Last Movie You Watched

[bluebell]

I tried t see that Smog movie but I blacked out in the concessions line, so...I went home. Other then that I typically don't watch movies beyond what my son wants to watch...endless star wars and the like

 

Are you o.k. Duncan?  I'm starting to worry about you and all this fainting.

[Duncan]

Are you o.k. Duncan?  I'm starting to worry about you and all this fainting.

 

 

um, I PMed you! but generally well!

[Deborah]

I liked the extended back story and the way they did his childhood in flashbacks, but the fight scenes were waaaayy to long.

 

I totally agree. When I rewatched on DVD I fast forward through the fight scenes.

[ERayR]

Yesterday I sat with my dear wife and watched 2 or 3 John Wayne movies.

[Garden Girl]

Yesterday I sat with my dear wife and watched 2 or 3 John Wayne movies.

 

He made some wonderful films...

The Quiet Man

Stagecoach

The Searchers

Donovan's Reef

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

and on and on...

 

GG

[Tacenda]

He made some wonderful films...

The Quiet Man

Stagecoach

The Searchers

Donovan's Reef

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

and on and on...

GG

My dad was a fan of John Wayne movies. When my mom was in a care center, I'd deep clean his house. My sister had bought a life size cardboard John Wayne for him and it stood in his living room. Everytime I'd go to his house and clean, and my dad was usually with my mom, I would jump because when I'd walk in his home, I'd see a man out of the corner of my eye. Scared me to death.

[altersteve]

So.

 

The Wolf of Wall Street.

 

Shouldn't have watched it, but I was paid to (I previewed it for my job as a movie theater manager), so I forced myself to sit through it. Now don't get me wrong, it's a wonderfully made, strongly acted movie -- one of Leonardo DiCaprio's best roles in a showy, completely madcap performance -- but there's more sex, nudity, and drug use here than I've ever seen in any movie before. It's a Martin Scorsese film, so of course it slips into brilliance in several scenes, and one scene in particular involving Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill's characters (both so high on drugs that they can't walk) fighting over a telephone was one of the funniest things I've seen in a very long time, but please, for the love of all that is holy, do NOT see this movie. And if you do, talk to your bishop. This is the raunchiest, most R-rated movie I've ever seen.

 

The fact that I was getting paid for all three hours of it was the only thing that kept me in my seat.

Edited December 27, 2013 by altersteve

[Ron Beron]

I will too, TS... and also "It's A Wonderful Life." 

Right now I just got home from Church... driving home the day was gray with a fine mist rain.... gray and dreary.  But a perfect day to get into some clean flannel jammies, grab my fleece throw and snuggle down in my big wingback chair to watch a movie.  I'm in the mood for "To Kill A Mockingbird." 

 

GG

Now, we have a conflict.  I love "Life", but the best Christmas Carol is with Patrick Stewart.  Period.

[ERayR]

He made some wonderful films...

The Quiet Man

Stagecoach

The Searchers

Donovan's Reef

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

and on and on...

 

GG

 

Even his spaghetti westerns were good. 

[Tacenda]

So.

The Wolf of Wall Street.

Shouldn't have watched it, but I was paid to (I previewed it for my job as a movie theater manager), so I forced myself to sit through it. Now don't get me wrong, it's a wonderfully made, strongly acted movie -- one of Leonardo DiCaprio's best roles in a showy, completely madcap performance -- but there's more sex, nudity, and drug use here than I've ever seen in any movie before. It's a Martin Scorsese film, so of course it slips into brilliance in several scenes, and one scene in particular involving Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill's characters (both so high on drugs that they can't walk) fighting over a telephone was one of the funniest things I've seen in a very long time, but please, for the love of all that is holy, do NOT see this movie. And if you do, talk to your bishop. This is the raunchiest, most R-rated movie I've ever seen.

The fact that I was getting paid for all three hours of it was the only thing that kept me in my seat.

Is American Hustle nearly as bad. I just can't stomach most R's. Does it have a moral to the story anywhere? I don't like very many movies with DiCaprio in them. But didn't mind "Catch Me if You Can" or even his semi recent movie that is a remake, forgot the name already, both heartwrenching.

[altersteve]

American Hustle is not as bad; it's mostly R for the language. The Wolf of Wall Street has a LOT more than that. It doesn't really have much of a moral, but it does have something to say about the dangers of money laundering, stock manipulation, fraud, sex addiction, and drug abuse.

[Damien the Leper]

Saw 47 Ronin...utter rot.

[Deborah]

Saw 47 Ronin...utter rot.

