What was the last movie you saw?

[Starbeast]

March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934 - a.k.a. Babes in Toyland)

Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum (Oliver Hardy & Stan Laurel) try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby into marrying Stanley Dum instead of Bo Peep. Enraged, Barnaby unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland.



A Christmas Carol (1938)

My favorite version.

 

[2DaveWixon]

We went and saw Rogue One on Monday. We all enjoyed it very much. I hope that the future Star Wars stories are as good.

I saw it on Thursday, three days after Carrie Fisher died and the second day after Debbie Reynolds died. And probably because of that timing, there was a place near the end of this movie where some of the audience clapped, a few wept...

Me, too.

This was close to the best film in the franchise, and maybe the first one that was truly adult.

 

[WaylanderToo]

meh - who cares about critics

 

[HanaBi]

meh - who cares about critics

Actually it must be quite good to be a TV and/or film critic.

Probably getting paid to watch programs or films, and expressing an opinion that could be followed or ignored by the masses.

 

[Foxbat]

A Canterbury Tale (1944) The Glueman strikes at night, pouring the sticky stuff over the hair of women. 3 friends set out to learn the identity of the assailant in this decent Powell and Pressburger movie.

 

[HanaBi]

"Blazing Saddles" (1974)

My favourite Mel Brooks-directed film. It's almost the Complete movie, and it never fails to make me laugh out loud!

Some fine set-pieces, great songs; slapstick, juvenile (and VERY non-PC) comedy; easy-on-the eye characters, and a surreal ending!

4/5

Blazing Saddles - Wikipedia

 

[JunkMonkey]

A Canterbury Tale (1944) The Glueman strikes at night, pouring the sticky stuff over the hair of women. 3 friends set out to learn the identity of the assailant in this decent Powell and Pressburger movie.

I love this film. The scene in the caravan when she gets the telegram makes me weep every time.

 

[WaylanderToo]

Assassin's Creed - an enjoyable (if nonsense) romp with some impressive special effects

 

[JunkMonkey]

Les yeux sans visage (1960) - extraordinarily weird and wonderful piece of French transplant horror which has been on my must see list for a while. Thanks to Father Christmas and with the indulgence of Number One Daughter who shared the experience with me I saw it tonight. Wow! Loved it.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

That's a fine one, full of haunting images. The mask the young woman wears is remarkable.

 

[clovis-man]

March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934 - a.k.a. Babes in Toyland)

Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum (Oliver Hardy & Stan Laurel) try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby into marrying Stanley Dum instead of Bo Peep. Enraged, Barnaby unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland.

I just learned recently (from that media sage, Svengoolie) that the part of Barnaby was played by the same character actor (Henry Brandon) who also portrayed Scar, the Comanche chief in The Searchers (1956) with John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter.

 

[clovis-man]

Over New Years, I re-watched Conquest of Space (1955). It portrays an expedition to Mars for the purpose of exploration and to see if the planet can support life as we know it. It was flawed, corny and scientifically juvenile. However, the main motivation for the trip as it unfolds is eerily the same as that shown on the just concluded National Geographic dramatization, Mars. Both are looking to find a way to feed and nurture us as we expunge the resources on Mother Earth.

 

[Foxbat]

I love this film. The scene in the caravan when she gets the telegram makes me weep every time.

Lump firmly in throat with this one....and what an uplifting ending (even though I'm not sure why it felt so uplifting considering the soldiers were off...to Normandy I presume).

 

[S Blake-Smy]

Rather late to see this, but I went to see Arrival on thursday. Definately in my top ten films of all time! just bought the soundtrack on amazon as well, just amazing.

Edited to say, I'm going to try to get the novella it was based on now

 

[HanaBi]

"The Last Detail" (1973)

Perhaps one of Jack Nicholson's finest character-driven roles, and certainly is one of my top five Nicholson films.


4/5

The Last Detail - Wikipedia

 

[Alex The G and T]

I caught an extended, remastered version of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly on one of the Encore satellite channels, last night.
The first time I'd seen the whole thing from beginning to end in ages.

The redigitized, hi res video was stunning on the big TV. Presumably, the original was released in two channel stereo. The audio, remastered into surround sound was spectacular, for the most part, though the surround sound system had a bit of trouble parsing the remix at times. Sometimes the dialog would make random shifts from one side of the room to the other, for no apparent reason; but we got 'er tuned in, by and by.

(I hate menuwithinmenu audio controls. I want a mixing board with sliders and pan pots in my lap where I can adjust sounds in real time, dammit)

I haven't sen the entire movie in too long to really know where the extra scenes were extended, or restored; but I was mesmerized for three hours.

An epic version of the best of the Spaghetti Westerns!

 

[WaylanderToo]

I do like westerns TGTB&TU is a classic but not seen it for ages (ditto Once Upon a Time in the West)

 

[Steven Sorrels]

Saw Rogue One the day Carrie Fisher died, so it was a little bittersweet.

Loved the movie, and the supporting cast was just as strong as the main characters. Clears up a few of the biggest plot holes from the core trilogy. Darkest Star Wars movie to date, but necessarily so. As my wife said while leaving the theatre: "All the feels."

 

[Ronald T.]

I do like westerns TGTB&TU is a classic but not seen it for ages (ditto Once Upon a Time in the West)

Two of my all-time favorite westerns, along with High Noon and Silverado.

 

[HanaBi]

I caught an extended, remastered version of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly on one of the Encore satellite channels, last night.
The first time I'd seen the whole thing from beginning to end in ages.

The redigitized, hi res video was stunning on the big TV. Presumably, the original was released in two channel stereo. The audio, remastered into surround sound was spectacular, for the most part, though the surround sound system had a bit of trouble parsing the remix at times. Sometimes the dialog would make random shifts from one side of the room to the other, for no apparent reason; but we got 'er tuned in, by and by.

(I hate menuwithinmenu audio controls. I want a mixing board with sliders and pan pots in my lap where I can adjust sounds in real time, dammit)

I haven't sen the entire movie in too long to really know where the extra scenes were extended, or restored; but I was mesmerized for three hours.

An epic version of the best of the Spaghetti Westerns!

I didn't realise this had had the remaster treatment! I still have an old DVD transfer from years ago. Which is adequate, but doesn't do the film justice either visually or audibly.

Based on your review I will download the remastered version from Amazon.uk, and will hopefully enjoy a whole new experience of one of my favourite spaghetti westerns later today