What movie did you see TODAY? June edition.

was becoming unwieldy with 500 messages, so here's a new, monthly one! :-)

I watched Race to Mars yesterday, a pretty realistic 3 hour TV drama about the first manned mission to Mars. It's dramatic sci-fi, not action sci-fi, so no explosions and lots of boredom aboard, but I think that's the way it is going to be :-).

I went to see Iron Man on Tuesday. I enjoyed it after I got over being irritated that it glorified violence in the extreme. Super Hero! I am so much more judgmental about pro-war propaganda these days. Oh, well, must remember the definition of "fiction".

Watched Juno last night-loved it! 8^)

I watched Cars today, with my son, sitting in our comfy sofa.
He had nagged us about Lightning McQueen in weeks, and finally we caved in and bought it on DVD. Then we thought we should keep it away until our long distance car trips to see relatives but he's sick and needed to get cheered up.
He loves it, and I think it quite cute. Certainly I will stand watching it with him a few times more. I love the sound of a strong engine revving ;-)

And I think my in-laws have lived in about every 'Radiator Springs' community between here and the polar circle.

Watching Breach right now.

Watching The Princess Bride right this very minute...

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Princess Bride is soooo enjoyable.

I'm planning to watch "Notes on a Scandal" tonight and tape "300." I'm not entirely sure that my interest in Greek history is going to be enough for me to enjoy "300," but maybe if I just treat it as an action flick instead of anything remotely related to history?

Almost ashamed to admit it, but have jsut come back from seeing Sex and the City with my sister. Her pick and she needed cheering up, as she has been a bit down this week!

actually I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, but spent much of the moive going "what is she wearing???" And would you really wear 4 inch heels running through a cold winter's night in New York, but as totally escapism it was pretty good

Since I wrote on this thread last time I've watched Cars four more times.
Why do things with moderation? ;-)
Our son really loves the flick, and he's sick and can't go out, and I actually enjoy discovering new things all the time (kid's films are dubbed here, so last night I watched the US version, original voices - fun! but the dubbed cast is clever too, so...)

Last nights movie fest, Fools Gold and National Treasure; Book of Secrets (2).
Loved them both. Fools Gold was set in Australia, so the scenery was devine, and National Treasure by Walt Disney productions - it was so action paced that it felt like the movie only went for 1/2 an hour.

#9 Busifer: I hear you! ;-)
My re-watch wasn't as funny though; I had a second look at Savior, before bringing it back to the library. I am definitely going to buy that one. It's one of those films where the characters really get under your skin. I don't think it's a film I want to watch often, but I want to own it nevertheless (I try to buy all my favourites).

Next in line: Peeping Tom (Brit horror film of 1960 that I remember seeing about 15-20 years ago, and which stuck with me all these years until it was on TV the other night). And No Man's Land(2001), a black comedy from Bosnia-Hercegovina about three blokes and a mine in a trench in the 1993 Bosnian War...

>11 GirlFromIpanema: Ooh, I loved Peeping Tom. I try to get the OH to watch it, but the whole "camera-as-phallic-object" and the male gaze weirds him out. Really, it was just dumb of me to tell him why the film is so cool. ;)

We watched Needful Things this afternoon. It might be my misanthropy, but that movie makes me smile. ;^)

I'm watching Hamlet with Sir Lawrence Olivier, but it's on a very long intermission due to me getting too tired to finish last night and no chance at the TV today. My impression. Nice, play-like, but he seems kind of old to me.

Watched The Lady Eve today as part of my effort to work through the AFI 100 Laughs comedy list. Not super funny, but enjoyable nonetheless. Can't go wrong with Henry Fonda.

Just watched Beowulf.

Eh.

Considering I read it last month, the differences were glaring and affected my enjoyment. If I hadn't read it, I might have liked it better. I normally don't mind when movies and books are different, but they really messed it up.

It felt as if they had remade Romeo & Juliet but they lived happily ever after.

I've been watching Genshiken. Geeky guys in Japan bonding over video games and Anime, with Geeky girls who join the group to mix things up. Will Saki-chan ever win in the battle to make her boyfriend quit being an otaku? I hope she never does, because the interactions between her and her boyfriend are hilarious in this show.

I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark. Haven't never seen it w/o Commercial interrupption.

My husband, daughter, and I watched The Patriot. It was a very good movie, if a bit Hollywood-ish and I just hated the John Williams score. All his music sounds the same. I found it so incongruous to the 1770s that I just couldn't stop being irritated by it the whole time.

It was so sad to see Heath Ledger. I miss him.

I watched Raging Bull. I shoulda skipped it. I just don't like boxing, but it's number 4 on the AFI's best movies ever list. It's only behind Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Casablanca.

