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  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I am a huge fan of the 'A-Team' movie. And I want a sequel to that film.

    Same, same. Hard to explain why I enjoyed it THAT much, seems like it'd just be another generic action-thriller that's worth checking out once for 90-120 minutes, but I really do enjoy it and have seen it many a time.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I am a huge fan of the 'A-Team' movie. And I want a sequel to that film.
    I can't blame you, mate. Every time I watch it, it gives me hell of a good time to be entertained by! I love it when a plan comes together! :D
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Even though I enjoy Liam Neeson in everything he does, I'd swap Taken 2 + Taken 3 for another A-Team installement and a collaboration with the director of 'Unknown/Non-Stop/Run All Night' (they are working on another action film together, 'The Commuter').
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    The Last Seduction (1994)
    I watched this early 90's noir thriller starring Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman & Peter Berg for the first time in a decade and really enjoyed it.

    Fiorentino is in fine form as Bridget Gregory, wife of Pullman's Clay, a medical trainee who she persuades to sell drugs in order to help them get a better life. When he gets $700K through a deal, she absconds with the money and the rest of the film focuses on her trying to evade Clay's attempts to find her in a small town, while taking advantage of Berg's Mike, who is smitten with her.

    Quirky and fun, if low budget. Recommended.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Will do that @Birdleson. Thanks. I've not seen Red Rock West so look forward to it.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    There was a Steven Soderbergh directed thriller from about the same time called The Underneath with Peter Gallacher, Allison Elliott, and William Fitchner which I remember enjoying as well. I have to try and get a copy of that too sometime.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    I just don't understand. I guess I never will. Not meaning to be a jerk about it, but the only reason I saw that movie (THE A-TEAM) was because it was my nephew's birthday pick. I cannot think of one redeeming aspect or moment from the whole thing. I simply don't see what you guys get out of it. Loud, bad writing, and overall a tedious watch.
    It's a matter of taste, Birdleson. And those films are obviously not your cup of tea. I wouldn't label it as bad writing just because it wasn't character-driven and was more action packed. It's just not the kind of film that focused on theatrics, just like The Avengers. No, not the Marvel movie. The REAL Avengers. ;)
    Even though I enjoy Liam Neeson in everything he does, I'd swap Taken 2 + Taken 3 for another A-Team installement and a collaboration with the director of 'Unknown/Non-Stop/Run All Night' (they are working on another action film together, 'The Commuter').
    I'd sacrifice both the Taken sequels and erase them off the face of the earth and replace them with one A-Team sequel, at least. Yes, I'd bring in the same crew on board to work on the film because they understood how to capture 21st century atmosphere with the spirit of the old show.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Mario Bava's last film SHOCK (1977) (also known as BEYOND THE DOOR II, though it has no relation to the original).

    I had not seen this before. I wouldn't say that I am a big Bava fan, but I've always enjoyed what I saw. And, like his contemporary Dario Argenta, the visuals are what you come to see. This was a very disturbing and frightening film. I actually had to cover my eyes in a couple of instances (needles going into veins and razors slashing skin have always been difficult for me to watch). I recommend it. I only wish the print that I recorded off of TCM was subtitled, rather than dubbed, as is the case with most of Bava's work. Leone too. It's like the Italian film producers of the time (and whoever obtained US distribution rights) couldn't conceive of these genre pictures to be high art.

    I haven't seen that one. I mean, i've seen a little of Bava's work, but not that one. Counting them up, i've only seen 3, Lisa And The Devil, Barron Blood and A Bay Of Blood (4 if we're counting House Of Exorcism, and i'd rather not). Funny, I though i'd seen more.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    I just don't understand. I guess I never will. Not meaning to be a jerk about it, but the only reason I saw that movie (THE A-TEAM) was because it was my nephew's birthday pick. I cannot think of one redeeming aspect or moment from the whole thing. I simply don't see what you guys get out of it. Loud, bad writing, and overall a tedious watch.

    I agree. The movie is a disgrace. How could they do that? A shame it has the same name as the fabulous cult series.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Why do you think that, Jason?
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Why do you think that, Jason?

    The casting is wrong. Liam Neeson did't fit.
    And Bradley Cooper is just obnoxious and annoying.
    And the movie overall felt more like a Mission Impossible mirror universe than A-Team.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    But, The A-Team has always been a mercenary version of Mission: Impossible.
    More or less it's the actors you have problems with, from what I understand.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    But, The A-Team has always been a mercenary version of Mission: Impossible.
    More or less it's the actors you have problems with, from what I understand.

    That's the main problem for me, yes. I do have to re-watch it though, only seen it once. I just hate when they remake tv-shows and do unreasonable casting. Remember Starsky and Hutch? Another such total casting failure. I Spy sucked too.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I do very much agree that neither I-Spy nor Starsky & Hutch were faithful to their source material. But, The A-Team, Get Smart and The Avengers were. However, I do enjoy all of them thoroughly, and I-Spy is heavily a guilty pleasure of mine. S&H was turned into a comedy which was out of place, especially when the show was dramatic and down to earth. But, I've got to say they did capture the atmosphere of the 1970s very well, and the cinematography mimicked the era's efforts brilliantly.

    Now, back to The A-Team, I know Liam Neeson doesn't really look as bulky as George Pappard, but his Hannibal, other than toning down that snobbish grin of the original, wasn't that different from his TV series counterpart. And while Bradley Cooper himself annoys me like hell, he did play Faceman fairly. He had all the traits of Dirk Benedict's interpretation of Face, just with a 21st century behaviour.

