What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Fading Fast]

"Life Begins at Seventeen" dvr'd off of GetTV.

Overall, it felt like the 1958 equivalent of an after-school special in that it was a basic morality tale of teenage dating / only caring what your friends think / being insensitive to the less popular and less pretty girls, etc. However, the female lead, Luana Anders, played it with such a quietly passionate blend of maturity, immaturity, sensitivity and angst that she elevated the entire picture a bit above itself.

Away from that, the clothes in it are a trip through the heyday of Ivy dressing.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Richard Linklater's "Boyhood."

If you've ever felt that strange, gnawing hunger in the middle of the night that can only be satisfied by an overlong, overhyped, overindulgent ode to the social mores of the overprivileged and the overrepresented, get yourself over to your local theatre for this one.

In all seriousness, it's as detailed a look at what it's like to grow up as a member of the twenty-first-century Pinot Grigio-Pergo-and-Prius set as we'll ever get. And given how utterly ignored upper-middle-class white people are in contemporary cinema, what a treat that is.

 

[Fading Fast]

Richard Linklater's "Boyhood."

If you've ever felt that strange, gnawing hunger in the middle of the night that can only be satisfied by an overlong, overhyped, overindulgent ode to the social mores of the overprivileged and the overrepresented, get yourself over to your local theatre for this one.

In all seriousness, it's as detailed a look at what it's like to grow up as a member of the twenty-first-century Pinot Grigio-Pergo-and-Prius set as we'll ever get. And given how utterly ignored upper-middle-class white people are in contemporary cinema, what a treat that is.

I had to look "Pergo" up - apparently, it is "laminated synthetic flooring," whatever that is. What does the reference mean? Is it an upper-middle-class "thing of the moment" or something?

 

[jamespowers]

I had to look "Pergo" up - apparently, it is "laminated synthetic flooring," whatever that is. What does the reference mean? Is it an upper-middle-class "thing of the moment" or something?

Yes it is. Wood is so passé now you know.
although, lets remember that back in the 50s a hardwood floor was something to be covered with wall to wall carpeting as it looked too low class in a house. Things change over time.

 

[Fading Fast]

Wow, I live in a 1920s apartment building which still has the original, quite worn, but cool, wood floors. It is one of my favorite parts of the apartment. I have never been cool and will never be so.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Yes it is. Wood is so passé now you know.
although, lets remember that back in the 50s a hardwood floor was something to be covered with wall to wall carpeting as it looked too low class in a house. Things change over time.

Pergo offers the look and "ambiance" of hardwood without the risk of penetrating those tender, uncallused feet with anything so proletarian as splinters.

Getting back to the movie, Linklater may be the nuts so far as director skills are concerned, but his ear for dialogue is, as always, made of highly-refined tin. All his child characters talk like they stepped right out of an Atlantic Monthly short story, and when he tries to give them a taste of "realistic" playground profanity, the effect is breathtaking in its ridiculousness.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Yes it is. Wood is so passé now you know.
although, lets remember that back in the 50s a hardwood floor was something to be covered with wall to wall carpeting as it looked too low class in a house. Things change over time.

You are so right James!
I've decided to plant Pergo trees in my side yard, instead of real ones.
They look good, and they are so smooth.

 

[Doctor Damage]

"Shaft" a few nights ago, and "Shaft's Big Score" last night. Unexpectedly, I found the second movie to be better than the first, thus placing it onto that small list of film sequels which are better than the first film (the greatest of all sequels being SW Empire Strikes Back).

 

[EmergencyIan]

Grapes of Wrath (1940)

and

Torpedo Run (1958) starring Glenn Ford and Ernest Borgnine .

I thought both were really good.

Torpedo Run is also great if you love vintage Military jackets. Set in 1942, Glenn Ford wears a WWII tanker jacket through a lot of the picture. Borgnine wears an A-1 jacket (not an A-2) and many of the other cast members wear N-1 Deck jackets when the sub surfaces. And, it was shot in color (Metrocolor)

- Ian

 

[Retro Spectator]

Roman Holiday

 

[jamespowers]

You are so right James!
I've decided to plant Pergo trees in my side yard, instead of real ones.
They look good, and they are so smooth.

And the leaves never fall off of it. Very tidy.

