What was the last movie you saw?

[ravenus]

Saw Roman Polanski's Chinatown which is a damn good film noir with great performances by Jack Nicholson, Fay Dunaway and John Huston, although the way it ends might not be palatable to those who look for a more wrapped up conclusion.

 

[ravenus]

Saw Painting with Fire, a documentary of the life and work of godlike fantasy artist Frank Frazetta. It's rather full of talking head interviews, which can get occasionally dull for a feature length piece, but there's a lot of interesting stuff to be garnered about Frazetta's life and his influence on the genre. Alongside several illustrators (I don't know anyone other than Brom), we also have lots of input from Ralph Bakshi (who made a Frazetta inspired animation film called Fire & Ice) and John Milius (who made the Conan the Barbarian movie) Frazetta himself comes across as an interesting man, aware of the importance of his work as an artist. He's had a varied life (at one point of time was a champion baseball player), and at a later stage also suffered setbacks (multiple strokes, pun unintended) but came back from them, even teaching himself to draw with his left hand.

And of course there are numerous displays of Frazetta's awesome artwork presented quite nicely.

 

[tarifa]

Stir of Echoes was not made by the director of Sixth Sense (Manoj Shyamalan), but by (mainly) writer David Koepp.

Yep, mixed up the boxes, its the Village thats done by Shyamalan

I figured it out tho, both DVD boxes are sepia pictures on black background an i substituted the blurb, wierd association

 

[Culhwch]

I saw Stardust last night, and Lady in the Water this afternoon. Neither was great, but both were fairly enjoyable fantasy fare.

 

[daisybee]

Watched Freedom Writers last night, and I liked it. Very inspirational, and Hilary Swank didn't aggravate me as much as she usually does. Good film.

 

[Culhwch]

...and Hilary Swank didn't aggravate me as much as she usually does.

Haha, there's a statement that rings true.

 

[Culhwch]

Just finished watching Blood Diamond. Better than I had expected. Strong performances from DiCaprio, Hounsou and Connelly, and an engrossing story.

And now I've got on Back to the Future Part III.

 

[gully_foyle]

Ratatouille. I enjoyed it, but my 3yo daughter got pretty bored.

 

[woodsman]

I thought Blood Diamond was one of the better films I've watched this year, but then I haven't seen that much good stuff, except; wathced Hot fuzz this morning which was absolutely awesome! - Again!

 

[Connavar]

Hot Fuzz i could have download in a bad quality like many leechers but im a big fan of those guys that i waited for the dvd. Gonna rent it it and hope its as fun as i hope.

Other than im gonna watch Jackie Chan Drunken Master II for the 15th time

 

[woodsman]

Drunken master - legendary!

 

[HoopyFrood]

Re: Blood Diamond. I only saw this because my friends wanted to go to the cinema, and I certainly wasn't impressed when I heard that it had DeCaprio in it -- but it was a really good film! A very powerful one. And despite my reservations about the guy, DeCaprio, as Cul said, played a strong performance and I actually found myself feeling quite sad at the end. And anther thing I also liked -- I may be wrong, but I don't think he and the woman even kissed during the entire film. I hate when relationships and sex are just thrown into a film because it's one of those things a film 'has' to have nowadays So the lack of it was quite refreshing. Great film.

 

[Giovanna Clairval]

The silver surfer, the latest with the fantastic4.

Oh God, oh God. And they have budgets for these things.

 

[Ginkus]

Severance. Great movie if your a big horror fan.

 

[Culhwch]

Pan's Labyrinth. A great movie. Beautifully shot, evocative, magical, heartbreaking. One of the best fantasy movies I've seen recently.

 

[daisybee]

Stomp The Yard- I am a total sucker for films with dancing in them. Could vaguely describe the story, but I could definitely show you some of the stepping moves!

Watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind the other week and was totally enthralled by it. Had no idea what to expect really, but it seemed very real, despite the surreal idea behind it. Great film, great story.
Just- why Jim Carrey??

 

[ravenus]

I saw Johnny Gaddaar (Johnny Traitor) a brilliantly made home-grown Indian crime thriller that pays a lot of homage to the 60's-70's thrillers from Bollywood, and the most fun I've had at a movie in recent times.

For those interested, my detailed review of it here

 

[woodsman]

Culhwch - Glad you like Pna's Labyrinthe I thought it was one of the bet Fantasy films I'de ever seen but lots of people don't seem to like it so....

 

[Majimaune]

I guess it was Robots for me. It was on TV the other night so I just sat down and watched it (as you do) Funny movie that one.

 

[urchin]

The Night Strangler.

Darren - RIP.....Simon - RIP......