Last Movie you Watched?

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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited October 2020 Posts: 16,377
    I watched The Russia House for the first time only a month or so ago: I suddenly realised I’d never seen it! Connery is good although it’s a role you almost feel like Caine would have been better suited for, but then they cast Pfeiffer as his love interest so I guess they needed someone as ridiculously good-looking as Connery!
    The film itself is rather so-so to be honest, a bit down on tension. But the score is absolutely stunning and makes the film worthwhile if you ask me.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    mtm wrote: »
    I watched The Russia House for the first time only a month or so ago: I suddenly realised I’d never seen it! Connery is good although it’s a role you almost feel like Caine would have been better suited for, but then they cast Pfeiffer as his love interest so I guess they needed someone as ridiculously good-looking as Connery!
    The film itself is rather so-so to be honest, a bit down on tension. But the score is absolutely stunning and makes the film worthwhile if you ask me.

    It does have an amazing score. The film has that typical slow-paced Le Carré type of spy work going on, but I don't mind that considering the fabulous location work (the only of two American films to be shot in the former USSR) providing an unmatched atmosphere. Combine that with a great cast, that also includes NSNA's Klaus Maria Brandauer and I'd say it's definitely worth a watch.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    Cover Girl (1944)
    Stars: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly,
    Great dancing.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Finally saw Southern Comfort last night and was floored by how much I enjoyed it. Being such a huge Deadwood fan, it was an added bonus that three of its stars/featured guests were present as leads in the film. Very entertaining and atmospheric.
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Finally saw Southern Comfort last night and was floored by how much I enjoyed it. Being such a huge Deadwood fan, it was an added bonus that three of its stars/featured guests were present as leads in the film. Very entertaining and atmospheric.

    Am a huge Walter Hill fan. 'Southern Comfort' was my favourite of his. Though i now lean towards 'Hard Times', his debut, which i adore!
    I recently purchased 'Extreme Prejudice', not one of Hills best, but it has a superb interview with Hill on the extras!
    Also had to buy a new copy of 'Johnny Handsome', my old dvd got damaged! Gritty little thriller, with great performance from Mickey Rourke!
  • edited October 2020 Posts: 9,846
    Valley girl

    I haven’t seen the remake but I do enjoy the original it’s a good film and one of my wife’s
    favorites I think it’s actually one of Nicolas Cage’s bests before he became well Nicolas Cage....




    Films in 2020
    1. Batman Begins
    2. Jaws 2
    3. When Harry meet sally
    4. Woodstock the movie
    5. Sherlock Holmes a game of shadows
    6. Ronin
    7. Valley Girl
    8. Goldeneye
    9. The breakfast club
    10. Rolling stone Gimmie Shelter
    11. Octopussy
    12. The temptations
    13. Stand by me
    14. The Art of war
    15. The Prophecy
    16. No direction Home
    17. Rise of skywalker
    18. Casino Royale 1954
    19. Pearl Harbor
    20. Little women
    21. Journey greatest hits live
    22. The Grateful Dead movie


    Bond films
    1. Goldeneye
    2. Octopussy
    3. Casino Royale 1954

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Finally saw Southern Comfort last night and was floored by how much I enjoyed it. Being such a huge Deadwood fan, it was an added bonus that three of its stars/featured guests were present as leads in the film. Very entertaining and atmospheric.

    Am a huge Walter Hill fan. 'Southern Comfort' was my favourite of his. Though i now lean towards 'Hard Times', his debut, which i adore!
    I recently purchased 'Extreme Prejudice', not one of Hills best, but it has a superb interview with Hill on the extras!
    Also had to buy a new copy of 'Johnny Handsome', my old dvd got damaged! Gritty little thriller, with great performance from Mickey Rourke!

    Same here, always loved his directing on the pilot of Deadwood and a majority of his work over the decades. Wasn't sure what to expect with Southern Comfort but the atmosphere and varied cast of characters (Powers Boothe and Keith Carradine were the definition of cool and in command here) made it really stand out.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    I watched The Russia House for the first time only a month or so ago: I suddenly realised I’d never seen it! Connery is good although it’s a role you almost feel like Caine would have been better suited for, but then they cast Pfeiffer as his love interest so I guess they needed someone as ridiculously good-looking as Connery!
    The film itself is rather so-so to be honest, a bit down on tension. But the score is absolutely stunning and makes the film worthwhile if you ask me.

    It does have an amazing score. The film has that typical slow-paced Le Carré type of spy work going on, but I don't mind that considering the fabulous location work (the only of two American films to be shot in the former USSR) providing an unmatched atmosphere. Combine that with a great cast, that also includes NSNA's Klaus Maria Brandauer and I'd say it's definitely worth a watch.
    I was just thinking about the film two days ago and remembering that when Blair gets a crash course in espionage, there's a great little moment when he has to identify the people on the street spying on him. And he thinks he has done so correctly, but in fact he's got them all wrong. Lesson: "you'll never know who they are."
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Tried watching THE JESUS ROLLS yesterday, but turned it off halfway. What garbage.

