What is the last movie you saw? and rate it.

Yes, he does seem unusual. I finished "Eagle vs Shark" today: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eagle_vs_shark/

This is a story about two characters who are not very likable and so I can see how it could annoy the audience, but if you follow it through to the end, there's a charm in these characters that comes through. There's one scene where the shark who is in love with the eagle throws a heart-shaped stone into the ocean symbolically killing her love for the eagle, who said he was dumping her anyway. The stone hits a seagull and kills it. That's the kind of weird but memorable stuff that happens in this movie.

Score: 8/10

I looked it up at the link you provided, it seems far less interesting as the first one, even stupid with this seagull scene. Your rating was probably generous.
What I liked about the first trailer: the unusual protagonist. Boy protagonists usually have to be handsome, slim and intelligent looking, not necessarily in that order. This one doesn´t. I don´t know much about Australia, but it is possible that he is from one of the native Australian groups that are segregated today. If that is the case there would be an element of social critic in the film.

It is not as entertaining as Hunt for the Wilderpeople. I recall trying to watch this in the past and not being able to finish it.

I am not much at home with recent comedys, but maybe you try one of the old ones. They used to be good.

The recent comedies have disappointed me also. We saw "Absolutely Fabulous: the movie" at the library some weeks ago. Although I remember liking the old British comedy show, I almost walked out. My wife did walk out as well as many in the back rows. I think by the time it was over, and I was still there, I was the only one in the back rows. The Rotten Tomatoes critics gave it a 60%. The normal people where more in agreement with those who walked out. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/abs...ous_the_movie/

It is hard to rate something like that. I can't even remember the plot. Oh, yeah, one of the two dysfunctional characters, Edina, accidentally pushed a fashion model into some river near London in the process of trying to sign the model on with her agency. Thinking this much-loved celebrity is dead generates a hate campaign against Edina and she and Patsy, the other dysfunctional character, have to flee to France where they get caught. Before they get caught they realize that they are broke and they will have to find a way to get some money so they can continue living on the Riviera. So Patsy tries to get married to someone rich. Edina has been trying to make money on her memoirs, but that doesn't go very well.

Actually, thinking back on that comedy, I kind of liked it. Not that I want to see it again.

Score 7/10

I have to update on comedy. I´m still stuck with Charlie Chaplin.
You seem to have an ironic outlook, Yes/No. Your simpaties seem to be more with the awkward folks or outsiders that make everything wrong than with the successful Heroes or Avengers.
I found this list of romantic comedies, old and new. Maybe it inspires you.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/...-time.html?a=1

I realize that I haven't seen most of those movies.

"Lars and the Real Girl" was pretty good. Also, "Clueless", "As Good As It Gets", "The Purple Rose of Cairo", "(500) Days of Summer", "Knocked Up", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "Manhattan", "The Princess Bride", and "Annie Hall". I must have seen "Sleepless in Seattle", "The Graduate", "Pretty Woman", "Harold and Maude" and "When Harry Met Sally" but I only remember the titles. That leaves a lot of movies out there that might be pretty good that I didn't know existed.

I occasionally enjoy seeing a few zombies in the movie such as "Life After Beth".

Thanks for the list.

Lol! I am not too fond of zombies but I guess there must be quite a lot of films with it.
This list is a conventional one. There are some classics I enjoyed like "Harold and Maude" and
"The purple rose of Cairo" but there are many films I didn´t watch either.

Normally, I don't like zombie movies unless they are funny. Another good one is "Burying the Ex".

I watched "The Hollars" last night. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hollars/

Rotten Tomatoes (the critics) thought it was pretty rotten, but I enjoyed it. It could have been better, but I was able to finish it. There were times when I thought either this movie is very predictable or I have superpowers allowing me to see what will happen next. It did suggest to me that one might live longer if doctors were not involved, although I doubt that was the intent of the movie.

Score: 7/10

Watched “All is Lost” – movie by J. C. Chandor. 77-year old Robert Redford is alone at sea. No dialogues, almost no words at all. Just he, the boat and rough and tough Indian Ocean. Redford later said his co-star was the water. Excellent movie.

I will see if I can find "All is Lost". It sounds unusual with no dialogue.

The last movie i saw was "Alone in Berlin", with Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson and Daniel Bruhl. An excellent and fair homage to those who opposed the nazi regime.

I saw "The Eagle Huntress" this evening. It's a documentary about a Mongolian girl who captures and trains an eagle, and goes on to win a prestigious eagle hunters competition at a festival. The heroine is a 13-year-old girl named Aisholpan. She's tough as nails, cute as a button, and matter-of-fact in her desire to become an eagle hunter, thus following family tradition. Her father is a famous eagle hunter, and teaches her. She captures her own eaglet (she climbs to an aerie when the eagle is still too young to fly away), and trains it (with her father's and grandfather's help).

Her family lives in a "ger" (don't call it a "yurt", lest you offend the Mongols) and leads a nomadic life, although she goes to boarding school in town and says she wants to be a doctor (don't bet against her doing whatever she wants to do, is my advice).

The Mongolian mountains are stunning, and the eagles are huge and beautiful and scary. Some scenes were shot from drones, allowing the audience to soar with the birds.

I was invited to a wedding in Mongolia last year -- a friend of mine married a Mongolian girl. I didn't make it, but I've seen pictures -- the bride and groom were in full Mongolian regalia and galloped into the wedding on horseback. I asked Tok Toh (the bride) if urban sophisticates (her father was ambassador to the U.S. and, later, a supreme court justice) like her were expected to learn to ride in modern Mongolia. "O, yeah," she said. "Every Mongolian learns to ride."

Based on the evidence of the wedding pictures and "The Eagle Huntress", I should have gone. Mongolia rules!

The Park Bench: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_park_bench/

This was written and directed by Ann LeSchander.

This is a story about a female graduate student who is tutoring a male undergraduate in English literature who needs to get a B to keep his scholarship. She is engaged and he falls in love with her and she falls in love with him and they talk about literature, exchange food and spend a semester enjoying each other's company. Eventually her wedding day approaches as well as his final exam and her thesis defense.

The story is a sweet rom-com with emphasis on the rom. There weren't any vampires or zombies in it, and outside of that I couldn't find anything wrong with it. Score: 10/10

Popstar: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pop...ever_stopping/

This is a mockumentary about the rise and fall and rise again of Conner4Real and the band Style Boyz. It's pretty stupid, but I watched the whole thing.

Score 7/10