Rate the last movie you've seen

[MinionZombie]

I'll give it a squiz when it comes around to Sky/Prime/Netflix, but this didn't feel like it needed to be made. Apparently one of the main reasons it was made was that Wachowski wasn't pleased that Warner Bros. was going to do another Matrix film regardless of whether the Wachowskis wanted in or not, so this came along. Now, I understand wanting to have control over your creative baby, but at the same time it's a big franchise that hasn't been touched cinematically since the early 2000s and, well, you sign it over to the studio in order to get it made, so it's hardly surprising this scenario transpired. I've not really heard anything decidedly positive about it - just a lot of "it's alright" at best, or people who just don't dig it at all. Like I said ... this didn't feel like it needed to happen, you know? "It would make an interesting short film". "The Matrix is a stand alone film".

[paranoid101]

What really rub it in for me that the Matrix 4 wasn't great, was when I turned it off just by chance Sky one was Showing the First movie and it was at the part where Neo was Running away From Smith after the subway fight, I sat and watched the end of Matrix one seeing Neo getting shot, trinity telling him to get up and Neo Destroying Agent Smith and I thought where has this movie gone, Its the same people, directors etc, but the Matrix one is so far ahead of all the other movies it feels like a completely different film. Also after watching a movie I shouldn't have to go on Youtube to understand whats going on.

[Neil]

Bicentennial Man (1999) - Uber sentimantal flick I love

[beat_truck]

Corpse Eaters (1974) (I think... I'm too lazy to look it up) Sleazy, no budget Canadian zombie flick. It had some similarities to Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things. Even at 56 minutes, they could have cut it down to about 30 by cutting excess crap and speeding up overly long sequences. It had a stupid, WTF ending, too. It had some OK reviews on IMDB. I don't know what those people were smoking.

[paranoid101]

Resident Evil Welcome to Racoon City It wasn't half bad tbh, I found it quite fun, its a B+ B movie, The film tells the story of the first two Resident Evil games or as close as, wasn't a fan of the way they portrayed the Leon Character, but other wise not too shabby. 6.5/10

[MinionZombie]

Werewolves Within I was quite excited to see this after watching the trailer, but I was sadly a bit let down by it. The 'woke jokes' landed like dog turds on a snowy white rug ... are they 'for' or 'against'? Are they 'neutral'? How is a character bluntly saying "gender is a social construct" funny by any comedic measure? There were several such likes scattered around and none of them worked. They all clanged like cringey attempts as either 'relevance' or 'edginess', but they succeeded at neither one and instead felt thoroughly dated already. There's also a lot of that very 'now' style of American comedy where characters literally state what's happening around them and that takes the place of an actual joke. It ain't funny. It's done-to-death. Please, America, come up with some actual jokes again. It wasn't a total bust. It kinda felt like a horror comedy version of The Thing, but in a small town and with werewolves (although there's so little werewolf action in the flick, so lycanphiles ... if that's a thing? ... will be disappointed). The community quarrel over a proposed pipeline had legs within the context, but it felt like they didn't go far enough with the paranoia aspect. I liked the look and style, and there were some good sequences, but it always felt like it wasn't quite reaching the bars and goals it was setting up for itself, so it always fell short. A very mixed bag. There was a better and toothier movie in there crying to be let out, ironically enough. 5/10.

[Neil]

The Green Mile (1999) - Frank Darbont's epic 3hr film... Thank god John Travolta turned down the lead because Hanks is perfect. 9/10

[paranoid101]

Halloween Kills "Evil dies tonight!!!!" 6/10

[MinionZombie]

