# 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:** 3
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/41 "2024-08-30T19:06:49Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > **Drive-Away Dolls** on Amazon Prime. A great opening scene and all downhill (…) Best thing I can say is that it was less than 90 minutes and I didn’t pay to see it. I liked it a little better, but it could have been created by a Coen copycat. It was directed by brother Ethan. He says that co-writer Tricia Cooke (his wife) was also co-director (but doesn’t belong to the Directors Guild). The film is also titled _Drive Away Dykes_. It reminded me of an artier _Harold and Kumar Visit White Castle_. There’s a lot of girl sex, but I don’t think any nipples appear. Maybe a B+? A step down from _Buster Scruggs_. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/42 "2024-08-30T19:52:34Z")
**The Crow (2024)** Maybe recommended? For free? I saw the new Crow movie. It isn’t terrible, to be honest. It mainly suffers from choosing to be a remake, with the main character again named Eric Draven. Should have just been a different guy entirely and a new attempt at a Crow sequel. It has one excellent sequence that goes on for awhile. Takes place at an opera house during an opera and it was great, maybe as good or better than any one sequence in the original. Overall: 1. He does not die and come back as the Crow for about 45 minutes. Didn’t Brandon Lee’s character and wife die in the opening scene? This felt eternal in this movie. Opening 45 minutes by far the weirdest paced and worst. 2. He isn’t married to the girl in this one. It’s a girl he met at rehab and I struggled to understand how long they knew each other. He is mad in love with her, but I wasn’t sure he even knew her well enough for that. 3. Acting all fine, no one embarrassed themselves in this movie. 4. Even if Brandon Lee had lived, the 1994 movie would still be seen as a much better movie than this one. It’s more stylistic and I liked the story with him and the little girl, a storyline this movie does not have at all. I’d rank the Crow movies like this: 1. The Crow 1994 2. The Crow City of Angels 3. The Crow 2024 4. The Crow: Salvation 5. The Crow: Wicked Prayer ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/43 "2024-08-30T20:13:55Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Something Kubrick left out of Thackery’s Barry Lyndon was that he was descended from aristocracy, but it was the ancient Irish aristocracy extinguished by the English. That makes the story part of a larger genre where the Irish view the world as a locked door and their only means of entry is to batter it down, usually with their skulls. > > Even if you choose to sympathize with Barry, at one point he blows it: literally with smoke in his wife’s face. A classic tragedy of a man who gets what he everything he wants, but now what he needs - the ability to get out of his own way. Where Barry Lyndon fails, for me, is that he never reaches a moment of self-awareness. Even the voice of innocence, when his son asks him and his wife to reconcile as he’s dying, can’t reach him. He just gets drunk and stays that way. > > A beautiful movie, but a similar story was better told in Breaking Bad. Thank you. I didn’t know exactly what Barry’s precise background was (but I got the impression that he was of high born stock that had descended in the world). I agree absolutely with everything else you’ve written. As I said, at least three times he claims that _now_ he’d be a gentleman. And he never was. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/44 "2024-09-01T00:26:08Z")
**Blink Twice** Recommended. Wow, another great movie to go in blind to and enjoy. I was again completely pulled in and I’ve been impressed this year with thrillers, if that is the right term for this. Just a really well made, tense movie. I guess some of it was somewhat predictable, but I still enjoyed the entire movie and all the performances were great. Check this one out for sure. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/45 "2024-09-01T18:22:32Z")
**Logan Lucky** was recommended in the Adam Driver thread. I saw it pop up on Netflix last night and watched it. While the plot was silly, the acting was great and made the movie a lot of fun. Daniel Craig and Adam Driver were hysterical. They stole every scene they were in (in a good way). Lots of little touches in their delivery that cracked me up. The two fellows who played Daniel Craig’s brothers were perfect - Jack Quaid (son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan) and Brian Gleeson (yet _another_ delightful actor son of Brendan Gleeson). Speaking of famous actors’ offspring, Sam Waterston’s actress daughter Katherine Waterston was also in it. I didn’t recognize [Seth MacFarlane](https://assets.website-files.com/5919d6d68b5a6075f26e5f3f/5919fd473df5294130611e71_cast06_SethMacFarlane.jpg) despite knowing he was in it. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/46 "2024-09-01T20:23:33Z")
I recently came across TTT playing, and discovered I had no patience for all the Sam/Gollum histrionics, while the Rohan/Gondor parts were still great. I don’t think I could rewatch it end to end now. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/47 "2024-09-01T21:12:58Z")
I have just started watching one of the Five Perfect Movies (someone should really start that thread, btw). It is _My Name Is Nobody_, with Henry Fonda and Terence Hill. Perfect direction, perfect script, perfect music and perfect acting, and if anybody attempts to remake it, well, more the fool they. It is a simple western about trying to retire. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/48 "2024-09-01T21:22:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I have just started watching one of the Five Perfect Movies (someone should really start that thread, btw). What thread? A thread where we list our 5 perfect movies? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/49 "2024-09-01T22:01:13Z")
