Last Movie You Watched

[Cato]

"In a cyclonic cavalcade of electrifying horror."

Gina Gershon likes the Godzilla score!

https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/671-gina-gershon-s-closet-picks

[relm1]

Turns out to be another tyrannosaurid, and an Ankylosaurus to boot. That H-bomb testing seems to have released a whole bevy of dinosaurs.

Wasn't it also responsible for giant people and giant insects?

[Roasted Swan]

I went to see Deadpool & Wolverine yesterday (£4.00 at local independent cinema - great 👍).  Does this make me a bad person?! 😈.  Actually as a big fan of the anarchy of the first two films this was quite a disappointment.  Still lots of gratuitous violence and bad language but the actual storyline very weak and reliant too much on bitchy dialogue between the two main characters.  Any script that relies on the "Multiverse" to dig you out of a plot-hole is already in trouble and this one is big time.

[DavidW]

I went to see Deadpool & Wolverine yesterday (£4.00 at local independent cinema - great 👍).  Does this make me a bad person?! 😈.  Actually as a big fan of the anarchy of the first two films this was quite a disappointment.  Still lots of gratuitous violence and bad language but the actual storyline very weak and reliant too much on bitchy dialogue between the two main characters.  Any script that relies on the "Multiverse" to dig you out of a plot-hole is already in trouble and this one is big time.

Oh no, not the multiverse!! I'm sick of it. Loki did it well, but the other Marvel shows and movies have not. I was looking forward to seeing that movie when I felt better. Like you, I planned on going to a cheap, local theater. I really liked the first Deadpool movie. And then the second not as much, but I liked that character that was lucky.

[Karl Henning]

About a quarter of the way through, I'm not feeling much motivation to keep with it. I may, though. Different composer,
not that this is the issue. The music for the final scene of the divers bringing what they hope will be death to the creature was especially affecting. And I should have missed that if I just carried on not thinking much of the project.

Of course the best, most humane element in the screenplays is the characters' self-sacrifice (Serizawa in Godzilla and Kobayashi in Godzilla Raids Again.)

[Karl Henning]

About a quarter of the way through, I'm not feeling much motivation to keep with it. I may, though. Different composer,
not that this is the issue. The music for the final scene of the divers bringing what they hope will be death to the creature was especially affecting. And I should have missed that if I just carried on not thinking much of the project.

I don't think I'll watch many more. When I was young, I did chance to see a little bit of Mothra so I will probably watch Mothra vs. Godzilla out of curiosity. The eighth disk is devoted to supplements and so I will probably check those out as well.

[Karl Henning]

I will probably watch Mothra vs. Godzilla out of curiosity.

"Are you saying Mothra gave you power of attorney?" Oh, they may have hooked me.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

"Are you saying Mothra gave you power of attorney?" Oh, they may have hooked me.

Love Mothra and King Ghidorah.

[DavidW]

I don't think I'll watch many more. When I was young, I did chance to see a little bit of Mothra so I will probably watch Mothra vs. Godzilla out of curiosity. The eighth disk is devoted to supplements and so I will probably check those out as well.

Godzilla Raids Again is awful.  Mothra, Ghidora/Monster Zero, Destroy All Monsters, and Mechagodzilla are the best from the first run.

[Karl Henning]

Godzilla Raids Again is awful.  Mothra, Ghidora/Monster Zero, Destroy All Monsters, and Mechagodzilla are the best from the first run.

Thanks for the roadmap!

[Karl Henning]

Godzilla Raids Again is awful.  Mothra, Ghidora/Monster Zero, Destroy All Monsters, and Mechagodzilla are the best from the first run.

Man, those larvae can hustle!

[Cato]

Godzilla Raids Again is awful.  Mothra, Ghidora/Monster Zero, Destroy All Monsters, and Mechagodzilla are the best from the first run.

Destroy All Monsters is an all-around fave!  Or at least it was back in the old days! 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen. A masterpiece. Partly a film within a film format. The production of a monochrome cinema within the movie is incredible. Nice acting by Jeff Daniels as Gil Shepherd- actor, and Tom Baxter- Shepherd's act in a movie.

[Karl Henning]

Rear Window. It's a while since last I watched this. I had forgotten just how good it is.

