Rate the last movie you saw

[SlammedZero]

Deadpool & Wolverine - Ok, I finally sat down and watched this last night. Absolutely fantastic. The Deadpool movies are the exceptions to my superhero fatigue. I’m mostly over the genre, but this franchise pulls me in every time. The action was great, the soundtrack was great (they must pay a ton in music royalties), and as usual the humor was nonstop great! I loved it.

Oh, forgot to mention, it looked absolutely gorgeous on my TV. I'll give Disney+ credit on their streaming quality. The 4K Dolby Vision HDR is just *chef's kiss*.

I absolutely fanboyed when Blade showed up! Always been a huge fan of those movies/that characater.

 

[Kevinicus]

Wicked - I hate musicals, and surprise...I hated this too. It was everything I hate about 95% of most musicals. Bad songs that just dwell on what you already know and don't push the plot any further. The songs weren't catchy or impressive (except maybe the last one) and the underlying story was just okay. And for some reason, they made this thing close to 3 hours, and it's only part 1. The performances were good, I will give them that. Ariana Grande was the most impressive.

Gladiator II - A rather solid follow up to the first one. Definitely not as good though, and it kind of ended on a whimper.

Dear Santa (Paramount+) - Jack Black Christmas movie. It's PG-13 (no idea why), but definitely more of a kids movie. Not completely awful, but not good either. Not really funny. It's just there. It's really not even that Christmas oriented once you get past the setup.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Good actors and good acting. Very slow. You have to figure out who did what and who will win the election. Although it is a religious movie, please kept that aspect out of any comments. I could see how this will become controversial so keep it cool. Not a movie I would watch again. It got good ratings but rather dry and slow.



Nothing ground breaking or new here. It is an ok movie for what it is. Looks like they left it open for a possible sequel. I liked the Tomorrow War much better...I only bring that up as the monsters remind me a little of the ones in that movie.

 

[quickccc]

i saw Gladiator II .... and just like many movies, the trailer will make it seems much better, appealing thann what the movie itself ends up being ..

it was not what I had hope it would be .
.don't get me wrong, .. i did not hate it ... but I did not love it .. did not like it ...i was not impressed by it, as i was the original,
and i did not find it a movie that stayed on my mind the moment i left the theater.

Oddly it actually has a lot of action in it , ,.. but it was not " Impressive " action, imo.

it was definitely not on the level of the first Gladiators, ...or nor even Troy (brad Pitt) .
outside Denzel, it did not capture the characters that should make a potential hit outstanding and extraordinary.
For the characters that did meet their death fate - i didn't care if they died ...
i felt director Ridley Scott tried to use some pepper & elements from the original, ..and this sequel did not even come close to the original.

Nothing special about the characters , nor the plot. .nor the action sequences .. and the finale was anti-climatic. there was CGI AI special effects that was actually cartoonish - the original Gladiator never bowed and stooped to such antics. .the gladiator arena fights clearly take the shots.
Only one did i find intriguing - as it was different than usual arena battles s in Roman epic movie flicks, per its' water effects. but even that did not wow me

i may consider this sequel as more a Contribute to the 2000 Gladiator .. than a true solid follow up to the original.
But that's it.

Overall i thought Gladiator II as just okay, ...so-so , average to slightly above average... it's not classic, ..not legendary. .

It may be for some, ...and not quite for everybody. .it wasn;t for me.

On a scale of 1 to 10.. i'd give Gladiator II ..a 6.0

 

[SlammedZero]

Good actors and good acting. Very slow. You have to figure out who did what and who will win the election. Although it is a religious movie, please kept that aspect out of any comments. I could see how this will become controversial so keep it cool. Not a movie I would watch again. It got good ratings but rather dry and slow.



Nothing ground breaking or new here. It is an ok movie for what it is. Looks like they left it open for a possible sequel. I liked the Tomorrow War much better...I only bring that up as the monsters remind me a little of the ones in that movie.

Where did you find this Elevation movie? I saw the preview, it intrigued me, but then I can't find it anywhere.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Where did you find this Elevation movie? I saw the preview, it intrigued me, but then I can't find it anywhere.

I believe it is on Apple TV right now.

