What movies have you seen lately? Now with reviews!Movies 

  • Thread starter Thread starter scentedsoap
  • 8,353 comments
  • 599,972 views
Watched Tron Aries. My wife found it okay. I didn't.
To me, the first two movies are more serious in showing how high the stakes are.
 
Imbissbrunto
View attachment 1503871

Watched Heat last night. Well, what can I say? I‘ve seen this movie many times before and it was just as good as always. A timeless masterpiece and certainly in my Top 10 favorite movies ever!
Click to expand...
It’s pure class and top cinema. I know they want to make prequel/sequel I’m just not sure how it will go as I’ve not read the book.
 
Sprite
It’s pure class and top cinema. I know they want to make prequel/sequel I’m just not sure how it will go as I’ve not read the book.
Click to expand...
Tbh I‘m always a bit skeptical when it comes to prequels/sequels with masterpieces like Heat. Likely none of them will be as good as the original movie.
 
Imbissbrunto
Tbh I‘m always a bit skeptical when it comes to prequels/sequels with masterpieces like Heat. Likely none of them will be as good as the original movie.
Click to expand...
I’m going to pick the book up at the end of the week. See what all the fuss is about. It’s supposed to be good, just hope it translates to the screen.
 
Sprite
I’m going to pick the book up at the end of the week. See what all the fuss is about. It’s supposed to be good, just hope it translates to the screen.
Click to expand...
Me too. I‘m just glad that the movie will be directed by Michael Mann as well so it‘ll probably be similar to the original.
 
Imbissbrunto
Me too. I‘m just glad that the movie will be directed by Michael Mann as well so it‘ll probably be similar to the original.
Click to expand...
The original film, and the earlier version of it, LA Takedown, was written by as well as directed by Michael Mann - based losely on a true story, although set 30ish years later. I don't think there's any reason to believe a prequel/sequel won't be just as good IMO.
 
Heat 2 has a hell of a cast attached to it. I understand reservations, but I hopefully optomistic with the people involved.
 
@AnthonyD1993 made me. :p

1768270799039.webp


7/10, will not watch again. :lol:
 
Well the wife and I watched a film I’ve wanted to watch since its release.

I Swear

Based on the true story of John Davidson who has Tourette Syndrome.

Its focus is more on his formative years and finally touching on his work to help other sufferers which ultimately earned him an MBE.

It’s a very British Film and while has humour, those parts are more around laughing at the situation and not laughing at the main character. This along with all the poor treatment from the public really leads to some touching and quite sad moments.

The film isn’t going to be for everyone but we really enjoyed it. 8/10 from us.
 
Sprite
That’s pretty much it, due to the world ending for them when Jimmy was alive and the like, they’ve misled their look on him which coupled with some weird Bruce Lee / Martial arts moves etc, it’s just funny.
Click to expand...
I've seen "28 Years Later: Bone Temple" now, and it's magnificent. It works where it's predecessors failed, they all had too much unbelievable crap in both the main plot points, and character behaviour.

Somehow Bone Temple gets this right, I can believe the Jimmy's as something that could happen in a world were kids grow up outside of any form of civilised society. The Savages are a far more believable form of 'Zombie' than the OTT hyperactive infected, or traditional undead zombies. It's this believability that it makes it seem far more gruesome and unsettling than some of the previous films OTT splatter action.

Ralph Fienne's character is a great case of a humane genius gone a bit bonkers in a nice and funny way. Not to mention the best use of Heavy Metal in a film ever!
 
MetalApe
I've seen "28 Years Later: Bone Temple" now, and it's magnificent. It works where it's predecessors failed, they all had too much unbelievable crap in both the main plot points, and character behaviour.

Somehow Bone Temple gets this right, I can believe the Jimmy's as something that could happen in a world were kids grow up outside of any form of civilised society. The Savages are a far more believable form of 'Zombie' than the OTT hyperactive infected, or traditional undead zombies. It's this believability that it makes it seem far more gruesome and unsettling than some of the previous films OTT splatter action.

Ralph Fienne's character is a great case of a humane genius gone a bit bonkers in a nice and funny way. Not to mention the best use of Heavy Metal in a film ever!
Click to expand...
From the Kermode and Mayo review the third film is about redemption. I’ve yet to watch Bone Temple.
 
Yesterday I watched The Holdovers (on Amazon Prime). I kind of expected a movie in the vein of Dead Poets Society, but it's really not. Instead, we get into the lives of three people that indeed are literal holdovers and in need of moving on. But first, they have to endure the winter and each other at a prestigious boarding school during the holiday recess.

I enjoyed the acting of Paul Giamatti (cantankerous professor), Dominic Sessa (problematic student, of course), and Da'Vine Joy Randolph (grieving mother and head cook of the school), and while indeed there are tropes here and there about teachers and students and lonely people, the way the story unfolds and the ending are quite satisfactory.

And the movie looks and feels like it was filmed in the 70's, when the story is framed, including the old Universal logo and very grainy film stock. 9/10 for me.
 
So, today somebody posted the entire Steve McQueen Le Mans movie (1971) on YouTube and since it is considered by many to be the "greatest racing movie" I decided to check it out.

Well, in this year of our Lord 2026, it is very overrated IMO, but I get that for the racing fanatics at the time it was the finest representation of the sport anywhere outside attending the race itself. The racing footage is generally excellent and the driving in the rain and the staged incidents and crashes stand out, but the night portion is disappointing (due to technical limitations more than anything, I guess) and the last 30 minutes are indeed thrilling.

But after that there really isn't much movie to talk about. Other than the race itself, there is no major plot or character development. There are some inane and underdeveloped subplots, like the underlying Ferrari-Porsche rivalry (with one of the most lifeless racing directors you will ever encounter), the driver that confesses to his wife that he may call it quits afterwards (I'm surprised he survived, usually that is a foreshadowing of doom, see Grand Prix), and the moping main female "character" that is implied to be a racer's widow and is just hanging at Le Mans one year after the fact (why?), and the sparse dialogue is cringy and dull, and delivered with the enthusiasm best reserved for a wake. And the music, let's just not touch that subject.

There was a time when saying that X movie was the best videogame adaptation didn't meant much, because in general they were terrible. So, this may have been the best of the genre (for the racing action alone) when the pool sample was smaller. But videogame movies did improve over time, and so did the racing movies.

5/10 on technical merits alone.
 

Latest Posts

Back