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

[Janine]

I watch the same movies over and over again, every night. I choose new movies about twice a year. Some of the movies I watch, repeatedly, are "shawshank redemption", "ghost world", "royal tannebaums", "husbands and wives", "bridges of madison county", "kramer vs Kramer", "heartburn".

I alternate between these every night. It comforts me.

hahah..you sound just like me; I do vary a bit but sometimes I like going back to my favorites and you are right - somehow the familiarity of them is comforting. Two nights ago I watched a film I have watched a zillion times.

I like some of the ones you mentioned too...the first and "Husband and Wives" are good films in my opinion. I think years ago, I saw "Heartburn" and liked that, too. Is Meryl Strepp in that too?

[Pollopicu]

Yes. I love Meryl. it's funny, cause I never realized how many movies I watch with Meryl streep. She's so versatile in her characters, I don't see it as being a fanatic of hers, cause I'm really not. I'm more a Judy Davis fanatic. I think meryl just happens to be a coincidence.

those are just the ones I watch over and over at night. I watch other "oldies" (70's 80's) but goodies from time to time.

you know what movie to comes to mind that i think is so funny? " nightshift" with Michael keaton. Also "Arthur" with Dudley Moore.

[DanielBenoit]

Saw Lynch's Wild at Heart a about a week ago. It was quite good, though not as powerful as Blue Velvet and a little overly self-satirical, it still hits most of the right notes and is a fascinating allegory of getting lost on the Yellow Brick Road. Lynch certainly is somewhere over the raindow
7/10

Also, I saw Drugstore Cowboy about a week ago. Matt Dillon's performance is so great, and Van Sants directing is top notch. It truly gives you that feeling of degration and despair and that sick feeling of being a pills addict. It reminded me a bit of Bonnie and Clyde (another American masterpiece) in which this gang of "bandits" go around having a good time robbing stores/banks, but then fall into the consequences. But Bonnie and Clyde had it easy, their lives ended with a bang, a drug addict's life ends with a slow decomposing whimper. 10/10

[Janine]

Yes. I love Meryl. it's funny, cause I never realized how many movies I watch with Meryl streep. She's so versatile in her characters, I don't see it as being a fanatic of hers, cause I'm really not. I'm more a Judy Davis fanatic. I think meryl just happens to be a coincidence.

Pollopicu, I was for a time very enamoured with the work of Meryl Streep. I guess I still am to a degree; but her earlier stuff more than her new stuff. Of course, I still think she's a amazingly talented actress and really looks great at her age; has a lot of vibrant energy - she was quite good in her newest film: Mama Mia and she has a nice singing voice also. She is still quite beautiful I think. I own a few of her films; Sophie's Choice, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Out of Africa; in fact, Out of Africa is my favorite move of all time! I finally had to purchase a copy for myself, since I watch it so often.

Funny you should mention Judy Davis. I really like her work as well. I own a few of her films: Celebrity and A Passage to India; she was great in Husband and Wives. She can be both serious and very funny at times.

those are just the ones I watch over and over at night. I watch other "oldies" (70's 80's) but goodies from time to time.

I watch a lot of films from that era and even earlier. I will buy one from ages ago (even from my teen years) and then I begin to recall others I particularly loved back then; I track those down to buy if they are something really special that I know I will watch over and over again. I just ordered a few: A Summer Place (60's, 70's ?), Summer of '42. Not too long ago I bought A Patch of Blue. Are you familar with any of these? It will be fun to revisit these wonderful older films; will bring back memories.

you know what movie to comes to mind that i think is so funny? " nightshift" with Michael keaton. Also "Arthur" with Dudley Moore.

I loved Dudley Moore in the day! Not only Arthur, but others he did were just hilarious. I should look those up online and try to buy a few of the winners. I like the one with Goldie Hawn, but now I can't think of the name of it. It also starred Chevy Chase as a gumshoe detective...ah...wasn't it called Foul Play? That was an entertaining movie. Michael Keaton was good in a number of films from that era. I am not sure if I saw Nightshift. I liked him in Batman and he was good in Beetlejuice.

[billl]

Nightshift (with Henry Winkler, too, making up the other half of the "odd couple") is a lot of fun, with some of the best lines ever.

[Janine]

Nightshift (with Henry Winkler, too, making up the other half of the "odd couple") is a lot of fun, with some of the best lines ever.

Oh, Winkler was great. I will have to check it out sometime soon; sounds like fun.

[skaterskagg1]

Casino Royale. The James Bond movie from 2006ish. One of the few movies I've seen lately that I can confidently give 10/10. That movie is amazing.

