# 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:** 404
**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:** [December 11, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8080 "2023-12-11T21:33:49Z")
I like it, too. It’s this odd mixture of weird and realistic. Even the sentimentality is a bit off-kilter. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8081 "2023-12-11T21:37:47Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Do you like Bill Murray, generally? Sure. I love Groundhog Day, What about Bob?, Man Who Knew Too Little, His cameo in Zombieland, and even though I think Ghostbusters is a bit overrated, it’s a fun and good movie and he is the best one in 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:** [December 11, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8082 "2023-12-11T21:41:19Z")
**Leave the World Behind** , Ethan Hawke, Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, and a small part for Kevin Bacon. A pretty good end-of-America film. Even the ending was pretty good. Some weird shit with animals going on that didn’t make any sense, but it’s certainly watchable (and I really dislike Julia Roberts). ---
**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:** [December 11, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8083 "2023-12-11T23:40:24Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > and even though I think Ghostbusters is a bit overrated I died a little. Carry on. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8084 "2023-12-11T23:59:08Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I died a little. Carry on. I certainly prefer it to all of its sequels. It was a fun movie. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8085 "2023-12-12T00:04:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I certainly prefer it to all of its sequels. Talk about damning with faint praise. Yes, I agree it’s a fun movie. I used to watch it all the time as a little kid. Bill Murray was my first crush. (Tied with the guy who played Eugene Tackleberry in **Police Academy.** Yes, I have weird taste.) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8086 "2023-12-12T00:05:45Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Talk about damning with faint praise. Hey, I was 11 and saw Ghostbusters 2 in the theater. We thought it was pretty fun, anyway. Hard to out do the original. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8087 "2023-12-12T00:12:05Z")
The only thing I remember from **Ghostbusters 2** was the bathtub sludge, which I found horrifying as a small child. I still think about it. I’ve been thinking about giving it a rewatch, just to see how “not as good” it actually is. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8088 "2023-12-12T00:39:00Z")
I’d like to go on record as stating that [Ghostbusters (2016)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_8_nm_0_q_ghostbusters), (the chick reboot) is the best reboot/sequel of the bunch. I like it every bit as much as the original and I don’t know why it got shit on so bad. Every lead is hilarious. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8089 "2023-12-12T10:19:32Z")
The actors were all great. But the film spent so much time paying homage to the original (including the umpteen cameos, the name, the car, the logo, the catchphrase, Slimer, Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man, etc) that it didn’t leave any time to, you know, be a movie of its own. Chris Hemsworth’s bit with the coffee absolutely killed me though. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8090 "2023-12-12T10:29:36Z")
I personally think Ghostbusters may be overrated, but would have to watch it for the first time in 40 years to check, AND I did like the 2016 sequel, much more than the recent one, mainly because the recent one seemed to be in jokes and tribute for the fans much more than the 2016. I also like Kate Mckinnon, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones AND Kristen Wiig (ish) and it felt much more SNL than the later one… ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8091 "2023-12-12T17:11:04Z")
Watched Alfie last night on TCM, because I can’t sit through commercials anymore. Goddamn, what a horrible, hateful, ugly little movie this is. Zero redeeming qualities. Just wretched from start to finish. The dialog was tedious and the talking to the camera gimmick got real stale after about 5 minutes. Crap! What’s it all about, indeed. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8092 "2023-12-12T17:22:22Z")
**Before I Go To Sleep** (2014). I mentioned this upthread but had not yet seen it. A woman wakes up every morning with no memory of who she is. It’s a decent thriller with some good twists and turns. It benefits greatly from its two A-list leads, Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth, who put in terrific performances and really help elevate a film that in lesser hands might have risked being mediocre. Rotten Tomatoes calls it “stylish, fast-paced, and well-acted” yet somehow sticks it with a mere 37% critics rating, some saying the writing was “amateurish” and accusing it of lack of memorable originality. It has its issues but deserves way better than 37%. Well worth watching, in my view. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8093 "2023-12-12T17:33:44Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Watched Alfie last night on TCM Michael Caine or Jude Law? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8094 "2023-12-12T17:35:36Z")
The Michael Caine version. Sorry. Should have mentioned that. Hard to imagine a remake… ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8095 "2023-12-12T17:37:26Z")
I didn’t think TCM would show a 2004 film but thought I would check. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8096 "2023-12-12T21:01:31Z")
**Killers of the Flower Moon** Somewhat recommended. It was good, but overlong and it does not justify its length. I think the opening 90 minutes or so actually lags a bit and clearly needs trimming down. When the investigators from the FBI arrive, things pick up more and the final 90 minutes is pretty good. Having said that, this is no masterpiece from Martin Scorsese. Just a pretty good movie about an event in history few know about. I’m all over the place with Scorsese. I think Silence is one of the greatest movies of the past 15 years or so, an absolute masterpiece and the best Scorsese movie I’ve seen. This movie was fine. Just fine. But nothing particularly amazing. It’s not going to be in my top 10 of the year and I’ve only seen 69 movies released in 2023. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8097 "2023-12-12T21:04:53Z")
I’ve read the book, so I don’t know if I’ll ever watch the movie. What got to me while reading the book was the relentlessness of the killings. It was a slow motion genocide of an entire tribe. Maybe Scorsese wanted to emphasize that? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8098 "2023-12-13T14:04:23Z")
Monty Python & the Holy Grail, 48½ anniversary - in a movie theater. Of course it was only a couple of weeks after seeing Spamalot ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8099 "2023-12-13T14:23:23Z")
I can’t believe it is 48.5 years old. I saw it in the theater for its 25th anniversary release. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=403) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=405)