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

[Janine]

Thanks again for your concern Janine. I feel much better today . Since it is already summer here, the symptoms of my allergy will stop. I am sure that i will find the alfalafa tablets eventually, but i'd have to search a bit. I am sure that they come with a different name here. We have this stupid habbit to change names in everything.
As for 'Labyrinth', it is an old movie. I own it on DVD these 5 years so it won't be difficult for you to find it.

manolia, So glad that summer is there now and you will get relief from those terrible allergy reactions at last. I don't know what else they could call alfalfa but alfalfa, unless they marketed it under 'allergy cure' or something likewise as silly. I hope you can find it. It takes a while to build up in your body, so don't expect immediate results.
Maybe my library has 'Labyrinth' or maybe it comes in periodically. I will check their website and the county's also. If it is an older film they should have it somewhere. Thanks for the information. I will track it down.

An Affair to Remember
1957 starred Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.

I watched this several years ago and thought it silly, sudsy and kind of dumb. They had it on AMC channel last night....and I was bored...so I watched it again.

You know what? It still is sudsy, but for some reason I liked it so much more than previously. The movie has a lot of charm, plus I guess I am a sucker for a sweet and sentimental ending.

Hello kathycf, This is a great film - a total classic! I can't believe you were mediocre about it. All old films are a bit corny and 'silly, sudsy' at times. I would never call this film dumb. It does have so much charm, not to mention great performers and performances. I loved it and have even thought of buying it sometime soon for my own collection. I love old films. I love the ending and the way they met on the ship.

[kathycf]

I saw Ginger Snaps last night. Werewolf film about two sisters. It was pretty interesting. Wasn't scary at all and the special effects were abysmal but I actually felt bad for the cute guy who was eaten at the end so I did care for the characters.

8/10

You are the first person I have come across that has watched that movie besides me. I actually watched the whole trilogy of them.

Ginger Snaps
Ginger Snaps 2
Ginger Snaps back: The beginning.

They aren't classics, but surprisingly good for "b-movie horror". I like the fact that the protagonists are female and the connections drawn between Ginger experiencing the throes of puberty along with becoming a werewolf were kind of funny to me. She got the "curse" in more ways than one! IMO the first and the third were the best.

[kathycf]

Hello kathycf, This is a great film - a total classic! I can't believe you were mediocre about it. All old films are a bit corny and 'silly, sudsy' at times. I would never call this film dumb. It does have so much charm, not to mention great performers and performances. I loved it and have even thought of buying it sometime soon for my own collection. I love old films. I love the ending and the way they met on the ship.

I think it had something to do with Cary Grant getting on my nerves. While I enjoy his work, he always seemed to be playing the same guy over and over again. Mr Suave. This time around I payed more attention to Deborah Kerr (and the supporting cast....those kids were very cute and talented) and I think it is why I liked it better. Some old films are more "sudsy" then others...I felt very manipulated the first time I watched "Affair"...about several things. As I say, I like it a lot better now. I like old movies too.

Hi to you too.

[Janine]

I think it had something to do with Cary Grant getting on my nerves. While I enjoy his work, he always seemed to be playing the same guy over and over again. Mr Suave. This time around I payed more attention to Deborah Kerr (and the supporting cast....those kids were very cute and talented) and I think it is why I liked it better. Some old films are more "sudsy" then others...I felt very manipulated the first time I watched "Affair"...about several things. As I say, I like it a lot better now. I like old movies too.

Hi to you too.

back!
kathycf, I will buy that - I know what you mean about Cary Grant and his Mr. Suave persona. I suppose that was his charm back then and why he got cast. I love Kerr so her role always fascinates me most. I would concentrate on her performance more. I don't recall the kids - guess I will have to re-watch it soon. Glad you like old films, too. They do have a certain something. Glad "Affair" got better on additional viewings. Often with old films that is the case.

[RaatKiRanii]

Yesterday, i watched the Painted Veil, i finished reading the book recently and thought the comparison might be interesting. Well as a movie the flick was good, but only as a movie with a separate plot and all not as something based on the actual book because that way it was disappointing. Kinda like the way Memoirs of a Geisha was. Stuff like that shouldn't say "based on the book" by so and so, but "General idea taken from" whatever. So misleading.

