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Murder by Death (1976)

It was, umm, a piece of its time and very funny at moments via absurdity... Peter Falk was a whole other detective from my usual favourite frumpy cigar smoker.

JanetM wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:55 am Murder by Death (1976)

It was, umm, a piece of its time and very funny at moments via absurdity... Peter Falk was a whole other detective from my usual favourite frumpy cigar smoker.

That was super dumb and awesome. It's been forever since I saw it. Gotta check it out again.

We hardly ever watch movies at this point. I honestly can't even think of what movie we last watched. We've got britbox, though it's pretty much played out for us now. New British TV is so horrid, and we've kind of caught up on the older stuff we're interested in. I think that when it is available, I will watch Sound of Freedom. Also looking forward to the next season of the Chosen.

Last movie...still thinking.......I guess it must have been Alladin (the 1990-or whatever animated version), which I am not a big fan of. But some of the kids wanted to watch it. I sort of watched with them.

gherkin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:12 pm That was super dumb and awesome. It's been forever since I saw it. Gotta check it out again.

Ha, yes, I kinda enjoyed it too. I thought the scene where the butler's body went missing but his clothes were still there was hilarious, especially when one of the detectives responded, "Butler gone but pocket still there?"

gherkin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:18 pm We hardly ever watch movies at this point. I honestly can't even think of what movie we last watched. We've got britbox, though it's pretty much played out for us now. New British TV is so horrid, and we've kind of caught up on the older stuff we're interested in. I think that when it is available, I will watch Sound of Freedom. Also looking forward to the next season of the Chosen.

Last movie...still thinking.......I guess it must have been Alladin (the 1990-or whatever animated version), which I am not a big fan of. But some of the kids wanted to watch it. I sort of watched with them.

Ahh, I see... We need a tv show thread besides one just about movies. :D

Nefarious about a month ago. Here's my review:

WORMWOOD VS MANKIND
“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” - C.S. Lewis/The Screwtape Letters

Nefarious was promoted as a horror film. If you were hoping for something lurid, save your money and go squander it on Evil Dead Rise.

It’s like picking up The Screwtape Letters and expecting Stephen King. Most of the movie consists of the court-appointed psychiatrist interviewing a death-row inmate to determine his eligibility for capital punishment. A convicted serial killer named Edward is a shell of a man inhabited by a demon who calls himself Nefarious. Now and then Edward emerges, a stuttering dolt terrified of death but unable – unwilling, actually – to repent of his sins. So the host is really inseparable from the parasite.

Sounds more like a chapter from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. So what, exactly, what makes this a horror film?

Just this. Instead of showing the grisly nature of the violence man commits, the demon throws it back in our face by showing how we justify it. During one exchange, the parasite taunts James with the topic of abortion. James, it turns out, is a bit of a sloucher himself with commitment issues, and has arranged for his partner to kill their unborn child.

Nefarious schools the doctor: “The Creator creates, and we destroy. And we do all of it through you. We always have. Did you forget your history, Jimmy? Even in ancient times, the arch-demon Molech was celebrated by tossing infants into flaming bonfires.”

“What does this have to do with me?” James asks.

“Oh, nothing, James. Especially since the priests now wear surgical scrubs, the killing takes place in the womb, so there’s no screaming to be heard anyway, and the remains are tossed into a gas-fired crematorium. No, James, no, no, no. There’s no parallel whatsoever to you. Can you imagine the agony the Carpenter feels when we rip a child to pieces inside its own mother’s womb? ‘Cause that’s what we do, James. You and us. We do it together. … And all hell rejoices.”

Earlier in the movie, I was bemused as James calls for the resident chaplain to enter. I knew James was in trouble when the priest came in wearing a ridiculous table runner that looked like something picked up at an open-air market across the Mexican border around his neck. Then he actually dismisses the notion of demonic possession. No wonder the demon liked him.

Is it entertainment? Hardly. Is it worth watching? My wife and I haven’t stopped talking about it since we left the theater. https://whitelungdisease.blogspot.com/p/movies.html

I too watched Nefarious as my most recent movie. The previews were aimed at an R rated horror movie audience and were completely offensive.

The movie was in the B+/A- range. The actor who played the demon/possessed man would, in a just world, get an Oscar nomination, but some of the bit part players just weren't convincing.

Melancholia (2011)

Slow and ponderous with very intense music and... interesting artistry

Watched the George Michael documentary on Prime this past Saturday.

Tomorrow I plan on re-watching "Bird Box".

can't remember the last movie we went to a theater to see.... it's been that long

i'm sure i watched some movie on tv but what it might have been escapes me

John Wick 4.

faithfulservant wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:00 pm can't remember the last movie we went to a theater to see.... it's been that long

i'm sure i watched some movie on tv but what it might have been escapes me

Did it have an iceberg?

i'm almost positive there was no iceberg

That's why you can't remember it.

The Prestige (2006)

A touch too convoluted for me on this fine and lazy evening...

Sound of Freedom, the feel-good summer gut-punch movie of the year.

It was well-done.

Before that, Nefarious. I liked it, but the script and acting weren't up to SoF.

Watched "Cabin In The Woods" past weekend. How had I missed this one? My on-screen crush, Bradley Witford, in what may be his best role after Josh Lymon! Merman!!!!

It was a documentary, about weather events and disasters. I liked it a lot, but it wasn't exactly uplifting

blueyedmule wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:09 pm Sound of Freedom, the feel-good summer gut-punch movie of the year. . . Before that, Nefarious. I liked it, but the script and acting weren't up to SoF.

Feel-good is not exactly how I would characterize this movie. Although the ending reunited the father and his children, we all know there are hundreds and thousands of other cases that beg for a resolution.

I disagree that the script for Nefarious wasn't up to par with Sound of Freedom. One scene in particular was a chilling reminder of the stakes in the so-called Culture War.

Nefarious schools the doctor: “The Creator creates, and we destroy. And we do all of it through you. We always have. Did you forget your history, Jimmy? Even in ancient times, the arch-demon Molech was celebrated by tossing infants into flaming bonfires.”

“What does this have to do with me?” James asks.

“Oh, nothing, James. Especially since the priests now wear surgical scrubs, the killing takes place in the womb, so there’s no screaming to be heard anyway, and the remains are tossed into a gas-fired crematorium. No, James, no, no, no. There’s no parallel whatsoever to you. Can you imagine the agony the Carpenter feels when we rip a child to pieces inside its own mother’s womb? ‘Cause that’s what we do, James. You and us. We do it together. … And all hell rejoices.”