Last Movie You Watched

[Madiel]

Made a 4x4 of my favorite movies so far. Saw that I made a 3x3 a year ago, but this time gave it a little more thought.

"If you are looking for an image, it was probably deleted."

[VonStupp]

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Dick Van Dyke, Benny Hill, Gert Fröbe, Desmond Llewelyn

Waiting until later for Mary Poppins. But of the many Sherman brothers songs from these two, who tend to be perky and treacly, it was their minor-keyed tunes that caught my attention.
VS

[greg]

"If you are looking for an image, it was probably deleted."

Weird, it was still displaying for me when loading this page. But when I copied the URL and went to that link, I also got that error.

Got the new URL, does it display now?

[Madiel]

Yes, it works now.

[Karl Henning]

Sorry, I know that you didn't ask me, but may I say that I really enjoyed the first one.

PD

Turns out, too that it is one of my youngest brother-in-law's very favorite movies.
As for me, I enjoyed it fine, it's an awfully impressive achievement. Not a question I need to settle tonight, but I'm not sure I need to go on that ride again. I also find myself a shade leery of the industry's need to build a franchise out of it. From my perspective, the theme being "Ya know, guy, you just shouldn't have; look at everything that went wrong," in short, there shouldn't be a sequel to a movie whose curtain line is, "After careful consideration, I have decided not to endorse your park." But the industry is what it is."

[Karl Henning]

Turns out, too that it is one of my youngest brother-in-law's very favorite movies.
As for me, I enjoyed it fine, it's an awfully impressive achievement. Not a question I need to settle tonight, but I'm not sure I need to go on that ride again. I also find myself a shade leery of the industry's need to build a franchise out of it. From my perspective, the theme being "Ya know, guy, you just shouldn't have; look at everything that went wrong," in short, there shouldn't be a sequel to a movie whose curtain line is, "After careful consideration, I have decided not to endorse your park." But the industry is what it is."

I did watch the Return to J.P. suite of featurettes, which opened with Spielberg saying he wasn't making a horror movie. Yet it more or less felt like that. I get that the "reveal" of the brachiosaur is majestic and beautiful, and that when they've fled to the treetop, they hear the brachiosaurs singing, but ... the kids in the kitchen, e.g.
Overall, though, the featurettes did a great job of illustrating the puppeteering tour-de-force of the endeavor. Also fun to learn that Goldblum's heroic turn in distracting the Tyrannosaur was the actor's idea.
I re-watched High Noon as a chaser.

[Karl Henning]

FWIW, Ebert's review of J.P

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Turns out, too that it is one of my youngest brother-in-law's very favorite movies.
As for me, I enjoyed it fine, it's an awfully impressive achievement. Not a question I need to settle tonight, but I'm not sure I need to go on that ride again. I also find myself a shade leery of the industry's need to build a franchise out of it. From my perspective, the theme being "Ya know, guy, you just shouldn't have; look at everything that went wrong," in short, there shouldn't be a sequel to a movie whose curtain line is, "After careful consideration, I have decided not to endorse your park." But the industry is what it is."

I understand what you mean. 

I did watch the Return to J.P. suite of featurettes, which opened with Spielberg saying he wasn't making a horror movie. Yet it more or less felt like that. I get that the "reveal" of the brachiosaur is majestic and beautiful, and that when they've fled to the treetop, they hear the brachiosaurs singing, but ... the kids in the kitchen, e.g.
Overall, though, the featurettes did a great job of illustrating the puppeteering tour-de-force of the endeavor. Also fun to learn that Goldblum's heroic turn in distracting the Tyrannosaur was the actor's idea.
I re-watched High Noon as a chaser.

Thanks for sharing a bit about the extras.  And well done Mr. Goldblum!  By the way, did you know that he loves jazz and put out an album?  And, of yeah, it hit number one on the Billboard's Jazz Album chart too. 

PD

[Karl Henning]

I understand what you mean. 
Thanks for sharing a bit about the extras.  And well done Mr. Goldblum!  By the way, did you know that he loves jazz and put out an album?  And, of yeah, it hit number one on the Billboard's Jazz Album chart too. 

PD

I either knew or suspected, PD, since it looked to me like he really was at the piano in both Earth Girls Are Easy "You rest your thumbs, I'll drive." and The Fly.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I either knew or suspected, PD, since it looked to me like he really was at the piano in both Earth Girls Are Easy "You rest your thumbs, I'll drive." and The Fly.

I remember (sometime in, I want to say, the past year?) seeing him on a late night talk show being interviewed and then playing with a band.  Forget which one it was, but there are various uploads on youtube of him playing.

