Conversationalist ⭐⭐⭐

New Movie Review

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
February 16, 2022
26 replies
10702 views

Write a review of any new movie seen in theaters, streaming site, DVD, etc.

I have a trio:

1 - News Of The World - 2020 With Tom Hanks set in old Texas after the Civil War, Hanks trying to return a young girl who was taken in by the Kiowa, and raised as one of them, to her last remaining European family. With adversities to overcome it becomes apparent, to persevere - we need to rely on each other. 👫 Seen on HBO Max during free trial. ---> News of the World (film) - Wikipedia

My Rate - Thumbs Up 👍

______________________________________

2 - The Matrix Resurrections - 2021 This would be the 4th Matrix movie.

If you loved the Matrix Trilogy this one is un-like the rest; it's just disappointing

😞 Seen on HBO Max during free trial. ---> The Matrix Resurrections - Wikipedia

My Rate - Thumbs Down 👎

----------------------------------------------------------

3 - Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 2021 This is the 3rd film of the original cast / plot line; fourth of franchise. If you liked the Ghostbusters 1 and 2 this one continues with Egon Spangler's (late Harold Ramis) estranged daughter and grand children battle Ivo Shando and Gozer the Gozerian (she's back). 👻

Seen on Row8 - Free Rental. ---> Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Wikipedia

My Rate - mini Thumbs Up 👍

😎

This topic has been closed for replies.

Tempest332

Community Champion ⭐

Watched Gaspar Noé's movie Vortex (2021) last night.

A retired psychiatrist with dementia and a struggling author with a heart condition live their final days together in an apartment.

This film deals with an aging couple coming to terms with their deaths and the impending doom that awaits them. In short, it's a film about old age, dementia, separation & eventual death. When the brain disintegrates before the heart.

Gaspar Noé's movies aren't generally for the faint of heart & are rather unusual. This one was filmed in Split screen following 2 characters. & in French, though well subtitled.

MaVolta

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

We watched Barbie last night and enjoyed it a lot. It’s now on Max, free with subscription.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

Tempest332

Community Champion ⭐

Watched Strays (Jamie Fox, Will Ferrell) this past week. Not a kids movie, but glad I seen it, Animated Dogs, wish they would make more like this.

EricC28201

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Not exactly a new movie so chastise me if you must, but there aren't alot of Movie Topics since the Movies & TV board disappeared.

Just a general question about interpretation:

Does anybody else see Zombie Apcolypse movies and/or tv as allegories for how psychopaths see the rest of humanity?

It's always a small group of people against 99.9% of the population. The zombies are convenietly dehumanized. The protagonists are usually spared from becoming zombies by some act of providence beyond their control. Interpersonal power struggles amongst the 'survivors' usually turn out to be a greater threat than the zombies. And characters of a more moderate ilk who want to study and understand what's going on are often portrayed as weak or indecisive and killed off early (sometimes betrayed by a kill-all-zombies character) unless they are trying to gain control of the zombies for their own purposes.

....like I said...not alot of other places to bring this up.

Tempest332

Community Champion ⭐

I missed this, like the Wyrmwood Apocalypse Series?

Tempest332

Community Champion ⭐

Barbie - OK I get these free at the Library, though looking at the DVD cover, I wondered if I could stomach it.

Actually liked it more than I thought I would. A bit of trivia in it for the girls that had these dolls growing up.

MaVolta

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Thanks for the review. I’d like to see this movie. I’ve read some good reviews from older adults, not just women, but men, as well.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

Tempest332

Community Champion ⭐

YW, I'd likely pass seeing the cover, & could always turn it off, or continue & say there's 90 minutes of my life that I'm not going to get back, but I figure my time is getting more worthless every day.

One movie I was passing on by it's cover was Nobody (Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Aleksey Serebryakov, RZA, and Christopher Lloyd - 2021). Great action flick, & highly improbable, almost James Bondish.

MaVolta

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Ticket To Paradise - George Clooney, Julia Roberts

Romantic comedy, 2022 This was streaming on Prime video a while back. It was fun to watch Clooney and Roberts team up again for this movie. The plot line wasn’t anything special, it was the way they delivered it that made it work.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

Tempest332

Community Champion ⭐

Been passing on the "Romantic Comedies" of late, though I did enjoy "Intolerable Cruelty" years back, though that was considered a "dark comedy" by the Coen Brothers.

Next week:

Jules, & Shin Ultraman

Edit:

Next week being here...

Jules: An ET like movie with a saucer crashing in a man's garden, with septuagenarian's replacing the kids. (Ben Kingsley & Jane Curtin)

Shin Ultraman: Based on the TV series, updated to modern times, they did a nice job of capturing the original series.

