What Films did You Watch Last Week (20/12 - 26/12) CLOSED

First Time Viewing:

The Great Mouse Detective (1986; Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson) - A good idea, but it suffers from not so great animation and I just found the entire thing a bit annoying.
5/10

The Last Of Sheila (1973; Herbert Ross) - As a huge mystery fan this was a bit of a let-down for me. It's a solid whodunit, but hardly the masterpiece I was hoping for.
6/10

The Premature Burial (1962; Roger Corman) - Solid gothic horror from Corman.
6/10

TV

L. A. Confidential (2003) - Pilot for an intended TV series based on the movie, featuring Kiefer Sutherland in the Vincennes role plyed by Kevin Spacey in the film. It suffers from bad casting, Sutherland is okay, but the replacements they got for Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe are just awful and a cheap look. No wonder it wasn't picked up by the network.
3/10

Repeat Viewing:

Casablanca (1942; Michael Curtiz) - Elegant classic, always worth a look.
8/10

L. A. Confidential (1997; Curtis Hanson) - Classy, complex, brilliantly acted - a modern classic.
9/10

Paddington (2014; Paul King) - Sweet family comedy, but the sequel is better.
7/10

First Time Viewing:

The Great Mouse Detective (1986; Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson) - A good idea, but it suffers from not so great animation and I just found the entire thing a bit annoying.
5/10

The Last Of Sheila (1973; Herbert Ross) - As a huge mystery fan this was a bit of a let-down for me. It's a solid whodunit, but hardly the masterpiece I was hoping for.
6/10

The Premature Burial (1962; Roger Corman) - Solid gothic horror from Corman.
6/10

TV

L. A. Confidential (2003) - Pilot for an intended TV series based on the movie, featuring Kiefer Sutherland in the Vincennes role plyed by Kevin Spacey in the film. It suffers from bad casting, Sutherland is okay, but the replacements they got for Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe are just awful and a cheap look. No wonder it wasn't picked up by the network.
3/10

Repeat Viewing:

Casablanca (1942; Michael Curtiz) - Elegant classic, always worth a look.
8/10

L. A. Confidential (1997; Curtis Hanson) - Classy, complex, brilliantly acted - a modern classic.
9/10

Paddington (2014; Paul King) - Sweet family comedy, but the sequel is better.
7/10

How does new way home sit in your spideys?

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 host (me) posts my weekly movies and you can comment on those and list your movie for the same time frame. I 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.

Nest weeks thread will be the year end wrap up thread:)

FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING

Don't Look Up (2021, Adam Mckay)
Netflix
An all star satire that is so close to the truth of things that its more an expose than a satire. One of the best of the year, very entertaining.
7.5/10

The Novice (2021, Lauren Hadaway)
Very atmospheric drama about a student striving for perfection at the cost of her own alienation.
6.5/10

Coda (2021, Sian Heder)
Solid enough indie drama about a girl who is the only one in her family who is not deaf. It goes for the heart strings at times but I never felt that drawn in.
6-6.5/10

Let it Snow (2019, Luke Snellin)
Netflix
Solid little Xmas film set in a small town that is snowed in and follows several teens experiences with finding love.
6/10

Spider-man: No Way Home (2021, John Watt)
Cinema
Typically but even more so, flat ugly looking film. The first half hour was garbage with the already annoying fast 'witty' dialogue from previous films ramped up to cringe levels. The film got a little more interesting with the introduction of the villains but then turned to garbage again. Luckily the third act with help from some other introductions was pretty fun and somewhat saved the film from disaster. 5.5/10

Love Hard (2021, Hernán Jiménez)
Netflix
Cheap little Xmas comedy that should have been a disaster but had a modicum of entertainment value.
4.5/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

Molly's Game (2017, Aaron Sorkin)
Netflix
A well paced true story of a former Olympic hopeful who ended up running poker games for the rich and famous. Sorkin's best film as a director and a great lead performance from Jessica Chastain.
7.5/10

Torn Curtain (1966, Alfred Hitchcock)
blu ray
Later in his career Hitchcock did two back to back cold war thrillers, this underrated film was the first of those two, the second is possibly his worst. The film has a lot of slow sections but Paul Newman and Julie Andrews are good enough to make those entertaining enough. Sprinkled through are some great Hitchcock set pieces that make the film a must see for fans.
7/10

Marnie (1964, Alfred Hitchcock)
blu ray
Solid but flawed Hitchcock thriller with good leads, good set pieces and some over wrought psychology.
7/10

Saboteur (1942, Alfred Hitchcock)
blu ray
A good thriller and one of many 'wrongly accused man' films that Hitch would do before perfecting it with North by Northwest. The film has some pacing issued but still fun.
6.5/10

WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: Molly's Game
BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio - Don't Look Up
BEST ACTRESS: Isabelle Fuhrman - The Novice
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Diane Baker - Marnie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett - Don't Look Up
BEST EDITING: Bud Hoffman - Torn Curtain
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: John F. Warren - Torn Curtain
BEST SCORE: Marnie - Bernard Herrmann
BEST SCRIPT: Aaron Sorkin - Molly's Game
BEST DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock - Torn Curtain


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

Hey Billy,

Mine:

Scream 4 - 6/10 I actually rank them 1,3,4,2

Dirty Dancing - not seen in a very long time, I didn’t like it much then, no idea what I’d rate it now though

Cape Fear (1991) 7.5/10 Yeah it’s pretty ott but still fun