# 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:** 339
**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 4, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6764 "2026-11-04T19:17:55Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Yeah, but it has his best “role” as an “actor”, including the line I"ve not seen it, actually. I did see Creep Show and he is fun in that. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6765 "2026-11-04T19:59:01Z")
I liked in the newer version of IT when he played the pawn shop owner who tells author William Denbrough that he doesn’t know how to write the ending of a book. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6766 "2026-11-04T20:57:17Z")
**Black Bag.** A 2025 American spy thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by David Koepp. It stars Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, and Pierce Brosnan. I watched it as a metaphor for the human capacity to deceive and be deceived. Alert and elegant. The ending is correct on several levels but not creative enough to turn the movie into a blockbuster. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6767 "2026-11-04T22:07:14Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Apparently it was adapted again as a TV movie entitled _Trucks_ in 1997, which was more faithful to the story (and better directed), but I’ve never seen it. I watched _Trucks_ a few months ago. Without the camp or R-rated violence, it’s pretty weak sauce compared to the 1987 film. It hangs everything on a fantastic premise that was no longer novel by the 1990s. ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6768 "2026-11-05T02:58:44Z")
**Pinocchio Unstrung** 2026 Peacock My first thought is todays writers must be desperate for horror material. Do they really need to turn Pinocchio into Chucky? I know _Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey_ came out in 2023. I haven’t seen it yet. Back to Pinocchio. Most people know he wants to be a real boy. That requires human skin and organs in this films reality. You can guess how our puppet acquires the parts needed. There is a market for these slasher children’s stories. Pinocchio is part of The Twisted Childhood Universe (TCU). Rotten Tomatoes gives Pinocchio Unstrung 77% and 68% ratings. I enjoyed the film. The puppetry is well done. I’m impressed that Pinocchio is a fully practical animatronic. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6769 "2026-11-05T03:50:47Z")
I just saw The Ramayana in the theater. Surprise, it’s an Indian film and has just come out. There are three ways to see it. Dubbed, subtitled, and 3D I saw the subtitled version, as I prefer that to dubbing the English in. This is a long film, three hours or so, and it says “Part One” ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6770 "2026-11-05T07:20:49Z")
_The Adventures of Pinocchio_ is out of copyright, so it’s legal to us the character of Pinocchio for free, including for making him the villain in a horror movie. Similarly, Winnie the Pooh can be used as the villain in a horror movie. Copyrights run out 95 years after a book or movie or television show or play or song or other artistic items were created. ---
**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 5, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6771 "2026-11-05T12:47:15Z")
The Pinocchio movie came out in 1940. Apparently Disney doesn’t have exclusive rights to the character. Carlo Collodi’s novel was published in1883. The new Pinocchio horror movie is extremely bloody and graphic. It’s too much for me regardless of the character that’s used. I won’t watch the Winnie the Pooh slasher films. That’s a personal choice. I prefer suspense based horror. YMMV ---
**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 5, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6772 "2026-11-05T14:28:38Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I won’t watch the Winnie the Pooh slasher films. That’s a personal choice. I prefer suspense based horror. I’ve seen two of them. They were pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6773 "2026-11-05T14:28:43Z")
I meant to say that the novel is out of copyright, so it’s legal to use the character of Pinocchio for free. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6774 "2026-11-05T14:48:38Z")
And of course “The Mouse Trap” (2024) was a deliberate f-u to commemorate the expiration of the copyright on the (original version of) Mickey Mouse. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6775 "2026-11-05T14:54:50Z")
I don’t buy that was the intention. I think “The Mouse Trap” was simply meant to exploit the Disney property and make money. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6776 "2026-11-05T14:56:03Z")
We haven’t seen much of flood of open-source Mickey since then though. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6777 "2026-11-05T14:59:23Z")
