Last Movie You Watched

[Ken B]

And the heart of the story is, the progress of degeneration.

Culminating in a man killing his brother because family.

TD
Godfather Part III

On its own terms, moderately bad. As a follow up to the earlier two, a shithole.

[Karl Henning]

Culminating in a man killing his brother because family.

But not while mum's alive, don't want her losing another son!

[Karl Henning]

Only paranthetical to the topic . . . no, I didn't read the "article," as the headline was one of a posy of clickbait

[bwv 1080]

Only paranthetical to the topic . . . no, I didn't read the "article," as the headline was one of a posy of clickbait

Budget   $150–185 million[6][7][8][9]
Box office   $259 million[6]

according to Wikipedia

I quite liked the movie, other than the fact at the late showing I attended in midtown Manhattan a guy in the back row was snoring loudly.

[Karl Henning]

Budget   $150–185 million[6][7][8][9]
Box office   $259 million[6]

according to Wikipedia

I quite liked the movie, other than the fact at the late showing I attended in midtown Manhattan a guy in the back row was snoring loudly.

The assertion that it "totally flopped" did not sort at all with much of the reaction I've seen here.  So I had my salt at the ready.

[LKB]

...
TD
Godfather Part III

On its own terms, moderately bad. As a follow up to the earlier two, a shithole.

While l might not be willing to blast Part III quite so much, I'd agree that FFC should have quit while he was way ahead.

The final scene of Part II is possessed of an emotional complexity which ranks with ( imho ) any scene in any other film ever made...

Michael sits alone, reminiscing. The Christmas-eve dinner scene fades in, and runs its course. At the end, with the camera slowly pushing in on Al Pacino, we know we're looking at a man who has become morally empty.

Trying to follow that, trying to recapture the lightning in a bottle years later... It was a mistake, and I've always suspected that Coppola knew it on some level.

So l watch parts I & II. There is more than enough beautiful acting, humor, story and filmic beauty to go around.

Part III... well, if it's on and l happen to lstumble across it, l can watch a few minutes of it. Beyond that l become painfully aware of what's missing.

Regards,

LKB

[milk]

An enjoyable interpretation of the novel. Knightley is charming; Donald Sutherland and Judi Dench add a necessary dash of seasoning to the affair. This satisfies my intermittent need to consume a period drama and check in with the contemporary A-listers.

[aligreto]

World's Greatest Dad....

[Karl Henning]

Again, last night: Seven Psychopaths. (And Donnie makes eight!)

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Thanks.

I never saw Good Fellas for the same reason. I assumed they were movies for a certain kind of man. And that I was/am a different kind of man.

Joe Pesci does amazing job in Goodfellas. He even improvised during my favorite scene of the movie!

[George]

World's Greatest Dad....

Loved that!

Again, last night: Seven Psychopaths. (And Donnie makes eight!)

Loved that too!

[Ken B]

Again, last night: Seven Psychopaths. (And Donnie makes eight!)

Is that the Darmstadt documentary?

[Cato]

Is that the Darmstadt documentary?

Or Kürten 51515 

[SonicMan46]

   
An enjoyable interpretation of the novel. Knightley is charming; Donald Sutherland and Judi Dench add a necessary dash of seasoning to the affair. This satisfies my intermittent need to consume a period drama and check in with the contemporary A-listers.

Agree - enjoy the Knightley performance, especially for a standard movie length - own the 3 'versions' below, and like all although the TV miniseries w/ Ehle & Firth is my favorite when in the mood for an 'extended' story - for those interested, check HERE for a listing of 17 films, TV miniseries, and 'adaptations' (some far-fetched) of this Jane Austen classic.  Dave

1940 - Greer Garson & Laurence Olivier (film) - have as DVD-R
1995 - Jennifer Ehle & Colin Firth (TV Miniseries) - own on BD
2005 - Keira Knightley & Matthew Macfadyen (film) - own on BD

[milk]

Agree - enjoy the Knightley performance, especially for a standard movie length - own the 3 'versions' below, and like all although the TV miniseries w/ Ehle & Firth is my favorite when in the mood for an 'extended' story - for those interested, check HERE for a listing of 17 films, TV miniseries, and 'adaptations' (some far-fetched) of this Jane Austen classic.  Dave

I think I'm going to rewatch the BBC versions of Sense and Emma. I did see the miniseries of Pride but don't remember anymore for comparison. I really want to show my wife the last film version of Bronte's Jane Eyre. Now that I think was good stuff if I remember right.

[Alek Hidell]

I don't actually watch movies all that often, but lately I've been trying to play catch-up on some of those "all-time-greatest" films (especially foreign ones) as listed in the most recent BFI Sight & Sound poll (2012).

So, the most recent two I've seen:



Peter Lorre before he started making English-language movies. Very enjoyable, and for 1931 a surprisingly nuanced portrait of the mind of a serial killer and of criminal justice.



I knew a little about this one going in, including the ending, but this is really quite remarkable. Almost nothing "happens," and yet it's mesmerizing all the same because you keep waiting for some kind of payoff. A stunningly controlled and subtle performance by Delphine Seyrig.

[GioCar]

Out yesterday with wife and friends, to see



A very good film, recalling the Coen brothers' style.
The first half is outstanding, the second a bit less but anyway a very good film indeed.

[milk]

Good film. I don't know if much of it is true. But well done.

[aligreto]

Murder on the Cape....

[Karl Henning]

Good film. I don't know if much of it is true. But well done.

Great stuff!

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Last night, A Fish Called Wanda and The Conversation, both of them perfect movies  0:)