What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Widebrim]

Night of Terror (1933) with Bela Lugosi.
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BD

That's not a generally-available film, BD. What did you think of it?

 

[CharlieB]

TCM ran Another Thin Man over the weekend. Lot's of good hats in that one (and a cameo of my favorite Stooge - Shemp).

 

[DanielJones]

A couple nights back it was Watchmen. I'm still not sure if I like how they changed how it ends, substituting the fake aliens with the Dr. Manhattan menace. But I did enjoy it and loved seeing the characters come to life. Nixon was super scary looking. He looked more like a Nixon zombie or like someone hit him in the mouth with an axe.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Undertow]

Fright Night (1985)

Could have been a lot worse. The special effects and make-up were great. The plot was campy, as one would expect, and it had a real 1980's feel to it. However, this film was far smoother than many of its low budget peers. I have to admit, however, there are some pretty awkward moments, i.e. the 16 year old girl with the 35+ year old vampire...yikes!

 

[Undertow]

When Harry Met Sally

I kinda liked this film. Haven't seen it in a while. It's one of Crystal's better pics.

 

[Fletch]

Palooka (1934)

Stuart Erwin sure wasn't built like a champion boxer. No matter. This movieization of the Joe Palooka comic is entertaining enough thanks to Jimmy Durante's portrayal of Stu's fight manager. Jimmy Cagney's lookalike brother William plays Palooka's arch-rival, and Lupe Velez is the gal they tangle over. Durante breaks into a music store window to play his signature song, "Inka Dinka Doo" - then brand new.

 

[Undertow]

Just a few of my recent films:

Lucker the Necrophagous (1986) - quite disappointing piece of shock trash; nowhere nearly as interesting as Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer or Maniac. Very disappointed. I don't think there was anything even relatively redeeming in this film, save for the stark, bleak life Lucker lives.

Until the Light Takes Us (2008) - Interesting mid-level documentary on the 90's Norwegian Black Metal scene. Good interviews, lots of material, really enjoyed it.

The Night Porter (1974) - Chilling film, both outrageous and strange. I'm not sure to what point the creators were working, but I was not amused. I will admit, I was mesmerized by the excellent acting, and I believe it was very well produced, well shot, and definitely well done. I tend to disagree with the subject matter and how they handled the doomed relationship. In the end, the young woman and her lover receive "justice" for their crimes.

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) - Interesting and clever entry-level documentary about an underground scene gone strangely commercial. Great subject matter, a little on the wild side and most definitely a timely piece. We're treated to a documentary that's actually about the man filming everything. He's quite quirky, and the end speaks volumes.

Caché (2005) - Very interesting and well acted, this tragic film is quite complex with no easy answers. It's about a husband and wife receiving odd videos shot outside of their home, or various places of interest. We come to believe it may be an old family friend doing this filming, but we're left wondering. The intensity is palpable. I felt the director was a little TOO subtle at times, but nevertheless, this was great.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Cover-Up (1949) with top-billed William Bendix as small town sheriff, Dennis O'Keefe as two-fisted insurance investigator, and Barbara Britton as well-to-do young fashion plate in the nowwheresville town of Cleburg. Was town bad guy murdered, or was it suicide? O'Keefe has to figure it out, and the locals aren't cooperating.

Recorded off TCM, the print was poor quality. The action takes place a couple days before Christmas, and so most folks are shown bundled up. O'Keefe wears nice suit and fedora, with a great db topcoat complete with pocket hankerchief in the topcoat, and an attractive scarf, not muffler, when he goes out into the cold.

Also saw The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956), Michael Curtiz-helmed biopic of DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson. Says its in CinemaScope, but Fox Movie Channel showed it basically boxed for tv. The Black Bottom musical number looks like it was choreographed by Tex Avery.

 

[Widebrim]

(and a cameo of my favorite Stooge - Shemp).

I knew that there was something I liked about you...

 

[Widebrim]

Cover-Up (1949) with top-billed William Bendix as small town sheriff, Dennis O'Keefe as two-fisted insurance investigator, and Barbara Britton as well-to-do young fashion plate in the nowwheresville town of Cleburg. Was town bad guy murdered, or was it suicide? O'Keefe has to figure it out, and the locals aren't cooperating.

