Last Movie You Saw, Name & Review Movie • Page 209

Get Shorty - 4/5

can’t believe I waited so long to watch this what a great fucking cast

Gattaca - 3/5

after the 30 minute exposition dump this turns into a decent film with some decent performances from Hawke, Law and Thurman

 

Haha that’s funny I saw this. My wife and I just watched it. She read it’s a “cult classic”.
I liked the message and the ending was nice. A very short movie and it’s free on Tubi. It’s worth a watch.

 

We watched a few movies the last few days.

I hate Natural Born Killers and still do. It was never as clever as it thinks it is and literally showing footage of killers at the end is just rubbing it in.

I hadn't seen The Talented Mr. Ripley in years and it is fascinating how much the films' reputation has grown as mainstream cinema has gotten worse. A sleazy genre film that would be a classic today.

The person I'm with gave up on Moneyball but it's still a fine film. It manages to make the worst sport somewhat interesting.

 

Matt Damon and PSH are so good in Ripley

 

NBK isn’t good

 

Nineties supporting actor Hoffman was probably his best. After Capote a lot of directors weren't willing to dial him back but in everything from Hard Eight to The Big Lebowski he ends up stealing the film.

 

unreal. rank sports for us?

iirc Moneyball is pretty soulless

 

1. Basketball
2. Football
3. Hockey
4. Soccer
5. All the quasi-sports like bowling or swimming
6. Baseball

 

now rank sports films

 

There are no good sports just good sport films.

 

the one time I watched darts this happened

 

4-6 is genuinely unhinged

 

Hockey
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Soccer

And Natural Born Killers is great imo.

 

One hour of Face/Off left.

 

Baseball is my number one and the only one I can watch without falling asleep. Maybe cause I played it all throughout my childhood in a rec league.

 

I love sports, and appreciating the skill and artistry unique to each sport. They can all be very fun and exciting, in my controversial opinion

 

The only sport I really enjoy watching is MMA.

 

I’m not far from that

I still watch basketball but idk for how long tbh

 

I watch way less sports than I used to, all the pride in having “my team” got lost at some point between learning all the teams aren’t yours or your city’s they are instead owned by some of the worst people on the planet and just getting tired of sports culture in general. Up until last year the only sport I was watching regularly was football but I think I’m starting to wean myself off that abuser enabling league. I do really like the combination of athleticism and strategy in football but even aside from issues with the nfl it’s probably just not a safe sport to play unfortunately. I used to follow the UFC but those events are basically Trump rallies now

 

Hockey all day baby. Nothing like a cold draft at a hockey game

 

Hockey and football are the best

 

soccer is played on a field that is too big. the players just jog around 85% of the time. they save up all their stamina to make a downfield run at a goal only one or two times per half.

 

Boxing and MMA only
If they threw the darts at each other Id watch that too

 

Is Now a Good Time? - 8/10
I've written a lot about Cummings this year, between his three features, Last Stop in Yuma County, and all of his available shorts. This is definitely his most biting piece yet. Simultaneously daring and crafted as bait, which honestly takes me out of it a bit, but it's hard to deny just how funny and well-written it is, even if he still borders on doing Tim Robinson at times. Torn between loving this for what it is and still wishing for a fourth feature from him. Everyone I know should watch this, though, and go in blind if possible.

Strangers on a Train - 9/10
Watched for With Gourley and Rust's Hitchcock season. Aside from major releases like Psycho and The Birds, Hitchcock is a bit of a blind spot for me, and even when I finally got to Vertigo last month, I admit I found it a bit dry (though visually captivating). This one pulled me right back in. Such a simple premise executed with excellent performances, breakneck pacing, and a surprising amount of visual flair for film from 1951 (thought that may just be showing my ignorance). The finale borders on unbelievable, but it's such a fun ride that you'll happily let it play out while rooting for Farley Granger. Just wonderful, through and through. RIP Robert Walker, I would've loved to see more from him.

Dead Ringers - 8.5/10
This did so much more for me on second watch. In fact, I think it may take the number five spot in my Cronenberg ranking. He is just so good at making human worlds feel alien, and at humanizing terrible people. His distinctive visual flair is relatively light here, mostly appearing in a singular dream sequence and later on when disturbing "tools" are commissioned for surgical use on "mutant women." But Irons really is the glue here, playing a dual role so well that you almost always know which twin is on screen just by how they carry themselves. A meditation on the ways in which we depend on others, how we see ourselves in them, and the lengths we're willing to go through for them, using addiction as the primary metaphor.

Face/Off - 7.5/10
So glad I finally watched this, even if I'm not quite sure what to make of it. I mean, it's a cartoon. And that's okay. Woo's visual style when shooting action is so over-the-top and fun, with literal doves flying around the film's climax. Everything here is a hat on a hat on a hat. It threatens to be too much at times -- you'll be ready to wrap things up by the boat chase sequence over two hours into the film -- but part of its charm is just how unrestrained it is, even if it seems to occasionally be missing some connective tissue. Of course, much has been said about the performances here, Cage in particular (and deservedly so), but I think watching Travolta doing his best Cage impression is the true highlight of the film. They don't make 'em like this anymore, and when I say that, I don't mean body swap movies.