Topic: Last movies you saw & what you thought of them (Read 200680 times)

Normandie · « **Reply #1980 on:** October 03, 2022, 08:44:21 PM »

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nimrod · « **Reply #1981 on:** October 06, 2022, 01:02:44 AM »

Bad Day At Black Rock.

Superb movie, could be relevant in any decade

Euan Buchan · « **Reply #1982 on:** October 27, 2022, 06:19:43 PM »

Was BackBeat not seen it for ages

nimrod · « **Reply #1983 on:** November 01, 2022, 01:28:20 AM »

All Quiet On The western Front.

Wow! Has to be the best war film I've ever seen, gruesome and horrific. Brings home the true meaningless horror of war.

Makes me very sad for Ukraine.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #1984 on:** November 01, 2022, 03:13:30 AM »

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Which one did you watch, Kev?

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grapXipP3fM" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grapXipP3fM</a>

1930

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1PW2n8POg" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1PW2n8POg</a>

1979

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo_8Am-KFvY" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo_8Am-KFvY</a>

2022

nimrod · « **Reply #1985 on:** November 01, 2022, 10:25:15 PM »

The new one Baz.

I liked the 1930 one but not keen on the 1979 one.

Moogmodule · « **Reply #1986 on:** November 02, 2022, 03:35:37 AM »

Like to see that one. I’ve seen the previous two versions. Agree the 1979 film was a bit meh. Had John Boy from the Waltons I recall. And Ernest Borgnine overacting again.

tkitna · « **Reply #1987 on:** November 03, 2022, 05:08:54 AM »

Spent the weekend with a lady friend and she wanted to see 'Ticket to Paradise' with George Clooney and Julia Roberts. It was pretty boring even for a RomCom. She didnt even like it. Dont waste your money.

Normandie · « **Reply #1988 on:** November 05, 2022, 06:29:44 PM »

My girls and I watched Fall last weekend. I'd read that the actual structure the actors climbed was only about 40 feet tall, but the CGI effects made it look 2,000 feet tall. We all had our hands over our faces, watching through our fingers. I still got vertigo. It was a pretty good movie, though. Not fantastic, but not a waste of time.

Then my older daughter and I watched another of our "stupid" shark movies. Santa Jaws!

Normandie · « **Reply #1989 on:** November 09, 2022, 12:08:38 AM »

Quote from: nimrod on November 01, 2022, 01:28:20 AM

All Quiet On The western Front.

I've been trying to watch this. It's tough; all I can think of is my son. And all those mothers whose sons didn't make it home.

I'll stick with it.

nimrod · « **Reply #1990 on:** November 09, 2022, 12:26:00 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on November 09, 2022, 12:08:38 AM

I've been trying to watch this. It's tough; all I can think of is my son. And all those mothers whose sons didn't make it home.

I'll stick with it.

It's a difficult watch K. Beautifully shot though.
Poignant near the start when the recruit realises his "new" (recycled) uniform had someone's name in it.

Moogmodule · « **Reply #1991 on:** November 09, 2022, 05:59:58 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on November 05, 2022, 06:29:44 PM

My girls and I watched Fall last weekend. I'd read that the actual structure the actors climbed was only about 40 feet tall, but the CGI effects made it look 2,000 feet tall. We all had our hands over our faces, watching through our fingers. I still got vertigo. It was a pretty good movie, though. Not fantastic, but not a waste of time.

Then my older daughter and I watched another of our "stupid" shark movies. Santa Jaws!

I saw the trailer to this at the movies a few weeks ago. I couldn’t watch it. My fear of heights wouldn’t let me.

nimrod · « **Reply #1992 on:** November 09, 2022, 10:02:18 PM »

Quote from: Moogmodule on November 09, 2022, 05:59:58 AM

I saw the trailer to this at the movies a few weeks ago. I couldn’t watch it. My fear of heights wouldn’t let me.

I got through it Moog, probably living on the 44th floor helped

nimrod · « **Reply #1993 on:** November 09, 2022, 10:05:44 PM »

Watched 2 movies this week.
Hell or High Water. Really good film starring Jeff Bridges. 7.5/10
The Professionals. Old Western movie (love westerns) starring Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance. Excellent 8/10

Normandie · « **Reply #1994 on:** November 09, 2022, 11:34:11 PM »

Quote from: nimrod on November 09, 2022, 10:02:18 PM

I got through it Moog, probably living on the 44th floor helped

That's impressive, nimrod. No wonder you have such a great view!

I don't care for heights OR elevators. I visited the St. Louis Arch once and kept my feet firmly on the ground. No elevator to the top for me. Luckily, my friend was of the same mind.

My friends in college used to ask me, "What are you going to do if you graduate and get a job in a big-city high-rise?" I told them I'd deal with that when and if it happened. And my first job was in Washington, DC, on the second floor, and I still had to take an elevator! (The building was very close to the Capitol, and for security reasons access to the upper floors was blocked from the first floor.) It was delightfully ironic, although my first reaction was "Oh, you are freakin' kidding me!"

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #1995 on:** November 23, 2022, 08:06:49 PM »

Lili

This isn't the last movie I saw, rather it's the first movie I remember seeing...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5cPp7uJls" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5cPp7uJls</a>

I was three years old and was fascinated by the puppets and Lili Daurier (Leslie Caron) talking to and singing with them...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCoqaaVD7-A" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCoqaaVD7-A</a>

It's a story about a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. That concept was beyond my comprehension at the time, but as I grew older I came to understand what it meant.

I recently learned that the movie was based on a 1950 short story entitled "The Man Who Hated People," by Paul Gallico. After the film was released, the author re-wrote his short story as a novella entitled Love of Seven Dolls...

I purchased the book, in its first edition and signed by the author, and plan to read it this holiday weekend.

nimrod · « **Reply #1996 on:** November 24, 2022, 01:46:07 AM »

Carrying on my Western theme.

Hostiles.
Excellent, starring Christian Bale. 8/10

The Assassination Of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford.

THE best western I've seen, Casey Affleck, Brad Pitt 10/10 Can't praise this enough.

Also;

Smile, stupid 3/10

Don't Worry Darling, Promising but became daft eventually. Harry Styles is a lame actor but Florence Pugh is great (loved the 50s cars though) 5.5/10

Normandie · « **Reply #1997 on:** November 24, 2022, 02:33:59 AM »

Quote from: nimrod on November 24, 2022, 01:46:07 AM

Also;

Smile, stupid 3/10

My daughters and I just watched that the other night. What a disappointment! We'd had high hopes for it.

Moogmodule · « **Reply #1998 on:** November 24, 2022, 08:41:21 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on November 24, 2022, 02:33:59 AM

My daughters and I just watched that the other night. What a disappointment! We'd had high hopes for it.

Damn. My boys want to see it.

Normandie · « **Reply #1999 on:** November 24, 2022, 04:02:15 PM »

Quote from: Moogmodule on November 24, 2022, 08:41:21 AM

Damn. My boys want to see it.

It wasn't awful. It's just that, based on what we'd read online, we were expecting it to be terrifying, and it wasn't, although it was pretty creepy.

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