BS: Seen any good movies lately?

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Beer
Date: 05 Nov 12 - 02:37 PM

Watched this documentary last night on Netflix. "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga". May not be to everyone's liking but I sure did.
Adrien

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 04 Nov 12 - 02:05 AM

Watched Channel 4's documentary about Frankenstein and its film versions. Karloff's must have been one of the greatest series of performances in the whole history of film.

~M~

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 04 Nov 12 - 01:17 AM

Just saw a sweet movie on Netflix: "Sweet Land".

Based on the short story ""A Gravestone Made of Wheat," by Will Weaver, it tells the story of a mail-order bride arriving in Minnesota from Germany in 1920, and her difficulty in integrating in the community.

It takes a little bit of suspension of disbelief for minor historical inaccuracies, and the presence of some familiar actors in unfamiliar roles/accents. Also, apparently if you speak German or Norwegian that's kind of a mess.

official website

But, its heart is in the right place. :-)

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Becca72
Date: 23 Aug 12 - 04:04 PM

Good luck, Eliza! For some reason I've alwasy been more attracted to Action/Shoot-em-up movies (AKA dick flicks) than chick flicks.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 23 Aug 12 - 12:12 PM

Becca72, have just got the first Expendables on Blu-ray DVD for hubbie as he hadn't seen it, only number 2 at the cinema. He's watching it at this moment, so I'm confined to the study just now, as it's definitely not my cup of tea!

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Becca72
Date: 23 Aug 12 - 11:13 AM

I saw Expendables 2 and loved every second of it. I loved the first one also. Total brain candy but lots of action and lots of laughs.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Beer
Date: 23 Aug 12 - 08:47 AM

No luck kat. So I guess you can't get some that I recommend and the same for me. Very strange.
ad.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 23 Aug 12 - 04:19 AM

Does anybody know if 'Songcatcher' was ever released in Britain - if not, it should have been
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Aug 12 - 11:41 PM

Ad, check again, it is "King and the CLOWN.":-)

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Beer
Date: 22 Aug 12 - 10:40 PM

Wow!! so many new titles to look for. fantastic.
kat, maybe you can see if "Get low" is on Crackle. your recommendation to watch "King & the Crown" is not available to me. Don't understand this horseshit. Like WHY NOT! I will look when I am finished typing if it is on "Crackle". Thanks for the link. Here is one that is touching that I just finished watching. biLL, if you liked Get Low this one you will enjoy as well. "Second Hand Lions"
Ad.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 22 Aug 12 - 10:17 PM

"The Time Traveler's Wife" was on TV tonight.

Sat and watched it with the wife on her insistence.
She's read the book, and seen it at the Cinema.

I thought it was an ok romantic drama with a slight Sci fi twist.

My wife was sobbing her eyes out throughout
and almost looked grief stricken by the time the end credits rolled...

She says it's one of her most favourite films ever.

Eric Bana shows his arse quite a lot.

Funnily enough, he's one of her favourite movie stars.

This may be a strategic DVD to rent for a night in
if for any reason you are in your wife's bad books..

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: number 6
Date: 22 Aug 12 - 09:42 PM

I agree Ad (Beer) .... "get Low" .... very good movie

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 22 Aug 12 - 06:28 PM

It's rather unusual, but I have been "watching" quite a few movies lately. Since our recent relocation, we're rather cramped for storage space, and one of the attempts to reduce what needs(?) to be stored was based on the smaller space required to store DVDs rather than VHS tapes, so I've been transferring some of "our" (I claim mostly "her") tapes to disk.

Unfortunately, copying them requires running them in "real time" so for the "interesting" ones I've "sort of watched" while they're running.

The current count is at 281 titles "watched" in this way -- (?) beginning with "Apollo 13" and winding up at "Zulu," with every thing from "Black Adder" and "Avenger" episodes (and of course all 13 of "her" episodes of "Cadfael") through some 3 Stooges shorts, about 3 of the "Road to ..." flicks, and even a poor copy of "Barbarella" mixed in.

I very much doubt that "we" had anything in our VHS stuff that was released since about 1970, though, so recommendations based on our library wouldn't be of much interest to anyone looking for current suggestions.

Of course due to transfer failures, some of them required "watching" 2 or 3 times, and the 2 hour limit on what can be put on a DVD means that some had to be split between a couple of disks.

"Dune" is running now, but will take (at least) three disks, and another that I've defered for later apparently will need four.

