Amph What was the last movie you saw? (Ver. 2)

Yeah the first one is untouchable to me. But 2 is at least pretty close. "I'm gonna blame the movies" is classic

 

I almost mentioned how absurdly good looking Timothy Olyphant is in this movie.

I think it does, doesn't it? Randy says that it doesn't count as a sequel because it was the middle chapter of a trilogy that was planned from the beginning. I . . . disagree, but whatever.

 

Yeah that ESB not being a sequel thing bothers me. Mainly because it is not true(SW is not LOTR it was not all mapped out) ) and because people would quote it as if it were gospel.

 

Am I bad if, now as an adult, I hate Randy? I thought he was so fun as a tween.

 

I mean, I think we can all agree it's Jamie Kennedy's best work and still have plenty of room to disagree about how good it is. I actually like Kennedy in the role, but he is definitely a jerk.

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And he flat out gets killed because he's being a jerk and antagonizing the killer because he feels safe being outside and in the open. Never. Back. Up. To. A. Panel. Van. Love that death scene.

 

Umma 2021
Interesting horror film about a Korean woman (Sandra Oh) who had a crazy/abusive mother and now lives in America with her daughter. She is very overprotective, and the mother's remains arrive from a relative and weird things happen. You never really know if they are being haunted or the mother is just crazy. Pretty good, Oh is very good as is the daughter but never really is that scary.

 

The Woman King (2022)

It's way past time that Hollywood tackled the story of Dahomey's Agojie, the real-life warriors whose fierceness inspired Black Panther's Dora Milaje - and it will probably leave you wanting more.
Gina Prince-Bythewood's film does a reasonably good job at showing the basics of life in early 19th-century Dahomey, but ultimately there is so much to explore here that it is unfortunate the film eventually falls victim to dramatic predictability. And yet, the characters it presents are so compelling, I couldn't help but wish this had been made as a miniseries instead - giving us a greater chance to explore the era and these fierce warriors at greater length, and without the need for a prompt resolution to the storylines after a two-hour interval.
The entire cast, headlined by the inimitable Viola Davis, is outstanding. Lashana Lynch, known for her work in the MCU and the last installment of James Bond, makes for a truly fierce warrior, as does Sheila Atim, who was last seen in a small role as a Kamar-Taj wizard in Multiverse of Madness. Atim is a really gifted actor, and I can't wait to see what she does next.

Moonage Daydream (2022)

For the second time this year, a documentary consisting largely of footage filmed decades ago is being shown in IMAX theaters, and it should be a great opportunity for anyone who enjoys the music of David Bowie to watch this in the biggest screen available.
While I don't consider myself a big Bowie fan in particular, there is something to be said for the experience that watching this in a huge auditorium with an appreciative audience entails.
While there is definitely plenty of material of Bowie on-screen, the documentary also makes considerable use of clips from a lot of classic movies - anything from A Trip to the Moon and Metropolis to more contemporary works like The Red Shoes, A Clockwork Orange, and lots more. Just watching that footage alone in an IMAX-sized presentation is truly worth the price of admission.

 

I agree with much of your review there but especially the part where you say the violence lacks a certain thematic weight to it. It really is what keeps 2 from being better than the original which still hasn't been surpassed. And Neve Campbell is given the best material to work with in 2.

Did you see the latest 'Scream' Rogue? I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on it. It is kind of interesting because it really takes the thing I dislike most about 2 and runs with it. I don't know what to think about the whole 'Stab' phenomenon in the series because it seems as if they come out with a new 'Stab' movie after every series of murders. 2 handles the awkwardness of the blurring of lines between a horror film and real life horror really pretty well but it's always been an odd aspect of 'Scream' as a series that comes back to comment on the genre.

 

That comes up in Scream 3, in his video tape message.

 

Thor: Love and Thunder. Much more fun than I thought it would be, most of the gags were in the trailer, so this was typical Marvel fare. My son's gone so far as to say that Taika Waititi is his favorite director.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). Quirky as always. Most memorable for the killer rabbit.

