What was the last movie you saw?

[Starbeast]

Independence Day (1994 a.k.a. - ID4)

A fun "War of the Worlds" themed film with great special effects and big-name actors for the main characters.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1968)

Magnificant character actor Jack Palance stars in this Dan Curtis production of Robert Louis Stevenson's sci-fi/horror clasic novel. Actor Denholm Elliott portrays the doctor's best friend.

[No One]

The Troll Hunter - I'd been looking forward to this one, which is probably why I was somewhat let down by it.

There just wasn't enough in there to cut it loose from the shackles of a fairly formulaic, and predictable, escalation in events. Worth watching, but by no means great.

[THX-1138]

The Descendants and 127 Hours. 2 phenomenal movies.

[AE35Unit]

Apollo 18. Dumb. I can't believe they actually expect us to buy this as true fact!

[JunkMonkey]

Originally Posted by AE35Unit

Apollo 18. Dumb. I can't believe they actually expect us to buy this as true fact!

I guess that's why it's called 'Science Fiction' and not just 'Science'.

[AE35Unit]

Originally Posted by JunkMonkey

I guess that's why it's called 'Science Fiction' and not just 'Science'.

No no no no no, the film was presented not as sf but as a document of what the government covered up, to explain why the Apollo program was cancelled. It was done like a documentary, with a link to a website where the 'truth' is presented!

[Wybren]

I watched Horrible Bosses the other night. It was quite funny.

[Interference]

Originally Posted by AE35Unit

No no no no no, the film was presented not as sf but as a document of what the government covered up, to explain why the Apollo program was cancelled. It was done like a documentary, with a link to a website where the 'truth' is presented!

Oh, puh-lease, Larry! There can't have been any intent to make people believe it was true, any more than Blare Witch was intentionally deceptive.

[Starbeast]

Originally Posted by AE35Unit

Apollo 18. Dumb. I can't believe they actually expect us to buy this as true fact!

I knew it wasn't real, but I was curious to see it.

Caddyshack (1980)
A rewatchably great wacky adult spoof on golfers with great acting and fun silliness.

[JunkMonkey]

Originally Posted by Interference

Oh, puh-lease, Larry! There can't have been any intent to make people believe it was true, any more than Blare Witch was intentionally deceptive.

There wouldn't have been a cast list otherwise.
The found footage / mocumentary genres are legitimate story telling techniques. One has to suspend one's disbelief and collude with the story tellers just as people have had to suspend their disbelief and collude with the story tellers from time immemorial - and before.
Context is important. No one likes being lied to, yet we pay people to lie to us on a regular basis. What are actors, writers, directors and story tellers after all but paid liars?
Apollo 18 was released, as a feature film, in cinemas. If there really had been an Apollo 18 mission and, somehow, footage from it had been returned to the Earth by some mysterious means, and the footage had shown that maybe THERE WERE ALIENS LIVING ON THE MOON!* don't you think it might have made the papers first? or the TV news? or something???
By paying your money and going to see a film in a cinema about something as outrageously bonkers as aliens living on the moon eating American astronauts (maybe) the audience is complicit in a game of 'let's pretend'. No one ever really expected anyone to think this was 'the Truth'. Pretending it was true is all part of the game.

*Maybe, I haven't seen the film.

[Moonbat]

Watched I saw the Devil last night. It was fairly good, some gruesome bits and as my GF said, how messed up are we that we watch films about people this messed up. It was suitably enthralling, with a few moments of depth, but mainly an excuse to see psychos do psychotic things. Some of the gore was quite realistic, but ultimately it seemed a little bit tired, maybe I've watched too many of these kinds of films to be impressed with them anymore.
I thought the main two actors were very good, and the supporting cast wasn't bad either. Well directed, good soundtrack, but just a bit too cliche on the whole plot.

[Foxbat]

The Legend Of Hell House (1973)
After reading the book, decided to watch the movie. All of the extreme violence has been removed from the movie version and replaced by a fine brooding atmosphere.

More reliant on camera angle and minimal special effects than explicit horror, I felt that the movie was not too bad at all

[Allegra]

Watched the Swedish The Girl...Trilogy, very European and very okay. I don't understand why Hollywood had to do a remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, to strip off the European essence? I had a look at the trailer, Daniel Craig looked more like a cop from NYPD than a Swedish journalist and the Girl looked a cheap copycat.

[Interference]

Originally Posted by JunkMonkey

There wouldn't have been a cast list otherwise.
The found footage / mocumentary genres are legitimate story telling techniques. One has to suspend one's disbelief and collude with the story tellers just as people have had to suspend their disbelief and collude with the story tellers from time immemorial - and before.
Context is important. No one likes being lied to, yet we pay people to lie to us on a regular basis. What are actors, writers, directors and story tellers after all but paid liars?
Apollo 18 was released, as a feature film, in cinemas. If there really had been an Apollo 18 mission and, somehow, footage from it had been returned to the Earth by some mysterious means, and the footage had shown that maybe THERE WERE ALIENS LIVING ON THE MOON!* don't you think it might have made the papers first? or the TV news? or something???
By paying your money and going to see a film in a cinema about something as outrageously bonkers as aliens living on the moon eating American astronauts (maybe) the audience is complicit in a game of 'let's pretend'. No one ever really expected anyone to think this was 'the Truth'. Pretending it was true is all part of the game.

*Maybe, I haven't seen the film.

Wow! Do you channel many of your crits like this? And please don't try and pretend you aren't psychic, either, such tom-foolery diminishes us both.

There's plenty of footage on You Tube showing aliens and their vessels and cities and ancient structures and goodness knows what else; it's all good fun and makes demands on that ol' suspension of d. But all things considered, it must be pretty hard to get the Welles Effect in a movie theatre.

[AE35Unit]

Either way Apollo 18 was not a brilliant film. I didnt find the documentary style worked here as there was no way I was gonna believe any of this happened! Plus it's full of bad science. One exmple, one of the astronauts feels blood dripping on his face from above. Err no!