# 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:** 293
**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 25, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5856 "2023-01-25T23:25:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Big Fish_ > Hadn’t seen this warm-hearted 2003 Tim Burton film before. A journalist tries to understand his ailing father, who has always told tall tales, near the end of his life. A good mix of Southern Gothic and magical-realist fantasy, with some life-affirming lessons along the way. Recommended. Agree. This one stole my heart completely unexpectedly. I liked seeing the “truth” in the tall tales. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5857 "2023-01-26T00:44:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@msmith537](#): > > > > I just finished watching RRR and it makes Everything Everywhere All At Once look subdued and understated by comparison. > > > > The best I can describe it as a Bollywood version of Mel Gibson’s The Patriot meets the most ridiculous aspects of the MCU, but in the best possible way. > > The plot and characterizations are just hilariously awful but by god the action (and dance) sequences are just so far above and beyond even the most extreme MCU sequences that they have to be seen to be believed. None of it makes any sense whatsoever but frankly you won’t care. [What do you mean?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDAHHPGcLzo) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5858 "2023-01-26T01:09:58Z")
I recently stumbled on this gem on TCM late one night. It’s like watching a bad episode of _ **Star Trek** _ ten years too early. > **[World Without End (1956) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049964/)** > > World Without End: Directed by Edward Bernds. With Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh, Rod Taylor. Astronauts returning from a voyage to Mars are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a post-Apocalyptic Earth populated by mutants. ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5859 "2023-01-26T01:13:17Z")
Come on, this is totally plausible. He was clearly established as a master of beasts in his backstory! I think RRR is one of the greatest movies ever made and I’m not happy about the Oscar snub. It better win for the dance number at least. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5860 "2023-01-26T01:44:17Z")
**M3GAN** was enjoyable. I thought it was going to be gory based on the trailer but the kills were much tamer than they could have been. The only drawback is that most of the characters aren’t particularly sympathetic. There will be a sequel and I’m looking forward to seeing what comes next. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5861 "2023-01-26T03:38:25Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I recently stumbled on this gem on TCM late one night. It’s like watching a bad episode of _ **Star Trek** _ ten years too early. I grew up watching this film (in black and white, 'cause that’s the kind of TV we had). It was a while before I learned it was in color. I liked the bazooka. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5862 "2023-01-26T12:13:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Triangle of Sadness_ > Several ultra-rich folks take a luxury cruise; everything goes horribly awry, and the ship is lost. The survivors see their social roles upended, and don’t much like it. I saw the film just a few days before it was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, which IMHO it did not deserve. It had its moments, but it’s just not _that_ good. So basically it’s a dark version of _[The Admirable Crichton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Admirable_Crichton_(1957_film))_ without the charm and with more violence. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5863 "2023-01-26T14:11:18Z")
Love it or hate it, you can’t pigeon hole it like that. (And the violence is limited to a grenade and a ship sinking. And what’s not charming about a pirate and a Russian oligarch becoming buddies?). I enjoyed it; each act better than the one that preceded it. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5864 "2023-01-27T22:24:23Z")
[Aquarium of the Dead](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13835046/) because, I dunno, it was there. OK for people having a jones for another Sharknado movie. ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5865 "2023-01-28T00:13:27Z")
We watched three TCM movies this week that were real dogs. The one I especially hated was _Live Love Learn_ because it was profoundly stupid and annoying, plus a complete waste of the talent in it. Rosalind Russell is a rich socialite who marries Robert Montgomery, a starving artist. Russell loves _la vie Boheme_ which mostly consists of living in a fourth floor walk-up, having Robert Benchley as a roommate (in a studio apt!), and being “zany.” When Montgomery gets some notariety he gets picked up by a rich gallery owner (Monte Wooley) and gets rich. Russell hates this and wants to go back to getting drunk in a tenement and cutting people’s ties off (because they’re stuffy for wearing ties?). Just awful awful awful. We FF’d through a lot of it. The other two dogs were _My Life with Caroline_ and _The Garden of the Moon._ I think all three got at least two stars and none deserved more than one. We FF’d through a lot of these two as well. Avoid all three of these as you would Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5866 "2023-01-30T00:39:50Z")
