I watched Tokyo Drift and Fast X back to back. Finished Tokyo Drift and loved it, felt like an actual movie with 3 acts. I made it a bit over an hour into Fast X before quitting, I honestly don’t know what I was expecting after the 9th one.
My girlfriend and I recently decided to watch every Arnold Schwarzenegger movie in order. We saw Hercules in New York this weekend. It was pretty amusing. They clearly shot all the mt Olympus scenes in central park because you can hear the traffic in the background and the occasional crying baby or what not.
Arnold is always a great choice. Commando has been one of my favorite films since it first came out on tape. Not an award-winning movie by any means, but it’s sure fun to watch.
The platform (2019) https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_platform
Its worth a watch if you like movies where people have to survive in crazy games like Cube, Squid game, Circle or similar.
Hm, I love the Platform, watched it twice, but I really wouldn’t place it in the category of Cube or Squid Game. They aren’t playing a game. It’s much more similar to Snowpiercer.
I watched Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino yesterday for the first time, after being in my list for so long.
Such a masterpiece. Lengthy, but it gives it enough room to have a nice pacing. Great photography and dialogue, of course. One of Tarantino’s best, imo.
Blackberry. It is awesome
I’m on the fence about watching this one (mostly because I don’t watch many movies). What did you like about it?
Glenn is awesome in it. Also the story they tell and how they tell it is very engrossing. There is some humor in it but it is very subtle, which I like. There is some tech stuff discussed but is very secondary to the plot and you can easily don’t understand any of it and still enjoy the movie wholeheartedly. If you do understand that stuff it is also very interesting to see how all of it played out.
A 9/10 for me.
Thanks. I appreciate the response. I’ll hop off the fence and check it out.
I rewatched for the third time what we do in the shadows (2014), I love the quirky humor and the mockumentary type of filming
I watched Despicable Me with the kids recently - for the very first time - and was pleasantly surprised. It was actually good fun!
Finally got around to watching Stalker last night! Partner and I both really loved it. Absolutely deserves the legacy it has, it explores so many philosophical and existential questions but still stays incredibly clear. Would recommend wholeheartedly if you’re in the mood for a slow paced philosophical/psychological sci-fi.
Underwater. 2020 horror movie that takes place - you guessed it - underwater. It wasn’t bad, just kinda mediocre. It was pretty action packed, and the effects weren’t bad, but I never really felt for any of the characters, and I thought the monster(s) were underdeveloped and poorly utilized. Still, not a bad way to waste an hour-and-a-half.
Same movie for me and same impression too. Not sure if the monster’s were even necessary. Also it had more of a “run away from the explosion” vibe than a “oh this uboat is about to implode” vibe. But I can confirm it is ok-ish.
Edit: That’s crazy. I’ve looked at your profile since I thought it’s a funny coincidence. I’ve also lived in South Korea for a while and I’ve also used Pop OS in the past. Really interesting. May I ask what you are doing in Jeju-Do?
My wife and I run a small English school here. It’s a nice place, but I do really miss Canada sometimes.
I don’t know what Pop OS is though.
Interesting! Hope your school goes well. Pop OS is an operating system. I guess it was just a coincidence you commented there.
watched Renfield yesterday. was pleasantly surprised. nothing too deep and meaningful but quite entertaining.
Donnie Darko. It was cool tho I had to ask my partner to explain what happened at the ending lol
Was it the Director’s Cut version? When the movie came out, a lot of arguably necessary content was accessible on the website. A few years later the DC version added title cards to provide some of the additional content you couldn’t go online to find anymore. One of my favorite moves.
Ye it was the DC. My partner’d seen it before and I asked her if I should do the DC or not. She sorta shrugged her shoulders and was like “I guess probably?”
Hot Fuzz, very comedic and got intense in the last moments
Fucking masterpiece is what it is.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Friends of mine were hyped for Across the Spider-Verse and that was my opportunity to go watch the first with them. If you’re an animation nut, then yeah, this movie is brilliant for that. A very fun movie, definitely going to pick up the Blu-Ray when I pop to HMV in the future.
spoilers for Into + Across the Spider-Verse
I did get a new unexpected favourite character, and it was the movie’s version of Sp//dr Robot from the Peni Parker version of Spider-Man. Such a great robot design, and I was pretty gutted when it got destroyed in the final fight. Even moreso, I was spoiled on Across the Spider-Verse where they apparently used the comic book design which, ngl, disappointed me a bit. I’m apparently in the minority here but, eh whatever.
Repo! The Genetic Opera. It’s a rock opera horror set in a dystopian future where organ repossession is a thing. I enjoyed it and might even add it to my background noise rotation.
Oh man Repo is an absolute gem, I’ve watched it more times than I care to admit.
