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

[Idril]

I've seen quite a few movies recently, gotta love netflix!

First up was Thank You For Smoking which was fine, it didn't inspire strong feelings in me one way or another. I'd give it about a 5 or 6 out of 10.

Then it was Notes on a Scandal which I liked despite the fact that it's subject material made me just a wee bit uncomfortable, that boy looked like he was about 12, even though I know he was supposed to be 15 but either way, he was a boy. I thought both Cate Blanchett and Judy Dench gave amazing performances. 9/10

Children of Men came next. It was somewhat formulaic but I was still completely taken in by the story and action. 8/10

Then I took a break from Netflix and re-watched one of my own, The Pianist. This is such a powerful movie. I watched it with my youngest son, they were learning about the Holocaust in school and while it was rated R, I thought this was one that was good for him to see, as long as we could watch it together. 10/10

And it was back to Netflix for Little Children. Wow! That's all I could think when this movie was over, it was so intense and dark and depressing...just my kind of movie. 10/10

After that dark and depressing movie, I watched Amelie which was a great way to remove the heaviness of Little Children. It's a wonderful, light hearted yet profound movie, like only the French can do. 10/10

[Haven]

Has anyone mentioned this film yet? Sorry, but there are a lot of pages on this post... The Illusionist. Was having lunch with a friend [oh, about an hour ago] and he mentioned that it would go straight into my top 10 films list. Said the denouement was incredible takes a little time to unravel. Refused to give any 'spoilers'. Just wondered if anyone had an opinion on it [without giving any clues pls]. Know it is a little 'off piste' re the original post.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443543/

[Janine]

Has anyone mentioned this film yet? Sorry, but there are a lot of pages on this post... The Illusionist. Was having lunch with a friend [oh, about an hour ago] and he mentioned that it would go straight into my top 10 films list. Said the denouement was incredible takes a little time to unravel. Refused to give any 'spoilers'. Just wondered if anyone had an opinion on it [without giving any clues pls]. Know it is a little 'off piste' re the original post.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443543/

Hello Haven, Yes, I saw "The Illusionist" about a month or so ago. I did write something up on this thread and then revised some of my opinions several posts later. I actually took the film out of my library, for a second viewing. I think this benefited me since I had not noticed some little details as closely, as I did on a second viewing, and I considered somethings more closely also. The film is good and needs your full attention.

If you hunt back several pages in my posts, you will probably see what I wrote - there are at least two posts. I don't have time now (trying to finish up a book) but I can look later and direct you to the exact posting numbers.

I also saw "The Prestige" and liked that film very much ~ maybe more so than the "Illusionist". The plot is a bit more involved with lots of plot twists and intrigue. The "Illusionist" was based on a short story, which I would like someday to read. I am sure you will enjoy it along with the other I suggested - both about magicians. Both are well worth viewing.

[Ellie_]

I don't visit movie theaters much, so the last one I saw was “300”.
What a disappointment. I had been waiting for quite a while for this movie and when it was there it turned out to be a mere trailer for a computer game, like the NY Times pointed out. It was really strange to see those killing machines with their questionable morals being glorified and looked upon as heroes.

Well, some of my reluctance against the movie has gone away after I found the graphics of Frank Miller on the internet, so it'll still get 2 out of 10 from me for being close to the original.

[Haven]

I also saw "The Prestige" and liked that film very much ~ maybe more so than the "Illusionist". The plot is a bit more involved with lots of plot twists and intrigue. The "Illusionist" was based on a short story, which I would like someday to read. I am sure you will enjoy it along with the other I suggested - both about magicians. Both are well worth viewing

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Thanks Janine, I'll have a look for your postings on The Illusionist Thanks a lot for your comments. Will check out The Prestige too. H.

[papayahed]

V for Vendetta - Pretty entertaining.

3.5/5

[byquist]

Sophie Scholl -- German, very serious, award-winner, high recommendations.

[Janine]

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The Illusionist[/I] Thanks a lot for your comments. Will check out The Prestige too. H.

Haven, you are welcome. Glad I could be of some help.

[metal134]

The Accused; 8/10

Good movie with a good message, but I think that, with the exception of the rape scene, it wasn't as emotionally powerful as it should have been.

[Haven]

Dear Janine: I liked "Dirty Dancing" and of course it's a cult classic, but on another level, for identification problems, I can't do clean dancing. quasimodo1

Has anyone come across what I can only describe as the most sublime and subtley sexy dance movie, def art house, but little glossy. The Tango Lesson by Sally Porter.
If not already familiar with, and for the benefit of other members who might be interested. Sally is a gorgeous woman, who goes to Spain a)to shoot a film and b) to learn the Tango. She works with various partners and finally 'gets' the tango: amazing. She is as mentioned also a film producer and there are intermissions of her on-going film/project that is not related to the film the Tango . It is about a talented woman who is making a film, which is part of her life portfolio, and she also wants to learn the Tango. After watching the film I too wanted to learn the Tango it's not so much about the body dips it's the sexy little over the ankle dips/taps that I love, see the movie! of course that's if you haven't already! And if you have seen it,what do you think? Haven.

Def. forget clean dancing....This is a classic and well, no-one can mess with the classics. Seriously one of the finest movies I have had the pleasure of seeing.

