What is the last movie you saw? and rate it.

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10-20-2008, 07:05 PM
byquist

Kurosawa's Yojimbo, most interesting; somewhat humorous gang behavior. A lot of bluffing plus a little, but not enough, sword play.
10-20-2008, 10:46 PM
librarius_qui

Cinema: Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of Krystal Skull
7/10 ... it goes fine, I laughed a lot!

@ Home, Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End
9.5/10; a good work.
10-21-2008, 01:14 PM
Janine

Spellbound~ Hitchcock; starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck

Fantastic! 10/10....worth it to see the Dali 'dream sequence'. The extra features were very informative. Another great film to add to my collection!
10-21-2008, 06:08 PM
vheissu

Burn after Reading directed by the Coen brothers which got quite a lot of appraisal at the Venice Film Festival this year.

Well...it's fairly original. John Malkovich, George Clooney and Frances McDormand were in my opinion, extremely good. The story was slightly confusing at the begginning: it wasn't very clear were it was trying to go and the ending was slightly unexpected.

7/10
10-21-2008, 07:17 PM
Niamh

Shakespeare retold Macbeth 9/10
10-21-2008, 11:11 PM
LadyWentworth

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Originally Posted by manolia

Last night i watched Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" and i rate it 9/10

Manolia, I LOVE "Rope". It is my favorite Hitchcock film. It was based on two real men from the 20's that were thrill killers. Their names were Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Have you ever seen a movie from the 1950's called "Compulsion"? That is a VERY good film. That one is much more obviously the Leopold and Loeb case than "Rope" is. It is the same story (as what happened in real life) but with the names changed. Then there was one made in the early '90's called "Swoon". Now that one DOES use the actual names. It is very indie and very low budget. It is a good movie nonetheless. But it doesn't remotely compare to "Compulsion" or "Rope". But as you seemed to really like "Rope", I thought I would mention "Compulsion" and "Swoon" to you. :)

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Originally Posted by Janine

Lady Wentworth, then you have seen it? It was superb, wasn't it? I may watch it again soon. Even though the plot was not as intricate as some other Hitchcock films I though the characters were more intricate and complex with great nuanced performances.

Yes, I have seen it. But for a split second I was thinking of "Suspicion". So I said something related to that film instead of "Notorious". :p Although I like the film enough to put it in my top 10, I probably wouldn't put it in my top 5. Hitch still has 5 more that I feel are better (namely "Rope" :) ). Honestly, Janine, Cary Grant can do absolutely NO wrong in my book!! ;)

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Originally Posted by Niamh

Shakespeare retold Much ado about Nothing. 9/10. was really good.
Shakespeare retold Macbeth 9/10

Niamh, they showed all of those here, but I kept forgetting that they were on. So I never got to see any of them. :bawling:
10-22-2008, 04:05 AM
manolia

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Originally Posted by LadyWentworth

Manolia, I LOVE "Rope". It is my favorite Hitchcock film. It was based on two real men from the 20's that were thrill killers. Their names were Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Have you ever seen a movie from the 1950's called "Compulsion"? That is a VERY good film. That one is much more obviously the Leopold and Loeb case than "Rope" is. It is the same story (as what happened in real life) but with the names changed. Then there was one made in the early '90's called "Swoon". Now that one DOES use the actual names. It is very indie and very low budget. It is a good movie nonetheless. But it doesn't remotely compare to "Compulsion" or "Rope". But as you seemed to really like "Rope", I thought I would mention "Compulsion" and "Swoon" to you. :)

Thanks for the info. You seem to have an endless "stock" of information on films :) So, it was based on a true story? Very interesting! I haven't seen those films you mention but i do remember watching a film with the same subject matter..not an old film, though and very inferior to rope but quite interesting.

Last night i watched "Psycho" well this one is definately 10/10. This film never gets old :)
10-22-2008, 06:42 AM
Niamh

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Originally Posted by LadyWentworth

Niamh, they showed all of those here, but I kept forgetting that they were on. So I never got to see any of them. :bawling:

I didnt see them on TV either. I just got them on DVD. :)
10-22-2008, 02:49 PM
Nasser

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Originally Posted by verybaddmom

i watched "Big Fish" last night. it wasnt quite what i expected, but i did enjoy it. rate it? i would have to say seven out of ten. there were some disjointed scenes that were hard to follow, and some of the acting was a bit shallow. however, it starts with five, just because it was a Tim Burton film, and because it was all about fantasy.

I love the movie...
I respect Tim Burton
10-22-2008, 03:12 PM
bree

Just seen High School Musical 3 with the kids. Not much different from the first two but the kids loved it.
10-23-2008, 12:40 AM
LadyWentworth

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Originally Posted by manolia

Thanks for the info. You seem to have an endless "stock" of information on films :) So, it was based on a true story? Very interesting! I haven't seen those films you mention but i do remember watching a film with the same subject matter..not an old film, though and very inferior to rope but quite interesting.

Yeah, well, I always say that my head is full of useless information. Though I suppose I was able to use this info now to tell you about it. :p I just figure I need to get a life and then I won't have the time to absorb all of the nonsense that I know. :)

I wonder if "Swoon" was the film that you saw. Was it a black and white film? I don't know any other movies based on that particular story, but "Swoon" is the one that isn't an old film. It was filmed in black and white, though. I liked that touch to it.

