What was the last movie you saw?

Castle in the Sky is a good'n!

Currently watching a very weird film on the TV. About an alien dude with white eyes sending this pokey thing into people's hearts and then sucking out their brains. Or something.
 
Memories of a Murder(2003) another great Korean film. Visuals,acting wise and the great story,writing. A very powerful story.

Must be one of the best if not the best crime drama i have seen. For a film about chasing a serial killer it was much more.

The Korean cinema must have its Golden age these days like Hollywood in the 70s with Godfather,Scorsese films etc
 
I am kind of in love with Fantastic Mr Fox! It's bizarre at first and a little hard to get in to, and I had to convince the children to just give it a try. We all loved it in the end, just terrific.

Had a george Clooney weekend and watched Men Who Stare at Goats too, good film with some funny bits but not amazing like Fox.
 
Capricorn One

Good plot, and a fantastic beginning, but after that it descended into a standard chase movie, and not a paticularly good one.

Its a shame, the scene where Hal Holbrook takes the astronauts onto the Mars set and tries to talk the Astronauts into going along with the fraud is brilliantly written and acted. Even OJ's afro and Sam Watersons eyebrows do a good job.
 
The Conversation(1974) by Francis Ford Coppola.

A weird film with great acting by Gene Hackman as the akward Henry Caul. One of those movies where the music has surprisingly good quality, a big part of the film.

I have a new found respect for Gene Hackman for his early works that i havent had the chance to see. The French Connection films i will rent next from Lovefilm.se renting site i joined. Otherwise i would never found older films,world cinema for the actual rental stores.
 
Just saw Millions, a Danny Boyle (Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire) film from 2004. It's about the issues that pop up when a seven year old boy stumbles on a bag of stolen Pounds and what each person involved sees as the way to deal with it. Bordering on fantasy, this gem of a movie is at once comical, thought provoking and life affirming. Recommended.
 
Zombieland Thought it was ok - but nothing worth writing on a forum about.

Oops! I've just done that:D
 
Well this weekend I have watched Both Twilight and New Moon and to tell you the truth they weren't as bad as I had feared. Twilight was actually quite good. I think they suffer from showing too much of the Vampire's powers, Lost Boys only showed glimpes of flying and powers so it left a lot to the imagination, Twilight on the otherhand seemed to have a little too much 'jumping' where the obvious use of harnesses kind of detracted from the whole thing. I think Twilight was better than New Moon although I did like Martin Sheen and Dakota Fanning in New Moon. Also went to the cinema and watched Shutter island, which was pretty good. It started off with a hint of Hitchcock, but had too many dream sequences and didn't really get the twist right, it sort of slowly untwisted rather than hitting you with a big twist at the end. i did enjoy it though, it was a good film, well worth watching.
Went shopping on Saturday and bought 4 DVD's haven't watched them all yet, but did watch Ong Bak the beginning last night and was pleased but a little disappointed with the ending, I was expecting Tein to batter everyone, but he didn't and it sort of ended with a setup for a sequel (even though it is sort of a prequel) Also watch the motorcycle diaries,which was very good, made me want to go on a long journey and/or start a revolution.

Couldn't find Silent running or Brainstorm, so will have to search on line for them, but looking forward to Sympathy for Mr Vengence and Angel-A
:)
 
New Moon, and do I have to say that it was the biggest piece of disappointment ever to come out in the fantasy genre.


Well, okay, maybe not quite THAT bad, but the Twilight series' popularity sure as hell isn't justified in MY opinion. Sappy teenage love story, cliche vampire/werewolf rivalry....


They didn't even film it in Forks. It wasn't even filmed in Washington. It was filmed in my state in a town called St. Helens. I think the director and the producers should all be dragged out into the street and shot.
 
Manarion said:
New Moon, and do I have to say that it was the biggest piece of disappointment ever to come out in the fantasy genre.


Well, okay, maybe not quite THAT bad, but the Twilight series' popularity sure as hell isn't justified in MY opinion. Sappy teenage love story, cliche vampire/werewolf rivalry....


They didn't even film it in Forks. It wasn't even filmed in Washington. It was filmed in my state in a town called St. Helens. I think the director and the producers should all be dragged out into the street and shot.
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*Hands Manarion a pistol. And a rifle. And a submachine gun. Also some grenades.*

Be prepared. That's my motto.

(It really isn't my motto but I thought it was appropriate under the circumstances.)
 
