Last Movie You Watched

[The Emperor]

"clerks"!!!

37 d**ks!  lol

IN A ROW? Aahah classic!

[orbital]

AKIRA KUROSAWA:    RASHOMON

A great movie,but not my favorite among Kurosawa's masterpieces.

The actors are great, in special Toshiro Mifune.

As it happens I have this at home from Netflix, waiting for a suitable time to watch it. But I also got Les Dames Du Bois De Boulogne yesterday, and I think it will have the precedence.

[SonicMan46]

Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End (2007) w/ the usual suspects (glad to see Rush back!) - well, I enjoyed the first one the best, the second one a notch down for me (but bought both films) - the third installment just did not appeal to me much (except for looking at Keira Knightley - she has certainly matured well!) - the CGI is pretty amazing, but probably not a purchase for me (unless I feel that I 'should' own the triology?) - 


 

[Solitary Wanderer]

Following the positive reviews here for this movie I decided to watch it last night:



Beautiful photography, evocative images, unique storytelling [narrative, snatches of conversation] and quite poetic in its execution. 

[Scriptavolant]

Irreversible (2002) with Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel.
Quite shocking.

[SonicMan46]

Sweeny Todd - Demon Barber of Fleet Street w/ Johnny Depp (and many others in excellent roles!) - in a RARITY for me, I took my wife to this film in a real theater (still dislike the experience these days, but the BIG screen was ideal for this production!) - we really enjoyed this film, but it is a gruesome realistic portrayal of cutting throats w/ a razor!  We both love Depp & he was great in this role (and even sang well) - years ago we attended one of the original Broadway productions w/ Angela Lansbury in the role of Mrs. Lovett (a much less bloody experience & ending, BTW - forgot who played Sweeny Todd); we also have a concert DVD performance of this musical w/ Patti Lupone & George Hearn - thus, plenty of 'different' options to enjoy this story; but, if you can stand the 'gushing of blood' from throats, then give the film a try - 

 

[George]

This one was meditative, puzzling and even downright boring for over an hour, then quickly became alluring, shocking, disturbing and finally - devastating.

Well worth the $10 I paid for it (at Virgin on sale.)

[Haffner]

Still love this one, especially Ludwig and Morris.

[Solitary Wanderer]

Fantastic movie! 40something famous conductor has personal crisis and returns to the village where he grew up just 'to listen'. Ends up training the local small town choir and in the process helps several of them discover themselves and ultimately rediscovers himself and love. The elemental stuff is great; standing in a snowstorm, plunging into an icy lake, learning to ride a bike.

And all of this is achieved through the glorious medium of music. Recommended 

[Harry]

Chris, bought that one two months ago, and agree fully, it is a very good film. Especially how the love affair between the conductor, and this cute blonde is going. And the hilarious Choir rehearsals, it had me in a stitch most of the time. I saw it allready three times and still....


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[KevinP]

Irreversible (2002) with Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel.
Quite shocking.

Saw that in the theatre at a filmfest in Wellington, NZ. The theatre owner (or fest director) came on the stage and explained to everyone that this was an extremely violent film and that anyone who was expecting a nice little French film should leave. He went as far as saying that if anyone wanted to leave at any point during the film, they would be given a 100% refund.

So maybe 20 minutes or so into the film, during one of those violent scenes (where the guy gets his head smashed in the a fire extinguisher I believe), an elderly gentlemen, well into his 60s, seated a few rows in front of me got up and left.

I almost burst into laughter when he came back five minutes carrying two large boxes of popcorn.

[Solitary Wanderer]

Saw that in the theatre at a filmfest in Wellington, NZ. The theatre owner (or fest director) came on the stage and explained to everyone that this was an extremely violent film and that anyone who was expecting a nice little French film should leave. He went as far as saying that if anyone wanted to leave at any point during the film, they would be given a 100% refund.

So maybe 20 minutes or so into the film, during one of those violent scenes (where the guy gets his head smashed in the a fire extinguisher I believe), an elderly gentlemen, well into his 60s, seated a few rows in front of me got up and left.

I almost burst into laughter when he came back five minutes carrying two large boxes of popcorn.

[Iconito]

No surprise there.  This is a new golden age for animation; you almost can't miss with anything from Pixar, Dreamworks, etc.  

Perhaps you are confusing both studios?

Dreamworks films: Antz, Shrek, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Shrek the Third, Bee Movie (the Aardman ones are a whole different story; Dreamworks was only the distributor) Next one: Kung Fu Panda (you can find a teaser or two in youtube)

Pixar films: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille. Next one: Wall-e (again, there're a couple of teasers in youtube)

Now you can see that your phrase is like "This is a new golden age for the record industry; you almost can't miss with anything from Beethoven, Britney Spears, etc."

I liked Ratatiouille, too.  It was different from Pixar's previous films.  Less of the edgy humour, more like a good fairy tale.

