What was the last movie you saw?

[Allegra]

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - not bad, not great. I doubt if it could have been any better though. I haven't read the book but I think it's very difficult to deliver a brilliant film adaptation, curiously.

The International - so-so, nothing outstanding.

 

[Mighty mouse]

Gamer
Reminded me of the line about the restaurant, 'All the taste had been siphoned out of the food and put in the menu'. Gave up after 20 minutes.
GI Joe
Visuals so slick they make your head spin with dialogue that made 'The vampire diaries' seem like Nabakov. Empty

 

[HoopyFrood]

The Army of Darkness (Evil Dead III)

HOW HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE? And me being the Evil Dead fan that I am. It. Is. Hilarious. Especially the scene with the tiny Ash-s. And the lines in it! I've just watched the theatrical ending on YouTube (for those who couldn't take the despairing ending). Hail to the King, Baby. Haha.


Now I am watching The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1920s silent film.

 

[HoopyFrood]

Just watched Georges Melies A Trip to the Moon (1902). The Moon is full of mushrooms!

And also The Inn Where No Man Rests (1903). Oh, I liked this one. So clever!

Ah, one more: L'homme a la tete en caoutchouc (1901). This one's hilarious.

 

[AE35Unit]

Just watched Georges Melies A Trip to the Moon (1902). The Moon is full of mushrooms!

And also The Inn Where No Man Rests (1903) Oh, I liked this one. So clever!

Classic flicks there Hoops! I've never seen either!

Last night we watched Angels and Demons, quite a good movie, as was Da Vinci Code, of which this is the prequel.
But anti matter-does it really exist? And if it meets matter will the result really be so explosive?
A couple of quite poignant coincidences-
a)the real pope died just after the film was released and b) scientists were later working on the Hadron Collider, echoed in the movie!

 

[Fried Egg]

Antimatter

Furthermore, mixing matter and antimatter would lead to the annihilation of both in the same way that mixing antiparticles and particles does, thus giving rise to high-energy photons (gamma rays) or other particle–antiparticle pairs.

 

[AE35Unit]

Antimatter

But isn't anti matter just a theoretical proposition, just like black holes and string theory?

 

[Fried Egg]

But isn't anti matter just a theoretical proposition, just like black holes and string theory?

No, anti-matter has been observed and even manufactured (see article). Also, there is emerpical evidence for black holes as well, they are not mere theoretical propositions.

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - not bad, not great. I doubt if it could have been any better though. I haven't read the book but I think it's very difficult to deliver a brilliant film adaptation, curiously.

I myself haven't read the story either, but I have heard they really aren't anything alike. The only thing they took from the story was the aging backward, but all the other parts of the story were different.

 

[HoopyFrood]

Still on my silent film binge...

Watched Frankenstein (1910) a short while ago. The monster is creepy...and very effective. Very much liked the creation scene.

Now I have Nosferatu (1922) and Faust (1926) lined up.

 

[Fried Egg]

Just watched "The Innocents" which I heard was an adaptation of Henry James' "Turn of the Screw". A very well made horror film that sent shivers down my spine. Just check out this shot:

 

[HoopyFrood]

Now that may have to be watched.

Just finished watching Blood Diamond. Very good film indeed. Will now go back to Nosferatu. Max Schreck is one creepy guy...

 

[Culhwch]

I really liked Blood Diamond, must revisit it. I think Edward Zwick is a very underrated director.

Most recently watched Disney's Beauty and the Beast. A classic of modern animation.

 

[Happy Joe]

Crank 2; very over the top, if you liked the first one this one is occasionally funnier, more violent, and (mildly) pornographic.
Not something for the Victorian/Edwardian mindset.

I liked it...

Enjoy!

 

[Interference]

Just watched "The Innocents" which I heard was an adaptation of Henry James' "Turn of the Screw". A very well made horror film that sent shivers down my spine.

There was an adaptation on BBC7 last week, as well. Eery story. In the bg of that photo is Jason King star, Peter Wingard, from when he was still an actor. He later played some pointless role in Di Laurentiis' Flash Gordon, though he still managed (in Flash Gordon) to imbue the word "Earth" with all the disgust and disdain his character felt for the planet

Once again, a talent misused and now pretty much lost.

Still on my silent film binge...

Watched Frankenstein (1910).....

Ooo, don't think I've ever seen that one ...

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

I watched a movie last night called Sunshine Cleaning. It has Amy Adams and Emily Blunt in it. It was funny at times, and sad at times. Over all a pretty good movie.

 

[Tillane]

Watched Dead Snow last night. How can I describe it...

Oversexed medical students? Check.
Isolated cabin? Check.
Nazi zombies? Check.
Chainsaws? Check.
500 litres of fake blood? Check.

Yeah.

 

[HoopyFrood]

Ooo, don't think I've ever seen that one ...

It's good; it's only about eleven minutes long (if I'm remembering correctly) and has a monster that is closer (in my view) to Shelley's than the one that became so popular after the later Boris Karloff 1931 version. There's some really interesting uses of mirrors in it, as well.

 

[Tansy]

Outlander, Dorian Gray and Gamer have all been watched by me this week

Enjoyed them all

 

[Quokka]

Kung Fu Hustle First time I've watched it since seeing it in the cinema years ago, really funny movie with some great over the top visuals.