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

[Jurassic Shark 12,257]

4 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said:

That's one lousy poster design.

 

It's actually quite good.

 

4 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said:

And with his name nearly as big as the title, why didn't they just call it "Kevin Costner's Waterworld"! lol

 

Costnerworld.

[Andy 4,287]

7 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said:

That's one lousy poster design.

 

I agree. It was the 90s when poster art took a nosedive for large dark areas and early photoshopped floating heads.   Illustration and painting became old fashioned. 

[Edmilson 7,659]

After reading this discussion on movie posters I went to social media and this is the first thing that appeared to me:

[Andy 4,287]

So true, it’s all relative to one’s formative years and zone of preferred comfort. 

[Sweeping Strings 2,414]

Office Space - 25 years on, Mike Judge's corporate satire still feels funny and relevant. Mind you, I guess people doing jobs they can just about tolerate in order to pay the bills will probably always be a thing. With Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston and Gary Cole.  

[crocodile 8,112]

I watched Silent Running last night. It wasn't a great movie, perhaps not even a good one, but at least it was original. And, especially these days, there's something admirable about that. I quite liked the music, both score and songs.

 

Karol

[Marian Schedenig 8,276]

2 hours ago, crocodile said:

I watched Silent Running last night. It wasn't a great movie, perhaps not even a good one, but at least it was original. And, especially these days, there's something admirable about that. I quite liked the music, both score and songs.

 

I watched that a while ago, and was disappointed. It's original, but it doesn't come together as a film, or even as a narrative. I found the songs (and iirc score) rather out of place, too. And the one thing I thought could certainly be expected - it didn't even look very good.

[bollemanneke 3,369]

Dora and the lost city of gold. I like Sammy. Inca finale is a bit stupid.

 

The score is really good. Debney continues to surprise. Some action material gave me Gladiator vibes and some of the more solemn cues gave me JW vibes. There’s a theme that’s stuck in my head now and I SWEAR I know it from somewhere else and I can’t remember what it is and it’s driving me mad. God!

[A24 4,372]

50/50 (2011)

 

 

It's good. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is convincing and Seth Rogen is funny. I would say Anna Kendrick is pretty but meh ... 7/10

 

Is Long Shot (also directed by Jonathan Levine) any good? 

 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,760]

Sorry, peeps; you lost me at 'Seth Rogan' 

[A24 4,372]

He plays the slightly selfish, chauvinist friend, something he is actually good at. 

[Glóin the Dark 1,230]

47 minutes ago, A24 said:

Is Long Shot (also directed by Jonathan Levine) any good? 

 

I'm not generally much of a fan of this sort of film, but I've seen both 50/50 and Long Shot. From my (significantly faded) memories I feel more positive about 50/50, though only slightly. I remember Long Shot being a lot more laugh-out-loud funny - and probably better for a substantial part of its runtime - but, ultimately, disappointingly corny and conventional.

[A24 4,372]

2 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said:

 

I'm not generally much of a fan of this sort of film, but I've seen both 50/50 and Long Shot. From my (significantly faded) memories I feel more positive about 50/50, though only slightly. I remember Long Shot being a lot more laugh-out-loud funny - and probably better for a substantial part of its runtime - but, ultimately, disappointingly corny and conventional.

 

Long Shot also has a lower score in IMDb. 

 

50/50: 7.6/10

Long Shot: 6.8/10

 

I did not like Levine's Warm Bodies though so maybe I should just forget about this guy. 

[Glóin the Dark 1,230]

Haven't seen Warm Bodies (or any of his other films). It seems that 50/50 is the clear favourite among both critics and audiences (it comes top on Metacritic and Letterboxd, too).

[Naïve Old Fart 9,760]

6 hours ago, A24 said:

He plays the slightly selfish, chauvinist friend, something he is actually good at. 

 

So... a bit like Jack Black, but more twattish?

[Tallguy 3,552]

North by Northwest!

 

Big screen! Excellent sound! (I swear, every time I see a Fathom event that doesn't suck I get madder and madder about how terrible it was seeing Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Edition.)

 

This movie is a classic for a reason. All the performances are top notch. The script crackles. The cinematography is next level. Even my teenagers liked it.

 

 

[A24 4,372]

1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

 

So... a bit like Jack Black, but more twattish?

 

Jack Black always plays in movies that I have no interest in so I wouldn't know. 

[Nick1Ø66 4,880]

School of Rock is excellent. Jack Black was born to play that role. 

 

7 hours ago, A24 said:

Is Long Shot (also directed by Jonathan Levine) any good? 

 

Long Shot, however, is not excellent. Aggressively not funny.  In fact, it's pretty much unwatchable, IMO. 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,760]

I quite like SCHOOL OF ROCK, but it's good despite of, not because of, Black.