What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Horace Debussy Jones]

"Hell is for Heroes", starring Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, James Coburn, Fess Parker, Bob Newhart, and Nick Adams. A great cast in a really good world war two film from the 60s. Was quite gritty for the era it was made, but had a truncated ending. Almost as if the production crew ran out of time and money, so they had to end it quickly.

 

[1mach1]

Coogan's Bluff (1968)

 

[Harp]

"Hell is for Heroes", starring Steve McQueen... great cast in a really good world war two film from the 60s. Was quite gritty for the era it was made, but had a truncated ending. Almost as if the production crew ran out of time and money, so they had to end it quickly.

McQueen's laconic loner had to die or the flim itself would have been emasculated, and its final assault remarkably summed title.
One of very few war movies that honestly depicts a rifle squad in combat.

 

[Horace Debussy Jones]

Yeah, I agree. It had a very different character from most world war two movies that were made in the 60s. "A Walk in the Sun" is another that comes to mind, as well as a handful of others, the titles of which escape me. I remember another in particular that starred Cornel Wilde if I am not mistaken. It was about a marine corps unit taking an island in the Pacific. A very ANTI-war movie as I recall.

McQueen's laconic loner had to die or the flim itself would have been emasculated, and its final assault remarkably summed title.
One of very few war movies that honestly depicts a rifle squad in combat.

 

[Giftmacher]

Pritelkyne pana ministra/Girlfriend of Mr. Minister (1940)

 

[Fading Fast]

"Winter's Tale" - beautifully filmed, but a bit too-much fantasy good-versus-evil supernatural going on in a mishmash of a story for the movie to really work for me. But again, gorgeously filmed time travel.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I thought it was one of the worst films I've ever seen. An attractive cast and production, but so stupid! One WTF moment after another.

Of course, I didn't expect much from first-time director and hack screenwriter Akiva Goldsman. (Who will forever live in infamy for writing the terrible film that killed the nineties Batman franchise, Batman & Robin!)

 

[Doctor Strange]

Pompeii... A surprisingly entertaining B picture.

Imagine Conan the Barbarian, Gladiator, Titanic, Spartacus, Dante's Peak, and a half-dozen other familiar flicks thrown in a blender. Zero redeeming social importance, but lots of cool swordfights, a serviceable rich-girl-meets-poor-boy love story, a way-over-the-top scenery-chewing villain (Kiefer Sutherland!), not to mention Mount Vesuvius erupting big-time!

 

[Edward]

Akiva Goldsman. (Who will forever live in infamy for writing the terrible film that killed the nineties Batman franchise, Batman & Robin!)

Eh, hadn't Batman Forever already done that?? The two Burton films were excellent, but the other two were dreadful piles of tripe. Jinkies, the one with George Clooney was even worse than the Adam West travesty, and I'd rather claw out my own eyes than watch that again.

The other day I happened to catch Memphis Belle on television. Hadn't seen it for years, since long before I got into the flying jackets and such. Some nice stuff in it. A better film than I remember it being; I especially liked the inclusion of the sequences featuring the first-timers, and their grisly end. Not one of those awful sixties pictures than glamourised everything.

Enigma was on last night too. Quite a good little film also.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Batman Forever was surely a big step down from Burton's films, but not quite a total disaster yet. I also thought Val Kilmer made an interesting Batman (if not Bruce Wayne) because he's got so much more physical presence than Michael Keaton. And Nicole Kidman's performance steams up the film, nearly (but not quite) balancing out Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones awful villains and the misconceived Dick Grayson of Chris O'Donnell. (Of course, Goldsman worked on this screenplay too.)

Sure it's just a one-and-a-half star film at best... but Batman & Robin is a zero! If not a negative value...

And I agree that Enigma is a good film that should be much better known - perhaps it will finally get more recognition with The Imitation Game turning the spotlight on the Enigma code-breaking.

 

[Fading Fast]

And I agree that Enigma is a good film that should be much better known - perhaps it will finally get more recognition with The Imitation Game turning the spotlight on the Enigma code-breaking.

Agreed - I thought it was very well done (and possibly the only film project that Mick Jagger was involved in that you can say that about) - a solid historical spy thriller.

