Last Movie You Watched

[SonicMan46]

......... I know Dave (Sonic) enjoyed them as well.  (Slaps head....here we go again gentlemen, another thread going the Daryl, Daryl, and Larry Daryl route  .  I am so glad the two Davids are back!)

Hello Guys - down in Wrightsville Beach on a long weekend 'get away' - on a hotel computer checking my e-mail, so just wanted to look quickly @ the GMG Forum!

Bill is certainly right - loved the Hornblower series - did a rental probably from Netflix, and then bought the entire set (good bargin from Columbia House w/ my 'Fun Cash') - rewatched it a few months ago - highly recommended (not big budget, mind you)!

Also own Master & Commander... - love that film also - guess it all harks back to the wooden ship thread from the old forum, as Bill will remember - will be back home soon!  Dave 

[Drasko]

Always liked this one but what I didn't know till now that this was only second movie for William Hurt and screen debut for Kathleen Turner. Impressive.

[Brian]

3:10 to Yuma

Amazing film! The Western is reborn ... and better than ever.

[longears]

Always liked this one but what I didn't know till now that this was only second movie for William Hurt and screen debut for Kathleen Turner. Impressive.

And the first Kasdan directed.

[lisa needs braces]

3:10 to Yuma

Amazing film! The Western is reborn ... and better than ever.

The reactions this film is provoking are interesting. A fair amount of critics utterly loved the film, as you can gauge by rottentomatoes:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/310_to_yuma/

But many people--including myself--feel that the ending of the movie was a serious letdown. Thematically understandable but kind of nonsensical at the same time. Anyway, I had good time in it and I would recommend it highly to fans of Westerns.

[Thom]

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Rewatched it for probably the 7th or 8th time.  Loved everything about it.  The writing (a nicely done job of combining two of of Patrick O'Brian's novels), directing, acting, music, sets, etc., etc.  Crowe has never been better IMO.

Me too! I reread all of O'Brian's novels also several times. Great reading, from a historical point of view but it is also funny, he writes with a great sense of humour. I couldn't but love this film as well although it does not copy the novel with the same name accurately.

[DavidW]

3:10 to Yuma

Amazing film! The Western is reborn ... and better than ever.

Which one, the original or the remake?

[Lilas Pastia]

I'll chime in with another vote for Master and Commander. Needless to say, the music soundtrack enhances the film immeasurably. Not just as accompaniment to some scenes (the drowning), but as genre scenes giving revealing insights into the characters.

[George]

Anyone see Into the Wild yet?

[Harry]

Visual a strong film, for the rest a pile of shit. The music is ridiculous, if you take all the trouble of these beautiful costumes and then ruin it with popmusic, or Vivaldi for God sake, equally unfitting, then you must be out of your mind.

[longears]

Visual a strong film, for the rest a pile of shit. The music is ridiculous, if you take all the trouble of these beautiful costumes and then ruin it with popmusic, or Vivaldi for God sake, equally unfitting, then you must be out of your mind.

Not surprising--Lance Acord, who has some talent, was the DP again--as for her last feature.  Her first two features were such dreck that it'll be a long time before I venture to try another.  The burning question for me is:  WTF is a fine actress like Judy Davis doing working with such a no-talent bimbo?  Oh yeah, gotta pay the bills....

[longears]

You Kill Me -- a slightly quirky dark comedy by John Dahl, about a hit man whose "family" conducts an intervention and sends him off for treatment after he passes out in an alcoholic stupor and misses an important assassination.  I suspect most of the humor will be missed by those not intimately familiar with AA's recovery program, and the deadpan earnestness with which our hero (played by Ben Kingsley) pursues a spiritual awakening so he can do a better job of killing people suggests this movie will soar over the heads of most Farrelly bros fans.  So it's not often hilarious.  Even so, it's much more amusing than 95% of the tedious dreck you'll find at the local cineplex these days.

[Haffner]

Mother Teresa (Hussey)



For Catholics looking for another "miracle"-style film, a warning: this film is pretty much devoid of special effects. Mother Teresa's work itself is the Miracle.

[sidoze]

brilliant

[Brian]

Which one, the original or the remake?

The new version.

abe - when you say nonsensical do you mean (decides to avoid spoilers) what Crowe does when he gets his gun back, or the ambiguous way that it finally ends?
By the way, Roger Ebert said to pay extra-careful attention to Crowe's last line, but I can't for the life of me remember what the hell it was. Oops. I loved the film, though, thought it was a glorious bit of entertainment which asked you not to use your brain too much.

[The Emperor]

Borat, funny, that naked scene with his fat friend was the most disgusting thing ever ahah

[Lady Chatterley]

Rear Window.

[longears]

Rear Window.

Now that's a great movie!

[Nice to see you, Muriel.  ]

[Lady Chatterley]

Now that's a great movie!

[Nice to see you, Muriel.  ]

It was great,I had the whole afternoon to my self, that Grace Kelly sure knew how to wear chiffon!

[longears]

It was great,I had the whole afternoon to my self, that Grace Kelly sure knew how to wear chiffon!

Indeed.


(The comparison with Ms Dunst above leaves me longing for the wayback machine.)