Review a Movie!

[cobraman]

Wife and I watched a new movie on Netflix last night. Movie is called The Guilty. Stars Jake Gyllenhaal. He is just about the only actor in the movie. He plays a cop that is on suspension due to an upcoming trial. He was forced to work as a 911 operator. He gets a call from a woman that it seems has been kidnapped by her ex. The movie is shot only in the 911 offices. I don't want to give much away so I will leave it at that except for the info that the movie was made for less than 5 million and was shot in the span of one month. Wife and I did not care for it very much and found it boring at times. I have seen worse but can not recommend it.

[Snake45]

I watched The Many Saints of Newark, the Sopranos prequel, on HBO/MAX. It's also in theaters now. 

I watched every episode of The Sopranos, but haven't seen it again since the last episode first aired some years ago. I thought the new movie was a bit confusing. It's difficult keeping straight who everybody is as relates to the original show. Young Tony and his sister are easy enough; others not so much. Some of the characters are the fathers or uncles of original show characters. Others might be the same character just shown younger. I THINK the "Silvio" character (portrayed in the series by Little Steven Van Zandt) is the same character. I wasn't so sure about others. It doesn't help that at least one actor plays two different characters. 

Trying to imagine seeing this movie without having watched The Sopranos at all, I'm not sure it would be very entertaining. It begs comparison to Goodfellas and standing on its own, I don't think it would be considered as good. 

On the positive side, it's a treasure trove for car guys. The movie opens in the summer of 1967 and goes into sometime in the '70s, so there are lots of cool '50s, '60s, and '70s cars. One of the star cars is a white '66 Impala convertible (although it's riding on '68+ Rally Wheels), and a very clean blue '67 GTO makes several prominent appearances as well. 

[afx]

Once Upon A Time In The West - Rare to see Henry Fonda play a bad guy, he is ruthless in this one. Great musical score to boot.

 

Edited October 11, 2021 by afx

[afx]

On 10/2/2021 at 10:12 PM, cobraman said:

Well, about an hour ago I watched the movie 12 Monkeys that were suggested here.  That is one Bee-Zar movie.

Hope you enjoyed it at least. 

[slusher]

On 10/10/2021 at 12:31 PM, Snake45 said:

I watched The Many Saints of Newark, the Sopranos prequel, on HBO/MAX. It's also in theaters now. 

I watched every episode of The Sopranos, but haven't seen it again since the last episode first aired some years ago. I thought the new movie was a bit confusing. It's difficult keeping straight who everybody is as relates to the original show. Young Tony and his sister are easy enough; others not so much. Some of the characters are the fathers or uncles of original show characters. Others might be the same character just shown younger. I THINK the "Silvio" character (portrayed in the series by Little Steven Van Zandt) is the same character. I wasn't so sure about others. It doesn't help that at least one actor plays two different characters. 

Trying to imagine seeing this movie without having watched The Sopranos at all, I'm not sure it would be very entertaining. It begs comparison to Goodfellas and standing on its own, I don't think it would be considered as good. 

On the positive side, it's a treasure trove for car guys. The movie opens in the summer of 1967 and goes into sometime in the '70s, so there are lots of cool '50s, '60s, and '70s cars. One of the star cars is a white '66 Impala convertible (although it's riding on '68+ Rally Wheels), and a very clean blue '67 GTO makes several prominent appearances as well. 

i need too check that out, thanks Snake..

[slusher]

On 10/11/2021 at 6:11 AM, afx said:

Once Upon A Time In The West - Rare to see Henry Fonda play a bad guy, he is ruthless in this one. Great musical score to boot.

 

Has a great cast. Was it on cable?

[afx]

3 hours ago, slusher said:

Has a great cast. Was it on cable?

I watched it on Netflix awhile back.

[keyser]

The Cooler, about a casino “cooler”(William H Macy)a kinda sad love story, and Alec Baldwin as a casino runner at his ugly best. 

Public Enemies. Story of John Dillinger. Johnny Depp, great cast. 
 

The Bone Collector. Denzel Washington and a very young Angelina Jolie. Chasing copycat killer, that, unsurprisingly, collects bones. Great plot, engaging. 
 

I’m new to this thread, so if I repeat, lmk. 

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, keyser said:

I’m new to this thread, so if I repeat, lmk. 

Not a problem. More than one review of a given movie is entirely welcome! 

