# Movies you've seen recently (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906 "2014-09-29T21:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 106
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2111 "2021-04-19T00:11:01Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > … **Come to Daddy** - Elijah Wood picks some strange roles, _Swiss Army Man_ was just too weird for us and we turned it off after an hour. This movie came close and my wife and I were on the fence halfway through. We stuck with it and were glad we did. Two thumbs up. (ETA, gah, Swiss Army Man is Daniel Radcliffe, always get them mixed up. )… I saw this one awhile back and also enjoyed it. It…was not what I expected. Good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2112 "2021-04-19T00:11:58Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of movies lately, some via streaming from the local film festival. My latest five: _I Can Change_ A very funny short sf comedy about an offbeat slacker who, the day before he’s supposed to get married, not only becomes immortal but acquires the ability to stop time. After he misses his wedding rehearsal, however, convincing his pissed-off and _very_ skeptical fiancee of all this… takes some doing. _Masel Tov Cocktail_ Dark comedy short film about a German Jewish kid who pushes back against others’ expectations of him as he just tries to live his own damn life. _Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power_ Uplifting documentary about the California Congresswoman: her childhood, early life, political courage, unapologetic liberalism and hard work for a better future for our country. AOC and the late John Lewis are among those shown praising her. _Back to the Future_ Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are as good as ever in this corny, very funny time-travel comedy classic. It really holds up well. Love it! _Back to the Future 2_ Not as good as the first, but better than I remember, taking Marty’s and Doc Brown’s story in some interesting new directions while slyly evoking - and even working itself into - the first. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2113 "2021-04-19T00:20:11Z")
Natural Born Killers Directors Cut An electric brilliant film. (Only the DC). Oliver Stones take on violent America. Its filled with visual brilliance. It will challenge you. Its soundtrack is one of the best. And Rodney Dangerfield gives a brilliant villainous performance. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2114 "2021-04-19T00:21:41Z")
[Freaky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaky_(film)); A slasher comedy remake of Freaky Friday. I don’t normally go for horror or slasher films but it was fun enough. (And I was on a plane, so I had time to kill.) [Love and Monsters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Monsters_(film)); A post-apocalyptic monster film about a young man who travels to reunite with the girlfriend he hasn’t seen in seven years. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2115 "2021-04-19T02:19:22Z")
Gemini Man: Will Smith is the World’s Greatest Assassin, but realizes he’s too old, and retires. Upper management decides he knows too much (or something), and decides to kill him. But the only way to kill the WGA is with a younger clone of him. And bad special effects - at least, that’s the way you kill me and my interest in this movie. Yes - the face-swapping CGI was horrifying and unnatural. But it seemed every single scene was filmed in front of a green screen. I see elsewhere online that Ang Lee wanted to film a movie in 120 fps- would that affect this? I don’t think my TV is spitting it back out at me that fast. Either way, avoid this. It was awful. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2116 "2021-04-19T02:21:26Z")
_The Crawling Eye_ A 50s horror film. Not bad until they actually showed the monster, which looked ridiculous. _The Incredible Shrinking Man._. First time I saw it since 1964. Holds up well in every respect (except for the fact the station signal died and we missed the last 15 minutes). _John Wick_. Liked the structure of the beginning, where they showed Wick’s background from the way people reacted to his name. The fight scenes were less boring than most, and well directed and choreographed. _John Wick, Chapter 2_. A step backwards, mainly because in the first film Wick’s actions were inner directed while the second it was outside forces. The fight scenes were even more absurd, verging on self-parody (and reminiscent of _Hot Fuzz_ – which was a comedy) and the final scene was laughable. A time waster, but not worth seeing again. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2117 "2021-04-19T02:22:02Z")
**Bringing Up Baby**. A 1938 romantic comedy starring Carey Grant and Audrey Hepburn. It… defies description. I’ll just say it involves a brontosaurus clavicle, a leopard, a constable and a traveling circus. Well worth the watch. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2118 "2021-04-19T02:40:03Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > _The Crawling Eye_ A 50s horror film. Not bad until they actually showed the monster, which looked ridiculous. > > _The Incredible Shrinking Man._ . First time I saw it since 1964. Holds up well in every respect (except for the fact the station signal died and we missed the last 15 minutes). I dearly love these. I’ve seen _The Crawling Eye_ myself, recently. It’s the quintessential 1950s British sf/horror flick: - It started out as a TV serial, _The Trollenberg Terror_, that got turned into a feature film. - The evil aliens “take over” people, controlling their minds as in the Quatermass movies - It stars Forrest Tucker. Although most people probably think of him as Sergeant O’Rourke from _F-Troop_, in the 1950s he seemed to be one of the the go-to American actor for these kinds of films. (He was in _The Strange World of Planet X_ AKA _The Cosmic Monsters_ and in _The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas_, too) - When the Monsters finally show upo, they’re really disgusting goopy, veiny things with tentacles way too small. - It’s not always the case, but the special effects in this case were really, really bad. I think the standard description that the effects consisted of “cotton pinned to a postcard” isn’t correct – it doesn’t look like that. But most of the effects, especially the climax where they fire-bombed the aliens, is pretty awful If you get a chance, watch the episode of the offbeat animated series _Freakazoid_ called “The Cloud”. The beginning, at least, is an homage to The Crawling Eye, right down to the style of the opening credits > **[The Crawling Eye vs The Cloud (aka They Did WHAT at Disneyland?)](http://spirochaetetrail.