What Is The Last Film You Watched?

[King Mark 3,975]

Just watched Big. Y'know, as charming and sweet as it is, I can't get over how disturbing the premise is, if you really think about it. This 13-year-old kid leaves his family thinking for months that he's been abducted, while he's actually being seduced by a 30-something-year-old woman, and one who's not fully stable, at that. It's an enjoyable 80s film if you don't think about it too hard, I guess...

It's when you start to project perverted or "inappropriate" sub-contexts into a film that it'll get ruined for you. And movies in general if it prevents you from enjoying them for what they are.

[Quintus 6,496]

I dunno man, the breast feeling part is just wrong - I'm always glad that tv cuts that bit.

[King Mark 3,975]

I'm just saying there's probably a ton of films made 20 years ago that today people would read something inappropriate into them , so the studios would probably not make them that way anymore just in case. It probably includes some of our beloved classics here.

It's one of the reasons mainstream movies are starting to suck

[Quintus 6,496]

Oh don't get me wrong - I think it's an ace film, but I do take Data's point. It's best just to see that stuff as 'plot-holes', same as I would do for countless other of-their-time classics

[Brónach 1,330]

Source Code.

Brilliant. I don't understand the ending at all though. I'll rewatch it at somee point. Duncan Jones is definitely a guy to follow. Extra points for being a sci-fi fan. The music, though simple, worked perfectly on film.

[Jeff 10]

Source Code.

Brilliant. I don't understand the ending at all though. I'll rewatch it at somee point.

Which part are you wondering about? Is it:

when they are looking at their distorted reflections in that giant metal globe? I didn't get that part, but then I found out that he saw an image of that same reflection, with him and the girl, each time he awoke from the Source Code.

Or was it something else?

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I wish it ended

with the freeze frame. Even though I despise freeze frame endings.

Everything after just had me confused. A lot of the denouement could have been trimmed for a smoother ending.

[Jeff 10]

I wish it ended

with the freeze frame. Even though I despise freeze frame endings.

Everything after just had me confused. A lot of the denouement could have been trimmed for a smoother ending.

I wish they had

cut out the freeze frame thing and continued with the ending as is. That was bizarre. It seemed like it was supposed to be a poignant moment but I had to supress the urge to laugh. I liked seeing the fairy-tale alternate universe play out.

Though I see your point from a filmmaking point of view.

[Sixers 0]

Suspiria (1977)

Now I remember why I fell in love with Jessica Harper.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I wish it ended

with the freeze frame. Even though I despise freeze frame endings.

Everything after just had me confused. A lot of the denouement could have been trimmed for a smoother ending.

I wish they had

cut out the freeze frame thing and continued with the ending as is. That was bizarre. It seemed like it was supposed to be a poignant moment but I had to supress the urge to laugh. I liked seeing the fairy-tale alternate universe play out.

Though I see your point from a filmmaking point of view.

See that's why I loved it. It was incredibly poignant and hit me in that regard. I wouldn't have mind if it continued just a little bit

so we could get the return to life. I would be satisfied with him living in his own false, albeit happy, world akin to something like Inception.

[Brónach 1,330]

I 've been thinking.

I think the film was meant to be about paralell universes from the start. I kept thinking on computer simulation even if that explanation didn't really make that much sense at the start (there's even a gag for repeated viewings there about it). The computer simulation is Colter's own explanation of what he is going through and motivates the character to do what he does at the end (everything is going to end right there so he saves the train, makes the wagon laugh and kisses the girl. This is because he kept thinking on the simulation as different rewritings of the last 8 minutes of all these minds and thought he had to try something better for them than a explosion.) and after passing 8 minutes (it's the first time he doesn't die in the train) he realizes he was wrong about the reality of the train. He wasn't going to assume that right away. It's a bit like the Desmond episode in Lost's last season. This also means that the story actually IS about time travel, but it follows the model of "everytime you travel back in time you end up in a paralell universe", used to avoid paradoxes. Through the film you multiple realities in which the train exploded and Sean (with Colter's mind) dies in a way or another. It seems Sean is doomed to dissappear anyway by dying at the explosion or being simply erased.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Jim Carrey's best performance and one of Kate Winslet's better ones too. The whole cast is just perfect. So much to love in this film. I recall Marian wanting to know about the quality of the Blu-ray release. I never owned the previous one, but this one is pretty good in terms of picture quality. There's still noticeable grain in the darker scenes, but that's part of the stylistic choice. Nothing overblown and overall pretty crisp. I really like the cinematography and how Gondry uses depth of field and focus.