[DavidW]

I thought I would rewatch the movie since I read Jaws this week. The novel focuses primarily on the tension between the wealthy summer people and the all-year working class that keeps the town going. The infidelity, the mafia subplot, and the lack of heroes or friendship all work in tandem with that theme. The shark is hardly present in the novel and is more symbolic.

The movie strips that away and rewrites quite a bit to make the characters unified together and more relatable with character arcs to progress.

On the surface, the novel sounds more sophisticated and post-modern than the film that created the summer blockbuster. However, the book fails to do anything meaningful with its thematic material other than illustrate it. And the extra subplots are pure pulp. Every part of the movie works together to build a satisfying climax that leads to the end of each of the three characters' arcs; frankly, in my opinion, it is far superior. Sometimes, traditional writing is best. Sometimes, the film is better than the book it was based on.

I watched this in glorious 4k Dolby Vision on my big 77-inch TV. It was like seeing it in the theater.

[relm1]

I thought I would rewatch the movie since I read Jaws this week. The novel focuses primarily on the tension between the wealthy summer people and the all-year working class that keeps the town going. The infidelity, the mafia subplot, and the lack of heroes or friendship all work in tandem with that theme. The shark is hardly present in the novel and is more symbolic.

The movie strips that away and rewrites quite a bit to make the characters unified together and more relatable with character arcs to progress.

On the surface, the novel sounds more sophisticated and post-modern than the film that created the summer blockbuster. However, the book fails to do anything meaningful with its thematic material other than illustrate it. And the extra subplots are pure pulp. Every part of the movie works together to build a satisfying climax that leads to the end of each of the three characters' arcs; frankly, in my opinion, it is far superior. Sometimes, traditional writing is best. Sometimes, the film is better than the book it was based on.

I watched this in glorious 4k Dolby Vision on my big 77-inch TV. It was like seeing it in the theater.

Nice write up - I didn't know much about how the original story differed from the excellent film.  It was also my introduction to John Williams and Spielberg. 

[Cato]

I thought I would rewatch the movie since I read Jaws this week. The novel focuses primarily on the tension between the wealthy summer people and the all-year working class that keeps the town going. The infidelity, the mafia subplot, and the lack of heroes or friendship all work in tandem with that theme. The shark is hardly present in the novel and is more symbolic.

The movie strips that away and rewrites quite a bit to make the characters unified together and more relatable with character arcs to progress.

On the surface, the novel sounds more sophisticated and post-modern than the film that created the summer blockbuster. However, the book fails to do anything meaningful with its thematic material other than illustrate it. And the extra subplots are pure pulp. Every part of the movie works together to build a satisfying climax that leads to the end of each of the three characters' arcs; frankly, in my opinion, it is far superior. Sometimes, traditional writing is best. Sometimes, the film is better than the book it was based on.

This follows Alfred Hitchcock's statement that a mediocre book can be improved upon in the movie version.

On the other hand, a great book is more difficult to turn into a movie, as the book (assuming it is a great book)   will be richer, deeper, and therefore offers a greater challenge to the moviemaker.

[Ganondorf]

End of Evangelion. Still one of the greatest films ever made, to one of the greatest anime series ever made.

[Karl Henning]

Now: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster.

[Karl Henning]

Nice write up - I didn't know much about how the original story differed from the excellent film.  It was also my introduction to John Williams and Spielberg. 

I thought I would rewatch the movie since I read Jaws this week. The novel focuses primarily on the tension between the wealthy summer people and the all-year working class that keeps the town going. The infidelity, the mafia subplot, and the lack of heroes or friendship all work in tandem with that theme. The shark is hardly present in the novel and is more symbolic.

The movie strips that away and rewrites quite a bit to make the characters unified together and more relatable with character arcs to progress.

On the surface, the novel sounds more sophisticated and post-modern than the film that created the summer blockbuster. However, the book fails to do anything meaningful with its thematic material other than illustrate it. And the extra subplots are pure pulp. Every part of the movie works together to build a satisfying climax that leads to the end of each of the three characters' arcs; frankly, in my opinion, it is far superior. Sometimes, traditional writing is best. Sometimes, the film is better than the book it was based on.

I watched this in glorious 4k Dolby Vision on my big 77-inch TV. It was like seeing it in the theater.

Most illuming!