We also seem to have around 400 commercial DVD releases, and a handful of them might have been released sometime after 1970, but none that I can think of that likely were produced since about 1980 or so. Season 1 of "Xena" (a gift) and Lin's recently acquired "all six seasons of 'Bones'" would be exceptions.

The question of "where did they all come from" occurs; but the real question is "WHY! WHY! WHY! THE %@$#!^ have we got all this $!#@% SH*T???? (And why are we keeping it?)

But it all fits in a much smaller space now.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Aug 12 - 04:04 PM

Great! Now I have a bunch more films to look for.

Ad, sorry, I don't know what is wrong with netflix down here, but they do not have that movie, either. Idjits! I'll look for it elsewhere. Thanks, anyway!

We've been watching BBC detective series, Wire in the Blood, Blue Murder, Touching Evil (we both really like Robson Green)and a few others.

Ad, I've been meaning to recommend "King & The Clown" on netflix. You have to read subtitles but it is one of the very best movies I've ever seen.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 22 Aug 12 - 02:57 PM

Here in the West of Ireland we are a little starved of good films so we take regular trips to Dublin and pig-out - usually at The Lighthouse and I.F.I.
The last time we fitted in 5 films in 3 days as follows:

The Angel's Share
Even the Rain
A Royal Affair
The Dead
Le Grande Illusion

All glorious, not a glugger among them - would especially recommend the first two
JIm Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 22 Aug 12 - 05:39 AM

Husband went to see The Expendables 2. Said it was brilliant, lots of action, gripping and never flagged in spite of its length. Sounded like sheer hell to me to sit through all that bang bang stuff, but men like those sort of films. He's a great fan of most of the (rather ageing) stars in it, so he was doubly delighted.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 21 Aug 12 - 11:55 PM

The mrs is on her summer holiday so we've enjoyed a mini film festival
catching up on...

"Frozen River"
"The Road"
"Winter's Bone"
"London To Brighton"
"Harry Brown"

notice the thematic link ???

... Gritty and Despairing........

Just the right mood for a British summer....

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 21 Aug 12 - 11:24 PM

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, To Rome with Love and Moonrise Kingdom. I liked both. However, most people close to my age that I've talked to liked the first two but not the third. I think it's interesting that they could accept Woody Allen's quirky storytelling style but not Wes Anderson's.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Beer
Date: 21 Aug 12 - 10:13 PM

kat,
Just watched "Get Low". You will love it. On Netflix. Hope you can get it.
Ad.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 08:00 PM

BTW, for got to mention a free movie and tv show site which I didn't know about until the other day when my son told me about it: www.crackle.com

No sign-up, no email log-in, and it is legal. Apparently they sell content to a lot of other sites such as Netflix. My grandson has been having fun watching Spider Man movies, etc. on there. We've also been watching old Bewitched episodes on Hulu. What a hoot!

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 03:55 PM

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was very good. I hadn't seen the Alec Guinness series, so can't compare (though comparisons from others have been favorable).

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 10:07 AM

Just saw "Messengers" for free on line. Decent horror flick with some real "jump out of your seat" moments.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 08:43 AM

Typo! Should have been "Ryan Gosling". He is one hell of a good actor.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 08:27 AM

Drive - This turned out to be an absolutely superb movie! Ryan Goslin is a very good actor, and everyone else in the film does their party perfectly too. Talk about a good script! Most "action" films are really stupid...this one is anything but.

Conan - Okay, if you happen to like "sword and sandal" epics...or if you just like the Conan stories...this one is quite good. It's better, in my opinion, than the Schwarzenneger ones were, though they were pretty good too. Definitely a fun way to spend an hour and a half.

The Rite - A film about demonic possession, this is not your standard horror fare, but a serious film with good acting. Anthony Hopkins is excellent, as always, and the subject is treated in a sober, thought-provoking fashion. Really gives some food for thought. There's something going on with these sort of cases, and I'm not sure what it is, but it's serious business.

True Grit - A fabulously good western. Couldn't be better. The scene where the plucky young girl bargains for a better price with the slippery old businessman is worth the price of the entire show.

The Irishman - Tremendously gritty film about the rise and fall of an organized crime boss in Cleveland in the 1970s.

The Ides of March - Great film about ruthlessness and corruption on the political campaign trail in an American election. Should be required viewing for all American voters, I think.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: GUEST,Bluesman
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 04:34 AM

500. The Iron Lady and Girl with Dragon Tattoo are excellent.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Feb 12 - 12:03 AM

The follow up movie to Ip Man is excellent, too.