 

Glad to know. I was thinking of seeing it.

[altersteve]

I hear 47 Ronin isn't very good. I'll still see it though, because why not.

[Ron Beron]

Saw 47 Ronin...utter rot.

I refuse to watch this film.  I lived in Japan and visited the shrine where the ronin are buried.  The real story of honor and loyalty is nothing like the garbage that is on the screen.

[Calm]

Well, it appears they will likely regret making this film from the box office results....

Read a review...reminds me of the idea of turning Abraham Lincoln into a vampire hunter....haven't seen that one yet or read the plot, not sure I approve or not.

I like some of the historical rewrites such as Eleanor Roosevelt as a mystery solver. I think it can cross boundaries of respect though, especially when it alters motivations for what are the individuals' great achievements as it sounds like happens in the Ronin movie. Turning noble principles into more of a story about star crossed lovers cheapens the legacy...and the title isn't accurate now, it should be 47 Ronin and a Halfbreed that doesn't look Asian at all if I got the plot right.

Edited December 28, 2013 by calmoriah

[Bill “Papa” Lee]

The final Wolverine, movie.

[altersteve]

The final Wolverine, movie.

It's not final. They're making another one. Hugh Jackman has signed on to star as Wolverine in (I believe) three more movies after X-Men: Days of Future Past next year, one of them intended to be another Wolverine solo film. 

Edited December 28, 2013 by altersteve

[Deborah]

Read a review...reminds me of the idea of turning Abraham Lincoln into a vampire hunter....haven't seen that one yet or read the plot, not sure I approve or not.

 

Since I love vampire movies I actually saw this one and liked it. Abraham Lincoln remains the heroic figure and is not at all disparaged I didn't think. The ones who should be insulted are the Confederacy. If you see the movie you know why.

[Bill “Papa” Lee]

It's not final. They're making another one. Hugh Jackman has signed on to star as Wolverine in (I believe) three more movies after X-Men: Days of Future Past next year, one of them intended to be another Wolverine solo film. 

They need to hurry, he is starting to age. Most movies are three years in the making from conception to final product.

[Calm]

I was thinking the same thing....one runs into problems with storylines of immortals or others who don't age.

[escott3564]

I REALLY want to see the new Hobbit movie!!!!  Hubby and I are going to try to get to it on Monday while my son is at a sleepover. 

 

Yes, I am a massive Geek!  LOL  I read "The Hobbit" and all three "Lord of the Rings" books in the 7th grade.  I have been a fan of Middle Earth ever since. 

 

I will post a review after I see it.

 

Other movies I hope to see before they come out on DVD:

 

Walking With Dinosaurs

 

Saving Mr. Banks

[Ron Beron]

I just finished watching two movies, the first one, "Melvin and Howard".  A good film and interesting.  The second was "Raising Arizona", which has to be among the best rural American comedies.

 

H.I.: [final lines] That night I had a dream. I dreamt I was as light as the ether- a floating spirit visiting things to come. The shades and shadows of the people in my life rassled their way their way into my slumber. I dreamed that Gale and Evelle had decided to return to prison. Probably that's just as well. I don't mean to sound superior, and they're a swell couple of guys, but maybe they weren't ready yet to come out into the world. And then I dreamed on, into the future, to a Christmas morn in the Arizona home where Nathan Junior was opening a present from a kindly couple who preferred to remain unknown. I saw Glen a few years later, still having no luck getting the cops to listen to his wild tales about me and Ed. Maybe he threw in one Polack joke too many. I don't know. And still I dreamed on, further into the future than I had ever dreamed before, watching Nathan Junior's progress from afar, taking pride in his accomplishments as if he were our own. Wondering if he ever thought of us and hoping that maybe we'd broadened his horizons a little even if he couldn't remember just how they got broadened. But still I hadn't dreamt nothing about me and Ed until the end. And this was cloudier cause it was years, years away. But I saw an old couple being visited by their children, and all their grandchildren too. The old couple weren't screwed up. And neither were their kids or their grandkids. And I don't know. You tell me. This whole dream, was it wishful thinking? Was I just fleeing reality like I know I'm liable to do? But me and Ed, we can be good too. And it seemed real. It seemed like us and it seemed like, well, our home. If not Arizona, then a land not too far away. Where all parents are strong and wise and capable and all children are happy and beloved. I don't know. Maybe it was Utah.

 

[Calm]

I practically died laughing when I first heard the last line.

[Deborah]

That was a funny line but the whole movie was very funny. One of Nicholas Cage's best.