# 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:** 39
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/761 "2024-11-30T05:59:27Z")
Moana 2 with the great grandkids (he’s 11, she’s 8). All the stars, they loved it. The audience applauded at the end (home crowd - wife and I are back in Hawaii). As an adult, you can see the themes and actions coming from a mile away - fine - not talking greatest film category here. Two! villains sort of. No one dies. Enjoyable and the kids were really into it. Go see it with your children. ---
**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 30, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/762 "2024-11-30T11:19:33Z")
Transformers ONE was pretty good. Yards more entertaining than almost all of the ugly live action ones except for Bumblebee. I’d recommend it for a pleasant time. A lot of shooting and fighting, if that matters to you. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/763 "2024-11-30T17:36:32Z")
Continuing through my stockpile of as-yet-unwatched DVDS, today I watched Douglas Fairbanks’ silent version of **Robin Hood** (1922) I was expecting a relatively low-budget film, but this was a long (it had an intermission!) epic film with huge sets and extravagant special effects reminiscent of Fairbanks’ later _Thief of Bagdad_ (1924). The extremely tall sets look like the ones Williuam Cameron Menzies came up with for Thief of Bagdad. I didn’t see his name in the credits, but according to iMDB and Wikipedia he did work on the film, but went uncredited. It starts out in England before King Richard goes on his crusade, and introduces Fairbanks as the Earl of Huntingdon and shows his prowess at jousting and how he meets Maid Marian, then follows the soldiers of to the CRusade, then shows King John’s odious rule, a message sent to HUntingdon, about conditions back home. He appeals to Richard to go back, is thrown into a prison for his insubordination. He escapes, and becomes Robin Hood. He indulges in a lot of very athletic stunts defeating and taunting King John’s guard. And so on. A very long flick. Alan Hale, father of Gilligon’s Island’s Skipper, plays Little John for the first time. He was so poplar in the role that he did it again in the Errol Flynn version 16 years later, and in _Rogues of Sherwood Forest_ in 1950. Wallace Beery is unrecognizable to me as King Richard. I liked it better than Fairbanks as Zorro or The Black Pirate. I’ll have to see how he is in _The THree Musketeers_ ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/764 "2024-11-30T18:17:33Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Enjoyable and the kids were really into it. Seconded by my granddaughter, who will be 5 in a couple of weeks. Her aunt and her grandma also enjoyed it. I stayed home and watched football. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/765 "2024-11-30T20:55:14Z")
We watched “_[The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289403/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)_” on Thanksgiving. Nice period drama. If you like the feeling of going back to another time, you might enjoy it. My wife really liked it. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/766 "2024-12-01T00:45:06Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > We watched “_[The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289403/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)_” on Thanksgiving. We watched this little gem a few years ago and really enjoyed it. Guernsey was one of two islands in the English Channel that were occupied by the Germans during World War 2. In order to save their sanity (and perhaps their lives) the islanders form the organization mentioned in the title. There’s humor mixed with pathos and a mystery involved too. It’s a nice movie, well told, with a solid cast. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/767 "2024-12-01T01:12:31Z")
_The Italian Job_ 1969 Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill On Paramount+ It’s an early caper, heist movie. Caine made a bunch of films. He’s said in interviews that he liked working and rarely turned down any roles. Some roles are very good and others blah Caine and his gang plan to rob a armoured truck in Turin. Each member has special skills and tasks to perform in the robbery. They have to outwit the police and Italian Mob. I liked this one. There’s some comedy and a lot of action. The extended car chase at the end is a film classic. A 2003 remake with Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Jason Statham is also on Paramount+. I haven’t watched it yet. Caine is very good in British gangster roles. _Get Carter_ from 1971 is excellent. It’s much different film from the Italian Job. Get Carter is very dark and full of tension. I’ve seen it several times. Highly recommended ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/768 "2024-12-01T01:44:15Z")
**Wicked** - generally a spectacular film, particularly Cynthia Erivo. Mixed feelings about Ariana Grande, whom I couldn’t understand when singing in her higher range. It’s only Part 1 and there are a number of threads and characters I hope will have more of a role in Part 2. However, I found myself coming out of the film feeling…incredibly angry. I will cite someone else’s description of the film to explain why: > [@](#): > > Since the Wicked premiere was last night, I think now is a good time to remind everyone that Wicked is a story about a weak man gaslighting an entire land into believing a woman was their enemy, all because she had the guts to try to stop him from him silencing and stripping the rights of a significant part of the population. Inherently political, and unfortunately relevant. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/769 "2024-12-01T08:16:18Z")
I just watched **Wicked Little Letters** on Prime. A period comedy about a pious woman who receives insulting mail and the neighbour who was accused of the crime. A great cast, playing great characters, with rather a lot of creative swearing. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/770 "2024-12-01T10:21:23Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s only Part 1… Really, we’re going to have to suffer through the same avalanche of hype when Part 2 comes out? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/771 "2024-12-01T11:25:58Z")
In part two, the kids are adults now and they kill Pennywise, don’t they? 🤪 ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/772 "2024-12-01T15:47:23Z")
_[And Mrs](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6614198/)_. A women on the verge of getting married winds up with a dead boyfriend. Her reaction is … atypical. She wants to go ahead with the wedding. Aisling Bea is the woman. Billie Lourd (Star Wars films, daughter of Carrie Fisher) is the worst future sister-in-law in history, A wreck of a human being who shows up for “comic relief”. Yeah, right. Colin Hanks is the dead guy (who appears in flashbacks and what not). Watching Hanks was at times quite creepy. His boyish looks are fading and he is looking a lot more like his father. He is also sounding a lot like his father. He even was doing that frustrated stuttering thing such as “I … I … I … I…”. If you weren’t watching the screen you’d think you were watching a Tom Hanks film. It’s a comedy-drama. First third was fairly good. 2nd third fell off. Last third was a struggle. There is noticeable comparisons to _Four Weddings and Funeral_. Esp. the Partridge Family thing. Worse, it only did 2/5 as much rituals. Give it 2.6 Kevin Wus. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/773 "2024-12-01T22:16:52Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > There is noticeable comparisons to _Four Weddings and Funeral_. I hated that movie. I’ll avoid this one like the plague. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/774 "2024-12-01T22:27:57Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I hated that movie. I’ll avoid this one like the plague . Some people love it…a love there is no cure for. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/775 "2024-12-01T22:39:29Z")
I don’t really care for any of that guy’s movies – Richard something? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/776 "2024-12-01T23:03:23Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I don’t really care for any of that guy’s movies – Richard something?. Curtis. He _did_ make Blackadder, though. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/777 "2024-12-01T23:21:31Z")
Well, then, he did do something good! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/778 "2024-12-02T02:19:08Z")
I hope so! lol who knows I guess part II is in the can? I saw **Wicked** yesterday was a first for me Not that familiar with the leads or story But I was glad to See this one in the theatre. PG rating 2 hours and 30 minutes I want to see it again. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/779 "2024-12-02T03:18:39Z")
Saw it as well. Good but dragged. The whole Broadway show Wicked, including both Acts and the 15 minute intermission, ran less than this Part 1. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/780 "2024-12-02T10:04:33Z")
I didn’t think it dragged. Yes, they added a lot but nothing seemed superfluous to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=40)