[Pollopicu]

Nightshift (with Henry Winkler, too, making up the other half of the "odd couple") is a lot of fun, with some of the best lines ever.

Oh, Winkler was great. I will have to check it out sometime soon; sounds like fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N6rzfoWHzg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjHUP...eature=related

"feeding mayonnaise to tuna fish" :P

[DarkMessenger13]

Watched public enemies.....Awesome film

[billl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N6rzfoWHzg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjHUP...eature=related

"feeding mayonnaise to tuna fish" :P

careful Janine--great scenes!! you could save them for a soon-to-be viewing...

[Shalot]

I saw Halloween II. I guess the cultered people here at Lit Net haven't seen this fine film..

It wasn't that great but I was in the mood for the movie theater and I had a cherry coke and some popcorn so I sat through it. There were a couple of cool cinematic shots that would make for great desktop wallpaper, and Rob Zombie's wife pulled off the creepy ghost mother role better than anyone else could.

[Shalot]

Inglorious Basterds I liked it more than I thought I would. I do like Tarantino, and I'd forgotten how good he is at dialog. I don't care if they digress. The suspense. I felt that he really let the scene take its own time to develop. Personally I thought the acting was pretty good, but that Christoph Waltz was incredible and that he stole the show. 8/10

The Time-Traveler's WifeAnother pleasant surprise. Fairly well acted, the story is absorbing and touching. 7/10

I saw this movie too, and I have to say that Tarantino missed the mark with his character from Maynardville, TN. Brad Pit did okay with the accent, but no one in Maynardville says bidness in place of business.

[Janine]

An oldy but goody tonight, something from my early days of going to the movies. This may be a SPOILER if you have not seen this film:

The Summer of '42

I remember loving this movie when I was younger; seeing it on a big screen in the movie theater was such a treat. I still enjoyed it very much and it brought back keen memories of my own adolescence. It's a 'coming of age' film with a lot of thought behind the main character's first connection with the opposite sex and eventual first sexual experience; that scene being beautifully shot; filmmakers of today should take a clue here - less is sometimes better; one's on imagination takes over, making this scene very sensual and beautiful and tender...just seeing the lace curtains move with the ocean breeze and hearing the rhythm of the waves was very effective in evoking just the right amount of emotion, feeling and depth between the youth and the older woman he consoles. The rest of the film leading up to this part was very well paced and very funny at times; so typical of three young boys spending their summer vacation on Cape Code in the 40's. The supporting cast was also very good. And who could ever forget the luminous beauty of Jennifer O'Neil? The 15 yr old young man playing Hermes, was quite good as well. The first and last lines of the movie are very poignant and meaningful. If you get to see this film, pay particular attention to the voice over narration both beginning and ending. The score is beautiful and very memorable. I always loved the theme song. A lovely sensitive film, which I would rate 9/10. Classic for it's time period.

[DanielBenoit]

Tonight I stayed up late to watch Fargo directed by the Coen Brothers. It's such a masterpeice and remains the Coens best work. I remember watching this when I was at my grandmothers house and there was about four feet of snow outside. . . .
This is such a masterful movie, and yet everything is very subtle. After their overblown Raising Arizona, we see an ever growing maturity in the Coens as great directors, their talents reaching their peaks in Fargo, who's plot is so popostorous and weird, that's so violent and funny, that the entire movie seems one big juxtaposition of everyday Mid-Western life.
Here, the Coens achieve what Lynch tried to do with Twin Peaks, and that was to have witty and quirky small-town characters, just going about their everyday lives, oh, and there happens to be a triple homicide. There are moments in the film in which the bored inhabitants of Brainard simply concern themselves with the usual small talk, choosing that over police-work interrigation and questioning, you know all that complicated stuff.
William H. Macy gives a brilliant performance in playing a bad actor; a car salesman who hires two criminals to kipnap his own wife, so that her father can pay the ransom so he'll get some of the money or, whatever, it's too confusing. Frances McDormand is in her shining role of her career who plays a sweet but clever policewoman who seems to be a force of small-town nature on her own, like that hauntingly quirky statue of Paul Bunyan, just outside of Brainard.
Either way, this is a masterpiece, covered in snow and coldness, which presents itself as an interesting crime film and unravels into the most delightful dark comedies ever made. 10/10

[qimissung]

I saw this movie too, and I have to say that Tarantino missed the mark with his character from Maynardville, TN. Brad Pit did okay with the accent, but no one in Maynardville says bidness in place of business.

Do they ever get those southern accents right? Did he get the sensibility of the place right, I wonder? I remember when they did Silwood and I was so annoyed at the background music, like we all sat around and played banjo music. I guess there is a preponderance of people who like country music in my home state, but I am not one of them.