Last Movie You Watched

[aligreto]

The wonderful and inimitable Maggie Smith.

[SonicMan46]

This is more like it Dave! Saul Bass and Lee Remick! What great visuals.

Hey Ken - glad to see you back!     Believe that I started to drool when I found that pic of Lee Remick - WOW!  The Criterion BD of that film justifies buying a BD player (cheap now) & a HDTV!  Dave

[SonicMan46]

The wonderful and inimitable Maggie Smith.

I saw that film on release and was amazed when looked up, the date was 2003 - WOW, thought that it came out much later!  Seems to have been made for TV and is available on DVD but not BD - must try to watch again.  Dave

[aligreto]

I saw that film on release and was amazed when looked up, the date was 2003 - WOW, thought that it came out much later!  Seems to have been made for TV and is available on DVD but not BD - must try to watch again.  Dave

Yes it is definitely worth a watch; not very deep but very easy on the eye with gorgeous scenery interspersed throughout. I think that this is my third time to see it, if not my fourth.

[Ken B]

Second time for this, a solid noir known for its coffee

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[Karl Henning]

Last night for the first time:  Shadow of a Doubt.  Wonderful, of course 

[kishnevi]

Just saw this yesterday afternoon. Really enjoyed it - witty, very good directing, and Tom Bennett steals the movie as Sir James Martin. Probably the funniest portrayal of a complete idiot since Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda.

I read the original novel right before seeing the film - the novel is epistolary, and you can sort of tell that fact from the film's awkward rhythm of conversation-musical interlude-conversation. When three or four characters gather in one place, director Stillman's own wit takes over and it's pretty great.

Xavier Samuel wasn't especially interesting, as a performer, but that's just splitting hairs with a movie this fun.

I intend to see this, but I was slightly disappointed that it is not an adaptation of Love and Freindship, which Austen wrote before Lady Susan : a highly juvenile and usually hilarious satire of contemporary novels that could make a proper farce.

And the misspelling in the title is Austen's. She wrote it at the age of 14.

[Bogey]

Second time for this, a solid noir known for its coffee

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I only gave this a 6 out of 10 rating, Ken.  IIt has been a while, so I will rewatch.

[Bogey]

I barely made it through and my wife ended up going to read due to the pretty lousy acting by Taylor .   4 out of 10 stars in my book, and that is being generous and mostly due to the score by North.

[Bogey]

Linda and I enjoyed this.  I remember watching Sneak Previews back in the early 80's and had a lit teacher in high school that also took it in each week.  We would discuss movies that they reviewed and was really the first time I "got into"listing pros and cons to the films I saw and discussing these with others that loved movies.  Fun times.

[Karl Henning]

I intend to see this, but I was slightly disappointed that it is not an adaptation of Love and Freindship, which Austen wrote before Lady Susan : a highly juvenile and usually hilarious satire of contemporary novels that could make a proper farce.

And the misspelling in the title is Austen's. She wrote it at the age of 14.

Most interesting.

[Karl Henning]

I barely made it through and my wife ended up going to read due to the pretty lousy acting by Taylor .   4 out of 10 stars in my book, and that is being generous and mostly due to the score by North.

Parenthetically, the thought of this movie crossed my mind yesterday.  Part of the charm of Shadow of a Doubt is in the ritual banter between two supporting actors, Henry Travers (yes, Clarence Oddbody from It's a Wonderful Life) as young Charlie's pop, and their neighbor, Herbie Hawkins, played by Hume Cronyn.  Now, considering his other roles/movies I am no doubt fonder of his interfering Professor Rodney Elwell in People Will Talk . . . but I did a double-take on being reminded that he played Sosigenes in Cleopatra, the advisor who went to Rome on behalf of his sovereign, and who took a spear in his chest for his pains.

[Karl Henning]

I barely made it through and my wife ended up going to read due to the pretty lousy acting by Taylor .   4 out of 10 stars in my book, and that is being generous and mostly due to the score by North.

There are, arguably, reasons for watching this movie;  but Ms. Taylor's acting is probably not among them.

[Ken B]

I only gave this a 6 out of 10 rating, Ken.  IIt has been a while, so I will rewatch.

Reasonable. I'd give it 7 I think. It's not up to its reputation but it's good.

Added: Is anything by Lang as good as its reputation? M perhaps.

[mc ukrneal]

Concussion - Pretty good. It certainly held my interest despite some flaws. The thing I found disappointing was that it could have been better. The story sometimes focused on minutia for no real advancement, but then glossed over certain parts of the plot. Anyway, scary for anyone who played football for any length of time. Will Smith was better than usual (or at least some recent roles).  Albert Brooks was excellent in a smaller role.
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[SonicMan46]

I barely made it through and my wife ended up going to read due to the pretty lousy acting by Taylor .   4 out of 10 stars in my book, and that is being generous and mostly due to the score by North.

I've not seen that version in years, never enjoyed it that much, and never purchased the film. 

NOW, there are some other Cleopatra films w/ the lovely Claudette Colbert & beautiful Vivien Leigh, the latter not a very good movie - Claudette is my favorite Cleo in her pre-code 1934 version - the milk bath scene is a must to see if a fan of hers - I had the Cecille B. deMille collection (5 films on DVD) but sold it off - waiting for a BD restoration which likely will never happen?  Dave

[aligreto]

The Bourne Identity....





Still holds up very well.

[Bogey]

The Bourne Identity....





Still holds up very well.

Awesome!

[Ken B]

Dial? What's a dial?

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Second time for this one. I liked it a lot more this time. Not a great movie but an entirely enjoyable one. I agree with his "embrace the theatricality" approach, preserving essentially one set, rather than opening it up. Excellent performances, especially by Milland, who has never been as good.

8/10

[SonicMan46]

Dial? What's a dial?

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Second time for this one. I liked it a lot more this time. Not a great movie but an entirely enjoyable one. I agree with his "embrace the theatricality" approach, preserving essentially one set, rather than opening it up. Excellent performances, especially by Milland, who has never been as good.

8/10

Ken - good film and agree w/ your rating; I have it just as a burned DVD-R - need to review the BD options.  Dave