What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

Let It Be, on Disney+. A few more scenes than Get Back. I was disappointed. Thought George & Paul were supposed to have it out and George was supposed to leave. Didn't happen in either feature.
 

We have a "ton" of dvds, and watch movies a few times a week. We started a "tradition" about ten years ago, in that we begin on a June weekend, and watch the first Harry Potter movie. The next weekend we watch the second one, and so on. By the time we finish the last one, the end of summer is almost in sight.

The series has gotten a bad rap down here with some of the religious groups. My own daughter in law is a minister, and had forbidden her kids from ever watching these "satanic" movies. I asked her if she had ever seen one. "Oh no, the church says they are evil!

I told her my thoughts on them, in that they emphasized love and friendship and "good stuff", and the story lines were pretty amazing. And of course, that probably labeled me as a heathen, but so be it.
 
I was feeling nostalgic because of D-Day and even though I have seen it before I watched "The Best Years of Our Lives" on Pluto TV. I think it was Pluto.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-best-years-of-our-lives-1946
Trailer here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036868/

It won NINE Academy Awards.

Younger viewers may be shocked at how the Vets do not use kind words toward their former enemies, but war is war. It's not a place for nice language and so I think the film is very realistic in that regard.

Younger viewers will also be offended that a very few Black people in the film are in the background only, no lines, but this was made in 1946 and truly, mostly the only roles for Black folks in White films were as servants. It was a terrible reality, but it was reality. The fact that the producers and director even remembered to include them as extras in 1946 was rather unique for the period.

I think in 1946 director Wm. Wyler was pretty gutsy to have a handicapped person in a major role, to have characters wondering aloud if their adult daughter knows about sex, and for showing mental illness (PTSD inferences) to audiences! How did this get past the censors in 1946?

Wonderful film, great acting, gorgeous musical score. I just love Fredric March. After you watch this, go watch Fredric March in "Inherit the Wind" and you won't even think you're seeing the same man! He was THAT GOOD.
 
Let It Be, on Disney+. A few more scenes than Get Back. I was disappointed. Thought George & Paul were supposed to have it out and George was supposed to leave. Didn't happen in either feature.
George did indeed leave in Get Back; I don't have the time stamp available. It was extremely subtle, and I missed it the first time around. I thought he and Paul were going to have it out, too, but the interaction was very muted. I'd always heard the story as George storming out in a huff.

I haven't seen the new version of Let It Be yet, and I watched the original (bootleg DVD) ages ago.

Update: Darn, I don't have the DVD of Get Back, and I can't afford to resubscribe to Disney+ right now, so I can't provide any specifics (viz., a time stamp) to direct you to.
 
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The Meg. It isn't a movie I would normally seek to watch but today is its last day on Hulu, it stars Jason Stratham, whose movies I've been wanting to check out and the trailer looked interesting. As shark movies go, it was pretty good. The underlying storylines held my interest and the little girl in the movie was adorable. I also enjoyed the water scenes. I watched it in two days. That's good timing for me since it can take me several days to finish a movie.

 
Young Indy Restored
This channel is dedicated to restoring The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles to the way they originally aired on American television back in 1992 and '93.

I'm doing this as a passion project so that everyone who's interested can see the series as originally intended.

I was inspired to do this by Star Wars restorers such as Harmy, to keep the original version of this series from forgotten. I know as long as Star Wars doesn't get it's original versions released this series won't either. And most likely, the original version of the series will never be released. But then we will at least have this channel.

Each episode is like a mini-movie, historical dramas covering aspects of an important period: the early the 20th Century.

The restored versions correct the... editing... that had been done "for time" and which coincidentally dropped pivotal points and actions by nations and by individual historical figures.
 
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Inside Out 2: A continuation of Riley's life into puberty, and maybe as great as the first one. But it can't be credited with equal creativity because Inside Out 1 came up with the completely unique premise. Number 2 just expands on it. Supposedly it's promoted as a stand alone film, but I think you need to see the first one, or you may be confused early on in the second film.
 
I watched Gone Girl. Someone had mentioned it in this thread (can't remember who) and since I'd been meaning to watch it for years, I decided to check it out. I got bored with it by the almost half way mark, so fast forwarded through much of it by which time I figured out what was really the case. I didn't care for the ending either, but I'm glad I finally checked that one off my list.
 
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I watched Gone Girl. Someone had mentioned it in this thread (can't remember who) and since I'd been meaning to watch it for years, I decided to check it out. I got bored with it the almost half way mark, so fast forwarded through much of it by which time I figured out what was really the case. I didn't care for the ending either, but I'm glad I finally checked that one off my list.
I wasn't too impressed with that movie either. I know you are currently subscribed to Apple TV but if you want to watch a really good show based on a book by the author of Gone Girl then watch Sharp Objects on Max (It was an HBO mini series). Very well acted and creepy.
 
