Saturday Evening Movie Post [moviegique]: Over Your Dead Body

The Boy and I had a blast at this violent Jorma Taccone (MacGruber) black-comedy, but I couldn't help but notice this was the second romantic-dark-comedy in a row, after The Drama. Is Hollywood maybe inching its way back toward the perennial crowd-pleasing romcom genre, but can't find a straight path?

I have no idea.

When the movie opens, we see sad sack Dan (Jason Segel) being bullied on the set of the commercial he's directing, and he's very ostentatiously telling everyone within earshot about how he's going up to the cabin with his wife Lisa (Samara Weaving), and how she's insisting—insisting!—on going on this very dangerous hike by herself.

OK, so, obviously, he's planning to kill her.

When he gets home, one of his wife's girlfriends is leaving, and she smiles at him and says, "Happy hunting!" which is perplexing because of course he's not any kind of a hunter.

So, somewhat less obviously, she's planning to kill him.

Somewhat more obviously.

This movie does a really excellent job of seeding little things throughout and then recontextualizing them through flashbacks. This is done for laughs, primarily, but Taccone manages—despite the mix of relationship dysfunction, serious violence and comedy—to give the film a pitch-perfect tone that treats its characters with respect—and, like The Drama, is weirdly, cautiously optimistic. Buried in the shenanigans is a fairly profound statement about how we exaggerate our neuroses, and it's only when we come up against some hard psychosis that we straighten out.

Where R Patz and Zendaya (in The Drama) are dealing with near lethal levels of cringe, Segel and Weaving are working on a much more primal level, and this is both more fun and more satisfying. Also more preposterous, but who cares?

Part of the non-working dynamic between Dan and Lisa is that Lisa, an actress, married Dan, a director, because as an older man with a vision, he had a clear path forward for his life. Seven years later, he's making pop-up ads, and he's encouraged (coerced?) her into being an actress in community theater, which has resulted in them burning up all their money. Dan is a spendthrift, impress-your-colleagues-with-reckless-spending kind of guy.

I had a little trouble with Lisa being only ten years younger than Dan, because Weaving is a younger, prettier, better acting Margot Robbie and Segel is halfway to being the crypt-keeper.

Seriously, this is The Muppets guy? I mean, accounting for acting, lighting, makeup—he still looks like he's melting, and he's, like, 45.

Sorry, dude. I look way older than nearly 29, myself.

Weaving, whom I've primarily seen covered in blood from the Ready or Not movies, looks like she's comfortably in her 20s. She's 34. Nonetheless, both she and Segel are by turns despicable, petty, cruel, sympathetic, pathetic—oddly real feeling for a movie like this.

Rounding out the cast is Timothy Olyphant, who's way prettier than Segel (and 12 years older) to say nothing of a haggard Juliette Lewis (who's right between Olyphant and Segel in age) and Keith Jardine, reprising his career-long role as a goon. He's funny in this. Paul Guillfoyle is Segel's I'm-Very-Disappointed-In-You-Son father, who thinks the problem with the younger generation (this would be X) is that they didn't have a Vietnam.

Guillfoyle, besides being a good actor you've seen in a dozen different things, has a relatively small part that really illustrates how well the story is constructed, and its attention to detail. As Michael, Dan's dad in the old-folks home, you could see his rambling as out of touch and just comic relief. But it's his cabin, and his guns in the cabin, and there's a great bit where he's driving a tricked out Honda or something and he can't get the radio to stop playing techno, which is very old folks, but then he starts to really dig the music, and you realize that, like every other aspect of this movie, nothing was "just a joke". It all contributes to story, to character and to an ultimate payoff.

It's very hard to find images of this film that aren't spoilers. So, let's just enjoy Weaving's high-waisted jeans which, at some points during the film, come up to nearly her armpits.

It's weird when someone seems to know what he's doing, and it's weird that it's weird. We've been seeing more competence in storytelling lately, and we're beside ourselves.

The writing, editing and direction are terrific. The camera moves purposely and without that sense of clichéd, pre-canned motions most films use these days. The music (both diagetic and not) also contributes to the story, as when Lisa and Dan can't decide on a streaming channel.

The only thing that would keep me from recommending it is the violence. It is increasingly brutal and graphic. The way Taccone uses this to maintain the tone is the sort of thing few Westerners can pull off. Early on, we are told to take the characters' intentions sincerely. They mean to do each other harm—they're just not very competent. But this incompetence leads to serious injury. And the movie takes increasingly dark turns without losing either its sense of humor or its earnestness.

It is, in some ways, much easier to watch than the very awkward The Drama, and certainly more fun—if you can stomach it.

They did the meme!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 08:30 PM

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1 Just got back from "Hokum" by the guy who did "Oddity". Thumbs up.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:31 PM (/d4WW)

2 Also at the 'gique this past month:

The Drama
The French Connection
The Lady from Shanghai
Sorcerer
Project Hail Mary
Two Prosecutors

Two thumbs, to varying degrees, for all six.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:32 PM (/d4WW)

3 Two thumbs up, to varying degrees, that is.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:38 PM (/d4WW)

4 Good eeeeefunink, 'Gique and film fans.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 07:39 PM (kpS4V)

5 Good evening everyone
One very good foreign movie recommendation
15 Minutes of War, a French movie from Fred Grivios
Bssed on a real hostages crisis in Somalia, terrorists kidnapping a bus load of French kids in 1976.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)

6 How would you have liked Kevin Kline as Taggert in Galaxy Quest? Just found out he was the first choice when Harold Ramis was the chosen director .

After Ramis quit and they continued to cast , Bruce Willis was one they thought of pursuing. The actor who wanted the part was Alec Baldwin.

I actually could see Bruce Willis in the part.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 07:41 PM (kxLc1)

7 Hi, Eris! Skip! Uh...Mary.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:41 PM (/d4WW)

8 The key to GQ is its sincerity. Kline could do that. Ramis, too. But Allen was kind of perfect. Willis is too in-on-the-joke. Baldwin...maybe?

Where we got lucky, I think, is in what a good job Dean Parsiot did as director. It's far-and-away his best feature.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:44 PM (/d4WW)

9 "Weaving is a younger, prettier, better acting Margot Robbie"

At the start of "Ready or Not 2", I asked myself "why is Margot slumming in a B-movie?"

Something about Aussie blondes,

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 07:46 PM (dtajH)

10 Where we got lucky, I think, is in what a good job Dean Parsiot did as director. It's far-and-away his best feature.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:44 PM (/d4WW)

He changed up the script to make it just as much a drama as a comedy. Ramis and the studio started off as having it more slap stick comedy.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 07:47 PM (kxLc1)

11 Just finished watching "The Creator". Gorgeous as hell and dumber than a box of rocks. Imagine a mash-up of "Avatar", "Independence Day" and "I, Robot", and just as dumb. The script is a series of Ryan George's "Super easy! Barely an inconvenience!" Every character - and I mean every character - does laughably stupid things (like a cop who sits in the back of a police van with two prisoners WHO ARE NOT RESTRAINED IN ANY WAY. And TURNS HIS BACK ON THEM, with predictable - and very convenient for the plot - results).