Recorded off TCM, the print was poor quality. The action takes place a couple days before Christmas, and so most folks are shown bundled up. O'Keefe wears nice suit and fedora, with a great db topcoat complete with pocket hankerchief in the topcoat, and an attractive scarf, not muffler, when he goes out into the cold.

That sounds like one I'd like to catch, WH. Bendix usually didn't get top honors. Pocket square in topcoat; that's one you don't often see...

 

[The Good]

The last film I saw was Walk the Line, starring Joaquin Phoenix in the role of Johnny Cash. I thought it was great, and he wasn't bad at singing too. Rock/country style singing, not hip hop.

Anyway, Phoenix is one of my favorite modern actors, although he hasn't done too much, and certainly is going to be doing anything that soon either. I really liked his performances in Gladiator (as Emperor Commodus) and Hotel Rwanda (a journalist) too. I saw The Village, and it was OK, but he was pretty much the most talented actor onboard that project, which came out pretty average.

 

[S_M_Cumberworth]

Also saw The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956), Michael Curtiz-helmed biopic of DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson. Says its in CinemaScope, but Fox Movie Channel showed it basically boxed for tv. The Black Bottom musical number looks like it was choreographed by Tex Avery.

Wow, those cropped frames must have been something else, then. Still, nothing compared to watching a Pan & Scan version of How the West Was Won. What a crazy thing 3-Strip Cinerama was.

 

[MissMittens]

Fright Night (1985)

Could have been a lot worse. The special effects and make-up were great. The plot was campy, as one would expect, and it had a real 1980's feel to it. However, this film was far smoother than many of its low budget peers. I have to admit, however, there are some pretty awkward moments, i.e. the 16 year old girl with the 35+ year old vampire...yikes!

I hate scary moments like that......that's why one should always check I.D. :lol:

 

[DanielJones]

Bringing Up Baby and Gunga Din. Always enjoy any film with Cary Grant in it.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Fright Night (1985)

It has bee so long singe I've seen that one. Used to be one of my favorites back in the day. Can't wait to see the remake. I interested in see how David Tennant does as Peter Vincent.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[S_M_Cumberworth]

I just watched two Fritz Lang noirs, both starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett: The Woman in the Window (1944) and Scarlet Street (1945). What a couple of pictures those were.

 

[Miss Golightly]

I just watched two Fritz Lang noirs, both starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett: The Woman in the Window (1944) and Scarlet Street (1945). What a couple of pictures those were.

"You're a painter - paint these!"

 

[djd]

Last night I watched The Phantom - not great but a bit of fun. Not as good as The Rocketeer which I watched for the hundredth time the night before

 

[Edward]

A couple nights back it was Watchmen. I'm still not sure if I like how they changed how it ends, substituting the fake aliens with the Dr. Manhattan menace. But I did enjoy it and loved seeing the characters come to life. Nixon was super scary looking. He looked more like a Nixon zombie or like someone hit him in the mouth with an axe.

Cheers!

Dan

I actually much preferred the ending in the film over the one in the book. Heretical in the eyes of many fanboys, I know. It served its purpose in simplifying much of the narrative in order to keep the film to time, but also it just hung better for me. The thing about the squid was that sooner or later it would be exposed for what it was. John 'Dr Manhattan' couldn't be debunked - he was already known to be real, and all the more frightening for the fact that his effect had already been seen. Imagine a US which had won the Vietnam war thanks to him, which had waved him around as giving them the edge in the Cold War, suddenly having that taken away from them.... Very effective.

It has bee so long singe I've seen that one. Used to be one of my favorites back in the day. Can't wait to see the remake. I interested in see how David Tennant does as Peter Vincent.

Cheers!

Dan

Whoa, remake?? Details?

 

[Bourne ID]

The kids and I just watched Bogart and Bacall in The Big Sleep this past weekend. First time for them and they loved it. Now I'm wishing I hadn't downgraded my Dish Net. Lost TCM