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Film What's the Last Film You Saw? v. Tell Us What You Thought!

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^I haven't watched most of them but I do love Phantasm, enough to have watched it 7 or 8 times now. I love the soundtrack. Best B-flick ever lol
 
hydroazuanacaine said:
Anna Karina is the reason i like movies.
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In the Heat of the Night (1967) by Norman Jewison
Last in my Sidney marathon, tied with Raisin for my favorite. Virgil Tibbs is definitely up there for 'coolest' leads. The start of this diner scene is also a highlight, especially considering who the killer is. The acting is great, the pacing is great. Black cop dropped into backwoods 1960s Mississippi to solve a murder and clear his own name? Heck yeah. 4.25/5

Contact (1997) by Robert Zemeckis
Shout out Carl Sagan. I remember really liking this movie as a kid, I was always a sci-fi head, so. Still love the 'radio transmissions from the history' intro, where it zooms out from Earth into deep outer space. Never picked up on the religion vs science angle, the whole faith argument. Love the concept at large (contacting intelligent life, SETI) and the 'wormhole-traveling' scenes. Wish those parts were longer and there were less of . . . pretty much everything else. This movie did not need to be two and a half hours. 4/5

Do the Right Thing (1989) by Spike Lee
I've been meaning to watch this forever. Spike Lee does an excellent job of capturing that "slice of life" feel. This movie is historical time capsule of a Brooklyn neighborhood in the 1980s. The Jordans, the music, the drip. Historical yet as topical as ever. Maybe this is a hot take, but I didn't enjoy Mookie throwing the garbage can at the end. At the very least, I was conflicted by it. On one hand, he's understandably pissed but it should have been directed at the cops. Sal seemed like a fair guy for most of the movie, and was just as part of as neighborhood as everyone else. Anyway, this was a great movie and definitely had the feel of a 'filmmaker's film'. 4.5/5

Mulholland Drive (2001) by David Lynch
Felt as soap-opera-y as Twin Peaks. Not in a good way. I'll be honest, I was lost until I watched a video essay on it afterward. That didn't exactly turn everything around for me, it just made me go from disliking it to . . . meh, I guess. I've seen this on quite a few 'best films ever' lists, and I'm at a loss. The movie starts off straightforward enough but just becomes bit too messy (surreal?) for me at the end. I even saw the 2021 4K Restoration version lol. I didn't really get Stalker by Tarkovsky either so maybe I'm just stupid lol. 3/5

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) by J.J. Abrams
I just wanted to watch this and the first one in the reboot just to say I'd seen them. Probably won't ever bother with the third one. The budget for this reboot sequel seems to have been way higher that the previous one in the series. I have a feeling it won a bunch of awards for it's CGI/SFX. And that's about all it had going for it. Throw in some fan-service quotes to fill out your Trekkie bingo card and that sums up the movie. It had it's funny moments (e.g. Simon Pegg) and the storyline was okay. 2.75/5

Schindler's List (1993) by Steven Spielberg
First time watching it and it was a very well-made film on so many fronts. Grand in scope, both symbolically and literally. To say it was an intense film is obviously an understatement. It's up there with Saving Private Ryan in a lot of ways. Just a masterclass in directing -- the shots, the camera movement, etc. You can really appreciate all the technical film-making techniques. Liam Neeson does his thing as do the others. The unfortunate side effective of this being such a 'heavy' film due to the subject matter (and length) is that it's not a film you can just pop-in and re-watch 'for fun' on a Tuesday night. At least, I can't. So, I'll be happy I got a chance to see it once and tip my hat to Spielberg. 4.5/5

