# 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:** 208
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4154 "2022-05-18T02:00:30Z")
**Everything Everywhere All At Once** Amazing movie. A must see. It’s going to take quite the movie for this not to be the best movie of 2022 and if it doesn’t get nominated for Best Picture next year at the Oscars, it’s a massive ripoff. Really just an incredible movie and I think I might give it a 10/10 rating, something I don’t do very often at all. Just stellar and you are missing out if you don’t see it. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4155 "2022-05-18T11:02:47Z")
A24 were really slow off the mark here to promote and distribute EEAaO for some reason. It’s starting to pop up at more cinemas (usually for one showing at around 8:30pm) but the buzz is good. Still trying to find a showing I can get to. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4156 "2022-05-18T12:19:07Z")
A24 was clear upfront that this would be a platform release, starting in a handful of theaters and then expanding if word of mouth benefited the film. It’s gone from a film festival, to 10 theaters, to eventually more than 2,000 theaters… that’s about half the available theaters, so it should be seeable in most places. That said, the numbers of showtimes near me are limited, but I think that’s because Doctor Strange is crowding out the theater. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4157 "2022-05-18T13:13:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **Everything Everywhere All At Once** > > Amazing movie. A must see. It’s going to take quite the movie for this not to be the best movie of 2022 and if it doesn’t get nominated for Best Picture next year at the Oscars, it’s a massive ripoff. Why didn’t anyone tell me this stars Michelle Yeoh? She’s on my must-watch list. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4158 "2022-05-18T13:46:37Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Why didn’t anyone tell me this stars Michelle Yeoh? She’s on my must-watch list She legit could win an Oscar for it. She’s amazing. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4159 "2022-05-18T13:54:03Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Why didn’t anyone tell me this stars Michelle Yeoh? She’s on my must-watch list. Ahem… > [@peccavi](#): > > **[Everything Everywhere All At Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once)** > It lives up to its title. Michelle Yeoh is given a chance to really act along with showing off her skills in some wild action. I’d summarize the plot, but the title does it better. Expect to see this in the discussion of next year’s Oscar nominees. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4160 "2022-05-18T13:56:19Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > That said, the numbers of showtimes near me are limited, but I think that’s because Doctor Strange is crowding out the theater. Good point - Doctor Strange has taken over most of the local multiplexes. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4161 "2022-05-18T14:03:12Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Ahem… > > > [@peccavi](#): > > > > **[Everything Everywhere All At Once](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once)** > > > > > It lives up to its title. Michelle Yeoh is given a chance to really act along with showing off her skills in some wild action. I’d summarize the plot, but the title does it better. Expect to see this in the discussion of next year’s Oscar nominees. Why didn’t anyone tell me I missed a post about a movie starring Michelle Yeoh? 😉 Sorry, too much skimming on my part. You stated all needed to know. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4162 "2022-05-18T14:09:12Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Sorry, too much skimming on my part. You stated all needed to know. It’s a scum tell, for sure. After you see the movie, look up the fake movie posters A24 made for some of the concepts/movies that are in Everything. My favorite is Racacooie. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4163 "2022-05-18T14:13:45Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Sorry, too much skimming on my part. Look at it this way, in some portion of the multiverse…you did read it. 🤓 ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4164 "2022-05-18T15:55:09Z")
If nothing else, the movie proves Chekov’s maxim that if a trophy shaped like a buttplug appears in Act One, then dimension-hopping pantsless martial artists will be trying to shove it up their ass to receive kung-fu superpowers in Act Three. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4165 "2022-05-18T20:49:54Z")
Having watched both (at the same theater), it really does go to show how effects do not a movie make. Although Everything Everywhere All At Once had the lower budget, how it handles multiple universes it is much more interesting (and funny) than the Marvel film. I don’t know that I would call it the best movie of 2022, but I definitely want to watch it again. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [May 18, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4166 "2022-05-18T20:56:16Z")
> [@icon](#): > > Having watched both (at the same theater), it really does go to show how effects do not a movie make. Although Everything Everywhere All At Once had the lower budget, how it handles multiple universes it is much more interesting (and funny) than the Marvel film. I don’t know that I would call it the best movie of 2022, but I definitely want to watch it again And the effects in Everything, Everywhere were done by a team of 9 people. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4167 "2022-05-19T09:34:27Z")
Re-watched **The Wall** (1982) for the first time in many years. The animation is a bit dated, but otherwise it was as good as I remembered. Apparently there was a lot of ego clashing and creative friction between director Alan Parker and Roger Waters (Parker later referred to the film as _“the most expensive student film ever made”_), but the end result was a unique, hard-hitting movie. The Wall album has always been a favorite of mine, so maybe I’m biased. Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) gave a surprisingly good performance as Pink, despite being a rock musician with no acting experience. Maybe I’m getting too old to be enjoying Pink Floyd—so sue me. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4168 "2022-05-19T10:32:38Z")
_Old_ - M Night Shyamalan performs a technically impressive feat of accelerating time for his characters while slowing interminably for his audience. _Wrath of Man_ - Guy Richie and Jason Statham reunite without their characteristic humor in this glum action film. _Senior Year_ - Nothing particularly ground-breaking in this “back to school” comedy starring a slimmed down Rebel Wilson. But it had some funny moments. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4169 "2022-05-19T11:59:41Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > Maybe I’m getting too old to be enjoying Pink Floyd—so sue me. Huh? I thought Pink Floyd made young people feel older. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4170 "2022-05-19T12:19:02Z")
I dunno. When I play PF at home my youngest yells, “turn that down, pops!” Her boyfriend tolerates them—barely. They’re into some type of metal throat shredding music that annoys the heck out of me. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4171 "2022-05-19T13:05:07Z")
The 5th Element is coming back to theaters for a special showing. Always a favorite of mine. “Courtesy of Fathom Events, The Fifth Element, starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and a truly career-defining performance by Chris Tucker, will rocket back into theaters for special screenings on Sunday, June 26, and Wednesday, June 29.” > **[The Fifth Element Returns to Theaters for Its 25th Anniversary](https://gizmodo.com/fifth-element-rerelease-luc-besson-bruce-willis-milla-j-1848936706)** > > Luc Besson's bonkers sci-fi epic gets a special screening along with some special features, too. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4172 "2022-05-19T15:06:40Z")
I love that movie. I remember watching it as a teenager, and the first time it was near incomprehensible. But I knew I wanted to watch it over and over and over and… ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4173 "2022-05-19T16:43:30Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > _Wrath of Man_ - Guy Richie and Jason Statham reunite without their characteristic humor in this glum action film. And how. I’m okay with predictable cliches in this kind of actioner, but it had very little of the edginess/humour that Guy Richie usually includes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=209)