What is the best recent movie you’ve seen.

[Doc Holliday]

Red Rooms (2023)
This is a great french-Canadian movie filmed in Montreal that is also called Les Chambres Rouges in french. I recently heard so many good comments about this movie that i finally decided to watch it & watched it in french. All i knew about it was that it was a psychologist thriller about a young woman obsessed about a trial. However that totally didn’t tell the entire plotline & it’s probably a good thing that i didn’t know much about the movie before i decided to watch it last night.

Basically the story is about a young Montreal model who decides to attend the trial of some guy accused of murdering three teenage girls & making a snuff film of their murders & then putting it on the dark web. So the minute i staryed watching the movie i said “great, another court trial movie. I love those.” But it turns out that it’s much more than this & really about the main character which as the movie goes along makes you wonder why she’s so invested into the trial & whether or not she’s a good person or not. The movie really starts getting suspensful & gets you on the edge of your seat in the second half of the movie as you ‘re trying to figure out what will come next. You actually end up not giving a damn about the trial & realize it’s not even a court trial at all. It’s about the main character & all the mysteries surrounding her!

It’s directed by Pascal Plante & stars Juliette Gariepy in a breakthrough performance! That movie is so good that it may now be actually the best movie i’ve seen all year after claiming yesterday that it was The Substance! I plan on re-watching the movie again & i’ll probably enjoy it as much! The critics & movie fans absolutely loved this movie & Gariepy’s performance & so did I! I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars and strongly recommend it!

 

[Johnny test]

Red Rooms (2023)
This is a great french-Canadian movie filmed in Montreal that is also called Les Chambres Rouges in french. I recently heard so many good comments about this movie that i finally decided to watch it & watched it in french. All i knew about it was that it was a psychologist thriller about a young woman obsessed about a trial. However that totally didn’t tell the entire plotline & it’s probably a good thing that i didn’t know much about the movie before i decided to watch it last night.

Basically the story is about a young Montreal model who decides to attend the trial of some guy accused of murdering three teenage girls & making a snuff film of their murders & then putting it on the dark web. So the minute i staryed watching the movie i said “great, another court trial movie. I love those.” But it turns out that it’s much more than this & really about the main character which as the movie goes along makes you wonder why she’s so invested into the trial & whether or not she’s a good person or not. The movie really starts getting suspensful & gets you on the edge of your seat in the second half of the movie as you ‘re trying to figure out what will come next. You actually end up not giving a damn about the trial & realize it’s not even a court trial at all. It’s about the main character & all the mysteries surrounding her!

It’s directed by Pascal Plante & stars Juliette Gariepy in a breakthrough performance! That movie is so good that it may now be actually the best movie i’ve seen all year after claiming yesterday that it was The Substance! I plan on re-watching the movie again & i’ll probably enjoy it as much! The critics & movie fans absolutely loved this movie & Gariepy’s performance & so did I! I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars and strongly recommend it!

ok i'm sold , i'll you know what i think

 

[Doc Holliday]

Totally agree, it's one of the movies of the year, if not THE movie of the year.
The comparison to Cronenberg's work is totally accurate so it's not for everyone.
If you haven't already check her previous movie "Revenge", it'S also quite impressive.

Revenge (2017)
Well i took your advice & just finished watching Revenge. OMG what a great movie! I’m surprised that i hadn’t heard of this movie previously. I think i found my new favorite movie director! I’d even go as far to,say that this movie is Tarantinoesque! The beauty, the craziness, the extreme violence, the blood, the gore…you name it!

Director Coralie Fargeat definitely has a fascination with beautiful, sexy young lead actresses & doesn’t hesitate to showmthe viewer their physical attributes & beautiful nude bodies & gorgeous asses! In her more recent movie it was Margaret Qualley & in this one it’s Matilda Lutz, who portrays a woman who was brutally raped & then left for dead by her lover & his two accomplices. I loved all of their performances & especially the beautiful cinematography. The director also seems to have a fascination for gore & especially close-ups of gross, open wounds like in The Substance. I also loved the movie’s film score, which like the other movie greatly adds to the suspense. This is a great movie which was praised by the critics & tremendously loved by the moviegoers when it first came out. I absolutely loved it! I give it 4 out of 5 stars!

