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It is very goof, kind of an interesting take on the Zombie Genre.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

★★★★★ / Elon trying to pull up to epstein island

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

★★★★★ / Elon trying to pull up to epstein island

The only Kubrick film I love (So far)

 

[IDKFA]

Send Help.

I saw the film was well over 90% on RT and took tbe wife to see it. It's Sam Raimi as well. It had to be great.........

It was extremely average, and that is being generous.

If you're expecting a horror because it's Sam Raimi then you'll be disappointed. There is a bit of gore here and there, but this is a comedy thriller at best.

The film just bored me. Most of the time the two characters are just in survival mode Castaway style. Not much happens until the third act, but by that point I was already checked out.

The ending. The fucking ending really rubbed me up the wrong way. I could look past the boring middle act and the feminist fantasy plot, but that ending was atrocious.

I don't want to give away spoilers so I'll stop there, but I really want to know how this got such a high RT score.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Send Help.

I saw the film was well over 90% on RT and took tbe wife to see it. It's Sam Raimi as well. It had to be great.........

It was extremely average, and that is being generous.

If you're expecting a horror because it's Sam Raimi then you'll be disappointed. There is a bit of gore here and there, but this is a comedy thriller at best.

The film just bored me. Most of the time the two characters are just in survival mode Castaway style. Not much happens until the third act, but by that point I was already checked out.

The ending. The fucking ending really rubbed me up the wrong way. I could look past the boring middle act and the feminist fantasy plot, but that ending was atrocious.

I don't want to give away spoilers so I'll stop there, but I really want to know how this got such a high RT score.

You can spoiler tag it but who ended up winning?

 

[Andyliini]

Greenland 2: Migration

2020's Greenland was a surprisingly good film, I liked it even more when I rewatched it a couple years ago. It ended in a hopeful way, but this sequel bypasses that and the family still lives in a bunker five years later. Of course more catastrophied hit and they have to leave. Their aim is the crater of the meteorite which fell in the first film, because some sort of paradise could be there.

I didn't like this as much as the first film. It felt like the suspense wasn't natural, and they got into trouble just for the sake of the movie. It wasn't bad, and Butler and Baccarin did their job well, but something was missing there compared to the first one.

 

[IDKFA]

You can spoiler tag it but who ended up winning?

Spoiler

The woman, Linda. The reason it pissed me off because she was a complete psycho and didn't deserve to have the happy ending. The guy, Bradley, is an asshole and definitely not a protagonist, but Linda is so much worse.

 

[Insane Metal]

Predator: Badlands

Watched it with friends last night. Just awful. Movie lost me in the first ten minutes. It's not the Marvel shit. It's the non-alien portrayal of the predators. They're so human, and it's incredibly jarring watching human reactions on the predators' monster faces. The art's really good too but those animations. My god. Seems like a movie that thought it could coast on visuals, the Predator brand, and a safe script, and based off critic and audience reviews, they were correct.

My friends and I had a good time, for a little while anyway, just ragging mercilessly on the movie (for the reasons above, for looking like a video game, and some other shit I don't remember).

Maybe the film would have been better if it wasn't a Predator movie? I wonder if people still would have cared.

Exactly what I thought and the reason why I won't watch it. The trailer was enough for me. That is not my predator. Never will be, sorry.

 

[Biff]

Sentimental Value (2025)

Worth watching for the excellent performances from Stellan Skarsgard, Renate Reinsve, and Elle Fanning. I'd have no objections if all won in their respective Oscars category.

The direction and cinematography is also very good.

The story, however, is pretty disappointing. It's a "tormented artist" meets "daddy issues". At the end of the day, it's yet another story of a sheltered rich girl who never lived a day in the real world, but we are supposed to cheer for her, I guess. The kind of movie that would get a standing ovation at Cannes because all the fart-sniffers in the audience see their "struggles" in the main character, lmao.

