# 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:** 284
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5676 "2023-01-08T02:24:10Z")
It’s an intricate plot that can be hard to follow, but I didn’t see any bad acting. Though I’m not the best judge of such things. Still, I thought Christian Bale, Rami Malek, and Robert De Niro were very good (and Margot Robbie was very gorgeous – as well has having a career record of two Oscar and four Golden Globe nominations). I think the movie gets better around the point that the trio meets General Dillenbeck (De Niro). It strikes me as a sort of modern interpretation of _film noir_, and has a satisfying sentimental ending. It doesn’t surprise me that the estimated budget was $80 mil. A big chunk of that was probably salaries for the A-list help. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5677 "2023-01-08T02:34:17Z")
We’re roughly 1/3 of the way through Jurassic World Dominion, and this might be the worst-written movie I’ve seen in (at least) a decade. The dialogue, the plotting, the dialogue. Plus the plotting. I hope they all get eaten, but that never happens in these movies. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5678 "2023-01-08T02:43:13Z")
I’m a tremendous fan of the original _Jurassic Park_, which I consider to be one of the best movies ever made and a perfect archetype of what an entertaining major blockbuster should be. So I’ve watched all the sequels, good and bad, I’m sure including _Jurassic World Dominion_. But I don’t specifically remember it, which I think says it all. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5679 "2023-01-08T02:47:19Z")
Supposedly Jurassic World Domination was supposed to end the franchise. We can only hope they stick to that, because it sucked. (Though I agree that the first movie was great.) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5680 "2023-01-08T03:05:35Z")
2/3 through now. All characters are still alive. Presumably the bad guys all die now. Plus BD Wong, who I’ve come to like. Jurassic Park was freaking great, I’ve watched it who knows how many times. Jurassic World was relatively okay. “They were so preoccupied with whether they could make a sequel that they didn’t stop to think” etc. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5681 "2023-01-08T03:10:36Z")
JWD was voted the worst thing we watched in 2022 in the _Trial by Content_ podcast: > ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5682 "2023-01-08T03:28:30Z")
It’s finally over at long last. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5683 "2023-01-08T06:14:09Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Just finished watching _ **Amsterdam** _. I got around to watching this today. I thought it was… not good. Seemed like two unfinished stories stuck together and tried to force to make nice with each other. But Holy Cow! What a huge bunch (and waste of) big name people! How the hell did they all get roped into this movie with such a weak story?? Somebody has lots of incriminating photos I’m guessing. Wasn’t impressed with the guy who played the Doctor. Kinda hammy. And a good story could have been crafted about ‘The Business Plot’ without all the silly junk in the first half of the movie. Anyway… I had my reasons for watching. And I know nothing about ‘Cinema’, so my review probably isn’t worth too much. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5684 "2023-01-08T10:54:11Z")
**Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street** Effectively a four hour movie chopped into 1 hour sequences, this documentary is a decent look @ Madoff and his crimes. It largely blames the SEC for allowing this to continue, however, it also notes that the Republicans have done nothing but gut financial oversight since Reagan. On Netflix. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5685 "2023-01-08T11:19:38Z")
**The Menu**. I liked it. A refreshing, atypical take on the too often boring premises of horror films, with absurdist humor, to boot. It wouldn’t have worked without the mesmerizing performance of Ralph Fiennes, however. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5686 "2023-01-08T13:51:49Z")
**Jurassic World: Dominion.** I pretty much agree with what has already been said. If you like dinosaurs and giant bugs, this movie is for you, as long as you can ignore its pedestrian script and myriad plot holes. On the positive side, I liked seeing the original characters brought back, especially Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm. Having grown up with some great dinosaur movies (by Ray Harryhausen) and not-so-great (by Irwin Allen and others), I’ll watch a dinosaur flick anytime. I’ve rewatched “Jurassic Park” and “Jurassic Park: The Lost World” (my favorite) many times. The best I can say about this one is that I enjoyed the ride but have no desire to repeat it. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5687 "2023-01-08T17:26:47Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It’s an intricate plot that can be hard to follow, but I didn’t see any bad acting. It wasn’t bad acting, per se. It was just hollow somehow. I was never into the story; I was always aware of actors acting. So, it didn’t grab me the way I wanted it to. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5688 "2023-01-08T17:50:58Z")
Jurassic Park really was great. I just installed a new sound system and looking for something to test it out with, I came across JP. Great lines, great sound effects, and a great score. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5689 "2023-01-08T19:34:09Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Then I watched **John Wick III** , which I had not already seen. It’s a good example of the adage “quit while you’re ahead”. Tedious, and predictable, the plot is tired to the point of being coma inducing. You watch John Wick for the plot? The story and the world building get more and more ridiculous throughout the series and it’s wonderful in a completely ironic way, but as the series progresses, the fight scenes just get more and more bonkers. Like the scene in the knife museum. A knife museum! I’ll keep watching 'em as long as they’re making 'em. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5690 "2023-01-08T19:36:17Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Jurassic Park really was great. I just installed a new sound system and looking for something to test it out with, I came across JP. Great lines, great sound effects, and a great score. It’s also genius storytelling. I watched it recently. That is one tight script. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5691 "2023-01-08T19:43:57Z")
An independent film called [Blue Ruin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ruin). We really enjoyed it. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5692 "2023-01-08T20:12:23Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > You watch John Wick for the plot? Well, there’s a plot, and it’s contrived, of course. The mayhem just gets boring to me, though some of the methods in III are amusing, like using a horse to kick people to death. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5693 "2023-01-08T20:16:54Z")
> **[In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024176/?ref_=ttmc_mc_tt)** > > In the Wake of the Bounty: Directed by Charles Chauvel. With Arthur Greenaway, Mayne Lynton, Errol Flynn, Victor Gouriet. A former member of the crew of the HMS Bounty recounts the story of the mutiny aboard ship. Pretty dreadful overall. The first (roughly) 38 minutes is a very cheap and boring “dramatic recreation” of the mutiny. There are maybe three sets and Errol Flynn - in his first film, playing Fletcher Christian - has no more than a line or two; he mostly just stands around tree-like watching Captain Bligh take hits of snuff and mug. This part of the flick is generally worthless and best skipped, imo, the native dancing and occasional topless _vahine_ notwithstanding. The latter half is a narrated documentary (i.e., no interviews) of _ca._ 1932 “idyllic” Pitcairn life for the 52 families living there descended from the mutineers. Marginally more interesting (if no less boring), it is unfortunately afflicted by more lame dramatic recreations. This was the first movie actually shot on Pitcairn and it features several nice views of the mountainous island, including Bounty Bay, the local church (built by the last Bounty survivor over Polynesian ruins that dated from at least three centuries earlier), and the very narrow and dangerous reef through which all landings had to come (I think there is now some kind of pier). Fletcher Christian’s man-cave is only shown from the outside. Note: This was at least the second filmed version of the mutiny following a 1916 silent and just before MGM’s best-known 1935 version with Chuck Laughton as Bligh. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5694 "2023-01-08T22:01:24Z")
**Glass Onion** Netflix. I really enjoyed this movie. I had intrigued me enough when I saw a preview at the theater that I resolved to watch it then, but missed the timing so I was glad to see it was available on Netflix. The whole thing is a absurd, as are many mystery movies, but the style and the characters made it work. Although I enjoyed Knives Out, this one I liked a lot better even though it was less of a mystery. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5695 "2023-01-08T22:33:11Z")
_David Bowie: The Last Five Year_s. A moving documentary on HBO with lots of interesting interviews. An excellent celebration of his life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=283) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=285)