Last Movie You Watched

[sound67]

Hands down, the dumbest film I've ever seen. Not the worst, obviously, it cost too much money for that. But the dumbest.

Cliches galore, gaudy fx, paper-mache characters, dialogue loaded with howlers, sub-comic book level plotting, non-performances - the quintessential American commercial movie - I can't believe so many normally talented people got involved in this crap.

Which brings me to someone so obviously devoid of talent it's a mystery people gave him so much money to play with - director Michael Bay, a talentless hack whose other credits (Transformers, The Island (2005), Bad Boys II (2003), Pearl Harbor (2001) & The Rock (1996)) never rise beyond the inert. Will he ever give us a break?

Thomas

[Haffner]

Alien vs. Predator - Okay, I was talked into this. This one starts off surprisingly well (with an unlikely but interesting tale of a pyramid 2,000 feet under the ice in Anarctica...this could have been a good movie in itself). But, once the creepy bug-lizard  and Dredhed-Gila-dudes n' dudettes start acting up, it's all downhill, but in a pleasing, light-hearted, just-don't-think about-it-too-much kinda way.



Jeepers Creepers 2-Uh, what is that thing?

Hostel II- Like the first, not exactly great. But definitely better, despite the overall despicability of the whole rotten thing.

[karlhenning]

Alien vs. Predator - Okay, I was talked into this. This one starts off surprisingly well (with an unlikely but interesting tale of a pyramid 2,000 feet under the ice in Anarctica...

Peculiarly, I saw just that much of it, channel-surfing last night.  It didn't hold onto me :-)

Just now: How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

More on this later.

[SonicMan46]

Well, I had a lot of 'fun cash' at Columbia House, so decided to order a bunch of 'box sets', including the Cecil B. DeMille 'epics' from the 1930s - really was mostly interested in obtaining Cleopatra & Union Pacific, but for the purchase price pretty much a draw; films include:

Sign of the Cross (1932) w/ Claudette Colbert & Fredric March (and a 'chubby' Charles Laughton as Nero) - the Coliseum scenes are quite remarkable for the times.
Four Frightened People (1934) w/ Colbert & Herbert Marshall - kind of silly survival adventure filmed in Hawaii; however, watching Claudette 'blossom' into an absolute beauty is worth the price of admission!
Cleopatra (1934) w/ Colbert again & Henry Wilcoxon (apparently a fav of DeMille) - I'm in love w/ Claudette in these early '30s 'pre-code' films - a completely differently woman from her later movies (which I also enjoy a lot).
The Crusades (1935) w/ Loretta Young (another young beauty!) & Henry Wilcoxon (again) - have not watched this one yet (and have never seen it) - not great reviews, but again DeMille was always into the spectacular, so should be enjoyable!
Union Pacific (1939) w/ Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, & Robert Preston - I've not seen this one in years, but look forward to watching it soon!

 

[Kullervo]

[sidoze]

Antonioni's final film -- a short, silent meditation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBBt6ukhs2s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_m3teFI-uQ&feature=related

[The Emperor]

No Country for old men - good one.

[Bogey]

Incredible film making IMO here Corey.  Would like to hear your thoughts.  The scene of Magda Goebbels murdering her children still makes me physically ill just thinking about it.

[orbital]

[George]

"How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains?"

[orbital]

"How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains?"

that movie is definitely in a class of its own.

[Kullervo]

Incredible film making IMO here Corey.  Would like to hear your thoughts.  The scene of Magda Goebbels murdering her children still makes me physically ill just thinking about it.

Agreed. This seems to me like one of those things that is almost beyond criticism, and the only thing you have to determine is whether or not they handled the subject responsibly, without forcing the viewer to a viewpoint. They let the events speak for themselves.

[George]

that movie is definitely in a class of its own.

God!!! Of course it is. Whaddya think!!! 

[orbital]

God!!! Of course it is. Whaddya think!!! 

You think anyone would want a kick to the face while I 'm wearing these bad boys? Forget about it! 

[George]

You think anyone would want a kick to the face while I 'm wearing these bad boys? Forget about it! 

[Solitary Wanderer]

I too, watched this recently and liked it very much. Gripping, harrowing and sobering stuff. Like Bill mentioned; the scene with the killing of the Goebbels children is especially difficult to watch.

[karlhenning]

Again today, this time with Mamochka:

[val]

"LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE"

A bitter comedy, sometimes almost cruel, with remarkable actors. I liked it very much.

[rockerreds]

The Savages

[knight66]

The new St Trinians film; tripe. Stay away.

Mike