What have you watched lately?

Kamlorn on 24/1/2024 at 19:27

Quote Posted by Tocky

Never seen such a grimy dirty run down wallowing in filth (literally not figuratively) movie before.

Isn't it paradoxically beautiful? Turns out, there are a whole bunch of russian films which can compete with Stalker for this title. Hard to Be a God (2013) for example.

DuatDweller on 26/1/2024 at 13:10

Last Russian movie I watched was The Flying Car, rater fun in its own way.

And before that, one about people with some powers the name was something about the night I can't remember the title also Russian.

DuatDweller on 26/1/2024 at 22:48

Another couple of Russian movies, The Icebreaker in which the story occurs in 1985, and a Gas Tanker sequestered by sea pirates rescued by Spetznas.

demagogue on 27/1/2024 at 00:02

I watched Hard to Be a God recently. It certainly lives up to its reputation ... filthy, cluttered, dark, chaotic, visceral, wry, uncompromising, incoherent, more than anything I was even hoping for. I really got into it, but you have to be ready for it or you're going to get lost beneath the sheer volume of clutter and filth it's buried in. It doesn't reach the heights of Stalker, but it puts you in a world you don't forget.

ElCat on 27/1/2024 at 02:37

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVpw1SwJRBI&list=LL&index=14) THIS!!!!!!

ElCat on 27/1/2024 at 02:42

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkcJEvMcnEg&list=LL&index=6)

Kamlorn on 28/1/2024 at 10:32

Quote Posted by demagogue

I watched Hard to Be a God recently.

What is the motivation to watch such a movie? I'm asking because it's an act of bravery to watch this from the beginning to the very end. Or act of desperation. One out of two.

Speaking of desperation. I watched Aguirre, the Wrath of God recently. Surprisingly for me, it's something in between of Stalker and Hard to Be a God. It's boring enough.

demagogue on 28/1/2024 at 15:22

It's more of an art piece you can have running in the background than a movie really.

Try getting through a Lav Diaz movie! Norte, The End of History is 4 hours long, and that's one of his shorter, accessible movies. Actually that reminds of how I do get through movies that long or glacial. You just treat them like a tv show and watch them in 1 hour blocks. I'm also not above fast forwarding through parts to get the gist.

Tocky on 4/2/2024 at 22:59

I watched Greyhound. I had been putting it off because I thought it would be a few exciting scenes amid a general boredom of upper echelon drama. It was nothing of the kind. Aside from the very beginning it was seat gripping action all the way. It's about a fictional destroyer escorting a convoy of merchant and troop ships across the Atlantic past the wolf pack of German subs dubbed the grey wall. I assume it is an amalgam of ships stories from WWII. One can well imagine it being so as certain things line up with such escort missions.

But what surprised me was the tense action of the battle. As a kid I read books on the battle of Midway and others and knew some of the maneuvers but this really brought them to life. The hunt, the targeting, the sonar, the split second decisions, the heart rending ones, the skill, all added up to much more excitement than any silly Avatar movie. But then, I grew up on stories of the USS Hawkins from my dad, so your mileage may vary. When depth charging causes an oil patch I knew that it may not be a hit but a ruse. Subs developed such a ruse of oil release to survive. Early on it may not have been typical but by the Korean war it was. In such a case size matters. A large patch is a true hit.

I recall watching early capsule recovery in the Apollo program and hearing the Hawkins mentioned as being refitted for recovery efforts. At such times I would ask dad about his stories of war. He always downplayed them but gave enough information to keep my interest. I recall one where they shelled an ammunition train along the North Korean coast which caused a spectacular explosion. Dad said it burned all night and in his eyes I could tell he was seeing it again. I just wonder what all he left out being modest.

I know his gun station. I had thought it was only an anti aircraft gun but in this movie I got to see it in action quite a bit. I was surprised to discover it's use as anti sub as well. In fact it was the first gun to take a direct hit in this movie as it is an exposed platform alongside the ship. I suppose my dad was suited for such a weapon as he was used to leading birds when hunting. I know the noise of it damaged his hearing. We used to laugh at some of the things he would make up that we had said to get us to repeat things. He was good at making us laugh. Even now decades later I miss him so much I ache thinking of him.

The USS Hawkins in a drawing my dad did which became the ships letterhead-

Inline Image:

https://i.imgur.com/o0amjPg.jpeg

Here it is picking up a Mercury capsule-

Inline Image:

https://i.imgur.com/PZldnFt.jpeg

It ended up being given to South Korea and eventually scrapped though the conning tower is now an outdoor display there. Here is my dads battle station. That is him strapped in the gun seat with hat pulled down. It is featured quite a bit in the movie. One hell of a gun.

Inline Image:

https://i.imgur.com/674Tnz8.jpeg

It was good to see a movie dedicated to a destroyer and see it in action. I've been aboard the USS Alabama and sat at a similar gun but it was a battleship proper and nothing as nimble and quick.

