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

[Jay 40,309]

On 29/11/2024 at 10:29 AM, Davis said:

Always loved this shot:

 

 

That gif contains 3 shots.

[Marian Schedenig 9,388]

But only one arrow is shot.

[Davis 3,366]

5 hours ago, The Train Station said:

Ooh I like the one in the middle

And by that you mean all three.

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

Riplets

[filmmusic 2,353]

 

An enjoyable, Oscar best picture winner film by Friedkin, that I watch almost every December when Christmas is near (due to its setting).

Hackman also got an Oscar for this!

Quite unique music score too!

[Mr. Hooper 3,750]

7 hours ago, The Train Station said:

Ooh I like the one in the middle

She was the Swamp Thing's squeeze.

[Jamie Dutton 7,664]

 

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

Look what you did, you little jerk!

[Naïve Old Fart 10,797]

Get outta here before I slap yerself silly!

Oh, you're cooking, Frankie.

[crocodile 8,739]

Watched Seven Samurai for the first time last night. At first, I was a bit apprehensive due to the extensive running time. But soon realised all this slow build up actually does serve the film well as we get to know the characters and setting very well. By the time we get to the epic siege, it feels like we've been living in that village for some time. And that is what makes the climactic sequence (or the last hour) so compelling and dramatic. As far as battle goes, this film offers one of the best conceived action sequences ever as you perfectly understand the tactics and where things are at all times. I ended up being very engrossing, I absolutely loved this film.

 

Also watched The Conversation the night before. It has been quite a few years, but the film still remains a classic among Coppola's entries. It's mind-boggling they never actually completed shooting it. I miss films like that. Ace little score from David Shire as well.

 

And finally got to see Watership Down as well. It was really good, quite tense and full of drama. Not the kind of thing you'd serve to kids these days. The music was wonderful too.

 

Karol

[Sweeping Strings 2,698]

The Phantom Of The Open - true story comedy in which faced-with-redundancy shipyard crane driver Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) decides to enter the 1976 British Open, despite never having played a round of golf in his life. A charming, amusing and sweetly uplifting movie also starring Sally Hawkins and Rhys Ifans.

[Naïve Old Fart 10,797]

I've no time at all for Rylance, but Ifans was funny in NOTTING HILL, and Sally Hawkins is absolutely gorgeous, so I might give this a go.

Thanks for the heads up, Sweep.

[crocodile 8,739]

Tonight on the menu - latest arrival. Haven't seen this in many, nany years:

 

 

karol

[Marian Schedenig 9,388]

10 hours ago, crocodile said:

And finally got to see Watership Down as well. It was really good, quite tense and full of drama. Not the kind of thing you'd serve to kids these days.

 

And rightfully so. I saw it as a kid, and the *only* thing I remember is being absolutely traumatised.

[Jamie Dutton 7,664]

 

[Naïve Old Fart 10,797]

"'Give him head'?"

"'Be a beacon'?"

[GerateWohl 5,344]

8 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

And rightfully so. I saw it as a kid, and the *only* thing I remember is being absolutely traumatised.

But the music. The music!

[Davis 3,366]

2 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

But the music. The music!

Is it good? Should I give it a listen? Never seen the film. I’ve had the book for a while and thinking about reading it, and don’t want to watch the animated movie before, but if you recommend the score, I will get it first.

[GerateWohl 5,344]

46 minutes ago, Davis said:

Is it good? Should I give it a listen? Never seen the film. I’ve had the book for a while and thinking about reading it, and don’t want to watch the animated movie before, but if you recommend the score, I will get it first.

Honestly, I am probably not objective with this as I encountered this score from Angela Morley at my very formative years when I started listening to soundtracks. So, it always had a special place in my collection. 

I absolutely love it. But, yes, I think, I  can recommend it.

 

Don't worry. The narration is only in the first track.

[Sweeping Strings 2,698]

23 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

I've no time at all for Rylance, but Ifans was funny in NOTTING HILL, and Sally Hawkins is absolutely gorgeous, so I might give this a go.

Thanks for the heads up, Sweep.

No worries, my friend. On the iPlayer's where I saw it. 

[Davis 3,366]

1 hour ago, GerateWohl said:

Honestly, I am probably not objective with this as I encountered this score from Angela Morley at my very formative years when I started listening to soundtracks. So, it always had a special place in my collection. 

I absolutely love it. But, yes, I think, I  can recommend it.

 

Don't worry. The narration is only in the first track.

Sounds promising. Will check it out. 

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

 

I watched it so none of you would have to. Fans of the score, just go on imagining a better movie in your heads.

[filmmusic 2,353]

14 minutes ago, The Train Station said:

 

I watched it so none of you would have to. Fans of the score, just go on imagining a better movie in your heads.

 

That bad? And I wanted to watch it..

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

Well, it's watchable because it has so much going for it, like the music and the look of it. Plus Gabriel Byrne is menacing enough, and Deborah Moore as the knight chick injects some much needed spark. She should probably have been the main character, because Eric Stoltz is such a block of timber, you'll be thanking god he was never Marty McFly. This guy was never "hero's journey" material. It just all feels so undercooked, as if Schaffner was too past it to even care. I imagine him saying "Jerry, I made a turd, could you polish it?"

[Jamie Dutton 7,664]

 

It's on one of the movie channels on cable. I haven't actually watched it a while. I'll toss on the 4K disc sometime soon.

