What is the last movie you've seen? Part 2

by **Rhodesia** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:01 am

Ant-Man. Was good but not brilliant.

by **Hollorous** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 4:56 am

The Nuclear Fist wrote:Let the Right One In.

A fantastic film.

Agreed. It managed to make vampires interesting again! No small task these days.

I hear the American remake was also surprisingly good, but I haven't seen it.

by **L Ron Cupboard** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:24 am

Hollorous wrote:
The Nuclear Fist wrote:Let the Right One In.

A fantastic film.

Agreed. It managed to make vampires interesting again! No small task these days.

I hear the American remake was also surprisingly good, but I haven't seen it.

Probably the best US remake of a foreign language film I have seen. I still prefer the original though.

by **Bearings 3 832 998 2015** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:32 am

Well, I suppose it would have to be 'Year 2000'.

by **New Frenco Empire** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 11:32 am

L Ron Cupboard wrote:
New Frenco Empire wrote:
I'm aware of it. I hear it still might be worth seeing...assuming you don't view it with the notion that it could live up to Chinatown's expectations. Might watch it when I get a free minute.

It's a pretty standard introductory course, really, but my professor insists on showing full movies and having intelligent discussions on their entirety rather than showing segments based on a lesson plan (as courses of this nature usually work). So far, we've viewed Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life (which I enjoyed, but felt was way too far into formalism for my personal taste) and Jane Campion's The Piano (which I also enjoyed, despite a few flaws).

It is worth seeing, it isn't that bad, but it will always suffer in comparison to Chinatown.

I mean, that's a given.

I struggled with The Tree of Life, but that was mainly because Brad Pitt's character looked and behaved like my dad, so it was an uncomfortable watch for me. Never seen The Piano.

Ah. Must be tough to sit through in a film like that. I myself got a little uncomfortable near the end, due to my relationship with my brother.

I would recommend The Piano. I had a few gripes with it, but it features solid performances from Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel.

by **Renetopia** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:41 am

Batman. The original, from 1989. Except for Jack Nicholson's performance as the Joker, the rest of the movie is kinda boring to me.

by **Shove Piggy Shove** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:58 am

Wreck-It Ralph - Good, without being great - animation is decent and can't complain about the voice work, several nice nods to different arcade games but it was all a bit predictable - 6.5/10

Frank - Lots of weird fun to be had here, Fassbender is superb (as per - don't think I've seen him put in a bad performance yet) and the rest of the cast put in strong performances too - 8/10

by **The Krogan** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:00 am

Her

Makes ya think.

by **Britain and Overseas Territories** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:09 am

the woman in black 2 - 2/10

the gallows - 5/10

this is England 8.5/10

by **Olwe** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:03 pm

Verlorene Lust Welt. It's a German horror/porn film about prehistoric creatures that like to attack human women, and cavewomen who like to attack human men. Judging from the higher production values and greater emphasis on storytelling than you see in modern porn I'd guess late 1970s or early 1980s, but I'm not for sure... anyone know what years Bridgette Kerkove was active? Anyway, it wasn't bad... I'd go 7.5/10. You've gotta like porn in order to enjoy it, though.

by **Schiltzberg** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:17 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Johnny English. Ugh.

Mr. Bean!

by **The Two Jerseys** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:15 pm

The Oklahoma Kid (1939).

Jimmy Cagney and Humphrey Bogart in a Western is just wrong...

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:25 pm

Today I watched The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death and I must say I don't know how to feel about this second instalment of a British take on the tale of La Llorona.

by **L Ron Cupboard** » Wed Sep 16, 2015 4:16 am

The Host, I didn't recognise Saoirse Ronan at first but I think she will make the transition to being an adult actor well. The film itself was let down by the characters being a bit one dimensional, either really good or really bad, and not really exploring the premise.

by **Shove Piggy Shove** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:46 am

Nightcrawler - I've been meaning to watch this for a little while, finally got round to it last night. I thought this was an excellent film, superb performance from Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role and excellent support from Riz Ahmed. It was well paced and easy to get hooked into the story as it developed, the ending was also a refreshing change of pace from the usual Hollywood fare.

