Movies you've recently watched

[Korea]

Watching Star Trek now!

I forgot about the beginning!!! 

[Sheilbh]

It's a fantastic and well-made movie.  Even despite Keanu Reeves.  It's not a horror movie, it's a love story. 

I think it's more of a natural history film.  You're watching some awe-inspiring natural event, like an elephant family's progress or the simmering of Vesuvius.  In this case Gary Oldman in full ham-mode

[Sheilbh]

I've recently rewatched Blade Runner , 'The Third Man' :zither: and Il Divo

I also watched The Monastery' a documentary about a reclusive elderly Dane who decides to donate his castle to the Russian Orthodox Church.  A lovely film.
'Street Fight'
'The Ordeal'/'Calvaire'
'Lock Up'

And some other shit too.

[Queequeg]

Re-watching the fourth season of The Wire.

Heart breaking and magnificent, on par with any of my favorite movies.  I went to MS in a mostly black, inner city school with a lot (thought not as many) problems, so this brings back a lot of memories. 


Also, Marlo Stanfield, Snoop and Chris Partlow are totally fucking terrifying. 

[Alatriste]

Watched "Touch of Evil" again with my free Netflix trial, per Money's inspiration, and it was sublime.  Some movies really live and die on their final punchline.  "Chinatown" is definitely one of those, and so is "Touch of Evil" for Marlene Dietrich's last words:  "He was some kind of a man.  What does it matter what you say about people?"   

You had never watched 'Touch of Evil' before? It's really a great movie... IMHO the very best Orson Welles' work, even better than 'The Third Man'.

Urban myth

Sir Carol Reed directed Third Man.

Welles was there for less than two weks of the 6 week shoot. he did rewrite his dialogue a fair bit, but that was part of hiring Orson, he did that no matter who hired him.

I know, do you see the word 'director' in my post? I meant his best actor work...     

[Scipio]

Notorious and The Last Emperor.

[derspiess]

Wife rented Year One.  A bit funnier than I thought it would be.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Watched "Touch of Evil" again with my free Netflix trial, per Money's inspiration, and it was sublime.  Some movies really live and die on their final punchline.  "Chinatown" is definitely one of those, and so is "Touch of Evil" for Marlene Dietrich's last words:  "He was some kind of a man.  What does it matter what you say about people?"  

You had never watched 'Touch of Evil' before? It's really a great movie... IMHO the very best Orson Welles' work, even better than 'The Third Man'.

Urban myth

Sir Carol Reed directed Third Man.

Welles was there for less than two weks of the 6 week shoot. he did rewrite his dialogue a fair bit, but that was part of hiring Orson, he did that no matter who hired him.

I know, do you see the word 'director' in my post? I meant his best actor work...    

ah didn't seem like it from the context. carry on then.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Pirates of Penzanse.

Word.

[Admiral Yi]

Saw Slumdog Millionare last night.  A few clunky spots in the plot but the overall structure of the game show and the hard life was pretty effective I thought.  Loved the dance scene at the end.

4 street urchins frolicing in raw sewage out of 5.

[Habbaku]

I went out and saw A Serious Man, the Coen Brothers' latest work.  I liked it well enough.

[Josquius]

The Boat that Rocked- A film so average it seemed to delight in its own mediocrity

[Queequeg]

Starsip Troopers for the gazillionth time.

I love the movie to pieces, but is there some specific reason the marine tactics are so insanely retarded?  They fight like goddamn Soviet soldiers circa September 1941; only most of them hold their guns wrong, something not even Ivan Ivanovich, retarded Siberian sheep farmer, would have done.  Is that asteroid really sent by the aliens, or is it some false flag operation?  This movie might have needed some actual military advisors, even I can spot things wrong with it.

That said, I love that this is basically Neoconservatism in space. 

[Admiral Yi]

Starsip Troopers for the gazillionth time.

I love the movie to pieces, but is there some specific reason the marine tactics are so insanely retarded?  They fight like goddamn Soviet soldiers circa September 1941; only most of them hold their guns wrong, something not even Ivan Ivanovich, retarded Siberian sheep farmer, would have done.  Is that asteroid really sent by the aliens, or is it some false flag operation?  This movie might have needed some actual military advisors, even I can spot things wrong with it.

That said, I love that this is basically Neoconservatism in space.

Yeah, good old Doogie was fevershly working on getting bug regime change to work out.  You're such a nut.

60 Minutes just had James Cameron (born in Canada!) on talking about Avatar.  Cost $400 million.  Might have to make a trip to the theater if one around here is doing it in 3D.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Well Queegs, they should have used power armor and tactics and the Arachnids should have been sophisticated and technologically proficient.

When you get a director and producer who think flashy and hyper violent are preferable to plot this is the result.

Sadly, that's what most modern movies have come to, CGI sometimes does more harm than good.