 

[AHarper]

I watched Becky the other day on Netflix....an adult version of " Home Alone ". Lots of violence and gore.....you gotta suspend your disbelief...if you think that a 16 year old girl can take on a gang of dangerous escaped convicts....but hey I thought it was a hoot and a lot of fun. She must be John Wick's long lost cousin cause blood dosen't seem to faze her. It stars Kevin James from " The King of Queens " as one of the convicts....pretty convincing as a heavy. There are two movies..."Becky" and " Wrath of Becky ".I suggest watching Becky first as the other one is a sequel.

 

[Doc Holliday]

The Dead Don’t Hurt (2023)
I love a good western so i figured i’d watch this one which was directed by & stars Viggo Mortensen. The movie received very good reviews by the critics & moviegoers. It’s what i’d describe as being a smart western & it involves frequent switching back between two timelines. The present & the past. It co-stars Vicky Krieps & Solly Mcloud. Although it’s a slow-moving movie i enjoyed it. It involves love, rape & revenge. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Hit Man (2024)
Watched this movie yesterday & loved it tremendously. Very good acting performances by all of the actors especially main actor Glen Powell. Adria Arjona is also great & very sexy as the female lead. Very good script. Now i know why the fans & critics alike have been raving about this movie. I absolute loved it! I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

 

[Lunaseraphim]

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.

 

[Johnny test]

A bit out of topic maybe but it could interest some of you
There's a huge community of Star Wars online who didn't like the latest versions of the original trilogy and decided to hunt for original 35 mm copies of the 1st three movies all over the world to create new HD versions of those.
It's not for everyone since picture quality is often inferior to the latest 4k versions but the movies were not modified so they are the closest versions to what was available in theaters in 1977/1980 and 1983.
I can't obviously post links to this forum in here but if you're interested PM me.

 

[Doc Holliday]

A bit out of topic maybe but it could interest some of you
There's a huge community of Star Wars online who didn't like the latest versions of the original trilogy and decided to hunt for original 35 mm copies of the 1st three movies all over the world to create new HD versions of those.
It's not for everyone since picture quality is often inferior to the latest 4k versions but the movies were not modified so they are the closest versions to what was available in theaters in 1977/1980 and 1983.
I can't obviously post links to this forum in here but if you're interested PM me.

I’ve never been much of a Star Wars fan. As a matter of fact i’ve only seen the first movie. I own the first 4 movies in blue ray yet have never even opened them yet. One day i will. Anyways when i was a kid i used to own my own Super 8 movie camera & projector. I sometimes would make my own movies with friends of mine. I remember even doing a remake of Rocky! Lol. Anyways i also began purchasing several Super 8 movies & one of them was Star Wars. It was actually how i ended up watching Star Wars for the first time. I still have all my Super 8 movies.

 

[Johnny test]

Yesterday i (re)watched Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, so yeah it's not particularly new but i had a different perspective on this one.
The first time i watched it was on the 1st release in 2001 and i was interested but i had mixed feelings about it, i was living in France at the time and i wasn't particularly affected by Jeunet's vision of Paris.
Jeunet directed this movie after his "US periode" when he went to Hollywood to direct "Alien Resurrection" and then came back to France, so his vision of the city was full of nostalgia and i didn't really get that at the time.
Now that i live in Montreal and that i'm older probably watching this movie affects me in a different way.

 

[Johnny test]

Watched this strange movie a few days ago Disappearance at Clifton Hill, not a bad movie, small canadian production, i think it's partly financed by CBC so, not a blockbuster you can imagine.
It's not exceptional but not as bad as you'd think based on the low rating on IMDB (5.5).
It starts as some kind of crime story but that part isn't as important as the characters, so i can understand it may be a disappointment for some viewers.
As i said the focus is more on the main character her history and the relationship with her family.... don't want to reveal too much.
So clearly not the movie of the year but if you have an hour and a half to kill it may be a good choice.

 

[Lunaseraphim]

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Yesterday i (re)watched Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, so yeah it's not particularly new but i had a different perspective on this one.
The first time i watched it was on the 1st release in 2001 and i was interested but i had mixed feelings about it, i was living in France at the time and i wasn't particularly affected by Jeunet's vision of Paris.
Jeunet directed this movie after his "US periode" when he went to Hollywood to direct "Alien Resurrection" and then came back to France, so his vision of the city was full of nostalgia and i didn't really get that at the time.
Now that i live in Montreal and that i'm older probably watching this movie affects me in a different way.

I really liked The city of lost children.

