I liked it a little better, but it could have been created by a Coen copycat. It was directed by brother Ethan. He says that co-writer Tricia Cooke (his wife) was also co-director (but doesn’t belong to the Directors Guild).
The film is also titled Drive Away Dykes. It reminded me of an artier Harold and Kumar Visit White Castle. There’s a lot of girl sex, but I don’t think any nipples appear.
Maybe a B+? A step down from Buster Scruggs.
The Crow (2024)
Maybe recommended? For free?
I saw the new Crow movie. It isn’t terrible, to be honest. It mainly suffers from choosing to be a remake, with the main character again named Eric Draven. Should have just been a different guy entirely and a new attempt at a Crow sequel.
It has one excellent sequence that goes on for awhile. Takes place at an opera house during an opera and it was great, maybe as good or better than any one sequence in the original.
Overall:
I’d rank the Crow movies like this:
Thank you. I didn’t know exactly what Barry’s precise background was (but I got the impression that he was of high born stock that had descended in the world). I agree absolutely with everything else you’ve written. As I said, at least three times he claims that now he’d be a gentleman. And he never was.
Blink Twice
Recommended.
Wow, another great movie to go in blind to and enjoy. I was again completely pulled in and I’ve been impressed this year with thrillers, if that is the right term for this. Just a really well made, tense movie.
I guess some of it was somewhat predictable, but I still enjoyed the entire movie and all the performances were great.
Check this one out for sure.
Logan Lucky was recommended in the Adam Driver thread. I saw it pop up on Netflix last night and watched it. While the plot was silly, the acting was great and made the movie a lot of fun. Daniel Craig and Adam Driver were hysterical. They stole every scene they were in (in a good way). Lots of little touches in their delivery that cracked me up. The two fellows who played Daniel Craig’s brothers were perfect - Jack Quaid (son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan) and Brian Gleeson (yet another delightful actor son of Brendan Gleeson). Speaking of famous actors’ offspring, Sam Waterston’s actress daughter Katherine Waterston was also in it. I didn’t recognize Seth MacFarlane despite knowing he was in it.
I recently came across TTT playing, and discovered I had no patience for all the Sam/Gollum histrionics, while the Rohan/Gondor parts were still great. I don’t think I could rewatch it end to end now.
I have just started watching one of the Five Perfect Movies (someone should really start that thread, btw). It is My Name Is Nobody, with Henry Fonda and Terence Hill. Perfect direction, perfect script, perfect music and perfect acting, and if anybody attempts to remake it, well, more the fool they. It is a simple western about trying to retire.
What thread? A thread where we list our 5 perfect movies?
Actually, not a bad idea. Thank you.
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Love that movie.
About Schmidt.
A very low key movie. Only a couple characters seem to be intended to make a mark. Except one.
I swear that Jack Nicholson is entertainment embodied. With even so sparse a character as he is given to portray, it just shows what he can do with every moment he is on screen. I do not say it is a great movie. I really feel it is more just a way to showcase what he can do. If you are a fan of his. This gives one a chance to see him go very solo. It is really almost a one man show.
I just finished watching it for the first time.
Greedy People. There’s a pile of money up for grabs and murder/movie ensues.
I knew going in that the reviews were so-so, but I was intrigued by the eclectic cast. It includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lily James, Tim Blake Nelson, Joey Lauren Adams, Uzo Aduba, and Jim Gaffigan. It even has Traci Lords in a small, but key, role. I thought her “mainstream” acting career ended a long time ago.
It is listed as a “comedy crime” movie. Sounds suspiciously like “dark comedy” which I have been burned on a lot. But it started off fine. Some fun goofy things but Joseph Gordon-Levitt was overdoing it to the max. OTOH, Uzo Aduba does a great job of a small town police chief, leaving “Crazy Eyes” in the dust. I didn’t see where the negative reviews were coming from.
But then. But then. Yeah. Well after over halfway thru the movie just went bad, off the rails, etc. It became a pointless mess. Okay, now I get why this was not rated better. It just ruined the movie for me.
Give it a half a speargun.
I saw Between the Temples at the theater over the weekend. Very good though somewhat unexpected ending.
Beverly Hills Cop II (1897). I recently saw Axel F (2024) and re-watched Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and thought I should re-watch this one. I remember it being OK, but the re-watch showed it to being on the lower side of OK. There are some funny moments but on the whole it really is not that entertaining. They basically got the band back together after they had finished their main gig and the band was still a bit hungover. I know the 3rd is particularly reviled, but the second isn’t that great either. As Eddy Murphy said himself “it was a half-assed movie.”
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I didn’t realize it was that old.
Wonder Boys (2000): This comedy has such an offbeat sensibility, it’s hard to believe it was released by a major studio and has serious star power (Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes).
Michael Douglas plays an English professor facing both personal and professional crises. He gets tangled up with a troubled student who’s a promising author.
It’s consistently engaging, with lots of unexpected situations, including a few laugh-out-loud moments. I assume it’s faithful to the novel, because it blithely strays from Hollywood conventions.
Can be viewed for free on Kanopy through participating US public libraries.
I enjoyed that one a lot despite both Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire being in it. Usually I avoid movies with either of them in it.
Just watched Dream Scenario on MAX. A mostly entertaining movie starring Nicholas Cage with an interesting premise. Pretty good show for the most part, except for a not-so-good ending.
Saw this last night and had been really looking forward to it. It was fun, mostly due the cast, I think. I found it a bit incoherent and I’m thinking it’s a problem with editing, as if scenes that contain important information were cut. I feel like I was paying close attention but it wasn’t totally clear to me that the whole reason for the island soiree was to drug women to sexually abuse them and then wipe their memories with perfume. I won’t hijack the whole thread and ask my many questions; I looked it up when I got home and as I was reading I kept thinking "when did that happen"? and “how did I miss that”?
I recommend watching it when it’s streaming.
Oh, it definitely happened. You missed a very big moment/sequence that showed this explicitly.
