# 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:** 189
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3774 "2022-02-26T00:10:47Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > **Marry Me** (Peacock) Rom-com with Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Sarah Silverman. > > We weren’t planning to watch it (we’d seen the trailers a few times recently in theaters) but it was right there in front of us, for free. And … I’m embarrassed to admit that I liked it. It follows the well-worn rom-com tropes: meet-cute, fall in love, break up, get back together. But they’re so darn likable you’re rooting for them. > > So if you’re in the mood for a rom-com this Valentine’s Day you could do a lot worse. We watched it too. It’s so formulaic, but they execute it perfectly. The characters are likeable and fun. The situations are funny. The songs aren’t bad. The ending is satisfactory. Make some popcorn, chill some beer, and enjoy. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3775 "2022-02-26T00:19:09Z")
**The Suicide Squad** - _Miles_ better than the previous _Suicide Squad_, with a deep vein of very dark and violent humor that finally demonstrates that DC can play at the same level as Marvel after a long series of rather shit superhero films. Also, I want Margot Robbie to just play Harley Quinn in every movie she’s in from now on because she makes every film better. I don’t care - romcom, family drama, Disney kid’s film - HARLEY THAT SHIT. And h/t to Lynne Ashe for her wonderful line-less cameos as Mrs Krill. **Jungle Cruise** : Yes, it’s Disney movie-fying yet another of their theme park rides but at least my very low expectations meant that it exceeded them. Dwayne Johnson was fine. Emily Blunt was fine. Jack Whitehall was fine (and Disney’s endorsement of an openly gay main character earned a raised eyebrow from me - _so woke!_ 😉 ). Jesse Plemons was rather fun as the German Prince bad guy. The plot - well, it was a plot of sorts. A stupid, nonsensical one reliant on a vast amount of CGI, but it killed a couple of hours on a plane flight. Can’t have everything, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3776 "2022-02-26T00:27:50Z")
> **[Man on Wire (2008) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/)** > > Man on Wire: Directed by James Marsh. With Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix. A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade... Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3777 "2022-02-26T02:04:20Z")
Watched **Sword of Trust** (2019) on Netflix. A sensible Alabama pawnbroker (Marc Maron) leads three eccentrics trying to sell an antique sword to a group of scary conspiracy theorists. I give it a B, or maybe a B+ — lightweight, but it’s good-hearted and mostly amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3778 "2022-02-26T13:01:18Z")
[Putney Swope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putney_Swope) (1969). I had to eject the DVD after 30 minutes. The voice overdub of the lead actor, along with the over-the-top stereotypes of black culture, were cringeworthy. It does not age well. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3779 "2022-02-26T13:16:45Z")
A couple of weeks ago, we saw **Death on the Nile** - the new version. I didn’t know the story, so afterwards I read a summary on wiki. Apparently Kenneth Branagh feels the need to make everything “better” or something. I think if I’d read the book first, I’d have really hated the movie. As it was, I was merely unimpressed. Today, we’re going to see **Cyrano** - I’m just hoping the previews I’ve seen on TV aren’t giving me false hopes. I really like Peter Dinklage and I like the premise of this version. We shall see… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3780 "2022-02-27T20:05:45Z")
**Cyrano** is a musical. And not a very good one, IMHO. On the plus side, it seemed to follow the source material mostly faithfully. I also saw a lot of parallels with **Roxanne** (the Steve Martin movie) which is one of my favorite movies. On the minus side - the quality of the lyrics was maybe high-school-original-production level. No real poetry or elegance, just predictable, trite rhymes. And the dancing soldiers - the less said, the better. I was disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3781 "2022-02-27T22:21:48Z")
_ **Licorice Pizza** _, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (_Boogie Nights_). Starts off OK but soon becomes disjointed, with vignettes that go nowhere. Love the director, liked how he recreated Southern California in the Seventies here… but this film desperately needed a cohesive plot. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3782 "2022-02-28T23:49:30Z")
Watched [The Vanishing of Sydney Hall](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291566/) on Prime. I loved it. Told largely in flashbacks, which usually annoys me, its a story of a famous writer who seeks to slip into oblivion over past secrets that haunt him. Also watched [Bad Words](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2170299/), starring and directed by Jason Bateman. I enjoyed it much more than I expected to. Bateman is very funny and it was well paced. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3783 "2022-03-01T01:53:53Z")
