What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

ChiroDoc said:
I can't recall if I've seen that one. Did you like it? If you saw the original "Presumed Innocent" (1987), how did it compare?
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Yes, I really did. I didn't know I liked Bill Pullman so much! He played a judge. It's 'a who dun it' type of movie.
I don't think I saw PI...I don't remember much from the eighties. :giggle:
 

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Yes, The Postman (1997).

I liked the book before the movie adaptation. Unusual cameo appearance as his future self as well (Tom Petty).
 

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When the Wind Blows, a disturbing half-animated, half-live action film from 1986 about a UK couple experiencing a nuclear attack. It was disturbing, but nowhere near as terrifying as Threads (Threads (1984 film) - Wikipedia), which scared the heck out of me and still does.

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My next movie will definitely be something a little lighter.
 
"Uncle Vanya" (2020) after the play by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov, which was published in 1897 and premiered in 1899 at the Moscow Art Theatre.

This English version from 2020 was produced under the restrictions of the Covid p(l)andemic. London's Harold Pinter Theatre was closed and it was decided to bring the cast back under guidelines and film the play for release in cinemas and later on the BBC. The result is awesome.

Vanya: "What news could there possibly be? Everything's the same as ever, except worse. Well that's not true, it is, you know, I sit around getting fatter and the fatter I get the more annoyed I am with everyone. And my mother - Jesus Christ - she's exactly the same still banging on about women's rights as if they're some kind of alien abstract concept rather than something that might actually help improve her own wasted life where is she up up in the professor's study."

Vanya: "Yes I'm working, where here the professor summoned me, oh of course well he he's an incorrigible hypochondriac, we all have to tiptoe around his various ailments while he composes his latest treatise with straining brain and wrinkled brow. He works into the night, the only thing that it produces, you know, he spent 30 years writing papers no one understands for journals no one ever reads. 30 years of of utter obscurity all the while hogging the post of Professor from someone who might actually have something to offer so not only has he offered the world nothing, he's actually deprived it."

Astrov: "You sound jealous to me, Vanya."

Vanya: "You're right, I am jealous. I mean, could someone please explain his effect on women? Now his first wife - my poor late sister - she was so sweet, so intelligent, she could have had her pick of anyone in the whole world, but no it'd be him and now his second wife, a full 40 years younger than him, beautiful, stunning, clever, you know and she's gonna give it all away for that old knobbly croaker. For what, I mean why?"

Astrov: "She must be in love."

Vanya: "You are joking."

Astrov: "Is she faithful to him?"

Vanya: "Inexplicably, yes."

Astrov: "Why inexplicably?"

Vanya: "Well it makes no sense, well where's the morality in denying your youth, your vitality and pissing it away on some conceited old duffer?"

 
HermitHogan said:
We watched the Alfred Hitchcock/David Selznick movie Rebecca last night and this evening on Prime Video. It was okay.

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I like Hitchcock's version of "Rebecca" from 1940 more than any remake.

For those, who don't have Prime Video, here is the whole movie:


A "Making of" also exists:

 
HermitHogan said:
We watched the Alfred Hitchcock/David Selznick movie Rebecca last night and this evening on Prime Video. It was okay.
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As you know, Rebecca was Hitchcock's first film in America, after having made 30 or so films in England. It's a very good and memorable film, and you can see the master's touch in unusual scenes and knack for suspense.

It's also where Hitchcock learned to shoot just enough footage to complete the story so as to prevent future editing a meddling. He and producer David O. Selznik clashed on a number of concepts suggested by Selznik for commercialization. For example, Selznik actually wanted the smoke coming out of the mansion's chimney to spell out "Rebecca" in cursive! Hitchcock put his foot down.

The picture was the start of Hitchcock's phenomenal string of first rate films throughout the '40s thru the '60s. He's my favorite director.
 
ChiroDoc said:
As you know, Rebecca was Hitchcock's first film in America, after having made 30 or so films in England. It's a very good and memorable film, and you can see the master's touch in unusual scenes and knack for suspense.

It's also where Hitchcock learned to shoot just enough footage to complete the story so as to prevent future editing a meddling. He and producer David O. Selznik clashed on a number of concepts suggested by Selznik for commercialization. For example, Selznik actually wanted the smoke coming out of the mansion's chimney to spell out "Rebecca" in cursive! Hitchcock put his foot down.

The picture was the start of Hitchcock's phenomenal string of first rate films throughout the '40s thru the '60s. He's my favorite director.
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Yeah, they talked about that in the special features on the DVD. It would have been pretty cheesy if they made the smoke coming out of the fire form an "R." (I think what Selznik wanted was just the letter 'R' — not her full name.) Some of the shots of the fire were pretty impressive, considering when they were created.

My wife loves those old movies with stylized people. I need to be in the mood for it, but they can be entertaining.
 
HermitHogan said:
Yeah, they talked about that in the special features on the DVD. It would have been pretty cheesy if they made the smoke coming out of the fire form an "R." (I think what Selznik wanted was just the letter 'R' — not her full name.) Some of the shots of the fire were pretty impressive, considering when they were created.

My wife loves those old movies with stylized people. I need to be in the mood for it, but they can be entertaining.
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Oh, that's right, HH. Selznik wanted the smoke to spell "R", not the whole name, Rebecca. The full name would have been unthinkable, although the "R" would have been bad enough...:)
 
Earthquake (Prime)....not the one from decades ago starring Charlton Heston. There are a couple of movies with that title but I can't find the YouTube trailer for the one I'm watching.
 
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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story (2009)

If you're a fan of recognizable movie songs, this documentary is a must see. The Sherman brothers wrote dozens of popular and memorable songs mostly for the movies, and many of them were for Walt Disney's pictures during Disney's heyday of highly popular musicals.

Executive produced by Ben Stiller, this well presented documentary provides insights into how the brothers worked, their history, and what their and their family's personal relationship was. It's illuminating and at times very poignant. Doc's rating: 9/10

If you can't get it anywhere else, you can watch it free at:

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story PG 2009 ‧ Indie film/Music ‧ 1h 42m Welcome to the magic of Disney and family entertainment
 
2024 Nosferatu, which I thought was vastly inferior to the 1922 version. I think I'm the only one who doesn't care for it; the reviews online are nearly all positive. I thought it dragged and was just in general 'way over the top, too "overdone," in my opinion. I can't think of a better descriptor right now.
 

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