What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Shirin]

I watched TMC almost all day yesterday. It was Judy Garland day! Yay! I got to see a few of my favorites including Me and my Gal, Meet me in St.Louis, and In The Good Old Summertime. One I had not seen before, Little Nellie Kelly was ok,and I tried to watch The Pirate but ended up falling asleep about 20 minutes into it.

 

[Shirin]

Gilda is on tonight at 8 pm for Rita Hayworth fans!

 

[Marcus]

Little Nellie Kelly

 

[texasgirl]

I had recorded Fashions of 1934 on my DVR and finally got to watch it. It was really good. I was amazed at how glamourous Bette Davis was, and the outfits were amazing of course.

 

[zetwal]

Last evening it was Lair of the White Worm. Quite amusing -

 

[High Pockets]

Road to Pardition

Forest Gump was brilliant!!

 

[C-dot]

Jezebel, with the immortal Bette Davis, and Henry Fonda... SO dapper in his top hat and cape. Makes me weak in the knees!

 

[funneman]

Mullholland Falls 1996

I discovered this gem again in the free movies section of On-Demand last night, right after I watched the Cotton Club for about the millionth time..

Nick Nolte, Chazz Palminteri, Chris Penn, Michael Madsen and the stunning Jennifer Connelly.

Plenty of great cameos from Louise Fletcher to Rob Lowe.

Lot's of great hats, clothes and cars.

I'm pretty sure it's been mentioned and discussed on this forum before.

Great film!

 

[Wally_Hood]

Out West With The Hardys . Tom Neal has a short appearance at the start as a cocky college age guy who gets a hefty dose of Judge Hardy's justice. Virginia Weidler, billed pretty low, shows her acting chops.

The series' formula is well in place by now- Marian has beau troubles, Father remedies an awesome wrongdoing, Andy tries to show off for his peers, Mother flitters about domestically, Aunt Millie is half-housekeeper, half-cook, half-bookkeeper, or plot advancement tool, walking into a scene from somewhere to announce the arrival of a letter that introduces the conflict.

Still, I love these movies.

 

[lolly_loisides]

I'm going to see "Wake in Fright" tonight, I'm really looking forward to it, but it won't be a pleasant experience.

http://www.wakeinfright.com/

 

[Professor]

Saw "(500) Days of Summer" in Pasadena yesterday, great movie. Had some wonderful architectural views of Los Angeles, as well as some relationship themes that seem awfully familiar to me in light of recent events in my own life! In fact, had I seen it during times of that recent past, it might have upset me, but fortunately I've moved beyond that point and really enjoyed the film. Any man who's been involved with a sociopathic woman knows what it's all about. Don't worry though, the film does have a happy ending!

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[kittypackard]

I also THOROUGHLY loved (500) Days of Summer-- I thought it to be one of the most realistic relationships I've seen on screen in a very, very long time. And I absolutely LOVED that it was a film set in LA without even ONCE referencing Hollywood!! FINALLY, a film set in LA that depicted the LA that I live in and know: downtown, the art deco architecture, the slap-dash history--the KARAOKE BARS! (i have nothing in common with the hollywood crowd nor its mentality and it was SO nice to have a movie where the main characters who live in a city KNOWN for one thing, the movie biz, and yet live a completely a-typical life! THANK YOU!)

But I personally wouldn't go so far as to call Summer a sociopath. Maybe it's because I have more in common with her character than I'd care to admit-- maybe it's because i probably have TOO much in common, truth be told. Just because a fella is WAY more interested in the gal than the gal is with him does NOT make her a sociopath. Especially when she's completely up front and honest with him about her feelings from day one. Summer doesn't disregard Tom's feelings, you must please understand this very vital fact. It is because she DOES understand his feelings that she is so insistent on him understanding HER feelings are NOT on the same level as his.

Call is cruel if you like, and I don't condone some of her actions (wigging out on him for defending her honor at the bar was VERY out of line on her part) but she was never dishonest with him. He may not have wanted to believe it, but the truth was there from the very beginning.

It's harsh, and I empathize VERY much with Tom, but ... somtimes's ... love's a bitch ... especially when there's no one to point the finger at.

 

[Professor]

But I personally wouldn't go so far as to call Summer a sociopath. Maybe it's because I have more in common with her character than I'd care to admit-- maybe it's because i probably have TOO much in common, truth be told. Just because a fella is WAY more interested in the gal than the gal is with him does NOT make her a sociopath. Especially when she's completely up front and honest with him about her feelings from day one. Summer doesn't disregard Tom's feelings, you must please understand this very vital fact. It is because she DOES understand his feelings that she is so insistent on him understanding HER feelings are NOT on the same level as his.

