The Last Movie You Watched

[Nanny]

Uglies

A world in which a compulsory operation wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty.

The opposite of Harrison Bergeron. Will check it out.

[Nanny]

Afraid. Moral: Don't let the whole internet be you AI's training model.

Added to the list. Thanks.

[Nanny]

Cape Fear (1962) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Fear_(1962_film) - It is rare that a remake is better than the original, but this is the case with Cape Fear. Perhaps the original 1962 version is a victim of its time, but the Robert Mitchum version of Max Cady can't compare to the 1991 DeNiro performance. Nor are the performances of Gregory Peck or Lori Martin as convincing as the Nick Nolte and Juliette Lewis portrayals. Polly Bergen turns in a solid, if dated, performance. The soundtrack is phenomenal.

The 1991 Scorsese remake ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Fear_(1991_film) ) captures the dark humor similar to a Hitchcock film and moves at a better pace. DeNiro's Cady is terrifying compared to Mitchum's, and the character meets a very different end in the updated film. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cady

The '62 version simply doesn't hold up.

[Angrboda]

Edge Of Tomorrow.




Damsel.

[pocaracas]

Star Wars, Episodes 1 to 3. I think I'd only seen them once before.

[Nanny]

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_..._Pinocchio

Beautiful and weird, this is not a movie for young children. While the familiar story of Geppetto, Pinocchio, and the cricket may appear well suited for the wee ones, this story deals with some heavy shit. Geppetto's son, Carlo, is killed in an air raid. A despondent Geppetto crawls inside a bottle and creates the puppet 20 years later, in interwar fascist Italy. The immortal Pinocchio joins the circus, is executed by Mussolini, is re-animated, and enlists in the army. Like I said, weird heavy stuff. Pinocchio seems more of a golem than puppet at times, and his "realness" comes from within. This contrasts with the people of the story - fascists puppets themselves - and rethinking of Toyland as a military training camp. As with his other works, this Del Toro film explores otherness.

Visually the movie is riveting. The stop motion work provides a depth that CGI simply can't. The story is hard. The musical numbers are over the top (I had to skip through a couple of them, they were so sappy). While not light fare this version of the often-told story brings in fresh, if weird, storylines compared to the tale I was taught as a lad. Worthy of a watch.

[Gwaithmir]

[Fake Messiah]

Dreamscape (1984). Now here's a movie I haven't watched in a million years. And I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. It seems that filmmakers had a simple approach, like someone said "Let's make an SF movie about a guy who can enter people's dreams." You have a simple story and it lasts for an hour and a half and it's fun.

Unlike now with that movie "Inception" which is the same idea but it's a whole hour longer and beats you over the head with the complex story, metaphors and the question "Where is the human race heading?"

[A. Secular Human]

Furiosa.

Watched it while returning from France a week ago.

Barely remember it, as I was in the dark throes of COVID.

[Silver]

The Platform 2

A thrilling physical journey that allows an approach to the darkness, where it is scary to look. It appeals to the viewer's civil responsibility and forces them to face the limits of their own solidarity.