A few weeks back eceryone was out, or sick and inwas up late so I warched the 1970 ish, Murder On the Orient Express. I have not read any of ACs books, or seen anybofbthe movies so may be one of the few unspoiled people of taht movies plot on tbe planet. very enjoyable, well acted, obviously dated but that is not a bad thing, well paced to the actual scenario and no need for a dramatic roof top chase. May look up some of the others of that era. We watched Eternals as youngest wanted to watch. Tedious dull , icarus could have been replaced with a plank of Ikea shelving. Dont think it was the actors fault , i thought he was good in some other stuff, but it did look like all actor instructions were ‘move to mark, say this in X tone of voice, cut to other actor response’ Saturday was with the 17 year old son who wanted to chill and watch an action movie , pursuaded him to watch The Shawshank Redemption with me ( i had to spring for the fro yo as incentive for my choice) Unsurprisingly it received rave reviews from him and now he owes me fro yo. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3784 "2022-03-01T10:47:48Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > We watched Eternals as youngest wanted to watch. Tedious dull , icarus could have been replaced with a plank of Ikea shelving. Dont think it was the actors fault , i thought he was good in some other stuff, but it did look like all actor instructions were ‘move to mark, say this in X tone of voice, cut to other actor response’ Pretty much, yes. If it weren’t for Karun, the whole thing would have been completely forgettable. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3785 "2022-03-01T14:42:21Z")
Watched **Winter on Fire** on Netflix. It’s an excellent documentary about how a student protest in Ukraine turned into a revolution that overthrew the corrupt government in 2014-15. Seeing over a million people marching in protest was astonishing. They kept resisting even after the government response went from beatings, rubber bullets, gas and flash-bangs to live ammunition and snipers. The president at the time, Viktor Yanukovych, fled to Moscow, where he bought a house for $52M and is buddies with Putin. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3786 "2022-03-01T18:31:06Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > A few weeks back eceryone was out, or sick and inwas up late so I warched the 1970 ish, Murder On the Orient Express. I have not read any of ACs books, or seen anybofbthe movies so may be one of the few unspoiled people of taht movies plot on tbe planet. very enjoyable, well acted, obviously dated but that is not a bad thing, well paced to the actual scenario and no need for a dramatic roof top chase. May look up some of the others of that era… I saw the 1974 version starring Albert Finney a few months ago, too, having not seen it in many years, and really enjoyed it. I think it was far superior to the recent Kenneth Branagh version. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3787 "2022-03-01T23:11:37Z")
i was ready for a visitor to leave the other day, so I put on Night of the Hunter. This particular friend is more into current blockbusters and explosion movies. Worked like a champ. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3788 "2022-03-03T15:08:39Z")
That is such a great movie. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3789 "2022-03-03T18:27:34Z")
**Mr. Jones** on Prime, the true story of a reporter who went to Stalin’s Russia to see the “Stalin miracle” for himself. He ends up in Ukraine, where there is a famine killing millions and tries to report on the Big Lie afterwards. A very engrossing film. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3790 "2022-03-04T06:35:09Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > i was ready for a visitor to leave the other day, so I put on Night of the Hunter. This particular friend is more into current blockbusters and explosion movies. Worked like a champ. I’m sorry to read your friend has such a poor taste in movies. As far as 1950s morality tales go, it’s a damn good one. Might even be said to subvert the genre. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3791 "2022-03-05T15:12:57Z")
**Kong: Skull Island** I have said it before and I will say it again. This is an amazing movie and is one of the most underrated movies of the past 5 years. I love it. Showed it to my son and he loved it to. It’s simply incredible all the way through. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3792 "2022-03-06T01:05:06Z")
**West Side Story - 2021** Hey, this just hit Disney+ included with subscription. 1. Did Steven Spielberg do a great job adapting this musical? Yes, he sure did. 2. Would fans of West Side Story love this movie? I think they would. 3. Is it good enough to be appealing to people that do not like the musical West Side Story? No, and unfortunately this is where I am. It’s just not a great musical and no filmmaking can save it. It’s just not good enough of a musical and the songs are just not all that great. I’m sure fans of the musical will like it. I find West Side Story kind of lame and boring. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/3793 "2022-03-06T01:30:34Z")
I only made it to the balcony scene before losing interest. The only thing that really sets it apart from the original is that Spielberg’s New York is a lot grimier than the one in the 1961 film or any stage productions I’ve seen. Shoehorning Rita Moreno into the cast seemed kind of pandering and only reminded me of just how good that first film was. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=190)