What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Formeruser012523]

 

[Gregg Axley]

Well we can't always talk about cars.
Sometimes it has to involve space ships, good music, and scantly clad, sultry voiced aliens. :laser:

 

[cw3pa]

"Witness for the Prosecution" (1957) with Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich and Tyrone Power. Good movie with an unexpected ending.

 

[cw3pa]

Well we can't always talk about cars.
Sometimes it has to involve space ships, good music, and scantly clad, sultry voiced aliens. :laser:

Like "Spaceballs" lol

 

[Wally_Hood]

Just looked it up and am surprised I haven't seen it as I like Bette Davis (as an actress, not an easy personality to like) and always like Tone (he is forgotten now, but I like his low-key approach). What did you think of it?

Worth a viewing. It's all about Davis' character and her several transformations. Go in with mild to moderate expectations and you'll have fun.

 

[Fading Fast]

Worth a viewing. It's all about Davis' character and her several transformations. Go in with mild to moderate expectations and you'll have fun.

Will do - thank you.

 

[Formeruser012523]

Like "Spaceballs" lol

:rofl:

 

[Horace Debussy Jones]

Cold Mountain. Great civil war epic with a great cast.

 

[DesertDan]

A Boy And His Dog

 

[Fading Fast]

Cold Mountain. Great civil war epic with a great cast.

Agreed. And (from memory, so might be off a bit) a great line in it: "I have one thing that you do not have / I have the confidence of youth"

 

[jamespowers]

Well we can't always talk about cars.
Sometimes it has to involve space ships, good music, and scantly clad, sultry voiced aliens. :laser:

Yeah!

 

[jamespowers]

:eusa_clap

I won't even mention the tight red spandex outfit. :eyebrows: She still looks good.

 

[EmergencyIan]

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

I didn't know what to expect. It was a good deal more "powerful" than I would have guessed. Good movie, for sure.


- Ian

 

[Horace Debussy Jones]

Oh yeah, Glenn Ford and Vic Morrow, could be one of those under rated masterpieces in that other thread. :eusa_clap

 

[Gregg Axley]

I won't even mention the tight red spandex outfit. :eyebrows: She still looks good.

:cheers1:

Snake and Mongoose.
Not for everyone, but if you grew up following drag racing, and know the story of the Prudhome/McEwen rivalry, it's a good movie.
Plus it features footage from their races, including several crashes before the cars were redesigned.

 

[EmergencyIan]

Oh yeah, Glenn Ford and Vic Morrow, could be one of those under rated masterpieces in that other thread. :eusa_clap

That may be true. I know that I had heard of the movie numerous times in the past, but had never seen any of it, that I can recall. What I'm trying to get to is that I'm not sure if it's underrated or not. It may very well be. I don't recall hearing anything about it in the past handful of years.

- Ian

 

[DesertDan]

Real Genius

 

[Stearmen]

:cheers1:

Snake and Mongoose.
Not for everyone, but if you grew up following drag racing, and know the story of the Prudhome/McEwen rivalry, it's a good movie.
Plus it features footage from their races, including several crashes before the cars were redesigned.

Sounds great! I have been a fan of the two men since the 60s. I actually meant Prudhomme back in the 70s. I still have a T-Shirt framed with the famous Cobra, underneath it says "the legend continues!" The only old shirt I have saved. I think, on the other side it said, "speed limit 300mph."

 

[Fading Fast]

That may be true. I know that I had heard of the movie numerous times in the past, but had never seen any of it, that I can recall. What I'm trying to get to is that I'm not sure if it's underrated or not. It may very well be. I don't recall hearing anything about it in the past handful of years.

- Ian

"Blackboard Jungle" (and "To Sir With Love," basically the same move) are both fantastically well-done movies. Your point about underrated or not is one I grapple with when considering the "Under-appreciated Classics" thread in this Forum as I am so immerse in old movies - watch them, read about them, listen to TCM extoll their virtues, follow and contribute to threads on them on this board - that I don't really know what is / isn't under-appreciated by the general public.

That said, I have a few friends who claim to be old movie fans, but who seem to know "CasaBlanca," "Gone with the Wind," a few Hitchcock movies and few others - that's it. So, my guess is any movie that isn't in the top 20 - 30 of the classic movies list is under-appreciated by the general population today. I doubt if you stop fifty people on the street today and asked them if they had ever seen "Blackboard Jungle" or "To Sir with Love" you'd be lucky to get more than two yes answers.

 

[Touchofevil]

Bad Day at Black Rock is on TCM later on today (1:15 PM Pacific). It is a nice movie from 1954 starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan. It also stars Ernest Borgnine, Anne Francis, Walter Brennan, and I think Lee Marvin.