# 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:** 189
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3762 "2025-11-02T15:12:05Z")
**Willard** (2003) Recommended. Great movie, great performance from Crispin Glover. I wouldn’t call it scary, but it is pretty creepy and this movie is worth it just for how odd it and Glover’s performance is. Check it out. **Lifeforce** Recommended. What a mess. I recommend it, but the movie is a mess. I watched the longer cut(nearly two hours). The original title was Space Vampires and that really should have just been the title. A lot of talking in this movie for a movie about vampires sucking the lifeforce(?) from Earth. Visually great, good premise. I think this movie really needs a remake. A good movie with a lot of flaws that could benefit from a full-budget re-do. Still, pretty entertaining, especially the opening and closing sections. Very talky and kind of dull middle. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3763 "2025-11-02T17:02:14Z")
> [@JohnnyEcks](#): > > No love for Barton Fink? Bill Hader loves it so much, he [took his first date in middle school to see it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=JZPT1zU-Lvw3XpsU). (Pro tip: when your date wants to go see _Father of the Bride_, don’t suggest a Coen Bros movie instead unless you are really more into the film than the girl.) Stranger ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3764 "2025-11-02T21:46:08Z")
_ **Lucy** _ (2014) Absolutely ridiculous. But if you ignore the bogus science and just go with the premise, it’s… still absolutely ridiculous. I was expecting a thriller with a sci-fi twist - and it _is_ that, I suppose. But it tries and fails to be more. It would have been a lot more fun if it didn’t take itself so damn seriously. Luc Besson, who gave us _The Fifth Element_ and _La Femme Nikita_, thinks he’s making some grand, profound statement about the human condition or something. Spoiler alert: he’s not. Scarlett Johannsen does the best she can with the material, and of course she’s always nice to look at. But, nah. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3765 "2025-11-03T11:55:07Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **Lifeforce** > > Recommended. > > What a mess. I recommend it, but the movie is a mess. I watched the longer cut(nearly two hours). The original title was Space Vampires and that really should have just been the title. A lot of talking in this movie for a movie about vampires sucking the lifeforce(?) from Earth. > > Visually great, good premise. > > I think this movie really needs a remake. A good movie with a lot of flaws that could benefit from a full-budget re-do. > > Still, pretty entertaining, especially the opening and closing sections. Very talky and kind of dull middle. This was written by Dan O’Bannon, who I like to think will take an idea and do it over and over until he gets it right, then continue until he gets it wrong again. This film isn’t a very faithful adaptation of Colin Wilsoin’s _The Space Vampires_, but it does let O’Bannon continue the arc of “scary dead people” movies he started clumsily with _Dead and Buried,_ then got pretty good with in _Return of the Living Dead_ (in which he started the meme that zombies needed to eat brains to keep going), and here gives us dead people that look like dessicated puppets. But it gave us some glitzy pre-CGI special effects and the inexpensive special efect of Mathilda May walking around naked. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3766 "2025-11-03T13:30:30Z")
**A House of Dynamite** last night. Wow, what a gut punch that was. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3767 "2025-11-03T14:07:04Z")
I’ve seen **Weapons** mentioned a few times in this thread so I watched it over the weekend. I’ve seen people complain about the fragmented timeline, but I like stories like that where you only start piecing it together after seeing events from multiple perspectives. I might have to watch this again! Oh, and we watched **Poltergeist** on Friday night after trick or treating was over. Spielberg produced but did not direct, but his fingerprints are all over this movie. It’s almost like he gave Tobe Hooper notes on exactly how he wanted some scenes shot. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3768 "2025-11-03T14:13:05Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I’ve seen **Weapons** mentioned a few times in this thread so I watched it over the weekend. I’ve seen people complain about the fragmented timeline, but I like stories like that where you only start piecing it together after seeing events from multiple perspectives. Then, make sure you don’t miss **House of Dynamite**. It didn’t occur to me until now that two of my favorite films of 2025 use a similar storytelling device. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3769 "2025-11-03T19:08:31Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I’ve seen **Weapons** mentioned a few times in this thread so I watched it over the weekend. I’ve seen people complain about the fragmented timeline, but I like stories like that where you only start piecing it together after seeing events from multiple perspectives. I might have to watch this again! We just rewatched it last night and picked up on some things that I don’t think would have been evident the first time around. It’s definitely worth revisiting! ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3770 "2025-11-04T03:40:04Z")
[Eden Lake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Lake). Very good suspenseful/horror flick. Non-Hollywood production set in the UK. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3771 "2025-11-04T17:10:04Z")
