# 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:** 135
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2691 "2021-08-13T16:36:15Z")
Oh crud. My spoiler code is crap. Not sure how to fix. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2692 "2021-08-13T18:39:43Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I would recommend this to any horror fan, but especially anyone who is looking for a film that is a cut above what we’ve gotten used to in the last several years. I’d basically say that the following recent horror movies are much better, though: Hereditary Midsommar Babadook The Nightingale \<–ok, not horror, but HORRIFYING! The Lighthouse The Wailing I can probably think of some others, but those are all essential. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2693 "2021-08-13T19:59:58Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > A pretty simple story of a guy and a girl who run off and kill a whole bunch of people. I love the scene where Sheen is in the home of a wealthy family, recording his wisdom on… some kind of recording device that predates me. “Listen to your parents and teachers. They got a line on most things, so don’t treat em like enemies. There’s always an outside chance you can learn something. Try to keep an open mind. Try to understand the viewpoints of others. Consider the minority opinion. But try to get along with the majority of opinion once it’s accepted. Of course Holly and I have had fun, even if it has been rushed. And uh, so far a good sign, hadn’t got caught. Excuse the grammar.” It’s funny in context. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2694 "2021-08-13T20:14:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Babadook Every time I see this movie name, I can’t quite see it as horror. My mind keeps flashing back to one of the books we read over and over to our toddler daughter, and thinking **In the Rain with Babadook.** > **[In the Rain with Baby Duck: Hest, Amy, Barton, Jill: 9780763606978: Amazon.com:...](https://www.amazon.com/Rain-Baby-Duck-Amy-Hest/dp/0763606979)** > > In the Rain with Baby Duck \[Hest, Amy, Barton, Jill\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. In the Rain with Baby Duck At the time, I used to think of Haitian president Jean-Claude (“Baby Doc”) Duvalier, and it came out as **In the Rain with Baby Doc** ---
**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:** [August 13, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2695 "2021-08-13T22:18:27Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Every time I see this movie name, I can’t quite see it as horror. Jennifer Kent is a fascinating director and probably on my shortlist of new directors to keep an eye on. The Babadook is barely horror. More like an intense movie. The Nightingale is not horror at all, but is probably one of the hardest movies I’ve ever watched, though also one of the most amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2696 "2021-08-13T22:35:30Z")
Just watched Birds of Prey and Suicide Squad. Both excellent movies. At this point I just say forget about the Batman and Superman films and focus on these. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2697 "2021-08-13T23:37:16Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Third, holy shit! What kind of bombs are they dropping that result in 6 different huge explosions all over hell??? One scene, a divebomber drops ONE bomb and the whole carrier goes up. Yes, I know the carriers were loaded with munitions and fuel, but Jesus, take it easy. Artistic license I guess, but it looked stupid. Same with the airfield bombing earlier in the video ga… I mean, ‘film’. To be fair, the [Akagi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Akagi#Sinking) _was_ sunk by a single bomb, although it took about half an hour for the fire to finish the ship off. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2698 "2021-08-13T23:53:58Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > To be fair, Yeah, I know. But the movie made it look pretty stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2699 "2021-08-14T00:07:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Hereditary > Midsommar > Babadook > The Nightingale \<–ok, not horror, but HORRIFYING! > The Lighthouse > The Wailing I’d add After Midnight 1BR Lifechanger From Within He never died His house If follows The Perfection Uncle Peckerhead There’s been a LOT of good horror in recent years. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2700 "2021-08-14T00:49:36Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > After Midnight > 1BR > Lifechanger > From Within > He never died > His house > If follows > The Perfection > Uncle Peckerhead I’ve seen: His House - yes, pretty solid stuff It Follows - that was a really fun one The Perfection - great movie, highly memorable. Kind of loved it. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2701 "2021-08-14T03:15:24Z")
