Last Movie You Watched

[Ken B]

American Hustle

I was very disappointed in this. Too much of it is slack, too often the idea is that someone shouting will be funny. Could have been good with better editing -- bring some sharp scissors -- but as is 5/10. Amy Adams is the best thing in the movie, not a surprise.

[milk]

When I open iTunes all I see are super hero movies these days. What's happened in society to create this trend? These are the most predictable and childish genre of film. Why are they so popular just now?

[Ken B]

These are the most predictable and childish genre of film. Why are they so popular just now?

I think you answered the question before you asked it.

[Ken B]

How To Marry a Millionaire

Directed by Negulesco, and starring Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall. Alas, it's got a very weak script, and only sporadic patches of charm or humor.

[André]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5029608/

Frantz, by François Ozon (France, 2016).

The action is set in 1919 Germany and France. The film is spoken half in German, half in French, and shot half in colour, half in black and white. Lots of nominations and a few wins (in Paris and Venice). The basis for the story is familiar, the plot development ingenious and surprising. I enjoyed it. A remake from a 1932 Lubitsch film.

[aligreto]

Ice 2020....




Predictable plot, some poor acting and some poor execution of effects. Don't bother.

[Todd]

American Made.  Tom Cruise plays Barry Seal, pilot and smuggler extraordinaire, who worked for drug cartels and Uncle Sam, and was wrapped up in the Columbia-Contra thing.  (Turns out that director Doug Liman's father was chief counsel for the Senate for the later and obviously unrelated Iran-Contra debacle.)  The film has a Goodfellas structure married to Liman's kinetic style (lots of zooms and handheld shots, some POV shots) that works well enough.  The film is humorously done rather than dramatic, which is the better way to approach the subject.  Cruise is much better here than in The Mummy earlier in the year, comfortably in his element.  Domhnall Gleeson is enjoyable as his CIA handler.  The gorgeous Sarah Wright, obviously much younger in reality but not on screen, plays Cruise's wife, and she gets some good material and delivers.  Various fictionalized versions of political and historical personages from the 80s make their appearances, some indirectly by phone, some on film.  This marks Barry Seal's second recent appearance in pop culture, the other being in the first season of Narcos, where Pablo Escobar is the bad guy.  Escobar naturally shows up here, too.  Javier Bardem plays the drug lord in an upcoming flick.  And Pablo's brother filed that billion dollar lawsuit against Netflix.  Escobar is enjoying a mini pop culture resurgence, it seems.

[Karl Henning]

The only superhero films I like are Tim Burton's Batman

When that first came out, I was quite taken with the new dark-dark take on Batman.  However (while I do still rather enjoy the Burton Batman, notwithstanding its running on a bit), in time I went back to my first love . . . feeling at last that Adam West and Burt Ward had the right idea:  that campy is the best & truest way to approach the material.

[LKB]

When that first came out, I was quite taken with the new dark-dark take on Batman.  However (while I do still rather enjoy the Burton Batman, notwithstanding its running on a bit), in time I went back to my first love . . . feeling at last that Adam West and Burt Ward had the right idea:  that campy is the best & truest way to approach the material.

A few days ago l watched the 1966 Batman on bluray. Quite enjoyable with the West & Ward commentary track, and pretty good bonus material on the disc. Burton's film works for me as well, but mostly because of the set design, score and Nicholson's Joker. Fortunately, there is room for both iterations, and more.

Cheers,

LKB

[Karl Henning]

A few days ago l watched the 1966 Batman on bluray. Quite enjoyable with the West & Ward commentary track, and pretty good bonus material on the disc. Burton's film works for me as well, but mostly because of the set design, score and Nicholson's Joker. Fortunately, there is room for both iterations, and more.

Cheers,
LKB

Agreed, certainly.

[George]

Agreed, certainly.

Indeed! And Nolan's Batman is the one that works for me. The first two films, anyway. (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight)

[aligreto]

Hitman: Agent 47....





Action packed thriller with all of the usual cliche killings, stunts and cars etc. but not a bad watch.

[LKB]

Edward Scissorhands, finished the bluray about thirty minutes ago. Such dark beauty in the film, hidden like invisible gold under the simple plot, with Elfman's greatest score surrounding it...

Searchingly,

LKB

[Karl Henning]

Over the weekend, Blade, again, though this time with the commentary (unexceptional, I think).

[Todd]

Rewatched Blade Runner, this time in the original US theatrical version with Harrison Ford's voiceover.  I hadn't watched the original version in a long time, perhaps since the 90s.  The voiceover doesn't add much early, and the late film lines hurt the film, so this was probably my last viewing of that version, and from now on I will watch only the final cut.  Hopefully, Blade Runner 2: Electric Boogaloo will be as good as this movie.

[SonicMan46]

 


Rewatched Blade Runner, this time in the original US theatrical version with Harrison Ford's voiceover.  I hadn't watched the original version in a long time, perhaps since the 90s.  The voiceover doesn't add much early, and the late film lines hurt the film, so this was probably my last viewing of that version, and from now on I will watch only the final cut.  Hopefully, Blade Runner 2: Electric Boogaloo will be as good as this movie.

Own Blade Runner on BD and need to re-watch, but reading about the 'update' w/ Ford & Gosling called Blade Runner 2049 (pic inserted above) in USA Today this morning - sounds like a fun film that I should see on the BIG SCREEN (but how to convince my wife to - we usually do a matinee then an early dinner?)    Dave

[TheGSMoeller]

Own Blade Runner on BD and need to re-watch, but reading about the 'update' w/ Ford & Gosling called Blade Runner 2049 (pic inserted above) in USA Today this morning - sounds like a fun film that I should see on the BIG SCREEN (but how to convince my wife to - we usually do a matinee then an early dinner?)    Dave

Hi, Dave. So far, so good for Blade Runner 2049. I'm very anxious to see it. Here's a list of reviews and their links...

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/blade-runner-2049/critic-reviews

[aligreto]

The Age of Adaline....





One of the best, well crafted films that I have watched in a very long time.

[aligreto]

Krakatoa The Last Days....





A fine BBC drama-documentary that depicts the infamous volcanic eruption from a number of very human interest points of view.
It is available on YouTube for those who might be interested.

[aligreto]

Deepwater Horizon....