Official last movie you saw thread

I have this reclusive younger cousin who contacted me out of the blue and recommended it as the manga this movie is based on, is his favorite. He said it moved him to tears. I loved it, the art is exceptional. I wont spoil it for you with any context as the whole thing is less than an hour!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31711040/

Dìdi (2024)

American coming-of-age comedy drama film. It's about a Taiwanese-American eighth grader at the dawn of social media who uses social media as an escape from his underwhelming childhood and overburdened mother, but the Internet also accentuates his preexisting feelings of Asian self-hatred and personal inadequacy. This is a very good coming-of-age movie from the guy who also brought you the Academy Award-nominated documentary short Nai Nai & Wài Pó (2023). So on the off-chance that you watched that and enjoyed how it felt and looked, this is similar, also seemingly about the director's own life and all around very well made. So I can definitely recommend it.

Save the Green Planet! (2003)

South Korean science fiction comedy film. It's about a man who believes that aliens from Andromeda are about to attack Earth, so he kidnaps a powerful pharmaceutical executive, whom he believes to be a top ranking member of that alien race. This movie kinda has everything. It's funny, but is also pretty dark, it has a whole police investigation subplot going on, an outlandish premise which surprisingly does pay off at the very end, it's even sad at some points. It's a wild rollercoaster of emotions, changing from satirical comedy to sci-fi horror to crime thriller to drama multiple times throughout its runtime. But surprisingly, it does it all really well. So overall I can very much recommend this one.

The Platform 2 (2024)

Spanish science fiction horror film. It's about a vertical prison where you get food delivered via a platform but the lower you get the more of it other people have potentially already eaten. Rewatched this yesterday and it's still very good.

The Public Eye (1992)

American crime thriller film. It's about a infamous New York paparazzo in the early 1940s who gets an assignment from a club owner to do a background search on a mysterious gangster, which leads him down a very dangerous path. What a fun movie. Very good cast (Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci, Jared Harris, Bob Gunton, Richard Riehle and more). If you like old gangster movies from the 40s, you'll definitely like this one as well. Highly recommended.

Sleepwalk (1986)

American fantasy drama film. It's about a professional translator who is hired to transcribe an ancient Chinese manuscript, but soon she finds out that it has powers that begin to take over her life. Not a very recognizable cast, apart from the reason why I actually watched this. It's Tony Todd in his first ever role. In the first ten minutes or so there was also another character played by someone I thought looked a bit like Steve Buscemi, but he didn't really look at the camera so I didn't think much about it. Then I thought "I wonder how long Buscemi has been acting", so I looked up his filmography and lo and behold, this movie pops up as his second feature ever. But yeah, the movie itself is... a bit bizarre and unusual, but very interesting at the same time. Not even 80 minutes long and a bit of an obscure arthouse indie, so I can't recommend this to everyone, but if you enjoyed reading my review (even if a third of it is about Steve Buscemi) you might like the movie, too.

Like I mentioned, I watched this movie because it was Tony Todd's debut and you might already know what that means. This is the start to a week full of Tony Todd movies because he sadly passed away the other day at only 69. He was great in everything I've seen him in but I also loved following him on Twitter. He was sharing good music, tasty recipes, photos of his cats, chatted with his fans, Tony Todd was all around a class act and his death came as a big shock, not only for me.

Frankenstein (2015)

American science fiction horror film. It's about a married couple of scientists who create a modern-day monster. As you might've guessed from the title, it's a Frankenstein adaptation. But completely told from the monster's perspective. And it's set in the present. A truly great performance by Xavier Samuel as our main character and the supporting cast was also very good (Carrie-Anne Moss, Danny Huston, Tony Todd, Mckenna Grace and more). It's also very gory and violent. Overall I was very suprised by this, it's a really good movie, despite the mostly average reviews. I can highly recommend it.

Sushi Girl (2012)

American crime thriller film. It's about a guy who, after being released from prison, is brought to an abandoned restaurant by his old associate to celebrate his newfound freedom, but there's unfinished business between them. Great cast (Tony Todd, Mark Hamill, Cortney Palm, Noah Hathaway (Atreju in The Neverending Story (1984)), James Duval (Frank The Rabbit in Donnie Darko (2001)), Sonny Chiba, David Dastmalchian, Danny Trejo and more). This movie is set mostly in an abandoned restaurant apart from a few flashbacks, so I'd consider this a single-location movie, and you know how much I like those. The story isn't really anything that new and original but it's well done and there are some captivating performances in this movie, so I can recommend it.

Platoon (1986)

American war drama film. It's about a new U.S. Army volunteer who's serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant and his Squad Leader argue over the morality in the platoon and of the war itself. Great cast (Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp, Kevin Dillon, Forest Whitaker, John C. McGinley, Keith David, Tony Todd and more) delivering some outstanding performances. What's there to say about this movie that hasn't already been said? It's considered one of the greatest war movies for a reason. So if you really haven't seen it (which seems unlikely, but look at me, I hadn't), you really should. Highly recommended.

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

American horror film. It's about seven strangers as they meet and survive in a rural farmhouse, following the awakening of cannibalistic zombies. This is mostly the same as the 1968 original but the biggest difference is the ending, which was much more poignant in the original. It's not bad in this one, but it's nowhere as iconic. One good thing, however, is the casting of Tony Todd as Ben. While nobody would be as good as Duane Jones in the original, I feel like Tony Todd really is the only one who could come to that. So overall, while definitely not as good as Night of the Living Dead (1968) I think this one's still worth the watch, at least once. Can recommend.

