What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

A 5 part series on Netflix. Wyatt Earp is a docudrama explaining the events up to and after the most famous gunfight in American history. It's presented as being as close to the facts as possible. Some details are unknown and filled in, but the narrator alerts the viewers when this happens. I don't know how factual it actually is, but it is very interesting.
 

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"Central Intelligence" with Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) and Kevin Hart.
I'm only 8 years late watching this but it was worth the wait. I'm sure most everyone has seen it but I found it to be just what I needed. I laughed a lot and it had many twists in the plot. Lots of action, guns, but no blood, no gore, no F-words. A good clean movie for males and females alike.

 
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George1959 said:
Well, here is the whole movie, if you don't mind that it is on a Russian website.
An Affair To Remember(1957)..720p. Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Robert Q. Lewis, Franklyn Farnum, Bert Stevens, Director: Leo McCarey (Eng)

Thank you, it's really worth watching.
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Ahhh, thank you for that George .... but I did watch the full English version 😊
(In my rush to find a clip of the ending, I could only find the Spanish version)
 
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Re-watched this last night. Here's some commentary after first viewing in 2018:

Dragged Across Concrete (2018)

With a title like it has, I wanted to check IMDB to alert me whether or not it was a gore-fest Tarantino type film. I was surprised that most of the pro reviews were less than flattering, so while watching, it was rewarding to learn within the first 15 minutes that the film seemed very well done, unique, and with great atmosphere.

In addition to the feel of the story, the thing that pleased me right away was it's insistence on non-PC, especially concerning race. As a picture rooted in the "buddy cop" format, it managed to create new ground, and feature refreshing and off beat dialogue.

Several have pointed out what they perceive as slowness in action within the story. But to me the spacing was very appropriate, which inclined itself to tension building.

Vince Vaughn turned in one of the finest performances I've seen of his. Those who complained of his role in the second season of True Detective will be surprised and very impressed with him here. Mel Gibson played it straight dramatically with very little joking, and no trace of his cutesy affability of prior roles. Tory Kittles did a swell job as an ex-con, without lapsing into triteness.

The entire cast was near flawless. Special note goes to Jennifer Carpenter who brought off a difficult and thankless part. Laurie Holden was near perfect as Gibson's disabled wife. I didn't recognize her from her good work in The Americans series.

I've skipped director/writer S. Craig Zahler's prior films, Bone Tomahawk, and Brawl in Cell Block 99 because I don't like excessive violence and gore. But if his work is going to be of the Calibre of "Dragged" then his future work is definitely worth some serious attention. To be sure there was violence and blood in this film, but it didn't seem overly excessive, and seemed to fit the action.

It is surprising that this film has not gotten more attention. Reportedly Lionsgate wanted 30 minutes cut from the film to make it more "audience friendly", but Zahler had final cut, and refused to comply. Therefore the distributor put it out only in limited release and to video. Pretty stupid, but that's the way they played it.

Doc's rating: 8/10
 
NF. The Hitman with Glenn Powell. A light action comedy. I’ll give it a 4/5. As it says at the start, it was loosely based on a real man.
 
"Horizon" (2019). A cheesy UK production, kind of an "Alien invasion meets Harry Potter" thing. Watchable but the story and production values are about 1950s drive-in schlock.

Find it on The Roku Channel, Tubi, and other services.
 
NF. The Union with Mark Walhberg and Halle Berry. It’s hard to believe she’s 58. The character was maybe 38. She’s beautiful

An action comedy. 2/5
 
Independence DaySaster (2013).

90 minutes, feels like 3 hours, even goofier than the Will Smith thing. Surprise ending though, right at the closing credits. May be a future cult classic!

Alien invasion.

Prime Video, Tubi, The Roku Channel, probably elsewhere.
 
The Undeclared War (2022) is a 6 episode thriller series, mostly about cyber espionage between the UK and Russia. What drew me to it were stars Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance. It's very nicely done, especially the first 3 eps. If you like that subject matter, you'll be pleased with this one. But, egad, does every series with two women starring in the cast, do they HAVE to be lesbians?!..:sick: That trope has quickly become trite, and way past it's sell-by date. Aside from that, the series is very engaging.

Available on Peacock, various streaming services, and in the UK on Channel 4.
 
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Twisters (2024)
I'd been anticipating this movie, as I enjoyed the first one, Twister (1996). I had considered going to the theater to see it, but glad I didn't.

The special effects were first rate, but the story, dialogue, and acting were all trite. It was surprising that Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment was involved in a project that was so lackluster, except for the tornado sequences. Even the ending was a let down, likely set up for a sequel, which I hope never happens.

Doc's rating: 4/10
 
I went to see It Ends With Us at the theater today. Critics dissed it for clunky dialog, but users give it very high marks. I had to look up "clunky dialog" to find out what that means. Now the first 45 minutes have a kind of disjointed flow, but I was too busy studying dialog to decide if I thought it was clunky. But around 45 minutes, things start to get interesting and I stopped worrying about clunky or not. The premise was familiar, but it held my interest, and I'm happy I went, even though I debated for three weeks about seeing it.
 
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Twisters (2024)
I'd been anticipating this movie, as I enjoyed the first one, Twister (1996). I had considered going to the theater to see it, but glad I didn't.

The special effects were first rate, but the story, dialogue, and acting were all trite. It was surprising that Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment was involved in a project that was so lackluster, except for the tornado sequences. Even the ending was a let down, likely set up for a sequel, which I hope never happens.

Doc's rating: 4/10
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For some reason, I believe I actually like this one a little better than the 1st. Was there a 2nd too? I can't remember. Maybe because movies have been dull since the pandemic. When I say I liked it better, that's on a scale limited to twister movies only. I was never enamored with the series, and I always thought they were trite. This one was even more so.

There was the old Hollywood trope, where the couple hates each other, but you know they were meant to be together, and in this film it seemed to happen suddenly with no real reason. One scene they couldn't stand each other, and the next scene, they were in love. Or maybe I fell asleep for a few scenes, which has not been unknown to happen. I took all of it in stride, and just enjoyed the carnage, so I left the theater satisfied.
 
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Twisters (2024)
I'd been anticipating this movie, as I enjoyed the first one, Twister (1996). I had considered going to the theater to see it, but glad I didn't.

The special effects were first rate, but the story, dialogue, and acting were all trite. It was surprising that Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment was involved in a project that was so lackluster, except for the tornado sequences. Even the ending was a let down, likely set up for a sequel, which I hope never happens.

Doc's rating: 4/10
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I haven't seen this one yet--not sure if I'm going to--but don't get fooled like I did (and spent $5.99 too, sigh) and rented (on xFinity On Demand) The Twisters thinking it was this one. If you think this one was bad, you'll want to stay away from The Twisters; it was so bad we couldn't finish it, ugh.

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