What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Lean'n'mean]

I've been feeling a Poitier kick lately, having just watched "The Defiant Ones" last week, and "In the Heat of the Night" the week prior to that. .

'Shoot To Kill' (1988) is a pretty good thriller set in the great outdoors.

 

[Touchofevil]

Been watching Jean Arthur Day on TCM off and on today while trying to rest and get rid of this sinus infection. Decided to switch channels when I found "Night and the City" on Starz.

 

[Bushman]

Last movie o watched was "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", with a cavalcade of famous actors!

 

[Formeruser012523]

Last movie o watched was "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", with a cavalcade of famous actors!

Same.

 

[Fading Fast]

Been watching Jean Arthur Day on TCM off and on today while trying to rest and get rid of this sinus infection. Decided to switch channels when I found "Night and the City" on Starz.

My best wishes for a speedy recovery. Jean Arthur should be good medicine.

 

[Zombie_61]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

I love Jane Austen.

I love zombies.

This was pretty good, though, ironically, it bothered me a bit that they didn't follow the book all that closely.

Yes, I've read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies... (as well as the original, of course...)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) had the same problem to a degree. The book worked vampires into Lincoln's biography rather well, but in the movie it felt forced and the movie featured a typical over-the-top "Hollywood" ending that wasn't in the book. Strangely, Seth Grahame-Smith wrote both the book and the screenplay, and I can only imagine he was forced to deviate from his own work at the studio's insistence.

'Shoot To Kill' (1988) is a pretty good thriller set in the great outdoors.

I would probably have enjoyed this movie more if I hadn't recognized the killer's voice in the opening sequence. As such, I sat through the movie knowing who the killer was and waiting for the characters to catch up with me.

Been watching Jean Arthur Day on TCM off and on today while trying to rest and get rid of this sinus infection...

First, all good wishes for a speedy recovery as well. Second, I just finished watching The Whole Town's Talking (1935) with Miss Arthur and Edward G. Robinson. Entertaining but predictable, and I thought Robinson was more convincing as "Killer" Mannion than as milquetoast clerk Arthur Ferguson Jones, but definitely worth seeing at least once.

 

[MisterCairo]

Strangely, Seth Grahame-Smith wrote both the book and the screenplay,

I'm wondering if they'll do a screen version of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.

Given the lack of financial response to this film, I'd guess - likely not!

Seth Graham-Smith was supposed to write S&S&SM, but as he was engaged in the film writing, it was passed on to another author.

Yes, I've read Sea Monsters, too...

 

[Touchofevil]

My best wishes for a speedy recovery. Jean Arthur should be good medicine.

Thank you. TCM is great for recovery from most things. Fortunately, it is just a sinus infection and I will be fine enough for work tomorrow.

 

[Touchofevil]

First, all good wishes for a speedy recovery as well. Second, I just finished watching The Whole Town's Talking (1935) with Miss Arthur and Edward G. Robinson. Entertaining but predictable, and I thought Robinson was more convincing as "Killer" Mannion than as milquetoast clerk Arthur Ferguson Jones, but definitely worth seeing at least once.

Thank you too. I fell asleep at some point so I did not see this one, but oh well... Meant to give The Parallax View a shot. Time go outside and get some more sun.

 

[Stearmen]

T

In the Heart of the Sea. Moby Dick is an important story to me, so I'm sensitive to how it is used. I watched part of this movie and then shut it off. I'm not sure I'll finish it. Too much CGI and an ugly feel to the color palette. Action packed, which I feel is unnecessary the way it was delivered.

Forget about Moby Dick! If they just would have stuck to the real story of the Essex, it would have had all the plot twist that you could ask for in a block buster movie!

 

[Fading Fast]

Thank you. TCM is great for recovery from most things. Fortunately, it is just a sinus infection and I will be fine enough for work tomorrow.

TCM, not just the movies it plays, but the hosts, the promos, the feel, the vibe of the station is all pitch perfect and does, as you imply, provide a general tonic for life. There are some other movie channels that play a lot of "old" movies, but none come close to TCM's style and tone.

 

[Giftmacher]

The Day After (1983)

 

[Fading Fast]

The Day After (1983)

I have a very vague memory of the movie, but do remember that being an early example of a massive campaign (I'm sure Lizzie's Boys in Marketing were working hard) to get a groundswell going for a TV movie. It was promoted - even in the media - as a "must see" event. In retrospect, the campaign seemed to hint at "viral" marketing that was, then, fifteen or more years away.

 

[Giftmacher]

Well, for a reason, I would say

 

[Fading Fast]

Well, for a reason, I would say

Fair point, but the odd thing is, IMHO, all the hype undermined the message as my (vague) memory is people were disappointed in the movie because their expectations that it would be such a "big" event weren't met and the message got lost amidst the disaffection.

 

[Trenchfriend]

At the moment:

"The Lady Eve" (1941) on "arte" TV.

 

[1mach1]

Die Hard

 

[Touchofevil]

TCM, not just the movies it plays, but the hosts, the promos, the feel, the vibe of the station is all pitch perfect and does, as you imply, provide a general tonic for life. There are some other movie channels that play a lot of "old" movies, but none come close to TCM's style and tone.

It is a sanctuary.

 

[Julian Shellhammer]

TCM, not just the movies it plays, but the hosts, the promos, the feel, the vibe of the station is all pitch perfect and does, as you imply, provide a general tonic for life. There are some other movie channels that play a lot of "old" movies, but none come close to TCM's style and tone.

Going back a few years, when AMC showed old movies, the vibe was definitely there, especially when host Bob Dorian would intro the movie, then swivel in his chair to look at a screen (if I remember correctly) which would cut to the presentation.

 

[Stearmen]

The Bride Goes Wild, 1948 Van Johnson, June Allyson. Not sure why they used that title? It has almost nothing to do with the plot line! Uncle Bumps would have been much better, more of an attention getter! Glad I watched it, pretty funny.