What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Marc Chevalier]

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Got in the holiday mood by watching "Liquid Sky" (1982). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085852/plotsummary

 

[jamespowers]

Elf

You soiled the memory of Gone with the Wind by following it up with Elf!? :rofl:

 

[ButteMT61]

You soiled the memory of Gone with the Wind by following it up with Elf!? :rofl:

Which one is better?
lol

 

[jamespowers]

Which one is better?
lol

Gone with the Elf.

 

[ButteMT61]

Or, Gone With The Whoopi! (Whoopi Has The Wind)

 

[Formeruser012523]

"You smell like beef and cheese."

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[BigFitz]

Zodiac

 

[Formeruser012523]

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Got in the holiday mood by watching "Liquid Sky" (1982). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085852/plotsummary

That looks like a winner...

 

[rue]

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Got in the holiday mood by watching "Liquid Sky" (1982). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085852/plotsummary

That should do it

You soiled the memory of Gone with the Wind by following it up with Elf!? :rofl:

Oh shu-up James

 

[tessie]

A Classic!!!
Mr. Smith goes to Washington

Such a great movie!! I love Jimmy

 

[The Good]

I had just seen Elevator to the Gallows (1957). It's a great film noir, I thought. The plot was intense and engaging. They were murderers, but you felt sort of sympathetic towards their escape. The soundtrack by Miles Davis made it especially worth seeing, and I even bought it before seeing the movie.



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[Chasseur]

had just seen Elevator to the Gallows (1957). It's a great film noir, I thought. The plot was intense and engaging. They were murderers, but you felt sort of sympathetic towards their escape. The soundtrack by Miles Davis made it especially worth seeing, and I even bought it before seeing the movie.

I enjoy that film, its got great atmosphere. Also any film with Jeanne Moreau is also a treat, Touchez Pas Au Grisbi and Les Amants with her which were made in about the same time period are also worth watching.

 

[Edward]

Having been on long haul flights (currently stuck in Doha, with a three hour and counting delay to my 27 hour home trip...) and spent much of the last week living the Lost in Translation lifestyle in Beijing, I've watched quite a few films in the last few days....

Apollo 18 was entertaining enough for a contemporary, big-budget B movie. Cowboys and Aliens had steam rising from it - truly awful. Transformers 3 was big, dumb fun. Rocky I &II were much better than I remember, and proof that Stallone showed promise once before Hollywood typecasting bit hard. Especially the first one: now there's an ending I doubt Hollywood would have "allowed" any more. Standout of the week, though, is The Guard, a low budget Irish & British Film Councils joint project starring Brendan Gleeson, possibly the most talented character actor working today - certainly the best yet most underrated in the business. Loungers are most likely to have seen him in 28 Days Later, as the taxi driver. Don't let that accent fool you, though - he's all Dub, all the way through. Lovely, dark little film, very very funny (in that very dark way of which we Irish are so fond), beautifully written, cracking dialogue, and the most wonderful ending that defies all the cliched blind alleys down which it might have stumbled.

I also saw Tree of Life. Severely panned by many critics over here, though seemingly less on the basis of its own merits and more on its apparent and earnest Christian worldview, something which is rather out of fashion in cinema on this side of the Atlantic. Either my tiredness was getting the better of me or I found the narrative flow a little stunted, but the cinematography is beautiful, and the score is a joy. I also found the ongoing evolution motifs within it very interesting.

 

[BigFitz]

Standout of the week, though, is The Guard, a low budget Irish & British Film Councils joint project starring Brendan Gleeson, possibly the most talented character actor working today - certainly the best yet most underrated in the business. Loungers are most likely to have seen him in 28 Days Later, as the taxi driver. Don't let that accent fool you, though - he's all Dub, all the way through. Lovely, dark little film, very very funny (in that very dark way of which we Irish are so fond), beautifully written, cracking dialogue, and the most wonderful ending that defies all the cliched blind alleys down which it might have stumbled.

The title of this movie and the fact of it's Irish connection reminded me of a book by Irish writer Ken Bruen titled "The Guards". Any connection you know of?

 

[ButteMT61]

Tree Of Life was beautiful and awful.
I didn't notice the soundtrack. Can't put into words why I disliked it so. I like the cast, etc.

I too spent 15 hours from Paris to LA and watched a bunch of movies.
Brides Maids and Arthur cracked me up. But it was likely a combo of no sleep, alcohol, being cramped and an 8" screen.
At least bad movies can find a place on airplanes lol

 

[Philip Adams]

'Crime Wave' aka 'The City is Dark' (1954) with Stirling Hayden and a very young Charles Bronson

A very exciting noir.

I had to go out before the film finished and had no way to record the last 20 mins. Thank heavens for YouTube!

 

[Philip Adams]

Tree Of Life was beautiful and awful.
I didn't notice the soundtrack. Can't put into words why I disliked it so. I like the cast, etc.

I too spent 15 hours from Paris to LA and watched a bunch of movies.
Brides Maids and Arthur cracked me up. But it was likely a combo of no sleep, alcohol, being cramped and an 8" screen.
At least bad movies can find a place on airplanes lol

I find it strange that some movies can seem much better when you see them on a plane. Perhaps it's the fact it's the only escapism available to you!

I'm very pleased that some airlines now include at least one film from the Golden Era in their selection (even if I've seen it dozens of time before)

 

[ButteMT61]

Well, for one, you're not paying (OK, airline tickets are fairly expensive lol ) and you are indeed a captive.
Often I see them at home on a very large LED TV and I enjoy them when the theater not so much. We're lucky we get lots of movies before they hit the theater and even the stores. That might make a movie feel more special to us. So yes, there are times we probably enjoy things when normally we wouldn't.

 

[Antje]

Deck the Halls!! and I saw in the tv guide that Elf is on next thursday!!!!

 

[Rathdown]

Saw HUGO last night. The first half an hour seemed to take forever, but once it picked up the pace the film moved along and was fairly enjoyable. Over all I'd give it 7 out of 10.