Movies you've just watched

[neorichieb1971]

Ironman.

Surprised how good it was considering the trash they release these days in the super hero category.

[Vexorg]

I agree with your assessment of Wrongfully Accused (and Leslie Nielsen / Mel Brooks movies in general.) Airplane! and Spaceballs are easily on my top 10 list of favorite movies, but the quality can vary quite a bit on these. Some of the other ones in the slapstick genre I've liked:

Fatal Instinct
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
The Naked Gun (the sequels were so-so)
Dragnet

One of the problems with some of these films is that they tend to borrow heavily from contemporary current events for their jokes, and quite a bit of that tends to get lost over time.

[Squire Grooktook]

Ironman.

Surprised how good it was considering the trash they release these days in the super hero category.

Yeah. It was the first one I saw, and I might have enjoyed it more due to the lack of an established formula, and not knowing what to expect. I think it's a fun, well crafted, ride from that perspective.

The derivative and formulaic nature of the marvel flicks kills any enthusiasm or interest I have for them, these days.

[rapoon]

Chan-wook Park - The Handmaiden

10/10 for Kim Tae-ri (she's fucking adorable), ass in air, eating Min-hee Kims pussy. otherwise, 7/10. but Jin-woong Jo gets a 10 as a perverted fucker who reads 'korean shunga' (?) to other perverted fuckers. two solid films from Korea this year. It's no where as clean, or metaphorical as 'The Wailing', but it's still worth a few hours.

[iconoclast]

Train to Busan is getting a lot of attention in Korea too. I haven't seen it yet but it seems like they're having a strong year.

[GaijinPunch]

ass in air, eating Min-hee Kims pussy.

i'm intrigued...

[Shoryukev]

I agree with your assessment of Wrongfully Accused (and Leslie Nielsen / Mel Brooks movies in general.) Airplane! and Spaceballs are easily on my top 10 list of favorite movies, but the quality can vary quite a bit on these. Some of the other ones in the slapstick genre I've liked:

Fatal Instinct
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
The Naked Gun (the sequels were so-so)
Dragnet

One of the problems with some of these films is that they tend to borrow heavily from contemporary current events for their jokes, and quite a bit of that tends to get lost over time.

I completely forgot about Loaded Weapon 1! I have to dig that out of the vault and watch it soon LOL.

That is a problem with a lot of comedy in general. Sometimes it can make things funnier as the obscure reference gets older, but only if you still remember the reference. A lot of movies like this will probably get lost over the next generation or two, simply because a lot of the humor was based on current events from the time....and people just won't get it anymore.

As an example I watched History of the World Part 1 the other day, and there's a few jokes in there I didn't get. I was born in 85 and the movie came out in 81, so there were things that went right over my head since I didn't know what was going on. It does kinda suck, in a way it puts an expiration date on the film.

[MintyTheCat]

Firs time for me but I watched From Dusk til Dawn last night. It is pretty funny and well done. A proper all-star cast too. I thought at the time that the first hostage taken at the Motel was the same lady who got lasered in Halloween 3 but it is not her.

Very good film and worth watching.

[JBC]

The original Mission: Impossible movie hasn't aged as well as people seem to remember. I know the movies were never high art to begin with, but damn. The Langley heist is the only great scene. Everything else came off very schlocky.

I'll rewatch this again soon on BluRay because I think the version I just saw was heavily edited for TV. There was no setup at all for Hunt to have access to a Jim Phelps mask during the train sequence at the end. A lot of things seemed glazed over & I don't remember it playing out so... childishly. Like a junior high kid's fantasy.

This is one of the few series that has gotten better as it goes. 3-5 are pretty great. Still, it's comparable to the Resident Evil series once you know the TV show - Fun but not representative of the source material at all.

[Skykid]

The original Mission: Impossible movie hasn't aged as well as people seem to remember. I know the movies were never high art to begin with, but damn. The Langley heist is the only great scene. Everything else came off very schlocky.

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I watched it not long ago and thought it had aged better than I expected. Contender for best in the series IMO and most in common with the original TV series.

From March:

Mission Impossible 1996

Aged very well indeed! Rather surprised me: this is probably the best of Cruise's series, much better written than I remembered it being. Interesting how this series of movies kind of charts the failure of Hollywood from '96 to present. It starts with Brian de Palma directing, a good espionage script, plenty of spectacular set-pieces that actually feel as though they're part of the movie rather than crowd-pleasing accessories, and a good solid cast. And Ving Rhames.

[JBC]

I really think it must have been edited all to hell for IFC. There really was no explanation for so many things & I was paying close attention. I'll pick up that BluRay collection & give it another go soon because I remember really liking the movie in multiple viewings throughout the years.

That said, after seeing 5 I rated them from best to worst like this - 3, 5, 4, 1, 2. So maybe it's just an entry that's never appealed to me as much as I thought.

[Skykid]

I agree 3 is a serious contender for the best one. But while realism doesn't apply anywhere in the series, the first is a more serious espionage yarn and handled tightly by De Palma.

5 really isn't that great though, I think 4 was a tad better. Everyone agrees 2 is fucking dogshit though... Except maybe xxx1993.

[soprano1]

I agree 3 is a serious contender for the best one. But while realism doesn't apply anywhere in the series, the first is a more serious espionage yarn and handled tightly by De Palma.

