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The last full movie I watched was The Avengers, though I watched about half of the final Harry Potter movie on TV since then.
 
"Great Directors"
This was a series of interviews with people the maker of this film was influenced by. John Sayles, Dyavid Lynch, Catherine Breillet, Richard Linklater and a few other directors were interviewed. It was interesting, and gave me a nice list of movies to watch that I havent seen yet. Also taught me about the civil unrest in France in 1968, never knew of that, and reading up on it now it seems like those protests didnt accomplish anything but strengthen De Gaulle and his government after the millions of protesters gave up and went back to work

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I watched 'Carry on Don't loose your head' this afternoon on the TV (ahh - so old school).

Does that count?

All the Brits here will have their favorite 'Carry On' (a series of spoof/comedy movies that parodied historical events & everyday situations - with lots of silly innuendo) - from the 1950's/60/'s & 70's :)

Will be watching Solaris (original) later tonight... :)
 
Messages Deleted - Saw it last night. It was some sort of made for TV movie. I don't know why I kept watching, but it was awful.

It was about a scriptwriting teacher who was trying to become a successful scriptwriter (but wasn't very good). He starts getting calls from people that are being held by gun point, and if he doesn't get to them in time they're going to be killed. Slowly we discover the killings are exactly like a script he wrote a long time ago (cliche?). The cops think it's him, he knows it's not, and he starts to go a bit crazy.

He was constantly referencing movies, always saying he wasn't in a movie (of which just brought me out of the moment every time) and how things around him were cliche. He goes into the cop station and comments on how there's a wanted board, a hooker and a cop eating a donut and comments how cliche it was. It was painful.

Needless to say, I figured out who the killer was about 30 minutes in. At the end when the killer revealed herself an hour later (not a surprise) she was referencing scripts and how the audience needs to be surprised by the twist, and about that point I turned it off because I was so angry that a film constantly boasting about good writing, was just so horribly written. It was insulting.
 
The Avengers

*My first time in a theater in almost 2 years.

Thought it was great, saw it twice in 2 days, once standard, the other 3D IMAX. I really felt the 3D IMAX version detracted from the production value. Sure it looked cool by giving the movie depth, but during the action sequences, it just got blurry and I couldn't see what was going on. I'm still up in the air with the whole 3D thing.

Casting wise, couldn't have been better. Great cinematography, great script too. I think this gave Nolan a run for his money in the comic genre.
 
Watched two in a row yesterday (had some free time):

Chinese Coffee
I'm busy researching conversation/single-location based films for a short I'm writing and will be shooting soon (think Sunset Limited, My Dinner with Andre, Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes), and I enjoyed this.

Dial M for Murder
I've been working through all of Hitchcock's films, and this is by far one of his best.
 
I have been watching a lot of movies lately. Last night was Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Great story, great characters, one of my favorites.
 
Just watched Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid this AM, by far my favorite Peckinpah (I think I like the special editon better than the Turner print!).

Was going to spend the day off of work editing a couple videos from a client, but sitting around watching movies until the kid is back from school seems like a better experience. I'll take a look @ Chinese Coffee next I think, provided it's on netflix!
 
Cole said:
I have been watching a lot of movies lately. Last night was Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Great story, great characters, one of my favorites.
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I've also just recently finished all of Ritchie's films, and I really loved Lock Stock.
 
kylevant said:
Watched two in a row yesterday (had some free time):

Chinese Coffee
I'm busy researching conversation/single-location based films for a short I'm writing and will be shooting soon (think Sunset Limited, My Dinner with Andre, Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes), and I enjoyed this.

Dial M for Murder
I've been working through all of Hitchcock's films, and this is by far one of his best.
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I'm about to watch Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise off Kevin Smith's recommendation on Spoilers. You should check it out as well, Kevin said it's very indie in style and was at the forefront of independent film making in the 80's
 
Prometheus. And before that.......cant remember. It was that long ago.

And despite the critics....until the end, I really liked it. But the end is what made me do a facepalm while still in the theater. LOL......REALLY?!?!?! That's how you want to do/end this, Ridley Scott? Embarrassed on his behalf. Felt.......cheap and overly contrived to reach that conclusion.
 
Watched 3 last night, tragically stuck at home on a saturday night due to bad weather. All 3 were random lucky dip choices.

Win Win - damn Paul Giamatti is a fine actor, not my usual thing but was very well scripted and engaged me titles to credits. Just as horror movies are great at night, this is a great rainy day movie, cathartic.

50-50 - again not my usual thing, a cancer journey movie. I'm a bit over Seth Rogan but this was a different variation on his thing. While fairly paint by numbers it was tightly scripted and I was moved despite my best efforts to remain emotionally aloof. I've only ever squeezed out a tear once in a movie (shamefully succumbing to the obvious manipulation of pay it forward, never saw that coming...shh!) but this one managed to put a sizeable lump in my throat and did it with script and performance rather than hollow manipulation on the part of the score.

Septien - this one is something I might have picked had I known about it. The first act was fantastic, the second act interesting, the final act - meh. Worth a look but the resolution is weak. An offbeat, dark tragi-comedy about a broken family. Assuming it's an indie, does well but I think ultimately tries a little too hard. Ruined by the preacher/exorcist who seemed like the solution to having run out of ideas.
 
^ Loved Nat'l Parks!

Last night I watched the simply titled "Led Zeppelin" (2003) Disc 2.
Strictly concert coverage- no interviews (a few quick ones in Extras), no BTS, just great concerts of a great band (the biggest band in the world at the time) at their peak.
Thousands and thousands of feet of film beautifully restored (overseen by Jimmy Page).

Songs from Led Zep IV, Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti.

This Led Zeppelin concert footage filmed at London's Royal Albert Hall in January 1970, London's Earls Court in May 1975, Knebworth in August 1979
and Madison Square Garden in July 1973 cements the band's reputation as a rock 'n' roll behemoth.

I've been on a concert/music binge lately- Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile a few nights earlier, and The Last Waltz (dir by Scorsese).
 
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