The last movie you've seen thread 2016

[Gass3268]

Power Rangers #noshame

[RINO Tom]

Saw Life last week ... I'm glad I heard "meh" things, because I actually liked it.  Like, what the hell were people expecting that were disappointed?  Haha...

[Enduro]

Split, honestly Shymalan is coming back as a director. Still has a great eye, and didn't butcher the interesting concept. Plus, had a great twist, can't wait for Glass.

[Enduro]

The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite prison movie now. It was amazing.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Guardians 2, two weeks ago (loved it)
Thanks for Smoking for college

I'm going to watch Get Out (6.5/10) tomorrow

[Antonio the Sixth]

Streamed All The Way the other day. I loved it. If only modern Democrats could be more like LBJ.

[Enduro]

Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2

Marvel does it again. They never cease to amaze me with how great their movies are.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Streamed All The Way the other day. I loved it. If only modern Democrats could be more like LBJ.

If you haven't seen it yet, I'd also recommend Path to War which could almost be considered a sequel to All the Way, except that it was filmed and released 14 years earlier.

While All they Way covers LBJ's first year in office, Path to War starts with his inauguration in 1965 and covers the remainder of his presidency. He's definitely more of a tragic, overwhelmed, and haunted figure in the latter film though, since in a reversal to All the Way the focus lies on Vietnam with civil rights playing only a minor role.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Streamed All The Way the other day. I loved it. If only modern Democrats could be more like LBJ.

If you haven't seen it yet, I'd also recommend Path to War which could almost be considered a sequel to All the Way, except that it was filmed and released 14 years earlier.

While All they Way covers LBJ's first year in office, Path to War starts with his inauguration in 1965 and covers the remainder of his presidency. He's definitely more of a tragic, overwhelmed, and haunted figure in the latter film though, since in a reversal to All the Way the focus lies on Vietnam with civil rights playing only a minor role.

That sounds very interesting. I'll definitely check it out.

I'll note there are a few very compelling bits of tragedy in LBJ's portrayal here, but they'd definitely come up more in a Vietnam-focused setting.

[Tender Branson]

Not a movie, but I started watching the new re-animated mystery/sci-fi/horror Twin Peaks series from the early 1990s ...

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[SingingAnalyst]

Pitch Perect 2. Loved it.

[SingingAnalyst]

Wonder Woman.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Streamed All The Way the other day. I loved it. If only modern Democrats could be more like LBJ.

As good as Bryan Cranston was in All the Way, I'd argue the film itself was pretty much a hagiography in the worst sense of the word.  I mean, if you want to see a more recent example of an actor give a great performance as a Democratic President in a program that portrays "perfect" President with no real flaws and offers a pretty unrealistic depiction of American politics, I'm pretty sure you can stream The West Wing on Netflix.  And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with enjoying All The Way as a movie (I didn't, but that's just me), but it's like JFK.  If you take it as an entertainment alone, that's fine, but don't watch it expecting to learn anything either.  It's about Lyndon Johnson the way that American Hustle is about ABSCAM.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Streamed All The Way the other day. I loved it. If only modern Democrats could be more like LBJ.

As good as Bryan Cranston was in All the Way, I'd argue the film itself was pretty much a hagiography in the worst sense of the word.  I mean, if you want to see a more recent example of an actor give a great performance as a Democratic President in a program that portrays "perfect" President with no real flaws and offers a pretty unrealistic depiction of American politics, I'm pretty sure you can stream The West Wing on Netflix.  And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with enjoying All The Way as a movie (I didn't, but that's just me), but it's like JFK.  If you take it as an entertainment alone, that's fine, but don't watch it expecting to learn anything either.  It's about Lyndon Johnson the way that American Hustle is about ABSCAM.

I mean yeah, I realized watching it that it was obviously going for a sympathetic portrayal and ignoring the more unsavory aspects, but I wouldn't say it was outright hagiographic. Besides, the demonization of LBJ is far more annoying to me, and I maintain that the Democrats would be much better off if they had leaders like him, rather than the spineless empty suits we get these days.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Streamed All The Way the other day. I loved it. If only modern Democrats could be more like LBJ.

