What was the last film you watched?
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I just watched Back to the Future 2 (1989) the other day. I know most people prefer the original but this was always my favorite cause of how they travel to the future. I like seeing how many things they actually predicted right. I’m still waiting to see a flying car though
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Wish I could see that-- unfortunately, I can't afford Amazon Prime.
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It was free
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It was free
Did not realize that!
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I have a Roku stick and got Prime through that, then the movie was free @bmasters9
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Ah! I always thought that Prime Video was only for those who had the Amazon Prime service.
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The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989).
It's been almost 30 years since I last saw this film and it's every bit as good as I remember it. Peter Greenaway's films often divides opinions but I think this is one of his most accessible films and his best. It's a superb piece of storytelling that's intriguing, dramatic, mysterious, horrific, funny, shocking and like no other film I've seen. The direction is imaginative, as is usually the case with Peter Greenaway films, the use of colour is inventive, the cinematography and set design are stunning, the score is a work of genius and the acting is first class, especially by Sir Michael Gambon. There isn't a weak link in this film and I think it's a masterpiece of British cinema.
I remember seeing this when it first came out in '89. I agree with you on all counts, except that for me the scenes of violence were too disturbing. Much more disturbing than anything I had ever seen before.
However, everything else about it was brilliant. It was also the first time I had ever seen Helen Mirren in a movie. She was wonderful. The scene when she is at the dinner table with the bruise on her face as Gambon's character low key taunts her really shows Mirren's skill. She conveys so much with just her facial expression. Incredibly talented person.
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I agree with you, the acting is exceptional, although I singled out Michael Gambon for praise, Helen Mirren was also outstanding. There is a lot of violence in the film but it that didn't trouble me because it was such an important part of the story and at times it was done to shock, at times for humour but always to show what a terrible person Michael Gambon's character was. It just wouldn't have had the same impact had the violence just been suggested.
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Interestingly, the scene I mentioned only suggests the violence Mirren's character endured through the bruise. It's such a chilling scene because of the truly awful violence of which we have seen Gambon's character capable.
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Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005)
Prom Night meets Final Destination. With a budget of $3.99, apparently.
Prom Night meets Final Destination. With a budget of $3.99, apparently.
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All The President's Men (1976 Warner Bros. classic political thriller about the Washington Post investigation of the Watergate scandal, w/Robert Redford as Bob Woodward, Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein, Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee, et al. [based on the 1974 book of the same name by Woodward and Bernstein])
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Following my relentless pursuit of non-commercial films from the 70s and the 80s, this week I watched "The Boost", aka the movie that inspired "Fatal Attraction" (which is false, because this one was released the previous year!), aka the one whose behind-the-scenes facts were more talked about than the movie itself. You know, James Woods started an extramarital affair with Sean Young, then he tried to end it (once the filming was finished I think), and Sean was not "excited" about it. Urban legend says that she began stalking him and threatening to kill him and herself, blablabla... Young has talked about it in one of her TV biographies, and her version is different, of course.
The movie is quite interesting though not as bold as it probably was back then. Basically, it´s "Days of Wine and Roses" with coke (non-Cola!) instead of wine. Both actors are terrific and have a very old-fashioned onscreen chemistry, which I find amazing given the circumstances. The budget was low but Sean has a wonderful wardrobe, and there is only one shot actually filmed in N.Y.C. (and you can see it in the trailer below, which also presents the last scene, talk about spoilers!!!). If you like the actors, they are fatally attractive here (oops, sorry).
The movie is quite interesting though not as bold as it probably was back then. Basically, it´s "Days of Wine and Roses" with coke (non-Cola!) instead of wine. Both actors are terrific and have a very old-fashioned onscreen chemistry, which I find amazing given the circumstances. The budget was low but Sean has a wonderful wardrobe, and there is only one shot actually filmed in N.Y.C. (and you can see it in the trailer below, which also presents the last scene, talk about spoilers!!!). If you like the actors, they are fatally attractive here (oops, sorry).
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Lucy (2014)
Best of all was that I knew absolutely nothing about the film going in. So every turn surprised me. And I thoroughly enjoyed the ride.
Best of all was that I knew absolutely nothing about the film going in. So every turn surprised me. And I thoroughly enjoyed the ride.
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Said the guy who owns the complete boxsets of every tv series ever made.
I, too, have never heard of it. It could be anything!
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And it was almost everything. It seemed to change genres every twenty minutes.
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Not every one, but a lot of them.
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Prom Night (1980)
It's many years since I last watched it and it's far better than I remembered. A whole lot more plot and mostly fairly tastefully done. And I'd misremembered the identity of the killer, which was a plus.
It's many years since I last watched it and it's far better than I remembered. A whole lot more plot and mostly fairly tastefully done. And I'd misremembered the identity of the killer, which was a plus.
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I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
My fondness for this one goes back to a fun time when I was just discovering slasher films and I watched this one a heck of a lot. As with Prom Night, it's quite some years since I've watched, and I think I enjoyed it more because of that.
I'm fond enough of this that I can overlook most of the gaping plot holes and cliches. Though once I noticed it I did struggle to make peace with Jennifer Love Hewitt's penchant for beginning sentences with "OK" à la Richard Osman.
My fondness for this one goes back to a fun time when I was just discovering slasher films and I watched this one a heck of a lot. As with Prom Night, it's quite some years since I've watched, and I think I enjoyed it more because of that.
I'm fond enough of this that I can overlook most of the gaping plot holes and cliches. Though once I noticed it I did struggle to make peace with Jennifer Love Hewitt's penchant for beginning sentences with "OK" à la Richard Osman.