# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/201 "2024-09-21T21:15:09Z")
Wow. I don’t think I’ve seen them all then. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/202 "2024-09-21T21:48:51Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I remember there was a woman (sergeant?) character at his station that I liked. If you’re talking about the black woman, that was Viola Davis who went on to win the entire EGOT awards and then some. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/203 "2024-09-21T21:52:36Z")
How did I forget that was her? Well, it was a long time ago. I knew I could spot talent. 😳 ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/204 "2024-09-21T21:53:57Z")
I’m not sure I would have recognized her, but checked the cast members for familiar names. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/205 "2024-09-22T04:04:41Z")
Robert Parker wrote the Jesse Stone book. Jesse Stone is pretty similar to Spenser. Except Jesse’s alcoholism is more severe. Both men had troubled relationships that they just couldn’t walk away from. The movies are pretty faithful to the books. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/206 "2024-09-22T06:27:22Z")
Just saw the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Tour. 7 short films. It’s mixed bag, but I just want to recommend the short Horror film **Dream Creep** ; a thoroughly unique premise and a progression that had everybody squirming in their seat. As soon as I got home, I located our meat thermometer and threw it in the trash before going to bed. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/207 "2024-09-22T12:10:38Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I stumbled onto a series of TV movies based on a character named **Jesse Stone** , starring Tom Selleck, Viola Davis and others. An LA cop gets fired for drinking on the job because his wife cheated on him, etc. So he goes to small-town MA to be the police chief. Fairly typical cop show, only missing a sulky teenaged daughter to make it unbearable. Every young woman he meets instantly wants to shag this somewhat paunchy older guy. > [@carrps](#): > > Were there _that_ many of them? I watched a bunch when I was home sick once, I watched all but one of those, also when I was sick. They were like 70s comfort food for me, even if the plots were stupid and the dialog silly (particularly his circular conversations with William Devane). Still, pleasant enough that I even paid for some of them (the first few were free). I’ll probably get around to that last one eventually. Next time I’m sick, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/208 "2024-09-22T14:21:07Z")
MotW is _[His Three Daughters](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28491891/)_. 3 sisters are doing a death watch on their father. Involved, often harsh, conversations ensue. The women are Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen. Lyonne is a sister from another mother so that’s one of their many issues. It’s 98% critics/86% audience at [RT](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/his_three_daughters). It’s a very “enclosed” film. The vast majority is just the 3 women talking in a NYC apartment. There’s just smallish bits with others or taking place outside. This could make it feel “stagey” but thankfully not so much. It was starting to be a drag after a while with the dramatic conversations but there was a big scene near the end that just upped the whole thing in a major way. For me it was the Olsen and Lyonne show. Sadly, Lyonne was cast again as the messed up, barely functional character. From _Slums of Beverly Hill_s to _OitNB_, been there, done that. Give it 4 machines that beep. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/209 "2024-09-22T16:48:35Z")
**My Cousin Vinnie**. This one’s been on my radar since it was released, but it wasn’t until last night that I finally got around to it. Joe Pesci is an inexperienced personal injury lawyer who agrees to help his cousin and his cousin’s friend after they’ve been accused of murder. Delightful piece of work all the way around. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/210 "2024-09-22T19:11:41Z")
Watched **The Batman** last night on Max. Good action and a clever plot, but I thought the ending dragged a lot, and the movie was about 30 minutes too long. Now I’m ready to start watching The Penguin. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/211 "2024-09-25T01:18:19Z")
**The Substance** Highly recommended. Well, I did not see any of _that_ coming. Either the best movie of the year or at least in the top 5. I think Demi Moore might win an Oscar for this movie, though it might be too bizarre for the Academy. I honestly don’t want to say anything about the plot. It’s better to simply know the title and go in blind. The movie is amazing and I was completely gripped the entire way through. Check it out! ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/212 "2024-09-25T04:10:36Z")
It’s #2 of 2024 so far for me. (#1 is Sing Sing.) ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/213 "2024-09-25T13:26:42Z")
Reminded me of Titane in the sense that both movies were showing me something I definitely didn’t expect to be seeing. Both French, too, though Substance is in English. Demi Moore committed big time to the role. She is a very compelling actress when she gets the right role and this one was great. The final 30 minutes of The Substance were absolutely wild. I think it might be my #1 movie so far, but I haven’t seen Sing Sing. I will look into it. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/214 "2024-09-25T13:46:19Z")
I will also add that Substance feels like a continuation of the New Wave French Extremity movie trend. It’s been a long time since I felt compelled to look away from the screen as much as I did watching The Substance. It does not pull its punches and the camera does not cut away when you think it will. What a movie. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/215 "2024-09-25T18:26:29Z")
I’m trying to gauge the ick-out/weirdness factor for _Substance_ but without getting into spoiler world. Could someone compare it to another movie? E.g., "It’s much worse than Deneuve in _Repulsion_. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/216 "2024-09-25T18:36:40Z")
It probably reminded me most of Cronenberg’s _The Fly_. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/217 "2024-09-25T18:40:32Z")
While channel surfing I came upon **Free Solo** , just in time for the climactic ascent of El Capitan. I’ve seen it before, but it’s still the single most anxiety-inducing sweaty-palm (literally) thing I’ve ever seen. If you haven’t seen it – do so immediately. On the largest screen possible. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/218 "2024-09-25T18:46:38Z")
I’ve searched and found that it’s available on the BBC iPlayer in the UK, so I will definitely give it a watch! ---
**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:** [September 25, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/219 "2024-09-25T20:12:07Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I’m trying to gauge the ick-out/weirdness factor for _Substance_ but without getting into spoiler world. Could someone compare it to another movie? E.g., "It’s much worse than Deneuve in _Repulsion_. I have not seen it, but have you ever seen Society? The Fly? It’s body horror, more extreme than I’ve seen in almost any movie. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/220 "2024-09-25T20:30:39Z")
_Thor, Love and Thunder._ Meh. Not bad mind you, but apparently most of those gods are not very smart. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=12)