Last movie seen

Thought this would make an interesting thread..so here goes:

Night Moves (1975): An interesting mid 70's piece about a washed up former football star turned private eye. Existential to a point, so the plot isn't really the most important thing. Reminiscent of The Conversation. A great performance from Gene Hackman, who reunites with Bonnie and Clyde director Arthur Penn. **** out of **** Highly recommended.

**** out of ****

I think it's OK to curse here, dude. My suggestion: "Fuck" out of "shit".

vote_for_palpatine said:

**** out of ****

I think it's OK to curse here, dude. My suggestion: "Fuck" out of "shit".

Hahahaha!

On topic:

"Stop Making Sense": Only the best concert movie ever. I think it's hard to watch it and not be at least a little bit of a Talking Heads fan afterward.

6 out of 5

Stop Making Sense: Intro/ Psycho Killer

"Seven Samurai" (Shichinin no samurai)

It's taken a long long time for me to get around to watching Akira Kurosawa's most masterful works. I've started with this one. What a truly powerful film! 

Plot: A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.

Note: This film's plot was re-worked and Americanized in Hollywood, and became the basis for the classic western "The Magnificent Seven")

vote_for_palpatine said:

**** out of ****

I think it's OK to curse here, dude. My suggestion: "Fuck" out of "shit".

Nice!  Loved it.

The Mist.  I was pleasantly surprised, despite some dodgy CG.  Really loved the ending.  3 balls out of 4 balls.

"The Orphanage"

Well-made and entertaining, but it followed the by-now worn out plot of "Dead people point protagonist to decades-old injustice." 2 1/2 stars.

TheBoost said:

"Horror of Dracula"

Not the best Dracula film out there, not even the best starring Christopher Lee, but a pleasant diversion and leagues better than "Bram Stoker's Dracula."

Which Dracula film with Christopher Lee is better than Horror and what is the best one?

Fury-Fritz Lang's first American film about a regular joe nearly lynched by a mob. When everyone believes him dead he sets out for revenge...4 stars.

On the Waterfront-finally got to see this one and it really deserves its reputation. 4 stars.

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

Why did I wait so long to see this movie?! An all-around classic.

How could it be crap with a title like that?

For me:

(500) Days of Summer as an adult.

Speed Racer as a kid (with the kids).

(500) had 2 scenes I really liked... and the rest of it was kind of meh.  I was watching it while working on my laptop (and my wife organized her scrapbooking stuff) and so the disjointed storytelling kind of lost me at times.  2.5 or possibly 3 of 5 $&%@^!.

Speed Racer.  I know people hate this movie... I can't help but love it.

xhonzi said:

Speed Racer.  I know people hate this movie... I can't help but love it.

I agree, lord help me.  I Netflixed it and had such a fun time watching it that I will probably get it on Blu at some point.

Superman 4

It's shit!

;)

No shit!

We know that.

Just saying...last film I've seen was Superman 4...was just on now....

it's shit....really, really shit

I saw This is It! last night.  I was looking forward to enjoying it.  At 1hr51min, it felt like 3hr51min.

Full Metal Jacket. Such a great movie.

"I wanted to see exotic Vietnam... the crown jewel of Southeast Asia. I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture... and kill them."

"'Freedom'? You'd better flush out your head, new guy. This isn't about freedom; this is a slaughter. If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is 'poontang'."

vote_for_palpatine said:

**** out of ****

I think it's OK to curse here, dude. My suggestion: "Fuck" out of "shit".

Personally, I'd go with "Shit" out of "fuck".

That's funny, I thought he was censoring something out of his post the first time I read over it myself.

Inglorious Bastards.  Much better than I expected.

(ok, ok, last movie seen was actually Avatar, but there's plenty of threads for that)