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

[Janine]

First of all, "Field of Dreams", I first saw it in the theater when I was 10 years old. It still has the same affect on me now as it did then. Though I will say that the older that I got, the more my perception of the story changed. It helped me develop a different take on the story. Does that make any sense?

Absolutely, that is true - films just can't be viewed only once. Your perspectives change and you see things you did not before in a different time in your life. As I said before, this is why good movies live on.

Second, a Branagh fan??? Oh, my God, we MUST discuss him!!!! I absolutely LOVE him!! To find a kindred spirit is kind of exciting!!!!

Anyway, I will watch the same movie over and over again, too, if I REALLY liked it. I am terrible with that habit. After all, if I need to get something done, I will put it off just to watch a movie I've seen SEVERAL times before!!

Hello again Lady Wentworth, oh yes, we are definitely kindred spirits. I have been looking, for sometime, for another avid Branagh fan. I adore Branagh and think his acting has a lot of depth and range. I try to collect all his films, even the little known obscure ones. I discovered this great Branagh fan site and it is amazing - so much to learn on there about the guy and his amazing career/accomplishments. Besides film acting, directing, writing screen plays and scripts, stage performances, TV performances, writing his own autobiography (which I found quite entertaining), narrating and audiobook performances and Imax films, etc; he actually has time for countless autographs and is suppose to be a heck of a nice guy! Many of his avid fans and organizers of the site have meet him, after stage performances, and I have never heard a bad thing about him; always that he is so friendly and so nice and so down-to-earth. You must check out the site (if you already have not): Kenneth Branagh Compendium. You will love it. Tons of information there so really go through the particulars - great photos as well!

How funny, I just saw the BBC performance of "Persaussion". Is that where you got your user name? She was a great character.

Can't believe you said this - I, too, avoid what I am suppose to be doing and will rewatch a film instead, even when I have seen it countless times before. I have seen all my Branagh films numerous times. I own most that he has done. A few new productions he directed are on my list currently. I have watched his full-length "Hamlet", which I just got on DVD (since it just came out in that format this year), at least a dozen times, maybe more. Am I a case or what? I can nearly quote every line by now or at least mimic when I hear the play being recited. I watch the extras on the DVD's too and repeat them as well.

[Weeping Willow]

Amores Perros - A mexican movie from 2000.

It great, really recomanded..
I loved it..

[Janine]

Two night ago I saw film based on a true story:

The Blue Butterfly ~ William Hurt

I liked this film because it was true, but it seemed to be really outlandish at times. In the 'featurette' they showed the real mother and son. I don't want to give away the outcome, since the story is about a child who has brain cancer (you know this from the beginning) and is going to die in a few months.
I loved the location of the film and seeing all the incredible scenery, in the rainforests of Costa Rica: the beautiful waterfalls and trees, plants, and especially the abundance of bugs, insects, exotic birds, animals and reptiles in the wild. The photography was stunning!
I think, the film was a little slow-going in the beginning and a little bit dull, it picked up later and the story was a bit more interesting. I could not quite put my finger on why I thought it was lacking, but it was all in all a worthwhile film to watch. I would probably give it a 7 out of 10, because it was not quite interesting enough to view again, accept to see that great environment.

Then last night I watched:

A Good Year ~ Russell Crowe

This is so different a role for Crowe - he was rather amusing and funny, at times, although in the beginning he is not really a very likable or nice person. I almost turned the film off, but stuck with it. Then when his character goes to France and one sees the gorgeous countryside and vineyards and the fabulous sun-drenched scenery - this alone kept me watching. Actually, the high tech environment of the corporate world in London was also quite interesting and filmed to advantage. The film was reminescent of "Under the Tuscan Sun"...is that the title? with Diane Lane. That film has never been one of my favorites, but this film was cute at times, but I think pretty unrealistic, highly predictable. I guess it is a good date film; light. It had it's entertaining moments. It just seemed to me that Maximillian fell back into his old life a little too easily. The transition was not that believable, with a workacholic forced to take a holiday in France. All in all it was not a bad film, but it seriously lacked something. I would give this a 7 out of 10, also. I would probably not watch it again, unless I wanted to see the French countryside and the vineyards. The score was interesting, but not outstanding.

