What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Vera Godfrey]

Easter Parade. Judy Garland is TMCs star of the month. I really wanted to stay up and watch Summer Stock (love that movie), but it didn't come on until 2a

 

[skydog757]

Patton (1970). George C. Scott is absolutely magnificent; he carries himself like a man who has lived his entire life in and for the military. The last time I saw it was at a drive in(!); needless to say my perspective has changed quite a bit since then.

 

[EmergencyIan]

Hollywoodland (2006) It's about George Reeves' life, while playing Superman, and his death.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie.

- Ian

 

[Doctor Strange]

It's long been an example of Ben Affleck's ability to actually act when he wants to. And of course, it now makes him the only actor to have (kind of) played both Batman and Superman!

 

[Fading Fast]

Hollywoodland (2006) It's about George Reeves' life, while playing Superman, and his death.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie.

- Ian

Agreed, I actually liked it more the second time I saw it. I no longer thought of it as a "Superman" movie and just enjoyed it as a bio-pic.

Also, when I have a few minutes, I continue to watch the Fleischer Superman shorts - throw-away stories, but fan-freakin-tastic artistry and clearly set a high bar for Superman cartoons that, until the '90s Animated ones, nothing even came close (and the '90s ones were still not as good as these from the '40s artistry-wise, but better stories).

 

[Lean'n'mean]

' Good For Nothing' (2011)

' Precious Cargo' (2015)

 

[Fading Fast]

Finally saw "Carol." Too depressing from beginning to end to say I enjoyed it, but I did respect it. The picture is beautifully filmed and the period sets, clothes, cars, etc. are gorgeous. The acting was well done, but the story was so heavily depressing that it dragged.

Also, the characters didn't seem fully built out, but more archetypes - frustrated lesbian wife, angry confused husband, in-denial parents. At no point, did I feel that Carol and Therese liked each other, had fun together; instead, they seemed so angry and depressed at life that even when they first started seeing each other there was little joy in the relationship.

Maybe that was the point, maybe the director was just trying to emphasize the depressing, extremely limited-options world for lesbians in the '50s - but the result felt like an incomplete movie to me, despite having some beautiful scenes and powerful acting in parts.

 

[EmergencyIan]

It's long been an example of Ben Affleck's ability to actually act when he wants to. And of course, it now makes him the only actor to have (kind of) played both Batman and Superman!

You know, I hadn't thought of that, at all. His acting in this movie was good. He made a very convincing George Reeves.

- Ian

 

[EmergencyIan]

Agreed, I actually liked it more the second time I saw it. I no longer thought of it as a "Superman" movie and just enjoyed it as a bio-pic.

Also, when I have a few minutes, I continue to watch the Fleischer Superman shorts - throw-away stories, but fan-freakin-tastic artistry and clearly set a high bar for Superman cartoons that, until the '90s Animated ones, nothing even came close (and the '90s ones were still not as good as these from the '40s artistry-wise, but better stories).

I, originally, saw this movie in the theater and I enjoyed it. Until last night, I had not seen it, again. It was certainly worth revisiting.

Yes, the Fleischer Superman animated shorts are pretty darn good and quite well done. Admittedly, I've not seen them in, at least, a couple of decades, but from what I recall...

- Ian

 

[Touchofevil]

Hollywoodland (2006) It's about George Reeves' life, while playing Superman, and his death.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie.

- Ian

I have really enjoyed this movie each time I have viewed it. Adrien Brody steals the show. He is perfect as the burnout private dick.

 

[Worf]

"M" - Fritz Lang's masterpiece. I'd never seen it before. Peter Lorre is fascinating as a chubby faced madman preying on little girls during the early 30's in pre-Nazi Berlin. A surprisingly "modern" tale which asks the age old question should the insane be punished for their horrendous crimes or treated for their mental illness. Lang had no more answer then than we have now. Fantastic film!

Worf

 

[DesertDan]

Tremors
"Runnin's not a plan, runnin's what you do when a plan fails! - E. Bassett

 

[LizzieMaine]

We're running a cycle of 80s movies this spring to bring in those Gen-X dollars at the box office. I didn't much like 80s movies while the 80s were actually going on, and sitting here previewing tonite's show, "Top Gun," reminds me why. A puerile script, amateurish acting, and the smug, stupid face of Tom Cruise, all wrapped up in propaganda as risible as any you'll find in the hokiest grade-Z WW2-era potboiler. Jerry Bruckheimer certainly knew you couldn't go broke underestimating the intelligence of your audience.

 

[Fading Fast]

We're running a cycle of 80s movies this spring to bring in those Gen-X dollars at the box office. I didn't much like 80s movies while the 80s were actually going on, and sitting here previewing tonite's show, "Top Gun," reminds me why. A puerile script, amateurish acting, and the smug, stupid face of Tom Cruise, all wrapped up in propaganda as risible as any you'll find in the hokiest grade-Z WW2-era potboiler. Jerry Bruckheimer certainly knew you couldn't go broke underestimating the intelligence of your audience.

Could not agree more, always thought that movie was highly over-rated for many reasons not the least of which Hollywood was trying to promulgate the myth on us that Kelly McGillis was a leading lady. There's not much from that decade that I watch. Although, while not fantastic, "Bull Durham," "That Natural," "The Breakfast Club" and "Ordinary People" are all decent if not great movies that I enjoy seeing from time to time.

 

[Worf]

We're running a cycle of 80s movies this spring to bring in those Gen-X dollars at the box office. I didn't much like 80s movies while the 80s were actually going on, and sitting here previewing tonite's show, "Top Gun," reminds me why. A puerile script, amateurish acting, and the smug, stupid face of Tom Cruise, all wrapped up in propaganda as risible as any you'll find in the hokiest grade-Z WW2-era potboiler. Jerry Bruckheimer certainly knew you couldn't go broke underestimating the intelligence of your audience.

I agree and the only thing worse than the film were all the jerks running around town in patch festooned "Top Gun" jackets. They didn't even know what the patches represent much less what it takes to earn them. Brutal!

Worf

 

[1mach1]

Two times isn't to bad. Just watch Bullit, and count how many times during the chase scene you can spot the green VW Bug!

Or the white Firebird.[emoji14]

 

[Stearmen]

Air Raid Wardens (1943)

 

[Julian Shellhammer]

Into the Heart of the Sea, off of Amazon. Based on the book by Nathaniel Philbrick, who also wrote Sea of Glory, an excellent book on the US Exploring Expedition of 1838 - 1842.

 

[skydog757]

Or the white Firebird.[emoji14]

Issues like that are going to happen in shooting action scene multiple takes. What bothers me is when they shoot a period piece (say the 1950's) in films or especially on television, every car you see looks show room new. I mean, I assume that the staff contacts or reaches out to vintage car clubs to fill their streets with period correct autos. Vintage car owners take great pride in total restoration, so you generally don't see any true beaters that are always around in any era. Also, as previously mentioned, you're highly likely too see the same blue/white Corvette, turquoise Firebird, and all of the rest of the vehicles driving past multiple times in numerous scenes.

 

[Worf]

"Westfront" - Directed by the great German director Pabst before he tried to get out of Germany. This anti-war film is a good companion piece to "All's Quiet on the Western Front" but is about a notch below it. Banned by the Nazi's as defeatist and hated by the left because it didn't lay the blame for the war at the feet of the bloodthirsty Kaiser and others in the ruling class the films rarely seen these days. It was good but not "great".

Worf