Which movie did you watch lastֻ

Yeah, I was impressed, even with the artistic license taken with some of the facts. This movie really makes you feel what it was like to be on the beach, or up in a Spitfire, trying to survive. Scary stuff.

As I watched that movie, I kept thinking about the fact that the Spitfire Mk. 1 had a gravity-fed carburetor - not the fuel injection that the Messerschmidt Bf-109 fighters had. So, when they did tight maneuvers in combat, their engine was often starved for fuel at the worst time.

This was the German pilots’ first real opportunity to face the Spitfire in combat, as many of you know. The Spitfire could out-turn the Messerschmidt Bf-109 fighter and impressed Adolf Galland, the German ace and eventual head of the German fighter defense forces, enough that when Reichsmarshall Goering asked him what further resources he needed for his fighter group during the Battle of Britain, Galland replied that he would like a staffeln of Spitfires. That didn’t go over well with Goering, of course. But the early Spitfires were at a distinct disadvantage versus their German opponents when it counted most, with regard to their engines cutting off in certain maneuvers.

Blue Monkey” tonight. Had the makings of a teevee movie except for mild language. Good mindless fun. :laughing:

Basically, an old dewd sticks himself on an exotic plant, gets gangrene fast, and dies, but not before puking up what looks like a long white turd (or a nasty-looking weißwurst), actually a bug larva. So in the hospital they bottle the critter, and while two lovebirds go out for nookie after being told to watch the beastie, four of the most irritating kids monkey around and feed the beastie massive doses of growth hormone. Hilarity ensues. Bloodshed, too.

Basically, it’s a praying-mantis hermapolite xenomorph that poops out the female that’s going to lay thousands of eggs in one shot. So after the hospital is in quarantine and gonna get all blowed up by army dewds if it’s not brought under control in 2hrs, the cop, nurse, and bug-guy all go on the hunt for them, lure away the mama-papa xenomorph, and then roast the little beasties.

Well, you know it’ll end up okay in the end, but it’s a fun romp. Just like any teevee movie with killer piranhas or killer snakes or killer any-other-beasties, it’s mindless, it’s predictable, and it’s fun. And even if you love kids, you’ll so want to smack the living crap out of the four little chimps imps, especially their “leader”.

The title of the movie I watched was “Insect!”, which makes hella more sense, but the “official” name is now “Blue Monkey”. Not much is actually blue in the movie, nor are there any monkeys. Kinda retarded, just like the classic “I Come In Peace” being renamed “Dark Angel” (wtf?!?), or very recently, “The Ascent” being renamed “Stairs”.

Okay, no more cocaine for those Hollyweird types… it addles their brains.

Watched American Psycho, a great movie.

Just watched: The Professor and The Madman.
About the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Very interesting. I had no idea how they did it.
Well done, if a bit sad.
All the Best,
Jeff

Koma 2019

Very entertaining, fantasy movie. Pleasure to watch.

The Long Goodbye…
with Schwarzenegger
as mob muscle.

Watched “Splice” this afternoon.

Had the makings of a really good movie, but kinda spiralled out of control at the end. Unno, I thought a more sedate ending would’ve had more impact.

Adrian Brody and Sarah Poley (one of the annoying kids from “Blue Monkey”) are the scientists splicing human DNA with other critters. No “Island Of Dr Moreau” or anything, but nondescript sluglike creatures with “interesting” proteins in their body chemistry. Their lab is being shut down to commercialise what they got already because Mother Co is running short of funds. Meanwhile, one of their own experiments has promise, and they want to “see how far it goes” before the place is shut down for good.

Wellp, it goes farther than they anticipated, and create a critter that turns more human as time goes on. In fact, it shows high intelligence. Nothing as fun as “Species”, definitely slower growing and not as dramatic, but still some surprises along the way.

Once their secret’s outed to Brody’s character’s brother, stuff gets real, and that starts the spiralling. Still, it could’ve ended on a more sedate note as I mentioned, but nope, things went allllllllll to Hell just when you thought it was finally over. Ugh.

Up until about the last 10-15min or so, it was an awesome flick. Then… what?? It’s almost like, “Hmm, we didn’t have a ‘Species’-like explosive scene this whole movie so far… let’s add one now… and make it the ending!”. :person_facepalming:

Still worth a watch. You might even like the come-with ending, unno.

Caught “Random Acts Of Violence”. Pretty good. Some parts were painfully talky (or yelly, depending on how excited the characters got) and seemed to drag, but the other parts seemed to move well.

The opening credits were painful, though. Like 5min straight of seeing Jay Baruchel’s name 27 times from director to caterer. Yeah, yeah, I get it, it’s JB’s baby, but enough already. “Splice” (above) had an overly long opening credits, but it was more CGI with cellular internals and such, like something out of “House”, not a flashing billboard. Denny Crane would be proud.

Anyway, it turns out that the creator of a graphic comic-book about “Slasherman”, the I-90 killer, is seeing his comix being recreated in real life. He and 3 others are on a road-trip to NYC from Toronto, stopping along the way, and encountering these creepy grisly murders.

