Last Movie You Watched

[Garden Girl]

Go Pepperdine!!

Oh Valentinus!! You like to do that to me!! But... Yea Cougars!!... we won... #1 in country... Take That!

GG

[altersteve]

Watched Lincoln on Blu-ray earlier. What a great film.

[Damien the Leper]

Oh Valentinus!! You like to do that to me!! But... Yea Cougars!!... we won... #1 in country... Take That!

GG

It was a lucky game.

[Garden Girl]

It was a lucky game.

Wishful thinking... Ha! You should have seen the list of all the teams they played, and there's BYU ... at the top of the list, #1...

The other night I watched The Quiet Man with John Wayne/Maureen O'Hara... one of my favorites...

I'm going to have to go through my film library and see what strikes me to watch this evening.... With Easter I might try Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

GG

Edited March 29, 2013 by Garden Girl

[Damien the Leper]

Alright, GG. BYU has a good team but their football is worthless.

Have you ever seen The Passion? I agree with a friend...Gibson's anti-semitism shows.

I saw the new G.I. Joe movie...not what I was expecting and I was a little disappointed.3 out 5 stars is my vote.

[altersteve]

I saw the new G.I. Joe movie...not what I was expecting and I was a little disappointed.3 out 5 stars is my vote.

I saw it too. Thought it was one of the dumbest action movies I've ever seen but I kind of didn't care. It was a lot of fun. The scene with the ninjas fighting on the side of a mountain was awesome.

[Damien the Leper]

I saw it too. Thought it was one of the dumbest action movies I've ever seen but I kind of didn't care. It was a lot of fun. The scene with the ninjas fighting on the side of a mountain was awesome.

That was the best part of the movie!

[Moroni105]

My wife and I watched Suits on the Loose last night. Not a bad movie, although there are much better ones out there. Yet for the Sabbath, it was not bad. My daughter and I watched The restoration - Prophet Joseph Smith off the Mormon Channel earlier in the evening yesterday. I always love watching it. It is great that the church has good quality produced movies as that.

My all time fav though for the Church background is The Best two Years.

One of my all time favorite movies is the Last of the Dogmen. Minus the profanity (Lord's Name in Vain) and I would let the kids watch it.

Dan

[Moroni105]

I watched THOR at home on blueray.I would rate it PG13 just for the violence. Nice CGI . I could not get passed two things though. 1. with all the obvious technology they could not get Odin a new eye,not even a prosthetic one. 2. riding horses on the wormhole bridge??

Great movie.

[Cheeky]

Django and yes it's rated R.

[altersteve]

Singin' in the Rain. That scene in which Gene Kelly is swinging upside down on the lamp post and dancing in rain puddles remains to this very day one of the greatest and most joyous sequences ever put on film, musical or otherwise. I always finish watching this movie with a big smile on my face.

[Garden Girl]

Singin' in the Rain. That scene in which Gene Kelly is swinging upside down on the lamp post and dancing in rain puddles remains to this very day one of the greatest and most joyous sequences ever put on film, musical or otherwise. I always finish watching this movie with a big smile on my face.

That scene is a classic... and so is the dance scene from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers...

Gene Kelley's style was more physical and atheletic than Fred Astaire's, but Astaire had a sophisticated "style" that few could match. But I do love the old saying that Ginger did everything Fred did, but she did it backwards and in high heels. True!

They don't make big production musicals the way they used to, and whenever anyone looks back on those films, they always showcase the Kelley dance from Singin', and the Brothers', as examples of first rate dancing and choreography... in a genre of film that has been lost for the most part...

GG

[thesometimesaint]

GG:

You'll be happy to know that Les Miz is movie musical. One of the better ones.

[RobertAC]

My daughter and I watched The restoration - Prophet Joseph Smith off the Mormon Channel earlier in the evening yesterday. I always love watching it. It is great that the church has good quality produced movies as that.

Although it's not a "Mormon movie," the documentary that came out some years back on Arthur Kane of the pre-punk band "New York Dolls" had a Mormon theme. "Killer Kane" was all messed up from drugs and fast living by the time he converted to Mormonism. A young director at the church he attended made this very touching documentary about the Dolls getting back together.

