Rate the last movie you watched (NO SPOILERS)

[Dvdidi]

Watched some movies last weekend...

Birds of Prey - 6/10
Jumanji next level - 6,5/10
Knives out - 8/10
Crawl - 7/10
Instant Family - 7,5/10

[Josh-a-tron]

The Old Guard - 6.5/10

Hamilton - 8/10 - And I usually hate musicals

[TNovak]

Tangent Room 4/10

4 Scientists are locked in a room and a video of a 5th scientist is played in which he states that he is by now dead and they need to come up with a solution as an alternate universe is about to cross over or connect with their own with unknown consequences. kind of slow and dull and unsatisfying ending for me.

[ParisDean]

Dinner at Eight (1933) - Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.

This is a very fine adaptation of a play with a lot of witty dialogue tempered somewhat by the backdrop of the Great Depression. I love the cast too. 8/10

[ParisDean]

I watched a pair of late-period Jean-Luc Godard films last week. Movies from this stage of his career can be challenging to say the least.



Film socialisme (2010) - The passengers on a Mediterranean cruise enjoy their luxuries as a small family struggles with overbearing media attention.

This one I watched twice because the first time I couldn't tell what was going on. The decision to reduce the subtitles to the fewest words possible to convey the barest essence of the dialogue didn't help either. (I read that this is how the movie was screened theatrically.) Viewing it a second time after reading a synopsis made the movie a lot more appealing. But that's like doing well on a test because I saw all the answers first. 7/10




Le livre d'image / The Image Book (2018) - Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song. A story in five chapters like the five fingers of a hand.

Although this one received more favorable reviews, I didn't like it as much. It's comprised entirely of heavily filtered footage from previous films with scenes juxtaposed in a way that creates a social commentary. Maybe I needed to watch this one twice as well, but I didn't have time before it was pulled from the Criterion Channel website. 5/10

[ParisDean]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) - As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.

I had forgotten how great this movie is, not having seen it since its theatrical run. With all the stunts, fights, car crashes and crazy tech, it was like a Mission Impossible film, but with superheroes. Bucky, Falcon, Arnim Zola, Batroc, Crossbones, Sharon Carter--that's a lot of characters from the comics for a "solo" movie, but the spotlight was still clearly on Captain America. 9/10

[Josh-a-tron]

Originally Posted by ParisDean

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) - As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.

I had forgotten how great this movie is, not having seen it since its theatrical run. With all the stunts, fights, car crashes and crazy tech, it was like a Mission Impossible film, but with superheroes. Bucky, Falcon, Arnim Zola, Batroc, Crossbones, Sharon Carter--that's a lot of characters from the comics for a "solo" movie, but the spotlight was still clearly on Captain America. 9/10

Man do I love that film. It reignited my love for Captain America and was an amazing spy thriller dipped in a Marvel Movie. Even the score is thrilling.

[Mister H]

Originally Posted by Josh-a-tron

Man do I love that film. It reignited my love for Captain America and was an amazing spy thriller dipped in a Marvel Movie. Even the score is thrilling.

I understand the love for this movie and I’m not about to argue with the “greatest super hero movie” crowd. But IMO, The First Avenger is the heavyweight champ.

[Josh-a-tron]

Originally Posted by Mister H

I understand the love for this movie and I’m not about to argue with the “greatest super hero movie” crowd. But IMO, The First Avenger is the heavyweight champ.

I do love First Avenger, it's the quintessential Cap Origin story done for modern audiences and it's a period piece which is awesome.

Winter Soldier though just ticks all the boxes for me though.

[protector2814]

Originally Posted by Mister H

I understand the love for this movie and I’m not about to argue with the “greatest super hero movie” crowd. But IMO, The First Avenger is the heavyweight champ.

Agreed, sir.