Neb on 12/2/2024 at 18:36

I have logged every movie I've watched since 2010. There might be a few missing if I never finished them.

Quote:

12/02/10 - Slumdog Millionaire
16/02/10 - Dr. No
16/02/10 - From Russia With Love
17/02/10 - Quantum of Solace
26/02/10 - IT
27/02/10 - Das Boot
28/02/10 - The Hurt Locker
01/03/10 - Clerks
09/03/10 - They Live
10/03/10 - Bumer
12/03/10 - Gomorra
12/03/10 - Bumer 2
14/03/10 - Tulpan
14/03/10 - Brat
21/03/10 - Planet Terror
12/04/10 - Sexmission
15/07/10 - Przesluchanie
16/07/10 - Dzien Swira
21/07/10 - Slim Susie
21/07/10 - Life is Sweet
22/07/10 - Synecdoche, New York
22/07/10 - Insomnia
22/07/10 - Primer
23/07/10 - Flickering Lights
24/07/10 - In China They Eat Dogs
??/11/10 - Timecrimes
--/--/-- - Fermat's Room
23/12/10 - Agora

14/01/11 - Citizen Kane

30/04/12 - Le Cercle Rouge
03/05/12 - A Dangerous Method
03/05/12 - Fallen Angels
03/05/12 - Into The Void
04/05/12 - The Battle of Algiers
06/05/12 - The Barber of Siberia
??/05/12 - For A Few Dollars More
??/05/12 - A Fistful of Dollars
01/06/12 - Prometheus
04/06/12 - Lawrence of Arabia
06/06/12 - Tekkonkinkreet
25/07/12 - Royal Treasure Part 4
27/07/12 - Bubba Ho-Tep
28/07/12 - Kalifornia
29/07/12 - Rainman
30/07/12 - Heartless
31/07/12 - Tattoo
02/08/12 - Easy Rider
03/08/12 - Eden Log
07/08/12 - Eastern Promises
11/08/12 - Simon Magus
12/08/12 - State of Grace
12/08/12 - The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
13/08/12 - Shame
23/10/12 - Cosmopolis
17/11/12 - Little Malcolm
18/11/12 - Grifters
24/12/12 - Katyn
26/12/12 - The Woman in the Fifth
30/12/12 - Do The Right Thing

16/01/13 - The Last Detail
18/01/13 - The Big Gundown
19/01/13 - Trust
28/01/13 - Morgiana
28/01/13 - Rhapsody in August
29/01/13 - Holy Motors
29/01/13 - Tokyo Fist
04/02/13 - Ben Hur
07/02/13 - Windtalkers
07/02/13 - Beyond The Black Rainbow
07/02/13 - Mesrine - Killer Instinct
15/02/13 - The Human Bullet
15/02/13 - Black Sun
16/02/13 - Black's Game
16/02/13 - The Master
16/02/13 - Out of the Blue
16/02/13 - Murder on D Street
16/02/13 - Gods & Monsters
16/02/13 - Headhunters of WW2
16/02/13 - Tyrannosaur
16/02/13 - Possession
22/02/13 - Meantime
16/03/13 - Exodus
11/05/13 - Hot Shots
27/06/13 - The Avengers
28/06/13 - Independence Day
10/08/13 - Predator
19/08/13 - sERENITY
05/09/13 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
14/09/13 - Assault on Precinct 13
15/09/13 - The Star Chamber
19/09/13 - Breakfast at Tiffany's
23/09/13 - Wild at Heart
04/10/13 - Dirty Harry
05/10/13 - The French Connection
06/10/13 - Taken
06/10/13 - The World's End
07/10/13 - The Conformist
14/11/13 - Barton Fink
15/11/13 - Malcolm X
24/11/13 - 25th Hour
31/12/13 - Casablanca
31/12/13 - He Got Game

07/01/14 - Carnage
09/01/14 - Fantastic Voyage
12/01/14 - The Man Who Wasn't There
12/01/14 - White Men Can't Jump
14/01/14 - Mac and Me
16/01/14 - Joyeux Noel
21/01/14 - We Were Soldiers
27/01/14 - Brotherhood of War
03/02/14 - Looper
10/02/14 - End of Watch
11/02/14 - Viy
12/02/14 - She's Gotta Have It
12/02/14 - The Hudsucker Proxy
20/02/14 - Ronin
02/03/14 - True Grit
16/03/14 - Raising Arizona
09/04/14 - The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
11/04/14 - Letters From a Dead Man
11/04/14 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
17/04/14 - Submarino
21/04/14 - Clockers
01/05/14 - Glengarry Glen Ross
05/05/14 - The Outlaw Josey Wales
06/05/14 - Cabin in the Woods
18/05/14 - 12:01
19/05/14 - Homicide
21/05/14 - Summer of Sam
01/06/14 - A Serious Man
01/06/14 - Oblivion
02/06/14 - Central do Brasil
30/06/14 - Last Night
28/08/14 - Waydowntown
14/10/14 - One False Move
14/10/14 - Barbarians at the Gate
28/10/14 - Enemy