I just watched and indie film, The Civilisation of Maxwell Bright. At first it seems very raunchy and as though it may not be that good, but it takes some very unexpected turns and tells a deeply thought out message. Excellent, imo.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Nov 11 - 11:47 AM

I forgot to mention an excellent movie we just watched: The Ip Man. it starts out in 1935 just before the Chinese invade Japan and is about A Wing Chung master who was very careful about using his martial arts. He was the best there was and once the Chinese came in he was eventually forced into a tournament by one of their generals who wanted to fight the best as he felt Japanese kung fu was superior to Chinese martial arts. It's based on a true story. Ip Man became Bruce Lee's teacher.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Lighter
Date: 27 Nov 11 - 10:34 AM

Arthur Christmas. (Excellent.)

Puss in Boots. (Even better.)

I may not go to any more movies with actual humans on the screen.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Max Johnson
Date: 27 Nov 11 - 09:28 AM

Anyone following the epic series 'The Story of Film: An Odyssey' on More4 in the UK? Brilliant! (Apart from the, sometimes, bizarre commentary).

Apart from that, the film I've most enjoyed recently was 'The Station Agent'.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Nov 11 - 10:27 PM

We finally finished watching all eight seasons of an Australian television series called McLeod's Daughters; each season at over 25 episodes. I suppose some might call it nighttime soap opera, but we found it quite engaging and enjoyed it very much.

I watched some others in the meantime which were absolutely riveting. One we just finished was produced by and starred Wes Studi. It was produced in 2009 and is called, The Only Good Indian. A lot of us already know about how Native Americans' and First Nations' children were torn from their homes and placed in boarding schools and much worse. The movie is about that with some well-done inner conflicts among the various characters. Takes place in Kansas. Quite well done, imo.

Another stunning indie film, which I watched recently, was The Unmistaken Child, a documentary. It had a profound effect on me.

Cosi, was hilarious, touching, and uplifting. Inexperienced guy is hired to run crafts, etc. for folks in an insane asylum. There were some outstanding actors in it, one of whom convinces him they should do a production of the opera by Mozart, Cosi fan Tutte.

One more documentary, highly recommended, Blossoms of Fire, about the families, the women especially, of Juchitan, Isthmus Zapotec in Mexico. The outside world calls it the last matriarchal society, but the women do not call themselves that. From what I saw, as much as there can be, it was an even society between men and women, though the majority of men do give their earnings to the women who then manage it for the entire family. Very much a sharing community and trying very hard to keep from losing their language and their culture. It was beautiful to watch.

I typed this using a voice-recognition program. Any typos or mistakes are entirely its fault. Next time I will proofread.

(Okay, I lied. Came back to check it and couldn't stand the mistakes. I have to speak more slowly!)
kat

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Micca
Date: 14 Oct 11 - 07:41 PM

Just watched the First of the EXTENDED set of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Trilogy!!! It( the 3 "films" packaged more like a TV series) includes more than 2 hours of additional material and is much closer to the books , it has room for more Character development especially Lizabeth Salander which I felt the shorter Cinema release lacked, and therefore does more justice to Larsons original concept. I am looking forward to enjoying the rest of the series.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Wesley S
Date: 14 Oct 11 - 02:59 PM

I just saw this one on the Sundance Channell this morning. An excellect documentary about presidential elections:

The Return of The War Room.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Joe_F
Date: 09 Oct 11 - 08:00 PM

_Tortilla Flat_, at last, to pay homage to the source of the delightful song "Torelli", which I have sung for many years. I suppose it's not as good as the book, but it is fun, and incidentally it makes no concealment of the nasty side of peasant mores.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Oct 11 - 09:50 PM

We've been watching a lot of series including Midsomer Murders, Inspector Lewis, Luther, etc. Tonight we watched Ironclad which was really pretty good, though gory. One of the taglines at IMDB was "heavy metal goes medieval!" LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Sep 11 - 05:58 PM

Der Untergang is excellent, but it's not (IMO) a depiction of a monster. It's a depiction of a tragically flawed little man with some very strong oratorical skills who unfortunately rose to very high political power in an unstable time and whose rise resulted in the development of a monstrous political system. It is the systems which are monstrous, and that sure wasn't the only one. There are several more mostrous systems around right now, usually run by tragically flawed little men who rose to very high political power.

They all imagine they are doing what is "right", what is just, what is good, noble, and proper. They think THEY are right. They're absolutely sure of it. (Just like most of the people reading these lines are sure they are right.) They're sure that those who disagree with them about anything are wrong. Dead wrong. Evil, in fact. And that's what makes them so dangerous. They'd rather be "right" than be merciful.

