What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Otter]

Stardust, a very good cast, genuinely funny at points. One of the films that is actually better than the book it is based on. Also helps that it showcases some beautiful Scottish scenery .

 

[scotrace]

Fences, which was a remarkably well crafted film and a career capper for Denzel Washington. Viola Davis is surely the best living actor in America.

And yesterday, Kong: Skull Island. A wonderful ride. I kind of liked the absolutely unforgiving jungle filled with monsters standing in for the USA mess in Viet Nam.

 

[belfastboy]

"One Man and his Cow", a French/Algerian co production. Just a fun movie, heartwarming performance by the lead actor. Charming, funny, and we laughed a lot. A good evening of escape into fun.

 

[AmateisGal]

North By Northwest. It never gets old.

 

[Bushman]

Currently, The Revanant

 

[Fading Fast]

North By Northwest. It never gets old.

Eva Marie Saint + Cary Grant + Alfred Hitchcock + New York City + The Twentieth Century Limited + Mt. Rushmore = Never-gets-old movie

 

[DNO]

Just finished watching 'Santa Fe Trail'. You could fill a book with the historical inaccuracies but it was a good print of the film and I can never resist a Raymond Massey performance. The man had such an amazing screen presence. He certainly outshines Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan in this one.

 

[Worf]

Just finished watching 'Santa Fe Trail'. You could fill a book with the historical inaccuracies but it was a good print of the film and I can never resist a Raymond Massey performance. The man had such an amazing screen presence. He certainly outshines Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan in this one.

"They Died With Their Boots On" is even worse. It's funny Massey was equally good playing John Brown AND Honest Abe Lincoln.

Worf

 

[DNO]

"They Died With Their Boots On" is even worse. It's funny Massey was equally good playing John Brown AND Honest Abe Lincoln.

Worf

True. Although I like Fonda as well, I much prefer Massey's portrayal of Lincoln over Henry Fonda's.

 

[Fading Fast]

"They Died With Their Boots On" is even worse. It's funny Massey was equally good playing John Brown AND Honest Abe Lincoln.

Worf

Massey, IMHO, was a huge talent who, unfortunately, isn't really known or talked about much today.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Eva Marie Saint + Cary Grant + Alfred Hitchcock + New York City + The Twentieth Century Limited + Mt. Rushmore = Never-gets-old movie

North by Northwest is considered by many to be the direct ancestor of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The producers' original idea of Napoleon Solo was of a sort of "Cary Grant" character; the story features an innocent person who knows nothing of spies and intrigue (though in the film's case it's the lead character); there is humor along with the danger . . . and of course you have Leo G. Carroll as the spy chief, which was in Norman Felton's mind when it came time to recast Solo's boss.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Most recent films:

Manchester by the Sea, with Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams. A longish film, interesting but depressing. Affleck deserved his Oscar nod. (Lots of "F-bombs" by the characters; you get the impression that working-class Massachusetts people use the term without thinking, as a mild form of emphasis.)

The Uninvited from 1944, with Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey. I'd seen it years ago when WTBS ran it, back when they showed classic movies all the time. It's creepy and effective, and sports some welcome humor in the Nick and Nora Charles vein between Milland's character, Rick, and his sister Pamela. Plus it is one of the first movies I know of that took ghosts seriously in the way films often do now: instead of playing it for laughs a la Bob Hope or Abbott and Costello, the film focuses on the human tragedy that has led to the haunting of the seaside house.

 

[Fading Fast]

Most recent films:

Manchester by the Sea, with Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams. A longish film, interesting but depressing. Affleck deserved his Oscar nod. (Lots of "F-bombs" by the characters; you get the impression that working-class Massachusetts people use the term without thinking, as a mild form of emphasis.)

The Uninvited from 1944, with Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey. I'd seen it years ago when WTBS ran it, back when they showed classic movies all the time. It's creepy and effective, and sports some welcome humor in the Nick and Nora Charles vein between Milland's character, Rick, and his sister Pamela. Plus it is one of the first movies I know of that took ghosts seriously in the way films often do now: instead of playing it for laughs a la Bob Hope or Abbott and Costello, the film focuses on the human tragedy that has led to the haunting of the seaside house.

Agreed on "Manchester by the Sea" good but depressing and, yes, a well-earned Oscar for Affleck.

"The Uninvited" is, IMHO, the best ghost movie made in the Era for the reasons you listed - it took the subject seriously and fully developed several of the characters. Plus a solid story and beautiful setting.

 

[AmateisGal]

Eva Marie Saint + Cary Grant + Alfred Hitchcock + New York City + The Twentieth Century Limited + Mt. Rushmore = Never-gets-old movie

EXACTLY!

 

[scotrace]

North By Northwest. It never gets old.

And those two have some seriously hot make out scenes. Wow.

 

[PeterGunnLives]

I'm watching the Italian sword-and-sandal flick "Hercules in the Center of the Earth" (1961) with Reg Park and Christopher Lee. I love these B-movies from that time period. The dubbing is a little odd in the English-audio version, especially when English-speaking actors are dubbed over with somebody else's voice!

 

[green papaya]

"LIFEBOAT" 1942

Alfred Hitchcock thriller, based on a John Steinbeck novella, American and British civilians who have survived the sinking of their ship by a German submarine struggle to reach land in a crowded lifeboat. When a German officer (Walter Slezak) is rescued from the water, the group allows him to board, but his presence only increases the tensions on the boat. Soon treachery ensues, and the population of the vessel gradually decreases as conflicts come to a head.

 

[Touchofevil]

The Accountant and the latest Jack Reacher. Both were okay but on the kinda bad side.
Logan. Maybe the best comic book movie I have seen. Maybe not, but a really entertaining movie. A lot of fun. Wow!

 

[Touchofevil]

Bad Day At Black Rock (1955) Still a great movie!

Yep, it is. One of my more watched movies.

 

[Touchofevil]

The Maltese Falcon in my Denver hotel room yesterday.

I always feel "at home" if I have TCM playing, no matter where I'm at!

Home and a little bit (maybe a lot) better.