# 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:** 278
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5544 "2026-05-12T14:31:01Z")
> [@icon](#): > > On the whole, an enjoyable experience and will likely watch again when it is available on a digital platform. It’s available now. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5545 "2026-05-12T16:50:54Z")
Wow. For $19 dollars. I’m usually watching movies a little later than others. Is this typical for a movie when it’s first on streaming? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5546 "2026-05-12T16:54:58Z")
Yes, at least for Prime. Inna and I are going tonight to see PHM on a Tuesday $5.99/ticket deal. Cheaper than Prime and it gets us out of the house. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5547 "2026-05-12T17:14:40Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It’s available now. I guess I should have specified, when it is available for free on a streaming service I use. I knew it was going to be released on streaming soon. I have no intention of paying theater ticket price to watch on a smaller screen for something I already saw in the theater. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5548 "2026-05-12T19:06:24Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Wow. For $19 dollars. I’m usually watching movies a little later than others. Is this typical for a movie when it’s first on streaming? For PVOD yeah. Usually when people talk about a movie being able to watch streaming they mean free on a subscription service, like Netflix or Peacock or Prime. I don’t know why anyone would choose to pay $19 to watch at home, unless you’re watching with multiple people I guess. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5549 "2026-05-12T19:21:15Z")
Seriously. I’m not _that_ anxious to see it. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5550 "2026-05-13T00:24:09Z")
I loved _The Sheep Detectives_. I love it when a movie exceeds expectations. Clever and fun and little “aside” jokes that don’t distract too much. And yes, I figured it out before the cop. All the kids in the theater seemed bored. They were running around and yelling. They should have stayed home. I read the plot description of the source novel. I don’t understand how someone can read _that_ book and make _this_ film. They’re so different! As for _The Great Escape_, has anyone here seen _The Password Is Courage_? It’s like The Great Escape written by one of the minor-player POWs, but he’s telling it like he single-handedly engineered th entire escape. Talk about fiction! ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5551 "2026-05-13T19:50:56Z")
**Scarface** (1932). I love the 1983 remake with Al Pacino and have seen it at least twice. I thought it would be entertaining to watch the original, particularly since it was so old that it was in the early era of talkies. It was fun to watch. It had some of the same story elements as the 1983 film, but the later film changed so much and was done with such consummate skill that it was really a different story with a few of the same plot points. The 1983 film dealt with the cocaine racket and the settlement in Florida of newly released Cuban criminals; the 1932 one was about the Prohibition-era beer racket and massive gang warfare. Very enjoyable, but a good example of the fact that sometimes, the remake is a better film than the original. Al Pacino’s depiction of a Cuban drug kingpin is absolutely chilling. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5552 "2026-05-13T22:16:53Z")
I rented Project Hail Mary because I had nothing else to do this afternoon and I’m hating Ryan Gosling in this. Don’t like the music either. I really enjoyed the book and had serious doubts about it translating to the screen. People seemed to really like it, but really don’t think this is the medium for it. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5553 "2026-05-14T00:49:21Z")
**Atomic Cafe** (Tubi) I remember watching this once when I was in college with a roommate and being so humored by the ridiculous Atomic War propaganda that was put out in the 50s and 60s. I even tracked down a VHS copy of the documentary a couple years after I graduated so I could watch it again. To be clear, I didn’t watch the whole thing last night. I just fast forwarded to the part with Bert the Turtle and showed it to my teenager. It was still funny, but not quite as amusing this time around. I suppose we were much farther away from the threat of global annihilation in the mid 90s than we are today. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IKqXu-5jw60/maxresdefault.jpg "Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5554 "2026-05-14T00:57:00Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > People seemed to really like it, There are a very few of us here who weren’t enthralled with it. But I’m happy for the people who love it. I think my daughters will. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5555 "2026-05-14T01:57:59Z")
**Greenland** 2020 Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn On Max I know most here have seen it and commented. I’m late to the party. The movie does a good job portraying people’s panic and how quickly organized society collapses. Good movie. Glad that I watched. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5556 "2026-05-14T03:37:20Z")
I suspect every single person who commented on this film, like me, said that it was fine, but better than they expected it would be. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5557 "2026-05-14T04:31:41Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > Remarkably Bright Creatures. Kinda saccharine, but harmless. The biggest laugh was when I saw in the credits who voices the octopus. It’s like the casting director just looked on IMDB to find out who was previously cast as “Octopus”. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5558 "2026-05-14T11:23:18Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > **Atomic Cafe** (Tubi) > > I remember watching this once when I was in college with a roommate and being so humored by the ridiculous Atomic War propaganda that was put out in the 50s and 60s. I even tracked down a VHS copy of the documentary a couple years after I graduated so I could watch it again. I love this film, and I bought a VHS copy, which I transferred to DVD. But you can now buy it direct on DVD. Bert the Turtle is fun, but so is the rest of the movie. There’s one interesting clip that has absolutely nothing to do with the atomic bomb, but I think that they found this bit of film and couldn’t resist putting it in, even out of context. It shows Richard Nixon “ringing the bell for mental health”. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5559 "2026-05-14T14:18:31Z")
**Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)** It is on Crave in Canada and maybe Amazon Prime in the US. I used to own this film on VHS and probably watched it 4-5 times in the early 90s. As I had not watched it in over 25 years I decided to give it a shot. Honestly, other than a few good action sequences, it has not held up very well. On a modern 4k TV a lot of the sets look obviously fake, the dialogue is pretty campy, and it is definitely not one of Kevin Costner’s better performances. Morgan Freeman and Alan Rickman save the film from being just another B grade summer action flick. “Why a spoon Cousin? Why not a sword or an axe?” “Because it’s dull, you twit. It will hurt more” ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5560 "2026-05-14T17:39:42Z")
The sets were fake because Rickman was absolutely ripping them to threads. I say that lovingly as he was excellent (as always). ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5561 "2026-05-14T18:54:31Z")
There is a scene where Rickman actually rips his cape to shreds. He gets it caught after beating up a guard that lets Robin escape. You can see it at [3:35 into this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5CISbpDxGs). He does an excellent job of staying in character. You can tell that they didn’t have a Steadicam on set that day. 3:05 into that youtube clip is very shaky. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5562 "2026-05-16T00:24:08Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > **Greenland** 2020 Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn > > On Max > > I know most here have seen it and commented. I’m late to the party. > > The movie does a good job portraying people’s panic and how quickly organized society collapses. > > Good movie. Glad that I watched. I just finished **Greenland 2** (HBO) and enjoyed it. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5563 "2026-05-16T04:55:41Z")
**House** 1985 William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll, Kay Lenz House is one of my favorite horror/comedies from the 80’s. Many of the actors were on the verge of stardom on tv. Richard Moll (Night Court), George Wendt (Cheers), Alan Autry (Heat of the Night) William Katt had Great American Hero and other shows. I often watch Scream, House, and Scary Movie on the same night during Halloween season. Camp, Comedy horror is the best. Rating of 8.5 out of 10 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=277) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=279)