The Critical Drinker liked it, with reservations. One of the few times I've disagreed with him. It's a very pretty batch of meh.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 07:47 PM (5YmYl)

12 Popping in to say I'm in the middle of the newest Jurassic movie (having skipped 3, 4, 5, and 6, but this was supposed to be a good jump on point...and it is...but)...

Why ON EARTH did they do this "family on a pleasure sail" subplot - at an hour in, I'd happily see them all die. They serve no real purpose for me, and take away from the "dangerous mission" vibe the rest of the movie has.

I don't really care how their plot ends b/c they were jammed into this movie like they jammed "Iron Heart" into Black Panther 2...they just wanted a cute kid in danger for a summer movie and teens to draw teen audience...and I'm so not here for it.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 02, 2026 07:48 PM (tOcjL)

13 If I had any say in Hollywood, it'll be good mid-range movies for adults, event movies for niche audiences (SF, musicals), cheap but experimental horror, and animation.

Streaming shows can be brilliant, but too many of them pad the storyline. That's why I love the old 1.5-3.00 hour format. It requires disciplined storytelling.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 07:48 PM (kpS4V)

14 Samara weaving is really cutting a path for herself as the new scream queen. But in fun movies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 07:49 PM (YZ0Fo)

15 So the movie I watched last night was "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" because alexthechick dropped in and recommended it to us "Event Horizon" nerds.
I can also recommend it.
I feel like it would go well with "The Hellbound Heart". No spoilers but let's just say that Jane Doe isn't as dead as she looks. Also the Cenobites don't arrive to save anybody. The undertaker and his son/apprentice are wholly on their own.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 02, 2026 07:50 PM (gKWVE)

16 Watched another this week
Sunstroke, a Russian movie with subtitles it was very good, but from beginning knew it wouldn't end well. Follows a junior Czarist officer after the Russian Revolution is over so he is a prisoner. But constant flashbacks puts the story all together. Was good but as said i knew it wouldn't end well.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 07:50 PM (Ia/+0)

17 Right now I'm watching "Border Town" with Paul Muni and Bette Davis.

Muni Weisenfreund plays a Mexican-American (!) lawyer who gets disbarred for punching out a WASP a-hole lawyer.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 07:52 PM (kpS4V)

18 Been looking at Tubi and foreign movies never otherwise would see.

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

19 I had any say in Hollywood, it'll be good mid-range movies for adults, event movies for niche audiences (SF, musicals), cheap but experimental horror, and animation.

Streaming shows can be brilliant, but too many of them pad the storyline. That's why I love the old 1.5-3.00 hour format. It requires disciplined storytelling.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

We just watched the first 2 episodes of widows bay on Apple. Staring Matthew rhys (felicity's husband) and Stephen root (Milton from office space). It's hilarious and creepy af. Loving it so far.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 07:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

20 I honestly can't remember the last time I sat down and watched a movie.

I guess I'm just more into reading these days.

Though I am reading a science thriller that would no doubt make a decent movie, if that counts.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 07:54 PM (gnNyN)

21 Nice write up movieguiqe

The French Connection was great but I was under 10 and shouldn't have seen it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 07:56 PM (RIvkX)

22 The French Connection was great but I was under 10 and shouldn't have seen it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho a

My fav movie when I was like 6 was nightmare on elm street.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 07:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

23 The Critical Drinker liked it, with reservations. One of the few times I've disagreed with him. It's a very pretty batch of meh.
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Are you sure he actually watched it?

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Streaming shows can be brilliant, but too many of them pad the storyline. That's why I love the old 1.5-3.00 hour format. It requires disciplined storytelling.
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Netflix dictats are that they be "screen friendly" as in "you can look at your phone without missing anything."

Pardon my French but Fuck That Noise. I'm not watching something that's designed to NOT be watched. For that matter, I will be very cautious watching any MOVIE with "Netflix" on it, because the same dictat applies.

"Lost In Starlight" was good, for example, but it could've been ten minutes shorter, and I will not pay a tax for other people's lack of attention span.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:58 PM (/d4WW)

24 I can't believe how many Matthew McConaughey movies I really like. I think he's third behind Humphrey Bogart and Keanu Reeves.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 07:58 PM (kxLc1)

25 can't believe how many Matthew McConaughey movies I really like. I think he's third behind Humphrey Bogart and Keanu Reeves.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Alright alright alright.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 07:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

26 "The French Connection" was highly original when it came out, less so today because it's been so much copied.

Hackman's Popeye Doyle was the original one-man good cop / bad cop. He was picked for the role after everyone else turned it down, often because the pay wasn't enough.

Bill Hickman was the stunt driver in Bullitt, The French Connection and The Seven-Ups. He played the Fed that Popeye shoots at the end.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:00 PM (dtajH)

27 16 So the movie I watched last night was "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" because alexthechick dropped in and recommended it to us "Event Horizon" nerds.
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"Jane Doe" is great. It's by the guy who did "Troll Hunter". His last film was "The Last Voyage of the Demeter". I feel like Hollywood may have ruined him.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:00 PM (/d4WW)

28 Haven't seen Jane doe. But loved troll hunter.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

29 Angel Studios just lost me. Testament, the "modern " version of the Book of Acts ....ugh.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:02 PM (Cif43)

30 I'm with you, Eris @ 14. I'd lean more toward 1.5-2.00 hour format. Think I've mentioned George Roy Hill's comment to William Goldman here before -- 'If you can't tell your story in an hour and 40 minutes, you'd better be David Lean." We're fresh out of David Leans (and Hill himself didn't often meet that standard IIRC).

So what did I binge on over the last few weeks? The Wire, which ignores the 1.5-2.00, or 3.00, or even 8.00 mark, and makes it work anyway.

If I had dictatorial powers, a third or half the movies to be produced over the next five years would have to be adaptations of good novels (chosen by me, of course) and the writers would have to be faithful to the story, and ditto the directors and actors who would not be allowed to 'make the material their own' -- any variations subject to the novelist's approval. Violations would be punishable by the Shirley Jackson method, with the offender being stoned to death at Hollywood and Vine by the novelist or his representatives.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 08:02 PM (q3u5l)

31 Voyage of the Demeter. Was not good.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:02 PM (YZ0Fo)

32 25 I can't believe how many Matthew McConaughey movies I really like. I think he's third behind Humphrey Bogart and Keanu Reeves.
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He's good. He's so typed (much like Bogart) it's easier to overlook his different roles.

And speaking of Friedkin, one of his last films was with Matthew McConaughey, based on (if memory serves) a Joe Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep) story..."Killer Joe".

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:03 PM (/d4WW)

33 14 If I had any say in Hollywood, it'll be good mid-range movies for adults, event movies for niche audiences (SF, musicals), cheap but experimental horror, and animation.
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Well, the cheap-but-experimental horror is one of the few safe bets. You don't always win, but you can beat the house over time.