I have a few apps on the Firestick that I watch some movies or shows.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

i saw Gladiator II .... and just like many movies, the trailer will make it seems much better, appealing thann what the movie itself ends up being ..

it was not what I had hope it would be .
.don't get me wrong, .. i did not hate it ... but I did not love it .. did not like it ...i was not impressed by it, as i was the original,
and i did not find it a movie that stayed on my mind the moment i left the theater.

Oddly it actually has a lot of action in it , ,.. but it was not " Impressive " action, imo.

it was definitely not on the level of the first Gladiators, ...or nor even Troy (brad Pitt) .
outside Denzel, it did not capture the characters that should make a potential hit outstanding and extraordinary.
For the characters that did meet their death fate - i didn't care if they died ...
i felt director Ridley Scott tried to use some pepper & elements from the original, ..and this sequel did not even come close to the original.

Nothing special about the characters , nor the plot. .nor the action sequences .. and the finale was anti-climatic. there was CGI AI special effects that was actually cartoonish - the original Gladiator never bowed and stooped to such antics. .the gladiator arena fights clearly take the shots.
Only one did i find intriguing - as it was different than usual arena battles s in Roman epic movie flicks, per its' water effects. but even that did not wow me

i may consider this sequel as more a Contribute to the 2000 Gladiator .. than a true solid follow up to the original.
But that's it.

Overall i thought Gladiator II as just okay, ...so-so , average to slightly above average... it's not classic, ..not legendary. .

It may be for some, ...and not quite for everybody. .it wasn;t for me.

On a scale of 1 to 10.. i'd give Gladiator II ..a 6.0

I will wind up watching it.

However just from watching the trailers, it just does not seem like it will be great.
Although to be fair, kind of hard to improve or match the original.

 

[Runwildboys]

i saw Gladiator II .... and just like many movies, the trailer will make it seems much better, appealing thann what the movie itself ends up being ..

it was not what I had hope it would be .
.don't get me wrong, .. i did not hate it ... but I did not love it .. did not like it ...i was not impressed by it, as i was the original,
and i did not find it a movie that stayed on my mind the moment i left the theater.

Oddly it actually has a lot of action in it , ,.. but it was not " Impressive " action, imo.

it was definitely not on the level of the first Gladiators, ...or nor even Troy (brad Pitt) .
outside Denzel, it did not capture the characters that should make a potential hit outstanding and extraordinary.
For the characters that did meet their death fate - i didn't care if they died ...
i felt director Ridley Scott tried to use some pepper & elements from the original, ..and this sequel did not even come close to the original.

Nothing special about the characters , nor the plot. .nor the action sequences .. and the finale was anti-climatic. there was CGI AI special effects that was actually cartoonish - the original Gladiator never bowed and stooped to such antics. .the gladiator arena fights clearly take the shots.
Only one did i find intriguing - as it was different than usual arena battles s in Roman epic movie flicks, per its' water effects. but even that did not wow me

i may consider this sequel as more a Contribute to the 2000 Gladiator .. than a true solid follow up to the original.
But that's it.

Overall i thought Gladiator II as just okay, ...so-so , average to slightly above average... it's not classic, ..not legendary. .

It may be for some, ...and not quite for everybody. .it wasn;t for me.

On a scale of 1 to 10.. i'd give Gladiator II ..a 6.0

That's what it looks like in the trailer, IMO. Another movie in which someone rides a rhino.

 

[Creeper]

I watched "The Quiet Place: Part One" last night for the first time. I thought the first movie was pretty cool, or at least the idea was interesting. This last one was kind of boring. There was little to no action of the military against the invaders which I would think is a big part of the story, or should have been. Instead we got a human interest story.

Spoiler

When I first saw the original movie, I always wondered how things got to where they were at that point. These alien creatures, which are blind but can hear a heart beat, had taken over the world. The questions of how they got to earth, how they defeated our military weapons, what they were doing to survive, why they were here in the first place, we never answered. In the second movie we find out they don't like water because they can't swim. So why come to a planet that is 2/3 water?

I also wondered, what would happen is humans flooded the atmosphere with sound coming from all directions? Or if they set up remote speakers to lure the creatures to sound where they would set booby-traps or ambushes?

