Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-11-28 (Thursday)

On 11/29/24 8:45 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:

On 11/29/2024 7:29 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
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Yesterday was Thanksgiving with some family - so no movies, no soaps, just football, football, football!
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What did you watch?

  I watched:
  Hostel (blu-ray) Normally I don't like these types of movies but I was able to pick up a blu-ray double feature for 99 cents several years back.  At that price for two movies...  I'm pretty sure I saw this once before and didn't care for it, but I was willing to give it a second chance.  Written and directed by Eli Roth, the plot involves a few Americans lead by Jay Hernandez on a Eurotrip who head to an out of the way hostel where they quickly learn it's a front for rich Europeans who like to torture and murder tourists.  I guess it was OK, especially if you close your eyes during certain scenes, it wasn't as gross as I feared it would be.
 Hostel II (blu-ray) This was on the same disc as the first one.  This one I remember watching way back when and actually liking, although going in I had no real memory of the plot.  Picking up where the first movie ends, they tie up some lose ends before transitioning to a new group of tourists, this time all female.  But in a bit of a twist one of them turns the tables on the torturers.  I remember that's what I liked about it when I saw it way back when.  The ending seemed to be very abrupt, but it was otherwise OK.

I also like this one. For one thing, it's kind "peak Lauren German".

Thanksgiving (Netflix) This is a new 2023 horror movie directed by Eli Roth based on a fake trailer that was part of "Groundhouse."

Of course a horror movie I want to watch went to Netflix...  >:/

The Mask of Zorro (4K disc) 1998 movie starring Antonio Banderas as Zorro, Catherine Zetra-Jones as his love interest and Anthony Hopkins as the first Zorro who trains Banderas to be the new one.  I think I saw this once before and didn't care much for it, but was willing to give it a second chance.  It past the time I guess.

I think I enjoyed this one much more than you did.

The Legend of Zorro (4K disc) 2005 sequel which has Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zetra-Jones returning to argue while saving the day.  I'm pretty sure I never saw this one before now. It was a blind buy to go with the first one.  Meh.  Mostly background noise.

I don't think I like the sequel nearly as much.