Sometimes when I'm working from home I'll have a movie on in the background, here's a few I recently watched:
1. The Electric State - pure garbage, shut the movie off 2/3rds in, thought Millie and Chris did a terrible job and had no chemistry
2. The Hostiles - for the cast (Jesse Plemons, Christian Bale, that Jew-kid from Dune) this was quite bad and clearly anti-White and pro-Native American even though the opening scene demonstrated atrocities committed by Natives
3. Mad Max Furiosa - better than I thought it would be, even with a weird looking female protagonist. Still, I couldn't help but make fun of the economics of the movie, considering how much man and material everyone had even though they lived in a completely barren wasteland
4. Dungeons & Dragons - I laughed, I cried, I enjoyed it and was able to overlook the obvious DEI, maybe because I'm used to video games that have DEI peppered everywhere
5. Fatman - Mel Gibson never fails to make good movies, no matter what they're about. I thought the satire of the elite kid and the assassin were excellent
6. The Platform 2 - An interesting and entertaining movie given the extremely odd context of the film. I enjoyed the first Platform, the second is not as good, but still holds its own
7. Lamborghini - A biopic. I didn't think it was absolutely terrible, but it didn't portray Lamborghini (the man) in a positive light, they made him out to be your stereotypical business-comes-first driven man who was never able to get over the tragic end of his first wife. I enjoyed the Italian scenery
8. The Hudsucker Proxy - an odd comedy film from the 90s, but it holds up and has Paul Newman in it. A Jewish film that gives away a little bit of their distaste for American 50s business culture. Also, I find Jewish films that show off a bit of a bizarre surrealist setting are uncannily good at making you feel a little crazy.
9. Colossal - terrible film, stopped halfway through. Not funny, not interesting, couldn't get into Anne Hathaway
10. The Double - a film from 2014 that is about a guy who ends up having to deal with his doppleganger. Turned it off halfway through. Another surrealist movie that was so slow and painful I couldn't take it.
Ok, some new films to add the recent spell of things. Lately I've found myself interested in thriller movies and crime dramas. Also, another Mel Gibson thrown into the mix.
1. On the Line - Mel Gibson, good movie and would recommend. Again, I haven't seen a Mel Gibson movie I haven't liked.
2. Carry-On - A good thriller film with Jason Bateman, kept my interest, nothing cringey or poorly thought out.
3. A Sacrifice - Redheaded girl and Eric Bana. It was okay, not a great film but did portray some of the looney behavior of leftists.
4. The Killer - Michael Fassbender, a slow, solemn but entertaining assassin movie.
5. The Snowman - Another Michael Fassbender movie, not bad, but not as good as The Killer.
6. Runaway Jury - A late 90s or early 2000s film, I think early 2000s and it distinctively feels like it. It wasn't bad, sometimes I like to watch movies that, when they were released, I'd have had no interest whatsoever, but can appreciate better in my middle-age. Kind of a dumb anti-gun movie, but not terrible.
7. Den of Thieves - I enjoyed this one, and man, Gerard Butler is great at playing a gruff, washed-up tough guy cop. For how long it was it kept my interest.
8. Den of Thieves 2 - Almost as good as the first but it didn't have as smart of a twist although they tried. Still scratched the itch and wasn't bad despite watching the first one literally right before I watched this one.
9. Boneyard - Not enough Mel Gibson, but an okay crime drama.
So, there it is. I plan on watching more thrillers when I get the chance during some of my work-from-home moments. I find I'm tired of the fantasy, superhero, science fiction, action-based type of film and I'm more interested in reality-based movies that aren't trying to be too serious or have much of an agenda. Thrillers also make good "don't have to pay full attention" movies to play in the background.
