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What Was The Last Movie You Watched and Rate it!

Gathomas88 said:
It was supposed to be a "prequel" :roll: to the original Alien movie. It came out in 2012.

It looked cool...


...but ultimately kind of sucked. :lol:
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I actually just watched that for the first time the other day as well. And yeah, I wasn't impressed. Amazing visuals, massive plot holes, mind-numbingly stupid characters and a very thin plot.
 
"The Maltese Falcon." 1941, With Humphrey Bogart as Detective Sam Spade, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre.

Why? Because I just watched "A Touch of Evil" for the umpteenth time and was reading up on it's genre of "Film Noir" which was popular during the Thirties and Forties. Film Noir is described as dark, cynical, filmed with creative use of shadows and night with a dark plot and shady characters. The Maltese Falcon was listed as another example of Film Noir.

Somewhat boring in today's terms with more conversation than action, but fascinating, if you have the patience and time, in terms of the San Francisco street scenes, the beautiful period apartments and furnishings, the cars and the dialogue and social conventions of 1941, over seventy years ago.

Not quite as dark as A Touch of Evil, but really fun. Perfectly framed scenes, great use of light and shadow and the night. Almost makes you want to design a room in your house after that period.
 
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Ray410 said:
"The Maltese Falcon." 1941, With Humphrey Bogart as Detective Sam Spade, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre.

Why? Because I just watched "A Touch of Evil" for the umpteenth time and was reading up on it's genre of "Film Noir" which was popular during the Thirties and Forties. Film Noir is described as dark, cynical, filmed with creative use of shadows and night with a dark plot and shady characters. The Maltese Falcon was listed as another example of Film Noir.

Somewhat boring in today's terms with more conversation than action, but fascinating, if you have the patience and time, in terms of the San Francisco street scenes, the beautiful period apartments and furnishings, the cars and the dialogue and social conventions of 1941, over seventy years ago.

Not quite as dark as A Touch of Evil, but really fun. Perfectly framed scenes, great use of light and shadow and the night. Almost makes you want to design a room in your house after that period.
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If you like film noir, check out Double Indemnity with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck, directed by the great Billy Wilder.
 
Kobie said:
If you like film noir, check out Double Indemnity with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck, directed by the great Billy Wilder.
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Great recommendation! I watched Double Indemnity and Dial M for Murder a week ago. Really fun.
 
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Ray410 said:
Great recommendation! I watched Double Indemnity and Dial M for Murder a week ago. Really fascinating to watch.
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Absolutely brilliant stuff. I'm a big fan of film noir. The Third Man with Orson Welles is another great one.
 
Kobie said:
Absolutely brilliant stuff. I'm a big fan of film noir. The Third Man with Orson Welles is another great one.
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Same here. I haven't seen The Third Man, but now that will be next.
 
Blackfish (2013)

I've heard a lot of hype about this documentary around the web, so I figured that I'd check it out on Netflix.

It basically deals with the performing Killer Whale Tilikum, who has killed three people in the last twenty years while in captivity. It also deals pretty heavily with the nature of the industry, and a lot of the hazards that go along with it for animals and trainers alike.

The film undeniably had a bit of an agenda (i.e. "Free all the whales!"), but I found a lot of the points it raised to be interesting anyway regardless.

Overall: 8 out of 10
 
Watched Captain Phillips tonight, with Tom Hanks. About the Captain who was kidnapped by Somali pirates? Great movie, very intense, but a lot of shaky camera movement going on. I was able to watch the first part, then I got sick and couldn't watch the middle (but I listened to it :lol: ) and I watched the end. Very powerful. Tom Hanks is one hell of an actor.
 
Superfly said:
Watched Captain Phillips tonight, with Tom Hanks. About the Captain who was kidnapped by Somali pirates? Great movie, very intense, but a lot of shaky camera movement going on. I was able to watch the first part, then I got sick and couldn't watch the middle (but I listened to it :lol: ) and I watched the end. Very powerful. Tom Hanks is one hell of an actor.
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Have you noticed a Hollyweird trend with "home cam" style of shooting? I freakin hate it, makes me think I'm watching some jackasses, unprofessional phone video.
 
grip said:
Have you noticed a Hollyweird trend with "home cam" style of shooting? I freakin hate it, makes me think I'm watching some jackasses, unprofessional phone video.
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yeah they started it with Blair Witch Project. It's supposed to make you feel like you are right there, in the action. For people like me, though, with severe inner ear issues, it just makes me really motion sick. Can't watch them if they are really bad.
 
