Which movie did you watch lastֻ

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In NL summertime is called “komkommertijd” when we are talking about programs on TV (don’t think cucumber time does ring a bell). Everybody is out on holiday, so there is not a single network that is showing a decent movie. Just re-runs, and sometimes even re-runs of re-runs of ordinary TV-shows.
But a few stations apparently have adopted a new approach: the franchise.
So this week it is Sharknado week on one station and Die Hard week on another station.
Let me tell you: after 10 minutes watching both, I choose for option #2 (with a vengeance).

IMHO Sharknado X is not a cultfilm because it has no tight T-shirts, short jeans or skinny dipping.
I call it pure #$%^&. It has cost about 50c to make, but the makeup dept. could do with an extra 10c.
And I don’t mean for making more realistic gore, but for making the “living” actors actually look alive.

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2-fer night…

First up was “Teeth”, which was pretty much exactly how I imagined it’d be, and it was a hoot!

Yeah, she’s a cheerleader for the “sex is evil, wait ’til marriage” promise-groups, and yeah, she got teeth… “down there”. Absolutely heed the advice that “no means no”… or else! After a few bad run-ins, she uncontrollably puts her “adaptation” to good use.

Good naughty fun, nothing over the top, but lots of wry humor. Her look at the very end of the flick was priceless. :laughing:

Next up was “Variant”. Intentionally didn’t read much about it, wanted to be surprised. And it was hella good. Lots of guessing what’s going on, what’s the “hook”, and the pieces fell into place near the end. Still, even knowing that, coming around full-circle to the opening scene didn’t detract at all, but the little twist added to it.

Kewl music, good atmosphere (helped in keeping you guessing), some questions why “he did what he did” (more detail would spoil it), but all in all it just worked. You could draw parallels to other movies after watching it, but it’s definitely not a copycat movie.

Both recommended.

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I saw Teeth before BLF was founded.

I remember liking it a lot.

I especially liked the sex ed books at the high school.

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Re: Teeth, I remember that legend from when I was a teenager. My buddy was deep into African legends, they called it an Argawaga. Gave me the creeps and you never forget something like that. Even so I was rolling with laughter when the jerk lost his member. Classic.

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Had watched The Dark Knight Yesterday night. It was really good.

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Re-watched
Yellowbeard 1983

You can’t loose when Cheeh & Chong, some of the Python crew, Maddie Kahn, Feldman, and a bunch of others - Get together to make a pirate movie.

Us Yellowbeards are never more dangerous than when we’re dead.

Yellowbeard: Who’re you talkin’ about?
Betty: The fruit of your loins, sugar drawers.
Yellowbeard: Are you mad, woman? I haven’t got fruit in my loins! Lice, yes, and proud of ’em!

So corny, So good.

All the Best,
Jeff

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The Torture Report (2019)

Outstanding true story about the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into the CIA rendition program. Great job by Scott Z. Burns just getting this film funded, but it is also very well written and directed. Adam Driver is great as the chief investigator and main character followed in the movie.

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The first entry in tonight’s lineup was the classic (as in 1953) “War Of The Worlds”.

Aww, man, great stuff. Still as creepy-scary today as back then, even with just the “primitive” fx from back then. The hatch unscrewing, the cobra-like eyeball/death-ray, the whole Invincible Enemy trope, it was a classic then and it’s still a classic now.

Next up was last year’s “Scare Package”, and what a hoot that was! Just like in Rad Chad’s Horror Emporium, “rent 6 get the 7th free”, you’re treated to 6 hormedy shorts that ranged from so-so (“MISTER”, “Girls’ Night Out Of Body”) to hilarious (“Cold Open”, “The Night He Came Back Again!”), with a freebie 7th that wraps them all together.

If you like horror, and you like comedy, this one’s a must-see. Especially the rather unexpected full-circle at the end was a really nice surprise.

Both were awesome, fully recommended. (But if you haven’t yet seen WOTW… for shame!)

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In case you guys missed DARK 3rd season is available to watch.
Best series Netflix ever made.

Mike

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I revisited an “old friend.” The World According to Garp. It came out in 1982. I saw it in 1983 when it was making its rounds in the “2nd run” theaters. I couldn’t get over the wonderful performance of Robin Williams, despite the movie being very “weird” for its time. It’s rather existential & philosophical. Gender & sex are two rather prominent factors and even John Lithgow plays a woman who had a sex change from a man. The whole movie made quite an impression me back then. I had only caught part of it years later on TV, but never the full screening. Just did that yesterday.

Was really curious to stumble across this:

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This isn’t a movie— A comedian I stumbled across on Youtube—-If you’ve been married a long time—you need to watch this with you spouse —Very Funny

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Notorious.
Hitchcock.

still don’t understand exactly
why it’s supposed to be great.
good, yeah.

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Okay, did a 3-fer tonight (so far), trying to catch up.

First up, “The Searching Eye”, a “22min” short (my copy was only 17min, go figure).

