What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

Hondo · Aug 6, 2008

Damn the Defiant!

"Damn the Defiant!" with Sir Alec Guinness :eusa_clap
Great action and one of a few movies
about the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
I remember watching this in the theater when it first came out,
Great sound track, you can hear the ships timbers creaking as she sails.
They don't make films like these any more.

KY Gentleman · Aug 7, 2008

"The Big Steal" with Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer. One of the films in the "Film Noir Double Features" box set. Awesome movie, Mitchum is coooool.

A.R. McVintage · Aug 7, 2008

Thank You For Smoking. Hilarious.

DanielJones · Aug 8, 2008

Feraud said:
Slimy character? He was a family man!
You wascally wabbitt..

He may have been that... But still a wormy little creep. He did a fantastic job of it too. Paul is one of my favorites because he is so versatile.

The one I watched tonight, and haven't seen in an age was Dune (1984). I liked the style of the film although it was the Reader's Digest version of the book. I swear Patrick Stewart hasn't changed one iota since then.

Cheers!

Dan

Obob · Aug 10, 2008

A Remake

I just watched for the first time, A Star Is Born, from 1954, with Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford and Tommy Noonan.

Frankly, I liked the '37 version considerably better. It was much more succinct in it's storytelling. Whatever the first version could effectively depict in a minute, took the '54 version at least three. Of course, the latter one has some really great music, especially Garland's earliest numbers, such as the after-hours jam-session with the band.

Still, watching this movie wasn't a waste of an evening; it's just hard to beat something that was already pretty well done.

Obob

ShesSoVaVaVoom · Aug 10, 2008

"lock, stock, and two smoking barrels"

for the 10th time

Hondo · Aug 10, 2008

The Invasion

The Invasion, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, another remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” other than watching Kidman fill out a nice sweater, it was lacking, especially Craig’s role.

Lady Day · Aug 10, 2008

The Business of Being Born

An interesting documentary on childbirth/midwives in the US. Altho it was very mother centric, as far as her experience, it touched on the dramatic shift from midwives to hospital births in the 20th century.

It showed a few births in the film, and it was fascinating to see how quiet, simple, swift and uneventful some of the home births were.

LD

Frankie Lamb · Aug 10, 2008

"Two Jakes" ( been there.... )

Just finished watching "Two Jakes" ( 2nd time ) and in spite of all the criticism and comparison with the original, "Chinatown," I enjoyed it as a "stand alone" picture. Having grown up in Los Angeles I had constant flashbacks to my childhood during the time period of the film's story ( 1948 ) as I was eleven years old and lived in the San Fernando Valley. The film's depiction was very close to the "feel" of those days. The only thing I believe they got wrong was having an earthquake every few hours.
The costuming is the real hidden gem in this film, especially for anyone who might be a Fedora Lounge frequenter. I'd forgotten just how baggy men's slacks were, and how wide the coat lapels were. The black and white Apron loafers and wingtips were a pleasure to see in abundance again too.
The irony of it is that just this afternoon I went out for a drive and ended up in Downtown Los Angeles, reminiscing over how great the town used to look and how it now resembles a film studio back-lot storage area for old odds and end pieces of discarded movie scenery. Then again, if things were still the same there'd be no reason for popping into the Fedora Lounge to chat with old friends now would there?
Didn't mean this to turn into a novel.
Frankie Lamb

funneman · Aug 10, 2008

Pardon My Past (1945)

I just watched this the other night.

It's a bit of a farce, with an evil twin storyline.

It was great to see Fred McMurray and William Demarest together pre-My Three Sons.

There was also a great running gag between Demarest and the habadasher concerning William's hat. The clerk kept trying to re-shape it!lol

dingus · Aug 10, 2008

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)

Just watched "The Horn Blows at Midnight" again. I absolutely love it! It's funny and has some great one-liners, and I really do like Jack Benny in almost any film role. I know Jack Benny made jokes about this film for decades afterwards, but it's not that bad at all. And some lovely art deco sets, too.

Dixon Cannon · Aug 10, 2008

The Americanization Of Emily

I had no idea how good this movie was! James Garner was superb and his many monologues are worth repeating. I had been familiar with the title but never had any interest to see this film, assuming it was a pigmalian storyline with Julie Andrews singing her way through the process. It came on TMC the other night at I caught it from the beginning and man, was I surprised!

When the film was over the TMC host conducted a long interview with James Garner, touching on many of the highlights of his long career. Really fascinating. Not only does Garner come off as a real professional, with integrity and principles, but he seems like a very nice gentleman as well. He's rather the unsung hero of moviedom methinks.

-dixon 'Maverick' cannon

Starius · Aug 11, 2008

I just got done watching Smart People, starring Dennis Quaid, Thomas Hayden Church, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Ellen Page. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

AmateisGal · Aug 11, 2008

Please Don't Eat the Daisies with David Niven and Doris Day. It was Doris Day's "day" yesterday on TCM, so I watched quite a few of her movies.

Quigley Brown · Aug 11, 2008

AmateisGal said:
Please Don't Eat the Daisies with David Niven and Doris Day. It was Doris Day's "day" yesterday on TCM, so I watched quite a few of her movies.

I caught 'With Six You Get Eggroll' yesterday. Silly, silly...lol

i_am_the_scruff · Aug 11, 2008

The Dark Knight. Amazing.

Lulu-in-Ny · Aug 12, 2008

In Bruges. It turned out to be a very different film than I thought it was going to be, but I really enjoyed it. Colin Farrell was a riot.

Darhling · Aug 12, 2008

Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters), it won the Oscar for best foreign film 2008.

I love this film, I am normally not into warmovies, but this displayed a little world within a KZ camp so well. I won't reveal too much, but this is GOOD!!!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/

Drew B · Aug 12, 2008

Enigma

Has anyone seen this movie? I highly recommend it. It is set in 1943 and follows the story of the Bletchley Park Code-breakers and the events that helped secure the war. Underneath that, there is this great mystery story and romance plot that makes this film one of my favorites ever.:eusa_clap

A.R. McVintage · Aug 12, 2008

Horror of Dracula. The first Hammer Cushing/Lee Van Helsing/Dracula pairing, and very atmospheric despite having virtually no relation to the book.

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