What's The Last Movie You Watched? XIII - Part 11

[Panthro]

Solar Crisis (1990)

 

[Figs]

Eh, I thought that the movie was unearned smug preachy garbage but to each his/her own.

 

[Guhndoi]

The Three Musketeers (2011)

7/10

I enjoyed it. It's not high art, but it was exactly what I was expecting after seeing the trailers.

 

[darkseid26]

Courageous

lol. Friends and I redboxed the christian flick for a good laugh and it turned out to be pretty decent and moving film.

 

[dude stannis]

Contraband

The movie is ok but....

MARK ****ING WAHLBERG was sitting there in attendance! He did a Q&A afterwards, the questions where the same generic celebtrity questions, with the exception of Wahlberg being asked who has a bigger dick, Dirk Diggler or himself (Dirk Diggler does apparently). In terms of movie news, he says The Departed 2 and The Brazilian Job are dead, but Five Brothers might happen. I totally expected him to be a dick, but the man was a complete gentleman and a total professional who wasn't afraid to be candid. He crapped all over The Vow, but totally tried to cover his tracks by praising how much money it made. It was really funny.

The Great Escape

I feel this wouldn't have been 2 hours 45 minutes if they'd just given Charles Bronson a gun. But seriously, an incredible ensemble film, completely lacking in the smugness of todays ensemble caper flicks. The film takes it's time to develop every character, and keeps you guessing as to their fates until the very end (Mostly because I'd known that in real life the successful escapees where Norwegian and Dutch and because the blurb at the beginning of the film said they fictionalised all the characters). A true classic.

 

[hammerhedd11]

Underworld: Awakening

 

[nite-owl]

8.5/10

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I hate it when directors think that they are saying something profound when they really aren't. If you are going to talk about our violent culture you damn well better make a better film than Funny Games.

The Company Men

6/10

Ben Affleck is not a particularly compelling actor to me. I mean personally he seems like a nice thoughtful and smart guy and I respect him for that but when he gets on screen all that goes away for some reason and I don't know why. He's just there and is technically speaking a very mediocre actor. The other actors were better though but the movie just feels pointless to me.

 

[C. Lee]

The Great Escape

I feel this wouldn't have been 2 hours 45 minutes if they'd just given Charles Bronson a gun. But seriously, an incredible ensemble film, completely lacking in the smugness of todays ensemble caper flicks. The film takes it's time to develop every character, and keeps you guessing as to their fates until the very end (Mostly because I'd known that in real life the successful escapees where Norwegian and Dutch and because the blurb at the beginning of the film said they fictionalised all the characters). A true classic.

A bit of trivia you may not know...Donald Pleasance (Blythe "the forger") was a real life RAF pilot who was shot down and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp.


This morning I watched ATTACK ON LENINGRAD (2009) about the siege of Leningrad by the Nazis during WWII.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Hook


Still love this movie to death.

 

[Nirvana]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid- Pretty great flick.

 

[Doctor Jones]

-Since you liked Midnight in Paris so much, you'd probably like other Woody Allen movies, though most lean toward Allen's cynical more than the relatively optimistic tone of Midnight in Paris.
-If nothing else, I'd say read the book just to pique your curiosity. I recall liking it more than the movie, but it's been probably six years since I read the book and maybe five since I last saw the movie in full, so I don't have a strong opinion on either.

I've heard of the differences between the more cynical and oprimistic Woody Allen films. I've heard his recent films have been more cynical. I might check out some of his stuff. One of my friends is a huge Woody Allen fans.

I'm contemplating on picking the book up at the comic book store today.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Next - 3/10

Cage Rating - 8/10

This is the quirky Nic Cage that I very much enjoy. The martinis at nine o'clock in the morning, the exact amount of corn flakes, the prolonged stares, etc. Hilarious. And he narrates! The movie is ****, over using his ability only to then have the biggest cop out I might have ever seen in a film. Though an hour and a half, this needed to be shorter. I fell asleep and woke up only to discover it was still happening. But I will say, this has the most hilarious opening shot to a film I've ever seen. I had to watch it two more times.

