What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Bushman]

Jaws (1975) Always a fun summer flick. Gets me in the mood for beaches, sun, and coastal shores. I know, I'm an odd one. To me Jaws was a horror thriller as much as it was adventure. I saw Jaws as the great fish chase, the Moby-Dick of shark flicks. It was adventurous, thrilling, and gave you a sense of exhilaration to watch. You had the Ahab, the Ishmael and the QueeQueg. The madman with a lust for hunting the leviathan. The everyman, with whom the audience could relate to. And the bizarre man who knows more than he let's on, but for once is clearly out of his element. It was simply a great seafaring thrill ride.

 

[green papaya]

The Damned Dont Cry , 1950 starring Joan Crawford

Trapped in an unhappy marriage and a dirt-poor town, Ethel Whitehead (Joan Crawford) decides to break free of these confines after the death of her child changes her outlook on life. She leaves her husband, begins using her good looks to manipulate men into doing her bidding and eventually schemes her way into the arms of wealthy but sinister mobster George Castleman (David Brian). But despite her cunning, Ethel realizes she's in over her head when she tries to con George and things turn deadly.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

' The Last Legion' (2007) - a sort of 'Kingsman' set in the Roman empire with a dash of Arthurian legend thrown in. A very entertaining & fun movie, the battle scenes were terrific & Aishwarya Rai was, is absolutely stunning.

'The Duel' (2016) - A pretty violent western which takes it's time & Woody Harrelson plays a very 'Kurtz' (Brando) like character. Watchable but not great.

 

[Fading Fast]

The Damned Dont Cry , 1950 starring Joan Crawford

Trapped in an unhappy marriage and a dirt-poor town, Ethel Whitehead (Joan Crawford) decides to break free of these confines after the death of her child changes her outlook on life. She leaves her husband, begins using her good looks to manipulate men into doing her bidding and eventually schemes her way into the arms of wealthy but sinister mobster George Castleman (David Brian). But despite her cunning, Ethel realizes she's in over her head when she tries to con George and things turn deadly.

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Crawford made a bunch of movies around this time period with variation on the theme of conniving woman-good man / good woman-conniving man / good relationship gone bad / he cheats / she cheats / on and on. Most of them are fine for what they are - Joan Crawford vehicles.

 

[Worf]

San Andreas (2015). If you've ever seen an Irwin Allen disaster movie, you've already seen this movie. Except Allen's special effects were more believable than this CGI fest.

Eh.... it was "alright" . When I reviewed last year I really thought it stank to high heaven. Disaster movies only work IF and WHEN you care about the survival of the characters. I didn't care about any of these people. I found it hilarious that somehow he finds his daughter in a city of millions that's just been drowned, shaken and stirred. Amazing....

Worf

 

[Touchofevil]

Man on Fire, again. Flipping channels and there it was. Denzel is great, as usual. Entertaining. Nice cast of actors.
Very good flick.

 

[Zombie_61]

Eh.... it was "alright" . When I reviewed last year I really thought it stank to high heaven. Disaster movies only work IF and WHEN you care about the survival of the characters. I didn't care about any of these people...

I think this is true for just about any movie I can think of--you have to care about at least one of the characters or there's really no point in watching.

For me I think it's biggest flaw was that it was so predictable. There were quite a few moments when I casually said to my wife, "Okay, now such-and-such is going to happen...", and sure enough it did; sometimes as soon as the words left my mouth. Maybe I've just seen too many movies.

 

[Worf]

I think this is true for just about any movie I can think of--you have to care about at least one of the characters or there's really no point in watching.

For me I think it's biggest flaw was that it was so predictable. There were quite a few moments when I casually said to my wife, "Okay, now such-and-such is going to happen...", and sure enough it did; sometimes as soon as the words left my mouth. Maybe I've just seen too many movies.

No you're just too smart for your own good.... AND you've seen too many movies!

Worf

 

[1mach1]

The Hateful Eight

 

[Stearmen]

Devil Dogs Of The Air. (1935) Amazing how much aviation would change in just the following five years!

 

[Touchofevil]

The Hateful Eight

And?

 

[Feraud]

The Hateful Eight

And?

Fun but too damn long!! I enjoy Tarantino's films but think most need judicious and aggressive editing!

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Judicious & aggressive editing have ruined many a film.

 

[Fading Fast]

Devil Dogs Of The Air. (1935) Amazing how much aviation would change in just the following five years!

1904 Kittyhawk / 1969 Man on the moon - all in my grandmother's life. Probably no better example of super fast technological advancement. The improvements you note from '35 to the start of WWII were all part of a go-like-hell continuum.

 

[1mach1]

And?

A little slow, but I enjoyed it!
Interesting character development.

 

[Touchofevil]

A little slow, but I enjoyed it!
Interesting character development.

That was my biggest complaint; too slow. Tarantino falls in love with his dialogue a little too much. He had the same problem in his half of Grindhouse. I am fine with slower paced and dialogue driven movies/shows, but too often it's as if it's just so Tarantino can show us how smart he is.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

No movie can please everyone. Tarantino makes films for a specific audience & anyone who complains that his movies are too long or have too much dialogue obviously aren't part of that specific audience. Going to see a tarantino film isn't just about watching a flick, it's a whole cinematatic experience.

 

[Worf]

1904 Kittyhawk / 1969 Man on the moon - all in my grandmother's life. Probably no better example of super fast technological advancement. The improvements you note from '35 to the start of WWII were all part of a go-like-hell continuum.

I know what you mean. My old man, born 1902 spanned horse and cart to Space Shuttle and every thing in between god rest his soul.

Worf

 

[Touchofevil]

No movie can please everyone. Tarantino makes films for a specific audience & anyone who complains that his movies are too long or have too much dialogue obviously aren't part of that specific audience. Going to see a tarantino film isn't just about watching a flick, it's a whole cinematatic experience.

And sometimes he makes a movie that doesn't hit the mark like some of his others. I have enjoyed his movies since Reservoir Dogs; some are better than others.

 

[Stearmen]

1904 Kittyhawk / 1969 Man on the moon - all in my grandmother's life. Probably no better example of super fast technological advancement. The improvements you note from '35 to the start of WWII were all part of a go-like-hell continuum.

Actually, December 17, 1903.