# 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:** 250
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4984 "2026-03-12T15:50:36Z")
Well, they really should have seen that coming. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4985 "2026-03-12T15:51:57Z")
Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4986 "2026-03-12T16:00:32Z")
> [@Smid](#): > > Hitler was so mad that a few hundred psychics got taken out and shot Presumably including the psychic who told him he’d die on a Jewish holiday…. “…because _any_ day you die on will be a Jewish holiday!” ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4987 "2026-03-12T16:46:51Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Goering? There’s probably some good stuff to mine about how much of a true believer he was, vs just an opportunist. Does the movie go there? Yeah. He talks about the first time he heard Hitler speak and how inspired he found his message. He also reminds us that he took a bullet for the party in 1933. We also learn about what may be the root of his antisemitism concerning the Jewish man he was actually named after. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4988 "2026-03-12T16:52:21Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Yeah. Good, thanks! ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4989 "2026-03-12T17:15:03Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > We watched _Casino_ the other night. I’ve heard enough about scenes in that movie to know I could never watch it! I don’t understand how people can see stuff like that on film and it doesn’t haunt you the rest of your life. I think as a result I miss out on some genuinely good films. And some I have wanted to see so badly that I just read the script. I read the script for _Seven,_ for example, and no way in hell am I watching that. Another one I want to see but don’t want to see is _High Life_ with Robert Pattinson. Instead of watching the film I will just read about it. I’ve never seen _Reservoir Dogs_ despite being a Tarantino fan. It’s not violence per se but torture and human cruelty that I have a hard time with. John Wick? Absolutely. _Schindler’s List_? I cannot. I marvel at people who can sit through that stuff. And I’m a little jealous. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4990 "2026-03-12T17:30:38Z")
_Seven_ doesnt actually have the violence on screen; you see the aftermath. But yes, it is pretty grim. Great film though. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4991 "2026-03-12T17:48:06Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I marvel at people who can sit through that stuff. And I’m a little jealous. Likewise. I managed to get through _Everything Everywhere All at Once_, because I’ve been a huge Michelle Yeoh fan since her early movies with Jackie Chan. But, wow, EEAaO blasts the viewer with so much violence, it numbs me to any entertainment value or editorial focus. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4992 "2026-03-12T17:57:48Z")
It sounds like you’re even more sensitive than me. My first reaction to that was, “Wait, was there violence in that movie?” Yes, lots of action stuff as I recall. I really like action, especially martial arts/gun-fu type stuff. That film gave me zero problems. I’m not even particularly sensitive to gore. It’s more like intentional infliction of prolonged suffering, and that can be true even if it’s not violent at all. Like the end of _Ex-Machina_ messed me up. I didn’t “get it” at first, I really think it’s a brilliant ending in retrospect. But the callousness of the android really got to me. I had an anxiety attack. For real. The problem is I can’t not vividly imagine myself in that person’s position. I don’t like to imagine those things. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4993 "2026-03-12T18:11:08Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > When I saw _Payback_ when it was new, I came to the conclusion Mel has issues. (other issues) He’s got some form of video masochism. He loves seeing his characters tortured. Maybe he watches and enjoys it vicariously, as it were. > > I noticed that as early as _Lethal Weapon_. As a kid, I pretty much figured out that a Mel Gibson character was good for two things in any of his movies: getting tortured, and entering a state of psychotic rage. In retrospect, I should have found that concerning. I forgot which article I read about it, but, whether he “has issues” or just be that good an actor, there is a reason he was originally cast as Mad Max and Martin Riggs and other characters who have “issues”. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4994 "2026-03-12T18:29:16Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > **Payback** 1999 Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Lucy Liu, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer, James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson. > > This movie is one of the most disturbing and violent that I’ve watched. The novel on which this is based, _The Hunter_ by Richard Stark (a pen name of Donald Westlake), is a violent crime novel about Parker, a lone-wolf sociopathic career criminal after revenge and his share of a violent heist he got double crossed out of. He basically kills his way through the Mob hierarchy, each time when someone refuses to pay him his money (a relatively trivial sum for the Mob). Westlake wrote 24 novels about Parker (this was the first one), so the formula seems to have been successful. I will say that the Gibson version is inferior to John Boorman’s 1967 version starring Lee Marvin, _Point Blank_. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4995 "2026-03-12T18:44:27Z")
