What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Gregg Axley]

The Mother of all bad sci-fi movies...Plan 9 From Outer Space.
I'm just one of those quirky people that gets the weirdness of Ed Wood, most of it...
Can you believe I got a box set of his movies for $25 dollars? Maybe that was too much to pay.

 

[dhermann1]

Saw "Brief Encounter" last Friday at the Film Forum in New York. 1945 classic, directed by David Lean, written by Noel Coward, and starring Trevor Howard and the wonderful Celia Johnson. It's a classic, even tho it's also a true movie cliche. Full of lines like "Dahhhling, are you vedddy vedddy unhepppy?" Beautifully crafted film. Another classic film that's MUCH better on the big screen than on the tube.

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Just watched "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" all the way through. The best performance was by Lee Marvin I think, as the bad guy.

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Did you like it? I thought it rather silly, but the production values were ok. Destined to not become a classic i think.

 

[jamespowers]

Did you like it? I thought it rather silly, but the production values were ok. Destined to not become a classic i think.

I actually liked it. SciFi is my thing though.
Classic, probably not but it will have its following.

 

[C44Antelope]

What has Edward G Robinson, Broderick Crawford, Jane Wyman, Edward Brophy, Anthony Quinn a very young Jackie Gleason & one of my favorites - Jack Carson? It's "Larceny Inc." I love this movie. My favorite exchange is EGR & the lady who runs the lingerie shop- as he is trying to rush her out of his luggage store... Lady: "I'd love for you to come over and look at my lingerie" EGR: "And some time you can look at my trunks"

 

[AmateisGal]

Stalag 17

 

[m0nk]

I actually liked it. SciFi is my thing though.
Classic, probably not but it will have its following.

Absolutely great fun there. SciFi is also my thing too, but with one foot in the future and one foot in the past (just like me), it was a very cool crossover. Plus, with an icon like Harrison Ford (though most of his stuff in recent years has been all out crap), a cool dude like Daniel Craig, and Jon Favreau at the helm, what's not to like?

 

[m0nk]

Oh, and I watched Casablanca for like the billionth time while writing code yesterday...

 

[BigFitz]

Zodiac

 

[Wally_Hood]

Behind the Rising Sun (1943), courtesy TCM. Part of the salute to Edward Dmytryk.

 

[bulldog1935]

I watched all the Hammer films monster movie remakes last night. They all starred Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Entertaining and a bit campy, Horror of Dracula being the most campy (though Christopher Lee looks good).
Curse of Frankenstein (1957), which kick-started the Hammer films monster movie cycle (and was a box office star), is IMO the best version of Mary Shelly's book put on film.

 

[Gregg Axley]

I watched all the Hammer films monster movie remakes last night. They all starred Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Entertaining and a bit campy, Horror of Dracula being the most campy (though Christopher Lee looks good).
Curse of Frankenstein (1957), which kick-started the Hammer films monster movie cycle (and was a box office star), is IMO the best version of Mary Shelly's book put on film.

Both are very good. The movie that came on later Plaugue Of The Zombies is also good. We didn't watch them because of storms, plus we have them in a box set. Many love "jump out and grab you" movies or lots of blood and guts, but for me Hammer is the pinnacle of horror films, with Amicus studios coming in second.

 

[DanielJones]

We also caught those classic Hammer Films on TCM with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. They were really fun to watch and you never realize it, but man Hammer put a lot of detail into their sets. Especially their outdoor mountainous scenes.

One thing that I loved in The Mummy was the lighting in the tomb. For something that was carved into a mountain side there was plenty of green light flowing in.

Christopher Lee really knew how to act with his eyes. Missed The Gorgon that came on right after it though.

This Saturday morning they are playing sequels to Curse of Frankenstein, with The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) and Frankenstein Creates Woman (1966). Setting the DVR to record. Also I thin there is one with Boris Karloff called Island of the Dead (1945).

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Gregg Axley]

The Gorgon is okay, but it does have a nice premise. I mean who doesn't like a woman with snakes for hair?
The sets and use of brilliant colors, is Hammer's signature.
Christopher Lee doesn't just have a black cape, he has a REALLY black cape, and sometimes it has a brilliant red lining.
Sure some of the movies were hokey, but the writing wasn't bad. This from a guy that loves B horror and even some of Ed Wood's movies.
Plus they had some really nice looking ladies star in each one, that could act and not just look pretty. That doesn't hurt...

 

[McMurdo]

Just finished watching A Face in the Crowd it is such a powerful performance by the late Andy Griffin in his debut roll, if all you know him for is Mayberry you owe it to yourself to check out this little gem.

 

[Dixon Cannon]

I watched 'The Good German' twice over the last two nights. I just find it fascinating, the immediate post-war Germany. Not only is the film well-made in a noir fashion, but the story line is excellent. It is based on the background of Arthur Rudolph and the Mittelbau-Dora camp and missile factory. The Americans did quite a bit of "persilchein" (white-washing) of Nazi's in order to bring them to the U.S. for the fledgling American space program. It's a subject not often covered in movies and I felt as though this vehicle was a good presentation. It sent me to the web from more than a few hours to do some background research on the whole story. Just fascinating, in my opinion. The film didn't do well at the box office, probably due to the ignorance of the audience regarding the history involved. If you haven't seen it, get the DVD and check it out. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452624/

-dixon cannon

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Here is an interesting promotional still from 'The Good German'. Got to love any movie with that many fedoras! -dixon cannon

 

[jamespowers]

Gail Russell:eyebrows:

 

[John in Covina]

One thing that I haven't seen is the use of colored gels to shade black and white horro movies. I read that in the original Frankenstein when Karloff was on screen as the Monster the progectionist used a green gel to suggest an "un-natural" concept.