SPOILERS ahead- just in case someone hasn't read the Hobbit yet! Went to the theater to see Horton Hears a Who then went to Borders & bought the Rankin-Bass version of the Hobbit. Watched it when i got home-they skipped a few things like; Beorn, a lot of the details about how Biibo rescued the dwarves from the elven kings dungeon, the Arkenstone & a couple dozen other things. Of course it's only 78 mins long. They used some of the poems & songs from the book, which i did like. 8^)

#18 Karenmarie

I saw The Patriot in the theater when it came out--went with three friends, two of whom were British. After the film I turned to them and apologized--the Brits were so evil in that film (and yet I was lusting after Jason Isaacs in that film--something about the long hair and the uniform, I even find him quite attractive as Lucius Malfoy!). But the movie just seemed so jingoistic.

I also read later that they wanted Mel's character to be sort of like Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, but apparently the real Marion had sex with/raped?? his slaves, so that connection was downplayed. I had always admired Marion but didn't know that factoid, which rather ruins it for me. Dang. Of course, Mel's character was so perfect he didn't even own slaves.

I know what you mean about seeing Heath Ledger now--so sad. I watched "Ten Things I Hate About You," which is a sweet film, and he's so adorable in it.

I rented the Simpson's Movie from iTunes last night... to see just how this digital movie renting stuff works. It's very easy, and the film was ok, just like a long episode (no surprises there, I guess). I shall be investigating further...

#21 ejj1955. Well. I bet my g-g-grandparents didn't know the slave connection when they named my g-grandfather Francis Marion Pomeroy! They lived in Michigan so wouldn't hear any old, local stuff from the South.

I was thinking when I got up this morning that although everybody else's hair in The Patriot looked greasy and lank - i.e., authentic - Mel Gibson's was always perfect. Perfect hair, perfect character.

I agree about Jason Isaacs - in both The Patriot and the HP movies. Very attractive, very sexy. I've never seen him in anything else. I don't go out of my way for movies much lately - work, child, husband, garden, etc., but I'll check him out on imdb.com and learn some more about him.

Re Heath - have you evern seen Knight's Tale? It took my husband forever to talk me into seeing it and only did so to screen it for my then-12-year-old daughter, but once they started "We Will Rock You" at a jousting tournamet, I was hooked.

#23

Well, I prefer to keep my image of Francis Marion as the intrepid guerrilla fighter of the Revolution and let the distasteful gossip recede from my memory, if possible.

I saw Jason Isaacs in an independent film, Passionada, as the romantic lead--quite a switch from most of his roles. And, of course, he has a brief bit in Armageddon as a scientist--that's one of those movies I know isn't that good but I watch it nearly every time I stumble across it anyway!

Have seen a Knight's Tale once, I think, but probably should see again with closer attention. I'd also like to see the new Batman movie, Heath's last performance--well, wanted to see it anyway, quite enjoyed the first Christian Bale outing in the role.

Tried to watch "300" last night; hated it. Sure, go ahead and film a graphic novel if that's your thing, but why involve Greek and Persian history in the mess? Why pretend this had anything at all to do with actual events of historic significance? I don't get it.

#24 - Re: Armageddon... some films are so bad you have to love 'em ;-)
I have only ever watched that one once, but I clearly remember how hilarious I thought the space shuttle ride through the meteor's tail... eyes the ceiling.
Independence Day is as crappy, but I even own it on tape!

Busifer - Crappy? I really like it. If only the real world would unite for something or against something.

Now Armageddon really is crappy.

#24 ejj1955 Even with Heath Ledger in it I probably won't ever watch the new Batman - Batman just bores me to death.

We didn't see it in the theater, but I just bought The Golden Compass for my husband for Father's Day. My daughter and I will probably give it to him Saturday so we can watch it Saturday night - she goes off to 4-week camp on Father's Day. I'm looking forward to that.

I was a little disappointed in The Golden Compass. It was gorgeous, don't get me wrong, but somehow, even with all the action going on, I thought it was kind of boring.

I went to the movies yesterday to escape the heat briefly, so I saw the new Indiana Jones. It was silly, of course, and the beginning was really bad, but overall I enjoyed it, it was very funny and the characters (the good guys, at least) were great.

I watched Everything is Illuminated. I thought they did a very good job of bringing the book to the screen.

#7 & 24 - 300 has almost zilch to do with actual events, but it is a fun action movie if you just take your brain off the hook for a while. I mean...CAPES...in a sword battle??? CAPES??!! Yep, underwear and capes...that's all we need. Hilarious.

Love Independence Day and all its cheezy goodness. Like Under Siege, I will watch it whenever I catch it and have them both in the collection.

Watched Get Shorty for the 100th time or something last night. It just never gets old. So great.

Re: Armageddon, Independence Day et al - as a friend of mine says; there are no bad SF films ;-)
(because even the bad one's are entertaining, in some way or other)
:P

#30: True! I never took Armageddon serious, rather watched it as a farce, and as such, it is hilarious (or did anyone think it was something other than a farce, after watching Bruce Willis' character hitting golfballs at a Greenpeace boat and then going after his lieutenant (who was sleeping with his daughter) with a shotgun --on an oil rig!)

