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

[Sir Bartholomew]

this week's rentals

Donnie Darko (director's cut) 3.5/4.0 - Better than the initial cut
2046 3.0/4.0
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1970s original version) 4.0/4.0 - I'm never a fan of horror movies but this is an exception. Minimum gore, surreal terror, great stuff.
Cannibal Holocaust - Can't give rating. Stopped watching after they ate the turtle.
Dead Alive 3.0/3.0

[Janine]

I want to watch it again, too.

I did not know Lawrence was good friends with Thomas Hardy. Thank you for the information. I love Hardy's books. I have Lawrence's The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, but I haven't read it. I am not a fast reader, though I wish I were. Takes me a long time to get through a book, though I love nice big thick books.

So, Antiquarian, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a thick book? I was not aware of the size. I will have to look it up online or see if the library has it. I won't have time now to read it; too many books ahead of it on my list to be read, I am afraid.
Yes, from what I read and understood he went to see Hardy often. I thought it was not far from where Hardy resided at the time that Lawrence died in a cycle accident, but I could be wrong on that fact. I will try and look something up online today about him.

I enjoyed "The Piano," though enjoy might not be quite the right word. It is a very disturbing film, but a good one as well. I'm not sure I want to watch that one again. I think I'll go for "Lawrence of Arabia," instead.

Well, not long ago I invested in the film, "The Piano"; I also bought the film score - wonderful! I really could watch it again, although it is quite dark. Still it has some fascination of dark mystique, with that incredibly desolate shoreline in Australia and the stark, yet beautiful, cinematograpyh of the piano sitting there on the shoreline and in the waves. I guess the imagery really draws me to it, and even though it is such a 'dark' film throughout and sinister, with much disturbing cruelity, it has an uplifting conclusion.
Now recently, I saw "Sophie's Choice" which I also purchased, when I saw it cheap. I wondered why now, since I do not think I would be able to watch that fim, too often - too hard to take, too draining. The film is extraordinary with fine performances, but the ending leaves one rather devastated and totally exhausted. I won't go on more about it; I believe I already posted something in this thread about it a few pages back. It is a wonderful film and great acting, but oh such a 'downer' and very disturbing. I still would highly recommend it had you not seen it before.

[bouquin]

Into the Wild - brilliant!!! a must-see!! I very highly recommend it! I have read the book and, for the first time, I think the film adaptation is superior.

[Mark F.]

The Orphanage 10/10

Great haunted house film, best horror flick I've seen in a while. Very close to Del Toro's work like Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone but it focuses on the parents rather than on childhood and the use of classic horror themes works very well with the mother's anxiety and fear of loosing her child. The directing is intelligent and there are some very tense scenes throughout the film. See it.

[vheissu]

The Orphanage 10/10

Great haunted house film, best horror flick I've seen in a while. Very close to Del Toro's work like Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone but it focuses on the parents rather than on childhood and the use of classic horror themes works very well with the mother's anxiety and fear of loosing her child. The directing is intelligent and there are some very tense scenes throughout the film. See it.

I can't wait to see this one! It should be out here next week, unfortunately I've only seen it shceduled in one of the more independent cinemas, so I'm hoping they'll have enough showings and I won't miss it...

Rented Pirate of the Carribbean 3 last night. Was actually very good, much better than the second one. Very long though....8/10

[amalia1985]

"Les Rivieres Pourpres" by Mathieu Kassovitz
10/10

[unleashed]

Hostel - it was just terrible.

[aeroport]

"Quartet" - dir. James Ivory
I've enjoyed pretty much every Merchant Ivory film I've seen, but I have to say this is my favorite so far. It basically involves a young wife getting involved in a sort of menage a trois with this English couple in 1920s Paris while her husband is in jail. It has, I think, a very nice sense of completion about it, and it has made me rather curious about the book. Perhaps I'll read soon...

[Sir Bartholomew]

Vertigo 4.0/4.0

[asilef73]

The Good Shepard. Fell asleep about 15 minutes into it and then woke up for the last hour. Seemed bleak. I'll give it a 3.5/4.0.

[metal134]

The Good Shepard. Fell asleep about 15 minutes into it and then woke up for the last hour. Seemed bleak. I'll give it a 3.5/4.0.

I liked that movie, but it just seemd like nothing was developed as well as it should have been. And it's not easy to make a movie that's 3 hours and underdeveloped.

[vheissu]

"Les Rivieres Pourpres" by Mathieu Kassovitz
10/10

This was an excellent film! I've seen that there is a sort of sequel to it...I can't remember the exact title, but it's something like Angels of the Apocalypse. Never watched it, so don't know how it would be.


American Gangster (2007, Ridley Scott). The plot was a bit confusing at the beginning, but the performances of D. Washington and R. Crowe were superb. 10/10!

[Lily Adams]

The last movie I saw was "Forbidden Planet". So glad I saw it. What a classic. The special effects were absolutely STUNNING for the time period it was made in. Beat the pants offa most special effects from later years. I also loved the themes in it. "Everybody all of us got a shadow".

9/10

[amalia1985]

"Basil" (1998)
8/10

[LadyWentworth]

Far From Heaven
(with the very good Dennis Quaid and terrific Dennis Haysbert )
9/10

I've seen this a couple of times now. I like the old-time, 1950's, retro-style they used in the actual making of the film. Especially the Elmer Bernstein score.