A Quiet Place Part II: You can tell it's classy 'cos they're using Roman numerals rather than numbers, see? The original writers aren't involved here, and despite solid direction and some good sequences (especially the opening), the movie feels like it's struggling to fill its 90 minute run time (which includes credits). There's also parts where someone does something silly for no good reason just so that an action sequence and some peril can occur (e.g. back at the steel factory). Also - why persist in walking around bare foot? Cillian Murphy manages to go about the place in full blown boots just fine - his tootsies are a-okay, unlike the deaf girl whose feet are all torn up. There's the odd bit of eyebrow-raising plot convenience here and there, and ultimately it feels like a movie that's constrained by an ambition to make maybe a trilogy out of the concept - so it's treading water as much as its moving things forward (and we don't get that far forward anyway). It's worth watching for those who enjoyed the first movie, but there's not enough meat on the bones to really justify it all. It's alright, but the original movie felt like almost the entire concept had been covered. The Tender Bar: Coming-of-age flick set in the 1970s and 1980s, with Ben Affleck playing a cool bartending Uncle to his fatherless Nephew. It meanders about the place, and it doesn't always hit, but I did quite enjoy it, even if the best stuff is mostly in the earlier portion of the movie when Uncle Affleck is being a stand-up role model to the kid.

[Neil]

6 Underground - Ryan Reynolds being Ryan Reynolds in a reasonably slick action flick directed by Michael Bay doing Michael Bay shit. Fairly flat predictable story line, but with some nice touches, and very high production values at times. A perfectly watchable 6.5/10.

[JDP]

The Burning (1981) - Typical generic slasher film, one more out of the droves that came out after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Friday the 13th became big hits. The movie is most notable for three things: 1- it features a very young Jason Alexander, 2- Tom Savini did the make-up and special effects (not among his best work by any means, though. It looks as if he was working on a more limited time and budget for this film), 3- the now notorious convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein was involved in the making of this movie, and who was already using his now well-known sexual harassment modus operandi (ex: summons female employee for "work" purposes, when she shows up he's only wearing a towel or bathrobe, which "drops", and then asks for "a massage")

[Neil]

The Burning (1981) - Typical generic slasher film, one more out of the droves that came out after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Friday the 13th became big hits. The movie is most notable for three things: 1- it features a very young Jason Alexander, 2- Tom Savini did the make-up and special effects (not among his best work by any means, though. It looks as if he was working on a more limited time and budget for this film), 3- the now notorious convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein was involved in the making of this movie, and who was already using his now well-known sexual harassment modus operandi (ex: summons female employee for "work" purposes, when she shows up he's only wearing a towel or bathrobe, which "drops", and then asks for "a massage") A friend of mine use to own a film processing company which did work for Miramax, and he said the rumours were rife decades ago about his antics...

[MinionZombie]

The Burning (1981) - Typical generic slasher film, one more out of the droves that came out after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Friday the 13th became big hits. The movie is most notable for three things: 1- it features a very young Jason Alexander, 2- Tom Savini did the make-up and special effects (not among his best work by any means, though. It looks as if he was working on a more limited time and budget for this film), 3- the now notorious convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein was involved in the making of this movie, and who was already using his now well-known sexual harassment modus operandi (ex: summons female employee for "work" purposes, when she shows up he's only wearing a towel or bathrobe, which "drops", and then asks for "a massage") 1) And it also features others such as Fisher Stevens and Holly Hunter (who, IIRC from the special features, was 18 and fresh off the bus from her home town). 2) While Savini did do better work later, at this point in his career it was some of his best work in many ways. You can see how 'the magic trick' of the effect, as he often talks about, is getting grander and more intricately pieced together. There's some great moments, like when the bully guy gets skewered, walked over to a tree, and pinned up, or the chaos of the raft attack. 3) Aye. Producer and involved in writing the script. Apparently he was pissed off that Friday the 13th got to the 'summer camp slasher' before he did, and his reputation for being a difficult guy to work with was already in-place (you were either 'in' or completely shut out). Random fact: the Weinstein brothers were also property owners in New York as well as concert promoters. One of their buildings was the famous Melody/Harmony Burlesk joint.

[JDP]

2) While Savini did do better work later, at this point in his career it was some of his best work in many ways. You can see how 'the magic trick' of the effect, as he often talks about, is getting grander and more intricately pieced together. There's some great moments, like when the bully guy gets skewered, walked over to a tree, and pinned up, or the chaos of the raft attack. I find his earlier work in Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th to be consistently better than in this film. Something obviously happened during the making of this movie that prevented Savini from giving it his best.

[Neil]

Magnificent 7 (2016) - Fairly ploddy and mundane remake, even with big names like Denzel Washington in it. 5/10 ps: And a super duper super long range super accurate gatling gun.