Watched The Machine Girl with my husband last night, and will be retching for at least another 3 days. I don't know where he finds these movies he likes.

#31 - Right you are!

#30, 31

I mostly believed that until I saw Chain Reaction. Boooooring!

So I undid the damage by watching The Godfather (part 1).

finally watched Stardust last night, pretty good but for the first 3rd of the movie the main character needed a boot upside the head.

#34 - +5 tries haven't convinced me that The Godfather (ANY part) is a good film. I actually find them pompous, badly paced, and down right boring.
Liked the books, though. Read both The Godfather and The Sicilian multiple times when I was younger.

I agree with you on the sf films part, though. But it is a tongue in cheek proverb ;-)

#24 ejj1955: Indulge me just for a moment while I defend "300". Even though I'm a Classicist by trade, I really don't mind these kinds of movies (also Troy et al.), blatant historical inaccuracy and all. My thinking is that the Greeks certainly didn't have a problem changing their myths, and their ideas on how to talk about history were very different from our own (If you're a stickler for historical accuracy, don't even try reading Herodotus), so why should I be more troubled about people playing with their history and myths than they would be. I think the ancient Greeks would have had no problem with movies like 300 and Troy, so why should I?

I watched Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy with my nephew. He loved it and immediately wanted to pick out another from Netflix. He has added several movies!

I watched Juno again. So much love.

/happy sigh

fleela - I liked Juno so much more than I thought I would. I've only seen it once, but I'm sure I'll watch it again.

Today I was home sick from work and IFC showed A Hard Day's Night. I can't watch that movie without an idiotic grin coming over my face for the duration. God, they were awesome. John was a total sexpot.

I love the wacky lines they give George. "I'd be quite prepared for that eventuality."

#37 Scaifea

Your reasoning makes sense, so maybe I should abandon my "I appreciate real history" stance and figure out why I didn't like "300" anyway . . . I was bored by it and fast-forwarded through about the last half of it. Of course, I knew how it would end (or how it was supposed to end), and I didn't think there was much in the way of character development, and . . .

oh, well, I'll just leave it at that: didn't care for it.

#42: Fair enough. I'm certainly not willing to defend the movie on any other grounds. That's the great thing about stuff like movies - we're all allowed to love em or hate em, whichever we please. :)

I saw Iron Man today - fantastic ride, fun and funny for the most part. There was some gratuitous killing, it's true, but most of it wasn't explicit (that I recall, anyway) and under the circumstances, much if it made sense (not good sense, but killing seldom makes good sense).

And the suit was beautiful...

I just came from my bedroom upstairs where I was watching The Mist on my laptop before bed. Bad idea on my part. If I never see fog again, it'll be too soon.

I just watched Rendition. Intense, thought provoking, discouraging.

#41

Hard Day's Night has been making the rounds here at the hospital.

What do you call that hairstyle?
Arthur.

I like the running gag about Paul's grandfather.

"He's very clean, isn't he?"

That comes from the actor's role in the British TV series Steptoe and Sons, where he is referred to as a dirty old man.

I watched The Incredibles last night -- I had forgotten how much I enjoyed that movie the first time I watched it. Lots of great lines.

I watched The Holiday, the one with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet switching homes at Christmastime because they each needed to get over a man. I thought it was fairly sweet and liked the degree of character development (though according to IMDB, a lot of people found Diaz annoying in this role). But the ending begs the question of what happened next--the huge geographical issue remained unresolved.

Wow. Just watched The Shawshank Redemption. Great. Just great.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Now most of the DVDs my friend owns are rubbish, and because he didn't want to look at Youtube videos or even Anime on Veoh, we decided to watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon because of the promise of awesome fight scenes.

There was a whole lot of talking in-between the fighting, which I understood more than my friend did because he was falling asleep and not talking very much aside from boasting about how great he was at some soccer game on his Xbox 360 before we got bored and decided to watch a movie.

It's a very touching movie, because of all of the characters interlinked in various problems of whether to follow their dreams or continue their adventuring lifestyle instead of settling down with their lovers. And it's from the same guy who directed Brokeback Mountain, so that explains a hell of a lot of why the movie is just as much about love as martial arts.

I recommend it, but don't watch it with a less than cultured friend who just wants to play his Xbox 360. He won't enjoy it as much as you will.

I watched 'Gone Baby Gone' at the cinema = my husband's choice, he loves Casey Affleck.

Australian movies tonight. I watched Getting it Square, and then Strictly Ballroom. Both very fun, and both typically Aussie movies.

Will, how good was that courtroom scene in Getting Square?

Saw Indie & the Crystal Skulls today @ the multiplex & on a pass that i won in a drawing i entered @ a Republican candidate's booth! I'll take anybody's freebies!! As i said i'd do earlier in this very thread (i do believe) i totally suspended my disbelief & enjoyed the ride!

