What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[BFTD]

55 minutes ago, BigDoddyKane said:

I just spent nearly an hour on netflix and hbo max for a movie to watch tonight, any decent looking ones ive already seen

Been there, done that. That's the reason I stopped subscribing to streaming services.

I'm sure they're great if you're into TV series, but I don't often have the time. For films, it's either DVD or BitTorrent for me.

[Lofarl]

Independence day on Disney plus.  I can't believe how good the picture quality is on it.  Looks like it was just filmed.  

[Miguel Sanchez]

I watched Ghostbusters the other day and I was surprised at how modern it looked. Even the CGI stuff didn't look old and still looked more real than the stuff you get nowadays.

[scottsdad]

On 29/12/2021 at 22:52, Richey Edwards said:

The Untouchables. I had never seen it before.

Starring Sean Connery doing the same accent he does in all of his movies.

I had the game on the commodore 64. It was great. If you typed in the word "technique" on the loading page, you got infinite lives. 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Ready Player One

Shite. Charlie and the Chocolate factory for arseholes with no attention span.

[BFTD]

2 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

I watched Ghostbusters the other day and I was surprised at how modern it looked. Even the CGI stuff didn't look old and still looked more real than the stuff you get nowadays.

There's a definite argument for well-done practical effects over CGI, at least in some cases.

See The Thing (1982) vs The Thing (2011), for example. Although apparently the latter film was filmed with excellent practical effects, only for Universal to draw over them with CG afterwards  

[UpInTheAyr]

I just spent nearly an hour on netflix and hbo max for a movie to watch tonight, any decent looking ones ive already seen
 
 

Wish we could get HBO Max here. TV library must be great, was wanting to see Oz again.

[holsten]

Watched Midsommar....

Weird as f**k film but the 2 hours flew in so must have been the sign of a good film to me ....

Edited January 6, 2022 by holsten

[accies1874]

FrankieS and BFTD have inspired me to try and post for everything I see in 2022. I'll probably give up by mid-January. 

1. Annie Hall (1977) - DVD

One of my all-time faves, even though it was made by a horrible probable paedophile. A really wonderful script that tells us that life is pointless but also kinda good when you're not actually experiencing it. Memories and that. Characters like Alvy usually annoy me with their constant asides, but here it's all from a place of vulnerability and it was quite ballsy* of Woody Allen to write and act a role for himself, perhaps about himself, as a manipulative and selfish p***k for the most part. The style of it might grate on folk but I think it gives an insight into Alvy's wandering mind and the structure helps with that too as well as letting us see Annie grow to leave him behind. 

*he's been too ballsy in his life, amarite?

2. Lost Highway (1997) - DVD

This was the last in the David Lynch boxset I got recently. f**k knows tbh. 

3. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) - Cinema

When it's done right, I love films that use their sets and lighting in completely unnatural ways and this had that all over. Obvious lightbulbs as stars, minimalist and theatrical sets, and exaggerated smoke effects. It also had perhaps the coolest transition I've ever seen in a live action film, and the boxed aspect ratio was a neat way to focus on the mad Shakespeare soliloquies. The words were almost relegated to a rhythm that along with the performances and visuals, becomes hypnotic. It's weird as I've been wondering why it exists now and have found no better reasons other than a) its themes are evergreen, and b) why the f**k not when you're gonna make it look this cool? Is that enough? Hell yeah!

4. Darkman (1990) - Sky Cinema

This felt like something I'd seen loads of times before from the 90s and later-80s. Sam Raimi's style helped elevate it to something a bit more entertaining but the whole thing was just a bit lacklustre to me. 

5. A Simple Plan (1998) - iPlayer

This is more like it, Sam! His style almost takes a backseat here and lets the script and actors do the talking which results in a tense, twisty, turny, gripping, excruciating thriller that flies in the face of people who want a "likeable" lead character. Bill Paxton is an asshole and I couldn't stop watching his descent into cuntery. It does pose the question of whether we're all c***s anyway or if that's just what power/money does to us, and also has the always-timely class structures stuff. 

[Fullerene]

9 hours ago, BFTD said:

There's a definite argument for well-done practical effects over CGI, at least in some cases.

See The Thing (1982) vs The Thing (2011), for example. Although apparently the latter film was filmed with excellent practical effects, only for Universal to draw over them with CG afterwards  

You also need to watch the original "The Thing from Another World" (1951).

In one scene, there is an explosion and everybody is alarmed - apart from a dog that does not react at all.  Excellent.

[BFTD]

1 hour ago, Fullerene said:

You also need to watch the original "The Thing from Another World" (1951).

In one scene, there is an explosion and everybody is alarmed - apart from a dog that does not react at all.  Excellent.

