# 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:** 181
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3602 "2025-10-15T16:14:01Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Eleanor and Theo were both prone to sudden nastiness that seemed to come out of nowhere. Not completely out of nowhere. Theo is a lesbian (it’s subtle…you have to read between the lines /s ) attracted to Eleanor, When she sees Eleanor and Dr M flirting it pisses her off (she “flies into a rit of fealous jage!”, as Inspector Clouseau put it) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3603 "2025-10-15T17:32:31Z")
I was aware of that subtext, but I couldn’t ever have picked it up from the movie. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3604 "2025-10-15T21:10:45Z")
We watched **Deep Cover,** a farcical comedy starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed. They are improv actors who do a low-level sting for the police and end up way over their heads. It gets off to a slow start before building to some genuinely funny bits. I was especially impressed with Orlando Bloom here, as the hapless third-rate actor desperate to be the next Robert DeNiro. Nick Mohammed was mostly himself. The plot is completely implausible, as they tend to be. It was a nice way to spend the night. B- ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3605 "2025-10-15T21:41:32Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > We watched **Deep Cover,** a I agree with your assessment entirely, except for the grade. I’d give it a B+. ---
**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 16, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3606 "2025-10-16T06:59:17Z")
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio It’s my favorite Tarantino film. The character of Rick Dalton is so layered. He is obviously a good actor. Even when Rick doesn’t like the smaller roles that he’s forced to accept. There’s less violence and more focus on characters in this film. Well, except for the final ten minutes. Quentin seems incapable of making a totally violence free film. 😀 A+ Doesn’t everyone wish the movie ending had happened in real life? Sharon Tate, her child, and the others would still be alive. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3607 "2025-10-16T13:36:20Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > There’s less violence and more focus on characters in this film. Well, except for the final ten minutes. Quentin seems incapable of making a totally violence free film. 😀 True. But man, how satisfying is the ending section with its violence in this movie? Answer: very satisfying. I didn’t see it in the theater, but when Leo deals with the lady in the pool, I have heard crowds both roared with laughter and cheered. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3608 "2025-10-16T14:38:33Z")
This exchange, where Brad Pitt’s character (high as a kite) is being threatened by the Manson family… - [Cliff Booth]: [_to the Manson Family_] Oh… wait a minute. I know you. I know all three of you! Yeah, Spahn Ranch! Spahn Ranch, yeah! Woo! - [_turns to Katie_] - [Cliff Booth]: I don’t know your name, but I remember that red hair. - [_turns to Sadie_] - [Cliff Booth]: And you’re Sadie. I remember your white little face. - [_turns to Tex_] - [Cliff Booth]: And you were on a horsey! Yeah… you are? - [Tex]: I’m the Devil. And I’m here to do the Devil’s business! - [Cliff Booth]: [_after a short pause_] Nah, it was dumber than that. Something like Rex. - [Sadie]: God, shoot him, Tex! - Cliff Booth]: Tex! …is just perfect. ---
**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 16, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3609 "2025-10-16T16:09:54Z")
The ending was immensely satisfying. I have wondered why Squeaky was in that scene? A lot of the movie details are fairly accurate for 1968 and 1969. Tarantino choose that one exception. I enjoyed all the references to tv shows from that period. I remember watching most of them after finishing my homework. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3610 "2025-10-16T16:26:11Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I have wondered why Squeaky was in that scene? I don’t think she was. It was Tex (Watson), Sadie (Atkins) and Katie (Krenwinkel). Flower Child (Kasabian) took off with the car. Squeaky was the one back at the ranch keeping Bruce Dern happy. ---
**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 16, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3611 "2025-10-16T16:41:54Z")
The redhead woman confused me. I thought she was Squeaky. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3612 "2025-10-16T16:52:48Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The film is ok. I’d only recommend it if you’re nostalgic to see Michael again before Parkinson ended his career. I love _The Frighteners._ It’s a true guilty pleasure for me. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3613 "2025-10-16T16:57:30Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The redhead woman confused me. The “Little ginger-haired fucker” was Krenwinkel. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3614 "2025-10-16T18:52:24Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > …is just perfect. There’s just a second of film, when Cliff is sitting on the trailer on the movie set drinking milk and Bruce Lee says they should fight. Cliff sets his milk down, and says “That sounds like a _great_ idea, Kato” and he just gets this wild look in his eyes for just a second. It always makes me laugh. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3615 "2025-10-16T19:16:49Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Once Upon a Time in Hollywood > Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio > > It’s my favorite Tarantino film. I love Tarantino. I think it’s his most thoughtful film (that I’ve seen.) By slowing down the pace I think he was able to build a more meaningful story. And while the end is gratifying, it’s also pretty sad because the whole point, you know, is that it’s fiction. My personal favorite is _Inglorious Basterds_ in no small part because Pitt’s delivery of “Bonjourno!” and really that entire scene is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3616 "2025-10-16T21:27:08Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > My personal favorite is _Inglorious Basterds_ in no small part because Pitt’s delivery of “Bonjourno!” And the Italian director (Antonio Margheriti) the Bear Jew was impersonating was one of the directors Rick Dalton went to Italy to work for. And Aldo (Pitt) was impersonating an Italian _stunt man_. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3617 "2025-10-16T22:07:06Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > My personal favorite is _Inglorious Basterds_ in no small part because Pitt’s delivery of “Bonjourno!” and really that entire scene is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. My favorite as well. It’s his absolute masterpiece and Christoph Walz deserved the Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3618 "2025-10-17T02:29:00Z")
Blazing Saddles on Prime. Uncut as far as I can remember. Still holds up pretty well. Mel Brooks at his silliest with a good dash of social commentary. ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3619 "2025-10-17T04:44:59Z")
The Last Stand 2013 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker On Peacock for a few more days Grade B The beginning didn’t interest me very much. It gets much better when Arnold’s role takes charge. I wish Forest Whitaker had more to do than talking on a phone. Arnold’s career never fully recovered from his years off screen. I’m sure he knew that going into politics came at a personal cost. I enjoyed Last Stand. There are some great moments in the film. The cornfield car chase is very well done. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3620 "2025-10-17T05:02:22Z")
**Karate Kid: Legends** (2025). I had wanted to see this while it was in the Theaters because I do not think I have managed to watch any of them in that format, but missed the timing. Now that it is out on Netflix, I was able to finally watch it. Overall, it was a fine film, nothing too memorable, though the inclusion of both Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio was nice. I liked the way they tied the two through Mr Miyagi which makes some amount of sense given that Karate does have Chinese origins. Even though it did feel a little shoehorned in. All the characters played their roles well and the story hangs together. There are all the predictable elements, though, who helps who and why was a departure from the previous formula. Jackie Chan continues to be amazing in his movement, and Ben Wang did a good job with both aspects of his character. I liked it well enough, though I did not find it that memorable. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3621 "2025-10-17T11:31:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Arnold’s career never fully recovered from his years off screen. The last seven or eight years of his pre-Governor films largely sucked. I think it’s a pretty flat trajectory after True Lies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=182)