As good as Bryan Cranston was in All the Way, I'd argue the film itself was pretty much a hagiography in the worst sense of the word.  I mean, if you want to see a more recent example of an actor give a great performance as a Democratic President in a program that portrays "perfect" President with no real flaws and offers a pretty unrealistic depiction of American politics, I'm pretty sure you can stream The West Wing on Netflix.  And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with enjoying All The Way as a movie (I didn't, but that's just me), but it's like JFK.  If you take it as an entertainment alone, that's fine, but don't watch it expecting to learn anything either.  It's about Lyndon Johnson the way that American Hustle is about ABSCAM.

I mean yeah, I realized watching it that it was obviously going for a sympathetic portrayal and ignoring the more unsavory aspects, but I wouldn't say it was outright hagiographic. Besides, the demonization of LBJ is far more annoying to me, and I maintain that the Democrats would be much better off if they had leaders like him, rather than the spineless empty suits we get these days.

LBJ was a pretty complex guy and for all the good he accomplished in areas such as civil rights and widening the social safety net, let's not forget that he had a ton of political capital, large Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress, and an opposition party that wasn't composed almost entirely of legislative suicide bombers.  I'm skeptical about how much someone like Johnson would've gotten done if they were President from 2008-2016 and would argue that Obama really accomplished far more than anyone could've realistically expected given the circumstances. 

Not to be condescending or anything, but it's not like Republicans have been winning because Democrats are scared to use inflammatory enough rhetoric or something like that.  Those sorts of oversimplifications are really little more than ideological comfort food and I say that as someone who was an enthusiastic Sanders supporter in 2016.  The fact is that when you don't control either house of Congress and have a major party that would gladly support a bigoted, treasonous sex predator and gleefully try to break the government simply for short-term political advantage regardless of the consequences, it's going to be really hard to get a lot done, period. 

Also, it's worth remembering that Johnson lied to the American people to sell them on a disastrous and completely unnecessary war and actively tried to destroy the lives of those who tried to bring this to the public's attention.  Maybe it's just me, but that sounds a lot more like George W. Bush's administration  than it does anyone I'd want in the Democratic Party.

[The Dowager Mod]

John Wick 2.

[Sumner 1868]

Alan Clarke's Made in Britain.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Wonder Woman (7/10)

[Enduro]

Wonder Woman (7/10)

[Beet]

Paris Can Wait - nothing remarkable.

[KingSweden]

I watched A Fish Called Wanda again last weekend. Always a good watch

[Santander]

Comrades: Almost a Love Story

One of my all-time favorites.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Watching Star Trek: Beyond. As laughable as the complaints from the self-proclaimed "alternative right" may or may not have been, the "message" of the film thus far is quite obvious. The Federation allows for mass immigration and for liberalism in the personal sphere. Amazing. Fantastic. More importantly, it represents a belief in consensus and shared interests. Krall and his motley crew, if nothing else, represent a belief in the necessity and importance of struggle. He also seems to embody a concept multiple illiberal movements--both the anti-globalization current of the present and the anti-colonial ones of the past--for years you have pushed against the frontier, now the frontier pushes back. Were I a Marxist, I would say that this film is also implicitly one of imperialism; the Federation is a liberalizing force that brings all peoples together under a spirit of tolerant, multi-cultural capitalism. Krall's goons are the a barbarian force defending their premodern way of life--such as it even is at this point.

Overall, the film is far too explicit in its value systems, to the point of being a poor propaganda piece. I would like to think I could have written a better film. Sadly, some epic chronicling the last gasp of the frontier would likely be 2.5 hours long. And for a name like "Beyond", this film is quite assuredly not nearly "scary" enough. I would have hoped dearly for more tense moments aboard a dying ship, well beyond where any man had gone before.

EDIT: Fantastic. Some bullsh#t origin story. Why need it be an embittered Star Fleet captain? A perpetually expanding, eternally modernizing internationalplanetary organization seems more than enough to inspire revenge from the developing worlds.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Wonder Woman: I can't believe DC finally made a good movie! And honestly, if I wanted any DC movie to be good, it was definitely this one. It's so refreshing to finally see a superhero movie with a female lead that isn't shamelessly exploitive or sexist and actually focuses on telling a compelling story. It has its share of problems of course, but it's still a damn good movie and exceeded all my expectations. I really hope other directors of DC movies will take a clue.

The Departed: It's a very well-crafted movie with absolutely brilliant suspense, but the ending is way too nihilistic for my tastes. That was a real letdown.

[Enduro]

The Princess Bride

This movie will never stop being awesome.