I think anyone capable of _competently_ making open-source Mickey Mouse films would much rather use original or licensed content so they could make addition films or television shows. Though, looking at Wikipedia, there have been other such films. > **[Works based on a copyright-free Mickey Mouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_based_on_a_copyright-free_Mickey_Mouse)** > > The following is a list of creative works starring Mickey Mouse announced after Steamboat Willie, Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho, released in 1928, entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. In January, multiple films and video games starring the iconic character were announced immediately. This list only includes works that received substantial media attention. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6778 "2026-11-05T15:12:45Z")
And the prominence of slasher/horror films on that list leads me to suspect that f-u is a strong factor in their production. ---
**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 5, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6779 "2026-11-05T17:49:35Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > There is a market for these slasher children’s stories. Pinocchio is part of The Twisted Childhood Universe (TCU). Sometimes called The Poohniverse (after WtP: B&H) ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6780 "2026-11-05T17:52:01Z")
> [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2652): > > > [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/2643): > > > > I started watching **Nocturnal Animals** on Netflix > > Okay, I finally finished this thing and had to come back to say WTF? It was very well-acted, especially by Michael Shannon and the bad guys, but it just ended in a weird way. It was like the director decided he really didn’t have any more money in the budget, and just left everything dangling. Any clues? I watched _Nocturnal Animals_ (2016; 7.4 imdb) on Netflix just now, several years after Chefguy. The movie – which is a “realistic” horror story – is a stark psychological thriller, with lots of soul-searching and lots of symbolism. This is NOT my genre, and I definitely do NOT recommend the film for anyone looking for a good time. BUT the sheer starkness and multi-level symbolism is impressive. I can’t think of another film at all like it. Tom Ford was the renowned Creative Director of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, winner of 30+ major awards – even I had heard of him. Tom Ford seems like it might be a common name so I first assumed that the Tom Ford who wrote, produced and directed _Nocturnal Animals_ was a different guy. Nope, same polymath, whose degree is in architecture. A random excerpt from his Wikipedia bio: > [@](#): > > Responding to criticism that he objectified women, Ford stated he is an “equal opportunity objectifier” and is “just as happy to objectify men”. He argued “you can’t show male nudity in our culture in the way you can show female nudity” and pointed out that he did a male nude ad while at Yves Saint Laurent which got pulled. I also found the ending (or perhaps the entire movie!) confusing but Google’s AI was happy to explain it to me. Edward, who never appears to Susan except in flashbacks, is taking revenge on Susan for abandoning him. His no-show for dinner is the final tit-for-tat of that revenge. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6781 "2026-11-06T14:51:27Z")
**Super Troopers 3** (Hulu and Disney+) I thought the first one was very funny, but I don’t think I saw the second one. I think fans of the first _Super Troopers_ or Broken Lizard fans in general should see this movie right meow, but I don’t know if it would appeal to non-fans. It is funny and there are some goofy shenanigans but it feels similar to what they’ve done before. Like the first, the characters goof around a lot until the denouement when the movie says “Oh wait, we have to stop the drug smugglers.” ---
**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:** [November 7, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6782 "2026-11-07T02:45:24Z")
I rewatched Godzilla Minus One tonight in to remind me of everything before i see Minus Zero in the theater tomorrow. My first review of it doesn’t change: > [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9540): > > Godzilla Minus One. I liked it a lot, but I had perhaps a less empathetic take than some. The movie is as much about PTSD as it is a menacing monster, but I found the writing of the main character and his emotional ordeals so unsubtle and stereotypical that I was more annoyed by him than anything. That said, some of the dialogue from the other characters about a post-military life in Japan was moving. > > It might have been something about his acting that didn’t work for me, because a lot of the acting from the other characters was great. > > Anyway, worth seeing. ---
**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 7, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6783 "2026-11-07T21:39:43Z")
**Primetime** Not recommended. This was so stupid. I don’t blame Chris Hansen for being mad. This whole thing feels like a parody of a bad bio film. I remember To Catch A Predator. This movie doesn’t get much into the making of it. It just portrays Hansen as a Captain Ahab like weirdo. What a stupid film. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=338) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=340)