What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[KY Gentleman]

Argo. It was really good, too.

 

[Feraud]

Argo has been on my list of movies to see since I heard about it!
Affleck has become a very good teller of stories and I hope Argo compares to his two prior films.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Argo is a very good film - entertaining and well done - but it's no brilliant masterwork.

I don't think it deserved Best Picture. This is another case of Hollywood self-aggrandizement: the Academy just can't resist a film that paints itself in a heroic or nostalgic light. After all, what won last year? Oh yeah, The Artist - a love letter to old Hollywood that expertly recreated a silent B picture but which (you should excuse the term!) had absolutely nothing to say.

Call me old fashioned, but I think the Best Picture should be a film that aspires to more than just being well-made and entertaining: it should have some commentary on the human condition, or illuminate something of the world beyond Hollywood. Alas, it only happens some of the time...

 

[ButteMT61]

Dunno, I really liked Argo. A tough year for choices. I liked most of the top movies/actors, etc. I thought Django was snubbed. By far my favorite movie of 2012.
Lincoln was great, but Hollywood has it out for SS now.
Argo was a great movie - having lived through all that mess as a yoot.
Life of Pi was entertaining and beautifully done.
Silver Linings was good the first viewing - the second time I didn't finish it.
I just wish those idols of the screen could laugh at themselves more. It's painful to see folks so serious about being "them". Gads Clooney. And you too Ben.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Argo did well for us -- but I had nightmares for a week about Ben Affleck's beard. Night of the Living Brillo.

One of our concession kids went to see Django at the multiplex -- on a date. She has since broken up with the guy.

Our crowd here was rooting for Pi to win. Any movie with a tiger in it has my vote.

 

[Feraud]

I don't think it deserved Best Picture. This is another case of Hollywood self-aggrandizement: the Academy just can't resist a film that paints itself in a heroic or nostalgic light.

Unfortunately that seems to be the norm for Hollywood's back slapping night at the Oscars..

I've missed a lot of movies this year. Our son works weekends and go together. Eventually I'll see the nominated films and wonder what the big deal was.

 

[ButteMT61]

One of our concession kids went to see Django at the multiplex -- on a date. She has since broken up with the guy.

Are you saying the movie caused the breakup? 'Cause that's hilarious of so

 

[LizzieMaine]

Yep. He was a sailor home on leave, and told her "don't worry about the blood, I've seen lots worse." That didn't bode well for the relationship. (He was a cook's mate, aka "culinary specialist," so he probably *has* seen worse.)

 

[Worf]

A word on the Oscars

McFarlane perfectly inllustrates "The Hollywood Dilemma". I'll put it as succinctly as I can:

1. Ratings for the Oscars were down. The median age of viewership had crept up to 53.

2. The producers of the show have a meet. "Get us a fresh face, something NEW" to bring in the kids.

3. "Hey dis "Family Guy" guy's pretty funny and his movie did good box office.

4. Okay sign da kid.

5. Unpaid intern coughs and speaks, "excuse me Sirs I don't think you want to hire him...."

6. "Shaddup ya PFK whadaya know about the bizness."

7. Seth McFarlane hosts... Seth McFarlane bombs.

8. Intern whines "Sirs I told you he was inappropriate!"

9. "Shows what you know kid the ratings were up for the first time in years. Insult Schimsult!"

"Hollywood" is not a monolithic entitiy but it does have a collective heart, and a collective soul. Hollywood has been ahead on some issues (civil rights, unnecessary wars, anti-Semitism) and incredibly behind on some issues (civil rights, unnecessary wars, anti-Semitism). Tragically however both H-woods heart and soul are for sale to the highest bidder. It has been ever thus... they'd like to make great "art" and that happens occaisionally, but they drop all artisitic pretensions like a bad habit if you could guarantee box-office.

Worf

 

[ButteMT61]

Yep. He was a sailor home on leave, and told her "don't worry about the blood, I've seen lots worse." That didn't bode well for the relationship. (He was a cook's mate, aka "culinary specialist," so he probably *has* seen worse.)

