Last Movie You Watched

[VonStupp]

The King's Man (2021)
Ralph Fiennes

A really fun fight/dance scene between Rasputin (Rhys Ifans) and Ralph Fiennes' character. Well choreographed! A lot of pseudo WWI history.

Good to see Charles Dance again too.

VS

[JBS]

Prey, aka, Predator vs. Comanche.  You know who's gonna win this one, come on.  Much like The Force Awakens was a rehashing of Star Wars, so this is a rehashing of Predator.  The current flick very much possesses a politically correct/woke vibe, with not only native peoples the new good guys, but a teenage girl the main hero.  It doesn't matter.  One must drop all pretense of seriousness when watching a movie like this, and if one does that, one is treated to some glorious landscape imagery of Canada in the location shots for this 18th Century world, well-choreographed fights, some sometimes excellent and sometimes awful CGI (the bear scenes are especially bad), and some nasty French dudes as add-on villains/victims, which just feels right.  The use of only native actors to play the tribe is obviously a huge plus, so much so that I wish the movie had relied on the Comanche language rather than English.  Amber Midthunder is fine as the hero, and Dakota Beavers displays no little charisma as her brother, and the one line borrowed directly from the first movie is his: If it bleeds, we can kill it.  A good enough popcorn flick. 

(I find it impossible to believe that the film's title was not influenced by the 2006 video game of the same name that also used Native Americans as the heroes.  It's all good.)

It is apparently possible to watch this on Hulu in a version that's either dubbed on subtitled in Comanche.

[Todd]

It is apparently possible to watch this on Hulu in a version that's either dubbed on subtitled in Comanche.

Comanche subtitles would not help since I do not read Comanche.  And I do not watch dubbed shows or movies since they are, without exception, awful.  Were this not a Predator movie, it really should have been in Comanche with the viewer's choice of subtitles.  If ever a serious movie is made with an all-native cast, that is what should be done.  Why does it take someone like Mel Gibson to get it right?

[milk]

Wings of Hope
An awesome move. Literally. Doc by Werner Herzog.
The story of Juliane Koepcke who "as a teenager in 1971...survived the LANSA Flight 508 plane crash, after a fall of 3,000 m (9,843 ft), still strapped to her seat...then survived 11 days alone in the Amazon rainforest." - Wikipedia says.


Watch it on YouTube at the moment for free:
https://youtu.be/msipyM4vyLg

[Iota]

Hadn't seen this since it first came out. Its a wee gem of a film, and the two leads simply brilliant.

+1

[drogulus]

     Last night I watched Brighton Rock, the original with Richard Attenborough as Pinkie. The outstanding performances were by William Hartnell as Dallow, Carol Marsh as Rose and Hermione Baddeley as Ida.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Hadn't seen this since it first came out. Its a wee gem of a film, and the two leads simply brilliant.

+2

Haven't seen it in years, but I remember being quite impressed with it. 

PD

[SonicMan46]

Into the Woods (2014) - the movie described below w/ the film cast featuring Meryl Streep as the witch - watched on the Disney channel last night - in the late '80s we saw the play on Broadway w/ our son - starring Bernadette Peters; then bought the original show (first pic below) - and had not seen the Disney film version until last night and really enjoyed - not sure which version I now prefer?  Peters and Streep are tied in that role IMHO - Susan is a BIG Stephen Sondheim fan so she'll take any version -    Dave

Into the Woods is an American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall, and adapted to the screen by James Lapine from his and Stephen Sondheim's 1986 Broadway musical of the same name. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it features an ensemble cast that includes Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone, MacKenzie Mauzy, Billy Magnussen, and Johnny Depp. Inspired by the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales of "Little Red Riding Hood", "Cinderella", "Jack and the Beanstalk", and "Rapunzel", the film is centered on a childless couple who set out to end a curse placed on them by a vengeful witch. Ultimately, the characters are forced to experience the unintended consequences of their actions. (Source)

 

[VonStupp]

Into the Woods (2014) - the movie described below w/ the film cast featuring Meryl Streep as the witch - watched on the Disney channel last night - in the late '80s we saw the play on Broadway w/ our son - starring Bernadette Peters; then bought the original show (first pic below) - and had not seen the Disney film version until last night and really enjoyed - not sure which version I now prefer?  Peters and Streep are tied in that role IMHO - Susan is a BIG Stephen Sondheim fan so she'll take any version -    Dave

 

Fun Dave! I do like that Bernadette Peters stage 'film' and it might be my preference.

As an aside, I was involved in a local production of Into the Woods recently, and Sondheim's music is quite tricky to pull off.

VS

[SonicMan46]

Fun Dave! I do like that Bernadette Peters stage 'film' and it might be my preference.

As an aside, I was involved in a local production of Into the Woods recently, and Sondheim's music is quite tricky to pull off.

