Recommend (or don't) a movie thread v2

[nfotiu]

I just re-watched Donnie Darko a good 10-15 years after I last watched it. Richard Kelly went to my kids' high school and based it our suburbia at the time apparently, so wanted to give it another watch. I never realized what a crazy cast it had. A bunch of A listers and every scene has someone I recognize from somewhere.

Funny thing too, Vince Gilligan went to a rival high school in our county, and he definitely played homage to the airplane engine thing in Breaking Bad.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Bs&Cs

It’s a remake of Akita Kurosawa’s High and Low which imo still holds up today and is what I would consider AK’s best film.

From what I’ve heard of the Spike Lee version, people should just skip it and watch the original.

High and Low is a pretty accurate description of Spike Lee’s filmography. Some of the best films I’ve seen and some of the worst. Hardly much in between.

[FireGilbert]

Happy Gilmour 2 was a disappointment even with my low expectations. Should have known it was going to be bad from the start when a character is killed off seemingly so Sandler’ daughter can be the lead actress. There was actually some potential for a good movie with the PGA cameos, poking fun of LIV, the team up with Shooter, and I liked the scene when he joined a threesome on the course, but the story is a lazy unfocused mess. The original was silly but it had a straightforward story that got laughs out of stretching the rules of golf. This one goes way over the top and is strangely almost a golf sci fi. The absolute worst parts were the constant references to the original with flashbacks that treated the audience like idiots. Then again I did just spend 2 hours watching a Netflix Sandler movie so maybe I am an idiot. 4/10.