What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[DavidJones]

Got to watch an oldie I have not seen since I was much younger. John Agar in "The Mole People"

 

[dh66]

Got to watch an oldie I have not seen since I was much younger. John Agar in "The Mole People"

That scene where they sacrifice the ladies to the sun must've really jump started some folks back then.

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[jamespowers]

 

[Richard Warren]

Toxic Hot Seat-
http://www.toxichotseatmovie.com/
This is a must see documentary.

When my daughter was young I remember being surprised to learn that it was illegal to make pj's without flame retardant. I frankly doubt anything in the movie is true, but if it were I would blame the people who feel compelled to pass laws to save us from ourselves (that is the same people who will get excited by this movie) rather than the people who were following the misguided regulations. That is, again, in the doubtful case anything in the movie is true.

 

[Fading Fast]

Part of what might have made Connery the best Bond might be the time period in which the movies were made as well as the era in which he grew up. When I first heard that a remake of Casino Royale was in the works, I thought and hoped that it would take place in the same period of time as Connery's Bond. I understand why they didn't, but It would sure be nice if they did.

I agree - the era had both dress and conduct that allowed a spy to be elegant at times. There were rules - in certain places, during the Cold War - that both sides abided that led to interactions where enemies could face each other and verbally joust knowing that "we can't be violent here, at this moment." That also enhanced the opportunity for elegance and intellectual context and competition - i.e., those great "head game" scenes with his nemesis that Connery did so well. Now, dress and conduct have deteriorated and the Cold War modus vivendi is no more - hence, it is simply a more brutish world and a spy, to appear real, will have to reflect that.

And, Touchofevil, I also agree, I would love a Bond movie set in the period when Fleming was writing, but that is clearly not what the general public wants.

 

[Fading Fast]

Part of what might have made Connery the best Bond might be the time period in which the movies were made as well as the era in which he grew up. When I first heard that a remake of Casino Royale was in the works, I thought and hoped that it would take place in the same period of time as Connery's Bond. I understand why they didn't, but It would sure be nice if they did.

I agree - the era had both dress and conduct that allowed a spy to be elegant at times. There were rules - in certain places, during the Cold War - that both sides abided that led to interactions where enemies could face each other and verbally joust knowing that "we can't be violent here, at this moment." That also enhanced the opportunity for elegance and intellectual context and competition - i.e., those great "head game" scenes with his nemesis that Connery did so well. Now, dress and conduct have deteriorated and the Cold War modus vivendi is no more - hence, it is simply a more brutish world and a spy, to appear real, will have to reflect that.

And, Touchofevil, I also agree, I would love a Bond movie set in the period when Fleming was writing, but that is clearly not what the general public wants.

 

[Feraud]

When my daughter was young I remember being surprised to learn that it was illegal to make pj's without flame retardant. I frankly doubt anything in the movie is true, but if it were I would blame the people who feel compelled to pass laws to save us from ourselves (that is the same people who will get excited by this movie) rather than the people who were following the misguided regulations. That is, again, in the doubtful case anything in the movie is true.

You may want to view the film before declaring twice how untrue facts and situations presented in the film are.

 

[Doctor Damage]

Craig brought back "menace" to Bond. Connery always made me believe he had a "license to kill". In "Doctor No" he shoots the guy in his room stone cold dead without blinking an eye. None of the rest of the Bonds ever made me feel I couldn't take em in a fair fight till Daniel Craig came along. I would never dream of tussling with either Connery nor Craig... ever! They'd eat me alive. Brosnan, Dalton and especially Moore... pheh... no fear, no time no way. Craig's a bad man.... a REALLY bad man!

Although I think all of the Bond actors brought something to the role, I won't argue that Connery (in the earlier movies when he gave a damn) was probably the best. You should see him in The Hill, a movie he made in between some of the bond films. He plays a policeman and there's a great scene where he's questioning a suspect and he loses his temper and... well, you have to see it.

 

[Doctor Damage]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

"We're going to have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby danced with Danny-f***ing-Kaye!"

 

[Doctor Damage]

The Dark Knight Rises.

That was a very disappointing movie, in my opinion. Well, it was fine until Wayne escaped from the pit prison, but after that he seemed superfluous to the movie and at one point Gordon seemed to be in two places at once (or maybe the female character was in two places at once).

 

[Doctor Damage]

Part of what might have made Connery the best Bond might be the time period in which the movies were made as well as the era in which he grew up. When I first heard that a remake of Casino Royale was in the works, I thought and hoped that it would take place in the same period of time as Connery's Bond. I understand why they didn't, but It would sure be nice if they did.

I agree - the era had both dress and conduct that allowed a spy to be elegant at times. There were rules - in certain places, during the Cold War - that both sides abided that led to interactions where enemies could face each other and verbally joust knowing that "we can't be violent here, at this moment." That also enhanced the opportunity for elegance and intellectual context and competition - i.e., those great "head game" scenes with his nemesis that Connery did so well. Now, dress and conduct have deteriorated and the Cold War modus vivendi is no more - hence, it is simply a more brutish world and a spy, to appear real, will have to reflect that.

And, Touchofevil, I also agree, I would love a Bond movie set in the period when Fleming was writing, but that is clearly not what the general public wants.

I think the problem is that it's a zeitgeist issue: there was something in the air (or water) in the 1960s which made movies from that era very 1960s, and not just the Bond movies but many classics from the period. This sort of shows up again in 1970s movies set in NYC, which have a certain un-repeatable character to them. And of course all those comedies set amongst middle class surburban family America in the 1980s.

 

[Gregg Axley]

He Walked By Night (1948) with Jack Webb.
I've seen it, but my inlaws haven't.
Great Noir, with what can be seen as possibly the basis for Dragnet.

 

[Formeruser012523]

Tombstone.

 

[cchgn]

Bullitt,,,,,Steve McQeen was a class act.

 

[Wally_Hood]

I watched a a totally unbelievable made for tv show, obviously drawing on both Miracle on Ice and one of those Mighty Ducks movies; it was called Alabama vs. Auburn.

 

[vintageTink]

"We're going to have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby danced with Danny-f***ing-Kaye!"

Merry Christmas! Sh**ter's full!

 

[cw3pa]

"The Shadow Riders" A film adaptation of Louis L'Amour's book with Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott. Ben Johnson plays their satyrical uncle. Fortunately womanizing aint a crime in Texas. Katharine Ross plays Elliott's love interest.

 

[Zombie_61]

...Katharine Ross plays Elliott's love interest.

Yeah, for at least 30 years now.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

'Rango' on FX. Actually it was a very good clever cartoonish creation. Couldn't stop watching..!!

 

[AtomicEraTom]

The Santa Clause.