 

[Lunaseraphim]

i am a sci fi lover have a huge personal collection if you liked that, here is a few you might enjoy
Delicatessen 1991 ‧ Comedy/Sci-fi ‧ 1h 39m
12 Monkeys 1995 ‧ Sci-fi/Thriller ‧ 2h 9m
Existenz 1999 ‧ Sci-fi/Horror ‧ 1h 37m
The Fifth Element 1997 ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧ 2h 6m
Jacob's Ladder 1990 ‧ Horror/Mystery ‧ 1h 53m
Run Lola Run 1998 ‧ Thriller/Action
Donnie Darko 2001 ‧ Sci-fi/Thriller ‧ 1h 53m ( this is a classic)
A Boy and His Dog 1975 ‧ Sci-fi/Thriller ‧ 1h 31m (another classic starring Don Johnston when he was a unknown)

I've seen all of those
Existenz is actually one of my favorite david cronenberg movie

 

[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.

interested in watching this one, big fan of the original.
as a matter of fact i thought the 1922 Murnau's version was the 1st adaptation of Dracula but apparently there was one before that, never watched it though, i don't think there's a copy left.

 

[Meta not Meta]

interested in watching this one, big fan of the original.
as a matter of fact i thought the 1922 Murnau's version was the 1st adaptation of Dracula but apparently there was one before that, never watched it though, i don't think there's a copy left.

I was planning on seeing the new Nosferatu today ... maybe tomorrow.

What was the first vampire film? Maybe a now lost film with Theda Bara from the 1910s, whom I was reading about recently. She was one of the movies first sex symbols, maybe the original 'femme fatale,' or 'heartless vixen,' as the term would have known back then.

Anyway, one of her earliest hits was 'A Fool There Was', which was based loosely on the Rudyard Kipling poem, “The Vampire.” Hence, the term 'Vamp' ... a term she popularized.

Apparently, as this vamp, or evil seductress, of the film, she lures and then drives to ruin a young New York lawyer whose socially prominent wife had made the mistake of snubbing her. It's said that her final line, uttered to her defeated prey, became legendary:

“Kiss me, my fool!”

 

[Lunaseraphim]

interested in watching this one, big fan of the original.
as a matter of fact i thought the 1922 Murnau's version was the 1st adaptation of Dracula but apparently there was one before that, never watched it though, i don't think there's a copy left.

I think there was one before that, you're right! Murnau's version is pretty impressive for that time period

 

[Lunaseraphim]

I was planning on seeing the new Nosferatu today ... maybe tomorrow.

What was the first vampire film? Maybe a now lost film with Theda Bara from the 1910s, whom I was reading about recently. She was one of the movies first sex symbols, maybe the original 'femme fatale,' or 'heartless vixen,' as the term would have known back then.

Anyway, one of her earliest hits was 'A Fool There Was', which was based loosely on the Rudyard Kipling poem, “The Vampire.” Hence, the term 'Vamp' ... a term she popularized.

Apparently, as this vamp, or evil seductress, of the film, she lures and then drives to ruin a young New York lawyer whose socially prominent wife had made the mistake of snubbing her. It's said that her final line, uttered to her defeated prey, became legendary:

“Kiss me, my fool!”

Not sure how reliable this is

Gothic horror (involving vampires among other things) was present since the beginning of cinema.

 

[Johnny test]

Since all of those movies are lost it's really hard to know what's right and what's urban legend but Nosferatu was not the 1st vampire movie but the 1st (well maybe not the 1st apparently ) Dracula adaptation and since they didn't have the right to the novel they titled it Nosferatu, even if Murnau's version is different from the book, some characters are clearly inspired by the book. Never been a big fan of the book in fact

 

[Lunaseraphim]

Yes it's also so highly referenced in pop culture that it gets old, but I actually really enjoyed Nosferatu. It's very aesthetically pleasing too. But honestly I've always been a fan of movies set in different eras. One very interesting movie I saw a couple years ago is called Benedetta, it's set in the 17th century and also a horror film

 

[Johnny test]

It is really the same story

Not exactly, The Coppola movie from the 90s is probably the closest adaptation of the book, (that may explain the title of the movie), others are slightly or completely different, the Hammer movies for example are miles away from the original book. But that's probably the coolest fact, every movie brought something new to the whole myth.
I'm probably biased on this cause i watched them when i was a kid but Christopher Lee is still the ultimate Dracula in my mind.