    Instead went for
    THE GENERAL (Buster Keaton, 1926)

    Saw this as a kid, with people who probably saw it in the cinema when they were young. Couldn t remember anything other than it featuring Keaton on a train. Pretty great stuff. One scene must have been horribly expensive.
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    I knew nothing of this film going in so did not know what to expect, its quite funny and entertaining.
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    One scene must have been horribly expensive.
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    Correct. It was the single most expensive shot of the silent era. The locomotive stayed in the river until WWII, when it was salvaged for scrap metal.

  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited October 2020 Posts: 13,787
    The General is a spy film and outright great filmmaking. It's featured at the Washington DC International Spy Museum, they normally have a ten minute reel looped highlighting the cannon firing from the moving train and other moments.

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    Did I mention Buster Keaton is my favorite silent-era actor-director? Reworkings of his film action would be welcome in Bond films, very smart practical stuff.

    There's also the real world history celebrated. Below is from an Almanac in my possession (yes, I have 'em) giving the background.


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    The American Patriot's Almanac: Daily Readings on America, John T. E. Cribb and William Bennett, 2008.
    APRIL 7 - THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE

    ON APRIL 7, 1862, two dozen men met near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to hatch one of the
    most audacious schemes of the Civil War: slip deep behind Confederate lines into Georgia,
    steal a locomotive, and run it north to Chattanooga, destroying the track along the way to cut a
    vital Southern supply line.

    "Boys, we're going into danger," Union spy James Andrews warned, "but for results that can
    be tremendous."

    The raiders, mostly Union soldiers in civilian clothes, made their way to Marietta, Georgia,
    where they boarded a northbound train pulled by the locomotive the General. When it stopped
    at Big Shanty, where the crew got off for breakfast, the raiders uncoupled the passenger cars
    and steamed away pulling three empty boxcars. The General's astonished conductor and two
    others sprinted after them. The Great Locomotive Chase was on.

    Andrew's raiders chugged north, stopping every once in a while to tear up track and cut
    telegraph wires. The pursuers kept on their trail, first on foot, then on a handcart, then an
    engine. When they met torn-up track or obstructions, they ran ahead and jumped onto another engine. Running the locomotive Texas backward, they caught up with the General. Andrews tried
    uncoupling boxcars and throwing rail ties onto the track to stop the Texas, but 87 miles into
    the chase, the General ran out of fuel.

    "Every man for himself!" Andrews ordered, and the raiders scattered. Within a week,
    they'd all been captured. Several, including Andrews, were hanged as spies. The rest eventually
    escaped or were exchange for Confederate prisoners.

    In March 1863, six of the raiders met with Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, who explained
    that Congress had created a new medal to honor valor. "Your party shall have the first," he said
    as he pinned one onto Pvt. Jacob Parrott--the first-ever recipient of the Medal of Honor, the
    nation's highest military decoration.
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    The story was also the basis for a Walt Disney movie, with Fess Parker and Jeffrey Hunter :
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Locomotive_Chase

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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Batman:Hush Entertaining fantastic animation, action and some great moments, though the animated movie would have benefited more being a two parter as 90 minutes is not enough to fully do the story justice.

    A lot was changed from the source material and also its been fit into the The New 52 movie continuity, its still one of the better Animated DC movies in the last few years though not top tier.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    The first and best of the UniSol films, classic Van Damme, and Dolph is a nutter. "Are we having fun yet?""

    1. Hard Target (1993)
    2. Assassination Games (2011)
    3. Sudden Death (1995)
    4. Second in Command (2006)
    5. Until Death (2007)
    6. Timecop (1994)
    7. 6 Bullets (2012)
    8. Nowhere to Run (1993)
    9. The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)
    ***10. Universal Soldier (1992)***
    11. Maximum Risk (1996)
    12. Death Warrant (1990)
    13. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)
    14. The Order (2001)
    15. In Hell (2003)
    16. Derailed (2002)
    17. Double Team (1997)
    18. Knock Off (1998)
  • WillyGalore_ReduxWillyGalore_Redux I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaaaaaaming
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    Star Trek: First Contact

    (One of my fave scenes from any Star Trek)

  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Star Trek: First Contact

    (One of my fave scenes from any Star Trek)


    Definitely one of the best. Loved Alfre Woodard in that film! She was a really cool catalyst between the past and the future.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Justice League Dark: Apokolips War awesome film certainly one of the best in the 15 film run, I read that aspects of this film were initially planned for Zach Snyders Justice League Trilogy. The film really does go Bat$#*% crazy at times, though the films leading up to the finale had set that up well enough, it's definately a DC Animated film I will regularly revisit.
  • WillyGalore_ReduxWillyGalore_Redux I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaaaaaaming
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    Star Trek: First Contact

    (One of my fave scenes from any Star Trek)


    Definitely one of the best. Loved Alfre Woodard in that film! She was a really cool catalyst between the past and the future.

