Last Movie You Watched

[Karl Henning]

Good dirty fun!

I'll bet!

[LKB]

Last night at work ( shh, don't get me fired... ) I was watching reactions to 2007's  The Mist, which l had never seen.

Holy crap.

The darkest, most despairing and depressing ending of any movie l'd seen since 1963 or so.

If anyone is interested in the film but has never seen it,  be warned: it is very, very dark.

[Karl Henning]

The restored (or, rather, miraculously as-restored-as-it-can-be) Metropolis. What a feat! And great score. Unlike, in particular, Giorgio Moroder's 1984 "version."

[Madiel]

A few nights ago: Swimming Pool



Um... Look, I rather like Charlotte Rampling. And at first this is kind of interesting. But it takes a really rather weird turn about two-thirds of the way through that I didn't find satisfying. From what I've read, I get the impression the director didn't especially care whether the last part made sense. I can go with weird logic, but not with a lack of logic altogether.

[Karl Henning]

Last night I revisited John Carpenter's The Thing.

[LKB]

Last night I revisited John Carpenter's The Thing.

Saturday night, l kept myself awake at work by watching reactions to the same. 

[Karl Henning]

Saturday night, l kept myself awake at work by watching reactions to the same. 

(* chortle *)

I also watched (what, rather mysteriously, I'd never actually seen before) Frankenstein (1931)

[SonicMan46]

Last night I revisited John Carpenter's The Thing.

Hey Karl - I was thinking about upgrading my DVD of the 1951 version of The Thing with James Arness of Gunsmoke fame (Rotten Tomatoes, RT: 86% critics; 73% audience) - $10 for the HD streamer; then you mentioned the 1982 re-make which I saw on release but do not own - reviewing the plots below from RT, certainly different (their ratings 83% & 92%) - maybe I need to watch the newer one again?  Dave

The Thing (1951) - when scientist Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite) reports a UFO near his North Pole research base, the Air Force sends in a team under Capt. Patrick Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) to investigate. What they find is a wrecked spaceship and a humanoid creature (James Arness) frozen in the ice. They bring their discovery back to the base, but Carrington and Hendry disagree over what to do with it. Meanwhile, the creature is accidentally thawed and begins wreaking havoc. (Source)

The Thing (1982) - in remote Antarctica, a group of American research scientists are disturbed at their base camp by a helicopter shooting at a sled dog. When they take in the dog, it brutally attacks both human beings and canines in the camp and they discover that the beast can assume the shape of its victims. A resourceful helicopter pilot (Kurt Russell) and the camp doctor (Richard Dysart) lead the camp crew in a desperate, gory battle against the vicious creature before it picks them all off, one by one. (Source)

 

[j winter]

Last night, easily the best movie about giant scorpions I've ever seen... now giant praying mantises, of course, is another matter... 

[SimonNZ]

also half way through watching the full 4-hour version of The Executioners Song. Will almost certainly be reading the book shortly after.

[Karl Henning]

Hey Karl - I was thinking about upgrading my DVD of the 1951 version of The Thing with James Arness of Gunsmoke fame (Rotten Tomatoes, RT: 86% critics; 73% audience) - $10 for the HD streamer; then you mentioned the 1982 re-make which I saw on release but do not own - reviewing the plots below from RT, certainly different (their ratings 83% & 92%) - maybe I need to watch the newer one again?  Dave  

 

Hi, Dave! I enjoy both the original and Jn Carpenter's remake (with special effects by Rob Bottin, who also worked a few times with Paul Verhoeven.) Own both on blu-ray.

[relm1]

Hey Karl - I was thinking about upgrading my DVD of the 1951 version of The Thing with James Arness of Gunsmoke fame (Rotten Tomatoes, RT: 86% critics; 73% audience) - $10 for the HD streamer; then you mentioned the 1982 re-make which I saw on release but do not own - reviewing the plots below from RT, certainly different (their ratings 83% & 92%) - maybe I need to watch the newer one again?  Dave  

 

Love both of these as well.  As well as the soundtracks!  They are both so eerie and moody!

[Karl Henning]

Just because I'd never seen it: Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice.

The really funny thing: I learnt of the movie by reading Mad Magazine's parody as a teenager, and I feel like I pretty much got whatever the movie itself has to offer from Mad.
The score by Quincy Jones and the curious choice of the Hallelujah Chorus for the opening music aside. Definitely of its era.

[milk]

Just because I'd never seen it: Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice.

The really funny thing: I learnt of the movie by reading Mad Magazine's parody as a teenager, and I feel like I pretty much got whatever the movie itself has to offer from Mad.
The score by Quincy Jones and the curious choice of the Hallelujah Chorus for the opening music aside. Definitely of its era.

I love that movie. Closing music is great also but it'd be a spoiler to say what it is.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

The Great Escape with Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasance, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and others.

Classic WWII movie directed by John Sturges based on the non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill.  Music by Elmer Bernstein (no relationship to Leonard).

Hadn't watched in quite some time; still a favorite of mine. 



PD

[aligreto]

Sahara:





This film follows the adventures of an obsessive search for the wreck of a legendary American Civil War battleship and the conflicts that this search embroils the protagonists in. It was quite entertaining and was certainly worth the watch.

[Karl Henning]

The Great Escape with Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasance, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and others.

Classic WWII movie directed by John Sturges based on the non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill.  Music by Elmer Bernstein (no relationship to Leonard).

Hadn't watched in quite some time; still a favorite of mine. 



PD

Oh, I need to watch that 'un. Love Elmer Bernstein's score for To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Karl Henning]

Sahara:





This film follows the adventures of an obsessive search for the wreck of a legendary American Civil War battleship and the conflicts that this search embroils the protagonists in. It was quite entertaining and was certainly worth the watch.

Interesting.

[SonicMan46]

Sahara:



This film follows the adventures of an obsessive search for the wreck of a legendary American Civil War battleship and the conflicts that this search embroils the protagonists in. It was quite entertaining and was certainly worth the watch.

Hi Fergus - believe I saw this film on release but cannot remember much - attractive co-stars who I've enjoyed in many films - reviews were mixed but I love these historic fiction films (National Treasure 1 & 2 w/ Nicholas Cage are favs) - Dave

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Oh, I need to watch that 'un. Love Elmer Bernstein's score for To Kill a Mockingbird.

You know, I've only ever caught snippets of TKAM.     Need to rectify that.

I remember growing up that they used to show Escape in two parts because it was so long!  Not as long as Reds but close!  You might either want to break it into two nights are set aside a nice rainy Sunday to watch it. 

PD

p.s.  If you've ever watched Chicken Run, you've heard the theme.