Rate The Last Movie You Watched - This Thread Took 12 Years To Make Edition - General

[QUOTE=Darth Ninja;49535818]Mad Max is great and Star Wars is pretty solid. For some reason a lot of pretentious wanks in my film course hated Mad Max and "walked out after 15 minutes lol". After watching it myself I was shocked at how they could even consider it being an awful film. A lot of the tutors and more grounded students enjoyed it though.[/QUOTE] I feel bad for them

Since we're discussing favorite films of '15, I didn't actually see that many new ones now that I think about it. I have a few favorites that I had watched in 2015, yes, but none of them were released then. I need to go to theaters more.

[QUOTE=Darth Ninja;49535818]Mad Max is great and Star Wars is pretty solid. For some reason a lot of pretentious wanks in my film course hated Mad Max and "walked out after 15 minutes lol". After watching it myself I was shocked at how they could even consider it being an awful film. A lot of the tutors and more grounded students enjoyed it though.[/QUOTE] your first problem was taking film class

[B]The Hateful Eight[/B] Probably my least favourite Tarantino movie. Still a great movie with amazing direction, visuals and dialog. I got two main issues though. I think the movie has a lot of fat that could be cut off. Some scenes weren't needed or took too long. The second is the movie has a couple of Tarantino's classic "crazy/over the top" moments. They hurt the movie because most of it is more mature and they stand out more than in his other movies.

tarantino's more mature movies are my fave; jackie brown, h8ful 8, Pulp Fiction... gr8.

As far as I can tell, one very viable strategy to be loved by critical communities like this is to include as little dialogue as possible. [editline]15th January 2016[/editline] @mad max, not hateful eight lol

[QUOTE=Mbbird;49537491]As far as I can tell, one very viable strategy to be loved by critical communities like this is to include as little dialogue as possible.[/QUOTE] Not sure if that is a reaction to my post. I actually like every bit of dialog in the H8ful 8. I just wish some unimportant scenes and dialog weren't there so we could go back the real meat of the film. EDIT: Read your edit.

Bone Tomahawk A nice, kind of weird indie western about four guys out to rescue some people from savages. First off, the cast is excellent. Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins and Matthew Fox play their parts well, and it doesn't hurt that they had a great script. It's not flawless: the directing is kind of static at times, some of the violence could've been a little more brutal (although there are some pretty nasty bits) and the first couple minutes in town are kind of slow. Other than that, I liked it quite a bit.

[B]Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome[/B] 7.3/10 Almost too comical and light hearted unfortunately be taken seriously as a piece of the Mad Max world. However it just seems enjoyable anyway in a very odd style and fashion, and you can almost redeem it with the absolutely breathtaking ending it got [sp]seeing Sydney in ruins really reinforces how much Max's world has fallen and is stunningly pulled off and seeing something like it in Mad Max after all this time is so great.[/sp]

Room It was great. A movie hasn't made me feel this emotional in quite a while. The performances, cinematography, story were all fantastic and came together beautifully. There's a sequence with more tension and impact than than any movie I've seen in the past few years and its all because I cared about the characters; something a lot of movies find hard to do. I had almost forgotten what a good movie was like given what's been on offer these past few months.

Hateful 8. Like 7/10? My eyes were rolling a bit. It was alright, brutal and unpredictable, made me go like "daaamn" and some good laughs, but also kinda cheesy and silly.

[QUOTE=Zannabluke;49536371]the martian was boring and predictable. i'd only recommend this movie to someone who really really likes damon personally, i don't care about him[/QUOTE] I watched it for this "what does he come up with next?" factor. I enjoyed it. And I like that SciFi could be quirky too in this.

Finally saw Hateful Eight. Without a doubt it was the most beautiful of his films, in terms of music and cinematography, no other came even close. The story wasn't that engaging, but the actors made up for it. My biggest issue is exactly the same thing I disliked Django for. The editing. Seriously, both Hateful Eight and Django show how much of Tarantino brilliance was Sally Meneke's fixing his pacing in post-production. Her passing was the biggest tragedy for his films. Still pretty good, one of the better films of last year.

Galaxy Quest Still the best Star Trek movie ever made.

The Revenant - 9/10 This movie is a new contender for "most shots that can be used as a background"

Phantasm IV - I really loved how they used scenes from the previous films so well. Really amazing how much all of the actors have aged since the first, although Reggie and the Tall Man still look the same. Provided a great atmosphere and surreal sequences as the previous films did. Hyped for the fifth film coming out sometime this year. Also I just found out about how Angus Scrimm died a week ago, rest in peace. :(

[B]Mad Max: Fury Road[/B] - 8/10 Gave it another chance, liked it much, much more. Really appreciated all the imagery this time around, visuals are beautiful. [editline]d[/editline] My perspective might've changed because I had some expectations going to see it in theaters (had watched Road Warrior immediately beforehand), and this time I was able to sit down and watch it by myself on a nice TV without all the hype surrounding it. May have picked up on some stuff I hadn't seen before. Whatever the reason, I loved it aside for a few brief things. I still don't know if it's a masterpiece but it's definitely good and pretty much a marvel of movie production.

