Last Movie You Watched

[Bogey]

At long last, I watched The Fugitive with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones last night.  Great fun, I found it.

One of Ethan's top 3 all timers, Karl.  He will be pleased!

[Mookalafalas]

The wife and I just got back from "the Guardians"--starring CGI.  It probably has more weaknesses than strengths, but I ended up enjoying it quite a bit.

[SonicMan46]

The wife and I just got back from "the Guardians"--starring CGI.  It probably has more weaknesses than strengths, but I ended up enjoying it quite a bit.

Well, you probably noticed that Greg did not take his wife and I did (we went to an early filming, did some shopping, and then went for an early dinner, so she was happy after a Mojito) - did you wife enjoy?  Dave

[SonicMan46]

Just stepped out of the theatre ... I struggled to stay awake. Flick moved too slow and wasn't imaginative, interesting or memorable. Visually, characters, dialog, music .. all a big blah. Rise worked so much better than this one on all levels. I originally had planned to see Guardians of the Galaxy right afterward but I'm just drained and bored, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes sucked the life out of me .. so I decided to bail and abort my plan. Best part of the experience was the preview to Ridley Scott's Exodus ..

OK James - I'll plan to just stream that film when released - it's on my 'to see' list but will not waste the time or money for a theater view - Dave

[Mookalafalas]

Well, you probably noticed that Greg did not take his wife and I did (we went to an early filming, did some shopping, and then went for an early dinner, so she was happy after a Mojito) - did you wife enjoy?  Dave

  My wife loved it, but she's a big fan of Hwood action blockbusters--especially Marvel types.  We actually ate at 2 restaurants before we went...She was wildly happy to get away from the kids for a few hours (they were [are] at the in-laws).

[jochanaan]

Life Itself, based on the book by Roger Ebert.  Brilliant, recommended.

[Bogey]

Life Itself, based on the book by Roger Ebert.  Brilliant, recommended.

We almost went the other night.  The preview looked excellent.

[Drasko]

[Todd]

Guardians of the Galaxy.  So much CGI, so little story to pay attention to.  At least Benicio del Toro and Michael Rooker are on hand to chew scenery.  The soundtrack is groovy.  The very last scene made me shudder to think what movie may be coming.

[TheGSMoeller]

Guardians of the Galaxy.  So much CGI, so little story to pay attention to.  At least Benicio del Toro and Michael Rooker are on hand to chew scenery.  The soundtrack is groovy.  They very last scene made me shudder to think what movie may be coming.

This is all I can see.   

[SonicMan46]

Love that film!  Pre-code 1932 w/ the usual wonderful 'chemistry' between Gable & Harlow - I just have a 'burned' DVD from the TCM channel - wish that Criterion would do a restoration - Dave

[Bogey]

This is all I can see.   

Just saw it.  Really enjoyed it, especially Dave Bautista as Drax.  I thought the writing was solid enough and they stole the best moments from all the adventure movies and squished them together:

SPOILER








Getting the orbe: Opening of Raiders
Han Solo main character
Muscle that you had to interpret: Chewbacca
Groot moment toward the end: Iron Giant
The Mos Eisley Cantina (Star Wars) type environment

ETC.

[Bogey]

So much CGI, so little story to pay attention to. 

Hey, better that than an H.R. Puffenstuff look.

[mc ukrneal]

Too many comic book movies these days...

[Karl Henning]

Hey, better that than an H.R. Puffenstuff look.

Bring on The Banana Splits!

Thread Duty:


Last night, the remake of Planet of the Apes.  I shouldn't have paid it any mind, except that a chap at the office (normally the sober sort) recommended it.  Well, I had to watch it, out of curiosity over the rec, if for no other reason.  I want to go back and watch "the original" (which itself was a scaling-back from Rod Serling's first adaptation of Pierre Boulle's La Planète des singes), but my initial impression is, that I enjoyed the re-make rather better.  It tickled me that Tim Burton teased out both a Deus ex machina and a twist ending, though I certainly saw the twist a-coming.


If I had to choose one reason for my possibly-heretical preference for the newer movie, it would be that (long ago though I saw it), my overwhelming impression is that what drove Heston's character for survival was hate.

[Karl Henning]

Among my questions from recent viewing:

Morpheus and his crew had to rebuild Neo's muscles, atrophied from long disuse.  Yet, his muscles seemed to serve him perfectly well, before reconstruction, when removing the siphon from his mouth and nostrils, and when he had been dumped in a pool, so that he needed to get and stay afloat.

Helena Bonham Carter's visit to Thade in the camp is, arguably, plausible (though I do not find myself terribly convinced).  Why would Thade have a branding iron in the fire at the ready 24/7?  Even in an armed camp the eve before an assault?

The pod has a cruising range (and, power, generally) to take Mark Wahlberg from the apely planet, all the way to Earth?  Really?

I suppose it is possible that the apes could overcome their fear of fire, but not of bodies of water;  but again, it seems something of a scriptwriter's caprice.

Did some fundamental element of the plotline of Lost in Space change for the third season (or mid-season)?  The whole premise of the show is that they cannot find their way back to Earth, right?  May have been dumb luck on my part, but in having a go at revisiting the series, I chanced to watch "Target: Earth," in which the aliens they mistakenly visit (thanks, Dr Smith) take over the Jupiter II as impostors of the crew, take the Jupiter II to Earth (where they momentarily land), but then are forced to return to their alien home planet.  But the ship of course (and this may be a retro-quarrel) retains no record of the course plotted to Earth.  From the point in that episode when the Jupiter II landed on Earth, I could not help thinking, They've killed the series now; how can they be Lost in Space anymore?

[Ken B]

Among my questions from recent viewing: ...
Helena Bonham Carter

Sorry, cannot think rationally after imagining Helena Bonham Carter.

[Bogey]

Too many comic book movies these days...

Too many poorly executed ones for sure.  Only a few gems IMO.

[SonicMan46]

Well, in memory of the start of WWI 100 years ago, I decided to re-watch the DVD set below - four discs and 8+ total hours - an excellent production for those interested in history and this war - probably should next watch some of my movies on this war, but there are so many!  Dave

[Cato]

If I had to choose one reason for my possibly-heretical preference for the newer movie, it would be that (long ago though I saw it), my overwhelming impression is that what drove Heston's character for survival was hate.

I would also need to refresh my memory, but I recall the Kim Hunter and Roddy McDowell characters changing his attitude: does the Kim Hunter character not give him a kiss toward the end?

Also driving his survival is a kind of pride in humanity, since it now is downtrodden in the brave new simian world, mixed with curiosity in wanting to know what happened to knock humanity down to a distant second place in the dominance game.