What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)

[alicebrallice 134]

surprisingly good. 7/10

[Ren 77]

I'm thinking about finding dead again in my stash.

[Brónach 1,330]

Let's see which fifties swasshbuckler I see tonight. Maybe a Tourneur.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

The Blu looks and sounds great. No problems there.

I wasn't referring to the picture quality, Koray. I know the quality is great. In fact, for a 1979 movie, the quality is beyond great.

So what were you implying, that I automatically like every Criterion release simply because it's Criterion? Of course you were.

[filmmusic 3,269]

Just finished Logan's Run (1976).

I had never seen it and I liked it very much.

Much more than all the sci-fi stuff they're releasing nowadays.

And it had an exceptional music by Jerry Goldsmith (well, except the electronic stuff that i didn't like)

[Muad'Dib 2,059]

Let's see which fifties swasshbuckler I see tonight. Maybe a Tourneur.

If you can find it, watch The Dark Avenger. It's not exactly a great film, and you can tell that Errol was in bad shape, but it's still very entertaining and has got the most awesome final duel of them all, with none other than Christopher Lee as Fylnn's foe.

[Wojo 2,458]

So I'm watching a clip of the nudity from Game of Thrones, and I see that Jason Momoa -- Ronon Dex of Stargate Atlantis -- is going to town on one of the ladies. I stop the clip because I should rent the series before I spoil it for myself. So I hop to Netflix to see if his Conan the Barbarian is available for streaming, but it doesn't appear to be. In fact, Ahnold's original isn't even there anymore -- in seven months, it fell from the streaming choices -- but in the "here's what we recommend" section, they recommend Krull. Which I have never seen, but I adore the score. And at about 7:54 into the movie, when cute-as-a-button Lyssa is walking alone across the balcony, waiting for Colwyn to arrive, we see the background.

It's supposed to be a mountain vista showing the sunset on a balcony outside the castle, but the seams between the four vertical strips of "matte painting" are quite obvious, making it look like a painting instead of an outside view, and increasing the claustrophobic feel of the set.

Should I stop now? I have a feeling the movie gets worse before it gets better.

[Matt C 605]

Batman Returns

I'm honestly torn on this film. There's a lot that rubs me the wrong way -- the horribly staged action, some genuinely WTF? moments (mostly from the Penguin), and the fact it has virtually no plot. But there's more pros to it than I originally thought: Michelle Pfeiffer's Selina Kyle/Catwoman, some genuinely funny moments, the new sets, the symbolism, and Elfman's score.

Elfman's score isn't as appealingly simple and enjoyable, but the Edward Scissorhands choir work wonders in the film. I still prefer the first Batman film and score, but BR is just a fascinating mess.

[Incanus 5,890]

So I'm watching a clip of the nudity from Game of Thrones, and I see that Jason Momoa -- Ronon Dex of Stargate Atlantis -- is going to town on one of the ladies. I stop the clip because I should rent the series before I spoil it for myself. So I hop to Netflix to see if his Conan the Barbarian is available for streaming, but it doesn't appear to be. In fact, Ahnold's original isn't even there anymore -- in seven months, it fell from the streaming choices -- but in the "here's what we recommend" section, they recommend Krull. Which I have never seen, but I adore the score. And at about 7:54 into the movie, when cute-as-a-button Lyssa is walking alone across the balcony, waiting for Colwyn to arrive, we see the background.

It's supposed to be a mountain vista showing the sunset on a balcony outside the castle, but the seams between the four vertical strips of "matte painting" are quite obvious, making it look like a painting instead of an outside view, and increasing the claustrophobic feel of the set.

Should I stop now? I have a feeling the movie gets worse before it gets better.

The movie gets worse before it gets worst. I would suggest you stop watching. I regret watching it.

[A24 5,155]

Batman Returns

It's one of Burton's bad movies. Everything is too much. All the characters acted cuckoo. I remember especially that the music bothered me.

[publicist 4,650]

It's the one true to Burton's vision, though. The first one has Jon Peters all over it, the second, with its lunatic melancholy, seems to be pure Burton. As such, i find it has much more replay value than the more coldly calculated first one.

[A24 5,155]

I'm not fond of the first one either. My kind of Batman movie still has to see the light of day. Maybe if Supes is successful, Snyder can turn Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns into a movie.

Alex

[Matt C 605]

So I'm watching a clip of the nudity from Game of Thrones, and I see that Jason Momoa -- Ronon Dex of Stargate Atlantis -- is going to town on one of the ladies. I stop the clip because I should rent the series before I spoil it for myself.

One crucial aspect of Game of Thrones that I like -- aside from the acting and writing -- is the deliciously gratuitous nudity and violence. I don't know if you've seen anything else aside from Momoa and Emilia Clarke going at it, but Esme Bianco (Roz) is the showstopper as the popular whore.

[Xander Harris 9,673]

Batman Returns

I'm honestly torn on this film. There's a lot that rubs me the wrong way -- the horribly staged action, some genuinely WTF? moments (mostly from the Penguin), and the fact it has virtually no plot. But there's more pros to it than I originally thought: Michelle Pfeiffer's Selina Kyle/Catwoman, some genuinely funny moments, the new sets, the symbolism, and Elfman's score.

