Movie Thread

[Tricycle Rider]

Under Suspicion (2000) - Gene Hackman movies are like comfort food for me... I know mac&cheese isn't necessarily the best and fanciest, but it hits the spot and at least I know what to expect. So I was delightfully surprised by Hackman's performance in this absorbing and engaging psychological thriller that is more a character study than a crime drama, Morgan Freeman and Monica Bellucci were also great. (Hitchcock liked to zoom in on beautiful blondes, the director of this movie zoomed in on the stunningly beautiful Bellucci more than three dozen times! )

Btw., this is a remake of a French movie from 1981 called Garde à Vue, I'll be damned if I can get ahold of it.

 

[movingtarget]

The Hills Have Eyes (1977) low budget early movie from Wes Craven. Not much to recommend. Best performances were by the two Alsatian dogs. For 70's horror genre and Wes Craven fans.

 

[movingtarget]

All The Pretty Horses (2000) Two ranch hands from Texas cross the Mexican border and get involved in some bad business. Sounds like studio interference called for cuts which may have effected the quality of the movie. A flat version of a great book but watchable. Decent performances from Matt Damon and Henry Thomas and some nice visuals.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Jaws (1975) - It's a classic you just have to watch

 

[Potomac]

Jaws (1975) - It's a classic you just have to watch

Maybe watch it the end of the summer, when going into the beach is over and done with.

 

[Potomac]

Under Suspicion (2000) - Gene Hackman movies are like comfort food for me... I know mac&cheese isn't necessarily the best and fanciest, but it hits the spot and at least I know what to expect. So I was delightfully surprised by Hackman's performance in this absorbing and engaging psychological thriller that is more a character study than a crime drama, Morgan Freeman and Monica Bellucci were also great. (Hitchcock liked to zoom in on beautiful blondes, the director of this movie zoomed in on the stunningly beautiful Bellucci more than three dozen times! )

Btw., this is a remake of a French movie from 1981 called Garde à Vue, I'll be damned if I can get ahold of it.

I read a little more about this film and added it to my watch list.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Saving the Titanic (2012) - Truly the most interesting docudrama about the sinking of the Titanic I have seen in a long time, it deals with the engineers, stokers, and firemen who continued working the engines and shoveling all that coal while knowing fully well the ship was sinking. I find machinery of such a ginormous size fascinating, but also spooky...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzHZJcyU9g8

 

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Baby Driver (2017) simple story about a boy who works as a driver for a crime boss. Lot of action, and stunts with some decent acting. More entertaining than I was expecting with a predictable ending.

 

[Koronin]

Jaws (1975) - It's a classic you just have to watch

Since you mentioned Jaws. I'm going to Galaxy Con at the end of the month and one of the actors who will be there is Richard Dreyfuss. We've already bought the photo op with him. (Of all the actors who are going to be there he's the one my husband is most excited to meet. For me the actor I'm most excited to meet is William Shatner. I grew up classic Trek reruns.)

 

[movingtarget]

Terrifier (2016) like a cross between Hostel and any number of gory, brutal 80's slasher horror movies. Starts out okay but gets very reptitive. Not sure why it's become a bit of a cult item. Maybe because these types of films are much rarer these days and in the current moral and political climate it would be impossible to make in Hollywood now. The homicidal clown is creepy looking but the film was utterly predictable. Not one to recommend to the mother in law.

 

[Potomac]

Under Suspicion (2000) - Gene Hackman movies are like comfort food for me... I know mac&cheese isn't necessarily the best and fanciest, but it hits the spot and at least I know what to expect. So I was delightfully surprised by Hackman's performance in this absorbing and engaging psychological thriller that is more a character study than a crime drama, Morgan Freeman and Monica Bellucci were also great. (Hitchcock liked to zoom in on beautiful blondes, the director of this movie zoomed in on the stunningly beautiful Bellucci more than three dozen times! )

Btw., this is a remake of a French movie from 1981 called Garde à Vue, I'll be damned if I can get ahold of it

I watched it last night. It was OK. It was one of the movies that could have just as easily been a stage play.

