What was the last movie you saw?

I rather enjoyed 'The Suffering' last week. Horror. Quiet. Miserable.

And the old man talked like Tennessee Williams!

Win/Win/win/win.

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Elventine said:

With both the Thor movies I had the nagging feeling that they could have done so much better than they did. There was nothing truly wrong with them as the actors acted well and there weren't really any BIG holes in the plots but....

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These modern superhero films are overly long and portentous. Should be quicker and more tightly written and edited.

Ray Pullar said:

These modern superhero films are overly long and portentous. Should be quicker and more tightly written and edited.

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I think that it is not just the length that is an issue (although 2 hours of stuff getting blown up can be a little....) it is also the amount of story that they try and put into those hours. Some of the new superhero movies have been long in length but the just have not really adapted the amount of story in the script to fit that length. So you end up with nothing happening very slowly for to hours then a few big bangs - end of movie.

I thought that Iron Man was good (all three actually ) and so where the Captain America movies... they had enough story to them and different elements in the movie to make the length work. I felt like I was actually watching a movie with some depth with the C-A movies.

Ant man... That movie could have done with a little editing! I thought for a moment there that I was going to die from boredom!

The new Superman movies were bad, the Batman movies worse... they were dark and pointless. I just felt like nothing was ever resolved in them. The story just sort of fizzled rather than ended. Although in regards to Batman, I feel that the future might be brighter now with Ben Afleck as I think that he makes a good Batman. Which I just can't say the same for whatshisface.

The voice he made whenever he was Batman? I mean why? and did anyone actually understand him? When I saw the first Batman movie I had to put the subtitles on just to know what was going on in half the movie!

The Teacher (1974)



Well, not really. In fact, there are no scenes which take place at the school at all, and the fact that the main character is a teacher is completely irrelevant.

Angel Tompkins, a very pretty (in a California Girl way) starlet of the time has the title role and provides the requisite nudity. The second lead is played by Jay "Dennis the Menace" North. He's an eighteen-year-old just out of high school. About one half of the movie is their, well, not May/December romance, exactly; let's say April/June. She's only twenty-eight.

The other half of the movie involves a creepy weirdo (Anthony James, who played a bunch of creepy weirdos) stalking Tompkins. One day he's at the top of an abandoned warehouse watching her sunbathe topless on her motorboat. Along come North and the creepy guy's younger brother, who happen to be after the same thing, but don't know James is there too. With one thing and another, little brother falls off the warehouse and gets killed. James spends the rest of the movie menacing North, blaming him for the death.

That's about all there is to it. It moves very slowly, and there's quite a bit of padding. Tompkins and North seem quite natural together, and their love/sex scenes are rather sweet. James is an expert at playing creepy weirdos. Some notable points:

*The title song, a sappy (but very well sung) ballad, which we get to hear three times. Every boy needs a teacher/To show him the way.

*The odd, pointless scene in which two women come over to North's house for lunch with North and Tompkins and North's mother, get in a minor argument with Tompkins, then leave. One of the women seems to be dominant over the other -- reminding her to put on her hat, telling her that they're leaving -- and I had to wonder if they were supposed to be a couple.

*Barry Atwater of Star Trek/Night Stalker fame has a brief scene as a cop.

*Two older women gossiping at a restaurant as Tompkins and North crawl all over each other are played by Gena Rowlands' mother and John Cassavetes' mother.

*The weird Freudian subtext to North's relationship with his mother. At one point she says "I do find him attractive, even if he is my son." Later, when his affair with Tompkins becomes obvious, she seems to approve of it, despite the difference in their ages and the fact that Tompkins is married (but separated from her husband.)

*This is the 1970's; don't expect a happy ending.

Cold Blood (aka Das Amulett des Todes) To quote one of the reviewers of this film on IMDb: "Because it has Rutger Hauer and I'll watch anything he's in. But that doesn't mean I'll watch it twice..."

Possibly the least interesting of the many many crap films I have seen starring Rutger Hauer.