[OneBuckFilms 517]

I wish it ended

with the freeze frame. Even though I despise freeze frame endings.

Everything after just had me confused. A lot of the denouement could have been trimmed for a smoother ending.

I wish they had

cut out the freeze frame thing and continued with the ending as is. That was bizarre. It seemed like it was supposed to be a poignant moment but I had to supress the urge to laugh. I liked seeing the fairy-tale alternate universe play out.

Though I see your point from a filmmaking point of view.

See that's why I loved it. It was incredibly poignant and hit me in that regard. I wouldn't have mind if it continued just a little bit

so we could get the return to life. I would be satisfied with him living in his own false, albeit happy, world akin to something like Inception.

I loved the ending. The pause, with the Comedian telling jokes, and everyone laughing, shows the life on that train. The people lived.

He wanted to make those last 8 minutes count for him, thinking this was it. He would spend his last moments with the girl, everyone on the train laughing, and having stopped the tragedy. It was poetic for him.

Then the real kicker ... the alternate reality created by him did not die with him. He had the second chance, and his new life continued. After his struggle, wheher spiritually or physically, he was at peace.

[Marian Schedenig 11,695]

I recall Marian wanting to know about the quality of the Blu-ray release.

Thanks. Already ordered it a couple of days ago. If I had to pick one single favourite movie, this would have a fine chance of winning.

[King Mark 3,975]

Source Code.

Brilliant. I don't understand the ending at all though. I'll rewatch it at somee point. Duncan Jones is definitely a guy to follow. Extra points for being a sci-fi fan. The music, though simple, worked perfectly on film.

I saw it too. I also didn't get the ending. I guess it's the point ,some super complicated quantum physics parallel universe thing your not supposed to get anyways

[JoeinAR 1,957]

what was to get?

his substance was transfered into the other man. It's a good movie, nothing special, it's similar to a couple of star trek episodes.

saw CARRIE, still a great movie, and now it's not just a horror movie, it's the preeminent Prom movie.

[Brónach 1,330]

Badlands, Annie Hall

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Badlands, Annie Hall

Excellent films; Thoughts?

Modern Times (Criterion Blu)

An absolute delight. Chaplin never fails to keep you entertained and laughing. A truly remarkable film with some fantastic set pieces and Criterion's presentation here is of the highest quality.

[Incanus 5,890]

Thor (3D): A rather enjoyable superhero film. Nothing too complex, a classic and straightforward narrative structure and some nice performances. 3D was used just the right amount, not too much and not too little. Patrick Doyle's score starts out like a temp track from a Remote Control score but improves towards the end even though did not entirely win me over. I was entertained for 2 hours. What more can you ask from a summer blockbuster?

[Quintus 6,496]

Not very much, nowadays.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

the 3d in thor was horrible, worst of any movie I've seen recently.

Watching Thor I remembered why I never cared for Thor, he's a f**king prick. His arrogance is a complete turn off.

There is zero chemistry between Hensworth and Portman. I must say that "Padme" is good at picking the bitchiest, whiniest, "hero's".

Fast Five was preposterous and yet completely enjoyable.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Someday, you and me are gonna end up in jail ...................... but not todaaaaayyy.

