What is The Last Movie You Watched?

The Conjuring (James Wan, 2014)
I don't usually watch 'horror' films but this had good reviews so I bought the dvd for £6 -the film is a succession of cliches -old house where things go bump in the night, demonic spirits of unhappy dead people that can only possess a woman's body; increasingly dramatic scenes culminating in a DIY exorcism that works in spite of the heroic male's terrible Latin. Why ghosts only seem unable to cope with Latin is rarely explained. Because it is a dead language? At two moments one of the crew has to suddenly appear (face and body unseen) from the dark and clap his hands; on another occasion throw a ball into a basement, it really was that bad, like a student film. Another dud for the charity shop.
I like Vera Farmiga though. She has such haunting eyes.

The Conjuring - Official Horror Trailer | Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga - YouTube

The Purge 2,I enjoyed it.

Titanic, 3 Hours und 47 Minutes....

It was my FIRST time watching it!

My God I have NOT had a HARD cry like that für a while!!!!

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a sports movie: you know what that means? lots of inspirational yap- chop chop editing during the gameplay that unrealistically nothing like the real thing and a (semi) inspirational soundtrack.

laura dern looks great. movie was boring

umm...am i the only one here that watched sharknado 2 last night?

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Originally Posted by bluesoul

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i can't believe how many versions of la femme nikita luc besson has managed to get away, but it's now basically a case of can he make a film that isn't similar to that one..

well, this one ISN'T it. it's basically la femme nikita all over again, except this time she's using (wait for it.....) 100% of her brain. yes, that's right folks. la femme nikita is the einstein of killing. but she needs guns, just like the other versions of herself (huh?) unfortunately, luc besson isn't the einstein of screenwriting, which presents a flaw in his protagonist- who btw does a better job gallivanting around the scottish highland putting random dudes in black sludge to get eaten up and attempting to understand humanity whilst avoiding her alien chaperone

not this

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I enjoyed this movie. If you turn your brain down a little the movie will be fun to watch. Lots of action, swell performances from Johanssen and Morgan Freeman and the guy who plays the villain Mr. Jang.

Just bought a 55 inch smart TV. Had bought a used double disk version of Kubrick's 20001 a few months back.

I literally upgraded my TV to break its cherry on this flick in HD and 7.1

Wow. The colors.... The stars.... We is Stoned Immaculate

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Originally Posted by bluesoul

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a sports movie: you know what that means? lots of inspirational yap- chop chop editing during the gameplay that unrealistically nothing like the real thing and a (semi) inspirational soundtrack.

laura dern looks great. movie was boring

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Have there been any great sports movies? I don't consider Boxing to be a sport, so that rules out Raging Bull, and that is one of Scorsese's finest films; but I can't think of any others that do not fall into the trap you refer to above.

Hoop Dreams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph2Y-epihlk

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Hoop Dreams

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Hoop Dreams is a documentary, not a feature/fiction film which is the genre I should have made clear was in my thoughts. Hoop Dreams, riddled with cliches from start to finish, is also poor by comparison with other documentaries even though it ranks 17 in Sight and Sound's 'Greatest Documentaries of all Time', a list which includes classics like Sans Soleil, but not Nick Broomfield's Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) or The House I live In (Eugene Jarecki 2011).
A good documentary introduces you to something you were previously unaware of, and makes it appear important, or forces you to re-think something on which you thought you had a settled opinion. Broomfield's film on Aileen Wuornos exposes the extraordinary violence this woman had to deal with in her life, which she meted out with just as much disagreeable force; while Jarecki's film exposes the commercial value, but the social destitution of the USA's 'war on drugs'.

The 'Greatest Documentaries' list is here:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-sound-ma.../greatest-docs

the expendables 3


The Expendables 3 (2014) Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube

Pacific Rim.
Wait for the porno version, this turd just won't flush!

Huh.....

Pacific Rim job.

No doubt filled with dusky eyed Asian cuties....Hopefully! :shrug

Watched Apocalypse Now last night. It's my favorite film.

The latest film that I am looking forward to is Zero Theorem. I love Terry Gilliams work.

Batman Assault on Arkham... amazing... for fans of the Batman Arkham game series, this movie is a must see!

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harvey weinstein has been going on about this movie almost all year. i think the man is loosing his mind coz this shit was boring as hell. pretty much in the same vein of "extremely loud and incredibly close" except this one takes place in the future- wherever everyone is a compliant dipshit and meryl streep has some great blonde locks.

the q&a was hilarious though as the director and actors named the films that influenced this one and those turned out to be more interesting.

stravos: you asked about the sports movie. i hate sports films. my friends loves them. i went to that one as a favor to him and to another friend. i've considered terminating our friendship but have put it on halt since viewing that film.

