August 2022 50 Movie Challenge: Movie Makers - Page 26 - Blu-ray Forum

october27 · 08-31-2022, 05:16 PM

This was a pretty good month for me. 58 total with 22 of those being first viewings. Looking forward to seeing everyone in September.

First Viewing
1. The Bounty 1984
4. The Blue Max
7. Invisible Ghost
16. Don't Look Up
20. 1492: Conquest Of Paradise
24. City By The Sea
25. The Destructors
32. Murder By Decree
33. The Boys From Brazil
34. 1984 1956
40. Spider-Man: No Way Home
43. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
44. Detective Story

Favorites
2. Godzilla Vs Kong
3. The Hunted
6. Pet Semetary 2019
10. Moonfall
11. Odds Against Tomorrow
12. The Set-Up
13. Down 3 Dark Streets
17. Five Steps To Danger
22. The Batman
26. The Freshman
31. The Goonies
38. Sudden Fear
39. Death Race 2
45. Dog Day Afternoon
46. Suspicion
47. Hang Em High
52. Hellboy 2
53. Odd Man Out

Tv Seasons
5. Obi-Wan Kenobi
37. The Mandalorian: Season 1
48. The Pacific
56. The Twilight Zone: Season 3
57. The Mandalorian: Season 2

Star Of The Month: Edward G. Robinson
8. Hell On Frisco Bay
9. Little Caesar
14. Destroyer
18. Two Seconds
19. The Little Giant
23. The Sea Wolf
27. Larceny Inc.
28. All My Sons
29. The Woman In The Window
30. Bullets Or Ballots
35. Nightmare
41. Vice Squad
50. Five Star Final
51. Smart Money
55. Confessions Of A Nazi Spy

What Else Have They Done? Five From Field Of Dreams
15. Field Of Dreams
21. Star Wars - James Earl Jones
36. Vera Cruz - Burt Lancaster
42. Uncle Buck - Gaby Hoffman
49. 3 Days To Kill - Kevin Costner
58. The Sum Of All Fears - Phil Alden Robinson

Al_The_Strange · 08-31-2022, 05:29 PM

I've neglected the featured category too long, so I only have time for one more movie. Made the snap decision to base it off of Batman & Robin so I could connect one of my earlier watches with this one.

Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger:

The Long Goodbye (1973)
Tubi

7/10

Al_The_Strange · 08-31-2022, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Recents:

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Total: 34 Films

That's it for this month. Not bad considering I've spent the whole month in a hotel with only an Amazon Fire Cube to use for English-friendly entertainment. Just a couple more weeks until I can move into a new house (although my TV, players, and movie collection comes later, sadly).

Best First-Time Viewings: Everything Everywhere All At Once, Belle, Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Masque of Red Death, Leaving Las Vegas, The Long Goodbye, West Side Story '21, The Croods: A New Age, Clerks II

Worst First-Time Viewings: The Requin, Jiu Jitsu, The Resort, Mac and Me

Best Rewatches: Minority Report, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Crocodile Dundee 1 and 2, Tomorrow Never Dies, War of the Worlds '05

Worst Rewatches: Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

Mixed Feelings: Munich, Gunpowder Milkshake, Chaos Walking, Vast of Night, The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee

Guilty Pleasures: Vampire's Kiss, Comedy of Terrors

Achievements:

Five recommended movies seen--thank you all for your picks!
25 films seen from 6 categories of filmmakers (I might have overplanned this, expecting more categories than needed, but oh well)
Crocodile Dundee marathon completed
Watched all but one of the unwatched Vincent Price movies in my Vudu library
Watched all of The Boys Season 1

kingdoxie · 08-31-2022, 06:39 PM

For a Few Dollars More ⭐⭐⭐⭐

kingdoxie · 08-31-2022, 06:59 PM

Finished with 100, my best month ever! 40 films were either foreign language or foreign productions.

Top 5:

Lady Snowblood ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Pink Floyd: The Wall ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Green Mile ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Knives Out ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

Brief Encounter ⭐⭐⭐⭐�

The full list:

[Show spoiler]

odguitar · 08-31-2022, 07:52 PM

Synecdoche, New York (first-time viewing)

Yeah, this one's not for me. I've found that Kaufman and I don't mix when he's directing his own stuff, but stuff he just writes and someone else directs is more my speed.

