What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

Yesterday was my last day of my 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime and I decided not to renew it because it isn't worth what they want me to pay. So I used my last night of it to watch the original 1990 release of Tremors, which is my favorite movie of the Sci/Fi Monsters genre.
Yeah, I remember that film as lighthearted gore. It was popular enough to begin a franchise, and worth some laughs if I remember right.
 

The 13th Floor. An early Sci Fi film about AI before AI even became a popular concept. It's about creating AI that goes beyond anyone's current idea of AI. But it's dated, because the state of the art when the film was made was 64 bit microchips on what looked like Apple II computers, but it did have a warehouse full of refrigerator sized servers or "thingamobobs," which made it seem highly technological. I always get a kick out of that in older Sci Fi films that create magificence out of Commadore computers.

But the premise was possibly the first of it's kind, the first I was aware of anyway, and a premise which sparked similar plots afterwards. It would be on my highly recommended list for Sci Fi fans.
 
I've been checking out some of the almost forgotten films in my Library. Last night I watched True Romance, one of Quentin Tarantino's earlier films, so of course, it's more violent gore than romance, but it has a host of big names. It's the first time I ever saw Brad Pitt, before anyone or myself ever heard of Brad Pitt, and it's a very small part. He's probably in the film for less than 4 minutes total. Was it his first role in a film? I don't know.
 

I've been checking out some of the almost forgotten films in my Library. Last night I watched True Romance, one of Quentin Tarantino's earlier films, so of course, it's more violent gore than romance, but it has a host of big names. It's the first time I ever saw Brad Pitt, before anyone or myself ever heard of Brad Pitt, and it's a very small part. He's probably in the film for less than 4 minutes total. Was it his first role in a film? I don't know.
Yeah, I think Tarantino has a violence fetish. Great director, but his penchant for gore has kept me away from several of his films that I'm sure were very good, but didn't want to fade the gross violence.

I was leery of seeing Once Upon a Time in Hollywood for that reason. But I knew so much about that particular era, having lived in Hollwyood at the time, that I saw it anyway. I was very pleasantly surprised, and very much enjoyed the film. There was almost no gore except at the end, which was treated as comedy.
 
I've been checking out some of the almost forgotten films in my Library. Last night I watched True Romance, one of Quentin Tarantino's earlier films, so of course, it's more violent gore than romance, but it has a host of big names. It's the first time I ever saw Brad Pitt, before anyone or myself ever heard of Brad Pitt, and it's a very small part. He's probably in the film for less than 4 minutes total. Was it his first role in a film? I don't know.
I think he was in Thelma & Louise? Did that come first?
 
Yeah, I think Tarantino has a violence fetish. Great director, but his penchant for gore has kept me away from several of his films that I'm sure were very good, but didn't want to fade the gross violence.

I was leery of seeing Once Upon a Time in Hollywood for that reason. But I knew so much about that particular era, having lived in Hollwyood at the time, that I saw it anyway. I was very pleasantly surprised, and very much enjoyed the film. There was almost no gore except at the end, which was treated as comedy.
I went to Once Upon a Time based on reviews. None of the reviews reveled the ending. I had no idea what I was watching until it came together toward the end. It was the same stunt Tarantino used in Inglorious Bastards. He changes well documented history, just to make it a more fun story. That's one of things I like about the guy. He refuses to follow proven protocols for movie making, and he gets away with it.
 
I have watched movies with Diane Keaton I had never seen. It is fascinating to watch her age and change as she plays her different roles. She always has this way of drawing ones attention, I think by her being so "crazy". :) Even when she was older that part of her remained a very attractive trait.
 
Someone recommended the movie “Retribution,” so I watched it last night on Roku also. I am a Liam Neeson fan and he didn’t disappoint in this movie. It was very good, except I thought it had an anticlimactic ending.
 
I watched "I Trapped the Devil" the other night, thinking "Gee, this sounds a lot like the Twilight Zone episode 'The Howling Man,'" and turns out it is a reinterpretation of that episode.

It was all right. I found it dark (literally, not a lot of lighting), and the pace was rather slow. I liked "The Howling Man" better.
 
I watched "The Gorge" last night.

I loved it! But how could I not when it was starring two of my favorite actors, Miles Teller and Anya Taylor Joy (Queen's Gambit)?

I even bit the bullet and signed up for 7 free days of Apple TV so I could stream it. I'll probably watch it again before my free time is up, but I won't renew it. What I fould out is that even with a $12.99 a month subscription most of the decent movies on there aren't free. :mad: They have some nerve expecting people to sign up for $12.99 a month just so they can pay more again when they want to watch something.

 

“Now Youse Can’t Leave”

This was a really good part when Sonny and his men kicked the crap out of the motorcycle riders. They shouldn’t have sprayed the bartender.

I really liked this movie, except for the ending. I didn’t like it that Sonny was killed.
 

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