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#21
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by M.10rda - December 20, 2025, 02:34:03 PMTHE PATSY (1928):
Not the Jerry Lewis/Peter Lorre comedy, alas, but a silly silent farce about which I have nearly nothing to say, except...
This is the first time I've seen the real Marion Davies in a film, and she's very entertaining. Blondes aren't usually my type (I wonder what Lester thinks of Marion) but I found her entirely adorable in the lead role here. Somehow I got the impression from the thinly veiled "Marion Davies" character in CITIZEN KANE that Davies was a talentless leech, which it seems is a popular miscomprehension. Apparently Orson Welles eventually felt badly enough about how he'd portrayed Davies that he started apologizing in interviews and saying he wanted to show how the symbiotic Davies/Hearst relationship ultimately damaged Davies' career instead of boosting it... rather than showing that Davies was a bad actress. Anyway, let the record show - she isn't!
But she isn't enough to elevate this silly movie above a 2.5/5.
Kirsten Dunst played "the real" (non-pseudonymous) Davies in THE CAT'S MEOW back in the 00s, and based on Davies in THE PATSY, that was good casting.
Not the Jerry Lewis/Peter Lorre comedy, alas, but a silly silent farce about which I have nearly nothing to say, except...
This is the first time I've seen the real Marion Davies in a film, and she's very entertaining. Blondes aren't usually my type (I wonder what Lester thinks of Marion) but I found her entirely adorable in the lead role here. Somehow I got the impression from the thinly veiled "Marion Davies" character in CITIZEN KANE that Davies was a talentless leech, which it seems is a popular miscomprehension. Apparently Orson Welles eventually felt badly enough about how he'd portrayed Davies that he started apologizing in interviews and saying he wanted to show how the symbiotic Davies/Hearst relationship ultimately damaged Davies' career instead of boosting it... rather than showing that Davies was a bad actress. Anyway, let the record show - she isn't!
But she isn't enough to elevate this silly movie above a 2.5/5.
Kirsten Dunst played "the real" (non-pseudonymous) Davies in THE CAT'S MEOW back in the 00s, and based on Davies in THE PATSY, that was good casting.
#22
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Dr. Whom - December 20, 2025, 12:01:36 PMCompanion (2025)
A couple get together with friends on a weekend retreat. The girl, however, is a robot programmed to be to perfect companion, and is unaware that she is not human. What could possibly go wrong?
This one is a hoot! It is impossible to talk much about the plot without spoiling the fun. It is one of those movies where the characters try to fix things, but then the actions have unintended consequences, which then prompt further decisions until the situation spirals completely out of control. It won't revolutionise the genre, but it moves along briskly and at 97 minutes doesn't overstay its welcome. It doesn't try to be anything else than entertainment, if you want a thoughtful discussion of AI, you should watch Ex Machina. Excellent performance of Sophie Thatcher as Iris.
A couple get together with friends on a weekend retreat. The girl, however, is a robot programmed to be to perfect companion, and is unaware that she is not human. What could possibly go wrong?
This one is a hoot! It is impossible to talk much about the plot without spoiling the fun. It is one of those movies where the characters try to fix things, but then the actions have unintended consequences, which then prompt further decisions until the situation spirals completely out of control. It won't revolutionise the genre, but it moves along briskly and at 97 minutes doesn't overstay its welcome. It doesn't try to be anything else than entertainment, if you want a thoughtful discussion of AI, you should watch Ex Machina. Excellent performance of Sophie Thatcher as Iris.
#23
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by bob - December 20, 2025, 11:31:09 AMChatGPT
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#24
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by pacman000 - December 20, 2025, 10:40:38 AMDas Boot
U-571 took a lot from this movie. Das Boot is probably more realistic, but U-571 is more entertaining.
U-571 took a lot from this movie. Das Boot is probably more realistic, but U-571 is more entertaining.
