Last Movie You Watched

[SonicMan46]

Harryhausen, Ray (1920-2013) - the legendary 'stop action' guy inspired by seeing King Kong as a kid! 

Maybe time to watch some of his films - although I've seen many of them, the ones I own are listed below:

Mighty Joe Young (1949) (first technician)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) (associate producer, visual effects)
Mysterious Island (1961) (special visual effects)
Jason & the Argonauts (1963) (associate producer, visual effects)
Sinbad & the Eye of the Tiger (1974) (producer, visual effects)
Clash of the Titans (1977) (producer, visual effects)

[lisa needs braces]

Coming in November.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0cUBi4hwE

[lisa needs braces]

There's some messed up casting in that trailer. Ben Kingsley's character is supposed to be Maori. 

[snyprrr]

Anyone looking forward to the del Toro Giant Monster Movie Pacific Rim? Gotta love Giant Monsters! Done well...

Do all these films have 'bridge destruction scenes' now?

[TheGSMoeller]

Anyone looking forward to the del Toro Giant Monster Movie Pacific Rim? Gotta love Giant Monsters! Done well...

Do all these films have 'bridge destruction scenes' now?

Me. I love Monster movies, old and new. The most recent trailer definitely moves deeper into the storyline, now looks less like a Transformers vs. Godzilla flic.

And I'll take 'bridge destruction' over 'U.S. National Monument destruction' any day. 

[Octave]

John Carpenter's top 10 favorite westerns!  Brief comments by Carpenter for each.
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[SonicMan46]

Song Without End (1960) w/ Dirk Borgarde, Capucine, & Genevieve Page - based on a short period in the life of Franz Liszt - DVR recording from the TCM channel - Jorge Bolet was the pianist w/ the LAPO; Capucine in her early 30s (same year she was in North To Alaska w/ Wayne & Granger) - like many of these musical film bios, especially of composers from the 19th century (Cornel Wilde as Chopin comes to mind), the characters never seem to come to life for me - maybe I've read too many real bios - don't know?  I would not even go 3* on this one and turned it off half way through - does Dirk above right really look like the image of Liszt? 


 

[Karl Henning]

. . . And I'll take 'bridge destruction' over 'U.S. National Monument destruction' any day. 

Of course, in San Francisco you could cover both bases!

[lisa needs braces]

The new Star Trek franchise stinks. Here's why.

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/star-trek-darkness-heading-where-no-trek-has-gone-foreign-profitablity-89981

[snyprrr]

Stay Hungry (1977?)

Flipping channels and THIS! was on. Hoo boy, is this the pre-quel to 'Pumping Iron'? Arnie and the crew offer up all kinds of unintended hilarity,... witness the gaggle of musclemen running through the busy street. No, nothing lurking just underneath the surface hERE!!! haha

rubbernecker special!

Me. I love Monster movies, old and new. The most recent trailer definitely moves deeper into the storyline, now looks less like a Transformers vs. Godzilla flic.

And I'll take 'bridge destruction' over 'U.S. National Monument destruction' any day. 

What's your fav Monster Movie? Is 'Pacific Rim' the first actually semi-realistic looking Monster Movie? I'm sure you'll agree that the Godzilla-revival of the '90s left a whole lot to be desired (I still haven't reeeally seen any of the Japanese ones (I've seen bits),... the 'Mothra' was on TV...).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_rWm_u2oQQ

!!!GIANT MONSTERS!!!

I still think 'Cloverfield' was the way to go, though, I'd still want a little more than that film. Didn't like the CGI of the Korean 'The Host'. All the 'snake' movies have sucked.

I must say that 'The White Buffalo' (1977; Charles Bronson) is a guilty pleasure. 'Prophecy' (1979?) wasn't too bad either.

!!!GIANT MONSTERS!!!

[Parsifal]

Caprica (TV Series, prequel to Gallactica), first 3 episodes.

Shame it's run was cut short by low ratings.  Not the very best of it's genre, but It seems more interesting than most stuff on television.

[Karl Henning]

Split over two evenings (just the way some of my evenings roll): Dr Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

[TheGSMoeller]

What's your fav Monster Movie? Is 'Pacific Rim' the first actually semi-realistic looking Monster Movie? I'm sure you'll agree that the Godzilla-revival of the '90s left a whole lot to be desired (I still haven't reeeally seen any of the Japanese ones (I've seen bits),... the 'Mothra' was on TV...).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_rWm_u2oQQ

!!!GIANT MONSTERS!!!

I still think 'Cloverfield' was the way to go, though, I'd still want a little more than that film. Didn't like the CGI of the Korean 'The Host'. All the 'snake' movies have sucked.

!!!GIANT MONSTERS!!!

Well, any of the Godzilla movies (not made in the U.S. of course) and I like the Gamera films from the 90s. The Daimajin trilogy from the 60s, although it could be debated if they are truly monster movies.

I liked The Host quite a bit, but the Monster itself could have been improved upon, but the acting was great and putting the children in the mix created a lot of tension, for the characters too.

I would have enjoyed Cloverfield more if it had followed a different group of characters. But for the most part it was exciting.

[TheGSMoeller]

Split over two evenings (just the way some of my evenings roll): Dr Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

There's no fighting in the war room, even though there's always fighting in the war room.

[Karl Henning]

There's no fighting in the war room, even though there's always fighting in the war room.

What, you don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do you?

[Papy Oli]

The International (Clive Owen, Naomi Watts) - Pretty good thriller overall.

[Todd]

http://www.youtube.com/v/EPAibX5Mexo


Saw the trailer for Gravity today.  It did not dissuade me from wanting to see this movie.  October should be a good month. 

[TheGSMoeller]

http://www.youtube.com/v/EPAibX5Mexo


Saw the trailer for Gravity today.  It did not dissuade me from wanting to see this movie.  October should be a good month.

I also saw it earlier, Todd. IMDB has only Clooney and Bullock credited in the cast which could be interesting. Plus it's been too long since Cuaron's Children of Men.

[Todd]

it's been too long since Cuaron's Children of Men.

Yes, it has.  The best sci-fi movie of this century, to my taste, and one of the best ever.  Perhaps even more impressive, I did not dislike his installment of the Harry Potter series.  Maybe he can land one of the new Star Wars flicks?  Just imagine the possibilities.

(Also, just imagine a Cronenberg Star Wars film.  Embrace the Dark Side!)

[Wakefield]

The International (Clive Owen, Naomi Watts) - Pretty good thriller overall.

I imagine her role maybe is quite conventional, but I would watch this movie only to see Naomi Watts. She is hot and chameleonic at the same time.