What was the last movie you saw?

[gully_foyle]

The Simpsons Movie. Wow, what a let down!

 

[Cayal]

The Simpsons Movie. Wow, what a let down!

You are one of few then.

 

[Pyan]

Thunderbirds, the 2004 live-action one.
Well, I was bored.....

 

[AE35Unit]

Actually we enjoyed The Simpsons, the giant glass dome reminded me of The Veils of Azlaroc by Saberhagen

 

[Cayal]

Most of the world enjoyed the Simpsons.

 

[HoopyFrood]

I felt a little let down by The Simpsons' film as well. I was expecting something fantastic but I can say that I've watched better Simpsons' episodes. It was good but not as good as I thought it would be.

 

[Adasunshine]

Star Wars IV: A New Hope.

I'm trying to get my children into it... so far it's working but unfortunatley they prefer the most recent three movies to the - imho - better older three movies... they'll learn

xx

 

[Connavar]

I felt a little let down by The Simpsons' film as well. I was expecting something fantastic but I can say that I've watched better Simpsons' episodes. It was good but not as good as I thought it would be.

What did you expect? Did you really think hollywood execs would let Groening and co write their kind of humor on a movie that big?


I saw from the first scene it wasnt written like a Simpsons ep, it was too much HAHA humor instead of the ironic,adult,little dirty humor of The Simpsons.


I thought it was funny despite it had been made too much into hollywood movie.

 

[clovis-man]

Just watched Disney's Enchanted and absolutely loved it. I'm just a big kid at heart. But aside from that, the humor was wonderful. The singing and dancing in the park; The cockroaches cleaning the bathtub; the chipmunk trying to play charades. Just great.

Jim

 

[Foxbat]

Watched John Carpenter's The Thing. An oldie but a goodie

As for the Simpsons movie - I got the same feeling watching it that I get listening to somebody who tells a joke but elaborates too much and ruins the punchline.

 

[AE35Unit]

The Thing is class,i just love Carpenter's films tho. Have you read the story that was the basis of the film,by John W Campbell? Who Goes Where I think its called,and then there's the later novelisation by ADF which isn't bad.

 

[The Ace]

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," not a patch on the TV series.

 

[AE35Unit]

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," not a patch on the TV series.
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Still pretty good fun tho,loved it

 

[clovis-man]

The Thing is class,i just love Carpenter's films tho. Have you read the story that was the basis of the film,by John W Campbell? Who Goes Where I think its called,and then there's the later novelisation by ADF which isn't bad.

Actually, Carpenter's film is much truer to the Campbell story than the original James Arness film. Even used the proper names of the characters.

Having said that, my younger son has just given me a dvd of the older film. We'll sit down and watch it together in the next couple of days.

Jim

 

[littlemissattitude]

Heidi. The only Shirley Temple movie I can tolerate, and it really is only because that was one of my favorite books when I was very young.

 

[Connavar]

I saw Pan's Labyrinth.


I thought it was beautiful, violent, magical and sad. An almost perfect movie with great acting. Very nice idea to have a story about the horric reality and a fairy tale.The end got to me so much. It didnt help that melody was so sad.

The director is becoming one of my favs i cant believe the same guy that a great action movie like Blad II which i saw two days can do a movie like this.

Its movies like this you wanna see more of. A very original movie. Cant it believe it didnt even best Foriegn movie at the Oscar.

If it was an american movie about The American Civil War and a fairy tale then it would have prolly won like 10 oscars....

 

[ravenus]

John Frankenheimer's Seconds (1966). This was a damn good take on the theme of "What if you had a chance at making another life?". Shot brilliantly in B/W and spliced with surgical precision, this bleak surreal venture shares some kinship with Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Face of Another. Brilliant performance by this actor called Rock Hudson, who I believe was something of a star in those days.

 

[Foxbat]

The Thing is class,i just love Carpenter's films tho. Have you read the story that was the basis of the film,by John W Campbell? Who Goes Where I think its called,and then there's the later novelisation by ADF which isn't bad.

I have a copy of Who Goes There in a short story collection and clovis-man is right, Carpenter's is much closer to the story. Still, I do have a soft spot for the Arness movie and still watch it now and again.

Watched Dario Argento's Demons last night. It's the first time I've seen it and I have to say, I think it's one of his poorest movies. Think I'm gonna give Demons 2 a miss.

 

[ravenus]

What? Are you talking about the Demons where people watching a horror film are attacked by ghoulies? That was made by Lamberto Bava, Mario's son; Argento was a producer. I personally think it was a great campy film, ideal for get-together-with-a-big-bag-of-popcorn movie nights.

 

[Rosemary]

I actually managed to watch a two part movie on the TV... not something I usually do, but as so many folk here enjoy Terry Pratchets books I decided to give it a try.

It was Hogfather, and it was nice to see some well known actors in it.

I thought some parts were quite good but on the whole I didn't really enjoy it that much. Certainly not enough to make me go rushing out to buy one of his books.