Elfman's score isn't as appealingly simple and enjoyable, but the Edward Scissorhands choir work wonders in the film. I still prefer the first Batman film and score, but BR is just a fascinating mess.

It's my favorite of the Batman movies.

sums up why it's the best one. Also, Max Shreck played by Christopher Walken, who wasn't even really featured in the promotion outside of a Letterman appearance.

[Brónach 1,330]

Let's see which fifties swasshbuckler I see tonight. Maybe a Tourneur.

If you can find it, watch The Dark Avenger. It's not exactly a great film, and you can tell that Errol was in bad shape, but it's still very entertaining and has got the most awesome final duel of them all, with none other than Christopher Lee as Fylnn's foe.

Oh, noted!

[Marian Schedenig 11,694]

Sounds intriguing. And when can I finally buy Scaramouche on Blu?

[Brónach 1,330]

Oh, Scaramouche! I saw part of that on TV! I loved the book, long ago.

[Marian Schedenig 11,694]

It's my favourite swashbuckler (not that I know that many). Great story, great score, awesome fencing duel, awesome Janet Leigh. And obviously an inspiration for Star Wars.

[Brónach 1,330]

Ah I'd forgotten Janet Leigh was in that film. I've seen her in The Vikings.

[nightscape94 968]

Rear Window. Awesome flick, bad ending. The pacing/editing in the beginning is great. The set up between the Grace Kelly and Stewart characters is basic stuff because the movie is all about the execution of the voyeuristic aspect. The fixed point of view is vital to the flow and story since we can never truly understand what's happening elsewhere. It's genus stuff with an unworthy ending. The last few minutes seems slightly inevitable, I suppose, but also feels like an afterthought.

Small quibbles aside, this is a great one.

Tim

[Marian Schedenig 11,694]

Ah I'd forgotten Janet Leigh was in that film. I've seen her in The Vikings.

[Brónach 1,330]

Convincing...

Why is that not in Blu-Ray? Do the people responsible of it have some sort of excuse?

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Quintus 6,494]

Rear Window. Awesome flick, bad ending. The pacing/editing in the beginning is great. The set up between the Grace Kelly and Stewart characters is basic stuff because the movie is all about the execution of the voyeuristic aspect. The fixed point of view is vital to the flow and story since we can never truly understand what's happening elsewhere. It's genus stuff with an unworthy ending. The last few minutes seems slightly inevitable, I suppose, but also feels like an afterthought.

Small quibbles aside, this is a great one.

Tim

Really fascinating movie, and about as uniquely staged as they come. The ending is truly awful though, in that its execution has not aged well at all.

[crocodile 9,724]

Who cares about the ending? You don't watch this film for an ending.

Karol

[Brónach 1,330]

It shouldn't end!

[Quintus 6,494]

Who cares about the ending? You don't watch this film for an ending.

Karol

Of course you do - it's a whodunit.

[crocodile 9,724]

A very specific whodunit, where I more care about the journey and all these tiny things in the background. Once the killer is revealed and you can see him in a close up, the film loses steam and its magic.

Karol

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,385]

The ending of Psycho is worse.

[Hlao-roo 390]

A very specific whodunit, where I more care about the journey and all these tiny things in the background. Once the killer is revealed and you can see him in a close up, the film loses steam and its magic.

Karol

So you're saying it's not the destination, it's the journey, but that your'e bummed out about the destination anyway?

[crocodile 9,724]

I'm fickle.

The ending of Psycho is worse.

No one remembers the second half of Psycho.

Karol

[Incanus 5,890]

I'm fickle.

The ending of Psycho is worse.

No one remembers the second half of Psycho.

Karol

I can't remember the ending of Rear Window.

[Brónach 1,330]

I didn't like The Birds.

[Quintus 6,494]

I'm fickle.

The ending of Psycho is worse.

No one remembers the second half of Psycho.

Karol

I can't remember the ending of Rear Window.

That's because it's the worst part.

[crocodile 9,724]

Vertigo is fantastic from start to finish, though. And Benny is a big, big part of that.

Karol

[Hlao-roo 390]

I can't remember the ending of The Sixth Sense.

[Incanus 5,890]

Vertigo is fantastic from start to finish, though. And Benny is a big, big part of that.

Karol

Yup. I have to marvel his skills at writing so seemingly simple yet so memorable suspence music for Hitchcock films. The habanera for Carlotta for example is one of the most effectively hypnotic and mysterious ideas in Vertigo.

[crocodile 9,724]

I'd rather not to remember the ending of Prometheus.

Karol

[Hlao-roo 390]

Vertigo is fantastic from start to finish, though. And Benny is a big, big part of that.

Karol

Yup. I have to marvel his skills at writing so seemingly simple yet so memorable suspence music for Hitchcock films. The habanera for Carlotta for example is one of the most effectively hypnotic and mysterious ideas in Vertigo.

In my top five scores, for sure.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

The ending of Rear Window is great. It's my favorite Hitchcock.

