# 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:** 333
**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:** [May 30, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6657 "2023-05-30T22:16:52Z")
To each their own! Did you see the Bogart version, or prefer one to the other? ---
**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:** [May 30, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6658 "2023-05-30T22:17:42Z")
I’ve never seen the Bogart version, just the remake with Sean Penn and Robert De Niro. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6659 "2023-05-30T22:20:40Z")
They’re very different, in characters, setting, time and plot. But the bones of the plot are essentially the same. ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6660 "2023-05-30T23:41:15Z")
I’ll take Bogey, Peter Ustinov, and Aldo Ray (along with his pet) helping Leo G. Carroll and going up against Basil Rathbone over DeNiro and Penn helping Demi Moore and going against James Russo. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6661 "2023-05-31T01:31:47Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Saw **The Wrath of Becky** over the weekend… Been there, Done that! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6662 "2023-05-31T01:50:59Z")
**M3GAN** - Way late to the party on this one, but it wasn’t my fault. It is billed as a horror/thriller and I have seen enough killer robots. This is not. It is most definitely science fiction in it’s purest sense. I loved it. Fantastic acting, gripping plot, many difficult ethical situations beyond the “Number 5 is ALIVE!” variety. If you care at all about what true Science Fiction does, or humanity in general, or pretending to appear human, go watch this. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6663 "2023-05-31T02:04:00Z")
Well, I never… ☺ ---
**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 31, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6664 "2023-05-31T02:29:49Z")
Don’t worry, it’s a tale from your younger days. And your character has a big old lovable dog named Diego…_that likes meat_. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6665 "2023-05-31T09:32:14Z")
Watched _A Simple Favor_ with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. Someone called it Mommy Noir, which I think works. Nice performances by the two leads, twists and turns, not trying to be too deep and dark, but still has tension to keep you interested. Also caught _Air_ which I had zero interest in, but enjoyed nonetheless. I think Affleck was a little too Afflecky, but the movie really sucked me in. ---
**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 31, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6666 "2023-05-31T11:04:31Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Watched _A Simple Favor_ with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. Someone called it Mommy Noir, which I think works. Nice performances by the two leads, twists and turns, not trying to be too deep and dark, but still has tension to keep you interested. Wow, hard disagree. I was really disappointed in this movie. I found nothing engaging about it. A good example of a movie I kept waiting to get good…until it was over and it didn’t. ---
**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 31, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6667 "2023-05-31T13:56:33Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Watched _A Simple Favor_ with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. Someone called it Mommy Noir, which I think works. Nice performances by the two leads, twists and turns, not trying to be too deep and dark, but still has tension to keep you interested. One of the best movies of the year it was released. I liked the way it stood the tropes of the “Gone Girl” genre on their heads and did it with a wink and a nod. Anna Kendrick is a standout as the “good” girl that slowly reveals she’s not so good after all. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6668 "2023-05-31T17:38:00Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Anna Kendrick is a standout as the “good” girl that slowly reveals she’s not so good after all. Welp, spoiled that one. I would have watched it otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6669 "2023-05-31T17:59:03Z")
Go ahead and watch it, the thing isn’t deep enough for a minor spoiler to ruin it. It’s not like peccavi pointed out: Really? You’re trying to get spoiled? C’mon, just watch the movie. That would have been uncool. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6670 "2023-05-31T18:03:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Being Mary Tyler Moore_ > Affectionate documentary about the beloved sitcom and movie actress, who died in 2017. I learned quite a bit about her and, although the biopic acknowledges some of her shortcomings and failings, I like her even more now. Yes, we watched it, and I thought I knew a lot about her, but there were still new nuggets revealed. For example, I had always thought she’d been a diabetic all her life, but, no, she didn’t have diabetes until she had a miscarriage in her late 30s. Although I wondered if she maybe had a pre-condition that the miscarriage triggered. Also, damn! David Suskind in those interview clips they showed was a total a\*\*hole. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6671 "2023-05-31T18:12:04Z")
Yes, Susskind had a reputation as a good interviewer, as I recall, but he really _did_ come across badly in his time with MTM. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6672 "2023-06-02T02:06:35Z")
In the last few days I have re-watched a semi-old favorite and a new favorite: _[The Departed (2006)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_departed)_ - Marty Scorcese, Matt Damon awesome as the heel, even Marky-Mark is good as the retribution. I hadn’t watched this one in a while and I think I picked up a few more important points around DiCaprio’s character’s issues with trauma and drugs and paranoia and all of that. _[Knock at the Cabin (2023)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15679400/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_1_q_knock%2520cabin)_ - Damn, I really love this movie. So creepy and well acted. Dave Bautista particularly impresses. I still wish they’d have stuck with the book ending and walked the earth alone, but it’s about time M. Night makes a movie I can really get into again. (full disclosure - I kind of liked _The Village_) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6673 "2023-06-02T13:22:17Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@peccavi](#): > > > > Anna Kendrick is a standout as the “good” girl that slowly reveals she’s not so good after all. > > Welp, spoiled that one. I would have watched it otherwise. Then you didn’t want to watch it that bad. Every movie trailer practically gives the plot away. Even the attention grabbing Shorts in the Netflix lobby reveal more of any film than **peccavi** gave up. Perhaps stick to TV Guide? ETA: Nope, that won’t work, ‘Anna Kendrick plays a nice girl that reveals she’s not so nice’ would be the first thing a TV Guide would say. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6674 "2023-06-02T13:36:08Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Every movie trailer practically gives the plot away. Even the attention grabbing Shorts in the Netflix lobby reveal more of any film than **peccavi** gave up. > > Perhaps stick to TV Guide? Not having seen any of those, there was no way for me to know that it wasn’t a spoiler, now, was there? It sure sounded like the plot twist was being given away. Do you always post such jerkish things? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6675 "2023-06-02T15:41:27Z")
Moderating: > [@needscoffee](#): > > Do you always post such jerkish things? It’s fine to complain about spoilers, and even to say that a post that is a spoiler (or looks like one) is jerkish. But when you ask if someone always posts jerkish things, you are venturing into insulting the poster. And this is Cafe. Please tone it down a bit. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6676 "2023-06-02T15:55:22Z")
The Cassandra Crossing – Haven’t seen it since 1980-something, shouldn’t have bothered. Richard Harris tries, but can’t carry the whole film by himself. Big, stellar, wasted cast, bad dialog, shoddy FX. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=332) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=334)