What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[VitaminG]

Sahara: Humphrey Bogart.

great flick. In the dvd collection, my wife has her Sahara (with Matthew McConaghey) and I have mine (with Bogie)

 

[Dubya]

Last night I sat and watched '10 Rillington Place'.
The film was made in 1971 and starred Richard Attenborough (as John Reginald Halliday Christie), a very youthful John Hurt (as Timothy Evans) and Judy Geeson (as his wife, Beryl). Superb performances by all the actors really cement the film together.
The film itself was actually filmed in the same street Christie lived and murdered 8 women. No.7 being used as the cameras needed access to both sides of the front door. No.10 was hard up against a brick wall, and also the 3 remaining families refused to move out for filming! Straight after the filming had ended, the Council demolished the street.
If you can get a copy of the film, I thoroughly recommend watching it.

Here is a Wiki link to explain all about the Christie murders for those that don't know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(murderer)

 

[C-dot]

Last night I sat and watched '10 Rillington Place'.

My mum loves that movie. It sends shivers down my spine every time I watch it.

Knowing about Christie's crimes from the movie got me in good with one of my professors in college, when I brought up Timothy Evans as one of the most tragic cases of wrongful conviction.

 

[Henry Gondorff]

I saw The Untouchables the other day - I really enjoyed it. I know I'm very late with this one, but i thought it's better to see it a few years belated than never...

 

[Doctor Strange]

Tales From Earthsea, directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son Goro.

Alas, from an animation and storytelling perspective, he's nowhere near the master that his father is!

And as an adapation of Ursula Le Guin's wonderful Earthsea books (primarily the third and fourth novels, The Farthest Shore and Tehanu, with some plot points dragged in from the two earlier ones), it was terrible. Not as bad as the godawful live-action Legend of Earthsea miniseries from a few years ago - it did envision some aspects of Earthsea correctly - but the story made no sense if you were unfamiliar with the characters. Like the earlier adaptation, it just came at the story all wrong, and missed most of what makes the Earthsea books (especially the initial trilogy) such an intelligent and compelling fantasy classic.

Not recommended. Read A Wizard of Earthsea instead, it's much more rewarding!

 

[jamespowers]

He's getting a good education

Definitely. Good and evil are easy to distinguish.

 

[Formeruser012523]

Tales From Earthsea, directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son Goro.

Alas, from an animation and storytelling perspective, he's nowhere near the master that his father is!

And as an adapation of Ursula Le Guin's wonderful Earthsea books (primarily the third and fourth novels, The Farthest Shore and Tehanu, with some plot points dragged in from the two earlier ones), it was terrible. Not as bad as the godawful live-action Legend of Earthsea miniseries from a few years ago - it did envision some aspects of Earthsea correctly - but the story made no sense if you were unfamiliar with the characters. Like the earlier adaptation, it just came at the story all wrong, and missed most of what makes the Earthsea books (especially the initial trilogy) such an intelligent and compelling fantasy classic.

Not recommended. Read A Wizard of Earthsea instead, it's much more rewarding!

The book is always better.

 

[Gray Ghost]

Just watched Casablanca on TCM. One of my all time favorite movies.

=GG=

 

[Stray Cat]

Tales From Earthsea, directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son Goro.

Alas, from an animation and storytelling perspective, he's nowhere near the master that his father is!

..I'll second that!
Totoro, Spirited away.. Valley of the wind.. those are MASTERPIECES of animation.

 

[W-D Forties]

Super 8 at the flicks. Old school Spielbergian summer blockbuster!

 

[ShortAndCashed]

Um, I think it was Lara Croft: Tomb Raider... Some nice suits there, if you guys are interested, too.

 

[Sam Craig]

Super 8 at the flicks. Old school Spielbergian summer blockbuster!

Super 8 is the perfect summer movie ... fun, without being silly. Exciting, without being overbearing. Just great entertainment.
I makes you remember why we flocked to the movies when we were kids.

Sam

 

[chanteuseCarey]

With the Mr. last night: watched the tail end of the second Thin Man film, and the first part of the third one in the series.

I suggested to him that after we finish the TM series, that we watch all 10 of the Fred and Ginger films. He said why not watch all of Fred Astaire's films.

 

[Effingham]

RED (Retired, Extremely Dangerous).

Hella fun flick.

 

[LocktownDog]

One of the Midsomer Murders films. John Nettles made that character great.

 

[Effingham]

Man, I love that series. It's not quite the same without Nettles, but... well, we must make do.

 

[Dennis Young]

great flick. In the dvd collection, my wife has her Sahara (with Matthew McConaghey) and I have mine (with Bogie)

Hard to beat the originals ain't it.

 

[Dennis Young]

With the Mr. last night: watched the tail end of the second Thin Man film, and the first part of the third one in the series.

Thin man movies are fun! One thing that always comes to mind when I think of those flicks is that...nearly every scene with Nick and Nora...they always have a drink in their hand. Lol!

 

[ShortAndCashed]

So, I was thinking about it, and I actually watched Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood last, not Lara Croft. Hopefully, tonight I will have time to re-watch The Brothers Bloom. Excellent movie...

 

[Miss Golightly]

Kiss of Death (1947)