The Swarm (1978) 🤙🏻

Stream (2024)

American slasher horror film. It's about a family vacationing at a small hotel while its apparent owner unleashes four masked killers on them while live-streaming the activities. I watched this with zero expectations, besides being excited to see some of the cast (which I will come back to shortly), so I enjoyed it, but I feel like if you expect too much you'll be disappointed. This movie is too long. Over 120 minutes is just too much for something like this. There are a lot of scenes that went on too long. For example a scene where two of the players carve a tic tac toe thingy into a guy they nailed to a door and then we see them playing the whole game. Could've easily been cleaned up a bit. Just carve the thing, cut to something else that's going on and then cut back to the guy's body, covered with a finished tic tac toe game. We get it. They definitely could've cut out enough to make it at least half an hour shorter. So yeah, the pacing isn't fantastic. The kills are very creative though, so I half understand why they'd linger on some of them so much. Still, they could've cut some stuff. The cast (I said I'd come back to this) is great. It really seems like most of the (already not that massive) budget went to the cast. We got David Howard Thornton (famous for playing Art the Clown in the Terrifier movies), Danielle Harris (who was in four Halloween movies, three Hatchet movies and more), we got Tim Curry in a little cameo in a mid-credits scene (It, Legend, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue and so much more), Jeffrey Combs (famous for a lot of HP Lovecraft adaptations, including the Re-Animator movies, and much more), Dee Wallace (who was in Cujo, ET, multiple Critters movies, The Howling, the original The Hills Have Eyes and again, much more), we got Tony Todd (in a little cameo, making this the last movie he worked on that was released during his lifetime; there's still a new Final Destination movie with him coming out next year), Tim Reid (who was in It, and a lot of sitcoms in the 70s, 80s and 90s), Felissa Rose (from Sleepaway Camp; and yes, the face that you remember right now, THAT is her), we got Mark Holton (who was in Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf II, who was in multiple Leprechaun movies, in Pee-wee's Big Adventure and more), Daniel Roebuck (who was in multiple Halloween movies, in Final Destination, in the new Munsters movie and more), Bill Moseley (famous for Texas Chainsaw Massacre and a few of its sequels, for collaborating with Rob Zombie on The Devil's Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses, 3 from Hell and much more), Terry Kiser (most famous for playing Bernie (you know, the dead guy) in the Weekend at Bernie's movies, but also a lot of horror movies, for example the fourth Friday the 13th), Bob Adrian (who's been in two The Conjuring movies but also in 12 Monkeys and more), we got Terry Alexander (who's most famous for the original Day of the Dead) and more. So yeah, it's safe to say that they probably did spend a big part of their budget on the actors. As a big horror fan that's one big plus for this movie. Sure, some stuff isn't paced very well but the gore is very good and seemingly around every corner you spot a horror legend. So the bottom line is... if you're a horror fanatic like me you'll enjoy this one despite its problems, but if you're not you probably won't really enjoy it. But I can recommend it.

28 Days Later 👍🏻

28 Weeks Later 👍🏻

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Time/period piece with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.

A little confusing at times but once you figure it out it's a FANTASTIC movie.

8/10

Candyman (1992)

American gothic supernatural black horror film. It's about a Chicago graduate student completing a thesis on urban legends and folklore, which leads her to the legend of the "Candyman", the ghost of an African-American artist and son of a slave who was murdered in the late 19th century for his relationship with the daughter of a wealthy white man. Rewatched this yesterday and while last time (it's been almost 6 years since I've seen this for the first time) I thought this was just a very good movie this time around I realized how genuinely great it actually is. Highly recommended.

The Crow (1994)

American gothic superhero drama fantasy horror film. It's about rock musician who is resurrected from the dead to seek vengeance against the gang who murdered him and his fiancée. This might warrant another viewing some time, because despite it being very good I feel like it didn't actually meet its potential. That might be because of Brandon Lee's death before the movie was finished or maybe because my expectations were a bit too high. I don't really know. All I know is that I wasn't as blown away by this as I thought I would be. It's still very good, though. And so is the cast (Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, David Patrick Kelly, Bai Ling, Michael Massee, Tony Todd, Ernie Hudson and more). So I can recommend it.

And with that my Tony Todd week comes to an end. This time around I didn't end on the last movie, because Tony Todd's last movie is Final Destination 5, and that doesn't come out until next year. So because there was no final movie to watch on the last day of the week I switched it up so this one would be last and so I can continue with the other movies in this franchise over the next few days.

But yeah, Tony Todd was special. May he rest in peace.

Star 👍🏻

Napad / Justice 👍🏻

Strange Darling: certainly not what i expected. best to go into blind. 8/10

Kingsman: The Secret Service 👍🏻

The Last Voyage of Demeter 👎🏻

Emilia Pérez
Musical about Mexican drug cartel boss who turns into a woman.

The Crow: City of Angels (1996)

American superhero fantasy horror film. It's about a car mechanic who gets resurrected by the spirit of the crow seeking revenge for the murder of his son. This is obviously by far not as good as the original, but I can't compare either to the comic book series, because I haven't read it. This sequel may be as low rated as it is because people would've preferred Brandon Lee (as he signed a three picture deal) but of course he famously died during the filming of the first one. To be honest, we're lucky the first one was completed. And of course whatever they had planned with Brandon Lee for this sequel was scrapped and had to be rewritten. The end product isn't actually that bad. It doesn't come close to the original, but keeping in mind how it even came to be, it's decent. I don't know if I can recommend it, though. And I fear that the other two sequels and the remake/second adaptation of the comic book are even worse. So for now I'll say this: If you're a perfectionist like me when it comes to stuff like this, don't be afraid. It's not that bad.

Don't Breathe. Horror thriller with great actors, interesting story and quite scary, and a bit disgusting too. Rated 9/10. Now to see the second part.

K-19: The Widowmaker 👍🏻