What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

OldFeller said:
Affair In Trinidad 1952
Glenn Ford
Rita Hayworth

What I found interesting about the film was that it involved a plot to create missiles that could be located in the Carribean to threaten the United States. 10 years later we had the Cuban missile crisis.
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Good picture. I think they were trying to capitalize on Glenn Ford's and Rita Hayworth's sizzle from Gilda (1946). And they had sizzle in real life too, having a long term love affair.
 

Becoming Led Zeppelin on Netflix. I enjoyed it as I love the band. It wasn't an excellent film, won't be remembered as the greatest documentary but I smiled for the first time in a while and felt so comfortable with the guys. I had no idea John Paul Jones led such an accomplished life; his parents were in vaudeville. The guys aged beautifully, the three remaining members looked so handsome and strong, that was a pleasure to see.

A couple of the numbers performed onstage really got my heart rate up with excitement! I was almost worried, my heart beat so fast.

A nice, warm, comfortable film with old friends is how I would describe it. Rock on, John Paul, Jimmy and Robert! Glad to see you!
 
911 said:
We watched the movie “Second-Hand Lions” 2 nights ago for the third time. Good movie, but tired of it.
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That's a favorite of mine, but i usually put a couple of years between repeat watching anything.

'Big Fish' has similar basic premise: Young adult thinking about his ailing father's life "stories", assuming they were total fiction. Finds out otherwise, and the funeral scene--i laughed and cried at same time because the some of the reveals of the truths behind the Dad's stories point out a psychological truth about us humans--we all both edit and embellish our memories. Some totally make stuff up usually with them center stage but some enjoy telling tales of interesting people we've met along the way, and most people's stories are built around something that actually happened to or around them.

Especially those of us who grew up on family stories. Long before we knew anything about how 'stories' shaped humanity into societies, or the brain function and psychological components of creating & relating histories and creating stories---we recognized on a deep level the power of arranging words into those means of communication. Isn't that part of why any if us read and watch movies? To relate to the stories, feel connected to humanity?
 

JustDave said:
M3GAN II will be out next week, I think. I don't plan on missing that. The first film was a good one. No reviews on the sequel are out yet.
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Yes, the first one was great but the trailers for the second one left me cold. I'm also waiting for the reviews to come out.

The last movie I watched was 28 Years Later. 28 Days Later was a great zombie film and the sequel didn't disappoint.
 
seadoug said:
Yes, the first one was great but the trailers for the second one left me cold. I'm also waiting for the reviews to come out.

The last movie I watched was 28 Years Later. 28 Days Later was a great zombie film and the sequel didn't disappoint.
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I debated long and hard on 28 Years before finally decided on Materialists.
 
Medusa said:
Just finished watching, The Beautiful Game on Netflix.

Really good.
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Soccer I'll bet.

I just watched the Finnish (original) version of A Man Called Otto - no Tom Hanks! Had to read the subtitles of course but so much more informative than the Hollywood version. Gets more into w/o the grump was in his younger life.
 
MarkD said:
Soccer I'll bet.

I just watched the Finnish (original) version of A Man Called Otto - no Tom Hanks! Had to read the subtitles of course but so much more informative than the Hollywood version. Gets more into w/o the grump was in his younger life.
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Yep. Soccer (Football in UK). Was fun for my boyfriend because his football team, West Ham is featured tangentially.

I enjoyed the Tom Hanks version of the movie, actually did not know there was a Finnish version, so I'll have to catch that. Have you read the book, A Man Called Ov? I listened to it a couple times. Really good. :)
 
Flipping channels and watched the last hour of 'Dog Day Afternoon' with Al Pacino. Wow, was that a great movie! I've been seeing such questionable flicks lately, I forgot what a really good, engrossing movie even exists. 1975. I remember the real crime the movie was based on. Happened in an average Brooklyn neighborhood. Brought me back 50 years. I saw the movie with my parents; I had come home to visit with them. Then, we went out to neighborhood diner. I really miss my parents. They were fun to be with. But anyway, pardon my musings, Dog Day Afternoon, fabulous film.
 
Medusa said:
Yep. Soccer (Football in UK). Was fun for my boyfriend because his football team, West Ham is featured tangentially.

I enjoyed the Tom Hanks version of the movie, actually did not know there was a Finnish version, so I'll have to catch that. Have you read the book, A Man Called Ov? I listened to it a couple times. Really good. :)
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If you'd like to see the earlier movie it's free to stream on Amazon Prime right now. The Hanks movie left out a lot of background which the book probably had.
 
It's funny, I'm reading 'The Lost World Jurassic Park' (It was on the bookshelf) I see a new movie version is out so I think I'm going to go see that. I don't think I would have been interested otherwise.
 
Pepper said:
Flipping channels and watched the last hour of 'Dog Day Afternoon' with Al Pacino. Wow, was that a great movie! I've been seeing such questionable flicks lately, I forgot what a really good, engrossing movie even exists. 1975. I remember the real crime the movie was based on. Happened in an average Brooklyn neighborhood. Brought me back 50 years. I saw the movie with my parents; I had come home to visit with them. Then, we went out to neighborhood diner. I really miss my parents. They were fun to be with. But anyway, pardon my musings, Dog Day Afternoon, fabulous film.
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Totally agree on this. I recently (maybe 6 months ago) watched it again. Al Pacino is fabulous. Have you seen Sea of Love?
 
hearlady said:
It's funny, I'm reading 'The Lost World Jurassic Park' (It was on the bookshelf) I see a new movie version is out so I think I'm going to go see that. I don't think I would have been interested otherwise.
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I've only seen the original Jurassic Park (1993), and I was knocked out. But I haven't seen any of the 5 sequels. I'm wondering which of the sequels is next best to the original?

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