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

[kandaurov]

Janine, glad you love them too! My parents and two friends of mine weren't that impressed by the Holy Grail. I'm expecting to know soon what's wrong with them, the doctor's supposed to have the MRIs ready by Tuesday.

(D. H. Lawrence, Johnny Cash, MP... how compatible our tastes are! )

[Niamh]

Oh man! I love Monty Python! They are so funny! the holy Grail is brill! I love the nights that say ni!
Meaning of life is comical.
As for the life of brian, love it so much i have it on my Ipod.

[Janine]

Janine, glad you love them too! My parents and two friends of mine weren't that impressed by the Holy Grail. I'm expecting to know soon what's wrong with them, the doctor's supposed to have the MRIs ready by Tuesday.

(D. H. Lawrence, Johnny Cash, MP... how compatible our tastes are! )

kandaurov, glad to hear of our similar tastes. No offence to your parents or your two friends, but they just don't get it....we will have to see what those MRI's reveal. Actually, first time my mother say "The Holy Grail" she laughed and laughed. I was shocked!

Cool, if you like D.H.Lawrence please do come and join our short story group. Presently, we are into a rather long story and nearly finished disgussing it. Probably next month, we will start another - be it a short one, I say. I have a few in mind and they are indeed short ones. We have good interesting discussions over there in that thread.

Niamh, I agree - isn't 'Life of Brian' a total riot? I can think of various scenes that have me ROTFLOL; hope you know what that means. MP is the best! I even get a kick out of their old TV show skits. My library owns the collection, so I have seen quite a number of them this past year. I howled with laughter at most of those.

[Janine]

Suspicion- 8.5/10

Joan Fontaine was underrated, I think. Poor thing.
And Alfred does some excellent camera work, as per usual. No one could do an interesting perspective shot like he could. When he puts you into Joan's eyes and shows Carey Grant lounging on the fancy chair staring right at you, it's incredible!


Oh Hitch, how I've missed you the past two weeks while school started!

Wow, *Classic*, glad you mentioned this film. Now I am not sure I have seen "Suspicion." I will have to keep a eye out for it and see it soon. I agree that Alfred does some excellent camera work with angles, perspectives, etc. This is one thing I always notice about his work and how creative the shooting it. I love Hitch's movies! Joan Fontaine was a fine actress.

[Niamh]

If i have my ipod on shuffle, every now and then a scene from Brian will crop up and i do try my best not to break my heart laughing as i'm usually on transport or walking in city centre when they come on. I love the "He's not the Messiah, hes a very naughty boy" quote!

I own a box set of MP and one of the DVDs is a collection of skits from the programme. I love the one about the joke that killed.

[Janine]

If i have my ipod on shuffle, every now and then a scene from Brian will crop up and i do try my best not to break my heart laughing as i'm usually on transport or walking in city centre when they come on. I love the "He's not the Messiah, hes a very naughty boy" quote!

Oh how funny; I can just imagine that. It would be fun to have it on your ipod shuffle and hear a classic scene now and then between music.

I own a box set of MP and one of the DVDs is a collection of skits from the programme. I love the one about the joke that killed.

I am pretty sure I remember that one. The one that really killed me was when the Englishmen were being abducted by aliens and turned into Scotsman. I just thought that was so hysterical...they would be walking down the street and sudden - zap! - they would be wearing kilts. The English population kept going down and the Scotish numbers kept rising. They kept showing that silly map and the news guy.

I recall also the 'old lady' gangs. Those were the best - you had to see them to get the full joke; they were just great.

[Niamh]

I am pretty sure I remember that one. The one that really killed me was when the Englishmen were being abducted by aliens and turned into Scotsman. I just thought that was so hysterical...they would be walking down the street and sudden - zap! - they would be wearing kilts. The English population kept going down and the Scotish numbers kept rising. They kept showing that silly map and the news guy.

I recall also the 'old lady' gangs. Those were the best - you had to see them to get the full joke; they were just great.

Classic!

[kandaurov]

Hiroshima Mon Amour, 1959

9/10

What begins as being an affair of aloofness and bliss gradually turns into an impossible love story. As the lovers reveal more about themselves, the heavy shadow of the past can be seen looming over them (hence Hiroshima being the perfect setting), slowly gathering insurmountable momentum. The thematic interplay between memory and forgetfulness, visually represented by the innovative use of flashback sequences, allied with the protagonists' complexity, ensure an unforgettable cinematic experience.

[NickAdams]

To be honest with you, I am still a bit undecided about "Cassandra's Dream"; it is rather different and actually not at all like other Allen films. I didn't even realise it was done by him. I am a big fan of McGregors but you may be right about the miscasting. I don't know, something about the film bugs me, but so far I haven't figured out exactly what. I own the film also, since a friend on Youtube highly recommended it. I think that some parts just went 'over the top' in some strange way - can't really explain that; perhaps it was mostly the actions of the characters or something that did not feel authentic to the times, or appropriate. I usually like Richard E. Grant, but I was not too sure about his role in this film either. Maybe I didn't like it as well because these stars did not seem to believable to me. I agree, I don't know if Ewan was believable at all in the film. I prefer him in other films I have seen him in such as "Young Adam" and "Eye of the Beholder"...in those I believed he was the character. Maybe it was his silly accent and his stupid looking long wig, that threw me way off in "Cassandra's Dream."