Encanto (2021) by Various Directors
Okay, so after the last film, I needed something on the other side of the 'heaviness' spectrum. And everyone keeps referencing that dumbass "We don't talk about Bruno" meme. So this seemed like the right time, if any. No, I don't have any kids but I figured: hey, I've liked the last few animated films I've seen lately (Coco, Soul). Well, after some research it turns out Pixar makes a lot better films than Disney, at least if you're over the age of 8. This movie has the flimsiest plot and just didn't have any heart. The music was okay, I guess, and the 'don't talk about bruno" trash was anti-climactic. After that part in the movie I just thought, THIS is what people keep referencing? Adults [er, parents?], mind you, I'm not hanging out in day cares so. Grown ass adults saying "wE dOnT TaLk AboUt BruNo". Fuck off. I'm mad. The only saving grace was, animation has come a really long way (I rewatched the original Toy Story last month) and the details on the shirts and other places, etc, wow. 1.5/5

On the Waterfront (1954) by Elia Kazan
So, for the first third of the film, they spend entirely too much time on the romantic relationship angle. This is a gripe I have with a lot of films, so maybe it's me. The film is not particularly long (less than 2 hours), but anything that does not truly move the film's plot along just feels like a waste of time to me. I'm not saying cut it out completely but it doesn't need to be longer than required to tell the story. Anyway, after the slow start it does tend to pick up, especially after it all 'goes down' (court scene on forward). It does present some interesting takes on moral dilemmas, ethics, family, loyalty, etc. There's some fat to chew on. But honestly, the only reason to watch this is Brando. If I was an actor I would be studying him in this. Otherwise, it falls short of the "best of" lists. 3.25/5

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) by Jack Arnold
Love movies that just 'jump into it' and this one does. I'm not spoiling anything (considering the title) so what I'm trying to say is he starts shrinking almost immediately into the film lol. At least soon after explaining the reason behind said shrinkage. If this movie was made today, they would spend the first hour showing him at work and going on dates, dealing with the minutia of life. Fuck that, they did it right in the 50s. The special effects (for 1957) are funny and this seems like the type of movie that the MST3k guys would have a field day with. This could have been easily an episode of the Twilight Zone and at 80 mins long, probably should have been. This is about a straightforward film as they come. The only other thing I'll say is it was funny that even after his wife had been super supportive of his 'issue' that he was ready to leave her at the drop of a hat as soon as he found another woman his same height. Savage lol. Eh, she left him at the end anyway, but then again she did think he was dead so that's different. 3.25/5

Tampopo (1985) by Jûzô Itami
This one had been on my list for awhile. Real fun movie. Loved that the first 5-10 minutes really set the stage as to what you're going to see. A 'movie within a movie within a movie', it sets up all the smaller vignettes. It's a unique film in it's approach -- while it's probably not the only one of this style, it's not exactly a commonplace approach either. Had to add that disclaimer before some nerd quotes me and references some short Hungarian film from the 1930s that did this style. Anyway, this film has a ton of heart and feels like the type of movie you watch to cheer yourself up or one you put on repeatedly to catch things you may have missed before. It's a bit silly/surreal at times, but moreso in a Tim Burton way than David Lynch. I love ramen, I love cutesy off-beat movies (think Amelie), I enjoyed this one. 4.5/5
 
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Richard III (1995)

A film adaptation of the Shakespeare play of the same name, starring Ian McKellen (he also wrote the screenplay) alongside many other familiar and famous English actors of the 90s. Now, I'm not a big fan of Shakespeare, mostly because the Old English dialogue is hard to follow. I enjoy adaptations done right, but for me, Shakespeare adaptations should ditch the original dialogue... It's just too hard to follow. I really enjoyed Ran (80s Japanese Samurai adaptation of King Lear), enough to buy the bluray copy. I can't say the same for Richard III, not because it was bad... but because I guess the translation from Old English to Japanese made Ran significantly easier to follow.

This was an interesting take though. The setting was replaced against a backdrop of 1930s England, in an alternate history style setting where Fascism is taking over England rather than Germany. In the opening scene, we see gas-mask wearing jack-booted stormtroopers bursting into a military command room with a tank in front. From there we follow the regular plot of Richard III, but with Richard being sorta comparable to Hitler. He kills, claws, cheats, and lies his way to the crown... but as history and Shakespeare have taught us, that's not usually an enduring way to gain and hold power.