2.5/5

odguitar · 08-31-2022, 07:54 PM

The Empire Strikes Back (rewatch)

My local indie theater put the original Star Wars trilogy on the big screen for a week, and I had to get out and see this one at the very least. It's amazing how, despite knowing what's coming, everything is so overwhelming on the big screen that the big reveal hits just as hard as if you didn't 't know what was coming.

5/5

odguitar · 08-31-2022, 07:56 PM

Pan's Labyrinth (first-time viewing)

I was glad to get a chance to finally see this one, and it didn't disappoint. It's so beautiful, so haunting. The way del Toro blocks shots and moves the camera is maybe my favorite thing about his work, it's so interesting to watch. Thanks for the recommendation, kingdoxie!

5/5

filmbuffTX · 08-31-2022, 09:03 PM

Child's Play (1988)

Decided it was due time for me to rewatch this franchise. I plan on rewatching Season 1 of the new series next month in time for Season 2 in October.

The show has a ton of callbacks and appearances by characters from the movies so I want them fresh on my mind.

graf1k · 08-31-2022, 09:38 PM

Re-Cycle | dir. The Pang Brothers | 2006 |

It's got some really impressive visual flair, from the Kowloon Walled City-esque slums to the valley of forgotten elders, the art style and visual effects is clearly it's strong suit. Sixteen years after seeing the trailer for this, I still vividly remembered the floating islands in the sky. It's a pretty barebones story with a reveal you can see a mile off, but still not a bad way to spend 90 minutes. Kind of reminded me a little of What Dreams May Come. Thanks for the recommendation, Al! Can finally cross this one off The List�.

graf1k · 08-31-2022, 09:56 PM

Pretty good month for me. 57 movies by my count, 42 first watches, including a number of films that have been on the old backlog forever (On the Waterfront, Dirty Harry, Jeremiah Johnson, The Outsiders, Badlands, The Duellists, Conan the Barbarian, etc.) It was especially fun to dig deeper into Brando's filmography, an area I was poorly educated on thus far. I had to drop the "What Else Have They Done?" for Duvall or I would have never got to the recommendations, and I wish I had done more first-watches for some of the other actor categories (especially Hopper) but I was running out of time and had to go with movies I had on hand. September should be real fun because there's a lot of recommended TV that I've been meaning to watch and I have a backlog of TV stuff I've been waiting for the right time to jump into.

Top 5 Favorite First Watches, August 2022:
Purple Noon -

Top Gun: Maverick -

The American Friend -

The Duellists -

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Nope -

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graf1k · 08-31-2022, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odguitar

Synecdoche, New York (first-time viewing)

[Show spoiler]

Yeah, this one's not for me. I've found that Kaufman and I don't mix when he's directing his own stuff, but stuff he just writes and someone else directs is more my speed.

2.5/5

Hard agree there, although I didn't hate I'm Thinking of Ending Things; but Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine, and Being John Malkovich are streets ahead of anything he's directed in my book, Synecdoche in particular.

BuraddoRun · 08-31-2022, 10:26 PM

This one is a made-for-TV movie that...lives up to expectations. It felt like a made-for-TV movie. But the thing is, I had fun watching it. Nostalgia is so big right now, with tons of things being remade and revisited, that it can feel overdone and tiring. This felt like "new" nostalgia. It's a movie I'd never seen before, but felt like one that I could have seen when it came out. I used to love staying up late and watching movies on USA and Sci-Fi (now Syfy...weirdos) that were cheap thrillers meant just to entertain for 90 minutes. So I liked watching this because it reminded me of a fun time in my life, without actually being something I enjoyed at that time. But the movie itself wasn't very memorable on its own. It had a good cast, no doubt, and some great performances, but it was typical, predictable affair for these types of movies. Regardless, I enjoyed it.

I'm Dangerous Tonight: ⭐⭐�

And the month is almost over! I'm going to try and fit in 1 more movie tonight before the clock hits midnight, and then I'll come back for my wrap-up.

Tenny80 · 09-01-2022, 02:06 AM

2022 Discs
5. Ambulance 3.5 / 5
I love me a Michael Bay film and this did not disappoint! The Atmos, the video, etc are all top notch! Top 5 4k disc for me!

Tenny80 · 09-01-2022, 02:07 AM

That's a wrap for me! Total: 38! better then I had expected!