Mid-range movies for adults, which used to be pretty good at topping the BO, are probably a no-go now. Current adults did not grow up seeing them in theaters.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:05 PM (/d4WW)

34 I did not remember correctly: Friedkin worked on "Bug" and "Killer Joe" with Texan playwright Tracy Letts.

"Cold In July" is by Lansdale, and reminded me of Friedkin's films.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:06 PM (/d4WW)

35 "The Wire" is Dickensian. They even make that an inside joke about it in the last season.

It sprawls because it's about more than one person. The central character is the City of Baltimore.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:07 PM (dtajH)

36 >>>Is Hollywood maybe inching its way back toward the perennial crowd-pleasing romcom genre, but can't find a straight path?

>This wouldn't be a bad idea. It's entertainment. Don't get me wrong, I like the high-T blood bath movies, but it's about marketing. So many dark, mass-murderer, psychokiller movies lately just don't seem to me to be popcorn movies. I want a good vibe after I see something funny, enjoyable, witty and upbeat.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 08:07 PM (Fbc0I)

37 Mid-range movies for adults, which used to be pretty good at topping the BO, are probably a no-go now. Current adults did not grow up seeing them in theaters.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:05 PM (/d4WW)
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Oh god, you're right. That's so sad.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:08 PM (kpS4V)

38 Yeah, the second screen thing is annoying.

I remember watching Rio Bravo several times before I noticed that there was no dialogue for the first 5-10 min. Everyone 'acted' instead of exposition but you knew EXACTLY who everyone was and their character without a single word until 'You're under arrest, Joe.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

39 "Dickensian" was a great bit of entertainment.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:09 PM (Cif43)

40 Mid-range movies for adults, which used to be pretty good at topping the BO, are probably a no-go now. Current adults did not grow up seeing them in theaters.
Posted by: moviegique

Except in the last 2 years we have things like weapons that were mid budget and blow up the BO. If you make good shit people will go see it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

41 The Autopsy of Jane Doe was wonderfully scary. Even my husband, who never gets scared by movies, was creeped out by it. His next movie is called Passenger, coming out at the end of May. Don't know anything about it, but I will watch it.

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:11 PM (eLisJ)

42 The Wire" is Dickensian. They even make that an inside joke about it in the last season.

It sprawls because it's about more than one person. The central character is the City of Baltimore.
Posted by: Ignoramus

Best show ever made.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

43 I'm watching Squirm, via MST 3k. I am disappointed that they omitted the worms digging into the guy's face.

Also, according to this movie, every character talks like Scarlett O'Hara and Foghorn Leghorn.

Ah declayah!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)

44 Indie studio A24 shows how you can make money on modest budget dramas. They also do slasher flicks.

Disney can't make these. Making $50mm on a $20mm investment doesn't move their needle.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:12 PM (dtajH)

45 Autopsy of Jane Doe was wonderfully scary. Even my husband, who never gets scared by movies, was creeped out by it. His next movie is called Passenger, coming out at the end of May. Don't know anything about it, but I will watch it.
Posted by: Megthered

Literally just saw that trailer. Looks creepy af. I'm in.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

46 Wacha readin Professor?

Posted by: pawn at May 02, 2026 08:13 PM (5qng6)

47 Something about Aussie blondes,
Posted by: Ignoramus

Don't blink, sahib.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 02, 2026 08:14 PM (diia5)

48 "Last Voyage of the Demeter" was just "Alien" on a boat, with a social-justice message awkwardly jackhammered in. Very disappointing.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 08:15 PM (5YmYl)

49 Last Voyage of the Demeter" was just "Alien" on a boat, with a social-justice message awkwardly jackhammered in. Very disappointing.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto

We saw that in theater. We left going that was terrible.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:16 PM (YZ0Fo)

50 Watched The Mirror Crack'd last night, the one with Angela Landsbury, it was good. Edward Fox was great.as her inspector nephew.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Vh9CX)

51 I want a good vibe after I see something funny, enjoyable, witty and upbeat.
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They make good date movies, which is another reason you don't see them. You think Hollywood hates America? It hates heterosexuality much, much more. (Though those two hatreds are intertwingled.)

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Oh god, you're right. That's so sad.
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It startles me when I look back and realize "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Rain Man" were #1 for 1979 and 1988, respectively. And a light comedy or adult drama could always be found in the top 10.

Now it's ALL spectacle.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:16 PM (/d4WW)

52 39 Yeah, the second screen thing is annoying.

I remember watching Rio Bravo several times before I noticed that there was no dialogue for the first 5-10 min. Everyone 'acted' instead of exposition but you knew EXACTLY who everyone was and their character without a single word until 'You're under arrest, Joe.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

'Once Upon A Time in the West' does this brilliantly, except it's about 15-20 minutes.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 08:16 PM (ohOaC)

53 Angel Studios just lost me. Testament, the "modern " version of the Book of Acts ....ugh.

They're also catching a lot of flak for the pro-commie "Animal Farm." Did something change in their leadership or did they just "evolve?"

Posted by: Oddbob at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (vTZFs)

54 Netflix dictats are that they be "screen friendly" as in "you can look at your phone without missing anything."

Pardon my French but Fuck That Noise. I'm not watching something that's designed to NOT be watched. For that matter, I will be very cautious watching any MOVIE with "Netflix" on it, because the same dictat applies.

"Lost In Starlight" was good, for example, but it could've been ten minutes shorter, and I will not pay a tax for other people's lack of attention span.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 07:58 PM (/d4WW)

We need something that is not tedious and over 3 hours long (and there needs to be a good reason for a three hour long movie) and not catering to people who are not paying attention to begin with.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (T6aVk)

55 Sinners got made for $90 million and it doesn't look cheap.

In the glory days it would have won Best Picture over One Battle After Another.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (dtajH)

56 "I actually could see Bruce Willis in the part."

Can't agree. Tim Allen is perfect as the egocentric star of a cheesy TV sci-fi show, and his mimicry of William Shatner is spot on. Also, he's not that well known to movie fans (I'd never seen him before I saw "GQ"), while Bruce Willis will always be Bruce Willis to moviegoers.

I'm sure Willis would have done a creditable job, but the casting of Allen (as well as everyone else in the movie) is brilliant.

Posted by: Nemo at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (4RPgu)

57 Backrooms also comes out at the end of May. I watched the original on YouTube but liminal spaces gives me a claustrophobic feeling so I think I'll give it a pass.

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (eLisJ)

58 It startles me when I look back and realize "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Rain Man" were #1 for 1979 and 1988, respectively. And a light comedy or adult drama could always be found in the top 10.

Now it's ALL spectacle.

