Track the Movies You Watched (2024)

[The Kevstaaa]

#388 - Freelance (2023; Hulu)

*1st Viewing

John Cena and Alison Brie are charming enough but this is just lackluster in every way and feels like it was written by AI. [**]

#389 - Punch-Drunk Love (2002; Hulu)

*1st Viewing

Probably the best Paul Thomas Anderson movie I've seen. There's a hushed aspect to this that makes everything click so well and it's Sandler's second best performance ever. [****]

[BlackoutCreature]

Sept 25, 2024 10:55:20 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

Sept 21, 2024 21:02:32 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

116. The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987)

117. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

118. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

Also on YouTube.

It lacks a lot of the grittiness the first movie had, but I still think it's a fun film.

GO NINJA GO NINJA GO!!!

119. TMNT (2007)

So TMNT3 (which I like more then most people) is not on YouTube right now, but this animated loose sequel to the 90's trilogy is.

I've said it before, I'll say it again, this is probably the best movie I've ever seen that I'd also still describe as completely forgettable. Good story, well told, nice animation, characters and VA's are on point, hits all the beats you'd want from a Ninja Turtles movie. None of that stops it from simply feeling like an oversized filler episode from the 2003 series.

[The Kevstaaa]

#390 - The Batman (2022; 4K)

*2nd Viewing

First time seeing this since theaters and I liked it more this time around. Just a fantastic take on Batman and Zoe Kravitz is kind of perfect. [****½]

#391 - Stand By Me (1986; Netflix)

*1st Viewing

A classic I've somehow never seen before and it lived up to the hype. [****]

#392 - Transformers One (2024; Theater)

*1st Viewing

Transformers should ALWAYS be animated. This is so much fun and the best entry in the franchise. [****]

[BlackoutCreature]

Sept 26, 2024 8:38:16 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

Sept 25, 2024 10:55:20 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

117. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

118. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
119. TMNT (2007)

120. Gremlins (1984)

Latest YouTube movie.

I've never been a big fan of this. It's attempt to mash-up horror, dark fantasy and Loony Tunes goofiness just doesn't come together for me. I know it's a tentpole 80's movie, but I always preferred the sequel.

121. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Speak of the Devil. Also on YouTube.

Like I said, when they gave up any pretense of taking this seriously and just went insane with it it made an infinitely more fun movie.

[Ultimo Gallos]

125-Redneck Miller-Film Masters Blu Ray

This just finally released on home media. After being pretty much unseen since it played the southern drive in thru out the 70s.

Radio DJ has his motorcycle stolen and used to steal drugs from a cartel.

Hicksploitation+Blaxploitation with a dash of biker genre.

Wild and way better than I would have expected.

7.4 Sweaty sleazy hotels out of 10

[The Kevstaaa]

#393 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014; Disney+)

*13th Viewing

This still slaps. [*****]

[bibboid]

48. Inside Out 2

Riley becomes a teenager, develops a bunch of new emotions, and acts like a jerk. It was good but not better than the first one.

[The Kevstaaa]

#394 - Hamilton (2020; Disney+)

*7th Viewing

Remains one of the most brilliant things ever created. [*****]

[Goldash #BLM]

Very late to this thread, so won't track anything watched before, but will chime in with two movies I watched last night and will be watching this afternoon:

Watched Shogun Assassin (a.k.a. the Lone Wolf and Cub compilation movie that was sampled throughout "Liquid Swords") for the first time all the way through. Enjoyed it, but, man, was it ever a 70's Japanese movie in every way. All the irreverence of that era in cinema ("we must give people something they'll never see on TV!") is basically there in spades. Some ridiculously over the top kills. I have the rest of the series on Criterion blu-ray, will need to see the originals and the final movies of the series.

Seeing Megalopolis this afternoon and have no idea what to expect. I'm really not a fan of the way the film was promoted and definitely skeptical of both Coppola's (supposed) actions and mindset. But I'm a huge fan of overambitious, indulgent movies (e.g. Southland Tales and Coppola's own Apocalypse Now) so my expectations are firmly in check for what could be a trainwreck.

[Ultimo Gallos]

126-The Muppets-Blu ray

Seen this more times than I can could. They wanted something funny.

