# 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:** 441
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8820 "2024-03-02T18:54:45Z")
I find the repetitive and extended warfare scenes in the transformers films boring. It’s just a jumble of machines in various forms bashing each other. _Bumblebee_ has those scenes but it wasn’t as non stop compared to the other films. I watched _Beverly Hills Cop_ late last night. I hadn’t seen it for almost 20 years. I was surprised that it was better than I remembered. I’ve been known to curse when angry. 😉 I don’t enjoy hearing it in movies unless it serves a purpose. Eddie Murphy movies like 48 Hours, Trading Places etc. are crammed with casual and unneeded cursing. I can’t even watch the movies when kids are in my house. _Beverly Hills Cop_ has some of that. I prefer watching it on cable with it cleaned up. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8821 "2024-03-02T19:45:38Z")
Funny, it must be because you avoid cursing, but I don’t even really notice. What _does_ bother me is watching bleeped or expurgated cursing. Annoying and stupid. Just slap an R rating on it and leave it alone. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8822 "2024-03-02T19:49:42Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I watched _Beverly Hills Cop_ late last night. I hadn’t seen it for almost 20 years. I was surprised that it was better than I remembered. I thought it was much less funny and more boring than I remembered it and I also saw it a few months ago. It was a huge hit, but I didn’t find it all that great. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8823 "2024-03-02T20:34:47Z")
Big Game Recommended, especially for families. This is family film, which may not be immediately obvious. It’s a Sam Jackson action movie, but very family-oriented. Very cute, fun, and demonstrates a great use of budget. They had a limited budget and were able to make the most of it by creative filming and editing. I would recommend this to anyone, but especially to families who need a fun, PG-13 action movie. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8824 "2024-03-02T23:04:03Z")
We watched “Everything Everywhere All at once” last weekend , we were enjoying it and made it about 1/2 way through, Checkovs Butt plug was unexpected and had a laugh out loud moment when the penny dropped . Then daughter called and it got late and we were tired so didn’t finish it, so we have to go back to that. We watched Napoleon last night, I have no idea why they bothered making it. Great director and actors but a pointless mess of a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8825 "2024-03-03T06:44:23Z")
We saw _ **Dune** _ in the theater. Summary: at least I still have the book. It’s not a bad movie, but it’s not Dune. Story was fine. The pacing and beats captured the feel of the book. Acting was good, especially Zendaya and Javier Bardem. Effects were great, except for the flame from the Imperial Sphere—looks like the Reynolds number was wrong. The cinematography is absolutely beautiful. The story changes were cohesive, but made the characters in the movie not the characters from the books. So we got a nice Dune-flavored movie, which while good is not as great as the book. I’ll have to read the book again to cleanse my mind of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8826 "2024-03-03T14:19:34Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > looks like the Reynolds number was wrong Wow. That’s a great way to summarize the feeling that fluid SFX in a movie seem “off.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8827 "2024-03-03T21:38:21Z")
I saw **Dune part two** in the theater yesterday. It’s interesting the way they’ve changed it to be more politically correct. Seriously. They’ve gone out of their way to play down the religious part – the “oracular vision” sort of thing – even though religion and religious fanaticism are a big part of the book. They worked to play down the Great White Savior aspect, too. And, while they couldn’t avoid the sexist implications of Paul being the Kumquat Haagendazs (being the only male who could drink the Water of Life and survive, having capabilities women couldn’t have), they soft-pedaled it. The sandworm-riding scenes were much better than in the David Lynch or the SciFi versions. I liked the Harkonnen physical feature of baldness and weirdly-shaped heads better than having them all red-headed. Villeneuve worked hard to tone down the more fantastic elements as much as he could – no grotesquely mutated Guild Steersmen, minimizing the effects of protective fields, and so on. His ornithopters look like the ones in John Schoernherr’s illustration, rather than the way they did in the previous versions. I knda miss the three-loved sandworm mouths – the sandworms actually look the way I’d pictured them when I first read the original book (I hadn’t seen the Analog illustrations at the time). Having Baron Vladimir Harkonnen being eaten by ants rather than swallowed by a sandworm seems much more appropriate and believable. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8828 "2024-03-03T21:46:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Kumquat Haagendazs 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8829 "2024-03-03T22:58:06Z")
**Surrounded** is a 2023 Western, streaming on Amazon Prime. Really? They still make Westerns? The place: Post-Civil War New Mexico. A Black woman, posing as a man, pretty handy with a firearm and holding a deed to a gold mine, buys a ride on a stagecoach which is soon attacked by a band of outlaws. The ringleader is captured, and she is given the unenviable task of guarding him while the others ride to bring the Sheriff. From then, it becomes a two-person drama of who can be trusted and who will survive. Letitia Wright and Jamie Bell quite effectively play the leads with a solid cast in support. It becomes a little talky and slows down a mite as the two develop a wary relationship, but it soon picks up, leading to a fiery and rousing conclusion. Nice location shooting in New Mexico too. Good to see the Western genre hasn’t yet ridden into the sunset, and at 1:41, **Surrounded** is well worth a watch, pardner. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8830 "2024-03-03T23:31:38Z")
_All of Us Strangers_ We do not deserve Andrew Scott. His performance in this was heartbreakingly good. I thought he really captured the younger version of himself, especially in his joy at seeing his parents again. I had an inkling of the twist but just a brief thought about it, I only realized I might be right just before it was revealed. