Dennis Rodman doc on ESPN. Sad story.
Gunjiam Haunted Asylum -- 7/10 -- Korean found footage deal with seven people going to a famous haunted place for web hits to find out shit's real and then die. Took a little while to get going and there were a few cultural things that went over my head (the breaking point for two characters seemed to be someone touching something in the asylum because it was cursed and by touching it, that made him cursed), but it had good atmosphere and did get pretty creepy at times.
Part of a six-movie collection of mainly international horror I picked up because Train to Busan was on it.
posted by Fab4RunnerThe Last King of Scotland. I am depressed!
Great flick tho. Forest Whitaker had the locals down perfectly with his mannerisms.
Last night:
Dumb and Dumber. Excellent.
8/8.
Extraction on Netflix: 9/10
posted by friendfromlowryExtraction on Netflix: 9/10
+1. Watched it over the weekend. I felt like it was the same action movie I have watched for years, just with awesome tracking shots.
The Whites of West Virginia
Knives Out: 8/10
Captain America: Winter Soldier
Daughter and I are making our way back through Marvel series, in order. Captain American: Winter Soldier had great re-watchability.
The Wailing -- 9/10 -- really good, long Korean horror film. Has kind of a quirky Twin Peaks vibe for a good chunk of it and a protagonist who grows from "comic relief" to "actually effective", but man, the pure dude never had a chance and never knew it. Only real flaw to me was that it did get a bit cute with its twists and the way it disguised them, leading to a few questions I had on why a character acted this way when he never even had to in order to get the same conclusion, but I dug this movie a lot, regardless of whether it was 2.5 hours long or not.
posted by HereticThe Wailing -- 9/10 -- really good, long Korean horror film. Has kind of a quirky Twin Peaks vibe for a good chunk of it and a protagonist who grows from "comic relief" to "actually effective", but man, the pure dude never had a chance and never knew it. Only real flaw to me was that it did get a bit cute with its twists and the way it disguised them, leading to a few questions I had on why a character acted this way when he never even had to in order to get the same conclusion, but I dug this movie a lot, regardless of whether it was 2.5 hours long or not.
I watched this the other night. Read an amateur review on another site that said "best horror film of the last 10 years."
The Born Losers (1967)
First of the BILLY JACK movies.
posted by ernest_t_bassI watched this the other night. Read an amateur review on another site that said "best horror film of the last 10 years."
Major-ass spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen it, but would be interested.
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It was really good, but I wouldn't go that far. Hell, I'd probably put it (at best) #2 for Korea behind Train to Busan.
The big flaw to me came from two specific scenes. First, if the shaman and Japanese devil-man are aligned, why would the shaman perform a ritual that seemingly had Japanese dude near death, when it was the main character who stopped it? Like, if the main guy and his wife didn't get freaked out by the effects the ritual was having on their possessed daughter, would the Japanese guy get hex'd to death? I mean, thinking the guy was trying to stop the devil led to the main guy trusting the shaman at the end, dooming himself and his family, but it seems like an overly-complicated way to get there.
Also, when the main guy later got a posse to kill the Japanese guy himself, in trying to escape, the Japanese guy came off as a normal guy who was terrified and, when he was hiding at the foot of the big hill the posse was on top of, he was desperately trying to hold back sobs in order to not give up his position. Considering that the dude was a powerful devil and was either completely stoic, creepy-crazy (those deer-eating scenes) or gloating (at the very end) for the entire film, that kind of felt out of place, where the only purpose was to set up the whole red herring of him being innocent and the mysterious girl being the actual evil presence.
Maybe those were miscues or maybe something there involves me knowing more about Korean folklore, but to me, they were blemishes that turned an amazingly great movie into one that was just great.
posted by SpockThe Whites of West Virginia
I thought this was mediocre. Nothing like the original PBS "Dancing Outlaw" about Jesco.
The last couple days I watched Avengers Infinity War and Endgame back to back.
First time I have watched them since they were in the theaters.
Definitely rewatch able.
Infinity War-9/10
Endgame-8/10
Watching Gran Torino again. Just watched it the other night when I was drunj. I'll watch any Eastwood movie over and over.
posted by Curly JWatching Gran Torino again. Just watched it the other night when I was drunj. I'll watch any Eastwood movie over and over.
I’d stop at Gran Torino...
posted by Laley23I’d stop at Gran Torino...
And I would NOT start with Revenge of the Creature.
Been on a Marvel kick last few days.
Iron Man 3 and Thor were not as bad as I remember.
They still ruined the Mandarin as an Iron Man foe, but the movie wasn’t terrible. 5/10
Original Thor wasn’t that bad, 5/10
Thor Dark World however, was just as terrible as I remember it. 2/10, so boring of a movie even with all the “action”. Maybe “Padme” is just boring as an actress.
Next will see if Avengers Age of Ultron was as bad as I remember (worst of all the team up movies, Avengers and Civil War).
Watching Major League foe the second time today. My life sucks.
posted by jmogBeen on a Marvel kick last few days.
Iron Man 3 and Thor were not as bad as I remember.
They still ruined the Mandarin as an Iron Man foe, but the movie wasn’t terrible. 5/10
Original Thor wasn’t that bad, 5/10
Thor Dark World however, was just as terrible as I remember it. 2/10, so boring of a movie even with all the “action”. Maybe “Padme” is just boring as an actress.
Next will see if Avengers Age of Ultron was as bad as I remember (worst of all the team up movies, Avengers and Civil War).
lol. Are you starting at the bottom of the tomatometer and working your way up?
posted by ernest_t_basslol. Are you starting at the bottom of the tomatometer and working your way up?
Well he watched Infinity War and Wndgame back to back first, so I don’t think so.
Mud. 9/10. Love that movie, been a minute since I’ve watched it. Mcconnaghey is the man
posted by Laley23Well he watched Infinity War and Wndgame back to back first, so I don’t think so.
Watched Ant Man and Civil War yesterday.
I still liked Ant Man-7/10
Civil War was much worse than I originally remembered. Maybe I liked it originally just because everyone was in it. Originally I thought it was an 8/10 but storyline and believability wise it was no better than 5/10.
posted by SportsAndLadyMud. 9/10. Love that movie, been a minute since I’ve watched it. Mcconnaghey is the man
Great movie, during a great run of acting from MM.
Den of Thieves
All Day and a Night
Extraction
Watched all three of them this weekend. All were good. Zero complaints about any of them.