What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

I'm a big fan of "The Lost Weekend." A very pre-code feel to the movie as it showed a very real problem in all its gritty ugliness and pathos. Ray Milland owns the role and does everything from "cheery, I'm fine," to "obsessive despair" with incredible believability. And the music is hauntingly, depressingly appropriate - nails the mood (but as you said, not an uplifting lilt).

This is also one of the movies where the man marries (or appears will marry) the wrong woman. Instead of marrying goody, goody Jane Wyman - who you know, one day, will judge him and blame him for bringing her down - he should have married Doris Dowling, a hooker who truly loved Milland - flaws and all. I bet together they could have helped each other out of their problems, would have respected each other in a glass-houses sort of way and they simply had better chemistry than Milland had with Wyman.

Batman VS Superman: Dawn of Justice

Alright, so I've mainly been avoiding the subject because I hadn't seen the movie, but last night I saw BvS, and... I don't care for it. It has a lot of good things, but it's mostly bad. I enjoyed the plot of Batman, how paranoia can drive a man to do terrible things. However, I can't stand Batman openly shooting people with a gatling gun. If there's one thing Batman is known for, it's his one rule. I don't have a problem with the branding. A bit odd of a choice, yes, but I can see why it was included. This is a Bat whose taken a very dark turn. Who no longer sees a ray of hope for Gotham, but rather seems to recieve a sick sense of enjoyment from tormenting the criminal underworld. It's dark, and it's totally something Batman would become. What I didn't like about what he became is... why did he let Wayne Manor deteriorate like that? I didn't like that it wasn't explained. Did he not like the memories associated with it? Did he try to burn it down, because it's in complete ruin! Why would Bruce Wayne let his namesake manor become a ruin? I wished this was explained.

I loved Jessie Eisenberg as Luthor, something I didn't think I would enjoy and was very critical of prior to seeing the movie. I expected the same whiney smartass as we got from most of Eisenberg's previous roles, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a psychotic mastermind, brilliantly written and portrayed.

Wonder Woman was another great part of the movie and my favorite character on the screen. I loved the wicked, badass portrayal. I'm definitely looking forward to her solo movie in a few years. I also loved the guitar riff leitmotif, it totally fit within her nature. The only thing I didn't like is that it wasn't explicitly stated that this was Wonder Woman. My parents are about as general audience as you can get, and they had no idea it was Wonder Woman.

Now, the ugly... the plot was convoluted and messy. This was way too long, it would have been a satisfying resolution without including Doomsday. Up until the last half hour with Doomsday, Wonder Woman was a subplot they likewise could have cut out. There was too much focus here on explosions and setting up the JL, that there wasn't any room for exposition, which this movie needed badly. The resolution between Superman and Batman also sucked. They stop fighting because their mothers are both named Martha? Really? I mean, I know the real reason is because Batman realized at that moment Superman's humanity, but that was merely the implied reason. The given reason is so so bad, I have to wonder who the Hell came up with it. The writers should have looked for a way to get the realization of humanity plot across some way other than their mothers sharing a name. Because that was droll.

Finally, I am sick and tired of Snyder's stupid ashen gray color scheme in his movies. Jesus Christ, I could understand if it was just Batman alone here, but you've got Superman and Wonder Woman! Be a little more colorful, guys! These are two characters known for their bright primary colors, and you have Clark Kent with the completion of a corpse, and Wonder Woman with a color scheme that looks like it's from the movie "300". This is ridiculous, there was some times where I couldn't stand it because Superman and Wonder Woman blended into the concrete around them.

This movie has series pacing, plot, and cinematographic problems. There's interesting characters, but the main characters are not as interesting as the primary antagonist and secondary protagonists. Even they are not enough to save the day. I'm not usually expressively hard on "fun flicks", but this is a movie that takes itself far too seriously. It's a meager 3/10 from me, if only because I enjoyed Lex Luthor and Wonder Woman.

Bushman said:

and Wonder Woman with a color scheme that looks like it's from the movie "300".

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I don't know, I'd pay to see that...

ahh, seeing Mister Cairo's avatar, I am watching the Maltese Falcon on TCM at the moment. Still as exciting as when I first watched it, oh so many years ago.

Chasing leprechauns (2012) Predictable. Usual, greedy dumb corporate type from Manhattan, who is won over by the indigenes people. Still, not the worst!

1946's The Thrill of Brazil (Ann Miller, Evelyn Keyes, Keenan Wynn) while sitting in the dentist's chair. It made it easier to endure the drilling, at least.

I walked in on Lucy, the one with Scarlett Johansen. Daughter and son were watching it, so I stuck around to see how it ended up. 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Matrix meets (sort of) The Fifth Element.

I watched Big Hero 6 for the first time yesterday. And even though I could see pretty much every twist coming, it was still extremely well executed.

Before that, I shared the Breakfast Club with my best friend and my new room mate. Neither of them had seen it, and I feel like it should be a staple of anyone's film education.

Julian Shellhammer said:

I walked in on Lucy, the one with Scarlett Johansen. Daughter and son were watching it, so I stuck around to see how it ended up. 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Matrix meets (sort of) The Fifth Element.

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An intriguing film, and I liked how it stretched my imagination.

applepoisoneer said:

I watched Big Hero 6 for the first time yesterday. And even though I could see pretty much every twist coming, it was still extremely well executed.

Before that, I shared the Breakfast Club with my best friend and my new room mate. Neither of them had seen it, and I feel like it should be a staple of anyone's film education.

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Oh, I love Big Hero 6! A wonderful, heartwarming movie. Yes, totally predictable, but I loved it nevertheless.

Guardians Of The Galaxy. Just as I thought, I only liked the raccoon and Groot!

"Black Sea" from 2014 with Jude Law as a former (fired) sub captain. Interesting submarine movie about a modern day search for Nazi gold on a sunken Kriegsmarine. Predictable but some good plot twists. Law and his "crew" of Brits and Russians fire up an old Soviet submarine and have to evade other ships at sea en route to the gold. Love the old tech on the aging Russian sub and the mixed crew infighting.

Finally got around to seeing Grand Budapest Hotel. Delightful...and civilized.

Worf said:

"Look Who's Back" - An odd tale about Hitler being resurrected in 2014. Its kinda like "Borat" with uncle Adolf in the lead. At times it has a documentary feel, at other times it seems staged but it's VERY had to tell the difference between to two. I found it disturbing and entertaining. Wonder how it played in Germany?

Worf

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I read the book, had no idea they made a movie of it. The book was as you describe the movie: disturbing and (at times) entertaining. But overall, it didn't really work for me - felt forced and too light for the subject. Almost like part of the author's intent was to turn the dial down a notch on the visceral / emotional impact of the word and reality of "Hitler."

Chappie - the third film in a row by Neill Blomkamp that annoyed me by having some really well done SF elements... but wasting them in endless shootouts and initially promising, but ultimately disturbing and confused, political commentary.

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Glad I stuck with it, turned out to be not to bad! Now I need to see the second film.

One of my favorites...What A Way To Go!