Last Movie You Watched

[Bogey]

Aviator is good .. but Goodfellas is a masterpiece, one of the best films ever made imo.

Yup.  I'm in the minority on this one.  Not the first time.

[George]

Tha Depaarted is faaackin' wicked sick!! 

[mc ukrneal]

I liked Good Fellas.  Was never enamored with it like many of my friends that are movie buffs.  On the other hand, The Aviator is a heck of a wonderful film.

Well, you are ahead of me. I didn't like Goodfellas at all, despite the actors. Just rehash, character acting, and a film I didn't care what happens in the end. I know Dances with Wolves is often trashed, but it was FAR better than Goodfellas. Anyway, don't get me started or I might just start telling you about one of the worst films ever made - Mulholland Drive...ooops! 

[Brian]

one of the worst films ever made - Mulholland Drive...ooops!

Well, we can agree on that one, Neal!

[Bogey]

The Depaarted is faaackin' wicked sick!! 

I would have enjoyed had Damon and Big D errr, Big D and Damon, not looked like the Olsen twins on a shopping trip....confused the heck out of me through most of the film.

[Bogey]

Well, you are ahead of me. I didn't like Goodfellas at all, despite the actors. Just rehash, character acting, and a film I didn't care what happens in the end. I know Dances with Wolves is often trashed, but it was FAR better than Goodfellas. Anyway, don't get me started or I might just start telling you about one of the worst films ever made - Mulholland Drive...ooops! 

Now that I think of it, I like it less after your post.

[Bogey]

... or I might just start telling you about one of the worst films ever made - Mulholland Drive...ooops! 

Never saw it.  I thought that the title was too cool for the movie to live up to, so I just tucked it away as a "lost film" in order not to ruin my premonition.

[TheGSMoeller]

Talk about a movie that split its audience. On Amazon there are 206 customer reviews: 53 five-star, 50 four-star, 35 three-star, 27 two-star and 41 one-star reviews.
Stoker is the English language film debut of Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park, and where many have struggled with their cultural translation, Park succeeds. For starters, I am already a big fan of this filmmaker's work, (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Thirst) and Stoker contains many of Park's trademark touches that make his earlier films so unique. Elegantly framed shots followed by off centered and jarring camera work to force the viewers attention to the fine details of the characters. Clever editing cuts, poetic violence, and many heavily scored scenes. The mysterious Mia Wasikowska and the quietly frightening Matthew Goode are excellent in their roles. I truly enjoyed this diabolically twisted and stylish film.

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[TheGSMoeller]

Anyway, don't get me started or I might just start telling you about one of the worst films ever made - Mulholland Drive...ooops! 

Are you referring to David Lynch's film of the same name? The one that was chosen as the Best Film of the Decade by Film Comment, indieWIRE, the Village Voice/LA Weekly, Cahiers du Cinéma and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association?

[Brian]

Are you referring to David Lynch's film of the same name? The one that was chosen as the Best Film of the Decade by Film Comment, indieWIRE, the Village Voice/LA Weekly, Cahiers du Cinéma and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association?

Yup. Hated it. But then I haven't seen it in five years... maybe my feelings would be different now? Maybe?

[TheGSMoeller]

Maybe my feelings would be different now? Maybe?

I don't know, Brian, my experience has been films I don't enjoy get worse over time, rarely ever better.

[Brian]

I don't know, Brian, my experience has been films I don't enjoy get worse over time, rarely ever better.

Hmm. That certainly happened with V for Vendetta, which at first I mildly disliked and now I hate with the fury of a thousand burning suns.

[TheGSMoeller]

Hmm. That certainly happened with V for Vendetta, which at first I mildly disliked and now I hate with the fury of a thousand burning suns.

That's a deep hatred.   

[Brian]

That's a deep hatred.   

Here was my "review" on another discussion forum... apologies for language!

We're supposed to cheer for a terrorist asshole who brainwashes a partner via Stockholm Syndrome, just because he's slightly less evil than the other characters, and then feel a sense of victory when he symbolically destroys some of our greatest cultural milestones? Fuck that movie.

I've heard the original comic book portrays the terrorist "hero" as less hero and more vigilante hoodlum, but haven't read that.

[Bogey]

Yea .. these are all really good movies made by one of the best filmmakers ever, but Goodfellas is just like WOW, so groundbreaking .. not a dull moment and it always sucks you in - I prefer it to either The Godfather or Scarface as far as the subject matter & execution is concerned, its closer to the bone. I'll be continuing to re-visit Scorsese films throughout the week .. a little prepping for the new one (The Wolf of Wall Street) that is just around the corner.

Scarface did little for me.  The Godfather on the other hand is top-shelf at this end.

[mc ukrneal]

Rehash of what?

The Italian mafia/underworld thing.

[North Star]

The Italian mafia/underworld thing.

Like everything after Romeo & Juliet. 

[Karl Henning]

Scarface did little for me.

One of those cases of "Never a dull moment — and so what?"

[SonicMan46]

Well, you are ahead of me. I didn't like Goodfellas at all, despite the actors. Just rehash, character acting, and a film I didn't care what happens in the end. I know Dances with Wolves is often trashed, but it was FAR better than Goodfellas. Anyway, don't get me started or I might just start telling you about one of the worst films ever made - Mulholland Drive...ooops! 

Last night I was making a cart on Amazon of some Blu-ray replacements for some of my DVDs (have a $50 gift card coming in the mail) and saw that Martin Scorsese Triple Feature  - currently, I own none of these films on DVD, but thought (great deal!)?  Now, I've seen all of these movies once and was not awed enough to want to watch them again, so I'm w/ Neal at least on Goodfellas - I guess a re-watch of each is needed - if I cannot streamed them for free w/ Prime (or find them on Netflix), I'd probably break even just buying the trio set?  Dave

[snyprrr]

Yup. Hated it. But then I haven't seen it in five years... maybe my feelings would be different now? Maybe?

The more I read the more i think he really did mean it to be a TwinPeaks type ripoff- the 'demon' character I thinkmakes that abundantly clear,as do the two old people demons. Perhaps only the cowboy figure retains any of the surreal intoxication of Lynch? The brunette has some awesome knockers though!

I've always been intrigued by a movie where the leads are played by different people that look alike, but I don't know if it's ever been pulled off to my satisfaction.

Mulholland Dr. gets my vote for most depressing reminder of the 90's. I found it spectacularly boring in that soap opera way only Lynch could fudge. I think 'The River's Edge' is a good movie, but I find it sooooooooo depressing. Not that either of these two are amongst the bleakest movies ever.......