EternallDarkness Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Hoping to see it. And was shocked to see it sitting at 91% on RT earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Absolutely on my "must see" list, however I may not go see this until next weekend & have a double or even triple feature with Glass Onion & Bones and All as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, SoberChef said: Absolutely on my "must see" list, however I may not go see this until next weekend & have a double or even triple feature with Glass Onion & Bones and All as well. Had never even heard of Bones and All until I saw an ad for it last week. Looks twisted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, EternallDarkness said: Had never even heard of Bones and All until I saw an ad for it last week. Looks twisted. Yeah at first I thought it was a vampire flick then it dawned on me "Oh shit they're in daylight! OMFG THEY'RE CANNIBALS!" So yeah definitely intrigued for sure (thanks 'Alive' for leaving your mark on my psyche & soul.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 I saw an early preview screening on Tuesday. Had a blast! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 7 hours ago, TheLeon said: I saw an early preview screening on Tuesday. Had a blast! Is it too gruesome? My sister actually said she thought it looked good, but I know she doesn't do well with brutal violence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, EternallDarkness said: Is it too gruesome? My sister actually said she thought it looked good, but I know she doesn't do well with brutal violence. There are a couple moments that might be tough for the squeamish, but it’s not really a blood and guts movie. In terms of foodie horror, it’s much less upsetting than the average episode of Hannibal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 Pretty good. My sister wasn't a fan though. She didn't really get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 @EternallDarknessshould totally show his sister Terrifier 2 then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 3 hours ago, SoberChef said: @EternallDarknessshould totally show his sister Terrifier 2 then wasn't the violence she had an issue with, though she's not a huge fan of that, rather she quite didn't get the story/motivation of the characters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 I'm gonna see this over the break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 I haven't seen The Menu yet, but as a big fan of Chef, Burnt, and The Bear (even Pig kind of counts), an amazing movie starring Stephen Graham came out last year, insane reviews, called Boiling Point. Not sure how I missed it, the entire film is done in a one take - and it was a great movie the wife and I watched last night. I highly recommend it if you can't see The Menu yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Took an opportunity to see it this weekend, and it’s fun. It’s not amazing, and I’m not sure it’s the most in depth criticism of the issues it addresses, but it’s consistently entertaining. I enjoy fancy food and I’ve had the opportunity to eat at more than a few Michelin Star restaurants, but I’m in no way a hardcore foodie. Still, I’ve had enough exposure to that scene to really feel what this film is aiming for, and I think they hit it pretty well. Not that I think that’s necessary. You probably don’t need to have seen a single episode of Chef’s Table or had thousand dollar meals to understand what the film is saying about creation and obsession. There are a few revelations that really made a mark, but also ended up overshadowing other moments that felt shallow by comparison. The leads all do excellent jobs, and the film has a few well earned moments of comedy. Honestly, my biggest issue with the whole thing might be that they only charge “$1250 a head.” Add a zero to that price at the very least. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 This film was absolutely wickedly entertaining! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Saw it with my wife yesterday afternoon and I cannot stop thinking about it! Having been in the industry to one extent or another essentially my entire life, it struck me with so much truth it was so overwhelming at times. The scene with Nicholas in the kitchen ... *Chef's Kiss 💋 * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Now available on HBO Max! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Watched this tonight. Enjoyed it and thought it was funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 It’s out in Canada on our Disney+ Hopefully get a chance sometime this week to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I've watched this 4 times now & it never stops being fantastically hysterical! Absolutely my 2nd favorite film of 2022! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 I watched it the other night. It was solid... not amazing or anything. I enjoyed it for the subtext more than the "thrills" and "funny" though. Seems like a perfect companion piece in tone and content to Parasite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 I gotta say I was quite unimpressed by this one compared to you guys. I was all in and excited for it and watched it for real in my living room with full attention, well, with my friend and we txtd but that just makes me pay more attention. But yeah it didn’t do it for me, I kept trying to figure out how bad it was trying to intentionally be until I decided it was just bad. Everyone acted in unbelievable ways, like, just the acting even, but it never seemed to earn its tone enough to make it seem intentionally campy. Idk, it just seemed like a great movie set up that was mediocre in execution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Oh it was abso-fucking-lutely intentional with the camp & dark humor. I'm sorry you didn't quite enjoy it nearly as much as myself & so many others. Personally, it's having worked in that industry for so very long that in a weird dark way, it was fantasy fulfillment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin King Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Watched the other week... It was unique, but didn't hit the mark for me and my wife. Was just kind of weird and messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, SoberChef said: Oh it was abso-fucking-lutely intentional with the camp & dark humor. I'm sorry you didn't quite enjoy it nearly as much as myself & so many others. Personally, it's having worked in that industry for so very long that in a weird dark way, it was fantasy fulfillment. If it makes you feel better I saw Terrifier and X because of your posts here and really liked those two! But yeah this one it just got to a point where I didn’t care if it was an intentional or not but it just didn’t land with me and I like that sorta thing. Her date in the movie, the foodie guy is 100% my brother in some ways to a point it’s uncanny, I’ll give them that they nailed that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 @stepeeI am flattered that my opinion can have any weight on another, I'm so happy you sought out both X & Terrifier & that you enjoyed them both no less. Yeah, the first 5-10 minutes or so, Nicholas Hault's character is me when I allow myself to endulge at times, so seeing his comeuppance was *Chef's Kiss* beauteous! