Last Movie You Watched

[aligreto]

The 95 Persuasion with Amanda Root is probably the best Austen adaptation I've seen. The 2007 with Sally Hawkins suffered in comparison,imo, especially with the odd choice of having the ending Ausren had discarded.

Thanks for the heads-ip that there's a new version.

Hopefully you will also like it.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Rodan.

[Karl Henning]

Ghost Story (1981) which has become something of a favorite, actually.

[SonicMan46]

The Tarnished Angels (1957) w/ the actors below - another Douglas Sirk (prime 50s soaps that I love! Written on the Wind, another w/ the same cast + Bacall); a DVD-R > BD upgrade; Rock also made other Sirk films w/ Jane Wyman (All That Heaven Allows & The Magnificent Obsession, all in my movie collection). Recommended for fans of the actors and the Douglas Sirk touch - 

Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) w/ synopsis below and cast, mainly Weissmuller & O'Sullivan - a 90 year old film! I've not seen these Johnny W. movies in decades so did a cheap HD purchase on Amazon - still a good action film despite its dated techniques and sexist/racist attitudes (e.g. blackface Caucasian dwarfs playing pigmies!) But the 21 y/o Maureen is alluring and her 'chemistry' w/ Weissmuller palpable - NOW, their 2nd film Tarzan and His Mate is better but not available for rental/purchase from Amazon at the moment.  Dave

Heroic World War I pilot Roger Shumann (Robert Stack) is all but forgotten by the 1930s, but flying is all he knows, so he takes work as an air show stuntman. Roger's job is demeaning, low-paying and dangerous. Perpetually frustrated, he takes his anger out on his gorgeous wife, LaVerne (Dorothy Malone). Journalist Burke Devlin (Rock Hudson) chances upon the once-great pilot at one of his shows and becomes fascinated by Roger's undying devotion to flight -- and by the alluring LaVerne. (Source)

Tarzan the Ape Man is a 1932 pre-Code American action adventure film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous jungle hero Tarzan and starring Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith and Maureen O'Sullivan. It was Weissmuller's first of 12 Tarzan films. O'Sullivan played Jane in six features between 1932 and 1942. The film is loosely based on Burroughs' 1912 novel Tarzan of the Apes. (Source)

   

[VonStupp]

The Aristocats (1970)
Eva Gabor, Scatman Crothers, Phil Harris

Ended up with six inches of snow, so the girls and I continue to move through classic Disney chronologically.

My US evangelist, fundamentalist lineage makes me cringe seeing Maurice Chevalier sing 'Thank Heaven for Little Girls', but he retains charm and sparkle in the title song of this 70's Disney animated film.

VS

[LKB]

Ghost Story (1981) which has become something of a favorite, actually.

I remember that one, vaguely... John Houseman with Fred Astaire and Melvin Douglas, sitting in a study in some old mansion, iirc. I don't remember the story, but it's probably been thirty years and l don't think l watched it more than once.

Glad you're enjoying it though. 

[JBS]

I remember that one, vaguely... John Houseman with Fred Astaire and Melvin Douglas, sitting in a study in some old mansion, iirc. I don't remember the story, but it's probably been thirty years and l don't think l watched it more than once.

Glad you're enjoying it though. 

I somehow remember the basic story (I checked Wikipedia to be certain) yet strangely have no memory of either reading the book or seeing the movie.

[Karl Henning]

I somehow remember the basic story (I checked Wikipedia to be certain) yet strangely have no memory of either reading the book or seeing the movie.

One comment in a featurette was, that it's more a shape-shifter than a ghost. Very stylishly done, and the final film of a number of Hollywood legends. As with Somewhere in Time, I also enjoy the period sequences. Curiously, perhaps, I'm content with the movie and have next to no interest in the Straub novel.

[LKB]

I somehow remember the basic story (I checked Wikipedia to be certain) yet strangely have no memory of either reading the book or seeing the movie.

Sound's like we combine to create precisely one normal movie experience... voila! 

