# 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:** 342
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6837 "2023-06-25T03:57:55Z")
**The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster** Recommended. A re-imagined version of Frankenstein, this time with a young Black girl bringing back her brother who is killed in violence on the street. A very well done version of the Frankenstein story in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6838 "2023-06-25T11:27:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **The Wrath of Becky** Ah, I saw the first one, which I really enjoyed but forgot about because the naming gives me nothing to remember about it. I was unaware of the sequel which I will hunt down now. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6839 "2023-06-25T12:36:36Z")
Having nothing to watch on a Saturday evening, I opened-up the big box of DVDs and pulled out one of my two favorite movies of all time, **Casablanca,** which I haven’t watched in at least a decade. I’ve seen it dozens of times, at home and in a theater, and enjoy it every bit as much each time. This was a digitally-restored release and it looked great on my 55-inch TV. It’s the perfect movie of that era, or any era. My other favorite movie is **The Wizard of Oz.** I’ve always had an old soul. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6840 "2023-06-25T13:30:04Z")
Re: **Asteroid City** I agree with everything **Gyrate** stated. I will say that Anderson is doing somewhat better with expressing human emotional content. For me, growing up in the 60’s as a huge space nerd, and transitioning later into a theatre kid, with a nostalgic fondness for the “serious method actor” Lee Strasberg NY world of the 50’s and 60’s, this film was like a shot of heroin. But, as I described it to my friends and family afterwards, I told them that I DO NOT recommend it to the general audience. You really do have to have an established appreciation of Anderson’s live-actors-as-puppet-show vibe. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6841 "2023-06-25T13:48:56Z")
About 10 years ago, my daughter, ex-wife, and I got into a discussion re: the word “cute”. I had used the word to describe something Sophia was wearing, and they both told me that describing something as “cute” was rather dismissive, that it signified that something may be good but… not really. That “cute” was the go-to compliment when there wasn’t really anything to compliment. Anyway… Saw **Asteroid City** last night. It was cute! ---
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6842 "2023-06-25T14:27:32Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Saw **Asteroid City** last night. It was cute! But also fun. Like much of the media from the era Anderson is so fond of, there is something very ephemeral about his films. They are a pleasant experience that are kind of hard to appreciate or intellectually defend after the credits have rolled. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6843 "2023-06-25T15:15:19Z")
I’ll definitely see it. Wes Anderson is kind of hit-or-miss with me, but this film looks right up my alley. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6844 "2023-06-25T17:35:42Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > We started watching _ **An American in Paris** _ and just couldn’t get past the first twenty minutes. It won the Best Picture award? Really? It’s a borefest… Bolding mine. I recorded this the other day and was going to rewatch it to comment at length. The dancing and singing are outstanding; really catchy and exciting, and I thought Gene Kelly was in even better form than in Singin’ in the Rain, but the parts in between aren’t very good. The love story is unconvincing, the plot development is confusing and the resolution is a disappointment. Still, the song/dance numbers are very good. What isn’t good at all is how badly the film has aged. The new restored version is excellent; I’m referring to the outdated treatment of women. Kelly’s character becomes infatuated with a woman and stalks her until she agrees to a date. Stalk isn’t too strong a word, as she makes it clear that she isn’t interested, without a hint of flirtation, and he calls her at home and shows up at her workplace unannounced with the intention of wooing her. That kind of stuff can be overlooked easily enough in an old film, but there’s a line of dialogue that is just unforgivable. Someone’s complaining about _wimmin_ these days and says, “they want to act like men but be treated like women.” 🙄 I think there’s another groaner in the dialogue somewhere, and I was going to rewatch to quote it here. Now I think I’ll just skip everything but the musical bits. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6845 "2023-06-25T18:32:58Z")
I keep an eye on Leslie Caron though, because she is on a Deathpool list of mine. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6846 "2023-06-25T18:59:33Z")