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Last night i watched "Psycho" well this one is definately 10/10. This film never gets old :)

"Psycho" is great. Now I think I might put that second on my list of Hitchcock films. Anthony Perkins is just downright creepy in there.

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Originally Posted by Niamh

I didnt see them on TV either. I just got them on DVD. :)

So they are on DVD? Well, you can guess what is going to be put on my Netflix list now. :D
10-23-2008, 03:17 AM
manolia

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Originally Posted by LadyWentworth

Yeah, well, I always say that my head is full of useless information. Though I suppose I was able to use this info now to tell you about it. :p I just figure I need to get a life and then I won't have the time to absorb all of the nonsense that I know. :)

Haha! I always say something along those lines about myself. I have a really bad memory and i only seem to remember useless things. So i write everything down on little scraps of paper..and guess what..my office is full of little scraps of paper but i never seem to find the one i want :D
Anyway, information on films is never useless, at least not to me ;)

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Originally Posted by LadyWentworth

I wonder if "Swoon" was the film that you saw. Was it a black and white film? I don't know any other movies based on that particular story, but "Swoon" is the one that isn't an old film. It was filmed in black and white, though. I liked that touch to it.

I checked out swoon in imdb, yesterday and it isn't the one i've seen. The one i was talking about had a similar subject. It's about two school kids who plan the perfect murder just for the sake of doing it, just because they think they are briliant. The movie is definately influenced by Hitchcock's film (or the other film you mention - which one is older?) but like i said it's nothing special. So they choose a girl for their victim -if i am not mistaken- and kill her and i think they tape the whole thing...ermmmm..in the end i think one is killed and the other is caught, not sure about that last part :D.

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Originally Posted by LadyWentworth

"Psycho" is great. Now I think I might put that second on my list of Hitchcock films. Anthony Perkins is just downright creepy in there.

He is creepy! I've been in a Hitchcock mood lately and i've been rewatching films or seeing some of his films i have never seen before. The next one will be "Family Plot". I have never seen this one before ;)
10-23-2008, 04:27 AM
Josef K

Watched 2 movies today. Bored at work...

Pineapple Express - 7.5/10
Carlito's Way - 8/10
10-23-2008, 03:46 PM
Janine

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Originally Posted by manolia

Haha! I always say something along those lines about myself. I have a really bad memory and i only seem to remember useless things. So i write everything down on little scraps of paper..and guess what..my office is full of little scraps of paper but i never seem to find the one i want :D
Anyway, information on films is never useless, at least not to me ;)

Sorry to barge in like this, manolia, because I realise this is directed to LadyWentworth. I have to say though that I do this very thing in front of my computer and then I can't ever find the one I want to find. A good idea for that is if you do find the information online is to copy it to a document file. It is a little better but sometimes, even in there I can't find what I am looking for....helps to keep in folders.

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He is creepy! I've been in a Hitchcock mood lately and i've been rewatching films or seeing some of his films i have never seen before. The next one will be "Family Plot". I have never seen this one before ;)

Did either of you see the really creepy film he is in - "Crimes of Passion" with Kathleen Turner? They always show the worse scene on Youtube. It is funny, I have seen the film years ago; now I wonder if that scene was cut from the version I saw.
10-23-2008, 11:07 PM
LadyWentworth

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Originally Posted by manolia

Haha! I always say something along those lines about myself. I have a really bad memory and i only seem to remember useless things.

:lol: That is funny. It reminds me of what my brother said to me once. He wasn't happy with me because I couldn't give him an answer to something that I should've been able to remember. He said something like "You can't remember something as simple as what you had to eat for supper last night, but if I asked you what the 5th word of the 2nd paragraph of the 3rd chapter of A Tale of Two Cities is, you would remember that". :p

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Anyway, information on films is never useless, at least not to me ;)

Yeah, I suppose not. As long as you find someone that you can actually share that information with (and that person actually has interest in what you have to say :D). So I guess my info wasn't useless. :D

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I checked out swoon in imdb, yesterday and it isn't the one i've seen. The one i was talking about had a similar subject. It's about two school kids who plan the perfect murder just for the sake of doing it, just because they think they are briliant. The movie is definately influenced by Hitchcock's film (or the other film you mention - which one is older?) but like i said it's nothing special. So they choose a girl for their victim -if i am not mistaken- and kill her and i think they tape the whole thing...ermmmm..in the end i think one is killed and the other is caught, not sure about that last part :D

Is this the one with Sandra Bullock? I think Ben Chaplin played her partner and Ryan Gosling was one of the students. Is that the one? If not, the story is very similar. The title has completely left my mind right now.

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He is creepy!

Honestly, I have never been able to understand how he didn't even get a nomination for his performance in this.

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The next one will be "Family Plot". I have never seen this one before ;)

I have never seen this one either. I watched "Dial M for Murder" again not that long ago. I think that is one of my top Hitchcock films. I love Ray Milland.

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Originally Posted by Janine

Did either of you see the really creepy film he is in - "Crimes of Passion" with Kathleen Turner? They always show the worse scene on Youtube. It is funny, I have seen the film years ago; now I wonder if that scene was cut from the version I saw.

I know what this film is, but I have never seen it. Isn't Anthony Perkins in this with her?