Last Movie You Watched

[ritter]

Another French classic:


Quite wonderful...

[aligreto]

Alien vs Predator





This was a total waste of my time.

[LKB]

Alien vs Predator





This was a total waste of my time.

Indeed. I suffered through it as well when it was in the theaters, at the insistence of another. He eventually earned my forgiveness, but he had to work at it.

,

LKB

[drogulus]

Alien vs Predator





This was a total waste of my time.

     I'm trying to imagine an alternative version of me that would go see this film.

     Still trying....

     Almost there.....

     No, this is an actively avoid.

[aligreto]

Yes, if anyone has not yet seen it, it is that bad.

[Karl Henning]

Alien vs Predator





This was a total waste of my time.

I had speculated on those lines, thanks for taking one for the team.

Thread Duty...

Funnier than ever: 1941

[SimonNZ]

AvP - that's the one set in Antarctica?

I actually thought that was entertaingly trashy. Unlike the ones that followed which really were horrible.

[Biffo]

AvP - that's the one set in Antarctica?

I actually thought that was entertaingly trashy. Unlike the ones that followed which really were horrible.

That sums it up.

It has been shown on UK television numerous times but I have only seen it all the way through once, usually I missed the start and so a lot of it didn't make sense. I may have only watched it to the end once also. It is the sort of thing I used to come across while listlessly channel flicking.

On a higher plane, All is true is the latest film I have watched. It held my interest and at times was very moving but I can't imagine watching it again. Kenneth Branagh with a false nose as Shakespeare was perplexing; I kept thinking who is this? - I missed some of the opening titles and was too lazy to retrieve the DVD box

[aligreto]

Alien vs Predator





This was a total waste of my time.

This has been followed by AVP 2





This one was also poor but not quite so bad as its predecessor.


Well then, you might ask, why watch them or stick with them until their conclusion [which I would not normally do]?. The simple answer is that they were given to me by a colleague in work and there was somewhat of an obligation to watch them as a result.

[Karl Henning]

This has been followed by AVP 2





This one was also poor but not quite so bad as its predecessor.


Well then, you might ask, why watch them or stick with them until their conclusion [which I would not normally do]?. The simple answer is that they were given to me by a colleague in work and there was somewhat of an obligation to watch them as a result.

I feel for ya.

[aligreto]

I feel for ya.

Cheers Karl. He is a good guy and I felt that I owed him a least three hours or so of my life.

[Madiel]

You risk encouraging him if you look too enthusiastic.

[Karl Henning]

Had to watch The Loved One again: brilliant.


Also watched the No Fighting in the War Room supplement to the Criterion edition of Dr. Strangelove. Interviews with Robt McNamara, Roger Ebert, Bob Woodward & al.

[Madiel]

Last attendance at the Scandinavian film festival was to see Sonja - The White Swan, a fairly good biopic about the ice skater Sonja Henie who became a major film star in the 1930s and 40s.

Partly in Norwegian but a lot of it is set in California and hence there's also plenty of English as well.

[SonicMan46]

Well, last few nights I was in the mood for some 'jazz/swing biopics' so watched the two below:

Benny Goodman Story, The (1956) w/ Steve Allen & Donna Reed; the real Goodman doing the clarinet playing - guest stars, Sammy Davis, Sr., Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, Ben Pollack, Lionel Hampton, Kid Ory, Buck Clayton, Stan Getz, et al - one of the MAIN attractions of these films are the 'real' performers from the era - would buy this on a good BD just for the sound improvement!

Five Pennies, The (1959) w/ Danny Kaye as Red Nichols - guest appearance most prominently, Louis Armstrong, again a major reason for watching this type of film - need to check if this is on BD?

Another excellent film of this genre is The Glenn Miller Story (1954) w/ James Stewart & June Allyson, and yet again MANY of the 'real' musicians of the times - now I do have this one on BD!  Dave

   

[aligreto]

Ender's Game






This is my second time to view this film and I am still not impressed. The only actor with any credibility for me is the girl who plays the cadet.

[ritter]

My private mini-festival  of classic French cinema continued over the last week with:


A masterpiece! I, not being in the least a religious person, was profoundly touched by Bresson's adaptation of Georges Bernanos's novel (which I had read decades ago). This Diary of a Country Priest, in its asceticism, emanates a profound spirituality.


Clouzot's wartime The Raven is an interesting study of collective irrationality and hysteria.


A magnificent failure. After having made together one of the great films of all time, Les  enfants du Paradis, a couple of years earlier, director Marcel Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert embarked on this overambitious Gates of the Night, which harks back to a pre-war style and is poorly acted (due to a convoluted casting history). I was particularly disappointed by theatre legend Jean Vilar's impersonation of Destiny, which I found downright unpleasant. Still, there are some beautiful choral scenes, some stunning cinematography, and the song Les feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves) was written for this film (Prévert penning the lyrics to fit a melody used by composer Joseph Kosma in an earlier ballet—also on a Prévert scenario).


Of course this is a later film than any of the above, but a classic by any measure. Elevator to the Gallows turned Jeanne Moreau into a star, and Miles Davis into a household name in Europe. Watching Moreau wander around the 8ème arrondissement, to Davis's highly improvised soundtrack, is sheer pleasure (she'd repeat the feat some years later in another city—Milan—and a completely different film, Antonioni's La notte). And to think that Director Louis Malle was 25 years of age when he embarked on this movie, his first.

[Florestan]

A masterpiece! I, not being in the least a religious person, was profoundly touched by Bresson's adaptation of Georges Bernsnos's novel (which I had read decades ago). This Diary of a Ciuntry Priest, in its asceticism, emanates a profound spirituality.

Two misspellings in two lines. French champagne along with French movies, perhaps? 

[ritter]

Two misspellings in two lines. French champagne along with French movies, perhaps? 

Fixed..always a relief to see that the GMG spelling squadron diligently fulfills its duties. 

[Florestan]

Fixed..always a relief to see that the GMG spelling squadron diligently fulfills its duties. 

IOW, it's a relief your posts don't go unnoticed.