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

[Janine]

Last night I watched an old movie, classic...

Took this from Netflix's description:

All About Eve (1950)

Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's sharp script anchors this story about New York City theater life, with Bette Davis playing an aging Broadway diva who employs a starstruck fan (Anne Baxter) as her assistant, only to learn the woman is a conniving upstart. The now-classic All About Eve won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Mankiewicz), Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders).
Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

I really liked this film; I could pretty much guess the direction it was taking, but still it was engaging and I loved the performances - all top-notch. They don't make films like this anymore. Betty Davis had the special star quality one doesn't forget easily. She was amazing. The extra features on the DVD were really interesting as well. They showed how this paralleled what she was going through personally at the time; she had just turned 40. Back then, that was old for a film diva. Nowdays, woman are luckier, in that they continue to act well into their golden years. Look at Dame Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, and others. Sad to think back, in the early days of cinema and Holywood, they would put you out to pasture at the tender age of 40. I would definitely rate this movie with a 10/10. Very enjoyable; the humor and script were right on target and the drama was well acted. It's a timeless film.

I have been watching a lot of films this week and last. I will post more on those later on. I have fallen behind some...

[Nightshade]

I watched Jim sheridan's In america this morning it was WONDERFUL, and it made me almost cry, not quite a green mile sobathon but a very good film.
9 kitkats!

[Pensive]

Firelight - 10/10
Loved it. Wonderful characterization. Even the minor characters like that sarcastic maid were shaped amazingly for a movie. Loved the brief dialogues saying too much as well. Witty and emotional. I will have to recommend it to anybody who is looking for an excellent movie!

[Plumbum]

I watched G-Force the other night in 3D. Didn't really want to watch it, but it turned out to be surprisingly entertaining. I loved how Zach Galifianakis looked exactly the same as he did in The Hangover, only this time he looked clean at least!

[Janine]

Troilus and Cressida ~ William Shakespeare BBC Adaptation

Fine adaptation of the play. I found it hard to follow the complicated dialogue at times; confusing to say the least; but the play got more interesting as it progressed and I grasped more of what was going on. The cover of the DVD was very deceiving, since it said 'Comedy' within design of the border. I am not sure why, because this play is the furthest thing from a comedy although it had some comedic moments and quirky characters.
I found this in Wikipedia:

Throughout the play, the tone lurches wildly between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom, and readers and theatre-goers have frequently found it difficult to understand how one is meant to respond to the characters.However, several characteristic elements of the play (the most notable being its constant questioning of intrinsic values such as hierarchy, honor and love) have often been viewed as distinctly "modern", as in the following remarks on the play by author and literary scholar Joyce Carol Oates:

Troilus and Cressida, that most vexing and ambiguous of Shakespeare's plays, strikes the modern reader as a contemporary document—its investigation of numerous infidelities, its criticism of tragic pretensions, above all, its implicit debate between what is essential in human life and what is only existential are themes of the twentieth century. [...] This is tragedy of a special sort—the "tragedy" the basis of which is the impossibility of conventional tragedy.

It's curious; it struck me as more modern in content and viewpoint, too. I found it some things unusual, such as encouragement from Cressida's uncle given to Troilus to blantantly sleep with Cressida; also some of this remarks were really outspoken for the day. The way the nobles and warriors spoke was not always admirable or honorable either, which had me miffed at first, comparing this play to other more noble oriented plays by the Bard.
Not my favorite Shakespeare play, but worthy of watching; a part of history and mythology that continues to fascinate me; although I am not very versed in Greek/Trojan history. The acting was quite good; I recognised a few notable actors from other BBC productions. Anton Lesser played Troilus and was quite admirable. I don't think I am able to rate this one.

[Mathor]

Last night I watched an old movie, classic...

