Rate the last movie you saw

[VaqueroTD]

Was flipping through some YouTube videos and was watching some Quentin Tarantino interviews. Always a good watch. Saw one where he claimed 1912 on Netflix was overrated and Dunkirk was an underrated all-time classic. Hadn’t seen either one and made me want to watch them. And then caught an older clip where he listed his 20 favorite movies released during the 25 years after Pulp Fiction and it is a broad list, but he put Unbreakable at #20 and made me remember how much I enjoyed that movie when it was released.

So saw the only Christopher Nolan film I hadn’t seen yet. Dunkirk. 10/10. Great War epic. Intense, and enjoy the 3-4 storylines all going on together. Made me watch some YouTube videos on the actual history. Always a sign of a great historical epic.

Then saw Unbreakable and for sure still holds up. Still 10/10. My favorite Bruce Willis role. Like Tarantino said, asks the question “What if Superman didn’t know he was Superman.” Great run by Shyamalan from Sixth Sense to Unbreakable to Signs. Never quite as good again although I saw his last two movies, Old and Knock at the Cabin, and thought they were decent and watched them all the way through.

 

[CouchCoach]

Was flipping through some YouTube videos and was watching some Quentin Tarantino interviews. Always a good watch. Saw one where he claimed 1912 on Netflix was overrated and Dunkirk was an underrated all-time classic. Hadn’t seen either one and made me want to watch them. And then caught an older clip where he listed his 20 favorite movies released during the 25 years after Pulp Fiction and it is a broad list, but he put Unbreakable at #20 and made me remember how much I enjoyed that movie when it was released.

So saw the only Christopher Nolan film I hadn’t seen yet. Dunkirk. 10/10. Great War epic. Intense, and enjoy the 3-4 storylines all going on together. Made me watch some YouTube videos on the actual history. Always a sign of a great historical epic.

Then saw Unbreakable and for sure still holds up. Still 10/10. My favorite Bruce Willis role. Like Tarantino said, asks the question “What if Superman didn’t know he was Superman.” Great run by Shyamalan from Sixth Sense to Unbreakable to Signs. Never quite as good again although I saw his last two movies, Old and Knock at the Cabin, and thought they were decent and watched them all the way through.

I agree with him, Dunkirk was masterful weaving of the story of the soldiers, pilots and civilian boat owners. 1917 bored the hell out of me and I am a military/war movie fan.

 

[CouchCoach]

Avatar -The Way of Water. This was 3:15 long but it didn't feel like it and was one of the best eye candy films I have ever seen. One suggestion I have is to view it after the sun goes down to get the full effect of the use of color. It is on Max and Disney+.

The only drawback for me is Stephen Lang in it again, the guy brings nothing to the party and while he tried ruining Gettysburg by hamming it up, he succeeded in Gods and Generals, he made that unwatchable,

 

[Roadtrip635]

@Runwildboys was yelling during the guitar duel for Steve Vai to....

 

[shabazz]

Just saw the latest Creed movie on a plane to Jacksonville……unimaginative, predictable drivel

spoiler alert. Baby Creed predictably beats the Tyson look alike at the end…..they need to end series soon

shouldn't really be a spoiler alert because you can see it coming 10 minutes into the flick

 

[Stash]

Avatar - The Way of Water

13 years for this?!?!?

I finally got around to watching this one, and I am so glad that I didn’t waste the money to see it in theaters. Such a disappointing rehash of the original. It makes it clear that there was never any grand plan when the first film was made.

Cameron again shows himself to be a great special effects guy trying to play creator and director and coming up woefully short. It’s all sizzle and no steak, all style and no substance. A film that’s nice to look at with very little to say.

Firstly, I can’t believe it made the money at the box office that it did. There are many better films out there.

Secondly, I’ll be shocked if this goes past three films. It already feels played out and repetitive and there’s no indication of any long term planning.

This one gets a disappointing 4 out of 10 from me and even that is for the visual effects.

 

[Runwildboys]

Just realized I put this in the movie trailer thread. Hopefully, I can copy and paste it here, including spoilers.

Avatar: The Way of Water

I prefer the original. This was really colorful, and the CGI was incredible, but as good as the creatures were, they had no depth or personality.

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I found it strange that the kid could speak to the big weird whale,and without even joining his ponytail to anything.

The story wasn't the best, as

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Jake opted not to endanger his people (though I'm confused as to how he was able to just up and leave, and Quarich somehow knew he wasn't there, and didn't destroy their home looking for him) but he had no problem endangering others.

Overall, it had its moments, so I'll give it a 7/10.

 

[CyberB0b]

I agree with him, Dunkirk was masterful weaving of the story of the soldiers, pilots and civilian boat owners. 1917 bored the hell out of me and I am a military/war movie fan.

I didn't like the Tom Hardy airplane scene where he glided around for an hour after losing all of his gas. I thought 1917 was pretty cool, it never really stops going, even though it isn't realistic at all. Oppenheimer comes out pretty soon. Going to see it in IMAX.

