Current Movies - Thumbs UP or Thumbs DOWN

[ronott1]

ron thanks for tending to this thread. Haven't been to a movie since "Knives Out," I think in January. Got an email that our theater was opening again. Then another email to say not.

I loved knives out!

I watched on Amazon prime

It seems that when theaters open, not that many go to them.

 

[feather13]

I loved knives out!

x2 on Knives Out! We also just finished watching Taika Waititi's What We Do in Shadows (it's a film and a tv series that's up for loads of Emmys). He's my favorite filmmaker (Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the *best film ever* imho lol) and the tv series What We Do in Shadows is particularly wonderful and funny (just what we all need right now).

Anyone out there with other tv shows or movies to watch as we head into the weekend?

 

[ronott1]

x2 on Knives Out! We also just finished watching Taika Waititi's What We Do in Shadows (it's a film and a tv series that's up for loads of Emmys). He's my favorite filmmaker (Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the *best film ever* imho lol) and the tv series What We Do in Shadows is particularly wonderful and funny (just what we all need right now).

Anyone out there with other tv shows or movies to watch as we head into the weekend?

I watched the fist two episodes of Lovecraft Country and really liked it. It is on HBO so not everyone can watch it. It has a nice blend of SF along with period related social issues

 

[Peep_Show]

While cruising YouTube I came across "Things leaving Netflix in September" and decided to take a quick peek, and from there chose one of the movies as our film du jour last night.

"Train to Busan" is a Korean import and one of their highest grossing films in 2016. And, believe it or not, it is a zombie movie. However, the story lines are well-crafted, the plot is suspenseful, and the zombies -- although terrifyingly quick -- are not gory. (Gory as in there's requisite blood due to bites, but no amputations of limbs or gut spillage, mainly it's just zombies piling onto hapless victims.) My DH does not enjoy horrific movies (indeed, will hold a magazine in front of his face if it is too much), but he was on the edge of his seat on this one.

Like "Parasite" there is a slight commentary on the social condition, mainly disparaging comments about hedge fund managers. The characters are well-defined in the zombie preamble, and once mayhem breaks out are fairly true to form.

Kind of interesting that the outbreak is treated as a pandemic with its origins in a lab and govt downplay and then obtrusive containment. Hmmmm... Maybe hitting too close to home is why the film is being pulled from circulation? I dunno, but that aspect is eerily conspicuous.

 

[feather13]

We watched Train to Busan several years and loved it (but then again, we're huge zombie film fans)!

 

[Peep_Show]

The sequel to "Train to Busan" is coming out. It's titled "Peninsula." Looks to be a survival-at-the-end-of-civilization film.

 

[ronott1]

Thanks for the review!

I might try to watch it before it is gone. I doubt my DW would even start it though.

 

[drumstick diva]

As far as Zombie movies go, my favorite is the Zombie romance "Warm Bodies," starring Nicolas Hoult - has some good laughs too!!

 

[ronott1]

As far as Zombie movies go, my favorite is the Zombie romance "Warm Bodies," starring Nicolas Hoult - has some good laughs too!!

Thanks for the recommendation!

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

I watched the Enola Holmes movie yesterday and loved it. For fans of the book, there are a few differences. They aged Enola up to sixteen, gave her a love interest, made her mother part of a feminist group of women who made explosives and practiced martial arts.
So the main plot is Enola Holmes, sister to Sherlock and Mycroft, her mother goes missing on her sixteenth birthday leaving behind cyphers and money for her. Mycroft wants to put her in a finishing school so she runs away and moves to London. On the way, the Marquis of Basilwether has run away from home for an unexplained reason and is hiding in her train carriage. The hired hit man his evil uncle sent after him finds them and they have to jump off of the train and walk to London. After they part ways, Enola searches for her mother. She finds her mother was a member of a group of free-thinking women who make explosives (it never explains what they would want to explode) and practice martial arts. Suddenly, the hired hit man is after her! She explodes her mother's laboratory and escapes. Also, there's this Bill that will be voted on for Women's Reform Stuff in England (never explains what the bill will do) and it must be passed. Fortunately, her friend the Marquis wants to vote to pass it. Unfortunately, the hired hit man wants to stop him from making it. The suspense continues as Enola is pretty much kidnapped by Mycroft and forced to go to the finishing school. Fortunately, the Marquis breaks her out. For some reason, they have to stop by his awesomely huge manor. While they're there, the hired hit man shows up with a firearm of some sort and then there's a great plot twist. Will they escape and pass the Bill?
Apart from Enola's disconcerting habit of breaking the fourth wall frequently, it's a great movie and I really loved it. The book series is awesome as well.