What's the last movie you've seen?

[RosettaStoned]

Gran Torino (2008)

Clint Eastwood is officially my hero.

[opebo]

I saw The Fantastic Mr. Fox on a plane..  it was pretty good, but the best part was the reaction of a lot of the fat lumps on the plane - I think they quite disliked it!

[useful idiot]

The Scarlet Letter (1995): yeah I know it was blasted by critics and ended up being a total flop, but I'm on kind of a Puritan kick right now so I decided to watch it anyway. I didn't mind that it wasn't accurate to the book, but it was just such a bad movie. Gary Oldman was decent as he always is, but the dialogue is terrible and almost everyone else is horribly miscast. Poor script, awful execution, and bad acting from Demi Moore. If you're going to take as many liberties with a classic book, and probably the great American novel, then you probably need to at least back it up with good material. They didn't. I give it a 2.5 out of 10.

[Bo]

Le Fabuleux Destine d'Amelie Poulain

[Eraserhead]

Clash of the Titans (the new one)

It was crap compared to the original but it was so incredibly cheesy that it was actually kind of enjoyable. The fight scenes were fairly well done too. I'm glad I don't have to pay to see these things though because the "3D" aspect of it was a joke... completely unnoticeable.

[Јas]

Fitzcarraldo
An amusing epic adventure farce.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

Hot Tub Time Machine--Kinda dumb, but there are some really funny moments.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Over the past two days

Psycho (1960)
Lost in Translation
Samson & Delilah
Double Take
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

In short (I'm being lazy)... Psycho: A flawed classic though certainly a good film, the "explanation" at the end is a bit LOL. I got to see this on the big screen (it was second or third time I've seen it as a whole). The scene when Arbogast goes into the Mother's house is the highlight of the film.

Lost in Translation: I missed this when it came out and am only getting around to it. Slightly empheral clearly autobiographical romantic drama - one which almost explodes under its own hipness but one of the better examples of this kind of presently fashionable (not that is a bad thing) films. Sophia Coppola is clearly a talented director especially for scenes of "the comedy of banality" (to lack a decent phrase). Perhaps a little too lightweight in that but still quite good.

Samson & Delilah: Worthy but I think in the end a bit too interested in its own "Authenticity" issues (note: It is a nearly dialogue free love story between two Australian Aboriginial teenagers, it is a 'realist' film by an Aboriginal director). There isn't much more to say really - I didn't really enjoy tbh.

Double Take: Inspired but in the end vapid Avant-Garde madness. There is really no point in explaining this film, one of the most unique I've ever seen, except by watching it (or failing that look it up on imdb). But for all its documentary/stock footage madness, the 'mesage' (If I think I've 'got' it) was a bit silly and far too postmodern (in the worst way) for my liking.

Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas: Let me begin by noting - this was the most fun I have had watching a film in a long while. I don't know what that says about me so... anyway it is always good to listen to Thompson's brilliant prose even if the film is a bit too dependant on voiceover. An interesting comparsion is to Cronenberg's Naked Lunch which I saw a month go - F&LILV is alot more fun and funny and plays like a python sketch in parts (especially the scene in the bar with the lizards). Naked Lunch is probably the better film for as much as I enjoyed F&LILV, it did feel a bit pointless and even lightweight in parts. But hey I enjoyed myself (though I imagine those who don't know the book or even more so, don't like it, will be very, very confused). Best watched when drunk and/or on drugs.

[Nhoj]

3:10 to Yuma [2007] I enjoyed the movie quite a bit, probably the best western made in the last decade of those that i have seen. I plan on watching the 1957 version eventually.

[Хahar 🤔]

Xahar: you should be glad you get to see Almodovar. But sad that you didn't get to see one of his more acclaimed works. Although, I've been wanting to catch that one for quite a while.

My Spanish teacher has a bunch of others, but she won't let us see them.

[Eraserhead]

3:10 to Yuma [2007] I enjoyed the movie quite a bit, probably the best western made in the last decade of those that i have seen. I plan on watching the 1957 version eventually.

Yeah, I was impressed by that one.

[opebo]

Fitzcarraldo
An amusing epic adventure farce.

I'm a big Fitzcarraldo fan..

[Gustaf]

Thank you for smoking. Very similar to Up in the Air, but you can tell he hasn't found his touch quite yet. Still enjoyable.

[Countess Anya of the North Parish]

Dirty dancing for like the 100th time. love the scenes when they are dancing.
don't you feel like crying.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Dirty dancing for like the 100th time. love the scenes when they are dancing.
don't you feel like crying.

Jesus...

[Countess Anya of the North Parish]

Dirty dancing for like the 100th time. love the scenes when they are dancing.
don't you feel like crying.

Jesus...

your display name: book is better than the movie.

[Јas]

Fitzcarraldo
An amusing epic adventure farce.

I'm a big Fitzcarraldo fan..

I'd never seen anything by Herzog before, but will now definitely be keeping an eye out for it.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Wall Street (1988)

Inane Morality Play is Inane. And Daryl Hannah srsly? This film hasn't aged well at all - it now looks restrained. It is shot in the old 'realist' hollywood style of the 70s and 80s which means the film is pretty much dialogue - therefore not a film really... perhaps a radio play. It isn't bad so much as really mediorce.

[Gustaf]

Fitzcarraldo
An amusing epic adventure farce.

I'm a big Fitzcarraldo fan..

I'd never seen anything by Herzog before, but will now definitely be keeping an eye out for it.

I kind of wish I had never seen anything by Herzog, you have  a lot left to explore.

Aguirre and Woyzeck would be my top recommendations.

[useful idiot]

Saw three last weekend:

Sweet Home Alabama: I hate every single little detail about it, and it represents everything I HATE HATE HATE about Hollywood representations of Southerners. I loathe this movie with every fiber of my being. There is nothing redeeming to be found in it.

Liar Liar: I forgot how funny this was. Stupid yes, but it looks like a work of art compared to the things Carrey did after it.

Bruce Almighty: kind of a fun concept(emphasis on kind of). Jennifer Aniston is hot, the whole finding Jimmy Hoffa thing was funny, and there were a few other humorous scenes, but it wasn't as good as Liar Liar by any means

[KuntaKinte]

"Hotel Rwanda" yesterday. Not a great movie, but touching.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

"Hotel Rwanda" yesterday. Not a great movie, but touching.

Why is it not a good movie? I found it very moving, so I agree with the second half.


hmmm probably either Scarface or Burn! probably the latter but both are great movies. I see why people think Brando was such a good actor. The plot maybe boring in Burn! but its moving and Brando could bring any character to life.

[Edu]

Aguirre and Woyzeck would be my top recommendations.

Aguirre is the best Herzog movie I've seen, definitely my favorite.

I would also recommend the Nosferatu remake from 1979, I've seen it long ago, but i remember i liked it very much.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Adam's Rib (1949)  Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Tom Ewell

EXCELLENT FLICK!   My 12 year son (who always claims to hate black&white movies, but really enjoys them once he gets into them) laughed all the way through it.

[bullmoose88]

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