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

**CQ1ST** · 08-07-2011, 07:53 PM

Rise of the Apes - glorious!

**IdolEyes787** · 08-07-2011, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by Frankthetank1

for a second i thought you said Antichrist. What a terrible movie the bloody jerk off was kind of turn off for me. Not that the movie had any interesting things happen before that either... supposedly its an "art" movie, I guess I am not artsy enough to get it.

I don't watch that type of movie.

**Artemis** · 08-07-2011, 11:42 PM

I've been trolling through my classic Sci-Fi lately, watching some of the movies I love the best. The latest watch was Andromeda Strain, which for a 1971 film was amazingly advanced in terms of the level of believability. Many of the instruments and machines used were real and cutting edge technology at the time instead of the usual panel of nondescript lights blinking and going bleep,bleep,blurk. The actual medical protocols were accurate with the only slight gaff being the term autopsy instead of necropsy for dissection of dead animals.
Although somewhat dry at times and lengthy in setting up concepts, it is a refreshingly realistic movie for the era.

**IdolEyes787** · 08-08-2011, 01:58 AM

Saw it .Read the book .Watched the miniseries.
The author of the book ,Michael Crichton ,is a grad of Harvard med school so the believability no doubt owes a little to that. Same Crichton that wrote Jurassic Park btw.
If you liked the Andromeda Strain and you've never seen anything else by him you might want to check some of these out . Westworld,The Terminal Man,Runaway and especially Coma. Nothing great but decent enough stuff in a kitschy 70's sort of way.
OK Runaway is 80's but it stars Magnum P.I and Gene Simmons so how can you possibly lose?
Besides the movie being shitty I mean.

**Artemis** · 08-08-2011, 03:07 AM

Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Saw it .Read the book .Watched the miniseries.
The author of the book ,Michael Crichton ,is a grad of Harvard med school so the believability no doubt owes a little to that. Same Crichton that wrote Jurassic Park btw.
If like the Andromeda Strain and you've never seen anything else by him you might want to check some of these out . Westworld,The Terminal Man,Runaway and especially Coma. Nothing great but decent enough stuff in a kitschy 70's sort of way.
OK Runaway is 80's but it stars Magnum P.I and Gene Simmons so how can you possibly lose?
Besides the movie being shitty I mean.

I'm actually a bit of a fan of Michael Crichton and of course have Westworld & it's sequel Futureworld, Coma and Runaway amongst my collection. Despite the Magnum P.I. connection Runaway was a great movie for it's time & Gene Simmons an excellent brooding malevolent baddy.
One great book of Crichton's made into a movie you forgot to mention, Disclosure with a surprising performance by Michael Douglas as the underdog fighting back.