Main
Paul Walker:
1. The Fast and the Furious 4 /5
2. She's all that 2.5 / 5
3. 2 Fast 2 Furious 3 / 5
4. Fast & Furious 2.5 / 5
5. Fast Five 4 / 5

Steven Spielberg:
1. West Side Story 3 / 5
2. Munich 3.5 / 5
3. Jaws 4 / 5
4. Saving Private Ryan 5 / 5
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark 4.5 / 5

Tom Cruise:
1. Mission: Impossible 4 / 5
2. Jerry Maguire 3.5 / 5
3. Mission: Impossible II
4.
5.

Michael Keaton
1. The Founder
2.
3.
4.
5.

What else have they done?
1. JoJo Rabbit 4 / 5
2. Don't look up (Sitara Attaie) 3 / 5
3. Last Night in Soho (Thomasin McKenzie) 3.5 / 5
4. Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Mans Chest ( Bob Kretschmer) 3 / 5
5. Heat 4 / 5 (Brian Eno)

Recommendations:
1. Lightyear - Filmbuff TX
2. Doctor Strange and the multiverse of madness 3.5 / 5 - Al The Strange
3. Pirates of the Caribean: Curse of the Black Pearl - King Doxie
4. Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle - King Doxie
5. Everything Everywhere all at once 4 / 5 - Will!3D

Remaining:
2022 movies - Theater
1. Bullet Train 4 / 5
2. Nope 3.5 / 5
3. DC League of Super Pets 3 / 5
4. The Invitation 3 / 5
5.

2022 Movies - Streaming
1. 13 Lives 4 / 5
2. Prey 4 / 5
3. Moonfall 2.5 /5
4. Purple Hearts 2.5 / 5
5. Day Shift 2.5 / 5

2022 Movies - Disc
1. Fantastic Beasts: The secret of dumbledore 2.5 / 5
2. Morbius 2.5 / 5
3. The Northman 3.5 / 5
4. Jurassic World Dominion 2.5 / 5
5. Ambulance 3.5 / 5

BuraddoRun · 09-01-2022, 04:22 AM

This one wasn't very entertaining or thought-provoking, unfortunately. I'm sure it's meant to be the latter, but it just kind of plays until you get to the end and doesn't do much else. I hate to say "boring," but that about covers it. Strong performances from the cast, and I liked the simple but effective rocky desert landscape of Mars, but it just felt like a pointless story to me.

Settlers: ⭐⭐

BuraddoRun · 09-01-2022, 04:31 AM

And that wraps up August for me! I'm pretty sure I got the lowest score with 37 movies. 25 were first viewings (which I didn't specify as I watched for some reason), so that was neat. I didn't finish every category, of course, and my free choice movies were just lumped in under "Other," which isn't very thematic. LOL! But all that's OK. It was my first time doing the challenge, and I enjoyed it! I'll take my Bronze with a smile. Thanks for the challenge, and the suggestions (I did get 5 of those in)! I'll look forward to next month, which starts tomorrow!

Here's a recap:

[Show spoiler]

odguitar · 09-01-2022, 04:40 AM

Bodies Bodies Bodies (first-time viewing)

What a great way to end the month. I adored this, to the point that it's my new favorite film of the year. I found this so funny, so suspenseful, so well-written. And the performances, especially Amanda Stenberg, really took me by surprise. I can't wit to revisit this soon.

5/5

odguitar · 09-01-2022, 04:47 AM

A lot of work led to me not getting as much in as I would've hoped to. But I did pretty good in most of my Movie Maker categories, I almost completed both What Else Have They Done and Recommendations, and if it weren't for my local indie theater doing some great programming this month I would've done better in the other categories.

FINAL STATS
Total: 36 -- BRONZE
26 First Time Watches
Best First-Time Watches: Bodies Bodies Bodies, Pan�s Labyrinth, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Bringing Out the Dead, Starship Troopers, Mystic River
Best Rewatches: Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Thing (1982), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Empire Strikes Back, All That Jazz
Worst Watches: Lightyear, Synecdoche, New York, Patriot Games, Joker

Quote:

Originally Posted by odguitar

Recently Watched

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filmbuffTX · 09-01-2022, 01:11 PM

I finished the month with 38. 25 of those were first viewings. I completed the featured category which was fun and also tried several good recommendations. Honestly out of the new movies I watched last month the one that stuck with me the most was Soylent Green. I'm going to order the triple feature soon that comes with Omega Man and Logan's Run. I also enjoyed going through the filmographies of Alain Delon and Veronica Lake.

