What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

Marcy Sheiner said:
Yesterday I went to a matinee (only six bucks on Tuesdays) to see Mickey 17. Main attraction for me was that it was written and directed by the same guy who did Parasite, which I loved. Unfortunately, this was nothing like it, it was sci fi, and every scene was more grotesque than the one before it.
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I see it had a great cast. Too bad it was such a stinker. I won't watch any movie these days without knowing everything about it in advance. There's so much Limburger being made today that I'm not willing to gamble an hour or two of time to see bad films (not to mention the emotional investment).
 
Patterns - 1956, written by Rod Serling and starring Van Heflin and Everett Sloane.
A lesser-known movie of Corporate Power in the 50's.
A movie with no background music, no romance, just well-written dialog.

One of those 'What would I choose to do?' movies that I enjoy.
 

ChiroDoc said:
I see it had a great cast. Too bad it was such a stinker. I won't watch any movie these days without knowing everything about it in advance. There's so much Limburger being made today that I'm not willing to gamble an hour or two of time to see bad films (not to mention the emotional investment).
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But maybe you'd like it (YMMV). I hate certain grotesqueries involving the body or creepy creatures.
BTW, I watched The Asphalt Jungle last night and was literally on the edge of my seat for the entire second half.
 
Marcy Sheiner said:
But maybe you'd like it (YMMV). I hate certain grotesqueries involving the body or creepy creatures.
BTW, I watched The Asphalt Jungle last night and was literally on the edge of my seat for the entire second half.
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Mickey 17 doesn't sound like my kind of film. TBH I wasn't even crazy about Parasite (2019). I thought it was interesting, but didn't understand all the love it got. It may be that Hollywood is simply on a Korean film director kick.

Glad you liked The Asphalt Jungle. John Huston did a string of great films, such as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen, The Night of the Iguana, Prizzi's Honor, and on and on.
 
Couldn't recommend more highly the film The Green Mile - just caught the last half - seemed to be about prison life in the USA - but with a magical quasa-religious slant - quite magical and captivating but not for the squeamish either. Quite enthralling and what I thought was superb acting

The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy crime drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on the 1996 novel by Stephen King. It stars Tom Hanks as a death row prison guard during the Great Depression who witnesses supernatural events following the arrival of an enigmatic convict (Michael Clarke Duncan) at his facility.
 
Marcy Sheiner said:
@ChiroDoc I saw and adored The African Queen; also liked Night of the Iguana and Prizzi's Honor. Looking forward to the rest of your list of noirs.
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That's great, Marcy. Let us know what your favorites were.

I recall as a 7-year-old that I came home from school and told my mom that I'd heard The African Queen (1951) was a great movie. Happily she took me to see it that night. I was enthralled, even though I didn't understand some of the subtle adult themes. I was impressed with that steam driven boat, "The African Queen". I saw the film once or twice when I was older.

But a few years ago my wife and I went down to the Florida Keys for a little vacation. To my surprise and delight, the original boat, "African Queen" had been refurbished by a couple, and it was moored at Key Largo. You could take a ride on it out into the Atlantic for a very reasonable cost, which we did. I couldn't believe I was actually riding on the original boat used in the film!!

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smiley said:
Couldn't recommend more highly the film The Green Mile - just caught the last half - seemed to be about prison life in the USA - but with a magical quasa-religious slant - quite magical and captivating but not for the squeamish either. Quite enthralling and what I thought was superb acting

The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy crime drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on the 1996 novel by Stephen King. It stars Tom Hanks as a death row prison guard during the Great Depression who witnesses supernatural events following the arrival of an enigmatic convict (Michael Clarke Duncan) at his facility.
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Agreed that it's an excellent movie. Would recommend watching the entire film when/if you get that chance.
 
yea with gaps i between shawshank is still a winner - you know whats gonna happen but it don't matter - just watched last night I think Gloria Bell a very quirky with some good actors especially the central female role about the older generation and their dating practices
 
ChiroDoc said:
That's great, Marcy. Let us know what your favorites were.

I recall as a 7-year-old that I came home from school and told my mom that I'd heard The African Queen (1951) was a great movie. Happily she took me to see it that night. I was enthralled, even though I didn't understand some of the subtle adult themes. I was impressed with that steam driven boat, "The African Queen". I saw the film once or twice when I was older.

But a few years ago my wife and I went down to the Florida Keys for a little vacation. To my surprise and delight, the original boat, "African Queen" had been refurbished by a couple, and it was moored at Key Largo. You could take a ride on it out into the Atlantic for a very reasonable cost, which we did. I couldn't believe I was actually riding on the original boat used in the film!!

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But then did you watch, Bogart's "Key Largo?" It's one of my favorites, too.

Great picture!
 
Gloria Bell - very American of course but unusual and quirky imo - I thought I was watching another well known actress altogether - but this was rather gusty ; with problems families on both sides - it for me oozed with realism in a USA city context - thought I was sorta watching a doco - and I cannot recall coming across such a good actress that I was totally unaware of?

Julianne Moore
 
A recent thread talked about Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. I have it on DVD.
So I got curious to see it because I completely forgot why Kim Novak's character wanted to fake her own death.
I watched it up to the point in the film where that is revealed.
The film was not at all popular when it came out and watching it this time, I can understand why.
Many of Hitchcocks films suffer from a lack of compelling characters. They tend to be pawns in his stories and rely on a suspension of belief on the part of the audience.
This film asks a lot of this from the viewer.
 
Della said:
But then did you watch, Bogart's "Key Largo?" It's one of my favorites, too.

Great picture!
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I was only 4 years old in 1948, but I did see Key Largo (1948) a number of times over the years. It was a good picture, but not my favorite Bogart. Notably it was Bogart and Bacall's last (of 4) films together.

I also think it's interesting that it maybe the only time a town took the name of a film's title. There was no Key Largo town in the upper Florida Keys. But the town took the name after the film. And the film wasn't even shot there. It was shot on the Warner Bros. sound stages...:)
 
smiley said:
Gloria Bell - very American of course but unusual and quirky imo - I thought I was watching another well known actress altogether - but this was rather gusty ; with problems families on both sides - it for me oozed with realism in a USA city context - thought I was sorta watching a doco - and I cannot recall coming across such a good actress that I was totally unaware of?

Julianne Moore
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I'm also wild about the hit song that was used, "Gloria" (1982), with great singing by Laura Branigan! One of a few songs I never get tired of hearing.
 
smiley said:
Gloria Bell - very American of course but unusual and quirky imo - I thought I was watching another well known actress altogether - but this was rather gusty ; with problems families on both sides - it for me oozed with realism in a USA city context - thought I was sorta watching a doco - and I cannot recall coming across such a good actress that I was totally unaware of?

Julianne Moore
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Thanks for the recommendation. I just ordered one of LAPL's "Gloria Bell" DVDs to be sent to my local library branch!
 
HermitHogan said:
Doubt on Paramount+ starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis. This is a near-perfect movie. I'd seen it before, but it was even better this time (possibly because we had subtitles this time).

Spoiler alert! Viola Davis makes snot come out of her nose! (That's what kept it from a "perfect" rating.)

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Excellent movie - I watched it based on your review. Thanks for pointing us to it.

Viola Davis is one of the most underrated actresses of our time. Can't say I've seen her in any role where she was less than excellent.
 

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