Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Agreed. The marketing is the reason I didn't give it five. I think that was what steered people away from watching it or made some critics confused on what it was going for.


Also like Chris Stuckmann said that Samuel L. Jacksons role in Hateful 8 was his best since Pulp Fiction and I was like "Have you not seen Black Snake Moan?"

You're not alone, I gave it a in this review. Technically decent, but not enough substance to make it click for me.

Also, last movie I saw...

Mad Max: Fury Road -

Third time through, still good.

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The Revenant (Inarritu, 2015)



Yep, Leo's definitely getting that oscar.

I still think Critters 3 was his best performance...

Dial M For Murder (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) - +

A very enjoyable flick but not among Hitchcock's best.

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I was like that until last year, for reason CR mentioned. I can only manage about 3 movies a week, so why waste it on something bad, when there are dozens of movies instead.

I don't think it helped that I watched a couple of terrific documentaries last month about Aileen Wuornos, although that's what finally pushed me to see this. I can't help but compare real to recreated. Charlize Theron was good in the title role; she had the walk and some of the mannerisms down pat. The make-up was a big aid to her though, and the 6 inch heigh difference was easily noticeable to me. I don't think it was Academy Award worthy, but still, I would consider her performance a strong point of the film. I did have a problem with the Christina Ricci character, a fictional character based on Aileen's real life lover. I'm guessing they needed to change the name due to legal concerns? Anyway, Ricci looked to me like she was a child in the movie, which is not her fault. But my big problem with the character was how much she was featured. Their relationship was a major focal point in the movie, and I would have rather that time been spent on her earlier years, and why she became such a tragic figure. I also hated the whole feel of the movie. I didn't think it ever developed that authentic feel, and instead came off as generic. Some great scenes and I love true crime films, so not a total waste, but I thought this movie should have been a whole lot better. Oh yea, using Journey's Don't Stop Believin' over the end credits made me want to puke.

Actual Aileen Wuornos mugshot-

It's a shame you didn't like it much, cricket. I've not seen it since soon after release, but I really liked it and thought the two performances (both individually and the chemistry between the two) were fantastic.

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I think I would've liked it much more if I saw it before the documentaries.

Maybe one day he'll see it again and like it more. Don't stop believin'!

Monster suck terribly.

Savages is indeed a trash movie, but I thought he was great in it! Him and Salma were the only entertaining parts of that mess

Airplane! (Jim Abrahams/Jerry Zucker/David Zucker, 1980) - +

Mmh, i used to like that movie a lot but this time it did almost nothing for me.

Rango (Gore Verbinski, 2011) - +

(500) Days of Summer - 6.5/10

A little cheesy at times and I didn't really buy their chemistry in the film, but the ending is so damn good and there are a couple other memorable scenes.

Watched the St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967).
This might be thought of as a pre-curser to modern-day mob movies ala Roger Corman!
It's got a large, very recognizable cast (with little gems thrown in like a small part for Bruce Dern and an uncredited appearance by Jack Nicholson).
It's the story of Al Capone vs. Bugs Moran in 1920's Chicago that culminates with the eponymous event.

What stands out about this movie is the narration (by the great Paul Frees - look him up - you may not know his name, but you know his voice!) which occurs periodically throughout the movie, and it tells who each character is, when they were born, what they did and how & when they died.

A great role for Jason Robards who doesn't resemble Capone physically, but plays the part well - he even takes up a baseball bat at one point - a scene given homage by Robert DeNiro as Capone in The Untouchables (1987)!

I give this 2.5 out of 5 stars.

Christmas Evil (1980)

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It was average, yeah, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. I'd probably give it a 3/5.

It's just the basic flick where everything that's supposed to go wrong goes right and that just pisses me off. Entertaining, but not worthy of its ranking on IMDB. But again, it's IMDB, so it doesn't really mean anything.

Just saw this. No, they don't! V in german sounds life an F, W sounds like a V (in english). The letter V is called in fact "fau"!

Except, of course, when it comes after a Q. Like Quelle is read as KVELLE, while Vater is read as Fater!