The movie i watched today, Match Point, well, i was playing solitaire through most of the movie. That ought to say something.

[Big Al]

The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1983) - A+

[manolia]

Ok last night i saw "Rebecca" by Hitchcock again, 8/10
and "Pierrot le fou" by Jean- Luc Godard. This is one of the films i have in my personal collection and i have seen plenty of times. A beautiful film full with references to books and other films, against war (among other things), which mocks our way of living (the film is full with sayings which look like tv spots). It is also Godard's version of Bonnie and Clyde in a sense. An excellent film from one of the best european directors. 9/10 (i save the 10/10 for his other film "Breathless")

[Janine]

Ok last night i saw "Rebecca" by Hitchcock again, 8/10
and "Pierrot le fou" by Jean- Luc Godard. This is one of the films i have in my personal collection and i have seen plenty of times. A beautiful film full with references to books and other films, against war (among other things), which mocks our way of living (the film is full with sayings which look like tv spots). It is also Godard's version of Bonnie and Clyde in a sense. An excellent film from one of the best european directors. 9/10 (i save the 10/10 for his other film "Breathless")

Good-day manolia, How's the sniffles? I hope you are better by now.

I love the Hitchcock "Rebecca" . I love Hitchcock films, period! But the one thing I never did like about Hitchcock's version of "Rebecca" was the fact that the second Mrs. Winter is depicted quite a bit older than she was in the book. I recently looked at a newer version of this great book in a miniseries production, so that it is much more expanded and detailed. I really liked it. Also, the actress playing Mrs.Winter is much younger and more as the book describes her, more innocent minded. Charles Dance plays Maxim and I was not too sure about his image at first, but then I felt he fit the role perfectly. He made a really great Max. The young woman playing Mrs. Winter was very believable, as well. I think this film version made the story more realistic. It is worth viewing sometime.

[manolia]

Good-day manolia, How's the sniffles? I hope you are better by now.

I love the Hitchcock "Rebecca" . I love Hitchcock films, period! But the one thing I never did like about Hitchcock's version of "Rebecca" was the fact that the second Mrs. Winter is depicted quite a bit older than she was in the book. I recently looked at a newer version of this great book in a miniseries production, so that it is much more expanded and detailed. I really liked it. Also, the actress playing Mrs.Winter is much younger and more as the book describes her, more innocent minded. Charles Dance plays Maxim and I was not too sure about his image at first, but then I felt he fit the role perfectly. He made a really great Max. The young woman playing Mrs. Winter was very believable, as well. I think this film version made the story more realistic. It is worth viewing sometime.

Hi Janine!
Yes i am much better but i have turned insomniac due to the stupid pills i take..oh well. The first weeks i take those pills i am sleepy and the rest time i am insomniac .
I haven't read the book (it's on my list though) so i can't judge if it is a good adaptation. As a film i think it is nice (but of course not one of Hitchcock bests). Then again, it is very hard for me to find fault with any Hitchcock film (i even liked the most obscure ones ).

[Janine]

Hi Janine!
Yes i am much better but i have turned insomniac due to the stupid pills i take..oh well. The first weeks i take those pills i am sleepy and the rest time i am insomniac .
I haven't read the book (it's on my list though) so i can't judge if it is a good adaptation. As a film i think it is nice (but of course not one of Hitchcock bests). Then again, it is very hard for me to find fault with any Hitchcock film (i even liked the most obscure ones ).