**WAR MACHINE** on Netflix. The one with Alan Ritchson (Reacher), not the same title with Brad Pitt. Ritchson is deeply disturbed by not getting to the finish line (saving his brother). He goes from Combat Engineer to becoming a Ranger. The first portion is him (#81) going through the rigor of the training - realistic. Doing the final test with the rest of his surviving classmates - things get weird. Think PREDATOR blended with TRANSFORMERS. They could have cut the final hokey rah-rah scene. 1-1/2 stars. It’s okay for a rainy/snowy shut in afternoon viewing. Some really physical aspects - scenery. Richson, who is huge, admitted he was beaten to a pulp from the action shots. > **[Alan Ritchson Pushed Himself to the Limit on ‘War Machine’ (And Needed Oxygen...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/reacher-alan-ritchson-new-movie-war-machine-netflix-interview-1236523370/)** > > The ‘Reacher’ superstar joins director Patrick Hughes for a joint interview to discuss their new Netflix film and its mysterious sci-fi elements while showing off matching tattoos on their arms. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4996 "2026-03-12T19:50:20Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’ve heard enough about scenes in that movie to know I could never watch it! I don’t understand how people can see stuff like that on film and it doesn’t haunt you the rest of your life. I remember that I went to see _Casino_ when it came out, and I remember that it was pretty dark and violent, but I honestly don’t remember anything specific that happened in it. I think a lot of us may be just more lumpishly apathetic about suffering than you are! ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4997 "2026-03-12T20:09:17Z")
Only in films, I presume! My Aunt told me about _Casino_ like fifteen years ago and I didn’t even see it and I remember it. She’s like me, only she watches the stuff and suffers accordingly. And then tells me about it. It’s interesting because people knowing this about me have warned me off some things that turned out to be a nothing burger. My uncle was shocked when I demanded he see _The Raid: Redemption_, which is an incredibly brutal film. There are parts that push my limits but it’s mostly just full of awesome. (He agreed.) Whereas something like the original _Oldboy_ god, I watched that in college and I’m still traumatized. I was so mad at the close friend who recommended it. He really should have known better. The thing is that there are some truly exceptional films I’m missing out on, and I know this, and it sucks. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4998 "2026-03-12T21:24:34Z")
I can usually detach myself from what’s happening in a film. I know it’s people acting and portraying characters. Payback was difficult for me to do that. Mel has this craziness about him that doesn’t seem like acting. I saw the original (Point Blank) with Lee Marvin last year. It was much better and the violence didn’t bother me. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/4999 "2026-03-12T21:31:31Z")
**Cannibal Mukbang** Not recommended. Strangely tame and dull. I expected something more out there or possibly intense. Or maybe even a horror-comedy? Nah, it’s just a pretty standard movie. Very average or below average. I found myself checking the time a lot. I can assure you, it goes nowhere really. It could have been 30 minutes long. Dud. Its poster is the most interesting thing. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODAyMTM3ZjctNjYwNy00OWY3LThkNjMtMWFmODE2OTVkZmJjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODAyMTM3ZjctNjYwNy00OWY3LThkNjMtMWFmODE2OTVkZmJjXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5000 "2026-03-12T21:43:48Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Payback was difficult for me to do that. Mel has this craziness about him that doesn’t seem like acting. The Nightingale was a perfect example of a movie where the violence was so personal and shocking, I felt it even though it was obviously not real. Early in the film, the bad guy takes a baby and hands it to his colleague/thug. Baby won’t stop crying, so he has the thug bang it against the wall until it is dead. I can’t think of any moment in any\* film that equals that moment. \*Note: I just realized Schindler’s List probably equals it, but I only saw that one time a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5001 "2026-03-12T23:02:05Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > **WAR MACHINE** on Netflix > [@smithsb](#): > > 1-1/2 stars Also saw this recently and think that’s underselling it a bit. I’d call it a slightly above average popcorn action movie that manages to be a bit unpredictable in its predictability. Strong _Predator_ vibes, for sure, but better than many of the _Predator_ sequels. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5002 "2026-03-13T02:17:43Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > The Nightingale was a perfect example of a movie where the violence was so personal and shocking, I felt it even though it was obviously not real You might want to put the rest of that quote behind a spoiler so people don’t have to read about such a disturbing thing if they don’t want to. Especially after Spice\_Weasel specifically said how just reading stuff like that will haunt her. And the scene is even _worse_ than described. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5003 "2026-03-13T03:06:49Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Like the end of _Ex-Machina_ messed me up. I didn’t “get it” at first, I really think it’s a brilliant ending in retrospect. But the callousness of the android really got to me. Was it really the robot that was being callous, or the humans (including Caleb)? Consider: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s0UAEjsKy4I/maxresdefault.jpg "How Wikipedia Got Ex Machina (2014) Wrong") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0UAEjsKy4I) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=251)