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

[YesNo]

With Halloween ending the month of October, the library had all its suspense videos available for free rental. I looked them over and couldn't find any I wanted to watch. If I have to cover my eyes to protect myself from seeing some monster pop out, why bother watching the movie? That's when I saw the movies, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King on display and although I've seen them before, it is October.

The Mummy: Score 9/10

The Mummy Returns: Score 8/10 Imhotep's despair when his lady love abandoned him at the end was worth the wait. I don't see how the Scorpion King in this movie relates to the one in the next.

The Scorpion King: Score 10/10

[HCabret]

I saw the "Carrie" remake. 1/10 Horrible movie. Probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It was laughably awfully made. The lead actress was stupid. Terrible to watch. I can't say enough to describe how I completely hated it. It was the opposite of bliss.

the original or the remake?

[Varenne Rodin]

the original or the remake?

The remake. The original is a work of art. I love De Palma.

[tonywalt]

Gone Girl - it's close to the book and i give it a ummm, say an 8

[YesNo]

I enjoyed Gone Girl as well although I could anticipate the plot except for the actual ending which I found disappointing. I agreed with the guy's sister.

Recently, I watched the older version of the Mummy and Dracula. The stories were very similar. The male violated some code and is punished with a defective existence. The female reincarnates and is later found by the male who loses her in the end. They would both get 8/10.

[romeoindespair]

I just watched Nymphomanic Vol 1 on netflix.

Great movie. The way people were talking about it I was expecting something like Salo but it felt more like a Greek tragedy. You watch this girl get corrupted pretty early and she just ends up running in circles from guy to guy.You just keep waiting for her addiction to finally kill her

[YesNo]

While I was at Menard's (a hardware store) I found sets of movies for $5.00. I once bought 100 science fiction movies there for $10.00. Anyway, I found a set of 6 that I had not seen before and so I've been watching them to see what I've missed. Here are the ones so far:

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag Score 8/10. The is what could happen if you are a police detective and you skip dinner with your wife on your wedding anniversary because you have to work late.

Two Much Score 8/10. This is about two wealthy sisters. One of them decides to marry Art (Antonio Banderas) who wants to marry the other one who unfortunately doesn't like him until he becomes an imaginary twin brother called Bart.

Betsy's Wedding Score 8/10. Two kids want to get married and their parents try to plan it for them against their will. There is also the sister of the bride, a policewoman, who meets someone she thinks she should be arresting rather than falling in love with. But love conquers all. And everyone lives happily ever after except those who don't deserve to.

Mr Wrong Score 8/10. I realized I saw this one many years ago after wealthy Mr Wrong started reciting some poetry he wrote. Except for his poetry, the guy didn't seem all that bad to me.

What's left are Born Yesterday and Gross Anatomy.

[YesNo]

I saw Born Yesterday and it kind of reminded me of a play that was made into a movie. It was a little more serious than the other movies in this set and deserves a higher score: 9/10

Then I figured I might as well watch Gross Anatomy. And this one was wonderful: Score 10/10.

[Marbles]

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Historical background: Second Persian invasion of Greek city-states which ended in a stalemate at one front and Persian loss at the other, in the year 480 BC.

It reinforces old school Orientalist characterisation in worst possible way and at the same time frames the Persians as war fanatics interested only in death and destruction.

Good computer-generated action but a lousy piece of political propaganda. 300's first episode that came out a few years ago was much better entertainment.

[Emil Miller]

I saw Born Yesterday and it kind of reminded me of a play that was made into a movie.

That's probably because originally it was a play.

[YesNo]

That's probably because originally it was a play.

Yes, I see it was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Yesterday

I wonder why I felt the disconnect. Perhaps the age of the play? Or the way the scenes changed? It did seem more serious than the other movies in the set except for Gross Anatomy. The others could have been labeled "S" for "Stupid", which is often all I want to see.

[Emil Miller]

Yes, I see it was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Yesterday

I wonder why I felt the disconnect. Perhaps the age of the play? Or the way the scenes changed? It did seem more serious than the other movies in the set except for Gross Anatomy. The others could have been labeled "S" for "Stupid", which is often all I want to see.

I haven't seen the film but it did make an impact when it came out, largely due to Judy Holliday's performance that won her an academy award for best actress. I imagine that being directed by George Cukor also helped.

If you have a penchant for films labeled "S" for stupid , the last 50 years gives you limitless choice.

[Snowqueen]

I saw Annabelle last month. It's very nice, funny horror film and I highly recommend this. It tells the story of a couple of women who want to play with the same doll – Annabelle. 3/10

I saw the "Carrie" remake. 1/10 Horrible movie. Probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It was laughably awfully made. The lead actress was stupid. Terrible to watch...

I agree, it was a waste of time.

[Emil Miller]

This neat little British film stars the then husband and wife team of buxom Hazel Court and handsome Dermot Walsh who play a married couple from Canada who have come to England and who buy a motorised yacht even though the ships custodian tells them that it's haunted. The ghost of a marine engineer haunts the engine room and the reason is explained when they call in a medium who under an induced trance reveals a tale of adultery and murder among the ships former crew.

7/10

[YesNo]

I wasn't going to admit I watched these, but then I thought, why not?

Don Peyote: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1828968/

This starts out with some information about the hundredth monkey which seems to say if you can convince just enough people then you will convince everyone. I don't think this is quite true although there is something to the idea of people influencing others indirectly.

So this is about a guy who is getting married. His girlfriend is also pregnant and they did this on purpose. If there is any message for the females, it might be first get married and then get pregnant, but the story is more about the guy's views of reality especially after taking more than his share of drugs and drinking too much ayahuasca. There are also his adventures while evolving into Homo sanctus, or something like that.

Apparently, at the end he meets his son years later after his girlfriend abandoned him since he abandoned them while trying to become Homo sanctus. I guess his son was the hundredth monkey. I hope I didn't spoil the ending for anyone. I didn't understand it anyway.

Score: 3/10

Behaving Badly: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2314824/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Rick Stevens (Nat Wolff) is trying to get a cute girl (Selena Gomez) to like him and he makes a lot of mistakes along the way, but then most of his friends and family are mistakes waiting to happen. There are some nice scenes with his guardian angel or imaginary friend or whatever she was. At one point she says she is taking a vacation and leaving him on his own. That was the best scene for me.

For movies like this, I think the 'S' rating is a little too generous, but I did enjoy it.

Score: 8/10