list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

A new horror movie - Nefarious. From IMDb: On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own. I didn't know anything about this movie beforehand, but gets a half decent score on IMDb, so I thought why not. The acting by Sean Patrick Flanery is excellent and he plays the demon/Edward with great effect, switching effortlessly between roles and interacts well with the interviewing psychiatrist (most of the movie is dialogue between the two). When it had finished I looked it up online. Turns out it was made by a Christian independent production company based on a book by a republican supporting Christian. Some of the comments on the book see it as some sort of a warning if we don't heed the evil amongst us. Ignoring all that pap, the film is quite good and the acting (mostly by Sean Patrick Flanery) is spot on. There is no major twist, but the ending is unexpected and a neat way to finish up. Thankfully not overlong either. 6.5/10

Watched the latest Guardians Of The Galaxy film. Personally I felt it failed to recreate the magic of the first 2 whihc I loved and got just too nasty at times and then copped out with a very silly ending. Also why do the baddies have to speak with a stupid over the top English accent. Way too cliched. Borderline bad film. 5/10

Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny I watched it last night. I thought it was all a bit meh. My wife fell asleep half way through so make of that as you will. There were a few funny comments (Phoebe Waller-Bridge's input maybe?) and lots, I mean lots, of chases scenes. The deaths seemed a bit cruel too with little sympathy shown. The ending was daft and the final scenes seemed just glued on to end the series. I actually think the previous movie was better.

Megamind 

The Last Voyage of the Demeter  Most people are likely to recall the ship, the Demeter, that brings Count Dracula to England that is found washed up on the coast of Whitby with all crew missing apart from a loan sailor dead, and strapped to the wheel. Well this story tells of that fateful journey from Romania. Dracula here is not all suave and sophisticated, rather a monster much like the beast from Nosferatu. It progresses as you'd expect with the unfortunate sailors being taken out one at a time to provide sustenance to the vampire during the trip. It's well done and has that necessary scariness all throughout the movie. It won't win any awards but it's a great idea for a film and it's a surprise this part of the story hasn't been told before like this. 7/10

Birdman - well, this was something different for sure. I liked the actors, filming style (long, seemingly uninterrupted takes) and the use of music. 

Edited by Hiram - September 15 2023 at 10:08

Filth - I'm a fan of Irvine Welsh and while this is no Trainspotting, it's still a surprisingly good and super funny adaptation of the novel.

The Black Demon 

Barbie - Looked good and started out quite well until it became preachy crap. I'll give it a 4/10. I'll use my wife's exact description when I asked her what she thought - "sh*te".

The Beanie Bubble 2023