 

[2jakes]

"Winter's Tale" - beautifully filmed, but a bit too-much fantasy good-versus-evil supernatural going on in a mishmash of a story for the movie to really work for me. But again, gorgeously filmed time travel.

Based on what you wrote...I 'm watching it right now.

I'm at the part where the story is :yawn:...so I have time to write & say to you...:rockon:

It's a shame...even if the scenery is beautiful...I find myself...:sleep: !


( I think I overdosed on the smileys...lol)

 

[Fading Fast]

Based on what you wrote...I 'm watching it right now.

I'm at the part where the story is :yawn:...so I have time to write & say to you...:rockon:

It's a shame...even if the scenery is beautiful...I find myself...:sleep: !


( I think I overdosed on the smileys...lol)

I forgot to mention that I was drinking a glass of wine, it was dark out, I had a fire going and just allowed the beauty of the scenery to wash over me and let the silly confusion of the story float on by. If I had been alert and it was bright outside, I would have struggled. Also, a pretty impressive cast for a welter of a movie. Grab a glass of wine before you watch any more.

 

[1mach1]

... but Batman & Robin is a zero! If not a negative value...

I don't know if enough negative numbers exist to give it a value.

My cat's litter box waste has more value, I'm sure.

 

[2jakes]

I forgot to mention that I was drinking a glass of wine, it was dark out, I had a fire going Also, a pretty impressive cast for a welter of a movie. Grab a glass of wine before you watch any more.

Took your advice & had a glass of wine to watch the movie...
but then

.......:sleep:


Next thing I see is this:

Did I miss much ? [huh]

 

[LizzieMaine]

Had a tour group of grade-school kids come thru the theatre for a "meet the people in your neighborhood" type of thing, so I stuffed them with popcorn and showed them a Laurel and Hardy short and a bunch of Popeye cartoons. Newsflash to those who claim today's kids won't sit still for black and white: they were transfixed, and were laughing long and loud. They were too young to realize this was "old" entertainment -- all they knew was that it was funny.

 

[2jakes]

Had a tour group of grade-school kids come thru the theatre for a "meet the people in your neighborhood" type of thing, so I stuffed them with popcorn and showed them a Laurel and Hardy short and a bunch of Popeye cartoons. Newsflash to those who claim today's kids won't sit still for black and white: they were transfixed, and were laughing long and loud. They were too young to realize this was "old" entertainment -- all they knew was that it was funny.

And there are no side-effects...:eusa_clap

 

[Fading Fast]

Took your advice & had a glass of wine to watch the movie...
but then

.......:sleep:


Next thing I see is this:

Did I miss much ? [huh]

The more of the story / dialogue you missed the better (and the pegasus was even badly done by CGI), but if you did open your eyes and caught the scenery, period sets, etc., then you did well.
What caught my attention to watch the movie is that it is based on a novel by Mark Helprin.

I've read a couple of his books, "In Sunlight and in Shadow" (good, but fell apart at the end) and "A Soldier of the Great War" (really good throughout) and I thought, well, his novels are interesting, let's try this. I will not be buying the book, but I would try others by him at some point, but I'll do my research first.

 

[Worf]

Attack of the Fiddy Foot Woman - Believe it or not I'd not seen this entire chestnut before the other day. That rubber hand had me reduced to fits. So bad it was hilarious. They were showing Allison Hayes movies all afternoon on TCM. Ms. Hayes was a great "B" movie actress that died way too young. She had obvious "assets" but she seemed to give every role, no matter how lame, her best effort!

"HARRY!"

Worf

 

[2jakes]

The more of the story / dialogue you missed the better (and the pegasus was even badly done by CGI), but if you did open your eyes and caught the scenery, period sets, etc., then you did well.
What caught my attention to watch the movie is that it is based on a novel by Mark Helprin.

I've read a couple of his books, "In Sunlight and in Shadow" (good, but fell apart at the end) and "A Soldier of the Great War" (really good throughout) and I thought, well, his novels are interesting, let's try this. I will not be buying the book, but I would try others by him at some point, but I'll do my research first.

Can you imagine if there was a combination of great stories/screenplays as that from the past
combined with todays visual effects & technology ?
Assuming that the "acting" is up to par .
Or am I asking too much ?