Rate the last movie you saw

[KI4MVP]

Also saw Wonka.

Not sure if whoever controls Dahl’s legacy won’t allow it, but a… Joker-style Wonka would be amazing.

This is worse than the first, but considerably better than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Hard to top Gene Wilder

 

[David.]

I really liked wonka, was surprised

 

[KI4MVP]

I really liked wonka, was surprised

I haven't watched it yet, it's on my list of movies to watch. I think it's on Max right now.

 

[KI4MVP]

There are also a bunch of movies on Apple TV+ right now. Unusual for Apple to have content on there they didn't create. They say for a limited time, but hopefully that practice continues.

 

[KI4MVP]

I watched the Star Trek reboot movie last night. Why have they only done 3 movies in the reboot? It's been 15 years now.

 

[inliner311]

There are also a bunch of movies on Apple TV+ right now. Unusual for Apple to have content on there they didn't create. They say for a limited time, but hopefully that practice continues.

It might be to fill in the gap they had for the writers strike. Also any movie that they thought was Oscar worth is now hitting streaming.

 

[KI4MVP]

It might be to fill in the gap they had for the writers strike. Also any movie that they thought was Oscar worth is now hitting streaming.

A bunch of movies not all Oscar related. Some really good movies in the list. And some are in 4k 3D (Apple Vision Pro). Some say limited until end of march, some until end of April. I highlighted a few I highly recommend if for anyone who hasn't seen them. I skipped most of the seemingly obvious ones.

• 21 Jump Street
• 300
• American Sniper
• Argo
• Bad Boys
• Black Hawk Down
• Captain Phillips
• Catch Me If You Can
• Con Air
• Draft Day
• Edge of Tomorrow
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Fight Club
• Failure to Launch
• Fast & Furious 6
• Fast Five
• Good Burger
• Gravity
• Horrible Bosses
• How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
• I Am Legend
• Jurassic World
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
• Kill Bill Volume 1
• Kill Bill Volume 2

• Knocked Up
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Mean Girls
• Men In Black
• Minority Report
• Old School
• Saving Private Ryan
• Spider-Man
• Spider-Man 2
• Star Trek
• Star Trek: Into Darkness
• Star Trek Beyond
• The Accountant
• The Bodyguard
• The Hurt Locker
• The Prestige
• The Proposal
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• Titanic
• Training Day
• Two Weeks Notice
• Wyatt Earp
• Zodiac
• Zombieland
• Zoolander

 

[inliner311]

A bunch of movies not all Oscar related. Some really good movies in the list. And some are in 4k 3D (Apple Vision Pro). Some say limited until end of march, some until end of April. I highlighted a few I highly recommend if for anyone who hasn't seen them. I skipped most of the seemingly obvious ones.

• 21 Jump Street
• 300
• American Sniper
• Argo
• Bad Boys
• Black Hawk Down
• Captain Phillips
• Catch Me If You Can
• Con Air
• Draft Day
• Edge of Tomorrow
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Fight Club
• Failure to Launch
• Fast & Furious 6
• Fast Five
• Good Burger
• Gravity
• Horrible Bosses
• How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
• I Am Legend
• Jurassic World
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
• Kill Bill Volume 1
• Kill Bill Volume 2
• Knocked Up
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Mean Girls
• Men In Black
• Minority Report
• Old School
• Saving Private Ryan
• Spider-Man
• Spider-Man 2
• Star Trek
• Star Trek: Into Darkness
• Star Trek Beyond
• The Accountant
• The Bodyguard
• The Hurt Locker
• The Prestige
• The Proposal
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• Titanic
• Training Day
• Two Weeks Notice
• Wyatt Earp
• Zodiac
• Zombieland
• Zoolander

All the streaming services are back to licensing old content to each other. They realized that holding on to old content just for their streaming service doesn't generate them money or help keep their subscribers based.

 

[KI4MVP]

All the streaming services are back to licensing old content to each other. They realized that holding on to old content just for their streaming service doesn't generate them money or help keep their subscribers based.