 

[jamespowers]

Pergo offers the look and "ambiance" of hardwood without the risk of penetrating those tender, uncallused feet with anything so proletarian as splinters.

Getting back to the movie, Linklater may be the nuts so far as director skills are concerned, but his ear for dialogue is, as always, made of highly-refined tin. All his child characters talk like they stepped right out of an Atlantic Monthly short story, and when he tries to give them a taste of "realistic" playground profanity, the effect is breathtaking in its ridiculousness.

lol lol Splinters are so passe.

 

[Touchofevil]

The Maltese Falcon on TCM. I have seen it so often, but it was on so I had to stop and watch.

 

[Horace Debussy Jones]

Stargate. Thoroughly dreadful film really, and I'd forgotten just how wretched it was. shakeshead
The concept however is cool, so this is one that needs to be remade. With a real screenplay, a better cast, and a decent director it could have been great.

 

[Gregg Axley]

"Shaft" a few nights ago, and "Shaft's Big Score" last night. Unexpectedly, I found the second movie to be better than the first, thus placing it onto that small list of film sequels which are better than the first film (the greatest of all sequels being SW Empire Strikes Back).

I'm not sure where they are in the production of this, but I plan on seeing it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3341926/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6

 

[Fading Fast]

The Maltese Falcon on TCM. I have seen it so often, but it was on so I had to stop and watch.

Earlier in the day when I was watching "Bright Leaf" right after it ended, TCM promoted its "Junior Essentials" programming and mentioned that "The Maltese Falcon" was chosen for "tonight Junior Essential." This seemed odd to me as I think of "The Maltese Falcon" as a very adult movie requiring a nuanced view of life, morality, inter-personal relationships and sexuality - not a movie I would think of as a way to introduce children to classic movies. Did they address that at all in the introduction?

 

[Touchofevil]

Earlier in the day when I was watching "Bright Leaf" right after it ended, TCM promoted its "Junior Essentials" programming and mentioned that "The Maltese Falcon" was chosen for "tonight Junior Essential." This seemed odd to me as I think of "The Maltese Falcon" as a very adult movie requiring a nuanced view of life, morality, inter-personal relationships and sexuality - not a movie I would think of as a way to introduce children to classic movies. Did they address that at all in the introduction?

I do not know as I missed the introduction. I had not even paid attention to the fact that it was being shown as a Junior Essentials, but that is an odd choice by TCM standards.

 

[Fading Fast]

I do not know as I missed the introduction. I had not even paid attention to the fact that it was being shown as a Junior Essentials, but that is an odd choice by TCM standards.

All that said, I saw it as a kid and it was one of the movies that got me hooked on classic movies. I missed a lot of the adult stuff in it as a kid and just enjoyed the surface story and characters.

A few years back, I finally read the book and the "prequel" book "Spade and Archer" written in 2010. Both were fun, but Hammett's was the one to read, if you're only going to read one.

 

[Worf]

Richard Linklater's "Boyhood."

If you've ever felt that strange, gnawing hunger in the middle of the night that can only be satisfied by an overlong, overhyped, overindulgent ode to the social mores of the overprivileged and the overrepresented, get yourself over to your local theatre for this one.

In all seriousness, it's as detailed a look at what it's like to grow up as a member of the twenty-first-century Pinot Grigio-Pergo-and-Prius set as we'll ever get. And given how utterly ignored upper-middle-class white people are in contemporary cinema, what a treat that is.

Wow... absolutely brutal. Thanks for the honest assessment. Please, PLEASE.. PLEASE don't ever hesitate to provide this service in the future. You just saved me about $40. We were bound and determined to see this film till I read your review. Yipes. Funny thing is, Sugi, who owns and operates our local "art house" say's the films been getting tremendous WOM (word of mouth) reviews from her customers. But I don't know them and I respect your thoughtful and reasoned opinions soooo....
I'll skip this one till netflix gits it.

Thanks...

Worf

 

[Worf]

I'm not sure where they are in the production of this, but I plan on seeing it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3341926/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6
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Well, I'm sure Fred's gonna try and do take the subject matter (ahem) seriously as opposed to "Undercover Brother", "Ah'm Gonna Git You Sucka!" and "Black Dynamite". So it might be interesting to see just how he pulls it off. Man you NEVER cease to amaze me!!!!

Worf