[Matt C 605]

I saw the first in theaters and thought it was good. I saw the second and thought it was better, even bought both on DVD. Then I probably watched them once more and then when the third was coming out, I rewatched them again. That's when they showed their true colors, and my god was it horrid. I couldn't believe how I somehow even remotely liked them before. They were painful to watch, and then I saw the third in theaters, and had my palm over my face for half the time.

The first film is all right -- I saw it in theaters when it came out, and it was okay. Wasn't blown away by it, but it wasn't bad (except for Willem Dafoe's overacting). There's some elements that the reboot can fix when compared to the first one. (I still think Andrew Garfield is, physically, a terrible casting choice as Peter Parker. With Tobey Maguire the guy can take a couple of punches and bound back.)

The second film I love, and I wouldn't have bothered to see it theatrically if weren't for WOM (I saw a sold out showing on Labor Day and it was great). I watch it every once in a while, and I still like it. It had a great pace, solid visual effects, and a good but simple story. Now for the life of me, the unadulterated hatred for the third film just seems unwarranted. I blame Sony Pictures and the producers for constantly pushing Raimi to add this character and that character, and the interference showed big time. There were some good moments in the third film, but there's a lot of bad in it too (some of it is Raimi's fault, a la the club dance scene).

And I can see people criticizing Raimi for having Parker be mopey about Mary Jane and some of the character choices. But I love the second film, and I enjoy enough of the third to own that on DVD too.

[Quintus 6,496]

Watched Machete. It was a mainly decent movie with some noticeable pacing problems, but by and large I had fun. I had no idea it was about immigration and that commentary worked very well as an excuse to show people getting hacked to bits and with the expected sprinkling of nipples-per-minute onscreen ratio. Danny Trejo was about as watchable as he is in any other movie (quirkily passable), with the numerous name cameos being far more interesting - as were their scenes in comparison to Trejo's funny dismemberment action set-pieces.

The superb women ruled the motivation to keep watching (aided by my constant struggle to decide which of the two was the horniest - Alba or Rodriguez?) and it was cool to see a deliciously slimy Jeff Fahey not playing against type (complete with a slicked back yuppie-cut), and the novelty of having the weird looking Steven Segal as the villain was a good way to box-off a thoroughly justifiable watch worthy of 3 stars.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Machete is brilliant.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

Sigh...

Koray. The word brilliant should not be abused in such a way.

Psycho is brilliant, Jaws is brilliant, so are 12 Angry Men and maybe even The Sting.

but Machete?

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Machete is a brilliant action comedy. Better? I wasn't trying to imply that it's anything more, Rodriguez knows what he's doing.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

He does, but he does not seem to be aiming very high any more. Same goes for Tarantino!

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Inglourious Basterds is probably Tarantino's best movie, and was widely recognized as so. So I don't know whatchu talkin bout!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

It is just another homage to a rather dated genre that has not been taken seriously for a long time.

[Brónach 1,330]

Yes, and it's cinematic perfection too.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Basterds was an homage to several genres, as is typical with Tarantino. Chapter 1 was for the spaghetti westerns, Chapter 2 (if I remember correctly) was for the French new wave, and the rest was a rather good blend of the two, plus some other genres thrown in.

[Quintus 6,496]

In descending order:

Pulp Fiction

Inglorious Basterds

Kill Bill

Reservoir Dogs

Jackie Brown

Death Proof

Kill Bill 2

[Koray Savas 2,260]

My list is the same, although I consider Kill Bill one film.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

He's good, but I still think the really GREAT directors should in some way advance the way films are made. Tarentino just makes hos own version of old movies and genres.

[crocodile 9,724]

While I don't exactly love his movies, I have agree they are all very unique.

My list is the same, although I consider Kill Bill one film.

And yet many people don't accept the second one. Strange, for it adds so much to the whole.

Karol

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

The second one has a certain resonance. The first one is fun, but awfully superficial.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

He's good, but I still think the really GREAT directors should in some way advance the way films are made. Tarentino just makes hos own version of old movies and genres.