Busifer-i will not watch any of the Godfather flix for the same reason i didn't watch The Sopranos-I do not wish to see gangsters glorified. 8^)

Romy and Michelle's High school Reunion. Funny for its corniness, but really dated.

I didn't watch For Your Consideration. The DVD didn't work, so we sent it back. DH ordered it, but it wasn't what he thought it would be anyway.

We watched Return of the Jedi last night. Good fun. Except I hated that they put the "new" Anakin in the last scene.

We watched Snatch again last night, doesn't hurt that I find Jason Statham (sp) pretty hot.

#53 - I remember being slightly disappointed by Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. It was along time ago so I don't remember any details other than thinking the ending felt contrived.

#57 - Well, I didn't watch The Sopranos either, but that was because after the 2 first episodes the rest felt... predictable. Husband watched every epi, of course, but he's the one who revels in watching Emmerdale Farm (UK 'soap' that's been on since the 70's) ...
*eyes the ceiling, sighs*

Seriously. Intrapersonal relationships and private angsts can only take a story so far. Yawn.

ETA - no films at the moment. Three daily hours of football (Euro 2008) is enough of watching moving pictures for me ;-)
/I'll admit, though, that some games have been boring, but then I can watch with one eye while reading a book, lol/

62 Busifer

I was disappointed with Crouching Tiger, too. I had heard all these amazing wonderful things about it, and when I finally saw it...I just didn't think it was all that great.

Juno, on a 7" DVD player. not the best venue, but i liked the movie.

Went to see the Happening last night. I liked it, but its definitely not the best of Shyamalan's movies.

I also watched Silence of the Lambs today. I've seen it about 20 times, but somehow it doesn't get old.

#61 Snatch is one of my all-time favorite movies! Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels too.

56 - I was alternately cringing and laughing. It was brilliantly written, but I've had to deal with people of that level of competence before. It's not fun.

Yeah, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels was fun. Vinnie Jones didn't even have to act, did he? ;-)

Ella Enchanted. Silly good fun.

Last night I watched Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Tim Meadows explaining all the bad things marijuana doesn't do to a person was hilarious.

I rarely go to the movies so getting to see Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skulls on Saturday with my son was a treat! We both really enjoyed it.

>62 Busifer:: Same here. No movies at the moment. Right now I only watch the Euro 2008 games. Some of them are boring, but it's perfect if you should actually study. I couldn't do that during a movie. And I actually get a lot done during those matches. Too bad Switzerland is already out... but on the other hand, I won't have any nervous breakdowns anymore ;-)

Diary of the Dead. Better than Land or Day of the Dead. Not better than Dawn of the Dead.

I had no idea what to expect when I saw Crouching Tiger, and was blown away. I liked House of Flying Daggers better. The colors in that were absolutely phenomenal.

We saw The Hulk last night. I really like Edward Norton. It was good. I've heard people say it's so much better than the Eric Bana version. My husband and I figure it's about 50/50. They both have their good points and bad. As Busifer and GirlfromIpanema say, SciFi is always fun in one way or another if you like it, and we do.

The previews for all the upcoming movies for the summer look good, Hellboy 2, The Mummy, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Dark Knight, X-Files. Yup, fun summer viewing ahead.

My housemate put on Serenity at 10pm last night. So of course, I had to sit down and watch it.

We watched The Mummy on Sunday night. Rollicking good adventure! For I... am a librarian! :)

ETA: Arctic - You've seen Hero then? (Oh, and don't ask Chinese people about them. They generally don't like Crouching Tiger, Hero, etc.)

No movies lately, but I watched Bones for the first time tonight on Fox. I really enjoyed it. But my kids just got a GameCube (yes, I know, so 20th century), and we only have 1 tv. So guess what's on most of the time - Super Smash Mario Brothers.

I am so sick of that game.

I've seen Crouching Tiger, Flying Daggers and Hero. I loved all of them though Daggers was my favorite. They are beautiful.

I am going to watch The Ten Commandments in a few minutes.

I watched Bee Movie with my nephew.

I'm seeing Indiana Jones tonight! In the VIP cinema - comfy lounges! Exclamation marks!

Ew.

Now I'm writhing in discomfort. And perplexedness.

Mission accomplished.

I am watching the so-bad-it's-good Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

We are watching all the Star Wars movies in preparation to go see the exhibit on Monday.

Part 2 of The Ten Commandments is on now.

Let my people go!

Saw the new Indiana Jones movie last night. Meh. It was okay, but not as good as the old ones. I don't like the kid, whatshisname, the one fro Holes. But John Hurt's awesome.

I watched the first Stargate movie with Kurt Russell (not one of my favorite actors), and now we are on to Stargate Atlantis, season one. Today in the mail from Netflix, The Russians Are Coming.

I saw IJ last night as well. I enjoyed it, but did struggle not to think of all the glaring factual errors. As a fun adventure, it's great. But If you even think of intellectualising it...

