Matt BirchlerMovie #55: In a Violent Nature
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Movie #68: The Instigators
It’s like every actor asked “what’s my motivation” and they were told “I don’t know, the script says you do it, so just roll with it.”
Movie #70: The Abyss
And thus completes my Cameron list of shame…well, besides Piranha II, but I'm not holding myself to that 😂
Movie #71: Detained
I guess it's nice that this job probably made a few people eligible for health insurance for the year 😬
Movie #86: Batman: The Long Halloween
FWIW this was released in 2 parts, and this is a review of them together.
Movie #92: V/H/S/2
A real contender for worst movie I've watched this year, save for 30 minutes in the middle which is some of the best horror you can get.
Movie #96: New Life
Also I could be mistaken, but the main character is never in the suit shown in the poster during the whole movie…
Movie #98: Léon The Professional
Alas, a movie I really enjoy made by a guy who may not find the creepiness in the story to actually be creepy 😬
Movie #100: The Substance
Hell yeah, I love when the 100th movie is an absolute banger ✨
Movie #101: Alien: Romulus
It feels good to just plain like an Alien move again 🙏
Movie #105: Sanctuary
Aaaaand the streak of movies I liked comes to an end 😭
Movie #109: Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary
This one’s just on YouTube btw https://youtu.be/YCjNT9qGjh4
Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary
Breaking the format since it's Christmas and I don't have time to write reviews…here's what I've watched over the last few days.
Movie #115: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (still a very good concert film for an unbelievable performance)
Movie #116: A Christmas Story (hard to argue with a classic)
Movie #117: Wedding Crashers (haven't seen it in many years and yeah, it holds up better than I feared. Vaughn and Wilson at the height of their power)
Michael Bond@matt There is a certain mood I’m in when I watch movies like this, and this is a perfect movie for that mood, if that makes sense.
Christian Sigritz@matt This always hits
Tim Chaten@matt is this the one with the rubber ducky and envelope collection? Classic if so
Keenan
Sam Clemente@matt okay so yesterday I came to the conclusion that The Truman Show and Maze Runner are basically the same thing and I didn’t share it with anyone but now I feel I must
Melvin Gundlach@matt @countablenewt Kinda yeah 😄
Kane@matt this movie totally fucked me up as a teenager and made me so paranoid lol
Jonathan Peacher@matt have you ever considered doing these reviews for games? Could be interesting!
@matt Ah, beans! I really enjoyed this one.
@keenan I saw your review and had high hopes! I can totally see the good here, too. I just kept waiting for me to connect 😢
Jonathan L.@matt i really enjoy your reviews, the act as a prefilled for me (in a way). I also like that you don't say "movie bad" but rather "don't like movie", which is much more fair and actively lets people know that an opinion is just that: an opinion!
@namekkural Thank you! And yeah, in 2023 my scores were bad/okay/good/great but I moved to this new system this year since I also didn't like the idea I was passing objective judgment.
Nathan Snelgrove@matt this is a fun one
Matthew N@matt YAY!!! So happy we agree on this one!!!!! Ending was so perfect!
Christopher Lawley@matt What the fuck Matt??? This movie is not better than Aliens. Is somebody switching labels on the movies in your house? Or do you have a gas leak?? Either way, come to California and I’ll get you set straight.
Jonathan Reed@ChrisLawley @matt I have to agree with you Chris.
Dane Deasy@ChrisLawley I don’t think said it’s better than Aliens, did he?
BenRiceM@ChrisLawley @matt a bunch of teenagers scared shitless on a doomed space station is way more “Alien” than the US Space Army shooting everything that moves 🙂
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Ramón 🇨🇴@ChrisLawley @matt in Matt’s defense, he didn’t say it’s better than Aliens unless I’m missing something 🤷🏻♂️
@ramarope @ChrisLawley I did technically call Aliens "decent" earlier in this thread 😬
Paul Stockton@matt great movie!
Ravi 
@matt Maybe I need a rewatch.
I remember it feeling father daughter to me.
Also one of the all time Oldman performances. Stansfield is just unhinged.
@ravi Yeah Oldman is great and the rest of the cast kills it.
Apparently Besson dated a 15 year old in his 30s and this story is inspired by their relationship. She had their baby at 16 😬 Maybe it’s not as big a deal in French culture, but it’s hard not to think about with how Natalie Portman is portrayed in some moments.
@matt oh man!!! Perhaps the ratings name are weird but … can’t believe you didn’t Like this one!!! Freaking great movie
@tchaten What did you love about it? In curious!
FWIW everyone seems to think “decent” means I hated the movie with the heat of 1,000 suns 😂😭 “How’d you like that movie?” “It was decent! Didn’t love it, didn’t dislike it, it was decent.”
Ronnie@Ronnie @tchaten That’s definitely my intent with the rating. Like if someone asked me if they should watch a movie, something I said is “decent” would get a “go for it” from me.
But this has been a challenge for me for years lol. This score was called “okay” for a long time and that gave a negative impression as well. Maybe it’s because it’s on the left side of the list and therefore is on the “bad” side?
Scoring systems are hard 😅
Nathan Lott@matt I watched the 1979 version this weekend. It was cheesy, long (3 hours), but I would give it a decent