Last Movie You Watched

[longears]

The baby/steps sequence is an homage to one of the most famous films ever made.  I agree The Untouchables is his best--in fact, it's the only of his films which I own.   And agree that The Black Dahlia is quite a clunker, even for De Palma.  The screenplay stank, sure, but with a cast like that it would have been a stinker even if Robert Towne had written it.

[karlhenning]

The Untouchables is really good.  Even if Frank Nitti's fall from the rooftop looks . . . not quite right.

[Kullervo]

Goes straight to my list of "Best Ever".

[karlhenning]

So,. how long is that list, anyway? 

[Kullervo]

So,. how long is that list, anyway? 

Probably numbers about 20 or so. It's hard because I don't often see bad movies.

[Scriptavolant]

I've watched Oliver Stone's movie on 9/11 (the one with Cage). Mmm, nothing special and a bit disappointing.

I'm looking for a documentary on 9/11, a simple documentary reporting detailed facts, preferably done in the immediate aftermath. The point is that, now, with the massive proliferation of conspiracy theorists and videos, it has become almost impossible to find a simple official documentary not claiming to reveal the hidden truth about 9/11.
I couldn't find any documentary on Youtube or Google, since conspiracy videos are now everywhere.

Does anyone have any advice, or a title?

[orbital]

I've watched Oliver Stone's movie on 9/11 (the one with Cage). Mmm, nothing special and a bit disappointing.

I'm looking for a documentary on 9/11, a simple documentary reporting detailed facts, preferably done in the immediate aftermath. The point is that, now, with the massive proliferation of conspiracy theorists and videos, it has become almost impossible to find a simple official documentary not claiming to reveal the hidden truth about 9/11.
I couldn't find any documentary on Youtube or Google, since conspiracy videos are now everywhere.

Does anyone have any advice, or a title?

There was the one with the two French brothers who were actually filming a documentary about NY firefighters on the morning of 9/11. I remember seeing it once, it was pretty impressive. They happened to catch the whole event by sheer coincidence.

[Hector]

It was both terrifying and hilarious. Fascinating to see how far aristocracy can fall — It's like something out of Balzac.

Yes and not one I would rush to see again.

Recorded off Freeview: 'Stoned.'

About the founder of the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones. His builder confessed on his deathbed to drowning him. Although the inquest verdict was Death by Misadventure there were minimum levels of drugs and alchohol in his blood.

Well played by the cast but it left me with no sense of place. The hedonism of Jones' sixties were poorly evoked.

[Scriptavolant]

There was the one with the two French brothers who were actually filming a documentary about NY firefighters on the morning of 9/11. I remember seeing it once, it was pretty impressive. They happened to catch the whole event by sheer coincidence.

I did hear about that documentary, but somehow I didn't find it. Now I did.
Thanks.

[Bogey]

The Untouchables is really good.  Even if Frank Nitti's fall from the rooftop looks . . . not quite right.

Great movie.  Costner played a cardboard like figure in the Ness character and was brilliant at it....same with Field of Dreams.  When he started breaking away from such cleanly-cut roles and contributed to the chaos instead of reacting to it like any "John Doe" would, his acting career tanked IMO.

[DavidW]

The Untouchables is really good.  Even if Frank Nitti's fall from the rooftop looks . . . not quite right.

It would have been really good if it didn't start Kevin Costner.  I'd say Sean Connery makes the movie good.  But some of those scenes like the one with the baby carriage are so over the top it's just silly!  And I wish Robert de Niro had a larger role to play, he was cool.  I find it extremely uneven problematic movie that was worth watching.  IMO it was the first thing that I watched when I moved into my new apartment.

[The Emperor]

Knocked Up, it was funny, not great but enjoyable, must say Katherine Heigl is pretty damn hot.

Anyway, i loved the Swingers reference when they went to Vegas, you're so money and you don't even know it, classic
And Ben saying Vince Vaughn must be cool to hang out with was funny too.

[George]

Knocked Up, it was funny, not great but enjoyable, must say Katherine Heigl is pretty damn hot.

Anyway, i loved the Swingers reference when they went to Vegas, you're so money and you don't even know it, classic
And Ben saying Vince Vaughn must be cool to hang out with was funny too.

Yeah, I liked that flick too, I wanna see Superbad. 

[The Emperor]

Yeah, I liked that flick too, I wanna see Superbad. 

Superbad is funny too, the two cops are hilarious

[Lilas Pastia]

OK, time is running short: my daughter is coming tomorrow and brings me the last Harry Potter chapter. I still haven't seen the latest movie. Should I see it in lieu of an introduction to the final book in the series??

[orbital]

I don't know what to make of this. I think it could have been a phenomenal movie had Malkovich kept the same pace and athmosphere of the first 45 minutes or so. With the introduction of the love theme the film started to suffer. It is an adaptation so there is not much he could have done theme-wise, but he changed the shooting style too.

[val]

"THE GOOD SHEPHERD", by Robert De Niro.

The movie is too long, the personality of the main character remains without changes from the beginning to the end, the other characters seem pale and without substance, except when strong actors give them some dimension (Baldwin, De Niro himself, Turturro).

Even so, the movie gives a subtle disturbing feeling: sometimes it made me remember of Kafka's The Castle.

But, no doubt, I prefer De Niro as actor.

[DavidW]

OK, time is running short: my daughter is coming tomorrow and brings me the last Harry Potter chapter. I still haven't seen the latest movie. Should I see it in lieu of an introduction to the final book in the series??

Well you've read the Order of the Phoenix right?  If you haven't watching won't do much good because there is also The Half Blood Prince (and there is no movie for that yet) which has to be read before (and it is essential to do that if you haven't yet) the final volume.

I haven't watched the latest movie yet, but it had no effect on my enjoyment of the Death Hallows.

[karlhenning]

Saw much of a featurette on how Star Wars got started . . . in many ways, a narrative of greater interest than Geo Lucas's scripts 

[Kullervo]