This latest movie starts to answer the question of where they came from, but not completely. They came from space, but how? and who sent them? They cold not have possibly built their own space ships. They could be some kind of monster army sent by an alien race, but the previous movie takes place after the invasion is complete and no aliens have followed up to take over earth after the monster army eradicated humans, mostly.

Again, I liked the concept, but there are major holes everywhere in the story. This last movie, Day One, skips all the important questions to tell the story of a single individual in a city of 10 million people.

I would give the first movie a 6, the second a 5, and Day One a 3. I would have scored the first one higher but the idea of a baby in that situation was too far fetched. It would have gotten its family killed in about 1 hour or less.

 

[Creeper]

Did anyone watch "The Royal"? I caught it yesterday. It is the story of baseball player Willie Mays Aikens who played for the KC Royals back in the 1980s. I don't usually go for stories like this, redemption, but I thought this one was pretty good. Not great but good. Perhaps because back then I was a big baseball fan and recall the great battles between the NY Yankees and KC Royals; the George Brett days. Aikens hit the height of his career in 1980 when he hit two home runs in a game twice in the same World Series.

The movie leaves out some important details about Aikens background and arrest record. But he wound up selling some crack to an undercover agent, who arguably set him up, and he was sentenced to over 15 years in prison. The movies makes it seem like it ended his baseball career, but at that time, his career was already over.

I'd give the movie a 6. If nothing else it reminded me of my baseball fan days with my son. It also reminded me how we forget about all the players in our favorite sports after the retire and we never hear about them again. This was one story about one guy who was once a hero. But after baseball he trashed his life and had to rebuild it from scratch.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

The newest Clint Eastwood movie.

Clint really does not put out bad movies. However some are better than others.

This is not million dollar baby or Gran Torino.

It is a well made movie. It does offer some moral dilemma questions.

I thought they could have done the ending a little better with another kind of twist.

Not sure I would watch this one again. Good but not great.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I watched "The Quiet Place: Part One" last night for the first time. I thought the first movie was pretty cool, or at least the idea was interesting. This last one was kind of boring. There was little to no action of the military against the invaders which I would think is a big part of the story, or should have been. Instead we got a human interest story.

Spoiler

When I first saw the original movie, I always wondered how things got to where they were at that point. These alien creatures, which are blind but can hear a heart beat, had taken over the world. The questions of how they got to earth, how they defeated our military weapons, what they were doing to survive, why they were here in the first place, we never answered. In the second movie we find out they don't like water because they can't swim. So why come to a planet that is 2/3 water?

I also wondered, what would happen is humans flooded the atmosphere with sound coming from all directions? Or if they set up remote speakers to lure the creatures to sound where they would set booby-traps or ambushes?

This latest movie starts to answer the question of where they came from, but not completely. They came from space, but how? and who sent them? They cold not have possibly built their own space ships. They could be some kind of monster army sent by an alien race, but the previous movie takes place after the invasion is complete and no aliens have followed up to take over earth after the monster army eradicated humans, mostly.

Again, I liked the concept, but there are major holes everywhere in the story. This last movie, Day One, skips all the important questions to tell the story of a single individual in a city of 10 million people.

I would give the first movie a 6, the second a 5, and Day One a 3. I would have scored the first one higher but the idea of a baby in that situation was too far fetched. It would have gotten its family killed in about 1 hour or less.

I know a good number of people liked the latest one.

However, like you, I find it rather boring and just did not care for it that much.

 

[CyberB0b]

The newest Clint Eastwood movie.

Clint really does not put out bad movies. However some are better than others.

This is not million dollar baby or Gran Torino.

It is a well made movie. It does offer some moral dilemma questions.

I thought they could have done the ending a little better with another kind of twist.

Not sure I would watch this one again. Good but not great.

He hasn’t put out a good movie in nearly 20 years. He needs to retire. American Sniper and Sully are the best things he’s done in the last decade, but they were pretty mediocre. I like his unique stories better than his nonfiction.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

He hasn’t put out a good movie in nearly 20 years. He needs to retire. American Sniper and Sully are the best things he’s done in the last decade, but they were pretty mediocre. I like his unique stories better than his nonfiction.

Recently read that Juror #2 was meant to be a movie made for Max and not for theatrical release.
However they pushed it for a few theaters.

This explains a good deal IMO.

