What’s the last movie you watched?

[Silhouette]

Gone With the Wind

I finally found the WORST MOVIE THAT EVERYONE ELSE LOVES. I hated this movie with a passion. Can't stand that girl! Everytime she opens her mouth or smiles her sly smiles it makes me want to take a shower. Best line: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. If the line would have come with a beating, the movie would inch up on the palatable scale.

Edited November 10, 2014 by Silhouette

[Silhouette]

Men in Black, always a favorite of mine.

[Blackmarch]

I so want to see interstellar.

[Connie]

Bye, Bye Birdie.  I've talked to my hubby a bit about this movie since i was in a community production of it in high school.  Finally showed it to him.  He was highly disturbed.

[Miami]

He must have had collaborative help/advice from some theoretical physicists or cosmologists.

The film recruited Kip Thorne, a theoretical physicist, to be one of its executive producers. He's the author of "The Science of Interstellar."

Source: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/neil-degrasse-tyson-impressed-by-science-of-interstellar/

[prisonchaplain]

I just watched this movie on Netflix.  It was okay, but not as strong as I had expected.  One piece of advice--turn on the subtitles (ENGLISH).  There is some Korean in the movie, that gets translated.  I'd give the movie a C+

 

Snowpiercer

[prisonchaplain]

THE GIVER.  Yeah, I'm cheap--it's in the $2 theater.  I like it.  It was not terribly gripping, but they treated this short story just right.  There are a few changes from the book, but the differences made sense for the screen.

[skalenfehl]

JJ Abrams' Star Trek. Man, that opening scene is the best!

[Guest]

Big Hero 6.  My kids loved it.  I thought it was just blah - I thought the story was kinda shallow.  I guess I just got all movie'd out...

 

Then we went home and had a triple feature of Fassbender's Jane Eyre (again for the umpteenth time) and Jackman's Les Miserables and Butler's Phamtom of the Opera.  Still wished Butler played Javert.

[Windseeker]

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. 

 

I watched it while I was working on a video project. I thought it was a bit predictable but entertaining and great acting despite it being mostly CGI.

[Blackmarch]

Secrets of the Samurai Sword an interesting documentary on what made the katana family of blades some of the highest quality blades produced in ancient times.

[EarlJibbs]

Just watched Maleficent. Good twist on the original. Seemed rushed in the story. I didn't feel an attachment to the characters, which in a movie that takes an approach based on strong feelings of love, anger and revenge bothered me. 

 

If it was something like X-men. Who cares about characters, you just want to see cool powers and great scenes. Am I right? :) 

[Windseeker]

Secrets of the Samurai Sword an interesting documentary on what made the katana family of blades some of the highest quality blades produced in ancient times.

 

You know what I found very odd on my mission in Japan was the number of highly respected deeply traditional artist joined the Church. In my mission alone there was a famous Tea Master who trained girls all over Japan in the tea-ceremony, as well as a Stake President and Branch President from different areas that were both respected sword smiths and made a living making samurai swords. The branch President told me the final step in sharpening the sword is down with silk and extremely time consuming.  I will check this out. 

[Silhouette]

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Edited November 15, 2014 by Silhouette

[Silhouette]

Just watched Maleficent. Good twist on the original. Seemed rushed in the story. I didn't feel an attachment to the characters, which in a movie that takes an approach based on strong feelings of love, anger and revenge bothered me.

If it was something like X-men. Who cares about characters, you just want to see cool powers and great scenes. Am I right? :)

We rented Maleficent today too. Loved it as much this time as the first time I saw it. There is no bad language in it at all. Not one word. It can get violent, but not graphically so. No blood whatsoever. I did feel very close to the characters. I thought the story was well-told from Maleficent's perspective. I felt all of her emotions, as well as the king's slow slide into insanity and obsession. Aurora was beautifully portrayed I thought.

All-in-all, I thought it was great.

[AngelMarvel]

Date night last night... Big Hero 6. I LOVE this cute movie. Everyone was laughing and having a great time in the theater.

[Blackmarch]

You know what I found very odd on my mission in Japan was the number of highly respected deeply traditional artist joined the Church. In my mission alone there was a famous Tea Master who trained girls all over Japan in the tea-ceremony, as well as a Stake President and Branch President from different areas that were both respected sword smiths and made a living making samurai swords. The branch President told me the final step in sharpening the sword is down with silk and extremely time consuming.  I will check this out. 

wow.

[Silhouette]

Frankenstein....the original one with Boris Karloff in the title role. I love these old Universal horror movies, so I thought it was great.

[Blackmarch]

Frankenstein....the original one with Boris Karloff in the title role. I love these old Universal horror movies, so I thought it was great.

the Forbidden Planet is a oldy that's good as well.

[Guest]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.  With my two boys ages 13 and 11.  They loved it.  They didn't even say one word - not one - about how cheesy the special effects are...

 

 

On Maleficent.  I hate that movie.  And I don't use the word "hate" lightly.

[JimmiGerman]

One of the last good ones I watched was Black Robe.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Robe_%28film%29

 

Dances with Wolves was good as well, and I liked the authentic Lakota that was spoken in some parts of the movie.

 

Both movies I watched synchronized on German TV (but with the original Indian languages in both movies), and Black Robe I watched on You Tube also in English. Here one of my favourite scenes:

 

 

"I have still other greater things that I can teach you."

 

 

 

And "Red Sun" with Charles Bronson, Alain Delon, and Toshiro Mifune. The German film title was  "Rivalen unter roter Sonne".  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sun

 

 

"I tell you what, we'll call it a draw."

Edited November 17, 2014 by JimmiGerman

[dahlia]

Finally saw 'Noah.' I liked it. I'm not sure about portraying the watchers the way they did, but OK.  I thought the score was very good.  I'll probably watch it again while I've got it on amazon. Usually I watch Netflix and amazon movies on my desktop while I do other stuff. Noah was one of the rare movies that made me stop working and watch the movie.

[Backroads]

Ella Enchanted. Cute. Currently watching Batman Returns.

[Silhouette]

The Hunger Games. Again. Excellent acting, portraying a very disturbing way of life. In fact, I found the movie very disturbing in general. It's a bizarre world they live in, what with all the weird makeup and clothing and hairstyles. And I dislike the "children killing children" theme throughout. Especially the way some are portrayed as relishing the experience. But for me, the acting makes it worthwhile, if creepily realistic.

I adore Woody Harrelson's portrayal of Heymitch, or ever how the name is spelled. But then I adore Woody Harrelson anyway.

[lonetree]

Frankenstein....the original one with Boris Karloff in the title role. I love these old Universal horror movies, so I thought it was great.

I picked up that on Bluray last month. It looks very good and includes the Kenneth Branagh narrated documentary 'Universal Horror' which adds a lot to the whole historical context of those Universals. My favorite is 'The Mummy'.