What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

DianeL · Post by **DianeL** » Sat June 15th, 2013, 7:21 pm

Faith, that is pretty fun.

Watching "She" on Netflix streaming this afternoon, and *still* thinking about an outing to see IM3 either tonight or tomorrow.

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Tue June 18th, 2013, 4:35 am

Watched the World Without End series. Entertaining, but I only liked a couple of the characters.

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Sun July 28th, 2013, 3:46 pm

Lots of good movies lately. There was a festival of Alfred Hitchcock's earliest silent films complete with live music. We only caught one The Pleasure Garden (his first full length completed movie). The piano player got a standing ovation. Finally made it the Star Trek movie which I liked less than I wanted to. It's a good addition to the movie series (lots of special effects and things going BOOM!), but Cumberbatch was miscast. Man of Steel was okay. I liked the back story intercut with the modern story. Yesterday we saw a charming little movie called The Way, Way Back about a fourteen-year-old boy on vacation with his mother, her jerk boyfriend (played wonderfully by Steve Carell) and his sixteen-year-old jerk daughter. Highly recommended.

A local theater showed big screen blockbusters of yesteryear. I was out of town for Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago (which I wanted to see) and back in town for The Godfather and The Godfather Part II (which I didn't want to see). Hubby dragged me to Part II which I did enjoy, but the most interesting part was the intermission when I saw something I've never seen before: no line at the Women's Room and a line out the door at the Men's.

DianeL · Post by **DianeL** » Sun July 28th, 2013, 6:53 pm

Faith, that's a hilarious comment on intermission. Hee!

I saw a lot of commentary on the casting, and (SPOILER-ESQUE) there was some consideration of the difficulty of the original ethnicity of the character in today's socio-political climate, and though taking a role away from a minority to give it to an Englishman is questionable, I do understand the thinking. I love Cumberbatch, so I chose to go with it; it does seem to have worked for a lot of the audience, but it is a pity, some of the story that was lost. As much as I like BC, though - nobody but nobody can ever hope to live up to Montalban.

I re-watched Redgrave/Jackson in Mary, Queen of Scots again (now available on Netflix streaming). Glenda Jackson is still the best Elizabeth ever performed, and Mary is still so soppily romanticized I never can stand her. But perhaps the best look at her actual point of view I can think of; overall, I like the film, even with Timothy Dalton quite distractingly blond!

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Sun July 28th, 2013, 7:42 pm

Watched Dark Shadows last night.

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Sun July 28th, 2013, 9:37 pm

When I saw a certain scene from "Wrath of Khan" on TV as a little kid it made me physically sick. I don't think I've seen it since, not sure how I'd handle the scene now but having a bowl nearby might be a good idea!

P.S. I had just had spaghetti for dinner. No fun seeing it again Yuck!

SM

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Sun August 4th, 2013, 9:35 am

I'm finishing my re-watch of The Tudors. Now on season 4. I find Katherine Howard really, really annoying.

And... is it odd of me to find Imperial Ambassador Chapuys attractive?

DianeL · Post by **DianeL** » Sun August 18th, 2013, 12:25 am

On Thursday evening, I watched "The Muppet Movie" (1979) for perhaps the first time since I was eleven and it first came out. It hit the spot - easy, cute, and funny. I think I'm finally the right age to enjoy it properly!

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Sun August 18th, 2013, 4:12 pm

Finally got to see Woody Allen's take on A Streetcar Named Desire--Blue Jasmine. Cate Blanchett played "on the edge of crazy" very well, but then she did a star turn as Blanche DuBois a few years ago. Liked, but didn't love it.

DianeL · Post by **DianeL** » Mon August 19th, 2013, 12:24 am

"The Trojan Women" with Bujold, Hepburn, Redgrave, and Papas ('71). Thoughts here. A remarkable production!