 

Captain Marvel
2019

Wanted to learn more about the Skrull so I rewatched this and enjoyed it much more on second viewing largely due to the excellent cast. Great focus is given to Fury and Talos. The plot is pretty convoluted, but this is overall a decent entry. Felt a bit long though for some reason, especially the action scenes, both in the first and third acts.

 

Jurassic World: Dominion (extended edition) 2022

Well I finally got around to watching the latest (and from what I've heard at least) last installment of the Jurassic Park/World saga. This time around, the World meets the Park, in a manner of speaking. It was nice seeing Dern, Neil, and of course Goldblum reprising their roles; though at times their dialogue seemed too forced; as if they were just shoved into being those same characters from nearly three decades ago against their will. Of course there were some obvious nods to the original. I've said it before, it would've been cool if Lex and Timmy might've made a brief cameo, but I guess those former child actors have both moved on. Some things in the movie were kind of predictable, for instance

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what Dodgeson's ultimate fate was going to be ("Dodgeson...we've got Dodgeson here!)

But overall I thought it was all right. It was entertaining for the most part.

 

I just still can't believe this was a movie about bugs and kidnapping a teenager when dinosaurs were right there.

 

Yup, I did and I will be reviewing all three of the remaining movies in the franchise.

 

Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
WTF did I just watch?

 

Ooh, ooh, I know this one! It was Last Year at Marienbad!

 

Die.

 

Der.

 

Saw that Thor movie was out on Disney plus. It seemed like the screaming goats were going to end up being the highlight of the movie, so I bailed and switched to Jurassic Park, Dominion. Made it to the giant grasshoppers which seemed as random as everything else about the movie. I hope I didn't miss anything important...

 

Toothgrinder and Toothgnasher are the GOAT.

 

Irma la Douce. Billy Wilder could do everything, which is one of the reasons I think he’s one of the greatest directors of all time. But there’s something special about his facility with comedy. And what better comic partner could he ask for (aside from I. A. L. Diamond) than Jack Lemmon? Lemmon and Wilder have one of the great actor-director connections, and it’s put to great use here.

Lemmon plays a supremely innocent Parisian cop who ends up working the red-light district. He loses his job after busting the boss in a raid, but falls for sweet streetwalker Shirley MacLaine, who takes a shine to him — and installs him as her new pimp. He can’t bear to share to her, but she just can’t comprehend the idea of leaving her trade and doesn’t want to be reformed. So as anyone would do in this situation, he disguises himself and poses as a rich client who pays enough to keep her all to himself. For which he needs to sneak out to work, leading to trouble at home.

It’s loopy, silly, with a little twisted continental-criminal sense of humor, and utterly delightful. It milks comedy from premises both classic and novel, and is wickedly hilarious from start to end. Wilder is so good (and so are his cast and crew) that he can even get away with making a two-and-a-half-hour screwy comedy. The time flies, because it’s impossible not to have fun, and Wilder keeps up a rapid-fire pace the whole time, without flagging. Chalk up yet another comic classic for Wilder, Diamond, and Lemmon.

 

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

I'll start by saying Thor is hardly my favorite Marvel character. I watch his moves only because they're the next in line of the MCU and take them for whatever they're worth. This film brings back Natalie as Jane in a prominent role, which tbh got me slightly more interested in it than I would have otherwise. It plays out somewhat predictably, we know who the star of the Thor movies is, and there will be no replacements. It was mildly entertaining; most of the highlights were already spoiled in the trailers. I didn't think Christian Bale's character was all that impressive. I'm no comics expert so I'm not sure if it was adapted from there, but he just didn't seem all that threatening. I'm not usually thrilled by the dialogue in the Thor films, and this was no exception. It comes off as kind of childish to me. Maybe his films are geared more towards the younger people, and that's ok. It's just not my cup of tea.

The one great thing about the movie that I will say is it's soundtrack. I haven't heard a track like that since Terminator 2.