a radio star (Lee Bowman) who refuses to sign his new contract. Day and Carson are terrific but the screenplay makes Doris look like an idiot because her character only has eyes for Bowman. who cares more about his own career than he does about her. There are some terrific musical numbers including a fantasy number with Day, Caroon and Warner Brothers' biggest star, Bugs Bunny. If the truth be told, the film is effortlessly stolen by the fabulous Eve Arden as Carson's assistant, Vi.

3rd Rewatch...Sissy Spacek's brilliant Oscar-winning performance anchois this 1980 rags to riches biography of country music superstar Loretta Lynn. Spacek is perfection in the title role and is matched scene for scene by Tommy Lee Jones as her devoted husband, Doo, Kudos as well to Beverly D'Angelo as Patsy Cline and Levon Helm as Loretta'sa dad. I understand Spacek's Oscar win, but I am the only person on the planet who thinks the Best Actress Oscar that year should have gone to Mary Tyler Moore.

It brought us Paul Sorvino’s greatest contribution to society!

1st Rewatch...Pretty sure I am the only one who found this adult comedy fantasy falkl on the floor funny. This is the story of a dog named Reggie (voiced by Will Ferrell) who gets dtthed by his scumbag owner, Doug (Will Forte) and finds help from three other, Bug (voiced by Jamie Foxx), Maggie (voiced by Isla Fisher), and Hunter (voiced by Randall Park) on how to survive as a stray but are eventually convinced by Reggie to help him in his revenge scheme against Doug. Highlights for me were the visit to the amusement park, the dogs' encounter with magic mushrooms, and Big's flashback regarding his previous owner. On the surface, it looks like a children's comedy, but the film contains strong adult language and I still stand by the fact that, just like my first viewing, it had me laughing my ass off.

The Gospel of Mark (2015) I really wanted to like this one, but I found it underwhelming. It was too slow and the actor playing Jesus felt miscast. He wasn't bad, just a little too dry and not engaging enough. The sets, costumes, score and cinematography were fine. Worth watching once, but there are several better Jesus based films.

The Thing (1982)

This is the second time I’ve seen this movie. I remember the first time I saw The Thing some years back, I rented it from Netflix thinking it wouldn’t be that scary since it had been made such a long time ago and was totally freaked out. As was the case with Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom, the professional critics, who trashed The Thing upon its release in the most vicious terms imaginable, got it completely wrong. John Carpenter’s The Thing is one of the greatest sci-fi and horror movies ever made, and it should forever stand as his magnum opus. With that being said, I understand why audiences avoided The Thing in the summer of ’82 and instead flocked to E.T. (ironically, both movies were produced and released by Universal Pictures); no Reese’s Pieces or magical bicycle rides for Carpenter’s alien.
If you’re in the mood for a touching, optimistic movie about cute, cuddly aliens visiting Earth, then you’d best stick to Steven Spielberg’s classic. But if want to see an alien visitation flick that will frighten you out of your wits, then watch John Carpenter’s masterpiece; just make sure you have a barf bag handy beforehand. And be warned: If you choose to go with the latter film, you may find yourself unwilling to perform CPR on a fellow human who needs your help.