What was the last movie you saw?

Got out two DVDs over the weekend. Children of Men was very good, I thought. An intriguing idea, a well-realised future reality, and just plain beautifully filmed. I loved all those long tracking shots, just artfully done. The Departed on the other hand was a bit of a let down. Maybe a victim of it's own hype, more than anything. After all the talk I was expecting something a bit more than what was a barely skewed, run-of-the-mill gangster film, with what felt like a tacked-on shock ending. Good performance by Leo DiCaprio, though, as well as Ray Winstone. To me, Jack Nicholson will never be anything but Jack Nicholson, so I couldn't take him seriously in this one...
 
Jack is good in that one,huh,Ally?
Best he's done for a while

Yeah, anyone else would have killed the film. Jack has an on screen impact.

Saw Pride and Prejudice last night. Not up to the standard, more like a TV production. I couldn't even finish it.
 
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Last night I watched Ghost Rider. It was ok, nothing I would watch again though.
 
Live free or die hard

That was a super cool movie to watch. I loved it. But, I'm a huge Bruce Willis fan too. Anyways, great actions sequences. I swear, every action sequence comes directly from GTA. I've done all of those playing GTA, LOL!
 
Last movie I saw...umm...oh yeah thats right. Stranger Then Fiction. I thought it was quite good seeing as I don't like Will Ferral all that much.

Ask me again later and it will probably be different cause I will watch one today sometime.
 
Got an advance copy of The Last legion, due out August I think, with Colin Friels. Its a bit hard imagining him as a Roman, so the thing was always going to struggle. Bad acting didnt help. Kind of glad I dont have to go and see it at the cinema when it comes out because I would have felt I wasted my money.
 
Just (re-) watched Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter And Spring. An enchanting and thought provoking Korean movie:)
 
Last movie I saw... It's maybe - "Astronaut's Wife", with my favourite actress Charlize Theron!
So, I have found some her rare photos there
She so beautiful...
 
The other day I watched Sophie's Choice. Excellent movie.
 
In the theatre? Er - "The Fountain", i think.

In general? Uh - "The Great Los Angeles Earthquake" - which was viewed with the intent of grabbing screenshots of one Michael T. Weiss in his pre-Pretender days. *g* and... "Maybe Baby", I think - Hugh Laurie *g*.
 
"Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer". Light entertainment, not particularly great but I sat through it without complaining.
 
Over the past few days I saw...

Silence of The Lambs
Of course I've seen this before...on a very worn VHS copy. Seeing it now on this kickass new CE DVD made a world of difference. The fantastic background score just stands out now and every grisly detail is clear as day. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins totally rock here.

Reniassance
French b/w animated noir-style movie with loads of awesome visual style and a story which, even if derivative of so many SF movies, is not half bad and the ending really works great.

Hot Fuzz it was pretty darn cool, although the extended climax was trying. I'd have also preferred it to be 20min shorter, but otherwise loads of fun. The fat guy gets the better role this time.

Also saw this interesting if flawed South American horror This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse featuring a character called Coffin Joe. For those interested, put up a big review here.
 
Flyboys, supposedly based on a true story, Hollywood largely avoided F*cking it up, certainly, the Fokker triplanes, Gothas, HP 0/100s Nieuport 17s etc. actually looked the part and it was made very clear that the Escadrille Lafayette, were a small part of the allied forces on the Western Front. My only quibble was the climax. That was one hell of a shot for a revolver.
 
Just been to see Shrek the Third. I really enjoyed it, there were quite a few laugh-out-loud moments. For me, anyway, but I tend to laugh at really obscure things! I loved when the female characters started kicking butt, that was cool.

I've just purchased the Hot Fuzz (WOOP!) and Shaun of the Dead box set, so I have hours of viewing pleasure ahead. I LOVE Hot Fuzz. Never seen Shaun of the Dead, which is shocking, what with me being a zombie and comedy fan...
 
TRANSFORMERS - good flick... would have been great with some tweaking to gear it more toward adults (add some drama, subtract some comedy) It was a rush to feel like I was 8 years old again watching giant robots fight.

Overall it was worth the admission price.
 
Ah, couldn't help myself...just watched Shaun of the Dead. Very good, very good indeed. Nice mixture of all-out zombie gore and good old comedy, and even some quite tragic moments.

Have to say that I still love Hot Fuzz more though :D
 
Just watched Lady Jane, a 1986 film starring a very young Helena Bonham Carter and Cary Elwes, concerning the title character's nine-day reign as queen. Though apparently largely historically inaccurate, quite a good film.
 

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