What was the last movie you saw?

Why not call you Shirley? You look alright to me....;)

I saw Vidocq, a french film starring Gerard Depardieu. I thought it was quite entertaining and a visual feast to boot along with some good action sequences. The story basically follows the apparent death of french detective Vidocq in 1830s Paris at the hands of the Alchemist. The Alchemist is something of an urban legend, said to possess a mirror mask which steals the souls of its victims. So it's up to Vidocq's young biographer and his partner to track down the truth behind the legend whose presence has been attributed to several grissly murders. Recommended.
 
Last movie I watched is Jarhead. Not bad, but unfortunately the tele didn't really agree with all those bright scenes during the day in the desert and gave up showing the movie... I probably should watch it again on a tele that doesn't do this...

By the way Gollem; is that a van Gogh you're using as an Avatar?
 
A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) which was a very long movie. This is a very dark version of Amelie, set during and after the Great War. Again Audrey Tautou is looking for the love of her life, who may or may not be dead. Visually stunning, Jeunet has a wonderful eye, but the story peters out after a while and ends just a little bit lamely. I don't think Audrey Tautou lends much to the story. She was a wonderful pixie like character in Amelie, but her face doesn't lend itself to serious roles (think Da Vinci Code). I think Jeunet's greatest works was with Caro, especially City of Lost Children.
 
Watched A Scanner Darkly at the weekend. It was visually impressive/interesting. Unfortunately Mrs Locksmith had to explain to me what was happening several times. I blame it on a tiring week at work, but fear I'm turning into my mum.
 
I actually made the effort to watch tv for the first time in months last night, because there was a film on that I've been wanting to see for quite some time: A C*ck and Bull Story, featuring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, and a handful of other great actors. I've been wanting to watch it because I love those two guys, but I have to say that, although there were a handful of laugh out loud moments, it wasn't as good as I expected. Still, now I can say I've finally seen it.

(Damn, filter won't allow the word that means a male chicken (among other things :D))
 
By the way Gollem; is that a van Gogh you're using as an Avatar?
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Unmistakenly Van Gogh, probably something from his Starry Starry Night phase :)

As to the last film i watched, well that would be A Sound of Thunder.

Whoever said they don't make good sci-fi anymore was right, adapted from a Ray Bradbury novel i watched the whole 98 mins of this crap on SKY yesterday afternoon and was thoroughly unimpressed. A good idea for a film ruined with poor acting and even worse special effects :(

A Sound of Thunder (2005)
 
Well, in my defense I have to say that the style also resembles that of Edvard Munch, especially if you're looking at such a small picture... :eek:
 
HoopyFrood said:
More of a prequel :p. 28 weeks later is the film that follows 28 days later.

Oh dear...there's possibly a third film coming out in 2009...which might be called...get this...28 months later. :p

I'm quite sure I've watched 28 Days Later, but I've seen so many zombies films that they all kind of roll into one after a while (well, the recent ones have...the old classics like the Romero films and the Evil Dead films always stand out).
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If they are as good as the new one they can 28 Years Later too if they want :p
 
Nesacat said:
Transformers again with a friend. She had not seen it yet. It's still odd that he's not a Beetle and the fight looked worse the second time around. But am keeping my tail crossed for the next two movies.
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Hey! how many times are you going to watch that film?...:p
 
I borrowed DOOM off my 14 year old nephew last night after the dross that was England v Germany.

. . . . DOOM is an appropriate title although AWFUL or POINTLESS would also suffice :confused:
 
The other night I watched Dracula Prince of Darkness, one of the Hammer films. And I thought Phillip Latham character, the butler was very creepy. I have been trying to think of other creepy butlers, although Lurch from The Addam's Family comes to mind! There must be many others so I'll have to get thinking.
 
GOLLUM ... it was one too many times ... however the kids in audience made up for it. Now I understand about voices that can bend sheet metal.

Memnoch ... DOOM is certainly appropriately named. Though DOOM is quite an understatement for the absolute dross that was the movie.
 
Last night i watched 1408 the new Stephen King film, hmm, John Cusack as main character...
Erm, hmm, scared me shedless for a while then i got into it...
yes.. not bad, not bad at all...:)

also watched The Illusionist.............. that was blummin BRILLIANT!! loved it...
 
Illusionist is brilliant. Loved it too.

Watched Ratatouille yesterday. Cried my eyes out of course. :eek: Wonderful food. If you love food and the whole idea of preparing and eating good food .... it's worth a watch.

Am probably going to cook ratatouille over the weekend.
 
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Just watched Spiderman3... i know i`m a tad behind... but i have a busy life..:)

quite liked it!
 
Sunshine - I liked the idea behind the film, it looked good, quite tense and atmospheric and it was going along quite nicely untill it inexplicably turned into a slasher/stalker film for the last half hour. Unnecessary and ruined it a bit for me. Soundtrack was a bit sparse but good, I think it was Sigur Ros.
 
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