Again: The edgy humour (if you mean farts, burps, vomit, Pinocchio wearing a thong, seventeen pop culture references per scene, etc.) is more likely to be found on the Dreamworks side.

[val]

"CACHÉ"     (with Daniel Auteil, Juliette Binoche)

A good movie about guilt, individual and collective. The horrible massacre of Algerians committed by the French in 1961 is the central element of the film.
Great interpretation of Auteil.

[Hector]

Shown at past two in the morning: 'Titus.'

I recorded this lengthy film of Shakespeare's bloodiest play, 'Titus Andronicus.'

Very bloody and quite sexy with two fine performances from Anthony Hopkins, at one point referencing his Hannibal Lecter, and Jessica Lange as the Goth Amazon.

Nearly everybody gets what they deserve in this except Titus' poor daughter, raped, her tongue cut out, her hands cut off and replaced with twigs, she is murdered by her father because she has been 'dishonoured.' Poor cow.

Effectively shot in Rome.

[Shrunk]

"CACHÉ"     (with Daniel Auteil, Juliette Binoche)

A good movie about guilt, individual and collective. The horrible massacre of Algerians committed by the French in 1961 is the central element of the film.
Great interpretation of Auteil.

I mentioned this one, too, a few posts above.  I'm not sure I would agree the 1961 massacre is a "central element".  It is explicitly mentioned in only the most perfunctory manner.  Whether or not you see the entire film as an allegory of the historic event is, I think, up for interpretation.  That's part of what I liked about the film; it's very open-ended (and I'm sure that's what many people will hate about it, too).  I think it's debatable, for instance, whether Auteil's character really has anything to feel guilty about, WRT to Majid in any event.  It seems clearer to me that he should feel guilty over how he treats his wife.

[Shrunk]

Perhaps you are confusing both studios?

Dreamworks films: Antz, Shrek, Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Shrek the Third, Bee Movie (the Aardman ones are a whole different story; Dreamworks was only the distributor) Next one: Kung Fu Panda (you can find a teaser or two in youtube)

Pixar films: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille. Next one: Wall-e (again, there're a couple of teasers in youtube)

Now you can see that your phrase is like "This is a new golden age for the record industry; you almost can't miss with anything from Beethoven, Britney Spears, etc."

Again: The edgy humour (if you mean farts, burps, vomit, Pinocchio wearing a thong, seventeen pop culture references per scene, etc.) is more likely to be found on the Dreamworks side.

Point well-taken.  Some of those were so missable, I guess, that I missed them entirely.  Although by "edgy humour" I was also referring to the more ironic elements in the scripts for, say, Monster's Inc., the Toy Story's, and The Incredibles.  Ratatouille just seemed to have fewer jokes I had to explain to my kids.

It's also encouraging to see that, with Persepolis,, old-fashioned cell animation is not quite ready to go away yet.

[orbital]

I mentioned this one, too, a few posts above.  I'm not sure I would agree the 1961 massacre is a "central element".  It is explicitly mentioned in only the most perfunctory manner.  Whether or not you see the entire film as an allegory of the historic event is, I think, up for interpretation.  That's part of what I liked about the film; it's very open-ended (and I'm sure that's what many people will hate about it, too).  I think it's debatable, for instance, whether Auteil's character really has anything to feel guilty about, WRT to Majid in any event.  It seems clearer to me that he should feel guilty over how he treats his wife.

If you watched the extra features where the director talks about the movie, he says that most people who will watch this film will be from more or less similar socioeconomic background as Ateuil's character and in a way will not only be questioning his actions, but their own prejudices as well.

[franz.luigi]

North & South starring Daniela Denby-Ashe and Richard Armitage. Some people compare it to Pride and Prejudice, and while it shares a few similarities with Pride and Prejudice, it is much deeper and darker, set in industrial northern England. This is a mini-series in 4 1-hour episodes; the exposition (1st episode) feels a little slow the first time around, but things start picking up and getting interesting quickly after that. It is very well cast and played, and the hours go by very fast.

[val]

Shrunk

I'm not sure I would agree the 1961 massacre is a "central element".  It is explicitly mentioned in only the most perfunctory manner.  Whether or not you see the entire film as an allegory of the historic event is, I think, up for interpretation.  That's part of what I liked about the film; it's very open-ended (and I'm sure that's what many people will hate about it, too).  I think it's debatable, for instance, whether Auteil's character really has anything to feel guilty about, WRT to Majid in any event.  It seems clearer to me that he should feel guilty over how he treats his wife.

The film is, as you say, open to several interpretations. In the last scene, Auteil's son and Majid's son are talking to each other. Behind them a guy is filming. We cannot see who he is - at least I couldn't - but that means that the videos sent to Auteil didn't came from Majid or his son. Then who? Janeke himself?