# 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:** 12
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/221 "2024-09-25T20:40:00Z")
Thanks for the replies. I think we’ll pass. ---
**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 25, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/222 "2024-09-25T20:54:08Z")
Finished off all nine of the Jesse Stone movies. I have way too much time on my hands. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/223 "2024-09-26T03:06:28Z")
I just watched The Marvels-it was okay, not bad, I dont know what the fanboys hated it. A couple things annoyed me- Danvers is more powerful than any superhero ever- why is she still punching away? And the whole Kree-Skrull thing, I know Marvel wants us to care about it, but unless you are//were a dedicated reader, it is just kinda confusing- but Danvers did screw up their world, and just left. By the way- is that ocean world getting its water back? And when the Skrull army landed the Aladnans still use melee weapons? There are several times in some of these superhero films where a good old tommygun would totally rule. And- lots of worlds have lost of water- why did Danvers correctly guess Aladna? Note- the Earth is 70% water. But still,many fun scenes. ---
**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 26, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/224 "2024-09-26T11:27:44Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I just watched The Marvels-it was okay, not bad, I dont know what the fanboys hated it. My family really liked it. It was overly criticised quite a bit. ---
**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 26, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/225 "2024-09-26T17:03:30Z")
Re-watched _Mystery Men_. A great movie for when I’m tired and bored. From 1999 and still holds up if you can get by “Hey now, you’re an all star …” I still do quotes and such from it. Will quote again. “OK, now I’m going back to graduate school. That was the agreement.” " Do we all gather together, and go kick some Casanova butt? Or do I eat this sandwich ?" Watched the background stuff in some scenes and noticed some nice touches. E.g., during the first fight scene there’s three old dudes just standing there holding their drinks while mayhem goes on two feet from them. Rush is great for over the top stuff like this. Lena Olin is wasted. Time for a sequel? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/226 "2024-09-26T19:55:21Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Re-watched _Mystery Men_. A great movie for when I’m tired and bored. From 1999 and still holds up if you can get by “Hey now, you’re an all star …” They did a Superhero parody film right. The Heroes are still heroes. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/227 "2024-09-26T22:35:57Z")
**Strangers on a Train** Excellent. Only Hitchcock could make a merry-go-round scary. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/228 "2024-09-27T02:09:25Z")
The Shootist. A kinda sad final John Wayne film, with superb casting and acting. ---
**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 28, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/229 "2024-09-28T18:25:57Z")
A few quick reviews. **The Wild Robot** Excellent. Not as good as Mitchells Vs. Machines, but one of the best animated movies since. Reminded me of a good Miyazaki movie. **Apartment 7A** Adequate, but not memorable. Streams on Paramount +, which I just get as part of Walmart +. I don’t regret seeing it, but no big impact. **Mars Express** Disappointing. I’d heard great things. It was honestly very dull. ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/230 "2024-09-29T02:34:27Z")
_YiYi._ A Taiwanese film from 2000, and the inspiration for Lulu Wong’s _The Farewell._ Long and slow paced, but fascinating. Great performances from all the cast. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/231 "2024-09-29T03:48:32Z")
**Megalopolis** This is what happens when you self-finance your own $100 million movie with no one to tell you no. Grandiose, audacious, ponderous, confusing metaphorical nonsense that really believes It Is Saying Something Important. It’s quite the experience and really has to be seen to be believed. It’s bad but in a trainwreck cannot-look-away way. I’m still glad I saw it even though I don’t think it worked. Francis Ford Coppola did make a surprise appearance at my theater to introduce the film so that was cool! ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/232 "2024-09-29T15:50:58Z")
_[Wolfs](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14257582/)_ Brad Pitt and George Clooney are “fixers” of the criminal type who end up independently getting assigned to the same job. A lot of goofy twists ensue to create a fairly decent movie. Note that it has the usual gangster guys doing a bunch of gangster stuff but it’s basically an action (non-)buddy comedy. I don’t get the poor audience reaction. E.g. at RT it’s 69% critics but only 54% audience. It is somewhat quotable, just not at the level of _The Big Lebowski_, for example. “I know how to get to Chinatown!” Give it 3.5 Black BMWs. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/233 "2024-09-29T17:28:37Z")
Is it very violent? We might watch it, but my wife doesn’t care for too much violence. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/234 "2024-09-29T21:43:13Z")
**My Old Ass.** A young woman, with the aid of hallucinogens, has an encounter with the 39-year-old version of herself (Aubrey Plaza). I had low expectations (it was my wife’s choice)…but I loved it. Highly recommended. ---
**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 29, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/235 "2024-09-29T22:47:03Z")
Yeah, _Wolfs_ has some violence. Not heavily peppered with it but there is one scene … . ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/236 "2024-09-29T23:37:15Z")
**Re: Wolfs** We watched it last night. I don’t get the hate either. It’s not a _great_ movie, and it’s fairly predictable, but it’s an evening’s entertainment and we got what we expected: A “buddy movie” (or perhaps an _anti-buddy_ movie) with a couple of big stars chewing the scenery and probably enjoying themselves quite a bit in the process. It’s not played like a spoof. Pitt and Clooney clearly are playing it straight, which is what makes it work. I’d give it 3 stars out of 5. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/237 "2024-09-30T00:29:30Z")
I watched _The Princess_ starring Joey King. John Wick / The Raid action in a mediaeval setting. It’s a good way to waste a couple of hours, I really enjoyed it. ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/238 "2024-09-30T05:39:41Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > While channel surfing I came upon **Free Solo** , just in time for the climactic ascent of El Capitan. Watched this last night affer your recommendation. An incredible feat, honestly mind-bending to think he climbed up that with nothing more than a bit of chalk (forgive me if the technical name is something else!) and some rubber shoes. The man himself… well, I guess in order to scale something vertical without any safety backup whatsoever, you _have_ to be so laid-back as to be completely horizontal. The brain scan showing he basically does not fear anything made perfect sense. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/239 "2024-10-01T02:49:10Z")
I had a little “cheesy horror movies I saw as a kid on Sinister Cinema and Elvira” film fest, courtesy of Tubi. Such Classics as H **atchet for the Honeymoon,** **Night of the Sorcerers** , **A Bell from Hell** , and the one that made such an impression I couldn’t bring myself to watch it for 40 years - **Death smiles on a Murderer.** Though they’re all incredibly dated and in no way scary to me now, I still got a thrill reminiscing how me and my bff would watch every Sunday afternoon, sitting on my living room couch and clung unto each other, occasionally covering our eyes. I totally recommend all (except for Bell from Hell; that has a horrendous scene at a slaughterhouse that I can’t believe I forgot about. blecch) if you’re one who enjoyed that kind of stuff back in the day. Next up, **Dementia 13** and **Dunwich Horror.** ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/240 "2024-10-01T03:28:02Z")
_The Cutter_ 2005 Chuck Norris, Joanna Pacula, Bernie Kopell It’s an inusual action drama with many Jewish characters and connections to the Holocaust. Its the first time I’ve seen Bernie Kopell in a dramatic role. It’s very slow paced and unusual for Chuck Norris. It’s not his typical action film. Kopell is an old diamond cutter that survived Auschwitz. He’s kidnapped to work for a Nazi again. I’d give it 2 stars. It should be much better with this cast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=13)