What was the last movie you saw?

[2DaveWixon]

He was the guy leading the rebellion. I actually agree with you on the implausability. However everything else outweighed the madness of the plot. For me anyway.

Yes, I know that feeling -- I have had similar reactions to implausible movies, myself...sometimes a movie is just plain fun, regardless!

 

[Vince W]

Oh, my!
As one of the few who actually saw this one in the theater...well, I despised it...
I'm rethinking that opinion, based on your remarks. And it's hard, because my opinion was formed some years back, and I haven't thought about the movie since.... But I definitely recall coming out of the theater filled with dissatisfaction -- above all, dissatisfaction with the sheer implausibility of the film (for a fan of F and SF, that's saying a lot!).
But dissatisfaction, most of all, because I believed that they could have done so much more with this setting and concept -- but they went with depicting crazy people acting crazily...dystopia, indeed -- kind of like On the Beach, in some ways: last survivors roaming the world in a technological vehicle. But at least the people in the older movie had a plan, were searching for something; Snowpiercer was simply winding down in despair.. I guess I react badly to things like that.
Chris Evans was in that?! I did not remember that...

You're not alone in that. I hated Snowpiercer and I saw it for free.

 

[JunkMonkey]

The Asphyx (1972)

Despite some lapses in plot logic and a couple of poor special effects, this is an effective old-fashioned Gothic chiller. A Victorian scientist (who must be pretty bright; he's invented a movie camera in 1875) discovers that the title entity, a spirit of death, comes to a person at the moment of death. He also finds out that a special light beam can trap it so that the victim does not die. This leads to a quest for immortality with, as you would expect, very bad consequences. It's a modest little film, with only three main characters, but well worth watching for fans of this kind of thing.

I remember it as being pretty good of its type. It's the one with the immortal guinea pig in it isn't it?

Just back from seeing Arrival at the cinema with Number One Daughter and we loved it. What a great, emotionally engaging, intelligent piece of SF. Glad we saw it on the big screen.

 

[Gonk the Insane]

Just back from seeing Arrival at the cinema with Number One Daughter and we loved it.

Ah, I was wondering what it was like. Sounds good!

Saw X-Men: Apocalypse yesterday. Much like the other recent prequel films it was entertaining with lots of special effects and a nice dose of humour. While I did really enjoy it, it feels like believability is being stretched further with each successive film. And, I have to say, this one was also a little more predictable, both in terms of plot and dialogue, than others. I got the impression the writers just went with the first cliche that came to mind and knocked out the script one night down the pub. Still, however, fun to watch.

 

[REBerg]

An off-beat, often funny, look at what it means to be a father. (R-rated for good reasons)

 

[HanaBi]

"The Hill" (1965)

Sean Connery in perhaps one of his finest roles; with a great script by Ray Rigby, and absorbing direction by Sidney Lumet.

4/5

 

[Starbeast]

Batman Forever (1995)

This is still one of my favorite, fun Halloween movies. Outstanding performances by actors, Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carry & Michael Gough.

One of my favorite scenes in the film, is when Batman is ambushed by Two-Face. The crime boss's masked henchmen chase the Dark Knight, shooting at him with machine guns mounted on custom, fire-burning classic Mercury cars. And Two-face pursues in an old refurbished armored car. The scene is heightened by it's fast pace, accompanied by a wild soundtrack of exciting music.

This movie is definitely a DC comic book, come to life. Awesome.

The Last Shift (2014)

Evil lurks in an old police station. Quite a good horror flick. It had me jumping.

Yellow Brick Road (2010)

Investigators try to find out why, in 1940, an entire town, left their homes to walk into the mountains, and died horribly. Heavy drama. So-so movie.

The Clown Murders (1976)

A simple kidnapping goes terribly wrong. Drama, with some violence. This was one of actor JOHN CANDY's first movies. Not a bad little film. Not great, but not bad.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I remember it as being pretty good of its type. It's the one with the immortal guinea pig in it isn't it?

