The "I just saw" thread

**Kyriakos** · May 24, 2024, 04:14 AM

It is structured like a greek tragedy, so yes, good in my book ^^

**Lord of the Drunk Penguin** · May 24, 2024, 03:48 PM

Meh, everything's too cliché in this one.
The villain is cliché.
The hero is cliché.
The plot is cliché.

Nothing new, exciting or original.
Starts with Mankind was dumb and ends up with Mankind is Great!

**Lord of the Drunk Penguin** · May 26, 2024, 02:34 AM

Furiosa

Formulaic.
Same explosions, same stunts, same characters.
Visually stunning but lacking in storytelling.

**Kyriakos** · May 26, 2024, 05:58 AM

"Horror in the High Desert".
More like Trash.

**Araval** · May 31, 2024, 06:50 AM

Lord of Misrule (2023)

There are pretty messed-up people and messed-up things happening.

**Lord of the Drunk Penguin** · June 02, 2024, 10:58 AM

The man, the show, the legend.
Very proud of my country's greats.

**Kyriakos** · June 02, 2024, 11:44 AM

^Only one I knew of those was Hagi, due to the 1994 WC when I was supporting Romania

**Araval** · June 03, 2024, 03:05 AM

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

The stakes feel higher when there's no demon to blame.

**Kyriakos** · June 03, 2024, 06:11 AM

Fall (2022)
Some bits were nice, and others were crap.
How was she saved? Holding onto a rope ladder from a helicopter?

**Araval** · June 05, 2024, 05:25 AM

Hit Man (2023)

The start was not the best for me but overally the story was compelling and there were good performances.

**Lord of the Drunk Penguin** · June 09, 2024, 08:13 AM

The Strangers: Chapter ONE

Worst horror movie I've seen in a while.
No originality, no novelty & no ingenuity.
Same idiots from the first one, masked or unmasked, still idiots.

Also, I got nothing against clichés but at least TRY to be original about it, you know?

**Kyriakos** · June 09, 2024, 09:40 AM

^Even the masks look worse

**Lord of the Drunk Penguin** · June 12, 2024, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by Kyriakos

^Even the masks look worse

Haha, they do, don't they?!

The Watchers

Look, I really, really, really wanted to like this one buut...
amazing cinematography aside, I can safely say that after being spoon-fed info-dump of Irish Mythology for an hour, I just find this movie to be:

boring & formulaic.

Also, nonsensical at some points.
But hey, look on the bright side! Shyamalan's brood shows some promise.

**Lord of the Drunk Penguin** · June 15, 2024, 11:42 AM

Kubi (2023)

Samurai, in a realistic light.
This film shows them as they really were:

sadistic, darkly humorous and quite mad.

Takeshi is back in style.

**Lord of the Drunk Penguin** · June 22, 2024, 09:52 AM

Best biker movie since Easy Rider.

**Lord of the Drunk Penguin** · June 28, 2024, 11:06 PM

This was good.
Not great, but good.

They managed to create a real sense of Intimacy between the two characters and also added an adorable & strangely taciturn cat.
What's not to like?

A Quiet Place: Day One

**Araval** · June 29, 2024, 03:26 AM

I agree. For me horror didn't have so strong presence as in previous two films.

For Frodo.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

I liked how it expanded Furiosa. Chris Hemsworth did an outstanding role.

**DaVinci** · July 09, 2024, 07:32 PM

God of War (China, 2017; director Gordan Chan)

Yes, has not something to do with the video fantasy game with same name, but it is an impressive history spectacle movie, which contains strategy, tactics and realism with strong characters.
Imo. wholly underated on IMDb.
I haven't seen something to really complain about, so it gets 10/10 by me, in this genre.

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