Perpetual Movie Thread/What was the last movie you watched?

[The Jackal]

Just sitting down to Endgame.

I think it’s pretty safe to say that the rest of my life is about to start.

Opinion? I thought it was brilliant, myself.

[Mega Drive Bowlsey]

PLanet of the Vampires. While this is kind of a cheese-filled B movie from the 60s. There is something surprising about it. There is a scene where some of the crew in spacesuit walks into an old spaceship crashlanded on a planet. Inside they find the corpses of giant aliens. It's extremely similar to Alien in 1979 when they find the dead pilot.

Well spotted. In actual fact Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires is one of the films that inspired writers Dan O'Bannon and Ron Shusset while they were coming up with ideas for the story that later turned into the screenplay for the original Alien.

[MrMatthews]

Opinion? I thought it was brilliant, myself.

i also thought it was brilliant. Totally satisfied with this ending and I can’t wait for the next Guardians movie

[Leynos]

Been on a Bing of dumb movies.

All 3 Brendan Mummy Movies
All 3 Austin power films
Semi-Pro
Both Brady Movies despite hating the show.

[The Jackal]

I can’t wait for the next Guardians movie

Oh that's gonna be fun, just on the premise alone.

I watched the first Iron Man movie, and it still holds up even today. Not sure I'll see the two sequels, they weren't as good as the first. Second movie's villain was boring, and third movie was just boring full stop. Kinda wishing we get a War Machine spin off movie, that could be interesting.

[Leynos]

Blade.

It's aged like milk on a hot summer day. I don't mean the CGI either. It has about every cliche from the era wrapped up in one film. Just every scene and bit of dialogue it's just one big *sigh* Superhero & Action films have come a long way since Blade.

[Thierry Henry]

The Meg.

It was rubbish.
"but...but there's a Megalodon in it!"
yeah, it's still rubbish.

[The Jackal]

Phantoms (1998)

Disappointing with this. Touted as one of the influences for the original Silent Hill, it sure does hold up to that. Deserted town, creepy shit happening, monsters, hell there's even snow and fog. But then 30 mins in, the film changes direction and becomes something else. It drops the psychological horror and becomes scifi horror. Little sad by that.

Still liked it, overall decent film. Acting is okay, story starts off a little rushed, but it's watchatable. Just not a fan of the genre shift mid film.

[MrMatthews]

I read the book back in the day. I didn’t like it.

[Leynos]

Spiderman into the Spiderverse. Not bad. It was enjoyable. Still, nothing tops the original 2 Spiderman films for me. As enjoyable as this new one is. I still feel there are far too many set action pieces. Raimi films had a great way of showing a more personal side to make it relatable.

[Thierry Henry]

Murder Mystery (2019)

If you don't prejudge it, it turns out to be a pretty good Adam Sandler comedy. Some really funny moments. Jennifer Aniston is also always a knockout.

[The Jackal]

Alien: Covenant. Not sure what the big fuss was about this film (besides the obvious much talked about complaint) - I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Massive step up from Prometheus.

[Crystalpepsifan]

Covenant would be fine as a stand alone Alien movie or side story. Personally, as a huge fan of the franchise, it was a massive letdown/waste of potential.

[MrMatthews]

Crystal, I’m not sure I agree with the first part of that statement, but I certainly agree with the second part.

It was not until Last Jedi that I left the theater as angry as I did after seeing Covenant. Scroll back a dozen pages in this thread, in fact, and you’ll find me losing my shit over it.

Jackal, I’m glad you liked it, though. Don’t look at me like that, I’m being serious.

[Crystalpepsifan]

Crystal, I’m not sure I agree with the first part of that statement, but I certainly agree with the second part.

It was not until Last Jedi that I left the theater as angry as I did after seeing Covenant. Scroll back a dozen pages in this thread, in fact, and you’ll find me losing my shit over it.

Jackal, I’m glad you liked it, though. Don’t look at me like that, I’m being serious.

Don't get me wrong, I didn't care for it at all. If it was unattached to possibly my favorite movie franchise, it wouldn't be nearly as bad as all the reviews made it out to be, but still fairly terrible filmmaking. Personally I liked Prometheus, and quite a bit more than most, it would seem. I thought a lot of the subtext would lead to an excellent sequel that would flesh out the Genesis of the xenomorphs, instead, continued the trend of part 3, and Resurrection, to further the destruction of the goodwill the first two films created. Ridley Scott back at the helm was supposed to herald a return to greatness, but instead we got one mediocre sci-fi movie, and one James Cameron style action movie featuring Kenny Powers.