Personally I think the IJ series is highly educational. I mean, I have learned about the Ark of the Covenant, Thugee, the Holy Grail and now Inca Culture and astronomy!

(Excuse me now, while I try to undo the knot I turned myself into when I doubled over in laughter.)

Later this evening I am going to remedy a sad situation: I have never seen Schindler's List.

Right now I am watching a 3 hour movie about the Chicago civil war. Oh, you didn't know there was a clash between the north and south in the Windy City? It's going on live right now - Cubs vs. White Sox.

Just watched Indiana Jones IV. Was OK, but not with the magic of the old ones. Harrison's age is showing too much. But there is a promising new kid on the block.

I just watched Transformers for the billionth time...

I just finished The Italian Job (the original version with Michael Caine). Now I'm deciding if the OH will forgive me for watching Starman without him. It just came in from Netflix today.

I just finished The Best of Youth last night.

It's a six-hour Italian film so it took me a few sittings, but I really enjoyed it.

i watched Heroes first seoson finale on dvd player and then the 2nd season finale on the internet.

Interview with a Vampire here.

Eh. I thought I remembered it being a bit more lush and dark. Ah well. I think I expected more since I've been reading vampire romance lately.

Just watched The Mist. Much as I love any movie with tentacles, i have to say that people were just a little too keen to off themsleves.
Oh no! A monster's going to get me! I'd better kill myself! That'll teach them!

97 MrAndrew
Hahahahaha!

We watched The Bucket List last night. Decent, but not something I'll need to watch more than once. I think my girlfriend might still be crying over it...or was it something I said? Is it me? What'd I do this time? Oh great!

Sort of watched Top Gun and Little Women last night while working--mostly they were there for comforting background noise. But I must say, crazy as he sometimes seems, Tom Cruise also has a devastating smile.

Oh, just realized the underlying theme of that double feature--Winona Ryder sometimes seems crazy, too.

Narnia: Prince Caspian last night.

I really liked it, actually. A lot more than the first. It only just came here, so it's all new and shiny.

It felt a lot more serious than the first, and there were parts that actually gave me the shivers. I like shivers. It also made me sad, for some reason I'm not yet sure about.

Superman Returns last night.

I liked it. I like most Superman stuff, comics, movies and whatnot.

Severn, your just saying that Caspian is more serious than the first, and the bit about the shivers actually makes me want to see it. I had not decided yet if it was high on the priority list.

Yes, Dano, it was better by far for me. Of course, it is not without flaws, but there was something about it...something that reached me like the other did not. The other was just a fun adventure that I never really felt anything from...this was different in some way.

If you do see it, I hope you like it.

ETA - and, of course, it is still an adventure with cute talking mice... :) (big mice. In fact, they er look like rats. I think they should have been rats, which are just as cute).

i just finished watching I Am Legend for the tenth time.

We watched Kill Bill, Vol 1 last night. What a riot. Yes, there was gore, but it was so silly and gushy and overdone that hubby and I just laughed at it. We're talking garden hose sprays of blood.

Watched Ocean's 13 last night on HBO. Have the first two and like them well enough for what they are, but I think Pacino missed the mark this time. He wasn't enough of a bastard for me. He could have kicked it up a notch.

I just got back from watching The Happening with my niece. I wasn't the greatest movie I've ever seen, but I did enjoy it.

Morphidae, I just finshed Kill Bill, Vol 1, myself. You're right, it was pretty much too funny to be sickening!

>108 DanoWins: I know! I'm giggling just thinking about it. It's worse than the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

*arm sliced off* *fire hose spray of blood*

*snarfles*

I'm pumped! The son got me the complete Addams Family series for birthday/father's day. Marathon's comin', baby!

Working on Stargate Atlantis season 2 now. My daughter just got a job at the movie theater, one of the perks is a free ticket to see movies for herself and a friend. I'm hoping I'm her friend!

GeorgiaDawn, is The Happening gory? In the preview when the man lies down in front of the lawn mower... (sorry fleela) I was a bit put off and decided maybe I didn't want to see it after all.

Katylit, there is gore, but no where near as much as Kill Bill Vol 1. :)

I saw "Lonely Hearts", a docudrama. Violent, but very intriguing!

AI. I always want to turn it off at a particular point, because it should have stopped there. But I let it run, because my housemate hadn't seen it before.

I finally got to go see The Incredible Hulk and enjoyed myself a lot. They had some great references and cameos relating to the TV show. Plus Edward Norton...'nuff said.

Oh, and a number of both blatant and subtle references that involved stuff that began in Iron Man.

Just watched 'Shadowlands' on TV & loved it. Anthony Hopkins & Debra Winger were both great in it. 8^)

Oh I agree, Vanye, Shadowlands is great.

I finally saw Moonstruck for the first time. My mom loves it, but I wasn't impressed. :-/ I think I was annoyed by all the gender-normative, 'women should be in the home taking care of their men' undertones.

