What is The Last Movie You Watched?

[Jericho]

I watched First Blood last night. To me this is the best of the Rambo movies. After this one they turned him into a superhero. The scenes where he takes out all those guys in the woods was very well done and has been copied by everybody since. Most recently in The Equalizer.

First Blood's a classic (imo).
They should have followed the book a bit closer, and ended it there.
(And talking of copied, i don't know if it's where 1stB got the idea from, but a year before, A Charles Bronson/Lee Marvin film, Death Hunt, had the 'jump off a cliff, into a tree scene').

[Yasmin Lee Fan]

First Blood's a classic (imo).
They should have followed the book a bit closer, and ended it there.
(And talking of copied, i don't know if it's where 1stB got the idea from, but a year before, A Charles Bronson/Lee Marvin film, Death Hunt, had the 'jump off a cliff, into a tree scene').

Yea! Death Hunt. I've been trying to remember the name of that movie. Thanx for that. Rambo died in the book and that would have ended the franchise before it started, but you're right, the book was better. Stallone says he's gonna make one more with Rambo going against the Mexican drug cartels. Also something about rescuing a girl. He's suppose to die in THIS ONE and end it . If he waits much longer, Rambo will die of old age. LOL

[Jericho]

If he waits much longer, Rambo will die of old age. LOL

And after that, there's the reboot, then Ghost of Rambo!
Let it die, Sly, let it die!

[Odelay]

Kubrick was a pessimist, I am surprised you cannot see this, as he loads every film with his one-dimensional loathing of the human race, seeing it as a machine that lies, robs and kills, that is incapable of love and compassion- two feelings that are banned from his films. The closing scene of the film is one of the lowest points in cinema: the bleak image of a foetus travelling back to earth to begin yet again life's utterly pointless journey through time, with the opening of Also Sprach Zarathrustra played yet again to emphasise that nothing has changed since the ridiculous and insulting episode The Dawn of Man that begins the film. One passes over with as little comment as is needed on his collaboration with that disgusting pederast, Arthur C. Clarke.
Kubrick's main interest in film was in the technology, and it shows in some his films which are technologically outstanding, Barry Lyndon being his best film, if you can take the relentless sarcasm and the view that humans only exist to hurt each other. Kubrick may be the most over-rated 'great director'.

For the record, my favourite film in which people travel into space is Danny Boyle's Sunshine, even with its hysterical ending. Superior to the turkeys on your list. And a Happy Thanskgiving to you too!!

In at least one way, all science fiction stories, with the exception of specifically dystopian ones, are optimistic. They are a representation of the human race advancing forward without self-immolation. And I agree with Trish that whether intended, or not, Kubrick's 2010 fits this optimistic view, especially with the idea that the moons of Jupiter were ready for habitation. Of course, I admit I might have missed some bit of irony on this count, but then irony sort of loses it's impact if it sails past much of the audience.

I too liked Boyle's Sunshine with the exception of the bizarre ending, as you note. One of my very favorites of recent years is the sparse Moon. Both the movie and the main actor, Sam Rockwell, are very underrated.

[fred41]

One of my very favorites of recent years is the sparse Moon. Both the movie and the main actor, Sam Rockwell, are very underrated.

Sam Rockwell is an excellent actor...bit part or major role, he adds to every movie he's in. When you posted this I had to look into it to see if I could get the film...
...until I realized I saw it already and liked it. Damn vices!!!
Was gonna watch it again,...but once you know how it ends it's pointless.

[fred41]

"Under The Skin"....Amazon Prime.
Was prepared to hate this film...but I thought it was much, much better than the 2 1/2 stars the viewers so far (at least on Amazon) had given it. Probably most people would disagree with me on this, but I liked the movie.
True, Scarlett Johansson's charisma adds gravitas to this movie. And probably more viewers than it normally would have gotten...but it's an interesting film anyway.
...and it's presented without filling in all the details (I'm not sure if the book this is based on helps...since I didn't read it), but I believe the basic story is pretty straightforward...the toughest part, for me, was trying to understand the the language I (somewhat) share with some of my friends across the Atlantic...

[trish]

Kubrick was a pessimist, I am surprised you cannot see this, as he loads every film with his one-dimensional loathing of the human race, seeing it as a machine that lies, robs and kills, that is incapable of love and compassion- two feelings that are banned from his films. The closing scene of the film is one of the lowest points in cinema: the bleak image of a foetus travelling back to earth to begin yet again life's utterly pointless journey through time, with the opening of Also Sprach Zarathrustra played yet again to emphasise that nothing has changed since the ridiculous and insulting episode The Dawn of Man that begins the film. One passes over with as little comment as is needed on his collaboration with that disgusting pederast, Arthur C. Clarke.
Kubrick's main interest in film was in the technology, and it shows in some his films which are technologically outstanding, Barry Lyndon being his best film, if you can take the relentless sarcasm and the view that humans only exist to hurt each other. Kubrick may be the most over-rated 'great director'.

For the record, my favourite film in which people travel into space is Danny Boyle's Sunshine, even with its hysterical ending. Superior to the turkeys on your list. And a Happy Thanskgiving to you too!!

To paraphrase Nietzsche, 2001 was a film for everyone and no one. I agree, that Dr. Strangelove is a pessimistic film and that Barry Lyndon is not an exemplar of what is best in humankind. Each of Kubrick’s films explores distinct themes and issues. I think 2001 undeniably holds out the promise of an open, infinite future of possibility for the human animal. I found the film exuberant. It celebrates our capacity to learn, to grow and to overcome our preconceptions of the universe and ourselves. I wouldn’t want to go all Nietzchean and say it was an uber-film, or that it was superior or inferior to say, Sunshine. Just exuberant.

Sunshine is an interesting film. Not for the science (as if a mission of that size could reignite the Sun). What draws us in are the moral dilemmas the two crews face as they are forced to redesign their mission. If memory serves the plot features a zealously religious captain who aborts the mission because of his belief that God wants us to die and a democratic vote to kill a member of the crew. Anarchy breaks out, there’s a lot of killing and by some fluke one of the good guys survives and reignites the Sun in the nick of time. It’s a good film because it explores these moral issues. It’s also exciting and suspenseful up to the end. It’s not exuberant about humankind the way 2001 is. All and all it’s a bit pessimistic by comparison.

[Jimmy W]

I just came home from watching 'FURY" and I'm not sure what I think. I liked it and it was gritty and brutal and 'realistic' but I came away somehow feeling like .....I had just watched ....a movie - albeit an epic one. Aside from the scene with the two German women it would have been easy to just wait for the shooting to start again and see how it ends. I'm on the fence and I read the New Yorker review (got it totally wrong) and would like to hear another opinion.

[fred41]

"Ida"...on amazon
A young Polish nun (a very pretty actress named Agata Trzebuchowska) is forced to visit her only relative - an aunt - before she takes her vows. She learns her parents were Jewish which leads to a journey of discovery...providing enlightenment for one...and closure for the other.
Each frame is artistically filmed in gorgeous black & white. The film is both beautiful and brutal in a minimalistic sense...especially when it comes to dialogue...but you are given just enough.
I really liked this film, but it's style isn't going to be for everyone.

[betts]

not bad. if you're looking for something different, give it a shot.