What was the last movie you saw?

dask said:
The Day The Earth Caught Fire at the local art cinema, where they show an oldy sf/horror flick once a month at noon on Saturday. Really liked it. Snappy dialog I couldn't catch all of, could have been an adaption of a play, good acting all around. Atomic tests tilt the Earth's axis sending it on a collision course with the Sun where it would catch the titular fire. Heck, Janet Munro could have done that on her own, cause the fire and tilt the axis!
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Forgot to mention that in addition to Stanley Black being in charge of music direction, Monty Norman of James Bond theme fame is credited for "the beatnik music" or something like that. More interesting I thought than Michael Caine's cameo, as cool as he is.
 
I remember watching that on a SCI Fi season that BBC 2 ran in the eighties. It was one of my favourites, mostly because it had the appearance that it could happen at any time.

Never got around to rewatching it, though. Maybe i aught to fix that.
 
"The Bounty" (1984)

First saw this at my local cinema in 1986, in glorious 70mm, which was truly warranted for such a beautiful cinematic feast.

Have subsequently seen it on DVD a few times, but the transfer quality has always been relatively poor. But managed to find a Blu Ray copy recently, and was hugely impressed with this particular transfer on my tiddly 40" smartTV

Good story (screenplay by Robert Bolt), great acting (even Gibson wasn't all that wooden); and a lush score from the ever-dependable Vangelis.

A little bit overlong perhaps, but watching Sir Anthony Hopkins in action, is always a pleasure. Such a shame that this film (3rd adaptation of the classic Mutiny on the Bounty") failed at the box-office back in the 80s.


4/5
 
Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Completely different than what I expected (I watched no movie trailers). I didn't get the chance to read the comic book story (I heard it differed), but I was aware of the battle among the superheroes. I loved it.
 
The Peanuts Movie 2015. Just what you'd expect, good fun for the kids with some nice music. Snoopy takes on Red Baron, Charlie Brown stars as Charlie Brown.
 
Dulahan said:
"St. Vincent" - a drunk degenerate gambler becomes a last resort babysitter for a recently divorced mother and her son.

If there is one thing I like about Bill Murray it is that he takes the roles he wants to take, if there is one thing I hate about Bill Murray it is that he takes the roles he wants to take. The dude has made his fair share of stinkers as of late. Despite the cliche premise, I really enjoyed it. I may be a little bias though as, anyone from where I am from knows a Vincent -- a blue collar curmudgeon with that North East pessimism. Like a 2000s version of Archie Bunker.
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Watched this one yesterday. A good role for him. Somewhat predictable, but engaging nonetheless. I thought Melissa McCarthy was good (that makes two movies I've liked her in, counting Ghostbusters). The best part about Murray's character is that he is totally unrepentant. I loved the child custody courtroom scene.
 
The new Pete's Dragon remake.

Only reason we watched it was because the wife got the days mixed up and BFG (another remake) wasn't on.

It wasn't bad, then again, it wasn't good either.
 
Mr. Peabody and Sherman, fun with the Wayback machine... and Up, which was okay, because who hasn't thought of attaching thousands of helium balloons to one's house, and floating off to Paradise Falls. *
 
Wild Wild West (1999)

Wow. It really was that bad.

Let's ignore the original TV series (which, as far as I could tell, was not credited by the film at all, not even a "based on characters created by . . ." line) and just consider it as a piece of entertainment.

I'll admit it looks expensive, but even the marvelous sets for Loveless are wasted, since you can hardly see them.

I hear they added more comedy after the first test audiences saw it. Big mistake. The comedy is juvenile. (The big jokes involve men in drag and breasts. The really big joke is, of course, the breasts of men in drag.)

Trying to change the tone of the film from childish humor to deadly serious, with a discussion of the slaughtering of an entire village of freed slaves, renders the comedy even more offensive.

Why go to the trouble of having a Good Girl and four Bad Girls, as any spy film should, and then do nothing with them? The viewer is hardly even given an opportunity to ogle them.

Everything which might be interesting is sacrificed in the name of comedy and explosions.
 
Victoria Silverwolf said:
Wild Wild West (1999)

Wow. It really was that bad.

Let's ignore the original TV series (which, as far as I could tell, was not credited by the film at all, not even a "based on characters created by . . ." line) and just consider it as a piece of entertainment.

I'll admit it looks expensive, but even the marvelous sets for Loveless are wasted, since you can hardly see them.

I hear they added more comedy after the first test audiences saw it. Big mistake. The comedy is juvenile. (The big jokes involve men in drag and breasts. The really big joke is, of course, the breasts of men in drag.)

Trying to change the tone of the film from childish humor to deadly serious, with a discussion of the slaughtering of an entire village of freed slaves, renders the comedy even more offensive.

Why go to the trouble of having a Good Girl and four Bad Girls, as any spy film should, and then do nothing with them? The viewer is hardly even given an opportunity to ogle them.

Everything which might be interesting is sacrificed in the name of comedy and explosions.
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The funniest/saddest part it was that Will Smith turned down The Matrix so he could film this.

But then again, I didn't mind this movie. I like stupid action flicks from time to time, and I've been a fan on Smith for a long time.
 
Planet 51 - 2009 animated- a NASA astronaut lands on an alien planet which is more-or-less like Earth of the 50s, except everyone is a green alien and lots of fun/trouble ensues. John Cleese does the little green alien scientist badguy voice. Somewhat charming.
 
hmm... The Martian - a NASA astronaut lands on an alien planet.... ok, Mars. Actually surprisingly enjoyed this. Unlike most people I know, I don't usually care for Matt Damon, but I did enjoy this, and he dominates most of the screen time.
 
Just watched Belle, now this movie did what 12 Years a Slave failed utterly to do while tackling the difficulties that women faced in the 18th century. :notworthy:
 
AmberEyes said:
hmm... The Martian - a NASA astronaut lands on an alien planet.... ok, Mars. Actually surprisingly enjoyed this. Unlike most people I know, I don't usually care for Matt Damon, but I did enjoy this, and he dominates most of the screen time.
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Holy synchronicity, Batman. I finally got around to watching my DVD of this, as I mentioned I was going to do probably weeks ago now. And same: I don't like Matt Damon, as such, but I seem to have a dozen movies with him in them and like them. And I love this movie (it was arguably better on the big screen but still works fine on the small). I wish they hadn't so obviously played with the net down in the beginning (later in the very same movie they make a point of the thinness of Mars' atmosphere) because there'd be a lot of ways to strand the guy but it's still a great movie.
 
Kubo and the Two Strings: I was initially a wee bit ambivalent about going to this movie, because from the previews it appeared to be yet another of the recent stream of movies animated with orientally-influenced artwork. But I was wrong: I fell in love with the art, and the way it was used, right away.
Still, although I liked the story, I was left with the feeling that some things should have been explained a little better (it may be that, having now seen the entire movie, I will understand more if I watch it again...not sure if that will happen any time soon, though) -- such as, why are Kubo's aunts and grandfather out to get him (and his mother)? And why do they (as well as Kubo's musical instrument) endowed with magical powers? Why are the villagers so uniformly nice? and yet so strangely hard to kill?

(I will add that I was a little irritated, through much of the movie, to find myself wondering why the musical instrument seemed to have three strings -- despite the title...that only came clear at the end, but I won't tell you why...)

In the end, it's a fine movie, and a touching one.
 
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A Cat in Paris. Watched the Francais version, now have English. A kitty helps a cat burglar do his thing, cool amination. *
 
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