Last Movie You Watched

[drogulus]

    I watched Civil War. As you might have guessed, the Jesse Plemons character goes full Todd and then some.

    The Dao of Todd

   

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Not for me. Quit in half an hour.

Forgot to say that Margaret Mitchell's original novel was rejected by thirty-eight publishers before becoming one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century. (Also, Robert Pirsig's best-selling Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was rejected by 121 publishers before seeing the light of day.)

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

For some reason, I prefer this sequel to The Silence of the Lambs.

[Cato]

It's certainly "of its era." I like it very well, but not everyone will.

It was re-released to theaters in the 1960's, so I saw it on the BIG screen and thought that Clark Gable's performance was so natural, i.e. he seemed not to be acting, that everyone else suffered in comparison.

My opinion has not changed.

We have it on Blu-Ray and enjoy watching it every so often.

[relm1]

Yesterday, I quite enjoyed watching Apocalypto (2006).  It's a very good and entertaining film featuring some effective sequences.  Though the entire film is primitive and in Mayan, it has subtitles, and the characters are immediately engaging.  I thought the Mayan city sequence was quite terrifying as you can imagine how foreign this would be to the simple forest people.  The film is not historically accurate so should be taken in as entertainment only and I thought it was quite effective at world and culture building, compelling characters who are primitive and I would imagine hard to connect with, very interesting visuals and an overall effective and emotional ride.  The ending is quite startling as the Mayan's see their first Europeans ever which we know would sadly introduce smallpox to their unexposed region and imperial ambitions. 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Blue Jasmine. Some time has elapsed since I first watched this 'un, and I didn't remember how sombre the main plot is. Great writing and a fine cast. Alec Baldwin's character is one hell of a heel.

I have the disc here but haven't watched it. Will watch it soon. Same for Interiors.

Watching Woody Allen's Anything Else, for only the second time.

I don't have it. Is it good?

[Karl Henning]

I have the disc here but haven't watched it. Will watch it soon. Same for Interiors.



I don't have it. Is it good?

Yes, good but not great (Anything Else). Even when he's riffing, Woody Allen does engaging work and it's well made.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Yes, good but not great (Anything Else). Even when he's riffing, Woody Allen does engaging work and it's well made.

For that time period, I like Celebrity and Whatever Works.

[Karl Henning]

For that time period, I like Celebrity and Whatever Works.

I should re-watch Celebrity. Whatever Works is great!

[Karl Henning]

I should re-watch Celebrity.

I remember liking it the first time. I'd forgotten that it's b/w. As with Blue Jasmine,  it's a pleasure to rediscover afresh. 

[Karl Henning]

For that time period, I like Celebrity and Whatever Works.

One fun thing these two have in common is that while the director is not part of the cast, his character is, played by Ken Branagh in Celebrity and by Larry David in Whatever Works.

[ritter]

Watched Alice Rohrwacher's La Chimera in the cinema the other evening.



This came highly recommended to me, and the critics praised it through the roof ("one of the best films of 2023", "one of the best Italian films ever", that kind of stuff).

Well, it's OK, but it didn't live up to expectations, at least to mine. Beautifully shot, no doubt, and very well acted —by Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Isabella Rossellini  et al.—, but too artsy, a bit pretentious to be truly great IMHO (it's as if it were trying too hard to be a cinematic masterpiece). But worthwhile.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Revisited Celebrity. Wonderful movie. Slightly hinting Fellini's La Dolce Vita. Beethoven 5th, Billie Holiday, et al. are effectively utilized in the movie.

[Karl Henning]

Revisited Celebrity. Wonderful movie. Slightly hinting Fellini's La Dolce Vita.

Yes, I didn't make that connection on my own. Branagh is so hapless, hitting on woman after woman. Love it when he tries to run out and reclaim his MS. Robin's struggles are so affecting.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

One fun thing these two have in common is that while the director is not part of the cast, his character is, played by Ken Branagh in Celebrity and by Larry David in Whatever Works.

Protagonists in some of his movies remind me of Allen. In a few movies, however, protagonists are totally different from him. Ie., a protagonist in his "Sweet and Lowdown' is a jazz guitar player. I wonder what motivated Woody to make the movie.

[Cato]

Recently I was thinking of a two-part movie, one of the best stories ever made, on the level of Greek tragedy:






They are the two parts of the book by Marcel Pagnol called The Water of the Hills.

[ritter]

Recently I was thinking of a two-part movie, one of the best stories ever made, on the level of Greek tragedy:






They are the two parts of the book by Marcel Pagnol called The Water of the Hills.

I rewatched both films a couple of years ago, after having seen them in the cinema when they were first released. Thoroughly enjoyed them!

[Cato]

Protagonists in some of his movies remind me of Allen. In a few movies, however, protagonists are totally different from him. Ie., a protagonist in his "Sweet and Lowdown' is a jazz guitar player. I wonder what motivated Woody to make the movie.

One of the greatest Woody Allen movies - starring but not made by Woody Allen - is:

[Cato]

One of the best movies in our collection:


The Spitfire Grill

A young woman hit by tragedies throughout her childhood and into early adulthood tries to find a new life in a small town in Maine.

It has one of the finest speeches you will hear in any movie: delivered by Will Patton toward the end.


Music by James Horner, with help from Gustav Mahler's Second and Third Symphonies!





Highly recommended!

[Cato]

One of the best movies in our collection:


The Spitfire Grill

A young woman hit by tragedies throughout her childhood and into early adulthood tries to find a new life in a small town in Maine.

It has one of the finest speeches you will hear in any movie: delivered by Will Patton toward the end.


Music by James Horner, with help from Gustav Mahler's Second and Third Symphonies!





Highly recommended!

The actress at the center of the movie is Alison Elliott, who should have gotten a Best Actress award and become better known, but...