What was the last movie you watched?

Live and Let Die. A good one (thought not the best) by Roger Moore. Great villain, and Solitaire is incredibly beautiful. However, the death of the villain is too narm-y for me to take seriously. Oh, and screw J. W. Pepper.

Charlotte's Web

The Peanuts Movie.

I haven't watched A Film With Me In It yet, but given the fact it has Dylan Moran in it, I'm surprised that I haven't already. So that's next on my list.

edited 13th Nov '15 2:59:09 AM by trashconverters

And now I have, and it was great, and it's my avatar.

I get how a lot of people are saying it's too unbelievable, but I feel like that's where its charm (if you can call it that) comes from. But I suppose given the fact it's a very dark, morbid film, that pokes fun at crime drama in such a cynical, undercut way, it kind of breaks the Willing Suspension of Disbelief that can be afforded to straight crime drama.

Also, Dylan Moran was brilliant, as always.

edited 14th Nov '15 4:58:35 AM by trashconverters

That witch hunter thing with Vin Diesel

He is bald.

Yesterday, The Man with the Golden Gun. Great villain (one of the best - it is Christopher Lee, after all), but the movie was a bit unbalanced and goofy at times (and the title theme is just bananas). Also, why, oh why, Mary Goodnight?

Today, The Spy Who Loved Me. Possibly the best movie from the Roger Moore era. From Jaws to Amasova and Naomie, from the disco-like score to Carly Simon's title theme, it's well worth a look. The pacing and the directing styles are also top notch (not to mention the action sequences).

edited 18th Nov '15 6:59:52 PM by Quag15

I watched The Little Mermaid yesterday, as it was the anniversary of its release date. It's still as good as I remember. :) And Ariel is gorgeous.

Rich Hall's California Stars. Such a good documentary it's hard not to just queue it up on repeat.

Pay The Ghost. To my knowledge, the only straightforward "horror" movie Nicolas Cage has been in other than the infamous remake of The Wicker Man... And oddly enough both involve missing children, paganism, and creepy animal masks. This was just okay - watchable but pretty cliche, and I think it could have been scarier if they leaned less on the occult elements and more on the Adult Fear of losing one's child.

Moonraker. Recycled plot from the previous movie (plus You Only Live Twice).

Great tune, great space station, SO MUCH FANSERVICE.

But there were so many silly moments (Jaws falling in love with Dolly, the gondola scene, Chang being impaled upon the piano, and so forth). I can see why this is divisive. Personally, I think it's very mediocre.

edited 24th Nov '15 11:44:00 AM by Quag15

I just finished watching Parenthood. It was pretty funny, but at times it felt like there were too many storylines going on.

Miller's Crossing. It's the first Coen Brothers film I've seen. It was pretty good, quite funny and clever and sad in parts.

A Clockwork Orange.

Like Citizen Kane, I love all the shots, looks so clean and well put.

Of the story? Charismatic, but tragic for the project. The project was able to stop that damn psychopath of Alex, but Alex past manage to make it end. The project failed not because of Alex, but Alex past actions.

The kid I'm babysitting is watching Minions, this has to be the worst thing I have ever seen.

Initial D The Movie: Legend 1 (it's apparently supposed to be New Initial D The Movie, but it came out last year).

The first and perhaps most obvious thing is that the CG used for the racing sequences is drastically better than that of the First Stage anime. The art is much "cleaner" as well. It's a fairly faithful adaptation of the first 14 chapters of the manga. I certainly enjoyed it as much as I did the anime all those years ago.

Mad Max: Fury Road. Every bit as good on a 42" screen as it is on Imax. The film better get Oscars in Best Visual Effects, Best Actress and Best Original Score next year, or I'm going to be very unimpressed with the voters in AMPAS.

For Your Eyes Only, three days ago. Possibly the best Bond movie (alongside The Spy Who Loved Me) from the Roger Moore era, thanks to its slightly Darker and Edgier themes (revenge, post-World War II betrayal). The title theme is catchy, and Melina Havelock is a seriously underrated Bond Girl (since she's the forerunner to the more action-y Bond Girls that began to appear in the 90's). Some of the action scenes are also quite good.

Octopussy, yesterday. Slightly less good, due to the return of some campy elements (e.g. Large Ham General Orlov, Bond in a clown suit (though the sequence is quite tense), and some stereotypical portrayals of India (props to Vijay, though). The song is fairly good, and the action scenes are quite good (especially the bits on the plane in the beginning and at the climax).

I saw Outbreak.

Strong beginning, weak middle, good ending. I like it.

I watched Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker. I never saw the whole thing before; it was pretty cool. :)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, with the girlfriend. This was the first time I had actually seen the entire film in one go, as opposed to the three individual segments of it separately on VHS back in the '90s.

The last half or so of "The Mummy Returns", with Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and Oded Fehr. Cracking film.

Shaun of the Dead, last night. Most of it, anyway.

I just finished watching Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns. It's even better than the first one.

Got a few in over the past few days:

Beware Of Mr. Baker. Ginger Baker is listed as a real life example of All Drummers Are Animals for a reason, and I appreciate that the film, while sympathetic towards him, also makes no qualms about the fact that his behavior and attitude eventually alienated most of the people who were ever close to him. At the same time, it definitely makes a good case for his talent and eclecticism- I knew his work with Cream (and on one Public Image Ltd. album), but had no idea he got his start in jazz or worked with Fela Kuti.

Almost Famous. You ever start watching a movie on TV, then suddenly remember you own it and can watch it without bowdlerization? On the other hand, I sort of want to watch the VH 1 edit if it comes on again, because it's one of those edits that adds Deleted Scenes ^note I've never seen the Director's Cut version, but I would guess most if not all of the extra material is also in there. I particularly like Elaine smugly informing a sign painter that there is no such word as "X-Mas", which becomes her Establishing Character Moment. Oh yeah, also, the thrift store I work at has an embroidery reading "Try A Little Kindness" on display; It turns out the very same embroidery appears in this movie, in the Millers' house.

A Trip to the Moon. The hand-colorized version, with a new soundtrack by AIR. Incredibly zeerusty, but I guess it was always meant to be whimsical and surreal, and that just adds to to the overall feel. The new score is pretty cool - I particularly like the piece that plays while the ship is being constructed, which synchronizes with the men using their hammers.

edited 29th Nov '15 9:04:46 PM by MikeK