Which films did you see last week? (08.29.2021 - 09.04.2021)
Sept 5, 2021 10:53:01 GMT
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Sept 5, 2021 10:53:01 GMT
Hello, good folks of FG. I have decided I will keep this weekly thread going on for a few more weeks, see what happens.
The topic under discussion is made clear in the title. Made-for-TV, direct-to-video, streaming, TV series/episodes, documentaries, short films can also be listed.
The minimum requirement is that a numerical rating out of 5 or 10 be provided - whichever the poster wishes to choose - and it'll be even more helpful if he/she also writes a few thoughts regarding his/her experience with the feature/documentary/short/TV series' season. This will help in starting discussions, which is one of the main intentions of this thread. I also request all those who reply here to go through the whole thread once and see if you can see some common topic to discuss with other posters.
The minimum requirement is that a numerical rating out of 5 or 10 be provided - whichever the poster wishes to choose - and it'll be even more helpful if he/she also writes a few thoughts regarding his/her experience with the feature/documentary/short/TV series' season. This will help in starting discussions, which is one of the main intentions of this thread. I also request all those who reply here to go through the whole thread once and see if you can see some common topic to discuss with other posters.
My last week's haul (all first viewings):
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Megaforce (1982, Hal Needham) :
One of the most 80s bad action flicks ever. Recommended to the lovers of cheesy bad movies.
3/10
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJC6mblA9-Q
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Watching Patrick Dempsey in Can't Buy Me Love and this, I cannot help thinking that he became much handsomer with age. A little on the stupid side but with plenty of funny slapstick. Harmless fun, overall. This is what Deuce Bigalow was trying to be but failed.
7/10
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Meryl Streep's first comedy and she gives a bloody good performance. When the housewife (Roseanne Barr) repeatedly said that she hated the other woman (Meryl Streep) I started having bad feelings about it. But in the end, it turned out that her revenge campaign was directed more against her straying husband than his mistress and I felt fine.
6/10
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I went into this being sure that it would turn out to be a bore. In the beginning, it did look that way. It's about a former First Lady and the U.S. secret service agents who are assigned to guard her. but good acting by Nicolas Cage and Shirley MacLaine helped me to appreciate the film a little more even when not much was happening. Then in the third act the plot shifted gears and picked up speed. My final rating is mostly due to my positive response to the last act where Cage displays some wonderfully fine acting.
6/10
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Not a good giant insect film but there are worse out there. At least it took itself seriously, never devolving into the campy style, winking at the audience. I had expected much better from Jack Sholder, though.
From the IMDb trivia page:
Director Jack Sholder has said this about the film: "I basically did it for the money and it was a stupid script. I got to live in Barcelona for six months and, you know, they paid me well. Everything was good except I had to go to work everyday and shoot a dumb script. I haven't seen that one since, you know, I made it. And some people say 'Oh well, it's actually better than you think', but I basically tell people to avoid that one."
4/10
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