Tempest332

Community Champion ⭐

Recently seen A Man Called Otto, Another Tom Hanks movie filmed in greater Pittsburgh (ala Mr. Rogers) A comedy about a Grumpy old man living in a "condo" development. How many of us can identify with his Character in this? Probably not many here, but watching can give one that doesn't identify something to be thankful for.

MaVolta

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

I loved this movie. Tom Hanks is brilliant! (as usual)

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

Tempest332

Community Champion ⭐

I liked this & seen much of myself in his character. In real life, he would had been ostracized, & no one would had bothered with him.

I caught Hanks in Asteroid City a few weeks back, that was strange.

OneDayMatisyahuAuthor

Conversationalist ⭐⭐⭐

No Time to Die is a 2021 spy film and the twenty-fifth in the James Bond series, starring Daniel Craig in his fifth and final portrayal of fictional British MI6 agent, James Bond..----> No Time to Die - Wikipedia

Although not being a Daniel Craig bond fan I would have to give this film a 👍 .

Running at 163 minutes the pace is balanced with action and some personal/ moral melodramas. Seen on DVD from my local library for free.

The new question will be - who will be the new James Bond? 🤔

😎

MaVolta

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

I’ve always been a fan of James Bond movies. This one is not my favoite, although it was a good film.

Spoiler

Bond is presumably dead, so my question is: Did he somehow survive? Or, does the saga continue with “baby Bond”?

Inquiring minds, and all … 🤔

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

Tempest332

Community Champion ⭐

I miss Roger Moore.

OneDayMatisyahuAuthor

Conversationalist ⭐⭐⭐

Dune 2021 - Part One Is the second feature film interpretation of Frank Hebert's Dune novels. .

----> Dune (2021 film) - Wikipedia This will be probably the first of a trilogy directed by Denis Villeneuve. 2 hours 36 min

As it stands Dune 2021 - Part One - doesn't stand up well by itself; you can tell there is more to tell. You can say this is part one - act one of a sci-fi tale that will need parts 2 and 3 - which can take two to three more years to complete. So you may want to wait until Part 2 is released next year before watching Part One and Part Two together.

Seen thru my local library's 'free' DVD rental program.

The first film interpretation was Dune (1984) ----> Dune (1984 film) - Wikipedia 2 hours/ 17 Min.- 137 Min. - Theatrical Version - David Lynch.

Back in 1988 there was a two day over-the-air broadcast of an 'extended version' which I had the privilege of viewing. Dune - T.V. Extended Version - Alan Smithee version - which I believe is a more entertaining and better science-fiction movie over the regular theatrical 1984 and this new 2021 version, thus far. The Extended version fleshes out the background of the Dune universe for the general audience who haven't read any of the Dune novels. ( I haven't read any of the novels). ---->Lynch Announced a 4-hour Version of "Dune” in '86 | Fanfare (medium.com)

If you are not familiar with Dune novels or the Dune 1984 - I would highly recommend viewing the older 1984 extended version before viewing this new Dune 2021.

And here is a small Vimeo version ------> https://film-book.com/watch-dune-1984-3-hour-version-theater-extended-cut-deleted-scenes/

------ If you wish you may apply into Internet Archive for free; to expand your universe

------> https://archive.org/details/DuneTheCompleteSagaVimeo

😎 The Spice Must Flow

Tempest332

Community Champion ⭐

I think I liked the remake better than the original. Original aligned on the trippy, kind of like the movie Zardoz. I appreciate these more now being older on re-views.

Edit: I never had to read the book, but many were reading it as required in Jr. High English. David Lynches movies are unique, try Inland Empire.

OneDayMatisyahuAuthor

Conversationalist ⭐⭐⭐

The King's Man - is a 2021 spy action film directed by Matthew Vaughn - the third of a set. This would be the prequel to the first and best 'The Kingsman: The Secret Service' I would rate this prequel as just average fare.

If you've never seen any of the Kingsman movies I would recommend the first the - Kingsman: the Secret Service - as the one to watch first; the other sequels Kingsman: The Golden Circle and this one The King's Man are just average; they don't have the style, humor and pizzazz like the The Kingsman: The Secret Service.

---> The King's Man - Wikipedia - just average fare. 2021 (seen on Row8)

----> Kingsman: The Secret Service - Wikipedia - best of the lot. 2014 👍

( warning - extreme violence and cheeky ending 😉 )

----> Kingsman: The Golden Circle - Wikipedia - just average fare; 2017

😎 "Manners maketh man."

Sign up

Login with SSO

Login to the community

Login with SSO