Movies

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Dec 23, 2024 11:42 am

Shirley wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 11:35 am I watched the new Netflix movie Carry-On last night. Maybe it's the big(ger) budget exception to the rule of that article from the other day, but I thought it was pretty good! Of course there were a few plot holes, but they were mostly minor, probably editing cuts for time.

Yeah, it was fine. Helps when both the main character and main villain work. Felt like Christmas was shoe-horned into it, though (just needed an excuse for a busy travel day).

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Dec 23, 2024 12:21 pm

That's a Christmas movie just like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are... Adjacent.

I like Bateman as a villain and the main protagonist held his own. It had the same running tension as Speed... Not as good, obviously, but definitely entertaining and well executed. Mostly...

[+] spoiler: Dude in the back of the ambulance has the wherewithal and marksmanship to yeet that guy from distance with a rifle? That shit is very difficult. Also, in that same run, it made zero sense for the guy to be in his snipermobile and then all of a sudden he's magically out of the van and stalking the wife in the garage. That sequence didn't make any sense from a continuity standpoint.

Also also, earlier on, when the lead guy sees his wife on the concourse and the assassin guy paints her forehead... Again, where/how is he magically transported inside the concourse? Is he in the van surveilling and then just, you know walks into some area in the airport with a sniper rifle case and takes up position?

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Mon Dec 23, 2024 12:52 pm

rass wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 11:42 am
Shirley wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 11:35 am I watched the new Netflix movie Carry-On last night. Maybe it's the big(ger) budget exception to the rule of that article from the other day, but I thought it was pretty good! Of course there were a few plot holes, but they were mostly minor, probably editing cuts for time.
Yeah, it was fine. Helps when both the main character and main villain work. Felt like Christmas was shoe-horned into it, though (just needed an excuse for a busy travel day).

I have avoided it because I am getting on a plane on New Year's Day.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:02 pm

Shirley wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 11:35 am I watched the new Netflix movie Carry-On last night. Maybe it's the big(ger) budget exception to the rule of that article from the other day, but I thought it was pretty good! Of course there were a few plot holes, but they were mostly minor, probably editing cuts for time.

Heard good things about this one.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:55 pm

Given the article Drugs posted that many of us read, this one certainly runs against the grain of movie dump for content's sake. It's definitely way better than I was expecting it to be.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Dec 23, 2024 3:16 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:55 pm Given the article Drugs posted that many of us read, this one certainly runs against the grain of movie dump for content's sake. It's definitely way better than I was expecting it to be.

The trailer grabbed my attention, and I usually roll my eyes at this type of movie, because I feel like I’ve seen it 100 times. Not sure what grabbed me, but I do wonder if I’d gave bothered watching the trailer if it wasn’t Bateman. Always liked him as an actor, but listening to Smartless made me love him.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Dec 23, 2024 4:10 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:55 pmGiven the article Drugs posted that many of us read, this one certainly runs against the grain of movie dump for content's sake. It's definitely way better than I was expecting it to be.

Moderate budget ($47 million), made by DreamWorks, not Netflix, principal photography wrapped in January 2023. Amblin (Spielberg's production company) had a deal with Netflix to produce multiple movies for them. I have no idea why Netflix sat on it for so long (probably 18 months by the time post production was complete).

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Dec 23, 2024 4:31 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 12:21 pm That's a Christmas movie just like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are... Adjacent.

I like Bateman as a villain and the main protagonist held his own. It had the same running tension as Speed... Not as good, obviously, but definitely entertaining and well executed. Mostly...

[+] spoiler
Dude in the back of the ambulance has the wherewithal and marksmanship to yeet that guy from distance with a rifle? That shit is very difficult. Also, in that same run, it made zero sense for the guy to be in his snipermobile and then all of a sudden he's magically out of the van and stalking the wife in the garage. That sequence didn't make any sense from a continuity standpoint.

Also also, earlier on, when the lead guy sees his wife on the concourse and the assassin guy paints her forehead... Again, where/how is he magically transported inside the concourse? Is he in the van surveilling and then just, you know walks into some area in the airport with a sniper rifle case and takes up position?

[+] spoiler: Yeah, that scene was where it got a little loose, but I excused it for the purposes of telling the story. How would the sniper know where the guy and his wife were going to be such that he could point a rifle at her? And why would he use a laser sight?

Similarly, I doubt you can just pull up a baggage loader to a moving plane without causing problems. But then, I don't expect my action movies to have perfect logic.

