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What was the last movie you watched?

I watched a documentary about living with Bipolar Disorder. It was really informative as the speakers were actually people living with BPD & not just rambling 'experts' quoting chapter & verse from the DSM.
 
Watched "Neurotypical" documentary on PBS... Didn't like it... That's probably all I have to say... One sided... Didn't get the dramatic music inserts :D we had some fun with it :) I would give it 3 stars for the effort :) and... That's really all I have to say.... That's it.... Nothing else
.... Ok, one more thing :) Autism documentaries world deserves a breath of fresh air, so I'm going to go and do the breath of fresh air dance :P whatever....

 
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Daivd Loman - a Chinese film


I watched the original Taiwanese version. The Singaporean version is dubbed because of censorship for films screening in cinemas, but I also like it.

I just like funny films :D
 
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I which may be my favorite of the Potter films, just for the constant overhanging dread of doom.
 
I watched this documentary-movie, and I love it.

Hall of Famer to Hall of Famer, draft busts... All intriguing to me.

30 for 30, Elway to Marino.

 
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Jacki Cucinotta said:
How was it Oni? Just asking because I heard it's pretty good.
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I didn't think much of it actually. I never read the book, thus I guess I went in with blank expectations and just based on the trailers I saw... it disappointed a bit. It's like the biggest action scenes are all in the trailer and the rest is all a bit of drama dragging the movie along. But I guess that's with most trailers nowadays.

I guess in terms of "a zombie flick" it's ok, just not really living up to the supposed hype.
 
King_Oni said:
I didn't think much of it actually. I never read the book, thus I guess I went in with blank expectations and just based on the trailers I saw... it disappointed a bit. It's like the biggest action scenes are all in the trailer and the rest is all a bit of drama dragging the movie along. But I guess that's with most trailers nowadays.

I guess in terms of "a zombie flick" it's ok, just not really living up to the supposed hype.
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I watched it without prior exposure to the hype. I genuinely enjoyed it although I recognized flaws in the story line and stuff. They tried to do a drama/action combo, but the drama part was very weak and poor and had many threads that were simply cut short, unfinished. The action parts were good, were the best parts of the movie.
 
Last night watched "Hometown Legends" a football flick -"In Alabama, football is a way of life."

Today watched "Final Fantasy, The Spirits Within"
 
Sparticus said:
Today watched "Final Fantasy, The Spirits Within"
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What do you think of that one? Personally, I've always liked it and I think it's a shame that it never really found an audience. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is definitely better, though. What's nice is that as long as you know the basics of the storyline, you can enjoy the film without having played the game. The bluray release includes a 30 minute recap of the game's story as an extra, so you don't even have to look it up on the internet. Very cool!
 
King_Oni said:
I didn't think much of it actually. I never read the book, thus I guess I went in with blank expectations and just based on the trailers I saw... it disappointed a bit. It's like the biggest action scenes are all in the trailer and the rest is all a bit of drama dragging the movie along. But I guess that's with most trailers nowadays.

I guess in terms of "a zombie flick" it's ok, just not really living up to the supposed hype.
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Ok. Thanks for the insight.
 
"Kiki's Delivery Service" on DVD arrived yesterday and I watched it in the evening. Very nice. "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Spirited Away" are in the mail.

I found it interesting that the background culture of "Kiki's. . . " is so mixed. The scenery and dress are both Turn-of-the-Century 1900 or so and have elements to maybe as late as the 1950's or even much later in many ways. Those airplanes and the blimp are 1930's with tweaks. The telephones are comfortably pre-cell and, in my life, pre-innovative Ma Bell designs (before efforts were made to make telephones pretty: many colors and many nicer shapes as solid-state electronics made smaller and sleeker designs possible). I need to watch again and see if the telephones in "Kiki's. . . " dialed with buttons? I am of the impression that Kiki is shown at least once dialing in a way that would be pushing buttons. The shape of the phones and the effort to make it all look 'a long time ago' should require rotary dialing; except rotary dials are too far beyond young audience experience or even awareness and would probably not work. The vehicles are functionally contemporary to the late 20th Century but have design features to put them in the late 1940's. Some things picked and included all the way from Medieval to Contemporary Early 21st Century. It is fine in anime: all very sweet and comfortable.

The flick is full-length 90 minutes and has a plot & story line that is fully developed: As good as any movie.

I am happy to have bought and watched it. Now I can play it for my pre-teen Granddaughters and see how they like it.
 
When Hayao Miyazaki was asked about it in an interview, he said that Kiki was set in an alternate-world Europe where World War II never occurred. I always thought that was interesting and when I watch the film now, that revelation gives it another layer of meaning if you think of it as a "what if" scenario.
 
I was actually kind of disappointed with that one. The story, characters and artwork are all well done, as usual, but I felt the ending was somewhat weak because the central conflict was resolved too easily. If you want a really good Miyazaki film, check out Castle Of Cagliostro:

 
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