 

[SlammedZero]

I have a man-crush on Christopher Nolan. Love everything that guy touches. I can't wait to see Oppenheimer.

 

[Stash]

Shazam - Fury of the Gods

A movie about kids with Super powers, apparently written for kids, by kids.

Things repeatedly just happen in this film, and apparently we’re not supposed to ask why. Nothing is truly explained to the audience. Things are quickly mentioned and just as quickly forgotten. Bush league writing at best.

The one thing I think it does have going for it are some - at times - very nice looking special effects.

But I have to say that it deserved its fate at the box office. And between this one and Black Adam, I can see why WBD is hitting the reset button.

4 out of 10 for the VFX work alone.

 

[CouchCoach]

Just realized I put this in the movie trailer thread. Hopefully, I can copy and paste it here, including spoilers.

Avatar: The Way of Water

I prefer the original. This was really colorful, and the CGI was incredible, but as good as the creatures were, they had no depth or personality.

Spoiler

I found it strange that the kid could speak to the big weird whale,and without even joining his ponytail to anything.

The story wasn't the best, as

Spoiler

Jake opted not to endanger his people (though I'm confused as to how he was able to just up and leave, and Quarich somehow knew he wasn't there, and didn't destroy their home looking for him) but he had no problem endangering others.

Overall, it had its moments, so I'll give it a 7/10.

James Cameron is the most hit or miss director in the business. He and Lucas are a couple of tech nerds of the highest order but they both come up short with the story lines and Lucas is a horrible director of actors. He treats them as if they're just the conduit to the next effect.

However, I do consider the Terminator series to be first rate and he took the best sci-fi horror movie ever made and one upped it with Aliens, the best sci fi/horror/action film of all time. So, I can't be too mad at him.

I enjoyed Avatar 2 because I went in expecting more eye candy and an OK story and got what I expected. I did not go to the theater for this one as I did the first one or I might have felt different about it but I like it because it is exactly what I expected. Except Cameron's infatuation with Stephen Lang.

But then I didn't hammer Lucas like everyone else for his Star Wars series because he did what he always does. All anyone has to do is watch American Graffiti to know he does not know how to direct actors and just lets them do it their way but he was busy getting from one song to another in that film.

What's funny about the Star Wars critics is how many times they've watched those horrible films over and over.

 

[Runwildboys]

James Cameron is the most hit or miss director in the business. He and Lucas are a couple of tech nerds of the highest order but they both come up short with the story lines and Lucas is a horrible director of actors. He treats them as if they're just the conduit to the next effect.

However, I do consider the Terminator series to be first rate and he took the best sci-fi horror movie ever made and one upped it with Aliens, the best sci fi/horror/action film of all time. So, I can't be too mad at him.

I enjoyed Avatar 2 because I went in expecting more eye candy and an OK story and got what I expected. I did not go to the theater for this one as I did the first one or I might have felt different about it but I like it because it is exactly what I expected. Except Cameron's infatuation with Stephen Lang.

But then I didn't hammer Lucas like everyone else for his Star Wars series because he did what he always does. All anyone has to do is watch American Graffiti to know he does not know how to direct actors and just lets them do it their way but he was busy getting from one song to another in that film.

What's funny about the Star Wars critics is how many times they've watched those horrible films over and over.

I went to see the original Star Wars movie when it came out. I was 13, and it was pretty cutting edge, as far as special effects. Acting, writing, and direction were less important to me then, so I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. The next two were almost as exciting back when they came out, and now I just feel almost as if I owe it to myself to see all the movies at some point, just in the hope that the magic returns. So far, it hasn't, and part of that is because they seem to like adding an annoying, corny character in each flick, and they've had one all along in C3PO.

I will say that I like the animated series Tales of the Jedi, and I like The Mandalorian (the newest season, not as much). I think Andor is by far the best thing the franchise has ever put out, and hopefully they don't go full Star Wars and ruin it with an over the top Sith lord or some ridiculous looking creatures.

 

[Creeper]

Avatar -The Way of Water. This was 3:15 long but it didn't feel like it and was one of the best eye candy films I have ever seen. One suggestion I have is to view it after the sun goes down to get the full effect of the use of color. It is on Max and Disney+.

The only drawback for me is Stephen Lang in it again, the guy brings nothing to the party and while he tried ruining Gettysburg by hamming it up, he succeeded in Gods and Generals, he made that unwatchable,

I agree with you about Stephan Lang. His character is over done. I supposed that is an attempt to make him a more unlikeable bad guy. But it just comes off as hammy.

I thought the movie was too long. A lot of it was just "eye candy" but unimportant to the story. They could have cut off 30 minutes and no one would have missed it. One thing I noticed in this movie vs the first one is there was a lot less spirituality when it came to killing living things this time around.

Do you know if there is another sequel to this one. They certainly set it up if they want to do it again.

 

[Creeper]

Avatar - The Way of Water

13 years for this?!?!?

I finally got around to watching this one, and I am so glad that I didn’t waste the money to see it in theaters. Such a disappointing rehash of the original. It makes it clear that there was never any grand plan when the first film was made.