Fittingly, the movie is called "New York Doll." http://www.amazon.com/New-York-Doll-Arthur-Kane/dp/B000E97HUS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1365126680&sr=8-2&keywords=new+york+doll

Edited April 5, 2013 by RobertAC

[Ron Beron]

French book, made into a French musical, adapted to a British west-end musical, made into a movie by a British film company (directed by a Brit with two Australian actors in the lead roles) = "Hollywood"?

Nope...just good theater.

[Ron Beron]

Singin' in the Rain. That scene in which Gene Kelly is swinging upside down on the lamp post and dancing in rain puddles remains to this very day one of the greatest and most joyous sequences ever put on film, musical or otherwise. I always finish watching this movie with a big smile on my face.

I love this part. One day I was returning home after a particular difficult day of door to door contacting and was caught in a good Japanese monsoon downpour. I was absolutely soaking wet so I put away my umbrella and started to sing the above song. I felt totally at bliss. When we got to our apartment....I realized I forgot the key.

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."

[Ron Beron]

Too many modern films around here. I try and watch a movie a day and was fortunate to catch the TCM showing of "Cool Hand Luke" the other day. What a great film.

While we are on this subject...RIP Roger Ebert who died today.

[Garden Girl]

Too many modern films around here. I try and watch a movie a day and was fortunate to catch the TCM showing of "Cool Hand Luke" the other day. What a great film.

While we are on this subject...RIP Roger Ebert who died today.

You may have noticed that I'm a fan of "older" films also... I'm watching "South Pacific" with Mitzi Gaynor and Rosano Brazzi... a wonderful musical with a serious side... the backdrop of WWII in the Pacific... There was a remake a few years ago starring Glenn Close... she couldn't match Gaynor. That's what happens with really strong movies when they try a remake... The original stars are embedded with their roles in our minds... same thing happened with "Stagecoach." Ann Margaret and Bing Crosby, etc. Couldn't hold a candle to John Wayne and Claire Trevor from the original. "Psycho" was another... Anne Heche couldn't match Janet Leigh in the shower scene... that will forever belong to Leigh. And, Wynona Rider couldn't match June Allyson as "Jo" in the remake of Little Women....

GG

Edited April 5, 2013 by Garden Girl

[Ron Beron]

You may have noticed that I'm a fan of "older" films also... I'm watching "South Pacific" with Mitzi Gaynor and Rosano Brazzi... a wonderful musical with a serious side... the backdrop of WWII in the Pacific... There was a remake a few years ago starring Glenn Close... she couldn't match Gaynor. That's what happens with really strong movies when they try a remake... The original stars are embedded with their roles in our minds... same thing happened with "Stagecoach." Ann Margaret and Bing Crosby, etc. Couldn't hold a candle to John Wayne and Claire Trevo from the original. "Psycho" was another... Anne Heche couldn't match Janet Leigh in the shower scene... that will forever belong to Leigh. And, Wynona Rider couldn't match June Allyson as "Jo" in the remake of Little Women....

GG

I couldn't agree more. I am a big fan of scary films and really enjoyed Julie Harris in The Haunting. The later remake was a comedy piece in comparison. I also agree with your approval of the "Duke". I heard a few years ago that John Wayne modeled his walk after the very real life Wyatt Earp whom he had known in his early life.

While on the subject what is your favorite John Wayne film. I have two; The Man who Shot Liberty Valence and The Searchers.

[Garden Girl]

I couldn't agree more. I am a big fan of scary films and really enjoyed Julie Harris in The Haunting. The later remake was a comedy piece in comparison. I also agree with your approval of the "Duke". I heard a few years ago that John Wayne modeled his walk after the very real life Wyatt Earp whom he had known in his early life.

While on the subject what is your favorite John Wayne film. I have two; The Man who Shot Liberty Valence and The Searchers.

You are so right about The Haunting... the remake was really lacking, and not nearly as scary (and I really like Liam Neeson).

