Latest Movie That You Watched!
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Neesy
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We watched Blast from the Past with Brendan Frasier, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, Alicia Silverstone, and Dave Foley
Andy had never seen it before.
It's a good comedy/love story and holds up well even though it was made in 1999.
Andy had never seen it before.
It's a good comedy/love story and holds up well even though it was made in 1999.
Can't wait to see this...
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - IMDb
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - IMDb
Re-watched Firestarter: Rekindled. Usually I hate remakes, but this one I kind of like. It is not brilliant, but I like the idea of grown up Charlie and her struggle with her powers and with those who want to use her.
My daughter has seen this and loved it. She told me I have to watch it. It's on Netflix, so I'll probably watch it soon.
Chopper (2000): A disturbing (albeit somewhat fictionalised) retelling of some real events in the life of the infamous Mark "Chopper" Read (who is a folk legend over here). Despite being somewhat based on real events, the movie (at least to me) has a somewhat surreal tone. Pretty much every scene has a bizarre colour filter. The one that comes to mind is a past halfway, when the movie goes completely green for sometime.
Very well made, very well acted, very good movie overall.
Very well made, very well acted, very good movie overall.
Chopper (2000): A disturbing (albeit somewhat fictionalised) retelling of some real events in the life of the infamous Mark "Chopper" Read (who is a folk legend over here). Despite being somewhat based on real events, the movie (at least to me) has a somewhat surreal tone. Pretty much every scene has a bizarre colour filter. The one that comes to mind is a past halfway, when the movie goes completely green for sometime.
Very well made, very well acted, very good movie overall.
I should also mention that "Chopper" was actually a best selling author. That part is not made up. He also has a Hip-Hop album.
We binged on Lord of the Rings, the extended DVDs, all three of them. I had forgotten the visual richness of it. It seemed like almost every frame was book cover art.
Obviously, we liked it. 'nough said.
Obviously, we liked it. 'nough said.
Dark Water, a Hollywood remake of a Japanese original supernatural thriller. The original is superior in every way except the remake stars Jennifer Connelly. Nuf said.
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Charley Varrick (1973) Walter Matthau
What a pleasant surprise this was. I rented this dvd from netflix and wasn't sure what to expect. I had never heard of it before and Walter Matthau is cast as a criminal. The movie was directed by Don Siegel (Dirty Harry and many other Clint movies). Walter Matthau and his partner (the actor that played the bad guy in Dirty Harry) rob a bank and get more than they bargained for. Well worth seeing.
What a pleasant surprise this was. I rented this dvd from netflix and wasn't sure what to expect. I had never heard of it before and Walter Matthau is cast as a criminal. The movie was directed by Don Siegel (Dirty Harry and many other Clint movies). Walter Matthau and his partner (the actor that played the bad guy in Dirty Harry) rob a bank and get more than they bargained for. Well worth seeing.
Christmas movies, It's A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Those 3 are must sees every year.
The Amazing Spider Man 2 I love Andrew Garfield as Spider Man. Much more than Tobey Maguire. But I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first. And I really didn't enjoy the
Pompeii
Blech. This one was stupid. But it did have some spectacular disaster scenes. Led to an argument about whether people died from suffocation from ash or were killed by breathing the super hot air.
The Amazing Spider Man 2 I love Andrew Garfield as Spider Man. Much more than Tobey Maguire. But I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first. And I really didn't enjoy the
killing off of Gwen. 
Pompeii
Blech. This one was stupid. But it did have some spectacular disaster scenes. Led to an argument about whether people died from suffocation from ash or were killed by breathing the super hot air.
I just recorded this on Saturday. I think it looks great.
I haven't seen it yet but looked at your spoiler anyway (and to the other readers: if you're like me and haven't seen it but intend to, then don't read cat's spoiler).The Amazing Spider Man 2 I love Andrew Garfield as Spider Man. Much more than Tobey Maguire. But I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first. And I really didn't enjoy thekilling off of Gwen.
However, reading the spoiler wasn't offputting for me, because
the same thing in the comic book when I used to read them. And I didn't like the comic book killing her off either - although she did return, or a clone of her did.
That was in my queue for the longest time, but I never got around to watching it and it disappeared from my Netflix. I still plan on watching it eventually.
I watched the dvd from netflix. I don't think it was available for streaming when I got it. I've noticed that the streaming slections disappear and reappear from time to time.
BTW-The original Carrie isn't going to be available to stream (at least for a while) on Netflix after the end of this month. Gives anyone who wants to watch it again a couple days to do so!
12 Angry Men -- with Henry Fonda and a lot of other brilliant actors. I know enough about this movie over the years to play trivia and get it right, but I had never sat and watched the whole thing.
Netflix is getting ready to remove it and thought I'd take the time to watch. Everyone should. And when your time comes you have to sit for a jury, take the job very seriously.
Netflix is getting ready to remove it and thought I'd take the time to watch. Everyone should. And when your time comes you have to sit for a jury, take the job very seriously.
There does not exist, as far as I am aware, the word "Meh." This is a shame, because it exactly describes my reaction at the end of this film.
I must start by saying that I didn't see the Japanese original and I didn't see the advertising - I just started watching the movie on broadcast TV. It quickly became clear that it was teasing the audience - "Am I a horror film? I might be, you know. Or a ghost story? Or am I a portrait of a woman with a history of mental problems, cracking up under intolerable strain? Then again, I might be a psychological thriller about a husband trying to make his wife look as if she's going mad so that he can get custody of the daughter. Hee hee hee, aren't I naughty, not letting you on as to exactly what I am!"
Thing is, as the film strolled in fairly languid style to its improbable and unexplained conclusion, I found it hard to care. All the performances were good (excepting only the great Pete Postlethwaite, who fell somewhat short of his usual standard of excellence), but I was never, ever engaged enough to get worked up about the fact that the ending came pretty much out of nowhere. Had I been engaged, I would have felt cheated. As it was, I felt - "Meh."
Had I been Jennifer Connelly, I would have been on the phone to my agent, saying, "Don't you ever send me anything like this again!"
12 Years a Slave...very uncomfortable and disturbing to watch...but everyone should watch it. I haven't cried so hard during a movie in a long time. Immediately downloaded the book on my Kindle.
Afterwards, I am just in a funk...owning people and treating them worse than animals...it keeps blowing my mind that it truly happened. And in 2015, racism is still so prevalent...I get so angry thinking about it.
Afterwards, I am just in a funk...owning people and treating them worse than animals...it keeps blowing my mind that it truly happened. And in 2015, racism is still so prevalent...I get so angry thinking about it.