Cameron again shows himself to be a great special effects guy trying to play creator and director and coming up woefully short. It’s all sizzle and no steak, all style and no substance. A film that’s nice to look at with very little to say.

Firstly, I can’t believe it made the money at the box office that it did. There are many better films out there.

Secondly, I’ll be shocked if this goes past three films. It already feels played out and repetitive and there’s no indication of any long term planning.

This one gets a disappointing 4 out of 10 from me and even that is for the visual effects.

I didn't think it was that bad, just too long. Making it over 3 hours mean I probably will not be watching it a second time even if it is free.

 

[Stash]

I didn't think it was that bad, just too long.

There was barely a two hour movie there. It was excessively, unnecessarily, long. It would be one thing if Cameron had a Storting tell. The trouble is that all he had was the same story.

Making it over 3 hours mean I probably will not be watching it a second time even if it is free.

That’s a pretty big condemnation right there, when you wouldn’t watch it again for free.

 

[Creeper]

There was barely a two hour movie there. It was excessively, unnecessarily, long. It would be one thing if Cameron had a Storting tell. The trouble is that all he had was the same story.


That’s a pretty big condemnation right there, when you wouldn’t watch it again for free.

I don't disagree with any of your points. It was the same story with more "kids" involved. It was too long and probably could have been cut down to 2 hours. There was no needs to spend so much time on the sea flora and fauna since we got a good does of that with the land characters in the first movie. Yes, it is a remarkably beautiful planet that those big bad greedy humans want to exploit, but what is the story?

If the movie was 2 hours I would probably watch it a second time. It is hard to grab my attention for 3 hours or more. I find long movies are more about the ego of the director/producers than they quality of the movie content. So yeah, I am being hard on the movie, but I think I would have liked it a lot more if they cut out an hour of pabulum. It was like two movies. The first 2 1/2 hours, then the last 45 minutes. It needed less of the first and more of the second.

 

[CouchCoach]

I don't disagree with any of your points. It was the same story with more "kids" involved. It was too long and probably could have been cut down to 2 hours. There was no needs to spend so much time on the sea flora and fauna since we got a good does of that with the land characters in the first movie. Yes, it is a remarkably beautiful planet that those big bad greedy humans want to exploit, but what is the story?

If the movie was 2 hours I would probably watch it a second time. It is hard to grab my attention for 3 hours or more. I find long movies are more about the ego of the director/producers than they quality of the movie content. So yeah, I am being hard on the movie, but I think I would have liked it a lot more if they cut out an hour of pabulum. It was like two movies. The first 2 1/2 hours, then the last 45 minutes. It needed less of the first and more of the second.

I measure whether a movie is too long by my awareness of it. The two Avatars, all the Tolkien movies and dramas like The Godfather do to me what I want a movie to do, lose me in time.

It's like the theatrical versions vs the extended on the Lord of the Rings, why have the theatrical versions? To get the seatings in the theater. But if someone watched the LOTR films without having read the novels, they lose a lot of the story.

One of the more interesting parts of "The Offer" was the debate between Puzo and Coppola and the studio exec over the length of the film. Losing those extra seatings to keep the storyline intact was a huge deal. On a film half of them didn't want to make.

 

[Creeper]

I measure whether a movie is too long by my awareness of it. The two Avatars, all the Tolkien movies and dramas like The Godfather do to me what I want a movie to do, lose me in time.

It's like the theatrical versions vs the extended on the Lord of the Rings, why have the theatrical versions? To get the seatings in the theater. But if someone watched the LOTR films without having read the novels, they lose a lot of the story.

One of the more interesting parts of "The Offer" was the debate between Puzo and Coppola and the studio exec over the length of the film. Losing those extra seatings to keep the storyline intact was a huge deal. On a film half of them didn't want to make.

I wouldn't say you can't make a good movie that is 3 hours long. But it has to have 3 hours of good content. I think the 2nd Avatar movie tried to wow the audience with lots of colorful scenery and fantasy. But that is filler to me. Perhaps I need to watch it again to see if I feel any different the 2nd time around.

 

[ESisback]

I wouldn't say you can't make a good movie that is 3 hours long. But it has to have 3 hours of good content. I think the 2nd Avatar movie tried to wow the audience with lots of colorful scenery and fantasy. But that is filler to me. Perhaps I need to watch it again to see if I feel any different the 2nd time around.

I know what you mean. I watched Batman vs. Superman, which is overlong, stuffed full of extravagant filler—fantasy, fluff, CGI, etc. Then I watched The Batman, which is also overlong, but it’s full of atmosphere and story details—a world of difference. Content is everything. I get SO TIRED of 30 foot space apes with laser beam eyes and end of the world scenarios with superhuman flying heroes and magic rings and winged unicorns! Just give me a good story with snappy dialogue and regular Joe’s having cool fist fights!

 

[Denim Chicken]

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

I haven't been to the theater in quite sometime, so I'm really happy I chose this movie to return. It was so good. The animations styles, soundtrack, voice actors, action--everything was on point. 9/10