Last Movie You Watched

[SonicMan46]

Two favorite Deborah Kerr-Robert Mitchum films for me are Heaven Knows Mr. Allison and The Sundowners, both owned as mediocre DVD-Rs - last night bought the first one as an HD streamer from Amazon ($10); they have the other but only in SD format so will wait:

Heaven Knows Mr. Allison (1957) directed by John Huston; synopsis below - this was one of 6 'Best Actress' Oscar nominations for her (she won none).  As stated the film was made on Trinidad and Tobago when calypso music was a fad - Mitchum got 'hooked' and made a recording (last pic below) - I've listen to it several times on Spotify and was impressed - he even had the dialect down well - both recommended!     Dave

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison is a Color CinemaScope film that tells the story of two people stranded on a Japanese-occupied island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The film was adapted by John Huston and John Lee Mahin from the 1952 novel by Charles Shaw and was directed by Huston. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Deborah Kerr) and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. The movie was filmed on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. (Source)

   

[DavidW]

HBO is remaking Harry Potter?!

PD

Yup they just announced it.  I find that annoying and odd since the last movie came out only 12 years ago.  I've seen worse though.  The Spiderman reboot of the reboot followed fast on the heels of the first reboot.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Yup they just announced it.  I find that annoying and odd since the last movie came out only 12 years ago.  I've seen worse though.  The Spiderman reboot of the reboot followed fast on the heels of the first reboot.

Are they talking about redoing all of the books or are trying to expand on some of the topics/themes that maybe weren't' talked about so much in the movies?

PD

[Daverz]

Thanks to awards season, Everything Everywhere All at Once is back in the cinema locally and I took the chance to finally see it, on the big screen.



And I had a great time. [snip]

You do have to accept a bit of Douglas Adams/Terry Pratchett style absurdity, but better that than Nolan-style pomposity.

[DavidW]

Are they talking about redoing all of the books or are trying to expand on some of the topics/themes that maybe weren't' talked about so much in the movies?

PD

7 seasons, 1 per book. So yes both.

[Cato]

Mrs. Cato was astonished by the emotional impact of this movie: the story of anti-Nazi Catholic conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter, who is up for canonization now.





She was doubly astonished - after we had walked out of the theater in 2019 - that the director was Terrence Malick, whose movie The Tree of Life she had disliked.  (It is an acquired taste    ).

[Karl Henning]

Mrs. Cato was astonished by the emotional impact of this movie: the story of anti-Nazi Catholic conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter, who is up for canonization now.





She was doubly astonished - after we had walked out of the theater in 2019 - that the director was Terrence Malick, whose movie The Tree of Life she had disliked.  (It is an acquired taste    ).

A magnificent film. I tell everyone I meet about it!

[relm1]

You know a movie that should be remade?  Contact.  Bob Zemeckis' 1997 film is very mediocre and leaves out some of what makes the novel great. 

[Madiel]

You do have to accept a bit of Douglas Adams/Terry Pratchett style absurdity, but better that than Nolan-style pomposity.

Ahem. I rather like the Nolan films I've seen. Including Inception which is another movie that does a great job of being clear as it transitions between different levels of consciousness.

[Madiel]

Luca



Even when Pixar is doing a fairly slight and inconsequential movie, it's diverting enough.

[DavidW]

I watched The Graduate.  A great movie but it couldn't be made today given that he stalks the girl and the "no means yes" message.

[Todd]

The latest mediocrity from Adam Sandler.  It's even more formulaic than the last one or two of his movies I watched, and the CGI is layered on thick and heavy, but Sandler delivers some chuckles.  Mark Strong, too.  It was nice to see Mélanie Laurent for the first time since Inglourious Basterds.  She doesn't really do much, but she looks more beautiful now than she did in the Tarantino flick.  She's the French Sienna Miller.

[VonStupp]

Enchanted (2007)
DisEnchanted (2022)
Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden
Timothy Spall, Susan Sarandon, Idina Menzel

My wife really likes this one and wanted to show it to our girls. We will catch its recent sequel tonight, although I don't personally hold out too high hopes.
VS

[Karl Henning]

I watched The Graduate.  A great movie but it couldn't be made today given that he stalks the girl and the "no means yes" message.

Still haven't seen that 'un. Even though I've known forever that the Simon & Garfunkel song goes with it. Must reserve it at the library.

[Karl Henning]

A lovely annual ritual.

[DavidW]

Still haven't seen that 'un. Even though I've known forever that the Simon & Garfunkel song goes with it. Must reserve it at the library.

Funny enough that song only gets played once and The Sound of Silence is played several times.  Scarborough Fair also gets played.

[SimonNZ]

Funny enough that song only gets played once and The Sound of Silence is played several times.  Scarborough Fair also gets played.

Gets played twice in a row, without break. Which is very effective. I liked the use of "April Come She Will" for a montage sequence, also.

[Karl Henning]

Peyton Place. Very good, indeed. In some ways, it plays out as an all-white To Kill a Mockingbird.

[VonStupp]

I watched The Graduate.  A great movie but it couldn't be made today given that he stalks the girl and the "no means yes" message.

There is a lot to feel uncomfortable with in The Graduate (maybe I am now feeling the generation gap?). But, I think it might also be compounded by Mike Nichols' auteur camera angles and setups.
VS

[San Antone]

Recent movies:

Star Trek Nemesis



Dirty Harry - Magnum Force



Batman Begins



The Dark Knight



And today,