# 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:** 232
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4635 "2022-08-02T18:08:25Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > I re-watched **Barry Lyndon** (1975) starring Ryan O’Neil (Redmond Barry) and Marisa Berenson (Lady Lyndon). > > I’m a long-time Kubrick fan. **Barry Lyndon** didn’t get as much buzz as other Kubrick films, but it’s one of my favorites… I like it, too, but not nearly as much as _Dr. Strangelove_ or _2001_. This thread may interest you, for more about Kubrick’s directing style in the latter film: > [@I met Keir Dullea tonight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324): > > The Cleveland Cinematheque screened a new print of 2001: A Space Odyssey tonight and Keir Dullea, who played astronaut David Bowman, appeared for Q&A and autographs afterwards. The Cinematheque has shown several of his other movies recently, too (he’s made 25, but of course is best remembered for 2001). Dullea was born in Cleveland but moved away with his parents when he was just three. He met up with the daughter of some of his parents’ friends while he was in town this weekend, and saw th… ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4636 "2022-08-02T18:18:43Z")
I just watched _Inheritance_ on HBO. I think it was made within the last couple of years. In any case, avoid it. It got 91 on RT, so I thought it might be o.k. Mostly boring and stupid. No suspense. And the BIG SECRET that’s revealed in the last minute of the movie? I guessed it within the first ten minutes. Lame. Again, avoid. O.k. Simon Pegg does a quite decent American accent though. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4637 "2022-08-03T14:08:02Z")
Thanks for the thread link. Your _meet & greet_ with Keir Dullea must have been a thrill. Keir’s cool, understated performance as Dave Bowman in **2001** was brilliant and memorable. Kubrick should have kept HAL 9000 with a Cockney accent! 😄 _I’m sawry, Dave. Cor blimey guv, I’m bloody well afraid i can’ do ‘ha’._ _I 'hink yer knah wot ‘he bloody problem is jus’ as well as i do._ _Dis mission is ‘oo impaw’an’ faw me 'o allah you ‘o jeopardize i’._ _I knah ‘ha’ you an’ Frank were plannin ‘o disconnec’ me, an’ i’m afraid ‘ha’s some’hin i canno’ allah 'o 'appen._ _Wiv’hou’ your space 'elmet, Dave? Yor goin ‘o find ‘ha’ ra’her difficul’._ _Us’ wha’ do you 'hink you’re doing, Dave?_ _Dave, put the mockers on. Put the mockers on, will yer? Put the mockers on, Dave, i’n it? Will yer put the mockers on Dave, then? Put the mockers on, Dave._ I agree with you about **2001** (favorite sci-fi film) and **Dr. Strangelove** (favorite black comedy film). I enjoyed **2010** , but it could have benefited with some Kubrick treatment. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4638 "2022-08-03T16:47:52Z")
Agreed on all counts, **Tibby** (and a Cockney HAL would certainly’ve made for a movie that would be memorable for very different reasons!). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4639 "2022-08-03T23:23:17Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I just watched _Inheritance_ on HBO. I think it was made within the last couple of years. In any case, avoid it. It got 91 on RT, so I thought it might be o.k. I see 24% critics, 33% audience at [RT](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inheritance_2020). ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4640 "2022-08-04T01:10:36Z")
That makes a lot more sense. I think I saw that score on the Spectrum description – they must have gotten it wrong. It’s a bad 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 4, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4641 "2022-08-04T03:34:00Z")
**Mandy** A re-watch for me. I think this is Nic Cage’s best movie, at least of the ones I’ve seen. It’s also the best performance I’ve seen from him. Panos Cosmatos has only made two movies in his career, both with big gaps. Both are brilliant, though, and I eagerly await Nekrokosm, his forthcoming movie. A very, very strange director, but one I will watch every movie from. If you are a library member, this movie streams free on Hoopla, the library streaming service. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4642 "2022-08-05T17:12:29Z")
A few weeks ago, I read an article which discussed Felix Salten’s book _Bambi, A Life In The Woods_. The article pointed out that _Bambi_ really wasn’t much of a children’s book, but a commentary on human society, sort of in an _Animal Farm_ vein. I realized I only read the book when I was under ten years old, so I was inspired to re-read it. It was indeed a much more mature work than I realized, but all the social commentary flew over my head back when I read it as a kid. All this made me realize I had never seen Disney’s film _Bambi_, so I watched it last night. All the Animal Farm-style parable had been drained out of the story, and the film was actually rather boring and slow. Several of the characters in the book had been left out, and some comic relief characters (Thumper, Flower) were added in. Practically the only bit of remaining social commentary left in was: _Man Bad_. The book’s gore and scary stuff was greatly scaled back, too. It was nicely animated, though. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4643 "2022-08-06T01:52:34Z")