Yes, that's the one.

 

[J Riff]

StarWars 7 - because it was on when I walked in. It is quite long, has great spaceships and FX and they kill off a major character or two.
Turbo - a snail enters the Indy 500. The fastest animated snail action you will ever see.
and - Doctor Strange **** No spoilage here, it's worth a look, a few major changes to cast... and sets up sequel involving Thor, so will no doubt descend into the Marvel movie pantheon, but good folding buildings and what-not. *)

 

[HanaBi]

"Night of the Hunter" (1955)

Mitchum at his terrifying/disturbing best.

4/5

 

[Droflet]

Fabulous movie. And a great book as well.

 

[WaylanderToo]

Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children. Thoroughly enjoyable film (there were a few gaping plot holes but that aside), engaging story and some pretty cool SFX (really enjoyed the skeleton fight)


God Bless America - really enjoyable satire (obvious shades of 'Falling Down') 80% God Bless America (2011) - IMDb

 

[J Riff]

The Revenant- mucho death, a revenge scenario is set up halfway in and sure enough the two guys crawl through the snow grunting and screaming and stabbing each other to death at the end. Heavy electronic violins make it all quite dire, but the scene with the Grizzly is scary as heck. How do they do that, it looks real. Lots horses get shot too, so it has to be CGI, but I felt sorry for the Grizzly anyhow.

 

[WaylanderToo]

Fantastic Beasts... a wonderfully crafted family film with some stunning effects (particularly liked the 'speakeasy' scene) shows that the Potterverse is still capable of churning out box-office magic

 

[JunkMonkey]

Fantastic Beasts... a wonderfully crafted family film with some stunning effects (particularly liked the 'speakeasy' scene) shows that the Potterverse is still capable of churning out box-office magic

While the wife took children number two and three to see this, Number One Daughter and sat at home and watched a couple of proper movies. Double Indemnity and the Third Man - she was less impressed by The Third Man but Double Indemnity was deemed "a f**king GREAT film!". Not really the sort of language I should be encouraging in a 13 year old but I had to agree with her.

 

[Gonk the Insane]

Double Indemnity was deemed "a f**king GREAT film!".

Yep, I'd have to agree with that - classic noir.

 

[Steven Sorrels]

Doctor Strange - Fun adventure with Inception-level world-bending, fantastic humor, and lots of sass. Enjoyed Mads Mikkelson as the baddie, but the plot was a bit light on its feet. This did not detract from the fun I had. See in theatres if possible, as some of the scenes are just so busy that it would be hard to track everything on a tv.

 

[HanaBi]

Sunday Too Far Away - Wikipedia

Have a penchant for Australian New Wave this weekend, and last night I had the pleasure of watching this underrated classic concerning the daily dramas of sheep-shearing in the Oz Outback in the 50s.

Assured direction by the ever dependable, Ken Hannam; and intense acting by Jack Thompson, makes for a very entertaining couple of hours

4/5

 

[anivid]

Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children. Thoroughly enjoyable film (there were a few gaping plot holes but that aside), engaging story and some pretty cool SFX (really enjoyed the skeleton fight)

Never in my whole life saw such boring film - one day was repeated all the time, reminding me about 'groundhodge day'
- when waking up again I left in the middle

 

[2DaveWixon]

The Revenant- mucho death, a revenge scenario is set up halfway in and sure enough the two guys crawl through the snow grunting and screaming and stabbing each other to death at the end. Heavy electronic violins make it all quite dire, but the scene with the Grizzly is scary as heck. How do they do that, it looks real. Lots horses get shot too, so it has to be CGI, but I felt sorry for the Grizzly anyhow.

In case you were not aware, this movie is based on an actual story from the U.S. frontier, I think from the 1820's or so -- at least insofar as the part about Hugh Glass being mauled by a grizzly, and making his way back to civilization, etc. That alone is an extraordinary story...