Interesting...the blood in this movie is comical most of the time. It's supposed to be that way and really, you almost laugh at times. That's the thing about QT. But I found it to be both amazingly funny and disturbing - a tough thing to pull off. I was glad that Christoph Waltz won best supporting actor. I am amazed at that man's talents and modesty. A true artist, not unlike DDL.

 

[LocktownDog]

7. Seth McFarlane hosts... Seth McFarlane bombs.

Popular opinion is that he bombed, but the ratings came out today and they're up 11% in the age group the Oscars needed. 18-49

 

[LizzieMaine]

I thought most of the comedy was dopey, but McFarlane was much easier to look at than that plasticene mummy of Billy Crystal they wheeled out last year.

Interesting Golden Era fact: the 1943 Oscar radio broadcast was exactly half an hour long, and had no musical numbers, no inflated speeches, and no hokum. Jack Benny hosted, and made very few jokes. The "red carpet" show beforehand was also half an hour long, and was hosted by George Jessel -- who also made very few jokes.

Oh, and it was only heard in Los Angeles, over the Warner Bros. station, KFWB. Nobody cared about the Oscars enough to put it on a network.

 

[3fingers]

Watched "The Last Picture Show" last night for the first time. I need to watch it again I guess. Either it was a disjointed mess, or I was too tired to pay close enough attention.

 

[Stormy]

I really enjoyed Oscar Night, and loved Seth's hosting. He gave us just what I expected. Shirley Bassey was the best performance I've seen in a while.

 

[Wally_Hood]

Argo did well for us -- but I had nightmares for a week about Ben Affleck's beard. Night of the Living Brillo.

One of our concession kids went to see Django at the multiplex -- on a date. She has since broken up with the guy.

Our crowd here was rooting for Pi to win. Any movie with a tiger in it has my vote.

Do you breakfast on frosted flakes?

 

[Widebrim]

Oh, and it was only heard in Los Angeles, over the Warner Bros. station, KFWB. Nobody cared about the Oscars enough to put it on a network.

Which went on to be Los Angeles' premier rock 'n' roll radio station from the late '50s until the mid '60s. "K-F-W-B...Channel 98!" It is now all-news...

 

[Feraud]

I can only take so much of MacFarlane and was turned off from watching the awards when I heard he was hosting. I had also watched the incredibly awful Ted a day earlier and couldn't imagine having to sit through anymore of his god-awful freshman year attempts at humor.
Is it me or does it seem the guy loves the sound of his own voice?

 

[ButteMT61]

I can only take so much of MacFarlane and was turned off from watching the awards when I heard he was hosting. I had also watched the incredibly awful Ted a day earlier and couldn't imagine having to sit through anymore of his god-awful freshman year attempts at humor.Is it me or does it seem the guy loves the sound of his own voice?

It's true. That annoyed me. But...I like someone that takes a p*ss outta the Hollywood royalty. They jsut can't laugh at themselves. Too bad.

 

[C44Antelope]

Watched "The Hoodlum Saint"

William Powell makes $2 million then loses it all in the stock market crash,
Esther Williams never donns a swimsuit - but looks beautiful,
Angela Lansburry looks pretty fetching herself and sings too (note not one person is murdered in the movie)
Lewis Stone is there but Andy Hardy is nowhere to be found
and anyone who's read my run-downs on the movies knows I love great character actors - James Gleason is in this one. He turns in a great performance.
Odd flick, but even an odd William Powell movie is better than a lot of what is forced on us these days. The clock salesman has a "petite" handlebar moustache.

 

[jamespowers]

I can only take so much of MacFarlane and was turned off from watching the awards when I heard he was hosting. I had also watched the incredibly awful Ted a day earlier and couldn't imagine having to sit through anymore of his god-awful freshman year attempts at humor.
Is it me or does it seem the guy loves the sound of his own voice?

I wouldn't watch the Oscars unless someone paid me in the six figures to subject myself to that rotten, insipid lot of reprehensible, self-congratulatory encephaloids.