What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[cm289]

Treasure of the Sierra Madre (for the very first time). Bought it on VUDU.


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[1mach1]

Invaders from Mars (1953)

 

[Benzadmiral]

"Mr. Holmes" - A solid if unremarkable British effort depicting the great detective in his waning years. The story revolves around Holmes trying to remember the particulars of his last case... the case who's disastrous conclusion made him give up sleuthing for the last 30 years of his life. The cast is solid and the direction adequate but the film never seems to "catch fire". This is a Netflix or HBO offering. We originally wen to see "The Man From Uncle" but I got talked into this instead as Puddin' didn't want to see any UNCLE movie sans Mr. Macullum as Ilya. Sigh....

Worf

"Mr Holmes" sounds intriguing, if depressing.

Tell Puddin' that Armie Hammer makes a very good Illya Kuryakin. Different from David's? Oh, yes, very. But a fascinating character in his own right.

 

[DesertDan]

T2: Judgement Day - I'm going through all the "making of" features first, I'll get around to the movie itself tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Fading Fast]

T2: Judgement Day - I'm going through all the "making of" features first, I'll get around to the movie itself tonight or tomorrow.

Linda Hamilton kills it in the movie - it is her movie, period full stop.

 

[DesertDan]

Totally agree.

 

[Bushman]

The original 1978 John Carpenter's Halloween. Love this movie so much.

 

[2jakes]

Frankenstein (1931) original version including two previous deleted scenes.

The scenes were rediscovered during the 1980s in the collection of the British National Film Archives.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Last week it was Gunga Din w/ Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Victor McLaglen, and Sam Jaffe as the titular water bearer. According to the host, Grant was offered the "dashing" character part (which went to Fairbanks). But Grant wanted to play the more comic role. He knew what he could do best. Even while being somewhat lighthearted, his character is still heroic and never cowardly.

On top of that, the film's important in that it brought the murderous Thuggee cult into American movies 25 years before The Man from U.N.C.L.E. used it in 1964, and 45 before Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984.

 

[Fading Fast]

Watched "Having Wonderful Time" yesterday with Ginger Rogers (and Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Jack Carson and Red Skelton). Rogers shines in a not great movie, Fairbanks is wooden and Skelton was so cheesy Vaudeville that I had to fast forward through his scenes that were really routines.

Even though only okay at best, the time travel was fantastic. From Rogers office where she works in a secretary pool, to her tenement apartment in Brooklyn to the adult "camp" she goes on vacation to - the architecture, set pieces (typewriters, phones, etc.), clothes, cars and manners are like stepping into 1938.

 

[Nobert]

Testament of Youth. Very powerful in terms of depicting the human toll of WWI, especially for those who were left at home (women, in the main, of course). Not so sure in its characterizations outside tragedy and trauma though. It sort of gives you the impression that if weren't for things like World Wars, the British well-to-do would just spend their lives playfully throwing things at each other.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Last week it was Gunga Din w/ Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Victor McLaglen, and Sam Jaffe as the titular water bearer. According to the host, Grant was offered the "dashing" character part (which went to Fairbanks). But Grant wanted to play the more comic role. He knew what he could do best. Even while being somewhat lighthearted, his character is still heroic and never cowardly.

On top of that, the film's important in that it brought the murderous Thuggee cult into American movies 25 years before The Man from U.N.C.L.E. used it in 1964, and 45 before Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984.

I watched Gunga Din last week as well, on dvd. Then, a couple days later, re-watched it with the commentary on. Almost the entirety of the comments were on extensive background bios of the various actors, the drawn-out process of buying the rights and then trying to write a screenplay; very little information on the scenes we were watching.

Earlier this week it was The Lives of a Bengal Lancer with Coop, Franchot Tone, and a host of others, including what appears to be a couple hundred extras various costumed in khaki with turbans, Wolsey helmets, and so on.

 

[AmateisGal]

The Butler with Forrest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey. I enjoyed it, though some of the actors who played past presidents were, erm, interesting choices. (Robin Williams as Eisenhower? Alan Rickman as Reagan?).

 

[Zombie_61]

Last night (early this morning, really) was The Public Enemy (1931) starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow, and Edward Woods. Clearly in the vein of "crime doesn't pay" movies of the era, the worst I can say about this movie is that most of the cast were relatively new to acting in movies, and it shows. That aside, I enjoyed it and can easily see how Mr. Cagney became one of the favorites of the era.

And this afternoon it was The Theory of Everything (2014). Based on the novel "Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen" written by Jane Hawking, the movie is about the life of Professor Stephen Hawking and his then-wife Jane during the 1960s through the 1980s. Like any other "bio-pic" I tend to wonder how close it is to the truth, but I found it enjoyable and thought Eddie Redmayne gave a believable performance as Professor Hawking.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I was underwhelmed by The Theory of Everything. The reviews and accolades all insisted that it was something special... but it was a completely by-the-numbers, great-man-overcomes-adversity biopic. Sure, it's some darn big adversity, and the performances and production were good. But for me, it didn't live up to the hype.

 

[Touchofevil]

Goldfinger, once again. The El Rey Network is having a James Bond marathon this weekend.

 

[EmergencyIan]

Brannigan (1975) starring John Wayne.

I enjoyed it.

- Ian

 

[Bushman]

Resolution. Kinda a crappy movie. It's a bit experimental/Indy, and while I laud it for taking risks, it just kinda tangents from what you'd expect from it. While I guess that's good, the tangent it goes on isn't super interesting and kinda drags the whole film down.

 

[Wally_Hood]

A Woman's Secret (1949) with Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Grahame, and Bill Williams. Characters relate in several flashbacks their version of how a radio singer got shot. It's sort of a mash up of several blends of storytelling, with parts of mystery, character study, romance, domestic humor, and so on. Uneven, but Douglas' style carries the show~

 

[AmateisGal]

Goldfinger, once again. The El Rey Network is having a James Bond marathon this weekend.

Always a winner!