What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

The last movie??? The 1960s "Cleopatra". It was pretty bad. One scene was really sucked- supposedly this boy was Caesar's kid, but he had a distinctly Italian accent. Now, exactly how can a kid raised in ancient Egypt have an Italian accent?
I admit Liz. Taylor was great in the role.
 

Marcy Sheiner said:
I saw a movie with that plot exactly, except it wasn't Spanish, but American. Can't remember the name of it or the actors but I remember loving it. Maeve somebody was in it.
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I think I saw that too because I was wondering if I was going to rewatch something I already saw. It didn't seem the exact same. I enjoyed both of them a lot!
 

Opus, 2025, starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, 1 hr., 44 min. I thought it was awful. I mainly wanted to see it for Ms. Edebiri but even she couldn't save it. I think they were trying to do what the movie The Menu did (which I didn't like either).
 
The Monkey. I hated it and couldn't bring myself to finish the last 30 minutes. For one thing, it was much too bloody.

I was disappointed because that's one of my favorite Stephen King short stories. Oh well.
 
I watched Odd Man Out a few nights ago. It's about the IRA in the 30s (had no idea they went back that far), starring James Mason. It was boring but for some unknown reason I watched the whole thing.
 
Marcy Sheiner said:
I watched Odd Man Out a few nights ago. It's about the IRA in the 30s (had no idea they went back that far), starring James Mason. It was boring but for some unknown reason I watched the whole thing.
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It's a very good film noir, but I found it to be too bleak. IOW I didn't like the story, but I admired the film. It was a great performance by James Mason, which really put him on the map.

I'm a fan of director Carol Reed, who went on to do The Fallen Idol (1948), and then the great The Third Man (1949). He uses telltale black & white settings and unusual camera angles. His superb DP, Robert Krasker, worked on both "Odd Man" and "Third Man", which was a match made in heaven.
 
Marcy Sheiner said:
I've said it before. @ChiroDoc: You know so much about film!
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Not all that much really, but thanks Marcy. I've watched movies my whole life starting in 1949 when I had afternoon kindergarten, and didn't have to get up early, so my mother took me to the theater in our town every time the film changed, which was pretty frequently. Starting in the later 1960s, especially in NYC, they'd show old movies all night on some channels, so I watched a barrel of them that way. Then when I moved to L.A.-- same thing. That's where I fell in love with film noir.
 
"The Sterile Cuckoo" on Amazon. I first saw it back in the early 70's I think so it wias all new to me. I think it's really a great movie. But I have no idea why it's named that. I just don't get how the title relates to the movie.
 
Happy Go Lucky. It's 20+ years old, and British. I'd call it a puff piece, but in a good way. Nothing in it to take too seriously and you won't feel wretched after it's over. I guess the premise is about what happens to a woman who is happy to the point of being goofy (nothing bad happens to her). I remember a girl in high school who sat in front of me in English class. She was goofy, and I was attracted to her because of that. But that may have been a one off for me. Maybe there's good goofy and bad goofy. I don't know.
 
ChiroDoc said:
Not all that much really, but thanks Marcy. I've watched movies my whole life starting in 1949 when I had afternoon kindergarten, and didn't have to get up early, so my mother took me to the theater in our town every time the film changed, which was pretty frequently. Starting in the later 1960s, especially in NYC, they'd show old movies all night on some channels, so I watched a barrel of them that way. Then when I moved to L.A.-- same thing. That's where I fell in love with film noir.
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Well you know a helluva lot more than me. So own your expertise.
 
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