What Is The Last Film You Watched?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I half expect Ricard to turn up and start banning people who bash Brazil.

[Quintus 5,399]

BRAZIL IS A PIECE OF SH*T!!!

AND SO IS THE MOVIE!!!

[Hitch 57]

Jerry's score is the only redeeming factor and Gregory Peck's hammy performance

[Marian Schedenig 8,174]

Don't you have any good rental places in the area? I rarely buy films, I use have a fantastic DVD place.

There's plenty of rental places, but somehow I never go there. For some reason, I dislike the idea of renting a DVD and then not keeping it if I like it. I'm buying tons of DVDs from Play these days, because I figure that €6 to €8 is cheaper or at least not more expensive than seeing it theatrically.

The Criterion DVD of Brazil is terrific

I'd probably be hard pressed to find a rental copy of that here, though.

[Bryant Burnette 654]

John Carpenter's The Thing

Always a treat. A great movie, with possibly the best creature effects -- of any type -- ever put on film. But everything in this film is a class act.

[Quintus 5,399]

Yep.

Oh and I'm a

MacReady and Childs are both The Thing

at the end, kinda guy.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I haven't watched The Thing in a long time. I have an old DVD, but I'm sure the picture quality sucks.

[Morlock 11]

Saw Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky this morning. Fantastic film, one of the best I've seen this year.

You know . . . this probably doesn't say anything good about me, but every once in a while I will watch a movie simply because it has a woman in it I think is hot. I don't know who the actress in that movie is, but when I saw the trailer, I sat up, said "Whoo!", and decided that I would be seeing that movie.

But it looks good, so I'd probably have seen it anyways.

Leigh is a fantastic director. And I like him even more after reasing interviews with him about this film. A very generous person, it seems. I was surprised and somewhat tickled to find out (in an interview with AiCN) that he loved There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, and Juno.

Saw Tom DiCillo's 1995 film Living in Oblivion. I hadn't heard of it until a waitress at a bar I go to mentioned a couple of weeks ago. It's a part of the Tarantino-era independant movement, back when it was still independant. It stars Steve Buscemi as a director of a low-budget film, with Catherine Keener and James LeGross as his actors and Dermot Mulrony as his DP. A very modest film about filmmaking, but I found it irresistable. Initially, the film fooled me into thinking that it was going to be a Jarmush wannabe, very "rough" and "independant" looking. But after about half-an-hour, there's a gear shift, and the film opens up to be a wonderful love/hate letter to filmmaking. Initially planned as a short film, the film is built in an episodic structure, three episodes concering one day of shooting. A scarily accurate portrait of low-budget filmmaking, right down to the foibles and egos of those involved (Mulrony was particularly cutting...I saw way too much of myself in him).

A small and extremely likable film about filmmaking (which in general are too concerned with being smart and witty to actually offer any real humor or observations).

[crocodile 7,984]

John Carpenter's The Thing

Always a treat. A great movie, with possibly the best creature effects -- of any type -- ever put on film. But everything in this film is a class act.

Including the score. Even if it is largely unused.

Karol

[Bryant Burnette 654]

Yeah, the score works really, really well. Sometimes, the low-key approach is the right approach.

Although I'm a fan of Carpenter's music, so part of me would love to know what kind of score he would have provided for himself.

[Marian Schedenig 8,174]

Saw Tom DiCillo's 1995 film Living in Oblivion.

I saw that about 10 years ago on TV and loved it. Should get it on DVD.

[Red 75]

Yep.

Oh and I'm a

MacReady and Childs are both The Thing

at the end, kinda guy.

I'm the exact opposite.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Yeah, the score works really, really well. Sometimes, the low-key approach is the right approach.

Although I'm a fan of Carpenter's music, so part of me would love to know what kind of score he would have provided for himself.

Didn't both Carpenter's and Morricone's scores end up being used?

[Bryant Burnette 654]

I'm not knowledgeable enough on the topic to say, but I've never heard that Carpenter wrote a score for The Thing. I was just wondering what a score he wrote for The Thing might've sounded like, if he had had the opportunity to score the movie himself.

[crocodile 7,984]

As far as I remember Carpenter wrote some music for The Thing and it was used in the film along with Morricone's score. But it's more of a additional music.

Karol

[Maglorfin 196]

I'm not knowledgeable enough on the topic to say, but I've never heard that Carpenter wrote a score for The Thing.

Neither have I. I never thought that Capenter did anything musically for The Thing. Is it available anywhere - as a bootleg or anything?

Otherwise - of course, it's a great movie.

I'm planning to watch The Exorcist for tonight's Halloween, haven't seen it in a long time.

[Charlie Brigden 7]

I organized our Halloween shenanigans for my workplace, and ran BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, JAWS and THE THING over the course of the day. Great way to pass the time while being bored at work.