Mechanic: Resurrection. Jason Statham does what he does best. Monotone deliveries and aggressive punch/kick people. Jessica Alba does what she does best. Standing around looking like Jessica Alba.

Vince W said:

Mechanic: Resurrection. Jason Statham does what he does best. Monotone deliveries and aggressive punch/kick people. Jessica Alba does what she does best. Standing around looking like Jessica Alba.

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Sounds like two really good reasons not to bother watching it.

The last movie i saw was star trek beyond it was really good ^.^

Pixels. Not very funny, the attempted funny bits... but the 80s vidgame creatures are good as they smash up the city and turn people into pixels etc. Otherwise, feh.
On an aminated binge - Over The Hedge was funny aminal action of an enjoyable sort. So was How To Train Your Dragon.

Willow Creek (2013)

A bit of Blair Witchiness in that a couple film themselves in search of Bigfoot. The couple is warned off but insist on going to the creek where the Paterson-Gimlin film captured a passing Sasquatch back in 1967.

It's a reasonably effective low-budget horror movie relying on misdirection, the odd sounds in the distance, the shadow at the edge of the screen or on the tent wall. Honestly, what might be weirder than the film is that it was directed by Bobcat Goldthwaite, the comedian.


Randy M.

David Brent: Life on the Road

Had high hopes given The Office (UK) is my favourite tv show ever, and Ricky Gervais my favourite stand-up comedian. Overall I enjoyed it, even though it was excruciating for a lot of it. The ending hit me in the feels.

More, more animation action - The Book of Life - rowdy kids go to the museum and are entranced by the story of the Book of Life, all set in olde world Mexico. Very cool look, quite different and a bit of fun. Started watching Escape From Planet Earth but feeel aschleep.

Jurassic World -- More of a showcase for how far special effects have come since the original than anything else. The film does reinforce the commonly held belief that velociraptors would not make good house pets.

Just saw Australiens. Yeah, that's how it's spelled. Don't know whether to laugh or cry. Terrible acting but a watchable film where aliens attack Australia. They don't destroy New York or land on the white house lawn, Australia. Let down by the appalling acting but I couldn't help watching it to the end. Quite funny in parts. Meh.

Ant-Man -- A surprisingly entertaining flick built on an absurd premise. ! I especially liked the cameo by Thomas the Tank Engine.

Morgan

I should know better than to go see a movie just because it has an actor in it that I like (Paul Giamatti). Should have checked the Tomato-meter first. It started out like it might have a chance of being good. Genetically engineered being that gets out of hand (sound familiar??). But instead of developing the story............... as one reviewer put it, referencing the point that Giamatti's character comes into it: "Then everything goes horribly wrong".

Not recommended.

Frankenweenie. Kid Frankenstein brings Sparky the dog back to life... aaaand, next.

Midnight Meat Train (2008)

I read the Clive Barker tale quite a while ago (which I thought would make a good movie), and now I have finally seen the film...I was shocked and stunned at how good it was. Actor (ex-football player) Vinnie Jones was the perfect choice to play the mysterious butcher in the film. His stage presence made him look like the Grim Reaper personified. I was told that this film was originally in "3D"....Yikes!!! It was also a treat to see actor Ted Raimi in a small part as well. WARNING: This is a very graphic movie.

The Three Stooges (2000)

Produced by (actor/director) Mel Gibson. This made for TV movie (filmed in color and B&W) is still astonishing to watch. The film follows the behind-the-scene life of comedians Moe, Shemp and Curly (the Howard brothers), with good friend, Larry Fine. For me, this is one of the finest and favorite TV productions I've ever seen. A tremendous drama with superb acting.

Yeah, Beasty, loved Midnight Meat Train. It was the first time I saw Bradley Cooper do some real acting. And stone faced Vinny was great. You really don't have to talk to make an impression.

For my sins, after a long day and just wanting to watch something brainless, I threw Barb Wire into the DVD player.

That was a mistake. I think it was a measure of just how knackered I was that I was some 25 minutes into it that I realised it was a tragically awful remake of Casablanca.