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8831 "2024-03-03T23:37:41Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > Really? They still make Westerns? Yeah, they do, and it appears that these films have consistently been made since the early days of the movies. Take a look at each of the websites linked to in the website given below. There were more Westerns made in, say, the 1930s through the 1960s than are made today. Furthermore, the ones from that period are move (shall we say) traditional Westerns. That’s mostly because some of the political assumptions of the early period are now considered out of date. People now know that much of the worldviews of those older Westerns are things that are considered offensive. The current ones take account of current worldviews: > **[Lists of Western films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Western_films)** > > This is a list of notable Western films and TV series, ordered by year and decade of release. For a long-running TV series, the year is its first in production. > The movie industry began with the work of Louis Le Prince in 1888. Until 1903, films had been one-reelers, usually lasting 10 to 12 minutes, reflecting the amount of film that could be wound onto a standard reel for projection, hence the term. Edwin S. Porter was a former projectionist and exhibitor who had taken charge of motion-pi... ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8832 "2024-03-04T03:32:43Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > 🤣 I stole that from _National Lampoon’s Doon_, which came out about the same time as the David Lynch movie. Doug Beekman wrote it. Despite some really good lines, overall it falls flat, and isn’t up to _National Lampoon’s Bored of the Rings_. But worth a read, if you can find a copy. > **[National Lampoon's Doon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Doon)** > > National Lampoon's Doon is a parody novel written by Ellis Weiner and published in 1984 by Pocket Books for National Lampoon. Doon is a spoof of Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel Dune. > Doon was reprinted by Grafton Books (ISBN 0-586-06636-5) in 1985. In 1988 William F. Touponce called the book "something of a tribute to Herbert's success on college campuses", noting that "the only other book to have been so honored is Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings," which was parodied by The Harvard ... ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8833 "2024-03-04T03:34:25Z")
Oh, and just to prove I can write funny things about Dune myself, without quoting, I give you my old thread (from 21 years ago!) **Dune…the Musical** > [@Dune ........The Musical!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-the-musical/158915): > > (The interior of the Ducal stronghold on Arrakis. The Harkonnens are in possession, having routed House Atreides. Duke Leto has been captured, as have the Lady Jessica and Paul. This is the David Lynch version, and Baron Vladmir Harkonnen, with his case of terminal acne, floats gloating in the Thron Room, attended by the Mentat Piter de Vries and The Beast Rabban. Feyd Rautha, looking a lot like Sting, bursts in.) Feyd: Baron, we have captured Thufir Hawat, he Mentat of House Atreides! Baron: … ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8834 "2024-03-04T04:22:07Z")
I watched Iron Man 1 and 2 tonight. Amazon doesn’t offer a rental. I had to buy them at $21.99 each with tax. That’s the most a movie has cost me on Amazon Prime. I liked the first movie better. There’s more character development. Both were good. I’ll eventually watch _The Avengers_ and _Iron Man 3_. Thats another $44. Maybe in April. It’s a big hit for almost 10 year old movies. That’s enough of the MCU for me. I’m not spending a couple hundred to see them all. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8835 "2024-03-04T04:23:33Z")
It might have been cheaper to sign up for Disney+ for a month. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8836 "2024-03-04T04:29:04Z")
I should have gone with Disney + for a month. Most movies on Prime are between 9.99 and 12.99. Some are free! I usually buy at that price instead of renting for 2.99 to 3.99. Those MCU movies are keeping Mickey in gold covered pellets. The plot hole in Iron Man is so over the Top. Stark is just a normal dude without the suit and vulnerable. But I’m willing to enjoy the ride and have fun. The movies are very entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8837 "2024-03-04T05:09:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I watched Iron Man 1 and 2 tonight. Amazon doesn’t offer a rental. I had to buy them at $21.99 each with tax. That’s the most a movie has cost me on Amazon Prime. > > I liked the first movie better. There’s more character development. Both were good. > > I’ll eventually watch _The Avengers_ and _Iron Man 3_. Thats another $44. Maybe in April. It’s a big hit for almost 10 year old movies. > > That’s enough of the MCU for me. I’m not spending a couple hundred to see them all. They’re on Vudu to rent for $3.99. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8838 "2024-03-04T05:16:30Z")
Wow, Thank you I’ll go there for The Avengers and Iron Man 3. It’s odd that Prime won’t rent them. I guess it’s a license restriction with Disney. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8839 "2024-03-04T05:36:15Z")
Watched 1986’s **After Hours** , described in Wikipedia as “ in a grouping that revolves around a young working professional who is placed under threat, named the “yuppie nightmare cycle” Since I’ve [seen them all](https://letterboxd.com/ableizmeursault/list/yuppie-nightmare-cycle/#) over the years, I guess it fits, although I’m personally more inclined to view them from the environment of 80’s punk culture rather than indentify with the mainstream everyman fish-out-of-water at their centers. After Hours could be seen as a comic twist on the Hero’s Journey that itself goes as far back as Homer’s Odyssey or Xenophon’s Anabasis, a twist that includes Candide and probably other stuff I forget now. But Martin Scorsese never had a real flair for flat-out comedy, and here his Kafkaesque aspirations come off as simply pretentious. But probably the most dated aspect of After Hours is the assumption that the main character is entitled to the trust and assistance of all the various women he’s only just met. Scorsese isn’t as overtly a jerk to the women characters in his movies (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore notwithstanding) compared to, say, Clint Eastwood. But it’s noticeable as a trend if you look for it. The better example of the 80’s take on the Hero’s misadventure remains **Repo Man.** In that era, Transgressive fiction was coming to the forefront, which meshed well with punk. And, having been in both NYC and LA myself in the 80s, punk LA was the city that said fuck you louder and more sincerely than I ever heard it at NYC’s Danceteria or Mud Club. I guess if it had to be a movie set in NYC, **Liquid Sky** is a better time capsule than After Hours, even though its creators had no familiarity with the local scene, so they just made up neon geometric staging and makeup and used European techno for the soundtrack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=440) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=442)