What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Zombie_61]

I think Dark Shadows is an underrated Burton film, I like it a lot. But then, I was one of those folks who rushed home from school everyday to watch DS in the sixties, so I'm already a fan, and I can appreciate all the ways in which Burton shows his love for the original even while taking a very different tack in the film. To folks who aren't familiar with the original "spook opera", I know this film seems a misfire. My daughter is a big Burton fan, and she didn't dig it...

Most of the fans of the original Dark Shadows I've spoken with didn't care for Burton's movie because of the humor. I didn't watch Dark Shadows way back when because I'd heard it was a soap opera, and didn't find out about it's "horror" theme until long after it had been cancelled. But I can't recall anyone ever saying they watched because it was funny, and I think the die-hard fans found Burton's treatment of their beloved television show to be too far off-the-mark. I thought the movie was okay, but I became disenchanted with Burton's movies long ago and can't say I've really enjoyed any of them since Sleepy Hollow in 1999.

Mr. Right (2015). After a painful break-up, Martha McKay (Anna Kendrick) meets "Mr. Right" (Sam Rockwell), a man who seems perfect for her until she finds out he's a former hit-man. Also featuring Tim Roth and Anson Mount, it's a lightweight action comedy with a little romance thrown in and a fair amount of gun violence and bloodshed. I can think of worse ways to spend 90 minutes.

 

[Touchofevil]

Chinatown

So well done. One of my favorites, I do not see me ever getting tired of it.

 

[Touchofevil]

Two years ago I bought a double-feature blu-ray of Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow and Dark Shadows. I watched Sleepy Hollow back then, but only just now got to Dark Shadows. I'd recalled it didn't get great reviews, but I thought it was a howl!

And I'd no idea that Eva Green was in it, along with Helena Bonham-Carter and Michelle Pfeiffer!

Eva Green. Yes!
After Penny Dreadful, I appreciate the heck out of her.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I have appreciated her since the first time I noticed her, in Casino Royale. She's been a highlight of everything she's been in since, and her fierce, dedicated performances in Penny Dreadful elevated that series from merely interesting to brilliant.

 

[Doctor Strange]

The Rains of Ranchipur, a mostly terrible mid-fifties melodrama set in postwar India, enlivened by an exciting earthquake/flood sequence. Bad central performances by the likes of Lana Turner, Fred MacMurray, and Michael Rennie, and today's diversity-in-casting-PC-police would go nuts over this film: Richard Burton as an Indian doctor and a Russian actress as the elderly local ruler! Not recommended.

 

[Fading Fast]

Love Actually - Wow, they had everybody and their aunt Nelly in that cast didn't they?

Of the many movies and things in life that I like that I am not proud of "Love Actually" is high on the list. It is a manipulative, completely cheesy movie that I absolutely and fully love from the stupid theme song, to Hugh Grant's silly dance to the cliched-do-death airport scene. Don't care how silly it is - I love it and have probably seen it six or seven times. And to your point, it has quite a full cast.

 

[Fading Fast]

... it's a lightweight action comedy with a little romance thrown in and a fair amount of gun violence and bloodshed. I can think of worse ways to spend 90 minutes.

LOL

 

[jlw]

You Know My Name: It stars Same Elliot. It was a failed attempt to do a story about the life of legendary lawman Bill Tilghman. It did have some nice hats in it though.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

 

[Fading Fast]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

I never see a big "W" somewhere without thinking of that movie now.

 

[Benzadmiral]

The Rains of Ranchipur, a mostly terrible mid-fifties melodrama set in postwar India, enlivened by an exciting earthquake/flood sequence. Bad central performances by the likes of Lana Turner, Fred MacMurray, and Michael Rennie, and today's diversity-in-casting-PC-police would go nuts over this film: Richard Burton as an Indian doctor and a Russian actress as the elderly local ruler! Not recommended.

I can just hear Burton now speaking with his peculiar Welsh intensity. "No. There are limits. I mean, a man can put up with only so much without he descends a rung or two on the old evolutionary ladder. . . . Now, I will hold your hand when it's dark and you're afraid of the boogeyman and I will tote your gin bottles out after midnight so no one can see but I will not light your cigarette."

 

[AmateisGal]

In the "What Movie are you Going to See" category, yesterday I bought tickets for TCM's sponsoring of "Breakfast At Tiffany's" which will be shown in a theater in NYC on 11/27 and 11/30. I am really excited to see this one on the big screen. I believe it is also being shown in other cities, so just check on line (Google Fandango and Breakfast at Tiffany's and you should get there).

That sounds like so much fun! Enjoy!!!

 

[AmateisGal]

I'm watching two of the movies that first introduced me to classic films and turned me into a lifelong fan:

They Got Me Covered with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour
Ball of Fire with Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper.

I need to find the third film that sucked me into the classic film world - Union Pacific. I still have an old VHS tape of it - I recorded it off of TV on our local PBS station's "Silverscreen Classics."

 

[Zombie_61]

Of the many movies and things in life that I like that I am not proud of "Love Actually" is high on the list. It is a manipulative, completely cheesy movie that I absolutely and fully love from the stupid theme song, to Hugh Grant's silly dance to the cliched-do-death airport scene. Don't care how silly it is - I love it and have probably seen it six or seven times. And to your point, it has quite a full cast.

Love Actually is the only "chick flick" I can think of that I would willingly watch at almost any time. I think the cast elevates it above most movies of it's type.

 

[Stearmen]

Daredevil Drivers (1938) Another bad 30s racing movie! Still, love the cars from the between the wars years!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I never see a big "W" somewhere without thinking of that movie now.

 

[Touchofevil]

I have appreciated her since the first time I noticed her, in Casino Royale. She's been a highlight of everything she's been in since, and her fierce, dedicated performances in Penny Dreadful elevated that series from merely interesting to brilliant.

I liked her in Casino Royale, but that appreciation grew by leaps and bounds after Penny Dreadful. She was a nicely done female lead especially for a Bond flick. The emotions she was able to draw out of us (Lady ToE and I) and put us through during Penny Dreadful were unparalleled. She is special.

 

[Touchofevil]

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

If I had seen it on, I would have had no choice but to watch it.

 

[Worf]

"The Thing From Another World" - Simply one of the top 5 Sci-Fi films ever made. Great dialogue.

Worf

 

[Julian Shellhammer]

"The Thing From Another World" - Simply one of the top 5 Sci-Fi films ever made. Great dialogue.

Worf

Agreed on both points. Saw it was on TCM and recorded it. Will watch it very soon.