Best Rewatches: E.T. in IMAX, Trainspotting, Black Hawk Down

Worst New Watches: Elizabethtown

Recently Watched

List:

[Show spoiler]

08-31-2022, 05:16 PM	#501
october27 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2011 4K collection:219 Blu-ray collection:882 Blu-ray reviews: 111 Trading Score:72	58! This was a pretty good month for me. 58 total with 22 of those being first viewings. Looking forward to seeing everyone in September. First Viewing 1. The Bounty 1984 4. The Blue Max 7. Invisible Ghost 16. Don't Look Up 20. 1492: Conquest Of Paradise 24. City By The Sea 25. The Destructors 32. Murder By Decree 33. The Boys From Brazil 34. 1984 1956 40. Spider-Man: No Way Home 43. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness 44. Detective Story Favorites 2. Godzilla Vs Kong 3. The Hunted 6. Pet Semetary 2019 10. Moonfall 11. Odds Against Tomorrow 12. The Set-Up 13. Down 3 Dark Streets 17. Five Steps To Danger 22. The Batman 26. The Freshman 31. The Goonies 38. Sudden Fear 39. Death Race 2 45. Dog Day Afternoon 46. Suspicion 47. Hang Em High 52. Hellboy 2 53. Odd Man Out Tv Seasons 5. Obi-Wan Kenobi 37. The Mandalorian: Season 1 48. The Pacific 56. The Twilight Zone: Season 3 57. The Mandalorian: Season 2 Star Of The Month: Edward G. Robinson 8. Hell On Frisco Bay 9. Little Caesar 14. Destroyer 18. Two Seconds 19. The Little Giant 23. The Sea Wolf 27. Larceny Inc. 28. All My Sons 29. The Woman In The Window 30. Bullets Or Ballots 35. Nightmare 41. Vice Squad 50. Five Star Final 51. Smart Money 55. Confessions Of A Nazi Spy What Else Have They Done? Five From Field Of Dreams 15. Field Of Dreams 21. Star Wars - James Earl Jones 36. Vera Cruz - Burt Lancaster 42. Uncle Buck - Gaby Hoffman 49. 3 Days To Kill - Kevin Costner 58. The Sum Of All Fears - Phil Alden Robinson

08-31-2022, 05:29 PM	#502
Al_The_Strange Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Out there...past them trees... Home Theater Gallery:126 4K collection:587 Blu-ray collection:4146 DVD collection:773 Digital collection:506 Blu-ray reviews: 132 Trading Score:32	What Else Have They Done? I've neglected the featured category too long, so I only have time for one more movie. Made the snap decision to base it off of Batman & Robin so I could connect one of my earlier watches with this one. Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Long Goodbye (1973) Tubi 7/10

08-31-2022, 06:39 PM	#504
kingdoxie Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jul 2015 Location:99 River Street 4K collection:283 Blu-ray collection:1400 DVD collection:39 Blu-ray reviews: 33 Trading Score:3	Western For a Few Dollars More ⭐⭐⭐⭐

08-31-2022, 06:59 PM	#505
kingdoxie Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jul 2015 Location:99 River Street 4K collection:283 Blu-ray collection:1400 DVD collection:39 Blu-ray reviews: 33 Trading Score:3	Monthly round-up Finished with 100, my best month ever! 40 films were either foreign language or foreign productions. Top 5: Lady Snowblood ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pink Floyd: The Wall ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Green Mile ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Knives Out ⭐⭐⭐⭐� Brief Encounter ⭐⭐⭐⭐� The full list: [Show spoiler]

08-31-2022, 07:52 PM	#506
odguitar Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2015 Location:Long Island 4K collection:255 Blu-ray collection:1342 DVD collection:32	What Else Have They Done? - Fast Times/Jennifer Jason Leigh Synecdoche, New York (first-time viewing) Yeah, this one's not for me. I've found that Kaufman and I don't mix when he's directing his own stuff, but stuff he just writes and someone else directs is more my speed. 2.5/5

08-31-2022, 07:54 PM	#507
odguitar Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2015 Location:Long Island 4K collection:255 Blu-ray collection:1342 DVD collection:32	Harrison Ford The Empire Strikes Back (rewatch) My local indie theater put the original Star Wars trilogy on the big screen for a week, and I had to get out and see this one at the very least. It's amazing how, despite knowing what's coming, everything is so overwhelming on the big screen that the big reveal hits just as hard as if you didn't 't know what was coming. 5/5