5 really isn't that great though, I think 4 was a tad better. Everyone agrees 2 is fucking dogshit though... Except maybe xxx1993.

But Skykid, MI2 has "Take a Look Around" by Limp Bizkit, how could it not be awesome?!

[Volteccer_Jack]

Was a big of 3 the first time I saw it, but every time I try to rewatch the JJ becomes more prominent and disgusting. I'd honestly put it at the bottom now.

[boagman]

Was a big of 3 the first time I saw it, but every time I try to rewatch the JJ becomes more prominent and disgusting. I'd honestly put it at the bottom now.

Do not EVER SAY that you'd put 3 after 2. 2 is just such a terrible, terrible thing.

[lilmanjs]

Was Mission Impossible 2 the one that tried to be a bond movie of sorts? John Woo showed he still didn't know how to do anything other than action scenes.

[EmperorIng]

Except maybe xxx1993.

Saw mission impossible 2.

[Volteccer_Jack]

Was Mission Impossible 2 the one that tried to be a bond movie of sorts? John Woo showed he still didn't know how to do anything other than action scenes.

It was just a John Woo action movie, complete with doves. Not exactly good, but the hate here seems a tad overblown.

3 opens with a cliffhanger that turns out to be a big waste of everyone's time but not until you've watched them build up to it for 90 minutes, invents a boring wife for Ethan Hunt for the sole purpose of damselling her in the aforementioned non-cliffhanger, has everyone killing each other over a hunk of plastic that none of them give two shits about, and the entire climax of the movie, including the terrible cliffhanger, only even occurs because of a shitty plot handwave.

4 similarly was held back badly by the fact that the only reason the plot continues past the first act is an endless series of contrived coincidences which miraculously save the villain over and over again until 2 hours in when we reach the mandatory Hollywood time limit and the bad guy just fucking suicides. The idea was supposed to be the heroes overcoming all odds or some crap, but it has the opposite effect and makes everything they do seem like a big waste of time.

[TransatlanticFoe]

2 is hilarious. It's a terrible terrible film but damn near perfect as a lobotomy simulation. I first saw it at the university film night, an audience of drunken students cheering every time something dumb happens is probably the right one for the film.

It is such a stark contrast to the first one, which is much closer in tone to the TV series but probably twists and turns a bit too much for its runtime. Last time I saw it, it seemed a little too slow in some places then raced along without purpose in others. Still, a better film than the 300 mph of stupid that was the sequel. I didn't even realise they made more!

[xxx1993]

Actually, 2 used to be my favorite. Then came the fourth MI movie, which I liked, then the fifth, which I REALLY liked. In fact, I consider Rogue Nation to be not only one of my personal favorite movies of 2015, but my personal favorite movies in general. Sean Harris as Solomon Lane made an interesting villain, Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust was fucking badass. Five scenes made the movie awesome, there was that scene on the plane at the start, the opera scene, the underwater vault, the car and motorcycle chases in Morocco, and the final battle scene in London.

[Vexorg]

I thought Rogue Nation was one of the better films I saw last year, but I'm starting to suspect that these films serve mostly as an excuse for Tom Cruise to do ridiculous stunts. The plots are pretty thin and serve mostly as filler between the big-budget action scenes.

Oh, and apropos of nothing, the Honest Trailer for the Mission Impossible series (made just before Rogue Nation came out:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du1-ScWU-p0

[Xyga]

but I'm starting to suspect that these films serve mostly as an excuse for Tom Cruise

Every movie featuring Tom Cruise is an excuse to show Tom Cruise being Tom Cruise over 98% of the entire film's frames.

EDIT: Tom Cruise

PS: Tom Cruise

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[xxx1993]

Now the Honest Trailer was amusing to watch.

[Skykid]

Actually, 2 used to be my favorite.

[emphatic]

Mission Impossible 2 did give us this gem (I have the DVD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSTv70w9rE

[Ixmucane2]

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

A superficial documentary about the concerts and the enthusiastic fans of the middle period of the Beatles, between becoming famous and having enough of live performances. Only recommended for fans.

It's superficial because of apparent hasty production, niceness to still alive people and simple lack of insight. Ron Howard seems satisfied with offering new and/or fascinating documents of the band, but it isn't enough.
There's an irritating preference for telling over showing, particularly in the case of how the Beatles recorded songs (seconds of Lennon, McCartney etc. joking and playing, then someone explaining how great they were) and in the case of low quality live recordings (restored into unreality and/or replaced by the recorded versions of the songs because the Beatles aren't allowed to sound bad).

[xxx1993]

Actually, 2 used to be my favorite.

I'm serious, Rogue Nation is now my personal favorite. Heck, it's everyone's favorite now.

[Skykid]

Actually, 2 used to be my favorite.

I'm serious, Rogue Nation is now my personal favorite. Heck, it's everyone's favorite now.

I know you're serious.

Rogue Nation isn't my favourite.

[Xyga]

Gents, how would you rank the Dirty Harry movies ?

[EmperorIng]

I need to watch the sequels still, but the first is a fabulously grim and gritty movie (with a few flickering bits of humor). The guy playing Scorpio is really able to make the movie disturbing and uncomfortable and an unsettling mood pervades most the film.