Last Movie You Watched

[aligreto]

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This is a dubbed Indonesian film.

A young girl goes to a party with the promise of a job interview with someone at the party. During the party she is offered alcohol which she normally does not drink. She wakes up at home the following morning with no recollection of what happened the previous night. This has major implications for her domestic life and, as she tries to unravel the events of the previous evening, she begins to realise who she can trust and who she cannot.

[SonicMan46]

Julia - new 2021 90+ min documentary on Julia Child, the pioneer TV cook who impacted on how America looked at food.  We rented this from Amazon for $4 USD and thoroughly enjoyed - well received and reviewed - highly recommended.

The Living Daylights (1987) w/ Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-Davies and others; upgraded from BD > 4K UHD Amazon streamer - over the decades I've seen all of the Bond films and this has always been my favorite - enjoy Dalton's character, the multi-layered story, the good but laid-back specials, and in particular Maryam d'Abo - she is just adorable to me in her role and a cellist (appropriate for this forum) - Dave

Julia is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Julie Cohen and Betsy West. The documentary chronicles the life of Julia Child. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard serve as executive producers.The film had its world premiere at the 48th Telluride Film Festival on September 3, 2021. It was released on November 5, 2021, by Sony Pictures Classics. (Source)

The Living Daylights is a 1987 British spy film, the fifteenth entry in the James Bond series, and the first of two to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by John Glen, the film's title is taken from Ian Fleming's short story "The Living Daylights", the plot of which also forms the basis of the first act of the film. It was the last film to use the title of an Ian Fleming story until the 2006 instalment Casino Royale. (Source)

   

[Todd]

Who knew that Ridley Scott directed an epic set in 14th Century France, supposedly based on a true story, starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Ben Affleck?  I did not.  So I decided to give The Last Duel a shot.  I made a mistake.  The movie looks good - the digitally rendered, still under construction Notre Dame excepted - but the dialogue and acting suck.  What accent is Adam Driver using, when he uses one, and why doesn't he stick with it?  It's so bad I ended up turning it off after about twenty minutes.

[Karl Henning]

The Living Daylights (1987) w/ Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-Davies and others; upgraded from BD > 4K UHD Amazon streamer - over the decades I've seen all of the Bond films and this has always been my favorite - enjoy Dalton's character, the multi-layered story, the good but laid-back specials, and in particular Maryam d'Abo - she is just adorable to me in her role and a cellist (appropriate for this forum) - Dave

Strongly agreed, Dave! I saw it in a movie house in Old Town Alexandria, and I remember being electrified by Dalton's fresh read on the character. Also: Nothing to declare — just a cello!

[VonStupp]

The Fisher King (1991)
Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams
Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer

There is no mistaking Terry Gilliam's crazy visual style, but I also think this might be his magnum opus.

The modern holy grail quest is interesting to me, and Gilliam is always one to infuse fantasy with reality quite effectively.

VS

[Karl Henning]

The Fisher King (1991)
Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams
Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer

There is no mistaking Terry Gilliam's crazy visual style, but I also think this might be his magnum opus.

The modern holy grail quest is interesting to me, and Gilliam is always one to infuse fantasy with reality quite effectively.

VS

I love this unreservedly! I also like New York in June ....

[SonicMan46]

 


Who knew that Ridley Scott directed an epic set in 14th Century France, supposedly based on a true story, starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Ben Affleck?  I did not.  So I decided to give The Last Duel a shot.  I made a mistake.  The movie looks good - the digitally rendered, still under construction Notre Dame excepted - but the dialogue and acting suck.  What accent is Adam Driver using, when he uses one, and why doesn't he stick with it?  It's so bad I ended up turning it off after about twenty minutes.

The 'bearded' Matt Damon -    Thanks Todd - I would have been enticed by the cast and the topic; assume the '100 Years War'?  But, will not add to my 'to watch' list.  Dave

[VonStupp]

I love this unreservedly! I also like New York in June ....

