Last Movie You Watched

[SonicMan46]

A couple of oldies from the forties the last few nights - one 'burned' from TCM and another a DVD:

Along Came Jones (1945) w/ Cooper & Young (delightful couple on screen as seen in the middle pic from the film) - kind of a 'comedy western' (his first name is Melody) spoof on Mr. Deeds - Dan Duryea as the outlaw (always a meanie in those roles) - not a great film (probably would do 3+*/5*) but Coop was always excellent in these 'bumbling' roles (Ball of Fire, 1941 w/ Barbara Stanwyck is another to watch!).

Barkleys of Broadway, The (1949) w/ Fred & Ginger (and Levant in a major role); comedy, song & dance -   Dave

   

[Bogey]

Bill - replaced my DVD w/ a BD last year - just a fabulous restoration (review HERE), but I agree - took me 2 nights - what I like the most about the film is the atmospheric production of the period and the location, and Candice was rather dull in her role -   Dave

McQueen, over the years, has risen to one of my favorite actors.  Just did not work for me here.  Thread duty:

From 1975, and voted Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.



I thought Jaws, and for that matter, Dog Day Afternoon were more worthy from '75, and found this one only mildly engaging.  Thought Danny Divito was the best out of the lot and for a moment thought I was watching a twisted episode of Taxi.

[Philo]

"Where do all these limos go at night?
I know I'm changing the subject.
Haven't been sleeping much.
I look at books and drink brandy.
What happens to all these stretched
limousines that prowl the throbbing city all day long?
Where do they spend the night?
Do you ever get the feeling, sometimes,
that you don't know what's going on?
Do I wanna ask you what you mean by that?
All this optimism
All this booming and soaring.
Things happen like...
bang! This! And that! Simultaneous.
I put out my hand
and what do I feel?
I know there are a thousand things"

Watch this film:

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[Todd]

Before Sunset, a flick well suited for Valentine's Day.  The movie seems more improvised than the first one, but it also lacks a certain something, and it has no scene to rival the restaurant or bar scene from the first movie.  Overall, pretty good as far as romances go, and I got to skip rewatching The Notebook.

[Sammy]

Watched Blue Jasmine last night - Woody's best film in many years.  It wasn't an "original" because Woody has no gas left in that tank.

[Bogey]

Best Picture from '71, The French Connection



Hackman and Scheider were brilliant in this one.  Really enjoyed the early 70's daily grime of the city shots.  I will need to net II here in a few days.

[kishnevi]

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From 1975, and voted Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.



I thought Jaws, and for that matter, Dog Day Afternoon were more worthy from '75, and found this one only mildly engaging.  Thought Danny Divito was the best out of the lot and for a moment thought I was watching a twisted episode of Taxi.

For me, OFOTCN is  one of the best pictures ever made....Jaws is also, but in an entirely different way.  (It's rather like trying to decide which is the better piece of music: a Bach fugue or a Brahms symphony.)

[Karl Henning]

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

Wouldn't argue that it's one of The Great Pictures.  But it's a good script, and unfaltering execution; and I always enjoy coming back to it.

[North Star]

Finished Inspector Morse on Friday, for the nth time. Great series. Fauré's Requiem among the music in the final episode.





Started the nth run of All Creatures Great And Small, too - another old favourite, with James Grout in a role where he doesn't yet take such a dim view of beer.

Morse's favourite composer is Wagner and Meistersinger Overture is among the tapes he blasts on the Jag's stereo, among others.
But the Farnon brothers were named after them - Tristan (Davison) & Siegfried (Hardy) - and also heard plenty of it in their youth, with Herriot still enjoying it - none is heard in the series, though.

[ritter]

Patrice Chéreau's Gabrielle (w. Isabelle Huppert and Pascal Greggory), 2005

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I had bought this some days after director Patrice  Chéreau's death last year, and finally managed to watch it on Saturday night.

Very sombre and disquieting film, based on a novella by Joseph Conrad dealing with the breakup of a marriage in the haute bourgeoisie in the late 19th century. It is slow-paced, but has some very interesting camera work and narrative innovations, and Isabelle Huppert is superb! Also, sets and costumes are topnotch. Soprano Raina Kabaivanska makes a cameo appearance as a singer in a soirée hosted by the lead characters...

I've always been a great admirer of Chéreau (in opera and the theatre, perhaps slightly less so on screen), and it was interesting to get to know this lesser known film of his.

[Bogey]

Finished Inspector Morse on Friday, for the nth time. Great series. Fauré's Requiem among the music in the final episode.

Did you also enjoy the new Endeavor series?

[Florestan]

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It's been a long, long time since I haven't laughed that much and really enjoying it while watching a movie. Excellent! 



Excellent too, but I should have watched them in reverse order, since this one is rather hard to stomach and one really need to be cheered up after seeing it.  Now, the Civil War might have been unjust and aggressive on the part of the yankees, as Southerners used to claim and some still do --- but by putting an end to slavery the former redeemed themselves big time.

[Bogey]

For me, OFOTCN is  one of the best pictures ever made....Jaws is also, but in an entirely different way.  (It's rather like trying to decide which is the better piece of music: a Bach fugue or a Brahms symphony.)

Fair comment.  For me, OFOTCN is a movie I was glad to see once, but have no intention of revisiting.  Jaws?  That one I need on the shelf.

Thread duty:

The 1950 winner for Best Picture: All About Eve.



One of those rare movies where you can take your menu select and go to any scene and be transfixed on the acting within that scene.   Absolutely loved  this one.  Even a young Marilyn Monroe made a decent mark.  Of course Bette Davis was "all that and a bag of chips", but my favorite performance from the film came from George Sanders (rt.) which got him a statue.  Even his narrated pieces were done with perfection.

Oscar Moment: This and Titanic hold the record for the most nominations by a film: 14.

[Bogey]

Oh, and for you TCM fans, the director and writer for All About Eve was Joseph Mankiewicz



who is the great uncle of one

Ben Mankiewicz

[The new erato]

Did you also enjoy the new Endeavor series?

I like that better than the Lewis follow up.

Saw Good Will Hunting the other night, and thought it very good.

[Todd]

All is Lost.  Sundance alone in a boat for an hour and forty minutes.  Meh.

[North Star]

Did you also enjoy the new Endeavor series?

I like that better than the Lewis follow up.

I liked it, but I also liked Lewis - not sure which I prefer of the two. I hope they'll make more of Endeavour.
The Young James Herriot I despise, though.

[Bogey]

A 1931 nominee for Best Picture:



Most of you probably know the story from His Girl Friday from 1940, which took the story to what has to be one of the greatest screwball comedies, imo. 



In the '31 film, the acting is definitely dated and the film also refers to the "Red Scare" a number of times.  Worth one viewing.  This one does have Pat O'Brien, Dave!

[Bogey]

The Monuments Men



Not great, but very good at times.  I would say that the start up of the film is its weakest moment, but then it gathers a bit of steam as the characters begin to mesh.

[Karl Henning]

Finished Inspector Morse on Friday, for the nth time. Great series. Fauré's Requiem among the music in the final episode.





Started the nth run of All Creatures Great And Small, too - another old favourite, with James Grout in a role where he doesn't yet take such a dim view of beer.

Morse's favourite composer is Wagner and Meistersinger Overture is among the tapes he blasts on the Jag's stereo, among others.

I need to watch more of that . . . .