# 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:** 489
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9780 "2024-07-11T16:31:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **Barbarian** > > Go in blind, not knowing a single thing about this movie. It’s a really great movie and I have to admit, it did not go exactly in the direction I thought it was going, even when I thought the movie had revealed to us what was happening. Very creative and fun, well worth a viewing. We watched it a couple weeks ago. I thought it was very entertaining, and I’m glad I watched it. It’s classified as a horror movie. But if you’re a fan of “serious” horror films, you’re probably not going to like it, since much of the story is ridiculous. I am wondering if it’s actually a thinly-disguised parody of horror films. At any rate, it was a fun watch, with lots of twists & turns, and a bit of humor. And I agree it’s best to go in blind. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9781 "2024-07-11T16:34:29Z")
It’s a fun turn by Justin Long in this film. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9782 "2024-07-11T17:44:54Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > And I agree it’s best to go in blind. I think the writer of the screenplay wrote “Barbarian” at the top of his script and it made it all the way to being the title even though it has zero to do with the movie. I think that’s actually kind of perfect since the movie is really better seen knowing nothing, not even a descriptive title. Society is another great “go in blind” movie(one of the best, actually), but at least the title a little bit describes the movie’s premise or possibly theme. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9783 "2024-07-12T01:13:22Z")
Anybody else find the beginning of _Barbarian_ (a double-booked Airbnb 🙀) more disturbing than the rest of the film? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9784 "2024-07-12T11:58:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > The Burial Enjoyed this also. Sometimes the plot seemed a bit contrived (little guy vs big corporation, black vs white), but it was entertaining as heck. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones are terrific. Seconded. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9785 "2024-07-12T13:38:19Z")
**His Girl Friday** recommended Classic screwball comedy from Howard Hawks. Cary Grant is a newspaper editor; Rosalind Russell is his ex-wife and star reporter. She decides she wants to give up journalism, marry an insurance salesman, and live happily ever after. Grant is determined to persuade her to come back to both him and the newspaper (else we wouldn’t have a movie), and he’ll use any means necessary to get his way. All this against the backdrop of a sensational news story about a convicted murderer who’s scheduled to be executed in the morning. We recently finished **Moonlighting** , and during a scene early in the movie where Grant and Russell are arguing, going at it tooth and nail, shouting over each other with witty comebacks, oldest daughter looks over at me, grinning wide. “Reminds me of David and Maddie,” she said. Bingo. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9786 "2024-07-12T13:56:16Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Enjoyed this also. Sometimes the plot seemed a bit contrived (little guy vs big corporation, black vs white), but it was entertaining as heck. Yeah, gotta take it with a grain of salt and it definitely hammed up the David vs. Goliath storyline, but as a movie, it was quite good. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9787 "2024-07-12T14:17:36Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > **His Girl Friday** recommended Note that this is a rom-com adaptation of _[The Front Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Front_Page)_. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9788 "2024-07-12T15:18:56Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > I’ve been reading the books for many decades. I know they’re dense, and I found the songs hard to deal with, but decades? I think I finished them in a month or so. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9789 "2024-07-12T15:20:12Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I know they’re dense, and I found the songs hard to deal with, but decades? I think I finished them in a month or so Hmmm…you are joking? He means, I think, reading and re-reading them for decades. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9790 "2024-07-12T15:21:59Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > you are joking? I considered a smiley, yes. Also a Trump could do it faster bit, but thought I might get modded (and now I’m living life in the fast lane). ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9791 "2024-07-12T16:56:09Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@Pleonast](#): > > > > I’ve been reading the books for many decades. > > I know they’re dense, and I found the songs hard to deal with, but decades? I think I finished them in a month or so. I like to cogitate and ruminate on one word each day, in recognition of my Entish heritage. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9792 "2024-07-12T21:26:05Z")
Oh, you’re an entomologist? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9793 "2024-07-12T21:43:53Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I saw it in the theater. I saw its premier at Radio City in New York. When the jump scene happened, the entire theater went airborne and screamed. I just finished **Dune 2**. Visually riveting, if a bit muddled story-wise (or perhaps I wasn’t paying close enough attention). By the ending, I’m assuming there’s going to be a third installment? I tried to read the book way back when I was into SF as a teen. I don’t think I finished it. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9794 "2024-07-12T22:17:13Z")
The Founder 2016 Michael Keaton, Laura Dern I found the story about McDonald’s interesting. Keaton is convincing at Ray Kroc. I didn’t realize he was such a ruthless hustler. It’s interesting that from the beginning they had trouble with investors buying Franchises and then ignoring the business. As if the restaurant would magically make them money without any work. Consistency is crucial at McDonald’s. The food is pretty much the same at all their locations. It’s a good film. They did a good job recreating the look and feel of fast food in the 1950’s. They recreated restaurant was convincing. The subject isn’t the most exciting but it kept my interest. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9795 "2024-07-13T11:43:53Z")
[The Catcher Was A Spy.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catcher_Was_a_Spy_(film)) Had a packed cast, including Paul Rudd, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, and Jeff Daniels (Connie Nielsen only shows up for a few scenes, sadly. It was too dark lighting-wise in places and weird because Rudd’s usually so open and fun and Moe Berg was apparently very closed off and secretive. Decent and passed the time if you didn’t know the story. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9796 "2024-07-13T12:16:58Z")
Just watched **The Fall Guy**. It was a horrendous pile of utter nonsense. Completely unredeemingly awful claptrap. The plot made no sense, a RomCom with neither Rom nor Com, and the stunts just mindless choppy uninspired crap. I can’t believe anyone could possibly like such a maddening mess. Even the soundtrack sucked. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9797 "2024-07-13T12:22:48Z")
And yet there are some in this very thread (including me) who did enjoy it! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9798 "2024-07-13T23:30:01Z")
We watched Kinds of Kindness Wow that movie has everything going on from home movies, avant garage cooking and Willem Dafoe in a pair of budgie smugglers. It is also 2hr 45 mins long which is a lot of time for a lot of oddness. The sets , the camera work were all fantastic, the plots of the 3 acts , err not sure, first one I think I know what there were getting at, the remaining two, no clue. That said quite an enjoyable 3 hrs although not for the squeamish . ---
**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:** [July 14, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9799 "2024-07-14T00:14:01Z")
A couple quick recommendations from me. Been watching movies, won’t mention the “don’t sees” this time. **The Blackcoat’s Daughter** Essential I actually watched this 5 years ago, but am guilty of not having paid full attention to it. I re-watched it now and, wow, it’s incredible. I have to see Longlegs, but this is now my favorite Oz Perkins movie. If you haven’t seen it, go in blind and put stuff down and pay attention. It’s worth it and your focus pays off. Great movie. **Baskin** Recommended Turkish horror movie. I give the director mad props on how far they went with this one and the plot and characters were great. I found myself very much entertained and intrigued. Again, I’d just go in blind. I’m not sure if “Baskin” means something in Turkish, but nothing in the story seems connected to that title. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=488) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906.md?page=490)