Originally Posted by lcarus:
Movies for me are sometimes enjoyable or not based on my mood. If I'm in a good, attentive, mellow mood, I can enjoy a lot of movies. Unfortunately that rarely happens so I find 95% of what I watch to be a crusty piece of dog shit.
This is pretty much where I'm at.
Honestly, I'd say the best watch of the last 4 or 5 years was "The Devil's Candy."
It was buzzing on youtube so I gave it a try (low expectations) and it delivered.
It'd have to go back over a decade to where I was as impressed with a low budget film (The United States Of Leeland or Donnie Darko.) [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
I've never seen Bone Tomahawk but that scene where they scalp the dude, hammer it onto the roof of his mouth, then split him in half by the balls makes me cringe every time.
Yeah that scene fucked me up. Any desire I ever had to be a cowboy went right down the poot-chute. [Reply]
wow...I really liked it. I had zero idea what it was about - I just saw that Jordan Peele wrote and directed it so I DVR'd it. Totally was NOT what I was expected lol.
I just watched A Monster Calls on HBO and really enjoyed it. It’s about a boy whose mother is dying of cancer and his struggles to come to grips with it. I had no expectations when I started so that probably helped. [Reply]
Not "new" movies per se - I watched American Made and The Foreigner recently.
American Made was good, not great. Liked it, but glad I didn't pay full theater prices for it. Crazy story, though. And Domhnall Gleeson was great as Schafer. Check it out if you're bored.
The Foreigner was surprisingly good. Jackie Chan was great as the anti-hero, and Pierce Brosnan did a great job in his role. Liked that way more than I thought I would. [Reply]
Originally Posted by patteeu:
I just watched A Monster Calls on HBO and really enjoyed it. It’s about a boy whose mother is dying of cancer and his struggles to come to grips with it. I had no expectations when I started so that probably helped.
Yeah, that sounds heavy. I'd have to be in a certain movie for a flick like that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
Not "new" movies per se - I watched American Made and The Foreigner recently.
American Made was good, not great. Liked it, but glad I didn't pay full theater prices for it. Crazy story, though. And Domhnall Gleeson was great as Schafer. Check it out if you're bored.
The Foreigner was surprisingly good. Jackie Chan was great as the anti-hero, and Pierce Brosnan did a great job in his role. Liked that way more than I thought I would.
Both of those have been on my watch list so thanks for the reminder . Esp American Made. Looking forward to seeing Cruise in a film where its not based on a franchise . [Reply]
Originally Posted by sully1983:
Blind bought Brawl in Cell Block 99 with some Xmas money I got and holy crap, it was outstanding. Very brutal & violent. Vince Vaughn really brought it strong in this one and I highly recommend it if you don't mind excessive violence (seriously , I mean it lol. Vaughn's character is cracking open heads in this film)
The director is someone to keep an eye on. He also directed Bone Tomahawk which was great too.
I like the director of these movies as well, he brings something different in these movies. I get tired of the same story arc and plots in the action genre, but this movie was very different. Very well done and excellent supporting cast and I liked the music choice as well.
“Dragged across concrete” is the next movie for Zahler, Vaughn and Mel Gibson are starring and similar cast to Brawl in Cellblock 99. [Reply]