Movies: General Discussion

Saw Michael Mann's Thief yesterday. Very solid story and performance from James Caan. 8/10

Thief
Thief (1981)
IMDb rating
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
78
Genre
Action, Crime, Drama
Runtime
123 min
Director
Michael Mann
Actors
James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson

After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists. He wants to complete one last big heist for the Mob before he goes straight.

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Just finished rewatching The Name of The Rose, what a classic! 8/10

The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose (1986)
IMDb rating
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
54
Genre
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Runtime
130 min
Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Actors
Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger

An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.

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On a watching spree atm, saw all these movies in the past week:

The French Connection
The French Connection (1971)
IMDb rating
7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
94
Genre
Action, Crime, Drama
Runtime
104 min
Director
William Friedkin
Actors
Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey

A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

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6/10, didn't age that well.

Ronin
Ronin (1998)
IMDb rating
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
70%
Metacritic
67
Genre
Action, Crime, Thriller
Runtime
122 min
Director
John Frankenheimer
Actors
Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone

A freelancing former U.S. intelligence agent is hired as part of a team to steal a mysterious package that's wanted by both the IRA and Russian mercenaries.

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8/10 amazing acting, best car chases in a movie ever.

Bullitt
Bullitt (1968)
IMDb rating
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes
98%
Metacritic
81
Genre
Action, Crime, Thriller
Runtime
114 min
Director
Peter Yates
Actors
Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn

A nonconformist San Francisco cop is determined to find the underworld kingpin who killed the witness under his protection.

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7/10 movie is not that good, but car chases and the girl (only two scenes though) make up for it.

Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights (1997)
IMDb rating
7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
87
Genre
Drama
Runtime
155 min
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors
Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds

An idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.

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6/10 Not my type of movie, felt way too long.

Gangster No. 1
Gangster No. 1 (2000)
IMDb rating
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
60
Genre
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Runtime
103 min
Director
Paul McGuigan
Actors
Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany

Chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster.

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5/10 Started promising, but got weird pretty fast. Will not be rewatching.
 
Another small list of movies I've recently seen:

Blow Out
Blow Out (1981)
IMDb rating
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
86
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Runtime
108 min
Director
Brian De Palma
Actors
John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

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Blow Out
John Travolta as the main character and a movie recommended by Tarantino? Count me in. Sadly I didn't like the movie that much. 6/10

The Bone Collector
The Bone Collector (1999)
IMDb rating
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
30%
Metacritic
45
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Runtime
118 min
Director
Phillip Noyce
Actors
Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

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The Bone Collector
A young Angelina Jolie + Denzel? Hell yeah. This one doesn't get a lot of love on the internet, but I liked it. 7/10 (more a 7.5, but an 8 was too much)

Bad Boys for Life
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
IMDb rating
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes
76%
Metacritic
59
Genre
Action, Comedy, Crime
Runtime
124 min
Director
Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Actors
Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens

Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett must face off against a mother-and-son pair of drug lords who wreak vengeful havoc on their city.

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Bad Boys For Life
While it still had its moments, this third instalment was unnecessary. 6/10

Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way (1993)
IMDb rating
7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
66
Genre
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Runtime
144 min
Director
Brian De Palma
Actors
Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller

A recently released convict, determined to avoid making the same mistakes as before, is drawn into a fresh web of crime and corruption.

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Carlito's Way
Brian de Palma AND Al Pacino? FUCK YES. This movie is a slow-paced, better thought out Scarface. Loved it. 8/10

Back to the Future
Back to the Future (1985)
IMDb rating
8.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
88
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Runtime
116 min
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Actors
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.

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Back To The Future
Was about time I finally saw this classic. Way less a kid movie I was expecting it to be. 8/10
 
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Saw Batman and Batman Returns the past week. Not sure if I should also watch Batman Forever and Batman and Robin (I really liked Keaton as Bruce)

Batman
Batman (1989)
IMDb rating
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
69
Genre
Crime
Runtime
126 min
Director
Tim Burton
Actors
Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.

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Batman
8/10

Batman Returns
Batman Returns (1992)
IMDb rating
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
68
Genre
Action, Crime, Fantasy
Runtime
126 min
Director
Tim Burton
Actors
Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer

While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.

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Batman Returns
7/10

I liked them both. Gotham looks how I always imagined it.

Also saw Jackass Forever yesterday. Really enjoyed it, a great one and a half hour of nostalgia. Only complaint is a bit too much male genitalia.

Jackass Forever
Jackass Forever (2022)
IMDb rating
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
74
Genre
Documentary, Comedy
Runtime
96 min
Director
Jeff Tremaine
Actors
Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius

After 11 years, the Jackass crew is back for another crusade.

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The Batman was amazing, I really loved how dark it was and how Gotham was portrayed. 8/10

The Batman
The Batman (2022)
IMDb rating
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
72
Genre
Action, Crime, Mystery
Runtime
176 min
Director
Matt Reeves
Actors
Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright

When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, the Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.

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The Hangover was released 13 years ago today! Still holds up fine imo.

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Hangover (2009) - IMDb

Hangover: Directed by Todd Phillips. With Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha. Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before...
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Mave said:
Big oof.

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Batgirl holds the world record for longest director’s cut, as it features over 90 minutes of deleted scenes :biggrin:

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Saw I finally watched Robocop yesterday. I'm still not really sure what to think about it.
It's so over-the-top ridiculous, but it also doesn't take itself seriously, it KNOWS it's over-the-top.
I'll write a proper review tonight.

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RoboCop - Das Gesetz in der Zukunft (1987) - IMDb

RoboCop - Das Gesetz in der Zukunft: Directed by Paul Verhoeven. With Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox. In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
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Had some great laughs watching this one for the first time :D

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Bad Santa (2003) - IMDb

Bad Santa: Directed by Terry Zwigoff. With Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham. A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
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