Hackman's was the only notable performance. Freeman is a talent, but the part didn't need a great actor.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I watched it last night. It was OK. It was one of the movies that could have just as easily been a stage play.

Hackman's was the only notable performance. Freeman is a talent, but the part didn't need a great actor.

Fair enough. Apparently the original French version (which I can't get ahold of) has a dramatically different ending. I liked the ending in this remake because it was more ambiguous.

 

[Potomac]

Fair enough. Apparently the original French version (which I can't get ahold of) has a dramatically different ending. I liked the ending in this remake because it was more ambiguous.

I agree about the ambiguity, it can really make a film. Too often Hollywood suits demand a film be more explicit, to the detriment of the film.

 

[Unchained]

Nocebo..
.story of a rich couple in London that have multiple outbreaks of bad karma. Really creepy
Little Bone Lodge.
.takes a similar scene from American Werewolf in London.. in the Slaughtered Lamb Pub and runs w it. spooky
The Out-Laws..
over the top comedy would be in laws are bank robbing criminals.. Pierce Brosnen and Ellen Barkin...Adam Devine is the idiot.. just a continuation of his idiot son character on The Righteous Gemstones.
The Day of the Jackal..
(1973) I love all the old French cars and cultural scenes.. just outdoor cafes and traffic circa 70s is fun.
You Hurt My Feelings..
. imagine a Woody Allen movie where it feels like it's written, directed by Woody but it's not. And to be generous.. all the characters are Larry David- Woody Allen hybrids..
Mayberry Man
A take off on My Cousin Vinny... without great actors and a funny script. An arrogant actor is forced to attend a week long Andy Griffith show festival as a result of being disrespectful.. I watched it for the set up but it's just ok..

 

[Potomac]

The Day of the Jackal..
(1973) I love all the old French cars and cultural scenes.. just outdoor cafes and traffic circa 70s is fun.

Great movie, i watch it at least once a year for the reasons you list and more.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Drama in Hollywood! https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66196019

I'm sure those who watch current or the latest TV shows and movies will be a lot more affected, when and how this actors' strike will end nobody knows. Time to watch reruns and older films...

 

[Potomac]

Drama in Hollywood! https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66196019

I'm sure those who watch current or the latest TV shows and movies will be a lot more affected, when and how this actors' strike will end nobody knows. Time to watch reruns and older films...

You would think they were coal miners striking for canaries with that rhetoric.

 

[movingtarget]

It's Alive trilogy : It's Alive (1974), an okay original directed by low budget cult director Larry Cohen : women give birth to babies with defects and that's just the beginning of the problems. Part conspiracy movie, part horror. hasn't aged well. Some decent acting. Nice music score from Bernard Hermann. It Lives Again (1978) more of the same. Average sequel with a decent performance from Frederic Forrest It's Alive III (1987) silly sequel, played for laughs and satire which doesn't really work. Cohen had run out of ideas. Typical idiosyncratic performance from Michael Moriarty. Reminds me a little of Christopher Walken in acting style not looks. Thankfully it ended there apart from a recent remake which I will never see !

 

[Tricycle Rider]

You would think they were coal miners striking for canaries with that rhetoric.

Hollywood is usually pretty full of itself as it is anyway (you see that at the Oscars every year), but this line struck me as especially self-important and tone-deaf: "This is not a moment to meet in the middle, and it's not an exaggeration to say that the eyes of history are on all of us,"

I do feel for the small, no-name artists who struggle just to make a movie because, heaven knows, I watch enough low-budget crap. But I don't feel a thing for those who are millionaires - if they walk off the red carpet I really don't care.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Red Lights (2012) - Not sure what convinced De Niro and Sigourney Weaver that this is a movie they needed to star in, killing off Weaver's character much too early was the first mistake. This thriller is such a mess that without its two major stars it's simply silly and unwatchable, it took one wrong turn too many.