Posted by: moviegique

Romcom etc has been relegated to streaming (mostly Netflix) every once and awhile there is a good one meet cute (peacock) but you almost have to look for them. The days of my best friends wedding etc are gone.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

59 I'm glad it wasn't Baldwin because then I would have to hate Galaxy Quest whereas now I am kinda meh.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F)

60 Backrooms also comes out at the end of May. I watched the original on YouTube but liminal spaces gives me a claustrophobic feeling so I think I'll give it a pass.
Posted by: Megthered

I just don't see how that goes to a feature length.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

61 22 Nice write up movieguiqe

The French Connection was great but I was under 10 and shouldn't have seen it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 07:56 PM (RIvkX)

A lot of movies I saw under the age of ten were movies I shouldn't of seen at that time. The wages of being brought up by parents whose view towards whatever was on TV or the VCR was HO-HUM.

(Though if there was a FRAME of ANYTHING suggesting the existence of the Horizontal Hokey Pokey, cue the clutching of pearls.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 02, 2026 08:22 PM (T6aVk)

62 Oddbob, "Sound of Freedom " was great and obviously brought them enough fame but something has gone off the rails.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:23 PM (Cif43)

63 Romcom etc has been relegated to streaming (mostly Netflix) every once and awhile there is a good one meet cute (peacock) but you almost have to look for them. The days of my best friends wedding etc are gone.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

It's not that they can't make them, either. They do not WANT to.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 02, 2026 08:23 PM (T6aVk)

64 just don't see how that goes to a feature length.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:21 PM (YZ0Fo)
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They made

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:23 PM (eLisJ)

65 Oddbob, "Sound of Freedom " was great and obviously brought them enough fame but something has gone off the rails.
Posted by: Ben Had at

The one they did about the American saint was decent. But everything since is either not good or lefty. I believe they financed the commie version of animal farm.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:24 PM (YZ0Fo)

66 It's not that they can't make them, either. They do not WANT to.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Unless it's about two dudes. Then making and viewing the romcom is mandatory.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:25 PM (ftFVW)

67 They made Exit 8 a movie. I haven't seen it but like ĺron Lung, they made a movie out of it.

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:25 PM (eLisJ)

68 The secret to Galaxy Quest is how it builds on the original Star Trek so that beloved characters become real. The actors needed to project belief without hint of irony or camp.

Tim Allen most of all.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:25 PM (dtajH)

69 They made Exit 8 a movie. I haven't seen it but like ĺron Lung, they made a movie out of it.
Posted by: Megthered

Which is cool. Good on them. I just don't see how they can turn that into a movie.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

70 Romcoms they want to do, no one wants to see (there are a few gay examples.) Or they do nkt want to get hate online if they do a straight relationship. Same with the teen sex comedy.

They have sanitized everything. In the name of equality. Commies. All nails get pounded flat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:26 PM (zZu0s)

71 Unless it's about two dudes. Then making and viewing the romcom is mandatory.
Posted by: She Hobbit at

*Bros has entered the chat*

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:27 PM (YZ0Fo)

72 BruceWayne, I have been spoiled by "The Chosen ". Everything from the casting to any relationship to scripture is just trash.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:28 PM (Cif43)

73 Angel Studios didn't make that execrable new animated "Animal Farm", it was sitting on a shelf and they just distributed it. But somebody should have watched it first.

Why do these idiots date their movies by inserting political commentary on the Current Republican? Who these days even thinks about any of the movies slamming Bush?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:28 PM (kpS4V)

74 BruceWayne, I have been spoiled by "The Chosen ". Everything from the casting to any relationship to scripture is just trash.
Posted by: Ben Had

My buddy said Thts really good

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:29 PM (YZ0Fo)

75 Galaxy Quest is an excellent example of lightning in a bottle.

See also: Napoleon Dynamite.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:29 PM (0aYVJ)

76 Hell, even adventure movies have withered and died on the vine.

Marvel came in and took over, then everything was sanitized after metoo so they were the only thing that got made. Then, they let them in the last bastion and then superhero movies sucked.

Nothing is allowed outside the movement.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:29 PM (zZu0s)

77 "See also: Napoleon Dynamite.

Losers win!!

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (dtajH)

78 Vote for Pedro!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (kpS4V)

79 Angel Studios didn't make that execrable new animated "Animal Farm", it was sitting on a shelf and they just distributed it. But somebody should have watched it first.

Why do these idiots date their movies by inserting political commentary on the Current Republican? Who these days even thinks about any of the movies slamming Bush?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf

Andy serkis the director of that just did an interview where he talked about how hard it was to adapt a dark novel.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (YZ0Fo)

80 57 "I actually could see Bruce Willis in the part."

Can't agree. Tim Allen is perfect as the egocentric star of a cheesy TV sci-fi show, and his mimicry of William Shatner is spot on. Also, he's not that well known to movie fans (I'd never seen him before I saw "GQ"), while Bruce Willis will always be Bruce Willis to moviegoers.

I'm sure Willis would have done a creditable job, but the casting of Allen (as well as everyone else in the movie) is brilliant.
Posted by: Nemo at May 02, 2026 08:18 PM (4RPgu)
Galaxy Quest is the best Star Trek. and of course Guardians of the Galaxy (the first one) defies any description. and The Fifth Element. I can watch any of these and still laugh like an idiot.

Posted by: Eromero at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (LHPAg)

81 Except in the last 2 years we have things like weapons that were mid budget and blow up the BO. If you make good shit people will go see it.
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"Weapons" is a horror film.

And it didn't really "blow up the BO". It was a solid hit, and Creggers has a following that will serve him as long as he manages to keep the budget around $50M.

It came in around #17 for the year, with about $150M domestic. To put this in perspective, that's about what #17 was making 15 years ago--not adjusting for inflation.

If you adjust for inflation, it would come in around #50. Which is interesting for those of us who would like to continue to go see movies but wonder if it can be an viable concern in the future.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (/d4WW)

82 Why do these idiots date their movies by inserting political commentary on the Current Republican? Who these days even thinks about any of the movies slamming Bush?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:28 PM (kpS4V)

They are not trying to make timeless entertainment. This is a daily communist affirmation. This is entertainment as struggle session.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:31 PM (zZu0s)

83 See also: Napoleon Dynamite.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

I'll throw the ball over those mountains

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

84 BruceWayne The Chosen is as good as The Wire.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:32 PM (Cif43)

85 Romcoms they want to do, no one wants to see (there are a few gay examples.) Or they do nkt want to get hate online if they do a straight relationship. Same with the teen sex comedy.

They have sanitized everything. In the name of equality. Commies. All nails get pounded flat.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I came of age at the turn of the century, and it makes me sad to think my kids won't have the same fun teen movies I did. 10 Things I Hate About You, Can't Hardly Wait, American Pie... it was a great time to grow up.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:32 PM (kWZrF)

86 We need something that is not tedious and over 3 hours long (and there needs to be a good reason for a three hour long movie) and not catering to people who are not paying attention to begin with.
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What will happen is we'll get eight hours of very glittery AI slop, and it'll be fine because just like "turn your brain off" today, it'll be "just look at your phone if you're bored."

I swear, we have made a dystopia that is no less horrible for being lame.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:32 PM (/d4WW)

87 "Who these days even thinks about any of the movies slamming Bush?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes."