[LKB]

One comment in a featurette was, that it's more a shape-shifter than a ghost. Very stylishly done, and the final film of a number of Hollywood legends. As with Somewhere in Time, I also enjoy the period sequences. Curiously, perhaps, I'm content with the movie and have next to no interest in the Straub novel.

Somewhere in Time is an under- appreciated gem, imho. I saw it in its theatrical release, and certain moments have stayed with me every since ( I've never seen despair conveyed more effectively than by Christopher Reeve at the end ).

John Barry's score is perfection, I've even written lyrics for the main theme to ( quietly ) sing while doing household chores...

[Wanderer]

Gervaise (René Clément, 1956) - based on Émile Zola's L'assommoir, music by Georges Auric.

[aligreto]

Hope Springs:





The wife sees the marriage of this middle aged couple as staid, even dead. She decides that they need counselling to reinvigorate the relationship. She books a series of sessions. The husband does not want to go but she issues an ultimatum of sorts so he eventually and reluctantly complies. The film is then based on and around the therapy sessions and the attempt to rebuild the relationship. The two main protagonists give very good performances.

[Karl Henning]

Somewhere in Time is an under- appreciated gem, imho. I saw it in its theatrical release

As did I, yes, I had neglected it for decades, and returned to it when, as a result of my Night Gallery immersion, I learnt that Jeannot Szwarc had directed it. Something else I learnt of, which eluded me back then, was author Richard Matheson's cameo.

[Madiel]

I'm currently going through Star Wars' Revenge of the Sith in bits and pieces.



Why? Because something got me curious about the television shows rather than the films, and I started with the initial animated show The Clone Wars, which it turns out leads very directly into the opening of the film. Then I'll carry on from there into the second iteration of The Clone Wars which was released subsequently (though is also set before the film).

So basically it's context for what I actually want to watch. The highlight thus far was the very opening, which makes more sense when you've just seen the animated TV show. You have some idea of who the hell General Grievous is.

I was prepared rewatch Revenge of the Sith because it's the film where Hayden Christensen is vaguely bearable. I mean, I don't much like him, but at least I don't want to slap him.

[VonStupp]

I'm currently going through Star Wars' Revenge of the Sith in bits and pieces.

So basically it's context for what I actually want to watch. The highlight thus far was the very opening, which makes more sense when you've just seen the animated TV show. You have some idea of who the hell General Grievous is.

I did feel General Grievous was thrown at us in that movie with no explanation, and that inexplicable cough.

I ended up watching much of that first Clone Wars series, including the 2008 animated film that bridges the gap too. It certainly provides some well-needed back story.

[VonStupp]

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Chris Evans, Haley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones
Hugo Weaving, Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones

My oldest has never watched any of the Marvel movies and asked to see a few. I complied...
VS

[brewski]

The Poseidon Adventure (1972, dir. Ronald Neame) - OMG, so bad, but pretty hilarious, too. I had forgotten about the Irwin Allen era of disaster films and their "special" effects.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-poseidon-adventure-1972



-Bruce

[Karl Henning]

The Poseidon Adventure (1972, dir. Ronald Neame) - OMG, so bad, but pretty hilarious, too. I had forgotten about the Irwin Allen era of disaster films and their "special" effects.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-poseidon-adventure-1972



-Bruce

Thanks for taking one for the team!

[LKB]

The Poseidon Adventure (1972, dir. Ronald Neame) - OMG, so bad, but pretty hilarious, too. I had forgotten about the Irwin Allen era of disaster films and their "special" effects.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-poseidon-adventure-1972



-Bruce

I can still remember the feature article in Life magazine, you'd have thought this film was the most spectacular thing since The Ten Commandments.

Naturally l saw it in the theater, the pull of the inverted-ballroom scene was irresistible. 

[VonStupp]

Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Sterling Holloway

Of the Disney animated feature films I have now watched, starting from 1937, I chuckled the most at this one.

Endearing and sweet with no particular protagonist, except the character's actions themselves, this is now a favorite of my girls too.

VS