# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/721 "2024-11-27T23:59:58Z")
Just finished watching _Hellzapoppin_ on YouTube, after reading [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-you-know-who-died-yesterday-jim-abrahams/1010855). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/722 "2024-11-28T00:03:56Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Steve McQueen follows his example and the two risk their lives to help bury someone. Why? Just to stick it to bigoted assholes. Which gave us the immortal exchange: (They’ve just been shot at) Vin: “You elected?” Chris: (looking at his shattered cigar) “No, but I got nominated real good.” ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/723 "2024-11-28T00:19:50Z")
**Conclave** (2024). There’s a separate thread for this, but it’s not been very active and I thought this was worth commenting on here. Initially, I wasn’t entirely sure what to think of this as I watched it, though it does exude high-quality production values in every respect. The renowned actor in the central role that I failed to immediately identify was Ralph Fiennes, who was probably familiar to me from his role in _The Menu_. My eventual conclusion is that I would definitely recommend this, especially if you’re interested in something quite unusual like a story about a sequestered conclave voting for the next pope. It’s not clear if the story has any sort of moral, or what it might be, but it presents itself in interesting twists and turns, and ultimately forces us to conclude that despite all our differences, we are all very much the same. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/724 "2024-11-28T00:49:30Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It’s not clear if the story has any sort of moral, or what it might be, but it presents itself in interesting twists and turns, and ultimately forces us to conclude that despite all our differences, we are all very much the same. In the same way that I believe **Breaking Bad** can be viewed as a simple story about what it’s like to run a business (see below), **Conclave** is about determining leadership in a hierarchical organization. It just happened to be set in the highest level of the church. As for Breaking Bad… I’ve always been amused at how throughout the whole series Walt and Jesse experience all the problems of being entrepreneurs. They have money problems, supply chain issues, labor issues, complications with “regulatory compliance”, personal and family conflicts that spill over into the business and vice versa, big egos… Except for killing people, it all could just as easily have been a paper company in Scranton. ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/725 "2024-11-28T01:22:15Z")
**The Magnificent Seven** Recommended. You know what? That _was_ quite good. I believe this might have been the first Steve McQueen movie I’ve seen and also the first Yul Brenner movie I’ve seen other than The Ten Commandments. All great, even Charles Bronson is great and I had only see him in a couple of Death Wish movies on TV, most of which show him from a time in his life when had had clearly given up. Anyway, good movie, extremely well done. Sad to see all of the Seven actors have already died. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/726 "2024-11-28T01:36:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I believe this might have been the first Steve McQueen movie I’ve seen [Gasp!]. Drop what you’re doing and watch The Great Escape. Stat! ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/727 "2024-11-28T04:18:42Z")
Finished my science fiction day with… _War of the Worlds_ 1953 and _Forbidden Planet_ 1956. Both very well done. I’ve rewatched them many times since childhood. War of the Worlds has really good stunts for a B movie. Explosions launched stuntmen into the air. Men on fire walking and the ray guns. Forbidden is very well done. Great sets and Robby the Robot is very detailed. Story is a bit slow-paced but has a nice payoff. Start Trek, _Requiem for Methuselah_ copied the story. Same idea, Flint and his daughter Rayna live happily alone with the robot M4. Horndog Kirk visits the planet, comes onto the girl, and triggers a crisis. Kirk’s libido almost makes it impossible to produce a badly needed vaccine. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/728 "2024-11-28T09:26:00Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > [Gasp!]. Drop what you’re doing and watch The Great Escape. Stat! Also with Charles Bronson. That movie had an amazing cast. ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/729 "2024-11-28T13:25:12Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > War of the Worlds has really good stunts for a B movie. For what it’s worth, War of the Worlds had the same budget as Forbidden Planet. $2,000,000 was well above the average budget for films in the mid-1950s. ---
**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 28, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/730 "2024-11-28T13:48:32Z")
The higher budget explains why those two science fiction films look so good. They set the standard for sci-fi made later. I like _The Blob_ and _The Day the Earth Stood Still_ too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/731 "2024-11-28T14:01:47Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Also with Charles Bronson. And the great James Coburn! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/732 "2024-11-28T14:34:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Horndog Kirk visits the planet, comes onto the girl That sounds more X-rated than the version I remember ---
**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 28, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/733 "2024-11-28T16:23:24Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > And the great James Coburn! He’s great. I’d really only ever seen him in Maverick(1994), where he is terrific. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/734 "2024-11-28T16:44:31Z")
Not for nothing, but he puts on just about the worst British accent you’ve ever heard in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/735 "2024-11-28T17:09:53Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > He’s great. I’d really only ever seen him in Maverick(1994), where he is terrific. I think you mean James Garner, who was also in the Great Escape. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/736 "2024-11-28T17:13:55Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > I think you mean James Garner, who was also in the Great Escape. Coburn was in Maverick as well in a smaller role. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/737 "2024-11-28T17:17:35Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Coburn was in Maverick as well in a smaller role. I don’t remember that - but cool! So both he and Garner were in Maverick and The Great Escape. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/738 "2024-11-28T17:24:50Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > So both he and Garner were in Maverick and The Great Escape. Everybody was in The Great Escape 😃. One of those star-studded features that actually works pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/739 "2024-11-28T17:28:27Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Not for nothing, but he puts on just about the worst British accent you’ve ever heard in that movie. If you mean Coburn in _The Great Escape_, then he puts on the worst Australian accent ever… 😏 ---
**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:** [November 28, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/740 "2024-11-28T17:41:53Z")
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