What is the latest movie you watched and what did you think of it?

**The_Martinator** · 07-19-2010, 10:32 AM

Haven't posted here in a while and I have watched a few movies.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
This stuff is epic in the original sense of the word. No CGI in 1962, remember, which means every person you see in the movie was really there when filmed. Great movie even without that, with a few very good dialogues and that gives you some subjects to think about. I thought Peter O'Toole went a bit over the top a few times, but it was great to see Ben Kenobi as an Arab (lol).

Alien (1979)
Being a sci fi fan, I ve never seen any of the Alien films, ever (I know, shame on me, right?). I always thought it's more of a horror movie (which I don't like). Boy was I wrong. A lot was done with very little is all I'm gonna say (for today's standards, anyway)

The Godfather, Part II (1974)

Again one of the must see movies that I haven't seen yet (did see the first one a long time ago). Not a lot wrong with this movie, except that maybe it seems to be slow (but not dragging on), so I don't recommend watching it if you're tired (you'll end up missing important parts, prolly). I especially liked De Niro. IMO he was better than Pacino and the rest of the cast. Towards the end he seemed to have gotten the Brando face down too, lol. I like how the movie doesn't give you everything on a silver platter, so that you must think a little about it to understand it all.

**alfons** · 07-19-2010, 04:00 PM

Jackie Brown http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119396/
Another great movie by the master himself, Quentin Tarantino! Not really a new movie, but I had missed it.

jayjay1 · 07-19-2010, 05:24 PM

The last movie i watched was 1962 version of chushingaru -i think it was directed by Inagaki and the great Toshiro Mifune makes an appearence a couple of times.The movie is nearly 4hours long but worth every second .I have the 1941 version by Mizoguchi ,Ken Ichikawa's 1990's version ,a tv version also from somtimeearly 90's and the 1958 version from Watanabe but the 62 version is my fav -i would recomend thismovie to any1 intojapanese movies 10-10....

**IdolEyes787** · 07-19-2010, 07:03 PM

No 1938 version.

**megabyteme** · 07-19-2010, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by clocker

After watching the movie, what exactly would be the attraction of being one of the gods?
All I saw was stupid costumes (really, Zeus wears medieval armor?) and standing around on little round platforms...looked boring to tell the truth.

I would prefer to wear shiny armor and stand on a round platform than watch the movie again. I trust the gods did not have to view the show. +1 for the gods.

**Asterix** · 07-20-2010, 02:02 PM

Clash of the titans pretty good movie

**clocker** · 07-21-2010, 02:58 AM

The Losers- Zoe Zaldana. And some other people.

Alright, I know it's based on a "graphic novel" (code for comic book, to make adults feel less foolish) and it's to be taken with testosterone drenched popcorn.
I realize that suspension of disbelief is a given, I'm willing to acquiesce.

But Jeebus on a pogo stick, must I continually be beaten over the head with the stupid stick?

I'm bruised and battered and didn't enjoy it at all.

The plot holes and totally improbable sequence of events didn't bother me (much), as I already said, I was compliant as I sat down but goddammit, just once- BLOODY FUCKING ONCE!- I'd like to see the redshirts- reputed to be scarily trained ex-Special Forces guys- be able to hit a bloody barn door with their exotic automatic weapons.
Fer crissakes, they might as well have been issued Duncan yo-yos instead of guns...these bozos couldn't shoot themselves, much less come close to the good guys.

Lately, in any of these cookie cutter "action movies", the more bad guys and the more firepower they wield, the less likely that anyone will actually get wounded, never mind killed (Taken is another sterling example of this meme).
Fuck, I could do better and I've never even held a weapon.

Do bad guys recruit at some elite school for the blind?

It's a stupid movie.

And testosterone drenched popcorn tastes like ass.