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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

Fading Fast

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"Dating Daisy" via Amazon Prime Video.

An advertised rom-com that had few jokes and a broken romance that never got fixed. It's rare, (spoiler alert) but they left the ending open and I really, truly hope she doesn't except his proposal.

In most rom-coms, you root for the couple to end up together and, usually, it's the guy who's done the stupid things that caused the problems in the first place.

Here, I'm hoping that the woman declines his proposal because she doesn't deserve him and his life will be better without her. Not your average rom-com feeling.

A B-/C+ movie. Also, do all parents (these are in their late 50s / 60s) always have to be portrayed as out-of-touch / goofy / selfish? Are there any good parents out there or does Hollywood just have an anti-parent bias?
 
green papaya

green papaya

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San Francisco starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy

the story is set back in 1906 SF , has a excellent recreation of the Great Earthquake & Fire of 1906

A Barbary Coast saloonkeeper and a Nob Hill impresario are rivals for the affections of a beautiful singer, both personally and professionally in 1906 San Francisco.

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Lean'n'mean

Lean'n'mean

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' Redemption: For robbing the Dead.' (2011)....a very pleasant surprise. A moving if unusual story with good acting, great cinematrography & a delightful score. The atmosphere in this movie often reminded me of Tommy Lee's 'The Homesman' (2014) which I loved.:)
 
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Julian Shellhammer

Julian Shellhammer

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Hail the Conquering Hero, with Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, and many of the Sturges' gang. I counted at least three long, long tracking shots as the characters recited their lines while walking down the street. (IMDb has notes on this and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and the hard work put in by the cameraman to set up and film the performances.) There were several other long takes of characters running though Sturges' wild dialogue; it sometimes felt like a filmed stage performance, emphasis on dialogue and almost no cuts in the shot.
The Marines looked like they had been the starting offensive line for USC before they enlisted, and Demarest at about 50 years of age looks like he could keep up with them in a fight.
Next time you watch it, look for the gigantic movie poster on the wall behind the train as it pulls out of the station.
 
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Julian Shellhammer said:
Hail the Conquering Hero, with Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, and many of the Sturges' gang. I counted at least three long, long tracking shots as the characters recited their lines while walking down the street. (IMDb has notes on this and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and the hard work put in by the cameraman to set up and film the performances.) There were several other long takes of characters running though Sturges' wild dialogue; it sometimes felt like a filmed stage performance, emphasis on dialogue and almost no cuts in the shot.
The Marines looked like they had been the starting offensive line for USC before they enlisted, and Demarest at about 50 years of age looks like he could keep up with them in a fight.
Next time you watch it, look for the gigantic movie poster on the wall behind the train as it pulls out of the station.
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If you hadn't mentioned it, I would've missed it.
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I took an iPhone photo from the TV screen and enhanced the poster to reveal it more clearly.
Good eye for details of this favorite movie of mine.
 
Benzadmiral

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A strange little film called The Dressmaker, with Kate Winslet. It's set in Australia in 1951 or so -- after Sunset Boulevard for sure, as Kate and two other characters go to "the pictures" to see it. An odd mixture of dark comedy and tragedy, but quite good, with a dynamite last scene that I won't quote so as not to spoil it for you.
 
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Stearmen

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Bridge Of Spies. Not sure why I don't like Tom Hanks? Maybe it is from Bosom Buddies and Forrest Gump, two complete waist of film! He was great in this movie.
 
Fading Fast

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Stearmen said:
Bridge Of Spies. Not sure why I don't like Tom Hanks? Maybe it is from Bosom Buddies and Forrest Gump, two complete waist of film! He was great in this movie.
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I couldn't stand "Forrest Gump," but until now, thought I lived on my I-can't-stand-Forrest-Gump island of one - welcome to the island.

I did like "Bridge of Spies." Decent, not great, script. Beautifully filmed and I thought Hanks did an outstanding job.
 
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