Last film seen...
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Which was the last film you saw? Old and new. And what did you think of it? Would you recommend it?
For me, it was the oldie "Where Eagles Dare" (1968). I've seen it before. Unfortunately, it wasn't as good as I remembered it. I'd still recommend, even though the dispense-of-belief-requirements are a little too much at times.
While typing, I'm watching a music video: "Deep Purple in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra", rec. 1999. Fantastic stuff. Highly recommended.
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jfm
For me, it was the oldie "Where Eagles Dare" (1968). I've seen it before. Unfortunately, it wasn't as good as I remembered it. I'd still recommend, even though the dispense-of-belief-requirements are a little too much at times.
While typing, I'm watching a music video: "Deep Purple in concert with the London Symphony Orchestra", rec. 1999. Fantastic stuff. Highly recommended.
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jfm
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Probably still the funniest film of the three, Leslie Nielsen is really at his best. I find these films hilarious from start to finish, and I'm quite a fan of them.
Not crazy about it, Vincent didn't seem evil enough, there wasn't much sex, in fact he seemed a poor apology for a devil worshipper. Didn't help that those sycophants in his court all seemed a bit witless. It all seemed to anticipate the first Black Adder series.
I think the Pit and Pendulum was better.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
At home: The Man With The Golden Gun
The last movie I saw in the cinema was Shaun of the dead which is the best comedy I have seen in a long time. Look out for it in America soon!
Yeah, your right, Indiana Jones is my favourite film (last crusade anyway) and I love the Temple of Doom just as much as the others, the whole Lauche (however spelt) bar scene going through the chinese mountains to surf down a cliff on a river raft to end up in India. Can't beat it really, sure it's darker than the other two but it puts Indiana Jones on track with his paranormal sides. Ooh eeh oooh
I've recently seen this film too Hardyboy - and I really enjoyed it. Perhaps it was because I didn't expect too much from it and was therefore pleasently suprised when it told a decent story.
What did you think of The Ladykillers ? It hasn't had good reviews over here, but then again, it will always be measured up to the original.
Sheesh! I'd already rented it and had it on my coffee table when you wrote this post, so
So the most recent film I've rented is now the 1955 Ladykillers, and the most recent film I've seen in a theater is the 2004 Alamo. If you have trouble sleeping, see if your neighborhood cheap theater is showing that one!
Most recent film on DVD: Spiderman and Little Women, watched as a kind of Dunst double bill. Spiderman was good, though am I alone in thinking it would have been a lot better if the Green Goblin just wasn't in it at all? And Little Women was, of course, great, and actually better than the book in some ways... though it still, consistently, and always will break my heart that Jo turns down Laurie. Are you mad, woman?!?!
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As for DVD,the last film was Gothika with Halle Berry.Not sure if I enjoyed it or not.Interesting storyline but a touch too long.Quite a good performance from Penelope Cruz and Robert Downey Jnr but I really think Berry is a hammy actor.Watch it if there is nothing else on....
I agree.
The last in the cinema for me was Harry Potter and like I said I agree with jetset.
The last film at my house was the recent film, The Count of Monte Cristo. I really enjoyed it and thought it was well made film. I have been trying for a year to read the book but something always comes up or I'll read another book. I have a good reason to read it now.
Okay, okay
Broke my heart when I was 10 and still does... have never ever accepted and it and can't stand their sequal relationships. Bah!
Last film seen in the theater Shaolin Soccer... LOVED IT. Whacky, inventive, slide spittlingly funny and just plain fun. Shame on Miramax for holding on to it for 2 years, finally releasing it but only in dribs and drabs and cutting out 30 minutes of it!
Last DVD watched, Guys and Dolls so I could relive my childhood crush on Brando. *sigh*
MBE
I say go see this movie. It's easier to watch if your a Metallica fan. But if your a fan of music, go see this movie. It might open your eyes to the fact that, even if your favorite band seems like friends on stage, it might just be a mask. Once again, its called: Some Kind Of Monster.
Skyjacked w/C Heston
Brass Target w/S Loren
BT bored me , the others were good but not great , imo.
The last movie I saw on DVD was Detonator (aka Death Train) starring Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart and Christopher Lee! Good stuff!!
Next in line is "The Fugitive" (1993), which I shamed to admit I haven't seen yet.
After that, we've decided on a Pam Grier "festival". Any suggestions besides "Coffy", "Foxy Brown", "Jackie Brown" and "Black Mama, White Mama". Not that won't be enough.
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jfm
Very disappointed, walked out. Started off very well with a quote (in voiceover form) about how hope is the currency of people who know they're losing in life... the more hope you have, the more the taste sours.
Sadly, this voice over continues throughout the film, sort of fortune cookie aphorisms as the lead (kevin McKidd, the sporty guy from Trainspotting with cropped hair here) tells us what we should be thinking in just about every scene... that "love is like a warm breeze, but when people lose hope, it becomes cold" and we hear chilly breeze on the soundtrack... and so on.
It's set in Glasgow I think, or Edinburgh, and follows a troubled youth about to be redeemed by the love of his life, but sadly McKidd is 30 if he's a day, not 18 as he's surely meant to be here.
Not sure if there's a genre either in which interaction between the characters is delieberatly devoid of any ring of truth, if so, Jobson's found it.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Which Callahan was your fav?
And as for the Pam Grier festival, try Friday Foster (with Yaphet Kotto!) - or the Big Doll House Or Arena Or any of 'em, Pam rocks!