The "I'm watching/just watched *movie title* thread....

[Dude111]

Last movie I watched was Alien 3 - 1992

Now I have seen all 3 parts and I can safely say ITS AN EXCELLENT MOVIE

[guildnavigator]

If youse guys use torrents, you'd like cinemageddon. It's entirely made up of oddities and half-forgotten TV movies and other obscure stuff. I'm pretty sure they don't allow movies from the last ten years and you end up finding stuff that's only available on VHS right now. A lot of things you'd never expect to find or see again. Some real garbage. Some really great works of art to be found there too, many of which you just can't buy anymore. Thankfully there are people willing spend the time it takes to rip their crusty old Betamax and VHS tapes, even 16mm films for the sake of sharing them.

[Eddie Coyle]

Of course.  I think she was at her best in The Car, along with her sister, Kyle. 

     Yes! "The Car". I liked better than "Duel" and probably "Christine" as well. It made me use my Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars malevolently.

[Dude111]

I wouldnt ever think about engaging in those activities guildnavigator,I LOVE VHS

[UrbanFool]

I just watched Dredd. It was okay... not as good as some. I'm an enormous Karl Urban fan though. I think I've pretty much exhausted Netflix and Amazon Prime.

[guildnavigator]

Last movie I watched was Alien 3 - 1992

Now I have seen all 3 parts and I can safely say ITS AN EXCELLENT MOVIE

Hang on a second, Dude111, didn't they make a fourth Alien movie in 1997?

Also, if you feel like seeing even MORE, check out Alien Versus Predator (2004), Alien vs Predator Requiem (2007) and the latest, which is a prequel from original director Ridley Scott called Prometheus (2012)

[Dude111]

Ahhhhh maybe they did my friend!

I saw PREDATOR also,liked it alot!! (Good old arnold)

[guildnavigator]

Ahhhhh maybe they did my friend!

I saw PREDATOR also,liked it alot!! (Good old arnold)

First predator movie is a classic!

[Mind Flayer Monk]

       TV Movies tackling tough topics. Always a ratings booster. The one where Richard Crenna got raped by two goons is the best of the era.

Is remember things like "A Hero Ain't Nothing But A Sandwich" and "No Big Deal" being pretty serious for after-school specials.

First predator movie is a classic!

A WWF match vs an alien.

[UrbanFool]

I love predator!

[ItsOver]

Saw this today. Fucking GREAT:

http://youtu.be/QKAr42gxjhM

You are dead on.  "Rush" is the best movie I've seen in a long time.  Loved the different characters of Hunt and Lauda and the actors were fantastic.  The hard partying, playboy Hunt versus the logical, calculating, call-it-as-he-sees-it Austrian Lauda.  Fantastic racing scenes and I don't believe there was one bit of CGI.  Daniel Bruhl's portrayal of Lauda was especially good and amusing.  I kept trying to recall where I'd seen Bruhl before and I had to look it up.  He portrayed the German sniper in "Inglourious Basterds."

Anyway, a tremendous movie with a story that deserved to be told and told well. 

[casioson]

Just watched this for the 5th time.....

Pacific Rim - Official Main Trailer [HD]

[bateman]

You are dead on.  "Rush" is the best movie I've seen in a long time.  Loved the different characters of Hunt and Lauda and the actors were fantastic.  The hard partying, playboy Hunt versus the logical, calculating, call-it-as-he-sees-it Austrian Lauda.  Fantastic racing scenes and I don't believe there was one bit of CGI.  Daniel Bruhl's portrayal of Lauda was especially good and amusing.  I kept trying to recall where I'd seen Bruhl before and I had to look it up.  He portrayed the German sniper in "Inglourious Basterds."

Anyway, a tremendous movie with a story that deserved to be told and told well. 

The only racing film I've seen that even compares is Senna, and that's a documentary.

[b_dubb]

Pacific Rim was a lot of fun.  Take your brain out and just have fun.  Actually for a giant robot vs giant monster movie it was kind of cerebral.  For a giant robot vs giant monster movie.

[AC400KICK]

The King of New York

[Camazotz Automat]

MUD. This was a great flick. Subtle. Realistic. Dreamlike. Really nice.

It cleansed my cinematic palate of CGI residue.   (that shit builds up)

((Was it just me? By the end of IRON MAN 3, I felt like I was McDowell in that scene in A Clockwork Orange when his eyes were pried open to receive programming data.)) 

(((Something is wrong on Saturation 3.)))

To be clear, I love the flash bang grenade spectacles as much as anyone, but sometimes you have to sit back and take in the archetypes such as presented in MUD and take a load off.

MUD was the equivalent of unplugging from The Matrix to raise the thoughtful shell of Joseph Campbell via séance.

Shot almost entirely on location, it rang true on multiple levels. I truly wanted to bitch slap some of those teens loitering in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot.

I can't talk about my favorite scenes (and there are many) without possibly spoiling them. Hopefully this is enough to make a few bellgabbers curious enough to check it out.

If my comments are having the opposite effect, let it be known that MUD contains firearms, snakes, violence, borderline paranormal events, tension and a lot humor. Of the several personalities I know here, I would say most would like the movie.

I can also say, that like Huckleberry Finn, MUD made me consider what life on the river would be like, and ultimately, long for a taste of it.