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-crawling-eye-vs-cloud-aka-they-did.html)** > > Let's talk about The Crawling Eye , or The Trollenberg Terror as it was known in its native UK. Adapted from a 1956 TV serial (which cam... > **[The Cloud](https://freakapedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cloud)** > > "The Cloud" is a segment in Episode 10 written by Paul Rugg and directed by Scott Jeralds. It originally aired on October 14, 1995 (in between Episodes 5 and 6) as part of the variant episode Episode 2A. A mysterious cloud on a mountaintop in the... ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2119 "2021-04-19T02:41:10Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > **Bringing Up Baby**. A 1938 romantic comedy starring Carey Grant and Audrey Hepburn. It… defies description. I’ll just say it involves a brontosaurus clavicle, a leopard, a constable and a traveling circus. Well worth the watch. A truly great film. In addition, it was the first time “gay” meaning “homosexual” was spoken in a mainstream film. (An ad lib by Grant when he’s forced to wear Katherine Hepburn’s robe). Another ad lib in that scene is lost to audience today was when Grant said “I’m just waiting for a bus on 42 Street.” That was a gay cruising area in the 1920s, and when the cops questioned someone, he’d say he was waiting for a bus. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2120 "2021-04-19T11:09:11Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Elijah Wood picks some strange roles See _Everything is Illuminated_ sometime. Quite good. (Also, I am now angry all over again that they cancelled _Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency_ when they did.) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2121 "2021-04-19T14:17:38Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > **Bringing Up Baby**. A 1938 romantic comedy starring Carey Grant and Audrey Hepburn. It… defies description. I’ll just say it involves a brontosaurus clavicle, a leopard, a constable and a traveling circus. Well worth the watch. The role of Susan Vance is being played tonight by _Katharine_ Hepburn. 😉 ETA: ninja’s by @RealityChuck ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2122 "2021-04-19T14:48:55Z")
I just finished the short series, [Traitors](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7371896/), on Netflix. Good story and acting. Seems like it’s historically plausible (though not based on real life) events post WWII espionage between the British, American and Russian intelligence forces. Focus on strong women characters is a refreshing take. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2123 "2021-04-19T15:20:02Z")
Last night we saw an Amazon original called [Get Duked](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9735758/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). It stars Eddie Izzard, and is about four boys doing the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award trip through the Scottish Highlands. ([Blimey, it’s a real thing!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Award)) Anyway, the best I can describe this movie is that it was like Pineapple Express, crossed with The Wicker Man, and maybe a little Fargo thrown in. Since I have the heart of a twelve-year-old boy, I laughed my butt off. One caveat: if we hadn’t had the closed captioning on, I don’t think I’d have understood a word of it, although it was all in English. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2124 "2021-04-19T19:52:13Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > The role of Susan Vance is being played tonight by _Katharine_ Hepburn. That explains so much. I’ve seen _Charade_ which I know was made in the 60s and I was like, “that doesn’t look like the same woman, and how could that be her 30 years later?” Now I understand. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2125 "2021-04-19T22:32:24Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I have the heart of a twelve-year-old boy I guess you were about to die of a heart attack, so they replaced yours. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2126 "2021-04-19T22:43:58Z")
Like Stephen King, I keep it in a jar on my desk. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2127 "2021-04-20T00:18:50Z")
That was Robert Bloch’s line, not Stephen King’s ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2128 "2021-04-20T02:11:52Z")
**The Raid: Redemption.** A flawless Indonesian action thriller with beautiful fight choreography. You can definitely see how it influenced **John Wick** but god it’s hard to say which is better. I’d say **The Raid** was a more expertly constructed film in terms of storytelling, but **John Wick 3** has my favorite fight sequence of all time (museum of knives.) Both are like a _privelege_ to have seen. Man. My heart is still pounding. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2129 "2021-04-20T13:54:42Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > **John Wick 3** has my favorite fight sequence of all time (museum of knives.) Both are like a _privelege_ to have seen. Man. My heart is still pounding. If you haven’t already watched it, you might enjoy the bathhouse scene in **Eastern Promises**. I’m not squeamish, but that is one scene that took days to get out of my head. Good movie besides. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2130 "2021-04-21T01:26:11Z")
The Father Wow, a devastating and amazing performance from Anthony Hopkins. I loved this movie and think it is probably the best movie from 2020 I’ve had a chance to see. Hopkins should win the Best Actor Oscar for sure. It’s an amazing performance and the entire movie depends on him being incredible and he is. A sad movie, but worth it. Warning: It is about dementia and if you are experiencing this situation now or have recently, it may be too much to take. I’ll remember Anthony Hopkins performance in this movie the rest of my life. It’s outrageously incredible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=107)