[Naïve Old Fart 10,797]

I make my own luck.

 

If any deleted scene should have been kept in the film, it's the fight between Lovejoy and Jack.

[A24 4,662]

Titanic vs Godzilla

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

 

The fights are the best bits.

[Naïve Old Fart 10,797]

I like it all, but, having said that... there is an astonishing shot as someone's sword slides down a stone wall. The sparks that it makes are brilliant.

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

It's a really good looking movie, full of natural lighting much like Barry Lyndon. It looks way different to other flicks you'd see from the 70s, that use powerful, glaring studio lights that give scenes that uniform, blanket look. The hazy close-ups all had that Someone To Watch Over Me look about them.

[Jamie Dutton 7,664]

[Nick1Ø66 6,076]

The one with Appolonia and Butler.

[Mr. Hooper 3,750]

On 3/12/2024 at 8:27 PM, John Dutton said:

 

Did you take your hairstyle from him?

[Sweeping Strings 2,698]

Naked Gun 33 1/3 : The Final Insult - last of the spin-off movies from the short-lived sitcom Police Squad, again starring Leslie Nielsen as biundering cop Frank Drebin. Not the best of the 3, but still fun enough and at a trim 75 minutes it doesn't outstay its welcome. And yes, it IS kinda weird watching OJ Simpson in these movies knowing what was to come.

Passenger 57 - or 'Die Hard On A Plane', as airline security expert John Cutter (Wesley Snipes) finds himself on the same flight as a being-transferred-by-the-Feds terrorist (tch, what ARE the odds?) and he has to step up when said bad guy hijacks the plane. Decent enough actioner that keeps the fights, shootouts and stunts coming in its (again) trim 85 minute runtime. Also starring Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore and Liz Hurley.

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

[Davis 3,366]

JG’s score is fantastic!

[Tallguy 4,740]

 

Oh. Did I not post this?

 

On 03/10/2024 at 7:39 AM, Tallguy said:

I'm in the middle of watching The Quick and the Dead. So far it's an even better movie than I remembered. (I'm one of the five or six people who liked it the first time.) TERRIFIC score. And Hackman is almost always good.

 

I do remember seeing Russell Crowe in this and thinking "who is THIS guy?!?" It was like getting a fully formed movie star only you'd never seen him before. IMHO.

 

And I'm thinking Stone was a better actress than I remembered. She was always like the meaner version of Michelle Pfeifer. Neither of them are exactly real people.

 

I finished this the other day. I will take a stand: This is a terrific movie. I hadn't watched it in 30 years and the ending genuinely caught me by surprise.

 

I know it's a matter of taste, but to me this might be Raimi's finest film. I grow less fond of his Spider-Man movies all the time. Evil Dead is fantastic at being Evil Dead. And A Simple Plan is an amazing movie but it makes me want to drown myself. I have yet to see For the Love of the Game.

 

So that leaves Quick and the Dead.

 

I was going to follow up on this because @The Train Station has watched Hoosiers. One can forget what a FORCE Gene Hackman could be on screen. I've been thinking I should look into a re-watch of Crimson Tide. Or maybe even The Royal Tenenbaums.

 

EDIT: Or Hoosiers. Duh.

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

I'm no basketball tragic, but it's just fun seeing Gene Hackman dominate a movie, Babs Hershey looking as lovely as she ever did, and hearing Jerald's catchy tunes.

[Jamie Dutton 7,664]

Great sports movies transcend the sports themselves, such as Field of Dreams, Bull Durham and Rudy.

[Lady Dimitrescu 9,117]

The Natural

[bespinGPT 8,913]

2 minutes ago, John Dutton said:

Great sports movies transcend the sports themselves, such as Field of Dreams, Bull Durham and Rudy.

 

and Space Jam.

[Jamie Dutton 7,664]

Bend It Like Beckham

[Tallguy 4,740]

Yeah, anytime my kids don't want to watch a movie because they "don't like whatever" I say "How much do I care about football? Not a bit. But Rudy is one of my favorite movies."

 

For that matter I could care less about football (the other one) and I adore Ted Lasso.

[Edmilson 9,464]

25 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

soccer (the better one)

Fixed 

[Bilbo 3,911]

King Kong (1976)

 

Dafuq are there dinosaurs? 

[Mr. Hooper 3,750]

1 hour ago, Bilbo said:

King Kong (1976)

 

Dafuq are there dinosaurs? 

The giant, rubber snake wasn't enough?

[Bilbo 3,911]

1 hour ago, Mr. Hooper said:

The giant, rubber snake wasn't enough?

The film wasn’t as bad as I expected but it’s distinctly average. Everything it changed from the original resulted in a poorer movie. 
 

The fact that Kong is just a guy in a suit is really shitty too. 
 

It’s definitely the poorest of the three.

[Davis 3,366]

8 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

The fact that Kong is just a guy in a suit is really shitty too. 
 

It’s definitely the poorest of the three.

But Jessica Lange is hot. 

[Mr. Hooper 3,750]

14 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

Everything it changed from the original resulted in a poorer movie. 

What about the change of making this "Kong" sympathetic—and having the girl form a bond with him—instead of him just being a horrifying monster? An idea which Peter Jackson took and leaned heavily into in his version, though he's said he detests the '76 take.

[Jamie Dutton 7,664]

It's the best version. It has Dwan, Fred Wilson, Petrox and the twin towers.