Last Movie You Watched

[Karl Henning]

First viewing of Fight Club.

I'll never get those 2 hours back.

Absolute pants.

 

FWIW, I've always had zero interest in this, so thanks for taking one for the team!

[Karl Henning]

Favorite sports films?

Hoosiers
Field of Dreams
Bang the Drum Slowly
Million Dollar Baby

Thanks for the reminder (Bang the Drum Slowly) I should watch it again. 

I now have an answer to the question: Requiem for a Heavyweight. Though it is arguably more simply a drama than a "sports story."

[San Antone]

Hey VS - wife and I are Woody fans and have seen most of his films - however, I own just the half dozen listed below - our favorites (i.e. those we've re-watched multiple times) are in BOLD - Dave

We're also fans, and last year I managed to buy DVDs of all of his films, and we watched them in order of release.  Great fun!

[Karl Henning]

No Way Out, with commentary: "Noir or not? Who knows? But a great picture." The second commentary to a Mankiewicz picture in which it's said that the famous opening Fox fanfare was atypically and deliberately omitted because the picture was considered noteworthy.

[Karl Henning]

The whole movie takes place in a grocery store so I wouldn't get too excited, unless it is the store that you go to!

If you ever watch it, try to watch the black and white version.  It was filmed that way and then the studios forced a colorization because they didn't think people would go to the theater to watch something in black and white.  It is supposed to have that old 50s horror feel.

The grocery store was certainly built as a set. Mr Drayton and the neighbor with whom relations are fraught live on a lake, which I guess passes for a lake Down East. 
Frank Darabont's intro to the b&w version is fun.

[Papy Oli]

Last night: First viewing of "In the Heat of the Night".

What a movie!

[SonicMan46]

Last night: First viewing of "In the Heat of the Night".

What a movie!
   

Hey Papy - a fav!    I've watched that film at least a dozen times over the decades - went from VHS > DVD > Criterion BD (inserted above) - and NOW see that a 4K has been released w/ 5*/5* AV ratings HERE; price a little steep on Amazon (and does not included a BD nor a digital copy) - I'll wait for another release and some Amazon credit -     Dave

[Karl Henning]

Last night: First viewing of "In the Heat of the Night".

What a movie!

Brilliant!

[Papy Oli]

I extracted to Excel all the Academy Awards best picture winners and nominees and after a tally, to my shame, I have only seen 95 of those 590-odd movies, with some serious gaps left to fill 

If "12 Angry Men" and "In the Heat of the Night" have shown me anything, I should really watch some of those classics I never took the time to, or only seen bits of.

[Cato]

Hey Papy - a fav!    I've watched that film at least a dozen times over the decades - went from VHS > DVD > Criterion BD (inserted above) - and NOW see that a 4K has been released w/ 5*/5* AV ratings HERE; price a little steep on Amazon (and does not included a BD nor a digital copy) - I'll wait for another release and some Amazon credit -     Dave

"I've got the motive which is money and the body which is DEAD!"

One of Rod Steiger's best roles, up there with Komarovsky in Doctor Zhivago.

As I recall, the screenplay was written by Stirling Silliphant, who was behind the classic road-trip drama series Route 66.

[George]

[SonicMan46]

I extracted to Excel all the Academy Awards best picture winners and nominees and after a tally, to my shame, I have only seen 95 of those 590-odd movies, with some serious gaps left to fill 

If "12 Angry Men" and "In the Heat of the Night" have shown me anything, I should really watch some of those classics I never took the time to, or only seen bits of.

Interesting - maybe you would consider exporting the spreadsheet to PDF and posting as an attachment (of course if space limits allow) - but I was curious about the Best Picture Winners that I've seen - there are numerous lists on IMDB including the winners from 1927 to 2022 HERE, a total of 96 movies - I've seen all but 3 (from the late 1920s and early '30s) and probably own half of them?  Dave

[Papy Oli]

Interesting - maybe you would consider exporting the spreadsheet to PDF and posting as an attachment (of course if space limits allow) - but I was curious about the Best Picture Winners that I've seen - there are numerous lists on IMDB including the winners from 1927 to 2022 HERE, a total of 96 movies - I've seen all but 3 (from the late 1920s and early '30s) and probably own half of them?  Dave

Hi Dave,

The full list with the nominees is too large to upload, here is the list with only the Best Pictures winners filtered. In green the ones I have seen.

I copied the full data to Excel from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture#See_also

[SonicMan46]

Hi Dave,

The full list with the nominees is too large to upload, here is the list with only the Best Pictures winners filtered. In green the ones I have seen.

I copied the full data to Excel from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture#See_also

Thanks Papy for the attachment and link - already checked the Best Picture list and saw 93 of 96 films (from 1927-2022) - perused your link of 'winners & nominees' and have seen nearly 500 of those movies!  Not sure how many I own either as physical media and/or streamers, but that database numbers about 800.  Dave

[ritter]

Cannot find a better place to mention this, so here goes: actor Helmut Berger died today in Salzburg aged 78. He may have been one of the best looking men of his time, he appeared in some outstanding films (mainly directed by his mentor and lover Luchino Visconti), but boy was he a lousy actor (IMHO, of course). R.I.P.

Here he is with the beautiful Silvana Mangano in Visconti's Gruppo di famiglia in un interno ("Conversation  Piece").

[classicalgeek]

Watched with my younger son last weekend - more of the Marvel Cinematic Universe:



Always entertaining!

[relm1]

Watched with my younger son last weekend - more of the Marvel Cinematic Universe:



Always entertaining!

Overall, very good and engaging pulp entertainment.  Shockingly good expansive story telling in how each film contributes to the next with a satisfying culmination and gravitas.  One could argue that these are the American equivalent of the national epic. 

[Karl Henning]

In his post about the soundtrack music, @Cato reminded me that I've wanted to watch the film, so: On Dangerous Ground.

[Karl Henning]

In his post about the soundtrack music, @Cato reminded me that I've wanted to watch the film, so: On Dangerous Ground.

Herrmann certainly ratcheted up the drama of the chase scene. Ida Lupino playing a blind woman, represented musically by the viola d'amour [sic] whose performer receives a credit. And, at the last, a tale of redemption.

Now, at last, MTT Keeping Score with Le sacre.

[Karl Henning]

Herrmann certainly ratcheted up the drama of the chase scene. Ida Lupino playing a blind woman, represented musically by the viola d'amour [sic] whose performer receives a credit. And, at the last, a tale of redemption.

Now, at last, MTT Keeping Score with Le sacre.

I had every reason to expect this to be good. No good excuse for having waited so long.