Movie Poll

[rachelmanija]

Here is another installment of my belated-reviews-of movies poll. Very sadly, there are several not listed because all I remember is that I hated them. I will still be reviewing movies from the previous poll, don't worry.

Poll #27485

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 95

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What movies would you like me to review?

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Roar (Tippi Hedren's infamous lion movie starring her pet lions)
28 (29.5%)

Maximum Overdrive (Stephen King's infamous "machines attack people" movie.
16 (16.8%)

Jennifer's Body (cult classic horror which I hated very much)
30 (31.6%)

Lake Mungo (moody black and white found footage horror)
16 (16.8%)

Witness for the Prosecution (Agatha Christie courtroom drama which kicked off a Billy Wilder fest)
34 (35.8%)

Sunset Boulevard (re-watch; one of my favorite noirs)
28 (29.5%)

Double Indemnity (re-watch; one of my favorite noirs)
31 (32.6%)

Sabrina (Billy Wilder age gap romcom with Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart)
25 (26.3%)

Love in the Afternoon (Billy Wilder age gap romcom with Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper)
11 (11.6%)

Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder POW camp drama)
17 (17.9%)

Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder pitch-black media frenzy satire)
12 (12.6%)

Some Like It Hot (re-watch; Billy Wilder crossdressing romcom)
47 (49.5%)

The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder alcoholism drama)
7 (7.4%)

The Apartment (Billy Wilder supposed romantic comedy-drama)
16 (16.8%)

The Seven-Year Itch (Billy Wilder DNF. We have only ever DNF'd about three movies and this was one of them.)
11 (11.6%)

Prey (historical Comanche installment of the Predator franchise)
46 (48.4%)

Predators (Predator movie set on another planet)
13 (13.7%)

Sorry to Bother You (Black and also black satire; one of my favorites of the year)
45 (47.4%)

Candyman (original horror with Tony Todd)
21 (22.1%)

Candyman (2021 remake, sadly without Tony Todd)
16 (16.8%)

Have you seen any of these? What did you think?

Comments

[madripoor_rose]

Passing while flist/dwircle hopping:

Some Like It Hot: everyone talks about the crossdressing, but nobody ever brings up Tony Curtis spending a third of the movie doing a terrible Cary Grant impression while he's trying to convince Sugar he's a millionaire.

[rachelmanija]

That is also delightful!

[movingfinger]

And the movie is set at a time, I BELIEVE, just before actual Cary Grant entered the scene, which is even funnier.

[cupcake_goth]

I'm curious to see what you think of Jennifer's Body and why you hate it. It's one of my favorites, so I'm always curious to learn why it didn't work for other people :)

[rachelmanija]

The dialogue, mostly. I know WAY more people who love it.

[eglantiere]

oooh, by the way, did you see Nope? I had to watch it a bit piecemeal and some moments through my fingers, but it definitely stuck with me, not just as horror, but as imagery and style and everything too.

[rachelmanija]

I did! I actually saw it in a theatre (at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, to ensure that no one else would be there.) I liked it a lot.

[oursin]

Very much 'supposed' rom-com about The Apartment, which is more about the toxicity of corporate culture and what men (at that period, v much men) would do to Get Ahead. It's very sour. But if you take on those terms, and don't expect rom-com...

[rachelmanija]

Yeah, I found it really unpleasant to watch. Often deliberately so, but...

[rushthatspeaks]

Also curious about Jennifer's Body...

Glad to see you mention that The Apartment is not a comedy. I do not understand why it gets filed as one. I would probably like it better if I hadn't been expecting a comedy, but maybe not?

I want to see Prey so badly. Did you watch it in Comanche?

[julian]

It was so unpleasant I stopped watching it, which I almost never do.

I can't remember how it was advertised to me, though.

Edit: Wait, I actually did that with Plaza Suite, which is Walter Matthau being mean to his wife a lot. I don't even remember The Apartment, which means it's time for a rewatch.

[rachelmanija]

The Apartment is also very unpleasant.

[rachelmanija]

I absolutely watched it in Comanche! I recommend it.

[landingtree]

I saw Sorry To Bother You, and vaguely recall that I thought it was great - except my strongest memory of it is that I saw it with a friend who *hates* body horror and also hated her call center job, at the recommendation of my sister, who had said we should avoid learning anything about it before seeing it. This was a bad idea.

[rachelmanija]

Oh dear.

[julian]

I've seen a number of the Wilder's, but about 20 years ago, so memory: not green. I did like Sabrina better than the remake, but liked the remake more than most people did.

I've really got to see Sunset Boulevard again now that I'm older and have more context.

[musesfool]

Stalag 17 was one of my mom's favorite movies and I've seen it a lot over the years, but not recently at all. I'm very interested to hear what you thought.

[skygiants]

Double Indemnity is an all-time favorite of mine too -- it's just such an effortlessly compelling film and my guy Edward G. Robinson is so effortlessly compelling in it!

[movingfinger]

My mother was just watching The Seven Year Itch the other weekend, when I called her, and talking about how much she liked it, because of how delightful Marilyn Monroe was and what a good actress. I don't think I've ever watched it at all.

Sabrina makes no sense at all. None. Audrey Hepburn is wonderful, a gazelle in beautiful clothing. The much older men thing the character has is disturbing to watch, now. I hate the ending.