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1984 :smiling_imp:
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1984: I saw that and thought it was well done, but it depressed me for days. John Hurt was one of the best actors ever. Wasn’t that Richard Burton’s final film appearance?

Watched Bohemian Rhapsody yesterday on TV. The film was so-so (sad ending) but loved the music.

Did you know that Adam Lambert (new frontman of Queen) appeared briefly in a scene where Mercury, played by Rami Malek, is at a truck stop on the band’s first North American tour. While making a call to his fiancée, Mary Austin (played by Lucy Boynton), Mercury notices the bearded trucker heading into the men’s room, suggesting they are about to hook up. That moment in the film is the first that implies Mercury, who died of AIDS at the age of 45, was interested in men. (thx Yahoo)

Starship Troopers. I last saw it the 90s most likely and although it went over my head to some degree at the time I liked it.
Holds up really well today, I didn’t realise how well executed a film this is. Great to see it on Bluray rather than VHS. I did also read the book by Robert Heinlein back in the 90s but it is a different although nonetheless worthy read from what I remember.

Not sure but I know he died the same year 1984 so it could of been.

It really is well done, and more timely today than ever before. When it was released, I think a lot of people didn’t understand it is a satire, and they thought it was promoting the ideology and lifestyle depicted (with the black uniforms reminiscent of uniforms worn by Nazis in World War 2, and jingoistic slogans, like “The only good bug is a dead bug”). So, it seemed that many science-fiction fans were upset that they made a satire out of Heinlein’s story, and many non-science-fiction fans were just baffled by it. On its own terms, it really is a well-done movie.

I saw 1984 (1984).

I read the book in 1991 or 1992, back when I was in high school.

The book is a classic, though not all that entertaining.

I think that the movie would be very confusing for anyone that has not read the book.

Also, the movie is not all that entertaining.

The acting is okay, but the music in the film isn't that great.

The movie is also pretty depressing.

I don't remember the book being so depressing.

If you've read the book, the movie is decent, but otherwise I'd avoid the movie.


A serial killer pins his crimes on two college students who gave him a ride.

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I like road trips, movies about New Mexico, movies with/about cars, and motels. So I thought this would be a perfect movie for me. Well, it was an acceptable one. Not the best film or script out there, but it was fine enough for a boring, rainy Monday night.
IMO Rated R for various elements of violence, lewd language and exposure of blood.

Haven’t seen this one, but the original with Rutger Hauer is a classic!

Thank you for this bit of information I didn’t know about. Will look into that one.

Today’s movie is:

Dead Girl 2006
Good movie, great acting, deserves better than 6.6

Brilliant movie. Must see.
Secrets & Lies 1996

I saw Bad Samaritan (2018).

[One of my favorite movies of all time.]

I really like this movie.

The acting is extremely good, as is the music.

The movie is about an antagonist that is a criminal mastermind.

It seems like he is always a few steps ahead of everyone else.

It's kinda frustrating for the antagonist to be so perfect, but at the end of the film, that frustration disappears.

The movie isn't very realistic because I don't think anyone can be that much of a mastermind, but the movie is quite entertaining nonetheless.

By the end of the movie, you will really hate the antagonist.

I recommend this film, if you don't mind some of the frustration that I mentioned.

“Butley” (1974) - Alan Bates reprises his leading role in the stage production in which he plays a witty, yet prickly college literature professor who, in the course of a single day, manages to alienate everyone in his life. The playwright Harold Pinter directed this excellent adaptation of the play by Simon Gray.

I saw Crimson Peak (2015).

This movie is pretty good.

The acting and music are superb.

It's a horror film, set in the 1890's.

It's directed by Guillermo del Toro.

The movie is a little slow, which is to be expected from a period piece.

The movie does have a strong ending, which is always nice.

If it were more tightly edited, I would like the movie even more.

Brilliant movie 8/10

Dronningen

We Broke Up (2021)

It is classified as a comedy, but I didn’t think it was that funny.

Stowaway (2021)

A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.

Just finished it. The movie is average, but the plot is somewhat interesting.
The space suits feature LED head lamps, no close ups, but at least they are in the movie.

Only watch if you have nothing else to do, it is a bit of a slow one.