Licorice pizza was a dud for me too but the acting was good. That one pick up line is pretty hilarious too.
What I've Been Watching: The Catch-All Film Thread
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Young guns - I probably hadn't seen it in over 20 years, but I enjoyed it quite a bit which surprised me. I often don't like rewatching movies from that era because, imo, most of them haven't age well. Good cast though, and I really like Emilio Estevez's portrayal of Billy the Kid.
Young Guns II - Also really good imo. In fact, I think I like it a little more than the first part even though they took some liberties with what happened to certain real-life characters. Estevez was great again, and Christian Slater, Kiefer Sutherland, and Lou Diamond Phillips were all solid as well.
Young Guns II - Also really good imo. In fact, I think I like it a little more than the first part even though they took some liberties with what happened to certain real-life characters. Estevez was great again, and Christian Slater, Kiefer Sutherland, and Lou Diamond Phillips were all solid as well.
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Decent movie. They took a lot of liberties with the parts that are interpretable, like intentions and what was going in the perpetrators minds.
But one thing is for sure. Cheney and his gang were one tenacious bunch of criminals, with an actual plan. Insane that they could basically take over an administration, the way they did.
Unfortunately the other side, that's supposed to be the counter-balance, is not that far behind. Same for a lot of the western countries. Just the excuse, I guess, for things to slide into more and more evil.
Anyway, I'll leave it at that, since it got political. But it's kinda impossible to avoid in this case.
Bale was great as always. Also insane how almost absolutely unrecognizable he was behind his character.
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Nod, I saw Vice when it first released, one of my brothers insisted on watching it the first weekend. I didn't expect to enjoy it at all yet I found much of the story quite interesting.
Not sure what this is, but the animation looks amazing. From the studio that worked on Arcane on Netflix, apparently, among others. I don't know too many Indian films, I have to admit.
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Looks nice. I think Michael Jackson is still the artist with the most songs in my personal collection.
The only one that surpasses him in terms of number of songs, in my collection, is Pink Floyd, and that's only because it's the only band whose albums I have in full, and almost all of them.
But Jackson's songs are still as great as they ever were. Timeless really.
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I don't see anything wrong with it. That's pretty close to what he looked like before all the plastic surgery.
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Since it just released on Netflix I saw the new Frankenstein movie.
It was decent, but played it too safe imo. I felt similar to how I felt about his Shape of Water film. It was decent, but nothing remarkable.
It looked pretty and nicely acted and written, that's for sure. But it never wowed. The trailer made me feel it would be more.
Nosferatu, a somewhat similar goth movie, was more impressive.
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Watched it last night, and I thought it was great. It was the first 2025 film that I was hyped for that didn't disappoint me. The cinematography is superb throughout, and there are really no weak points.
Since it just released on Netflix I saw the new Frankenstein movie.
It was decent, but played it too safe imo. I felt similar to how I felt about his Shape of Water film. It was decent, but nothing remarkable.
It looked pretty and nicely acted and written, that's for sure. But it never wowed. The trailer made me feel it would be more.
Nosferatu, a somewhat similar goth movie, was more impressive.
I didn't care for a couple of the changes they made to the story, but overall it's really good. Maybe my favorite film adaption of Frankenstein.
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I also liked it, but I think I just went in with different expectations. I think wanted it to be more disturbing somehow.
I compare it to Nosferatu, which I enjoyed quite a bit more. That felt more visceral and menacing than this.
I assume you watched Egger's Nosferatu? Which did you did you enjoy more?
I also watched I Saw The TV Glow, since I saw it mentioned by RLM. It was interesting, but I was also a bit tired of the lynchian style.
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I don't know, his old nose looks pretty normal and the movie's version looks ginormous. But I get what they're going for.
It's close, but I think I enjoyed Frankenstein a little more. Both were really good though. I preferred the cast in Frankenstein by a slim margin, while the cinematography was slightly more haunting in Nosferatu. Story-wise, it's a toss-up. I've always loved both.
I disagree that Nosferatu was more visceral though. I actually found myself wincing during some of the scenes in Frankenstein.
Another factor, for me anyways, might be vampire burnout. We've been so flooded with a deluge of vampire movies, TV shows, games, etc, in recent years that the theme has almost become mundane to me at this point. That didn't stop me from enjoying Nosferatu, but it did make it feel less fresh than Frankenstein to me.
Yikes! I love Lynch but I could not stand I Saw The TV Glow. Seemed like it was trying to be oppressively boring or something. I did not get it at all.
It’s hard to put into words what I enjoyed about it but Lily Rose Depp’s portrayal probably plays a role. Something about being so feminine and beautiful yet fully leaning into that sacrifice she had to make. Maybe it’s controversial or maybe I don’t have my head on straight but I just think we’re so used to seeing men do that so to see a woman do that with the sexual aspect feels so wrong. I’ve often heard that vampirism is a simile to sex so I think that adds another layer to that analysis that’s so on the nose and confident for Eggers to focus on. Great movie.
I finally got around to watching Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny. It was ok. Definitely better than Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but that doesn't say much considering how awful that one was.
It was a little too long imo, and some of the action sequences dragged on. Mads Mikkelsen was good, but when is he not? It was also cool to see John Rhys-Davies again.
I thought the ending was a bit disappointing. Knowing it's the final Indie film, I was hoping for something more memorable.
It was a little too long imo, and some of the action sequences dragged on. Mads Mikkelsen was good, but when is he not? It was also cool to see John Rhys-Davies again.
I thought the ending was a bit disappointing. Knowing it's the final Indie film, I was hoping for something more memorable.
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I think the film is all about necrophilia. Lilly gets shaking orgasms from Nosferatu just thinking about him, and can't wait to have him in the rotten flesh again even if it means dying. As foreshadowing, her friends beat her to it in the mausoleum.
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I watched another decent documentary last evening, this one was all about Sam Kinison. He's another of those great individual comedians who could always make me laugh.
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I liked it. It had a special mood and aesthetic. And I particularly loved this song.
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