Last Movie You Watched

[hopefullytrusting]

Chief of Station



I've not looked this up, but it wouldn't surprise me if Aaron Eckhart produced this film (and Classified) because who else would buy (confuse) him with Jason Bourne or Ethan Hunt (this film tries to ape/imp the last Die Hard, lol)?

Honestly, I don't fault him for it - I mean Chris Rock got a Saw movie made (Spiral) just because he had the juice to get it made - the very definition of a vanity project.

It is a fun watch (see my previous post in this thread, as this movie is of the same type) - the sole difference, Michelle is way easier to view as a badass than Aaron, so this does require a larger suspension of disbelief. Also, this film seems more self-aware of its silliness, which actually works against it (example, Mosquito works as a film because the actors take their roles seriously, so they are playing the part and not "acting" the role) because of that this film can come off as a bit smug and up its own ass, so it is near the bottom tier of the genre.

[Mister Sharpe]

"Cow," Andrea Arnold's first documentary film, tracks the last years of Luma, #201699, a milking cow in England, during which she gives birth twice, has her babies taken away from her for sale elsewhere (she's not happy about this), spends most of her days amid muck and feces, gets occasional respites outside in grassy fields where she chows down avidly on fresh grass - even this idyll is hardly idyllic - hordes of flies descend upon her and the rest of the herd, until finally - worn out, ailing and no longer productive - she's administered a bolt to the brain.  According to an animal rights review I read of the film, the dairy in question is kinder than most.  Throughout the film, pop music is broadcast over the cowshed's PA system; often the lyrics relate wryly to what's happening on screen. No doubt the music helps keep the animals docile and manageable, rather like it does us.

[Karl Henning]

"Cow," Andrea Arnold's first documentary film, tracks the last years of Luma, #201699, a milking cow in England, during which she gives birth twice, has her babies taken away from her for sale elsewhere (she's not happy about this), spends most of her days amid muck and feces, gets occasional respites outside in grassy fields where she chows down avidly on fresh grass - even this idyll is hardly idyllic - hordes of flies descend upon her and the rest of the herd, until finally - worn out, ailing and no longer productive - she's administered a bolt to the brain.  According to an animal rights review I read of the film, the dairy in question is kinder than most.  Throughout the film, pop music is broadcast over the cowshed's PA system; often the lyrics relate wryly to what's happening on screen. No doubt the music helps keep the animals docile and manageable, rather like it does us.

I watched this a while ago, too, chancing to find it at the Library.
TD: I watched Buckaroo Banzai again last night. And ya know what? I may watch it yet again tonight.

[Mister Sharpe]

I watched this a while ago, too, chancing to find it at the Library.
TD: I watched Buckaroo Banzai again last night. And ya know what? I may watch it yet again tonight.

If you enjoyed Cow (admittedly, enjoy is not le mot juste), you might like Eo even better.

[Mister Sharpe]

I love film noir. The wonder is that I don't watch it as much as I ought or have the inclination to!  This is a good'un from 1950 and from the opening sequence you know you're in the hands of masters.  Thought to be irretrievably lost (except for crummy VHS transfers) in Universal's catastrophic 2008 fire, it was restored in 2015 from a negative found at the British Film Institute.

 

[Karl Henning]

Last night, again...
Robin Hood: Men in Tights

[Karl Henning]

I had no actual intention of watching Timothée Chalamet as Dylan in A Complete Unknown. It's rather a cheeky endeavor, making a movie about a living musical legend. But, finding the blu-ray on the Library's New Acquisitions table, methought Why not?
Overall I found it feel-good viewing. I had no idea about his correspondence with Johnny Cash, but, of course, it oughtn't to surprise at all. And I enjoyed the dramatization of l'Affaire Newport, of which I have long been peripherally aware. Were those really the three songs he performed? That's exactly the sort of readily verified fact which a movie's liberties should leave intact, but you understand why I pose the q. They were perfect for the moment, especially the fed-up defiance of "Maggie's Farm" and the valedictory "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."

[Karl Henning]

A Beautiful Mind. Had to watch again, informed by my first viewing. 

[drogulus]

I love film noir. The wonder is that I don't watch it as much as I ought or have the inclination to!

    I recommend Gun crazy and Born to Kill.

[relm1]

I had no actual intention of watching Timothée Chalamet as Dylan in A Complete Unknown. It's rather a cheeky endeavor, making a movie about a living musical legend. But, finding the blu-ray on the Library's New Acquisitions table, methought Why not?
Overall I found it feel-good viewing. I had no idea about his correspondence with Johnny Cash, but, of course, it oughtn't to surprise at all. And I enjoyed the dramatization of l'Affaire Newport, of which I have long been peripherally aware. Were those really the three songs he performed? That's exactly the sort of readily verified fact which a movie's liberties should leave intact, but you understand why I pose the q. They were perfect for the moment, especially the fed-up defiance of "Maggie's Farm" and the valedictory "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."

I'm by no means an expert but I understand that really happened.  This wasn't just a folk festival, this was the premiere folk festival, and it seems like that was a spontaneous decision made that day as an FU to the administrators and crowd as he believed they made a condescending remark about his artistry and performers he respected.

Here is a clip and check out the reaction at the end. 

They hated it.  Exactly how he wished they would. 

[Mister Sharpe]

I recommend Gun crazy and Born to Kill.

Thanks, drogulus, will seek them out.

[Mister Sharpe]

Surprisingly entertaining, mostly thanks to Lucille Ball and George Sanders (who can forget him as Uncle Neddy in "Ghost & Mrs. Muir"?).  A crazed serial murderer with a taste for poetry is dispatching women with fierce regularity in London.  Ball is enlisted by Scotland Yard to serve as bait but manages to secure a fiancé, homme fatal Sanders, or is he actually the murderer? Fascinatingly, the perp is found to be, according to the Chief Inspector, "studiously copying the style of Baudelaire, one of the most fantastic madmen who ever lived." No doubt some francophobia makes Baudelaire seem more insane than the versing madmen England produced!     

[Florestan]

A Beautiful Mind. Had to watch again, informed by my first viewing.

One of the best movies ever made. The diamond in Russel Kirk's crown.

My two cents, of course.

[Karl Henning]

One of the best movies ever made. The diamond in Russel Kirk's crown.

My two cents, of course.

An excellent performance!

[hopefullytrusting]

Watched this movie because I found the cover so ridiculous: American Heart starring Bridges and Furlong



Imagine the "creative" minds of Con Air trying to remake The 400 Blows, and you will have a good sense of this film.

Not worth it at all.

The cover of is the high point of the movie.

It also has one of the worst ending songs I've ever heard, so that fits the overall trend of the film.

Also, Crowe's crowing achievement is The Insider.

[Karl Henning]

Parasite. Had I known that the story is so utterly otherwise than the notion I got from the title, I should have watched this long ago. Another disc in this set is a b&w version of the movie. Will watch that before I need to return it to the Library.