# 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:** 444
**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 11, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8880 "2024-03-11T05:44:09Z")
Untouchables 1987 with Sean Connery and Kevin Costner. I haven’t researched Eliot Ness’ Capone investigation. It seems unlikely so many of Ness’ men were targeted and killed. I was willing to accept the premise and enjoy the shoot outs… It is highly entertaining and kept me involved. I recommend it for action movie fans. The irony that tax law actually sent Capone to Alcatraz and Syphilis ate his brain is worth savoring. (Not in the movie.) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8881 "2024-03-11T08:02:32Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It seems unlikely so many of Ness’ men were targeted and killed. Yeah, none were - they got their moniker from turning down large cash bribes. Capone wasn’t quite idiot enough to openly target Feds for assassination. Arguing for and attempting to organize an assassination of New York City special prosecutor Thomas Dewey is what would get gangster Dutch Schultz popped by the mob just a few years later. Bribery or kompromat was one thing, actually killing law enforcement agents was quite another. The Untouchables is entertaining, but like most movie treatments it is pretty far from actual history. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8882 "2024-03-11T10:20:38Z")
**Damsel** - Millie Bobby Brown totally Rambos this tale of a young woman tricked into getting sacrificed to a dragon. Hits all the usual action film notes, but with the increasingly common element for action films starring women where the protagonist achieves her goals with solidarity and compassion for other women/females. There’s even a great “walking away from an enormous explosion” shot. Reviews are mixed, but I would totally recommend. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8883 "2024-03-11T18:58:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It is incredible to me that this movie isn’t considered a classic. It’s an incredible movie, beautifully shot, has an incredible score, and just an incredible experience from the beginning to end. I’m not even sure how I would categorize it other than “an experience”. I don’t find your review…credible. 😉 ---
**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 11, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8884 "2024-03-11T20:12:04Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I don’t find your review…credible. I need to review my reviews before submitting to make sure they are more…incredible. ---
**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 11, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8885 "2024-03-11T23:15:21Z")
**Birth** (2004) Not recommended too much. Nicole Kidman’s dead husband comes back in the body of a 10 year old kid. And yes, they sort of go _there_…not quite all the way…but they go near there. It’s as weird as you might imagine. Here is the reason this movie fails, though. The premise? Interesting, even intriguing. But, alas, they had no real plan and the movie ends up juts fizzling to the end. It just shrugs and ends. Misfire for sure. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8886 "2024-03-12T11:44:42Z")
Having enjoyed and reviewed four Yorgos Lanthimos films so far, I thought I’d mention that a new one is currently in post-production. To be called _Kinds of Kindness_, it features some of the major stars from his recent films including Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe. The plot hasn’t been disclosed but it’s apparently an anthology of three separate stories. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8887 "2024-03-12T13:02:07Z")
**Kung Fu Panda 4** (2024). This latest iteration of the franchise is good. The voice cast is great even though it missing some of previous members, who were not recast with other voices which I appreciate. Although it does not measure up to the first of the series, it is a worthy sequel. There are of course plot points that are telegraphed but there were also many fun laugh out-loud moments, some that hit harder if you have seen the previous films. An enjoyable way to spend an hour and a half. `//i\\` ---
**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 12, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8888 "2024-03-12T16:00:45Z")
Watched Dune2 last night on imax laser with Mrs mollusc and our daughter who was back visiting from collage. Really liked the movie , I am ok with directors making some changes and was not a major fan of the books so no major ‘wait what that wasn’t in the book ‘ jarring moments for me. Visually impressive and the acting was all good enough for the spectacle. The main issue was the sound level, we have been to quite few imax movies, but something was off here, the adverts were painfully loud, several people along with myself went out and complained , which is not something I have ever done and my hearing is not great after spending too long in industrial areas without ear plugs so it’s not like I am super sensitive to loud noises. The movie was better but my wife and I had fingers in ears for many parts ( the whole of the part on the Harkonans home world ) which took away from the movie watching experience. Not sure if it is the same for other imax showings of the same movie. I liked the imax , it felt like being visually surrounded by the movie and the movie didn’t feel long even though it clocked in at 2hrs 46. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8889 "2024-03-12T16:06:15Z")