28/01/15 - Once Upon a Time in the West
29/01/15 - Calamari Union
30/01/15 - American Sniper
16/02/15 - The Dark Knight Rises
16/02/15 - Le Doulos
17/02/15 - The Last Days of Disco
17/02/15 - Gravity
18/02/15 - Interstellar
19/02/15 - The Virgin Suicides
27/02/15 - Gone Girl
27/03/15 - The Maltese Falcon
16/04/15 - Soylent Green
17/04/15 - Diner
21/04/15 - Eating Raoul
22/04/15 - House of Games
28/04/15 - The Brave Little Toaster
30/04/15 - The Natural
05/05/15 - Mammoth
15/06/15 - Seven Samurai
15/06/15 - The Grand Budapest Hotel
16/06/15 - Avalon
17/06/15 - The Warlords
23/06/15 - The Wolf of Wall Street
26/06/15 - The Verdict
10/07/15 - Life is Beautiful
22/07/15 - Oleanna
30/07/15 - State and Main
31/07/15 - Un Flic
04/08/15 - The Dirty Dozen
05/08/15 - Tin Men
05/08/15 - The Big Red One
06/08/15 - Death Wish 2
07/08/15 - Secrets and Lies
09/08/15 - Three Ten to Yuma
11/08/15 - Ivansxtc
26/11/15 - Lilya 4-ever
03/12/15 - 12 Angry Men
31/12/15 - Death of a President

13/04/16 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
26/04/16 - Shattered Glass
28/04/16 - Margin Call
04/05/16 - Nightcrawler
04/05/16 - A Few Good Men
05/05/16 - It's a Wonderful Life
07/05/16 - Cloud Atlas
07/05/16 - Gorky Park
18/05/16 - Wag the Dog
18/05/16 - Taking Chance
21/05/16 - Sunset Boulevard
24/05/16 - The Postman Always Rings Twice
26/05/16 - Rear Window
01/06/16 - Paris Je T'aime
08/06/16 - O Homem Que Copiava
11/06/16 - Nymphomaniac Vol 1

15/03/17 - All The President's Men
04/06/17 - Hamburger Hill
08/06/17 - Django Unchained
22/06/17 - Human Centipede
22/06/17 - American Gangster
26/06/17 - The King's Speech

24/01/18 - Mad Max: Fury Road
24/01/18 - John Wick
25/01/18 - The Martian
25/01/18 - The Big Short
26/01/18 - Donnie Brasco
20/06/18 - Strange Days
10/08/18 - The Hunt for Red October
17/08/18 - Das Boot
26/08/18 - Crimson Tide
26/09/18 - The Death of Stalin
26/09/18 - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
25/11/18 - Jaws
02/12/18 - In The Mouth Of Madness
17/12/18 - Philadelphia
19/12/18 - The Deer Hunter
19/12/18 - Heat
22/12/18 - The Imitation Game
22/12/18 - Cool Hand Luke
22/12/18 - Unforgiven
22/12/18 - Gremlins
26/12/18 - Once Upon a Time in America

29/03/19 - Alien
29/03/19 - Goldmember
15/04/19 - 71
15/04/19 - A Bronx Tale
15/04/19 - The Negotiator
15/04/19 - Rocky
16/04/19 - Fury
19/04/19 - The Accountant
19/04/19 - Rain Man
20/05/19 - El Cid
01/06/19 - The Game
10/06/19 - Donnie Darko
14/06/19 - Eyes Wide Shut
14/06/19 - John Wick 2
15/06/19 - Prisoners
15/06/19 - The Terminal
16/06/19 - In Order Of Disappearance
16/06/19 - Man On Fire
18/06/19 - Groundhog Day
18/06/19 - Flight
19/06/19 - The Warriors
22/06/19 - Source Code
22/06/19 - Schindler's List
22/06/19 - Under Siege
22/06/19 - Hannibal
23/06/19 - Red Dragon
23/06/19 - Frozen Ground
23/06/19 - Henry V
24/06/19 - The Bourne Identity
26/06/19 - Zero Dark Thirty
01/08/19 - End of Watch
01/08/19 - Gladiator
02/08/19 - Dunkirk
03/08/19 - Wonder Woman
05/08/19 - The Dead Zone
05/11/19 - Sicario
03/12/19 - Die Hard with a Vengeance
18/12/19 - Final Countdown

