What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[HoosierDaddy]

Just watched 'Jeremiah Johnson' again. Still one of my favorite movies.
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[jamespowers]

I've always admired the Bowery Boys series for being able to get endless variations out of just a handful of basic plots, and to do so quite entertainingly. They were regular Saturday morning fare when I was in my teens, and I think I saw all of them at least three times. For my money Gorcey and Hall were far funnier on a ten-cent budget than Martin and Lewis ever were on a million dollar budget. And you'll never convince me that Gleason and Carney didn't poach bits of their business too.

You have some good points there.

 

[Stearmen]

Last night I watched fifteen minutes of the 1969, Peter O'Toole version of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" as that was all I could take of a musical version of this movie with its '60s influences seeping through.

I've always enjoyed the 1939, Robert Donat version and didn't even know there had been a remake. While the '39 version is a bit mawkish, it is a solid movie. This '60s version (at least the part I saw before I couldn't take anymore) was, one, a musical (with Petula Clark and others singling some not good songs) and, two, part period (and very pretty) and part '60s that was jarring (and not intentionally).

There is no reason to remake "Goodbye Mr. Chips." Movies like that, "Mrs. Miniver," and, say, "Going My Way" were done well but belong to their time.

Has anyone else seen the '60s version and had other thoughts - did I not give it a fair shot (after the second song, I simply couldn't watch it anymore)?

I knew about the 1969 version, I did not know there was another remake in 2002. I have not seen that version, so I can not comment on it. Of the 39 and 69 versions, I agree with you, the 39 is the best!

 

[bellaclaire]

Friends son put dvd i have on ...The Millionairess with Peter Sellers and Sophie Loren. must admit can't remember watching it before...silly and her character i wanted to slap at times but enjoyed.xx

 

[Touchofevil]

"I am looking at a tin star with a drunk pinned to it."

And then the butt of my rifle as it collides with his face.

Great stuff!

 

[volvomeister13]

Recently watched "The Rocketeer" and it definitely exceeded expectations. It reminded me of how much I love 1930's adventure movies, so I looked for more. Came across "Too Hot to Handle" with Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. Just watched it and LOVED it! Lately I've been watching a lot of the heavier or more prestigious classics, so it's great to also see films that can be "small" (not to diminish their production values or larger-than-life adventure) in a sense of just being fun adventures that don't take themselves too seriously but revel in their movie-ness. Loved it!

Any recommendations for more stuff in that vein?

 

[AmateisGal]

I love "The Rocketeer!" Watched it years ago and had to buy it on DVD.

Last night my daughter and I watched "Stardust", the movie based on Neil Gaiman's book. LOVED it!

 

[AmateisGal]

1990's "Memphis Belle", the movie that got me interested in World War 2 history.

Now watching "To Kill A Mockingbird" on TCM.

 

[Touchofevil]

Bad Day at Black Rock on TCM, again.

 

[2jakes]

1990's "Memphis Belle", the movie that got me interested in World War 2 history.

Now watching "To Kill A Mockingbird" on TCM.

If you liked Memphis Belle 1990, you may want to check this one unless you have already done so.

It's a documentary with the real "Memphis Belle" crew.



[video=youtube;k1sNxhbyH5s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1sNxhbyH5s[/video]

Side note: Pictorial History of the Flying Tigers by Larry M. pistole was what triggered my
interest in history of WW2.
I met David Lee "Tex" Hill ace fighter pilot for the Flying Tigers in Texas. He got me interested
in the leather jackets from that time period & my primary reason for joining the FL.

 

[AmateisGal]

If you liked Memphis Belle 1990, you may want to check this one unless you have already done so.

It's a documentary with the real "Memphis Belle" crew.



[video=youtube;k1sNxhbyH5s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1sNxhbyH5s[/video]

Side note: Pictorial History of the Flying Tigers by Larry M. pistole was what triggered my
interest in history of WW2.
I met David Lee "Tex" Hill ace fighter pilot for the Flying Tigers in Texas. He got me interested
in the leather jackets from that time period & my primary reason for joining the FL.

Yep, I've watched the original documentary. Good stuff!

 

[cw3pa]

"Charlie Chan in Paris" (1935) on DVD last night. Not a bad who done it.

 

[1mach1]

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

 

[Haversack]

I just came back from the Castro Theatre where then have just shown for the first time the restored Sherlock Holmes from 1916 staring William Gillette. The movie was considered lost until a copy was discovered in France last year. Gillette's portrayal of Holmes is considered the ancestor of all subsequent Holmes and many of the mannerisms and business he developed for the character have since become canon.

Because Gillette wrote the play, (authorized by Doyle), upon which the movie is based and used many of the actors from his touring company in the film, the acting looks a lot more natural to the modern eye than we are used to seeing from silent pictures of this era.

The movie was shown with live musical accompaniment by the Donald Soson Ensemble and the theater, which seats over 1,400, was sold out.

 

[Stearmen]

Recently watched "The Rocketeer" and it definitely exceeded expectations. It reminded me of how much I love 1930's adventure movies, so I looked for more. Came across "Too Hot to Handle" with Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. Just watched it and LOVED it! Lately I've been watching a lot of the heavier or more prestigious classics, so it's great to also see films that can be "small" (not to diminish their production values or larger-than-life adventure) in a sense of just being fun adventures that don't take themselves too seriously but revel in their movie-ness. Loved it!

Any recommendations for more stuff in that vein?

Test Pilot (1938) Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and Lionel Barrymore.

 

[Stearmen]

Das Boot

Very disappointed! I recorded Das Boot a couple of months ago, finally had time to watch it, so I cleared the decks for three hours, all excited, hit play, The Boat! What a let down, this is one movie that should never have been dubbed in English, it losses everything! It would be like adding English voices to The Seven Samurai.

 

[Benzadmiral]

"Mystery Street" from 1950, with a young Ricardo Montalban as a DA's investigator in Boston, Elsa Lanchester as a scheming/blackmailing landlady, and Betsy Blair of "Marty." Very nicely done little crime story, with a foreshadowing of "CSI."

 

[Benzadmiral]

It is one of those very good movies - with a surprising strong cast - that flies under the radar. Also, it is another example of Welles' talent as an actor. "Citizen Kane" and Welles' own outsized personality has so overwhelmed his career that his outright talent as a very good actor is almost ignored. . . .

I finally caught "The Third Man" the other day (though I'd read the novel some years back), and loved Welles's delivery of the line about Switzerland and the cuckoo clock. He gives "cuckoo" a little spin, almost as if imitating the sound of a cuckoo clock, and then is gone, leaving Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) -- and the audience -- staring after him.

I also taped and watched "Tomorrow Is Forever" -- I'm not normally a soap-opera or "weeper" fan, but I was intrigued by the idea and wanted to see how they'd handle it. Welles and his damaged, limping, gray-haired and bearded "Austrian" chemist does the picture proud.

 

[cw3pa]

"Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955) on Amazon prime. Pretty good movie.

 

[Wally_Hood]

touchofevil and cw3pa, BDatBR is one of my favorites; Tracy's fight with Borgnine must be seen to be believed.