Last Movie You Watched

[Todd]

Rogue One.  Lots of explosions and laser beams and spaceships and stuff about the Force.  The moderately crafty timeline melds perfectly with the first movie.  There are character-like entities that the actors get to play, and words strung together that approximate dialogue, but really, it's all about the 'splosions.  Of particular interest is the pretty well done digital resurrection of Grand Moff Tarkin and a young Princess Leia.  And Darth Vader gets a very Schwarzeneggerian one-liner, and he gets to kick some ass.  A nice enough throwaway blockbuster.

[aligreto]

Forced to endure Barry....





....drivel about drivel.

[Karl Henning]

There are character-like entities that the actors get to play

(* chortle *)

[NikF]

Last night....

I've seen that a couple of times. And I remember one viewing of it in the cinema and watching a scene where Beart sits down in front of a computer. It had an old CRT monitor and if it had been any bigger I'd have *guessed that they'd stuck a gridded parabolic reflector or something inside the case, because her face was lit so beautifully - breathtaking on the big screen.


* not really. Here I have exaggerated for effect. 

[Karl Henning]

Last night I watched The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) again, keeping my eyes open for Morticia Addams (Carolyn Jones):

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Mostly I found this one dull, though it was cool to see Tarkin and Vader and some lines were good. Vader's one-liner was one of them. The droid K2-whatever his name is, was an odd one. One moment I found him absolutely insufferable, the other moment he was hilarious.

[Karl Henning]

Hi Karl - agree!  I have the BD shown and rated below from HERE - Dave

Cheers, Dave!

[aligreto]

I've seen that a couple of times. And I remember one viewing of it in the cinema and watching a scene where Beart sits down in front of a computer. It had an old CRT monitor and if it had been any bigger I'd have *guessed that they'd stuck a gridded parabolic reflector or something inside the case, because her face was lit so beautifully - breathtaking on the big screen.


* not really. Here I have exaggerated for effect. 

I will accept your hyperbolic exaggeration   
I have a big enough TV but unfortunately I have not seen this on a cinematic screen.

[Karl Henning]

If Deckard ages . . . does that mean he was not actually a replicant?

[Todd]

If Deckard ages . . . does that mean he was not actually a replicant?

That, or he was next-gen, with aging tissues, like Arnie in Terminator: Genisys, widely regarded as the greatest of the Terminator series. 

[James]

Short Cuts
1993 ‧ Drama film/Comedy-drama ‧ 3h 10m

The work of two great American artists merges in Short Cuts, a kaleidoscopic adaptation of the stories of renowned author Raymond Carver by maverick director Robert Altman. Epic in scale yet meticulously observed, the film interweaves the stories of twenty-two characters as they struggle to find solace and meaning in contemporary Los Angeles. The extraordinary ensemble cast includes Tim Robbins, Julianne Moore, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Lemmon, and Jennifer Jason Leigh—all giving fearless performances in what is one of Altman's most compassionate creations.

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[Karl Henning]

That, or he was next-gen, with aging tissues, like Arnie in Terminator: Genisys, widely regarded as the greatest of the Terminator series. 

I had no idea!  I'm missing out, I guess.

[Mister Sharpe]

Renoir's Lower Depths, stagey but well worth seeing for the performances.  Gabin charms comme toujours. 

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[Karl Henning]

Woody Allen buffs:  A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy—yea or nay?

[Spineur]

Renoir's Lower Depths, stagey but well worth seeing for the performances.  Gabin charms comme toujours. 

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The moment when Louis Jouvet exits the casino having lost it all and lights up a cigarette should be shown in all actors school.
Renoir "les bas fonds" is much better than than the original novel of Maxim Gorki and infinitely better than Kurosawa remake.

[Spineur]

Michèle Morgan passed away

[Karl Henning]

Ebert seems quite dismissive of T3: Rise of the Appliances.  Do we care?

[Karl Henning]

No, I have not yet watched Lethal Weapon 3 or 4 . . . .

[Sergeant Rock]

Woody Allen buffs:  A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy—yea or nay?

Can't help you. That's one of Woody's I have little memory of. Maybe it made no impression?

Sarge

[SimonNZ]

Can't help you. That's one of Woody's I have little memory of. Maybe it made no impression?

My response, also. Seen it only once decades ago, and while I don't remember a negative reaction I clearly didn't feel the desire to revisit it before it slipped almost completely from my memory.