And yes, Bateman was great as always.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Dec 24, 2024 7:17 pm

Carry On was ehhhhhh. Definitely agree with what was already posted in the spoilers, but this is what pissed me off the most:

[+] spoiler: The cargo area of a plane does not have that much space plus an airtight phone both sized container and a 9 foot 'ceiling'.

There would also be no way they'd let that plane take off either. Even if he sets the nerve agent off, it's outside and away from the terminals. You can manage getting those people off the plane.

Also, he switched the cases? So that means he could've just taken the mechanism that would prevented the guy from arming it?

Just a mess all around.

And he really could've shot Bateman's character in the head in the bathroom.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Tue Dec 24, 2024 9:03 pm

I need to make an All-Underrated Movies list, and would be interested in the lists of others here. Obviously, this is stupidly subjective.

A few of my favorites that have percolated into my mind recently that might make my top 10 in this category:

True Romance
Queen & Slim
The Castle
The Big Blue

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Dec 25, 2024 8:33 am

True Romance, for sure. And now I have three more I need to watch.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Thu Dec 26, 2024 8:27 pm

Re-watching Conclave on the TV. And, wow, it is so profoundly less intense than when I saw it in a theater. Not sure why exactly. But I was asking my wife, and she said it just feels a lot less intimate. Which I think is spot on.

I'd always thought it was the big action films I wanted to prioritize seeing in a theater. But this has me rethinking that assumption.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:47 pm

Great acting in the Bob Dylan bio flick. Not the best plot

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Dec 26, 2024 10:14 pm

Just watched Carry-On and enjoyed it. But why wouldn’t you go to someone higher up as soon as you realized your girlfriend isn’t in immediate danger?

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 27, 2024 11:24 am

Giff wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2024 10:14 pm Just watched Carry-On and enjoyed it. But why wouldn’t you go to someone higher up as soon as you realized your girlfriend isn’t in immediate danger?

I thought he felt he had to handle it himself to keep Bateman from just gassing the entire airport. But Bateman’s character had expressed a desire to not die himself for the job, so I’m not sure.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Jan 02, 2025 4:58 pm

One of the things I want to do more this year is watch movies. At least 2-3 a week. Decided to start with one I’m surprised I’d never seen - Baby Driver. I think I never watched it cause of all the Spacey stuff, but since it’s on Netflix I thought I’d finally do it. Really enjoyed it and hate it took me this long to experience it.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:06 pm

It’s a good one. Nothing groundbreaking but fun heist shit. Jon hamm was kinda good if I recall.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:07 pm

Isn’t he always?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:12 pm

Giff wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:07 pm Isn’t he always?

He had a bad seventeen seconds once.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:23 pm

A_B wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:12 pm
Giff wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:07 pm Isn’t he always?
He had a bad seventeen seconds once.

My wife would take a bad 17 seconds of his.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jan 03, 2025 1:03 am

garyclark wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2024 5:23 pm Conclave is on Peacock!

If you haven't seen it, have a watch.

This was a great movie.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:01 pm

Giff wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 4:58 pm One of the things I want to do more this year is watch movies. At least 2-3 a week. Decided to start with one I’m surprised I’d never seen - Baby Driver. I think I never watched it cause of all the Spacey stuff, but since it’s on Netflix I thought I’d finally do it. Really enjoyed it and hate it took me this long to experience it.

Watched last night on the recs here, fun movie. Funny seeing Hamm as a bad ass killer. I’m joining you on watching more movies. I get so caught up in streaming shows, I rarely watch movies, probably less than 10 a year.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:05 pm

Watch Conclave next.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:53 pm

Giff wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:05 pm Watch Conclave next.

That was the plan. Or Carryon.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:05 pm

I enjoyed Carryon as well. A Real Pain is next on the list. Gonna check out Anora as well since our favorite bartender/cinephile named it his favorite movie of the year.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:07 pm

Is Anora streaming yet? Mikey Madison is great. Really want to see it.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:20 pm

I haven't watched Conclave yet. But..

[+] spoiler: I just learned there's a twist ending of some sort in the end, so now I kinda don't want to watch it.

Thanks, Sean Fennessey and Bill Simmons.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:21 pm

I swear I checked the other night when we were talking with him and it was, but not seeing it now. I was probably checking another movie.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:22 pm

Johnnie wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:20 pm I haven't watched Conclave yet. But..

