# 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:** 428
**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 29, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8560 "2024-01-29T22:10:13Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Watched Willard on Svengoolie last night. I suppose it was a horror movie, but I "awww"ed a lot more than I "eek"ed. I only watched most of the movie, but I’d read the book when it was first published. Maybe because the book was set in the UK, the movie jarred a bit. But, yeah, the rats were the most sympathetic characters. We watched the first couple of episodes of _The Curse,_ but got bored/annoyed and skipped to the final episode. There’s going to be a second season? Because I was hoping the husband would just fly up into the sky and never come back. End of story. Is it especially low-budget? Because that was the cheesiest fakiest c-section I think I’ve ever seen. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8561 "2024-01-29T23:22:41Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I think you can getr the full film on YouTube, possibly with subtitles. No such luck. I did note that a restored version was released in 2022, but it doesn’t look like it has made it to North America. There are a few copies of the 2012 DVD available for sell, here and there but the restored version looks great judging by the trailer. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PBv-VWRstUg/maxresdefault.jpg "Trailer - Karel Zeman: The Stolen Airship (Digitally restored 2022)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBv-VWRstUg) ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8562 "2024-01-30T10:43:46Z")
**Ghostbusters: Afterlife** - rather sweet and McKenna Grace remains excellent in everything, but not really much of a plot. It’s more of a love letter to the first film and to Harold Ramis. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8563 "2024-01-30T15:07:20Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Watched **Asteroid City** today. I have mixed feelings. > Visually, I loved it. And there were some interesting ideas put forward. > > But I felt the framing conceit worked against itself. Taking down the fourth wall at the outset (or, perhaps more accurately, never putting it up in the first place) made it difficult to connect with the characters, leaving much less emotional impact than there could have been. > > Or maybe the actual characters were meant to be the actors _playing_ the characters. In any case, whatever cleverness there is in the concept, it adds a layer that acts as a barrier between the audience and the story. I read this entirely in the voice and delivery of Robert Downey Jr. playing Kirk Lazarus playing Staff Sergeant Lincoln Osiris. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8564 "2024-01-30T15:08:34Z")
Never go full Wes Anderson. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8565 "2024-01-30T15:30:04Z")
I think it’s not that great idea to be meta in a movie. My favorite Wes Anderson movie is _Moonrise Kingdom_, which doesn’t go meta. _Moonrise Kingdom_ is a lot like another of my favorite films, the 1979 film _A Little Romance_. Both are about two kids aged 12 or 13 who decide to run away to spend some time together. More loosely, both those two are a little like another of my favorite films, the 2014 film _Boyhood_, which was filmed over a period a little longer than 12 years, telling the story of a boy from 6 to 18. Every character in the film is only played by one actor. This means that the actors are aging for real, not being made up to look older or younger. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8566 "2024-01-30T18:05:25Z")
Just caught **The Scarlet Letter** on TCM, the 1934 version. I sheepishly admit that it was a book that I was supposed to read in high school but was _soooo_ boring… I ended up reading a summary in the encyclopedia instead. I knew the basics of the story, but I didn’t realize there were some really funny parts. Perhaps I was just in a good mood. Perhaps I should read the book. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8567 "2024-01-30T18:09:00Z")
In school, I was supposed to read Tess of the d’Urbervilles but just could not get through any of it, so I rented the Nastassja Kinski film version instead. This was in the VHS days. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8568 "2024-01-30T19:53:59Z")
This sort of thing started as soon as there was film. My mother told me about a funny incident in a high school English class(Late 1940’s) One guy was giving a book report on Bambi. He didn’t read the book, he just watched the movie. Suffice it to say he was highly embarrassed. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8569 "2024-01-30T20:01:30Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > My favorite Wes Anderson movie is _Moonrise Kingdom_ It would be mine, too, except that _Grand Budapest Hotel_ is even better. In both of those, Anderson actually tells a story, instead of going all artsy like he did in _Asteroid City_. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8570 "2024-01-30T20:07:03Z")
My favorite Wes Anderson film is The Royal Tenenbaums. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8571 "2024-01-30T20:09:46Z")
Actually, that’s one that I haven’t seen and had forgotten about. I’ll have to make a point of watching it, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8572 "2024-01-30T20:14:18Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > **Ghostbusters: Afterlife** - rather sweet and McKenna Grace remains excellent in everything, but not really much of a plot. It’s more of a love letter to the first film and to Harold Ramis. Yeah, not great but certainly watchable. > [@wolfpup](#): > > It would be mine, too, except that _Grand Budapest Hotel_ is even better. Yeah, I am torn, but I concur- _Grand Budapest Hotel_ edges out _Moonrise Kingdom_. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8573 "2024-01-30T21:54:03Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > My favorite Wes Anderson movie is _Moonrise Kingdom_, Co-signed. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8574 "2024-01-30T22:16:48Z")
This was a plot of an episode of Leave it to Beaver, IIRC. The book/movie was The Three Musketeers. I did slog through The Scarlet Letter and I don’t remember a lot of chuckles. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8575 "2024-01-30T22:40:46Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > This was a plot of an episode of Leave it to Beaver, IIRC. The book/movie was The Three Musketeers. I haven’t read the book or seen the movie, but I have eaten the candy bar—is that good enough? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8576 "2024-01-31T02:44:09Z")
> **["Leave It to Beaver" The Book Report (TV Episode 1963) ⭐ 7.8 | Comedy, Family](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0630294/)** > > 30m | TV-G It’s possible to watch all of the episodes of the series online. ---
**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 31, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8577 "2024-01-31T07:18:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Never go full Wes Anderson. Not without a condom. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2024, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8578 "2024-01-31T07:39:08Z")
It’s possible to watch them all on the old people channels in the middle of the night, as well. If you can stand the commercials. They are very off-putting. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8579 "2024-01-31T10:17:44Z")
**All of Us Strangers** (2023). This is a strange, atmospheric, and melancholy movie that left me a bit perplexed. It’s an indie film that has rave reviews on RT and just about everywhere else, but it didn’t really connect with me. Adam, the central character, lives alone in a big modern apartment building that for some reason is almost deserted – he’s practically the only one there. He sees someone looking up at him from the street, who comes up to socialize. Adam then visits his childhood home where his mom and dad – who had died in a car accident when he was just 12 – are just as they were in his childhood 30 years ago, and are happy to see him. The stranger he met keeps coming back and the story revolves around their developing gay relationship and Adam’s continuing visits back to his past. My understanding is that the original Japanese novel was something of a ghost story, but the director and screenwriter Andrew Haigh wanted to create more of a psychological study of isolation and loneliness. The supernatural elements are absolutely minimized in favour of questions like, what would it mean to you if you could, as an adult living a lonely and aimless life, visit your parents just as they were in your childhood home? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=427) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=429)