Saw The Menu last night. I concur with the other opinions here that it was well done and enjoyable, and Ralph Fiennes was very good (as was Anya Taylor-Joy), but man, what a weird movie! What was this – a dark comedy, a horror story, or some sort of parable? Overall, I’d say a stylish, creative horror story. I expected something more like Glass Onion, about the antics of the idle rich, but it went in a very different direction.
What the F, TCM??
The name of your network is Turner Classic Movies. This afternoon, they ran some of the biggest, smelliest pieces of corn-ridden shit (I won’t even talk them) that wouldn’t pass muster when they hit the bottom of the dumpster 40 years ago.
I fell asleep on the couch and woke up to catch the last half-hour of what I can only conclude would have ranked easily in the top 5 worst, then segued into something equally as bad. I turned it off so I could pay bills and stand in the frozen mud. Two far more enjoyable uses of my time.
Or maybe TCM stands for Totally Crappy Movies?
Always looking for an argument, I checked out today’s schedule and…phew, those films look like my Amazon Prime recommendations after I watched one too many Roger Corman films.
I can’t say too much about The Menu without spoiling it, but it was a hoot.
he did! and he was also one of young boy’s uncle in “Mud”. Completely against type there but also completely owned the role.
He did a good job as George Westinghouse, too.
Life of Brian. Yes, first time I saw it. Of course, I liked it.
Tom Jones. I’d never seen it. I was too young when it was originally in theaters, and I didn’t think it’d be worth seeing on commercial TV. TCM had the director’s cut on the other day, and I watched it and enjoyed it quite a bit. Not as dated as I’d expected and surprisingly risque for 1963.
And Albert Finney was a pretty, pretty boy.
Triangle of Sadness (2022). You might not get that it’s a comedy from the first act but this is one of the funniest films I’ve seen in the last year. Act 2 is like something out of The Magic Christian or Monty Python’s Meaning of Life. And Act 3 is just…brilliant. Director Ruben Östlund is to Comedy what Bong Joon-ho is to Horror.
Just finished watching Madadayo the last film Kurosawa directed. I had thought The Sea is Watching was his last, but he wrote that one then died before being able to direct it himself.
This is not a movie for people who want a movie to continually stimulate them with fights and car chases. Nothing much happens, but the non-action becomes hypnotic. I ended not wanting to leave this world. I wanted to shout Madadayo (not yet) myself!
I also recently read the very popular Japanese book I am a Cat which was written in the early 20th century. I was wondering if there was tie between this movie and the book, because there was a significant section of the movie about the protagonist’s cat. Turns out that the real life professor that Kurosawa based his character on was a pupil of the author of I am a Cat (Soseki Natsume) and wrote a sequel to that book. Ha.
The final scene was beautifully done and wrapped up the movie in the best way possible.
Just watched A Man Called Ove. Quite good and am looking forward to A Man Called Otto, though I’m sure it will be lightened up a bit.
Also finally watched Glass Onion. I really hope they make more.
Oh, I read the book – I didn’t realized the movie was based on it. Now, I want to see it.
Lethal Weapon 1-3
My wife and I LOVE Lethal Weapon 4 and we love it so much, it is the only one we ever watch. It has been 15 years or so since we saw the others, so we thought…well, maybe we were wrong. We went back and watched 1-3 this week.
Lethal Weapon 1 <–pretty good, the abuses of the police officers(especially Riggs) are distracting. They are so bad as police, we were distracted even though this is a buddy-cop comedy. Anyway, it’s an OK movie. Danny Glover shines.
Lethal Weapon 2 <–Better than the first one by quite a bit and the second best in the series for us. I can not emphasize how great Danny Glover is and how…OK Mel Gibson is.
Lethal Weapon 3 <–This was middling at best. The worst of the series to that point and since we love the fourth one, safe to say the low-point.
It is hilarious how Danny Glover portrays a 50 year old man in the first movie even though he was 40 during fiming. The original vision for this movie is clearly supposed to be a man near retirement partnered up with some young, insane, lost-soul guy who goes rogue.
They are 9 years apart. I mean, Glover is 40 and Gibson is 31 in the movie and…God bless them, it doesn’t matter. Glover is great in the part and he was the right choice even though he is clearly “too young for this shit”.
I’m not sure what possessed me to rewatch the first two John Wick movies, but boredom got me. John Wick I was a pretty good flick. John Wick II was not as good, but an okay popcorn movie. Then I watched John Wick III, which I had not already seen. It’s a good example of the adage “quit while you’re ahead”. Tedious, and predictable, the plot is tired to the point of being coma inducing. I can’t believe they’ve made a 4th in this series.
Good new, John Wick 4 is on the way!
I haven’t watched any of the John Wick series for the plot, to be fair.
I only watch ‘em for the shoes.
Just finished watching Amsterdam. Apparently not well loved by most critics, but I disagree. I thought it was an elegant period piece with a stellar cast, well acted and enjoyable. No idea what they thought was to be gained by throwing in Taylor Swift and Chris Rock, though, both of them in relatively minor roles.
I agree with your assessment. I really tried to like John Wick III, but I got bored, and then watched again to see if maybe I had missed something, but no, still bored me. I might still go see Wick IV just to see if it rebounds, though the enthusiasm for the series died with III
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I only watched part of it, but it seemed, I dunno, lifeless somehow. Tons of good actors not acting very well. It was just so hollow-feeling and dull.