Official last movie you saw thread

The Crow: Salvation (2000)

American superhero fantasy horror film. It's about a guy who returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of. I actually like this one more than the previous one. Nice action, good cast (Kirsten Dunst, William Atherton, Fred Ward, Walton Goggins and more), so yeah. Of course my recommendations of obscure sequels to great classics (which most people probably don't even know had sequels) are always conditional, but I think that if you've already watched the previous one you should watch this one, too.

Wild Robot and fairly enjoyed it.
It's not a masterpiece but it's pretty damn good animation movie, really recommend it to those who love animated movies :)

The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)

American superhero fantasy horror film. It's about a gang leader orchestrates the murder of an ex-con and his girlfriend on his way to becoming an immortal demon. So... this is just bad. For example, there are these devil worshippers and to really get the point across that these are in fact devil worshippers, they have them eat deviled eggs. There's no reason for them to eat deviled eggs in that scene other than the fact that the name of the food has "devil" in it. There are some recognizable names in this (Edward Furlong, Tara Reid, Dennis Hopper, Danny Trejo) but none of them are even close too good in this. That's applies especially to Dennis Hopper who plays a pimp or whatever he's supposed to be. So I'll leave you with a "can't recommend" and a fitting quote to finish my review.

"I now pronounce you devil and his shorty." - Dennis Hopper

Adding a couple to my Roger Corman's Poe Cycle (week... month?). So far, still pretty good.

• House of Usher (1960) - 4/5 stars - Very atmospheric and intriguing.
• The Pit and The Pendulum (1961) - 4/5 stars - The mystery is the best part.
• Tales of Terror (1962) - 5/5 stars - Great anthology film. The black cat segment is superb.
• Premature Burial (1962) - 3/5 stars - Good atmosphere and nice twist on the original story by Poe. Maybe a little bland.
• The Raven (1963) - 3/5 stars - Nice to see all this behemoths of Hollywood having a good time together. Perhaps a little too silly for my taste.
• The Haunted Palace (1963) - 4/5 Lovecraft in the Poe cycle. Poe by name only, this is an adaptation of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. First time good old uncle Howie was adapted to the big screen, and I must say it's better than a lot of later films.
• The Masque of the Red Death (1964) - 3/5 Interesting take on the classic tale. Some of the dialog is next level corny.
  Tomb of Ligeia (1964) - coming soon.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
it was ok, about the same as the original
But since the original happened first obviously it is better ^_^

The Crow (2024)

American superhero fantasy horror film. It's about a guy who must sacrifice himself and traverse the worlds of the living and the dead in order to save his soulmate who was brutally murdered. I'm not gonna say that this movie is bad (because I've seen yesterday how bad The Crow movies can get) but it's not that good either. I thought Danny Huston's character as some dude who, a few centuries before the events of this movie, made a pact with the devil to send innocent souls to Hell in exchange for eternal life was interesting. The movie also looks cool. That's about it. After watching all of these Crow movies over the last few days I can safely say that nobody asked for this remake/reboot/re-adaptation of the original comic book. Can't recommend.

If I'd had to rank these movies from best to worst, it would go like this:

The Crow (1994)
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
The Crow (2024)
The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)

Alien Romulus:
I really watched it without reading any reviews so I could watch it with no first impressions and...
I mean really, the visual style was not bad. It almost had the old vibe in it. But F*** there were so many story related issues that at the last half'n hour I almost started to laugh.
Look at how the massacred my boy!

Dunkirk (2017)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013056/

The Mortal Storm (1940)

American drama film. It's about a family who leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s, but after the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and a close family friend, is caught up in the turmoil. This movie is surprisingly scary. Not because it's a horror movie but because it's authentic. This came out in 1940 and it's based on a 1937 novel by someone who witnessed all of that. It starts out as a wholesome family movie with the father, a distinguished "non-Aryan" professor who is adored by his students and his family, celebrating his 60th birthday but suddenly the maid comes in the room with the "wonderful" news that "they have made Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany" and from then on the tone of the whole movie changes. Friends, aquaintances and even the students of the professor turn hostile against him and the more pacifist people in his family, including a family friend, played by Jimmy Stewart. It goes from "Why are you not happy? He's gonna make Germany great again." (not literally phrased like that but the meaning is the same) to something like "If you're not happy you're an enemy of the state." to "You're an enemy of the state, they need to put you into a concentration camp." I'm not gonna spoil the movie for anyone, despite it being over 80 years old, because I feel like it's more effective if you're going in blind. It's still shocking now. Maybe especially so because of recent political events. Overall I think this is a great movie. Highly recommended.

Oh, and of course Hitler banned the movie from release in Germany, it was first shown here in 1957.

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

British comic opera film. It's about a poet and writer who tells three stories of his great but unhappy loves all ending tragically. Usually I absolutely love every Powell and Pressburger movie I watch, but this ain't it. I expected a nice lighthearted movie with some songs thrown in there, you know, like your usual musical movie. But this is just a filmed opera. It's an adaptation of an opera based on three short stories by famous German 18th century poet E. T. A. Hoffmann who's also the protagonist of the story. On top of that the operatic singing (despite being impressive) is often hard to understand so overall I can't really recommend this.

