What Films Did You Watch Last Week? (03/08-09/09) CLOSED
Sept 9, 2018 4:35:52 GMT
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Post by darksidebeadle on Sept 9, 2018 4:35:52 GMT
Welcome back to another week of the BEST & WORST edition of 'what movies did you see last week?' thread. For those who haven't been part of it before, basically your hosts (us) posts our weekly movies and you can comment on those and list your movie for the same time frame. We will get back to you on yours and you can talk to other users here about their films. It's a great place to talk about film.
FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING
Leave No Trace (2018, Debra Granik)
Cinema
This indie film sees a father (Ben Foster) and his thirteen year-old daughter (Thomasin McKenzie) living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.
The story and performances pack a punch in this emotional film and it is surely one of the years best.
7.5/10
Tully (2018, Jason Reitman)
Reitman directed Young Adult from a Diablo Cody script starring Charlize Theron in 2011, the three have combined forces again for this film where Theron plays a mother of three who hires a night nanny to help with her newborn.
I think what you think of the film will depend on how you feel about the ending as it comes off like a
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968, Norman Jewison)
tv
This heist film sees Steve McQueen (The Great Escape) as a debonair, adventuresome bank executive who believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar robbery, only to end up matching wits with a sexy insurance investigator played by Faye Dunnaway (Chinatown).
The film is a little light on plotting but is big on style, with great editing and a wonderful score.
6.5/10
Blue Jean Cop aka Shakedown (1988, James Glickenhaus)
This crime film sees a legal attorney (Peter Weller) and renegade cop (Sam Elliot) team up to stop a corrupt cop.
Weller is pretty poor in this but the film is so balls out crazy at times that it is a compelling enough viewing. It has good grit but is too ridiculous.
5.5/10
Wonder (2017, Stephen Chbosky)
tv
I really enjoyed Chbosky's last film Perks of Being a Wallflower. Unfortunately this film based on the New York Times bestseller has none of its subtlety. This movie tells the inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time but really over does trying to send home the feels to the audience.
5/10
Friend Request (2016, Simon Verhoeven)
tv
This film from Simon Verhoeven (No relation to Paul) is another one in the growing subgenre of 'social media horror'. It is not a good film but I was taken aback by how serious and sombre the approach was to this material, so that at least made it somewhat interesting.
4.5/10
REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING
Hulk (2003, Ang Lee)
blu ray
After years of seeing well made but cookie cutter films from the MCU, it was nice to see Ang Lee's Hulk again and see what a film with a more interesting vision can bring to the super hero genre. The editing and panelling of the visuals were astounding as well as the story being more of a character study with some serious acting moments. The effects are a little bit of a mixed bag but when they are good they are very good. I could probably have trimmed 25 minutes of the run time happily but all in all this is something special for the genre.
7.5/10
Grease (1978, Randal Kleiser)
tv
I am not a fan of musicals in general but this one is always fun.
6.5/10
Dead Man Down (2013, Niels Arden Oplev)
blu ray
Set in New York City where a crime lord's right-hand man is helped by a woman seeking retribution, this film is pretty solid with a good cast and well enough made.
6.5/10
Scary Movie (2000, Keenan Ivory Wayans)
tv
This spoof of 90's movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream and many otehrs is actyally pretty good and feels much closer to the classic Zucker Brothers (Airplane!) type spoofs than people probably remember because of all the terrible Scary Movie sequels.
5.5/10
WEEKLY AWARDS
BEST FILM: Leave No Trace
BEST ACTOR: Ben Foster - Leave No Trace
BEST ACTRESS: Thomasin McKenzie - Leave No Trace
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sam Elliot - Hulk
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mackenzie Davis - Tully
BEST SCORE: Michel Legrand - The Thomas Crown Affair
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Haskell Wexler - The Thomas Crown Affair
BEST SCRIPT: Debra Granik - Leave No Trace
BEST DIRECTOR: Ang Lee - Hulk
10/10 - Perfection (or as close to it as possible)
09/10 - An Excellent film
08/10 - A VERY Good film
07/10 - A Good film
06/10 - A Solid film
05/10 - An Average film
04/10 - Below Average film
03/10 - A mostly bad film
02/10 - A mostly terrible film
01/10 - Awful through and through
00/10 - Not only awful but offensive too
FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING
Leave No Trace (2018, Debra Granik)
Cinema
This indie film sees a father (Ben Foster) and his thirteen year-old daughter (Thomasin McKenzie) living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.
