There’s a line in Slap Shot (1977) in which esteemed Oscar award winning actor Paul Newman says about a very young boy - and I quote, “You know, your son looks like a fag to me … You better get re-married again, or he’s gonna have someone’s cock in his mouth before you can say Jack Robinson.”
Eh, whaddayagonnado? I still love that movie.
I think Blazing Saddles continues to stand because it is actively lampshading and lampooning the very behavior it engages in (see also: RDJ in Tropic Thunder).
Where it falls down, alas, is at the end with the gratuitous gay stereotyping in the dance number.
Somewhere in Queens (2022) (Amazon) With Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond), Laurie Metcalf (The Conners), Sadie Stanley (The Goldbergs). So a lot of TV sitcom flavor. Directed by Romano.
Dramedy about a stereotypical New Yawk Italian-American family. Ray’s son has a chance to play college basketball but also has girlfriend issues, and Ray meddles.
Meh. Occasionally funny; occasionally poignant; but nothing to write home about.
I’m surprised, both by the fact that you only just recently watched it and that you didn’t care for it (which is of course you’re right!) It’s been in my top ten since I first saw it.
The original, Ringu, is not as good, story wise but the scene where Sadako is finally revealed creeped me the eff out. I don’t even like to see the thumbnail shot that comes up on my feed.
I came in here to mention A Field in England. An intentional mindscrew, it takes place in 17th Century England during the Civil War. There’s dirty deserters, and diseased genitals and a bad mushroom trip and the most unpleasant torture scene that you hear but don’t see. I wondered briefly if you, @Mahaloth, have seen it, since we often both enjoy weird ones.
We watched DreamWorks’ The Bad Guys (2022) on Netflix. It’s your typical caper/heist movie, but in a cartoon world. Don’t think too much about how such a world could exist. Animation is good, plotting is good. Characterization is great: all the characters are well established and then they follow it. A lot of slapstick. Overall impact of movie is cliched. I enjoyed it, though.
Best part was the scenery of Los Angeles, which matched the Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse vibe.
I have a tween planning a sleepover for his birthday next month. Parents of all attending kids approved PG-13 movies. My son wants scary stuff so we picked Tremors, but if any kid talks shit about nothing scaring him I’m putting on The Ring.
'Cause like you say, to an adult it’s an average horror flick. But I have every expectation it will scar some young minds.
You forgot to end that with an evil laugh. 
I’ve seen this one, directed by Ben Wheatley who’s done some excellent movies: Sightseers is a gem, Kill List and Free Fire very good and different. I watched this one because he’d done those. I think I quite enjoyed it, I can’t remember much about the ending though, but his movies tend to start well, and sort go a different direction at the end.
Black Death
A very grim and depressing movie taking place in the 1300’s. Has a very “Game of Thrones” feel and this is no surprise as it stars two people who will later star in Game of Thrones. It’s quite clear the creators of Game of Thrones saw this movie.
Good performances, but really just a depressing movie with no huge purpose or clear message.
Do you like Sean Bean? Eddie Redmayne? Both are good in this.
Just rewatched The Force Awakens for the first time since it came out. I’d forgotten how silly the dialogue and plot were, but it was good to see Carrie Fisher again.
The Babadook. Worth the watch. I found it creepy but not unbearable (I’m a bit of a wimp about these things) and I loved the metaphor and how it ended. Of course, I knew how it ended all along. I watched the movie after reading a summary of what it was all about. The theme is right up my alley.
My husband OTOH was freaked out. Not by the Babadook itself but by the child abuse and psychosis metaphor. It’s rare he gets upset about much of anything so I was surprised he took it so hard.
But of course it was me who had a nightmare last night. Really nasty one too.
I’ve watched that twice and really liked it. The second time through, I found myself wondering how much of the son’s batshit-crazy shrieking and whining was an exacerbation of her psychosis, and how much was real.
Jennifer Kent is a great director so far and I highly, highly recommend the movie The Nightingale that she made next. Not a horror movie, but honestly an intense and incredible movie.
I think if I made a list of the best movies of the past 10 years, The Nightingale would definitely be on the list.
Be warned, the Nightingale has a scene of extreme violence which will disturb many. One moment in a film which I’ve seen people then switch off.
What I wondered was how the hell those social workers overlooked a kid with obvious bruises on his neck. I mean you’d think he’d at least get a temporary placement.
I’ll think about it. I’m weird about violence. Sometimes it disturbs me and other times it doesn’t.
There is definitely some kind of disconnection with reality happening in that movie.
It’s also funny that I’ll watch movies where half a dozen people get casually killed, but I found the dog really upsetting.
For me I think it depends on the realism of the violence and how prolonged someone’s suffering is. I can’t watch torture. I can watch John Wick. If someone gets decapitated or something, fine. Instant death, however gory, does not get to me. Prolonged periods of cruelty do. In fact one movie I had the strongest reaction to the ending was Ex Machina. It triggered a panic attack. Not a particularly violent ending, but a shocking and cruel one. At the time I really didn’t get the incel theme so I wonder if I would see it differently now. Great movie, btw.
I presume I know the one you mean and I will post a brief spoiler box of it. It is very early in the movie.
The bad guys rape the main girl and because her baby will not stay quiet, they(if I’m remembering correctly) hit it against a wall or floor until it is dead.
Not a horror movie, but a very horrific movie at times.
Oh Jesus. That’s a hard pass.