What did you watch this week champions of the world? (21/06-27/06)

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I think Spirited Away would be fine for kids, honestly. Kids are tougher than a lot of people give them credit for. Old-school fairy tales for children were pretty hardcore before Disney came along.

I watched a few movies in the last week.

Bridge of Spies (2015) 2/10. I hated this movie. Awful right-wing propaganda schlock. It was ok in the first half, when it was about Rudolf Abel and Tom Hanks' character defending him in his trial, until the second half began when the setting shifted to Europe and the movie started bashing the viewer over the head every. single. interminable. second. with this right-wing anti-communist propaganda that had all the subtlety of a dump truck crashing through a china shop. The portrayal of east Germany was the most outlandishly ridiculous thing I've ever seen. To call it "over-the-top" wouldn't even do it justice. It was beyond the stratosphere. I thought Hitchcock's "Torn Curtain" was bad in this regard, but that was nothing next to this insanity. At least in Hitchcock's movie the communists were depicted as something resembling actual humans (I mean, they were still caricatures and clearly "the enemy", but they at least had personalities and some of them were quite likable, unlike this movie where they were just monsters who seemed to devote every second of their lives to ruining everything for everybody just because they apparently hate freedom and happiness), and east Germany didn't look like some kind of post-apocalyptic hellscape. The only reason I give this… thing… 2 stars instead of 1, is because the first half was alright and the portrayal of Rudolf Abel was actually pretty decent, the only communist in the movie who seemed like a human with a human personality rather than a propaganda caricature.

So, the above one was a first for me, but the other movies I saw in the last week are ones that I've seen a lot of times before.

Lord of War (2005): 7/10
Trumbo (2015): 9/10
The Silence of the Lambs (1991): 10/10

I actually watched all three of the above movies in their Japanese dubs rather than the original English. I think Trumbo is much better in English than the dub, The Silence of the Lambs is amazing in English but also still pretty good in Japanese (the voice actors couldn't quite replace Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, but that's a pretty high bar and they did well IMO). Lord of War is, if anything, better in its Japanese dub than in English. Though it's still pretty good either way.

Major fan of Killing Zoe (1993) right here! I worked in drafting / design for years and anytime a coworker would spread a map across a table I would say “Where did you get this?” The entire drug section of this film is bat shit crazy and I absolutely love Eric. This is just one of those movies that you walk away from with so many funny quotes like “Do you like Viking films? You know, with the big fucking horns?” Did you notice Ron Jeremy takes a shotgun blast to the chest in the beginning of the bank heist?

Mine this week:

Jungle Warriors (1984)
A group of 80’s models go to do a photo shoot in the jungle somewhere in South America when their plane is shot down by a drug warlord. It’s as cheesy as it sounds. Exploitation at its finest.

Death Wish 3 (1985)
Paul Kersey is at it again but this time with the help of the chief of police and a group of old folks. I’ve seen this one many times and it never stops giving laughs.

The Conformist (1970) In the 30’s an assassin for the Italian fascist secret police is sent to Paris to carry out a hit on his college professor. Absolutely gorgeously shot film.

Bright 2017.

I put t his flick on my list the day it came out and just watched it last night haha. It was better than I expected, very good actually. It had some odd parts that didn't seem to work but overall a very good movie.... If you like Will Smith.

Riot (2015)

A cool prison movie with some people you've probably heard of.
Dolph Lundgren
Chuck Liddell
Chuck's acting was interesting. Not as bad as I thought it would be.
If you like violent fighting flicks, try it out.

V for Vendetta (2005)

Seen it SO many times so I decided to watch it again... LOL

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My ratings of what you watched:

The Sweet Hereafter 6/10
Spirited Away 9/10
I don't think I have seen Killing Zoe or Hard to Kill.

My ratings of what I watched:
Strip Club Massacre (2017) 5/10
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019, rewatch) 7/10
Tremors (1990) 8/10
The Black Cat (1934) 6/10
The Raven (1935) 7/10
The Lost Boys (1987) 7/10
The Raven (2012) 7/10
Fruitvale Station (2013) 9/10
Trolls World Tour (2020) 8/10
Focus (2015) 7/10
Spies in Disguise (2019) 7/10
Go Back to China (2019) 7/10
The Cat Returns (2002) 7/10
Gemini Man (2019) 7/10

I really liked Killing Zoe, but I haven't watched it in about 20 years so I might have to watch it again.

The Craft (1996) 6.5/10 Nostalgia wins out on this one and I still enjoy watching it every few years.

The Good Liar (2019) 7/10 A little torn on this one. I wanted to like it more than I did. I thought that Mirren and McKellen were great, and I didn't really mind the plot twists even though they were expected, I just think that the story could have been so much more.

Carnival of Souls (1962) 6.5/10 Tubi had a colour version of this, so I thought I would see if it added anything. I don't really think that it did. In fact I'd probably rate the black and white version higher. I find it so difficult to actually rate this movie because there is some great atmosphere mixed in with horrible acting, and super cheesy effects for this day and age, but there's just something great about it too.

No One Lives (2012) 8/10 Not rating this high because the movie was great or anything, I just had fun watching it!

The Golden Child (1986) 7.5/10 Nostalgia again, but I've always liked this movie. It was the first thing I remember seeing Charles Dance in and to this day when I see him I still call him brother Numspay (sp?)

GOOD FLICKS...JUST PICKED UP A COPY OF SPIRITED AWAY..I HAVENT SEEN IT YET.