What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

@Bretrick: I meant of course JUDY Holliday, not Billie! I just watched another with her playing opposite Jack Lemmon in his first movie role: It Should Happen To You. She's just a delight. Both scripts written by the brilliant Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor.
 

Marcy Sheiner said:
@Bretrick: I meant of course JUDY Holliday, not Billie! I just watched another with her playing opposite Jack Lemmon in his first movie role: It Should Happen To You. She's just a delight. Both scripts written by the brilliant Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor.
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Agree that the original Born Yesterday is hilarious. Don't think I've seen the remake.

Can't recall if I've seen It Should Happen to You.

Did you stream these movies? If so, on what service?
 
OldFeller said:
The Big Lebowski. I never saw it from beginning to end so I got it out of the library.
Well, there's a couple hours I'll never get back.
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Agreed. I watched it several years ago. My opinion - it was a rambling waste of my time, not to mention the skills of some very talented actors.

I quite like some Coen Brothers movies (notably Fargo and True Grit), but the popularity of others leaves me mystified.
 
StarSong said:
Agreed. I watched it [The Big Lebowski] several years ago. My opinion - it was a rambling waste of my time, not to mention the skills of some very talented actors.
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That movie is widely acclaimed. I've seen it listed in some expert's Top Ten Films list. I lost interest in the first 30 minutes and returned it. Years later rented it again determined to understand what I was missing. I couldn't finish it the second time either.

It's perplexing how a movie so hyped over so many years, could be so uninteresting to me. Even if I hated it, I should at least be able to understand why others like it. Right? I just don't get it.
 
StarSong said:
Agreed. I watched it several years ago. My opinion - it was a rambling waste of my time, not to mention the skills of some very talented actors.

I quite like some Coen Brothers movies (notably Fargo and True Grit), but the popularity of others leaves me mystified.
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I saw both, Fargo and True Grit and liked them both.

What made me want to see Lebowski is what I now know is an unjustified 8.1 rating, which is really high, on IMDB.
 
JustDave said:
That movie is widely acclaimed. I've seen it listed in some expert's Top Ten Films list. I lost interest in the first 30 minutes and returned it. Years later rented it again determined to understand what I was missing. I couldn't finish it the second time either.

It's perplexing how a movie so hyped over so many years, could be so uninteresting to me. Even if I hated it, I should at least be able to understand why others like it. Right? I just don't get it.
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I feel the exact same way...but I remember feeling it was just such a "boy's" movie. Now I know that wasn't it.
 
Agree to disagree, it took me 3 times watching 'The Big Lebowski' until I finally got it. Quirky yes but I've used some the dialog myself throughout my life. Watching any Coen Bros creation is either you hated it, or loved it. 'True Grit' was my favorite! 'Fargo' being 2nd. Jeff Bridges can act circles around John Wayne but who can't? Will say that John Wayne does the best impression of John Wayne in whatever movie he's in.
 
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Last night watched The Scorpion King with Dwayne Johnson a 2002 film I've seen a couple times before in the same humorous and mystical action and adventure style as Conan The Barbarian and The Mummy. Set in ancient Egypt, DJ is an Akkadian assassin. That caught my attention on this viewing as someone that has since watched numbers of ancient Mesopotamian documentaries that includes the warmongering Akkadian civilization that was centered around central Iraq in the Fertile Crescent. Thus enjoyed noting how the production obviously used more recent archeology from cuneiform clay tablet research to present that realm.

There are still vast piles of such tablets yet to be analyzed that AI science is likely to more readily translate.
 
gilead said:
Agree to disagree, it took me 3 times watching 'The Big Lebowski' until I finally got it. Quirky yes but I've used some the dialog myself throughout my life. Watching any Coen Bros creation is either you hated it, or loved it. 'True Grit' was my favorite! 'Fargo' being 2nd. Jeff Bridges can act circles around John Wayne but who can't? Will say that John Wayne does the best impression of John Wayne in whatever movie he's in.
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I was never particularly a John Wayne fan and the more that comes about about his true character, the less I like him. Wouldn't watch one of his movies if you paid me.

Agree that Jeff Bridges is a good actor who's easy to watch. Not sure exactly what that quality is - a calming presence or something. As for the Lebowski: I don't have the stamina or desire to watch that twice more. If I can't "get" a movie the first time around I'm pretty much a one-and-done.

Glad it worked out for you though. (y)(y)
 
OldFeller said:
The Big Lebowski. I never saw it from beginning to end so I got it out of the library.
Well, there's a couple hours I'll never get back.
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Heh, heh. They used a song from a band I was in during one of the film's scenes. Right about the point where "The Dude" first mixes a White Russian cocktail, that's where they play, "Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles". Don't quite know how that fits the story, but it's been nice getting a little check each year since 1998...:cool:
 
I just finished watching "Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary" on Max. It is a documentary about the "Yacht Rock" era of the 70's. I went in thinking that the movie would poke fun at the music that I enjoyed at the time but it didn't. It was a fun look back at artists such as The Doobie Brothers (with Michael McDonald), Kenny Loggins, and Toto. Most of the artists interviewed didn't seem to mind being lumped into that catagory.

