What was the last movie you saw?

Please don't watch Frank Darabont's The Mist if you're a fan at all of Stephen King's novella. I bought it with great expectations after enjoying both The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.
It ultimately fails in every conceivable area. Which is a real shame because the director had promised so much with reputation alone.
 
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Oh well, I liked The Mist a deal more than The Shawshank Redemption...couldn't bear to check out The Green Mile which from the few glimpses I came across seemed a total treacly mess. Anyway, saw...

The Mummy...not the Brendan Fraser film but the 1932 version with Boris Karloff in the title role. The film appears to borrow most of its trappings from the Lugosi film of Dracula, right down to religious talismans that repel the vampiric villain and a convenient Van Helsing-esue know-it-all...played by the same actor that played Van Helsing in the Lugosi film. Apart from a few really good scenes, like the soundless moment where the Mummy first awakens and the back-story where his original punishment to Mummy-dom is depicted, the film is middling on the whole, suffering from staginess in the performances and direction. Karloff as usual is quite good and the scaly weathered make-up he has is pretty effective.

I also caught Quantum of Solace on the big screen which was quite effective as a brainless action ride, although I do like Casino Royale more as a film. The opening credits song has to be one of the worst, though.
 
Having a fever at the moment, I did the best possible thing under the circumstances...watched Apocalypse Now, which more than exceeds my memories of it being one of the most incredibly visionary films of all time. Copolla's story may not have anything new or different to say, but the way he tells it completely blows away even most of the other good war films made.

Actually the Brando bit was a little underwhelming after all the stuff before it, but then that's likely because FC was getting completely screwed over by Brando who only shared the quality of unmitigated nut-headedness with his character.
 
Watched Ocean's 11 again. I love this movie; I love gambling, I love the big cast, I love the way Rusty's always eating, I love the humour, and I love the clever plot (or maybe I'm just easily impressed).
 
Watched Hellboy 2 last night; It wasn't as good as the first one (seemed like Del Toro used it more to exhibit his like of surrealistic effects than trying to make a good movie ("Look I've got a big budget; see what special effects I can do!")(not a Del Toro, or artsy movie fan).
The movie was watchable and had good production values but seems to lack good continuity.
verdict; fair

It really bodes ill for The Hobbit, IMO.

Enjoy!
 
A re-watch of The Resurrected (based on HPL's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward). It's an odd one -- alternately very, very good and seriously flawed to mediocre. Nonetheless, there's something about that little film that keeps pulling me back to watch it again, and I do enjoy a great deal of it.

Also, from what I hear -- true or not, I don't know -- O'Bannon had quite a bit of interference from the studio in what made the final cut of the film, including choice of takes. It would be very interesting to see a director's cut of this one, and see whether or not it's an improvement....
 
Elizabeth I, one of my favorite movies.
Before that, Kung Fu Panda for the very first time. I had to pause it for fear of choking on my own laughter.
 
The Last Vampyre, a feature length Granada Sherlock Holmes film with Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke.

I had once seen this a long while back and found it singularly contrived and dull. But the generally good to excellent quality of the Granada Sherlock Homes adaptations, and the fact that I'd dozed through several moments of the film then, made me decide to give this another chance.

The verdict holds. Even casting aside any purist notions, this is an unforgivingly sloppy and contrived script filled with complete cockamamie that goes nowhere and turns up nothing in the way of entertainment.
 
I watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull last night. I didn't much like it. Even if I don't compare it to previous Indy movies (which are much better) I just didn't think it was a very good movie.
 
I saw The Happening, thought it wasn't too bad but not as good as Signs or the Village, very interesting idea, makes you think twice before you see the wind blow through the trees :) The other one I saw was Speed Racer, even though it was corny in some parts I really liked the action, it had a decent story with good morals and fairly decent acting. The sfx were great for a stylised movie and it reminded me a lot of the game Trackmania which I love.
 
Harry Potter and the mystery of the disappearing storyline - think it was supposed to be the order of the phoenix, but so superficial I forget.
 
I saw City of Ember a couple of weeks ago; I enjoyed it although the story was rather slight. The production design was incredible and it touched upon some interesting themes, not a classic but worth seeing.
 
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