Last Movie You Watched

[Karl Henning]

It's this one:

Watching this now.

[DavidW]

Watching this now.

You've squashed my pea!

[Karl Henning]

You've squashed my pea!

Hah! Having a medium as a plot element is intriguing. 

[Cato]

Hah! Having a medium as a plot element is intriguing.

I would say, having a medium as a plot element is TIGHT! 

[DavidW]

I would say, having a medium as a plot element is TIGHT! 

Ha!  I got the reference!



I've been known to sneak that "super easy..." line into my lectures when a student asks just the right question...

[DavidW]

The Royal Hotel.  An uncomfortable movie based upon a real story.  Two foreigners ran out of money, needed work, ended up as bartenders in a seedy town in the Australian outback surrounded by misogynists. They are sexually harrassed, stalked, assaulted until they reach a breaking point.  This is not a thriller (despite Hulu saying that), it is a drama played realistically.  But as a slow burn, I found it compelling.  Obviously not for everyone. 

[Karl Henning]

I would say, having a medium as a plot element is TIGHT! 

Tight as owls!

[Karl Henning]

You've squashed my pea!

And, since finding Jack the Ripper was out of the q. I wondered just how the case would ultimately be solved. Highly satisfactory. James Mason was an enjoyable and credible Watson; clearly, he was not going to play the borderline bumbler like Nigel Bruce.

[Cato]

Ha!  I got the reference!



I've been known to sneak that "super easy..." line into my lectures when a student asks just the right question...

My wife bought me a T-Shirt with "Super Easy...Barely an Inconvenience!"

I wear it while mowing the grass on our half-acre lot! 

Ryan George's satires on illogical and generally bad movies are TIGHT!


Recently, a classic: of interest is that co-star Ben Johnson did all of his own riding and stunts, and comes across as one of those actors who seems natural, i.e. he is not acting a part!

[T. D.]

Slightly off-topic, but an Ennio Morricone documentary that looks very promising is showing (fairly) nearby next week and I'm considering going. Has anyone seen it?

Trailer at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3031654/
Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_(film)

[Karl Henning]

Slightly off-topic, but an Ennio Morricone documentary that looks very promising is showing (fairly) nearby next week and I'm considering going. Has anyone seen it?

Trailer at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3031654/
Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_(film)

Most interesting. First I've learnt of it!

[Cato]

Two funny satires on American kulcher, in particular Disney mania and Hollywood, but all kinds of things are mocked, gently and brutally!





The sequel introduces Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas), who steals the movie:

[Karl Henning]

It's this one:

Mildly tickled that the opera poster readsDonnizetti (sic)

[Cato]

Mildly tickled that the opera poster reads Donnizetti (sic)

Well, it beats Donnie Zetti, the Pizza King of Sheboygan!  😇

[DavidW]

I watched the Road House remake.  Good action movie?  Yes.  Remake as good as the original?  Eh, kind of doesn't have the charm.  I still liked it, and also I'm not a super fan of the original, I saw it once many years ago.

[SonicMan46]

Moby Dick (1956) w/ Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart et al; directed by John Huston, co-writer of the screen play w/ Ray Bradbury (more below) - just purchased in HD on Amazon - film in color and 1.66 aspect ratio (looked great on my HDTV). Specials good for the '50s (lot of detail in the link) - controversial choice of Peck as Ahab, again plenty of discussion in the Wiki article - take a look if interested.  I enjoyed after not seeing the film in decades.  Dave

Moby Dick is a 1956 American color adventure film directed and produced by John Huston, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ray Bradbury. A film adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick, the film stars Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart and Leo Genn and follows the exploits of Captain Ahab in pursuing and killing a gigantic sperm whale with whom he has a personal vendetta. The music score was written by Philip Sainton. (Source)

[Karl Henning]

Moby Dick (1956) w/ Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart et al; directed by John Huston, co-writer of the screen play w/ Ray Bradbury (more below) - just purchased in HD on Amazon - film in color and 1.66 aspect ratio (looked great on my HDTV). Specials good for the '50s (lot of detail in the link) - controversial choice of Peck as Ahab, again plenty of discussion in the Wiki article - take a look if interested.  I enjoyed after not seeing the film in decades.  Dave

Superb!

[JBS]

Moby Dick (1956) w/ Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart et al; directed by John Huston, co-writer of the screen play w/ Ray Bradbury (more below) - just purchased in HD on Amazon - film in color and 1.66 aspect ratio (looked great on my HDTV). Specials good for the '50s (lot of detail in the link) - controversial choice of Peck as Ahab, again plenty of discussion in the Wiki article - take a look if interested.  I enjoyed after not seeing the film in decades.  Dave

Amusingly confusingly, while the score was composed by Philip Sainton, one of the smaller roles in the film was played by an Anglo-Australian actor named Philip Stainton.

[Irons]

The Zone of Interest.

A film I watched nearly a week ago and I can't stop thinking about it. Profound and shattering. The horror of Auschwitz is laid bare although the camera at no time enters the building (in background of picture below). I would not recommend it as entertainment but very glad I did as a life-changing watch and no film has done that, ever.

[LKB]

Moby Dick (1956) w/ Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart et al; directed by John Huston, co-writer of the screen play w/ Ray Bradbury (more below) - just purchased in HD on Amazon - film in color and 1.66 aspect ratio (looked great on my HDTV). Specials good for the '50s (lot of detail in the link) - controversial choice of Peck as Ahab, again plenty of discussion in the Wiki article - take a look if interested.  I enjoyed after not seeing the film in decades.  Dave

Ray Bradbury wrote a fictionalized account of his experiences with John Huston and the film, called Green Shadows, White Whale. I've read it, and can recommend it to interested parties.