 

[SlammedZero]

I watched "The Quiet Place: Part One" last night for the first time. I thought the first movie was pretty cool, or at least the idea was interesting. This last one was kind of boring. There was little to no action of the military against the invaders which I would think is a big part of the story, or should have been. Instead we got a human interest story.

Spoiler

When I first saw the original movie, I always wondered how things got to where they were at that point. These alien creatures, which are blind but can hear a heart beat, had taken over the world. The questions of how they got to earth, how they defeated our military weapons, what they were doing to survive, why they were here in the first place, we never answered. In the second movie we find out they don't like water because they can't swim. So why come to a planet that is 2/3 water?

I also wondered, what would happen is humans flooded the atmosphere with sound coming from all directions? Or if they set up remote speakers to lure the creatures to sound where they would set booby-traps or ambushes?

This latest movie starts to answer the question of where they came from, but not completely. They came from space, but how? and who sent them? They cold not have possibly built their own space ships. They could be some kind of monster army sent by an alien race, but the previous movie takes place after the invasion is complete and no aliens have followed up to take over earth after the monster army eradicated humans, mostly.

Again, I liked the concept, but there are major holes everywhere in the story. This last movie, Day One, skips all the important questions to tell the story of a single individual in a city of 10 million people.

I would give the first movie a 6, the second a 5, and Day One a 3. I would have scored the first one higher but the idea of a baby in that situation was too far fetched. It would have gotten its family killed in about 1 hour or less.

Spoiler

To be fair, we wouldn't really know any of those questions in reality either. If a race of aliens suddenly appeared, we would have no idea where they came from, if they came with intent or just stumbled upon us, or how they got here. They would just be, well, here. I though the human element was good for the movie as it showed how people would have to very quickly adapt to this new world. The ambiguity makes the threat feel more immediate and terrifying

The baby represents a profound conundrum of human survival versus moral values. In a world where silence is survival, a newborn would undeniably be a monumental risk. The baby challenges the characters (and the audience) to grapple with the weight of preserving innocence and hope, even when it seems impossible. It’s a dark and thought-provoking question: would abandoning a child ensure survival, or would it mean losing what makes us human?

 

[Creeper]

I know a good number of people liked the latest one.

However, like you, I find it rather boring and just did not care for it that much.

I am surprised a lot of people liked the movie.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

He hasn’t put out a good movie in nearly 20 years. He needs to retire. American Sniper and Sully are the best things he’s done in the last decade, but they were pretty mediocre. I like his unique stories better than his nonfiction.

Oh...just read that this was going to be his last film.
Kind of amazing as old as he is really.

 

[DallasEast]

Heretic (2024)

5.75 of 10.00


A big letdown but not due to Hugh Grant's performance. The premise is solid and Grant's antagonist role is spot on.

The opening setup is weak. The main supporting actors are weak too, although I am interested in seeing more of Sophie Thatcher's work. Minor characters were stupid and nonessential.

The suspense level was decent but direction could have buffed it more. The young actresses did not often seem scared enough given their situation. The house itself looked scary without really appearing to be threatening.

I think it was well-written though. I enjoy psychological horror that does not totally depend on frightening through special effects. It pulled that aspect off, although not strongly enough.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Heretic (2024)

5.75 of 10.00


A big letdown but not due to Hugh Grant's performance. The premise is solid and Grant's antagonist role is spot on.

The opening setup is weak. The main supporting actors are weak too, although I am interested in seeing more of Sophie Thatcher's work. Minor characters were stupid and nonessential.

The suspense level was decent but direction could have buffed it more. The young actresses did not often seem scared enough given their situation. The house itself looked scary without really appearing to be threatening.

I think it was well-written though. I enjoy psychological horror that does not totally depend on frightening through special effects. It pulled that aspect off, although not strongly enough.

Kind of a let down. Well at least I can go into it with lower expectations so maybe it will not be so bad.

Have to say. At one time Hugh Grant was not an actor I cared to see.

However his roles in the last couple of Guy Ritchie movies has been great IMO.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Well i watched Heretic.
Thankfully going in with lower expectations thanks to @DallasEast , I enjoyed the movie.

Will say that it did one of the pet peeves I have in some movie, normally in the horror genre, is showing scenes that are so dark it is hard to see what is going on.