What Did You Watch Today? 2022

[Jimmy]

On 30/09/2022 at 08:38, DFF said:

These are the Wilder films the make the 1001 list: 

Double Indemnity (1944) - Absolutely brilliant, and has become an all time favourite of mine. 
The Lost Weekend (1945) - Yet to watch.
Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Another brilliant one. 
Ace in the Hole (1954) - Yet to watch. 
Some Like it Hot (1959) - Saw it many many yeears ago and probs too young to appreciate it, so will re-watch.
The Apartment (1960) - Wasn't what I was expecting, but still really really good stuff. 

The Apartment is my favourite film! 

Ace in the Hole is great and I'm well overdue a re-watch on that, but I think The Lost Weekend is on another level, one of the best films about alcoholism ever made. 

Wilder is a genius, he's got another bunch of films I don't think would be out of place in the 1001 list. 

Edited October 5, 2022 by Jimmy

[GhostMachine]

My two favorite directors of all time are Billy Wilder and John Ford.

 

 

[Lint]

Watching The Midnight Club and, so far, Mike Flanagan is a solid 3/4 on his Netflix series.  I didn't like The Haunting of Bly Manor and gave up after a few episodes

[K]

Finished Ghosts and started watching You Me and the Apocalypse. Really liked episode one. I know it didn't get a second season, which is disappointing.

[Hobo]

This weekend I've watched Goodfellas which I'd never seen before. In fact, I don't think I've seen a Scorsese film before. Turns out he's rather good at making films that guy.

Then we watched Chopping Mall. Which was fun but not as goofy I as I had somehow expected it would be.

Then last night we watched Easy Rider. Again, I had never seen it. I'm glad I've seen it now because it means I never have to watch it again.  I just didn't enjoy it one bit. It felt incredibly of it's time.

[Chris2K]

Cunk on Earth is so, so funny. Whenever Charlie Brooker is on screen I find him too condescending, but his writing being delivered by Diane Morgan is perfection.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Finished Bad Sisters today. Really enjoyed it. Apple TV have some really good content and seem to get some good names for their projects. Seems a shame I've seen almost none of these advertised before getting a free trial of it.

[Colly]

On 19/10/2022 at 18:34, K said:

Finished Ghosts and started watching You Me and the Apocalypse. Really liked episode one. I know it didn't get a second season, which is disappointing.

Have you seen Yonderland? You should watch Yonderland. Watch Yonderland.

[GhostMachine]

On 23/10/2022 at 08:31, Hobo said:

This weekend I've watched Goodfellas which I'd never seen before. In fact, I don't think I've seen a Scorsese film before. Turns out he's rather good at making films that guy.

Then we watched Chopping Mall. Which was fun but not as goofy I as I had somehow expected it would be.

Then last night we watched Easy Rider. Again, I had never seen it. I'm glad I've seen it now because it means I never have to watch it again.  I just didn't enjoy it one bit. It felt incredibly of it's time.

If you enjoyed Goodfellas, definitely go watch Casino.

Easy Rider is seriously overrated. My favorite movie with Rider in the name is Pale Rider. Which should be watched back to back with High Plains Drifter.

[Krabby]

We watched Barbarian last night and really, really liked it. Easy 8 out of 10 for us! Great horror experience and cinematography, acting was very good too.

[Lint]

WAtched the new adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front on Netflix and god damn.  Some just amazing shots, the action scenes were amazing and brutal.  Since we don't have spoiler tags, I can't go into much detail, but there was one sequence that just felt like it was straight from a horror movie.

I've never read the book, nor have I seen any other adaptations of it, so I can't really comment on its accuracy there

[Krabby]

Mrs. Krabby rented us Everything, Everywhere, All At Once - I had been wanting to see it since the trailer dropped but just hadn't had the chance to watch it yet. We watched it last night and...oh. my. word. Easy 10 out of 10 and quite possibly the best movie I have ever seen. I'm on mobile so I'm not going to type all of my detailed thoughts at the moment, but just amazing; so many ugly cries and belly laughs!

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent lived up to expectations for me. Wonderful.

[GhostMachine]

On 06/11/2022 at 11:19, Brandon Cutler Fan Account said:

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent lived up to expectations for me. Wonderful.

Still haven't see it yet. Wanted to go when it was in theaters here, but it was limited showings and I was too busy to go to most of them.

Watched The Invitation. It was actually quite good, but my recommendation is to wait for it to hit cable. Its a bit slow in parts. 

[LittleDaniel]

I saw Love & Roar in this gorgeous old bank building and it was really fun. The kaiju were the stars of the show -- they had human performers that acted things out on stage and then also to the side there was a table with a tiny city set up where puppet versions of the characters could stomp around and fight.

Probably my favorite monsterfucker musical.

[Krabby]

Attempted to watch The People At The Wedding We Hate and couldn't finish it, I'm sorry. It was just so bland - and not like dry humor bland or anything, just truly so bleh - the jokes were mid, the drama was poorly told and acted, none of the main characters were really worth rooting for, the music between scenes didn't make much sense and was WAY too loud. It couldnt decide if it wanted to be a comedy with drama or a drama with comedy, it felt like. Considering that cast boasted Ben Platt, Kristen Bell, Alison Janney, a Lonely Island guy, and more - super letdown

[IDOL]

Spirited is a fun take on A Christmas Carol but it reaches a point where it really feels long and you want them to wrap it up already.

[TheGrandAvatar]

Was going to check out Wednesday on Netflix.

However. Now I'm sucked into Crime Scene The Texas Killing Fields. I've read into the case's like this over the year's. Along with the other similar place's of unsolved crime like Long Island and West Mesa.

I was not prepared to be as emotional as I began to get while watching it. Feeling the sense of loss and dissapoimnent in the voices of the families really got to me. Think it will be one of those I have to tackle at stages to get through it. 

 

[Draevyn]

On 05/12/2022 at 18:46, TheGrandAvatar said:

Was going to check out Wednesday on Netflix.

However. Now I'm sucked into Crime Scene The Texas Killing Fields. I've read into the case's like this over the year's. Along with the other similar place's of unsolved crime like Long Island and West Mesa.

I was not prepared to be as emotional as I began to get while watching it. Feeling the sense of loss and dissapoimnent in the voices of the families really got to me. Think it will be one of those I have to tackle at stages to get through it. 

 

I'm on the fifth episode so far and I've loved the hell out of it. I've seen some of the criticisms of it and I feel like it's a lot of people looking for something to criticize because I don't see any of the same issues.

[TheGrandAvatar]

1 hour ago, Ebenezer Fork said:

I'm on the fifth episode so far and I've loved the hell out of it. I've seen some of the criticisms of it and I feel like it's a lot of people looking for something to criticize because I don't see any of the same issues.

I'm yet to get that far into it. But it is going to be one I do watch fully. Have heard about the criticisms and also people's opinions on person's involved and agencies. Besides being filmed and edited in the usual Netflix way for a documentary. I found the pacing quite good. It was just a bit too emotional.