Should have been the end of the Muppets but that won't happen.

8.9 Muppetmans out of 10

[Ultimo Gallos]

127-Beethoven-Youtube

Got told find somethng funny and then "No i mean stuff normal people find funny"

So beethoven it was. Holds up fairly weell. No clue about the sequels.

7.9 Doggie deathgrips on nads out of 10

[The Kevstaaa]

#395 - Wolfs (2024;Apple TV+)

*1st Viewing

Honestly, this was a lot of fun. Just Clooney and Pitt being their charismatic selves. [***]

#396 - Devil (2010; Prime)

*1st Viewing

I'm such a sucker for a whodunit like this and the horror twist is really cool, even if the message at the end feels heavy handed. [***]

[bibboid]

49. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

It is a master class in terrible overacting. But that is the whole point. It is very funny and has an amazing soundtrack.

[agent817]

133. Fled (1996) - Watched this on MGM+ On Demand. For some reason, I had an itch to watch this. I am not sure if it was because I listened to the soundtrack album sometime recently, or if I just wanted to revisit this because despite knowing that this isn't a good movie, I have seen this movie multiple times in the past and it had been a while since I last watched it.

With that being said, this film has a lot of clichés that you would find in any 1990s action film, or generally speaking, action films from the 1980s to 1990s and maybe a bit of the 2000s (I mean the aughts). Crooked cops, shootouts with random extras ducking and running around while the characters shoot and miss, car chases, one-liners, I can go on. I thought Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin's chemistry was hit and miss in some areas because there were some scenes when the two made me chuckle, but then there were scenes when I could hardly buy these two as partners working together.

There are some bits that I thought were a bit odd. For example, when a woman gets shot through a peephole by one of the villains, she launches into the air. You would think she was shot by a sniper. Or a weird blood squib effect when another person gets shot. I did kind of enjoy the climactic chase sequence, even though I think it's kind of odd that two Ducati 916 bikes are being tailed by a Lincoln Continental, but hey, I have seen other ridiculous chase sequences in other action films.

Objectively, this is not a good movie. It would be wrong if I said that this is one of my favorites, but for some reason, I still enjoy it, even though there are things wrong with this. I did think Laurence Fishburne and Salma Hayek had some chemistry in some scenes, but sometimes I think their little romantic subplot was a bit unnecessary. I do like this movie enough that I have seen it multiple times in the past, whether it was shown on TV, renting it, and also revisiting it On Demand.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Jul 15, 2024 0:37:03 GMT -5 El Pollo Guerrera said:

Jul 1, 2024 0:49:27 GMT -5 El Pollo Guerrera said:

#4) "Fire & Ice", 1983 American animated movie.
*snip*
... a fun 7 out of 10.

#5) "Adios, Sabata" (aka. "Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di...,"), 1970 spaghetti western starring Yul Brynner.
*snip*
7 out of 10.

Just for fun, here's the trailer...

Ain't watched nothin' since July...

#6) "Surviving The Game", 1994 American action movie. Modern version of "The Most Dangerous Game", starring Ice-T as the hunted.

Ice-T is pretty damn good as the main, a homeless man who lost everything and just takes a chance at a new beginning, just to find out that he's the target and not just on the hunt to be an assisting guide. The hunters has a great collection of characters... Rutger Hauer is the cold-blooded leader of the group, Charles S. Dutton is the "Mr. Nice Guy" who got T into the mess and then slowly lets his freak show, F. Murray Abraham is a ruthless Wall Street businessman trying to teach his son (William McNamara, "Chasers") to be ruthless, and a beautifully over-the-top performance by Gary Busey as a psychiatrist (!) who thinks this hunt is some kind of therapy. The only one who just didn't ring true was John C. McGinley (Dr. Cox in "Scrubs") as a big 'Texas oil man' with anger issues, and even when you learn why he's part of the hunt, it still felt forced.

Beautiful locations, great set pieces, fun action, only excessively gory when needed, a lot of fun.

And I have to say that I love it when a movie stops for a moment for the main character to think about what to do next. I've seen too many where the lead just has all the answers and it runs from A to B to C to D without any cool-down.

