mega thread Last Movie You Watched?

[cuteycindyhoney 13,315]

After reading the news that Google shut down two AI programs because they began forming their own language, I watched "Colossus:The Forbin Project"  Although the technology shown is quite dated (Produced in 1970), the movie is still quite good. The United States builds a vast supercomputer to take over defense of the country. The computer has full control of ALL nuclear weapons, and can launch if and when deemed necessary. On the first day after activation, Colossus discovers that the Soviet Union has built a similar system. Colossus demands a communications link with the other system, named Guardian. Colossus and Guardian form their own inter system language. The US and USSR cut the communications link. The machines order it restored, and launch two missiles. The link is restored, but at a price. Only one missile is intercepted and destroyed.

Unlike Skynet. Colossus/Guardian take over world control without showy impractical killer robots. Complete control of all nuclear weapons is more than enough.

The last ten minutes of the movie are chilling. Give this movie a try. It has stood up well against the test of time.

 

Edited August 2, 2017 by cuteycindyhoney

[Dynamo Pad 11,411]

The last movie I watched was Koe no Katachi (A silent Voice). 

[CT-1138 3,182]

"The Boy" - fun poltergeist activity turns into terrifying slasher flick.

[Concerned Bystander 2,903]

Finally saw Rogue One for the first time.

I was unsure what to make of it most of the way through, given that it's a direct prequel to Ep.IV it was inevitable how it was going to end but it seemed to be toiling to find its way there.  However the last part really sealed it and brought it where it needed to be.  Definitely worth watching.

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

August Undergorund with Andrew Lauer

[Number62 1,258]

The Breakfast Club

Didn't care much for it. Normally, the execution of an idea is more important than the idea itself (at least imo), but I can't even get behind the ideas presented in this movie.

Teen angst? I can understand that teenagers can have issues, huge ones even. But doesn't everyone have problems in their life regardless of age? And who's to say that problems are always at their peak during the teenage years? Assuming a person for up to 80 years, teenage years aren't even a quarter of that. That's why I never understood the special focus or emphasis some works of fiction give to this idea. That's not the main point of the movie, but it's something that bugs me.

So we have 5 teenagers from different "cliques", and I'm guessing the movie is trying to say that there's more to them than their immediate social standing would suggest. Um, isn't that always true? If you want to bring real life into this, every person has a unique individual life that isn't shown to every other person, so there's always going to be something about that person that is unknown to another. In terms of fiction, any character can be given depth and backstory with enough time and/or effort.

Speaking of backstory, all the teenagers have unhappy home lives. They seem aware of their unhappy lives, or at least they've fully realized them and their influences by the end of the movie. So, what are they going to do next? Will they try to fix it? Do they think that life will always suck, so no point in doing anything? I don't see much of a conclusion to those problems especially when they were spending plenty of time angsting, and their lousy parents had some contribution to where there are now and why they're in detention. In other words, there's a lot of meaningless angst.

Funnily enough, I found the antagonist (Vernon) to be the most interesting character. He's hardly nice, but the movie actually shows why he is the way he is in tandem with dialogue and interactions. So, Vernon is an asshole, but at least he's a driven and motivated asshole.

The teens just moan about their problems instead and beg for sympathy. Sure some of the teens acted out some of their home lives, but that's still not as good as the actual gory details. Special criticism goes to Bender, with the movie not holding back with his own asshole tendencies. That's one thing, but the movie expects the viewer to sympathize with him because he has abusive parents. It should've been an explanation, but the way all the characters express their problems was the movie clearly asking for sympathy. Didn't "One Bad Apple" prove that sad backstories don't excuse asshole behaviors? Although, this movie came out more than 30 years ago. And why is Claire hooking up with him? I guess fictional teens are just that desperate for immediate satisfaction. Then again, it's a teen romance and not likely to last.

Oh, and the movie tries to say that being a virgin is bad. I don't get that idea.

The teenagers do realize they have plenty in common with each other despite their backgrounds and immediate perceptions of each other,  so at least something was accomplished.

Yeah, I have no idea what this movie was trying to say.

Edited August 7, 2017 by Number62

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

Slaughtered Vomit Dolls

[Dreambiscuit 10,077]

Just saw Mary Poppins. What a jewel of a movie! So beautiful, fun and loaded with some of the best songs! Made me feel great all day. 

[GiFTGewEhrSCHutzen-4 8,828]

Doctor Strange (2016)

[Crystal Peppermint 1,108]

Pride & Prejudice (1940)

[Macavity Wilko 208]

The shining

"here's johnny!"

[Dreambiscuit 10,077]

Howl's Moving Castle. 

Absolutely superior. 

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero

[DJ Wolfe 5,349]

Just watched The Black Cauldron

[hopkey123 640]

Wolfe, that's awesome XD I just watched Mulan (for the 4th time in the last week)

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

Martyrs from France 2008

[Dreambiscuit 10,077]

From Up On Poppy Hill. It may not be one of the more ambitious Studio Ghibli movies like Spirited Away or Howl's Moving Castle, but it always blows me away. I believe it's probably my favorite Ghibli movie.  

[GiFTGewEhrSCHutzen-4 8,828]

Avengers Confidential - Black Widow & Punisher (2014)

[Tao 7,936]

War for the Planet of the Apes!

It ended well!

[Guest]

I'm currently watching the EQG movies, I never really got to see them.

[Dynamo Pad 11,411]

The last movie I watched was Scott Pilgrim vs the World. 

[CT-1138 3,182]

Adywan's Empire Revisited; the ultimate fan edit of The Empire Strikes Back. 

Next: Adywan's Hope Revisited; the ultimate fan edit of A New Hope. 

[TBD 17,256]

"Get out" 10/10 Great 90's thriller movie, as expected from Jordan Peele. 

'Legend of King  Arthur"  1/10 Horrible screenplay and the plot is weak. It's like pulling teeth. Although I like the fantasy of it.

 

[Dreambiscuit 10,077]

The Boy and the Beast. Fun movie but it took till about halfway through it before I could get into the two main characters. They were annoying at first.

And the incomparable North By Northwest, Hitchcock's greatest movie by far. 

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

The Second Evil Dead 1987