General Movie Thread

[Joe Rogaine]

Caught Night Catches us in Showtime. Anthony Mackie and a bunch of dudes from The Wire in a Black Panther drama, not bad. Some great music in it plus the Roots did the score. Who knew Black Thouoght was a pretty good actor?

[Martin]

I saw Henry Fool a loooong time ago and remember kind of liking it.

I keep coming across the sequel - Fay Grim - on IMDB.  Is that any good?  It looks like a completely different movie from the first one, and all anybody can talk about is how annoying the Dutch angles are.

It's completely different, yes. But I like it. Parker Posey!

[Big Plastic Head]

I saw Henry Fool a loooong time ago and remember kind of liking it.

I keep coming across the sequel - Fay Grim - on IMDB.  Is that any good?  It looks like a completely different movie from the first one, and all anybody can talk about is how annoying the Dutch angles are.

It's completely different, yes. But I like it. Parker Posey!

I agree 100% with Martin on this. Both are very different but good. James Urbaniak has more lines in the first 15 minutes of Fay Grim than he does in the entirety of Henry Fool.

[buffcoat]

Awesome - Fay Grim is free to stream on Amazon Plus.  I'll check it out.

[Barry in Ireland]

If you see only one movie about Sean Penn as a retired goth superstar who leaves his new home in Dublin to go find himself and nazis in a trip around the continental US this year, make it something other than This Must Be The Place as it is a load of old cobblers.

[jbissell]

If you see only one movie about Sean Penn as a retired goth superstar who leaves his new home in Dublin to go find himself and nazis in a trip around the continental US this year, make it something other than This Must Be The Place as it is a load of old cobblers.

I still want to see it based on the fantastic trailer.

[Barry in Ireland]

If you see only one movie about Sean Penn as a retired goth superstar who leaves his new home in Dublin to go find himself and nazis in a trip around the continental US this year, make it something other than This Must Be The Place as it is a load of old cobblers.

I still want to see it based on the fantastic trailer.

I don't know what I can say to dissuade you, jbissell. I will just say that if you're going to insert an incongruous bison into a movie three quarters of the way through, you need to earn it. This movie did not.

[Chris L]

If you see only one movie about Sean Penn as a retired goth superstar who leaves his new home in Dublin to go find himself and nazis in a trip around the continental US this year, make it something other than This Must Be The Place as it is a load of old cobblers.

Make it a retired goth superstar version of Larry Fine and you're getting somewhere.

[Paul DeLouisiana]

Tonight I watched Young Adult which I didn't like. Theron's character was despicable start to finish.
I also watched The Sitter and I continue to be amazed by the strange places I see "directed by David Gordon Green" nowadays.

[jbissell]

Tonight I watched Young Adult which I didn't like. Theron's character was despicable start to finish.

I thought it was an interesting choice. She started shitty and there wasn't a real redemption, in fact her character is probably a little bit worse at the end. I still say it's worth watching for Patton.

[BadGuyZero]

Tonight I watched Young Adult which I didn't like. Theron's character was despicable start to finish.

I thought it was an interesting choice. She started shitty and there wasn't a real redemption, in fact her character is probably a little bit worse at the end. I still say it's worth watching for Patton.

I enjoyed it. I didn't know much about it going into it so my expectations were neither high nor low.

I 'm still not sold on Jason Reitman as a good director (liked "Thank You For Smoking"; disliked "Up In The Air"; liked "Juno" the first time...subsequent viewings have left me meh).

[masterofsparks]

Tonight I watched Young Adult which I didn't like. Theron's character was despicable start to finish.

I thought it was an interesting choice. She started shitty and there wasn't a real redemption, in fact her character is probably a little bit worse at the end. I still say it's worth watching for Patton.

I enjoyed it. I didn't know much about it going into it so my expectations were neither high nor low.

I 'm still not sold on Jason Reitman as a good director (liked "Thank You For Smoking"; disliked "Up In The Air"; liked "Juno" the first time...subsequent viewings have left me meh).

I just watched it. I didn't have strong feelings about it either way. Theron was really good, but the whole story idea didn't really work for me, especially since the ex and his wife were such unremarkable characters. I don't generally enjoy cringy stuff, so her scene at the baby naming party was pretty uncomfortable for me. Patton's performance made the whole thing worth it for me, though. I really enjoyed it every time his character appeared.

[BadGuyZero]

There were moments where I kept expecting Theron to bust into Rita Leeds.

[Crusherkc]

I loved Charlize's and Patton's characters.  I wish they couldn've been plucked from this Jason Reitman/Brook Busey (I don't call Chad Johnson by his dumb fake name either) flick and put into different film, different script.

Agreed about Reitman...his best films are watchable but don't really stay with you once you hit the parking lot.

[hardweek]

Watched Being Elmo last night. Kept thinking about how Being Vance needs to happen.