Recently Watched Films

Hell's Angels (1930)

Howard Hughes' WWI aerial combat epic! Well, the aerial combat was epic, while the film itself was a bit predictable and pedestrian, except for a very un-Hollywood ending. Also notable as Jean Harlow's first movie, where she shows off (for the time) a surprising amount of side-boob.

If you get a chance to watch the aerial scenes, definitely do, but the rest of the movie is a bit long and dull, and a bit melodramatic.

3/5

Edited by Vim Fuego - 25 Jun 2018 at 6:27pm

MorniumGoatahl wrote:

Yeah I enjoyed seeing it again more than I expected to. We're going to watch A Bug's Life together next.

Disney films are not something one really grows out of. I still watch one or two every month. The Pixar ones are especially brilliant.

I'm feeling real nostalgic for some of these old favourites now. Found one on YouTube earlier that I loved a child, The Brave Little Toaster, and ended up re-watching it. Never realised how dark that film was as a child. I'm actually quite surprised I was allowed to watch it considering how protective my mother was over what I was allowed to watch (at one point I was nearly banned from watching Power Rangers because other kid's who watched it were getting into fights at school, allegedly because of the show).

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I could have sworn it was Ninja and not Hero when I watched the cartoon of that, but I just googled for pictures of the old VHS tapes I had and what do you know, they say Hero. Looks like the live action movies were Ninja though. The newer movies and the 'Next Mutation' live action series (which I did see) are branded as Ninja on Netflix UK. I don't think they use Hero on anything now by the look of it.

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The Big Lebowski is great! Gonna have to check out those other movies sometime.

^ That's why I usually avoid watching trailers before seeing the actual movie. But in my opinion this one is worth the watch. Wink

It's a pretty demented dark comedy with underlying social and psychological commentaries... so if you're into this kind of films, you should check it out. Thumbs Up

Edited by Sisslith - 27 Jun 2018 at 1:20am

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TheHeavyMetalCat wrote:

MorniumGoatahl wrote:

Yeah I enjoyed seeing it again more than I expected to. We're going to watch A Bug's Life together next.

Disney films are not something one really grows out of. I still watch one or two every month. The Pixar ones are especially brilliant.

Dreamworks also produced some pretty good animated ones, like Shrek.

Deathgasm

Metal and demons (zombies can fuck right off!) in small town New Zealand. Finally a movie I can relate to! The plot is a bit shit, and the acting typical Kiwi cringe, but it's fun and funny.

4.5/5

adg211288 wrote:

I'm feeling real nostalgic for some of these old favourites now. Found one on YouTube earlier that I loved a child, The Brave Little Toaster, and ended up re-watching it. Never realised how dark that film was as a child.

The Brave Little Toaster was an awesome film! But that Magnet scared the shit out of me. That thing was pure evil.

A few I've watched recently that I haven't posted about here:

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017) - Quite a quirky film IMO.

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) - Quite different to what John Carpenter is known for, but also excellent work, though dated.

Into the Wild (2007) - This true story was very enjoyable, though sad.

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) - Another Coen Brothers film. The usual high standard.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Excellent neo-western from Tommy Lee Jones.

Midnight Run (1988) - Solid comedy with Robert De Niro in the lead.

Panic Room (2002) - Very enjoyable Home Invasion Thriller. Don't get the hate on RYM.

The Adjustment Bureau (2011) - A decent Philip K. Dick adaptation.

Goosebumps (2015) - Watched it since I read the books as a kid. Actually quite funny.

I also watched a few more children's/family films that I liked as a kid. So far, Shrek is the one that holds up the most for an adult viewer. I've enjoyed going through a few of these again and picking up on various pop culture references that just went over my head when I was younger, as well as being surprised by a few dirty jokes that crept into a few of these. Wink

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