    As for Rampage and Sharlto Copley, they nailed the spirit of the characters they were given. Especially Copley being Murdock.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    The Avengers is an underrated gem.
    Get Smart is ok I guess (never seen the tv show).
    S+H did look good, that is true
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    I just don't understand. I guess I never will. Not meaning to be a jerk about it, but the only reason I saw that movie (THE A-TEAM) was because it was my nephew's birthday pick. I cannot think of one redeeming aspect or moment from the whole thing. I simply don't see what you guys get out of it. Loud, bad writing, and overall a tedious watch.

    @Birdleson, don't worry my friend I'm completely on your page, I thought it was utter junk and I only saw the first Taken and it came across as a Commando rip off without the camp element.

    I get the tired of blockbuster mayhem, I'm about done with comic book films, Suicide Squad slightly interests me but I can only really think of one blockbuster I will definitely be seeing this year and that will be Rogue One.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    The Avengers is an underrated gem.
    Get Smart is ok I guess (never seen the tv show).
    S+H did look good, that is true
    Get Smart is perhaps the most faithful of all the film adaptations of TV Series. Everything was done very well, apart from Agent 99 who's portrayed as rude, self-centered, overtly confident and "I'm-better-than-any-man" type of a woman as opposed to the original character who was, while a lot more competent and professional than Maxwell Smart (who was a likable imbecile, thinking of himself as the greatest secret agent like in the show), respectful to his "senior agent" and was very nice in the loveliest way possible. I don't know why did they have to alter that.
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    Like I mentioned a bit earlier, I'm in the process of watching a bunch of Spielberg movies. I recently saw Lincoln for the first time and it bored the hell out of me, but I'm not easily discouraged ;) so...

    Duel (1971)
    Spielberg's feature film debut. Excellent, like I remembered.

    Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) - director's cut
    I remembered not having been all that impressed with this way back when, and still wasn't. Not bad, but... well...

    1941 (1979) - director's cut
    This, on the other hand, really was baaaad. I hadn't seen it before, and won't be seeing it again. I assume it was supposed to be funny, but it was just tiresome, noisy and messy. I only got through the first 20 or 30 minutes when I first tried to watch it. Managed to watch the rest a couple of days later.

    Always (1989)
    Soppy, tiresome, boring, predictable.

    The Terminal (2004)
    I didn't remember much of this, and I'm not surprised by that - pretty forgettable stuff. Still better than the 2 previous ones above or the one below.

    War Horse (2011)
    I hadn't seen this before. I was thinking within the first few minutes "I'm not going to like this, am I?" I didn't. Again overly sentimental stuff that didn't feel real and didn't work for me. I don't remember hating Kaminski's cinematography before, but I did in this. The movie looked so artificially pretty that it actually bothered me and totally took me out of the movie.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Going to see the new Jungle Book film later. I'm a big fan of the 1967 animated classic, and I hope this one is enjoyable on its own.

    What more do you need than the Disney version? The George Bruns score alone elevates it to the skies. ( He did Robin Hood too, for instance).


    And you can t beat King Louie as animated in that one. Or Kaa. Or anyone else, really.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    And the A-Team is moron fodder. Sorry for the insult.
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Going to see the new Jungle Book film later. I'm a big fan of the 1967 animated classic, and I hope this one is enjoyable on its own.

    What more do you need than the Disney version? The George Bruns score alone elevates it to the skies. ( He did Robin Hood too, for instance).


    And you can t beat King Louie as animated in that one. Or Kaa. Or anyone else, really.

    I don't expect it to be any better, but curiosity often drives me to see films like this. I also want to see how Bill Murray and Christopher Walken do (two of my favorite actors). Zootopia impressed me a lot, so I'm hopeful Disney can stay hot.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    And the A-Team is moron fodder. Sorry for the insult.
    You don't like that kind of action films, that's why. :>
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @Tuulia, sad to hear you found 'Lincoln' to be boring; I believe I'm the only one who found it to be just the opposite. I haven't gotten around to watching 'War Horse' either, mainly for the reasons you described, so I'll be sure to keep avoiding it. ;)
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    @Creasy47 are you stalking me? I love 'Munich', so do you, and now you're telling me you really enjoy 'Lincoln' like me?
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Have now watched (first time) Star Wars EPS 2 and 3, where, for me, the quality improved a lot as it went on, then Star Wars Ep 4: A New Hope which blew the all away. Great stuff.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @Creasy47 are you stalking me? I love 'Munich', so do you, and now you're telling me you really enjoy 'Lincoln' like me?

    Shocker, right?! 'Munich' was my favorite film ever for about a decade before I realized GE had to take that position. It's as great, only with more nostalgia.

    However, now that you mention it, it has been a damn long time since I've watched 'Munich.' I try not to watch it more than once a year, if that, because I don't want to become burnt out on it. Every time I see it, it's like seeing it for the first time again.
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @Tuulia, sad to hear you found 'Lincoln' to be boring; I believe I'm the only one who found it to be just the opposite. I haven't gotten around to watching 'War Horse' either, mainly for the reasons you described, so I'll be sure to keep avoiding it. ;)

    But hey, you might like War Horse... who knows.

    I think I've seen 26 Spielberg movies now, only missing 4 (one of which I have no interest in seeing, another I'm not sure about, and 2 I need to see at some point). There are more those that I don't care for much than those that I do, but he has done some excellent stuff as well. - Munich is definitely one of the good ones.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    The trailers never impressed me, so if I haven't gotten around to watching it by now, I always assume there's a reason why. One of his only movies I've yet to see is his first one, one that quite a few people have been loving in the last couple of pages. I need to see it soon.
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    You haven't seen Duel, @Creasy47? Get to it! And then report back what you thought of it. :)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Duel is a low budget masterpiece.
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