08-31-2022, 07:56 PM	#508
odguitar Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2015 Location:Long Island 4K collection:255 Blu-ray collection:1342 DVD collection:32	Recommended (kingdoxie) Pan's Labyrinth (first-time viewing) I was glad to get a chance to finally see this one, and it didn't disappoint. It's so beautiful, so haunting. The way del Toro blocks shots and moves the camera is maybe my favorite thing about his work, it's so interesting to watch. Thanks for the recommendation, kingdoxie! 5/5

08-31-2022, 09:03 PM	#509
filmbuffTX Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:May 2015 4K collection:100 Blu-ray collection:5739 DVD collection:2168 Digital collection:1373 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:16	Miscellaneous Child's Play (1988) Decided it was due time for me to rewatch this franchise. I plan on rewatching Season 1 of the new series next month in time for Season 2 in October. The show has a ton of callbacks and appearances by characters from the movies so I want them fresh on my mind.

08-31-2022, 09:38 PM	#510
graf1k Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2008 Location:🆇🆇🆇🆇 iTunes collection:1076 Trading Score:178	Fanta Sea (Al_the_Strange) Re-Cycle \| dir. The Pang Brothers \| 2006 \| It's got some really impressive visual flair, from the Kowloon Walled City-esque slums to the valley of forgotten elders, the art style and visual effects is clearly it's strong suit. Sixteen years after seeing the trailer for this, I still vividly remembered the floating islands in the sky. It's a pretty barebones story with a reveal you can see a mile off, but still not a bad way to spend 90 minutes. Kind of reminded me a little of What Dreams May Come. Thanks for the recommendation, Al! Can finally cross this one off The List�.

08-31-2022, 09:56 PM	#511
graf1k Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2008 Location:🆇🆇🆇🆇 iTunes collection:1076 Trading Score:178	As for tea, Darjeeling or Earl Grey? Pretty good month for me. 57 movies by my count, 42 first watches, including a number of films that have been on the old backlog forever (On the Waterfront, Dirty Harry, Jeremiah Johnson, The Outsiders, Badlands, The Duellists, Conan the Barbarian, etc.) It was especially fun to dig deeper into Brando's filmography, an area I was poorly educated on thus far. I had to drop the "What Else Have They Done?" for Duvall or I would have never got to the recommendations, and I wish I had done more first-watches for some of the other actor categories (especially Hopper) but I was running out of time and had to go with movies I had on hand. September should be real fun because there's a lot of recommended TV that I've been meaning to watch and I have a backlog of TV stuff I've been waiting for the right time to jump into. Top 5 Favorite First Watches, August 2022: Purple Noon - Top Gun: Maverick - The American Friend - The Duellists - � Nope - � [Show spoiler]

08-31-2022, 10:26 PM	#513
BuraddoRun Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2019 Location:Texas 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:1141 DVD collection:365	This one is a made-for-TV movie that...lives up to expectations. It felt like a made-for-TV movie. But the thing is, I had fun watching it. Nostalgia is so big right now, with tons of things being remade and revisited, that it can feel overdone and tiring. This felt like "new" nostalgia. It's a movie I'd never seen before, but felt like one that I could have seen when it came out. I used to love staying up late and watching movies on USA and Sci-Fi (now Syfy...weirdos) that were cheap thrillers meant just to entertain for 90 minutes. So I liked watching this because it reminded me of a fun time in my life, without actually being something I enjoyed at that time. But the movie itself wasn't very memorable on its own. It had a good cast, no doubt, and some great performances, but it was typical, predictable affair for these types of movies. Regardless, I enjoyed it. I'm Dangerous Tonight: ⭐⭐� And the month is almost over! I'm going to try and fit in 1 more movie tonight before the clock hits midnight, and then I'll come back for my wrap-up.

09-01-2022, 02:06 AM	#514
Tenny80 Expert Member Member since:Dec 2019 4K collection:158 Blu-ray collection:566 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:11	2022 Discs 5. Ambulance 3.5 / 5 I love me a Michael Bay film and this did not disappoint! The Atmos, the video, etc are all top notch! Top 5 4k disc for me!

