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

[qimissung]

lol, you're welcome.

[Varenne Rodin]

I just watched Bronson/Fonda Once upon a time in the west. I thought it was a verygood one of the oldies.

That's my favorite movie.

[Snowqueen]

I saw Midnight in Paris; it’s a film by Woody Allen. Though it wasn’t as good as Match Point, but I enjoyed watching it.

[Svidrigailov]

There's nothing wrong with a little melancholy in a Christmas film, and 'Comfort and Joy'(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsw1I15Fj9I) has a sleigh's worth of plaintiveness in amongst a continually surprising story of a recently-dumped radio DJ who becomes a go-between in the middle of estranged gelato producers. I'm nothing less than circumspect around movies that purport to be exemplary products of British humour, but this one is so bitingly sardonic yet strangely festive that I was won over in no time. On a twelve-days-of-Christmas scale, it rates a 10/12. The only trouble is that this isn't exactly a family-friendly Xmas flick, due to the romantic woe and the depiction of the ice cream wars(in which six people died).

[Calidore]

...the depiction of the ice cream wars(in which six people died).

?! What's the scoop there?

[islandclimber]

Davide Manuli's "La Leggenda Di Kaspar Hauser." Amazing film, a little strange. I've always had a thing for Vincent Gallo. The man is rather unlikable but he does have talent and a certain irresistible charm. This film though, surreal, amusing, strange. Long takes alongside electronic music. An odd combination, yet it works to some degree. This film is surely not for all, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Kaspar Hauser, an evil Grand Duchess, a pusher, a DJ sheriff, the mediterranean, long takes, surreal sequences, an amazing electronica soundtrack of sorts. 7.5/10

Has anyone seen Manuli's earlier film Beket? It looks absurd and fascinating. A strange retelling of various works of Samuel Beckett with a predisposition towards Waiting for Godot. Hideous, fragmented, disjointed, repetitive, absurd, filled with trance music dreams. Or so the trailer seems to suggest. Now if only I could find a copy.

[MorpheusSandman]

The Iron Lady (2011; Phyllida Lloyd) - 7/10

Meryl Streep was predictably awesome, but everything else was fairly meh.

The Grey (2011: Joe Carnahan) - 5/10

Mediocre plane crash survival film with some hilariously bad CGI wolves.

[YesNo]

Bride & Prejudice: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361411/

A musical based on Pride and Prejudice with the action centered in Amritsar, Punjab.

Score: 7/10

[Snowqueen]

I've seen a couple of movies with my nieces.

Ice Age: Continental Drift 5/10

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas 7/10

[LaMaga]

A Christmas movie with Henry Winkler and Aubrey Hepburn. It sucked.

[Buh4Bee]

Manhattan by Woody Allen 8/10!

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

We entertained my 9 year old niece and nephew this weekend.
The entertainment included the thrilling Forbidden Planet pulled from the Gurgle vaults.
Forbidden Planet stars Leslie Nielson, Walter Pigeon, the smoking hot Anne Francis and the robot "Robby"

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y4crGU7dkg


The kids were enthralled with Robby and the special effects, while I was stealing glances at Anne.

The usual 7/10 (the 'Killer Shrews" being a perfect 10)

[YesNo]

The kids were enthralled with Robby and the special effects, while I was stealing glances at Anne.

I remember seeing that when I was a child. Something about the "monsters of the id" was all I remember being too young to appreciate Anne Francis.

[MorpheusSandman]

Husbands (1970; John Cassavetes) - 8/10

Depending on your opinion of Cassavetes' style of actor-centric improvisation, the film is either exhilarating or exasperating. I lean towards both. It's an experience I won't forget, but one I likely won't feel the urge to revisit soon.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011; David Fincher) - 7/10

Better than the Swedish version thanks to Fincher's laser sharp direction, but it still feels rather underwhelming despite the fine performances.

Mysteries of Lisbon (2010; Raul Ruiz) - 9.5/10

Its narrative is labyrinthine with its wealth of intricately related vignettes woven together over a 4.5 hour runtime. One can tell that its source is a 19th century novel with the proliferation of characters and stories-within-stories. However novel-esque its plot, it's the extraordinary visuals that make it entirely cinematic. It looks like Mizoguchi directing a Visconti film, with the opulent, operatic production design and melodrama of the latter paired with the cinematographic, graceful, long-takes and distance of the former. A truly unforgettable experience.

[Emil Miller]

Ma nuit chez Maud (1969) Directed by Eric Rohmer.

This film in black and white, as most of the so-called 'New Wave' French films of the period are, is a stylish but also slightly stylised and wordy story of a man's struggle to live according to his religious principles in a world where religion has been undermined by science. As an engineer for the Michelin company his Catholicism and the requirements of his work are the cause of a conflict that becomes even more sharply focused when he meets an old schoolfriend who introduces him to a smart divorcee who tries to seduce him. Although he is tempted, he rejects her for a woman he has seen attending church services and whom he eventually marries.
There is some outstanding camera work showing the town of Clermont-Ferand and the Auvergne countryside in winter and good, though slightly muted, performances from the cast.

7/10