 

[Bruce Banner]

Casablanca- This movie makes me want to find a reason to say "We'll always have Paris." 10/10

 

[The Morningstar]

Next - 3/10

Cage Rating - 8/10

This is the quirky Nic Cage that I very much enjoy. The martinis at nine o'clock in the morning, the exact amount of corn flakes, the prolonged stares, etc. Hilarious. And he narrates! The movie is ****, over using his ability only to then have the biggest cop out I might have ever seen in a film. Though an hour and a half, this needed to be shorter. I fell asleep and woke up only to discover it was still happening. But I will say, this has the most hilarious opening shot to a film I've ever seen. I had to watch it two more times.

I love your "Cage ratings" man Have you got round to seeing Deadfall yet? It's right up there with Vampire's Kiss, Wicker Man and Bad LT for classic Cage craziness.

 

[Max J Power]

Contraband

The movie is ok but....

MARK ****ING WAHLBERG was sitting there in attendance! He did a Q&A afterwards, the questions where the same generic celebtrity questions, with the exception of Wahlberg being asked who has a bigger dick, Dirk Diggler or himself (Dirk Diggler does apparently). In terms of movie news, he says The Departed 2 and The Brazilian Job are dead, but Five Brothers might happen. I totally expected him to be a dick, but the man was a complete gentleman and a total professional who wasn't afraid to be candid. He crapped all over The Vow, but totally tried to cover his tracks by praising how much money it made. It was really funny.

I didn't know that was ever considered. A spin-off about Wahlberg's character, maybe?

I've heard of the differences between the more cynical and oprimistic Woody Allen films. I've heard his recent films have been more cynical. I might check out some of his stuff. One of my friends is a huge Woody Allen fans.

I'm contemplating on picking the book up at the comic book store today.

The only recent ones I've seen are Vicky Christina Barcelona and Match Point, which, by most accounts, are the only good ones of the 2000s. As far as others go:

-Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters are the best.
-Bananas and Sleeper are the funniest.
-The Purple Rose of Cairo probably reminded me most of Midnight in Paris.
-Sweet and Lowdown had the main character that reminded me most of Wilson's Gil.
-Crimes and Misdemeanors really showcases Allen's conflict between his cynical and optimistic sides.
-Manhattan's really good, but it isn't one of my personal favorites.

 

[Panthro]

El Cid (1961)

 

[LOBO3315a]

Overdrawn At the Memory Bank (MST3K)
Revenge of the Creature (MST3K)

 

[Doctor Jones]

I love your "Cage ratings" man Have you got round to seeing Deadfall yet? It's right up there with Vampire's Kiss, Wicker Man and Bad LT for classic Cage craziness.

Haha thanks! And indeed we watched Deadfall. Two of my friends and I (who like me, are huge Cage fans) watched it a few weeks ago along with Vampire's Kiss (my second time watching it) and Season of the Witch in one night. Friday nights are Cage nights.

We made a pact to watch all of Nic Cage's films by the end of the semester. We even started a "Nic Cage Lives" and "Nic Cage Dies" lists. Separate lists. The "Dies" list is winning so far.

My Cage rating for Deadfall was a 9 due to Cage dying too soon. After he died, in came Charlie Sheen with a pointless pool table scene and a man with a mechanical claw for a hand... but the glorious moments when Cage is one screen is hilariously entertaining. Some of his best freakout work.

We've watched all of his infamous crazy films though. Now we just gotta work our way up our Netlfix queue. There's even a "Cage Your Queue."

http://wonder-tonic.com/cageyourqueue/

We're also taking advantage of a Blockbuster dollar rental per week.

 

[rnewbz]

War Horse 7/10
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 5.5/10

 

[Doctor Jones]

The only recent ones I've seen are Vicky Christina Barcelona and Match Point, which, by most accounts, are the only good ones of the 2000s. As far as others go:

-Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters are the best.
-Bananas and Sleeper are the funniest.
-The Purple Rose of Cairo probably reminded me most of Midnight in Paris.
-Sweet and Lowdown had the main character that reminded me most of Wilson's Gil.
-Crimes and Misdemeanors really showcases Allen's conflict between his cynical and optimistic sides.
-Manhattan's really good, but it isn't one of my personal favorites.

Thanks for the info man. But on a Friday night, (actually about 1 in the morning Saturday) we were watching Crimes and Misdemeanors... not a very good film to watch at that time. I don't think I've heard anyone say, "Hey, it's one in the morning on a Saturday in college! Let's watch a Wood Allen film!"

 

[darkseid26]

Bullhead, 8/10

 

[mongoose-mania]

Wall-e

 

[Sculder]

The Help

The Iron Lady

 

[Marx]

Titanic