Superfly said:
yeah they started it with Blair Witch Project. It's supposed to make you feel like you are right there, in the action. For people like me, though, with severe inner ear issues, it just makes me really motion sick. Can't watch them if they are really bad.
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I remember how popular that weird movie was. That kind of herky jerky movement makes me nauseous. So does this other new trend of showing people projectile spewing, pooping, bleeding or some other bodily function. I really don't see the humor in being filthy or graphic? Subtle nasty is much funnier.
 
grip said:
I remember how popular that weird movie was. That kind of herky jerky movement makes me nauseous. So does this other new trend of showing people projectile spewing, pooping, bleeding or some other bodily function. I really don't see the humor in being filthy or graphic? Subtle nasty is much funnier.
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I'm a horror fan, and I'd much rather watch something psychological, than all the blood and guts. I can handle blood and guts, of course. I'm a child of the 80s. I grew up on Friday the 13th movies. The first one came out my 13th year. :D But I'd rather think about it and have it get in my head. I am not worried about someone running out of the woods and chasing after me with a chainsaw. I am, however, worried about opening my eyes and seeing a ghost in my bedroom at night!!
 
Superfly said:
I'm a horror fan, and I'd much rather watch something psychological, than all the blood and guts. I can handle blood and guts, of course. I'm a child of the 80s. I grew up on Friday the 13th movies. The first one came out my 13th year. :D But I'd rather think about it and have it get in my head. I am not worried about someone running out of the woods and chasing after me with a chainsaw. I am, however, worried about opening my eyes and seeing a ghost in my bedroom at night!!
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Not a big horror fan here. "Saw, Chucky, Freddy" didn't do it for me. Though I do like the pshycological thrillers and suspense movies. I can handle the gore it just doesn't do anything but make me *think*, stupid stuff.

I actually saw a dark figure floating above my bed, when I was having a sleep paralysis episode. But with those you're half in REM and half in reality, so I don't know if it was real. I growled at the bastard and it flinched, and never came back. I ask my father and he said, "It thought you had a worse demon in you already." :lol:
 
About Time (2013)

Yea, yea... It's basically a chick flick. Whatever. :lol:

I actually kind of enjoyed it. The story revolves around a more or less regular guy who discovers that the men in his family have the ability to travel back in time - but only within their own lifespan - so that they can change or relive the past. He uses this power in fairly predictable ways (winning over the girl of his dreams after screwing up his first try, helping friends, visiting with dead loved ones, etca), but it also raises some interesting questions over the course of the film.

As with any story about time travel, the movie wasn't without its share of plot holes. However, I think it ultimately achieved what it set out to do anyway regardless.

8 out of 10
 
Gathomas88 said:
About Time (2013)

Yea, yea... It's basically a chick flick. Whatever. :lol:

I actually kind of enjoyed it. The story revolves around a more or less regular guy who discovers that the men in his family have the ability to travel back in time - but only within their own lifespan - so that they can change or relive the past. He uses this power in fairly predictable ways (winning over the girl of his dreams after screwing up his first try, helping friends, visiting with dead loved ones, etca), but it also raises some interesting questions over the course of the film.

As with any story about time travel, the movie wasn't without its share of plot holes. However, I think it ultimately achieved what it set out to do anyway regardless.

8 out of 10
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Sounds similar to the Butterfly Effect.
 
Superfly said:
yeah they started it with Blair Witch Project. It's supposed to make you feel like you are right there, in the action. For people like me, though, with severe inner ear issues, it just makes me really motion sick. Can't watch them if they are really bad.
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Cloverfield was the worst with that.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Pretty much.

But, you know... Without the daddy issues, prison rape, child molestation, murder, and baby killing explosive devices. :lol:
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Booooring. :lol:
 
Gathomas88 said:
Less Ashton Kutcher, at least. :lamo
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I can't stand his character on Three and Half Men. I don't like Charlie Sheen, but the show does suck without him.
 
ChrisL said:
I can't stand his character on Three and Half Men. I don't like Charlie Sheen, but the show does suck without him.
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Without Charlie Sheen, there is no "Two and Half Men" as far as I'm concerned. lol

Never been a bit fan of Kutcher. He can be "okay" in the right role, but they tend to be few and far between.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Without Charlie Sheen, there is no "Two and Half Men" as far as I'm concerned. lol

Never been a bit fan of Kutcher. He can be "okay" in the right role, but they tend to be few and far between.
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Do you think it's because of the role he played on That 70's Show kind of typecasts him though? I don't really think that he's a terrible actor per se, but his role on 2-1/2 Men is just kind of reminiscent of an older "Kelso."

Okay, now that I think about it, his character on 2-1/2 Men is a lot smarter than Kelso I guess. Lol! So maybe it's just me who's typecasted him as a Kelso.
 
ChrisL said:
Do you think it's because of the role he played on That 70's Show kind of typecasts him though? I don't really think that he's a terrible actor per se, but his role on 2-1/2 Men is just kind of reminiscent of an older "Kelso."

Okay, now that I think about it, his character on 2-1/2 Men is a lot smarter than Kelso I guess. Lol! So maybe it's just me who's typecasted him as a Kelso.
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I didn't mind him in the Butterfly effect, if I remember correctly. I don't think I minded him in that "Killers" movie with Katherine Heigl either.

However, his performance in Jobs struck me as being a bit lackluster. I didn't think he was intense enough.

You might have a point with the typecasting though. The problem might very well be that we're simply associating him too heavily with That 70s Show without really knowing it.

Hell! I still can't look at Ed O'Neil without thinking of Al Bundy, and that was more than twenty years ago. :lol:
 
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