The Two Faces of January with Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst. A reasonably decent yarn with good drama and some unexpected turns. Worth a view.
Latest Movie That You Watched!
- Thread starter Lulu Parrot
- Start date
-
This message board permanently closed on June 30th, 2020 at 4PM EDT and is no longer accepting new members.
That was a weird, weird movie
Sounds intriguing! Is it on Netflix?
In my top 5 movies!I am the World's Biggest Sap over Moulin Rouge... this totally blows away my tough-ass image.
(... I'm not sure if I actually have one or not...)
Hotel Transylvania 
LilMan got to pick tonight, and I'm glad he picked that one. Most kid movies are okay (if I can stay awake-lol), but this one genuinely tickles my funny bone. Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg play off of each other perfectly, and it has an old-time comics sensibility that makes me laugh every time.
LilMan got to pick tonight, and I'm glad he picked that one. Most kid movies are okay (if I can stay awake-lol), but this one genuinely tickles my funny bone. Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg play off of each other perfectly, and it has an old-time comics sensibility that makes me laugh every time.
Annabelle (2014). The story that happened before The Conjuring. This movie is also really good, I guess every horror movie that has James Wan working on it is gonna be great, somehow all the best horror movies that have recently been made were directed or produced by him. Anyway, Annabelle is scary and interesting to watch, I really recommend it to everyone who liked The Conjuring.
I don't believe so. A friend let me borrow the DVD.
I'm gagging to see Pride! It looks absolutely brilliant!
We were in a movie made, I guess. Later last evening, wWe watched Auntie Mame, or at least Grandma did. I remember enjoying it as a kid and what they got away with - they had to write cleverly then - but didn't keep my attention. I faded to the background and keyboarded, keeping a half ear on it to stay half amused, while Grandma watched and enjoyed it with that lyrical laugh of hers.
It was fine, really. Outrageous characters, good writing. Worth a view.
It was fine, really. Outrageous characters, good writing. Worth a view.
Dang! I'll have to look for it--thanks!
I remember liking that one when I saw it years ago. Rosalind Russell, right?
Have it recorded. Turner Classic movies helps me catch up on all those classics.
Watched Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem last night....still scratching my head over it. Strange, strange movie.....
I like his music, though! Dragula and Living Dead Girl are two of my absolute favorites!
Watched One Day on Netflix. Thought it was familiar, that I might've seen it before. Turns out I did and probably blocked it out because it is horribly, horribly sad! Do not watch this unless you REALLY want to cry!
That is one bizarre flick. Rob's homage to Dario Argento.
Ages ago in Atlanta a TV station had the tradition of showing three certain movies New Year's Eve night: First would always be Lust for Life (about Vincent Van Gogh, starring Kirk Douglas), then came Moulin Rouge (with Jose Ferrer), and finally Auntie Mame. I never watched Auntie Mame, partly due to being tired staying up all night watching movies, and partly because what I assumed about the movie's subject matter didn't appeal to me. I was too immature male to consider I might enjoy it. I still haven't seen it, though I imagine I'd like it now.
I've not seen the movie, probably because the last few chapters of book irritated me so much. The end felt like a gimmick, and not at all an organic part of the story--an over the top emotional manipulation. I thought the rest of the book was well done (Nicholls is a good writer--Brian, in his Starter for 10, is one of my favorite realistic characters in any book), but the end of One Day made me feel like Annie Wilkes: "It's a dirty cheat!"
True story: a friend was so annoyed by the ending that she wrote a passionate e-mail to Nicholls about it, and he responded! He explained his reasoning in a very kind and detailed email, and while that still didn't make her accept that what was written was supported by the story up to that point, he did gain a loyal reader because he was so forthcoming.
I've not seen the movie, probably because the last few chapters of book irritated me so much. The end felt like a gimmick, and not at all an organic part of the story--an over the top emotional manipulation. I thought the rest of the book was well done (Nicholls is a good writer--Brian, in his Starter for 10, is one of my favorite realistic characters in any book), but the end of One Day made me feel like Annie Wilkes: "It's a dirty cheat!"
True story: a friend was so annoyed by the ending that she wrote a passionate e-mail to Nicholls about it, and he responded! He explained his reasoning in a very kind and detailed email, and while that still didn't make her accept that what was written was supported by the story up to that point, he did gain a loyal reader because he was so forthcoming.
How did the book end? I would read it, but if the movie stayed true to the book I don't think I want to!
How did the book end? I would read it, but if the movie stayed true to the book I don't think I want to!
Likely the same as the movie.
with her death and then the aftermath.
I absolutely loved Nicholls' Starter for 10 (movie and book), and I so admired him for resisting the temptation to make Brian more likable at the end than his character was set up to be early on in the book. He was a toe rag at first, and is mostly a toe rag at the end (lol), but there's an earnestness and realism to him that makes you like him (if reluctantly).