What was the last movie you saw?

Ha, I couldn't give you an example, I just remember seeing some and thinking "I like that show. But the trailer's awful."

The only one that springs to mind is a videogame. The XCOM advert bored me so much I never saw more than the first second or two. It was only by chance I happened across the game through another source and ended up buying it.
 
By now Hollywood's got the art of making trailers down to a T.
I have a sort of reverse reaction:the better the trailer ,the warier I am.
oh yeah,watched a recorded(to skip the ever present %&%^&^^&*!@#$% commercials) OBLIVION
It seems Cruise and Freeman are in it.*
Both actors have ,imHO,NOT furthered their careers by acting in this one
*i noticed this only AFTER the ending,BTW
 
Jesse412 said:
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Caught this on TCM and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a moody film noir with an interesting premise and a reveal that no one will see coming. The pacing is superb, the performances are good and the ending is really satisfying.
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This was the third of 4 "Mike Hammer" books adapted at around that time with the same Producer/Exec Producer (Victor Saville) surprising considering the ending of that one.
 
Watched Jupiter Ascending some time ago, can't remember.... did they go skimming off around the edge of the galaxy? Was it that one?
 
Love to answer that one, JR, but my brain is still undergoing vigorous scrubbing in an attempt to purge the last foul memory of this *&#$%- disaster from my suffering consciousness.
 
was it this bad?
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White Heat (1949)

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Originally watched this on TCM and was blown away by how good it is. Easily one of the best crime films ever made. This movie has just about every thing you could possibly want in a crime drama: suspense, a train robbery, a prison brake, a double cross and an undercover cop. The pacing throughout is superb. James Cagney is one fierce gangster both menacing and charismatic. Virginia Mayo was great as Verna and she looked incredible. Fantastic stand off and chase at the end and the final scene is absolutely spectacular.
 
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)

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The most influential movie never made. It's kind of heart breaking that it doesn't actually exist on film. The tremendous talent that was assembled to try and make this movie is mind blowing and includes Jean Giraud, H. R. Giger, Salvador Dalí, Mick Jagger and Pink Floyd among others. I would love to read through one of the pre-production books with the storyboards and all the concept art. I hope one day that someone invents a way to travel to the parallel dimension where this film exists!
 
Jesse412 said:
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)

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The most influential movie never made. It's kind of heart breaking that it doesn't actually exist on film.
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Having watched Jodorowski's El Topo I beg to differ. We'd have ended up with a visually interesting, over-long, boring, self indulgent confused, psuedo-mystical dog's breakfast...

...actually written down like that he would have been the perfect person to adapt Dune.
 
More tasteful rubbish - The Unknown Terror 1957- Well, fungus can be fun, or it can be terrifying. The 'cave of death' features in this one, and fungus gets out of hand. In the death cave, huge amounts of soap suds and cake batter attack at the end, and only our crippled hero can defeat it.
The Brain Eaters 1958 - 'What's that on the back of your neck?" "Nothing, er... it's nothing." But it is a space alien, and they plan to take over, starting in a small town. You can imagine the fun that ensues.
Started watching 'The Astounding She Creature' but ran out of brain cellssszzzZZZZzzzzz....
 
Check that; - The Astounding She MONSTER... 1957ish.... golly, a really attractive gal appears on Earth, she walks around being beautiful and glowing. Anything she touches dies. Turns out she is coated with metal - Radioactive uranium, and platinum. Our hero figures out a way to puncture the platinum, and she is killed by Earth's atmosphere. Only a tiny locket remains, and our hero opens it. There is a small piece of paper in there, a note, and he reads it. It's from the rulers of the Telus Galaxy, and it informs us Earthlings that we are ready to join the Galctic Federation, and that the beautiful gal is their emissary.
Now hero and his GF start worrying about how the bigshot Galactic Rulers will feel about their emissary being croaked by the Earth idiots. The End. :cautious:
 
J Riff said:
Check that; - The Astounding She MONSTER... 1957ish.... golly, a really attractive gal appears on Earth, she walks around being beautiful and glowing. Anything she touches dies. Turns out she is coated with metal - Radioactive uranium, and platinum. Our hero figures out a way to puncture the platinum, and she is killed by Earth's atmosphere. Only a tiny locket remains, and our hero opens it. There is a small piece of paper in there, a note, and he reads it. It's from the rulers of the Telus Galaxy, and it informs us Earthlings that we are ready to join the Galctic Federation, and that the beautiful gal is their emissary.
Now hero and his GF start worrying about how the bigshot Galactic Rulers will feel about their emissary being croaked by the Earth idiots. The End. :cautious:
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Is that the one that starts with a good 15 minutes of voice over narration because they obviously couldn't afford to do any location sound?
 
Doctor X (1932)

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Originally watched this on TCM and was really impressed with it. The creepy atmosphere, interesting visuals and the humorous bits were all extremely effective. One of my top 3 favorite Fay Wray films second only to King Kong.
 
Little Miss Sunshine
Toni Collette*,Steve Carell** and others put in a topnotch performance
Surefire direction gets the best out of the assembled cast.
Never too schmalzy,yet deliciously full of (the right)sentiments.***
Good open ending.
Ben's like-o-meter:nine and a half out of ten
*Damn,she can act
**ditto,even cast against type
***watch Abigail Breslin(endearing as heck) and Alan Arkin(who's very very good also)interact
evey once in a while there's a sapphire among the movie industry's ususal mudlumps......
 
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

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Atmospheric horror anthology based on short stories written by Robert Bloch with fantastic casting that features Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Jon Pertwee, among others. All the characters are in someway associated with a house where a famous actor has recently disappeared. When an Inspector from Scotland Yard begins to investigate we learn the house's macabre history. In the first story Denholm Elliott plays a writer who is terrorized by a psychopathic character from his latest novel. In the second story Peter Cushing discovers a model of a woman he once knew in an eerie wax museum. In the third story Christopher Lee plays a widower who hires a school teacher that becomes worried about the strict way he treats his daughter. Jon Pertwee plays a horror actor who acquires a cursed cloak that starts to turn him into a vampire. Ingrid Pitt looked absolutely incredible.
 
Winter's Bone (2010)
A very young Jennifer Lawrence provides a strong performance in a scenario reminiscent of Deliverance. An atmospheric portrayal of some backwoods morality and hard living. Not an easy one to enjoy, but riveting nonetheless.
 
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