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i really wanted to like this show because some of my favorite people (heros) worked on the manhattern project. so far, this is what's happening:

a bunch of "who is that guy?" arrive in los alamos and have this type of conversation. "say, why are you here?"
"oh, i got hired because am good in math. i'm trying to impress oppenheimer. how about yourself?"
"oh me too. btw forget it. you can't impress oppenheimer. he's such a genius. btw: did i mention oppenheimer?"
"i believe you did. oppenheimer! there i said it"
"yep. you did. where are our wives. hope they're not having sex with oppenheimer"
"they can't be. oppenheimer is doing math at a genius level. and so will we once we meet him. which will be as soon as the writers figure out a way to make all this plausible"
"right! oppenheimer"

this went on for about 2 hours.

Just saw "Lucy" over the weekend... Good action!

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plodding 2hr movie about a phillip seymour hoffman german doing surveillance on a very dodgy looking chechen dissident with a very attractive rachel mcadams lawyer "kinda" funding al qaeda by proxy of some islamic dude with a family heirloom from a not-too-convincing german willem defoe banker.

Transformers 4, pretty cool movie.

Lawrence of Arabia
The Gatekeepers (documentary)

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Re Lucy: i can't believe how many versions of la femme nikita luc besson has managed to get away

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Ha! Of course, that was the connection I was looking for. Forgot that LFN and Lucy were both Luc Besson movies. I've only seen the Lucy trailer, to date.

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Have there been any great sports movies?

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Bang the Drum Slowly? Of course, that's DeNiro again. Saw it when it was released so it might be pretty dated. And it might be classified less as a sports movie and more of a drama about cancer.

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The Conjuring (James Wan, 2014)... I like Vera Farmiga though. She has such haunting eyes.

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Actually, I liked almost all the cast. For example, I think Ron Livingstone is very underrated. But yeah, this is a case of good actors not being able to save a bad script.

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Re: 12 Years a Slave - didn't like it at all. as with many academy award winning movies, i don't get the fuss.

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Sort of have to agree with Rallycola here. Expecting bigger things, especially from the story (screenplay) but was left enjoying the cinematography, acting, etc. Here's my issue... this is just Roots Redux. I didn't see one thematic element in 12 Years that Alex Haley didn't explore in Roots, 40 years ago. Free man kidnapped from his home land, shipped to the South and sold into slavery - check. Slaves separated from spouses and kids - check. Hard work in the fields - check. Whipping - check. Lynching - check. Cruel white southern masters sexually abusing their female slaves - check.

All that said, I think the story of slavery in the US needs to be retold at least once a generation, and they did a nice job of it here.

Olympus has fallen-


what can i say.......

the calling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sCDg5Ij6e0

I just saw In a Lonely Place. I enjoyed it because I enjoy almost all noir films that are reasonably well done. This movie stars Humphrey Bogart as a screenwriter with a volatile temperament who is the lead suspect in a homicide. The movie leads you in all directions, first convincing you of his innocence, then raising doubts and ultimately keeping you uncertain until the end. Better than average.

The Purge: Anarachy

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despite looking (obviously) aged, brosnan is also looking pretty good (physique wise). other than that, this film is one of those projects that even tom cruise obviously said no to.

so they chucked it over to pierce who obviously didn't mind a few hundred thousand, a free ticket to the balkans and a few minutes exchanging saliva with olga kurylenko. hey, i would've said yes too. as far as the movie? what movie?

I look for Brosnan to join the other AARP actors in the next Expendables movie.

Just watched Ping Pong Summer.....great 80's themed movie!!!

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just came back from this movie. basically, a garden of eden/adam & eve type scenario taking place in the future where no "sin" takes place. the giver is basically jeff bridges "giving" brenton thwaiteshis' character his memory of a time before things were so blissful-

the film depends a lot on the performances which are, for the most part, sub-par, including meryl streep who (surprisingly) adds nothing.

there is a lot of hoopla currently surrounding this film thanks mostly to jeff bridges, katie holmes and harvey weinstein who all seem to have a personal steak in this project

LUCY (2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kSU5lKIubo


i thought it was odd but stilll entertaining.

The Siege!

Noah...i'm an atheist, but still liked it lol....

The Machine
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the expendables 3.

not as bloody as #2.
lots of quips and nods to the stars old movies (except harrison ford does not say "get off my plane")
not enough ronda rousey
too many "old fart" references
the final scene between mel gibson and sly could have been better.

it was ok...5/10 at best as i would not watch it again.

I watched Blended last night and it was one of the few Sandler movies I got a few laughs out of, still a lot of cringey moments but entertaining.

Not exactly a film but "Cambridge Spies" four one hour films for the BBC about Burgess, Maclean, Philby and Blunt. Beautifully acted, scripted and directed.