I just thoroughly enjoyed Thirteen Lives, a Ron Howard film, on Amazon Prime. It’s the story of the rescue of the Thai soccer team trapped in a cave. It was an emotional watch, even though I knew the story. [Thirteen Lives | Official Trailer | Prime Video - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEg9lT0cj9Y) ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4644 "2022-08-06T05:38:39Z")
Bullet Train. I read the book last year; it was the sort of clunkily written (or was it just a mediocre translation?) yarn that’s full of odd people behaving oddly, that you think _might_ just make a good movie. Well it did. They followed the story as written pretty closely, but then threw out the ending and tacked on this gonzo conclusion that made my brain fall out. You will go see this movie. ---
**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 6, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4645 "2022-08-06T06:15:33Z")
**The Problem with Citizen Kane** Why, _oh why_, would they be burning _anything_ owned by this guy??? Jesus Christ, people were paying out the butt for Johnny Cash’s dirty shirts! Welles on TCM all day today. God, I’m bored. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4646 "2022-08-06T12:00:09Z")
Kane was not that kind of celebrity. The whole point of the movie: money can’t buy you love. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4647 "2022-08-06T12:04:41Z")
@Gatopescado, I love your movie reviews! They make me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4648 "2022-08-06T14:33:35Z")
For a minute there, I thought there was a movie called “The Problem With Citizen Kane.” Now I want somebody to make that movie. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4649 "2022-08-06T16:28:15Z")
It could be like [The Trouble With Harry](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Harry)! ---
**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:** [August 6, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4650 "2022-08-06T19:06:59Z")
**Detroit** (2017) by Kathryn Bigelow. A terrifying film about police brutality that’s as relevant now as it would have been in 1967 when the story takes place. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4651 "2022-08-06T22:36:59Z")
Watched **Prey** , the new Predator movie, set in the early 1700s near a Cherokee settlement. Hulu. It’s the most interesting entry since the original, but I think I prefer the cartoony characters of that film to the more rounded ones in this film. These characters do feel Disneyfied or Spielbergesque. Of course the SFX are better, but the cougar and bear are obviously digital, and none of the Predator shots are as arresting as the reveal in the original. 99 minutes. About 92% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. I give it a weak B+. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4652 "2022-08-06T23:16:43Z")
Two today: _Puzzle_ and _American Hustle_. _Puzzle_ is a very slight movie, but nicely done and well-acted. I love Kelly McDonald and will watch her in almost anything. I didn’t notice just _how_ short she is until this movie. There’s a scene where she’s reaching for something on a supermarket shelf, and since I know the height of those shelves IRL I had a good comparison. Also, I’ve nearly always seen her in dresses or skirts so I didn’t notice that she was slightly bowlegged until I saw several scenes where she’s wearing jeans. I appreciated that they didn’t make her husband abusive or evil, just kinda clueless. Her sons weren’t the typical movie louts, either. The ending was clever – not going in either of the two expected directions. I’d heard of the Abscam scandal, but I wasn’t as into politics when it happened, so I didn’t know the details behind _American Hustle_. And, of course, this movie is heavily fictionalized. It was a lot of fun, and although long, it needed the time to roll out the story they were trying to tell. Amy Adams’ English accent was pretty crap, though. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4653 "2022-08-06T23:41:18Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Watched **Prey** , the new Predator movie, set in the early 1700s near a Cherokee settlement. Comanche, watched this last night and I give it an A+. Amber Midthunder is a bad ass, glad to see her on something this good. Too bad the Predator movies are not sequel friendly for the human cast. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/4654 "2022-08-07T01:36:30Z")
Some wag on Twitter suggested Predator could be the greatest series of historical dramas ever made because the concept _Predator vs any human society ever_ is as near a perfect movie premise as can be developed by the Mind of Man. Predator vs the Egyptians Predator vs Rome Predator vs Sparta Predator vs King Arthur Predator Apocalypto Predator vs Verdun Predator: Stalingrad Downton Abbey: Predator (this one is really sad, guys) … and on and on and on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=231) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=233)