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

[Janine]

Just watched this film and all the extra features:

Notorious ~ Alfred Hitchcock; starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains

Great movie! Can't get any better for Hitchcock; this film is said to be his best film. Glad that they just came out with a restored version on DVD at a reasonable price so I could add it to my Hitch collection. In this spy/romance/noir genre, this film is a leader and definitely scores a 10/10 in my book!

I also bought "Spellbound" and will watch that tomorrow night. I have seen it once before and liked it emensely - great dream sequence done by Salvador Dali. Can't wait until tomorrow night to watch it.

[LadyWentworth]

The Darjeeling Limited
9.5/10
It has some of the best lines that I have heard in a film recently. Plus, the soundtrack is great.

Notorious ~ Alfred Hitchcock; starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains

Ignore this post. I got my movies mixed up for a brief second.

But I would like to say, anyway, that I would agree with you on this film, Janine.

[manolia]

manolia, glad you read his book; have you read any of the others by Hardy? I read most of Hardy's work. I think my favorites are "The Mayor of Casterbridge", "Far from the Madding Crowd", "Return of the Native", and "The Woodlanders"....I also happen to own the movie versions of each and have enjoyed them countless times.
Yes, just a pity to me that that one scene was eliminated. I am not quite sure how they could have pulled it off but I thought it was significant to the story. The movie was filmed in France I believe because it replicated how English countryside would have looked back in Tess' day (I watched the the Extra Features!)

Isn't Hardy your favourite author, Janine?
This is the first Hardy book i read. I liked it very much so there will be more to follow

Last night i watched Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" and i rate it 9/10

[Dorian Gray]

Mirrors at the cinema. Twas interesting for a horror movie with some scares and an ending that gives you something to think about.

[Niamh]

Mystery Men 8/10. love that movie.

Shakespeare retold Much ado about Nothing. 9/10. was really good.

[Janine]

Isn't Hardy your favourite author, Janine?
This is the first Hardy book i read. I liked it very much so there will be more to follow

Last night i watched Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" and i rate it 9/10

manolia, by now I think that D.H.Lawrence is my favorite author, but Hardy is right behind; I have read most of Hardy's novels, but still have maybe 2 or so to go....many are the more obscure ones you probably have not heard of. I set out to read them all. Now with Lawrence, I have mostly read all his books - many twice so far. "Women in Love" I read twice and listened to the entire MP3 file narrative (uncut); so that makes three - right? I will, no doubt, listen to that narration again. I am working on reading much of what Lawrence wrote - my goal. I recently bought some new things for my Lawrence collection: a few films - "The Virgin and the Gypsy" (older film version) and "The Rainbow" - newer BBC version; an obscure novel co-authored - "The Boy in the Bush" - there is a film but it is impossible to locate now, let alone buy. I know we must get to the reading of WIL sometime soon, but presently I have been trying to finish up "The Idiot" which was Sept's discussion group novel. After that, I need an easier book and then maybe we can do the WIL novel and discuss it together; what do you think?

One further question - it was the Roman Polanksi film you saw of "Tess", right?

But I would like to say, anyway, that I would agree with you on this film, Janine.

Lady Wentworth, then you have seen it? It was superb, wasn't it? I may watch it again soon. Even though the plot was not as intricate as some other Hitchcock films I though the characters were more intricate and complex with great nuanced performances.

[manolia]

manolia, by now I think that D.H.Lawrence is my favorite author, but Hardy is right behind; I have read most of Hardy's novels, but still have maybe 2 or so to go....many are the more obscure ones you probably have not heard of. I set out to read them all. Now with Lawrence, I have mostly read all his books - many twice so far. "Women in Love" I read twice and listened to the entire MP3 file narrative (uncut); so that makes three - right? I will, no doubt, listen to that narration again. I am working on reading much of what Lawrence wrote - my goal. I recently bought some new things for my Lawrence collection: a few films - "The Virgin and the Gypsy" (older film version) and "The Rainbow" - newer BBC version; an obscure novel co-authored - "The Boy in the Bush" - there is a film but it is impossible to locate now, let alone buy. I know we must get to the reading of WIL sometime soon, but presently I have been trying to finish up "The Idiot" which was Sept's discussion group novel. After that, I need an easier book and then maybe we can do the WIL novel and discuss it together; what do you think?

One further question - it was the Roman Polanksi film you saw of "Tess", right?