Yeah, I just thought it was notable because it's the first time I recall Apple doing this. They need to do this even more.

And really should figure out a way to have a premium streaming service that has all of the movies that are older than a year or so. If they can have al of the music under one subscription and pay the rights owners based on number of times streamed, why can't they do that for movies? I'd gladly pay more for a streaming service if it meant I could watch any move that isn't a new release.

 

[Sebastian]

I watched the Star Trek reboot movie last night. Why have they only done 3 movies in the reboot? It's been 15 years now.

First film was good. Second film was panned and the third film was meh.

Generally speaking, most Star Trek fans didn't like the last two due to JJ Abrams' style of filmmaking which doesn't translate well to details obsessed fanbases.

Bad reviews and declining box office has put the reboot franchise into hiatus.

 

[Thelastcavsfan]

Damsel B

 

[Criznit]

Edit - wrong forum.

 

[jjvors]

Most recent movie I saw: Chosen Season 4, episodes 7-8.

It covers the resurrection of Lazarus, Jesus's foot anointing by Mary of Bethany, and Jesus's entry into Jerusalem.

For those who don't know, the Chosen series has 32 episodes in 4 years covering the life of Jesus from the point of view of His disciples. It's kind of startling to me, a person familiar with the Bible, because they don't focus on every detail of the four gospels but on the backstory of the disciples and their reactions to what Jesus does and says.

It does a great job depicting the humanity and struggles the disciples faced following Jesus and trying to understand what He was teaching them.

5/5 stars.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

I'd give Dune 2 an 8 out of 10. Maybe 7.5.

Visually, it was staggering. First movie I've seen to match LOTR in terms of the spectacle matching that epic a narrative. The cultural aspects were done incredibly well, and the Oscars for cinematography and effects might as well be awarded now. Probably a lot of other technical awards as well. "Harkonnen Family Reunion" would be a great band name. Or for a guild in a multiplayer game. Their home world Geidi Prime was the stuff of nightmares.


But....I think the narrative lost its way completely in the last act of the movie, and the result left me kind of "meh".

Spoiler

All the complexity and diplomatic maneuvering was just kind of dropped, and they made some weird narrative choices that amounted to character assassination of Paul. In the book, Paul is sort of the very reluctant villain of the whole story, but they basically cardboarded him and made him seem like he wanted mass slaughter.

Then there was the whole thing with Chani. Maybe the point was to elevate Chani was the "wronged woman" to give her a greater role independent of Paul, or to create some kind of romantic drama in a sequel. But there is also a strong plot purpose to the Paul/Chani/Irulan dynamic, and that was precluded by the choices they made instead. Bleh. Nor was the CHOAM/spice/Navigators, etc., interaction explained at all, which is kind of critical to explaining the "why" of the story.

As it was - my son who hasn't read the books - though the end was confusing and lacked context/explanation. He couldn't figure out how and why the Fremen were able to board spaceships to take them all over the galaxy for their jihad. A fair question.

Also, I didn't like Stilger being made into a buffoon - I don't think that kind of humor worked well because it kind of diminished the Fremen. There also was a key moment with him at the climax where he asks Paul "what's next", when Paul's whole problem was that a galactic jihad already had become inevitable at that point. Stilgar's question made it seem like there was still a chance for Paul to avoid it when there wasn't. So Paul then calling for the jihad made him into a really bad guy - like he actually wanted it.

I did loved the way Jessica was handled, even though I disagreed with the time compression and Jessica still being pregnant at the end. She seemed more than just "Paul's mom", which was good.

All that being said, I could see how people unfamiliar with the books could give this one a 10. And maybe it deserves it - I just can't get passed the choices made near the end.

 

[Thelastcavsfan]

I was going to the movies to get out of doing the same thing Monday afternoon. I go 15 minutes late to avoid trailers, because they spoil everything and the ticket service tells me, he can’t sell a ticket 15 minutes after the showtime. Dumbest rule I’ve seen in a while.