Sisu (2022)

Finnish historical action thriller film. Rewatched this yesterday and it's still really good.

Watched Lucy last night. I liked it a lot. Highly recommend it.

Vikings (S06) 🤙🏻

The Family (2013) 👍🏻

The Night Flier (1997)

American fantasy mystery horror film. It's about a tabloid reporter who, while investigating a series of murders committed in airfields, begins to suspect that the killer may be a vampire. I only know Miguel Ferrer from RoboCop but most people probably recognize him from NCIS. All I can say is, he did a great job as the main character in this movie. There's not much too it, but for what it is, it's well made, the acting and overall atmosphere are very good, the kills are creative and there's a great black and white hallucination scene towards the end, where our main character thinks he's defending himself from the Night Flyer's previous victims that have come to life again but in fact he is chopping up bodies which looks very wrong when two policemen suddenly come storming in. So yeah, overall it's much better than I expected; Stephen King adaptations are often a mixed bag and usually they more on the bad side the more obscure they are. But this one wasn't, so I can recommend it.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 👍🏻

Love Actually. Watching it every other year or so, it's amazing.

Guardians of the Galaxy 👍🏻

The Lord of the Rings trilogy - Extended Edition.
Nearby cinema held a marathon event during the weekend, being so popular that it was sold out a month in advance. I had managed to secure a ticket for myself and was a bit anxious about such a huge turn out. Usually when I go to the theater I'm always there during times when there aren't many people (I'll be shocked if there's someone in the same row as me) and it has been years since I was last in a full theater. Despite the crowd, I was positively pleased to see that theater etiquette held up extremely well. No chatter and only a bit of chuckling at the expected comedic parts, but otherwise peaceful and really enjoyable event.
Lines to the bathroom and concession stands during the between movies break was probably the worst of it, but it didn't really bother me that much as I had pre-ordered my snacks so I could quickly go get them during a downtime moment in the movies. I ate way too much popcorn, but I'll allow that for myself this time around as this isn't something I'd be doing often.

Blabbering a bit too much here, but the movies themselves were, of course, still excellent. :D

Sing Sing (2023)

American drama film. It's about a group of incarcerated men involved in the creation of theatrical stage shows through the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison. It stars professional actors Colman Domingo and Paul Raci, alongside many real-life formerly incarcerated men who were themselves alumni of the program during their incarceration. Of course Domingo and Raci were great, but so was the rest of the cast. Overall I thought this was really good and I can highly recommend it.

Palm Springs

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts with my kids, they loved it and so did I XD

Груз 200 (Cargo 200)

This movie can be found on YouTube even though it shouldn't be

Man on Fire (2004)

Denzel Washington and a really young Dakota Fanning, with some quality people around them: Giancarlo Gianini, Rhada Mitchell, Rachel Ticotin... Directed by Tony Scott.
An alcoholic, burn-out alcoholic soldier accepts a bodyguard job recommended by a friend, for the little daughter of a rich couple. The beginning is the usual: the man tries to stay distant, cold and professional, but the lil princess ends winning his heart. Then, she's kidnapped. No spoilers, it has been seen coming from the beginning. And that sets the man... On fire.
One of my favourite "rogue man sees wrongs and exterts vengeance upon those who thought they were untouchable". The path of blood and fire he leaves is great, the scenes (some gruesome, don't expect the camera looking elsewhere) with each of the bad guys are raw but brilliantly made. I still think some of them didn't suffer enough. Oh yes I love revenge/justiciero movies. The Accountant, The Beekeeper... And also movies where there are oppressed people and one or more heroes come to settle things (The Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven, Pale Rider). My inner bullied kid feels satisfied.
Leaving aside the vendetta theme, this movie is great. Some of the editing might remind you to a toned down Any Given Sunday, just with more grim. The performances are great, from first figures to the people who has 2 lines. Or even none. Denzel is amazing and Dakota showed how good she could be to everyone. Curiously the last movie I saw with Dakota also had Denzel in, nice reunion for The Equalizer 3 (not like the first two, but still recommendable for other merits), and she's looking better than in any other previous movies since she left her childhood behind.
8/10 - and I don't give 8+ easily.

MadS(2024)

Seriously disappointed. Outside of like maybe 3 genuinely creepy scenes it's got nothing I haven't seen from this genre-just done worse. The entire thing rests on being in "one take" to save it's bare bones cliched minimalism yet it's hard not to instantly think of more impressive ones and at the same time ones that incorporated it much more meaningfully with a story it's telling.

Memoir of a Snail (2024)

Australian adult stop-motion animated tragicomedy film. It's about the trials and tribulations in the life of a lonely misfit, from childhood to adulthood. This is very much one of the best animated movies of the year and I'm sure the Oscar nomination is already certain. The animation is outstanding, the voice cast is delivering great performances (Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jacki Weaver, Eric Bana and more). It's definitely not a movie for kids but I think you're more likely to connect with this movie when you're a bit older anyway. Overall this was great. Highly recommended.