The wife identified a movie she wanted to see called “Triumph of the Heart”, supposedly about an Auschwitz survivor. Instead, we ended up watching a movie of the same name about a football player named Ricky Bell who died young. As we started watching, I thought WTH is this obviously cheesy 1970s production? Turns out it was a made for TV movie from 1991! Really badly made, with poor production values. A true story, however. The movie she was looking for was made this year, so wouldn’t likely be on streaming services yet. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3772 "2025-11-04T19:27:55Z")
I just did a search using Google and it tells me that it’s available for premium streaming on its official website [triumphoftheheart.com](https://www.triumphoftheheart.com/). It’s also available on YouTube. It may also be available on Amazon or Netflix. I saw it earlier this year at a movie theater. It’s good but kind of depressing. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3773 "2025-11-04T19:38:48Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > [Eden Lake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Lake). > > Very good suspenseful/horror flick. Non-Hollywood production set in the UK. Yeah this is a good one, but man is it bleak and disturbing. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3774 "2025-11-05T02:48:03Z")
**The Hiding Place** (2023) Recommended. This is a filmed play adaptation of the famous Corrie Ten Boom story. She and her family hid 800(uh, not at once) Jewish people in their home by making a fake wall and hiding them inside. She survived the Holocaust, her father and sister did not. There is a movie from the 1970s and it is great, but this is a nice play adaptation. There is no audience and multiple cameras were used to film the performance. If you do not know the Ten Boom story, you should check either this or the 1970s movie out. Or simply read Corrie’s book, also called The Hiding Place. This streamed free on Hoopla. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3775 "2025-11-05T05:05:20Z")
_Captain Blood_ 1935 Error Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone The cast returned in 1938’s Adventures of Robin Hood. Flynn and de Havilland costarred in 8 films. I have always wanted to see the films and compare the performances. ://m.imdb.com/search/title/?title\_type=feature&role=nm0001224,nm0000014 Captain Blood holds up well with lots of swashbuckling action. B+ ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3776 "2025-11-05T08:33:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The wife identified a movie she wanted to see called “Triumph of the Heart”, supposedly about an Auschwitz survivor. Instead, we ended up watching a movie of the same name about a football player named Ricky Bell who died young. As we started watching, I thought WTH is this obviously cheesy 1970s production? Turns out it was a made for TV movie from 1991! Really badly made, with poor production values. A true story, however. The movie she was looking for was made this year, so wouldn’t likely be on streaming services yet. Are you sure she wasn’t looking for **Triumph of the Spirit** , the 1989 Willem Dafoe movie about an Auschwitz survivor? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3777 "2025-11-05T09:06:39Z")
I tried to watch the new **The Naked Gun** film. Oh, I tried. But I just couldn’t take the sheer brutality of it and had to turn it off. All those poor jokes, who were all so sickly to begin with, dragged out and beaten to death and then beaten more until only a puddle of mucilage remained… ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3778 "2025-11-05T12:08:06Z")
The prisoners in the 2025 movie _Triumph of the Heart_ died in Auschwitz. They weren’t survivors. Ask your wife if she was talking about the 2025 _Triumph of the Heart_. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3779 "2025-11-05T13:06:30Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Ask your wife if she was talking about the 2025 _Triumph of the Heart_. Yeah, that’s the one she was talking about. But when she looked to see if it was playing online, she erroneously picked the 1991 movie of the same name, which was on Netflix, without making sure it was the same film. A merry mixup. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3780 "2025-11-05T13:18:42Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > The prisoners in the 2025 movie _Triumph of the Heart_ died in Auschwitz. Is there a reason they used a title that sounds like it was inspired by Leni Riefenstahl and Joseph Goebbles? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3781 "2025-11-05T21:03:28Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Is there a reason they used a title that sounds like it was inspired by Leni Riefenstahl and Joseph Goebbles? I think that’s the whole point of the title, isn’t it? As [this review](https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/9/19/triumph-of-the-heart-wins-big-at-showing-faith-in-suffering)spells out rather laboriously, > [@](#): > > The film’s title is an obvious play on the Nazi propaganda film “Triumph of the Will” and there’s more than a little thematic resonance in contrasting the words “will” with “heart.” The film’s antagonist, Commandant [Karl Fritzsch](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29630418/characters/nm7797186/?ref_=tt_cst_c_2), is engaging Kolbe in a battle of wills, explicitly to break him and the other prisoners through sheer force. But it’s the hearts of Kolbe and the others — their kindness, their compassion, their values and their hope — that eventually are too powerful for Fritzsche. Their hearts, in the end, are more powerful than the Nazis’ wills. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=190)