The story and performances pack a punch in this emotional film and it is surely one of the years best.
7.5/10
Tully (2018, Jason Reitman)
Reitman directed Young Adult from a Diablo Cody script starring Charlize Theron in 2011, the three have combined forces again for this film where Theron plays a mother of three who hires a night nanny to help with her newborn.
I think what you think of the film will depend on how you feel about the ending as it comes off like a
soft remake of Fight club. 
7/10
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968, Norman Jewison)
tv
This heist film sees Steve McQueen (The Great Escape) as a debonair, adventuresome bank executive who believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar robbery, only to end up matching wits with a sexy insurance investigator played by Faye Dunnaway (Chinatown).
The film is a little light on plotting but is big on style, with great editing and a wonderful score.
6.5/10
Blue Jean Cop aka Shakedown (1988, James Glickenhaus)
This crime film sees a legal attorney (Peter Weller) and renegade cop (Sam Elliot) team up to stop a corrupt cop.
Weller is pretty poor in this but the film is so balls out crazy at times that it is a compelling enough viewing. It has good grit but is too ridiculous.
5.5/10
Wonder (2017, Stephen Chbosky)
tv
I really enjoyed Chbosky's last film Perks of Being a Wallflower. Unfortunately this film based on the New York Times bestseller has none of its subtlety. This movie tells the inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time but really over does trying to send home the feels to the audience.
5/10
Friend Request (2016, Simon Verhoeven)
tv
This film from Simon Verhoeven (No relation to Paul) is another one in the growing subgenre of 'social media horror'. It is not a good film but I was taken aback by how serious and sombre the approach was to this material, so that at least made it somewhat interesting.
4.5/10
REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING
Hulk (2003, Ang Lee)
blu ray
After years of seeing well made but cookie cutter films from the MCU, it was nice to see Ang Lee's Hulk again and see what a film with a more interesting vision can bring to the super hero genre. The editing and panelling of the visuals were astounding as well as the story being more of a character study with some serious acting moments. The effects are a little bit of a mixed bag but when they are good they are very good. I could probably have trimmed 25 minutes of the run time happily but all in all this is something special for the genre.
7.5/10
Grease (1978, Randal Kleiser)
tv
I am not a fan of musicals in general but this one is always fun.
6.5/10
Dead Man Down (2013, Niels Arden Oplev)
blu ray
Set in New York City where a crime lord's right-hand man is helped by a woman seeking retribution, this film is pretty solid with a good cast and well enough made.
6.5/10
Scary Movie (2000, Keenan Ivory Wayans)
tv
This spoof of 90's movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream and many otehrs is actyally pretty good and feels much closer to the classic Zucker Brothers (Airplane!) type spoofs than people probably remember because of all the terrible Scary Movie sequels.
5.5/10
WEEKLY AWARDS
BEST FILM: Leave No Trace
BEST ACTOR: Ben Foster - Leave No Trace
BEST ACTRESS: Thomasin McKenzie - Leave No Trace
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sam Elliot - Hulk
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mackenzie Davis - Tully
BEST SCORE: Michel Legrand - The Thomas Crown Affair
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Haskell Wexler - The Thomas Crown Affair
BEST SCRIPT: Debra Granik - Leave No Trace
BEST DIRECTOR: Ang Lee - Hulk
10/10 - Perfection (or as close to it as possible)
09/10 - An Excellent film
08/10 - A VERY Good film
07/10 - A Good film
06/10 - A Solid film
05/10 - An Average film
04/10 - Below Average film
03/10 - A mostly bad film
02/10 - A mostly terrible film
01/10 - Awful through and through
00/10 - Not only awful but offensive too