Last Movie You Watched

[LKB]

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.

I saw the original on cable, decades ago. Tbh l remember very little, yet the film provided one of my frequently-used smart-ass replies.

Concerned friend/ family/ colleague:

" Are you OK? "

Me:

" Opinions vary... " 

[DavidW]

I saw the original on cable, decades ago. Tbh l remember very little, yet the film provided one of my frequently-used smart-ass replies.

Concerned friend/ family/ colleague:

" Are you OK? "

Me:

" Opinions vary... " 

There was a movie I watched two decades ago or more, forgot everything about it, but in conversation when someone offers up some absurd speculation on something I never can stop myself from saying "you just keep thinking Butch, that's what you're good at it..."

[Pohjolas Daughter]

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.

I remember hearing about that film and being intrigued by the way that the film was presented.  Did you see it in the theatre Irons or watch it online?

PD

[Ganondorf]

I saw Dune: Part two recently. What a massive improvement over the first one (which wasn't half bad either)! I have to especially highlight the amazing visual style the film has. Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha was a wonderfully creepy performance.

I still roll my eyes at those blind critics who considered Dune an uncritical example of White Saviour trope. I believe it is mentioned in Dune Messiah that Paul is, directly or indirectly, responsible for billions of deaths.

[DavidW]

I saw Dune: Part two recently. What a massive improvement over the first one (which wasn't half bad either)! I have to especially highlight the amazing visual style the film has. Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha was a wonderfully creepy performance.

I still roll my eyes at those blind critics who considered Dune an uncritical example of White Saviour trope. I believe it is mentioned in Dune Messiah that Paul is, directly or indirectly, responsible for billions of deaths.

Dune part 3 has been greenlit, we will see Dune Messiah on the big screen!  I like that the audience doesn't have to wait to see the deconstruction of our hero because the part 2 film made changes to show.  Frank Herbert was always critical of charismatic leaders and the horrors they can bring.

I had a friend that bought into that white savior narrative for Dune and I explained to him the full context of the trilogy and won him over and he never brought it up again.

[LKB]

There was a movie I watched two decades ago or more, forgot everything about it, but in conversation when someone offers up some absurd speculation on something I never can stop myself from saying "you just keep thinking Butch, that's what you're good at it..."

That's a recurring line from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, spoken by Robert Redford to Paul Newman. I think that film is from 1969, and it was either the first or second Western l ever had an appreciation for, before or after True Grit with John Wayne.

[SimonNZ]

Dune part 3 has been greenlit, we will see Dune Messiah on the big screen!  I like that the audience doesn't have to wait to see the deconstruction of our hero because the part 2 film made changes to show.  Frank Herbert was always critical of charismatic leaders and the horrors they can bring.

I had a friend that bought into that white savior narrative for Dune and I explained to him the full context of the trilogy and won him over and he never brought it up again.

Its been a long time since I read the books, but I feel like the film made the case much more explicitly that choosing to follow the religion and the messiah myth was choosing just another form of oppression. In my memory the first book was more subtle or more ambiguous about that.

In fact they may have oversold that in one scene which got a chuckle from the audience I was with for being a bit too close to Life Of Brian:

"I'm not the chosen one"
"And he shall say he is not the chosen one...It is the prophesy!"

[DavidW]

Its been a long time since I read the books, but I feel like the film made the case much more explicitly that choosing to follow the religion and the messiah myth was choosing just another form of oppression. In my memory the first book was more subtle or more ambiguous about that.

In fact they may have oversold that in one scene which got a chuckle from the audience I was with for being a bit too close to Life Of Brian:

"I'm not the chosen one"
"And he shall say he is not the chosen one...It is the prophesy!"

Yeah that was what I was getting at... that the movie made changes to show the theme from Dune Messiah early as it was not explicitly stated in the first book.  Which is also what caused many fans to be outraged when Dune Messiah was first published.

[SimonNZ]

And for once I thought Lea Seydoux was a good casting choice and did a good job.

[DavidW]

And for once I thought Lea Seydoux was a good casting choice and did a good job.