Ransom. Not the ghastly Mel Gibson remake but the orginal film starring Glenn Ford, a version which seems rather obscure these days. Anyway, it was great - I never really rated Ford as an actor of much power but in this he was spellbinding, particularly his appearance on television surrounded by heaps of dollar bills and his sweaty hands sliding across the bible.

Highly recommended if you can find a copy.
 
I'm watching An American in Paris as we speak, I like pretty films that are easy to follow and lots of cheeriness. It's like a holiday for my brain. The world would be much more fun if people really burst into song every few minutes! :D

Although it might get really irritating really quickly...
 
Just watched Star Trek (the 2009 movie). I loved it. Loved. It.

I was wary of all the hype when the movie was released, worried that reality would disappoint. Happily, I wasn't at all disappointed. I thought the movie very well-cast, especially Zachary Quinto as Spock (I didn't once think of him as Sylar), John Cho as Sulu and Anton Yelchin as Chekov.

The opening scene had me in tears. It wasn't a quiet, ladylike crying either. We're talking the ugly red-eyed crying, with lots of nose fluid (sorry if that's TMI). I really liked how they did the scene - dialogue at beginning and end but in between, just flashing images of the scared but brave Kirk Sr, his wife giving birth, the crew fleeing the doomed starship and so on. The music was sad and haunting but didn't overwhelm the visuals.

At several points during the movie I cheered when familiar lines were uttered: "Dammit! I'm a doctor, not a physicist!", "I'm giving her all she's got Captain!". :)

Also, I admit to cheering and clapping when Leonard Nimoy appeared. The man is a legend. That is all.

I'm definitely watching the film again and am looking forward to the sequel. :)
 
Drag Me To Hell. It had several similarities in style to Evil Dead. I thought it was much better than The Gift. I would never want to be in a Sam Raimi movie. The way his actors get beat up and covered in mud, blood, and other filth.... no thanks.
 
Rothgar said:
Drag Me To Hell. It had several similarities in style to Evil Dead. I thought it was much better than The Gift. I would never want to be in a Sam Raimi movie. The way his actors get beat up and covered in mud, blood, and other filth.... no thanks.
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Pshaw! Compared to what happens to the actors in a Dario Argento film, Sam's vic... errrr, stars, have it easy....:D

Lately my film watching has been very sporadic, but in the last week I have managed to re-watch three:

Rough Magik -- the feature entry in vol. 2 of The H. P. Lovecraft Collection from Lurker Films; originally intended as the pilot for a Lovecraft-based British television series, this never got beyond this episode... which is a pity. Despite some technical problems (day-for-night is always problematic, for instance), it really is a rather good little piece: quietly suspenseful, atmospheric, intelligent, and overall well-acted and produced; and, of course, Paul Darrow as Mr. Moon is a touch of pure genius.

Dagon -- Stuart Gordon's adaptation of both the title story and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"... a film I haven't seen in a couple of years now, and one which frankly just seems to get better with each viewing. The layering in that film is really quite surprising, especially considering the subject-matter and the "in-your-face" approach of the film as a whole. Nonetheless there is an enormous amount of thought to what they do here; and, despite the liberties taken, there is also a genuinely deep respect for Lovecraft and desire to be true to his work spiritually if not always literally (and they actually stick pretty close to the major and even many of the minor elements of the tale itself, come to that). Again, Ezra Godden basing his perormance on his love of silent film star Harold Lloyd may prove a bit jarring to many, but I think it works quite well, as one is hardly prepared for the transition Paul (his character) goes through along the way. And Macarena Gomez' performance is itself very memorable; she strikes me here as having something of that same screen presence as the young Barbara Steele, and what she brings to the role of Uxia has long had me wanting to see her get a great many more roles in English-language films....

And another Hitchcock: Rebecca. It has been years since I last saw this film complete, and the copy I have is in pristine condition... my, what a film! While I disagree with those who think this is Hitch's best, I would agree that it isn't all that far off, either....
 
Pretty much the same reactions I had when I first watched Star Trek (at the cinema, too), Daisy. Well, apart from the sobbing. I don't really do that. But cheering when Nimoy came on (I was not expecting that in the slightest!), loving the familiar lines; it was just an awesome film that just...worked. I wrote a rather gushing post about it here in this thread a while ago.

I really want to see Drag Me to Hell, my housemate tells me it's good. As in hilarious and yet jumpy. The fact that you've described it, Rothgar, as similar to the Evil Deads has made me want to watch it even more. I love those films.

Also WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT Paranormal Activity. If someone wants to buy it for me, I shall reward them with...er...eternal gratitude.

Watched the animated BFG film earlier. Trippy.
 
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