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5 Best movies of all time. If you haven't seen them, well...you're missing out.

Nacho Libre
Napoleon Dynamite
No Country for Old Men
A Simple Plan
Braveheart
The Departed
 
Anybody seen Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey?

When the trailer came out, I would've told you it was going to be the summer's flop. They didn't how anything "wow" so there must be a reason, right?

Apparently, Nolan didn't think he needed to spoil audiences with any of the film's special effects because the universal reactions I'm hearing from people who've seen it are over-the-top. My youngest brother called to see if we'd seen it yet and called it a 'masterpiece.' Last I checked, the Rotten Tomatoes critics rated it 96% -- and the audience rating was 97% :huh:

Mrs Fumble and I will likely see it this week before all the best high-def screen change over to Spider-man next weekend. If any of you have seen it, please share your take.
 
The Odyssey - My Spoiler-free Review

I liked it. One of the things that hasn't been mentioned enough (at least from my perspective) is that Nolan retells a complicated ancient story filled with Greek mythology with many hard-to-pronounce Greek names and plot twists-and-turns for a modern audience in a very understandable way without dumbing it down.

I had a general sense of the story's outline but imagined Nolan would change many aspects of it for dramatic effect, especially the ending but thought he stayed surprisingly close to the Homer telling of it that we're familiar with.

Another thing I was surprised by was the special effects. I was all set to be wowed by them. They were impressive, but not in the way we audiences are used to experiencing them. Instead of being, "HEY LOOK, NOW THAT IS REALLY COOL," they were (at least in my opinion) designed to be less spectacular and more grounded in the story being told.

That was my biggest takeaway: The story was told with a grounded reality that we rarely see in modern movies.

Last January, I would have told you I thought this was the project where Nolan's ego got the best of him and he was going to 'bite off more than he could chew.' I would've guessed this movie was going to be the summer's boxoffice disappointment. I was wrong. I give it an unqualified thumb's up!
 
I saw Masters of the Universe last night

Interesting take on the He-Man story. Campy, sort of fun but overall at best a 3 out of 5 stars. Special effects were decent. Skeletor was great - best part of the movie. I preferred the last He-Man movie in overall execution and storytelling.

One spoiler - we do get a Dolph Lundgren cameo - the actor that played He-man in the last movie. Still looking pretty stacked for 68 years old.
 
Recently I watched all 5 of "The Strangers" movies with the original, back in 2008, being the last one I saw last night.

For anyone interested in "The Strangers" franchise, the watch order is:

The Strangers (2008)
The Strangers: Prey At Night (2018)

The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025)
The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026)

The 2008 and 2018 films go together while the 2024, 2025, and 2026 films are a reboot.

Note: These movies are scary in the sense that stuff like this actually can happen.

The films themselves though, especially the rebooted trilogy, while somewhat enjoyable to watch for the suspense factor, suffer from what I like to call "Low Budget Syndrome." I got the feeling watching these movies that the director wanted to do so much more but just didn't have the budget. These movies also suffer from typical scary movie tropes like the killers just materializing to where ever they need to be.

Near the end of the 3rd film they used a fantastic song and I think they used it well--won't give any spoilers.

Overall, the 2008 film is the best of them all.
 
Obsession

This movie definitely lives up to the buzz. Non-spoiler: A guy makes a wish and it comes true. The old, careful what you wish for, you just might get it, trope.

 
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@Doc Fumble ... So I take it you have seen Obsession?

If you have, what are your thoughts? The one part of the film even I thought was creepy as f***...

Nikki (her body) is asleep in bed and you hear her voice begging Bear to k___ her. As I watched that scene I was like :huh::huh:
 
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@Doc Fumble ... So I take it you have seen Obsession?
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I thought it was a VERY good movie. It goes to show you don't need a huge budget to make a great film. I thought the acting--especially the girl playing Nikki was outstanding.

BTW, whoever that woman is, her acting in Obsession got her hired to play one of the stars in the 2027 Marvel X-Men movie.
 
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I thought it was a VERY good movie. It goes to show you don't need a huge budget to make a great film. I thought the acting--especially the girl playing Nikki was outstanding.

BTW, whoever that woman is, her acting in Obsession got her hired to play one of the stars in the 2027 Marvel X-Men movie.
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Yep, that's Inde Navarrette.
 
Your recommendations will be ignored in the order they are received.:evilgrin0007:
I don't have a Netflix subscription.
 
From the past - this would be a good week to watch Hitchcock's North by Northwest. Eva Marie Saint passed away this week at 102.
One of the all-time great seductress lines: "I’m Eve Kendall. I’m 26 and unmarried. Now you know everything.”

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I was 16 years old for the OB showdown with Miami. Let's just say I was not a happy camper after the game. I didn't have any issue with T.O. going for 2.......although I recall several people in my family saying if that was Switzer he 100% would have kicked the extra point - and being different than Barry was good thing. I mostly was pissed we didn't play better - and I think that was the lesson T.O. took away as well. Not that he figured it out quickly - given our bowl record in the 80s.
 
This is a question rather than a review. Yesterday I got a call from my brother down in Florida who, after our weekly visit about Husker football, raved about a film he and my SIL saw: You can see everything.

It's a documentary about the Elizabeth Holmes scam where the filmmakers spent a month with her before she went to prison. It would be the last movie I would think of seeing in the theatre but he swore it was a mind-blowing film that had him and his wife talking about for days. Even though it's a documentary, he said there's buzz the film could be up for Best Pictures next year.

After our conversation, I looked it up on Rottentomatoes and it had a 97% critics rating and a 96% audience rating.

I'm curious: Have any of you seen it?
 
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