PD

[Karl Henning]

I remember (sometime in, I want to say, the past year?) seeing him on a late night talk show being interviewed and then playing with a band.  Forget which one it was, but there are various uploads on youtube of him playing.

PD

Fun!

[Karl Henning]

And more fun:
The Sting and Start the Revolution Without Me

[SonicMan46]

Something the Lord Made (2004) - a re-watch after just reading the new book A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men and Women Who Reinvented American Medicine (2022), mainly about the beginning and early years of Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore - the main characters pertinent to the story from that era were Helen Taussig, Alfred Blalock, and the black non-MD Vivien Thomas - available for streaming on HBO Max.  Highly recommended. Dave

Something the Lord Made is a 2004 American made-for-television biographical drama film about the black cardiac pioneer Vivien Thomas (1910–1985) and his complex and volatile partnership with white surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899–1964), the "Blue Baby doctor" who pioneered modern heart surgery. Based on the National Magazine Award-winning Washingtonian magazine article "Like Something the Lord Made" by Katie McCabe, the film was directed by Joseph Sargent and written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell. (Source)

 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

And more fun:
The Sting and Start the Revolution Without Me

The Sting...what a classic!     I don't know the other movie though?

PD

[Karl Henning]

The Sting...what a classic!    I don't know the other movie though?

PD

It was my first viewing, too: Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland nearly upend the French Rev. Amusingly, Orson Welles narrates, too.

[VonStupp]

And more fun:
The Sting and Start the Revolution Without Me

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The Sting...what a classic!     I don't know the other movie though?

Neat duo to watch, Karl.

Can't remember if I liked Revolution, but if I recall it is a Corsican Brothers farce with Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland in dual roles?

I found a trailer with an odd appearance by Orson Welles!

VS

[Karl Henning]

Neat duo to watch, Karl.

Can't remember if I liked Revolution, but if I recall it is a Corsican Brothers farce with Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland in dual roles?

VS

Right ho! Shy of great, but certainly good, methinks.

[Karl Henning]

Largely because Poju reminded me of it: Outland. Still love it!

[SonicMan46]

Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - short synopsis below (much more at link) - Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten (what a change of pace!) main stars - own the BD but decided to do an Amazon Prime Video streaming upgrade to UHD (review HERE if interested) - as stated below one of Hitchcock's favorites.  Highly recommended, especially if you've not seen this thriller.  Dave

Shadow of a Doubt is an American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell. In 1991, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was also Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of all of his films. (Source)

 

[Brian]

Saw the new "Knives Out" mystery in theaters on the big screen, before it moves to Netflix. It certainly was a nice big screen experience because of the lavish setting in a Greek luxury resort. Lots of beautiful landscapes and beautiful people.

Very entertaining movie, too. Benoit Blanc, our Foghorn-Leghorn-sounding detective hero, is summoned to a murder mystery dinner party vacation being thrown by Edward Norton, who straightforwardly portrays Elon Musk (thankfully without trying the accent). There's a lot of satiric bite here, as Musk's buddies/the suspects are a men's rights YouTuber (Dave Bautista), a bought-and-paid-for lefty politician (Kathryn Hahn), a washed-up model who keeps blurting racist things and getting canceled (Kate Moss), and a scientist yes-man at Tesla who keeps approving unsafe products to save his job (Leslie Odom Jr.).

Too much satire, not enough mystery? You could say that, especially since Musk's basic character/behavior end up providing a clue. But whatever. Don't carp. It's a load of fun watching all these actors ham it up and revel in their goofy characters. Baustista in particular is a total joy, wandering around with a loaded gun on or in his underpants. Plus you get Janelle Monae as the real company founder who got Winklevoss'd out without a penny, but who has returned with a secret. And Daniel Craig is having the time of his life as Blanc. He looks old here, but in a sweet, almost grandfatherly way. No wonder he was ready to give up Bond.

I don't think I should spoil the many cameos, which are great fun (and vehicles for jokes, not just stunt casting), but it is a particular pleasure to watch Kate Moss puzzle over a J.S. Bach tune, only for Yo-Yo Ma himself to show up and provide expert advice.

Longer than the first Knives Out, and maybe less satisfying as a mystery, but more fun as a goofy popcorn movie spectacle. The time flew. It's almost worth watching for the costumes alone. Netflix also spent probably 10% of the budget on forgeries of classic paintings (early on Blanc mentions a Matisse in the bathroom, and in good time, we get to see it).

My one complaint is that there are too many musical cues, so many that they sometimes rear-end each other like bumper cars.