What is The Last Movie You Watched?

[Stavros]

Nebraska (Alexander Payne, 2013)

Payne, who was born in Nebraska, makes well crafted films that focus on the everyday lives of people who often limit themselves, or go beyond what they are capable of. In this superbly photographed film, a father and son leave their Montana home en route to Lincoln, Nebraska where the father believes he will receive a million dollars from a lottery ticket that is in fact a scam. The pair stop off in the family homes in Nebraska where most of the relatives, like the father are of rural, farming origin, rarely say more than two or three words, and appear to have no emotions. Needless to say the films charts the attempt by the son to connect to the father, which sort of happens at the end, but without any emotional fulfillment at all, a weakness that affects Payne's other films such as Sideways (2004), The Descendants (2011), though there is some gentle feeling at the close of About Schmidt (2002).

For all its faults, which are few, Payne makes films with excellent scripts and actors, and are always worth seeing.

[josehip]

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June
129 The Love Witch 2016 Directed by Anna Biller 3/5
130 Viva 2007 Directed by Anna Biller 5/5
131 Love, Simon 2018 Directed by Greg Berlanti 5/5

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132 The Edge of Seventeen 2016 Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig 3/5
133 The Boy Downstairs 2017 Directed by Sophie Brooks 3/5
133 The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson 2017 Directed by David France 5/5
134 A Kid Like Jake 2018 Directed by Silas Howard 4/5
135 Tragedy Girls 2017 Directed by Tyler MacIntyre 2/5
135 Halloween 1978 Directed by John Carpenter 5/5
136 Blue Steel 1990 Directed by Kathryn Bigelow 3/5
137 Thoroughbreds 2017 Directed by Cory Finley 1/5
138 Halloween II 1981 Directed by Rick Rosenthal 2/5
139 The Lure 2015 ‘Córki dancingu’ Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska 5/5
139 Alex Strangelove 2018 Directed by Craig Johnson 2/5
140 Women Who Kill 2016 Directed by Ingrid Jungermann 5/5
141 Fahrenheit 451 1966 Directed by François Truffaut 5/5
142 Ready Player One 2018 Directed by Steven Spielberg 5/5

JULY
143 The Birth of a Nation 1915 Directed by D.W. Griffith 5/5
144 Mazurka 1935 Directed by Willi Forst 5/5
145 I Feel Pretty 2018 Directed by Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein 3/5
146 Sumurun 1920 Directed by Ernst Lubitsch 4/5
147 Way Down East 1920 Directed by D.W. Griffith 4/5
148 Ghostbusters 2016 Directed by Paul Feig 3/5
149 Ghostbusters 1984 Directed by Ivan Reitman 2/5
150 Unbreakable 2000 Directed by M. Night Shyamalan 2/5

[Stavros]

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150 Unbreakable 2000 Directed by M. Night Shyamalan 2/5

I watched M Night Shyamalan's The Visit (2015) on tv last night.

Although I thought the plot twist was well done, it didn't matter because we have seen all this before. The House in the Woods far from any neighbours; the basement that contains unimaginable terrors; creaking doors; things -or people- that go 'bump' -or worse- in the night. The film within a film, the innocence of childhood violated by selfish, uncaring adults, etc etc. When the soupy music from homely 1940s/50s musicals capped the last scene I wasn't sure whether to laugh with derision or just shake my head. I did the obvious: turned off the tv. Shyamalan is basically a fraud.

[josehip]

I watched M Night Shyamalan's The Visit (2015) on tv last night.

Although I thought the plot twist was well done, it didn't matter because we have seen all this before. The House in the Woods far from any neighbours; the basement that contains unimaginable terrors; creaking doors; things -or people- that go 'bump' -or worse- in the night. The film within a film, the innocence of childhood violated by selfish, uncaring adults, etc etc. When the soupy music from homely 1940s/50s musicals capped the last scene I wasn't sure whether to laugh with derision or just shake my head. I did the obvious: turned off the tv. Shyamalan is basically a fraud.

yeah the last movie from him that I REALLY like was The Village.

[vivid]

• The Walk
• IT
• No Escape
• Boy in Striped Pajamas
• Shape of Water

I think I enjoyed The Walk the most, so many scenes in that made me nervous.

[darkrose2000]

I watched Thirteen Days (2000) last night.

Not so bad (quite long movie as well)

[pantybulge69]

last 3 movies:
Equalizer 2 , not near as good as original , just Ok
Richochet, another Denzel thriller.
Raid 2, .. just an absolute very bloody, bad ass martial arts kick-ass film. .! can't wait til raid 3 comes out.

[blackchubby38]

About 1/5 and 2/5 movies: We can kind of feel/tell when a movie is going to be so bad that we don't even need to finish it. When
that happens I quit the movie right after realizing how shitty it will be.

Ghostbusters 2016 Directed by Paul Feig 3/5
Ghostbusters 1984 Directed by Ivan Reitman 2/5

How the hell could you think that the original Ghostbusters was bad, yet say the remake was better?

[dc_guy_75]

Ghostbusters 2016 Directed by Paul Feig 3/5
Ghostbusters 1984 Directed by Ivan Reitman 2/5

How the hell could you think that the original Ghostbusters was bad, yet say the remake was better?

Yes! That's bullshit! Granted, the 1984 version didn't age very well, its difficult to watch. Venkman was obviously a sexual predator.

Its not funny, at all. Can anyone name a scene that was funny?

And this, wtf?

[josehip]

Ghostbusters 2016 Directed by Paul Feig 3/5
Ghostbusters 1984 Directed by Ivan Reitman 2/5

How the hell could you think that the original Ghostbusters was bad, yet say the remake was better?

The only time I laughed during the whole movie was when bill murray says "It sounds like you've got at least two or three people in there already."