Last Movie You Watched

[James]

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 ‧ Fantasy/Fantasy ‧ 1h 43m

A film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people.

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[Karl Henning]

The Mystic Masseur. It's what's after the pizza.

[SonicMan46]

Mainly watching TV series, such as the newest season of Hawaii Five-O - but last night streamed a film on my 'to see' list from Amazon:

Nice Guys, The (2016) w/ Ryan Gosling & Russell Crowe - short synopsis below.  Ratings: 7.5/10, IMDB; 91%, Rotten Tomatoes; 3.4/5, Amazon - not a great film, but I enjoy Gosling and Crowe, and Gosling's daughter is cute.  I'd do at least 3 but not 4* on Amazon, guess that I pretty much agree w/ that rating - will not be a purchase or a re-watch for me.  Recommended once to fans of these actors.  Dave

Holland March (Ryan Gosling) is a down-on-his-luck private eye in 1977 Los Angeles. Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) is a hired enforcer who hurts people for a living. Fate turns them into unlikely partners after a young woman named Amelia (Margaret Qualley) mysteriously disappears. Healy and March soon learn the hard way that some dangerous people are also looking for Amelia. Their investigation takes them to dark places as anyone else who gets involved in the case seems to wind up dead.

 

[Spineur]

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 ‧ Fantasy/Fantasy ‧ 1h 43m

A film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people.

This film, which I have seen a dozen time with much pleasure, may take a new relevance after next November elections.

[SimonNZ]

Finally getting around to this. And I thought it was superb.

[James]

This film, which I have seen a dozen time with much pleasure, may take a new relevance after next November elections.

[SonicMan46]

Last few nights, a couple of 'new' blu-ray arrivals from the past:

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) w/ Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, et al - early 60s sci-fan film that spawned the TV series - still a fun movie w/ Barbara Eden convorting around w/ a very tight uniform and high heels on a submarine (some added images below - I dream of Jeannie - ). 

Firefly (2002-2003) - the short-lived TV series about outer space (short synopsis below) - did watch the series originally but forgot how good it was - comes on 3 BDs and is cheap on Amazon.  Dave

Set 500 years in the future after a universal civil war, the crew of a small transport spaceship takes any job so long as it puts food on the table. The disparate men and women just want to survive and maybe have better lives, but they face constant challenges on the new frontier, such as the Reavers -- flesh-eating mongrels who live on the fringes of the universe.

 

[Ken B]

Last few nights, a couple of 'new' blu-ray arrivals from the past:

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) w/ Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, et al - early 60s sci-fan film that spawned the TV series - still a fun movie w/ Barbara Eden convorting around w/ a very tight uniform and high heels on a submarine (some added images below - I dream of Jeannie - ). 

Firefly (2002-2003) - the short-lived TV series about outer space (short synopsis below) - did watch the series originally but forgot how good it was - comes on 3 BDs and is cheap on Amazon.  Dave

 

Nice.
Once upon a time Dave, you'd have posted a picture of Walter Pidgeon!

[SonicMan46]

Nice.
Once upon a time Dave, you'd have posted a picture of Walter Pidgeon!

Ken - LOL!    But, I'm now a 'dirty ole man' and love looking at young shapely females - BUT, just for you, a pic below of Walter P. in his younger years -   Dave

[Karl Henning]

Last night for the first (but not the last) time:  Crimes and Misdemeanors.  In a manner mildly Shakespearean, the comic love triangle counterpoises the stark dramatic narrative bittersweetly.

[TheGSMoeller]

Last night for the first (but not the last) time:  Crimes and Misdemeanors.  In a manner mildly Shakespearean, the comic love triangle counterpoises the stark dramatic narrative bittersweetly.

Another amazing film. The use of Schubert's 15th string quartet is perfection, and haunting.

[Mister Sharpe]

Last few nights, a couple of 'new' blu-ray arrivals from the past:


Firefly (2002-2003) - the short-lived TV series about outer space (short synopsis below) - did watch the series originally but forgot how good it was ..."

Agree - astonishingly good...by coincidence my wife and I are reprising the series now and it does not age or wear thin on repeated viewings. Wish there were more episodes; less happy with the movie sequel.

[Ken B]

Last few nights, a couple of 'new' blu-ray arrivals from the past:


Firefly (2002-2003) - the short-lived TV series about outer space (short synopsis below) - did watch the series originally but forgot how good it was ..."

Agree - astonishingly good...by coincidence my wife and I are reprising the series now and it does not age or wear thin on repeated viewings. Wish there were more episodes; less happy with the movie sequel.

Rationing keystrokes this week?

[SimonNZ]

Lots of fun individual scenes, but immediately once it finished quite a lot of it seemed very problematic and left a bad aftertaste. Not least for the historical whitewashing it gives a nasty piece of work like studio fixer Eddie Mannix, and especially for how it turns the screenwriter victims of the McCarthy witchhunts into genuine Russian agents. Somehow it also seems to genuinely support the reactionary and hypocritical studio/media politics and "family values", or in its quest for a laugh completely loses sight of the critique. Then there's the waste of a large cast of big name actors who get little more than extended cameos, if that, and certainly nothing resembling character development.

[Mister Sharpe]

Rationing keystrokes this week?

Smarty,  , done on my tablet, upon which I am a clumsy poker and prodder. Devilish device. I'm more or less certain to commit sepukku with this tablet pen. Also endeavoring to save GMG valuable disk space!!!

[SonicMan46]

Last few nights, a couple of 'new' blu-ray arrivals from the past:


Firefly (2002-2003) - the short-lived TV series about outer space (short synopsis below) - did watch the series originally but forgot how good it was ..."

Agree - astonishingly good...by coincidence my wife and I are reprising the series now and it does not age or wear thin on repeated viewings. Wish there were more episodes; less happy with the movie sequel.

OK - extracted your response from my Firefly comments - agree w/ your thoughts - still have the last disc to complete - quite good!  Dave

[Mister Sharpe]

Agree - astonishingly good...by coincidence my wife and I are reprising the series now and it does not age or wear thin on repeated viewings. Wish there were more episodes; less happy with the movie sequel.

OK - extracted your response from my Firefly comments - agree w/ your thoughts - still have the last disc to complete - quite good!  Dave

Thank you, and sorry about that!  "You're the hero of Canton, the man they call [Dave]..." 

[Karl Henning]

Another amazing film. The use of Schubert's 15th string quartet is perfection, and haunting.

He has an ear for music to rival Kubrick's, I believe.

[aligreto]

Last night....





I watch Amelie about once a year and still find it one of the quirkiest and most entertaining of films that I know.

[NikF]

Last night....





I watch Amelie about once a year and still find it one of the quirkiest and most entertaining of films that I know.

Good stuff. Yeah, I find it one that can be watched often too.
There's talk of the Jaurez Machado kind of palette used, but have you ever noticed the lack of blue and the impact of if when it does appear? Obvious, but all the same, cool.