What was the last movie you've seen?

[Dakinggamer87]

Yojimbo: Akira Kurosawa's movies are always a joy to watch.

I agree great movies to watch

[Limewater]

A.I. Artificial Intelligence: I forgot to mention this one in my last post. What a beautiful, captivating, horribly, horribly depressing film. It's pretty famous, so I won't go into plot details here. It's all-around a great movie, and I highly recommend it, but will say that tales of this film being very depressing are not exaggerated at all.

[vash23n]

[quote="Reverend"]Sixth Sense: Already knew the twist (just like all of humanity), but it was still an enjoyable movie. Oh how far Shymalan has fallen.quote]

I watched Devil last night. I admit that I really liked it. It had some iffy acting, and I wouldn't say it was horrifying, but it was pretty good overall. I think the key is that Night wrote the story, but allowed someone else to adapt it to the screen and write the dialogue. I think this is also the reason for the acting that was eh in some parts - apparently he wanted everyone to be an amateur and to have a chance at being a part of making a movie. It was short, too, so it didn't have time to get too annoying - you know, 15 minute monologues in hushed tones.

Also saw the BBC Anne Frank. It was pretty great. A good adaptation of the diary with some of the latest findings included (like the lost pages Otto Frank removed from the original that talked of Anne's developing sexuality and her resentment towards her mother). Be prepared for some strangeness when you realize everyone (including the Nazi officers at the end) speak in British accents. It was bizarre to get used to, but I completely understand it as it was a made for TV thing. They focused a little too much on Anne as well, which was annoying until I realized that they don't really know too much about the other people. Seemed like they forced the free-spirit angle on her a little too much, which reminded me of the Robot Chicken sketch with Hillary Duff starring as Anne, which I can't find a clip for at the moment.

[Ack]

Ooph, it's once again been a while since I posted in this thread. Here's what I've watched in the meantime:

Kill! - A samurai film based on the same story as Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro, this film shows a comic portrayal of samurai, in which a Yakuza and a farmer both show up in town while a samurai clan succumbs to infighting over the assassination of a corrupt clan official. The two men work to end the fighting, though mainly through the Yakuza's skill and plotting. The farmer, ignorant of politics and the realities of samurai life, gets by on his loyalty to his friends and brute strength, acting as both an ally to the Yakuza and a pawn in the fighting.

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult - Hilarious! That wraps up the Naked Gun trilogy, which I watched in honor of Leslie Nielsen. God, I miss that man.

Love and Honor - The third in a loose trilogy of samurai films by Yoji Yamada, in which a low-ranking samurai loses his sight after eating tainted food while a poison taster for his lord. He eventually discovers that his wife is performing sexual favors with a high-ranking samurai in an attempt to keep his stipend, so for his honor's sake, he learns to fight while blind and duels the man. It's at turns tragic and heartwarming. I've now seen two of the three in Yamada's trilogy, and I feel fellow chanbara fans should definitely check them out.

Tommy Boy - It's at times campy, ridiculous, and honestly somewhat dumb, but I still feel this is Chris Farley's and David Spade's best film, and it's one of my favorite comedies. I also feel it's better than Black Sheep, which it's often compared to.

Patriotism - A short film written, starring, and directed by Yukio Mishima, based on his short story, this film is similar to a Noh play and shocking in its content. Mishima plays Army Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama, who has been ordered to suppress a rebellion by fellow Army officers and friends against the decision to surrender at the end of WWII. Takeyama instead decides the only course for him is to commit seppuku in gory detail. Only a few short years after this film, Mishima launched his own short-lived coup, which also ended with his committing seppuku.

Gamer - God, I hate this movie. It's like if the future of video games was planned by a 12-year-old on Xbox Live who happened to have a hardon for the alternate sexuality portions of Second Life. I felt more insulted by the film than anything else.

Pale Rider - There's upsides and downsides to this Clint Eastwood Western. The upside is that the story itself is interesting, I liked most of the characters, Hull and Spider especially, the music is haunting, and I love how the Preacher seems to appear and vanish as if he's a ghost. What I disliked were the romantic subplots, which felt forced and detracted from the film so much content wise that the final battles seemed pitifully miniscule. Even despite the one murder they commit, Marshall Stockburn and his six deputies never seem like a real threat because they simply didn't get enough screen time to establish it. Also, the Preacher is apparently everywhere exactly when he needs to be. Overall I enjoyed the film, but I feel it could have been better.

Louis L'amour's The Quick and the Dead - No, this is not Sam Raimi's film, this is instead a 1987 made-for-tv movie based on Louis L'amour's book of the same name. I've read the book, and I didn't care for some of the changes, but budget wise I understand why they were made. Sam Elliot, who my girlfriend was happy to proclaim as "sexy no matter how old he is", does a great job as rugged frontiersman Con Vallian, who decides to help out a family of settlers being hunted by a gang of outlaws intent on raiding their wagon, stealing their animals, and raping the wife. The film comes across as uplifting.

Ghostbusters II - It's a classic, and if you've never seen it, shame on you. Go watch it today. Or better yet, watch it on New Year's Eve, since that's the holiday it revolves around.

