Thread: Last movie you saw - and rate it

Originally Posted by AGap

Captain fantastic. 6.5 of 10. Worth the look for the weird plot. But an extreme example of a societal issue

I loved the dinner table scene

I've rewatched a few movies the past couple of days.

O Brother Where Art Thou. Not my favorite, but it's decent. The music and John Goodman are the highlights. Everything else is kinda average.

Burn After Reading - still great

Juno - It has sentimental value to me, so I still love it.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

Arrival - 9/10

Outstanding concept and realization of that concept, great directing, and reasonable acting. It felt like a 3-4 hours movie that they tried to squeeze into 2 hours because Hollywood. It was based on a sci-fi novella (that I haven't read). While the 3-4 hour version would give up some dramatic intensity, it would allow for greater development of some of 'concept' part of the movie, which was to me its greatest strength.

Direction was another strength. From the ominous score, to the thoughtful composition of imagery both inside and outside, and with the precise layering of how the story is told, Villenueve makes cinematic art.

Acting, which is not a focus, was fine, but I felt it was generally overdramatic and overacted, perhaps because this is required by the film's brevity. It's a normal length film, but it tries to squeeze in both a movie-like conflict-laden plot and a compelling idea that requires more exposition than the movie offered.

In sum, an ambitious project mostly realized, gorgeous, sensitive, and worth a watch. It will appeal more to the Contact fan than the Independence Day fan.

Saw this yesterday with the wife and son. Excellent movie - loved it.

Originally Posted by aberdien

I've rewatched a few movies the past couple of days.

O Brother Where Art Thou. Not my favorite, but it's decent. The music and John Goodman are the highlights. Everything else is kinda average.

Burn After Reading - still great

Juno - It has sentimental value to me, so I still love it.

O'Brother>>>>>>>>Burn After Reading by orders of magnitude

Originally Posted by chazoe60

O'Brother>>>>>>>>Burn After Reading by orders of magnitude

Originally Posted by chazoe60

O'Brother>>>>>>>>Burn After Reading by orders of magnitude

Haven't seen either one. I think you might need an adjudication here. BBL.

Sea of trees.
Matt mccounahay. This one was a bit of a tear jerker (I didn't cry but if I were the crying type I would have) I'll give it a 7 of 10

Arrival 8 of 10. Really liked it, intense, original and thought provoking. Will keep me wondering for awhile

Originally Posted by atwater27

Arrival 8 of 10. Really liked it, intense, original and thought provoking. Will keep me wondering for awhile

I like thought provoking. is it at the theater now?

Originally Posted by aberdien

I've rewatched a few movies the past couple of days.

O Brother Where Art Thou. Not my favorite, but it's decent. The music and John Goodman are the highlights. Everything else is kinda average.

Burn After Reading - still great

Juno - It has sentimental value to me, so I still love it.

I re-watched O Brother on Netflix the other day, it is one of my favorites.

Sully, 7/10

Great short movie, maybe about 90 mins.

Really captured the emotion surrounding the aftermath of 209 seconds of aviation madness

I enjoyed it a lot

Revisiting Heathers this morning. Love me some 80s-era Winona Ryder

Originally Posted by aberdien

Revisiting Heathers this morning. Love me some 80s-era Winona Ryder

This movie meant way too much to me at one point in my life.

That point was after 9th grade summer. I spent tenth grade in a black trench coat, talking to no one, speaking in a mid-pubescent chipmonky Jack Nicholson voice. It was my **** society awakening, and I've never recovered.

The Magnificent 7 (2016)- 8/10

Just watched Sully. I thought it was real good. Anytime you watch a movie about an event that you know exactly how it ends, and they manage to keep you interested, in the moment and even filled with a degree of suspense, I think it's well done. I thought Tom Hanks did a great job in the role.