[Quintus 5,399]

Out of curiosity, are any of the main tv stations in your respective countries airing Carpenter's Halloween tonight? The BBC in all it's lameness is showing Halloween 2. Mind you, I think they have screened the original for the last few years.

[Maglorfin 196]

Out of curiosity, are any of the main tv stations in your respective countries airing Carpenter's Halloween tonight?

Surprisingly not. I've also been expecting it, every year it's been Friday the 13th or Halloween, but this year nothing. Well, a station aired Final Destination and Final Destination 2 continuously, and there are good old Poltergeist and Hunger on TNT.

Otherwise, looks like Halloween on TV will be a day late here in Slovenia - tomorrow we can watch Exorcist: The Beginning and The Addams Family.

[A24 4,326]

3:10 To Yuma: The film is a little uninsprired. It focusses entirely on the actors and on the story that seems to come right out of one of those cheap western periodicals. Luckily, the actors are fine, but sadly, the story is just too unbelievable.

Alex

[indy4 155]

Saw the first half of The Nightmare Before Christmas, an excellent film. I love the shot of Jack walking out onto the weird hill thing, singing the chorus to "Jack's Lament." Absoutely wonderful, with that iconic silhouette.

[Nick Parker 3,040]

Yes, that is a very good film. However, every kid in my school thinks that it, along with "The Dark Knight", are the best films ever created with no flaws whatsoever. It gets annoying.

[Hitch 57]

Quantum of Solace - Saw it this afternoon 1 November. Great movie and a great follow up to Casino Royale. Much shorter than CR. I did criticise the theme song in earlier posts but it works better with the visuals on screen and it sounds softer as well. Gone are Bond stalwarts Daniel Kleinmann (main titles designer) and Peter & Simon Lamont (Production designers). Anyone know the reason why? Hated the font they used on the main titles. Dreadful. Bond villain is very weak which is disappointing as they are usually the ones with the best lines, stunts are what you would expect from a Bond movie. Felt at times I was watching a "Bourne" movie. Editing was fast and furious, David Arnold's score sounded great in DTS surround sound even though I found listening to the score weak on its own. As for Daniel Craig, well he was made Bond his own and gives other Bond-like movie a run for their money. No gadgets, Q or Moneypenny just yet but with Judi Dench's "M" given more to do (which is great for her as her screen presence as M is worth the price of the admission ticket alone). Overall an enjoyable movie. The way the movie ends looks like the possibility of a trilogy (that's my own opinion but I may be wrong). Go and see it.

****/*****

[Red 75]

Yes, that is a very good film. However, every kid in my school thinks that it, along with "The Dark Knight", are the best films ever created with no flaws whatsoever. It gets annoying.

Yes it does. It actually has hurt my appreciation of Nightmare Before Christmas, because it has become such a shallow "thing" in some areas.

[Bryant Burnette 654]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Man, I love this movie. It's cheesy and silly and even borderline stupid, but it just drips with style, and it's got terrific songs. Speaking of terrific, I'd have to put Tim Curry's performance on my short-list for all-time-favorite. He's absolutely stellar, and it's a travesty that Hollywood never quite figured out how to use him any better than they did after this movie.

[Nick Parker 3,040]

I thought he was rather good in "The Hunt for Red October".

[Bryant Burnette 654]

Yes, that is a very good film. However, every kid in my school thinks that it, along with "The Dark Knight", are the best films ever created with no flaws whatsoever. It gets annoying.

What I'll say about that is this: I've been watching The Nightmare Before Christmas about once a year ever since it came out (1993), and it never gets old. Not even the tiniest bit.

There aren't an awful lot of movies I can say that about. I don't think it's flawless (no movie is), and I'm not sure I'd even consider it in discussing the "best films ever created," but ultimately, I'd say that its intense rewatchability makes it a very important movie to me. And there are a lot of people who feel the same way. In that sense, it's a true classic.

Quantum of Solace - Saw it this afternoon 1 November. Great movie and a great follow up to Casino Royale. Much shorter than CR. I did criticise the theme song in earlier posts but it works better with the visuals on screen and it sounds softer as well. Gone are Bond stalwarts Daniel Kleinmann (main titles designer) and Peter & Simon Lamont (Production designers). Anyone know the reason why? Hated the font they used on the main titles. Dreadful. Bond villain is very weak which is disappointing as they are usually the ones with the best lines, stunts are what you would expect from a Bond movie. Felt at times I was watching a "Bourne" movie. Editing was fast and furious, David Arnold's score sounded great in DTS surround sound even though I found listening to the score weak on its own. As for Daniel Craig, well he was made Bond his own and gives other Bond-like movie a run for their money. No gadgets, Q or Moneypenny just yet but with Judi Dench's "M" given more to do (which is great for her as her screen presence as M is worth the price of the admission ticket alone). Overall an enjoyable movie. The way the movie ends looks like the possibility of a trilogy (that's my own opinion but I may be wrong). Go and see it.