Not WIL..we did that last year. Did you mean the Rainbow? I think that's the one we had decided to read next (?)
Yes it was the Polanski film. A very good film indeed

[Janine]

Not WIL..we did that last year. Did you mean the Rainbow? I think that's the one we had decided to read next (?)
Yes it was the Polanski film. A very good film indeed

Yes, silly me - I got my abreviations all mixed up. It was "The Rainbow" book I was referring to and it was the same film I recently saw. as well. You can watch the excerpts on Youtube. That is where I first discovered it. Then later I tracked down the film, but it is also with the play (newly released DVD) "The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd", starring Colin Firth as the drunken husband. I have two versions of that L play now; they are both quite intense and good. This version of "The Rainbow" was produced by the BBC for TV, not long ago. It was very good but disappointing, since they must have cut the original; I saw additional scenes that were missing from the DVD on Youtube...oh, well...it was still fine viewing. I knew the story having read it years back so it did not spoil it for me. I probably would suggest viewing it after you read the novel.


manolia, I forgot to mention that I also saw "Rope" - in fact, I own it on a VHS tape and like it very much. I must rewatch that one soon. I think it is quite unique and interesting. I agree with your rating. I love all of Hitchcock's work really so I am biased.

[byquist]

Kurosawa's Yojimbo, most interesting; somewhat humorous gang behavior. A lot of bluffing plus a little, but not enough, sword play.

[librarius_qui]

Cinema: Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of Krystal Skull
7/10 ... it goes fine, I laughed a lot!

@ Home, Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End
9.5/10; a good work.

[Janine]

Spellbound~ Hitchcock; starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck

Fantastic! 10/10....worth it to see the Dali 'dream sequence'. The extra features were very informative. Another great film to add to my collection!

[vheissu]

Burn after Reading directed by the Coen brothers which got quite a lot of appraisal at the Venice Film Festival this year.

Well...it's fairly original. John Malkovich, George Clooney and Frances McDormand were in my opinion, extremely good. The story was slightly confusing at the begginning: it wasn't very clear were it was trying to go and the ending was slightly unexpected.

7/10

[Niamh]

Shakespeare retold Macbeth 9/10

[LadyWentworth]

Last night i watched Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" and i rate it 9/10

Manolia, I LOVE "Rope". It is my favorite Hitchcock film. It was based on two real men from the 20's that were thrill killers. Their names were Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Have you ever seen a movie from the 1950's called "Compulsion"? That is a VERY good film. That one is much more obviously the Leopold and Loeb case than "Rope" is. It is the same story (as what happened in real life) but with the names changed. Then there was one made in the early '90's called "Swoon". Now that one DOES use the actual names. It is very indie and very low budget. It is a good movie nonetheless. But it doesn't remotely compare to "Compulsion" or "Rope". But as you seemed to really like "Rope", I thought I would mention "Compulsion" and "Swoon" to you.

Lady Wentworth, then you have seen it? It was superb, wasn't it? I may watch it again soon. Even though the plot was not as intricate as some other Hitchcock films I though the characters were more intricate and complex with great nuanced performances.

Yes, I have seen it. But for a split second I was thinking of "Suspicion". So I said something related to that film instead of "Notorious". Although I like the film enough to put it in my top 10, I probably wouldn't put it in my top 5. Hitch still has 5 more that I feel are better (namely "Rope" ). Honestly, Janine, Cary Grant can do absolutely NO wrong in my book!!

Shakespeare retold Much ado about Nothing. 9/10. was really good.
Shakespeare retold Macbeth 9/10

Niamh, they showed all of those here, but I kept forgetting that they were on. So I never got to see any of them.

[manolia]

Manolia, I LOVE "Rope". It is my favorite Hitchcock film. It was based on two real men from the 20's that were thrill killers. Their names were Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Have you ever seen a movie from the 1950's called "Compulsion"? That is a VERY good film. That one is much more obviously the Leopold and Loeb case than "Rope" is. It is the same story (as what happened in real life) but with the names changed. Then there was one made in the early '90's called "Swoon". Now that one DOES use the actual names. It is very indie and very low budget. It is a good movie nonetheless. But it doesn't remotely compare to "Compulsion" or "Rope". But as you seemed to really like "Rope", I thought I would mention "Compulsion" and "Swoon" to you.

Thanks for the info. You seem to have an endless "stock" of information on films So, it was based on a true story? Very interesting! I haven't seen those films you mention but i do remember watching a film with the same subject matter..not an old film, though and very inferior to rope but quite interesting.

Last night i watched "Psycho" well this one is definately 10/10. This film never gets old