What was the last movie you saw?

pyan said:
Re-animator, based on the Herbert West stories by HPL.

Though "based" is putting it a bit strongly....
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I'm not so sure about that, Pyan.... While taking vast liberties with the tales, the majority of those liberties are actually based on things within the tales themselves, in one way or another. (The major exceptions, of course, being the romance of Megan and Dan... and, of course, the in-your-face... err, so to speak... sexuality.) If you have a chance, you should listen to the commentary tracks and watch the interviews with Paoli and Gordon. Oddly, they're both very conscientious about their approach to HPL's work, and have enormous respect for the man's craft....
 
j. d. worthington said:
Oddly, they're both very conscientious about their approach to HPL's work, and have enormous respect for the man's craft....
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But didn't you think that the whole slow-building, atmospheric, "feeling of dread" miasma that, to me, hangs over just about all of HPL's work was short-circuited? A lot of the appeal of the work was lost, in my view, by the gore and violence being so graphically depicted.....
And
how on earth does the head of Dr Hill speak without a windpipe and lungs, which were often several yards away?
Anyway....

Just watched the film version of the Andrew Lloyd-Webber/Joel Shumacher Phantom of the Opera..lavishly-staged, wonderful sets and costumes; just a shame the cast's voices didn't seem to be up to it at times....
 
pyan said:
But didn't you think that the whole slow-building, atmospheric, "feeling of dread" miasma that, to me, hangs over just about all of HPL's work was short-circuited? A lot of the appeal of the work was lost, in my view, by the gore and violence being so graphically depicted.....
And
how on earth does the head of Dr Hill speak without a windpipe and lungs, which were often several yards away?
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Yes, there is that (about Dr. Hill)... but as for the atmosphere... I'm afraid I've never quite got that with the Herbert West stories in general... too highly-colored, phasing into self-parody. Let's face it, those stories are decidedly over-the-top....

Incidentally, if you'd like a look at a little more serious take on the tales, try "An Imperfect Solution", by Christian Matzke:

An Imperfect Solution: A Tale of the Re-Animator (2003)
 
Oooh...awesome. I like things with decapitated heads that talk and move still. Like "The Breathing Method" by Stephen King, too.

Yah, I know, I'll leave now...:D

Azathothington said:
... among other things....
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The Green One said:
Yessss.....:rolleyes:
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And intriguing....:D
 
You have to see it really, Newt....preferably by yourself.....:D
 
Onegin - A drama made in 1998.

A jaded aristocrat moves from 1820s St Petersburg to his new estate in rural Russia. History and Russia are two of my favourite subjects and so this was interesting, not only for the story line but for the historical notes and how the Russians lived in those days. The troikas gliding over snow through silver birch woods, the lavish estate houses and the dress code of the day was fascinating. :)

Hooray, I'm getting better at watching a movie...used to only manage 10 minutes before turning it off, no matter if it was a movie I had always wanted to see. :)
 
Re-watched Sympathy For Lady Vengeance last night. Not an easy film to watch, but very good.
 
Rented The Robinsons on DVD. It was pretty cute. :) Just love the part where the dinosaur says 'I have a big head...and little arms'. If you saw it or the previews for it you know what I'm talking about. I do enjoy the animated movies these days.
 
Did a search here before posting this. Nothing much relevant that has been posted recently about Dreamcatcher. Some comments here & there about how the book bites. I haven't read the book. Quit reading SK novels some years ago. But I have to say the movie was interesting. Just watched the DVD today.

First you have to get past the usual King stuff: Childhood cameraderie Persisting into adulthood beyond all reason, equal amounts of slime and sentimentality, special powers granted to people who didn't ask for them, bad jokes, etc.

Maybe the film was able to distill all the chaff into a coherent tale where the book couldn't (?). Anyway, I thought it worked pretty well. Good pacing and reasonable suspense even though some things were pretty predictable. Worth seeing IMO.

Jim
 
The book is pretty good, if I may add a comment, I certainly enjoyed it. But I think I do agree, although I haven't seen the film, that it probably makes the storyline coherent. I've read the book twice and the ending always gets me...quite confusing. Mind you, it's been a few years now, maybe if I read it once more...third time's the charm.....:D
 
Donnie Darko - loved it, great filum and in my opinion pretty thought provoking. I fell asleep afterwards....

BUt no a god film dunno why I haven't watched it before...
 
Since my last visit I have watched quite a few films and the ones that stick in my mind are Premonition, it wasn't how I thought it was going to be, and it confused the heck out of me. Night At the Museum, that was hilarious, and an old b/w film called The Earth Dies Screaming.
 
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