 

[Unchained]

Hollywood is usually pretty full of itself as it is anyway (you see that at the Oscars every year), but this line struck me as especially self-important and tone-deaf: "This is not a moment to meet in the middle, and it's not an exaggeration to say that the eyes of history are on all of us,"

I do feel for the small, no-name artists who struggle just to make a movie because, heaven knows, I watch enough low-budget crap. But I don't feel a thing for those who are millionaires - if they walk off the red carpet I really don't care.

I have read 3 books and watched hours of other stuff about Robert Oppenheimer. I plan to pay retail to see the film on a big screen. And I will buy some soda and popcorn, just because I am there, it will be a semi silent protest. I really don't see a clear revenue model for the future. I say that because the movie and TV services I use are fairly inexpensive @$11 dollars US and @$9 bucks. I also get TV and movies from Amazon Prime video which I consider terrible and if it was not included in Prime, would consider it a substandard rip off. I hope Hollywood sorts itself out. I personally don't see a clear path forward, consider myself a TV and movie addict and feel like I get way, way more for my money than I expect. I feel completely satisfied with films and TV I consume for the price.
I see advertising for HBO from @$9.95 per month, I see movie prices at or near @$15 dollar for a single adult ticket.. Ala carte TV subscription prices are out of this world and also see YouTube TV as being expensive. I know almost nothing except for 2 things.. Having less shows available is bad and having what is available be more expensive is worse

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I have read 3 books and watched hours of other stuff about Robert Oppenheimer. I plan to pay retail to see the film on a big screen. And I will buy some soda and popcorn, just because I am there, it will be a semi silent protest. I really don't see a clear revenue model for the future. I say that because the movie and TV services I use are fairly inexpensive @$11 dollars US and @$9 bucks. I also get TV and movies from Amazon Prime video which I consider terrible and if it was not included in Prime, would consider it a substandard rip off. I hope Hollywood sorts itself out. I personally don't see a clear path forward, consider myself a TV and movie addict and feel like I get way, way more for my money than I expect. I feel completely satisfied with films and TV I consume for the price.
I see advertising for HBO from @$9.95 per month, I see movie prices at or near @$15 dollar for a single adult ticket.. Ala carte TV subscription prices are out of this world and also see YouTube TV as being expensive. I know almost nothing except for 2 things.. Having less shows available is bad and having what is available be more expensive is worse

Once in a while I see a movie that I would consider a classic streamed on one of the free streaming channels, but you really have to dig for it. On the services they consider "premium" (Netflix or Max, for example) I will find none of the classics. So rather than experiment and waste a lot of money on streaming channels that offer nothing that I like I just shop around and do the free trial stuff.

I used to love Netflix, btw., back when they still had the DVD program going. Now when I look at their menu I think they basically have ***.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Great movie, i watch it at least once a year for the reasons you list and more.

Not implying you haven't seen them already because I'm sure you have, but if anyone wants to see classic late 60s and early 70s cars I'd definitely recommend watching the first scene of The Odessa File (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), and even Downhill Racer (1969). So many classic VW Bugs and Porsches in those movies I could crap myself with glee!

 

[Unchained]

Not implying you haven't seen them already because I'm sure you have, but if anyone wants to see classic late 60s and early 70s cars I'd definitely recommend watching the first scene of The Odessa File (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), and even Downhill Racer (1969). So many classic VW Bugs and Porsches in those movies I could crap myself with glee!

All great classic spy stuff

 

[Potomac]

Not implying you haven't seen them already because I'm sure you have, but if anyone wants to see classic late 60s and early 70s cars I'd definitely recommend watching the first scene of The Odessa File (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), and even Downhill Racer (1969). So many classic VW Bugs and Porsches in those movies I could crap myself with glee!

I don't know Downhill Racer.
Condor one of my all time favorites.

Condor and Odessa gets the Double Max award.... Max von Sydow and Maximillian Schell. Not a bad idea for a movie night.