I think I remember that bit  

Apparently there's another, more faithful adaption of the original short story Who Goes There? on the way at some point. Should be interesting, as I remember it being quite different.

I've just noticed that the original was a cut down version of a full-length manuscript titled Frozen Hell that wasn't discovered until the author died! It got published a few years ago, so I'll be checking that out.

[Detournement]

16 hours ago, Lofarl said:

Independence day on Disney plus.  I can't believe how good the picture quality is on it.  Looks like it was just filmed.  

It was filmed in 70mm Panavision so it's better quality than most of the stuff just filmed.

The new Matrix makes a point of highlighting the visual changes in movies.

[Paul Kersey]

Gunbus

1986 "comedy" about a pair of wisecracking wild west gunslingers who, through a pretty contrived series of events, end up as WW1 fighter pilots.

This could quite possibly be the worst fucking film that has ever been made. Terrible acting, shite dialogue and boring action sequences.

The only interesting parts were Nicholas Lyndhurst in a "I didn't know they were in that" moment and a pretty cool steampunk aesthetic on some of the aircraft.

Aside from that though, this was risible bollocks.

0/10

 

[NotThePars]

22 hours ago, UpInTheAyr said:

On 05/01/2022 at 18:43, BigDoddyKane said:

I just spent nearly an hour on netflix and hbo max for a movie to watch tonight, any decent looking ones ive already seen
 
 

Wish we could get HBO Max here. TV library must be great, was wanting to see Oz again.

A lot of their catalogue will be on Now TV I imagine. It's maybe more diffused across all the services though.

[Arch Stanton]

15 hours ago, accies1874 said:

FrankieS and BFTD have inspired me to try and post for everything I see in 2022. I'll probably give up by mid-January. 

1. Annie Hall (1977) - DVD

One of my all-time faves, even though it was made by a horrible probable paedophile. A really wonderful script that tells us that life is pointless but also kinda good when you're not actually experiencing it. Memories and that. Characters like Alvy usually annoy me with their constant asides, but here it's all from a place of vulnerability and it was quite ballsy* of Woody Allen to write and act a role for himself, perhaps about himself, as a manipulative and selfish p***k for the most part. The style of it might grate on folk but I think it gives an insight into Alvy's wandering mind and the structure helps with that too as well as letting us see Annie grow to leave him behind. 

*he's been too ballsy in his life, amarite? 

Christopher Walken was such an unknown at the time he was credited as Christopher Wlanken (sic) and as for Sigourney Weaver...little more than an extra as "Alvy's Date" outside the cinema.

You're wrong about Lost Highway though.

[maicoman]

Got my daughter to put a film on last night for me Never knew it existed until a couple of weeks a go  It is called 3 wheeling It is about  the insane world of the Isle of Man TT sidecar racers shot during the 2016 TT Loved every minute of it First time i have ever paid to watch something on stream The best £2-99 i will ever spend! If you are a motorsport fan it is well worth a watch  Check out the you tube video The worst part of the Isle of Man TT which is taken off the film if you do not want to watch the full film

[accies1874]

Christopher Walken was such an unknown at the time he was credited as Christopher Wlanken (sic) and as for Sigourney Weaver...little more than an extra as "Alvy's Date" outside the cinema.
You're wrong about Lost Highway though.

Christopher Walken would be my no. 1 candidate for People You Dislike For No Reason.

[Scotty Tunbridge]

Speed was being shown at the cinema last night. The first time I think I’ve actually watched this full movie (or maybe just first time I’ve watched it at an age I can appreciate movies). This is actually a really solid action film despite how stupid the premise is and if you discount the bus jumping a 50ft gap.
However it definitely should end about 10-15 minutes earlier than it does, probably at the stand off between Reeves and the bad guy in the underground tunnel bit the whole subway part is poor.

[BFTD]

1 hour ago, Scotty Tunbridge said:

Speed was being shown at the cinema last night. The first time I think I’ve actually watched this full movie (or maybe just first time I’ve watched it at an age I can appreciate movies). This is actually a really solid action film despite how stupid the premise is and if you discount the bus jumping a 50ft gap.
However it definitely should end about 10-15 minutes earlier than it does, probably at the stand off between Reeves and the bad guy in the underground tunnel bit the whole subway part is poor.

Funny to think back to when that film came out. People were shocked at Keanu Reeves being an action hero, as he was mainly known for comedy and some poorly-advised attempts at serious acting. Like how Leslie Nielsen is remembered for his goofy comedies, despite being a serious actor (and a good one too) for decades beforehand.

[Detournement]

Speed is absolutely brilliantl. A VHS all time classic. I have a distinct memory of it in one of those massive boxes you got when you got a video from the library. 

I watched all this stuff on video and telly but Point Break was a big action film and the two Gus Van Sant movies he did are great especially My Own Private Idaho.