# 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:** 114
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2261 "2025-05-27T17:01:51Z")
**Late Night with the Devil** (Hulu, 2023) A found footage horror film cast on the live set of a failing late night talk show host. It was alright, the novelty carried it through most of the way and while the end was weak I was glad I saw it. 3 stars. Reservedly recommended for fans of B list celebrity horror shows. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2262 "2025-05-27T17:17:17Z")
The only thing I got from that was that Lorraine Braco looks like a hoot in it. Good thing she has such a recognizable voice or I’d never have known who she was. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2263 "2025-05-27T19:29:03Z")
I was trying to figure out what movies they had a hand in making ( produced or commissioned) vs distributed. The Apple Studios wiki should cover the movies they produced or commissioned, and not the ones they were only distributors for. The List of Apple TV+ original films wiki page should have everything they produced and distributed I’d agree the former last doesn’t have a whole lot of standout movies. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2264 "2025-05-27T23:08:12Z")
**Final Destination Bloodlines** Recommended! Wow, this was far and away the best Final Destination(the sixth one!) movie and it was actually a really good horror comedy. They really found ways to make us think one thing would happen only for a completely different type of crazy thing to happen. I’m not kidding when I say at this early point, this is one of my favorite movies of the year. Lots and lots of movies to come, but this one was hilarious. Yes, you can skip ALL of the other Final Destination movies. It stands alone. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2265 "2025-05-27T23:13:59Z")
I think I may have mention this one in this thread before but I don’t know why _[The Green Hornet (2011)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0990407/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_green%2520hornet)_ starring Seth Rogan gets such shit … even from Rogan. I think it’s friggin’ awesome. It’s available on PlutoTV right now. Speaking of which, at this very moment, I’m watching _[Dead Man on Campus (1998)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118301/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_dead%2520man%2520on%2520campus)_ starring Tom Everett Scott and Mark-Paul Gosselaar. It’s one of my favorite flicks. I haven’t seen it streaming in some time. You ought to check it out. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2266 "2025-05-28T00:02:36Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > **Late Night with the Devil** (Hulu, 2023) We watched that one a little while back, and I would agree with three stars. Pleasantly entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2267 "2025-05-28T00:46:08Z")
I watched The Third Man yesterday. I was impressed with the less than fairy tale ending. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2268 "2025-05-28T01:37:19Z")
Which Carol Reed had to insist on, over Graham Greene’s protests. Greene wanted a rosy finish. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2269 "2025-05-28T01:45:35Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Which Carol Reed had to insist on, over Graham Greene’s protests. Greene wanted a rosy finish. That’s interesting! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2270 "2025-05-28T02:57:54Z")
**Lilo & Stitch (2025)**: We saw it at the Cinema Cafe a couple days ago. There was pre-show entertainment of a live Polynesian dance troupe. Good movie. Gantu doesn’t appear, and Pleakley doesn’t dress in drag. There are a few changes that would be considered spoilers. It wouldn’t replace the animated film in my heart, but we all enjoyed it. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2271 "2025-05-28T03:36:11Z")
I also saw **Lilo & Stitch** today. It’s been so long since I last saw the original that I had no clue what was new or changed but I really enjoyed it! Stitch is just _so_ darn cute! The young girl who played Lilo was excellent. One of the better live action Disney remakes so far. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2272 "2025-05-28T13:42:12Z")
_Air Force One_ 1997 Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman First time viewing. I knew what to expect. I’d seen scenes previewed and online discussions. Harrison Ford didn’t disappoint. President Marshall has the same tenacity as Jack Ryan. Very good movie. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2273 "2025-05-28T14:13:03Z")
Saw Mickey 17 on HBO. It was okay but overly long. Mark Ruffalo’s fake teeth were distractingly bad, I assume as intended. (Reminded me of Matt Dillon in There’s Something About Mary.) The movie sort of gave me the same feeling as Avenue 5, that spaceship show with Hugh Laurie, which I could not get into. The denouement felt unearned and self-indulgent. After the plot resolves, there’s a 10-15 minute wrap-up segment as if this were the series finale of Six Feet Under. I was nowhere near emotionally invested enough to need _any_ denouement, much less a long one. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2274 "2025-05-28T19:50:39Z")
Felt like watching a movie that I didn’t have to think much about. _The Tomorrow War_ with Chris Pratt fit the bill. The plot doesn’t hold up to scrutiny but it was decent mindless distraction. I could write a dissertation about what was wrong with the logic but I wasn’t looking for anything I had to analyze. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2275 "2025-05-28T21:46:14Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > The denouement felt unearned and self-indulgent. After the plot resolves, there’s a 10-15 minute wrap-up segment as if this were the series finale of Six Feet Under. I was nowhere near emotionally invested enough to need _any_ denouement, much less a long one. So I like this director but I feel like he’s got a lot of half-baked themes in his movies. “Capitalism is bad, let’s make vague references to that.” Also, this is a science fiction premise rife with opportunities to explore complicated questions of identity, what it means to be mortal and all sorts of science-fictiony stuff and there were too many missed opportunities. It had those adorable potato bug creatures though. I can’t hate it for that. Reminded me of **Nausicaa.** Actually I’m pretty sure there were some direct references to **Nausicaa,** and that’s one of my favorite movies. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2276 "2025-05-29T00:39:27Z")
Also saw it recently, good action movie but one scene is super annoying to me when the hijacking first happens and the pilots are landing. Really feel the pilots would have “spiked” the engines in advance to prevent it from being used, as opposed to waiting until the terrorists storm the cockpit and having the pilots decide at last second to abort the landing, I mean the pilots know their dead either way right? At least know you died preventing the hijacking. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2277 "2025-05-29T05:05:29Z")
**The Comeback Trail** on Paramount+ Weird mashup of _The Producers_ and a Roadrunner cartoon starring Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Tommy Lee Jones. A horse named Butterscotch is the standout performance in this illustrious cast. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2278 "2025-05-29T14:29:08Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > This movie is a big slab of corny, sentimental cheese. It has all the Vince Vaughn nice guy without any of the smart ass and a passel full of adorable grannies played by legendary actresses. It’s not really a good film, but there’s nothing to hate about it either. My husband and I watched this last week. We enjoyed it. Sometimes cheese is good! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2279 "2025-05-29T18:15:16Z")
The original Glenn Ford/Donna Reed version of Ransom! (1956, ! is part of the title). Interesting differences from the 1996 version. A much simpler plot, which unfortunately really drags. It is 20 minutes shorter, but seems longer. And even in that it omits anything to do with the kidnappers. Not only is the lead 'napper not a cop involved in the case, they are never identified. They are never caught. They weren’t even cast. It’s purely a study of the father’s actions. I preferred the remake, and I never thought I’d say, but Mel Gibson was a better actor. I really believed he was struggling with turning the ransom into a bounty. Ford just seemed to treat it as a business decision, weighing pros and cons, and not his son’s life in the balance. The adage about “how understated can something be before it becomes unstated” to me applies to Ford’s showing his emotions in this movie. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2280 "2025-05-29T18:45:11Z")
**Den of Thieves** on NFLX A heist movie that wasn’t bad, although I was a bit confused by the plot twist at the end. I was impressed with the gun usage. I can almost always catch bullshit gun handling, and I didn’t see any glaring errors. No closed ejection ports, no unnecessary slide action, etc. They had a good arms person on staff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=115)