What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

Murrmurr said:
I wasn't arguing with you. I wasn't being coy or dismissive.

I was pointing out there are great female directors out there. It's tragic when you think about the fantastic films we probably missed out on for decades.


I'm compelled to point out that it's getting increasingly difficult for men to have important conversations with women about all sorts of gender inequities because so many women get immediately defensive, and then offensive about it before anything with significant value can be presented and examined.

Ladies, if you are guilty of this, please stop doing it. It's not helping.
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Sorry about this.

Let's just talk about the last movie we watched.
 

Not a movie, but a TV series spun off from a movie.
In equal parts high-concept thriller and coming-of-age drama, HANNA follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl raised in the forest, as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.
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Science fiction, though that element is downplayed in favor of action and character development.
 
Murrmurr said:
I wasn't arguing with you. I wasn't being coy or dismissive.

I was pointing out there are great female directors out there. It's tragic when you think about the fantastic films we probably missed out on for decades.


I'm compelled to point out that it's getting increasingly difficult for men to have important conversations with women about all sorts of gender inequities because so many women get immediately defensive, and then offensive about it before anything with significant value can be presented and examined.

Ladies, if you are guilty of this, please stop doing it. It's not helping.
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I apologize for unintentionally offending you. I thought you were employing a technique, the name of which I don't even know, when the high-status group (men and male film directors) attempts to console the low-status group by name-dropping.

Maybe you were trying to give women hope and not name-drop, so I apologize. If ladies are annoying you by talking about the lack of equal pay and equal access to the good jobs, please remember that here, we are 55 years of age or more. That means 55 years, at least, of fighting for a seat at the table, fighting to be heard, fighting to be taken seriously in anything and everything.

Boomer men, your life was simply not the same as ours! The people in charge (usually men), just GAVE you stuff, few questions asked. And then, in Hollywood, when major power-player men hurt women badly (Weinstein, Cosby and a few more), sinning against not only women but the entire creative community, the entertainment community too often covered up for them because everyone was afraid they'd never work again if they called the District Attorney and reported anything.

But then Boomer men, and sometimes even younger men, expect women of all ages to read the news and not get mad. Women must be sweet, kind, loving, caring, bring everyone their meals. We can never get angry. Why? Because men don't like that.
 

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This is my last comment on the topic: I was not being defensive when I posted articles about how few women get to direct. I was being FACTUAL. That is all. I am also not personally attacking you. I merely think all people, regardless of gender, need to know the truth of this or any issue.
 
VintageBetter said:
I apologize for unintentionally offending you. I thought you were employing a technique, the name of which I don't even know, when the high-status group (men and male film directors) attempts to console the low-status group by name-dropping.

Maybe you were trying to give women hope and not name-drop, so I apologize. If ladies are annoying you by talking about the lack of equal pay and equal access to the good jobs, please remember that here, we are 55 years of age or more. That means 55 years, at least, of fighting for a seat at the table, fighting to be heard, fighting to be taken seriously in anything and everything.

Boomer men, your life was simply not the same as ours! The people in charge (usually men), just GAVE you stuff, few questions asked. And then, in Hollywood, when major power-player men hurt women badly (Weinstein, Cosby and a few more), sinning against not only women but the entire creative community, the entertainment community too often covered up for them because everyone was afraid they'd never work again if they called the District Attorney and reported anything.

But then Boomer men, and sometimes even younger men, expect women of all ages to read the news and not get mad. Women must be sweet, kind, loving, caring, bring everyone their meals. We can never get angry. Why? Because men don't like that.
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Thank you, Vintage. I appreciate that.

But I'm going to push back on this part: "people in charge (usually men), just GAVE you stuff, few questions asked."

That isn't true. During my working life, from the late 60s until the mid-2000s, competition for better jobs, better pay, and higher positions was absolutely ruthless. And you had to remember every single detail of any type of work-related experience when you went to a job interview, and answer every question confidently even when you had to lie, because no one GAVE boomer working men anything.

We had to work our arses off, and occasionally kiss someone else's arse to get as far as we could. Our families depended on it. And I'm sure that hasn't changed.

(And don't think that the Hollywood "casting couch" was never a prerequisite for many young, hopeful male actors and directors to get a door opened for them. It was.)


And now, back to the show! 😇
 
Yesterday afternoon, I watched Sisu.

Sisu is a Finnish word.... No, it's more a concept than a word.

Sisu describes hardy determination and tenacity, epic bravery, steadfast resilience, and utter resolve. Finns will tell you that sisu characterizes their national ....well, character.

Created and directed by Jalmari Helander (who I assume is Finnish), the film stars a physically impressive 65yr-old veteran Finnish actor, Jorma Tommila. He portrays Aatami Korpi, a character who's based on a legendary Finnish sniper named Simo Häyhä, aka "The White Death", who fought tenaciously against Nazi troops in the Lapland War, and is believed to have killed over 500 enemy soldiers during the Winter War. (and then lived to age 96!)

Sisu, the movie, is described on the disk cover as "relentlessly brutal" and chock-full of "glorious carnage". And those are accurate descriptions (which is why my wife passed on watching it).

But it's also chock-full of relentlessly entertaining dark humor, and compels its audience to relentlessly cheer for always outnumbered underdog, Aatami Korpi, and celebrate his extremely hard-won victories, which come at you one after another after another and another.

While fighting for his country like the legend he became, Aatami Korpi lost his home, his family, and his city - all burned to the ground by Nazi forces. Now, as the war winds down, Aatami just wants to put it all behind him and go out on his own, into the wilderness, far from everyone and everything.

