What was the last movie you saw?

[dask]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

Incidentally, it is interesting to compare the lyrics in the film version with those of the original stage version, which are quite different....

I did notice that. During "America" I had to make a phone call and missed it and when I watched it later on YouTube I noticed, well, I call them substantial differences in the lyrics. I only have the Broadway recording and listen to "America" frequently at work. "Automobile in America" sounds much better than "Cadillac zoom in America."

[Connavar]

The Hunger Games

I refused to see this film until i had read the book which i have not read yet but my sister paid for my ticket and convinced me to see it because of how much i like Jennifer Lawrence after Winter's Bone.

I didnt regret it. It was pretty enjoyable and darker,more mature than usual YA SF or Fantasy book/film series that have been popular in recent years.
The flaw was that the ending was rushed and they didnt portray Peeta and Katniss relationship so clearly by the end.

Jennifer Lawrence carried more than half of the film and she made you care,believe in Katniss.

[hopewrites]

Finally got around to watching Karate Kid today.
after decades of being surrounded and inundated by the lines and character references I was pleased that it held some surprises for me. All my school friends saw it when it came out and it has been a cultural icon since. Found myself crying when he said "Home of Brave, Land of Free, But no doctor come" so often in life things dont work out the way we think they should or assume they will, that he was so in love with his wife, and so proud to have a son who would be born American, that he was so willing to serve the country he loved and believed in, only to lose what he cherished most, while he was far away and helpless... well it was just heart breaking and I had to pause it so that I could finish crying. Then to see that young man, put aside his troubles and care for someone who was hurting far more than he was, made me cry a little more.

When describing the scene to me my friends forgot to mention the free flowing beauty of his back yard and the subtle artistry in the fence construction. I was pretty sure that I would not be sorry that I bought it before I had even seen it, but I didnt know i would regret not having seen it sooner.

[Rodders]

Stardust was on TV last night and it wasn't as bad as i was expecting it to be.

I also watched something on Saturday with the missus called Akeela and the bee. I'm rather embarrassed to admit that i was totally taken in by it. (I missed the ending though.)

[Warren_Paul]

Originally Posted by Rodders

Stardust was on TV last night and it wasn't as bad as i was expecting it to be.

I also watched something on Saturday with the missus called Akeela and the bee. I'm rather embarrassed to admit that i was totally taken in by it. (I missed the ending though.)

Stardust is like one of my favourite comedies of all time, love it!

[Moonbat]

Akeela and the bee

I saw that several months back and, like you was totally taken in by it. It was actually a very good film with some good performances. I mean it isn't a memento or a Resevoir dogs, but it was enjoyable family fun.

I could tell you how it ended, depending on how far through you got.

[Rodders]

Nah, it'll probably be on again in the next couple of weeks. I'll catch it again.

[Mouse]

Originally Posted by Warren_Paul

Stardust is like one of my favourite comedies of all time, love it!

Stardust is one of my favourite films of all time. (But it's a field!)

Last film I saw was Rush Hour... I want to say 2.

[J-Sun]

"Peeka peeka - risky business"

For the severalth time. Rebecca de Mornay and some anonymous schmuck in a quintessentially 80s flick about entrepreneurialism. Shot like a drama, generally acted like one, very funny, recommended. Special award to Joe Pantoliano as "Guido, the Killer Pimp" and to the guy whose line that is.

[Starbeast]

Cheech & Chong's: Nice Dreams (1981)

Thomas Chong did an excellent job of directing this third film in the series. Wild, wacky and wonderfully weird adventure of two friends who are looking for their stash of cash.

Blade Runner (1982)

Ridley Scott's directorial masterpiece. For me, this is still the best sci-fi drama ever made. Such a beautiful movie to dazzle your eyes, accompanied with the haunting score by Vangelis. I like the narration by Harrison Ford in this original film.

[Rodders]

The Other Guys. I found this rather amusing.

