The Films You Watched Thread VI: The Undiscovered Movie

[Colin]

The latest Matrix. 45 minutes in my wife wonderfully threw me a lifeline and said “I don’t think I can watch any more of this” despite it being her pick for the night. Like a made for TV series of the film with a low budget written by six people who all have a different opinion of what the story should be. How can a sequel made 20+ years later look ten times ****ter? Props to Keanu and Carrie Anne though, they both look incredible with age. That however was the only positive thing I said in those 45 minutes.

[fallenangle]

Saw John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13 for the first time in many years.

The re-make is good but this original is still a minor classic.

[Cassius_Smoke]

The latest Matrix. 45 minutes in my wife wonderfully threw me a lifeline and said “I don’t think I can watch any more of this” despite it being her pick for the night. Like a made for TV series of the film with a low budget written by six people who all have a different opinion of what the story should be. How can a sequel made 20+ years later look ten times ****ter? Props to Keanu and Carrie Anne though, they both look incredible with age. That however was the only positive thing I said in those 45 minutes.

Those opening 45 minutes are probably the best part of the film too. It gets even ****ter after that.

[nonny]

Those opening 45 minutes are probably the best part of the film too. It gets even ****ter after that.

I feel asleep watching it...

[Cassius_Smoke]

I feel asleep watching it...

Oh its ****.

[Colin]

Just rewatched Ghostbusters Afterlife. Really enjoyed this first time round, and a revisit hasn’t changed anything. The kids are great. Really, really great. The young girl who plays Phoebe is wonderful, I’m sure I saw here this cast is getting another run out and I’m happy about that. And cards on the table, I cried at the ending first time, and I did it again tonight. Lovely stuff.

[randombs]

Just rewatched Ghostbusters Afterlife. Really enjoyed this first time round, and a revisit hasn’t changed anything. The kids are great. Really, really great. The young girl who plays Phoebe is wonderful, I’m sure I saw here this cast is getting another run out and I’m happy about that. And cards on the table, I cried at the ending first time, and I did it again tonight. Lovely stuff.

The cast were stellar but Phoebe in particular was spot-on.

I think I said it before but Paul Rudd is 100% sex in this. That beard

Keeping the nostalgia theme, I watched Chip and Dale recently and it’s brilliant. References galore and a great film in its own right. I’ll never get tired of hearing John Mulaney’s voice.

First we got Sonic and now this. What a time to be alive.

[Atticus]

Yep, Resurrections was terrible. I came out of the cinema wondering where on earth I'd actually just seen ... and then watched it again at home wondering if I'd missed something. No. Just a really bad film.

Went to the cinema last week to see Everything Everywhere All At Once. For me this falls into the admired more than enjoyed category. It's a brilliant piece of work but (don't know if my /oldman energy levels were flagging) it was almost exhausting to get through. From the beginning it's in 3 parts and by the time part 2 appeared on the screen I just felt weary. Can't fault its energy or ingenuity though. One good thing is it got rid of a noisy/talky couple (one of two walkouts) after 30 mins

[charlesr]

Struggled to halfway through Matrix Resurrections last night. It felt like they were trolling me. Gave up. How this was even allowed to be released, I don't know.

[Neon Ignition]

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
I mean, it's better than the prior two films, that never changes on any rewatch. It's still riddled with issues including bad direction and acting but to a much lesser degree than the previous two prequel films. The last half hour goes quite some way in lifting the film too and memory hadn't served me poorly; the trilogy pivots Star Wars so that whilst we see the saga through Obi Wan, Anakin, Luke and Rey it really is charting Palpatine's life more so. It might have been unintentionally too but Episode III sows the seeds for what comes in Episode IX, the delivery of the sequel trilogy might be messy but the decision to have Palpatine hiding having escaped death into a clone body makes perfect sense by Episode III's framing. So, this remains the only relevant entry of the prequels, flawed though it is.

EP3 > EP3 > EP1

[Asura]

Everything most of the critics both professional and amateur say about it is correct. What (Sir) Patrick Stewart was doing in it I can only imagine it must be because they paid him very well - not one for his CV that's for sure.

