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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

LizzieMaine

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We're running "Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day," which is definitely the most upbeat film we've had in quite a while. If it had been filmed in 1939 it would've starred Carole Lombard and Edna Mae Oliver, but Amy Adams and Frances McDormand make excellent substitutes! And I dearly want Ms. Adams's little blue hat.
 

Feraud

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Just re-watched Jules Dassin's The Naked City. The film features great New York locations.
Also time well spent with with Bogey and Gloria Grahame in In a Lonely Place.
 

Doctor Strange

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I finally saw The Good German on cable last night.

I wasn't too thrilled: the "b/w" (actually digitally desaturated color) photography didn't get the old-time look quite right, the story(telling) was a mess, and only Cate Blanchett's acting stood out; George Clooney seemed to be sleepwalking, and Tobey Maguire (an actor I usually vigorously defend) was miscast and downright awful. The "authentic golden-era Hollywood" flourishes - the use of old lenses, locked-down camera, obvious rear-projection, less-naturalistic acting, etc. - infused the picture with some style, but not enough to make it more than a vaguely interesting experiment.

Basically, it made me want to watch Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair again for the seventh or eighth time!
 

Maguire

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in the theater the last film i saw was the ruins. Hilarious movie. Last film i saw on my own i'd say was Falling Down again.

In two days though i'll be seeing FIRST BLOOD on the big screen. i'm looking forward to it highly.
 

AmateisGal

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Doctor Strange said:
I finally saw The Good German on cable last night.

I wasn't too thrilled: the "b/w" (actually digitally desaturated color) photography didn't get the old-time look quite right, the story(telling) was a mess, and only Cate Blanchett's acting stood out; George Clooney seemed to be sleepwalking, and Tobey Maguire (an actor I usually vigorously defend) was miscast and downright awful. The "authentic golden-era Hollywood" flourishes - the use of old lenses, locked-down camera, obvious rear-projection, less-naturalistic acting, etc. - infused the picture with some style, but not enough to make it more than a vaguely interesting experiment.

Basically, it made me want to watch Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair again for the seventh or eighth time!

I read the book and was really excited when I heard that they were making a movie. Unfortunately, they completely butchered it. I couldn't even get past the few ten minutes of the film.

Read the book, though, if you get a chance. It's excellent.
 

Corto

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"Little Murders". Makes me glad I didn't come of age in the late 1960's, early 1970's with all of its angst-ridden existential soul searching...
 

Corto

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Feraud said:
Just finished watching Le Samourai for the first time. It was very good and I want to view it again before returning it to Netflix.

Great flick. Make sure you check out "Army of Shadows". Same director. Better than "Le Samourai" in my opinion...
 

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