What Films did You Watch Last Week (08/07-14/07) CLOSED

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The karate Kid: Classic! 8/10


Here's my last 2 weeks:



This week:



Cop and a half (1993 DVD): I don’t think it’s just the nostalgia speaking but this movie is entertaining and charming. The young actor is really cute and the rest of the cast is good too. People rating this movie so low are just mean (my wife included); it has a bunch of fun scenes, cool stunts, chemistry between the two leads and a feel-good ending. What more can you ask? My rating: 6.5/10



The negotiator (1998 DVD): Except the fact that this movie is a bit long and I always have trouble adapting to Samuel’s auburn hair; this was a solid movie with an interesting concept and story. Great cast too. My rating: 7.5/10





Chien de garde (2018 DVD): Sophie Dupuis’s first movie is a hard-hitting hit, mostly thanks to a solid cast. The ending felt abrupt, as if she lacked the time and money to really wrap it up conveniently. My rating: 7/10





Taking Woodstock (2009 DVD): I enjoyed it a lot the first time around but confirmed it’s an excellent movie on rewatch. With an amazing soundtrack, of course! 8/10



The Mothman prophecies (2002 DVD): This was like a long X-files episode and I do love me a good X-files episode. Plus I found that Gere made for a good Duchovny. The cinematography, direction and editing were all on Point and made this a Pleasant thriller. The fact that it’s based on true events is even crazier. I actually got real goosebumps a few times! 7.5/10



Instant family (2018 DVD): My wife really loved it! I enjoyed it mildly. Mora of a family drama than a pure comedy but we need more good and positive famdrams (I invented a new word) like this one. 6.5/10





Last Week:



Mission Impossible (1996 DVD) : IT was a real pleasure for me to rewatch it after all these years. I had actually forgotten that Emilio Estevez was in it. I don’t understand why he’s not even credited in the cast, he was good. Otherwise, this is one of the first action movies I discovered and till this day, still one of the great ones. (I was 11 when it came out and probably saw it a few years later.) The plot, the cast and the action makes this a classic for me but that helicopter/TGV scene lost small points. My rating: 8/10



Duel (1971 TV): As I was on a road trip with my father, he spoke to me about this movie and how I should watch it. Strangely, 2 days after it was on TV, so I did. It was a thrilling ride but after half a dozen times the truck appeared “shockingly” in the rear-view mirror, it became redundant and less and less credible. E.g.: The guy finally sees a police car but doesn’t stop. When he’s driving 100 mph, the truck driver is right there in his grill but then when the car breaks down and rolls 20 mph, the truck struggles to catch up. Good first official movie Stevie but lacked realism for me to really feel the thrill. One last complaint; we could hear the main character’s thoughts but only heard 3-4 of them. So either there was not much going on in his head or either they did not take full advantage of that aspect. What I learned from this movie: If you need to change your radiator hose, don’t procrastinate! My rating: 6/10



Grosse Pointe Blank (1997 TV): “Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.” I know I saw that movie before but remembered nothing about it so it was like a first watch. I can now say that this is one of my favorite rom-com, because yes, that’s what it is to me; a kick-ass-gun-popping-rom-com. My rating: 8.5/10



Ghost Stories (2017 Netflix): “Skeptical professor Phillip Goodman embarks on a trip to the terrifying after being given a file with details of three unexplained cases of apparitions.” What I liked: The cast, the cinematography, the soundtrack and the creepy moments. What I didn’t like: The story. My rating: 5/10