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I inherited some Kill Bill action figures from my lazy brother, two of the Crazy 88 whose arms you can chop off and re-attach, plus a little blood geyser thing you can attach to the backs to squeeze out gore.

Now they didn't have cool movie merchandise like that when I was a kid. Even my Boba Fett figure can't do anything that awesome.

Ah, but Boba Fett needs no fancy extra features. He's awesome all on his own.

Love in the Time of Cholera.....Nnnneh!

This morning I watched the first three episodes of Michael Palin's New Europe. We visited Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Turkey, Moldova, Romania, and Transdniester.

I need a nap.

More Harold Lloyd silent movies last night.

Lots of Euro 08 here, as well. I managed to squeeze in the first two episodes of 24, season 6 (just started here). But now I've got lined up 4 DVDs of War and Peace (dir. Sergey Bondarchuk), and already have watched one hour (of 8 or so). This will keep me occupied for the best part of a week -- I'll be back! ;-)

Not a movie, but watched the first episode of "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" last night. I can't believe how much I enjoyed it--funny, especially the subtitled comments made by the Japanese host about the Americans ("I can't believe they'll do anything I tell them to!")

Because of the Incredible Hulk, I've been on a bit of an Edward Norton kick, and watched The Painted Veil last night and the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven, which was much better than the theatrical version.

Even though Norton wears a mask the whole movie, he's one of the best actors in the entire thing. Now I want to go read books about King Baldwin IV.

I've not seen Kingdom of Heaven, but I am enrolled to do a paper on the History of the Crusades this semester, and he is definitly one of the most interesting characters I am looking forward to learning more about.

We saw Get Smart last night. Great fun. Steve Carell played Max very well, using all the old lines in his own style, not trying to imitate Don Adams, so it was a good mix. "Missed it by THAT much." I liked how they worked in the car, the shoe and some of the sillyness. It was just fun.

And I also appreciated the wonderful irony of the location filming in Moscow! How cool is that that a movie based on an American TV show from the Cold War era would film in Moscow? Something that would have been so totally unthinkable when the TV show was airing.

#127 Tell me if you find any good books on him - I couldn't find any at the local bookstore.

Went to see Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest in a Cary Grant festival. They showed the colored version.

We saw Wall-E at the midnight showing last night. :) It was hard to get up this morning, but totally worth it! Such a good movie.

#130

North by Northwest was filmed in Technicolor, so--

Finding Forrester. I remember wanting to see this when it was out in theaters eight years ago, but never did...and I am so kicking myself for that now. It's the best film I've seen in a long time.

126: Edward Norton is one of my favorite actors. My mother and I Netflixed most of his films last year, and ended up buying a huge percentage of them. The man's a genius. I haven't seen the Director's Edition of Kingdom of Heaven, but I'll have to seek it out. I enjoyed the theatrical version, and as you noted, he gives an amazing performance.

The Life of Brian.

And I was alone, so I could quote with it as *much* as I wanted. :)

#134

"I want to be called . . . Loretta."

#15 - that's the only problem with reading the book and seeing the movie - or vice versa, there is always going to be glaring differences. Eragon for instance, I loved the book, then read Eldest. Couldn't wait for the movie to come out. My family, God bless their little cotton socks, bought the DVD for me for my birthday. They had changed the main thread of the story in so many places that I have no idea how they are going to pull of making a movie out of Eldest - they killed of main for farly main characters for starters and... ok, think I should move this over to the cranky pants thread. Let's just say that I wish I didn't have the movie. Glad I have the book though.

On an aside to that statement. I went to see Bollywood the show at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco two weeks ago, and I am currently watching Bride and Prejudice on the tellie. Love it, really sucky, happy movie. Must pick up this DVD. Can't own Pride and Prejudice and not have this one.

>135 ejj1955: "He can't have babies - he doesn't have a womb!" "Don't you oppress me!" :D

We tried to watch Pedro Almodóvar's La mala educación (Bad Education) last night, but it was a bad copy. ("Pirate.") Since we were already in the Spanish oeuvre, we went with The Motorcycle Diaries instead. Amazing. Now I'm kicking myself for not having seen it sooner. And I have to get the soundtrack - the music is breathtaking. And speaking of breathtaking... Gael Garcia Bernal. Ay, dios mio!

Today, we're either going to see the new Indiana Jones or Wanted. The OH has a thing for James McAvoy.

Yesterday I watched three movies. What a lazy day!

I watched Rocky Horror Picture Show (with audience participation on).

Then I watched Pulse (Pink Floyd Live). Wow, they're good.

And then as trash, I watched Timeline. Hilariously mixed up in all sorts of plot points. And yet another movie which completely ignores language change. Oh, your an English speaker; you can understand someone speaking Middle English with a Middle French accent, and even stumble through a little Middle French with what you learnt in high school.