If you are able to look through a weak plot to enjoy the other elements of what can make a movie good, then I recommend it.

 

[violence]

★★★★★ / Elon trying to pull up to epstein island

Great documentary.

 

[The Fartist]

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Big Trouble In Little China: D

Carpenter worst film. Film had a bad cheesy quality throughout, the action sequences especially were super forgettable. Is it me or did they reuse a part of the chewbacca costume and just changed up the head for one of the creatures. The effects were that not good either. Snoozefest

The Wind That Shakes The Barley: C

Well acted but just wasn't my thing

Friendship: A

This is my first time watching something with Tim Robinson and I was dying with laughter throughout the movie. This was surprisngly fantastic and was a dark comedy. I need to watch more of his stuff

True Lies: A

One of Jame Cameron's best, the special effects aged well. The action sequences are fantastic and memorable. The acting particularly from Schwarzenegger was really good, you can tell he put in the work to actually work on his acting and it shows. The plot was really good and I love the middle especially with the subplot of him figuring out his wife wants to cheat on him. Bill Paxton once again plays a memorable character. Jamie Lee Curtis did a great job too. Overall a fun fantastic ride throughout and has one of my favorite death scenes in regards to how the villain goes out

The Grey: A+

I always wanted to watch this, I thought I was getting a action packed flick about a group of guys suriviving a airplane crash and having to deal with a pack of wolves. Instead what I got was quite a dramatic drama about a bunch of guys who all have traumas in their life having to fight for survival after their plane crash and having to fend off a pack of wolves. Quite the depressing watch

 

[Dice]

Saw Send Help. I liked it a lot. I went in wanting the goofier side of Sam Raimi and that is what I got. It was funny and just fun, kept things fresh. I love how he plays with different editing tropes pulled from cartoons and such to depict psychological states or keep things light. Danny Elfman set the goofy/dramatic mood well. They both did some great acting. While there are light touches on it, I think it is silly to read this as feminist coded.

Spoiler

She is obviously both delusional and psycho; you can tell she is unwell from the very start. She isn't simply bullied but people can tell she is genuinely off. I think she represents the disassociation of the exploited worker. Yes, he thinks less of her for being a woman but the real point is a more generalized underestimating and undervaluing of what "a nobody" can have in their skillset. Still, she is delusional about what opportunities are before her and in denial about what little playing fair will get her, then in the end she learns the only lesson that big business had to teach her and gets ahead by killing people and hiding it to present a story of triumph to the world. That is an anti-executive message, especially after their drunk chat showing they were both twisted from traumatic experiences. If there is a social message the movie gives, that is it. Her reward isn't to signal that she was good or that she deserved it. She is just bullshitting around the end like he was at the start. She modeled after the only true advice he ever gave her. That isn't saying the top is for women, it's saying that it is for clean masked psychos.

 

[Poppinfresh]

Big Trouble In Little China: D

Carpenter worst film. Film had a bad cheesy quality throughout, the action sequences especially were super forgettable. Is it me or did they reuse a part of the chewbacca costume and just changed up the head for one of the creatures. The effects were that not good either. Snoozefest

I now question your taste in everything, because this is one of the greatest movies ever made.

 

[SupaComputa]

Fire Walk With Me

This movie is great and with retrospect the perfect balance of classic Twin Peaks and overbearing weirdness of season 3. Sheryl Lee's performance is amazing, grounded and realistic while chewing scenery at times. Kind of makes sense in context. I would watch a 3h cut of this. It is not perfect, I find the first part of the movie, before jumping to Laura's story, not to have much value other than tying some loose ends with the series which didn't really need tying in.

You must watch the series first 2 seasons however, or at least until early season 2 (you'll know when) + the last episode.

