# 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:** 304
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6076 "2023-02-23T22:16:52Z")
Where is that streaming? Looks like it’s worth a look. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6077 "2023-02-23T22:33:34Z")
I see this is the only thread where Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is being commented on (don’t Marvel movies generally generate their own dedicated threads, starting with the first trailer release?). I saw it on Monday, and I have to say I loved it. I thought it had heart, humor, twists, great action and fantastic effects - well worth going to see on the big screen rather than wait for the Disney+ release. The MCU seems to abound with teenaged girl super-geniuses. It seems like a real waste to have gotten Bill Murray for that minor cameo. Modok was pretty good when he was menacing and vengeful, but it was really weird when later he seemed like a goofy lost soul. And without the metal mask, he looked like the Annoying Orange. Ultimately, I think the movie would have been perfectly fine without his inclusion. Was anyone really looking for a redemption arc for Darren Cross? When the jelly alien who was obsessed with holes got shot up, I totally expecting him (it?) to be excited to have holes (he reminded me of Olaf from Frozen), but I also expected him to die from them, so that was surprising. I also expected Scott and Hope to be ironically trapped in the Quantum Realm at the end of the movie, their rescue was a twist I was happy to see. Post-credits scene - I recognize Rama-Tut and Immortus, but that third “main” Kang in the scene didn’t look like Scarlet Centurion, which is the other major identity of Kang in the comics that I’m familiar with. Any readers of more recent comics recognize him? ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6078 "2023-02-23T23:00:45Z")
It had been recorded off TCM when they showed it last October, I think. It might be streaming somewhere, but probably not in a lot of places. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6079 "2023-02-23T23:04:20Z")
I’ve got TCM on HBO Max. I’ll look for it there. Thanks! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6080 "2023-02-23T23:11:03Z")
We have a show at our local civic center called **Our Planet Live in Concert** (notice the similar name), with an 18-piece orchestra and video projections of the Netflix show. It’s narrated by Attenborough along with William Shatner. > **[Our Planet Live In Concert | Rochester, MN 55904](https://www.mayociviccenter.com/event/our-planet-live-in-concert/59268/)** > > William Shatner, the Emmy® Award-winning actor who came to fame portraying Captain James T. Kirk on the original “Star Trek” television series, today announced he has signed on to provide special co-narration for the all-new concert tour, “Our Planet... ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6081 "2023-02-24T01:10:46Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Post-credits scene - I recognize Rama-Tut and Immortus, but that third “main” Kang in the scene didn’t look like Scarlet Centurion, which is the other major identity of Kang in the comics that I’m familiar with. Any readers of more recent comics recognize him? Victor Timely? ---
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6082 "2023-02-24T01:52:03Z")
**The Whale** Yeah, so this was pretty good, but hardly the most incredible movie. I do think Brendan Fraser is really excellent, but I’m not sure this part was Oscar worthy. I have no issue with him winning an Oscar, of course, but I don’t think this role was particularly compelling or impressive. Anyway, nice movie, kind of depressing, hardly adds up to much more than a simple story. Worth it, but no huge impact. I think the comeback-kid cheering for Brendan is moving this movie forward. I love him too, but this was just a “good to ok” movie. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6083 "2023-02-24T01:57:04Z")
Sorry, I know about Victor Timely, who was in the final scene. I meant the one who was in the mid-credits scene with Immortus and Rama-Tut. he wore a black bodysuit with some glowing (blue? purple?) lines along the vertical of his body. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6084 "2023-02-24T04:33:46Z")
That looks like a great (and fun) show. I wish it was playing where I live. I’m jealous. Attenborough is pretty amazing—well into his 90s and still an impassioned conservationist and creator of many of the finest nature documentaries we’ve been privileged to watch. I got hooked on nature documentaries as a kid in the 60s, watching oceanographer Jacques Cousteau (co-inventor of the world’s first successful aqualung) shows. He, along with well-credentialed folks like Jane Goodall, Carl Sagan, and David Attenborough have enriched our lives by clearly documenting how our world works, for the benefit of the lay public and scientists alike. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6085 "2023-02-24T04:39:14Z")
what were they ? and even mgm had stinkers … ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6086 "2023-02-24T16:53:50Z")
> [@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. Yes, a favorite tear jerker. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6087 "2023-02-24T16:55:43Z")
I remember really not wanting to like that one but I was unsuccessful. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6088 "2023-02-24T18:11:56Z")
If it helps, I hated it. A couple of nights ago I watched _[Sneakers](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/?ref_=hm_rvi_tt_i_1)_ (1992) - Redford, Poitier, Ben Kngsley, River Phoenix, David Strathairn, Dan Aykroyd. _Hackers_ for smart people. Good movie. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6089 "2023-02-24T18:14:28Z")
I really liked that movie. And it’s a little sad that River Phoenix was the youngest cast member and yet the rest outlived him, some by a lot. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6090 "2023-02-24T21:49:27Z")
Definitely. Haven’t seen it since it first came out, and I still remember the scene with Poitier giving Redford long, complicated instructions by phone. You can only hear Redford’s side of the conversation, which is mostly “Uh huhs.” Redford finally says, “OK, got it”… and just kicks open the door. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6091 "2023-02-24T22:26:59Z")
**The Gunman** , Sean Penn as a retired covert ops guy. He really is not good in that sort of role. And what the hell was Mark Rylance doing in this thing? He’s probably the greatest British stage actor of our time; was that too boring? Pretty sure Javier Bardem and Idris Elba both fired their agents, also. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6092 "2023-02-25T05:30:08Z")
**We Have a Ghost** on Netflix. Very funny and very touching. David Harbour’s performance is great. ---
**Author:** ![fordgt100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fordgt100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fordgt100)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6093 "2023-02-25T08:47:51Z")
The original 1967 version of Point Blank. That is really an incredible film. Its overlaying stories, which are not in sequential time, is just genius. Every one of the actors are at the top of their game, especially Lee Marvin. Even though Carroll O’Connor is only in the film a short while at the very end, he damn near steals the show. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6094 "2023-02-25T17:58:51Z")
> [@fordgt100](#): > > The original 1967 version of Point Blank. That is really an incredible film. I always liked that film. But that loooong repetitive instrumental “psychedelic” tune ( or whatever producers thought that psychedelic music sounded like circa 1967 ) in that club scene that just goes on and in the same repetitive 14 bar loop just ear worms me to death. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6095 "2023-02-25T20:54:23Z")
I have a question this time instead of posting my latest movie viewing. There is a Creed III that is coming out soon or is out now. I didn’t see Creed 2, but it looks to me like Jonathan Majors is the bad guy in Creed III, like the other boxer Michael Jordan has to beat? Majors was Kang, the bad guy, in Ant-Man 3. Is he making a career out of bad guys now? Also, if he is the villian of Creed 3, has an actor ever been the antagonist in two movies opening 1 or 2 weeks apart? It’s kind of incredible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=303) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=305)