Missing - Good, but copies so much from "Searching" that it felt weird.
I had some weird-for-me movie-watching last weekend. On Friday I decided to watch Gimme Shelter, but in midst of looking for it I came across "Missing" and decided it sounded interesting and somewhat mindless. I definitely thought it was good - very clever and well-put-together, with a decent enough plot - but it occurred to me that it was
this exact moment that I learned that I was old and the world had passed me by. Anyone who's seen it might know what I mean, but basically a movie that had no traditional "scenes" and was instead just snippets of online/phone/cam segments was, despite again being very well done, just not something I need to see again. I haven't seen "Searching" but as you said it seems to be the same.
After I finished this, the next recommendation that came up for me was "Wall Street," so I decided to watch that again and see how it held up. I was surprised to find it held up
very well and was even better than I remembered...until the last 10-15 minutes. Jesus, did they just realized they'd hit the run time and decide to shove a disjointed, silly, rushed ending in there? It didn't detract from the fact that it was a very good movie, but to me kept it from being truly great. Also, Martin Sheen is an underappreciated national treasure.
Having done something weird for me not once but twice - going with a "recommended for me" movie from Netflix or Hulu or whatever instead of watching something with strong intention - I decided to try my luck again a day or two later and watched "The Ghostwriter" with Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor. Ehhhhh, it was all right. A few good twists and turns, and terrific acting from the likes of Olivia Williams and always-my-favorite Tom Wilkinson. but I didn't entirely get the apparent hype.