Just finished watching it, and I am quite impressed. I did expect the finale to go down as it did, but that didn't make it any less striking. Thanks for the recommendation!

No problem, I'm glad you enjoyed it! If you haven't seen it yet, check out L'armée des ombres as well! It's probably my favorite French film and is a very dark look at the French resistance during WWII.

[vash23n]

Not sure if I should have posted this here or in the scariest movie thread: I'm Still Here. This movie (it seems to be debated if it is a mockumentary or documentary or doc that turned mock once Phoenix watched it and realized he needed to clean up his life). I admit, if watching this as a documentary it is pretty sad. Seeing the effects of drugs and alcohol and a huge ego on a once respectable celebrity. Also, if taken as a documentary it's pretty annoying - watching a grown man throw temper tantrums and at selfish, thinking his life is so hard while still having a million bucks in the bank. As a mockumentary I guess it is pretty good in that it successfully made those same impressions. I do like Phoenix, however, and am looking forward to seeing in real films again.

[Reverend]

UP: I never cried so much during a movie. This was truly heartwarming

[l0whit07]

I've been watching quite a few movies lately:

Batman: Under the Red Hood: This was excellent! Thoroughly enjoyed this from start to finish.

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse: I watched this right after seeing Under the Red Hood. So needless to say, this was disappointing. Just way too much Superman (never was a fan). Action packed though.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans: This was solid. Nothing memorable. A good showing from Nic Cage and the film was very well put together. Recommend watching instantly on Netflix.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: This was......ok? It was strange, but entertaining. Had plenty of good actors in it: Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Ferrell, Jude Law.

Love Me If You Dare: LOVED this movie. It's a French Film starring Marion Cotillard. It was very funny, but also much more than a comedy. Basically about 2 a boy and girl who meet as kids and become best friends. They play the dare game their entire lives on into adulthood. A little ridiculous ending, but awesome movie!

Angels & Demons: Solid. I was fan of the book. Liked Da Vinci Code. Plus Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor. Ewan McGregor stole the show.

Gamer: Nah....I guess I've seen much worse though.

The Taking of Pelham 123: Entertaining. That's about it.

The King of Kong: Don't think I need to say anything about this.

Serenity: Fantastic!

Also I got the Seinfeld complete series recently and it has been on pretty much nonstop.

And the first season of Archer was just released. I can't recommend this enough.

Really need to get to the theater to see True Grit.

[Bootaaay]

Tomcat Angels (1991) by Lloyd Kaufman



OH.MY.GOD - I knew this film was meant to be awfully bad (2.4 imdb rating), but nothing I had read could prepare me for "THE NAKED RAW POWER of TOMCAT ANGELS! BLOOD AND GUTS, TORTURE AND SEX - ALL AT THE SPEED OF SOUND!". This shit is so unbelievably bad, even by Troma standards. It tells the story of some sexy female fighter pilots who after graduating from flight school are assigned their missions - two of the Angels are sent into Iraqi territory, but only one returns, so the other Angels head behind enemy lines to rescue her, but not before a night on the town and some of the most awkwardly shot sex scenes in any film ever. That's a recurring theme here - not only does Tomcat Angels boast the worst sex scenes ever committed to film, but it also leads the pack in 'worst torture scene ever', 'worst rape scene ever', 'worst action scene ever' and, unsurprisingly 'worst acting ever'. The bulk of the 'action' actually comes from US military stock footage, and the cuts between new shots and stock shots are hilariously jarring. However, when they aren't in planes the Tomcat Angels manage to kick ass on the ground too, with a so-bad-it'd-embarrass-the-A-Team car chase and the brutal Angels using their feminine wiles to seduce guards before literally stabbing them in the back. Anyways, the Angels save their captured member Callie, but not before the hilarious Iraqi general forces himself upon her - however, it appears Callie has Stockholm syndrome! But this lasts all of a minute as the Angels kill the general and return home triumphantly to the men they scored with before the mission. I urge everyone to see this cinematic masterpiece before they die - it does the unthinkable and goes way beyond 'so bad it's good' territory and right out the other side; so 'so bad it's good' it's bad.

Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbhAgcf1kHI

[Limewater]

The Last Unicorn: I had never seen this film before. The story was generally solid, but it was definitely a children's film. As a Rankin/Bass production, it was rather nice to look at, but the few action scenes were rather awkward. I think I can understand why this is considered a children's classic, but it's a little awkward to watch as an adult. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised-- I was disappointed watching Rankin/Bass's The Hobbit a few years back. Though the music in The Hobbit was actually really good.

The Killer: This was my first time seeing this film. As an over-the-top action film, it plays straight, probably taking itself a little too seriously. The opening scenes were a little awkward, and I was settling in for a fun, ridiculous John Woo action flick. However, at some point I guess I succumbed to whatever spell they were trying to cast, because by the end was genuinely touched. The action scenes are million-round-clip ridiculous, but this movie probably has the best story of any over-the-top action film I've ever seen. John Woo's American films have, in my opinion, generally not been that great. However, this is another of his Hong Kong masterpieces.

[Hobie-wan]

The Killer: This was my first time seeing this film. ... However, this is another of his Hong Kong masterpieces.

If you haven't seen Hard Boiled, you should do so.