This thread is for discussing what you are watching/watched recently. Let us know what you've seen recently whether it's old or new, good or bad, or anything in between. Obviously, movies are preferred, but feel free to post whatever you've been watching. Expect spoilers.
Watched Barbie a couple of days ago. It was fun and I like how they subverted expectations on the roles of the characters (i.e. who the “villain” was). Ryan Gosling is great as always in comedic roles. He falls under the “character actor trapped in a leading man’s body” category just like Colin Farrell and Brad Pitt.
On the series side, just finished Moving (kdrama). One of the best of the year IMO. Great writing, acting, and execution of the characters. Pacing was also good and it didn’t drag like a lot of other kdramas.
I watched Barry Lyndon and really didn’t care for it, plus I don’t mind long movies but it didn’t need to be 3 hours. I started reading the book and liked it a lot more- a lot of lines were lifted entirely verbatim, but there’s more to the character of Barry Lyndon in the book where at least he’s terrible in an interesting way. I don’t know who to blame for how he turned out in the movie, but he acted like a long-suffering hero that turned out to be terrible in every lazy way possible, just like the rest of the characters. It was exhausting.
I also saw the Killing and I liked it a lot. It might even be my favorite Kubrick movie but don’t kill me for saying that.
And I’ve seen the Mummy a few times before but never on the big screen and I never saw it when I was younger. I honestly just thought it was ok before, although I loved my boyfriend’s enthusiasm for it. But seeing it on the big screen with a bunch of people who love it (and some even seeing it for the first time) has converted me, it looked incredible and was so much fun!
Watched The Truman Show for the first time. It was a pleasant surprise to see Jim Carrey without all the antics.
This is gonna be a good month! Very much looking forward to “Killers of the Flower Moon”. Also “Foe” and “Fingernails” are on my watchlist and should release this month (October).
I watched Red, White & Royal Blue. Such a nice movie. I need more gay romcoms with happy endings!