Complaints:
1) McGinley's character
2) Busey is taken out of the movie too quickly
3) noticeably bad moment when the movie abruptly jumps from 'middle of the night' to 'daylight'
4) silly ending

Fun, though. 7 out of 10.



#7) "Rock & Rule", 1983 Canadian animated movie. Rock superstar kidnaps female singer to help summon a demon, her old band tries to rescue her.

Tried to cash in on the cult popularity of "Heavy Metal" and failed. Almost put the animation studio out of business, but they survived after starting to focus on children's properties like The Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake.

Great music from Debbie Harry, Robin Zander (Cheap Trick), Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and 'a special performance by Earth, Wind and Fire'.

Always loved this movie.

9 out of 10.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

do this before the end ... of september ...

finally got to see wild and woolly, a turn of the century western-type, about a group of women trying to stop THE PRESIDENT being assassinated!
it's funny and frothy, the leads are tremendously fun, some over-acting too ... and it's a bit dark in tone!
can't remember where i downloaded it

and the batman again, still painfully slow most of the time, still the best action sequence with the penguin chase ... AND the end shot of him in the window being used in the tv series!

the last duel and amsterdamned both on disk

TEN

carry on cleo
fist of fury
alien covenant
plebs soldiers of rome
riders of justice (Retfærdighedens Ryttere)
pig
team america world police
guardians of the galaxy vol 2
phantom of the open
violent night

NINE

polite society
genie
antibellum
alice (2022)
nobody
charlies angels (2019)
aftersun
monster hunter
death to smoochy
ghostbusters afterlife
venom let there be carnage
the lost city (2022)
radio days
free guy
old
the last of the mohicans (1992)
tenet
memento
the warriors
cyrano
for your eyes only
shadow in the cloud
hounded
the northman
the last duel
amsterdamned
spider-man homecoming

EIGHT

game of death 2
jackass forever
castle freak (2020)
werewolves within
cop shop
dog (2022)
barbarian (2022)
wild and woolly (1978)

SEVEN

game of death (bruce lee scenes)
spin me round
when eight bells toll
moonfall
fantastic beats the secrets of dumbledore

SIX

marlowe (2022)
TWO

game of death (whatever the hell they patched it up with)

[The Kevstaaa]

#397 - Hannibal (2001; Peacock)

*1st Viewing

I liked this more than I expected. Julianne Moore does well but what Foster and Hopkins did together is almost impossible to top. [***]

#398 - Babes (2024; Hulu)

*1st Viewing

A solid directorial debut for Adlon led by the chemistry between the two leads. [***]

[agent817]

134. The Octagon (1980) - Watched this on Screenpix On-Demand. I was looking through some movies on demand and stumbled upon this. It said that today was the last day. So I thought, "Why not?" Plus, I remembered hearing about this when watching "WCW Thunder" a long time ago and Jimmy Hart was plugging this film for TBS's movie block, "Movies For Guys Who Like Movies" (does anyone else remember that?)

Okay, I can say that I was (or am) a Chuck Norris fan, mostly because I like "Walker, Texas Ranger," but when it comes to movies that I have seen of his, there really isn't a lot. I remember hearing that this is a movie about Chuck fighting ninjas, but I also saw there was a story to it with Chuck's character dealing with his past and an internal voice that may be connected to his past. Chuck Norris was never really known for being a great actor, but I can see that the plot was interesting enough.

Regarding the action, there was a handful of action scenes. The fight choreography was fun, especially with Chuck's martial arts prowess. The climax was a good action scene. I would say it's a decent action film, but not great.

[Duke Cameron]

The Peanuts Movie (2015)
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Airplane! (1980)
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Tarzan (1999)

[BlackoutCreature]

Sept 27, 2024 11:04:32 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

Sept 26, 2024 8:38:16 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

118. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
119. TMNT (2007)

120. Gremlins (1984)
121. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

122. Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Latest YouTube movie. Honestly I had a list of about a dozen YouTube movies lined up, but they all got purged with the new month. Only this and one other carried over.

A little cringy at times, but over-all fun and cute. I like how it started out as a typical Schwarzenegger "cop on the edge" movie and turned into something completely different as it went.