What is The Last Movie You Watched?

[Prospero]

"Blue Is The Warmest Colour" a long and languid, but beautiful film, about a young woman disovering her sexuality and the emotional trauma of a failed relationship. The lesbian sex scenes are the most explicit sexual footage i have ever seen in a non porn film. Quite astonishing. The film tells its story well but, for me, it never quite engaged me as much as it should emotionally. Also while exploring the difficulty of difference, it dropped that ball at midpoint in its three hour journey in favour of following the arc of the relationship between the two main female characters. In French, shot in Lillewith two wonderful perfomances by Adele Exarchopoulis (who has something of the young Bardot about her) and Lea Seydoux. But it is a film worth watching.

[broncofan]

I just saw American Hustle. I really enjoyed it; it did not have the best caper (as some have said). In fact it was pretty straight-forward and unimaginative. But the movie benefited a lot from an excellent cast and I thought was strong on other fronts including character development. I recommend it for those who still haven't seen it.

[Girlpearls]

Hello, everyone!
I'm Damian and I just joined this super site yesterday and am loving every minute of it.
So much great stuff and the forum rocks!

I just saw the movie "I Am Legend" the other day. It was one of the best post apocalyptic films I have seen to date.
It's pretty fast paced and the plot is well concieved.

Here's the official trailer:


Thank you for your time.
Please pass the pop corn!

[Stavros]

Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve, 2013)
I am a fan of this Canadian director's film Incendies, and this is an outstanding thriller with fine acting from a very fine cast including Melissa Leo, Jake Gyllenhal and Hugh Jackman. I like the layers in the film, the motif of Prisoners -prisoners of destiny, of the past, of religion, of hate, prisoners in fact as in imprisoned in an abandoned building, tied up or handcuffed, imprisoned in a pit. And the light motifs -headlights, sidelights, torchlight, candlelight each of which has its own meaning. Yes there are some cliches in the film, but I like the way you think there has been an heroic ending to the film, and it suddenly slides into ambiguity. I think the fact it has had one Oscar nomination, for Cinematography tells you all you need to know about awards, which isn't much. Highly recommended, as someone else did a few days or so ago in this thread.

[Stavros]

Hello, everyone!
I'm Damian and I just joined this super site yesterday and am loving every minute of it.
So much great stuff and the forum rocks!

I just saw the movie "I Am Legend" the other day. It was one of the best post apocalyptic films I have seen to date.
It's pretty fast paced and the plot is well concieved.

Thank you for your time.
Please pass the pop corn!

Hi girlpearls/Damian, I enjoyed parts of I, Robot but felt it caved in to Hollywood expectations half-way through, but I also like 'post-apocalyptic' films, but now wonder if I could list my favourites. Something to think about. Eg, the original Planet of the Apes still has some drawing power....

[CORVETTEDUDE]

S.W.A.T. w/ Sam Jackson, Colin Farrell & Michele Rodriquez. Great action flick!!

[Jimmy W]

Nebraska - I could only take thirty minutes of this turd. Bruce Dern playing the same 'Leave me alone. I'm being old and cranky and I'm cantankerous' character he's played before (Big Love for example) and it gets tiresome really fast. As the film starts we are supposed to believe that in this day, anyone who is not under constant medical supervision, regardless of age, would be so fully hoodwinked by a piece of junk mail (not even a phone scam or internet spam) that they believe they have won a million dollars. I can suspend disbelief very happily for a good movie but this film doesn't deserve such help. The other characters spend their time fretting about whatever shall they do with this stubborn old man with contrived hand wringing but the acting is so bad that what is supposed to be dialogue is more like 'I've spoken my line, now you speak your line, then I'll speak my other line'. Admittedly, maybe it all comes together. Maybe there is a message. Maybe Bruce Dern knew all along it was a scam and needed something to live for. I don't know and the film never made me care. I can't say spoiler alert because I never made it that far.

[Jimmy W]

All Is Lost - Robert Redford adrift at sea in a solo performance that reminded me of one of my favorites from earlier in his career, Jeremiah Johnson. Spare, subtle, almost no dialogue and certain evidence that less can be much more. Maybe the best of all the films I've seen this year.

[RallyCola]

Snow White and the Huntsman - that's 2 hrs of my life that i wasted.

Apparently there is going to be a screening here in nyc on tuesday night for the robocop reboot. i'd like to go but the guest list appears closed. i will probably see that opening night (wednesday) and post a review but i am pretty sure i will hate it.

[Jimmy W]

If you thought Snow White and the Huntsman was bad, try watching Red Riding Hood with Amanda Seyfried