You have to be careful choosing your phrasing around these Morons.

Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)

88 >I came of age at the turn of the century, and it makes me sad to think my kids won't have the same fun teen movies I did. 10 Things I Hate About You, Can't Hardly Wait, American Pie... it was a great time to grow up.

I am of the opinion that we peaked in the mid- to late-90s. Yours was the last generation that had that. Not just movies, either.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:33 PM (/d4WW)

89 film.

And it didn't really "blow up the BO". It was a solid hit, and Creggers has a following that will serve him as long as he manages to keep the budget around $50M.

It came in around #17 for the year, with about $150M domestic. To put this in perspective, that's about what #17 was making 15 years ago--not adjusting for inflation.

If you adjust for inflation, it would come in around #50. Which is interesting for those of us who would like to continue to go see movies but wonder if it can be an viable concern in the future.
Posted by: moviegique (buy

It grossed 270m on a 38m budget. Thats a hit in any world. My point is that you can make things for that money and the people will show up

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:33 PM (YZ0Fo)

90 Napoleon Dynamite.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

I'll throw the ball over those mountains
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

Uncle Rico is a tragically beautiful character. Jon Gries is a terribly underutilized actor.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)

91 >'Once Upon A Time in the West' does this brilliantly, except it's about 15-20 minutes.

Jacques Tati's M. Hulot films are all like this, start to finish. "Mon Oncle" for whimsy, "Playtime" for amazing aesthetics.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:35 PM (/d4WW)

92 came of age at the turn of the century, and it makes me sad to think my kids won't have the same fun teen movies I did. 10 Things I Hate About You, Can't Hardly Wait, American Pie... it was a great time to grow up.
Posted by: She Hobbit at

Those are all misogynistic

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

93 The French Connection was great

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I saw The French Connection close in time to Bullitt. Both had great car chase scenes. Also, Jacqueline Bisset was hot.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 08:35 PM (ndZc7)

94 > In the glory days it would have won Best Picture over One Battle After Another.

There are precisely 0 days when a horror movie would've won over a socially progressive film at the Oscars. Even being nominated is vanishingly rare. (Speaking of "Weapons", Amy Madigan scored some rare awards for that.)

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:36 PM (/d4WW)

95 You have to be careful choosing your phrasing around these Morons.
Posted by: fd at May 02, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
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A mere slip of the tongue!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 08:37 PM (kpS4V)

96 of age at the turn of the century, and it makes me sad to think my kids won't have the same fun teen movies I did. 10 Things I Hate About You, Can't Hardly Wait, American Pie... it was a great time to grow up.
Posted by: She Hobbit at

At least you didn't say head over heels

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:37 PM (YZ0Fo)

97 Paramount / Warner Bros is commiting to making lots of flicks with real theatrical releases. Not all written by Tyler Sheridan.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:37 PM (dtajH)

98 Andy serkis the director of that just did an interview where he talked about how hard it was to adapt a dark novel.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:30 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Andy Serkis should make sammiches instead of movies.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:37 PM (RIvkX)

99 Critical Drinker absolutely excoriated " Animal Farm." I appreciated what he had to say- not only because he's a very articulate fellow, but I had never seen the actual person before, just he voice over opinions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 08:37 PM (Yl2Ob)

100 Those are all misogynistic
Posted by: BruceWayne

And the misogyny was glorious. Shut it h8r!

I mean 10 Things is Taming of the Shrew...

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:38 PM (kWZrF)

101 You know, even the shit ones were not that bad. Hitch (Will Smith and Kevin James), Serendipity (Cusack and... dammit, Underworld gal.) I am trying to think of others. There were a million of them.

How do theaters even survive?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)

102 Andy Serkis should make sammiches instead of movies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Ehh I'm sure they would suck too

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

103 I didn't think Sinners was a horror movie. It's got a great script.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:39 PM (dtajH)

104 I mean 10 Things is Taming of the Shrew...
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:38 PM (kWZrF)

Which they have redone a million times. The Sydney Sweeney Anyone but You is ALSO a Taming of the Shrew 'take' (with nudity.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:39 PM (zZu0s)

105 Taylor Sheridan has put out the most watchable stuff in 15 years.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 08:40 PM (Cif43)

106 Paramount / Warner Bros is commiting to making lots of flicks with real theatrical releases. Not all written by Tyler Sheridan.
Posted by: Ignoramus

Sheridan is signed with nbc/peacock for everything moving forward.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:40 PM (YZ0Fo)

107 At least you didn't say head over heels
Posted by: BruceWayne

Luckily, I know you actually mean Down to You. hahahaha

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:40 PM (kWZrF)

108 I liked Weapons, I knew nothing about it, hadn't heard about the anti-gun scene, but I liked the story. I enjoy horror movies that aren't overtly horrifying, just enough to make me feel uncomfortable.

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:40 PM (eLisJ)

109 The Lion King is Hamlet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 02, 2026 08:41 PM (ndZc7)

110 Whole Nine Yards i thought was quirky and fun and different- but that seems to be the only kind of movie we get these days. Thats not gay. Or Marvel.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:41 PM (zZu0s)

111 Andy Serkis should make sammiches instead of movies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

His green screen work is good. And I found him funny in 13 Going on 30. But really he should stick to niche acting and stfu.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:42 PM (kWZrF)

112 least you didn't say head over heels
Posted by: BruceWayne

Luckily, I know you actually mean Down to You. hahahaha
Posted by: She Hobbit

Haah they both are awful. Ima drink the shampoo

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:42 PM (YZ0Fo)

113 Thanks for the Sheridan update. Does it mean Peacock / NBC are also moving in the right direction?

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 08:42 PM (dtajH)

114 > It's not that they can't make them, either. They do not WANT to.

Well, I have a saying about that, that I regularly apply to journalists: You can't just suddenly start being good.

Also: Politics makes people stupid.

The relevance of the latter is that, once you've decided you're against something (like heterosexuality), and you've made yourself stupid about it, you can't just then go "Oh, all the money's in romcoms. We'll make those."

No, you won't. You don't know how to make them anymore. You made yourself so stupid, you can't see other people at all.