True, but he does it in such an unique and personal way. He's a breath of fresh air in the industry, a serious film lover. Not to mention he can write exceptional dialogue and make a 20-minute scene of people talking as gripping as an action film.

[Brónach 1,330]

The ones I've seen:

1)Inglorious Basterds

2)Pulp Fiction

3)Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs is on pair with Pulp Fiction but the later really makes me laugh at times so I prefer it.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Definitely check out Kill Bill.

His next film is going underway fast. It's a pure Western this time around, about a slave who hires a German bounty hunter to help find his missing wife. Django Unchained. Can't wait. Wonder if he'll try and get Morricone again.

[Marian Schedenig 11,695]

It is just another homage to a rather dated genre that has not been taken seriously for a long time.

Chapter 1 of Basterds was the best Leone-style film not directed by Leone I've seen. Other parts where particularly impressive in feeling like genuine German and French movies. The cinematography and choice of music was perfect. If the only thing you can say against one of the best films I've seen in years is that it draws too much from dated genres, all I can say is that considering it made a mass audience appreciate a style of film making they otherwise wouldn't even think of watching, it's actually a compliment.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

Chapter 1 of Basterds was the best Leone-style film directed by Leone I've seen.

But it was not directed by Leone, so it's a copy...

[Brónach 1,330]

John Ford-ish, too.

Hardly a problem.

[Marian Schedenig 11,695]

Chapter 1 of Basterds was the best Leone-style film directed by Leone I've seen.

But it was not directed by Leone, so it's a copy...

There was a "not" missing in my original post.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Thor

Good cheese. The beginning was so overly done that once Thor comes to Earth it turns into comedic gold, and the filmmakers knew that. Doyle's score was great; pretty fine acting all around.

[A24 5,156]

Machete is a brilliant action comedy. Better? I wasn't trying to imply that it's anything more, Rodriguez knows what he's doing.

No really, in my view, Machete is just another very bad exploitation movie. It wants to be funny but it actually becomes just as ordinary and unfunny as the movies it tries to cultivate. Brilliant?! That begs for an explanation. (and try to do better than "So's your face")

[Koray Savas 2,260]

You want me to explain comedy? Comedy, well, it's uh, funny?

What I find comedic is probably completely different than what you find comedic. I grew up with Rodriguez's films, he's just my taste. He knows how to blend great action set pieces with characters and funny dialogue. This time around he beefed it up with a good dosage of social commentary, too.

"Machete don't text."

[A24 5,156]

Thank you. I get it it now. I guess we all laugh with different things.

Le Mari De La Coiffeuse (The Hairdresser's Husband): Brilliant!

Oh, and:

Funny People: Not so brilliant, especially the second part when Sandler is no longer sick. Suddenly it feels like a different movie. Judd Apatow's worst film yet.

Alex

[Matt C 605]

I have this suppressed hatred for Apatow's films now (especially Funny People). He's lost it. The 40 Year Old Virgin and parts of Knocked Up were comedic gold, but Apatow tries to out-Brooks James L. Brooks in Funny People with little success. And with the actors he used (save for Eric Bana), they can't do drama well. (And WTF is up with Apatow casting his wife in every damn movie he directs? Lazy.)

I saw Thor last night. A solid, entertaining movie all around. A few notches above Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man but not in the big leagues. It's a firm step back in the right direction for Marvel Studios, let's hope that Captain America and The Avengers continues that.

Doyle's score wasn't as disappointing as I thought. But his voice is severely toned down and most of the underscore sounds like better arranged Zimmer music. I wish Marvel let Doyle use his Thor theme to the extent that he did for the end credit sequence (which plays beautifully in 3D).

[A24 5,156]

And with the actors he used (save for Eric Bana), they can't do drama well.

Sandler can do bittersweet comedy/drama. Haven't you seen Punch-Drunk Love? Of course, Apatow isn't PTA.