What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[AmateisGal]

This also is a movie I watch when everything is in shambles.

Cheers !
Another “strange one”.

Meow

Something about John Wayne "centers" me, makes me feel that all is right with the world and/or that everything WILL be all right. His is a calming presence, I guess.

Here's to being strange! LOL

 

[2jakes]

Something about John Wayne "centers" me, makes me feel that all is right with the world and/or that everything WILL be all right. His is a calming presence, I guess.

Here's to being strange! LOL

The Searchers
And that ending scene....always gets me!

 

[2jakes]

Harry Carey, actor
(Jan 16, 1878 ~ Sept 21, 1948)

As an homage to his friend, Wayne held his right elbow with his left hand
in the closing shot of The Searchers, imitating a stance Carey himself
often used in his films. According to Wayne, both he and Carey’s widow
Olive (who costarred in the film) wept when the scene was finished.

 

[Stearmen]

The same 1946 truck passes by twice.


Way to go 2jake Gittes !

Two times isn't to bad. Just watch Bullit, and count how many times during the chase scene you can spot the green VW Bug!

 

[Fading Fast]

Finally saw "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." The combination of amped-up '60s style, "Miami Vice" like music video directing, up-to-the-edge tongue-in-cheekiness and a story that you only half cared about could have failed miserably, but didn't. Somehow all the slickness, all the too-coolness made for a fun romp.

Taken as nothing more than a couple of hours of lite entertainment, I enjoyed the modern look-back on '60s style, the fast and sometime very funny dialogue and the move-at-warp-speed directing that almost forced you to pay close attention to a not really complex story because scenes and dialogue kept flying by and there usually was something fun or interesting in each one.

If they make another one, I'll watch it; if they don't, I won't miss it.

 

[AmateisGal]

Finally saw "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." The combination of amped-up '60s style, "Miami Vice" like music video directing, up-to-the-edge tongue-in-cheekiness and a story that you only half cared about could have failed miserably, but didn't. Somehow all the slickness, all the too-coolness made for a fun romp.

Taken as nothing more than a couple of hours of lite entertainment, I enjoyed the modern look-back on '60s style, the fast and sometime very funny dialogue and the move-at-warp-speed directing that almost forced you to pay close attention to a not really complex story because scenes and dialogue kept flying by and there usually was something fun or interesting in each one.

If they make another one, I'll watch it; if they don't, I won't miss it.

I really enjoyed it, too. Great stuff.

 

[Bushman]

Spotlight. Wow, this one definitely deserved Best Picture.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Crime Wave with Sterling Hayden.
Great film noir/thriller, with a young Charles Bronson as a heavy.
Also, Ruthless with Sidney Greenstreet and Raymond Burr.
Kind of a film noir, melodrama.
Both excellent ways to spend an evening.

 

[Worf]

Finally saw "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." The combination of amped-up '60s style, "Miami Vice" like music video directing, up-to-the-edge tongue-in-cheekiness and a story that you only half cared about could have failed miserably, but didn't. Somehow all the slickness, all the too-coolness made for a fun romp.

Taken as nothing more than a couple of hours of lite entertainment, I enjoyed the modern look-back on '60s style, the fast and sometime very funny dialogue and the move-at-warp-speed directing that almost forced you to pay close attention to a not really complex story because scenes and dialogue kept flying by and there usually was something fun or interesting in each one.

If they make another one, I'll watch it; if they don't, I won't miss it.

It may have been the rundown theatre I saw it in but this movie didn't resonate with me AT ALL. I don't know why... One of the things I begged for as a kid, but we couldn't afford was the whole "Man From U.N.C.L.E." spy kit. You know triangular badge, funky pistol... the whole lot. We watched it religiously until it got VERY stupid. I still remember it fondly but this one didn't age well at all. Glad you and others liked it.

Worf

 

[Benzadmiral]

. . . .
I saw a picture in the paper promoting the new movie, and why is Batman wearing some kind of ridiculous robot-looking helmet? Besides, aren't Superman and Batman the best of friends? They certainly were on radio, and in all those issues of "World's Finest Comics" I used to read in the drugstore...