This is why your TV shows turn left. Why your movie studios turn left. Why everything, eventually, turns left: Because the decision was made that something trumped quality, keeping the customer satisfied--and that slope of stupidity is one that's nigh impossible to climb back up.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:43 PM (/d4WW)

115 Ok, multiple people repeating. Hit the big red button pixy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

116 He has been gollum and ulysses klaw so hes not really acting as a villain

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 02, 2026 08:44 PM (bXbFr)

117 This is why your TV shows turn left. Why your movie studios turn left. Why everything, eventually, turns left: Because the decision was made that something trumped quality, keeping the customer satisfied--and that slope of stupidity is one that's nigh impossible to climb back up.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:43 PM (/d4WW)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s)

118 liked Weapons, I knew nothing about it, hadn't heard about the anti-gun scene, but I liked the story. I enjoy horror movies that aren't overtly horrifying, just enough to make me feel uncomfortable.
Posted by: Megthered

Weapons is excellent. His first movie barbarian is also good. He's making the new resident evil.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:44 PM (YZ0Fo)

119 Thanks for the Sheridan update. Does it mean Peacock / NBC are also moving in the right direction?
Posted by: Ignoramus

I wouldn't exactly say that. They are chasing surecibers and know that he will bring them. But he has carte Blanche to make what he wants.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

120 Serkis should make sammiches instead of movies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

His green screen work is good. And I found him funny in 13 Going on 30. But really he should stick to niche acting and stfu.
Posted by: She Hobbit

He directed the second venom movie. And it was good,kinda. In its own way

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:47 PM (YZ0Fo)

121 I hated Barbarian. The woman staying in the Air BB with a stranger, the going down into the basement of the strange house, no way. I was screaming at the TV. I couldnt suspend disbelief and just enjoy the movie when people are that stupid.
I hope RE is at least watchable. I love the games.

Posted by: Megthered at May 02, 2026 08:49 PM (eLisJ)

122 A favorite RomCom is Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Another favorite is She's Out of My League.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:50 PM (kxLc1)

123 favorite RomCom is Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Another favorite is She's Out of My League.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Alice Eve.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

124 Paramount / Warner Bros is commiting to making lots of flicks with real theatrical releases.

With all of the actors whispering and mumbling through their dialog.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 02, 2026 08:51 PM (ceJ0R)

125
Real Housewives of Helena

Real Housewives of 1823

Real Housewives of Last Chance Gulch

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:51 PM (RIvkX)

126 Chicago Lawn early to late 60s, close to the Colony, Marquette, and Hi-Way theaters. Seemed like there was always something worth catching every week or two. Along with every bad monster flick I could squeeze in, I saw: The Manchurian Candidate, The Time Machine, the Roger Corman Poe flicks, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Train, The Haunting, The Great Escape, The Guns of Navarone, the early Connery Bond flicks, The Ipcress File, Planet of the Apes, Seven Days in May, The Hustler...

Every week or two there was something, but for me at least, it hasn't been that way for a LONG time.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 08:52 PM (q3u5l)

127 Another favorite is She's Out of My League.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:50 PM (kxLc1)

I really like that one. Jay Baruchel is funny as hell. And him landing Alice Eve is strangely plausible.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:52 PM (0aYVJ)

128 Box office only matters for small budget movies. The big, hundreds of millions movies are just vehicles for money laundering. If "Superman XIV: Electric Boogalo" accidentally made money, somebody will sleep the fishes.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 02, 2026 08:53 PM (mjROD)

129 Wacha readin Professor?
Posted by: pawn at May 02, 2026 08:13 PM (5qng6)
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Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

Scientists mucking around with deadly viruses. You know how that turns out.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 02, 2026 08:53 PM (gnNyN)

130 So, the question on every Commentator's mind is how does it compare to the Moron cinematic benchmark, Prometheus?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 02, 2026 08:53 PM (0sNs1)

131 My guilty pleasure rom com is win a date with tad hamilton! Kate bosworth, Kathryn Hahn, finder goodwin, topher grace, Josh duhamel

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (YZ0Fo)

132 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the Wedding Singer had that It factor.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (0aYVJ)

133 My favorite movie when I was 6 was Jason and the Argonauts.
And not much later I discovered anything that this guy named Harryhausen had a hand in was gonna be my kinda show!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (XcvNy)

134 123 A favorite RomCom is Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Another favorite is She's Out of My League.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:50 PM (kxLc1)

124 favorite RomCom is Going the Distance with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Another favorite is She's Out of My League.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Alice Eve.
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:51 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Favorite romcom?
*snickers*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (RIvkX)

135 "A lot of movies I saw under the age of ten were movies I shouldn't of seen at that time. The wages of being brought up by parents whose view towards whatever was on TV or the VCR was HO-HUM.

(Though if there was a FRAME of ANYTHING suggesting the existence of the Horizontal Hokey Pokey, cue the clutching of pearls.)"

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Reminds me of my father checking the warnings on R-rated movies to see if I could watch them:

"It's OK. No nudity. Just violence."

Better for a kid to see a murder than a boob, I guess?

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 08:55 PM (5YmYl)

136 Real Housewives of Donner's Pass

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:55 PM (0aYVJ)

137 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the Wedding Singer had that It factor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

Blended. Shockingly fun

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:56 PM (YZ0Fo)

138 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the Wedding Singer had that It factor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (0aYVJ)

I like them teaming up in Blended even better.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:56 PM (kxLc1)

139 > It grossed 270m on a 38m budget. Thats a hit in any world.

As I said, the only reason to care is if you want movie exhibition to be on ongoing viable concern.

> My point is that you can make things for that money and the people will show up

Yeah, horror movies from directors with followings. And franchise entries.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 08:56 PM (/d4WW)

140 My guilty pleasure rom com is win a date with tad hamilton! Kate bosworth, Kathryn Hahn, finder goodwin, topher grace, Josh duhamel
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (YZ0Fo

Nothing guilty about that one. Also a favorite.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:57 PM (kxLc1)

141 I know I'm going to get roasted for this, but... Taylor Sheridan is the white folks' Tyler Perry. I find his writing execrable.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 08:58 PM (5YmYl)

142 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the Wedding Singer had that It factor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

I like them teaming up in Blended even better.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Love both of those. Also 50 First Dates which has Samwise Gamgee on test.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 08:59 PM (ftFVW)

143 Blended. Shockingly fun
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:56 PM (YZ0Fo)

139 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in the Wedding Singer had that It factor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:54 PM (0aYVJ)

I like them teaming up in Blended even better.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 08:56 PM (kxLc1)

Never saw that one.
*licks pencil, adds movie to list in little pocket notebook*
My wife will be so happy. isn't 450 movies enough?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 08:59 PM (0aYVJ)

144 Nothing guilty about that one. Also a favorite.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

I feel seen

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 08:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

145 I also like 50 First Dates, but it's so tragic.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:00 PM (0aYVJ)

146 Tyler Sheridan is one of the few that's writing for more than half the country.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 09:01 PM (dtajH)

147 Never saw that one.
*licks pencil, adds movie to list in little pocket notebook*
My wife will be so happy. isn't 450 movies enough?
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Blended kind of slipped by me for a few years but I should have known I'd like it with Adam and Drew. Terry Crews makes me laugh, too.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 09:02 PM (ftFVW)

148 also like 50 First Dates, but it's so tragic.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

They have great chemistry obvi in that and samwise being roided out is hilarious. But it just never sat with me

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:02 PM (YZ0Fo)

149 Blended kind of slipped by me for a few years but I should have known I'd like it with Adam and Drew. Terry Crews makes me laugh, too.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Hahah you're the one that made me watch it

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

150 "Tayler Sheridan is one of the few that's writing for more than half the country."