[+] spoiler
I just learned there's a twist ending of some sort in the end, so now I kinda don't want to watch it.

Thanks, Sean Fennessey and Bill Simmons.

[+] spoiler: Did they say what it was or you just don’t want to watch cause you don’t like twists? I mean it kind of was but also one I saw coming cause I was actually paying attention for once and not on my phone half the time.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:34 pm

Giff wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:22 pm
Johnnie wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:20 pm I haven't watched Conclave yet. But..

[+] spoiler
I just learned there's a twist ending of some sort in the end, so now I kinda don't want to watch it.

Thanks, Sean Fennessey and Bill Simmons.

[+] spoiler
Did they say what it was or you just don’t want to watch cause you don’t like twists? I mean it kind of was but also one I saw coming cause I was actually paying attention for once and not on my phone half the time.

[+] spoiler: Noooo. I love twist endings and mystery/thriller stuff. It's just kind of meta-spoilery to be watching a movie and know "Ok, when's the twist coming?"

Like, the same shit happened with me when I was younger with The Usual Suspects. I saw the Jay Z music video City is Mine and was like, "Oh, so that's how the movie ends." And I didn't actually watch the movie for another decade plus until I forgot it was the basis for the music video. Then I was like "Oh, snap."

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:38 pm

Johnnie wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:34 pm
Giff wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:22 pm
Johnnie wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:20 pm I haven't watched Conclave yet. But..

[+] spoiler
I just learned there's a twist ending of some sort in the end, so now I kinda don't want to watch it.

Thanks, Sean Fennessey and Bill Simmons.

[+] spoiler
Did they say what it was or you just don’t want to watch cause you don’t like twists? I mean it kind of was but also one I saw coming cause I was actually paying attention for once and not on my phone half the time.

[+] spoiler
Noooo. I love twist endings and mystery/thriller stuff. It's just kind of meta-spoilery to be watching a movie and know "Ok, when's the twist coming?"

Like, the same shit happened with me when I was younger with The Usual Suspects. I saw the Jay Z music video City is Mine and was like, "Oh, so that's how the movie ends." And I didn't actually watch the movie for another decade plus until I forgot it was the basis for the music video. Then I was like "Oh, snap."

[+] spoiler: Gotcha. Knowing that go into it thinking there’s not a twist cause there is nothing like a Usual Suspects or Sixth Sense crazy twist. Which I guess is also a spoiler, but I didn’t think that at all.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:42 pm

Giff wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:38 pm
[+] spoiler
Gotcha. Knowing that go into it thinking there’s not a twist cause there is nothing like a Usual Suspects or Sixth Sense crazy twist. Which I guess is also a spoiler, but I didn’t think that at all.

[+] spoiler: Yup, that's the plan.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 4:14 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:04 am"Bottoms" was good. The best semi-surreal lesbian high school sex comedy you'll see this year..

Extremely funny. Recommend.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Jan 04, 2025 4:23 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 4:14 pm
Pruitt IV wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:04 am"Bottoms" was good. The best semi-surreal lesbian high school sex comedy you'll see this year..
Extremely funny. Recommend.

I miss Pruitt. Hope he’s well.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Jan 05, 2025 12:57 am

We just finished the new Nick Park "Wallace and Gromit" movie on Netflix. Very silly, but very funny.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sun Jan 12, 2025 3:41 pm

Does anyone here use Letterboxd?

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:49 am

Nosferatu was enjoyable but not groundbreaking. Doesn't terribly diverge from Coppola's version and a cynic would ask why it even needed to be made. The production and cast are fantastic though.

Best movie I've watched this year so far has been Hundreds of Beavers (2022). Twist up a hog's leg and pour 4 fingers of bourbon on a snowy night for a proper viewing.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:02 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 12:57 am We just finished the new Nick Park "Wallace and Gromit" movie on Netflix. Very silly, but very funny.

Ditto. Watched it last night. Lots of fun.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:13 pm

sancarlos wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:02 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 12:57 am We just finished the new Nick Park "Wallace and Gromit" movie on Netflix. Very silly, but very funny.
Ditto. Watched it last night. Lots of fun.

Its amazing how expressive they can make Gromit's face...

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:42 pm

rass wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2024 5:57 pm
A_B wrote: Mon Dec 09, 2024 8:55 am
rass wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 7:58 pm That new Robbie Williams biopic looks… bananas
I get this joke.
Very positive review!

https://www.cgmagonline.com/review/movi ... an-review/