Recently Watched Films

Brutal and gory revenge thriller. 

Excellent late 50's western. 

Pretty standard 'creature' horror, but decent enough tension. 

I don't mind FF movies if the story is interesting, I've seen a few that I enjoyed. 

I think Rec is one of the best. Don't care much for Blair Witch Project. 

I will watch this one. I did not know it was considered a turd, some users on youtube talk positively about it. 

I also don't care much about ratings and reviews. Ratings on imdb I tend to ignore. 

Another found footage movie, though I thought this one was actually decent. I still don't understand this genre a lot though. For the most part the ones that seem decent to me (like this one) seem to be considered turds whereas real crap like The Blair Witch Project and [Rec] are allegedly gems. 

I don't know much about John Wayne westerns, having only recently seen my first (The Searchers) and this only being my third, but I have to say I think this must surely be one of his more underrated movies. Definitely among the best 'family friendly' western movies I've watched. 

I picked this up yesterday not realising it was a found footage film. Should have been clued in by the name I guess.  With a scant few exceptions there's just something about this style of film-making that just pisses me off. This one at least has stuff start actually happening early on, but that doesn't stop it from seeming like a completely amateur film project. 

Quite amusing, actually. 

The Coen Brothers new western anthology film. Six tales of varying length and style and quality. 

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: a musical comedy tale following a singing cowboy. Amusing, fourth wall breaking stuff.

Near Algodones: a short darkly comic segment.

Meal Ticket: an unusual segment about two travelling performers. A weaker section for my money, though with a dark twist at the end.

All Gold Canyon: an old prospector digs and pans for gold. Some beautiful scenery and wildlife shots keep this one interesting until the guy actually finds gold and then things take a turn against him.

The Gal Who Got Rattled: this is one of the longer segments and plays more like a western drama than the quirky or outright comedic previous segments. Actually, I think it is the best one. The ending is a real downer though. 

The Mortal Remains: ending on another odd note. I'd almost call it gothic horror. 

Frances McDormand is a total badass in this movie.