8/10

 

[DKehoe]

Fire Walk With Me

This movie is great and with retrospect the perfect balance of classic Twin Peaks and overbearing weirdness of season 3. Sheryl Lee's performance is amazing, grounded and realistic while chewing scenery at times. Kind of makes sense in context. I would watch a 3h cut of this. It is not perfect, I find the first part of the movie, before jumping to Laura's story, not to have much value other than tying some loose ends with the series which didn't really need tying in.

You must watch the series first 2 seasons however, or at least until early season 2 (you'll know when) + the last episode.

8/10

You're maybe already aware, but about 10 years ago they released about 90 minutes of deleted scenes from it and called it Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces. It's just the deleted scenes presented one after the other rather than integrated with the film, so watching it soon after FWWM is a good idea while everything is still fresh in your memory.

 

[SupaComputa]

I have the boxset and the missing pieces are there. However I usually don't watch extra features, I want the watch/hear the thing as the release intended. Is the extra content really worth watching?

 

[DKehoe]

I have the boxset and the missing pieces are there. However I usually don't watch extra features, I want the watch/hear the thing as the release intended. Is the extra content really worth watching?

It's been a while since I've seen it, I wouldn't say it's totally required or that there's anything earth shattering in there. It seems like Lynch was happy with the version of FWWM we got. It's more just if you are looking for extra material then it's there to check out. There are summaries of it online, like on the Wikipedia article so you could take a look there and see if it sounds like something you want to check out.

 

[DragoonKain]

The Housemaid: always love to see Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried isn't too bad herself. The movie is ok. It's kinda your typical mystery tension thriller. I'd say on the better end, but nothing that's gonna blow you away.

 

[Insane Metal]

Big Trouble In Little China: D

Carpenter worst film. Film had a bad cheesy quality throughout, the action sequences especially were super forgettable. Is it me or did they reuse a part of the chewbacca costume and just changed up the head for one of the creatures. The effects were that not good either. Snoozefest

The Wind That Shakes The Barley: C

Well acted but just wasn't my thing

Friendship: A

This is my first time watching something with Tim Robinson and I was dying with laughter throughout the movie. This was surprisngly fantastic and was a dark comedy. I need to watch more of his stuff

True Lies: A

One of Jame Cameron's best, the special effects aged well. The action sequences are fantastic and memorable. The acting particularly from Schwarzenegger was really good, you can tell he put in the work to actually work on his acting and it shows. The plot was really good and I love the middle especially with the subplot of him figuring out his wife wants to cheat on him. Bill Paxton once again plays a memorable character. Jamie Lee Curtis did a great job too. Overall a fun fantastic ride throughout and has one of my favorite death scenes in regards to how the villain goes out

The Grey: A+

I always wanted to watch this, I thought I was getting a action packed flick about a group of guys suriviving a airplane crash and having to deal with a pack of wolves. Instead what I got was quite a dramatic drama about a bunch of guys who all have traumas in their life having to fight for survival after their plane crash and having to fend off a pack of wolves. Quite the depressing watch

I can't believe you didn't like BTiLC

 

[DKehoe]

Friendship: A

This is my first time watching something with Tim Robinson and I was dying with laughter throughout the movie. This was surprisngly fantastic and was a dark comedy. I need to watch more of his stuff

If you enjoyed Friendship then you should definitely check out his sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I can't believe you didn't like BTiLC

I usually love Carpenter films but I felt was one was his worst unfortunately

If you enjoyed Friendship then you should definitely check out his sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave.

I have heard of that one but I'm looking into getting into The Chair Company first

 

[Billbofet]

Copycat
Taking my daughter through a bunch of 90's thrillers, and I recall this one being solid. It was, and it aged quite well. Highly recommended as a great Sunday afternoon flick.

The Vanishing
Again, in the 90's thriller lineup. I have never actually seen this one, but I always thought it was highly regarded and would be great. It was fine.
I know it's based on and is essentially an American remake of a foreign film, so that one must be better.

