Last movie you saw?

[Kai "the spy"]

Spent the whole day yesterday watching movies. Started with The Nightmare Before Christmas, followed by Edward Scissorhands, then Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, and finished the day off with the Patrick Stewart version of A Christmas Carol. One of these is not like the others.

 

[Admiral2]

I think it's called The Santa Con, a Lifetimne christmas movie with Urkel, Sabrina the teenage witch and Wendy Williams. Yeah...

 

[Jayson1]

I tried to watch "Paranormal Activity" again today and was so bored I was literally falling a sleep while watching it. Shut it off in the middle. I can't believe I loved this movie. It hasn't held up. Also it's not even the found footage stuff that bothers me. I still love "The Blair Witch Project" and have watched it many times and still enjoy it. I think it's the hammy boyfriend/girlfriend dynamic that didn't work. With "Blair Witch" I kind of buy those kids as real college kids making somekind of fan film style documentary. I liked the reactions of the town folks in the beginning and I guess I just find the woods a more scary place than some random house.

Jason

 

[cosmic mouse]

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[Admiral2]

I tried to watch "Paranormal Activity" again today and was so bored I was literally falling a sleep while watching it. Shut it off in the middle. I can't believe I loved this movie. It hasn't held up.

I've only seen pieces of it on TV since I watched it in the theater. I've never repeat-watched the whole movie. I think it really is the type of movie that only works once.

And yet, they made sequels, and I've seen maybe three of them, so what do I know?

 

[Jayson1]

I've only seen pieces of it on TV since I watched it in the theater. I've never repeat-watched the whole movie. I think it really is the type of movie that only works once.

And yet, they made sequels, and I've seen maybe three of them, so what do I know?

I saw most of the sequels. I kind of like the second one but since I no longer even like the first one I really doubt it will hold up either. I agree about it only working once. That might also be a big reason I didn't like watching it again.


Jason

 

[RunningValkyrie]

The Christmas Chronicles on Netflix. It was pretty entertaining.

 

[Admiral2]

Will You Merry Me?

Typical Lifetime Christmas movie, but I sat through to the end because Wendie Malick was in it.

 

[Discofan]

Kagemusha: In Japanese (with English subtitles) Somehow it enhances the experience.

 

[RunningValkyrie]

We showed Gremlins for our fifth graders this morning as we’re having a fun day without lessons today. We had to turn it off half way through since half the class thought it was too scary. It surprised me a lot!

We ended up watching The Christmas Chronicles instead.

 

[Jayson1]

We showed Gremlins for our fifth graders this morning as we’re having a fun day without lessons today. We had to turn it off half way through since half the class thought it was too scary. It surprised me a lot!

We ended up watching The Christmas Chronicles instead.

Should of went with Gremlins 2. More family oriented. Granted I thought the first one was also family oriented back in the day.

Jason

 

[Owain Taggart]

I've always loved the Gremlin movies. Surprised they didn't have a sequel beyond the second one.

 

[CaptainMurdock]

Galaxy Quest!

 

[cosmic mouse]

3615 code Père Noël aka 'Dial Code Santa Claus' aka 'Game Over' aka...
...well, let's just say this film was FANTASTIC and I had to watch it without subs (so I understood only about every 20th word), but fortunately the story is easy to follow.
I strongly rec this one except there is one rough scene involving a dog about 20 minutes into the film, but otherwise it was great. Alamo Drafthouse just re-released this so hopefully it gets a NA blu ray at some point. Home Alone also ripped this one off and the director sued the creators of that one, but I think he failed. It really is virtually Home Alone, but it's a (rather light) horror film with a serious dash of Rambo thrown in, instead of being a family film.

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[Discofan]

The Seven Samurai (Japanese with English subtitles)

 

[Admiral2]

Yesterday, Bird Box on Netflix, aka "The eyesight version of A Quiet Place" or "The actually scary version of The Happening," depending on the scene you're watching.

Today, BumbleBee, a massive F-U to the guy who said "You can't make a Transformers movie like the old cartoon."

 

[od0_ital]

Went to the AMC Lufkin the other night, watched Bumblebee 3D & Aquaman 3D. Pretty good movies, both. And the 3D was worth it for Aquaman.

Been watching Marvel's Runaways the last couple of days, so no other movies since Thursday.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Watching Asphalt Jungle now.

I have mixed feelings about these old crime films. On one hand they tend to be a lot more "Human" than similar modern films. Less about the stylistic flair, more just about the characters and their human motivations.

On the other hand, they are a bit too comforting. They present a worldview where nobody ever gets away with crime, criminals always act like criminals and cops always act like cops. Like directors were bound to writing around making the viewers feel secure about the 'order of things'. Something about movies that resolve that way just makes you feel preached at. Maybe I shouldn't be applying modern standards to movies from 1950, but maybe that's just how they aged.

 

[Discofan]

Gravity: It was a letdown, I'd heard nice things about that movie but it didn't live up to that.

 

[Jayson1]

Gravity: It was a letdown, I'd heard nice things about that movie but it didn't live up to that.

I felt the same way. I suspect this is a movie that might only work in a movie theater because of the visuals.

For me I just got done re-watching "Look Who is Coming to Diner." It had been awhile and while it is rooted in it's 1967 setting the movie still felt very relevant and important. I do wish they had given the daughter/bride more depth. She was way to naive and bubbly IMO.


Jason