Last Movie You Watched

[drogulus]

The Gambler....





Interesting; not a waste of time.

     The original film is a favorite of mine, which colored my reaction to the remake which I mildly hate, but also enjoyed a little.

[SonicMan46]

Distant Drums (1951) w/ Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Richard Webb, et al; Raoul Walsh, director - decent blu-ray release reviewed HERE (4*/5* video & audio) - about the Seminole Wars in Florida in the 1830s-40s - not a great film but some beautiful scenery and the buxom Mari Aldon (a nice Virginia Mayo substitute) is a pleasure to watch.  Enjoyable and recommended to Cooper fans despite historic 'make believe' -   Dave

 

[André]

Brokeback Mountain in Liberty City (Miami). An extremely moving story, intelligently directed and endowed with a fantastic all around cast. I will certainly watch it again, this time with subtitles (I could barely understand the dialogues, although the context was always clear). I suspect this will go down as a classic of its era.

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In the next movie the context is anything but clear ! This is typical of Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Incendies). One learns the meaning of some shots or scenes only at the very end. I actually had to read the wiki article to confirm hypotheses and understand plot details. Nevertheless, it's gripping from beginning to end. Superb performance by Amy Adams.

[aligreto]

Edge of Darkness....





A good action/thriller watch.

[SimonNZ]

Carla's Song (Ken Loach, dir. 1996)

[aligreto]

L'Histoire D'Adele H....

[listener]

made for television Burt Kennedy western  1988
ONCE UPON A TEXAS TRAIN
Willie Nelson, Richard Widmark, Jack Elam, Chuck Connors, Stuart Whitman, Shaun Cassidy
about a minute of train footage.

[Karl Henning]

Yesterday I watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Again.  My treasure, too, is knowledge.  And it's fun.  Because if you're watching what is basically a comic book on screen, how do you denigrate it for being . . . a comic book?

[Todd]

I got roped into watching The BFG.  As expected from Spielberg, it is visually magnificent, but the story is meh, though it's not really aimed at my age group, I guess.  I've seen better, I've seen worse.

[Cato]

Thanks to Turner Classic Movies on cable:



I did not realize that Loretta Young was all of 14-years old when making this!  A clown adopts an abandoned child, and when she reaches womanhood, he discovers his love for her is no longer that of a father!

Lon Chaney at his best!

[Karl Henning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/Bz3dKqTjZO4

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Have you watched RedLetterMedia's aka Plinkett's review of Crystal Skull, Karl? I think I like his Star Wars prequel reviews more, partly because of my dislike of his trying to simplify Belloq's character (no, he doesn't appear in Crystal Skull but Plinkett talks about previous Jones films quite a bit too in his review).

[Karl Henning]

Have you watched RedLetterMedia's aka Plinkett's review of Crystal Skull, Karl? I think I like his Star Wars prequel reviews more, partly because of my dislike of his trying to simplify Belloq's character (no, he doesn't appear in Crystal Skull but Plinkett talks about previous Jones films quite a bit too in his review).

I have not, yet.  Thanks for the suggestion!

[Autumn Leaves]

Right now:

Bad Boy Bubby

Hey Alien - interested to know what you make of this movie?.
I greatly enjoy Australian movies and I made a point to see all the most popular classic and art-house releases but this movie passed me by and I never got back to it..
BTW are you from Australian as well? - I thought you were from the US all this time but I was reading Prog Archives recently, and you had posted there (didn't know you were a member!) and you had Aus/NZ as your location?.

[Karl Henning]

Last night, Batman Begins.

Especially in comparison with TOS  . . . rather earnest.  The clue is in the mouth of one of the scoundrels, perhaps:  You look like a man who takes himself too seriously.

Only half-serious here, because of course the Nolan movies are good thrillflicks.  And even as the immortal Wm Dozier concluded that the only way to make Batman work on screen, was to play it over the top . . . perhaps (only perhaps) he might have felt differently, if they had the tools then, which screencraft has today.

I have discovered an appreciation for the versatility of the "franchise" through the years, and how curiously robust it has proven.

[Autumn Leaves]

I loved it!!

Really well made film, really hilarious at times. It's definitely got a few very strong thematic ideas running through it and the way it is executed is very powerful. This is the type of film I'd love to do an analysis on, further re-watches is almost mandatory now, lol

Yep I'm from Aussie (but living in NZ). I didn't know you where on the Archives either! 

Good stuff Alien - thanks for your thoughts.
I think I must try and see this movie at some stage .
Ahhh so you are an Aussie; that's great! - There's not too many of us on this forum I guess (considering the site owner is actually Australian).
Yes, I read a number of music forums; this one and Archives + I'm also on Steve Hoffman (and I seen yourself, MI, George and other people), though I never post there.
I was a member of Talk Classical too but I kind of lost touch with it - I find this forum matches my interest's a bit better and I think GMG has less problems with shit-stirrers/Trolls.

[Autumn Leaves]

So the aussies here are just you, I and Jessop? 

There's also Orfeo, Holden, Calyptorynchus and brunumb and of course Dungeon Master (Rob) that I know of (although there may be more...) .

TC tends to be a battering ram for attention seekers. I returned there recently but haven't been very inspired by it, I do have a history of enemies there, lol. Some people have no humor, am I right? 

There's some "characters" there that's for sure - Yes, I don't really miss it much either (although I do read it from time to time when I'm able).

[Karl Henning]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . . . The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen . . . what is it with Sean Connery, and screenplays which imagine that there are cellars in Venice?

[Todd]

I finally watched the whole thing.  Christopher Guest is great in this.  Larry Miller's small part was also extremely good.

[Karl Henning]

I finally watched the whole thing.  Christopher Guest is great in this.  Larry Miller's small part was also extremely good.

Great stuff.