#25
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by indianasmith - December 20, 2025, 08:34:04 AMBLOODY SUMMER CAMP
Two best friends take off to be camp counselors for a summer together. All the counselors are, of course, way too old to be the early twentysomethings they are portraying, the characters are bad caricatures, the sheriff is such a ridiculous character he's downright hilarious, and they're all being stalked by a masked killer. A mildly entertaining slasher with a very slight twist at the end - and worst of all, about 30 minutes in I realized I had watched it before! Still, it was better than ZOMBIE TOILET BABY STRIKES BACK. Then, so was my last bowel movement. 2.5/5
Two best friends take off to be camp counselors for a summer together. All the counselors are, of course, way too old to be the early twentysomethings they are portraying, the characters are bad caricatures, the sheriff is such a ridiculous character he's downright hilarious, and they're all being stalked by a masked killer. A mildly entertaining slasher with a very slight twist at the end - and worst of all, about 30 minutes in I realized I had watched it before! Still, it was better than ZOMBIE TOILET BABY STRIKES BACK. Then, so was my last bowel movement. 2.5/5
#26
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by claws - December 20, 2025, 08:21:47 AM
Lunch, dinner, brotzeit. Who cares? Eat whenever.
#27
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by zombie no.one - December 20, 2025, 07:48:07 AMgentlemen .. tomorrow we shall lunch at dawn!
#28
Good Movies / Re: Superman (2025)
Last post by M.10rda - December 20, 2025, 07:44:19 AMI get where you're coming from about the gibberish. Context is everything... Gunn is pulling deep cuts from comics, hence the pocket universe "gibberish" about right-wing baddies illegally remanding undesirables to a black site sans due-process... which was a storyline in the late 00s/around the time of Abu Gharib and Guantanamo Bay... and I suppose this is currently relevant per Alligator Alcatraz. I read that story so its appearance in the movie didn't bother me, but Gunn should probably keep aware of perspectives like yours.
Also the "Injustice Gang" has been a thing in comics. I presume Gunn wanted to start introducing some new Justice Society/League heroes but the name "Justice League" was tainted by the previous movie. I'd imagine when Batman and Wonder Woman inevitably turn up the "Gang" will be renamed.......
Context is everything... Gunn is pulling deep cuts from comics, hence the pocket universe "gibberish" about right-wing baddies illegally remanding undesirables to a black site sans due-process... which was a storyline in the late 00s/around the time of Abu Gharib and Guantanamo Bay... and I suppose this is currently relevant per Alligator Alcatraz. I read that story so its appearance in the movie didn't bother me, but Gunn should probably keep aware of perspectives like yours. Also the "Injustice Gang" has been a thing in comics. I presume Gunn wanted to start introducing some new Justice Society/League heroes but the name "Justice League" was tainted by the previous movie. I'd imagine when Batman and Wonder Woman inevitably turn up the "Gang" will be renamed.......
#29
Off Topic Discussion / Re: strange dream depository
Last post by chainsaw midget - December 20, 2025, 06:20:25 AMWe were filling a live action Scooby Doo movie (and there was a CG looking Scooby Doo walking around), when Christopher Lee happened to just be one of the extras without anybody knowing he would be there. The plot of the movie involved a cursed artifact that switched people's minds. I was playing Shaggy (and looked with Mathew Lillard) and when I saw him, I got near him, held then "artifact" close to him and whispered "pretend you're me. I'll explain later." He got a really excited look on his face and said "oh, what fun!"
There was other stuff going on in the dream, but that's the interesting part.
There was other stuff going on in the dream, but that's the interesting part.
#30
Good Movies / Re: Superman (2025)
Last post by FatFreddysCat - December 20, 2025, 05:43:17 AMBorrowed this DVD from the library and watched it last night. There were bits n' pieces that I liked but overall I was disappointed. Overlong and overstuffed with unnecessary gibberish (Pocket universes? The Justice Gang?).
I do like the new guy playing Superman better than Cavill or Routh, though.
They need to give Krypto his own movie. He was the best thing in this.
I do like the new guy playing Superman better than Cavill or Routh, though.
They need to give Krypto his own movie. He was the best thing in this.