I liked her too in that role, thought I was the only one.

[Irons]

I remember hearing about that film and being intrigued by the way that the film was presented.  Did you see it in the theatre Irons or watch it online?

PD

I watched online, PD.

[SonicMan46]

Forbidden Planet (1956) - one of the greats from the '50s sci-fi era; cast below including the young and beautiful Anne Francis in fancy 'bathing suit' type outfits (her addition likely kept the dads in the audience interested -  ). Some 'firsts' below and much more at the link; purchased as a HD streamer - colors are gorgeous, widescreen, great detail, and eerie electronic music.  A MUST SEE if never viewed.  Dave

Forbidden Planet is a 1956 American science fiction film from MGM, directed by Fred M. Wilcox based on an original film story by Allen Adler and Irving Block. It stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Shot in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, it is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s. The characters and isolated setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest. The film pioneered several aspects of science fiction cinema. It was the first sci-fi film to depict humans traveling in a man-made faster-than-light starship, and also the first to be set entirely on a planet orbiting another star, far away from Earth and the Solar System. Robby the Robot is one of the first film robots that was more than just a mechanical "tin can" on legs; Robby displays a distinct personality and is an integral supporting character in the film. Outside science fiction, the film was groundbreaking as the first of any genre to use an entirely electronic musical score. (Source)

 

[relm1]

Forbidden Planet (1956) - one of the greats from the '50s sci-fi era; cast below including the young and beautiful Anne Francis in fancy 'bathing suit' type outfits (her addition likely kept the dads in the audience interested -  ). Some 'firsts' below and much more at the link; purchased as a HD streamer - colors are gorgeous, widescreen, great detail, and eerie electronic music.  A MUST SEE if never viewed.  Dave

 

Wow, she's a knockout.  That score is still so spooky!

[George]

Enjoyed an old favorite today.

"We're all just polishing brass on the Titanic."

[Cato]

Forbidden Planet (1956) - one of the greats from the '50s sci-fi era; cast below including the young and beautiful Anne Francis in fancy 'bathing suit' type outfits (her addition likely kept the dads in the audience interested -  ). Some 'firsts' below and much more at the link; purchased as a HD streamer - colors are gorgeous, widescreen, great detail, and eerie electronic music.  A MUST SEE if never viewed.  Dave

 

Forbidden Planet is an all-around fave! 


"Id! Id! Id! Id! Id!"   

[T. D.]

I liked this. Held my interest for over 2-1/2 hours. There are an awful lot of short talking head interviews, some of which are annoying or uninformative, and many of the subtitles (of Italian interviews) that run over B/W film clips are hard to read. But the overall package worked for me.

[Roasted Swan]

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

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The Sainton score is genuinely superb - check out the Marco Polo modern studio recording;



re-released on Naxos.  Ask Jeffrey if you don't believe me - he's a big fan!

[Cato]

The Sainton score is genuinely superb - check out the Marco Polo modern studio recording;



re-released on Naxos.  Ask Jeffrey if you don't believe me - he's a big fan!

I am also a big fan of the score and the movie!

The link seems to be written by a computer, and some of the "facts" are redundant.

https://facts.net/movie/46-facts-about-the-movie-moby-dick/

[Cato]

Last night we tried The Holdovers:



The plot is very similar to Scent of a Woman and to dozens of cookie-cutter scripts from the Hallmark Copy-Machine of Movie Mediocrity.

A student at a rich boarding-school in New England must spend Christmas Vacation at the school, and a curmudgeon ends up having assorted adventures with him, leading to a showdown with the school's administration and the student's parents.

Paul Giamatti plays the curmudgeon somewhat like Shrek, but that similarity may come from our visit to the Shrek movie last week!   

However, despite the plot's similarities to other movies, it was enjoyable enough with some witty dialogue and a few poignant twists.

[drogulus]

Paul Giamatti plays the curmudgeon somewhat like Shrek, but that similarity may come from our visit to the Shrek movie last week!   

     Giamatti says he attended such a school before going on to Yale, where his father was a professor.