What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

Flarbalard said:
The Godfather. We were sitting there looking at the list of movies when it came up under leaving in May category. I turned to Heloise and told her I'd never seen it, and to my surprise she hadn't either.

Since it's been around so long some of the more memorable scenes weren't surprises, but still a well made movie.
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I'm shocked that neither of you had seen The Godfather, if only to have been fully in the know for the numerous cultural references since it was released in 1972.
 
RambleTamble said:
We watched Hotel Mumbai this evening on Netflix. That movie was intense! (y)
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Yeah, I bet the movie was pretty grizzly-- especially if it portrayed the mayhem and murder of the 2008 attack. I've never watched it.

I did, however, stay at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in 1966 for a few days. I was with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, which was sent on a world tour that year by the U.S. State Department. The Taj was where we stayed when we did a concert in Bombay.

The hotel was staggeringly beautiful and plush with 19th Century Indian architecture. I felt like I was in a movie, like Casablanca or something. The back of the hotel faces the Gateway to India (like the Arc De Triomphe in Paris) and the Arabian Sea. The front used to face the slums of Bombay, but they'd blocked the view with extensive gardens. It's breathtaking.
 
officerripley said:
His dancing in the "Make 'Em Laugh" scene in Singing in the Rain was fantastic, even a little better than Gene Kelly's in that movie but Kelly's got most of the attention. (They were both fantastic.)
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Yeah, that routine was one of the most stunning comedy/dance routines in cinema history. I read that when O'Connor finally completed the whole scene, he actually had to spend a couple of days in the hospital to recover.
 
StarSong said:
I'm shocked that neither of you had seen The Godfather, if only to have been fully in the know for the numerous cultural references since it was released in 1972.
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I'll guess that most people recall where they saw The Godfather -- almost like remembering where we were when JFK was assassinated.

The band I was in had just gotten to NYC after flying in from England. I'd been waiting for a year for the film to come out, so when I saw it was being premiered at an uptown theater, I hopped into a cab and went up there.

The line was around the block, and the weather was cold. When we finally got in and I took a seat in the warm theater, I soon fell asleep!! Consequently I missed about 30 minutes of the picture. But I soon saw the whole thing in another city. A great film and a landmark film.
 
We saw The Devil Wears Prada 2 at the theater last weekend. It wasn't as good as the first, but it was decent. I think it would be difficult for Meryl Streep to top her original performance because she was so hilarious the first time around, but it was worth a watch just to see what the hoopla is all about. Anything that takes me away from negativity is worth watching.
 
StarSong said:
I'm shocked that neither of you had seen The Godfather, if only to have been fully in the know for the numerous cultural references since it was released in 1972.
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I was surprised my wife hadn't seen it. We did talk a bit about the cultural references and that was why we decided to watch it. Neither one of us could remember why we hadn't watched it.
 
Bugonia. It's a black comedy thriller, an English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! It holds an 87% on Rotten Tomatoes. Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap a powerful CEO, convinced she is secretly an alien who wants to destroy Earth. - Netflix.
 
The Housemaid. Not bad. Interesting plot. Action/suspense. Somewhat predictable. My girl friend figured it all out pretty quickly. I, as usual, was slower to figure it out. But neither of us expected the trick ending. Got it free at the library.
 
I watched Chocolat again. Chocolat is a 2000 romance film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on the novel by Joanne Harris. The story follows Vianne Rocher, who opens a chocolate shop in a conservative French village during Lent, influencing the townspeople's lives in unexpected ways.

I was particularly interested in how Vi made her Mayan chili pepper-infused chocolates and how she designed her shop and displays.

I enjoyed the small, rustic town and the residents and how Romany peoples were included. The story about the wind blowing the mother and child from town to town is intriguing. And I like Johnny Depp (Roux), who doesn't? 🥰 This movie has that kind of charisma, fascination and charm that I love. ✨

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