What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

Olivia said:
The last movie I watched in a move theater was Gone Girl. A friend and I had both read the book and decided to go see the movie version. Truthfully, I wasn't crazy about either the book or the movie but it was a nice reason to get together. I have never liked reading the book before seeing the movie version. It always spoils it for me. I keep comparing the movie on the screen with the movie in my head from the book. My version is always better.
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I'm not familiar with that movie, "Gone, Girl" but I think that most of us prefer the stories in our heads (from reading the book) to the somewhat "doctored" versions that we view on the screen.
 
oscash said:
dobielvr: I can see you live in California and I am in Sydney Australia. It was on our local station. If you look up the internet and put in "Light Between Oceans" you can maybe buy the DVD.
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I've been watching some programs from Australia lately. My favorite so far has been The Heart Guy w/ Rodger Corser. I have a little crush on him :) .

They're all on AcornTV. I ordered it for $6.99 a month.
So many more to watch...

ETA: I may be able to watch it on Netflix
 
This isn't a movie but I watched Daisy Jones and the Six released on Netflix in March. It is based on a novel about a fictitious rock band in the 1970s. I really loved it. The two lead singers actually couldn't sing when they were hired for the roles but the pandemic hit and it delayed filming for a year, so they both took voice lessons and ended up being fantastic singers. The female lead is Riley Keough, who is Elvis Presley's granddaughter and believe it or not she could not sing, she had only wanted to be an actor not a singer.
 
The Bourne Legacy on Netflix

Lot's of stuff got blown up and a bunch of cars got destroyed. People chased each other and swerved in and out of traffic. Oh, yeah... a bunch of people got shot.

I hope my review didn't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
 
Elvis. Some of the dialogue was difficult to understand, but Austin Butler and Tom Hanks gave primo performances. Butler did all his own singing and Elvis' movements. He must have spent hours studying how Elvis moved to replicate all that.

Elvis' father was badly miscast unfortunately, At least we now know why Elvis went into the Army without a peep.

Some of his beginnings were off track as well, but all in all, interesting about the man's life.

What a tragic family.
 
Marian said:
Have you ever seen Shirley Valentine? I love this movie so much , I must have seen it 5 times! I noticed that it’s on YouTube in it’s entirety! Women would especially enjoy it, I think.

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I just now saw your recommendation, so I watched it!

It was just what I needed this cold Sunday morning. I see it was made in 1989 making it 34 years old but I absolutely loved everything she wore in Greece. Just beautiful, timeless, comfy clothes.

We watched "Upstairs/Downstairs," a million years ago and loved Pauline Collins then, she didn't change at all.
 
oscash said:
I watched the movie "The Light Between Oceans" on Friday night. A very sad story, but I don't know why the music has to be so
loud, I could barely hear what the actors were saying at times. I had to turn the volume right up.
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I hate that, when the background music is too loud. I think there are some smart tv's wherein in that can be adjusted, but I don't have one.
 
I watched a good documentary on PBS about Elvis... was it last night or a couple nights ago? I can't keep track of these things any more. :ROFLMAO:

Here is a description from the PBS website:
The King
Is the promise of the “American Dream” alive or a concept that’s faded in the rear-view mirror?

Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, acclaimed filmmaker Eugene Jarecki takes the King’s 1963 Rolls-Royce on a musical road trip across America in search of not only Elvis’s legacy but the fate of the American Dream and the consequences of “cashing in” to try to achieve it. The King is a cautionary snapshot of America at a critical time in the nation’s history, painting a parallel portrait of the nation’s own heights and depths, from its inspired origins to its perennial struggles with race, class, power, and money.

From Memphis to New York, Las Vegas, and beyond, the journey traces the rise and fall of Elvis as a metaphor for the country he left behind. A diverse cast of regular Americans join music icons and celebrities including Rosanne Cash, Chuck D, Emmylou Harris (who says in the film, “Maybe [Elvis] was the king but he was doomed”), Van Jones, Ethan Hawke, Mike Myers, and Dan Rather, among many others, woven in with soaring live performances from artists as varied as teen Nashville phenomenon EmiSunshine, Mississippi bluesman Leo Bud Welch, New York City rapper Immortal Technique, the cool West Coast sounds of M. Ward, and the gospel stylings of Memphis’s Stax Music Academy.
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-king/
 
I watched John Wick, I, II and III! Over-the-top violence at the expense of the story! Strangely enough, not only ordinary viewers, but critics loved those movies by rating them 9 and even 10 in IMDB! Well, (shamefaced) I must have liked them somewhat or I wouldn't have watched all three! :ROFLMAO:
 
Willard - 2003
The original was made in 1971
Willard Stiles is an introvert. His mother is bedridden. Her friends throw him a surprise birthday party and berate him for losing his father's business to Al Martin who hired Joan to take over his work. He has no friends but finds friendship with the rats in the backyard. Soon, his friends are multitudes willing to do his bidding.
If you despise/abhor rats, do not watch this film. There are hundreds of rats, hundreds. But the film is not gory gory.
 

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