Topic: The Movie Thread

@LN78

Movie ticket Booking dates refresh every Thursday in Kuwait. The latest I can book is Wednesday, I’ll have to wait till Thursday to start booking for Friday. Trust me, we don’t like this either. >.>

Just finished watching Megan on SkyShowtime. It's one of the most interesting modern horror movies I've watched. Typically, it's hard to make horror movies these days as there's so much technology around us that it's hard to make the characters feel isolated and helpless. So the premise of this movie is to use that technology as part of the horror and it's absolutely brilliant. The movie is about a life-sized doll/robot that has an AI and is supposed to be the best toy for a child to have. Naturally, things go awry with the doll.

Not only was this a great modern horror movie, but it also taught a valuable lesson. As a parent, you shouldn't hand over your responsibility for your child to technology as eventually, the child will prefer the technology over you. Not to mention that the development of the child can be negatively impacted as well. I see so many parents these days who don't spend time with their children and instead give them devices to play with. It's going to be really interesting to see how the next generation of adults will be like after growing up like this.

All in all, great movie with a fantastic message. Highly recommend watching it.

@LtSarge have you seen d&w yet?

@Yousef- Deadpool & Wolverine? Nope, I don't go to the cinema anymore. So I'm just going to wait for it to be added to Disney+ before I see it.

Hopefully you'll get to see it on Friday!

@LtSarge thank you : D

@Mr-Elusive It felt like it was always going to be DOA. The casting felt way off for me, which put me off. I've played some of the games and was never particularly interested in the film when it first got announced.

@LN78 Interested in this? I'm planning to get it on dvd. Particularly interested in that historical era. Especially with MacDowell's apparently legendary performance restored in this new edition.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/07/caligula...

@LN78 I thought you might be interested in it based on your enjoyment of "Challengers".

@LN78 The main correlation I would say is that you described Challengers as a dark sex comedy and Caligula has a lot of sexual content, but sorry if I steered you in the wrong direction there!

@LN78 🤣 Sorry, friend.

@LN78 Personally, I thought the one thing Challengers was missing was Helen Mirren’s knockers.

@nessisonett @LN78 Maybe at the time of Caligula. Not so much these days.

Movies I've watched over the past couple weeks:

Blazing Saddles (Blu-Ray) - Definitely delivers quite a few laughs during it's runtime (I especially liked the Looney Tunes-esque bits), and I can definitely see why it would have been such a seminal satire for it's era, but like most films made before the 80's I kinda found it hard to really connect to it on a personal level (just a bit too far culturally removed I guess). Still a pretty good film though.

Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: the Angeloid of Clockwork (Blu-Ray) - Anime film that follows up the two HLP TV series. Kinda disappointing as the first half is just an abridged retelling of the preceding shows, and once it does get to the meat of things it feels more like a side step narratively than a way forward, but if you liked the shows (which I'd only recommend if you like raunchy comedies), it may be worth a watch.

Kingsman: the Secret Service (Blu-Ray) - Perhaps the best action flick of the 2010's? Every single action scene is just as exciting today as they were when it first released, it successfully modernizes the "Bond" archetype movie going experience by making dapper chaps in suits with fancy gizmos awesome instead of cheesy. It maybe loses a bit of something once Colin Firth is written out, but is still highly enjoyable.

Troy (Blu-Ray) - the Extended cut. Absolutely fantastic historical epic. Top notch acting performances from everyone involved, incredibly immersive epic scale recreation of Troy & the battles surrounding it, and some great action (especially that fight between Hector & Achilles). My only criticism is that I got a little tired of how constantly brown/beige the whole color pallet looked, but that's a small issue.

Watchmen (*Blu-Ray) - The Director's Cut. I have quite a bit of nostalgia for this one, though I'll admit I didn't quite like it as much this time as I did in the past. Still a great film though, and much more interesting take on the superhero genre than most of the "cinematic universe" superhero films we get these days.

Finished watching Fast and Furious 8. Another fantastic movie! What I love about these movies is that they're so creative, they always do something that'll shock you. This one was no different. I thought it was really cool how they controlled the cars so they acted like zombies and just attacked all the other cars. I also liked the submarine chase, that was awesome!

Can't believe I've seen eight of these movies now. I never get tired of them!

@RR529 Did you catch the Watchmen TV Series from a few years back on HBO? Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) was the showrunner, and I genuinely loved it.... a really excellent "sequel" (of sorts) to the Graphic Novel and a real love-letter to the source material.

Great turns from Jeremy Irons and Regina King, a fun ride that is a great watch for fans of the movie/comic

@LN78 Yeah agreed it serves best as a dessert to the Graphic Novel, and IMO Lindelof did a great job in towing the line between appeasing the die-hard fans + conjuring up something new (Whilst being respectful of the IP's origins)

Casting was top tier, loved Jeremy Irons!

Just finished watching Oppenheimer. For a movie where there's no action, it was one of the most captivating movies I've ever watched. I always love stories based on real life, I think that was the primary reason why it gripped me so much. The visual effects and psychological aspects of it were absolutely exceptional. It also surprised me how many recognisable actors there were in this movie. Obviously the actor who played the protagonist is known from Peaky Blinders. Then we had Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr. There were also people that I recognise from The Boys, Black Lightning, Mr. Robot and more. The cast was great!

@LN78 I’d stick 1 and 3 from your list on mine too.

Grave of the Fireflies
Threads
Dancer in the Dark
Aftersun
Control

If things hit me then they really hit me plus I really do not enjoy general apocalyptic depressive movies with the whole wailing kids turned to ash sorta vibes. That being said, there’s some horribly depressing movies I’ve seen multiple times like Come and See, The Painted Bird, The Elephant Man, All of Us Strangers etc. It depends on what mood I’m in but there’s a line for me between being able to separate what’s on screen and then some movies just horrify me to my core, which is clearly a sign of a good movie!

@nessisonett I saw Grave of the Fireflies twice, both times when I was a child, but still remember it vividly enough that I have no interest in revisiting it again. I don't need to keep inviting that pain back into my life lol.

Not seen Dancer in the Dark. Partially because it sounds about as fun as using a staple gun on myself, but also because I'd already seen Antichrist and thought it was the most pretentious rubbish I'd ever seen in my life.

All of Us Strangers sounds interesting, though. I'm surprised I didn't hear about it. Definitely adding it to my list.

@Ralizah Bjork is so good in Dancer in the Dark that it makes it worth seeing. Even if she was treated terribly on set. It’s Lars von Trier though, I dunno why anybody was surprised that he’s a bit gross. It’s like when Gerard Depardieu was accused of stuff, felt like a formality.