Hitler sincerely thought he was saving Germany from the most evil and terrible forces, and he created an evil and terrible system while trying to do it.

I see people very similar to Hitler in high places now. Some of them are governing in what we call "democracies". They are dangerous men, and they are in command of exceedingly dangerous powers.

But they are not monsters. They are just flawed men out of their depth. They're rather be right than be merciful. They're rather win the next battle than secure a lasting peace. They'd rather compete for final "victory" than share and share alike. The systems they have created are monstrous.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Fred McCormick
Date: 19 Sep 11 - 07:34 AM

Der Untergang is a great movie. Bruno Ganz's portrayal of the Nazi monster in his final days is an acting tour de force which has to be seen to be comprehended.

You can watch a trailer of it Here .

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: C-flat
Date: 19 Sep 11 - 03:58 AM

Just watched "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy".
I was really looking forward to it as I was a fan of both the novels and the TV series with Alec Guiness but came away dissapointed.
As good as the TV series was, the slow pace of delivery that made Guinness' "Smiley" so appealing, doesn't work nearly as well in a 2 hour movie format and the producer seemed to be slavishly and reverentially copying the original.
Some good performances and I would have loved it as a remake of the whole TV series but a different approach was needed for the cinema.
I found myself wondering what the younger members of audience, who may not of read any of the Le Carre novels and were too young to have seen the TV series, could have made of it.
At least it makes the audience work, rather than constantly explaining itself in the way a lot of todays dumbed-down offerings do, but, for me, the effort was poorly rewarded.
C-flat

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: GUEST,Bluesman
Date: 18 Sep 11 - 06:31 PM

Just watched Michael Caine in "Harry Brown" it is excellent.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Brown_%28film%29

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 11 Aug 11 - 04:51 PM

Yeah Wes, that was a good movie, I saw it.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Wesley S
Date: 11 Aug 11 - 04:47 PM

If you like funny movies about hit men - here's one of my favorites. With Ben Kingley and Tea Leoni


You Kill Me

Here's the trailer

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 10 Aug 11 - 10:23 PM

Wild Target.

A little English flick on Netflix instant. Very funny story about a hit man.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 Aug 11 - 11:35 PM

We haven't been watching too many movies, lately, as we were working our way through all of A Touch of Frost on neflix. We were, ah...addicted, ya might say.:-)

We then moved on to Midsomer Murders of which we've seen about three episodes. Really enjoyed them, too, but not as addictive as DI Frost or is it DCI?lol

Tonight, we made it to a movie, via netflix. A comedy called "In and Out" with Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilfrid Brimley, Bob Newhart, Tom Selleck as a gay reporter, very well done, and a host of other well-known characters directed by Frank Oz. It was really fun, good, and poignant. A feel good movie with a twist.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Amos
Date: 01 Aug 11 - 06:01 PM

The Rage of Placid Lake" is a beautiful, funny movie about self discovery in an AUstralian youth who has a wicked sense of humor.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 01 Aug 11 - 05:37 PM

Secretariat was good.

Big hearted horse. Literally.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Aug 11 - 05:32 PM

Jack - LOL!!!!!

Yeah, Hollywood doesn't give a shit what kind of movies I like. But I have not yet quit going to the cinema. I just don't go very often, that's all. It's TV that I have quit totally on, not the cinema.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Bert
Date: 01 Aug 11 - 05:30 PM

Secretariat

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 30 Jul 11 - 09:59 AM

And seeing as over 50 non cinema going single men are Hollywood's target market, I'm sure that situation will soon be corrected.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 29 Jul 11 - 04:52 PM

Inception was good. It wasn't cheerful. It didn't leave you feeling marvelous. But it was pretty good.

I find that Leonardo DiCaprio seems to be attracted lately to very heavy movies of dark psychological torture and suffering...such as "Shutter Island" and "Inception". He does them well, but I'm not sure they're what I'm exactly yearning to devote a few hours of my life to.

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 29 Jul 11 - 09:15 AM

Still Bill - a biography of Bill Withers. If you liked his music, you will probably enjoy it. I particularly enjoyed the discussions of "Grandma's Hands."

Subject: RE: BS: Seen any good movies lately?
From: Bert
Date: 29 Jul 11 - 08:42 AM

Saving Grace
Calendar Girls
Full Monty (The English one)
Harry Brown