# 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:** 422
**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:** [January 19, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8440 "2024-01-19T17:42:13Z")
I gave **Big Lebowski** another try, as it was playing on TCM. Saw it years ago and hated it. But since everyone raves on, figured I’d give it another chance. Nope. I was right. Hated it again. It just tries _sooo_ hard to be edgy and quirky and John Goodman simply ruins it. Got in maybe a few minutes beyond the last time and zoned out. Maybe one or two memorable lines. Too much like a Cohen Brothers (who I generally enjoy) and Wes Anderson (who I despise) Love-In. Well, at least now I know for sure. It’s not for me. ---
**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 19, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8441 "2024-01-19T17:45:18Z")
I have also taken a couple of runs at this movie and just absolutely find it uninteresting. (Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.gif) ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8442 "2024-01-19T17:48:52Z")
I like _Lebowski_ pretty well. But then again, I like _Eraserhead_, so consider my opinions accordingly. That’s why we have more than one movie in the world. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8443 "2024-01-19T18:06:09Z")
dupe post ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8444 "2024-01-19T18:06:54Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Eraserhead I read a review of Eraserhead when I was 11 or so, and the reviewer loved the movie while at the same time insisting on how disgusting and perturbing it was, and how there was nothing for the viewer to enjoy only misery and suffering. I decided then and there that I would never watch it. Now, 34 years later, should I reconsider? ---
**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 19, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8445 "2024-01-19T18:08:45Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > I like _Lebowski_ pretty well. But then again, I like _Eraserhead_, so consider my opinions accordingly. I saw _Eraserhead_ in the theater unaware of what was about to transpire, and I was bowled over by it, very much in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8446 "2024-01-19T18:27:11Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I read a review of Eraserhead when I was 11 or so, and the reviewer loved the movie while at the same time insisting on how disgusting and perturbing it was, and how there was nothing for the viewer to enjoy only misery and suffering. > I decided then and there that I would never watch it. > Now, 34 years later, should I reconsider Well, it’s definitely not cheerful. That much is certain. If you can throw all your expectations out the window (except for knowing that it’s going to be dark and probably unsettling and was made on a budget that was almost literally whatever spare change Lynch could scrape up, along with some help from Sissy Spacek) and just be ready to take the movie on its own terms for what it is, give it a try. I mean, you can always bail at any time. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8447 "2024-01-19T18:28:45Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Well, at least now I know for sure. It’s not for me. Yeah, it’s just all right. If it weren’t for all the memes, etc., I wouldn’t even remember that I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8448 "2024-01-19T19:31:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I gave **Big Lebowski** another try, as it was playing on TCM. I really like it, own it on DVD. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8449 "2024-01-19T19:45:03Z")
I, too, caught _The Big Lebowski_ on TCM last night. I was laughing my balls off. For every piece of scenery John Goodman chews up, Steve Buschemi is right there to ground it. I spent the better part of the film trying to pay as much attention to Donny as I could. Buschemi should’ve won an Oscar. His silent reactions to the inanity going around him are priceless. Full disclosure … I was baked as balls, and until I got my haircut last week, you could’ve confused me for The Dude on any given day. But I don’t wear jellies. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8450 "2024-01-19T19:54:56Z")
**Ferrari** (2023). If you are expecting this to be about cars with lots of racing, then you will be disappointed. There is some but the thrust of the movie is about the man and his complexities more than anything else. It is set at a crucial time in his life and that of his company and it is to certain extent a counterpoint to Ford vs Ferrari. It was well done with Penélope Cruz in particular giving a great performance. Not a particularly exciting film, but an interesting one which may inspire you to find out more about the person it portrays. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [January 19, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8451 "2024-01-19T19:58:37Z")
I tried to watch **High Plains Drifter** again. I’d forgotten that it opens with a rape scene by Eastwood. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8452 "2024-01-19T22:28:26Z")
Watched **White House Down** and enjoyed it. Good action-adventure romp. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8453 "2024-01-19T22:45:35Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I gave **Big Lebowski** another try, as it was playing on TCM. Saw it years ago and hated it. But since everyone raves on, figured I’d give it another chance. > > Nope. I was right. Hated it again. It just tries _sooo_ hard to be edgy and quirky and John Goodman simply ruins it. Got in maybe a few minutes beyond the last time and zoned out. Maybe one or two memorable lines. Too much like a Cohen Brothers (who I generally enjoy) and Wes Anderson (who I despise) Love-In. > > Well, at least now I know for sure. It’s not for me. It doesn’t have to be for you, but something to keep in mind is this was the Cohen’s Bros love letter to Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep specifically, and Film Noir as a genre in general. The things they were trying very hard to do were very intentional. You still don’t have to like it at all, but it helps explain the strangeness and jerky story telling. It’s all in the book too, perhaps even more so for it’s 1939 publish date. ---
**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 20, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8454 "2024-01-20T00:45:28Z")
Isn’t it _The Big Sleep_ where the movie’s producers asked Chandler who killed one of the characters (because they were confused), Chandler basically said “Hell if I know?” ---
**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:** [January 20, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8455 "2024-01-20T01:58:32Z")
**Beyond The Law** starring Charlie Sheen, Michael Madsen and Linda Fiorentino. I haven’t seen **Platoon** ; maybe Sheen is good in that but the other flix of his? Well, he got lucky with **Two And A Half Men**. This movie is awful, he is awful, the cast is wasted and the sex scene with Fiorentino is incredibly boring. Rip Torn has third billing and has all of 30 seconds of screen time. Avoid this like the plague. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8456 "2024-01-20T02:20:18Z")
Just got back from seeing **The End We Start From**. I hadn’t even heard of it before, just saw it listed while looking up times for another film when noticed it features Jodie Comer (Killing Eve). I can’t say enough about her performance. The premise is that some kind of natural disaster leads to massive flooding in England(or parts of it) as Comer goes into labor. The film follows her journey / survival with her newborn. It’s a bit slow and there’s a completely unnecessary appearance by Benedict Cumberbatch, but her performance is worth every penny of admission. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8457 "2024-01-20T03:05:24Z")
_Beyond the Law_ is a guilty pleasure of mine. I think Sheen does a pretty good job as a biker/narc, but Madsen as the leader, Blood, does seem miscast. No, no Oscar winning anything in this movie, but Idunno … I like biker movies. I actually just watched it myself last month. I was reading “Hell’s Angels” by Hunter S Thompson so it gave me the bug. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8458 "2024-01-20T03:33:10Z")
I’ll back off on the “avoid this like the plague,” comment, I was pissed that Fiorentino was wasted. Madsen should have single-handedly carried the film; I think the script needed work – especially since it was based on a true story. I’m still waiting for a really good biker film to come down the pike, all the ones I’ve seen end up being 2/3 of a good movie but they run out of steam. Hope springs eternal. I’d like to see a movie where the bikers are the good guys and wreak havoc on those damn crotch-rocket punks. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 20, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8459 "2024-01-20T21:53:19Z")
Just watched **The Legend of Tarzan** , starring a Skarsgard, Margot Robbie, and Christopher Waltz as the bad guy. Also Samuel Jackson for some comic relief. Somewhat entertaining, but I wouldn’t watch it again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=421) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=423)