As for John Wayne films, I too consider The Searchers one of his best, as well as The Quiet Man... then another is Donovan's Reef for a little fun. If you haven't seen Donovan's Reef, try to find it as it's quite good. (Lee Marvin plays "Gilhooly" who shares the same birthdate as John Wayne, and for some reason this started an annual "birthday brawl" between the two... beautiful setting, good story... entertaining. Think I'll watch it today...

GG

[altersteve]

Too many modern films around here. I try and watch a movie a day and was fortunate to catch the TCM showing of "Cool Hand Luke" the other day. What a great film.

While we are on this subject...RIP Roger Ebert who died today.

I was so sad to hear about the death of Roger Ebert. He was the one critic whose opinions mattered to me. I'll miss reading his thoughts on my favorite films.

[blackstrap]

For some reason I liked the Duke in one of his last films," the Shootist " Maybe it was just the poignant idea that he really was dying.

[Garden Girl]

I just finished watching a fact-based film called "Night Crossing" on BYU-TV... it really touched me, again, bringing back some memories that trouble me to this day... it is the story of two families living in East Germany during the days of the Berlin Wall. Many of you here are too young to remember the Berlin Wall and East and West Germany. Every day the news reported incidences of people from the East trying to escape into West Germany and how they were either killed or captured and imprisoned. The lengths and devices employed trying to escape were heartbreaking, or joyous when they made it... many did, most did not. These families made a hot air balloon and were able to soar up to 5,000 feet and over into West Berlin.

With all the publicity about the escape attempts, you'd think the officials in East Berlin would be embarrassed at how many people were willing to risk their lives to try and escape their supposed utopian existence... how many people lived in fear of the authorities... I remember one news film showed a couple being caught at a border station... they had strapped themselves to the bottom of their car, but the police dogs detected them. Then the image I have today still is of a woman running toward the fence and getting caught in the barbed wire and shot.

Sometimes the Western police/military would stand on their side of the fence with guns drawn ready to shoot those in the East who tried to shoot those who did make it through before they could be free. It was an incredible time... but the images I most remember are those when the wall was torn down and people climbed through to loved ones for the first time in years.

GG

Edited April 6, 2013 by Garden Girl

[Tacenda]

I just finished watching a fact-based film called "Night Crossing" on BYU-TV... it really touched me, again, bringing back some memories that trouble me to this day... it is the story of two families living in East Germany during the days of the Berlin Wall. Many of you here are too young to remember the Berlin Wall and East and West Germany. Every day the news reported incidences of people from the East trying to escape into West Germany and how they were either killed or captured and imprisoned. The lengths are devices employed trying to escape were heartbreaking, or joyous when they made it... many did, most did not. These families made a hot air balloon and were able to soar up to 5,000 feet and over into West Berlin.

With all the publicity about the escape attempts, you'd think the officials in East Berlin would be embarrassed at how many people were willing to risk their lives to try and escape their supposed utopian existence... how many people lived in fear of the authorities... I remember one news film showed a couple being caught at a border station... they had strapped themselves to the bottom of their car, but the police dogs detected them. Then the image I have today still is of a woman running toward the fence and getting caught in the barbed wire and shot.

Sometimes the Western police/military would stand on their side of the fence with guns drawn ready to shoot those in the East who tried to shoot those who did make it through before they could be free. It was an incredible time... but the images I most remember are those when the wall was torn down and people climbed through to loved ones for the first time in years.

GG

"Gorbachev. ....tear down this wall". I'll never forget when Reagan said that and the miracle of it happening. I remember the movie. And the scene with the mom or someone, sewing strips of fabric and it being a very slow process, late at night, for the parachute. Maybe because of all the fabric that was needed, and there being a shortage possibly, can't remember. Anyway, wish I'd known it was on t.v. Edited April 6, 2013 by Tacenda

[Tacenda]

Yesterday my husband and I went to the two dollar movie to see Life of Pi. I wanted to see it on the big screen before it went to DVD if it hasn't already. I was surprised at the ending and the coversation with his writer friend, just tried to find the thread on it that MD had awhile back. I really liked the movie and it wasn't anything like I thought it would be. Now I'm thinking of renting Cloud Atlas, I know there was a thread on that one too I believe. What does anyone think, is it worth it to see it?