The sets are all very 1984 dystopian style. Lots of machinery/factory type buildings, very bland building designs in the city reminiscent of Soviet era architecture. Of course, Richard and his ilk are always enjoying ostentatious fetes and the like.

Overall it was a really enthralling film, but the requirement of having to think over each and every line of dialogue before I could even turn my attention to the visual aspects of the film was detracting for me.

7/10
 
Just recently start to watch miniserial called"Midnight Mass".Cinematography is very good,scenario too.Look promises. I like a good serials-first couple of seasons of Westworld amazed me...then comes very.....mixed and boring even."Black mirror"-incredible without last season.Hardly find a full movie new for me,that can grab my attention.Real sorry of early covid related death of this genious-Kim Ki Duk.All of his movies struck me and made me breathless.
 
arrall said:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Classic movie and one of the better movies I've seen. I've read the book a couple times in the past few years, but this was my first time watching the movie. I prefer the book but still love both.
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Yeah both the book and the movie are fantastic! The book is one of my top 5 favorite books of all time, and is my favorite "drug book" of all time (although I wouldn't say that drugs feature heavily into the plot of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", they were definitely a factor in both the storyline and the context regarding the author etc). The movie is also very good imo, great performances by all involved
 
I remember reading an anecdote once involving Ken Kesey...supposedly he was very opposed to the film adaptation of "One Over the Cuckoo's Nest", I can't remember why but from what I remember, he ended up totally boycotting the film and refused to acknowledge its existence basically lol. Anyway, he was sitting in a hotel room somewhere at one point, flipping through the channels on the TV, and he came across a movie he thought looked kinda interesting, looked like something he may have wanted to watch. After a few minutes, he realized he was watching his own story! And indignantly changed the channel lol

I don't know why but that has always cracked me up
 
arrall said:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Classic movie and one of the better movies I've seen. I've read the book a couple times in the past few years, but this was my first time watching the movie. I prefer the book but still love both.
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Unfortunately I saw the movie before reading the book, so I couldn't imagine McMurphy looking like anyone other than Jack Nicholson. I believe he was a redhead in the book. I also prefer the book to the movie.
 
A Quiet Place: Part 2

The blind aliens who don't use technology and also apparently can't smell either... or swim... are back! No explanation as to how they got to Earth. No explanation how they managed to kill everyone except for a couple of families.

They are supposed to have super hearing, but they can't hear someone breathing who is right in front of them?

These films are stoopid.
 
Halfway through Shang Chi.

A lot of it isn't in English. Most of the actors are Asian. It's unfortunate that it has to be an American film. The comic relief character Katy is so annoying, I had to stop the film and look her up. The actor's name is Awkwafina. I've heard of her before but I never imagined she was quite this annoying. I immediately hated her.

The film is different enough from other Marvel films to be tolerable. It has an epic feel, like Hellboy or The Shadow or something.

I think it's unfortunate that all of these Marvel films need to be so incestuous. I fully expect to see Nick Fury, or Antman, at some point. There has already been a cross-over character - Wong - from Dr. Strange.
 
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arrall said:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Classic movie and one of the better movies I've seen. I've read the book a couple times in the past few years, but this was my first time watching the movie. I prefer the book but still love both.
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From all my books,this is one of the first.Can even describe the proper word.Ken Kessey is uncredible.As I know he have three books.All of them good-One flew over cuckoos nest,Last goround and Sailors song...but cuckoos nest is......
 
birdup said:
@Jerry Atrick



One of my favourite directors.

Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from New York (not LA) are both classics.
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My wife and I watched Assault on Precinct 13 on our first date over 13 years ago now. John Carpenter brings couples together!

SoCalShordie said:
Watched the movie Wind River today on Netflix. Really good film.
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I liked it too, but it was so... brutal I guess, I could never watch it again. I enjoyed Hell or High Water more, it was by the same director and came out a year or two earlier. More of a western than a murder mystery/thriller though.
 
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