 

[Trilobit]

[...] Quite the depressing watch

It's weird because I didn't feel the slightest depressed afterwards. I was just in absolute awe and sat in silence for a while afterwards. Few movies make such an impact on me. I felt like no matter what comes in my life and no matter what the odds are, the only important thing is to not give up and to just keep fighting.

I never thought a movie like this would be so gripping. Roger Ebert's experience after watching it and going to the next film in the theater:

"It was the first time I walked out of a film because of the previous film. The way I was feeling in my gut, it just wouldn't be fair to the next film."

 

[DKehoe]

I watched Nouvelle Vague today. It's impressive that Linklater managed to film this and Blue Moon over such a short period. I enjoyed it but you probably want to watch Breathless before you watch this.

 

[jshackles]

Big Trouble In Little China: D

Carpenter worst film. Film had a bad cheesy quality throughout, the action sequences especially were super forgettable. Is it me or did they reuse a part of the chewbacca costume and just changed up the head for one of the creatures. The effects were that not good either. Snoozefest

This take should be a bannable offense

 

[bender]

I now question your taste in everything, because this is one of the greatest movies ever made.

It has never landed with me either, but I can understand why people love it and calling it Carpenter's worst makes me think someone hasn't seen a ton of his movies.

 

[AJUMP23]

We bury our dead 2/5 Bury your expectations - Zombie flick of no real consequence.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

It's weird because I didn't feel the slightest depressed afterwards. I was just in absolute awe and sat in silence for a while afterwards. Few movies make such an impact on me. I felt like no matter what comes in my life and no matter what the odds are, the only important thing is to not give up and to just keep fighting.

I never thought a movie like this would be so gripping. Roger Ebert's experience after watching it and going to the next film in the theater:

The movie was a pleasant surprised I really enjoyed the themes of existentialism, morality, acceptance of death, faith, atheism, absence of god in situations that call for it, the human will to live, grief, man vs nature, brotherhood etc

I loved how they even made the post credit scene ambiguous and I loved the ending before that due to how open ended it was

What I really liked about this movie is eventually learning each of the survivors past and the way they do it is beautifully done

Liam Neeson being highly knowledgeable about wolves was super good to and I liked how he slowly got each of the other men to trust him. My other favorite parts of the movie is when he explains to the group how wolves works

Plus it was a beautiful film to look at

Man that ending with him reciting that poem is still stuck in my head.

This take should be a bannable offense

 

[Power Pro]

I watched Nouvelle Vague today. It's impressive that Linklater managed to film this and Blue Moon over such a short period. I enjoyed it but you probably want to watch Breathless before you watch this.

all I see in that thumbnail is a young Mr Plinkett

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Simply Irresistible: B+

A feel good romantic comedy. 90's rock soundtrack was great. I really liked the chemistry between the two. The plot itself was just charming fun

 

[Alex11]

Predator: Badlands

You know, if this movie wasn't named Predator, different designs to not look like the Yautja and no Weyland-Yutani it would have been a decent one. This is the best review I can make of this movie.

I get wanting to give the Yautja some extra layer of personality or any alien for that matter, but why, why does it have to be human like? Especially the Yautja.
Ok, obvious we don't have any reference, but then keep it primal, like it used to be.

The design of the main Yautja is horrible, somebody gave the green line to this design and needs to be punched, also the CG animation was a bit jarring.

 

[AJUMP23]

Simply Irresistible: B+

A feel good romantic comedy. 90's rock soundtrack was great. I really liked the chemistry between the two. The plot itself was just charming fun

She's so fine there's no telling where the money went.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

She's so fine there's no telling where the money went.

She was super cute in this film

 

[AJUMP23]

She was super cute in this film

Simply Irresistible.

Maybe you don't know Robert Palmer.

 

[HRK69]

It's the non-alien portrayal of the predators. They're so human, and it's incredibly jarring watching human reactions on the predators' monster faces.

