What was the last movie you saw?

[AE35Unit]

Tron Legacy
Nice follow up. Amazing cgi job on Bridges face! And I love the music- so that's who Daft Punk are!

[Daisy-Boo]

A SyFy movie called Ferocious Planet. SyFy has a talent for making comedies that masquerade as science fiction and this movie is no exception. I thoroughly enjoyed its awfulness.

A scientist creates a machine (powered by cold fusion) that allows us to see into other dimensions. (Oh and that nifty dimension-viewing machine AND its power source all fit into a case not much bigger than a briefcase.) Only, something goes wrong during the demonstration and that section of the building, plus the people in the room, get transported to an alt-Earth that is inhabited by ferocious dinosaur-like creatures. Mayhem and bloody, screaming deaths ensue, before the scientist and the military guy (who has a Past) fix up the machine using spit and bubble-gum or something like that, and they leave Dino-Earth.

[Connavar]

The Maltese Falcon

A real classic that was better than i expected. The camerawork,the cast,the writing.

Its almost shocking how loyal the director/script writer was to Hammett's writing,dialogues. The only thing they cut away was the sexuality that conduct code didnt allow be shown and Spade relationships with the different women in the novel and sex scene with Brigid.

Bogart by far coolest and most mimic and impressive PI role. He didnt look like Sam Spade of the novel but he was perfect as Spade. He captured the grin,the mean,dark side of Spade.

The most perfect adapation of a novel i have seen and it didnt have to change everything from the book like they do 99% of the adapatations today.

[Starman]

I liked this movie and it got me interested in noir. I'm for other good ones now.

[Lemmy]

The last movie I saw was Poltergeist on blue-ray. My monitor is a combined computer monitor/TV, and I use the playstation3 as the blue-ray player. It's only 24" (the TV, not PS3), but the sofa is pretty close it, making it look bigger than it really is. Now simply turn up the sound, switch off the light and have fun. After midnight, when everyone else is asleep.

I know this movie is pretty old by now. In fact it's so old they made two crappy sequels and a crappy tv-series already, plus they are working on a crappy remake. It's easy to think this movie is crappy too, but it's far from it. I think the best way to describe this movie is "sweet mother of all that's holy, where the hell is f***ing light switch!" Or should I say... "They're heeeere!" (yeah, that sounds so lame in writing. Imagine a young girl saying it instead.)

True, the effects are a bit bad at times, and it's not exactly the best actors out there. But still, it's one hell of a movie. There are scarier movies out there by now, but not many.

Oh, and for the record, are poltergeists real or not? There are tons of proof throughout history either way...

[Lady of Winterfell]

Love and Other Drugs

I actually quite enjoyed this. And my husband said it wasn't too bad either, as chick flicks go. I would recommend it.

[Hilarious Joke]

The Social Network

I really like this movie. Well written, directed, acted and scored.

[Leadbelly]

Harry potter and the deathly hallows pt 1
An OK movie I guess, if you can get past the endless camping scenes, it's certainly a long way from the first movie/book.

[HoopyFrood]

Originally Posted by Lemmy

The last movie I saw was Poltergeist on blue-ray. My monitor is a combined computer monitor/TV, and I use the playstation3 as the blue-ray player. It's only 24" (the TV, not PS3), but the sofa is pretty close it, making it look bigger than it really is. Now simply turn up the sound, switch off the light and have fun. After midnight, when everyone else is asleep.

I know this movie is pretty old by now. In fact it's so old they made two crappy sequels and a crappy tv-series already, plus they are working on a crappy remake. It's easy to think this movie is crappy too, but it's far from it. I think the best way to describe this movie is "sweet mother of all that's holy, where the hell is f***ing light switch!" Or should I say... "They're heeeere!" (yeah, that sounds so lame in writing. Imagine a young girl saying it instead.)

True, the effects are a bit bad at times, and it's not exactly the best actors out there. But still, it's one hell of a movie. There are scarier movies out there by now, but not many.

Oh, and for the record, are poltergeists real or not? There are tons of proof throughout history either way...

I love subtle ghost films so the first half of Poltergeist I just love (you know, before trees start crashing through windows and stuff). The part where the chairs are suddenly stacked on the kitchen table -- holy crap!

Did a fair amount of research when trying to write my own poltergeist film script. Was basing it on late 70s poltergeist case in Enfield, UK. The investigator said something interesting -- poltergeist cases seem to happen to children around the age of puberty after a traumatic event, perhaps creating a large amount of energy, as it were. The girl would exclaim and make odd noises (and eventually say whole sentences in a gruff voice) that was similar to symptoms of Tourettes syndrome. The entity, the guy thus postulated, could be a form of full body tourettes syndrome that is kinda...shoved outwards to the surrounding area.

In a similar vein, I was up by myself the other night watching The Exorcist.

[Lemmy]

Yeah, I've heard about poltergeists being centered around a child. Usually a girl, for some reason, and they usually happen when said child is experiencing strong feelings like anger. Some theories say it's not ghosts at all, but some form for telekinesis. But a scary movie with ghosts or a movie about an angry six-year old girl? I'll go with the ghosts.

Anyway, just watched Scream 4. It's been ten years since the last one, and personally, I think they could just as well have waited ten years more before making this. It's not bad, it's just... boring. We've seen it all before in three movies, so a fourth was pretty unnecessary. It was creepy when the phone rang in Scream 1, but when we get the exact same conversation and the exact same questions in Scream 4, it's kinda predictable. Sure they claim there's new rules and all that, but I didn't see much of that. Sure a gay guy got killed, but it doesn't affect the rules that he admit he was gay after he got stabbed a few times. It would have been much better if he was openly gay through the whole movie. And who didn't see the ending coming? God forbid they make Scream 5.

[Foxbat]

Die Die My Darling (aka Fanatic)

This is an enjoyable Hammer flick from 1965. Its cast includes Stephanie Powers and Donald Sutherland but the real jewel in the crown for this flick is the last movie appearance of the formidable Tallulah Bankhead.

[Grimward]

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Enjoyed it, even thru its departures from the Book (which I still think is the best in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series).

[AE35Unit]

Shelter
strange paranormal flick with Julian Moore. Multiple personality/ demonic posession/religious fervour, not bad

[Mouse]

Made of Honour. Which was on the tellybox last night. Ok so I didn't watch it all, started halfway through and turned off before the end but what a load of crap!

Why in these films do these women agree to marry some guy, who they apparently love, then ditch him at the alter when another guy decides he now wants her and declares he wanted her all along?! What about the poor guy you just dumped, missus? Oh no, wait, he's fine because he loves you and he just wants you to be happy so off you trot and he'll forget about all the humiliation and wasted money.

Bloody stupid! I always feel bad for the other guy in these types of film.

Also, while I'm ranting, why is it called Made of Honour?! I get the play on words, but the bloke who's the maid of honour (daft anyway) isn't honourable at all, is he?! No! He ruins another man's happiness. Made of Dishonour maybe.

Gah! Just... gah!

[Chaoticheart]

Return of the Killer Tomatoes (busted out the old VCR). Truly, it is a film so bad that it loops around and becomes great. I also maintain that it is the best film in George Clooney's repertoire.