06/01/20 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
26/01/20 - Apollo 13
26/01/20 - Hunger Games
26/01/20 - Unthinkable
26/01/20 - Dragged Across Concrete
26/01/20 - Margin Call
27/01/20 - Booksmart
27/01/20 - Hellraiser
27/01/20 - The Cemetary Man
28/01/20 - Do Something, Jake
04/05/20 - Ready Player One
04/05/20 - Romper Stomper
04/05/20 - Showgirls
05/05/20 - Carlito's Way
05/05/20 - Frog Dreaming
05/05/20 - Contagion
06/05/20 - Cape Fear
06/05/20 - Midsommar
06/05/20 - Stir of Echoes
31/05/20 - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
31/05/20 - 10 Cloverfield Lane
01/06/20 - Coherence
01/06/20 - Green Zone
24/06/20 - Limitless
24/06/20 - Fallen
24/06/20 - Black Mass
03/08/20 - Blade Runner 2049
06/08/20 - Cobra
08/08/20 - Demolition Man
09/08/20 - Identity
09/08/20 - Awakenings
10/08/20 - The Judge
21/08/20 - In The Heart Of The Sea
21/08/20 - Sisters
21/08/20 - The Meg

11/04/21 - Joker
06/06/21 - Papillon
12/06/21 - Collateral
19/06/21 - Erin Brokovitch
19/06/21 - Ex Machina
20/06/21 - Cromwell
27/06/21 - Top Gun
30/06/21 - Cruel Intentions
04/07/21 - Casualties of War
04/07/21 - Tremors
08/07/21 - The Changeling
17/07/21 - Johnny Mnemonic
18/07/21 - Tremors 2
20/07/21 - Gettysburg
23/07/21 - Event Horizon
28/07/21 - The Killing Fields
29/07/21 - Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
31/07/21 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
14/08/21 - King of New York
16/08/21 - The Brood
17/08/21 - Mimic
20/08/21 - The Goonies
21/08/21 - Dreamscape
22/08/21 - Hellbound: Hellraiser II
28/08/21 - Return of the Living Dead 3
02/10/21 - Alien Covenant
09/10/21 - Dressed to Kill
23/10/21 - The Host
30/10/21 - Snatch
20/11/21 - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
21/11/21 - Brazil
21/11/21 - Trainspotting
28/11/21 - Human Traffic
05/12/21 - Delicatessen
11/12/21 - The House That Jack Built
12/12/21 - Barry Lyndon
14/12/21 - The Last of the Mohicans
22/12/21 - Glory

04/02/22 - The Rock
05/02/22 - Con Air
19/02/22 - Dirty Dancing
20/02/22 - Dune (2021)
24/02/22 - Rob Roy
02/03/22 - Deja Vu
03/03/22 - Enemy of the State
05/03/22 - Face/Off
28/03/22 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
11/07/22 - The Godfather
24/09/22 - American Psycho
05/11/22 - Top Gun: Maverick
26/11/22 - Crazy People
03/12/22 - The Irishman
18/12/22 - The Day of the Jackal
20/12/22 - Caddyshack
31/12/22 - Excalibur

01/01/23 - Mask of Satan
03/01/23 - Fearless
08/01/23 - Breaking The Waves
08/01/23 - Hell or High Water
09/01/23 - An American Werewolf in London
11/01/23 - The Rainmaker
11/01/23 - Day of the Beast
13/01/23 - All About My Mother
14/01/23 - Kes
06/02/23 - WALL-E
09/02/23 - Toy Story 2
13/02/23 - Top Secret!
20/02/23 - Spies Like Us
26/02/23 - Stand By Me
16/02/23 - Time After Time
27/03/23 - Blow Up
23/04/23 - Spiderman 2
06/05/23 - Jurassic Park
06/05/23 - Pulp Fiction
29/05/23 - War of the Buttons
29/07/23 - The Dark Knight
29/07/23 - Oppenheimer
20/08/23 - Gone Girl
26/08/23 - Jessabelle
31/08/23 - The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
03/09/23 - The Book Thief
10/09/23 - Shutter Island
16/09/23 - Reservoir Dogs
17/09/23 - Le Mans '66
23/09/23 - Death Watch
26/09/23 - Good Will Hunting
30/09/23 - Full Metal Jacket
01/10/23 - A Beautiful Mind
12/10/23 - Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
13/10/23 - Jacob's Ladder
13/10/23 - The Fly
14/10/23 - All or Nothing
15/10/23 - The Fog
18/10/23 - Rush
25/10/23 - Network
02/12/23 - The Hunt
29/12/23 - Elf

06/01/24 - The Big Short
06/01/24 - The Wolf of Wall Street
14/01/24 - Wall Street
20/01/24 - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
27/01/24 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
27/01/24 - Cross of Iron
28/01/24 - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
29/01/24 - Yojimbo
11/02/24 - Sanjuro
12/02/24 - The China Syndrome