But with Finland in ruins, there's no work to be found, no way to earn a decent living. So Aatami starts prospecting for gold in a harsh remote region of Lapland. And after weeks of digging and panning, eureka!

Aatami finds a significant vein of gold at the bottom of the umpteenth 8ft-deep hole he dug with his own two hands and a very large pick.

Problems really start when a fairly big, exceedingly cruel, wandering group of armed Nazis, who know Germany is losing the war, discover that the old, battle-worn Aatami's horse is packing dozens of large gold nuggets.

This is the Nazi's way out, too; a way to escape horrible fates due to their war crimes.

Unbeknownst to these Nazi's, Aatami Korpi is sisu to his core.

If you don't mind bullets, bombs, flying amputated limbs, a half-dozen forms of evisceration, and watching a group of female victims of you-know-what kind of war crimes exacting their revenge, I highly recommend this action-movie, Sisu.

Totally on-par with the John Wick films.

And the cinematography is seriously stunning.
 
I’m now getting into the John Wick movies with Keanu Reeves starring in which he plays an elite assassin. I’ve seen the first two, and I think that there are five films in the series. These are ultra-violent guy flicks…think blood spray and parts of heads flying off. One can hardly fault John Wick for going on a revenge rampage, however, since after all, the baddies did kill his dog (a last gift from his late wife), and steal his Mustang. There’s also a certain kind of fascination in watching Wick dispatch mob members with not only a wide variety of guns and knives, but upon occasion, writing instruments… 🙀

I watch these movies because of the actor, not the theme. Keanu Reeves brings a certain kind of intensity and otherworldliness to all of his roles, but I prefer him as Neo in the Matrix films, or the alien in The Day the Earth Stood Still… 🛸

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Fyrefox said:
I’m now getting into the John Wick movies with Keanu Reeves starring in which he plays an elite assassin.
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I love the Bourne films, but Wick... I just can't do it. So comic book like those Matrix films that were at least entertaining if horribly flawed as cyberpunk.

Maybe I was spoiled by Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex and the associated films. Unlike the stuff Reeves has been in they have so much more depth and intelligence to them.
 

The Settlers (inside the Jewish settlements) (7.5-Free)​

"While others have succeeded at explaining the territorial conflicts of the West Bank, Doton’s interpersonal approach makes for a relatable and easy-to-understand explanation of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict as well as the sentiments of the occupants within the corresponding territory. If you aren’t familiar with the ongoing issues of the region, or only have limited knowledge through news headlines and breaking news reports, THE SETTLERS offers sufficient background on the conflict, and at the same time successfully communicates how archaic ideologies impact modern day conflicts."
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Minari is on Netflix now. It is quite good. Got a 98% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Tells the story of a Korean family moving to the boonies so the husband can pursue his dream.
 
Last night I watched San Andreas, not because I like this type of disaster movie, but because I had seem some comments on here about it and was curious. As I watched it, I kept thinking...this could actually happen. When I lived in CA, I always felt the tremors and it made me nervous.

It was a good movie, however, it was very predictable that Dwayne Johnson would save his family and all would be well in the end.

BTW....I don't normally like violent, bloody movies, but I have to say the John Wick series (which I own) was addictive. Hated the part about his dog but I loved that he meted out justice to those scumbags. I also agree with Fyrefox about The Day the Earth Stood Still. Reeves can get his point across without saying much in every film.
 
My gf bought this movie at “FYE” and at first I thought it was going to be a chick flick, but turned out to be pretty good.
“The Art of Racing in the Rain.” Held my attention, which isn’t always easy to do.
 
Wow! Thanks for the recommendation about Minari. I'll be sure to watch it. My DDIL is first generation American from Korean parents, and welcome insights about her and her family's native culture and how it meshes (or doesn't) with American culture.
 
Colleen said:
Last night I watched San Andreas, not because I like this type of disaster movie, but because I had seem some comments on here about it and was curious. As I watched it, I kept thinking...this could actually happen. When I lived in CA, I always felt the tremors and it made me nervous.

It was a good movie, however, it was very predictable that Dwayne Johnson would save his family and all would be well in the end.

BTW....I don't normally like violent, bloody movies, but I have to say the John Wick series (which I own) was addictive. Hated the part about his dog but I loved that he meted out justice to those scumbags. I also agree with Fyrefox about The Day the Earth Stood Still. Reeves can get his point across without saying much in every film.
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I liked San Andreas. It was kind of campy, pretty darn unrealistic from a scientific point of view, but I thought Dwayne Johnson & cast did a good job of holding it all together and humanizing it as best as they could. Paul Giamatti is also a good actor. It's a popcorn movie, IMO. Get your giant popcorn and enjoy the special effects. If or when a 8.0 hits either S.F. or L.A. (Palmdale actually, since the fault runs right through Palmdale), the destruction would be enormous, but the skyscrapers would not fall apart so much.
 
VintageBetter said:
I liked San Andreas. It was kind of campy, pretty darn unrealistic from a scientific point of view, but I thought Dwayne Johnson & cast did a good job of holding it all together and humanizing it as best as they could. Paul Giamatti is also a good actor. It's a popcorn movie, IMO. Get your giant popcorn and enjoy the special effects. If or when a 8.0 hits either S.F. or L.A. (Palmdale actually, since the fault runs right through Palmdale), the destruction would be enormous, but the skyscrapers would not fall apart so much.
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(Continued...) The old buildings would. A tsunami is possible by S.F., not so much by L.A. But what both those cities have to worry about more is global climate change and how to keep the sea away from all the wealthy people at the beaches. (I'm joking/not joking.)
 
A NF series, Fool Me Once. I read everything by Harlan Coben so now watch any of his books that have been adapted to a series. So many are set in other countries and dubbed.
 
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