Actually, not a bad idea. Thank you. [Five Perfect Movies - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-perfect-movies/1006586) ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/50 "2024-09-02T06:15:47Z")
Love that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/51 "2024-09-02T06:30:35Z")
About Schmidt. A very low key movie. Only a couple characters seem to be intended to make a mark. Except one. I swear that Jack Nicholson is entertainment embodied. With even so sparse a character as he is given to portray, it just shows what he can do with every moment he is on screen. I do not say it is a great movie. I really feel it is more just a way to showcase what he can do. If you are a fan of his. This gives one a chance to see him go very solo. It is really almost a one man show. I just finished watching it for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/52 "2024-09-02T14:08:10Z")
_[Greedy People](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20201748/)_. There’s a pile of money up for grabs and murder/movie ensues. I knew going in that the reviews were so-so, but I was intrigued by the eclectic cast. It includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lily James, Tim Blake Nelson, Joey Lauren Adams, Uzo Aduba, and Jim Gaffigan. It even has Traci Lords in a small, but key, role. I thought her “mainstream” acting career ended a long time ago. It is listed as a “comedy crime” movie. Sounds suspiciously like “dark comedy” which I have been burned on a lot. But it started off fine. Some fun goofy things but Joseph Gordon-Levitt was overdoing it to the max. OTOH, Uzo Aduba does a great job of a small town police chief, leaving “Crazy Eyes” in the dust. I didn’t see where the negative reviews were coming from. But then. But then. Yeah. Well after over halfway thru the movie just went bad, off the rails, etc. It became a pointless mess. Okay, now I get why this was not rated better. It just ruined the movie for me. Give it a half a speargun. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/53 "2024-09-02T14:09:59Z")
I saw _[Between the Temples](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_Temples)_ at the theater over the weekend. Very good though somewhat unexpected ending. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/54 "2024-09-02T14:48:02Z")
**Beverly Hills Cop II** (1897). I recently saw Axel F (2024) and re-watched Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and thought I should re-watch this one. I remember it being OK, but the re-watch showed it to being on the lower side of OK. There are some funny moments but on the whole it really is not that entertaining. They basically got the band back together after they had finished their main gig and the band was still a bit hungover. I know the 3rd is particularly reviled, but the second isn’t that great either. As Eddy Murphy said himself “it was a half-assed movie.” `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/55 "2024-09-02T18:20:45Z")
I didn’t realize it was that old. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/56 "2024-09-02T20:28:23Z")
**Wonder Boys** (2000): This comedy has such an offbeat sensibility, it’s hard to believe it was released by a major studio and has serious star power (Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes). Michael Douglas plays an English professor facing both personal and professional crises. He gets tangled up with a troubled student who’s a promising author. It’s consistently engaging, with lots of unexpected situations, including a few laugh-out-loud moments. I assume it’s faithful to the novel, because it blithely strays from Hollywood conventions. Can be viewed for free on Kanopy through participating US public libraries. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/57 "2024-09-02T23:03:26Z")
I enjoyed that one a lot _despite_ both Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire being in it. Usually I avoid movies with either of them in it. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/58 "2024-09-03T03:43:47Z")
Just watched _Dream Scenario_ on MAX. A mostly entertaining movie starring Nicholas Cage with an interesting premise. Pretty good show for the most part, except for a not-so-good ending. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/59 "2024-09-04T16:38:27Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **Blink Twice** > > Recommended. > > Wow, another great movie to go in blind to and enjoy. I was again completely pulled in and I’ve been impressed this year with thrillers, if that is the right term for this. Just a really well made, tense movie. > > I guess some of it was somewhat predictable, but I still enjoyed the entire movie and all the performances were great. > > Check this one out for sure. Saw this last night and had been really looking forward to it. It was fun, mostly due the cast, I think. I found it a bit incoherent and I’m thinking it’s a problem with editing, as if scenes that contain important information were cut. I feel like I was paying close attention but it wasn’t totally clear to me that the whole reason for the island soiree was to drug women to sexually abuse them and then wipe their memories with perfume. I won’t hijack the whole thread and ask my many questions; I looked it up when I got home and as I was reading I kept thinking "_when did that happen"_? and “how did I miss _that_”? I recommend watching it when it’s streaming. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/60 "2024-09-04T16:45:57Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I looked it up when I got home and as I was reading I kept thinking "_when did that happen"_? and “how did I miss _that_”? Oh, it definitely happened. You missed a very big moment/sequence that showed this explicitly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=4)