Saw Justice League this weekend. Jason Mamoa was beautiful. The story was the typical comic book brought to screen. Not bad, not great.
Just got back from Thor Ragnorak and enjoyed it very much; lots of good humor. It’s probably best if you’re a Marvel fan and have already seen the Thor and Avengers movies.
Has anybody seen Battle of the Sexes? Is it OK for teens/older teens (14-18)?
@MYOS1634 I saw Battle of the sexes, I thought it was great and very empowering. It does have female to female flirtation and a sex scene between women. But nothing in it was distasteful, tacky or not pertinent to the story.
I had the rare opportunity to take in a movie with my college junior son this past weekend. He suggested Thor, and I suggested that he should save that for a Thanksgiving outing with Dad 
We weighed a bunch of options, and finally went with Three Billboards. What an emotional roller coaster! We both thought it was laugh-out-loud funny, tragic, and thought provoking—sometimes all in the same scene. Frances McDormand was outstanding, but the entire cast was terrific. Definitely recommend.
@Barbalot One a long plane ride in the past week, I was browsing the movie options and came across Kedi that you recommended back in #465. I remembered your comments so watched it and enjoyed it. Very charming - the movie, the people, the cats.
And saw this today:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tombili
^ thanks for that review my D would love Kedi
I really enjoyed The Meyerowitz Stories, a new Noah Baumbach film on Netflix. It has an ensemble cast including Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Elizabeth Marvel, and Dustin Hoffman, with effective cameo parts for Emma Thompson, Candice Bergen, Adam Driver, Sigourney Weaver, Judd Hirsch, and several others. Stiller and Sandler are great – it’s probably Sandler’s best work ever as a non-comedian. So is Hoffman. The character he plays is so loathsome, it doesn’t even matter if you hate him for his sexual misconduct. It will also help make a star out of Grace van Patten, who plays Sandler’s daughter, a freshman film student at Bard.
Being a Baumbach movie, it’s all about New York and terrible relationships between an aging father, who is a marginally successful artist and world-class egotist (Hoffman), and his three adult children. Each of them isl going through some version of mid-life crisis, and they are all trying to outgrow their resentment towards their father and to re-establish bonds among themselves. It’s funny (but not in a jokey way at all) and moving (but not cliched in that way, either).
I also recently saw Wind River on DVD, which several people here liked when it came out. It’s a powerful, bleak, beautiful police procedural that takes place on the Wind River reservation in Wyoming at the end of winter. The writer/director also wrote last year’s Hell or High Water, and if you liked that, or No Country For Old Men, you will certainly like this.
^ agree about The Meyerowitz Stories and Sandler was remarkable in it.
Now, Greta Gerwig, Baumbach’s girlfriend and collaborator is getting attention with LadyBird.
Saw Lady Bird this afternoon. Thought it was a darling film and as a parent of kid who went to all boys Catholic school and that has a sister school I could relate. Plus, just being a daughter, although in the distant past, could relate to mother daughter relationship when I was a teen - even though conflict between the two of us wasn’t common - there was, at various times, tensions and typical mother-daughter love/hate relationship.
I thought the acting was great and very realistic.
And I puddled at the end,
My daughter saw Lady Bird last night and loved it… she said I have to either go with my other daughter or by myself. All the reviews have been strong. Love the cast and Greta Gerwig
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, MO
Oscar noms will rain on this movie
Especially for FD, WH, SR
FD is a force, she embodies her character with each twitch, glance, word.
The supporting cast is outstanding with the likes of Peter Dinklage and Sandy Martin as Mama Dixon.
One of those movies that you sit in the darkness and get transported into the screen, fully invested into what is in front of you.
You may find yourself mouthing…wow…
Beer me, we kept clapping. 3billboards was really good.
3 Billboards is a word of mouth type movie…
Another thumbs up for Three Billboards. Frances McDormand is such an amazing actress and Woody Harrelson broke my heart.
Saw Lady Bird tonight with 3 others and we all really enjoyed it. I made me laugh out loud (many times) and made me tear up as well. Any movie that can provoke both emotions is a winner in my book. Clever dialogue and great character development, even the smaller roles.
Want to see 3 Billboards next.
DS, DH and I wanted to see Darkest Hour, but it wasn’t playing yet around us.
We settled on Murder on the Orient Express instead – DH and I had read the Agatha Christie book years ago, but neither remembered whodunnit, so the plot was fresh for us. Everyone enjoyed it; DH the traveling scenery, me the art deco interiors and the gradual revelations of character, and DS as “a good break from action movies.” Winner.
Saw 3 Billboards last night. DH and I both enjoyed it, really strong performance as you have all heard from Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell. The film took some unexpected turns… I recommend.
We enjoyed “Wonder,” but it did bring up some painful memories because of our ill son - such as the sister feeling neglected with all the attention paid to her brother. It was better than I expected.
We finally saw Thor. I must not have been paying attention to the reviews because I hadn’t really expected it to be so silly. Since I find fight scenes really boring, that certainly helped. It’s fun to see Loki as a more three dimensional character and in a weird way, it’s actually made me want to dig out the original Norse myths.