Call is cruel if you like, and I don't condone some of her actions (wigging out on him for defending her honor at the bar was VERY out of line on her part) but she was never dishonest with him. He may not have wanted to believe it, but the truth was there from the very beginning.

It's harsh, and I empathize VERY much with Tom, but ... somtimes's ... love's a bitch ... especially when there's no one to point the finger at.

I use the term "sociopath" referring to her having an obvious personality disorder (something the narrator makes clear from the film's start). I must admit my perspective is biased due to personal experience, which shares similarities but is certainly not identical to the plot. Regardless, I feel (as well my female friend who viewed the film with me) that Summer's behavior towards Tom was completely inappropriate for "friends", something Tom himself makes clear to her. Summer, like women I've known, wants to "have her cake and eat it too". On top of that, my friend and I both thought it unrealistic how Summer, who couldn't have a healthy relationship with Tom, suddenly and out of the blue becomes happily married to some other schmoe.

C'est la vie, enough "Psychology 101"! All in all, I feel it's a very enjoyable film, no matter what your life experience.

 

[kittypackard]

yes, well ... the difference ... unfortunate as it is ... is that Summer didn't loveTom.

As wonderful as he is, she simply didn't love him.

She did, however, love the man she married.

Such is life.

i know, i know, it's quite unfair and irrational. But I do not think it is "unrealistic" in any way. It may appear as thoroughly unrealistic through the eyes of Tom, who is so dearly in love with her ... but from my point of view, Sumer was very, very honest and entirely realistic.

Love isn't exactly known for being rational. You simply can't pick who you fall in love with, and it is entirely unfair to force oneself to do otherwise. It would have been wrong for Summer to pretend. The reason she said she wasn't capable of a serious relationship is because ... well ... she simply wasn't in love.

So yes, let's simply agree on the fact that regardless of your life experience, the film is a fantastic way to spend 120 minutes! Wonderful acting, sharp and witty script-- it's an absolute delight.

 

[Professor]

SAND!

I actually saw two movies yesterday, after "(500)", I went to the William S. Hart Park in Newhall for their "Silents Under the Stars" event. After a delicious dinner, we enjoyed Hart's 1920 film "Sand"...

William S. Hart became his own producer with Sand, released through Paramount. It's a story set in a dusty modern-day cow town, where the endless struggle between good and evil is still being fought, and where heroes still ride to the rescue. There's an action climax involving a crime ring, a bold train robbery, and a race against time for Hart and his trusty pinto Fritz, but there's also a fully developed story, highlighted by a touching romance. Hart wanted to move beyond the simplistic shoot-'em-ups of the 1910's, and use the West as a backdrop for more adult stories. Sand (as well as his next film, The Toll Gate) succeeded beautifully.

Featured in the cast is Mary Thurman, who rose from the ranks of Mack Sennett bathing beauties to play featured roles in silent dramas, before her tragic death in 1925. We also get Bill Patton, soon to become a star of silent B-westerns, and a rare look at Patricia Palmer, a fairly obscure supporting player who, forty-four years later, would confess in her final breaths to the murder of director William Desmond Taylor.

 

[Feathers]

I just watched Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. I haven't seen it in a few years and it seemed appropriate for last night. It was almost 100 degrees here, I was sweating just sitting in my house! I'm too cheap to turn on the air, at least in this darn recession. And besides, it's a great excuse to cool down with another cocktail. . Paul Newman is just absolutely gorgeous and Elizabeth Taylor is as well. One of my faves.

 

[Edward]

Yesterday, I watched The Big Sleep, which I loved. The Bogie-Bacall verbal sparring is the equal of anything I've seen on screen, and the chemistry between them is fantastic.

 

[Fletch]

get your shorts on

One for the Book (1939), a Vitaphone Broadway Brevity, is a two-reel, live-action take on the "book characters come to life" theme familiar from several Warners cartoons of the day. It starts off rather slow, as a minstrel act with a chirpy adagio dance feature, but turns into a swinging romp led by Cinderella - played a a singing-dancing screwball by a heartbreakingly beautiful 18-year-old Betty Hutton!

 

[DanielJones]

After The Thin Man was on the roster for last night. It's kind of interesting to see James Stewart at the bad guy.

My favorite line from that one: "Come on, let's get something to eat. I'm thirsty."

Cheers!

Dan

 

[Antje]

the princess bride