**Predator** (Prime, 1987) - Just rewatching some classics with my boy. This one holds up. Though I got to laugh at some of the dialogue: Dutch “My team works alone.” - 5 minutes later \* Dutch “Who is our backup?” Dillon “No Backup, you guys are going in alone.” Dutch “Figures.” My Spanish is considerably better than when I first saw this and the Spanish in this film is spoken with the delivery of Middle School Spanish Ed students. ---
**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 12, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8890 "2024-03-12T20:09:45Z")
I rewatch Predator every few years. I like the unique premise that more advanced aliens 👽 consider Earth the ultimate big game hunting preserve. This particular Predator had the misfortune to hunt a crack special forces team. I guess it was a thrilling experience for the alien. I suggest watching _Southern Comfort_ with Keith Carradine and Sonny Landham. It’s similar to _Deliverance_ except more intense. I plan to watch both movies again this week. ---
**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 12, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8891 "2024-03-12T20:58:02Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I watched **Wonka** last night on HBO. Better than I thought it would be. Decidedly weird. I agree with this review completely. I liked the look of it. It had a bit more suspenseful escapes from evil than I expected, but it definitely didn’t spoil the movie for me. I especially liked that they used the “Imagination” song from the Gene Wilder version. ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8892 "2024-03-13T00:08:36Z")
**Bangkok Dangerous** (2008) Somewhat recommended. From Nicolas Cage’s tax problem phase where he had to make a ton of movies very quickly to pay back the IRS. Still, he always showed up for work and tried his best and this movie is actually quite good, though it does nothing particularly bold to make itself stand out. I just have had this one on my mind since I saw ads for it in 2008 and finally got around to viewing it. I’ll give it this: I did not see the ending coming! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8893 "2024-03-13T13:28:23Z")
**Back to the Future** (Peacock, 1985) Another rewatch of a classic my 10 year old hasn’t yet seen. Was feeling down about car trouble and ruminating on the cost of getting it back being only dwarfed by the cost in stress of not having it at all when I suggested something to lighten the evening. Having already seen _Galaxy Quest_ he wanted this. It’s on the lighter end so I said sure. I had forgotten how often that Delorean craps out on Marty and each time felt like a knife. It also had occurred to me Doc’s plan wouldn’t work. Even if you knew the exact moment the lightening struck (and they didn’t, only down to the minute of a perhaps inaccurate large ornamental time piece) it appears this infusion must occur at the moment of achieving 88 MPH. The odds of that happening the second the hook makes contact of a car already behind it’s start time are astronomical. Why not just use a long copper cable attached to the car? Like a power cable? Drama, that’s why. My son said this film was almost too intense and he is no stranger to action films. ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8894 "2024-03-13T13:47:08Z")
So, Marty can’t just be 88 or higher MPH and the jolt will send him when it hits? I thought he had to be up to over above 88 when he got to the wire. I do agree, though, that it requires suspension of disbelief that Marty would hit the wire the moment the electricity runs through it. Fun series, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8895 "2024-03-13T13:53:33Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Fun series, though. Absolutely. We’re going **Back to the Future Part II** tonight, where they go to the _future_…2015 when my son was 2. It’s going to be hilarious for him. ---
**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 13, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8896 "2024-03-13T13:54:50Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Absolutely. We’re going **Back to the Future Part II** tonight, where they go to the _future_…2015 when my son was 2. It’s going to be hilarious for him. I saw in that theater as an 11 year old in 1989 and 2015 seemed like a big time future at the time. We are now 9 years past it and other than smart phones and the internet, it’s a disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8897 "2024-03-13T14:21:22Z")
**The Holdovers** (Peacock, 2023) Very touching. I have family that wasn’t easy and they work in academia, for this and many other reasons this film hit me right in the feels. **A** effort, recommended to anyone with a soul. Paul Giamatti kept changing the eye for his ‘walleye contact’ and at certain points you’re like, “This man is not driving while looking at the car ceiling.” ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8898 "2024-03-13T16:16:39Z")
A big part of the appeal of _Back to the Future_ (for me, anyway, I liked it very much) was that the trip back was to a time that I could easily remember. I wonder how much that appeals to today’s young viewer watching it for the first time? ---
**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 13, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8899 "2024-03-13T16:27:28Z")
I could not remember the 1950’s. I was born in 1978. I did, however, fully process how different '55 was from '85. I mean, they took the 50’s and turned it into a big stereotype, so it was easy to process for me as a 7-9 year old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=443) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=445)