# 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:** 28
**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 7, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/541 "2024-11-07T17:58:34Z")
Finally watched the original Salems Lot tv miniseries. It going to be dropped from Max very soon. It’s on the Last Chance list. It’s slower paced. I enjoyed still it. The longer format gives more details of the story. It’s interesting to note the changes to other versions. For example, in the original the three boys are innocently rehearsing for a school play. Two leave to walk home and get attacked. In the 2004 version the boys are brats breaking into a Truck. Two run away and get attacked. I didn’t recognize the creepy guy that owns the truck in the miniseries. There are many other differences. I’ve never read the book and don’t know the correct details. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/542 "2024-11-07T21:32:52Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Any kind of censorship of this nature has to be justified by a very, **very** compelling reason. Do I think it was OK to censor the n-word in this instance? I think whoever made that decision is completely incompetent and should be fired. It not only lacks any justification whatsoever, it also ruins one of the movie’s best jokes (unless you’re thinking of a different scene that the one I’m thinking of). Thank you. I was going “Hey, why the hell did they do that?” > [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I am against editing the language of _any_ pre-exisiting movie/TV show. However it originally released is how it should be shown, especially on a premium pay cable channel! I get that broadcast networks have to edit things, but pay cable should absolutely not be doing that. Yeah, this was on a premium Cable channel. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Cleavon Little was terrific, though. Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/543 "2024-11-08T00:39:05Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > it also ruins one of the movie’s best jokes (unless you’re thinking of a different scene that the one I’m thinking of). If I’m thinking of the same line, it was the absolute favorite of a friend of mine. He was a police officer, and as Irish as Paddy’s pig (I’m not insulting anyone, am I?). His partner was of Chineese descent, and they laughed about that line a lot. In fact, not long after the OJ Simpson trial, he was in court, and the defense attorney asked if he ever used the “N” word, and he answered yes, then explained the context. No problems. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/544 "2024-11-08T01:18:30Z")
_Jeanne Dielmann No 12 Rue de Commerce Bruxelles 1080_ (hopefully, I got that right – it’s from memory). It’s not a movie that you can call entertaining, but I definitely found it fascinating. I’m glad I watched it with somebody because the nature of the film makes it so easy to discuss it while watching and not really miss anything. I’m a little upset that I knew there was a surprise ending, because I guessed what it was … and Chekhov’s scissors were _right there_. ---
**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 8, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/545 "2024-11-08T01:47:18Z")
**Here** Very _slightly_ recommended. Like, tipping either way here. Yeah, I just don’t think Zemekis has it in him anymore. This was fine, but way overly…maudlin(?). It just tries to go for the emotional peaks way too much. Alan Silvestri did some heavy lifting with this one’s music, but the whole thing can’t be saved. Not bad, only 95 minutes or so long. Oh, the digital effect on people was kinda weird. What happened to the guy who made Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Contact, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? He got old and I guess he just isn’t as talented anymore. Shame. ---
**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 8, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/546 "2024-11-08T04:15:11Z")
I enjoyed it as a film experiment. “Let’s have an unmoving static camera shot in the same spot throughout hundreds of years of history and make it a narrative story” is a unique concept. Yeah it’s got the “Forrest Gump”-iness of so many historical events/figures being tied to that one location, but I was entertained for the most part. The de-aged Tom Hanks looked great but Robin Wright did not look like a teen/20-something. The final shot also annoyed me. I also didn’t like how several times they would allude to something, it’s obvious what they are referring to, and yet later they’ll just flat out _say_ the reference like they _know_ the audience is stupid. But it’s not a bad way to spend 105 mins. ---
**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 9, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/547 "2024-11-09T01:46:21Z")
**My Old Ass** Not really recommended. I was hoping it would be funnier and more powerful. It’s a comedy-drama type thing and it doesn’t land on either aspect very well. A teen girl meets her nearly 40 self and considers the advice her older self gives her. Take it? Ignore it? It was nothing all that special. I won’t think of it much after a day or two. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/548 "2024-11-09T13:48:15Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’ve never read the book and don’t know the correct details. I’d certainly recommend the book, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/549 "2024-11-09T18:38:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **My Old Ass** Man, that _Francis, the Talking Mule_ reboot sounds _edgy_. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/550 "2024-11-09T21:08:54Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I’d certainly recommend the book Seconded. The book is far superior to anything on a screen, small or large. It’s one of my top 2 or 3 King books. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/551 "2024-11-09T21:39:11Z")
As for movies I’ve seen recently: Blood Rage. An absolutely tepid slasher film hosted by a local MST3K-style improv group. Terrible film, but a fun night. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/552 "2024-11-09T22:44:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **My Old Ass** > > Not really recommended. > (…) Mostly agree. I liked maybe the first 1/3 – enjoyed Aubrey Plaza’s first appearance and some minutes thereafter. But the heartwarming stuff was Disneyesque (in the bad sense), and the biggest twist was dumb. Plaza’s big long hug toward the end was not a situation I’d seen in a film before, so that was a positive. (I think I’ve seen mildly similar set-ups in other movies, but not that exact thing.) ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/553 "2024-11-10T01:33:25Z")
BTW, _My Old Ass_ is now on Prime. ---
**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 10, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/554 "2024-11-10T01:44:31Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > BTW, _My Old Ass_ is now on Prime Yes, this is how I saw it. Was it anywhere else before? ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/555 "2024-11-10T02:07:39Z")
> [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/254): > > Rainy afternoon in the city, so we ducked into a theater. Next thing that was playing was My Old Ass. Sweet coming-of-age film where a high school girl and her friends do 'shrooms and the girl’s older self shows up with advice. And warnings. Best thing about the film: the older self is Aubrey Plaza. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/556 "2024-11-10T05:33:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yes, this is how I saw it. Was it anywhere else before? Well, I paid real American dollars and saw it in a movie theater. ---
**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 10, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/557 "2024-11-10T06:37:53Z")
I saw it in theaters. I also really enjoyed it much more than I expected! ---
**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:** [November 10, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/558 "2024-11-10T10:43:17Z")
I just watched **Beetlejuice Beetlejuice**. I’m not especially in love with the original, so I don’t feel the need to hold the sequel up to a particularly high standard. And that is good because it’s a bit of a frenetic jumble. The good thing is it’s very in-keeping with its predecessor, it’s very Tim Burton, the performances are great, it’s quite funny, and it’s visually dazzling. The bad thing is the plot is in a bit of a rush, there’s no jeopardy as each villain is perfunctorily dismissed before they manage to do anything more complicated than exist, and the conclusion felt like it was written on the last day of shooting an hour before wrap. But, what the hey, it was a fun time. ---
**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 10, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/559 "2024-11-10T11:09:07Z")
**Hot Fuzz** - it’s been a long time since I’ve last seen this so I wasn’t sure whether it would be as good as I remembered it being. Verdict: it was **better**. Just a solid, fun movie all the way through. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/560 "2024-11-10T11:26:58Z")
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