[amalia1985]

"El Greco" 10/10
It was stunning!!!!

[Lyn]

Resident evil: Extinction. 0 out of 10. Not even good in a so bad its good way. A total awful, boring, unoriginal and badly made excuse for a film. I wasn't even distracted by Milla in all her glory, like I usually am. Doesn't even live up to its predecessors, which lets face it, weren't all that great either.

[Janine]

"El Greco" 10/10
It was stunning!!!!

The soundtrack to this film is amazing - Vangelis did it right? I own it. I have not seen the film, but want to, being an artist, myself. Also, that soundtrack inspires me to see it. Now I am thoroughly convinced. Thanks, amalia!

[manolia]

"El Greco" 10/10
It was stunning!!!!

Hehehe I'll definately see this one as soon as it is released here (perhaps this weekend). I really LOVE Lakis Lazopoulos (favourite greek actor ) and it is the last movie of Sotiris Moustakas

[Gadget Girl]

"Stardust" is the best! 10/10! The soundtrack is cool, too!

[Shalot]

Shooter 7/10

It started out just fine and then it seemed to drag on and on and I felt it should have ended sooner.

Plus they had to go and put a small "romance/passion" moment in the middle and it was forced - it reminded of Wahlberg's performance as Dirk Diggler with Amber Waves in Boogie Nights - the first film he made with her -- not good in the context of this movie Shooter. It made for an unintentionally comical moment.

They could have trimmed some scenes and wrapped it up a lot sooner I think.

[Idril]

"Stardust" is the best! 10/10! The soundtrack is cool, too!

Had you ever read the book? I'm always nervous about seeing a movie that was made from a book I liked. It's reassuring to hear someone say they like it though.

I just watched The Transformers...I have teenage boys ...and it was kind of awesome! I didn't watch the cartoon when I was younger so I had absolutely no idea what it would be like but it was a fun, exciting movie with great special effects. A great popcorn movie, if you like. Now tonight I go back to my usual fare, the Danish movie, Medea and a Russian movie called 4.

[amalia1985]

The soundtrack to this film is amazing - Vangelis did it right? I own it. I have not seen the film, but want to, being an artist, myself. Also, that soundtrack inspires me to see it. Now I am thoroughly convinced. Thanks, amalia!

The music is absolutely beautiful! He is my favourite painter, I had the fortune to see his paintings in Prado, and it was a life-time experience.

[amalia1985]

Hehehe I'll definately see this one as soon as it is released here (perhaps this weekend). I really LOVE Lakis Lazopoulos (favourite greek actor ) and it is the last movie of Sotiris Moustakas

Agree to everything you say, and feel the need to add that Nick Ashdon is excellent and handsome. I had to say it...

[manolia]

Is he the one starring as El Greco??
It is released here, i am going on Monday

[Janine]

The music is absolutely beautiful! He is my favourite painter, I had the fortune to see his paintings in Prado, and it was a life-time experience.

amalia, I can't wait now to see the film. I love all films about painters, even if that painter is not my favorite. It is cool that he is your favorite and that you saw his work live at Prado - that makes all the difference in the world, I know. It is a life-time experience! I saw several exhibits of painters and now I can't keep my mind off their works - I was so impressed - just a few were Dali, Van Gogh, DaVinci, Michelangelo, Wyeth, and Degas (over many years time). It made me realise that one cannot properly view their work in a mere book...two one dimentional...one must see it 'up close and personal'.

If that is the soundtrack I have by Vangelis, and I understood it to be from the film of the same name - it is amazing! I think it is the very best soundtrack/music he has ever written...full of great passion. I am a long time fan of Vangelis, so this was just such a pleasant surprise when I came across this particular CD in my library.

[amalia1985]

Manolia, yes, he is the one starring.
Yes, Janine. Vangelis is one of the many artists we Greeks are proud of.