[metal134]

Do documentaries count? If so:
The Black Sabbath Story 5/10

This thing is misnamed. It's really just a bunch of clips of them performing spliced with bits of dialouge with Toni Iommi and Geezer Butler in volume 1 and some others (Dio, Cozy Powell, Bill ward, etc.) in volume 2. But there is really not very much of their story. It's interesting to watch some of the performances (though, most of them are ones I've seen a million times) and hear some of the anecdotes, but if you didn't know much about Black Sabbath before watching the film, you won't know very much when you walk away, either. Interesting watch for Sabbath fans who are already well informed about the history of Black sabbath, but if you're looking to learn about their history, this is not the movie to do it with.

[Janine]

Has anyone come across what I can only describe as the most sublime and subtley sexy dance movie, def art house, but little glossy. The Tango Lesson by Sally Porter.
If not already familiar with, and for the benefit of other members who might be interested. Sally is a gorgeous woman, who goes to Spain a)to shoot a film and b) to learn the Tango. She works with various partners and finally 'gets' the tango: amazing. She is as mentioned also a film producer and there are intermissions of her on-going film/project that is not related to the film the Tango . It is about a talented woman who is making a film, which is part of her life portfolio, and she also wants to learn the Tango. After watching the film I too wanted to learn the Tango it's not so much about the body dips it's the sexy little over the ankle dips/taps that I love, see the movie! of course that's if you haven't already! And if you have seen it,what do you think? Haven.

Def. forget clean dancing....This is a classic and well, no-one can mess with the classics. Seriously one of the finest movies I have had the pleasure of seeing.

Haven, Thanks, I think I will check out this film - it sounds really good. I like the Tango, although I haven't the foggest idea how to do it. It is nice to watch and a very sexy dance. The facts you provided here on the film are quite interesting. I will keep an eye out for it. I have seen the title before and thought it looked like a good film. Thanks ~J

[Pensive]

Salgira: I just completed watching it. I usually like old Pakistani movies, and as usual I really liked this one of the major movies of 1969! This was a story of a lost girl and how and in what condition she came to find her parents. After the middle, the story got really interesting, and for a lot of time, it ensured me it would turn out to be a tragedy but to my astonishment (and to tell the truth some disappointment), like most of the movies of that time, it struck me as a comedy. Still, I liked the impact the movie had on me for "those troubles 20-40 minutes" and all the emotions it provided for me.

The songs were lovely. It has one of my all time favourites: Meri Jindagi Hai Naghma Meri Jindagi Tarana. In fact most of the songs were pretty good.

The only thing I disliked about it (other than the very ending of course) was the uncredulity of the happenings in the start. Some of the events were difficult to digest as there seemed to be loop-holes in them. Nevertheless, the good things in it strongly over-powered its weaknesses I think. The acting was very good; my favourite Pakistani actor and actress: Wahid Murad and Shamim Ara played the role of major characters! I would give it 9/10!

[Mark F.]

Dirty Harry 10/10

I hadn't seen this in years and it hasn't grown a single wrinkle. It's definitely up their among the best police films of the 70's New Hollywood era, with "French Connection", "To Live and Die in L.A.", "Serpico" and "Bullitt". Eastwood's acting is perfect for this character and the dialogue probably includes the largest amount of classic lines ever.

"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"

[aeroport]

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

It pains me to say this, but I honestly did not want to sit through this - that is, once I realized that Disney was turning the film into something out of a fantasy RPG. I liked the first film well enough, and the second I thought, for a sequel, could have been worse (once it finished rehashing jokes from the first), but this thing... I mean, I understand that all these mainstream films are pretty much made for the sake of profit, but...this just seemed like a most shameless exploitation of something that was originally more or less an alright thing. I suppose it looks rather cool, but so does every film now, so why does one need more? The story is quite possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard (I mean, really, a 'Brethren Court' of 'Pirate Lords' - is there anything less probable? Pirates...congregating?!). I would have appreciated the not-necessarily-happy-Disney ending a bit more had the, like, three hours through which I sat to get to it been more enjoyable. For being, I believe, the longest of the three films, it has positively the least substance to it. Precious little of the tense-though-amusing drama between the three main characters which is what really made the others so enjoyable - replaced by a bunch of allusions to a mythology pretending at complexity and significance which actually comes off sounding as if the writers just slapdashedly made it all up in one mad rush to turn out a script.
The film is not even funny! What's the deal?!
On a somewhat more positive note, the music is alright, if you're cool with more of the same theme in a thousand different variations... And the Keith Richards solo guitar piece, though electric, does not actually sound so out of place - and it's kind of a cool piece, actually - though it accompanies a scene vaguely, comically, reminiscent of the famous showdown sequence from 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'.
Ridiculous.
I'm not sure I understand this obsession in the mainstream film industry with making these artificial trilogies. It isn't as if making two knockoff sequels creates the sense of completion that an actual three-part story (such as LoTR or The Matrix) does. I find it terribly hard to believe that the same people who wrote the first Pirates film are responsible for this, but I think they are...
Oh well.
Honestly, folks, it is not often that I say that a film is a complete waste of time. But I could find very little to like about this film. If you are a fan of the series, you will obviously see it no matter what the old-fashioned Jamesian thinks of it, but, as something of a fan myself, I cannot say you'll be doing anything for yourself by sitting through this thing save sparing yourself from the summer heat in the comfort of an air-conditioned theater.
4/10