Took this from Netflix's description:

All About Eve (1950)

Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's sharp script anchors this story about New York City theater life, with Bette Davis playing an aging Broadway diva who employs a starstruck fan (Anne Baxter) as her assistant, only to learn the woman is a conniving upstart. The now-classic All About Eve won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Mankiewicz), Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders).
Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

I really liked this film; I could pretty much guess the direction it was taking but still it was engaging and I loved the performances - all top-notch. They don't make films like this anymore. Betty Davis had the special star quality one doesn't forget easily. She was amazing. The extra features on the DVD were really interesting as well. They showed how this paralleled what she was going through personally at the time; she had just turned 40. Back then that was old for a film diva. Nowday, woman are luckier in that they continue to act well into their golden years. Look at Dame Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, and others. Sad to think back in the early days of cinema and Holywood, they would put you out to pasture at the tender age of 40. I would definitely rate this movie with a 10/10. Very enjoyable; the humor and script were right on target and the drama was well acted. It's a timeless film.

I have been watching a lot of films this week and last. I will post more on those later on. I have fallen behind some...

Only 10?? In my eyes, you can't get much closer to perfection than All About Eve.

[Janine]

Only 10?? In my eyes, you can't get much closer to perfection than All About Eve.

Mather, hahaha...what do you mean ONLY 10?
10 out of 10 - perfection! This film was amazing. Betty Davis gave a tour de force performance, if I have ever seen one. Glad you are in agreement. I am glad I watched it finally. Sure I will watch it again - my library owns a copy.

[Mark F.]

Mankiewicz is the stuff. Have you seen his later films like There Was a Crooked Man and Sleuth, I loved those as well. And Five Fingers with James Mason.

[Mathor]

In The Loop - 2009 - 10/10 - In the same vein of the The Office, a brilliant british comedy about the insides of the British goverment and the events leading up to the Iraq war. A satire, and somehow not very political at all, but simply just a great and wonderful human comedy (mostly featuring the overuse of the word "****")

[Helga]

I just saw 'Public enemies' last night, and I liked it. as much as I like Bale he didn't do that good in this movie, it could have been better. Johnny Depp is ALWAYS good and man I love the glasses he wore, the sunglasses too.It was an interesting story and I liked how they used everything that were Dillinger's moves, like jumping over the counter and not taking anything from the people at the bank just the bank and he was very good at getting away from the cop and just out of any situation. the actress who played Bette was good but I have no idea who she is. I don't like to much romance in a movie like this and I think they could have skipped a kissing scene or two. so many good actors playing small roles was really good I think. my biggest problem was Bale, he sounded like he sometimes had an accent but not all of the times, this wasn't his best movie.

I loved the music in it and the clothes, Dillinger always very well dressed and I love the hats all the men had...

I'd give it 8 out of 10

the next movie I wanna see is 'Funny Games'.....

[Haunted]

Night Train (2008)

Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski and Steve Zahn

This movie is so incredible and totally unpredictable. It's a thriller but it's not what you think. I won't give it away, it takes place on an old-world train. One cold snowy night, a mysterious passenger came running breathlessly into a desolate train station to catch the train. He was holding a box...

YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT'S INSIDE THE BOX!!!!

10!

[Mathor]

Adventureland (2009) - 8/10 - One of those movies that starts out as an American Pie-esque semi-pornographic sex romp but slowly transforms into a romantic comedy at the end. Probably the best romantic comedy I've seen all year. With the terrible way comedic movies are going these days, it's great to see some light-hearted romance for once. This is the one movie I've seen all year that I think just about anyone would enjoy.

[optimisticnad]

The Ugly Truth (2009), usual rom-com 'chick' flick. It was ok, predictable, but I did like the verbal sex banter, made notes ...

[Mathor]

The Ugly Truth (2009), usual rom-com 'chick' flick. It was ok, predictable, but I did like the verbal sex banter, made notes ...

the thing was it sucked on so many levels, and yet it somehow seemed to provide a lot of insight on what both men and women are looking for sexually/emotionally. So though it's in no ways a good movie, it is intelligent in a lot of ways.

[Helga]

the grizzly man

this movie was strange, he was kinda crazy living with bears and acting the way he did. it was so cute how great relationship he established with the foxes, they were so cute. I didn't quite get what he thought he was doing there, he kept saying he was protecting the bears but when some guys were throwing rocks at a bear cub he just watched and cursed.

it was interesting but didn't really leave a lot behind..

5/10