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[fljoe0]

A New Leaf - (1971) Walter Matthau, Elaine May

A forgotten gem. I've been on a bit of a Walter Matthau kick and have been getting a few of his dvds from netflix. I remembered seeing this in the theater with my parents when I was a kid. Walter Matthau plays a rich guy that has lived off of a trust fund his whole life and his money runs out. He has never been married, had a job, has no skills and has no desire to be poor. So his solution is to find a rich wife and then kill her. The movie is very funny and I guess you could classify it as a romantic black comedy.

 

[blunthead]

A New Leaf - (1971) Walter Matthau, Elaine May

A forgotten gem. I've been on a bit of a Walter Matthau kick and have been getting a few of his dvds from netflix. I remembered seeing this in the theater with my parents when I was a kid. Walter Matthau plays a rich guy that has lived off of a trust fund his whole life and his money runs out. He has never been married, had a job, has no skills and has no desire to be poor. So his solution is to find a rich wife and then kill her. The movie is very funny and I guess you could classify it as a romantic black comedy.

It's a great movie and Matthau and Elaine May are perfect in it.

 

[blunthead]

The Skin I Live In. It's about a plastic surgeon who kidnaps a young man who he believes raped his daughter. It's about other things, too. It's very interesting. Directed by Pedro Almodovar.

 

[Sarah25]

Ghost World

Whatever Works

Loved 'em both. Don't know what took me so long to watch Ghost World.

 

[muskrat]

Kill Your Darlings

Harry Potter as Ginsberg. Stupid, inaccurate. Bah.

One redeeming feature: Ben Foster as William Burroughs.

 

[morgan]

Watched Take Care (2014) on Netflix. I think I enjoyed this movie more than I should've. Interesting and original plot though. I'm a sucker for movies like this.

 

[Neil W]

Frozen Fever - Elsa sets up special birthday treat for Anna despite having a cold (which never bothers her anyway): placeholder short until Frozen 2 arrives
Cinderella - Branagh directs lush and traditional live action take on Cinderella for Disney
Suite Francaise - languid doomed love affair in 1942 Nazi-occupied France

 

[fljoe0]

The Hard Easy (2006) Vera Farmiga (aka Norma Bates), Henry Thomas, Bruce Dern & Gary Busey

A decent heist movie and a "not so smart" group of criminals flick. Henry Thomas plays a guy in serious trouble because of gambling debts and gets involved in a robbery to pay back his debts. Gary Busey is not the weirdest guy in this either , I think that honor would have to go to Bruce Dern or Peter Weller.

 

[Rrty]

I just watched -- and, funny, not sure I got the title right, but -- Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. Enjoyed it.

 

[Rrty]

Sarah, if Ghost World is the one based on the comic book and with Scarlett Johansson (if I spelled that correctly), I didn't really like that one. Came so recommended, but fell flat for me. Saw it a long time ago, though.

 

[Sarah25]

Sarah, if Ghost World is the one based on the comic book and with Scarlett Johansson (if I spelled that correctly), I didn't really like that one. Came so recommended, but fell flat for me. Saw it a long time ago, though.

Yes, that's the one. It did come highly recommended. I had tried to watch it once before and wasn't able to finish it. For some reason, I liked it this time. I think it's definitely one of those movies that everyone won't like and I'm not sure it has aged well.

 

[Neil W]

Get Hard - crude Will Ferrell comedy
Seventh Son - fantasy with incomprehensible dialogue from Jeff Bridges and special effects which are so dark you can't see them

 

[KingAHolic]

Get Hard - crude Will Ferrell comedy
Seventh Son - fantasy with incomprehensible dialogue from Jeff Bridges and special effects which are so dark you can't see them

you actually went to see that (Get Hard)??? I can not think of 2 more annoying people! ACK!

 

[kingricefan]

you actually went to see that (Get Hard)??? I can not think of 2 more annoying people! ACK!

I hear ya! I wanted Ferrell to get shanked in prison!! I don't like either one of them.

 

[doowopgirl]

you actually went to see that (Get Hard)??? I can not think of 2 more annoying people! ACK!

If there were real justice in the world we would have no more Will Ferrel movies.

 

[Neesy]

I watched a movie with Johnny Depp in it from 1985 - he was so young and skinny.

Rotten Tomatoes review of "Private Resort": 1 star

In this adolescent-oriented sex comedy a pair of girl-hungry teens do their best to satiate their appetites at an exclusive Florida hotel. The fun begins when they end up tangling with a jewel thief and snoopy house detective.

It was SO bad it was almost good.

I kept watching it to see if it could get any worse - lots of gratuitous nudity and Andrew Dice Clay was in it when he was still just Andrew Clay.

 

[Grandpa]

Tarzan And His Mate, 1934, if I remember right.

It hasn't aged well, but parts of the movie were quite interesting. The casual brutality and disregard for humanity (not to mention wildlife) is offputting, and having read the books as a kid, I wasn't a fan of Johnny Weismuller playing a Tarzan who seemed, if anything, kinda mentally slow. But it was interesting enough to keep us on board.

Of note: There was a skinny-dipping scene which quite surprised me for the time, because I'm not used to nudity in movies from that era. (Grandma said, "How comes she's naked, and Tarzan has a loincloth?" I said, "Because he has a penis.") There were also scenes that hinted at a fairly, um, active life between Tarzan and Jane, and Jane was quite the strong, liberated women.

As a period piece, it's worth a watch. On its own merits, it's low-grade with some impressive spots here and there.

 

[blunthead]

Get Hard - crude Will Ferrell comedy
Seventh Son - fantasy with incomprehensible dialogue from Jeff Bridges and special effects which are so dark you can't see them

you actually went to see that (Get Hard)??? I can not think of 2 more annoying people! ACK!

I hear ya! I wanted Ferrell to get shanked in prison!! I don't like either one of them.

Why do you guys hate Neil W so much?!

 

[blunthead]

I watched a movie with Johnny Depp in it from 1985 - he was so young and skinny...

No he wasn't.

 

[kingricefan]

Why do you guys hate Neil W so much?!

Um.....who?