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Watched it the other day. It’s a really fun way to spend about two hours with your brain off the hook, but with all the buzz I kept hearing I was expecting more. It’s well done, it’s funny, some of the actors are clearly having the time of their life, but there’s nothing there to really elevate it to greatness. I know it’s not really that kind of movie, but it also just doesn’t really make sense in a key moment. Spoiler So the dipshit boyfriend/client knows in advance everyone is going to die, and he’s taking pictures of the food? For what? To remember them in ten minutes? I get the irony of him being so obsessed with the chef and the food that he’d ignore the no photos rule, but come it doesn’t make sense after you know what he’s aware of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Oh my back of house ass saw that trailer with a light in my eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 I watched a trailer for it a while back and finally watched it this past Friday. I was expecting bit more. A bit more of a mystery being unfolded, like I figured each and every person had done something besides being annoyingly shit humans. I thought there was going to be more cat and mouse terror as people try to survive. As if Saw or Squid Games meets Burnt. I wish I hadn’t seen the trailer a couple months ago. ah well, I still enjoyed it. The dark humor and surface level “eat the rich” messaging carried the movie for me. And I like seeing Anaya and Ralph is almost anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Just watched it. Absolutely fucking loved it. The whole scene with the boyfriend in the kitchen was brilliant and then the description of his course 😂😂😂 that might be my favorite scene out of any movie I’ve seen in the last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 I enjoyed it. I know a lot of the stuff went right over my head or I just missed some things. Edit: Removed the rest of my post. Just googled 'Explain 'The Menu' to me. Reading now lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 34 minutes ago, Derek said: I enjoyed it. I know a lot of the stuff went right over my head or I just missed some things. Hide contents Everyone there ruined his 'craft', life or... day in some way. Aside from cheating on his own wife, how did the guy that lost his ring finger 'hurt' the Chef? Or his wife? Also, the foodie? Or was it just because they were terrible people? If I had time, I would've watched it again, but the free HBO weekend has ended. I just saw the film as well, I thought it was really good. Well made on every technical level, surprising story with twists and turns you can't guess since the film is so weird and different, and another strong "eat the rich" messaging. I'd give it a 7.5 or 8/10. As to your question: Spoiler 1. Ralph Fiennes had a problem with the couple where the husband had cheated on his wife because the two of them were his regulars at this exclusive restaurant on an island and they treated it like they were dining at Olive Garden. They couldn't name, much less appreciate, all the exquisite dishes he had been making every time they ate there, which was a lot, which he saw as an enormous insult to him and to food. Which is why he asks them "name one dish you ate last time" or whatever it was. They didn't appreciate what they were being gifted. 2. The two food critics that were eating together were problematic for Ralph Fiennes because the lady food critic had written a poor review of him in the recent past (after being his champion early in his career), and also because artists simply don't think critics who can't do what they do have any right to comment on it, especially negatively. Unless you meant Nicholas Hoult's character that was with Anya Taylor-Joy (he was a foodie, but not an actual food critic), Ralph Fiennes' issue with him was his sycophant-like nature and his belief that acting like you know food doesn't mean you actually know shit about food if you can't even cook (to Ralph Fiennes anyway in the movie) which is why he embarrasses Hoult's character trying to make him cook in front of everyone. Hoult also interrupted him numerous times (which he hates). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Spoiler I thought the food critics were there less for the bad review and more for bringing him into this life in the first place. He started as a happy burger cook, then his first positive review shows and he’s increasingly less happy. The more he’s praised, the more exclusive he becomes, and the further it separates him from the original pleasure that cooking and serving people brought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 It was ok, entertaining enough but I sorta don't get it.. Spoiler I get the critic, the fanboy, and the investors. But like, the actor? And even more his partner? Why? Because she didn't have to struggle with student loans? Lame. The patron whos gone 11 times? Why? Him cheating on his wife has nothing to do with the chef. Him not remembering dishes, who cares he enjoys it enough to keep going. And that guys wife, why??? Seems really ungrateful tbh. He should be thanking them for being excellent customers. I didn't notice them complain or demand anything when things were "normal." Their relationship issues aren't Chef's business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said: It was ok, entertaining enough but I sorta don't get it.. Reveal hidden contents I get the critic, the fanboy, and the investors. But like, the actor? And even more his partner? Why? Because she didn't have to struggle with student loans? Lame. The patron whos gone 11 times? Why? Him cheating on his wife has nothing to do with the chef. Him not remembering dishes, who cares he enjoys it enough to keep going. And that guys wife, why??? Seems really ungrateful tbh. He should be thanking them for being excellent customers. I didn't notice them complain or demand anything when things were "normal." Their relationship issues aren't Chef's business. I think the main answer is that the whole thing is kinda stupid 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, stepee said: I think the main answer is that the whole thing is kinda stupid Spoiler Also wtf is up with mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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