The killer’s definitely got issues, and it ain’t comic-books. Worse, he keeps contacting the creator and leaving clues as to his next “recreation”, only the roadies are a bit slow on the uptake. Even worse than that, the creator’s got writer’s block how to end the series, and that spurs on the killer to do his thang.

The end seemed a bit ambiguous (did he or didn’t he), but was okay. It was both rewarding and depressing. Don’t want to give away more than that.

Some things were spoon-fed, others seemed to need explanation (got it, but too late in the movie), and just all in all the movie seemed uneven. Not even in a sort of rollercoaster ride of ups’n’downs, but drag… drag… drag… excitement!, that kind of thing.

So? Dunno if I’d watch it again. It was pretty good, but there was nothing in there making me want to rewatch it. But I’m not wanting that hournahalf of my life back or anything. So, yeah, I’d give it at least a lukewarm recommendation.

10 Cloverfield Lane.
better than plain old
Cloverfield

I totally agree on that!

I especially liked John Goodman's performance in 10 Cloverfield Lane.

First up tonight was “Porno”. Wellp, apparently The God Squad all works together in the same movie theater. :laughing: Teens(??) who work as ushers, the projectionist, and newly promoted manager, run the theater while the owner promises to come back at midnight and lock up after giving them “movie night” for all the effort they put in.

Given the choice between “Encino Man” and “A League Of Our Own”, they wisely opted for door #3, a Mystery Reel they find in the previously undiscovered basement after some nutty drunk busts through a cheaply-boarded-up wall. Of course, the reel is demonic and conjures up a succubus, who wreaks her own brand of havoc on the crew, one by one.

The rest of the movie is their duking it out with the Dark Forces and getting their friends back. But even despite a few jump-scares, it wasn’t remotely scary. It couldn’t be, Too much camp and silliness for that.

It was kinda silly, but still enjoyable. Each one of the crew fights his personal vice, what tempts each one of them and leads them to their demise, so each situation is different, but still felt repetitive. And yeah, I was checking the time to see how much was left to go, so that wasn’t a good sign.

If you don’t mind silly horror, give it a shot. It ain’t terrible.

Next up was “Sketch Artist”, apparently a made-for-teevee movie, but damn it was good. I always liked Jeff Fahey (true story!), and Sean Young as his wife was also a treat. Basically, a fashion-guy gets killed, Drew Barrymore is a witness who practically if not literally bumped into the killer, and Jeff is the sketch-artist who draws the person that Drew saw. Only problem is that she pretty much exactly described his wife!

So after bring framed for the killings (yes, plural now!), Jeff goes on the run and investigates the crimes because no one else seems interested, as he’s their prime suspect.

So trying to stay one step ahead of, well, everyone, and digging up the facts, and clear his name as well as finding the true killers, poor Jeff as his hands full. And we get to watch it all unfold.

Pretty damned good! Everything just flowed, no Stupid Decisions by anyone for the most part, and while you kinda know the who but not the why, it’s fun to try to figure it out right up ’til when it’s revealed.

Not bad at all for a teevee movie.

I saw Mirrors (2008).

It's a pretty good horror mystery.

The mystery unfolds a little bit slowly, but I like the movie.

I think the ending is particularly satisfying.

The acting is okay, and the music is excellent.

Kiefer Sutherland, the star of the movie, is not that great of an actor.

He's entertaining to watch, and I love his raspy voice, but he doesn't have much range acting-wise.

The other adult actors in the movie are better actors, by the way.

If do you like Kiefer Sutherland, as I do, you'll probably like this film.

Re: Splice, definitely a “wtf did I just watch?” movie. Not hard to understand WHAT, really hard to understand WHY if you get my drift.

Toldja! :laughing: It could’ve ended on a more sedate note before it just spiralled out of control like that.

Gotta say, that one scene I expected something more like out of “Teeth”. :smiling_imp:

Yup, “that one scene” is a big part of WHY??? … Teeth omg ’nuther one of those “that one scene” type of film. Worth seeing just for the face palm moment.

The Night of the Hunter.
LOVE or HATE the tattoos.

just so you know…i’m posting frequently because i’m recovering
from surgery and the virus risk keeps me home…and i found a free
movie site (we cut the cord long ago)…plus the only movies i post
are those i watch all the way through. some are so bad i can’t last.

Post #1000!

(At the moment.)

I took an Intro to Film class in college.

We saw Night of the Hunter in that class.

I did not care for it, and I actually like film noir.

Given the hormones/pheromones/whatever, could’ve been some “undue influence” at play. Plus, the source of the original human DNA might’ve had something to do with it, another “contributing factor”.

“Teeth” was a hoot, though. :laughing:

THE Killer Elite (not Killer Elite).

1. James Caan in orthopedic rehab.
2. bell-bottoms and AMC Pacers.
3. skeet shooting in San Francisco.