Patrick Stewart might become the next Tim Curry, in that he gets in the limo that turns up. I respect the hustle, honestly. It must be great fun to be in a crap action movie.

[Atticus]

I watched Class Action Park with one of my boys based on QC's post. It's a great snapshot of a period and some of the footage of the rides and stuff beggars belief ... like every dangerous park you've seen lampooned in The Simpsons and Clarence (best modern-day kids tv show ever) but real. And on some level you have to admire the attitude of the place and the people who went there. It's a fun watch (until people start dying).

Then I finally got to see Licorice Pizza. Love PTA's films and this is no exception. Lots of his trademarks happening but perhaps a little more playful than usual. It's light on story (an unlikely relationship between a 15 year old child star and a slightly jaded/unfulfilled 25 year old girl) but huge on characters and moments and a period setting pitched just right. Soundtrack typically amazing too. Loved it.

[Solar]

I watched Father Stu yesterday.
I'm not one for drama's or religion, but I do like true stories and this movie was highly surprising.
Mark Wahlberg isn't to everyones taste and yes, he is always "Marky Mark" in every movie, but this was definitly his role, he just suited it down to the ground. Probably because the person he played had a very similar persona.
I give it a solid 8/10, and for those who are "not another Marky Mark movie", it's well worth a watch.

[QualityChimp]

I watched Class Action Park with one of my boys based on QC's post. It's a great snapshot of a period and some of the footage of the rides and stuff beggars belief ... like every dangerous park you've seen lampooned in The Simpsons and Clarence (best modern-day kids tv show ever) but real. And on some level you have to admire the attitude of the place and the people who went there. It's a fun watch (until people start dying).

The thing I took away from it was how much fun people had there, despite the injuries.
Hearing from two people IRL who had been there echoed people just taking it in their stride that they got friction burns and whatnot, but had an amazing time there.

I watched Interceptor (2022 via NowTV) and enjoyed it for what it is, which feels like an 80s/90s action film like Die Hard or Under Siege.

Firstly, I have to say that I have a real soft spot for Matthew Reilly.
He's been writing stupidly entertaining books for years. If I'm honest, he got me back into reading as an adult and I'm eternally grateful. He showed me that books can be a great big explosive action film, they don't have to be the stuffy reads they insisted upon at school.

He's been writing books that could have been movies decades ago from a Harry Potter-style book but swapping wizards for futuristic hovercars, to Indiana Jonesesque explorers, to elite secret military outfits.

This is Reilly's first film as Director and I would say that the budget has limited his imagination, but you're still left with a taught seige-drama. The majority of the story takes place in one room, but there are still plenty of thrills.

It ends up being a lot more fun than the budget would suggest and it's a fun, but disposable 90 minutes of old-school action.

[wakka]

One from me.

The Exorcist III

OK, so if you're unaware, the history on the Exorcist franchise is basically that you have the original, adapted from a novel by William Peter Blatty by William Friedkin. Then you have the sequel, rushed out to capitalise on the success, not written by Blatty. And then you have this, the threequel, or kind of the true sequel really, based on another book by Blatty (and this time directed by him too).

I really enjoyed this. It's a more cerebral, procedural horror film, following the attempts of George C Scott's police captain to get to the bottom of a resurgence of copycat murders in the style of a serial killer executed some years before. Needless to say, things go bump in the night, and like the first Exorcist it's genuinely spooky. There are a couple of particularly creepy images from the film that have really stuck with me, actually.

Recommended. I watched on Arrow's Blu-ray.

Body Heat

I watched this on the recommendation of resident soft porn impresario Dogg Thang. And it was a top recommendation, since it's a great watch.

The story is essentially a riff on Double Indemnity, but set in the slick, sweaty, sexy south of Florida. One thing I really liked about this film is that it avoided the trap so many 'neo' noirs fall into of essentially becoming a pastiche. Instead it's a taut thriller that rhythmically builds to climax*.

Recommended. I watched this rented on Prime where the picture was really pretty bad, with tons of compression artifacts. I reminded me of the kind of 700MB DVD rip I'd watch in the early 2000s. So, if you're going to watch it, I would recommend trying to seek out the Premium Collection Blu-ray, which I think should have a better picture.

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