[Mike999]

Saw "No Time to Die" yesterday.  I thought it was a good mix of action and gadgetry, while also humanizing Bond and giving the movie some emotional direction.  It has some epic car chases, and the old Aston-Martin really gets a workout.

There's a pretty funny scene when the retired Bond is trying to get into MI-6 headquarters, and a young security guard doesn't know who he is.  "Bond!  JAMES Bond!"

Last night I went looking for something short and Halloween-ie, and the EPIX channel is showing "Beast of Yucca Flats."  Saw it long ago, but it's a lot worse than I remembered.  It only runs a merciful 54 minutes and makes Ed Wood look like Billy Wilder.  Rumor says the sound track either got lost or erased, so most of it is narrated (badly).

People fire about 500 bullets at Tor Johnson but don't hit him.  How can you miss Tor Johnson?  He's as big as a barn.

[keyser]

Unlocked. CIA mi5 flick from 17. 
Noomi Rapace, great plot and action. Double agent stuff and virus release for pandemic that was prescient. Good watch. 

[Snake45]

Just saw the new Dune movie on HBO/MAX. It is visually spectacular--among the best such things I've ever seen. 

Turns out it's just Part One. Looks like there will be a whole series of them, like Star Wars. 

[cobraman]

I will have to check that out.

[Dave Ambrose]

The new Dune is at the top of my list of movies to see. 

[slusher]

On 10/13/2021 at 10:59 AM, keyser said:

Public Enemies. Story of John Dillinger. Johnny Depp, great cast. 

I saw public Enemies and loved it started off with action. Suppose to be the truest version movie ? according to Google..

[MrMiles]

my wife and i watched the new halloween movie. i think it might have been one of the worst halloween movies i have ever seen. the general idea was OK, but there was not a single likable character in the entire movie. i didnt have high hopes of liking it because i generally think the halloween movies are bad, but my wife loves them, and she thought this one was trash.

[cobraman]

I just watched it yesterday, pretty bad.

[Mike999]

13 hours ago, slusher said:

I saw public Enemies and loved it started off with action. Suppose to be the truest version movie ? according to Google..

I liked the movie...lots of vintage cars and shoot-outs...but I caught one big factual goof that annoyed me.  The movie starts with FBI agent Melvin Purvis shooting Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd.  That gets Purvis promoted to hunt for Dillinger.  But in real life, Dillinger died in July 1934.  Floyd wasn't killed until October 1934, three months later.  

There are at least three different stories about how Floyd was killed. One from the FBI, which tried to take all the credit as usual.  Another version by local cops, and still another story from people who lived in the area.

[Snake45]

One of my favorite accounts of the whole Dillinger/Floyd mess is the novel G-Man by Stephen Hunter. Yes, it's fiction, altered a bit to accommodate the presence of Hunter's hero, Bob Lee Swagger's, grandfather, but Hunter is a meticulous researcher and I suspect that the novel has as much truth in it as possible while still telling the story. It's a ripping good yarn! 

[slusher]

5 hours ago, Mike999 said:

I liked the movie...lots of vintage cars and shoot-outs...but I caught one big factual goof that annoyed me.  The movie starts with FBI agent Melvin Purvis shooting Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd.  That gets Purvis promoted to hunt for Dillinger.  But in real life, Dillinger died in July 1934.  Floyd wasn't killed until October 1934, three months later.  

There are at least three different stories about how Floyd was killed. One from the FBI, which tried to take all the credit as usual.  Another version by local cops, and still another story from people who lived in the area.

I stood in the alley in the area where Dillinger died and ther is a mural on the brick wall of him. The theater has a different name but the big sign Biograph is still the same..

[slusher]

Watched 2 Classics on TCM yesterday The Getaway with Steve McQueen and Into The Badlands with Martin Sheen playing the murder spree of Charles Starkweather..

Edited November 4, 2021 by slusher

[Snake45]

The Getaway is a true classic and one of the best "gun movies" of all time. I saw it again last year for the umpteenth time. Still enjoyable after all these years! 

[Scott8950]

I watched this a few days ago, first time I'd watched it in years. Lots of rare cars destroyed in this movie. 

[NOBLNG]

I just watched “Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry” again. Nice cars in this movie, but boy, what BAD acting! And the ending… it’s like the budget ran out?

[slusher]

On 11/4/2021 at 6:41 PM, Scott8950 said:

I watched this a few days ago, first time I'd watched it in years. Lots of rare cars destroyed in this movie. 

 

i have not seen that but I would like too….