    And can we just appreciate just how good the special effects stand up nearly a quarter of a century later.

    The Enterprise E was a gorgeous ship

  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
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    Limitless (2011)
    Stars: Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie Cornish ,de niro
    Good Sci-Fi, Thriller
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    Star Trek: First Contact

    (One of my fave scenes from any Star Trek)


    Definitely one of the best. Loved Alfre Woodard in that film! She was a really cool catalyst between the past and the future.

    And can we just appreciate just how good the special effects stand up nearly a quarter of a century later.

    The Enterprise E was a gorgeous ship


    Agreed. The effects are fantastic and still look amazing. I love the whole look of the film period. Star Trek never reached the same heights again after this film. I think it reached a new low with the abysmal Picard
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    9 (Shane Acker, 2009)

    Animazing movie.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Matrix Reloaded 4K I love this movie full of great idea's, I watched all the trilogy in the cinema, happy days. Hopefully I will get to see the fourth installment on the big screen sooner rather than later.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    Matrix Reloaded 4K I love this movie full of great idea's, I watched all the trilogy in the cinema, happy days. Hopefully I will get to see the fourth installment on the big screen sooner rather than later.

    I loved Reloaded. Probably my favorite in the trilogy. Revolutions was still a letdown. Hopefully the 4th can retcon and or expand on it and the universe more. Outside of NTTD, Matrix 4 is probably the most anticipated film for me since its been 17 years.
  • I’m with you guys here. The Matrix Reloaded is by far my favorite of the three. Cool characters, superb action and visual effects, and impeccable music and editing. The only downside is that it ends on a cliffhanger to one of the worst trilogy endings of all time, though even that can’t take away from the enjoyment of my revisits. I also hope Part IV might retcon Revolutions out of existence and pick up where Reloaded left off, but I really doubt that will happen. At least it might provide some kind of a satisfactory ending.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    @Last_Rat_Standing and @Some_Kind_Of_Hero I have never been so hyped for a film than i was for Revolutions and then to be utterly disappointed, I have often felt they could have cut a lot from part three and added what was good to part two.

    I watched Reloaded several times at the cinema and vividly remember chatting with mates after in the pub theorising what does it all mean lol The one consolation was we only had to wait mere months to see the finale.

    The fourth film I am expecting another iteration of the Matrix, what was set up in Reloaded they really could make these films indefinitely, each new iteration of the Matrix reflecting a past age or current commentary on society and in the current climate there is a lot to comment on.
  • Actually, you’re right, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns, if this is a different iteration of the matrix, then it could kind of be like a choose your own ending thing. Who’s to say which iteration we’re really in in Reloaded?
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Actually, you’re right, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns, if this is a different iteration of the matrix, then it could kind of be like a choose your own ending thing. Who’s to say which iteration we’re really in in Reloaded?

    That's what I always loved about the series: if there's one franchise that's absolutely ripe and plausible for reboots and new trilogies, it's this one. I can't wait to see it revitalized with returning and new characters alike.
  • edited October 2020 Posts: 17,753
    Finally got the opportunity to watch Knives Out (2019).

    I didn't get the chance to watch this film at the cinema, as my cinema only showed it for a couple of weeks or so in the most busy period of the year, so I had to wait for the home media release. And then I kinda forgot about it until this weekend, when I found it by chance on a streaming service I subscribe to.

    As a fan of whodunits, Knives Out was right up my alley, and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of the film. Why can't they make more films like these?

    It's a 10/10 film, easily – and as for someone who's not the biggest Craig era fan, I think I prefer him as Benoit Blanc!
  • WillyGalore_ReduxWillyGalore_Redux I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaaaaaaming
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    Finally got the opportunity to watch Knives Out (2019).

    I didn't get the chance to watch this film at the cinema, as my cinema only showed it for a couple of weeks or so in the most busy period of the year, so I had to wait for the home media release. And then I kinda forgot about it until this weekend, when I found it by chance on a streaming service I subscribe to.

    As a fan of whodunits, Knives Out was right up my alley, and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of the film. Why can't they make more films like these?

    It's a 10/10 film, easily – and as for someone who's not the biggest Craig era fan, I think I prefer him as Benoit Blanc!

    It's a fantastic film. I was well aware of the good reviews but it surprised me just how good it is. I'm a massive fan of the whodunnit also and agree it's a shame there aren't more like this.
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