I agree with you, I like Woody's tragedies probably the best. I liked his older works, such as "Hannah and Her Sisters", "The Purple Rose of Cairo", "Husbands and Wives" and I also loved "Match Point." There are so many I hope to see someday.

Those accents were hoooooooooooorrible. It might have worked if it was set in Dublin. It had potential. Annie Hall is considered his best comedy, but I'm a Love and Death fan.

[sprinks]

I think the last movie I watched was the 3rd Futurama movie. I forget what the name is. Anywho, 9/10 because I love Futurama and I love the refrences in it, and random things like: "Is that a hobbit?" "No, that's a hobo and a rabbit, but they're making a hobbit." (Might've got that wrong but it's the general idea )

[Nightshade]

Classic!

Oh how funny; I can just imagine that. It would be fun to have it on your ipod shuffle and hear a classic scene now and then between music.



I am pretty sure I remember that one. The one that really killed me was when the Englishmen were being abducted by aliens and turned into Scotsman. I just thought that was so hysterical...they would be walking down the street and sudden - zap! - they would be wearing kilts. The English population kept going down and the Scotish numbers kept rising. They kept showing that silly map and the news guy.

I recall also the 'old lady' gangs. Those were the best - you had to see them to get the full joke; they were just great.

Noone excepects the spanish inquistion is my fav and the dejuvu skit!

[LadyW]

Final Destination 3

7/10

I admit, I got quite a big thrill out of this film, sadistic as that may sound.
I thought the directing was excellent in certain parts.
It wasn't the best horror movie I've seen, not by miles... but I'd watch it again sometime.

[*Classic*Charm*]

To Janine and Kandourov: I love Monty Python too! I love the Ministry on Silly Walks!!

Janine, yes, I really just can't get enough of Alfie. I got a boxed set for Christmas that I'm making my way through (more slowly than I would like). Suspicion was really interesting.

I watched Dial M for Murder...again. Infinity/10

The work with shadows is AMAZING.

[Shalot]

Saw Bride Wars today. It wasn't totally terrible, but it wasn't as good of a chick flick as it could have been. Or maybe I just wasn't really in the mood for a movie.

I don't really understand the whole bridal mania frenzy that this movie and others seem to try to promote as I myself got married in a pair of jeans and my husband wore flip flops. Ew, that is kinda tacky, now that I think of it, but whatever. I still don't get it. I don't understand the quest for the perfect wedding, and I don't understand spending loads of money on it. Marriages won't be perfect - you know they're going to be hard, and if you have any sense at all you realize that no man is going to be perfect, and if you go into thinking like that, you're just going to end up disappointed....

But anyway, back to the movie. I like Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway, so this movie was tolerable to me and there were at least two real laugh out loud moments, and a many more moments worthy of a slight soft chuckle here and there. Candice Bergen's performance as the drill sargent wedding planner was a little too cliche for me though, and I didn't see the ending because I had to pee.

7.9/10

[Janine]

Those accents were hoooooooooooorrible. It might have worked if it was set in Dublin. It had potential. Annie Hall is considered his best comedy, but I'm a Love and Death fan.

I will start with you NickA, I really liked "Love and Death", too; I haven't seen it in years but would love to see it again soon. It was so great. Agree about those accents. They were just awful ...soooo phoney....made it hard from the start to get into the story or the film; from there on the film seemed too unreal to me...just like something was thrown way off balance.

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To Janine and Kandourov: I love Monty Python too! I love the Ministry on Silly Walks!!

Janine, yes, I really just can't get enough of Alfie. I got a boxed set for Christmas that I'm making my way through (more slowly than I would like). Suspicion was really interesting.

I watched Dial M for Murder...again. Infinity/10

*Classic*C*, oh yes, the 'Silly Walks' was just hilarious!
Edit: just found it on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYlzTdSZeI4
I did see this before - so funny!

Cool, we have a lot of MP enthusiasts here amongst us. We should form a social group.

Yes, aren't Alfie films the greatest? I must see "Suspicion". I have a boxed set of his earlier b/w films. Those are fun to watch, too. Nice you got the box set for Christmas - great gift. "Dial M for Murder" is one of my all-time favorites of his. I love the way the story unfolds so meticulously. Wonderful film! Perfect in every way. 'Infinity' is a good word!

The work with shadows is AMAZING

You said it. True of all his films. He was truly genius. Such talent and a very nice man on top of that!

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No one excepects the spanish inquistion is my fav and the dejuvu skit!

Night, I think I recall the second one, but not the first; although the title sure sounds slightly familiar.
Edit: here is "The Spanish Inquistion" - indeed I had seen this before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldlyTjXk9A

On the other hand, I now don't recall seeing this before but it is quite a riot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2eUopy9sd8