What Films Did You Watch Last Week? (20/08-26/08) closed

First Viewings...

-Ocean's Eight (2018) (Aug 21st 2018) - 5/10 (A decent enough one time viewing. but is ultimately forgettable. NOTE: I like the Oceans series with Clooney as those get a 6/10 for me at this point in time (they used to score higher) as ill still re-watch those from time-to-time.)

Re-watches...

-La La Land (2016) (Aug 22nd 2018) - 6-6.5/10 (within my Top 235 movies. it was a 6/10 on initial viewing and this is my 2nd viewing. I was a bit surprised this improved like it did for me as while that 5min intro is still boring, as that's exactly what NOT to do in a movie, beyond that it generally got better as based on my initial viewing it took about 28-36min before the movie hit it's stride where as this time around by about the 15min range in the movie it stabled out. basically that 5min intro was crap, which is hands down the worst part of the movie, and then the 2nd worst part of the movie, which is not as bad, comes roughly in the 10-13min area. but outside of those two small stretches, the overall movie noticeably improved as I think some of it is that Musicals in general pretty much suck which makes this one a bit unique for me as normally I default to the mindset that Musicals are that genre that's nearly universally disliked by us males but this one is the exception to the rule for me. but anyways... Gosling/Stone help carry it as they got good chemistry together and the movie has nice visuals etc which I think boost it and not all of the singing etc bits are bad, just those two I mentioned earlier in this post. also, I think the ending is solid enough to as it sort of ends on a bittersweet note with that, 'what if things had gone a different way' etc.)

-The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) (Aug 26th 2018) - 6-6.5/10 (within my Top 235 movies. this was due for a re-watch (May 2nd 2015 was my previous re-watch) and it held steady. it's my #8 Bond movie (see below) which makes it just shy of my Top 7 which are the Bond movies that stand out the most for me (i.e. ones I score a 7/10 or higher). it's Moore's best Bond movie.)

All James Bond movies I score a 6-6.5/10 or higher...

1.Skyfall (2012) - 9/10
2.Casino Royale (2006)
3.Goldfinger (1964) - 7.5-8/10
4.Spectre (2015)
5.From Russia with Love (1963) - 7-7.5/10
6.Licence to Kill (1989) - 7/10
7.Dr. No (1962)

8.The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) - 6-6.5/10


p.s. in general for me... 5/10 or less = Thumbs Down. 6/10 or higher = Thumbs Up.


side note: I just finished replaying Mafia (2002) (on PC (it's a PC game)) and it still maintains it's masterpiece status (a word I rarely use) as it still remains my all-time #1 favorite single player video game experience to date (NOTE: I have seen others praise this game from time-to-time to). it took me 4 days to play it from start to finish... Aug 23rd to Aug 27th. in fact, today (Aug 27th 2018) is exactly 16 years since it's release which I played back when it was new as someone brought it to my attention, which I am damn glad they did. it does start off a bit slow though which I could see how that might leave a bad impression but once you get past that intial slow stretch it's solidly paced. graphiclly, it's a bit dated by today's standards but considering it's age it's still solid enough and still works as 3D games of that age or older tend to be generally crap at this point in time, but not this one. hell, it beats damn near all gangster movies for me with maybe the exception of Road to Perdition (2002) (10/10)). I plan on replaying Mafia II (2010) very soon as it's been a while since I last replayed it as that game just passed it's 8th anniversary. but prior to these replays it's been too long since I last replayed them as I would guess I have not replayed Mafia (2002) since probably around 2010-ish, possibly a bit either way of that and Mafia II I have probably not replayed in it's entirety in roughly 5 years or so I would guess. NOTE: this time around I am going to log the replays just to see how long it is before I replay them again.

basically I think the Mafia series is much better than the overrated, and more popular, Grand Theft Auto series as those games are decent enough to play once but I have no desire to replay those where as the Mafia series (on PC) (i.e. Mafia (2002)/Mafia II (2010)/Mafia III (2016)) I replay from time to time. Mafia is also more challenging than most shooter types of games. basically I see the Mafia series as more sophisticated where as GTA is more raw I guess I could say.

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OP's...

-Upgrade (2018) - NS (but I might give this a shot)

-Le Samourai (1967) - 6-6.5/10 (was a 6/10 on my initial viewing and moved to it's current score on a re-watch. I have also seen it twice. but with that said... I did not know you have only seen this twice as I just assumed you have seen it more than myself. but anyways... you must have more movies that score really high (but I think you have seen somewhere around twice the amount of movies I have in total back when your IMDb account was unlocked for the public to see) given your 'back end of Top 100' comment as a 8.5/10 for me, even if we assume that means 8-8.5/10, would put a movie not much outside of my Top 26 movies as there are only 56 movies I score a SOLID 8/10 or higher and 105 movies at a 7.5-8/10 or higher.)

-Uncle Buck (1989) - 6/10 (June 3rd 2013 is my most recent re-watch of this. I suspect ill probably get around to re-watching this in the next year or two.)

-Hang 'Em High (1968) - 6/10 (I am pretty sure I used to like this a bit more one time in the past but many Clint Eastwood Westerns have dropped off as only three stand out (as in 7/10 or higher) for me now, which are... The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) (10/10), For a Few Dollars More (1965) (10/10), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) (7.5-8/10))