09-01-2022, 02:07 AM	#515
Tenny80 Expert Member Member since:Dec 2019 4K collection:158 Blu-ray collection:566 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:11	That's a wrap for me! Total: 38! better then I had expected! Main Paul Walker: 1. The Fast and the Furious 4 /5 2. She's all that 2.5 / 5 3. 2 Fast 2 Furious 3 / 5 4. Fast & Furious 2.5 / 5 5. Fast Five 4 / 5 Steven Spielberg: 1. West Side Story 3 / 5 2. Munich 3.5 / 5 3. Jaws 4 / 5 4. Saving Private Ryan 5 / 5 5. Raiders of the Lost Ark 4.5 / 5 Tom Cruise: 1. Mission: Impossible 4 / 5 2. Jerry Maguire 3.5 / 5 3. Mission: Impossible II 4. 5. Michael Keaton 1. The Founder 2. 3. 4. 5. What else have they done? 1. JoJo Rabbit 4 / 5 2. Don't look up (Sitara Attaie) 3 / 5 3. Last Night in Soho (Thomasin McKenzie) 3.5 / 5 4. Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Mans Chest ( Bob Kretschmer) 3 / 5 5. Heat 4 / 5 (Brian Eno) Recommendations: 1. Lightyear - Filmbuff TX 2. Doctor Strange and the multiverse of madness 3.5 / 5 - Al The Strange 3. Pirates of the Caribean: Curse of the Black Pearl - King Doxie 4. Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle - King Doxie 5. Everything Everywhere all at once 4 / 5 - Will!3D Remaining: 2022 movies - Theater 1. Bullet Train 4 / 5 2. Nope 3.5 / 5 3. DC League of Super Pets 3 / 5 4. The Invitation 3 / 5 5. 2022 Movies - Streaming 1. 13 Lives 4 / 5 2. Prey 4 / 5 3. Moonfall 2.5 /5 4. Purple Hearts 2.5 / 5 5. Day Shift 2.5 / 5 2022 Movies - Disc 1. Fantastic Beasts: The secret of dumbledore 2.5 / 5 2. Morbius 2.5 / 5 3. The Northman 3.5 / 5 4. Jurassic World Dominion 2.5 / 5 5. Ambulance 3.5 / 5

09-01-2022, 04:22 AM	#516
BuraddoRun Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2019 Location:Texas 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:1141 DVD collection:365	This one wasn't very entertaining or thought-provoking, unfortunately. I'm sure it's meant to be the latter, but it just kind of plays until you get to the end and doesn't do much else. I hate to say "boring," but that about covers it. Strong performances from the cast, and I liked the simple but effective rocky desert landscape of Mars, but it just felt like a pointless story to me. Settlers: ⭐⭐

09-01-2022, 04:31 AM	#517
BuraddoRun Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2019 Location:Texas 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:1141 DVD collection:365	And that wraps up August for me! I'm pretty sure I got the lowest score with 37 movies. 25 were first viewings (which I didn't specify as I watched for some reason), so that was neat. I didn't finish every category, of course, and my free choice movies were just lumped in under "Other," which isn't very thematic. LOL! But all that's OK. It was my first time doing the challenge, and I enjoyed it! I'll take my Bronze with a smile. Thanks for the challenge, and the suggestions (I did get 5 of those in)! I'll look forward to next month, which starts tomorrow! Here's a recap: [Show spoiler]

09-01-2022, 04:40 AM	#518
odguitar Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2015 Location:Long Island 4K collection:255 Blu-ray collection:1342 DVD collection:32	2022 Films Bodies Bodies Bodies (first-time viewing) What a great way to end the month. I adored this, to the point that it's my new favorite film of the year. I found this so funny, so suspenseful, so well-written. And the performances, especially Amanda Stenberg, really took me by surprise. I can't wit to revisit this soon. 5/5

09-01-2022, 01:11 PM	#520
filmbuffTX Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:May 2015 4K collection:100 Blu-ray collection:5739 DVD collection:2168 Digital collection:1373 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:16	August Recap: Bronze I finished the month with 38. 25 of those were first viewings. I completed the featured category which was fun and also tried several good recommendations. Honestly out of the new movies I watched last month the one that stuck with me the most was Soylent Green. I'm going to order the triple feature soon that comes with Omega Man and Logan's Run. I also enjoyed going through the filmographies of Alain Delon and Veronica Lake. Best Rewatches: E.T. in IMAX, Trainspotting, Black Hawk Down Worst New Watches: Elizabethtown Recently Watched List: [Show spoiler]

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