I suffered through _Shotgun Wedding_ last night. All you really need to know is that Jennifer Lopez is in it, and her acting is just as terrible as you imagine. If that wasn’t enough, it features Jennifer “I’ll be in my booth” Coolidge, and she is as annoying in this movie as she was in 2 Broke Girls. Throw in a ridiculous plot, a male lead with no chemistry with Lopez, and top it off with a preposterous airborne climax. I’m so glad I didn’t pay to watch this piece of trash and I’m mourning the loss of hundreds of brain cells from the experience. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5867 "2023-01-30T00:55:30Z")
I watched two movies on a 10 hour flight Friday. **The Humans** with Richard Jenkins and Amy Schumer. Compelling, but not exactly the feel good movie of 2021. Excellent performances and cinematography/soundtrack that really carry over the sense of dread that permeates almost every scene. **The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent** A fun comedy but it didn’t deliver any insights into the real Cage’s character which I was expecting for some reason. Entertaining but almost immediately forgettable except for one thing…Should I now watch _Paddington 2?_ ---
**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:** [January 30, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5868 "2023-01-30T01:12:20Z")
**Manhattan Murder Mystery** Are there any really good Woody Allen movies? I’ve seen Annie Hall, Small Time Crooks, and Manhattan Murder Mystery and to be honest, he may just not be my cup of tea. Not really all that funny and not all that charming. I wonder if he is just really overrated. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5869 "2023-01-30T01:31:42Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Are there any really good Woody Allen movies? You named, at least, one of them. If you didn’t like any of those, then you probably aren’t going to like any of the others. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5870 "2023-01-30T01:40:52Z")
Saw Best Picture nominated Avatar 2 in 3D, only my second or third 3D movie (and I never saw the first film in its entirety). The visuals were spectacular, just wow. But 3D is dark, hey? I knew that already, but I did realize/remember how big the contrast is. But still, just gorgeously realized. That said, the plot was beyond awful…noble savages, the hero’s reckoning, pretty much the history of Disney archetypes…though at least there were some ass-kicking women. Juvenile writing in any case. 56/100. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5871 "2023-01-30T02:12:50Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > You named, at least, one of them. If you didn’t like any of those, then you probably aren’t going to like any of the others. I figured. I started with Annie Hall because it is so popular. I find his style…well, it’s not mine. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5872 "2023-01-30T02:18:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > _Are there any really good Woody Allen movies?_ Well, yes. There’s “The Purple Rose of Cairo” (one of my favorites not starring Woody himself); “Sleeper” (Woody’s hilarious take on a dystopian future); “Blue Jasmin” (a ripoff of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” but Cate Blanchett is marvelous in it); and his early comedies, like “Bananas” and “Take the Money and Run.” “Broadway Danny Rose” is a good comedy, as is “Midnight in Paris.” I’ll admit he’s made quite a few that were only so-so and some downright clunkers, but his percentage over 50+ years has been pretty good. That said, his movies just don’t appeal to a lot of people. Today’s glut of SuperHero movies don’t do much for me. It probably helps if you’ve been watching his movies over his entire career. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5873 "2023-01-30T02:25:03Z")
Saw **Avatar TWOW** this week. It was ok, I think the small-town theater we were in didn’t project the graphics properly. Cameron needs to join Stephen King and Peter Jackson at an editor’s anonymous meeting. I think I was the only one in the theater who said ‘Riiipleey’ as the youngest one was getting sucked down the drain. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5874 "2023-01-30T04:10:36Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Are there any really good Woody Allen movies? Many people are put off by Woody in his movies. So the movies where he is the main character may not be your cup of tea. Give **Hannah and Her Sisters** a try, and see what you think. Woody is in it, but is not one of the main storylines (yet is in one of the best scenes of any of his movies). ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/5875 "2023-01-30T04:29:02Z")
_Play It Again, Sam_ is my favorite movie of all time. _Annie Hall_ and _Hannah and Her Sisters_ are also among my 100 favorite movies (out of the more than 4,000 that I’ve seen). _Manhattan_ is close to being among my 100 favorite movies. A dozen or so other of his films are also very good. Allen is one of my two favorite filmmakers. (Richard Linklater is the other.) I’ve seen nearly all the movies in which he was the director, the scriptwriter, or one of the actors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=292) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=294)