What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Nathan Dodge]

Just got back from seeing Midnight In Paris. I'm an unabashed Woody Allen fan, but this was his best effort since Deconstructing Harry. By no means deep or profound, but it's a nice love letter to the Paris and the 1920s. For some reason, the movie put me in a Léa Seydoux state of mind...

 

[DNO]

A great film. I read the book for a college class (translated into English). The book is grim, told from the POV of the main character.
If you can, see The Burmese Harp; it's sometimes called Harp of Burma.

Thanks, i'll keep an eye open for The Burmese Harp. I found it interesting that the Germans produced "The Bridge"(1959) in the same year as the Japanese produced "Fires on the Plain". The Bridge leaves you with the same sort of dark, disturbed feeling as Fires.

 

[HepKitty]

Hart's War. excellent movie

 

[Effingham]

The Ipcress File.

Wow. I love Michael Caine.

 

[TCMfan25]

Did I mention here last week that I saw The Return of the King? It was that Phantom Events special in selected theaters. Close to four hours. Liked it a whole lot~

And, watched The Red Shoes (1948) for the first time. It was amazing.

Lord Of The Rings ROTK? If so all the films are amazing, The Hobbit is being released soon!

 

[TCMfan25]

I just finished watching Charles Bronson's Death Wish on Hulu. It's probably one of the best 70s exploitation films there is.

Those movies are ridiculously stupid and cheesy! But I just can't ever turn them off!

 

[Gray Ghost]

One of my favorites and where I got my signature quote from, "The Big Sleep". I just love Bogie and Bacall in this one. I can stare at Bacall all day long. Hubba Hubba!

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

"The Eagle" Cool epic Roman saga type movie. Better than "Gladiator" I thought,..

 

[djd]

One of my favorites and where I got my signature quote from, "The Big Sleep". I just love Bogie and Bacall in this one. I can stare at Bacall all day long. Hubba Hubba!

Love it. One of my all time favourites.

I finished watching Thunderball again. Wouldn't Bond be so much better now if they set them all in the 60s?

 

[Edward]

The problem with Bond is that they so long ago became self-parodying; knowingly so, by the Brosnan era. The definitely needed a reboot, though while I enjoyed Craig's take on it as something different (and very refreshing, especially given that I grew up watching the risible Roger Moore efforts), his films haven't yet stepped out of the shadow of Bourne. What I would like to see would be the films all remade with a Year Zero approach, true to the books not only in story and the character of Bond (Fleming's Bond was not a two-dimensional, trigger happy, casual killer), but also in their period setting - the Fifties.

I've watched quite a few films recently, with having done a couple of long haul trips this month. Those most likely to be enjoyed by loungers were Brighton Rock (the Sixties-set remake; I cannot compare it to the original, never having seen it, but it is a great film), and The Adjustment Bureau. Oh... I also had, in a hotel room in Beijing, the opportunity to watch both takes on Clash of the Titans back to back. The original still stands up (albeit that it is still hard to credit that it was made later than 1965, let alone as relatively recently as 1980), but I did also enjoy the remake very much. Shame it wasn't better received, as there is plenty of material left in Greek myth that would make for tremendous films. Another hotel-room viewing was Inglorious Basterds, which I simply adore.

 

[Berlin]

Sonny boy:
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[Mr Vim]

I agree with Edward about a era set Bond film, that would be fantastic!

 

[djd]

Yeah - late 50s or early 60s would work for me. Ive not really cared too much for the franchise since Connery left it - although Craig has a greater appeal than most. Moore and Brosnan were both far too cheesy for words. I'd love to see it become a period piece although I'm not quite so keen on the idea of FlemIngs books as Edward. Fleming comes over as a bit of an ass and it rubs off on Bond rather too much at times! Certainly some of Flemings Bonds weaknesses would be welcome to add a bit of depth to the character.

 

[Black Dahlia]

One of my favourite Bonds is the almost forgotten Bond...George Lazenby! On Her Majesty's Secret Service is my favourite Bond flick. ;0

I recently watched 'The Vanishing' 1988, I recommend it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163/

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[Wally_Hood]

Those movies are ridiculously stupid and cheesy!

You say that like it's a bad thing...

 

[Wally_Hood]

Thanks, i'll keep an eye open for The Burmese Harp. I found it interesting that the Germans produced "The Bridge"(1959) in the same year as the Japanese produced "Fires on the Plain". The Bridge leaves you with the same sort of dark, disturbed feeling as Fires.

"The Bridge" is another remarkable film, coming out of the postwar period; it shows the young men's humanity, and how, even poisoned by naziism, they were still young men not quite grown up.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

One of my favorites and where I got my signature quote from, "The Big Sleep."

BTW, the bit about "I was standing up" was from the 1946 movie (and also used in the 1978 remake that took place in...England!), though the book does have the "she tried to sit in my lap" part of it.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Dead Men Tell (1941), another Charlie Chan mystery. As someone pointed out on the IMDB, Lt. Chan doesn't explain the clues at the end of the movie. It seems that the cases could be solved more quickly if sons no. 1 and 2 were incarcerated in another country, and not left free to bungle, intrude, impede, or otherwise get needlessly in the way.

George Reeves, with a cool pencil thin mustache, picks up a paycheck here.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Charlie Chan in Rio (1941), with the usual stable of regulars. When Lt. Chan and son want to discuss interrogation strategy, they carry on in Chinese with English subtitles for the audience. Whether it's Mandarin, Szechuan, or something else, I do not know.

 

[Tomasso]

From: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?56071-Rue-s-Movie-Picks



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