Rate The Last Movie You Saw

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The Substance - 9.5/10

Most confusing erection I've ever sustained in my life

[blueraven1979]

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice - 8/10.

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Fun movie but not nearly as good as the original.  About what I expected from seeing the trailer.

Kinda disappointed that Lydia's boyfriend was such a obvious jerk and that Lydia couldn't figure 

out that he was using her without Beetlejuice outing him but it is what it is.  At least her first husband was nice.

I hope Burton makes more movies like this one without it being a sequel.  It was cool to see a good movie from him again.

 

[Blatch]

Look Back: 9.5/10? IDK, it feels weird to give this a perfect score, but either way, this one gets my full-hearted recommendation.

First time seeing a movie in theaters in over a year, and it didn't disappoint. Funnily enough, I stumbled upon listings for this one while looking up something else (Megalopolis), and decided to pull the trigger on a whim.

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This is hands down my favorite anime movie featuring an AU Tsubakura as one of the mains. I didn't even mind much that it was shorter than usual. The only real nitpick I have is that I would've liked to see more scenes of the MCs' manga in motion. That first comic from Fujino felt like AC-bu guest-directing a segment of Eizouken, and it got a some good laughs in the theater. If nothing else, I feel like we were owed at least 10 seconds of Shark Kick.

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Megalopolis - ???/10

I genuinely loved every second of this... but is it "good?" 

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Venom the Last Dance 6/10 (Kind of a dumb and nonsensical storyline honestly that just seems like it served as an excuse to give the franchise one last hurrah. Visual effects were great and it was still kind of fun, but they should have come up with a better enemy for the final installment of a trilogy.

Werewolves Within 9/10

More of a comedic whodunit than horror, but it was really funny. The dialogue and absurd style of humor in it reminded me a lot of Cocaine Bear.

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

Night Swim 7/10
Borderlands 6/10 (Still surprised this bombed so hard. I really liked the little robot, Claptrap. He was funny. Without him it probably would have been pretty meh. Not a bad movie though. Never played the game mind you, so I had no expectations to dash.)

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The Watchers 7/10
Trap 3/10 (Still haven't forgiven Shyamalan for what he did with Avatar, and I probably never will. This one I thought was pretty decent up until the end when it just got ruined for me.)
Afraid 5/10 (Movie is supposed to be frightening, but in the end I was like, "would it really be so bad?" Which is just a really sad commentary on the world we currently live in I think.)
Red One 8/10 (Never a better time for some good ol' holiday fun.)

[The_annoying_one]

Deadpool & Wolverine - 5/10

I’m just not a big fan of Deadpool. The first movie was okay, but it got old really fast.

Probably about to start Twisters in a few minutes. I’ll have a review up for it later tonight or tomorrow.

[The_annoying_one]

Twisters - 2/10

CGI weather, bland, forgettable characters and a horrific pop-country soundtrack made for one of the worst viewing experiences in recent memory.

[discolé monade]

the whale  10/10

powerful performance  by brendon fraser. 

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

Gladiator 2 8/10
Moana 2 9/10

Super sequels? Well, they're both killing it at the box office that's for sure. Probably helped that there was such a long time since their beloved originals for each of them. Made the anticipation to want to see these new movies that much greater for a lot of people I think. If the reason for taking their time was to make sure they got it right and put out sequels worthy of living up to the quality of the original films, I'd have to say they pretty well succeeded, for sure. They were both really good and deserving of the praise I'd say they're getting. Not quite as good as the originals I'd say still, but I mean that's a really high bar we're talking about in both cases, given Gladiator won best picture and Moana's my favorite Disney movie of all time.

[GunStarHero]

• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - 5/10 Expected more and appreciated them getting around a problematic actor but keeping the character in the movie but overall just felt like 2 movies smashed together, building up into a whiplash of anticlimactic finales.
• Longlegs - 4/10 I wanted to like this and just as the villain was getting interesting it all just came to a screeching halt. Oh well. 
• Speak no Evil - 6/10 This was fine. Left me wanting for more, but it was fine. 
• Saturday Night - 6/10 Chaotic whiplash for the pacing. The movie itself is funnier than the material presented on SNL's debut episode. They simply had not discovered comedy at the time, but the gears were turning. 
• Time Cut - 1/10 What a piece of shit. Props for the weird, early 2000s set pieces that were hilariously wrong at times. 
• The Remarkable Life of Ibelin - 8/10 Documentary about a WoW player that had a degenerative muscular disease and died young. On the surface it seems like there is not much story to tell here but this was a heavyhitter. You do not need to know anything about WoW or even video games to watch this but I will warn you it's an actual tearjerker.
• Alien Romulus - 7/10 Nothing too crazy here but not bad! 
• Trap - 6/10 I heard this was a terrible movie that was a vessel for Saleka Shyamalan but it was really not bad. Josh Hartnett hard carried this movie, though. 
• Twisters - 2/10 Nuke this piece of shit from orbit. What a pile of fucking garbage. Glen Powell is the only person on screen, ever, with any charisma and this is an almost painful watch at times. 

