# 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:** 131
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2601 "2025-06-29T14:13:23Z")
Not at all. Wes Anderson has a very distinct style that doesn’t appeal to everyone. I have no problem with that. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2602 "2025-06-29T16:01:48Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Now, perhaps you know to avoid his films. I don’t understand very well what the characteristics of Anderson’s films are about. I don’t really care. There is one of his movies that I think is great - _Moonrise Kingdom_. There are others that are pretty good. There are others that aren’t very good. I just don’t rate them according to how well they fit the characteristics of his films. Some of them work for me and some don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2603 "2025-06-29T17:05:35Z")
My main criticism of **Asteroid City** is that I’d like there to be some kind of goddamn story. Which it didn’t really have, and all the meta-meta-storytelling just got so tiresome. Whereas **The Phoenician Scheme** had a coherent plot. The characters and dialogue were all weird in that Andersonian way but at least there was a thread to follow. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2604 "2025-06-29T17:34:19Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Been meaning to watch this for a while > Leads are so young. 🎇 🚀 I liked it a lot. The book is even better – more detail and grittier. _Rocket Boys_ written by Homer Hickam. > [@MacDoc](#): > > Geek alert > > I wish **Secrets of the Dead** were still being produced. They were superb. Cool! I thought I saw new _Secrets of the Dead_ last year. They’ve stopped making them? I also love watching them – always interesting. As for Wes Anderson, I’m a fan. I’ve liked some of his films less than others, but I haven’t actually disliked any of them. Plus, I love his aesthetic. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2605 "2025-06-29T17:54:31Z")
Thanks did not know there was a book 🚀 I’m not certain the **Secrets** series has been ended - would be great if not. Not… > Yes, “Secrets of the Dead” is still being produced. The series, which has been running since 2000, is an ongoing PBS documentary series that investigates historical mysteries and challenges prevailing ideas about the past. Season 22 was released in 2024 The one with the Amazon warriors descendents ending up in Mongolia blew me away. > **[Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xv26gp)** Let me know if this is accessible for you. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2606 "2025-06-29T18:03:28Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The characters and dialogue were all weird in that Andersonian way but at least there was a thread to follow. Probably the thing that annoys me the most. He turns great actors into stiff unnatural androids. He didn’t start off that way but here we are. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2607 "2025-06-30T00:30:08Z")
Just got back from seeing **F1** in IMAX. Rather thin on plot, and packed full of sports-movie cliches. But what a helluva ride! The racing sequences were exciting and well-shot. Definitely worth the big screen and big sound. There is still a bit of an uncanny valley effect with the AI cars, though. I don’t know how much AI was used, but I only spotted it a couple of times, so it didn’t detract much. A fun time at the movies. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2608 "2025-06-30T00:37:34Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > The characters and dialogue were all weird in that Andersonian way but at least there was a thread to follow. > > Probably the thing that annoys me the most. He turns great actors into stiff unnatural androids. And yet, Anderson has no problem attracting major A-list actors, even for bit parts. Tom Hanks, Willem Dafoe, Scarlett Johansson, and F. Murray Abraham all had small roles in _The Phoenician Scheme_. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2609 "2025-06-30T00:55:42Z")
**AI** cars? Or do you mean cgi cars? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2610 "2025-06-30T01:46:15Z")
I suppose AI-generated graphics are also CGI (though not necessarily vice versa), so sure. There were just a couple of shots that, rather than traditional-looking CGI, had that distinct feel of something created by - or at least assisted by - AI. I’m not sure I can explain it better than that; it’s just the kind of thing your brain registers when you see it. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2611 "2025-06-30T04:41:20Z")
Enjoying this … full movie…less than an hour. ABBA - The Super Troupe [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Q4DDIUKzpy8/maxresdefault.jpg "ABBA: Super Troupe (FULL DOCUMENTARY) Mamma Mia, Early Footage | Frida, Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4DDIUKzpy8) ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2612 "2025-06-30T05:18:29Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > the ‘science guy’ better be working in a radar station in Alaska by the end of the day Now, that’s a nice funny callback in MI:FR, but…seriously? This guy has been “assigned” to this remote station for 29 years? He couldn’t you know, quit? Does he still get paid? Where does he spend his money? How does he get supplies? Can he take his 4 weeks a year vacation? When did he have time to learn…whatever language his wife spoke? Where did he meet her? Where was the wedding? And what exactly does he do, if no one gets all the data he is collecting? And he’s keeping it on 12 inch floppy discs! > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Are they all like that? Check out this trailer: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TcPk2p0Zaw4/maxresdefault.jpg "THE FRENCH DISPATCH | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcPk2p0Zaw4) and then this one [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gfDIAZCwHQE/maxresdefault.jpg "Wes Anderson Horror Trailer - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDIAZCwHQE) And tell me what you think. 🙂 Now, I think _Isle of Dogs_ is great, and nothing like these. But I slept through _The Royal Tenenbaums_, and that was in the theater… ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2613 "2025-06-30T06:14:37Z")
I watched **Paddington In Peru** this weekend. It was okay, but it was rather too much action adventure, not enough heart. Aside from the Paddington-ness of it all tonally, there was no real heartwarming connection made between Paddington and the antagonists. Also the whole family tagged along but didn’t really add much. The kids barely say three sentences between them. I was expecting the son to fall for the Captain’s daughter but nup. Kids will enjoy it, but it definitely lacked magic. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2614 "2025-06-30T06:46:05Z")
I’d describe _PIP_ as a bit ‘Hollywood’ compared to the first two, and it suffers for it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2615 "2025-06-30T16:23:00Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Thanks did not know there was a book 🚀 The title of the movie “October Sky” is an anagram of the title of the book “Rocket Boys”. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2616 "2025-06-30T16:41:09Z")
I’m watching the latest (2024) version of “Nosferatu” with Willem Dafoe, who also played Max Schreck in “Shadow of the Vampire” in 2000. Very moody and dark, of course, and also a bit too over-the-top as far as acting goes. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2617 "2025-06-30T17:19:19Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > > > The characters and dialogue were all weird in that Andersonian way but at least there was a thread to follow. > > > > Probably the thing that annoys me the most. He turns great actors into stiff unnatural androids. > > And yet, Anderson has no problem attracting major A-list actors, even for bit parts. Tom Hanks, Willem Dafoe, Scarlett Johansson, and F. Murray Abraham all had small roles in _The Phoenician Scheme_. Yes actors like being in what is perceived as a prestige art movie. That’s not surprising. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2618 "2025-06-30T18:34:02Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Yes actors like being in what is perceived as a prestige art movie. That’s not surprising. Right, it’s not surprising. But it does make your argument that great actors are reduced to “stiff unnatural androids” in Anderson films seem pretty feeble. These people have million-dollar reputations to uphold with every role they take on. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2619 "2025-06-30T20:36:17Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > Yes actors like being in what is perceived as a prestige art movie. That’s not surprising. > > Right, it’s not surprising. But it does make your argument that great actors are reduced to “stiff unnatural androids” in Anderson films seem pretty feeble. These people have million-dollar reputations to uphold with every role they take on. Are you saying my opinions are not valid because someone else makes a choice? Good actors chose to be in movies I think are shit all the time. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/2620 "2025-06-30T20:38:43Z")
Are you also trying to say Anderson allows his actors to act in a realistic manner? Personally I’ve never met anyone like that. (Talking strictly about the over stylized movies he’s putting out now, not the ones that were just quirky earlier on) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=132)