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What was the last movie you watched?

I watched a bizarre film on You Tube called "pray" , it was from the 70s made in England about two lesbians living in a country manor who find a man walking around their garden and take him in, but he turns out to be an Alien on a secret mission.

It was quite cheaply made and pretty bad but had a lot of atmosphere.
 
dudeman said:
If you have even the slightest interest in seeing it, you definitely should and if you do, be sure you sit through the credits to see a very welcome, but unexpected, cameo from one of their more underrated characters.
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Is that after the animated credits or at the very end?
 
nurseangela said:
Just watched three Aspie movies actually: "Mozart and the Whale", "Adam", and "Temple Grandin". I really liked all of them and they were very insightful. I would encourage any NT's and Aspies alike to watch them if they haven't already.
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I did watch Mozart and the Whale and liked it,but disliked the theatrics...viewed the trailer for Adam and intend to find and watch it...as far as Temple Grandin goes,I never knew I lived with her visual thinking my entire life in a different part of the spectrum than she resides until it was suggested that I should view it by a childhood friend that works with autistic children...it is that movie that I tell others to watch if they want to see a glimpse of how my brain works and how my "you can't ever tell me no because I will do it just to prove you wrong" attitude works as well... As far as the relationship part goes,I agree that it is not impossible,but very challenging and mostly a stage act to play NT for them...my self-taught coping skills were a valuable tool for me my entire life...;)
 
Just saw Shooter with Mark Wahlberg on Netflix. Money is a bit tight so I'm putting the theater on hold. Disposable income shall be reserved for social events ....
 
I just re-watched Brick. (Yes, I tend to re-visit movies a few times after the initial viewing after a few years.) It's basically a classic film noir, except filmed in the 21st century in a high school setting...there are literally two adults in the film; the rest are kids (or just past being kids). It's highly stylized, and I like the way it's shot, and their choice of colors. And if you've ever wondered how Joseph Gordon-Levitt got his start in the movie biz, remember that it was this, which was shot on (I believe) a $500,000 budget.
 
I've never seen that movie, did I did like director Rian Johnson's last movie Looper and his Breaking Bad episodes. Apparently, he's going to direct Star Wars Episode VIII (I don't have really high expectations for J. J. Abrams's Episode VII, but that just might be worthwhile).

wyverary said:
I just re-watched Brick. (Yes, I tend to re-visit movies a few times after the initial viewing after a few years.) It's basically a classic film noir, except filmed in the 21st century in a high school setting...there are literally two adults in the film; the rest are kids (or just past being kids). It's highly stylized, and I like the way it's shot, and their choice of colors. And if you've ever wondered how Joseph Gordon-Levitt got his start in the movie biz, remember that it was this, which was shot on (I believe) a $500,000 budget.
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Hmm, the last film I watched was Henry Poole is Here. I'm fond of Luke Wilson so I think that made me like it more than it deserves. It was just one of those movies that's on in the afternoon and you get sucked in.
 
Daria: Is It Fall Yet?

While it doesn't work as a standalone film and the plot won't mean anything to you if you haven't seen the show, it is Daria The Movie in the best sense in that this specific story couldn't have been told in a regular half-hour episode. There are few, if any, superfluous scenes, so it doesn't feel like it was artificially stretched to feature length (something that The Simpsons Movie. as good as it was, couldn't quite accomplish) and that's also a plus. If you're going to do a movie installment of your show, this is the way to do it.
 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part two which could had been a lot worse :/

I dunno why the writers decided to add a little plot device about the Weasley's house burning down and from the Half Blood Prince movie, I though that had to be the dumbest scene ever! C'mon writers, use that brain of yours! These people can do magic and we saw in an earlier scene Dumbledore reversing the damage done by Professor Slughorn in the muggle house he was staying at, so why in God's name did the Weasley's watched their house burn down ? Why were they staying in some tent afterwards ? By-the-way, their house didn't burn down in the novel and the Minister of Magic was suppose to have had a fight with Harry.

It was a surprise to see so many characters introduced in part one of the last movie and an insult to the novels to act like Harry had never had met any of them, just because the writers think that J.K Rowling's version was boring and that they could had done a better job. You write for Hollywood, you have no writing talents! Plus it's pretty sad that it takes a group of writers to botch up one movie. I think writing a Hollywood movie goes like:

1. Use a universal screen play template from Microsoft Word
2. Get a team of average intelligent writers to brain storm ideas together. Do very little research if it's an adaptation of something popular.
3. Pitch it to some producer and see if he or she's desperate enough to take any crap that's available
4. If # 3 fails, repeat #1 and #2
5. if # 4 succeeds, your a famous screenplay writer and will be cashing in on the fact that people seems to be satisfied with these crappy adaptations and movies.

Granted, there's a couple of movies that I liked, the Lego movie for example, but I dunno if there's anything else I want to see. You'll get a few good movies now-and-then but the rest is just movie cliques jam packed into a featured film ...

Rule of thumb: If you see that Hollywood has made a movie of something your a fan of I.E., cartoon, anime series etc, then expect the worse. That way your less disappointed with the outcome ...
 
GoofKing said:
Rule of thumb: If you see that Hollywood has made a movie of something your a fan of I.E., cartoon, anime series etc, then expect the worse. That way your less disappointed with the outcome ...
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That's not always true. Ever since I was a kid, I was waiting for a good Captain America movie (as opposed to the mediocre one from 1990) and I think both of the recent ones have been excellent. I also really enjoyed Speed Racer and thought they did a great job capturing the campy charm of the cartoon series.

The last movie I watched was the 1977 Spider-Man film. I thought it would be terrible, but good for a few laughs. Surprisingly, it's not bad. Nicholas Hammond makes a likeable and convincing Peter Parker and the plot (about an extortionist who brainwashes people using radio waves) is fairly clever and in-line with the comics of the time. The wall-crawling blue screen effect is pretty laughable, but forgivable considering this was a low-budget production and they couldn't do as much back then to begin with. It's not as good as the Incredible Hulk series from the same time, but worth checking out if you get the chance.
 
IContainMultitudes said:
I've never seen that movie, did I did like director Rian Johnson's last movie Looper and his Breaking Bad episodes. Apparently, he's going to direct Star Wars Episode VIII (I don't have really high expectations for J. J. Abrams's Episode VII, but that just might be worthwhile).
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Wait, he directed some Breaking Bad episodes?! I will have to check this out.
 
Just got back from watching The Giver in the theater. As with all amazing movie adaptations from a book, it had a bit of Everything! Not an exact telling of the books story, but close enough to create a roller coaster of intense emotion and make a beautiful Hollywood movie!
 
I just watched "Kate and Leopold". It's a very good "chick flick". I cried. :( I guess I'm just a hopeless romantic. (Gotta go blow my nose now.)
 
I'm a bit of a romantic myself. That's probably why my favorite Disney films are Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, "Love Conquers All" in it's purest form.
 
I watched a film last night called "sudden fear", it was a black and white film from 1950s with Jack Polanse and Joan Crawford. It was really good with lots of twists and turns.
 
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