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

Godzilla Minus One 8/10

Ending was kind of overly predictable, but still loved it.

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Akira - 10/10

Still hits. So glad Toonami was what introduced me to this film.

[The_annoying_one]

Thankskilling 1 and 3

I’ve seen the first movie a few times and loved its absolute absurdity. The sequel (called part 3 for reasons that I won’t get into) was complete horseshit.

EDIT: Forgot to give scores.

Part 1 - 6.5/10

Part 3 - 1/10

Edited December 11, 2024 by The_annoying_one

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim 9/10

Really enjoyed that. The animation I thought could have been a little bit better perhaps in some spots, but the story was excellent. I was worried being this was an animated feature they might have been tempted to get a bit too fantastical and introduce elements outside of the established Middle Earth lore. Not at all the case though. If anything, I could see how it was maybe a bit too grounded and perhaps didn't have enough fantasy elements for some people's tastes. Not at all a problem for me though.

[Jman]

Die Hard 9.5/10 - Perfect setup for an action movie that kicks more ass around Christmas.

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

Transformers One 9/10

Never really cared much for Transformers. Even the old cartoon, I didn't like all that much when I saw it as a kid, and I loved watching the old Saturday morning cartoons. This movie though was just enormously fun from beginning to end.

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the dead don't die - 7.5 / 10

good old fashioned stupid 

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Never Let Go 2/10 Worst horror movie I've seen in a long time. Made very little sense, and wasn't really even scary.

Joker: Folie a Deux 1/10 As bad as I thought that was, afraid I found this even worse. That was just sooooo boring, I couldn't finish watching it all in one go. In fact, I got so tired of the singing bits I had to fast forward through em all for the second half of the film, cuz I don't think there's any other way I could have finished it. Musical part of it was just totally unnecessary and added zero entertainment value.

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On 12/21/2024 at 4:34 PM, discolé monade said:

the dead don't die - 7.5 / 10

good old fashioned stupid 

Yeah it's good to see this dumb little flick get resurrected for a bit.

The Brutalist - Self-important "epic" about a man flying too close to the sun made by a filmmaker flying too close to the sun. Stunning to look at in 70mm, but was it really worth the 4 hours?

Way too subtle for it's own good, but it's got some molten fucking hot cripple sex. 6/10.

[The_annoying_one]

Don’t Move - 5/10

Interesting (if fairly predictable) plot but definitely not without its flaws.

[The_annoying_one]

Terrifier 3 - 4/10

They’ve finally removed any semblance of a plot and focused on nothing but extreme violence. Does it work? Eh….it has its moments. Would I be in a hurry to ever watch it again? No.

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Better Man - Walked out about 5 minutes in. 

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Bittersweet Motel - 10/10

Like, come on, how else would I rate it? This film, which I just recently found out shares a director with Joker, is like going to wook church. I should've watched it a lot sooner.

[ha ha ha, you paid us!]

[Jman]

Nosferatu (2024) - 9/10.

Focuses on atmosphere and tension, although it does indulge in a few jump scares, which I felt were a crutch for the much creepier atmospheric horror.

[nameraka]

Aguirre, the Wrath of God. (Werner Herzozg, 1972)

6/10

I know this is a classic and I can see why. Some really interesting uses of sound/atmosphere. I respect the whole guerrilla filmmaking approach, and Klaus Kinski is mesmerizing in a nauseating sort of way. 

That said, it's just very slow with no real payoff. Also, some of the scenes with animals just couldn't be filmed today due to animal cruelty laws. 

[[classic swim]]

Analyze This. 7/10

I’ve kept a copy of it rotting away in the closet for years and never watched it once until now.

I was afraid of just how shit it would be. If it was just gonna be some knockoff Sandler mess.

The film’s introduction was clever enough to riff The Apalachin Meeting. Plenty of other scenes like that were complete eye openers because Hollywood usually isn’t that smart with use of parody.

Sopranos, Goodfellas, GTA; all are already dark comedies. So I always found it funny there was this blockbuster obsession to dumb down the material.

Whoever directed this probably had to fight to the death just to not make this total PG-13 garbage. It’s hackish at some parts but competence is definitely there.

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Hundreds of Beavers - 4.5/5 I guess? That's what Anthony rated it.

By the way, this is part of a project that came from a belated New Year's resolution: I have not watched enough movies in my life, so I want to watch at least one new movie every week for a whole year. This is Part 2 of 52 of that. Hopefully you all aren't too familiar with the hype for this movie, which I was exposed to through a jam band forum. I went in having seen no footage but with a vague idea of how the movie would go... and yet it still floored me. Brilliant comedy, unapologetic in its indie roots, and if you're interested I highly recommend the official YouTube upload of it, which is free and even lacks ads if you have Premium.