Well worth watching - 8.5/10

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:22 pm

Shove Piggy Shove wrote:Nightcrawler - I've been meaning to watch this for a little while, finally got round to it last night. I thought this was an excellent film, superb performance from Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role and excellent support from Riz Ahmed. It was well paced and easy to get hooked into the story as it developed, the ending was also a refreshing change of pace from the usual Hollywood fare.
I was half expecting Lou to get his comeuppance, either through legal channels or getting shot by an angry relative/drug dealer - you don't usually get to see the bad guy come out on top.
Well worth watching - 8.5/10

That's a great movie.

Just finished watching Daawat-e-Ishq.

by **New Frenco Empire** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:27 pm

Run, Lola, Run (or Lola Rennt in it's native German). A nice, fun little film that vaguely reminds me of Tarantino.

by **L Ron Cupboard** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:30 am

The Gamechangers, BBC film about Rockstar Games and the making of GTA San Andreas and the law cases associated with it. Bill Paxton is a fantastic actor, Daniel Radcliffe isn't, if there as an award for least convincing beard he should win.

by **The Foxes Swamp** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 8:14 am

Dragon Blade - a great story and a great movie :clap:

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:24 am

New Frenco Empire wrote:Run, Lola, Run (or Lola Rennt in it's native German). A nice, fun little film that vaguely reminds me of Tarantino.

I really enjoyed that movie. Particularly the soundtrack.

Recently watched Pardes.

by **Nazi Flower Power** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:13 pm

Recently watched Cloverfield. Some aspects of it are done beautifully, but then other things are just mind-numblingly stupid and formulaic. One thing that really got on my nerves, and something that gets on my nerves in some other action movies as well, is when a character is wounded, they'll be wincing at every move they make in one scene, and then a couple of scenes later they're moving around like nothing is wrong.

by **Filimons** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 2:06 pm

I recently watched Anthony Mann’s Cimarron. I was surprised to learn it wasn’t all that popular―indeed, it was a commercial failure―at the time of its release; I liked it. I’ll have a look at the 1931 version if I can find it.

by **Olwe** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 2:16 pm

Nazi Flower Power wrote:Recently watched Cloverfield. Some aspects of it are done beautifully, but then other things are just mind-numblingly stupid and formulaic. One thing that really got on my nerves, and something that gets on my nerves in some other action movies as well, is when a character is wounded, they'll be wincing at every move they make in one scene, and then a couple of scenes later they're moving around like nothing is wrong.

My advice to you would be to skip The Transporter Refueled.

Speaking of which...

In theaters: The Transporter Refueled. Since the above mentioned problem of Hollywood Healing had to be pointed out to me by others after the fact, I didn't drop any points from it because it didn't affect my enjoyment of the film. In other words, I rather liked this movie but you've gotta be a hardcore action fan who's there to be entertained rather than made to think in order to enjoy it as much as I did. 9/10

At home: Ju-on. This is my first time watching the original Japanese version (seen The Grudge twice now), and although they're only barely different films I did find, strangely enough, that I enjoyed the American version slightly more. Still, this is an excellent horror classic that you should definitely check out if you like scary shit and don't mind subtitles. 9.8/10

by **Gim** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 2:26 pm

Windstruck, starring Jeon Ji Hyun, a top female celebrity and movie star in South Korea.

by **The Two Jerseys** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:20 pm

Filimons wrote:I recently watched Anthony Mann’s Cimarron. I was surprised to learn it wasn’t all that popular―indeed, it was a commercial failure―at the time of its release; I liked it. I’ll have a look at the 1931 version if I can find it.

I didn't really care for the 1931 version, but that's mostly because I'm not a fan of Richard Dix in the first place.

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