Topic: Last movies you saw & what you thought of them (Read 200788 times)

nimrod · « **Reply #1820 on:** October 14, 2021, 12:41:26 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on October 13, 2021, 11:31:39 PM

Right?!?

I think I need a Help! or AHDN fix.

There are two movies Id like you to watch Kathy, both recent and both directed by Robert Eggers. Id like your opinion about them if you would.

The Witch
The Lighthouse

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #1821 on:** October 14, 2021, 01:02:47 AM »

Quote from: Euan Buchan on October 12, 2021, 06:51:41 AM

The original Spider-Man film

Yes! The best of all of them, Euan.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #1822 on:** October 14, 2021, 01:27:25 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on October 12, 2021, 11:31:05 PM

Threads. Very unsettling.

Quote from: Moogmodule on October 13, 2021, 06:22:33 AM

Is that the British one about nuclear war?

Quote from: Normandie on October 13, 2021, 06:50:26 AM

Yes, it is.

Quote from: Moogmodule on October 13, 2021, 07:21:55 AM

That’s heavy. I watched it when it came out. It was about the same time as The Day After. But a lot bleaker.

I saw The Day After when it was first aired on TV. When it was over, I remember saying to myself "Why did I watch this?"

I would like to suggest what might have been the first of the aftermath of nuclear war films On The Beach (1959)...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DMbRm7HAQw" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DMbRm7HAQw</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HusewgIe_1k&t=732s" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HusewgIe_1k&t=732s</a>

Nevil Shute's 1957 novel, by the same name, is a great read. The movie departed in many ways from the novel but that's Hollywood for you! Still, the movie is enjoyable without all the graphic destruction, radiation sickness, and death.

Moog and Kevin, much of the story takes place in Australia and Waltzing Matilda makes up a good part of the musical score.

Moogmodule · « **Reply #1823 on:** October 14, 2021, 02:12:45 AM »

Quote from: nimrod on October 14, 2021, 12:41:26 AM

There are two movies Id like you to watch Kathy, both recent and both directed by Robert Eggers. Id like your opinion about them if you would.

The Witch
The Lighthouse

I saw The Lighthouse. Can’t say I liked it that much. Good acting and atmospherics but found it a bit of a slog.

nimrod · « **Reply #1824 on:** October 14, 2021, 08:11:04 AM »

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on October 14, 2021, 01:27:25 AM

I saw The Day After when it was first aired on TV. When it was over, I remember saying to myself "Why did I watch this?"

I would like to suggest what might have been the first of the aftermath of nuclear war films On The Beach (1959)...

Nevil Shute's 1957 novel, by the same name, is a great read. The movie departed in many ways from the novel but that's Hollywood for you! Still, the movie is enjoyable without all the graphic destruction, radiation sickness, and death.

Moog and Kevin, much of the story takes place in Australia and Waltzing Matilda makes up a good part of the musical score.

I know On The Beach very well Baz

Moogmodule · « **Reply #1825 on:** October 14, 2021, 10:09:42 AM »

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on October 14, 2021, 01:27:25 AM

I saw The Day After when it was first aired on TV. When it was over, I remember saying to myself "Why did I watch this?"

I would like to suggest what might have been the first of the aftermath of nuclear war films On The Beach (1959)...

Nevil Shute's 1957 novel, by the same name, is a great read. The movie departed in many ways from the novel but that's Hollywood for you! Still, the movie is enjoyable without all the graphic destruction, radiation sickness, and death.

Moog and Kevin, much of the story takes place in Australia and Waltzing Matilda makes up a good part of the musical score.

There’s the famous quote from Ava Gardner that they’d come to the right place to film the end of the world. I suppose Australia wasn’t the most exciting place in the 50s.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #1826 on:** October 14, 2021, 07:58:57 PM »

Quote from: nimrod on October 14, 2021, 08:11:04 AM

I know On The Beach very well Baz

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9sIPJ-yGjc" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9sIPJ-yGjc</a>

nimrod · « **Reply #1827 on:** October 15, 2021, 12:58:45 AM »

We studied the book in English literature at school.

