What is the best recent movie you’ve seen.

[Lunaseraphim]

Bong Joon-ho is pretty good too. Loved Parasite, Memories of Murder, Snowpiercer, etc.

Ohhh I had forgotten about Memories of Murder

 

[Fradi]

The only Dracula or Vampire movies which interested me were the ones which tackled the actual science of Vampirism. The one I recall liking most, the name of which escapes me, focused on a Dracula which needed human blood as sustenance and grew increasingly weak without it. This Dracula was portrayed more as a heroin addict- he didn't like having to kill, but did so to sustain himself as he grew weaker and weaker. You kind of felt sorry for him.

What disappoints me is that none of these movies grapple with finding a solution for the Vampirism problem, other than killing the Vampire. There is no need to kill the Vampire if an alternate to blood is discovered that will sustain the vampire. It is possible to distill the nutrients in the blood, so that the vampire can be nourished without having to kill anyone. Yet the movies do not look into these practical, non-violent and non-dramatic methods of solving the problem.

These are movies meant to entertain not a movie to see who wins the next Nobel peace prize. What would a vampire movie be without the blood sucking vampire killer who must be destroyed in the end.
Give the people what they want lol. Who would see it otherwise.

 

[Johnny test]

I went to see Nosferatu a few days ago and I was pretty impressed, I assumed that it was a remake of the 70s one directed by Werner Herzog (which is still my favorite adaptation), but it was a remake of the 1920's film.

Finally watched it yesterday and i have mixed feelings about it, first half was really good, the gothic ambiance worked really well and the rythm and photography were really great.
At some point, it didn't flow as well.
It would have been a great movie in 90/100 minutes, a 2h and somthing flick is a bit too long.
Overall good movie but not on top of my list

 

[Johnny test]

This past weekend i watched three new movies that i enjoyed very much: Heretic, Speak No Evil & Ad Vitam.

Heretic (2024)
Horror/thriller starring Hugh Grant. Kindly old man who lets two young missionary girls looking to inform & recruit new members in their church (Mormons) discover that he’s not as normal & kind as he appears to be. I really enjoyed this movie. I give it 4/5 stars & recommemd it.

Speak No Evil (2024)
Psychological/thriller/horror movie starring James McVavoy as a charmimgly eccentric family man who invites a family he meets during an italian vacation to spend a few days with his own family with them in England. Soon after arriving the American couple realize that the longer they stay the more likely their lives will become a nightmare. Loved it! I give it 4/5 stars. By the way it’s a remake of a Danish movie from 2022 that has the same name. I recommend it!

Ad Vitam (2025)
This movie surprised me at how much i enjoyed it! It’s a French action thriller directed by Rodolphe Lauga & starring Guillaume Canet. It’s a movie that begins with a man & pregnant woman being attacked by a special forces-type team im regards to something that the main character may have done in his past while working for such a team. The movie has many flashbacks which explain how things got to be how they are in the present. Tons of action, loved the story, i love french movies so this one made my day! Very well made & i recommend it. I give it 4/5 stars. I’d definitely watch it again!

Still need to watch Heretic, A24 productions are always interesting and, at least different from the rest.
Also watched AD vitam on Netflix, very watchable, not the best Canet but good entertainment.

 

[Johnny test]

saw the Danish version of this movie

didn't know there was another version. i know than "let me in" is a remake of "Let the right one in" but not speak no evil, do you have the original title i'm curious?

 

[Workingman]

View attachment 86940
Finally watched it yesterday and i have mixed feelings about it, first half was really good, the gothic ambiance worked really well and the rythm and photography were really great.
At some point, it didn't flow as well.
It would have been a great movie in 90/100 minutes, a 2h and somthing flick is a bit too long.
Overall good movie but not on top of my list

From what comes out these days in theatres it's pretty decent. Nothing else playing remotely interests me.

 

[Johnny test]

From what comes out these days in theatres it's pretty decent. Nothing else playing remotely interests me.

quite right! But the beauty of movies is there a gazillion older movies that i haven't watched so i don't feel the need to only focus on new releases

 

[Lunaseraphim]

didn't know there was another version. i know than "let me in" is a remake of "Let the right one in" but not speak no evil, do you have the original title i'm curious?

It's speak no evil as well (or at least something similar). The original let the right one in was so much better than the remake, I had forgotten about that movie I want to watch it again

 

[Meta not Meta]

View attachment 86940
Finally watched it yesterday and i have mixed feelings about it, first half was really good, the gothic ambiance worked really well and the rythm and photography were really great.
At some point, it didn't flow as well.
It would have been a great movie in 90/100 minutes, a 2h and somthing flick is a bit too long.
Overall good movie but not on top of my list

Watched it this week, mixed feelings as well.

I really want to like Robert Eggers' films ... they're very stylish, artsy, inventive, original, and incredibly atmospheric, and their look is unmistakably his own, but they can also be quite lugubrious.

Familiar genre elements (especially if you've seen the '22 Murnau) really help tie-down the plotting of this one to something tangible, otherwise his films for me tend to fly off into the ether.

He's really working at the level of myth rather than character, though Lily-Rose Depp is quite good as the beautiful object of desire.

Undeniably, in his favour generally, is to be able to rescue the discomforting, strangeness & disgustingly horrific in folkloric tales that have otherwise become overly familiar to us. And he certainly accomplishes that here ....

Apparently he's got a werewolf film planned for 2026 ...

 

[Johnny test]

he's got a werewolf film planned for 2026

apparently he is going through the whole Universal bestiary

 

[Meta not Meta]

apparently he is going through the whole Universal bestiary

Which is exactly what Hammer had done! Some have wondered why Hammer rarely if ever dipped into uniquely English folkloric traditions ... but almost everything, I think, came via the monsters established by Universal in the '30s.

 

[Meta not Meta]

The 2025 Oscar nominations:

The 97th Academy Awards | 2025

The 97th Academy Awards | 2025

www.oscars.org