The Revenant - 8/10 Well, this was a really pleasant surprise, considering I was pretty lukewarm on Birdman Does a wonderful job of maintaining a tone that's both engaging and meditative, incredible score by Ryuichi Sakamoto, paced just about perfectly. As someone who thinks he's overrated, Leo is good enough but the nomination seems odd, largely because The Revenant doesn't seem so much about performances as much as atmosphere I could see myself watching this again sometime, but it definitely won't have the same impact on a smaller screen - the visuals are gorgeous and immersed me right from the very start. If you're thinking about seeing this in the theater I highly recommend it [editline]16th January 2016[/editline] my only major complaint is that the themes seemed a bit too pseudo-philosophical/cut and dry, but when a film conjures an atmosphere this powerful it's hard not to be won over [editline]16th January 2016[/editline] also, DAT ENDING

The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/10 I wish I actually liked it. There's some minor complaints like the mechanical web shooters (never was a big fan) and the fact that Doctor Ratha is just cartoonishly evil. But when Peter Parker is such an unlikable asshole, I find it difficult to root for him in any way and thus care about the movie. Which is a shame because Rhys Ifans makes a good Curt Connors and the scenes with the Lizard are pretty damn cool. What really pisses me off, though, is the rather painfully blatant foreshadowing towards[sp]Gwen's death[/sp]in the sequel. If you're going to hint it at now, why the hell should I care about[sp]her relationship with Peter[/sp]if I already know it's going to be nullified?

It has a giant lizard monster coming out of a school toilet.

The Cat Returns - 8/10 The Martian - 8/10

The Revenant I really enjoyed it. If Leo doesn't get his Oscar this time around I don't know what will. It felt like I wasn't watching him perform but instead turn into an animal. You could tell he was giving his all for this movie. Hardy was good as well, and he was funnier than I expected him to be. He reminded me of Josh Brolin in True Grit, always pissing and moaning about this, that and the other thing and wondering why everything always turns out to be shit for him. Also, I don't think there was a single shot of the wilderness that wasn't beautiful. I couldn't imagine what it was like just being there, let alone filming a movie. If I had any complaints, it was a bit on the slow side. I went to a late showing and I remember checking my watch around 1:00 AM and wondering if he was ever going to make it back to civilization. If I saw it again, it probably wouldn't bug me. This is a movie you need to be in the right mindset to watch, imo.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;49542140]The Amazing Spider-Man - 5/10 I wish I actually liked it. There's some minor complaints like the mechanical web shooters (never was a big fan) and the fact that Doctor Ratha is just cartoonishly evil. But when Peter Parker is such an unlikable asshole, I find it difficult to root for him in any way and thus care about the movie. Which is a shame because Rhys Ifans makes a good Curt Connors and the scenes with the Lizard are pretty damn cool. What really pisses me off, though, is the rather painfully blatant foreshadowing towards[sp]Gwen's death[/sp]in the sequel. If you're going to hint it at now, why the hell should I care about[sp]her relationship with Peter[/sp]if I already know it's going to be nullified?[/QUOTE] I still can't get over that part of the movie where the Lizard [sp]finds out Spiderman's secret identity because his cameras have "PROPERTY OF PETER PARKER" on them.[/sp]

[QUOTE=Bread_Baron;49543036]I still can't get over that part of the movie where the Lizard [sp]finds out Spiderman's secret identity because his cameras have "PROPERTY OF PETER PARKER" on them.[/sp][/QUOTE] I still can't get over the part where Uncle Ben, perpetually doomed by canon, was one of the coolest people in the movie.

Such a waste of Martin Sheen.

nah man, if you're gonna play the whole inspiration of spider-man, you ought to be a damn good actor. editing or directing may have fudged that a bit.

i thought amazing spider man was decent as far as superhero movies go it had a fair share of just genuinely dumb moments but i still found myself enjoying it

I irrationally dislike Andrew Garfield. It feels like he's everywhere but then he's has like 6 movie credits. He can't be a bad actor, because Scorsese has cast him in main role in his next film. It's weird. Maybe it's his face or maybe that he's dating Emma Stone.

he does kind of look like a tool, but he was great in the Social Network and i think he could be pretty good in the future

he's not a bad actor he just wasn't a good choice for peter parker/spiderman