What was the last movie you watched ....

Y'know, I think one of the strengths of Dunkirk was that it wasn't overly Hollywood-ized. You compare it to Saving Private Ryan and it was relatively tame in terms of spectacle and combat. But you're right, tension and despair were present through the entire movie.

 

I originally wrote a few sentences about 'Saving Private Ryan' in which I described how 'Ryan' gets all Hollywood after the opening Invasion of Normandy scene, but I then deleted it, but I agree, in comparison, 'Ryan' was more a Hollywood spectacle, but does manage reigns in it, unlike, say, 'Pearl Harbour', which essentially became 'Star Wars' along the way.

'Dunkirk' was a powerful film.

 

I don't usually do Marvel films, except Guardians of the Galaxy, but after me and my girlfriend both had black friends tell us how they were kind of stunned at seeing the first 20 minutes of a tentpole popcorn movie without any white people, and the amount of outrage in the American right wing press, I wanted to see it as a cultural zeitgeist kinda thing. By the way, most ridiculous quote from the media has to go to Ben Shapiro: "Blade wasn't enough?". Totally bonkers.

As far as superhero movies go it was better than most for me, just because it didn't end with a big battle around a doomsday device built by a one-dimensional bad guy "just because".

A good lesson for the US in there too: political systems have to adapt to social and technological advancement!

 

Found Black panther pretty underwhelming to be honest. Pretty standard but unremarkable (apart from the black cast) flick.
But then I also think superhero movies are a bit of a spent force and we need a good 10 years of no super hero movies at all IMHO.

 

I'd definitely agree with that!

It wasn't a great film, but at least the plot revolved around characters and motivations, which is an improvement on a lot of superhero films.

 

I thought it was more like "I want to give the world what my own people denied me".

 

Don't get me wrong, this wasn't a profound character study or anything, but he had 2 dimensions. That's one more dimension than the usual super villain.

 

Deadpool 2!!

 

Watched Passengers couple nights ago. Good film for me 7/10
2 travellers to a far off planet get woken up mid flight, just in time to save the light year..

 

Watching Fast and Furious again, a very enjoyable movie series.

 

I watched "If I stay" yesterday.
Interesting movie, I admittedly only watched due to an actor, but was pleasantly surprised.
Won't make it to my favorite movies, but I'm glad to have watched it.


"Finding Dory".
Cute.
Just that.
Baby Dory was disgustingly cute

Spoiler

And I loved the thing with the shells and how her parents collected them, once they were outside.

I liked the first movie and I like this one.
I think it's very well made and has it's "life lessons" included in a way, that it's rather obvious but not obnoxious.
Either way - I enjoyed.

 

While my wife and kids are away visiting family I'm catching up on 'me' films. First up...
Green room. Excellent film. More gory than I anticipated but all well done. Gets a bit strange at the end but well worth pointing your peepers at.

 

It's a lot creepier than that. Lol..

 

I finally watched SPLIT.

Which is M.Night. Shyamalan's 2nd film in a soon to be closed up trilogy.

3 girls get kidnapped by a man with 24 different personalities. Where none have any idea of what the other is doing. Most interesting about it, is the "physical change" of where one personality is called "The Beast".

Macoy, is great in it. You can nearly imagine what the different personalities were supposed to look like. And if it isn't CG, then he worked out hard for this.

 

Finally watched "Bright"...actually MASSIVELY enjoyed it...standard buddy cop odd couple movie stuff, but thought it was very well done with a nice fantasy splice

Solid 7/10

 

Last movie I watched was...

Captain America: Civil War

It was also the first time I saw the movie