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True. I just think he does it badly.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 09:03 PM (5YmYl)

151 I’m dated. My favorite romcom is Romancing the Stone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 02, 2026 09:04 PM (XcvNy)

152 Hahah you're the one that made me watch it
Posted by: BruceWayne

The one movie I'd seen that you hadn't!

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 02, 2026 09:04 PM (ftFVW)

153 I don't think I have ever seen any Tyler Sheridan productions. To be fair, I do nkt watch much on TV.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 02, 2026 09:04 PM (zZu0s)

154 Hell or high water and sicario and wind river would beg to differ

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:04 PM (YZ0Fo)

155 Tyler Sheridan is one of the few that's writing for more than half the country.
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 02, 2026 09:01 PM (dtajH)

Landman has been a breath of fresh air. I love that series, despite his horrible ex-ex-wife. Even when she does something noble and uplifting, it's to make herself feel better about herself. she is easily the least likable character.
that said, she is a smokeshow.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:05 PM (0aYVJ)

156 The one movie I'd seen that you hadn't!
Posted by: She Hobbit at May

Me: you haven't seen that!

You: you know I never seen anything.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

157 Kinda partial to Two for the Road myself. Albert Finney, Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Donen directing from a merely dynamite script by Frederic Raphael, with one of Mancini's best scores. A delight.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:07 PM (q3u5l)

158 Landman has been a breath of fresh air. I love that series, despite his horrible ex-ex-wife. Even when she does something noble and uplifting, it's to make herself feel better about herself. she is easily the least likable character.
that said, she is a smokeshow.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

Ali later (whip cream bikini) and Michelle Randolph.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

159 I haven't watched one of the most successful RomComs again since it was released. I wonder if When Harry Met Sally holds up?

Another favorite RomCom is Dan In Real Life.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:08 PM (kxLc1)

160 Another favorite RomCom is Dan In Real Life.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

That's Steve carrel right?

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

161 We went to see Romancing the Stone in a theater

Posted by: Skip at May 02, 2026 09:10 PM (Ia/+0)

162 Critical Drinker review of "Animal Farm" from Evi L Blooger's site. Thanks, Evi!

https://tinyurl.com/29n49jkh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 02, 2026 09:10 PM (2sfNr)

163 Not quite a rom com but a romance movie that's insanely good is Her

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

164 My favorite romcom is "A Good Year".

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:11 PM (Cif43)

165 That's Steve carrel right?
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:09 PM (YZ0

Yes. More story than comedy but still funny in a real life way. Thus I guess the title now that I think of it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:12 PM (kxLc1)

166 And the best romance movie ever made is The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

167 Yes. More story than comedy but still funny in a real life way. Thus I guess the title now that I think of it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Yah that was when I was like ya know he's kinda a good actor

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:13 PM (YZ0Fo)

168 You know what would make a great horror movie? I'm reading "The Descent" (thanks, Book Thread!), about a race of cannibalistic hominids dwelling underground ( 🤔

in caverns and tunnels throughout the planet.

They'd need another title because there's already a movie called "The Descent" about a caving team attacked by CHUDs. No relation to this story, but I guess it is a genre (Mole People, etc).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 09:13 PM (kpS4V)

169 Not quite a rom com but a romance movie that's insanely good is Her
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:10 PM (YZ0Fo

I liked it and was amazed they were able to make a good movie about Siri.

It was prescient though regard to AI today.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:13 PM (kxLc1)

170 Scientists mucking around with deadly viruses. You know how that turns out.
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100% excellent, every time. Science!

You know what was odd about this Irish movie I saw today? Four of the five trailers were about African Americans. One looked like an escapee from Apple TV, with Chiwetel Ejiofor in the lead ("Backrooms"), but the other three were straight up urban.

The latest "Scary Movie," which looked unwatchable. "Is God Is" directed by Aleshea Harris, based on her play. It's a creepy horror/revenge flick deliberately done in a grindhouse style and I don't have high hopes. And Bootsy Riley's latest, "I Love Boosters"--a love song to, literally, shoplifters.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 09:14 PM (/d4WW)

171 Alec Baldwin staring in 'The Life of Hunter Biden'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 02, 2026 09:14 PM (Lw/3D)

172 Taylor Sheridan did 'Wind River'. I don't know if he wrote it or directed it, but it was excellent. 'Longmire' too. I haven't seen 'Yellowstone' much outside of Youtube clips. I can't stand that character that plays the daughter and I like red heads! I was rooting for the sleazy adopted son to kill her. Awful character. Haven't seen any of the spin offs either, outside of YT clips.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 09:14 PM (ohOaC)

173 Yes. More story than comedy but still funny in a real life way. Thus I guess the title now that I think of it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Yah that was when I was like ya know he's kinda a good actor
Posted by: BruceWayne

Then he played a psychiatrist that kept a serial killer locked up in his basement in The Patient

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:15 PM (YZ0Fo)

174 Taylor Sheridan did 'Wind River'. I don't know if he wrote it or directed it, but it was excellent. 'Longmire' too. I haven't seen 'Yellowstone' much outside of Youtube clips. I can't stand that character that plays the daughter and I like red heads! I was rooting for the sleazy adopted son to kill her. Awful character. Haven't seen any of the spin offs either, outside of YT clips.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work

Wrote and directed Just like Hell or high water

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:16 PM (YZ0Fo)

175 Yellowstone, all the city folk hated Beth. All us horse and cow folks loved the reality of horse and cow life.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:18 PM (Cif43)

176 141 I know I'm going to get roasted for this, but... Taylor Sheridan is the white folks' Tyler Perry. I find his writing execrable.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 02, 2026 08:58 PM (5YmYl)
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Nah, Adam Sandler is the honkey Tyler Perry.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 02, 2026 09:20 PM (kpS4V)

177 Now you reminded me of HUD . One of the few depressing movies I didn't feel I wasted time watching.( I very much dislike dark or depressing movies) .

The other one I thought was worth my time was The Human Stain.

I watch movies to be entertained and leave with a good feeling but those two were exceptions to my rule.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:23 PM (kxLc1)

178 Yellowstone, all the city folk hated Beth. All us horse and cow folks loved the reality of horse and cow life.
Posted by: Ben Had at May

Beth is a nasty see you next Tuesday. But rip and Kacey were awesome.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

179 Not quite a rom com but a romance movie that's insanely good is Her
Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

I do not disagree. But, I still lean toward this not being a good thing in the long run, regarding humanity. But, yes, it was a well-made film.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:23 PM (0aYVJ)

180 Funny but there really was a good plot line in "Spartacus" despite all the porn.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:24 PM (Cif43)

181 Funny but there really was a good plot line in "Spartacus" despite all the porn.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:24 PM (Cif43

Zena got nekkid a lot.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:25 PM (kxLc1)

182 do not disagree. But, I still lean toward this not being a good thing in the long run, regarding humanity. But, yes, it was a well-made film.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock

I think it's a beautiful movie. And damn was it prescient

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

183 The thing about "Sorcerer" flopping is not that it's not a good movie, but that it's about four criminals working to save the day for a major corporation--that the filmmaker ALSO wants you to view as a villain. A worse villain, even.