Was okay, about cameras and vision and how to capture things on film to spur the imagination: slowed-down video of a bird in flight, sped-up video of plants starting to sprout, close-ups of a dragonfly, pulled-back shots of the kid walking in a field to the whole scenic vista at the cliffs overhanging the ocean (excellent quality shot, like someone would have to take with a drone today). Pretty good, dunno if I’d watch it again, but I kinda liked it.

Next up, a half-hour oldie, Charlie Chaplin’s “One A.M.”. Ugh. Sorry, but it was tedious. I had to speed it up to 1.2× the speed just to get through it faster, and not just pull the plug on it completely.

Ostensibly takes place at 1am, yet it starts out in painfully bright midday sun. Tedious, repetitive slapstick(?) humor that was just frustrating, not funny. Sorry, but I watched the whole thing and didn’t even smirk. I especially didn’t like the step-in-the-fishbowl bit at all.

Unno, must be like The Three Stooges type humor. Either you “get it” and like it, or are just bored silly by it and find it tedious. Guess I’m in the latter group.

Last for tonight (so far) was “Rammbock”, aka “Berlin Undead”, clocking in at just a hair over an hour. Damn, that was good!

German flick (DE audio, EN subs), but it just felt natural. Just like “Big Bad Wolves”, dialogue is sparse enough that you could watch it without getting hung up on having to read the subs.

What do you do in a housing complex when everything outside (and even inside) is going to Hell? People get white-eyed and frothy at the mouth, and start eating your face off. Hmmmm, not good. And we’re not talking about dumb-ass shambling slowpokes, either, but zombies where even a little old lady can and would, if given the chance, outrun you and eat your face off. (Rule #1: cardio!)

But if you can hole up somewhere and wait it out, or escape, then you got a chance. And that’s what “Rammbock” is about. The few survivors in the complex have to try to shore up their digs against the zombies, and try to survive and ultimately escape.

If you like zombie movies (and c’mon, who doesn’t?), you’ll love this one. That 1hr just flew by.

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Two within the past four days on Netflix:

The Wrong Missy is an edgy adult comedy with some truly cringeworthy moments, a la Curb Your Enthusiasm and the new Eurovision: Fire Saga movie sweeping the nation, which is a funny and lite comedy.

Chris

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The Aerialist

Acceptable indie movie, about an aerialist who deals with stress, age and career decisions

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Huh… I just finished “The Aerialist”, too.

Quite good, I thought. More hit-squad ratings killing it with a 3.6, but I thought it was much better than that.

Per the description, I thought it would be more thriller-y, but it ended up being a feelgood movie. A bit too show-y/music-y in parts for my taste, but still quite good.

Especially liked the twist at the end as to the reporter’s real motives. Everything dovetailed together quite nicely.

I’d rate it a 6+, at least. Any movie that can keep my attention from start to finish deserves at least that. :laughing:

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Caught “Money Plane”. Pretty good! A bit too goody-too-shoes at the end, doing the whole Robin Hood thing, but I still enjoyed it.

Big Bad Guy buys out Good Guy’s gambling debt, makes him rob The Money Plane, a big honkin’ flying casino on an A380, plaything to Big Bad Criminals where anything goes, and always flying over international waters where “no government can touch them”.

I caught the twist literally as it was happening in the beginning, but it still didn’t spoil the story. All in all, it was a bit hokey, but nothing too far-fetched. At least it didn’t descend to a computer-prompt that says “download virus now!” or anything. :laughing:

Good simple fun. I’d watch it again.

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Also made the time for “American Zombieland” tonight, too. Pretty good, but it seemed to drag. Some hilarious humor, some puerile humor, the plot just seemed to meander aimlessly, making the movie seem longer than it was.

Wait, it had a plot? Not really. A story arc of sorts, but just a comedy of errors ’til I guess they had enough footage to call it quits. Lots of questions went unanswered, there was no definable “end” to the movie, etc. Like a shaggy-dog story, without the punchline.

Still, it was a pretty enjoyable ride. Definitely not to be taken seriously, just a pretty funny self-parody of zombie flicks.

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Thought I’d make it a two-fer, but I’m too tired. :weary:

Caught “Subferatu”, and it was… okay. The first minute or two had me hooked into watching the whole thing, but it was a bit slow, and a bit “off”. Some of the actors were sleepily reciting their lines, and others were borderline over-the-top. To me, it just didn’t mesh.

Just checked the reviews now, and the best description would be “Das Boot” meets “Gilligan’s Island” with time-travel and vampires. Yeah, that’s pretty much it. I didn’t think it would be intended as just a comedy, but it was, at least a parody. Showing clips from the oldie “Nosferatu” I thought would make it a horror-comedy, but there was very little horror or tension or anything.

So, it was… okay. Wasn’t turned off, but wasn’t thrilled, either.

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I saw Open Grave (2013).

This movie is pretty good.

The music is excellent, but the acting is only so-so.

During most of the movie, the characters that can communicate in English all have amnesia.

Also, the majority of the movie you are wondering what the heck is going on.

The atmosphere in this movie is superb.

I like the film, and think it's a much-better-than-average horror mystery.

Just don't expect stellar acting, and you'll probably enjoy it.