Last Movie You Watched

[DavidW]

Another Amazon streaming upgrade to 4K UHD from an old BD:

Saving Private Ryan (1998) w/ Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, and many others (see link) - the opening scene on Omaha beach during the Normandy invasion is one of the most realistic that I have seen - considered one of the best war movies ever made (see discussion HERE) - nominated and winner of many awards but NOT the Best Picture Oscar. 
 

I don't think I've seen it since it was in the theater!  I guess time for a fresh rewatch since it is on prime.

[SonicMan46]

Cheers, Dave.
I hope that you both enjoyed your trip all those years ago. Should you return now you would find Ireland a very different place from the 1980's. Our economy was stagnant back then with a lot of unemployment. Thankfully, we are now a much more prosperous, multi-cultural and outward looking society and economy.

Nice looking instruments in the photo, Dave. I hope that Susan still sings and plays, at least occasionally. 

Well, her 'best' instrument is the piano (we have a Mason & Hamlin upright which she played as a girl) - she actually migrated to a ukulele (has a beautiful Martin brand/model), easier on her aging fingers and only 4 strings -    Taking lessons from a post-Masters string graduate of the NC School of the Arts (all on Zoom at the moment) - he was so impressed playing her Martin that he bought one!  She is enjoying a lot - singing not as much - her 70+ year old voice is not as beautiful as when we married 50+ years ago (she sounded like Judy Collins back then).  Dave

[aligreto]

Well, her 'best' instrument is the piano (we have a Mason & Hamlin upright which she played as a girl) - she actually migrated to a ukulele (has a beautiful Martin brand/model), easier on her aging fingers and only 4 strings -    Taking lessons from a post-Masters string graduate of the NC School of the Arts (all on Zoom at the moment) - he was so impressed playing her Martin that he bought one!  She is enjoying a lot - singing not as much - her 70+ year old voice is not as beautiful as when we married 50+ years ago (she sounded like Judy Collins back then).  Dave

A talented lady, then. 

[LKB]

Well, her 'best' instrument is the piano (we have a Mason & Hamlin upright which she played as a girl) - she actually migrated to a ukulele (has a beautiful Martin brand/model), easier on her aging fingers and only 4 strings -    Taking lessons from a post-Masters string graduate of the NC School of the Arts (all on Zoom at the moment) - he was so impressed playing her Martin that he bought one!  She is enjoying a lot - singing not as much - her 70+ year old voice is not as beautiful as when we married 50+ years ago (she sounded like Judy Collins back then).  Dave

I'm quite fond of Mason & Hamlin pianos. When l was at university, the brand equipped all of our practice rooms, with baby grands. One in particular had the warmest, deepest tone I've ever encountered in a piano, l used to go there just to noodle about on the keyboard and enjoy the sound...

[Todd]

Deep Water.  I'll fess up and admit that I watched this to see the insanely hot Ana de Armas on screen.  She does not disappoint, and commands the screen whenever she is on.  Ben Affleck does quite good work, as well.  With Adrian Lyne directing, one hopes for some (faux) edgy bits, but there's not really much of that here.  It's not terrible, but it is certainly not anything more than a diversion for an evening, and one that falls short of some of the director's other flicks like Fatal Attraction or Unfaithful, let alone his magnum opus Jacob's Ladder.  Really, one can think of it is a variation of Gone Girl, which also starred Affleck. 

[aligreto]

The Hitman's Apprentice:





Wanting to get his step-son to start repaying for some damage, a crime boss offers the step-son a job as a driver for a hitman. As the cover says "the first day on the job didn't go to plan". This is more very good British film making. It is a serious film but it can also be quite amusing in places. 

[SonicMan46]

I'm quite fond of Mason & Hamlin pianos. When l was at university, the brand equipped all of our practice rooms, with baby grands. One in particular had the warmest, deepest tone I've ever encountered in a piano, l used to go there just to noodle about on the keyboard and enjoy the sound...

She has the one below in our living room, upright w/ a model number that dates to 1960 (i.e. 62 y/o piano!) - has a baby grand vertical cast iron frame and sounds great (we have it tuned every few years) - we've also been collecting art for decades (mainly hand-signed original prints) and have several next to the piano - the one in front is shown below by Nissan Engel, a numbered signed etching called Lieder (sorry not sure if the music is real nor by whom?).  Dave

 

[Karl Henning]

Last night, John Boorman's commentary upon his 1981 Excalibur

[aligreto]

She has the one below in our living room, upright w/ a model number that dates to 1960 (i.e. 62 y/o piano!) - has a baby grand vertical cast iron frame and sounds great (we have it tuned every few years) - we've also been collecting art for decades (mainly hand-signed original prints) and have several next to the piano - the one in front is shown below by Nissan Engel, a numbered signed etching called Lieder (sorry not sure if the music is real nor by whom?).  Dave

 

That is a very fine looking instrument, Dave. It also Looks very compact with the dropped back. I know that the footprint will be the same but it looks less bulky than your normal upright.

[SonicMan46]

That is a very fine looking instrument, Dave. It also Looks very compact with the dropped back. I know that the footprint will be the same but it looks less bulky than your normal upright.

Hi Fergus - given to us by her parents in the late '70s and has been sitting there comfortably ever since!    Dave

[aligreto]

Hi Fergus - given to us by her parents in the late '70s and has been sitting there comfortably ever since!    Dave

It looks a fine piece of kit, Dave. It also looks well used with plenty of scores littered about [assuming they are not just for the photo  ].

[SimonNZ]

Two nights ago watched Serenity for maybe the tenth time.

Last night watched same with Joss Wheedon's commentary track for the first.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Night Train to Lisbon. Jeremy Irons, et al.

[aligreto]

Comes A Bright Day:





A young man is told by his boss to run an errand to a local jeweller's shop. As it happens the jeweller's shop is held up just at that point in time. The story is about what happens during the holdup, the character development of the participants and the consequences of the event. I liked it. 

[Florestan]

Excellent.

Is Maitre Derville in Balzac's novella the ancestor of that archetypal character in many a Hollywood movies, namely the ambitious, succesfull, rich and workaholic lawyer? Quite possibly. 

[SonicMan46]

CODA (2021) w/ the stars below in the quote - winner of this year's Oscar for Best Picture - streaming on Apple TV+.  "Tony Kotsur, who plays Frank Rossi, became the first male and only the second deaf actor to win an Oscar, after co-star Matlin's historic 1987 best actress victory for "Children of a Lesser God." (same LINK). Excellent film and highly recommended.  Dave

"CODA" stands for "child of deaf adults." The film portrays the story of 17-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones), the hearing child of deaf parents (Oscar winner Marlee Matlin and Kotsur), who's caught between helping her family's fledgling fish business in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and pursuing her singing aspirations in college. (Source)

 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Ava:





This was a reasonably good thriller. It focuses on a hit woman and the relationships with her handler, with her past and with her family. It is worth viewing.

Is it along the lines of the series Killing Eve?

PD

[aligreto]

Is it along the lines of the series Killing Eve?

PD

Unfortunately, PD, I cannot answer that because I have never seen Killing Eve.

[Madiel]

I doubt anything is really along the lines of Killing Eve, unless it's written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

[aligreto]

Against The Ice:





Apparently based on  a true story, this film depicts the expedition to Greenland over 100 years ago to try to find the documents and journals of a then lost expedition. It depicts what happens on this later expedition both from the physical and psychological side. If you have any interest in polar exploration and expeditions, particularly in period performance, you should enjoy this one.