My only gripe is that I don't consider Steely Dan as part of the Yacht Rock sound but that's me being petty. I have always considered Steely Dan as being in a genre of their own.
 
MarkinPhx said:
I just finished watching "Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary" on Max. It is a documentary about the "Yacht Rock" era of the 70's. I went in thinking that the movie would poke fun at the music that I enjoyed at the time but it didn't. It was a fun look back at artists such as The Doobie Brothers (with Michael McDonald), Kenny Loggins, and Toto. Most of the artists interviewed didn't seem to mind being lumped into that catagory.

My only gripe is that I don't consider Steely Dan as part of the Yacht Rock sound but that's me being petty. I have always considered Steely Dan as being in a genre of their own.
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I have no idea what Yacht Rock refers to. It certainly wasn't a category in the 70s.
I agree that Steely Dan defies categorization. If anything, they're a jazz band.
 
OldFeller said:
I have no idea what Yacht Rock refers to. It certainly wasn't a category in the 70s.
I agree that Steely Dan defies categorization. If anything, they're a jazz band.
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I'd also never heard of Yacht Rock. A little research shows it's another (somewhat insulting) name for what was known as Soft Rock, West Coast Sound and/or Adult Oriented Rock from the mid 70s to the mid 80s.

The term originated in 2005 from an online comedy show called, "Yacht Rock."
 
Since the election and my deliberate avoidance of most news, I find myself with a fair amount of time on my hands. Older fluff movies have soothed the brain during the evening. Last night was the sweet, adorable, "Only You" featuring the sweet, adorable talents of Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr. and Bonnie Hunt. Amazon Prime Video. Two commercial breaks, during which I occupied myself with other tasks.
 
OldFeller said:
I have no idea what Yacht Rock refers to. It certainly wasn't a category in the 70s.
I agree that Steely Dan defies categorization. If anything, they're a jazz band.
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From Gemini

"Yacht rock is a music style that's associated with soft rock and was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. It's characterized by clean vocals, high-quality production, and catchy melodies. The term "yacht rock" was coined in 2005 by the creators of the online comedy series Yacht Rock, who linked the music to the Southern California pastime of boating.


Here are some characteristics of yacht rock:
  • Sound: Yacht rock is more musical than lyrical, with more electric piano than acoustic guitar. The music is light, bright, and bubbly, similar to champagne.


  • Influences: Yacht rock draws on smooth jazz, smooth soul, R&B, and disco.


  • Artists: Some artists associated with yacht rock include Christopher Cross, The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Toto, Boz Scaggs, Kenny Loggins, and George Benson.

You can listen to yacht rock on SiriusXM Yacht Rock Radio or check out the Spotify playlist Yacht Rock: Michael McDonald & Christopher Cross Takeover. You can also watch the HBO documentary Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary to learn how yacht rock became cool again decades after its initial popularity"

At the time I was very much into the punk/new wave movement but so I considered songs such as "Sailing" by Christopher Cross as a guilty pleasure. I was somewhat of a musical snob at the time :ROFLMAO:. The documentary is a fun nostalgic trip back to the mid and late 70's.
 
StarSong said:
Since the election and my deliberate avoidance of most news, I find myself with a fair amount of time on my hands. Older fluff movies have soothed the brain during the evening. Last night was the sweet, adorable, "Only You" featuring the sweet, adorable talents of Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr. and Bonnie Hunt. Amazon Prime Video. Two commercial breaks, during which I occupied myself with other tasks.
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I finally broke down and upgraded my Prime Video subscription to eliminate the ads. It's worth the $3.00 a month since we watch a lot of videos on Prime. A YouTube upgrade to eliminate ads is $14.00, which is too frickin' much at this time, but I may give in eventually.

How much money do these greedy b*stards need, for crap's sake.
 
Shock and Awe (2018) on Prime Video

Shock and Awe is a 2017 American drama film starring and directed by Rob Reiner and written by Joey Hartstone. The film also stars Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, James Marsden, Milla Jovovich, and Jessica Biel, and follows a group of journalists at Knight Ridder's Washington Bureau who investigate the rationale behind the then-impending 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Good movie!
 
Last night I wathed Tom Cruise in Top Gun. I know, don't laugh. I love the planes in flight and on the ship. I just love watching those planes! My brothers and father were all Navy and 3 of them were on carriers. Plus my father named me after the Enola Gay, because he was a Pearl Habror on 7 Dec 1941.
 

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