It is easy to understand why. This is a beautifully made and acted project, with no little amount of heart.

VS

[ritter]

Monica Vitti in memoriam: Michelangelo Antonioni's Red Desert (1964), the director's  first film in colour, and his penultimate collaboration with Vitti —they'd work together for the last time in 1980 in Il Mistero di Oberwald, based on Cocteau and not very well received at the time, despite its pioneering use of video techniques.



Hat tip to André.

[Madiel]

Who knew that Ridley Scott directed an epic set in 14th Century France, supposedly based on a true story, starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Ben Affleck?  I did not.  So I decided to give The Last Duel a shot.  I made a mistake.  The movie looks good - the digitally rendered, still under construction Notre Dame excepted - but the dialogue and acting suck.  What accent is Adam Driver using, when he uses one, and why doesn't he stick with it?  It's so bad I ended up turning it off after about twenty minutes.

Knew about it. The reviews were generally not glowing.

[VonStupp]

Dead Again (1991)
Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi
Andy Garcia, Robin Williams, Wayne Knight

A metaphysical whodunit that juxtaposes a murder mystery from 1948 with the story of an amnesiac from 1988.

I had no expectations here, but ended up enjoying myself nonetheless. Kenneth Branagh directs (with nods to Hitchcock).

VS

[Wanderer]

The 'bearded' Matt Damon -    Thanks Todd - I would have been enticed by the cast and the topic; assume the '100 Years War'?  But, will not add to my 'to watch' list.  Dave

I'd say give it a chance. I thought it was very well put together and enjoyed the performances.

[MN Dave]

Nightmare Alley remake. Not perfect but we had a good time.

[SonicMan46]

I'd say give it a chance. I thought it was very well put together and enjoyed the performances.

Thanks Tasos for the comments - I'm a big medieval ages buff - over the years many books and video courses; in fact, about to finish the video lecture series below w/ Dorsey Armstrong from the Great Courses, so the same century (she concentrates on 1346-1353) - Dave

[Karl Henning]

Dead Again (1991)
Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi
Andy Garcia, Robin Williams, Wayne Knight

A metaphysical whodunit that juxtaposes a murder mystery from 1948 with the story of an amnesiac from 1988.

I had no expectations here, but ended up enjoying myself nonetheless. Kenneth Branagh directs (with nods to Hitchcock).

VS

I like it!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Monica Vitti in memoriam: Michelangelo Antonioni's Red Desert (1964), the director's  first film in colour, and his penultimate collaboration with Vitti —they'd work together for the last time in 1980 in Il Mistero di Oberwald, based on Cocteau and not very well received at the time, despite its pioneering use of video techniques.



Hat tip to André.

Nice!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Fabulous Baker Boys.

[Madiel]

Fabulous Baker Boys.

At this point I would grab the DVD and just watch that piano scene, but I moved the DVD to the new house less than 2 hours ago.

[71 dB]

Movies I have watched recently on Blu-ray:

Session 9 (Brad Anderson, 2001)
The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971)
French Connection II (John Frankenheimer, 1975)
Gold (Peter Hunt, 1974)
37°2 Le Matin (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1986)

Session 9 is a low budget cult movie that stays in your head forever for it's creepy atmosphere. The French Connection movies weren't to my liking as much as I hoped for (watching frustrated policemen hunt down drug smugglers isn't that entertaining as of itself). Gold is a decent Roger Moore movie Roger Moore doing what he always does.  The movie was sold as a Hollywood "classic", but I have never heard it before. 37°2 Le Matin aka Betty Blue is a great French movie, but the ending was too macabre and dark to my liking. 

[aligreto]

45 Years:





The husband of an ageing couple receives a letter notifying him of the discovery of the body of a woman who featured in his early life. She died in a fall while they were both on a mountain holiday. He discusses the situation with his wife but these conversations raise many issues for her regarding their 45 years of married life. This was a second viewing for me and I found it, once again, to make for very engaging viewing.