VS

Hi VS - well, that's Sondheim - the women seem to just love the guy (despite his proclivities?) - my wife is a singer from early on (was in choral groups at Brown U. & U. of Chicago - even did some lead singing back then) and just adores Stephen S. (I have to pretend and make up corny jokes which she ignores -  ) - Dave

[vandermolen]

On TV - very good, balanced and moving with a fine soundtrack (sadly not on CD  )

[Roasted Swan]

On Netflix at the moment is Benediction;



which is the story of Siegfried Sassoon.  Rather well done and acted I thought although it does rather just descend into a series of witty barbs fired out by bright young things struggling with their memories and their lives.  Of course it was a remarkable time and there were many remarkable people in the society Sassoon moved in.  All of which made the characters slightly more tiresome than sympathetic but perhaps that is how they were - Ivor Novello as portrayed was clearly a prize s**t.  Of further interest to CM lovers as they use quite a lot of original music - ie the Tallis Fantasia covers the last minutes of the film and the credits.  Peter Capaldi as the old embittered Sassoon is pretty dreadful as he really struggles with the "cut-glass" accent and his acting feels self-concious and stiff as a consequence.  But overall it was well worth a watch.

[milk]

Wings of Hope
An awesome move. Literally. Doc by Werner Herzog.
The story of Juliane Koepcke who "as a teenager in 1971...survived the LANSA Flight 508 plane crash, after a fall of 3,000 m (9,843 ft), still strapped to her seat...then survived 11 days alone in the Amazon rainforest." - Wikipedia says.


Watch it on YouTube at the moment for free:
https://youtu.be/msipyM4vyLg

I don't think you guys heard me. Her airplane crashed and everyone in it died but she landed on the ground along with a row of seats. Then, she spent 11 days in the jungle alone finding her way out. At 17 years old. No, really.   

[vandermolen]

On Netflix at the moment is Benediction;



which is the story of Siegfried Sassoon.  Rather well done and acted I thought although it does rather just descend into a series of witty barbs fired out by bright young things struggling with their memories and their lives.  Of course it was a remarkable time and there were many remarkable people in the society Sassoon moved in.  All of which made the characters slightly more tiresome than sympathetic but perhaps that is how they were - Ivor Novello as portrayed was clearly a prize s**t.  Of further interest to CM lovers as they use quite a lot of original music - ie the Tallis Fantasia covers the last minutes of the film and the credits.  Peter Capaldi as the old embittered Sassoon is pretty dreadful as he really struggles with the "cut-glass" accent and his acting feels self-concious and stiff as a consequence.  But overall it was well worth a watch.

Thanks - I really want to see this film.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I don't think you guys heard me. Her airplane crashed and everyone in it died but she landed on the ground along with a row of seats. Then, she spent 11 days in the jungle alone finding her way out. At 17 years old. No, really.   

Wow!!

PD

[aligreto]

Holiday In The Wild





This is one of those "feel good" films where everyone lives happily ever after [no spoilers  ]. It is a light romantic film that serves to tolerably pass ninety minutes. It does have a good basic message though about elephants but it is couched in too much saccharine for me. There is a harsher reality out there.

[milk]

Wow!!

PD

That's more like it  . Werner Herzog makes an appropriately glorious ode to survival, will, hope and nitty-gritty know-how on the local/nature level. Something I didn't know that everyone should in case their airplanes crash in jungles (you might thank me): a pool of water drains into a creek which drains into a stream which leads to a river. Follow the water. Don't wait for rescue. Don't worry about the alligators. Ignore them even if they dive into the water, they're not coming after you. But one thing you do to watch out for is sting rays. They'll mess you up.

[Madiel]

I don't think you guys heard me.

Demanding a reaction is poor internet etiquette. For one thing, I hadn't read the thread between your ta-dah! moment and your demand for a reaction. So no, I didn't hear you. What of it?

Plus you were posting about a movie, not about the actual event. Are we supposed to go "OMG Werner made a movie"? No. Apparently we're supposed to react to an event that happened over 50 years ago. Maybe some of us heard about it before and aren't going to be stunned by your revelation? Not least because the movie was made in 1998, and the existence of the movie might have crossed our consciousness in the 24 years before you announced its existence.

[milk]

Demanding a reaction is poor internet etiquette. For one thing, I hadn't read the thread between your ta-dah! moment and your demand for a reaction. So no, I didn't hear you. What of it?

Plus you were posting about a movie, not about the actual event. Are we supposed to go "OMG Werner made a movie"? No. Apparently we're supposed to react to an event that happened over 50 years ago. Maybe some of us heard about it before and aren't going to be stunned by your revelation? Not least because the movie was made in 1998, and the existence of the movie might have crossed our consciousness in the 24 years before you announced its existence.

Maybe so but if you're ever on a plane that crashes into the Amazon jungle, you'll be thanking me.

[VonStupp]

Hi VS - well, that's Sondheim - the women seem to just love the guy (despite his proclivities?) - my wife is a singer from early on (was in choral groups at Brown U. & U. of Chicago - even did some lead singing back then) and just adores Stephen S. (I have to pretend and make up corny jokes which she ignores -  ) - Dave

Does she still sing? It sounds like it was a beloved pastime for her.

My jokes have been long ignored by my household as well. I am glad I am not the only one! 

Good day, Dave! VS