Rate the last movie you watched out of 10

[PussyinBoots]

Someone commented to me a while back that Jack Nicholson being "off" from the beginning ruins the depiction of his descent into madness, and I find myself agreeing more and more. In the book he's only a bit off, but things he's done in the past are slowly revealed and his going mad is better paced.

Dare I say it, but I think Nicholson was completely miscast in The Shining. Imagine if someone like John Ritter had played that part. Imagine seeing friendly, edgeless John Ritter descend into the realm of the supernaturally deranged. Nicholson telegraphs it.

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That looks like your man outta everybody loves Raymond.

 

[Ghoti]

That looks like your man outta everybody loves Raymond.

john ritter - Google Search

 

[steve sanders]

That looks like your man outta everybody loves Raymond.

three's company? 8 simple rules? he's something of a sitcom legend.

hard disagree on the take that he would have been better than jack though, which I don't say lightly. the fish and i usually align.

 

[Ghoti]

three's company? 8 simple rules? he's something of a sitcom legend.

hard disagree on the take that he would have been better than jack though, which I don't say lightly. the fish and i usually align.

Ah, not a certainty by any means, but I just mean more of an everyman than Jack Nicholson, and I say that as a huge fan of his seventies films like The Last Detail and Five Easy Pieces.

 

[steve sanders]

Ah, not a certainty by any means, but I just mean more of an everyman than Jack Nicholson, and I say that as a huge fan of his seventies films like The Last Detail and Five Easy Pieces.

we'd never have had "here's johnny".

you're going too far.

 

[steve sanders]

patton.

george c. scott 1970. about general patton, a US general in ww2.

a student of military history. it occurred to me one night recently that I'd probably never end up watching it, so i decided to power through and do it that same evening.

a hell of a picture. the opening scene is of he standing in front of a giant stars and stripes, which may ring a bell. he gets in big trouble for hitting a soldier but gets a recall for the attack on Germany.

some great scenes of tanks rolling through the hills of europe. i found i had to remind myself it was real because we're so used to cgi.

there's a good scene where he speaks of his love of the battlefield.

i enjoyed patton. i will go as high as 8.5.

 

[Jim Comic]

patton.

george c. scott 1970. about general patton, a US general in ww2.

a student of military history. it occurred to me one night recently that I'd probably never end up watching it, so i decided to power through and do it that same evening.

a hell of a picture. the opening scene is of he standing in front of a giant stars and stripes, which may ring a bell. he gets in big trouble for hitting a soldier but gets a recall for the attack on Germany.

some great scenes of tanks rolling through the hills of europe. i found i had to remind myself it was real because we're so used to cgi.

there's a good scene where he speaks of his love of the battlefield.

i enjoyed patton. i will go as high as 8.5.

great flick, mostly written by francis ford coppola i think

 

[Sugarlumps69]

Heretic on prime.
Hugh Grant as a slightly unhinged older religion sceptic.
Enjoyable.
5/10

An extra mark was given for the lasher that's in it.

Watched it last night, pretty good flick.

 

[J.R.R. hartley]

I enjoyed the first half but thought it went really silly after that.

I'm not sure where you thought it could have gone.
One other way, I suppose. But that was a more obvious way imo.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I'm not sure where you thought it could have gone.
One other way, I suppose. But that was a more obvious way imo.

I'm confused. 5/10 is a pretty poor score if you thought it was good.