What's the last movie you watched?

[GB]

It was not what I expected. The trailers made it seem like a more intelligent Will Ferrell movie. I was expecting more comedy. It was good, but I was a bit geared up for something else. I don't think I'd bother with it if I were you GB. It was just OK.

Now Happy Feet was seriously cute. Rachel would LOVE it.

Thanks Alix. That is what I was afraid of.

We saw The Departed. Very good movie. It was especially fun watching it since it took place in Boston.

 

[fireweaver]

wow, being the crazy movie junkie i am, i have no idea how i missed this thread.

btw, for the person posting about dicaprio's turn in 'romeo + juliet' 12 or so pages ago, don't worry, that's not chris rock in there, it's harold perrineau, a respectable character actor, so it's ok. i *love* that movie. *acutal* teenagers playing the teenagers' roles.

last thing in the theater was '300', which i though was wonderful. even more beautiful than 'pan's labyrinth', though both are just incredible to watch. yes, it's violent and gory as all get-out, but it's done in a very stylized way that somehow makes it all rather beautiful. and yes, the story is fantastic, too.

latest stuff from netflix (HOW on EARTH did we live in a world where little red envelopes didn't show up routinely to bring new art to devour?) was 'stage beauty' - pretty good, better than expected actually - and 'the matador', which is utterly hilarious. imagine if james bond (funny, because pierce brosnan is playing the guy) finally had all his single-life womanizing loneliness catch up to him in late middle age. meanwhile, speaking of bond, i've really got to get around to 'layer cake'. according to netflix, it's been sitting in my house for a month because i haven't been in a shoot-em-up mood...

 

[corazon]

Thanks Alix. That is what I was afraid of.

We saw The Departed. Very good movie. It was especially fun watching it since it took place in Boston.

I watched Stranger than Fiction recently too. I really enjoyed it.

Happy Feet, I did not like. Too sad for a kid's movie IMO.

I didn't really like the Departed myself. The ending was lame I thought.

We finished watching Curse of the Golden Flower last night. Visually a good movie but it was slow, especially compared with the director's other movies, "Hero," and "House of Flying Daggers." Both were exeptional! Very visually stunning movies!

 

[GB]

I didn't really like the Departed myself. The ending was lame I thought.

I agree about the ending. Not a great ending at all!

 

[redkitty]

Casino Royale for the 3rd time!

 

[phinz]

Saw Shooter on Friday. Going to see The Reaping today.

 

[GB]

We watched The Illusionist last night. I loved it!

 

[urmaniac13]

Illusionist opened here in Italy this past weekend, and it looks like right up my alley. I will check it out asap!!

I want to see "Charlotte's Web" too, also came out here recently, looks soooo cute...

However our video projector broke last week, so no big screen film watching for a while until it gets fixed... ugh!!

 

[redkitty]

We are currently watching Fletch! Back in the day when Chevy Chase was hysterical!

 

[Mrs. Cuillo]

Last night we watched Babel. I don't see what the big hype was about. I am glad I didn't pay to see it in the movie theater!!

 

[Toots]

We watched "Children of Men" last night and it was a downer, what a futile world we live in - I thought it was a depressing and sad movie, although Clive is as sexy as ever in it.

 

[Constance]

Right now, I'm watching Man on Fire, with Denzel Washington. He sure is a fine actor.
He also strikes me as a nice man.

 

[fireweaver]

GB & urmaniac, make sure you go check out 'the prestige'. unfortunately came out within a month or so of 'the illusionist', so there was a random glut of period-costume magician dramas, and some people got 'em all confused. i liked 'the illusionist' a lot, thought it was very pretty, but definitely more style over substance. 'the prestige', imho, was a far better movie, easily one of my faves of last year.

redkitty, now that you've rocked out on 'casino royale', go grab 'layer cake', which is supposedly the movie that got daniel craig the bond role. it'd been sitting at my house for a month, because i wanted to watch it, but just wasn't feeling up to a super-violent british gangster shoot-em-up. got around to it last night, and wow! nowhere near as violent as i'd been led to believe, but boy did it live up to the hype. really good movie!

 

[GB]

Thanks fireweaver. I will have to check out The Prestige.

 

[CherryRed]

The last one I saw was Grindhouse on Friday night. I liked it! Plus I think being at the drive-in supplemented the feel of the film. It made the whole experience a million times better!

 

[The Dessert Diva]

Disc one and two of The Lost Room...this SOOOOOOO needs to become a series!

 

[fireweaver]

omg, CherryRed, i'm *so* jealous! the only drive-in in the baltimore/dc area isn't showing it, but here's crossing fingers that they'll fire up with 'grindhouse' sometime soon...

 

[redkitty]

Thanks Fireweaver, but we already own Layer Cake and have seen it several times!

 

[CherryRed]

omg, CherryRed, i'm *so* jealous! the only drive-in in the baltimore/dc area isn't showing it, but here's crossing fingers that they'll fire up with 'grindhouse' sometime soon...

Road trip to upstate New York? Lol. Hopefully they'll start playing it. . . really it's the perfect film for a drive-in. They could do really well showing it there! You should write them a letter or something.

 

[ps8]

My family watched a really sweet movie Friday night called Joe & Joe. Anyone seen it? I had to get my BIL to get it for me through his netflix account, because our local rental stores don't have it. But if you come across it, I think it's worth your time. It's a modern day Cape Cod ghost story, but not at all scary or eerie. It is a liile slow, but good.