# 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:** 329
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6564 "2026-10-09T13:39:07Z")
The names in the spoiler do not match the film you named. Did you see _Sixteen Candles_ or _Pretty in Pink_? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6565 "2026-10-09T13:59:18Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Not a movie I’ve seen, but one I am thinking of seeing: > > **Caligula - The Ultimate Cut** > > I understand the original cut was a notorious flop, but this latter cut appears to have a slightly more (borderline) positive assessment. It’s available for rent on several streaming services. Has anyone seen it? Am I insane? Like, _Caligula_ insane? The trailer is visually stunning (so props to whoever cobbled _that_ together). I saw this when it first came out. I can’t believe that a different cut would be all that much of an improvement – there were too many places where Big-Name Movie Stars had ridiculous lines and did ridiculous things. (Damn, but I hope Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud and especially Malcolm MacDowell got well-paid for this. And Gore Vidal, whose script they rewrote). But if they have the guts to cut that out, along with the over-the-top scenes where Bob Guccione thought he was Fellini, and much of the porn, they might hve something decent. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6566 "2026-10-09T15:02:41Z")
Heads up, for Peacock releases Disclosure Day Oct 9 Crystal Lake Oct 15 (season 1, all 8 episodes) Minions & Monsters (2026) Oct 28 October has me very excited. I watched Disclosure Day early this morning after it became available to stream. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderMagnolia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@LavenderMagnolia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderMagnolia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6567 "2026-10-09T15:58:48Z")
I did mean to say Pretty In Pink, sorry. I had also watched Sixteen Candles the other day, and I was thinking about both while I was typing. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6568 "2026-10-09T16:27:37Z")
_Pretty in Pink_ … _Sixteen Candles_ … What’s the difference? Amirite? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6569 "2026-10-09T16:34:55Z")
**Children of the Corn** (1984) Mildly recommended. All adults in a town have been killed by children, and yet no other adults show up to find out what is going gone. Our two adult protagonists come in and face a corn-based religious cult. Mildly amusing. I mainly saw it because when I was a kid I saw it on TV and it was very scary to me then. Not anymore. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6570 "2026-10-09T16:35:40Z")
**Children of the Corn 2: The Final Sacrifice** Not recommended. Maybe mold on the corn is what makes the kids crazy? Oh, no, it’s still a supernatural thing. Anyway, passable, but not much to offer. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6571 "2026-10-09T17:53:07Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > _Pretty in Pink_ … _Sixteen Candles_ … What’s the difference? Amirite? I mean, one has a sexual assault on an intoxicated teenager played for laughs, plus some racist jokes, but otherwise yeah, same movies. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6572 "2026-10-09T19:15:40Z")
Why do you think fundie Christianity is pushed so heavily in flyover country? If it weren’t for Christianity people might _be_ worshipping corn gods. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6573 "2026-10-09T20:45:57Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Caligula - The Ultimate Cut Regarding the original cut, I’ll piggyback on Leonard Maltin’s assessment: It is only saved from zero stars by the inclusion of five minutes of high production value lesbian porn. That and just watching what great actors will do if offered enough money are the only reasons to watch this. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6574 "2026-10-10T03:09:56Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > **Disclosure Day** 2026 Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor > > Finally on Peacock. 😁 > > It’s from Steven Spielberg > > Need I say more? > Yes, it’s very good. Just finishing this now. This is the biggest festering turd I have seen this year. I can’t believe this was made by Spielberg. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6575 "2026-10-10T11:59:32Z")
I’ll be a little less negative about **Disclosure Day** , which had some fun parts. But it also featured moviedom’s dumbest car chase and a plot with nonsensical elements. And maybe (probably?) it’s me but I don’t get Hollywood’s love for Colman Domingo and its need to place him in important roles. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6576 "2026-10-10T12:08:05Z")
> [@Galactus](#): > > Just finishing this now. This is the biggest festering turd I have seen this year. I can’t believe this was made by Spielberg. Did you like _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_ - 1977? Spielberg has a long history with aliens and UFO’s. I need to rewatch the 1977 movie. It’s been decades since I’ve seen it. I’m curious how well it holds up. _Arrival_ - 2016 is another film that explores alien ships approaching earth. I don’t recall who directed it. I saw it once when it first came out. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6577 "2026-10-10T12:24:40Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > _Arrival_ - 2016 is another film that explores alien ships approaching earth. I don’t recall who directed it. I saw it once when it first came out. Denis Villenueve, of Dune and other movies. Arrival _might_ be my favorite sci-fi movie. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6578 "2026-10-10T13:40:49Z")
**Arrival** is brilliant and one of the best alien movies ever. **Disclosure Day** is forgettable. It had some cool scenes, but the story makes no sense, the ending is terrible and the whole thing felt like set-up for a movie that never happens. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6579 "2026-10-10T13:50:12Z")
**Pride and Prejudice and Zombies** They took a George Romero film, they took a Merchant-Ivory flick, they cut them both up into pieces, threw them up in the air, taped the pieces together and here’s the result. Acting is fine, sets are great, the girls are pretty, the guys are handsome, the story is bizarre. Still, worth a look if it catches you in the right frame of mind. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6580 "2026-10-10T14:16:04Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > _Arrival_ - 2016 is another film that explores alien ships approaching earth. I don’t recall who directed it. I saw it once when it first came out. Another recent film worth checking out in that genre is Jordan Peele’s _Nope_, which draws considerably from Spielberg - both _Close Encounters_ and _Jaws_. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6581 "2026-10-10T15:06:41Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > (Damn, but I hope Peter O’Toole and John Gielgud and especially Malcolm MacDowell got well-paid for this. And Gore Vidal, whose script they rewrote) Are you kidding? Half the fun of the movie is watching MacDowell chew the scenery. It’s one of the greatest examples of overacting in movie history. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6582 "2026-10-10T21:31:45Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > **Disclosure Day** is forgettable I watched it less than two weeks ago and can barely remember anything about it. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6583 "2026-10-10T22:32:23Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I watched it less than two weeks ago and can barely remember anything about it I was very much looking forward to the big, secret “tentpole scifi film” Spielberg was working on the past year or two. Wow, dull. Very dull. One of Spielberg’s true misses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=328) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=330)