[MSM 194]

I just saw Snow white and the Huntsman, and I enjoyed it. Although expected some twisted horror movie or some twisted Tim Burton style movie, it turned out to be a decent but relatively generic action adventure. It's like a cross between Lord of the Rings (the fights, the dwarfs, the landscapes, the swamp) and Alice in Wonderland (the witch, the fairy tale forest), with some snippets of Harry Potter (the castle, the troll, the face of Voldemort), Stardust (the witch, the aging theme) and even Avatar (the elves, the fairy tale forest) and The Mummy (sucking the soul). The music by Newton Howard was as bland as they come. The only actor (or character, not sure about which of the two) that felt out of place and was the Huntsman. I really liked Kristen Stewart, first time I saw a movie of hers, she really suited the role of this updated version of Snowwhite. The story is of course completely brainless but the action and everything never was relaly over the top. Altogether, it could have been much worse.

[A24 5,155]

I just saw Snow white and the Huntsman, and I enjoyed it. Although expected some twisted horror movie or some twisted Tim Burton style movie, it turned out to be a decent but relatively generic action adventure. It's like a cross between Lord of the Rings (the fights, the dwarfs, the landscapes, the swamp) and Alice in Wonderland (the witch, the fairy tale forest), with some snippets of Harry Potter (the castle, the troll, the face of Voldemort), Stardust (the witch, the aging theme) and even Avatar (the elves, the fairy tale forest) and The Mummy (sucking the soul).

Wow, you have just described the worst possible movie to me.

6/10 (Good ol' Taylor Hackford)

Alex

[MSM 194]

I just saw Snow white and the Huntsman, and I enjoyed it. Although expected some twisted horror movie or some twisted Tim Burton style movie, it turned out to be a decent but relatively generic action adventure. It's like a cross between Lord of the Rings (the fights, the dwarfs, the landscapes, the swamp) and Alice in Wonderland (the witch, the fairy tale forest), with some snippets of Harry Potter (the castle, the troll, the face of Voldemort), Stardust (the witch, the aging theme) and even Avatar (the elves, the fairy tale forest) and The Mummy (sucking the soul).

Wow, you have just described the worst possible movie to me.

Btw I forgot to mention Narnia (because of the deer).

Well it works for some reason. I think because the production values are quite high. But because you have the feeling you have seen everything already somewhere else, it feels like the movie has no soul of its own.

[Jilal 681]

Australia

I didn't really like this film. It was too overdone for me. The actors weren't bad, but at the end of the film, i thought: "So what is the point of this film?" I think that it seemed overdone because of the music. Too bombastic.

The ending was unnecessary. Without the last scene, atleast the ending would have been good.

I give it a 6.5/10.

[King Mark 3,975]

I just saw Snow white and the Huntsman, and I enjoyed it. Although expected some twisted horror movie or some twisted Tim Burton style movie, it turned out to be a decent but relatively generic action adventure. It's like a cross between Lord of the Rings (the fights, the dwarfs, the landscapes, the swamp) and Alice in Wonderland (the witch, the fairy tale forest), with some snippets of Harry Potter (the castle, the troll, the face of Voldemort), Stardust (the witch, the aging theme) and even Avatar (the elves, the fairy tale forest) and The Mummy (sucking the soul).

Wow, you have just described the worst possible movie to me.

Alex

yeah, that plus Kristen Stewart was pretty bad in it

[MSM 194]

She's better in other movies?

[Xander Harris 9,673]

I didn't like The Birds.

I love that flick. Can't take my eyes off or lose interest in any of the characters from start to finish.

[Matt C 605]

Brave

It's decidedly a lesser Pixar film, but it is still a big step up from the abominable Cars 2. The story could've gone through a few more rewrites and the themes are a bit muddled and conflicting -- but still, the movie is well-made and fairly enjoyable. The reviews it's been getting are deservedly mixed, but enjoyable. Worth a cheap matinee price or renting on home video.

As for Doyle's score, when it's not repeatedly referencing its Scottish setting via the bagpipes and Celtic harp, it's beautiful. Reminds me strongly of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Much Ado About Nothing. For those who thought his Potter score was bombastic, it's toned down a lot here (but you'll get that lovely harmonic string writing). But the constant overusage of the Scottish instruments is annoying. It's like every China or east Asian-set film scored by an Eastern composer, where the dizi flute and erhu are used in every other scene. There's a difference between harking back to a country's musical background, and abusing it to the point of exhaustion.

[indy4 160]

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter:

There are movies that are entertaining but bad, because they have some cool elements but overall they are poorly executed. ALVH is like that, except the poorly executed bits are so bad that they make for an incredibly fun ride. Maybe I was a little biased--the entire premise of Abraham Lincoln fighting vampires seems to demand a shitty film--but I got what I was expecting, and I loved watching it. Probably the worst film I've seen in theaters in a while.

[King Mark 3,975]

She's better in other movies?

She's worse in the Twilight films and better in earlier movies she made like Adventureland

Anyways in Snow White there's always a detached blankness about her , like she's standing into a scene not knowing what she's supposed to do or what to make the audience feel about her character. A bit like the Potter actors in some of the movies. And a far cry from Jennifer Lawrence's awesome performance in Hunger Games