And then you look back over the past ten years of movies and see nothing but antiheroes and just villain protagonists and then observe that the biggest box office smashes are the exceptions ("The Exorcist," "Jaws" and "Star Wars").

It's just not a big surprise.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 09:26 PM (/d4WW)

184 Harry, everybody got nekkid a lot.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:27 PM (Cif43)

185 I do not disagree. But, I still lean toward this not being a good thing in the long run, regarding humanity. But, yes, it was a well-made film.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:23 PM (0aYVJ)

And it's actually happening now with all the shut ins having AI girlfriends.

That said I'd love to have a non romantic AI assistant like Her.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:27 PM (kxLc1)

186 Beth was horrible; city, country, burbs, wherever. Transcendedly awful! The rest of the characters were fine, at least in 5-10 minute increments from YT videos.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 02, 2026 09:29 PM (ohOaC)

187 And it's actually happening now with all the shut ins having AI girlfriends.

That said I'd love to have a non romantic AI assistant like Her.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 02, 2026 09:27 PM (kxLc1)

Scarlett Johannsen has a wonderful speaking voice. Feminine, but with a little smoke.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:30 PM (0aYVJ)

188 Beth is the most memorable character because everyone has an opinion about her.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 02, 2026 09:30 PM (Cif43)

189 >>>Yellowstone, all the city folk hated Beth. All us horse and cow folks loved the reality of horse and cow life.

Posted by: Ben Had

>All of these shows and spin-offs, Madison, Jefferson, Gallatin, Missouri whatever, are great fiction. Most of these actors have never seen a cow or horse or fly-fished until the latest few years.

Good for tourism.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 09:33 PM (Fbc0I)

190 of these shows and spin-offs, Madison, Jefferson, Gallatin, Missouri whatever, are great fiction. Most of these actors have never seen a cow or horse or fly-fished until the latest few years.

Good for tourism.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Actually they have to go to cowbay camp and learn how to ride. Kelly Riley (Beth) was pissed cause she didn't get to ride horses in the show that much and she grew up riding horses. English style tho.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:37 PM (YZ0Fo)

191 I could never do the Her thing. Because I have a weird aversion to talking to the computer about anything. I prefer to type it. I think it's an extension of my loathing of having to talk to anyone on the phone. I hate phones. Even talking to my own sons is a chore.

But typing things into Chat gee pee tee I am okay with.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ)

192 One of the last films friedkin did was rules of engagement

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 02, 2026 09:38 PM (bXbFr)

193 Most of these actors have never seen a cow or horse or fly-fished until the latest few years.

Good for tourism.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 09:33 PM (Fbc0I)

Costner is a very good horseman. Not sure of his fly-fishing skills.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 02, 2026 09:40 PM (0aYVJ)

194 If memory serves, Friedkin once talked with Harlan Ellison about a film adaptation of his short story "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs." Also was lined up to do a film based on Robert Silverberg's novel The Book of Skulls. Neither happened, darn it. I'd have liked to see what Friedkin would have done with the Silverberg book.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:42 PM (q3u5l)

195 192 One of the last films friedkin did was rules of engagement
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I didn't think it was great. I preferred his work with Tracy Letts ("Bug" and "Killer Joe") that came out afterwards. Looks like he did a couple in his '80s, too.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 09:42 PM (/d4WW)

196 A good meat and potatoes Rom Com is leap year with Amy Adam’s.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 02, 2026 09:47 PM (XV/Pl)

197 Another late Friedkin was The Hunted, with Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro. A number of glaring implausibilities there, but I kinda liked it.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:48 PM (q3u5l)

198 Gonna give last year's Jurrasic a D+...having finished the movie, I hated the family plotline even more. Scar Jo did as much with her material as she could, and the A actors did fine in their plot, but lord...so, their side was a B, but give me an F- for everything surrounding that family...

No idea how this made so much money, but the spouse said "it's dinosaurs and Jurassic Park, honey" - never has a brand had to rely so hard on its brand...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 02, 2026 09:48 PM (tOcjL)

199 >>>Actually they have to go to cowbay camp and learn how to ride. Kelly Riley (Beth) was pissed cause she didn't get to ride horses in the show that much and she grew up riding horses. English style tho.

Posted by: BruceWayne

>A western saddle and bit is a bit different from a dressage saddle and bridle and you may be in for a different kind of ride. But it all works out in the end. lol

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 09:49 PM (Fbc0I)

200 Alec Baldwin staring in 'The Life of Hunter Biden'.

Posted by: Braenyard

What was he staring at?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 02, 2026 09:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

201 Didn't see any Jurassics after the first Chris Pratt outing. Was I alone in thinking that the kids/families in all of them should have been eaten by the halfway point?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:50 PM (q3u5l)

202 And another thing...

Deep Blue Sea -- delightfully dumb mutant shark movie. But the shark does eat LL Cool J's parrot.

The Boogens -- delightfully dumb monster movie. But nice, not only because Rebecca Balding looked terrific in the altogether but because the monsters ate the annoying dog.

There should be more of this, methinks.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:53 PM (q3u5l)

203 201 Didn't see any Jurassics after the first Chris Pratt outing. Was I alone in thinking that the kids/families in all of them should have been eaten by the halfway point?
Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:50 PM (q3u5l)

I skipped everything after 2...this was supposed to be better. It wasn't. The family should have been dead just from their intial intro...they did not need to be in this movie. And the "messages" they delivered. Sigh.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 02, 2026 09:53 PM (tOcjL)

204 to ride. Kelly Riley (Beth) was pissed cause she didn't get to ride horses in the show that much and she grew up riding horses. English style tho.

Posted by: BruceWayne

>A western saddle and bit is a bit different from a dressage saddle and bridle and you may be in for a different kind of ride. But it all works out in the end. lol
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Also the old dude with the mustache was a ranch manager. Kaycee grew up on a ranch. Ryan was a horse handler on the show and then they put him on the show. To say that these people don't know how to ride horses is dumb.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 02, 2026 09:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

205 They Cloned Tyrone

Hilarious riff on blacksploytation flicks and whitey messing with us all just because he can.

Might just dig it up and watch it again.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 02, 2026 09:54 PM (/lPRQ)

206 And outta here for the evening.

Thanks for the thread, moviegique.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 02, 2026 09:57 PM (q3u5l)

207 .
NOOD

The ONT has gone live!

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 02, 2026 09:59 PM (O7YUW)

208 Thanks for coming by, guys! See you on the 23rd!

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 02, 2026 10:00 PM (/d4WW)

209 >>>To say that these people don't know how to ride horses is dumb.

Posted by: BruceWayne

>I never said that, but your points stands; it's about insurance and liability.

I used to ride a ranch bay that was an elk hunting fool. He'd take your head off in his pursuit of a target.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 02, 2026 10:02 PM (Fbc0I)

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