What Movies Are You Watching Lately

[double00]

psycho was the first us film to show a flushing toilet , 1960 .

 

[imatlas]

Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969) was a critical moment, pushing the limits of what levels of violence could be shown while stripping away the glossy mythologizing of earlier Westerns. Scorsese saw an early screening and that experience helped shape his vision.

 

[Oswald Cornelius]

The Long Goodbye, Robert Altman. The opening few minutes with the cat and cat food are brilliant; Elliott Gould is genius in this.

 

[wojt]

Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969) was a critical moment, pushing the limits of what levels of violence could be shown while stripping away the glossy mythologizing of earlier Westerns. Scorsese saw an early screening and that experience helped shape his vision.

hey man in Eastern Spirit, I appreciate your vintage movie taste and knowledge👌

 

[double00]

i'd consider The Outlaw (1943) as anti-western

 

[Texasmade]

Don't Worry Darling- Florence Pugh was great but the some of the plot needed to be cleaned up.

 

[Oswald Cornelius]

Peckinpah spent the last several years of his life in Livingston, Montana, much of it in his suite at the Murray Hotel. The suite is still available as a rental. It's a cool hotel above the great Murray Bar and the truly fantastic 2nd Street Bistro

 

[imatlas]

Peckinpah spent the last several years of his life in Livingston, Montana, much of it in his suite at the Murray Hotel. The suite is still available as a rental. It's a cool hotel above the great Murray Bar and the truly fantastic 2nd Street Bistro

And Chico Hot Springs in Pray, Montana has a bunch of memorabilia from Warren Oates who was a regular.

 

[Geoffrey Firmin]

As I continue my convalescence, here are some movies and series I watched. All are recommended, but I thought Glass Onion was meh.

McCartney 321

The Longest Yard

They Shall Not Grow Old

Knives Out: Glass Onion

Margin Call

Roman Holiday

Duck Soup

The Last of Us

Top Gun: Maverick

Whiplash

My Left Foot

Duck Soup😍 I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve seen a Marx Brothers film..very fond memories of Go West..A Night at the Opera amongst others

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

Somewhat gloomy/rainy day here in NYC.

Just finished this while also watching Michigan v Iowa.

So GB and his wife are having issues. He is driving her to her parent's casa for some time apart when they stop to get some gas. She runs in to get water and never returns!

Over the next few hours, he contacts the police, checks if she somehow made it to her parent's house, and the sets out to find her and save her from what/whoever has her.

Your standard 1 man vs many flick. Nothing remarkable but I did watch it all the way through.

2.5/5.

I watched this movie last night because I love Breakdown so much. It was not nearly as good for several reasons. The wife disappears within the first few minutes of the movie, so there's no impending sense of dread. The characters, particularly the villains, are insufficiently developed for the viewer to care what happens to them. And perhaps most importantly, the movie does not have J.T. Walsh. Would not recommend.

 

[Joffrey]

Squeezed in two movies last night while still trying to use up my firewood.

Found "The Strangeness" (1985) on Amazon Prime. I hadn't heard of it before but decided to give it a shot. Seemingly low budget and some weak acting but pretty damn spooky since they're lost in a dark mine. I thought the effects were quite good, but the movie hardly dwells on gore so what you see is decent and probably points to their low budget.

Pretty good mindless world is about to end flick. It had a good number of tense scenes. The ending was a giant plot hole.

 

[otc]

Really enjoyed the Dungeons and Dragons movie.

 

[ter1413]

Netflix ending DVDs-by-mail service after 25 years — remember those?

Shortly before Netflix broke it off from video streaming in 2011, the DVD-by-mail service boasted more than 16 million subscribers.

nypost.com

I have about 4-5 DVD's that got "lost" when I tried to return!

 

[otc]

Netflix ending DVDs-by-mail service after 25 years — remember those?

Shortly before Netflix broke it off from video streaming in 2011, the DVD-by-mail service boasted more than 16 million subscribers.

nypost.com

I have about 4-5 DVD's that got "lost" when I tried to return!

Kinda crazy to be winding down a 150m business with over a million active subscribers.

Obviously it is a declining market, but surprised they can't spin it off to someone who wants to milk the decline until the end.

Especially considering anyone still subscribing is probably quite loyal to the service (either because they can't get good enough internet for streaming, or because they appreciate the wide selection physical discs still offer).

 

[hpreston]

Netflix ending DVDs-by-mail service after 25 years — remember those?

Shortly before Netflix broke it off from video streaming in 2011, the DVD-by-mail service boasted more than 16 million subscribers.

nypost.com

I have about 4-5 DVD's that got "lost" when I tried to return!

Kinda crazy to be winding down a 150m business with over a million active subscribers.

Obviously it is a declining market, but surprised they can't spin it off to someone who wants to milk the decline until the end.

Especially considering anyone still subscribing is probably quite loyal to the service (either because they can't get good enough internet for streaming, or because they appreciate the wide selection physical discs still offer).

I had no idea this service was still available…..