Finished Live Free or Die Hard yesterday. This is one I never saw before. What was remarkable, especially after seeing the other films in the franchise, is that there was hardly one F bomb in it. I guess I forgot they dropped so many F bombs in these movies...either that or I watched edited versions. At the end he did say his signature John McClane line though..'Yippie ki-yay Mother Fxxxer". I'm on a Die Hard franchise kick this month due to availability on Hulu. Re-watched Die Hard and Die Hard With A Vengeance. I also watched Die Hard 2 for the first time. Sometime this week, I'll start A Good Day to Die Hard. By June 30th, I will have watched the entire franchise.

 
"The Beekeeper " on Prime
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I was feeling nostalgic because of D-Day and even though I have seen it before I watched "The Best Years of Our Lives" on Pluto TV. I think it was Pluto.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-best-years-of-our-lives-1946
Trailer here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036868/

It won NINE Academy Awards.

Younger viewers may be shocked at how the Vets do not use kind words toward their former enemies, but war is war. It's not a place for nice language and so I think the film is very realistic in that regard.

Younger viewers will also be offended that a very few Black people in the film are in the background only, no lines, but this was made in 1946 and truly, mostly the only roles for Black folks in White films were as servants. It was a terrible reality, but it was reality. The fact that the producers and director even remembered to include them as extras in 1946 was rather unique for the period.

I think in 1946 director Wm. Wyler was pretty gutsy to have a handicapped person in a major role, to have characters wondering aloud if their adult daughter knows about sex, and for showing mental illness (PTSD inferences) to audiences! How did this get past the censors in 1946?

Wonderful film, great acting, gorgeous musical score. I just love Fredric March. After you watch this, go watch Fredric March in "Inherit the Wind" and you won't even think you're seeing the same man! He was THAT GOOD.
I like both movies very much. These are the movies you can watch again and again.
 
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This was on my "To See" list, but I didn't remember anything about it. I was very reluctant to get it...thinking that it might be another hokey horror film (not my thing). I looked it up online and found out that it was park of MARVEL'S Spider Man series. So, I gave it a try. After all, if I didn't like it, I could always turn it off.

It was GREAT!!!! If anyone is into MARVEL, I would say that this is a "must see" movie!!
 
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Watched "The Long Hot Summer" with Paul Newman last evening. First time for us, and we really enjoyed it. I had no clue where the plot was going and the fact that it ended up with everyone "happy" was a nice surprise. Definitely worth watching if you want to go back to a simpler time.
 
On Netflix, Trigger Warning. Take this as a warning to not waste your time watching it. Apparently, it’s the number one watched show on NF right now. It was at the top of the list and under 2 hours, which is a deciding factor for us. Ratings show 25% liked it.
What people like in a movie is subjective. I appreciate hearing whether you liked it or not, but don't tell me what to watch.
 
One problem I've noticed is the sort of films I like are getting harder to find, crowded out by styles and genres with more mass market appeal.

I can still find good ones but they usually cost an additional premium, i.e. must be rented by the film or purchased on physical media. They rarely ever appear somewhere like Netflix, where the closest things seem to be dubbed foreign films of lower-tier quality. Still more watchable than the formulaic soaps, but not worth paying for through overpriced services like Netflix or even more dubious channels (Apple, Disney, Paramount, et al.) with a decidedly... cultural bent.
 
I watched The Zone of Interest last night. I found it incredibly powerful in what it did not show.

The audio was brilliant: Here is this family (Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife and children), living literally a stone's throw from a Nazi death camp and going about their daily lives against a backdrop of train whistles, gunshots, barked guard orders, and various screams—not to mention the glow from the furnaces that illuminated their bedroom walls at night.

I cannot comprehend how a person could live such a life—in that context—and not literally go mad. There were some subtle yet very poignant scenes: the family dog sneaking scraps off of food-laden tables, clearly eating better than the prisoners so close by; the steam from a camp-bound train streaming over the treetops in the background as the family relaxed in their luxurious backyard, etc.

I found it both very moving and disturbing.
 
Night School, Kevan Hart Dyslexic and learning disorders. Every time his talented martial arts Teacher with really great kicks and punches, he learned the answer to her question. He got his GED. Stupid Comedy, the best is a good thought. Rock and Hart have a good Intelligence show also. Every time Bob says See you in the next life bad scat happens to ya. Sure, he is a bad luck kind of guy. Secret service stuff in it.

You can't go wrong with stupid stuff wid them 2.
 


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