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LKB

Quote from: Karl Henning on January 01, 2025, 03:19:18 PMWhat the Dickens

I've watched the film properly since " Part 1 ", so I'll get 'round to a more proper review in the near future.  8)
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Brian

Quote from: Madiel on January 04, 2025, 02:58:50 AMThe Death of Stalin



Um... it kind of just happened in front of me. Yes it's a satire, and I actually remember liking some of Iannucci's work before (specifically In the Loop) so I know his style, but I really only found a handful of moments of this funny. Most of it I watched with little reaction at all, though I felt it became a bit more engaging as it went along. I wasn't even thinking it was bad or dull. It was just interesting enough to keep occupying the screen, and that was about it.
Sidebar: I thought the Soviet orchestral pastiche soundtrack was very well executed.

Florestan

Quote from: Cato on January 03, 2025, 11:14:28 AMKeine Ahnung habe ich, ob die Mehrheit der Mitglieder hier Deutsch lesen kann  Die Mitglieder aber, die nicht Englisch als Muttersprache haben, sondern z. B. Spanisch (Ritter) oder Rumänisch (Florestan), haben mich immer mit ihren ausgezeichneten Faehigkeiten auf Englisch beeindrueckt! 

Vielen Dank, mein Freund, ich fühle mich geschmeichelt. Mein Deutsch ist gut genug, um das Wesentliche eines Liedes zu verstehen, insbesondere beim Lesen.
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "

Florestan



A bloody* bullshit of a movie.

* literally
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "

Florestan



This is so bad it's actually good. I certainly enjoyed it more than No Escape;D
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "

Karl Henning

The second Rutles movie, Can't Buy Me Lunch. Wikipedia says "This was met with mixed reactions from fans, particularly because no new footage of the Rutles was filmed." Well, okay, but the interviews with Gary Shandling and Tom Hanks are great fun.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

AnotherSpin

Quote from: Brian on January 04, 2025, 07:07:39 AMSidebar: I thought the Soviet orchestral pastiche soundtrack was very well executed.

I watched this film, but I remember very little. In fact, I didn't want to remember much; the jokes about Stalin and his era aren't very inspiring—too many people died, in my family also.

Meanwhile, in Russia, they are filming and airing a series about Beria. Here's an excerpt from the description on the website where it is streaming:

"About the film: In 20th-century history, Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria is portrayed as a monster. However, to this day, no evidence has been found to prove his guilt in the repressions of 1937-1938. Nikita Khrushchev, who overthrew him, is presented in this context as the true liberator of the homeland from the monster's rule. But is that really the case? Could it be that Khrushchev, fearing for his own fate and desiring sole power, provoked a coup d'état, thus committing a crime against the state and the people?"

The original is provided below. And, this is not a recommendation, just an illustration of what's happening today.

"О фильме: Лаврентию Павловичу Берия в истории ХХ века отводится роль монстра. Хотя по сей день так и не найдены доказательства его виновности в репрессиях 37-38 годов. Свергнувший его Никита Хрущев в этом контексте предстает подлинным освободителем отечества от власти чудовища. Но так ли это на самом деле? Может, Хрущев, опасаясь за собственную судьбу и желая получить единоличную власть, спровоцировал государственный переворот, то есть совершил преступление против государства и народа?"


Karl Henning

Quote from: Karl Henning on January 04, 2025, 10:12:55 AMThe second Rutles movie, Can't Buy Me Lunch. Wikipedia says "This was met with mixed reactions from fans, particularly because no new footage of the Rutles was filmed." Well, okay, but the interviews with Gary Shandling and Tom Hanks are great fun.
And in the end the lunch you take is equal to the lunch you make.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Florestan

Quote from: AnotherSpin on January 04, 2025, 10:15:27 AMI watched this film, but I remember very little. In fact, I didn't want to remember much; the jokes about Stalin and his era aren't very inspiring—too many people died, in my family also.

Meanwhile, in Russia, they are filming and airing a series about Beria. Here's an excerpt from the description on the website where it is streaming:

"About the film: In 20th-century history, Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria is portrayed as a monster. However, to this day, no evidence has been found to prove his guilt in the repressions of 1937-1938. Nikita Khrushchev, who overthrew him, is presented in this context as the true liberator of the homeland from the monster's rule. But is that really the case? Could it be that Khrushchev, fearing for his own fate and desiring sole power, provoked a coup d'état, thus committing a crime against the state and the people?"

The original is provided below. And, this is not a recommendation, just an illustration of what's happening today.

"О фильме: Лаврентию Павловичу Берия в истории ХХ века отводится роль монстра. Хотя по сей день так и не найдены доказательства его виновности в репрессиях 37-38 годов. Свергнувший его Никита Хрущев в этом контексте предстает подлинным освободителем отечества от власти чудовища. Но так ли это на самом деле? Может, Хрущев, опасаясь за собственную судьбу и желая получить единоличную власть, спровоцировал государственный переворот, то есть совершил преступление против государства и народа?"



The USSR gallery of monsters, starting with Lenin himself, make Tsarist Russia look like a relatively liberal and rule-of-law state.
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "

JBS

Quote from: Florestan on January 04, 2025, 09:10:53 AM

This is so bad it's actually good. I certainly enjoyed it more than No Escape;D

They must have been hoping to reproduce the Pirates of the Caribbean effect (turn a sort of popular hokey DisneyWorld ride into a popular movie franchise).

