What Films did You Watch Last Week (2/05 - 08/05) CLOSED

Dodgeball is a funny movie, I just don't care much for the story. Ben Stiller is comedy gold in it. If not for his character my rating would be lower.

I honestly wanted to fast foward during that scene. Part of the issue is that you can tell that they are just putting a recording of them singing over the scene and then raise the volume. It is also the fact that it feels like the scene is only in it so Dean Martin can sing. That is why it takes me out of the movie, because it just feels like he is playing himself and no longer playing a character.

The young actor you thought was terrible is Ricky Nelson, who is also a singer. So you're probably right, but it's still one of my favorite parts of the movie. Tarantino describes it as a hangout movie, so I think the characters sitting around singing together fits just fine.

Evil Dead II - 8/10
The Evil Dead 
A Simple Plan

Looks like it has a pretty good cast too. Added it to my watchlist.

Hey Dark,

Just one of yours this week:

Night Moves (1975, Arthur Penn) 6/10

Mine:

1) Blackhearts 2017 (5/10)

2) Lewis Hamilton: The Winning Formula 2021 (6/10)

3) Hooligans at War: North vs. South 2015 (3/10)

4) House of Bones 2010 (4/10)

5) Hesher 2010 (6/10)

6) Hooper 1978 (6/10)

7) Hope and Glory 1987 (6/10)

8) The Hospital 1971 (6/10)

9) Blaze 1989 (6/10)

10) The Hot Rock 1972 (5/10)

11) Dad 1989 (7/10)

12) Henry & June 1990 (4/10)

Hi, Dark.

I'm here.


Yours:

The Life of David Gale 4/10

I didn't like it actually, I found it a bit ridiculous in the end. But I haven't seen it in ages. 

Armored Car Robbery 7.5/10

I remember enjoying it. 

Night Moves 9/10

Loved it.  Gene Hackman is fantastic. Loved the ending too.


Mine:

Zeros and Ones 6/10

It's an Abel Ferrara movie, with Ethan Hawke. It's about an American soldier in Rome, on a mission to investigate on a possible attack on the Vatican his twin brother is involved with. But it's very experimental, so yeah, it's kind of about that, but it's much more insane. Definitely not for everybody. I thought it was so-so, I really didn't like the first half or so, but then I started to get more into it. Ethan Hawke is good though. I liked the score too. 

Havana 8/10

It's Sydney Pollack movie, with Robert Redford, it's about an American gambler in Cuba in the 50s, right before the revolution. He falls for a wealthy woman who's actually part of the revolutionary movement and married to one of their leaders. I like it, it holds up for me, it's very old school. I liked Lena Olin, she plays the woman.

The Osterman Weekend 7.5/10

It's Sam Peckinpah movie, with Rutger Hauer and John Hurt, it's about a tv anchor who gets contacted by the CIA, claiming three friends of his are actually KGB agents, and he has to help unmask them during the course of a weekend getaway. I enjoyed it, I read there were problems during the shooting, and that Sam Peckinpah was quite ill. You can kind of tell, because the editing feels weird at times, and I'm not sure part of it makes sense actually, but still... It has a pulp vibe, I liked that. The cast is good, there's Dennis Hopper, Burt Lancaster too...

Tromperie 6/10

It's a French movie with Lea Seydoux. It's from a Philip Roth book, it's about a married American writer in London, in the 80s, and 4 of his former lovers. Most of all, an English actress, who's married too. I thought it was so-so, I found it a bit dull. I liked some parts though. Loved Lea Seydoux, she plays the actress.