Yesterday I watched the New Legend of Shaolin. Caught a little off guard by the earthy humor! :)

Also finished Stargate Atlantis through season 3. Whew, now I can read a bit before any more is available.

Last night was The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa

Right now, the classic Notorious with gorgeous Cary Grant and gorgeous, luminous Ingrid Bergman and genius directing by Alfred Hitchcock.

"The Bucket List"...........Having had cancer, I can say that I really liked it. Entertaining with a touch of pathos.........just like life!

Batman Begins to get ready for The Dark Night in a couple of weeks. The son and I are really spun up about Heath Ledger's Joker. CAN'T WAIT MUCH LONGER!

>138 Choreocrat: *throws toast at Will*

The new Indiana Jones was in the "stinky theatre" (the one at the end of the megaplex with a bad projector, bad sound, and sour-milk smell because the teenaged ushers can't be bothered to get all the way down there to clean), so we ended up seeing Wanted instead. It was chock-full of the light-hearted blowing-things-up-edness than one expects from summer movies. And James McAvoy. All in all, good summer fun.

#51 - The Holiday was the film which enabled me to put a finger on what it is about Cameron Diaz That I don't like. She plays "cute" -- she mugs cute, she smirks cute, she grimaces cute, she poses cute, she grins cute ... it's like watching a high school play. Jude Law also skated through on playing cute in that one. I found them incredibly grating.

On the other hand, Kate Winslet was marvelous, and her relationship with Eli Wallach's character was sweetly moving.

Just finished Bonneville on DVD, with Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Joan Allen. It was predictable, but well-done. Three women on a road trip to deliver the ashes of the recently-widowed Jessica Lange's character's husband to his daughter.

I hope to get to see Wall-E before it leaves the cinema here.

Only just got to see Juno for the first time today. I watched it with my college age son who was a mite confused when I cried at the birth of the baby, because as he kept saying to me, "Mom, it's a comedy!"

It is a comedy, but there's nothing like that first time you meet your baby and this movie sweetly reminds one of that.

I never once thought of Juno as a comedy. Strange.

There were several opportunities for tears in Juno. I really didn't expect that and I don't do sad movies! Oh well, we can all benefit from a good cry now and then.

Watched Pan's Labyrinth 2X: once w/& once w/o the commentary by Guilermo Del Toro. Wanted to learn more about how GDT directs; his influences & thought processes in the choices he makes in doing his job. Since he is going to do 'The Hobbit' & i had not seen any of his movies so decided to watch PL. I liked it as a movie & the way that he chooses the elements in his movies which he talks about in great detail in the commentary. Right now i like to believe that PJ & GDT will do justice by The Hobbit. 8^)

#27 bluesalamanders. Well, husband and I finally watched The Golden Compass last night and I was mildly to moderately disappointed. I am getting tired of movies that set you up for the sequel and I realize that this is the first book of a three part series but still.

Back to tennis in the evenings.

I'm in a commercial break of watching Enemy Of The State starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman. A real popbuster.

Middlemarch and North and South. I'm on vacation!

Over the weekend watched Black Book, an escape from Nazis type thriller. Subtitled. It ignores history and protocol to put the nail in some plot points, but other than that, well done.

Vacancy on the other hand was really, really dumb. Like a combination of Motel Hell and Psycho, two twits get trapped in a sleazy hotel and realize they are the subjects of the owner's next snuff film. Hubby and I laughed a lot during this one.

#152

Oooh, can I come over? What a great double feature!

It was a complete no-brainer but a total laugh, Beloved and I went and saw Hancock on the weekend. It was a good laugh and I think we will definitely add it to our library once it's released.
I had to see it before any more trailers (read 'spoilers') were aired on free to air TV - it was driving me nuts!

In Bruges. I didn't know anything about it, but it was great! More here.

Hoooray!!! Finally saw The Dark Knight. :)

Ditto MrsLee.

My children and I just finished an anime marathon- 7 DVDs of Last Exile. It is a great story and the artwork is absolutely breathtaking.

I'm watching a production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, but it's not going well with a splitting headache. Also some friends loaned us season 4 of Stargate Atlantis, so I guess we'll be watching that for awhile.

Just got back from seeing 'Mamma Mia'. Wholesome uplifting movie, with no jarring 'shoved in' tunes like many musicals. Also (even though I loved it) perfect antidote to 'The Dark Knight'.

I agree Lyz. I thought Mamma Mia was a uplighting film. The Dark Knight was a film I wanted to see but didn't enjoy at all. health Ledger was great but that was it for me.
I saw Good Will Hunting on DVD again. One of my favorites. What happened to flicks that don't have all the bang and special effects and just tell a story with great acting?

Had a little David Mamet fest over the weekend & watched The Spanish Prisoner & Heist. Later watched Narc again. Liotta was way over the cliff in that one.

I was stuck at home yesterday waiting for a cable repairman (who never showed) and wound up watching DVDs most of the day. Watched In the Land of Women, which was new to me and watched Eulogy and Elizabethtown again.