[JunkMonkey]

The Apple (1980) - again! I'm a masochist. Here's what I wrote in my film diary about it last time I watched it. It hasn't got any better, but has got a lot funnier, since. For one thing I'd forgotten that Joss Ackland sings

The Apple - every now and then I just get totally lost for words. Back in the dark days of the eighties Cannon Films nearly took over the movie world. They owned Thorn EMI, cinema chains, movie studios, the works. Coming from practically nowhere they achieved all this by promising the Earth to anyone with more than $50 to invest, some interesting accounting practices, and sheer ****ing chutzpah. And they made movies. Loads of movies. 43 in one year. None of them were any good and only the ones starring Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson took a cent after their first week.
The Apple was their big musical.
I have never seen Can't Stop the Music, the Village People's only movie, but I'm going to make a stab and say The Apple is probably ten times camper, twenty times worse, and has to be much funnier.
The Apple has a paper thin story. In a totalitarian DiscoFuture (1994) where everyone wears silver suits with huge shoulders, And cars look suspiciously like late 1979 models with transparent domes and huge fins pasted on to them, a sweet innocent girl singer is seduced by the dark side and signs to the biggest agent in the business, the Satanic Mr Boogalow.

.
Please allow me to introduce myself, .
I'm a man of wealth and... oh...

Her true love doesn't sign but instead wanders about for a bit trying to remember what his acting teacher told him to do in what was going to turn out be his only movie appearance; he gets drugged and has his brains ****ed out at a Disco Orgy and finally meets a bunch of Hippies led by Joss Ackland (trying manfully to pretend he isn't in the movie by hiding behind a huge beard). The girl sees the error of her ways and walks out on Mr Boogalow and she and her boyfriend live happily in the park with the lovely flower people - aaaaaaah! BUT! Just as the Disco Police lead by the evil Mr Boogalow and his lawyers are about to arrest the "Refugees from the sixties" for helping her break her contract, and two minutes from the end of the movie, our wooden hero looks skyward and mumbles 'I'm sure Mr Topps will come and rescue us...' to which his missus looks somewhat puzzled - as does everyone in the audience - because this is the first time anyone has heard the name 'Mr Topps'. Cue heavenly music. Enter badly matted flying Gold Rolls Royce, Enter Joss Ackland (again) in a white suit and long blond wig (this time trying to hide behind a very dodgy Southern accent) who whisks them all off to heaven. The End. Seriously, that's it. A real, genuine unabashed Deux Ex Machina ending.

Chariots of the Acklands

According to the IMDb the audience at the premier were given complimentary copies of the soundtrack. They threw them at the screen causing 'extensive damage' (to the screen presumably, I don't think we can hold them responsible for damaging the movie. Far too late for that). I don't blame them for throwing things but can't help thinking they would have been better throwing them at the director.

[thatollie]

Originally Posted by JunkMonkey

The Apple (1980) - again! I'm a masochist. Here's what I wrote in my film diary about it last time I watched it. It hasn't got any better, but has got a lot funnier, since. For one thing I'd forgotten that Joss Ackland sings

I must watch this movie.

[gully_foyle]

The Pirates! Band of Misfits. What fun. Sometimes taking the kids to the movies pays off (till smarting from The Smurfs).

[Foxbat]

Grizzly Man

Werner Herzog's hypnotic and moving account of the life and death of Timothy Treadwell. Whilst I have no doubt that Treadwell was a troubled soul, what he seemed to yearn for is what most of us seek - a sense of belonging. For him, it seemed to be within an idealised world of bears. This was, ultimately to lead to the death of both him and his girlfriend.

Whatever your thoughts on Treadwell the person, there can be no doubt that his own footage incorporated into Herzog's film is quite incredible. After 13 summers spent with these animals, he captured some truly magical moments.

It's been a long time since a film has left me with such mixed emotions but this one really does hit home. It's tinged with sadness, thought provoking, fascinating, and quite exceptional. It will probably produce heated debate wherever it's shown and I just can't recommend this one highly enough.