Man, every time the Predator was fiddling with his little iPad (or just holding anything) you could totally see his fingers were basically rubber. The whole time, I was just aware I was watching a human in a suit. And don't get me started on the monster roaring before every attack. I'm so over that

That said, I mostly enjoyed it. I really liked the third act.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Big Trouble In Little China: D

Carpenter worst film

 

[Stafford]

Concrete Utopia

Korean disaster movie, it stars the lead actor from A Bittersweet Life, villain in Squid Game and so on. I quite liked it.

Tonight I'm rewatching The Wailing.

 

[AJUMP23]

Marty Supreme - 4/5 - Sometimes terrible life choices can get you to success. Dude makes every bad choice imaginable but it is compelling.

 

[Andyliini]

Rental Family

IT might be difficult to think how Brendan Fraser was a hot name once, until he wasn't. Thankfully he seems to have made a successful comeback with The Whale (even if I haven't seen it). Either way, he was the reason I went to see Rental Family. This film had some feels, which is almost always a good tell, as I don't get emotional at movies. I do not know if there actually are services even close to this in Japan, but the film made it believable. I liked how the film was directed, with gorgeous scenery and great use of color. Only thing I didn't find believable was how so many Japanese knew English. As far as I know, most Japanese aren't very good with English. Otherwise, great film.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

 

[AJUMP23]

Primate - 2/5 - If you like an ape ripping peoples faces off you will love it. I did not think it was that good.

 

[HRK69]

Marty Supreme



I thought it was great, with strong performances across the board. Some scenes gave me Uncut Gems vibes, not because they're similar stories but because of that same raw, anxious chaos that flares up whenever this guy gets completely consumed by his obsession

The writing and dialogue feel natural and believable, really well put together. I went in expecting it to lean much more heavily into the sport but that's maybe only about 25% of the movie and honestly, maybe it works better because of that

While the story has some imperfections, Timothée Chalamet's performance carries the entire film

 

[clarky]

Not watch a movie in ages dude to work but caught The Long Walk on a plane. Man did this movie disappoint.

Load of folks on a walk, only a few get screen time. I wanted all of them to die. Predicable who survived.

2/5

 

[jshackles]

Rewatched Stargate from 1994. I'm planning on doing a rewatch of SG-1 and this was the starting point. I haven't watched the movie in quite a while, maybe 20 years? It's hard to believe this spawned such a great franchise because I felt like the movie was just so incredibly cheesy. Its always weird seeing Kurt Russell playing Richard Dean Anderson's role, and James Spader playing Michael Shank's part. Still a fun watch, but I think even the TV show pilot is better.

 

[John Marston]

I have to watch this

 

[HRK69]

Is this thing on?



Just finished this and thought it was genuinely lovely

It's not the most thrilling or high concept film but there's a lot to appreciate in its restraint. Will Arnett gives a really strong performance, tapping into that familiar BoJack Horseman-like melancholy

My biggest issue is probably its simplicity. The story is emotionally effective and sincere but once it establishes its central idea, it doesn't quite push beyond it. I kept waiting for it to take a bigger swing or surprise me in some way. Still, there's something admirable about its honesty and the subtlety of the performances.

It's a thoughtful, well-acted film, even if it left me wishing it had taken just a few more risks.

And my God… Will Arnett has a beautiful voice.

 

[INC]

Predator badlands

This is not a Predator film to me, and doesnt need to exist

Please stop the director makes these appeal to new audience Predator films

3 out 10

 

[Andyliini]

Victor Frankenstein

Found another of the classic monster movies from my shelf. Though this one is not really about the monster, even if it makes an appearance (of course it does). I liked the sets and clothing, but most of the film is not that great. It features quite a lot of collage scenes, though most of them don't do much for the movie. Radcliffe and McAvoy do what they can to save the film, but there's only so much they can do.

 

[Boo Who?]

We saw the Luc Besson Dracula film last weekend. Enjoyed the hell out of it. The minor changes he made to the story were fun.