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SonicMan46

Wicked (2024) - brief summary below w/ main cast - streaming rental from Amazon ($20!) but looked great on our 50" 4K HDTV w/ sound to my den stereo. The Broadway musical is 20+ yrs old which we saw shortly after that time in Richmond, VA - hard to enjoy in an old renovated theater and back row seats. Now this is only Part 1 so a year or so wait! The ratings have been excellent (88%, Rotten Tomatoes; 7.9/10, IMDB) - we were not overwhelmed although the film looks great! For me, a 3 1/2* to 4*/5* rating - don't want to see again (and may skip Part II?) - BUT, I'd like to attend the stage version again with better seats -  ;D   Dave

QuoteWicked (Part I) is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox; the first installment of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which is loosely based on the Oz books and the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The film covers the musical's first act. It stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp and Ariana Grande-Butera as Galinda Upland, with many others including Jeff Goldblum as the wizard. Set in the Land of Oz, before Dorothy Gale's arrival from Kansas, it follows Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her friendship with her classmate Galinda, who becomes Glinda the Good. (Source)


Christo

Quote from: Madiel on January 04, 2025, 02:58:50 AMThe Death of Stalin



Um... it kind of just happened in front of me. Yes it's a satire, and I actually remember liking some of Iannucci's work before (specifically In the Loop) so I know his style, but I really only found a handful of moments of this funny. Most of it I watched with little reaction at all, though I felt it became a bit more engaging as it went along. I wasn't even thinking it was bad or dull. It was just interesting enough to keep occupying the screen, and that was about it.
Saw it this fall, but cannot overcome one serioous shortdoming. The scenario/script just 'sucks' in terms of historical reality, it messes all facts up to the extreme. And I cannot stand lies -- even if they're only about historical facts in an unkwown world, long ago. But the suffering of millions was real, we cannot simply sacrifice them at the alter of our incomprehension. IMHO, of course.
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Madiel

Quote from: Christo on January 04, 2025, 02:01:03 PMThe scenario/script just 'sucks' in terms of historical reality

Yes, and I've seen that criticism elsewhere, but to be honest I'm mystified why anyone would go into this particular film thinking that they were going to get something historically accurate. While I was moderately interested to look up some of the names I was less familiar with, I didn't watch it with any kind of belief that Molotov was anything like Michael Palin.

I mean, seriously. Michael Palin and Jeffrey Tambor. You do not cast these men when you're aiming for historical authenticity. The casting and performances are positively designed to pull you out of that notion.
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Cato

Quote from: Florestan on January 04, 2025, 09:10:53 AM

This is so bad it's actually good. I certainly enjoyed it more than No Escape;D


You will undoubtedly enjoy this "Pitch Meeting" from Ryan George, who plays both the screenwriter with terrible ideas for movies trying to convince a greedy, mediocre, and easily swayed studio C.E.O. to make the movie being pitched.

Every stupid, ridiculous, and illogical thing proposed by the screenwriter is, of course, actually in the movie!!!



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Karl Henning

Quote from: Madiel on January 04, 2025, 02:38:54 PMI mean, seriously. Michael Palin and Jeffrey Tambor. You do not cast these men when you're aiming for historical authenticity....
Emphasis mine. Yow!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

hopefullytrusting

Had to take most of the days off to rest my eyes (so many pdfs, and I still have like another 2-3 days, but that is more for getting them almost wholly organized - they currently are 75% organized): Leviathan (similar to The Abyss, but with lower-level actors) and Nemesis (unironically, the greatest cyberpunk movie ever made, in my opinion)


Madiel

Quote from: Karl Henning on January 04, 2025, 03:56:40 PMEmphasis mine. Yow!

I'm not saying they do poor work. I think they do the work they were cast to do, especially Tambor who has a significant part. But it's also a performance where the father from Arrested Development is just around the corner.
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Karl Henning

Quote from: Madiel on January 04, 2025, 04:21:12 PMI'm not saying they do poor work. I think they do the work they were cast to do, especially Tambor who has a significant part. But it's also a performance where the father from Arrested Development is just around the corner.
That's how I read you. I was just tickled because I've recently seen Tambor in The Larry Sanders Show and Palin in a scene with George Harrison in the Rutles movie 
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

AnotherSpin

Quote from: Christo on January 04, 2025, 02:01:03 PMSaw it this fall, but cannot overcome one serioous shortdoming. The scenario/script just 'sucks' in terms of historical reality, it messes all facts up to the extreme. And I cannot stand lies -- even if they're only about historical facts in an unkwown world, long ago. But the suffering of millions was real, we cannot simply sacrifice them at the alter of our incomprehension. IMHO, of course.

Why worry? People have always turned others' suffering into a spectacle, and today is no different. They crave a thrill to stir their nerves, a distraction to keep from sinking into the swamp of their own complacency. It's easier—and far more entertaining—than taking action to alleviate someone else's pain.

Madiel

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The film is set a long time before I was born. I feel zero guilt about my lack of effort to stop Stalin's terror.

Indeed, by the time the film was made there were not that many people around who were adults when Stalin died.
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