Sadist teacher

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #1828 on:** October 15, 2021, 09:30:31 PM »

It was assigned reading for us too, Kev, right after the Cuban Missile Crisis. Not too long after, this movie came out...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=filmUN4W59I" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=filmUN4W59I</a>

I read the novel too.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #1829 on:** October 15, 2021, 10:53:08 PM »

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bit3IiV0FRc" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bit3IiV0FRc</a>

What do we say to the dead?

nimrod · « **Reply #1830 on:** October 16, 2021, 12:15:28 AM »

Im putting that movie next on my list Baz, thank you

Moogmodule · « **Reply #1831 on:** October 16, 2021, 12:12:55 PM »

Fail safe is a great movie. Saw it one afternoon on TV and didn’t expect much. Absolutely riveting.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #1832 on:** October 16, 2021, 11:38:53 PM »

Fail-Safe is a powerful drama, Kev. You'd enjoy tje movie and the novel.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #1833 on:** October 17, 2021, 01:09:24 AM »

1964 was a great year for nuclear war movies. Same as Fail-Safe but different was Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQo2D7XYMGk" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQo2D7XYMGk</a>

nimrod · « **Reply #1834 on:** October 17, 2021, 09:22:05 PM »

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on October 16, 2021, 11:38:53 PM

Fail-Safe is a powerful drama, Kev. You'd enjoy tje movie and the novel.

Its on my list Baz

Anyone seen the new Bond yet ?

Normandie · « **Reply #1835 on:** October 19, 2021, 09:50:14 AM »

Quote from: nimrod on October 14, 2021, 12:41:26 AM

There are two movies Id like you to watch Kathy, both recent and both directed by Robert Eggers. Id like your opinion about them if you would.

The Witch
The Lighthouse

I should be watching these very soon, Kevin.

Normandie · « **Reply #1836 on:** November 10, 2021, 02:47:20 PM »

Quote from: nimrod on October 14, 2021, 12:41:26 AM

There are two movies Id like you to watch Kathy, both recent and both directed by Robert Eggers. Id like your opinion about them if you would.

The Witch
The Lighthouse

I finally watched these, nimrod. I enjoyed both films. I liked The Witch better; it was easier to follow, and the pace was a bit faster. The ending was particularly creepy.

I found The Lighthouse a bit slower, but the acting blew me away. So good! I don't think I'd ever have recognized Willem Dafoe if I hadn't seen the cast information, and I'd sort of written Robert Pattinson off as just a pretty boy. Boy, was I wrong. I remember learning about folie à deux (shared psychosis) back in school. It was fascinating to see it portrayed in a movie.

What was your own opinion of these?

I've binged the entire Netflix series Squid Game and Clickbait as well, and both were absorbing. Now I'm behind on work.

nimrod · « **Reply #1837 on:** November 10, 2021, 10:23:37 PM »

Im glad you enjoyed them both.
I have friends who hated both movies LoL. I find it a bit weird that a young director with 2 films under his belt enters into my top 10 films. I absolutely loved both of them. I agree The Witch is better, just. That Black Philip eh !!
Both films I felt I was actually there they were so absorbing. I thought you might like The Lighthouse the most because of the proximity to the ocean.
Eggers is working on a Viking film called The Northmen and another remake of Nosferatu, the old Vampire film.

Normandie · « **Reply #1838 on:** November 11, 2021, 12:30:40 AM »

Quote from: nimrod on November 10, 2021, 10:23:37 PM

I thought you might like The Lighthouse the most because of the proximity to the ocean.

You thought correctly.

Quote from: nimrod on November 10, 2021, 10:23:37 PM

Eggers is working on a Viking film called The Northmen and another remake of Nosferatu, the old Vampire film.

Oh, I'll have to keep an eye out for the latter. Sounds good!

Normandie · « **Reply #1839 on:** November 11, 2021, 12:33:41 AM »

I also watched, for about the 10th time, 10 Things I Hate About You, a modern retelling of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew with Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. I can identify so well with Katarina, Julia Stiles's character. Great fun, and a just a little romantic.

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