What was the last movie you watched?

[dudeman]

Jersey Boys

I'm a big fan of the stage version, so I was eager to finally see the film and I gotta say, I'm impressed. It's not an overly literal translation of the show and some fans might be disappointed by that, but I feel it works in the film's favor. By being less flashy and more low-key with fewer onscreen numbers, it allows the story to have a little more of an impact. This approach is neither better nor worse than the stage version, it's just a different interpretation of the same source material.

As well, it feels like a very old-fashioned kind of film, like something that might have been made in the 70s or early 80s instead of something super modern and that also works in the film's favor from an aesthetic standpoint. In pure filmmaking terms, it's a brilliant piece of cinema and while I highly doubt it will be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, it deserves to be.

 

[Cali Cat]

Hitchcock. I'm quite fond of Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, and they were excellent as Alfred and Alma.

 

[ExplosiveTMT]

Watched batman begins today.
The DVD was cheap at a shop so I thought to buy it to complete my batman set, since I own the two sequels.
Thought it would be boring compared to the movies that came after, but it was still a really good movie!

 

[Rocco]

Army of Darkness. Evil dead 3

 

[Harrison]

Old but gold

 

[dudeman]

My uncle and I saw the stage version several years ago with Carl Anderson reprising the role of Judas and Sebastian Bach of Skid Row as Jesus. Awesome. Amusingly, there were people picketing the show and handing out pamphlets about how "blasphemous" it is. The number of people they convinced not to go in? Zero.

 

[wyverary]

Schindler's List. Great movie overall, but I found the ending exceedingly annoying in certain regards.

 

[Harrison]

'I am number four'

Really enjoyed it, bound to be a sequel.

 

[Judge]

"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"

LOL...someone had a vivid imagination in rewriting history. This one was better than I expected.

Sic Semper Transylvania!

 

[Etzelaire]

Elysium

 

[Ste11aeres]

welcome to dongmakgol

 

[Nitro]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...
Almost Famous...
Freddy Got Fingered...
Nixon...

 

[wyverary]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, though I'm not sure it counts as I fell asleep early on. (I'd seen it before, fortunately.)

 

[Ste11aeres]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, though I'm not sure it counts as I fell asleep early on. (I'd seen it before, fortunately.)

Coincidentally, I was watching the Good the Bad and the Weird, which is a Korean made take-off on it, set in Manchuria in China. Not as good, but the setting alone made it interesting.

 

[Harrison]

Automata

Not bad at all.

 

[wyverary]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which I think is woefully underrated.

 

[Harrison]

Guardians of the galaxy... again

 

[dudeman]

I love that one. My only complaint is that the swearing felt a bit forced, as if they felt they had to make it PG13 because they were afraid the audience would turn their nose up at a PG film (which it would have been without all the swearing, I'm sure). I don't mind swearing in movies, but I thought it was out of place in that one. Otherwise, two thumbs WAY up!

 

[wyverary]

I love that one. My only complaint is that the swearing felt a bit forced, as if they felt they had to make it PG13 because they were afraid the audience would turn their nose up at a PG film (which it would have been without all the swearing, I'm sure). I don't mind swearing in movies, but I thought it was out of place in that one. Otherwise, two thumbs WAY up!

I (and probably many of us) could go on a lengthy rant about the awfulness of PG13, lol.

But for all its camp, I did love it, and I thought it did a marvelous job setting up the television series (even though there were significant differences), especially in showing Buffy's character arc from air-headed vapidity into the more mature, independent girl she becomes. I barely recognized Paul Reubens but for just a few times when he was clearly being himself.

 

[dudeman]

I was talking about Guardians Of The Galaxy. Visually, tonally and every other way, it was a Disney movie in all but name and that's why I was slightly annoyed by the unnecessary swearing. They're trying to please idiot fanboys who can't get over the fact that Disney owns Marvel and there's really no need to do that, but they do.