> [@alovem](#): > > That kind of stuff can be overlooked easily enough in an old film, but there’s a line of dialogue that is just unforgivable. Someone’s complaining about _wimmin_ these days and says, “they want to act like men but be treated like women.” 🙄 Yeah, I’ll hear a similar line in an old movie, and it immediately turns the movie into a total bummer for me. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6847 "2023-06-25T19:18:52Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > _Yeah, I’ll hear a similar line in an old movie, and it immediately turns the movie into a total bummer for me. Ugh._ I posted earlier today about watching “Casablanca,” made in 1942. I love that movie, but there is one line that really takes me out of it. The character played by Ingrid Bergman asks the waiter about “the boy playing the piano.” The piano player is Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, who was black, and was in his 50s when the movie was made. I don’t believe in censoring the art of a different time, but I wish that line could be changed. Perhaps now with Artificial Intelligence… ---
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6848 "2023-06-25T19:23:00Z")
Don’t you _hate_ that in a movie you otherwise love? I was watching _The Mighty Quinn_ yesterday, and I know it has its faults, but I just love it. But the “governor” used the n-word, and even though it was a black character describing another black character, it grated. ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6849 "2023-06-25T20:47:36Z")
Today is June Lockhart’s birthday – she’s 98. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6850 "2023-06-25T20:53:27Z")
Well, I could still get _ **two** _ points for her. What a difference a day makes. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6851 "2023-06-25T22:42:51Z")
**The Ring** Not recommended, though not terrible. I’d never seen it despite its fame. I found it to be middling and mostly uninteresting. The very famous shot of the girl coming out of the TV, which I was spoiled about knowing, was about the only real thrill in the movie. The rest was a mostly boring affair and I honestly expected more. I have not seen the Japanese original and obviously have not seen any follow-ups. Are any recommended? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6852 "2023-06-25T22:52:46Z")
The Ring just doesn’t hold much thrill, but maybe a few queasy moments. The most interesting thing about it is the kid actor, who went on to a different kind of career. > **[David Dorfman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dorfman)** > > David Dorfman (born February 7, 1993) is an American attorney and retired actor. He portrayed Aidan Keller in the 2002 horror film remake The Ring, and its 2005 sequel The Ring Two. His other film roles include Sammy in Panic, Joey in Bounce, and Jedidiah Hewitt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He has also portrayed Charles Wallace Murry in the film version of A Wrinkle in Time. In 2008, Dorfman appeared in the film Drillbit Taylor. He was cast alongside Thomas Haden Church in Zombie Roadkill, ... ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6853 "2023-06-25T23:06:49Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Never watched The Flash, but I’m guessing cameos setup future installments. Which will never happen because DC is rebooting the entire universe. So the movie really is meaningless. Doesn’t make it unenjoyable. It’s just pointless. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6854 "2023-06-26T00:36:57Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > A ridiculous number of celebrities deadpanning their way through short, ridiculous vignettes. The story - what little there is of it - veering frequently off into commentary or meta-commentary or meta-meta-commentary. Lots of amusing little details that are completely irrelevant to anything. Sounds perfect. I am one of those people that loves his weird, twee vision. I think **The Royal Tenenbaums** is still my favorite. I’m very much a fan of directors who you can immediately tell by looking at a shot who is the director. Like that Eggars guy. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6855 "2023-06-26T01:08:44Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > I don’t believe in censoring the art of a different time, but I wish that line could be changed. Perhaps now with Artificial Intelligence… Then there’s the challenge of Blazing Saddles. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/6856 "2023-06-26T01:50:53Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > _Then there’s the challenge of Blazing Saddles._ A clean, non-offensive version of “Blazing Saddles” would run about 5 minutes! Most of it would be Frankie Laine’s main title song. That’s one you gotta take just as it is, and for anyone offended, there’s an “off” button. Remember, Richard Pryor was a co-writer, and was Mel Brooks’ first choice to play Sheriff Bart, but the studio said no. Personally, I think Pryor might have been too far over the top and Cleavon Little played it just right. And it’s in the Library of Congress! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=341) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=343)