The Official Last Movie You Saw Thread (Part 2)

[Joneslab]

mother!

Darren Arnofsky's take on a hyper-feminist religious allegory. I love movies that pack in a lot of religious symbolism; I also love movies where you can't tell what's going on. This is a film that you sit there and stare at for long movements without any clue what's happening. But there are things I loved about it, and there are a ton of missed opportunities here: I really liked the flashes of Cronenbergian nastiness that pop up around the house; I appreciated the paranoid, Roman Polanski-style restlessness of Jennifer Lawrence's character; and I liked how the movie breaks apart and becomes this frantic assault in the last twenty minutes.

But for all that the film, like a lot of art house movies, is much more preoccupied with its argument than pleasing the viewers. And so what could have been a special psychological horror film becomes an uneven filmic argument about the perversion of religion and (I think) the underappreciation of women generally.

Recommended but only for those who love experimental stuff, and even then I would catch it for free.

[KCKUKFan]

I walked out of "mother!" in the last fifteen minutes. As a brand new first-time father, I almost had an anxiety attack sitting in the movie theater, and the movie wasn't good enough to merit that sort of self-torture.

[TrueblueCATfan]

As a connoisseur of ridiculous Nic Cage performances, I really want to see Mom and Dad. So far I can't seem to find it playing anywhere, though.

we watched it On Demand.....it was a very weird movie......not sure it is showing anywhere yet

[Joneslab]

The Post.

I love movies set in the '60s and '70s. Heck, I love movies that were made in the '60s and '70s. There's just something about that time that fascinates me. The upheaval, the societal changes, the hippies--it's both the weirdest and most interesting era in American history as far as I'm concerned. The Post looks at the newspaper business during that era, and along the way we get a neat send-up of what's happening fifty years later in Donald Trump's America. The best scenes here are those where you see reporters at work; it's almost like getting a peek into a lost era, and how hard they have to work to just meet deadlines is fascinating. You also see this movie for the colossus that is Merryl Streep; her tortured face and shaking hands as she pushes against the old boy's network is worth the price of admission alone.

Not the best Spielberg by any means, this is still highly recommended because of what it says about our present-day situation.

[KCKUKFan]

The Post.

I love movies set in the '60s and '70s. Heck, I love movies that were made in the '60s and '70s. There's just something about that time that fascinates me. The upheaval, the societal changes, the hippies--it's both the weirdest and most interesting era in American history as far as I'm concerned. The Post looks at the newspaper business during that era, and along the way we get a neat send-up of what's happening fifty years later in Donald Trump's America. The best scenes here are those where you see reporters at work; it's almost like getting a peek into a lost era, and how hard they have to work to just meet deadlines is fascinating. You also see this movie for the colossus that is Merryl Streep; her tortured face and shaking hands as she pushes against the old boy's network is worth the price of admission alone.

Not the best Spielberg by any means, this is still highly recommended because of what it says about our present-day situation.

I thought this movie was brutally dry and slow. I thought Tom Hanks was ridiculously bad, the story deserved more than what Spielberg brought to the table, and Meryl Streep CONTINUES to be the most overrated actor in the history of anything.

God, she's annoying.

This was no "All The President's Men." Hell, it wasn't even close to something like Fincher's "Zodiac."

[George]

Hostiles. Pretty music, pretty scenery, good actors, but too much just happens. Almost nothing is earned. They skip about a dozen steps in each character’s development, and in the end everything feels illogical and a bit preposterous.

Not horrible, probably worth a watch, but highly flawed.

[Spiritof96]

I thought this movie was brutally dry and slow. I thought Tom Hanks was ridiculously bad, the story deserved more than what Spielberg brought to the table, and Meryl Streep CONTINUES to be the most overrated actor in the history of anything.

God, she's annoying.

This was no "All The President's Men." Hell, it wasn't even close to something like Fincher's "Zodiac."

This made me LOL. In a good way...

[Spiritof96]

Hostiles. Pretty music, pretty scenery, good actors, but too much just happens. Almost nothing is earned. They skip about a dozen steps in each character’s development, and in the end everything feels illogical and a bit preposterous.

Not horrible, probably worth a watch, but highly flawed.

I figured the odds of this being good were pretty long. Still, I'm sorry to hear this.

[Joneslab]

This was no "All The President's Men." Hell, it wasn't even close to something like Fincher's "Zodiac."

Probably not. Reminded me of Lincoln: takes a really big issue and studies it in miniature. Also kind of reminded me a little of the George Clooney film Good Night, and Good Luck.

I didn't think it was boring but it's definitely a movie that hinges on long conversations, many of which aren't interesting unless you're a Watergate/Nixon wonk.

[KCKUKFan]

Probably not. Reminded me of Lincoln: takes a really big issue and studies it in miniature. Also kind of reminded me a little of the George Clooney film Good Night, and Good Luck.

I didn't think it was boring but it's definitely a movie that hinges on long conversations, many of which aren't interesting unless you're a Watergate/Nixon wonk.

The Clooney film was short, snappy and fast-paced. "The Post" was a slog.

[Catatonic]

This was no "All The President's Men." Hell, it wasn't even close to something like Fincher's "Zodiac."

It paled compared to two masterpieces? That's your criticism?

I haven't seen it, but I expect The Post to be similar to Spotlight in that it's a movie I watched, thought was pretty good, and then completely forgot about.

[KCKUKFan]

It paled compared to two masterpieces? That's your criticism?

I haven't seen it, but I expect The Post to be similar to Spotlight in that it's a movie I watched, thought was pretty good, and then completely forgot about.

My criticism was that it was dry and slow, and didn't do its subject matter justice. And is it unfair to expect masterpiece-level stuff, considering the talent behind it?

"Spotlight" was a LOT better than "The Post," too.

[Catatonic]

is it unfair to expect masterpiece-level stuff, considering the talent behind it?

A masterpiece from that group of talent was a possibility, but I wouldn't expect it at all.

If I'm being generous, I'd say Spielberg's last masterpiece-level movie was Munich. But in reality you'd probably have to go all the way back to Saving Private Ryan. That was 20 years ago.

[Joneslab]

I loved Minority Report.

[Blue Heaven]

I loved Minority Report.

Fantastic movie!