# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/121 "2024-09-12T17:52:40Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Did you watch it in 3D? I’ve recently seen the 3D version of this (and several other films – I had a 3D mini-fest a few months back) How does that work? Did you have the 3-D glasses, and do they work at home? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/122 "2024-09-12T18:27:18Z")
I’ve been meaning to watch [_Worth_](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8009744/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_3_nm_5_in_0_q_Worth) (2020) with Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci, about how Ken Feinberg handled the process for the 9/11 victims’ fund. My wife didn’t seem interested, so while she was out at a meeting last night, I decided to watch it. I was a few minutes in when I realized it was the anniversary. I hadn’t planned it or thought of it before starting. 🤦 The movie is good, showing Feinberg’s naivete in starting out with good intentions, but not realizing what the survivors wanted from the process, and his growth as the process verges on failure. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/123 "2024-09-12T18:57:25Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > How does that work? Did you have the 3-D glasses, and do they work at home? Yep. _Anaglyphic_ glasses – that’s the kind with one red lens and one green or blue. The colored filters only let you see one of the two images projected on the screen with each eye, so you get two slightly different views, with appropriate parallax. It works well with _The Maze_ because it’s a black and white film. The method can work surprisingly well with colored films, too, although frequently the colors look “off”. I have a 3D copy of the color movie **Gog** that doesn’t look at all bad in anaglyphic. Sometimes they’ll use a black and white print of a 3D film so that the colors won’t look odd (as with my copy of **The Bubble/Incredible Invasion of Planet Earth** ) > **[Anaglyph 3D](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaglyph_3D)** > > Anaglyph 3D is the stereoscopic 3D effect achieved by means of encoding each eye's image using filters of different (usually chromatically opposite) colors, typically red and cyan. Anaglyph 3D images contain two differently filtered colored images, one for each eye. When viewed through the "color-coded" "anaglyph glasses", each of the two images reaches the eye it's intended for, revealing an integrated stereoscopic image. The visual cortex of the brain fuses this into the perception of a thre... ---
**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 12, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/124 "2024-09-12T19:18:55Z")
**Rebel Ridge** Not recommended. I was on board for this movie in its first hour and the final 15-20 minutes do a bit of redemption, but the majority of the second half of this movie fails to deliver. I’ve heard comparisons to Rambo(First Blood, specifically). Yeah, it feels like that first Rambo movie initially, but it does not deliver what we are hoping for. Disappointing. Not absolutely atrocious and perhaps some folks will like it quite a bit more. I was disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/125 "2024-09-12T20:13:06Z")
I am blaming my mistake on carpal tunnel syndrome and typing with a splint lol ---
**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 14, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/126 "2024-09-14T02:49:45Z")
I have to comment on **Pearl**. I resisted watching it, partly because it stars Mia Goth but mostly because I didn’t think it sounded interesting. Wrong! As soon as it started I was hooked. The story being set in 1918 is an interesting element and at times it has this bizarro, ‘Wizard of Oz gone wrong’ vibe. And, despite her not being my favorite, MG did an outstanding job. There very last shot of her face sent chills up my spine. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/127 "2024-09-14T03:03:01Z")
It’s a fantastic film! I love the brother - what a great character. ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/128 "2024-09-14T03:04:46Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I have to comment on **Pearl**. I resisted watching it, partly because it stars Mia Goth but mostly because I didn’t think it sounded interesting. Wrong! As soon as it started I was hooked. The story being set in 1918 is an interesting element and at times it has this bizarro, ‘Wizard of Oz gone wrong’ vibe. And, despite her not being my favorite, MG did an outstanding job. There very last shot of her face sent chills up my spine Yes, they made another one this year called Maxxxine. It was OK, but Pearl is the best of the three movies in the series. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/129 "2024-09-14T05:56:01Z")
Carrying over from the previous thread. Re: \*The Parallax View > [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9807): > > That ends on the top of the Space Needle, right? I’d like to see that someday; I grew up near Seattle. > [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9808): > > No, it started on top of the Space Needle. Actually, a pretty good scene. I saw it tonight on TCM. You’re right, that scene was at the very beginning. What a strange movie. Boarding an airplane without a ticket? William Daniels with stubble? We’re through the looking glass here, people! ---
**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 14, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/130 "2024-09-14T19:24:36Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Boarding an airplane without a ticket? I know! When I saw it recently that scene was a real WTF. It was like he was getting on a bus. ---
**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 14, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/131 "2024-09-14T19:27:18Z")
That used to be possible on the Eastern Shuttle between LaGuardia and Washington National or LGA to Boston; just show up, board the plane and pay the flight attendant in cash. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/132 "2024-09-14T20:35:22Z")
Just saw the remake of **Speak No Evil**. It’s nothing more than a generic Hollywood thriller that doesn’t hold a candle to the original. They completely neutered what made the original so disturbing. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/133 "2024-09-14T21:29:03Z")
Last night: **The Parallax View** Today: **Vertigo** Damn. Now I need a stiff drink, a long shower, and a nap. Anybody got any happy movies I can watch tomorrow? ---
**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 14, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/134 "2024-09-14T23:13:08Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Just saw the remake of **Speak No Evil**. It’s nothing more than a generic Hollywood thriller that doesn’t hold a candle to the original. They completely neutered what made the original so disturbing. I saw the original before any remake was planned. What did they do, provide hope? It’s a deeply hopeless, grim movie. Did they not go that route? ---
**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 14, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/135 "2024-09-14T23:13:29Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Anybody got any happy movies I can watch tomorrow? I just watched The Sandlot for the first time and it was quite happy and fun. ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/136 "2024-09-15T02:59:44Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Just saw the remake of **Speak No Evil**. It’s nothing more than a generic Hollywood thriller that doesn’t hold a candle to the original. They completely neutered what made the original so disturbing. As I expected. From the trailer I can see James McAvoy playing his part well but the rest doesn’t appear to capture the creepiness and underlying doom of the original. Is it at all good on it’s own? Would it be effective if you weren’t comparing it to the first one? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/137 "2024-09-15T04:57:39Z")
On its own it’s a fairly standard well-made Hollywood thriller, but it doesn’t really have anything that noteworthy about it. I’d rate it 5 or 6 out of 10 pretty much on the strength of James McAvoy. It definitely really plays it more comedic wtf rather than bleak and disturbing unease. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/138 "2024-09-15T12:05:39Z")
Upon purchasing an iPad, I received three free months of AppleTV+. Scouting the site for a movie to watch on a Saturday night, we came upon **“Tetris,”** a based-on-true-events tale of all the machinations that went into the international debut of one of the most popular of early computer games. Who would have thought that a video game would have sparked so much political intrigue? Earnestly acted and well paced (though occasionally confusing), we found “Tetris” to be an entertaining watch in which all the blocks fall into place. ---
**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 15, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/139 "2024-09-15T12:52:57Z")
I saw _[Civil War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(film))_ on MAX yesterday. This is the 2024 movie by Alex Garland about a new, more-or-less present day civil war in America. Pretty scary, all things considered. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/140 "2024-09-15T13:16:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I saw _[Civil War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(film))_ on MAX yesterday. I think that film is going to be up for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar next year for an uncredited role. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=8)