Hi again manolia, glad your allergy is better. Probably the medication builds in your system and now it is at a higher level. Antihistimines do that to me right away...the insomnia part and make me hyper, too...more like the dancing banana I have banned myself from them forever!
Yes, I agree, even obscure Hitchcock films and not up-to-par Hitchcock films are great, probably better than other films by directors of today. I watched something recently in B/W - really early film - it just came to me - "The Lady Vanishes". It was so corny and yet it worked. I think later he re-made the film, not sure.
You know I was on here earlier when I wrote the reponse to your post and I wrote up another post on a film I watched last night; then someone phoned me, and I lost the whole thing somehow. I was quite annoyed since I copied a bit of it off the DVD case. Will have to do it later. No time now. This film I was commenting on was not that exciting, anyway.
Yes, you must evenutally read "Rebecca". It is a very good book!
See you later ~ J

[manolia]

Hi again manolia, glad your allergy is better. Probably the medication builds in your system and now it is at a higher level. Antihistimines do that to me right away...the insomnia part and make me hyper, too. I have banned myself from the forever!
Yes, I agree even obscure Hitchcock films and not up to par Hitchcock films are great, probably better than other films by directors of today. I watched something recently in B/W - really early film - I know it was - "The Lady Vanishes". It was so corny and yet it worked. I think later he re-made the film, not sure.
You know I was on here earlier when I wrote the reponse to your post and I wrote up another post on a film I watched last night; then someone phoned me, and I lost the whole thing somehow. I was quite annoyed since I copied a bit of it off the DVD case. Will have to do it later. No time now. This film I was commenting on was not that exciting, anyway.

Yes i know what you mean about Antihistimines. I haven't slept properly for 3 days. And at noon when i eventually did it the phone rung and there was this incessant talker of a salessman and goodbye sleep
I love "The Lady vanishes". I own the film too.

[Janine]

manolia, you sure answer fast - I was still playing around on my post and revising it. Yes, you must be hyper! Read last few lines added when revising just now.
I hate that when the phone rings and I am sleeping, so I just let it go to the recorded message. Then I can usually fall back asleep with no problem...well, unless I am having insomnia. I hate that - only had it a few times in my life...awful.
Yes, I love the film, too. You have good taste liking Hitchcock. Have you seen "Rope"? That is also an more early one. I have a bunch of early B/W H films on DVD's I got for only $1 at a discount store, mostly they all play fine. I have "Rope" on tape though. It is a really interesting film. I like the films in a single appartment format, such as "Rear Window", "Dial M for Murder" and "Rope". I am attempting to collect all or most of Hitchcock's films.

[Nightshade]

Lady in the water-- 6.5/10
It just didnt live up to expectations of M. Night Shyamalan movie, and was rather slow to start, but just had a look on Imdb andthats seems to be the pattern with him a great film then a so great one then a great one etc. So looking forward to 2008 and his next work

But the thing I did like about this film was the people, the little charcter sketches almost were amusing I especially enjoyed 13b's monologue.

so though it wsnt his best work still a fan I like the idea of bed time stories beng real, and possible connotations of the importance of children

[Mark F.]

Yes, I love the film, too. You have good taste liking Hitchcock. Have you seen "Rope"? That is also an more early one. I have a bunch of early B/W H films on DVD's I got for only $1 at a discount store, mostly they all play fine. I have "Rope" on tape though. It is a really interesting film. I like the films in a single appartment format, such as "Rear Window", "Dial M for Murder" and "Rope". I am attempting to collect all or most of Hitchcock's films.

While Rear Window is great, Rope is one of Hitch's worst films IMO. The only point was to make a single-shot film. The result ressembles a filmed play more than a film. The concept is gratuitous and the plot isn't really suited for cinema.

[aeroport]

'The Piano Teacer' -- I can't think of the director offhand, but Isabella Huppert plays the lead.

This is such a sexual film that I don't actually know how much I can say about it...
I should like to issue a warning: This is not a film about music! By no means would I advise watching this under that impression. It is about a woman with very particular...needs. Um, needs that I should think any man would have a good deal of hesitation in indulging. Besides all that, though, the musical aspects of the film are actually very well-written - perhaps we have the novel to thank for that. The woman is an extremely strict teacher, quite opinionated about certain composers, and it seems to me that the writer must actually know a good deal about music.
I must credit the film with being, in spite of all its eroticism, actually quite (and I hate using this word, but there's no other) tasteful. And very well-written. I cannot say much for the delivery of the lines, however, as I do not yet have a very good ear for French... Won some awards, though, if I'm not mistaken - at Cannes and so forth.

9/10
Certainly worth seeing once, at least.