It's the triple six real deal Scratch.

[shell88]

I've been watching a lot of Pacino and De Niro flicks lately. I love all of their stuff. They don't make actors like that anymore. I think I'll google review the muc flick.

[ksm32]

The Reluctant Astronaut. Don Knotts... I just loved dat guy.

[Laurakinch]

House of Sand and Fog. Incredible performances by Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley, should have won an oscar. Check it out if you've never seen it- free on Viooz.co

[SaucyRossy]

As Bateman knows I've been on a horror movie binge watching session this week, partially cus of Halloween but mostly for research for a project I'm writing.

Today I watched V/H/S and it's sequel V/H/S 2.

While the premise and the style in the first movie is cool, there is really only one segment (both movies are short film anthologies) worth watching  and that's the second honey moon one.

The sequel however is way better than the first but still lacks a believable and interesting cohesive story to all of it.

My two favorite segments are the one directed by Garth Evans, about an Indonesian cult, and the last segment which is about a slumber party at a lake house that gets crazy when tall grey aliens decide to visit.

Overall, neither of the movies are that good, they both are interesting, but not good movies. If you like low budget found footage horror you will enjoy the sequel.

[Sardondi]

The Reluctant Astronaut. Don Knotts... I just loved dat guy.

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken: it still puts a smile on my face almost 50 years later.

As Bateman knows I've been on a horror movie binge watching session this week, partially cus of Halloween but mostly for research for a project I'm writing....

I too have been through a couple of weeks of something similar, but it was more the classic low-gore of the 50's-60's horror films. I watched 6-8 each of the Hammer films and Vincent Price horror movies. And they were such a treat. I was particularly struck by the tremendously high quality of actors in the Hammer films. I didn't say high quality of acting though, since so much scenery chewing was demanded. But the actors were wonderfully trained. You could tell that even the supporting cast were trained in the classic theater, and all had that Shakespearean voice. Price was much the same, although the Corman movies are not as interesting to me. Still, I see superior actors even in those movies in comparison to today's uber-gore flicks.

[ItsOver]

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken: it still puts a smile on my face almost 50 years later.
I too have been through a couple of weeks of something similar, but it was more the classic low-gore of the 50's-60's horror films. I watched 6-8 each of the Hammer films and Vincent Price horror movies. And they were such a treat. I was particularly struck by the tremendously high quality of actors in the Hammer films. I didn't say high quality of acting though, since so much scenery chewing was demanded. But the actors were wonderfully trained. You could tell that even the supporting cast were trained in the classic theater, and all had that Shakespearean voice. Price was much the same, although the Corman movies are not as interesting to me. Still, I see superior actors even in those movies in comparison to today's uber-gore flicks.

I stumbled upon Me TV several weeks ago.  Svengoolie was airing the B classic "Curse of the Undead," a nifty little black and white horror flick from the 50's about a vampire cowboy terrorizing a small town.  Even this el cheapo had some decent actors with Eric Fleming, of Rawhide fame (see "cattle prods," on another thread), and Michael Pate as the man-in-black vampire.



I'm really loving the Me TV schedule.  It even has "Thriller" with that other classic actor, Boris Karloff.  Yes, yes, the actors from those days are so much better than so many of the shallow, self-absorbed Hollywood cretins of today. 

[Chine]

Watching 'Man On Fire' again, which is one of my favorite films directed by the late Tony Scott. I can't watch it often as it's just so powerful on my heart at times. Especially the gorgeous vocals of Lisa Gerrard in the soundtrack.

lisa gerrard - the end (man on fire soundtrack)

[yumyumtree]

Two of a Kind 1951

[steelbot]

We're the Millers - Funny shit

[Evil Twin Of Zen]

I'm really loving the Me TV schedule.  It even has "Thriller" with that other classic actor, Boris Karloff.  Yes, yes, the actors from those days are so much better than so many of the shallow, self-absorbed Hollywood cretins of today.

Me-TV. backronym? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me-TV
i would have never guessed there was a word for it... now i know what a backronym is thanks for the info...

interesting show schedule. a lot of my when i was a kid days programs. except for the animated programs (cartoons). i never liked "modern" cartoons.

[FightTheFuture]

''LAST VEGAS''


Funny as! Especially Morgan Freeman

[TumbleWeed]

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie.

Fawking awsome. Glad steelbot told me about it. Has a great musical Score too, Bought the Soundtrack on amazon.
The Castle Bravo Test gives me goosebumps.

[Camazotz Automat]

Leslie Woodhead's How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin.

I was struck by USSR fans recording/bootlegging Beatles on used x-ray film discarded by hospitals.

"Love Me Do" spinning on your uncle's chest x-ray...

I watched on PBS, but it's on Woodhead's Youtube in 4 parts.

Great stuff.  An effective way to invade countries and dismantle "evil empires."

Part 1:

How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin Part 1/4

[TumbleWeed]

Leslie Woodhead's How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin.

I was struck by USSR fans recording/bootlegging Beatles on used x-ray film discarded by hospitals.

"Love Me Do" spinning on your uncle's chest x-ray...

I watched on PBS, but it's on Woodhead's Youtube in 4 parts.

Great stuff.  An effective way to invade countries and dismantle "evil empires."

Part 1:

How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin Part 1/4

That was neat.