Which movie did you watch lastֻ

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1861

The Florida Project is generally rated so well… but I was so bored to tears, I had to bail on it.

“”Red Rock West”:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rock_West” was OK… so very, very dated (1993). Dennis Hopper was pretty much the same as Frank Booth from Blue Velvet seven years earlier, just without the gas. Generally, not a bad movie… but one of those “can’t think of anything to watch on a rainy day” kind of flick.

1862

Finally caught Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer”.

Man, I never liked standup comedy, but Dave had me literally laffing out loud (rarely happens) quite often. He’s a hoot!

He funny!

1863

I saw all of Chappelle's Show years ago when it first came out.

Now I'm watching his stand-up specials in chronological order.

It'll be a while before I get to "The Closer."

Dave Chappelle is one of the best at stand-up comedy.

1864

Yeh, I got the complete set of CS, probably take a while for me to rewatch them.

Only problem is when I’d want to find a particular skit, like “Ribs” or “Ashy Larry”, like which season/episode it’d be in. The summary for each ep only has a partial listing. And forget trying to find a part of his stand-up between skits.

1865

Dave had me rolling on the floor with his Clayton Bigsby, the World’s Only Black White Supremacist

1866

Saw Dune [2021] and I thought it was pretty good.

Some thoughts:

  • It felt a little long, but that’s only because it’s a 2hr 35min movie with no intermission to use the bathroom or buy concessions. They should really bring back the intermission! On the other hand, it was an EPIC watch on the big screen. Glad I went to the theater.
  • I recently watched Blade Runner [1982] and compared to that movie, Dune Part I is an action-packed thrill ride with a completely transparent plot. But even on its own merit I thought this movie’s pacing was pretty decent. The slower sections were not wasted and served to establish the world(s) and characters. One of the things that separates movies and TV shows is that in movies you actually get to see big chunks of the environment instead of having to imagine the larger world outside of the tiny sets.
  • Despite ending in the middle of the first book, I thought the stopping point actually felt fairly natural.
  • The sand worms are being teased like a horror movie monster. I guess we’ll probably see more of them in the sequel (hope they make it)
  • The world building/design was freaking INCREDIBLE in this movie. Absolutely gorgeous. Buying this on 4K Blu-ray for sure.
  • One thing was a bit weird—the term “Sand Power” was uttered several times in the movie. Apparently in the book this is used in contrast with Air Power and Water Power when referring to tactical military might. In the movie this is subtly changed to mean the people of the desert as well. So when a main character sees a desert dweller doing something impressive and says “Sand Power!” and it felt a bit like saying “Black Power” or “White Power”. I don’t think it was intended that way but it definitely felt weird. I think it’s just an iconic phrase from the book they felt they couldn’t axe for some reason.
  • It’s SO NICE seeing a big Sci-Fi movie that isn’t Marvel or Star Wars. I want more of these.
1867

Law Abiding Citizen
Shooter
Death Wish
The Accountant

Probably the last four I watched.

1868

The Night House.

1. hysterical horror, since it is mostly a female film.
2. worth watching, but not worth paying for.
3. Bag of Bones remake, essentially.

1869

- Halloween : Kills

- Dune

- Den of Thieves

  • Th Devil’s Advocate
1870

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

I think this is a fun movie and I think the hate it gets is largely undeserved. I’d watch it over Genisys or Dark Fate for sure. And like the Matrix sequels, if you let go of what might of been it’s possible to enjoy what was actually delivered.

1871

John Wick [2014] (rewatch)

Still great. That fight in the club is a masterpiece. Pretty grounded movie compared to the later installments. The only part I thought was downright silly was John Wick driving around in a car near the end and behaving like he was clearing a room when he looked out the window with his gun.

1872

A Pigeon Sat On a Branch Reflecting On Existence (2014)

If you like your comedy dark and very dry, and you also have a philosophical or introspective nature, Roy Andersson’s film uses abstraction and surrealism combined with bleak realism to distill human frailty, folly, cruelty, and compassion into a concentrated elixir that leaves a strong aftertaste. The movie is pieced together in a unique string of small episodes, most of which combine comedy with tragedy or depravity from real everyday and historic events and are strewn together in a way that only makes sense somehow at the end of the movie when you consider the whole. Along the way you’ll see the worst and the best of which humanity is capable, and you’ll also witness things you’ve definitely never seen before, such as Swedish soldiers circa the 1780’s walking into a current-day bar and finding that the bathroom Sweden’s King needs to use is occupied. Like I said, it’s unique, and a real work of art.

1873

Some kewl ’50s sci-fi flix today on MyMovies! one after another.

“Them!”, “Fiend Without Face”, “Spider vs Earth”, “Creation of Humanoids” (fell asleep, oh well), etc.

1874

Halloween Kills

Absolute total waste of effort, money and film stock.

I’ll never get those 2 hours of my life back.

1875
1876

The Final Duel (2021)

The film is very well made just as you would expect from a Ridley Scott film. The acting is good. The story is pretty gripping. The overall structure of showing events from the perspective of multiple characters was great even if some scenes are hard to watch (rape).

I guess my biggest gripe is that this film is called “The Final Duel” and I expected dueling to be a main narrative focus. To me, the title implies that the film is about the final duel—the details of what took place and why it was the final legal duel in France. Instead, the movie seems completely focused on the social norms and legal standing of women in medieval times. There’s almost no focus on the concept of duels. In fact, the duel in this film seemed somewhat justified.

So yea, I think this film was marketed in a slightly dishonest way to get people into seats. I wouldn’t have bothered to go to the theater to see a film about misogyny and sexism in medieval times. I could have waited to borrow it from the library. And even then, it’s a forgone conclusion that women were treated like shit back then. Why do I need to see a movie about it?

1877

“No time to die”.
Overlong but a classic Bond.

1878

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1879

Karenin was the best part of TULOB.

always loyal until death.

1880

Okay, this movie isn't out yet, but I plan to watch the Resident Evil reboot.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6920084/

I saw the name of the movie at the end of a commercial on TV, and I thought, "It must take place in 1998."

I looked it up, and of course it does.

It has a different director than the other live-action movies, so I hope it's at least decent.