Last Movie You Watched

[Ken B]

I don't see why people should be defensive about critiquing any film. And I don't think you have to be a feminist to see how the "male gaze" exists. There's a joke in Animal Crackers about "darkies." Is it politically correct to find it offensive? No way. I love the Marx Brothers but I cringe when I hear the joke.

People aren't upset that you are "critiquing" a film. I think the objection is to your absurd accusations against people based on nothing. I for instance noted simply that people's memory varies and you went off on an accusatory rant. Others seem upset at your accusations that they must be moral failures because their impression of the movie differs from yours.

[lisa needs braces]

Strangers On a Train



It's been almost 15 years since I've first seen this, and I liked it better the second time around. It was more lighthearted than I remembered.  For its duration I was confusing the actor who played the villain with Robert Mitchum, but it was actually a guy named Robert Walker who died the same year the film was released at age 32.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walker_(actor,_born_1918)

[Abuelo Igor]

I say do, but don't assume that the Bee Gees soundtrack is an indication of a light and happy film. It's not really a film about fun disco dancing and people tend to THINK it is because they had fun dancing to the disco music.

I think the reference has to do with a certain scene that takes place in the back seat of a car and that would be quite controversial today (does anybody outside Spain know what "La Manada" is?)

[Madiel]

I think the reference has to do with a certain scene that takes place in the back seat of a car and that would be quite controversial today (does anybody outside Spain know what "La Manada" is?)

Yes, I know what is being referenced. As I said, it's not a light and happy film. You're not supposed to watch it thinking that everything that happens in it is wonderful and good. The whole point is that the music is an escape.

[NikF]

I think the reference has to do with a certain scene that takes place in the back seat of a car and that would be quite controversial today (does anybody outside Spain know what "La Manada" is?)

It was a gang rape. And unless I'm mistaking it for another case, I think it was filmed and then disseminated via social media. That's all I know.

[NikF]

Yes, I know what is being referenced. As I said, it's not a light and happy film. You're not supposed to watch it thinking that everything that happens in it is wonderful and good. The whole point is that the music is an escape.

Indeed. Remove the music and dance, then replace it with alcohol or drugs or arranging to meet a gang from another neighbourhood (even taking an unannounced and intentionally provocative, antagonistic tour through theirs) and it'll still work.

[SonicMan46]

Strangers On a Train



It's been almost 15 years since I've first seen this, and I liked it better the second time around. It was more lighthearted than I remembered.  For its duration I was confusing the actor who played the villain with Robert Mitchum, but it was actually a guy named Robert Walker who died the same year the film was released at age 32.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Walker_(actor,_born_1918)

Enjoy that film and own the BD below; Robert Walker was married to Jennifer Jones - their son, Robert Walker, Jr. became a film and TV star and was active in the 60s, 70s and into the early 80s - their resemblance is amazing - below in the middle, Robert Walker; far right, his son.  Dave

   

[Karl Henning]

Strangers on a Train is magnificent.

[Ken B]

Strangers on a Train is magnificent.

Based on a book by the wonderful writer Patricia Highsmith.

[LKB]

...their son, Robert Walker, Jr. became a film and TV star and was active in the 60s, 70s and into the early 80s..

   

" Charlie X ", for fans of the original Star Trek . Also featured in Ensign Pulver with Walter Matthau and, if memory serves, E.G. Marshall.*

Moving,

LKB

* My bad,  the captain was actually played by Burl Ives.

[NikF]

" Charlie X ", for fans of the original Star Trek . Also featured in Ensign Pulver with Walter Matthau and, if memory serves, E.G. Marshall.

Moving,

LKB

Now that had been bugging me since the post was made, because I couldn't remember the specific role or even show. 

[SonicMan46]

" Charlie X ", for fans of the original Star Trek . Also featured in Ensign Pulver with Walter Matthau and, if memory serves, E.G. Marshall.

Last year or so, I was watching some of those old Star Trek episodes, including Charlie X w/ Walker, Jr., where yeoman Janice Rand is featured - played by Grace Lee Whitney (pic below featuring some of her attributes); she passed in 2015 (85 y/o) - also below a You Tube tribute to her using scenes from that ST episode - enjoy!  Dave

  https://youtu.be/ySzeLNb2WUQ

[lisa needs braces]

Very interesting SonicMan46.

Based on a book by the wonderful writer Patricia Highsmith.

Speaking of whom, just a few days ago I saw The Talented Mr. Ripley again, also based on a book of hers, a movie which went over my head at the time of release (1999) when it was simply too mature for my sensibilities. Now I appreciated everything about it.

A modern classic...

[Madiel]

Very interesting SonicMan46.

Speaking of whom, just a few days ago I saw The Talented Mr. Ripley again, also based on a book of hers, a movie which went over my head at the time of release (1999) when it was simply too mature for my sensibilities. Now I appreciated everything about it.

A modern classic...

Absolutely adore that film. Possibly the best thing of all about it is the way that Cate Blanchett brings doom and disaster without having any idea that is the effect she has.

[Karl Henning]

Watched To Kill a Mockingbird for the n^th time last night, with friends.  Beautiful (the story, the score, and the camera work), touching.

[LKB]

Watched To Kill a Mockingbird for the n^th time last night, with friends.  Beautiful (the story, the score, and the camera work), touching.

The first " adult " film l ever saw,  in the company of my parents. I was too young for many of its strengths to register, but it was still a magical and memorable experience.

Boo,

LKB

[drogulus]

Based on a book by the wonderful writer Patricia Highsmith.

     She wrote Ripley's Game, which has been successfully filmed twice.

     

     

     

[Ken B]

     She wrote Ripley's Game, which has been successfully filmed twice.

     

     

   

I especially liked TAF. The other less.

Very interesting SonicMan46.

Speaking of whom, just a few days ago I saw The Talented Mr. Ripley again, also based on a book of hers, a movie which went over my head at the time of release (1999) when it was simply too mature for my sensibilities. Now I appreciated everything about it.

A modern classic...

HIP purists would object. In the books Tom plays a harpsichord.

I thoroughly recommend Highsmith. Favorites are The Tremor of Forgery,  The Two Faces Of January.

Must read some more soon ...

[drogulus]

I especially liked TAF. The other less.

     I'd take Malkovich over Hopper and Bruno Ganz over Dougray Scott, if it came to that, which it didn't.

[Draško]

It's beautifully and elegantly shot film. Amy Adams is fantastic, as Amy Adams is. But the subject matter has been completely ruined for me since Stanislaw Lem's His Masters Voice, my favorite sf novel of all time, since then any first contact narrative strikes me as meh in comparison.