**Soul** - streams on Disney + It was good. But not great and not amazing at all. I was disappointed. It’s cute, has a few moments, but never really gets to greatness. When I heard Pete Docter was making a movie involving afterlife and souls, I expected a movie as great as Inside Out. This movie is nowhere near as great as that. It was just OK. It’s the same reaction I had to Toy Story 4. Let down, but not a bad movie. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2702 "2021-08-14T03:18:35Z")
There are still four months left, but the best movies from 2021 I’ve seen so far are: Mitchells Vs. Machines \<–my #1 2021 movie so far In The Heights Censor The worst 2021 movies I’ve seen are: Army of the Dead \<–the worst, though F9 is close Fast and the Furious 9 Blood Red Sky ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2703 "2021-08-14T21:59:48Z")
We saw **Good on Paper** last night. A comedy about a woman who falls for a guy who may or may not be who he appears to be. Also starring Margaret Cho. On Netflix. Also **The Lives of Others** , a German film about life in East Germany, the Stasi, and the informers who ratted on their friends, family and neighbors. I think it won an Oscar for best foreign film. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2704 "2021-08-14T22:06:53Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > He never died Watching this one now, by the way. More of a comedy than horror, but I’m only partway through. Henry Rollins was the right choice for this character! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2705 "2021-08-14T22:13:57Z")
There was a sequel/sidequel? called _She Never Died_ that was pretty entertaining in the same kind of way. Not familiar with the main actress but she was very good. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2706 "2021-08-14T23:22:09Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > There was a sequel/sidequel? called _She Never Died_ that was pretty entertaining in the same kind of way. Not familiar with the main actress but she was very good Thanks, I had no idea. Looks fun. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2707 "2021-08-14T23:42:50Z")
**Mortal Kombat** (2021). Unlike the first one, this one takes itself too seriously and has some rather large editing flaws, which, if it did not take itself as seriously would not be a problem. A rather uneven movie, kind of like, to me, the first Brendan Fraser Mummy movie that did not know what kind of movie it wanted to be. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [August 15, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2708 "2021-08-15T00:23:08Z")
> [@Tusculan](#): > > [**Free Guy**](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6264654/) Just came out in the theaters over here. It’s what it says on the tin. Ryan Reynolds movie about a NPC in a GTA-like game who finds out he is an NPC. An action-comedy type movie with quite a few nods to shooter tropes. > > Ryan Reynolds does his usual schtick which I find amusing and others may find annoying. I’d never seen Jodie Comer before: she does a good job in a role with limited character depth (but what did you expect in this kind of movie), and is very beautiful in her avatar outfit. > > I found it a lot of fun, even though it is not particularly memorable. If you don’t like this kind of movies, this won’t draw you over. It is kind of like a more family-friendly _Deadpool_ in a videogame. I saw this today. It was fun enough. As for Jodie Comer, she’s best known for her role in Killing Eve on BBC America/AMC, so I take it you’ve never seen that. (If not, you should, as it’s quite good.) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2709 "2021-08-15T19:24:09Z")
> **[Más allá del olvido (1956) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186380/?ref_=hm_rvi_tt_i_15)** > > Más allá del olvido: Directed by Hugo del Carril. With Laura Hidalgo, Hugo del Carril, Pedro Laxalt, Eduardo Rudy. A man who deeply loves his wife, tears before his death by disease . After falling into despair, she embarks on a journey trying to... A.k.a. _Beyond Oblivion_. Released two years before _Vertigo_, this Argentinian film uses the same plot device of a man obsessed with a dead woman, trying to remake another woman into her. The similarity is not coincidental; according to IMDB, the novel on which _Vertigo_ is based used the novel on which this film is based as a springboard. In comparison to Hitchcock’s film, _Beyond Oblivion_ is lower-budgeted, far more obscure (in the U.S.), much less ridiculous and beautifully shot in b&w. Notwithstanding popular opinions about _Vertigo_’s “greatness,” I think _Beyond Oblivion_ is in many ways a better film. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2710 "2021-08-15T21:57:01Z")
Two on Netflix. **Sword of Trust:** A pawn shop owner is presented with a sword which supposedly “proves” that the South actually won the Civil War, and what happens when he tries to sell it to some very crazy people. Not for everyone’s taste but if a quirky comedy with occasional touches of pathos is up your alley, I recommend it. Well-acted, funny and very original. **1922:** Based on a Stephen King novella. A farmer conspires with his gullible son to murder his wife, with dire consequences for everyone involved. Interesting and well-acted, but grim, grimmer and grimmest. Stay clear if rats make you queasy. That said, I enjoyed it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=136)