Last Movie You Watched

[bhodges]

House of Flying Daggers (2004, dir. Zhang Yimou) - Yes, the story is a little simple, but the action sequences - many using "flying daggers" - are thrillingly choreographed, with great special effects. I especially liked a sequence in which a woman does a dance with beans, ricocheting off giant gongs, and later, a vivid fight in a bamboo forest.

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--Bruce

[Karl Henning]

House of Flying Daggers (2004, dir. Zhang Yimou) - Yes, the story is a little simple, but the action sequences - many using "flying daggers" - are thrillingly choreographed, with great special effects. I especially liked a sequence in which a woman does a dance with beans, ricocheting off giant gongs, and later, a vivid fight in a bamboo forest.

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--Bruce

I like it!

[TheGSMoeller]

I like it!

Yes! Daggers is a great film. Fun and exciting, with great cinematography.

[North Star]

House of Flying Daggers (2004, dir. Zhang Yimou) - Yes, the story is a little simple, but the action sequences - many using "flying daggers" - are thrillingly choreographed, with great special effects. I especially liked a sequence in which a woman does a dance with beans, ricocheting off giant gongs, and later, a vivid fight in a bamboo forest.

--Bruce

I have that one saved on the media box..

[kishnevi]

House of Flying Daggers (2004, dir. Zhang Yimou) - Yes, the story is a little simple, but the action sequences - many using "flying daggers" - are thrillingly choreographed, with great special effects. I especially liked a sequence in which a woman does a dance with beans, ricocheting off giant gongs, and later, a vivid fight in a bamboo forest.

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--Bruce

That has been sitting in the DVD section of The Pile for so long.....with Curse of the Golden Flower for company.

[Ken B]

Mitchum was insanely great in that role, and from my understanding, a genuinely frightening man in real life. It all just came together in that film. The re-make, like most re-makes, was an insult, and not a single actor/actress in the latter could even stand with the former.

Mitchum was insanely great insanely often. The very best actors in movies are probably some of the character actors, but amongst big stars I'd rate Cary Grant and Robert Mitchum the two best.

[SonicMan46]

The Blu Ray of Jackson's version can be gotten for dirt cheap .. and it is one of the best Blu Rays ever released. Shows the power of the format.

OK James - I was going to do a re-watch as an Amazon rental for $3 (or more for HD) - the BD is $8 - well, went ahead and just ordered the movie w/ Prime (no S/H) - will be here in 2 days!  The video & audio ratings were near perfect (i.e. 4.9/5) HERE, and in reviewing my movie database, I did 'like' the film despite its length - plan to enjoy!  Dave

[Karl Henning]

An old favorite, A New Leaf.

[André]

An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu is the quintessential silent vampire film, crafted by legendary German director F. W. Murnau (Sunrise, Faust, The Last Laugh). Rather than depicting Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok (as portrayed by Max Schreck) is a nightmarish, spidery creature of bulbous head and taloned claws -- perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism yet envisioned. Nosferatu was an atypical expressionist film in that much of it was shot on location. While directors such as Lang and Lubitsch built vast forests and entire towns within the studio, Nosferatu's landscapes, villages and castle were actual locations in the Carpathian Mountains. Murnau was thus able to infuse the story with the subtle tones of nature: both pure and fresh as well as twisted and sinister. Remastered in high definition for the first time and making its Blu-ray debut exclusively from Kino Classics.

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James, from the comments I read on the Amazn website, it seems the speed is not correct (it never was either on reel or VHS), and the frames have been tinted. Is that really the case? These are two big issues for me...

[Brian]

Mitchum was insanely great insanely often. The very best actors in movies are probably some of the character actors, but amongst big stars I'd rate Cary Grant and Robert Mitchum the two best.

A few months ago, I thought, "Cary Grant should have been James Bond."

I've been angry at Hollywood ever since. What a missed opportunity.

[SonicMan46]

Still going through my 'burned' DVDs from the TCM channel - tonight:

A Foreign Affair (1948) w/ Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, & John Lund; Billy Wilder, director - Jean toward the end of her career but still cute as ever & Dietrich still alluring - IMDB, 7.5/10; 100% Rotten Tomatoes - if you're a fan of these two gals, then worth a watch - Dave

[Mookalafalas]

An old favorite, A New Leaf.

  The Walter Matthau film? That was one of the first movies I ever saw at a theater (my folks brought me along).  I just saw it again recently, over 40 years later...

[Karl Henning]

Agree with this so much, especially with how unwatchable Connery is as an actor.

Your opinions would have more weight, if you did not mistake them as somehow universally applicable.

A great deal of the world finds Connery eminently watchable.

[Karl Henning]

  The Walter Matthau film? That was one of the first movies I ever saw at a theater (my folks brought me along).  I just saw it again recently, over 40 years later...

Aye, Walter Matthau and Elaine May, a marvelous film!  The studio made her cut it down . . . we shall probably never see it, but an uncut New Leaf is high on my Fantasy Cinema list.

[Karl Henning]

"She doesn't deserve to live . . . Forget I said that, Harold."

[Sergeant Rock]

The Simpsons season 26 episode 4 has a tribute to Stanley Kubrick, including references to Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut, 2001:








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[Ken B]

Still going through my 'burned' DVDs from the TCM channel - tonight:

A Foreign Affair (1948) w/ Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, & John Lund; Billy Wilder, director - Jean toward the end of her career but still cute as ever & Dietrich still alluring - IMDB, 7.5/10; 100% Rotten Tomatoes - if you're a fan of these two gals, then worth a watch - Dave

Not be a fan of Jean Arthur and Marlene Dietrich?? I pity the fool!

[Todd]

Under the Skin.  A low-budget, high-concept sci-fi flick in which Scarlett Johansson plays an alien that uses the appealing visual attributes she has been given to lure men to their demise.  There is very little dialogue, and a lot of it is in nearly incomprehensible (to Yankee ears) Scottish brogue.  Some of the scenes are intriguing, and, being a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot, I found the nearly nude and completely nude scenes of Ms Johansson the best things about the movie.  This movie seems tailor-made for film school study.  What does it all mean?  The transitory and sexist notions of beauty?  The oppressed, silent, and alien power of female sexuality in a patriarchal society?  And so forth.  Unfortunately, the movie is ultimately boring.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

The Simpsons season 26 episode 4 has a tribute to Stanley Kubrick, including references to Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut, 2001:








Sarge

No references to strangelove? Although the movie is funny enough as it is.

[Sergeant Rock]

No references to strangelove? Although the movie is funny enough as it is.

The only reference to several other films I caught was this brief shot of album covers: Dr. Strangelaugh, Paths to Gravy, D'oh-Lita.



Sarge