The Films You Watched Thread VI: The Undiscovered Movie

[Dogg Thang]

I watched a sci-fi called Prospect last night. It stars Pedro Pascal. About a father and daughter who end up on a planet searching for gems and then encounter others doing the same thing and it doesn’t go so well. It is very well reviewed. I didn’t like it.

[fallenangle]

I wasn't thrilled by Prospect either. I saw it about 2 years ago and thought it slow and rather dull.

[cutmymilk]

I watched the newish film X. Pretty good throwback horror with some very cool and memorable kills. It was made by the guy who made VHS several years ago.

There seems to be a real horror revival going on. I need some recommendations along these lines if anyone has any! Next up is the latest Edgar Wright film, Last Night in Soho, I think.

[randombs]

Jurassic World Dominion

Or whatever it’s called in English cos the titles were in Japanese for me.

In the third JW outing, Tim Cook has taken Apple to the next level of evolution with iDinosaurs so it’s up to our plucky heroes to save the day or something. The story is as ridiculous as you’d expect but we’re here for the dinosaurs.

The original JP gang are back in this - Alan, Ellie and Ian - and in tip-top fighting form. Sam Neil’s American accent has got better in the years since JP and JP3 but it means he doesn’t really sound like Alan Grant. Laura Dern is great and Jeff Goldblum is wonderful.

Honestly, it was a load of nonsense.

It did have some great scenes (my favourite by far was Claire in the jungle creeping away from that herbivore thingy. It was so brilliantly tense that it felt like a completely different film) but there were more bizarre callbacks to previous films than there were insane locusts flying around. Yep, there’s locusts in this, because dinosaurs just aren’t frightening enough - a point driven home during a black-market scene where someone’s selling Dino kebabs. Shawarmasaurus, anyone?

One last thing - I’ve always loved the T-Rex and he’s my favourite but they keep having him organising justice leagues to bring down whatever larger, scarier dinosaur happens to be in the film. JP3 is the only one to take him out early on as a sign (or spine!) of things to come.

I’d give the film five dilophosauruses out of ten.

[cutmymilk]

Yep the premise wrote itself. Dinosaurs in society. Instead lets do locusts and something about farming. Wtf were they on.

[Atticus]

Paul Verhoeven + sci-fi seems like a no brainer so I don't know why it took me so long to see Hollow Man. What a nuts film. I suppose in most films like this the tech turns a nice guy into a monster but here it helps a monster indulge his dark urges. It's a strange watch tonally. Not Verhoeven's finest hour.

Then watched a couple of films with my boys. First up was Prey and we all enjoyed it. Yeah, great Predator movie, great monster movie. We had fun.

Then Jackass Forever. I honestly don't know why I watch these things ... they deliver exactly what they pitch but I'm either looking away from vom or poo or questioning the ethics of using animals for stunt purposes.

[wakka]

I have only seen Hollow Man once, but I watched it in the best possible way - via UMD. Lol. Not a great film.

[Atticus]

but I watched it in the best possible way - via UMD. Lol.

Ultra Murky Definition ... good enough for it

[Atticus]

I watched Dog Soldiers last night. What a class film. Great men on a mish set-up with a super-likable bunch of soldiers ... love the banter between them, works so well, and the camaraderie anchored by the always-brilliant Sean Pertwee and a top turn from Kevin McKidd. So when the horror kicks in you're really behind them and rooting for them as the film twists and turns into a dark fairy-tale Night of the Living Dead. Already looking forward to another watch of this, maybe with one of the commentaries ... the disc has loads of great looking special features to watch too. Great werewolf films are a bit of a rarity but I'd put this one right up with the best.

[MartyG]

Rent-a-Pal

The only reason I didn't skip over this one straight away is that I saw it had Wil Wheaton in it - and skipping over it would have been a mistake.

Rent-a-Pal is a psychological thriller following the life of David, a 40-something that lives in his mother's basement and looks after her as a 24-hour carer given she has dementia.

It deals with some dark themes, like mental health, and loneliness, as David tries to find a better life through a dating agency, but without much success. But then he picks up a tape in the bargain bin of the dating agency reception and that's when he meets Andy (Wil Wheaton), his rent-a-pal.

As we see David form an unhealthy relationship with Andy, things pull away with perhaps some hope and redemption for David - is there a happy ending? If you want to know, watch the film.

It kept my attention for the full 1h 48m runtime, and I find that quite rare with films these days - it deserves way more recognition than it's had. The 90s theme is set well with the way the film is shot - I'd rate this one a lot higher than its IMDB rating - 8/10 from me.

[Blobcat]

I finally got around to see Swiss Army Man, the absurdist black comedy starting Danial Radcliff who plays a farting corpse.

A man stranded on a deserted island choses to kill himself and only stops when he finds a washed up body on the beach whom he befriends and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.

Its very weird, a bit dark but very funny. Radcliff is excellent in this and is supposedly one of his favourite films he stared in. If the idea of seeing someone fill a dead looking Daniel Radcilff's mouth full of stones and punching his stomach to make a makeshift gun sounds amusing to you, you might like this.

[Atticus]

I went to see Nope last night. Absolutely brilliant. All the wow of a proper summer blockbuster with enough depth to keep me thinking about it all day.

[Baseley09]

I went to see Nope last night. Absolutely brilliant. All the wow of a proper summer blockbuster with enough depth to keep me thinking about it all day.

Watched this last night too, I wasn't too keen on the finale buuuuut my silly negs aside, for 3/4 of the film it was fantastic, felt like a 50s scifi serial throwback at times.

[Neon Ignition]

Bullet Train
Switches from feeling like a decent film to one you're not sure of a few times in the first hour as some bits come across as too oddball but the long runtime is used to ensure that every character involved gets a proper storyline strand and that nothing is irrelevant. It comes together surprisingly well overall

[Atticus]

Finally watched Hereditary last night. Super creepy and relentless in piling on the dread while also peppering you with clues and mystery to solve. Cracking good horror yarn.