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What Movies Have You Seen Lately?
| December 17th, 2022 at 10:41:37 AM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12505 | There’s a scene in Avatar 2 where a hated character loses an arm. I’ve never heard an audience applaud so loud at a dismemberment! “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| December 17th, 2022 at 12:49:29 PM permalink | |
| kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4492 |
In 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' the audience cheered when Jack Nicholson's character was choking the hated head nurse and it looked like she was going to die. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
| January 16th, 2023 at 5:23:10 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18755 | Saw Avatar 2 over the weekend. Enjoyed well enough. Better than the first, IMO. Very long. But like the first, seeing it once was enough for me. Actually I could have missed the first one and wouldn't mind. There are some movies, when they show up on TV, sometimes I will wait until at least one particular scene I remember, and watch that again, but I can't think of any scene in this movie like that though it is a spectacle in many ways. Did I mention it was long. It was long. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| January 16th, 2023 at 5:58:21 AM permalink | |
| gamerfreak Member since: Feb 19, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 527 | The Menu (2022) on HBO Max. Loved it. One of the best movies I have seen in a while. Maybe not the “best” objectively but certainly my favorite. It’s a psychological thriller / horror / dark comedy. I’ll leave it at that. It’s best to go in blind. |
| January 16th, 2023 at 12:36:03 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
Strange and bizarre The chef was right, guys should have tried harder I'd be gouging out eyes and fighting dirty The 45 second head start, I'd be looking for weapons Wooden club would do nicely I thought the ending was a bit absurd Loved Anya Taylor-Joy. Best character in the movie. Hated the guy she was with. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| January 16th, 2023 at 5:03:10 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | Was that nurse Ratched? The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| January 16th, 2023 at 5:25:35 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 |
Yes One of my all time favorite books I had Ken Kesey sign a copy when I met him. Based on a mental institution that Ken kesey actually worked at. It was really great that they filmed the movie at that same institution. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| January 16th, 2023 at 6:29:46 PM permalink | |
| 1nickelmiracle Member since: Mar 5, 2013 Threads: 24 Posts: 623 | I have liked Matrix Resurrections, Beyond the Infinite 2 minutes, Bill and Ted Face The Music, Vivarium, Black Phone, Bliss, John Dies At the End. The Fare I give the most mention to recommend. It was much better with time than I knew at the time watching it. The acting was kind of bad, but the story was solid. |
| January 17th, 2023 at 2:22:27 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5097 | It was a time when in the US we were finally realizing that putting absolutely everybody into mental institutions including those who were just a little off wasn't really humane. There are places in the country where big collections of buildings are still empty, that used to house all these people. I often wonder if the book/movie was actually very influential in this regard. Ironically, you can't say the people were wrong who told us if we closed down these places, we'd have a huge homeless problem. As a final thought, it wasn't fair to the nurses or the doctors or other workers either, to try to control these people without going crazy themselves. Naturally they turned to what instruments and methods they knew about. You can't defend the Nurse Ratched types, but you can see how they would naturally develop. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| January 17th, 2023 at 12:09:22 PM permalink | |
| gamerfreak Member since: Feb 19, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 527 |
It wasn’t a perfect film by any means. But overall it was great. didn’t like the Chef’s reason for killing the actor and his assistant. He simply didn’t like his movie. The guy had much more legitimate reasons to loathe all of the other customers. I didn’t get why the chefs assistant wanted to kill the girl. But the lack of trying to escape I think made sense. It was kind of the point. They are all so rich and snotty and dependent on others that they are literally unable to help or think for themselves. By the end they were so beat down mentally that I don’t think they had any will to fight. |