We just watched Southland Tales. I'm going to be adding that one to my 'favourites' list. Of course, now I have a need to re-watch Mulholland Drive... and maybe add Donnie Darko to the next-to-watch list. I'm looking forward to watching the SciFi channel's Tin Man too.

>165 kassetra:

I just watched Tin Man. I was unsure about a retelling of the classic, but I was actually impressed. I was afraid that they were attempting to make a replacement for Baum's work, but it was (IMHO) much more homage to him than what I was afraid might be theft or vandalism of his work.

Hope you enjoy it! :)

btw...why are we still using the June edition of this thread? Next person that views a movie and plans to post here should start a new thread. Perhaps this can be the June/July thread, and the next poster could start an August thread. Wish I would have thought to start it myself :( Hey wait! I did think of it...just a bit late.

I just re-watched Fargo. It's been a while, and I love the Coen Brothers. I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it.

Not sure what I missed about Fargo, but I suspect it's one of those love it or hate it movies. DH loves it, I hated it. I keep hearing people rave about it and I found it almost unwatchable, I felt like retching when it was over, it was that bad. So what do you love about it? I found the darkness unbearable, not funny, and I do like Sweeny Todd.

ETA: This is in no way an attack on your taste in movies, I truly am puzzled and want to know why people love it, because I know so many do, including my husband.

I got The Big Lebowski from Netflix today. Looking forward to it this weekend.

LOVE Fargo & most of the rest of the Coen catalog. It's such a scream. We howl with laughter every time we watch it. Lebowski, too, but for different reasons. Check out The Hudsucker Proxy, too. It's more subtle, but equally great. You know, for kids.

#168 MrsLee

I'll take a stab at this--one thing I loved about Fargo was the cadence of the dialog--what I suppose is a North Dakota accent or a cinematic version of one, anyway. I loved Marge's phlegmatic yet perceptive approach to the case and her life; I loved her warm, supportive, and supremely normal relationship with her husband. I loved the way that people came up with plans that were as flawed as most real people's plans are, and that real life and coincidence and sheer bad luck all played their parts in how things fell apart.

Of course, I also found it howlingly funny, but I don't think there's much to be gained in trying to explain why one person finds something funny and another doesn't--it's such a visceral thing that I don't think it can be arrived at by reason or explanation. For what it's worth, I'm completely unamused by 99 percent of slapstick comedy. On the other hand, if I see Monty Python and the Holy Grail or The Life of Brian a hundred times, I'll crack up every one of them.

>168 MrsLee: I have to agree with ejj1955, the dialogue really made the movie. Marge was also such a great character.

>169 DaynaRT: I hope you like The Big Lebowski. it's one of my favorites.

I've never seen a Coen Bros movie I disliked. I've seen most of them.

Miller's Crossing is on my Top Five of all time list. I love it more every time I see it. And Big Lebowski is awesome. Drama, comedy, musical, you name it, they can do it.

Saw The Dark Knight. Again.

I'll chime in my love for all things Coen Bros. They really can do any genre they set their collective minds to. I've grown rather fond of O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Eat your rotting heart out, Preston Sturgis!

re #166: Here's the July movie thread:

http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=40642

scaifea - Sorry, I'm answering here because of my question which I asked here. :)

I love O Brother, I liked The Hudsucker Proxy, I liked the accent and the policewoman in Fargo, but it didn't sell me on the harshness I suppose.

I can accept the different strokes thing very easily though. Somehow the humor just didn't translate for me I suppose. Maybe I saw it on the wrong day, but I could never bring myself to watch it again.

I went to see Mongol tonight. I can't recommend it enough, it was great.

I've found that people either click with Coen brothers movies or they don't. Particularly the early ones like Hudsucker and Fargo. They're pretty dark, ironic and sometimes downright weird (Barton Fink). Miller's Crossing is a stunning movie and I also really like Blood Simple.

With Lebowski they really started to go mainstream. I found the moments of brilliance few and far between in Intolerable Cruelty and nonexistent in The Ladykillers. I've heard they have the rights to Chabon's Yiddish Policeman's Union which I think is a perfect vehicle for their subversive genius.

I definitely agree with Bookmarque, you either love or hate the Coen Brothers. I just happen to be on the love side of the line. But then, I love dark comedies, so I started a little biased.

Today while making some jewelry for a trunk show I'm planning, I watched The Score, Basic Instinct and Goodfellas.

I just watched To Die For with Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck. What a strange movie. It tried to be a dark comedy, but just turned out odd.

Next up from Netflix is Lord Edgware Dies and Semi-Pro. Agatha Christie and Will Ferrell - what a combo.

#182

Next you should do Sense and Sensibility and Reservoir Dogs--Jane Austen and Quentin Tarantino would also make an interesting combo!

I keep thinking there should be a game in this--name the most incongruous pairing of films you can imagine . . .