What was the last movie you saw?

[Culhwch]

I've always wanted to see City of Lost Children, and in fact borrowed it fromt he library where I worked just the other weekend, but never found time to watch. Must check it out again...

 

[clovis-man]

I saw Night of the Demon by Jacques Tourneur, a generally well-done adaptation of the M.R. James witchcraft/occult story Casting the Runes. It's not in the same league as the films Tourneur made for Val Lewton (Cat People and I Walked with A Zombie), but that's because the original story doesn't have the kind of emotional punch that the stories of these films had. It also has its flaws - a loud background score that significantly reduces the eeriness factor of some brilliantly atmospheric shots and a protagonist who is so much of a smug asshole you really don't care if he dies.

I enjoyed this film many years ago when I saw it. The Demon was pretty cheesy, but the nasty little man trying to pass the runes was fun.

Jim

 

[Lucien21]

National Treasure 2

It was OK. Not as fun as the original, but not bad either.

The plot was over the top with the break ins and the kidnapping being way too easy.

Some funny bits and some decent car chases and stunts.

2.5/5

 

[BladeOfFire]

I just saw V For Vendetta. Can you say ONG. It was the best movie that I have ever seen about how the world can become through our current choices.

 

[Hilarious Joke]

V for Vendetta is a seriously underrated movie.

 

[BladeOfFire]

How? Like the R rating or something else?

 

[JadeTrickster]

Hey, I just saw V for Vendetta as well. Wait a minute.....I think I saw it next to you BladeOfFire!

 

[Hilarious Joke]

It did pretty badly in cinemas and is not as widely known and acknowledged as it should be.

 

[BladeOfFire]

Exactly. I bet someone was trying to hide it by making it R. That way not very many people would want to see it. I think someone is slowly taking away our rights.

 

[Hilarious Joke]

I hadn't even thought of that! Nice conspiracy theory! Now let's go blow up the government.

 

[j d worthington]

Night of the Demon (U.S. title: Curse of the Demon) is quite a nifty little film. Saw it again about two years ago myself, and -- aside from the demon at the end (insisted on by the producers, iirc; Dana Andrews' reaction when coming out of the screening was a dismayed "Where did that come from? We didn't have any monsters at the end of our film!") -- not a bad handling of James' "Casting the Runes". Actually, I'd say it improves with later viewings. And I think the point was seeing Andrews' character shaken from his smug views to an acceptance of something which completely destroyed his belief system; and on that, I think he did quite a good, nuanced performance.

My own latest: Due to time constraints, a rewatch of Rough Magik, with the very quietly menacing Paul Darrow. It really is such a damn' shame the BBC didn't pick this thing up as a regular series.....

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: The H.P. Lovecraft Collection Volume 2: Rough Magik

While not taken from any particular Lovecraft tale, it is very Lovecraftian in tone, and handles the whole with a nice balance of subtlety and bravado....

 

[Quokka]

It did pretty badly in cinemas and is not as widely known and acknowledged as it should be.

Really? I know it didn't do great in the cinema's but I always thought it was fairly highly regarded and rated since. I've been meaning to see it again as it didn't grab my attention the first time around.

I had to post this as a movie I yet again didn't watch. Hired out Three Kings for at least the fourth time and still took it back without watching it

 

[Culhwch]

Good movie, Three Kings. Get it again and watch it...

Just finished watching Half Nelson. Very good film.

 

[Hilarious Joke]

Really? I know it didn't do great in the cinema's but I always thought it was fairly highly regarded and rated since. I've been meaning to see it again as it didn't grab my attention the first time around.

Yeah I think it has found somewhat of a second life on dvd, BUT I still think it should be regarded as as brilliant as The Matrix.

 

[Stenevor]

Persepolis - The animated film based on the autobiographical graphic novel. Sparse but excellent monochrome animation. Tells the story of a young girl growing up in Iran during the overthrow of the Shah, the Islamic Republic, the war with Iraq and how she copes being sent off to Europe before returning. Funny, moving and recommended if you can find it, the version I saw was in french with english subs. There was an item about it on this weeks Culture Show on BBC2 so if anyones interested you could watch it on BBC iplayer for a few more days(item starts just after 30mins if you want to skip straight to it and avoid the rest).

 

[woodsman]

V for Vendetta is one of my favouritest films and offers a great deal to think about! It recieved a fair bit of pre release coverage here, in the U.K. I remember pictures of the Houses of Parliment exploding featuring prominently in several tabloids.....

Great film though, highly reccomended. Rewatched Fight Club apparently they're making more of Palahniuk's (sp?) work into films, I'd love to see lullaby.

 

[Adasunshine]

Ratatouille... What a load of fun! I love Disney Pixar movies and this was no disappointment.

xx

 

[Wybren]

I got to escape yesterday and got to see 27 dresses, pretty good actually.

I am now watching cars for the 1 millionth time this year.

 

[HoopyFrood]

Finally watched 300. I love stylised films like that. And violence and splashing blood is always good. But really, visually it was fantastic. I can imagine that it would've been awesome on the big screen at the cinema.

 

[AE35Unit]

Oh yes,300 is bloody good,but i was expecting it to be pants cos everyone was sick of the hype and so dissing it. But it even had a decent story and sort of likeable characters!