What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Fading Fast]

Off and on, while doing chores about the house, Vertigo.

I'm sure you've seen it a few times before because you are not following the story in that one coming in and out - I'm not sure I followed it the first time anyway.

 

[Touchofevil]

I'm sure you've seen it a few times before because you are not following the story in that one coming in and out - I'm not sure I followed it the first time anyway.

I have seen it many times. The same can be said for The Birds which is on right now. A day of Hitchcock on the Sundance channel.

 

[Touchofevil]

The 40 Year Old Virgin.

Not in the same league as the films ^^^, but it was my wife's birthday yesterday, and that's what she wanted to watch for some light hearted fun!

It is funny.

 

[Gregg Axley]

The Dark Corner with Lucille Ball.
Back into the film noir's.
Great movie btw, considering she was suing MGM to get out of her contract, and was on loan to FOX for half salary!
Still a true professional, she played her part perfectly.

 

[Fading Fast]

The Dark Corner with Lucille Ball.
Back into the film noir's.
Great movie btw, considering she was suing MGM to get out of her contract, and was on loan to FOX for half salary!
Still a true professional, she played her part perfectly.

I know I wrote a really positive review in a post on that movie a few pages back in this thread, but the upshot, could not agree more - she was outstanding in the roll, all pro, no "LUCY" that was to come later. And did a much better job than the male lead.

 

[Fading Fast]

I have seen it many times. The same can be said for The Birds which is on right now. A day of Hitchcock on the Sundance channel.

I have seen "The Birds" too many times, I might have burned out on it for awhile (he says until he's sucked into it the next time he sees it's on). It was before my time, but man did women - or women like Tippi Hedren - know how to dress back then.

I'm sure that green suit of hers cost a bazillion dollars, but its simple lines and elegant cut and style work incredibly well on her. I've seen women in expensive clothes in this city, but rarely anything as quietly perfect as that suit on Tippi.

 

[Touchofevil]

I have seen "The Birds" too many times, I might have burned out on it for awhile (he says until he's sucked into it the next time he sees it's on). It was before my time, but man did women - or women like Tippi Hedren - know how to dress back then.

I'm sure that green suit of hers cost a bazillion dollars, but its simple lines and elegant cut and style work incredibly well on her. I've seen women in expensive clothes in this city, but rarely anything as quietly perfect as that suit on Tippi.

That is a big part of the appeal of older movies, the style of the clothing. Actually, the style of most everything from these movies makes for a nice moment of escapism.

 

[Touchofevil]

One of my favorites, Hitchcock's Rear Window. It is one of my stop and drop movies. Speaking of style, Grace Kelly has it like no other: pure magic. So fun to watch. I do not think that I will ever tire of this movie.

 

[Fading Fast]

One of my favorites, Hitchcock's Rear Window. It is one of my stop and drop movies. Speaking of style, Grace Kelly has it like no other: pure magic. So fun to watch. I do not think that I will ever tire of this movie.

My girlfriend has said basically the same thing about that movie and Grace Kelly - along with (kiddingly), "why do the rest of us even try after her."

Of all Hitchcock's "blondes," she is my favorite - kudos to her for holding her own with Cary Grant in "To Catch a Thief."

 

[Touchofevil]

The guide on the television states that it is the remake airing at the moment, but it is not. Twelve Angry Men is on.

 

[Touchofevil]

She is pretty good in Dial M for Murder.

 

[Fading Fast]

She is pretty good in Dial M for Murder.

That's a wonderful movie through and through. In addition to enjoying her in it, Milland is excellent and, John Williams, one of my favorite character actors (is that what he is?), kills it as usual. Hitchcock must have liked Williams as he popped up, not only in Hitchcock's movies, but in his TV shows as well - where William stands out amongst the, mainly, average TV actors.

And tying it to our prior conversation on clothes, I love that the guy Milland hires to do the murder - a used car salesman (or something like that) - is dressed garishly; whereas, Milland is all British upper-class style. It felt like Hitchcock was making a point about how the clothes look different, but are a meaningless distinction as they are both murderers.

 

[Touchofevil]

That's a wonderful movie through and through. In addition to enjoying her in it, Milland is excellent and, John Williams, one of my favorite character actors (is that what he is?), kills it as usual. Hitchcock must have liked Williams as he popped up, not only in Hitchcock's movies, but in his TV shows as well - where William stands out amongst the, mainly, average TV actors.

And tying it to our prior conversation on clothes, I love that the guy Milland hires to do the murder - a used car salesman (or something like that) - is dressed garishly; whereas, Milland is all British upper-class style. It felt like Hitchcock was making a point about how the clothes look different, but are a meaningless distinction as they are both murderers.

Character actor seems right. He is memorable, but seems to be one of those guys who you just cannot put your finger on as to where from. Aha! Mr. French!

 

[Bushman]

The Untouchables - A bit overly dramatic from the versions of the story I've previously seen, but it makes for great pictures as they say. It was likewise a GREAT hat movie. I wanted to go in and finger every last hat I saw!

 

[Touchofevil]

Hell or High Water
Ben Foster, Chris Pine, and Jeff Bridges
Nice pacing.
Good acting.
Nice story.
Nicely done.
Worth a watch.
Good little movie.

 

[Stearmen]

The Second Arrival (1998)

 

[Worf]

"The Wild River" - Never saw this Montgomery Clift offering before. I comes late in his career. You can tell he's being ravaged by pain, drugs and alcohol. A pale shadow of the vibrant youth seen going toe to toe with John Wayne in "Red River" over a decade earlier.

Worf

 

[Fading Fast]

The Untouchables - A bit overly dramatic from the versions of the story I've previously seen, but it makes for great pictures as they say. It was likewise a GREAT hat movie. I wanted to go in and finger every last hat I saw!

The story was whatever - manipulated and predictable - the acting uneven - De Niro and Costner both over act at times - but, visually, the movie was outstanding and an early mover in what has, today, become one visually beautiful movie after another. The scene in the train station with the baby carriage is poetic - just wonderfully done.

 

[Fading Fast]

Hell or High Water
Ben Foster, Chris Pine, and Jeff Bridges
Nice pacing.
Good acting.
Nice story.
Nicely done.
Worth a watch.
Good little movie.

Channeling your inner Hemingway I see - I like it.

This one is high on my to-see list - when Jeff Bridges brings his A-game, it usually makes for a good movie.

 

[Fading Fast]

"Enemy at the Gates"

1. Glad I wasn't born in a time and place that would have resulted in me being a soldier on either side at Stalingrad.

2. If the Nazis weren't so arrantly evil, the USSR would get more mention in the 20th Century Pantheon of Evilness - the very evil Soviets seem to sneak by under the cover of the Nazi's all-enveloping miasma of evil.