Last Movie You Watched

[aligreto]

I like that one even better each time I watch it, Fergus!

I can understand that, Karl. It was, at least, my second viewing.

[George]

I can understand that, Karl. It was, at least, my second viewing.

I really need to see it again. The first time was a huge disappointment, considering I am a huge fan of pretty much everyone involved .

[Papy Oli]

Burn After Reading:



This is quite a convoluted story of espionage where espionage does not necessarily exist. Everyone appears to be way in over their heads. It is quite amusing in places and a good watch overall Good performances from all concerned.

Quirky and weird but absolutely loved that one!!

[SimonNZ]

I really need to see it again. The first time was a huge disappointment, considering I am a huge fan of pretty much everyone involved .

My reaction also. I might try and watch it again soon after reading these comments.

[Todd]

Being the Ricardos.  Tried watching the flick, set during a pivotal week when Lucy's commie past and pregnancy generate existential angst, or something, all delivered with language that Aaron Sorkin pretends may have been used in the 50s.  The film looks good, and the actors are all game, but after maybe forty-five minutes the whole thing seems pointless.  This would have been striking stuff maybe sixty years ago, or maybe even twenty, when people who still cared about 50s sitcoms were still alive.

[VonStupp]

Continuing my Robin Williams odyssey:

The Survivors (1983)
Robin Williams, Walter Matthau, Jerry Reed

RW becomes a backwoods survivalist after being robbed at gunpoint by hitman Jerry Reed. Walter Matthau ends up in the middle, and continues to be a treasure despite this rather uneven comedy.





Moscow on the Hudson(1984)
Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonzo, Cleavant Derricks
Alejandro Rey, Elya Baskin, Yakov Smirnoff

More drama than comedy, and a nice turn from RW as a defecting Soviet saxophonist, even if the film is too long.

[Karl Henning]

Last night: The Longest Day, which I started rather late in my day, so that it was 2 AM by the time I hit the hay, but it is marvelous, and I had to watch through to the end. (My own day, after all, was not nearly so long)

[SonicMan46]

Last night: The Longest Day, which I started rather late in my day, so that it was 2 AM by the time I hit the hay, but it is marvelous, and I had to watch through to the end. (My own day, after all, was not nearly so long)

Great film, but I've been splitting those 3+ hour productions into two nights -    Actually, I'm waiting for a 4K release - now have the BD below (reviewed HERE), but did not pay the price shown (looking back on my Amazon orders - cost me $17 USD in 2012).  Dave

P.S. those BD ratings are excellent - a 4K release is going to have to have a spectacular review and decent price for me to 'buy in'?

[SonicMan46]

Well, what to do in COVID isolation?  Buy some more video upgrades for my 4K HDTV - 

Two new Amazon streaming upgrades: 1) Enemy Mine, DVD > HD (BD equivalent); and 2) Men in Black, BD > 4K UHD

Enemy Mine (1985) w/ Dennis Quaid and Lou Gossett, Jr - short synopsis below - sci fi favorite of mine but not well received on RottenTomatoes (60%); Roger Ebert review also somewhat critical w/ a 2 1/2*/4* rating; but as usual, loved by the Amazonians, 4.7/5 - I'd probably do a 4*/5* rating there - if interested, look at the links and decide.

Men in Black (1997) w/ Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith - short summary below - funny film (even wife was laughing!) - much better received by RottenTomatoes and Roger Ebert (3*/4*); the Men in Black Franchise has released a number of films - I've seen them all but have only purchased to original one. Highly recommended.  Dave

Enemy Mine is a 1985 American science fiction action drama film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by Edward Khmara. The film stars Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. as a human and alien soldier, respectively, who become stranded together on an inhospitable planet and must overcome their mutual distrust in order to cooperate and survive. (Source)

Men in Black is a 1997 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, produced by Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald and written by Ed Solomon. Loosely based on the Men in Black comic book series, the film stars Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as two agents of a secret organization called the Men in Black, who supervise extraterrestrial lifeforms who live on Earth and hide their existence from ordinary humans. The film featured the creature effects and makeup of Rick Baker and visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic. (Source)

 

 

[aligreto]

Geostorm:





This film is a political thriller bound up in a web of weather and space science. I found it to be entertaining enough.

[André]

Kon Ichikawa's An Actor's Revenge, (1963) - a tale of the bizarre, where kabuki theater mixes with virtuosic camera shots to the strains of hollywoodian lounge music.





Damnation (1988). Another bizarrerie, the first film of a trilogy by maverick hungarian director Bela Tarr (the others are Satantango and the splendid Werckmeister Harmonies). Tarr explores the despair of individuals in the confines of a locked in, end-of-regime communist country just before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

[Madiel]

Tarr explores the despair of individuals in the confines of a locked in, end-of-regime communist country just before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Presumably this is your commentary, not the film-maker's intent/the plot, unless you're suggesting he successfully predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall was coming.

[aligreto]

I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore:





It all starts with a break in to the home of a docile and demure female living alone. She gets no help from the local police so she decides to take things into her own hands. Events take a downward spiral from there but her strength of character certainly improves. This is a bit of a quirky but very enjoyable film. The film was a winner at Sundance which is always a recommendation for me. I did enjoy it.

[ritter]

Haven't watched it yet, but a bound to do so soon, as I've just learned that Monica Vitti has died today (aged 90) in Rome. So, which of the five Antonioni films she worked in will it be? Or shall I watch the OTT Modesty Blaise, directed by Joseph Losey? Or Dramma della gelosia (The Pizza Triangle), by Ettore Scola? What a great and versatile actress she was!



What I can say is that she appears (in a supporting role) in the movie hat probably has had the strongest impact on me of all those I have seen, Antonioni's La Notte (with Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau). I had never thought the film could be such a strong medium for artistic expression until I saw this masterpiece. The still above is from that movie.

R.I.P. Monica Vitti. 

[Karl Henning]

At last, I've watched Sleuth (Michael Caine, Jude Law, dir. Ken Branagh) Superb and sharp. If anything, they managed to ratchet up the intensity. I also liked that he had his longtime collaborator Patrick Doyle do the soundtrack.

[André]

Haven't watched it yet, but a bound to do so soon, as I've just learned that Monica Vitti has died today (aged 90) in Rome. So, which of the five Antonioni films she worked in will it be? Or shall I watch the OTT Modesty Blaise, directed by Joseph Losey? Or Dramma della gelosia (The Pizza Triangle), by Ettore Scola? What a great a versatile actress she was!



What I can say is that she appears (in a supporting role) in the movie hat probably has had the strongest impact on me of all those I have seen, Antonioni's La Notte (with Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau). I had never thought the film could be such a strong medium for artistic expression until I saw this masterpiece. The still above is from that movie.

R.I.P. Monica Vitti. 

RIP. Sad news.

Vitti is at her magnetic, enigmatic best in Antonioni's Red Desert (Il deserto rosso).

[Artem]

My favourite actress. Very sad.

[JBS]

At last, I've watched Sleuth (Michael Caine, Jude Law, dir. Ken Branagh) Superb and sharp. If anything, they managed to ratchet up the intensity. I also liked that he had his longtime collaborator Patrick Doyle do the soundtrack.

I've not seen this version, only the original 1972 one.
One can imagine a meta-movie which cuts out Olivier and Law, and gives us older Caine playing antagonist to younger Caine.

[Karl Henning]

I've not seen this version, only the original 1972 one.
One can imagine a meta-movie which cuts out Olivier and Law, and gives us older Caine playing antagonist to younger Caine.

(* chortle *)

I do love the original.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

RIP, Monica Vitti. She and Catherine Deneuve have been my favorite actresses.