****/*****

That's a promising review. Can't wait to see it in a couple of weeks.

[Nick Parker 3,040]

I never refuted that ("Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas", anyways). I think that the film should be an annually aired ABC Christmas special right after "Frosty the Snowman" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". However, as red_rabbit noted, it has become (to use his word) "shallow" in a lot of areas. In lack of a better phrase, the film feels like a pearl necklace given to swines. They do not know how to appreciate the film's wonders. That is my flawed attempt of trying to explain my feelings.

[indy4 155]

I like it more as a Halloween film than I do as a Christmas film.

[Bryant Burnette 654]

The one and only time I visited California, I got to go to Disneyland and see the Nightmare-themed redo of the Haunted Mansion. It was glorious.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I never knew The Nightmare Before Christmas was held in such high regard by many people. It was one of my first movies and a childhood favorite. I haven't seen it very many times or in a long time, but will always love it. I want the blu-ray, but it's expensive (even on Amazon).

[Red 75]

The one and only time I visited California, I got to go to Disneyland and see the Nightmare-themed redo of the Haunted Mansion. It was glorious.

Probably much better than the original.

[Morlock 11]

3:10 To Yuma: The film is a little uninsprired. It focusses entirely on the actors and on the story that seems to come right out of one of those cheap western periodicals. Luckily, the actors are fine, but sadly, the story is just too unbelievable.

Alex

Wasn't Ben Foster terrific? My favorite performance in the film. And I loved Beltrami's score.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Well if Hitch liked it...

[Red 75]

3:10 To Yuma: The film is a little uninsprired. It focusses entirely on the actors and on the story that seems to come right out of one of those cheap western periodicals. Luckily, the actors are fine, but sadly, the story is just too unbelievable.

Alex

Wasn't Ben Foster terrific? My favorite performance in the film. And I loved Beltrami's score.

Agreed to both. That Foster guy is going places.

[John Crichton 4]

Tim Curry is fun in Clue. But then so is the whole rest of the cast.

[Ollie 1,059]

I love that film.

[John Crichton 4]

I was surprised with a DVD of it for Christmas a couple of years ago. I hadn't seen it since I was a kid, and loved it. Good score too, from Mel Brooks' buddy John Morris.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Never released, unfortunately.

And I agree on all accounts with 3:10 To Yuma. I think it's time to give my blu-ray another spin.

[Bryant Burnette 654]

I've never seen Clue. I should check that one off the list one of these days.

[A24 4,326]

3:10 To Yuma: The film is a little uninspired. It focusses entirely on the actors and on the story that seems to come right out of one of those cheap western periodicals. Luckily, the actors are fine, but sadly, the story is just too unbelievable.

Wasn't Ben Foster terrific? My favorite performance in the film. And I loved Beltrami's score.

Who is Ben Foster? I hope you are not referring to the (true) villain of the story because I thought that was a very bad part.

King Of New York: The is the first time I watched this notorious Abel Ferrara film. Well, it got lots a famous faces but the film itself is pretty sucky.

[Hitch 57]

Who is Ben Foster?

The guy with wings in X-MEN 3 and the guy who came to a sticky end in 30 DAYS OF NIGHT

[Charlie Brigden 7]

I really wanted to like YUMA, but it seemed so, well, average. Fine if it was in the 1950s, but when we have so few westerns today, wasting such a great cast on such average material was a shame. Especially since James Mangold is a pretty accomplished director. It doesn't help that I also watched NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN the other day, which is an incredible western.

[A24 4,326]

Fine if it was in the 1950s, but when we have so few westerns today, wasting such a great cast on such average material was a shame.

That's exactly what I was thinking, Charlie. 3:10 To Yuma feels like a classic Western from the fourties and fifties, a time when the Revisionist Western not yet existed. Yuma clearly wanted to celebrate the old Western but therefore turned out a bit too old-fashioned and naive for my taste.

KS: You have Yuma in Blu-ray? Why?

[indy4 155]

Sweeeny Todd: A great film. I pretty much have the same feelings for this films as I did when I first saw it. One of Burton's best. 4.25/5 stars

[Quintus 5,399]

Quantum of Solace.