That's exactly what I thought of too. Batman and Superman were friends and colleagues, they knew each other's secret identities, and they complemented each other (Batman the great detective, Superman using his abilities to manage things even Batman couldn't).

 

[Benzadmiral]

Finally saw "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." The combination of amped-up '60s style, "Miami Vice" like music video directing, up-to-the-edge tongue-in-cheekiness and a story that you only half cared about could have failed miserably, but didn't. Somehow all the slickness, all the too-coolness made for a fun romp.

Taken as nothing more than a couple of hours of lite entertainment, I enjoyed the modern look-back on '60s style, the fast and sometime very funny dialogue and the move-at-warp-speed directing that almost forced you to pay close attention to a not really complex story because scenes and dialogue kept flying by and there usually was something fun or interesting in each one.

If they make another one, I'll watch it; if they don't, I won't miss it.

FF, the parts I bolded in your post are EXACTLY why I, and I suspect many U.N.C.L.E. fans, loved the original series, and still do. In that sense, the movie was superb in capturing the lightning-in-a-bottle that was Felton and Rolfe's 1960s creation. It was U.N.C.L.E. in spirit all the way.

Let's face it. If you saw the posters with Cavill and Hammer without the logo "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," wouldn't you say to yourself, "Gee, those two remind me of Solo and Illya"?

 

[Fading Fast]

Worf and Benzadmiral, what I unintentionally neglected to mention is that I've seen three or four episodes of the original "Man from U.N.C.L.E." TV at most - it just never really hit my radar. So I had almost no expectations, history or bias coming into the movie.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Batman vs. Superman

 

[Zombie_61]

RoboCop (2014). This probably would have been more popular if the original 1987 movie had never been made. It's not a bad movie--solid performances, decent visual effects, and a few minor tweaks to the original story--but it's completely lacking the humor and many of the little touches that made the original such a fan favorite. As remakes go, I've seen far worse.

 

[Fading Fast]

Batman vs. Superman

And your thoughts on it are...?

 

[emigran]

Easter Parade 1948 Fred Astaire Judy Garland Ann Miller Peter Lawford and one of my faves, Jules Munshin... the quintessential MGM Technicolor Musical... There aren't but a half dozen lines in between the next stunning song and dance display ... Colors, costumes and comedy strung together with some fabulous music with beautiful theme and dazzling dances... Judy is in really great voice and the only time she and Fred were paired... Peter Lawford looks quite the dashing part that made him a star...Ann Miller does what she does best by performing completely over the top singing/stepping synchronicity. Munshin does a pantomime salad preparation that is a hoot.

Ben Mankiewicz said Fred was not originally to be cast and he jumped at the chance after learning Gene Kelly suffered a broken ankle. And originally it was to be directed by VIncente Minelli BUT he and Judy were "in the weeds" and her shrink advised them to back off...!!!
I I love this stuff never again to be reprised from the splendor of its day...

 

[AmateisGal]

And your thoughts on it are...?

I second this!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Being that Superman dies in the film it would have been surprising had it not been for the fact that they had already gone down that road in the comic book.

 

[Stearmen]

Being that Superman dies in the film it would have been surprising had it not been for the fact that they had already gone down that road in the comic book.

Spoiler alert, quick, fingers in ears!

 

[Fading Fast]

I have a feeling there is a better place for this post, but I searched around and couldn't find a thread that seemed to align to it.

So, I was watching "Raffles" last night, a 1939 movie that - while it appears to be made by a US company - has a very British look and feel and seems to have been film in England (my guess). Anyway, what stunned me was a scene in the office of a Scotland Yard inspector where he opens a credenza and turns on a TV set to watch cricket match - and it was treated as no big deal.

While I know that TV technology came about in the '20s (I think) and there were rudimentary systems tested and demonstrated in the '30s, I didn't think broadcasting sporting events in England in '39 was common, or so common that a police inspector would have a TV set in his office. Anybody have any history / information on this? It seems fantastic to me - regularly televised sporting events in the late '30s.

Two much-less-interesting notes: (1) Good movie, half way through it, looking forward to the second half and (2) say what you will, the British know how to look elegant even playing sports like cricket - the clothes have a very polished and refined feel, very gentlemanly - no rough or loud uniforms here.