Last (x) movies you saw (II)

Yeah, I knew someone would get pissed off at that rating and while it looks amazing, the movie splutters to this mad finale that just comes out of nowhere. It just didn't do it for me, soz

Got the Blu-Ray of THE ABYSS this weekend; finished watching it tonight. (I started it last night. It's long.) I saw it in theaters 35 years ago and was shocked how much I remembered. Maybe my favorite Cameron movie, and it looks amazing.

Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) 8/10 for a prison movie from 1950 it's excellent
Night Killer (the Troll 2 team, 1990) good bad
A Family Finds Entertainment (Ryan Trecartin, 2005) first time watching it the whole way through
Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli, 2023) 8/10

The Tall Men (1955) 2.5/5
Perfect Days (2023) 4/5
The Beast (2023) 3.5/5
Rockers (1978) 4/5
Dreadnaught (1981) 4/5
Mississippi Masala (1991) 4/5
Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996) 3.5/5
Streetwise (1984) 4.5/5
Yakuza Graveyard (1976) 4/5
High Hopes (1988) 4/5
* One Fine Morning (2022) 4/5
* Blood Simple (1984) 5/5
* I'm Not There (2007) 5/5

In-flight entertainment, yesterday/today:
American Fiction (3/5, seemed like two scripts smooshed together with only partial success)
Barbie (2/5, honestly I am not the target market)

Lined up for the return journey in a couple of weeks if the Aer Lingus menu hasn't changed:
Oppenheimer & Killers of the Flower Moon, well that is going to be one serious and important movie session, hopefully the passenger in front won't lean their seat back too far.

Repo Man (4.0)
Krush Groove (6.0)
Make Me Famous (6.0)
Prime Cut (5.0)
The Old Oak (7.5)
Wayne’s World (6.0)
Mr. Robot (S1 - 7.5)
Vanishing Point (5.5)
Hickey & Boggs (5.5)
Belly (5.0)

Seven of these I watched in connection to two books I'm reading: Charles Taylor's Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s and Nate Patrin's The Needle and the Lens.

I know people love Repo Man, so I made sure not to post on the relevant thread. I was a so-so on it when it came out; other than the occasional clever line (still remembered "ordinary fucking people"), got nothing 40 years later. Just in general, I don't think I like cult films...not sure if I've ever liked one, in the classic sense of the term. Which may or may not even have meaning anymore: originally, as in Hoberman and Rosenbaum's book, I think it was tied in with the idea of late-night rep screenings.