Quick review (No spoilers):

Good movie, I enjoyed it. As reported, Craig is Bond (possibly my fave), Dench is great as M in quite a substantial supporting role and Olga Kurylenko is unbelievably fit as the sidekick with a backstory. A solid performance from her and I hope she goes on to greater things. The villain wasn't bad; he was a perfectly acceptable action movie bad guy, but he just wasn't much of a Bond baddie. To be quite honest, I didn't really follow exactly why Bond was after him, since I've forgotten much of what transpired in Casino Royale. Bond's motivations were clear (revenge, amongst other typical things), but I can't remember the specifics behind it all. I need to see CR again, which doesn't get QoS off the hook for poor exposition writing; a Bond movie (and pretty much any movie) shouldn't require a knowledge of events which took place in a previous flick.

Other complaints? One too many action scenes watered down the effect of the better stuff in there and one arty farty sequence fell totally flat. The final climatic action sequence wasn't anything special and in fact I thought it was a let down after some truly exciting moments earlier in the movie. The film's single love scene was a total waste of time, serving as a Bond movie ingredient and nothing more, should've been skipped imo. Everything else was good though; The opening action sequence was excellent, Arnold's score was serviceable (I'm beginning to yearn for a loud statement the Bond theme during a cool moment). Not as good as Casino Royale then, but still pretty damn good for a Bond movie. I will go see part three of this story arc.

Hated the font they used on the main titles. Dreadful.

Say whaaa? The credits were cool and the song was as superb, as I've always said it is. Perfectly suited. The "font" was fine, in fact I liked it.

*** out of *****

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Man, I love this movie. It's cheesy and silly and even borderline stupid, but it just drips with style, and it's got terrific songs. Speaking of terrific, I'd have to put Tim Curry's performance on my short-list for all-time-favorite. He's absolutely stellar, and it's a travesty that Hollywood never quite figured out how to use him any better than they did after this movie.

Nice to see a fellow fan here, indeed Frankenfurter's entrance surely rates as one THE very best character intros ever. Love that song! Tim Curry is astounding and mesmerising in equal measure. First half is much stronger than the second half though, Janet.

[Morlock 11]

The below post is taken from the defunct pt. 3 of this thread...

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas...simply heartbreaking. The final musical crescendo by Horner is simply superb. Great piano work and a worthy consideration for Best Score nomination come next January. Thoroughly recommend this movie.

Just saw the film. I agree. I was not expecting to be so thuroughly engrossed by it. I am very impressed with the adaptation done, as it is apparantly quite different than the book. Acting is excellent, Vera Farmiga especially. Both children were terrific. Rupert Friend seems to be like playing despicable young men. The finale of the film is one of the most wrenching things I've seen in a while. I had problems with Horner's score throughout the film, but the finale is some of the strongest work I've heard him do in years.

I do have questions about the story's overall approach...but this is an excellent film, and left me with more to mull over than I've come to expect from holocaust films.

And on entirely different note...saw Melville's Bob Le Flambeur today. Haven't seen it in years. Unfortunately, this father of all heist films left me cold this time around. I suspect that is because I saw the brilliant Rififi, made in the same time, occupying the same world, which is quite simply the greatest heist film I've ever seen. Seeing this makes me feel like re-evaluating Neil Jordan's remake, which for some reason I think I'll like more.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Fine if it was in the 1950s, but when we have so few westerns today, wasting such a great cast on such average material was a shame.

That's exactly what I was thinking, Charlie. 3:10 To Yuma feels like a classic Western from the fourties and fifties, a time when the Revisionist Western not yet existed. Yuma clearly wanted to celebrate the old Western but therefore turned out a bit too old-fashioned and naive for my taste.

KS: You have Yuma in Blu-ray? Why?

Why? Because it was a great film and I loved it. 2007 is my favorite year for movies.

[Nick Parker 3,040]

Using the word "film" broadly, I just noticed that a "Spaceballs" cartoon was produced on G4TV. Though I was never that big a fan of the film, I like Mel Brooks, so I started watching it. For the five minutes that I watched before changing the channel in disgust, I noticed a few positive things (more or less). Though Bill Pullman and John Candy (God bless his soul) are noticeably absent, the cartoon provided serviceable imitators. Another strength was Mel Brooks himself. If you liked him in any of his other films, you will like him here. And, well, that is about it. Ultimately, the show feels like it was created by two random people on the Internet. I am not looking forward to any further installments ( from the little I saw).

[Bryant Burnette 654]

Fine if it was in the 1950s, but when we have so few westerns today, wasting such a great cast on such average material was a shame.

That's exactly what I was thinking, Charlie. 3:10 To Yuma feels like a classic Western from the fourties and fifties, a time when the Revisionist Western not yet existed. Yuma clearly wanted to celebrate the old Western but therefore turned out a bit too old-fashioned and naive for my taste.

KS: You have Yuma in Blu-ray? Why?

Why? Because it was a great film and I loved it. 2007 is my favorite year for movies.

Only stupid people like 3:10 to Yuma. Didn't you know?

I guess I'm stupid, too.