what is the last movie you have watched? (film, vhs, action)

[MystMoonstruck]

Originally Posted by PatanjaliTwist

Myst... Not sure which city you live in or if it's large or small, but I was able to cancel my Netflix account years ago because all the movies I would normally watch (foreign, indie US/UK, concert films, classics, docus) are available on DVD for free from the local library. I must say I've always lived in large cities, so perhaps it's easier. Also, I did have to wait 2-3 wks for DVDs to be transferred from other libraries to mine, but, I normally don't have an urgent burning desire to watch something NOW... I can handle a couple of weeks. Further, I love DVDs because I often enjoy the movie commentaries as much if not more than the film.

I don't have a DVD player though I've been told my laptop might be able to play them. However, they didn't include a manual, so I don't have a clue as to how to do that. I'm just too tech-challenged. Also, I have limited mobility, and our library isn't exactly set up for me to get there; it's just too much walking unfortunately. I do miss going there. I'm not sure if they have DVDs; I don't recall them having videotapes, so I'm not sure they would. This is a nice-size city, but that's a dinky library to serve as large an area as it does.

I would like to hang on to Starz and Encore as long as possible, but common sense is telling me that I can't really afford it and someday might have to even give up TCM. *sob*weep*desolate sigh* I do hate having to wait to see a movie that I want to watch again NOW! Maybe I'll have to start sacrificing some of my old tapes once more. Of course, I'd have to organize soooo many tapes=0

Ahhh, I can relate... we're two peas in a pod! I've found myself watching film after film, then suddenly am overcome with nausea & dizziness, thinking something's wrong with me... I'll then look at the clock & realize it's 5:30am & I'm not ill, I've just been up all day/night having fun watching movies & bloody knackered. I now have to watch the time more carefully.

And, I love that you can go from classic film to GNR. Last night, I watched a Sid Vicious docu, followed by Cagney dancing in Yankee Doodle Dandy... one of our best dancers ever. I often do that, as well... very diverse taste in film, music, food, etc. As an aside, if you watch Cagney dance in that film, then watch Prince, you can see how he's obviously been inspired by him. Further, in the last few years of Cagney's life, when he was retired to Martha's Vineyard (mid-80s), a very young Michael Jackson flew in to speak with him. I was living in Boston at the time & recall one of the last pics of an older, plumper but rather happy Cagney on the front pages of the Boston Globe or Herald. Cagney said that MJ only wanted to know about his dance routines. Nothing wrong with that, but I love when performers give a nod to those who've inspired them... like Christopher Walken, who was approached one year at the Oscars by elders Astaire & Kelly, praising him for his dance routine in Pennies from Heaven. Of course, Walken was speechless when his heroes approached him & turned the table on him, telling him what a wonderful dancer he was, asking, 'How did you do that dance routine?' over & over. He said he'll never forget how gracious they were to express admiration for a young dancer/actor, when they could have done his dance routine easily themselves, at any age. I love happy stories & people with a good deal of healthy modesty.

Look forward to more of your reviews! Get some sleep.

Thank you so much for this! Sometimes, I fear that someone will write, "Enough already! Now, go away!" *snicker*

I love that about Cagney/Prince/MJ. I recall that, after Michael did the Moonwalk on that awards show, he said that Fred Astaire phoned him, saying that he had been watching that over and over, studying the movements. It's so nice to hear about these mutual admiration situations. Walken in "Pennies from Heaven": Yes! He dazzled them with that though the film didn't fare too well. I do wish they would air it, as it's been ages since I've seen it.

Christopher Walken singing, dancing, stripping - YouTube

BTW: I'm not watching for the nth time "Guys and Dolls". I almost added "which I love", but I know I say that far too much. Yet, it's true! I have an impossibly lengthy "love" list, including nearly every genre. As I often say, I'm a third-generation film buff, and my dad made sure we saw a wide variety of movies. He loved musicals as much as Westerns as much as science fiction... No. I'd edit that to say that it was science fiction first for him~movies, TV series and literature. Me? I was born the year sci fi made its big comeback with "The Thing from Another World", "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "When Worlds Collide". How could I NOT be devoted to the genre?

Hmmm... They should have a thread: What films were released the year of your birth? That could be interesting!

As for GNR: THE best concert of all time for me was the second on GNR's Use Your Illusion tour, with Skid Row (fronted by Sebastian Bach) doing a complete set with GNR's permission. It was an outdoor arena, and I was seated on the ground up on the hillside. Two days later, wearing period garb, I was seated on a bench in front of a gazebo, listening to a group of costumed musicians playing traditional music, at Bristol Renaissance Faire. Talk about culture shock!

Now, I wonder what tonight's viewing will be.

[D. Scott]

Napoleon Dynamite. Got to love that time machine with the crystals.

[PatanjaliTwist]

Originally Posted by MystMoonstruck

I don't have a DVD player though I've been told my laptop might be able to play them. However, they didn't include a manual, so I don't have a clue as to how to do that. I'm just too tech-challenged.

Myst, you should be able to put a DVD/CD into the player on your computer, push in the tray & it will automatically open up a program which will also begin playing automatically or by just pressing the play button on the screen. Give it a test try.

Thank you so much for this! Sometimes, I fear that someone will write, "Enough already! Now, go away!" *snicker*

No, I think far more enjoy the posts & don't post themselves. I don't to all I view, as I haven't the time, have nothing further to add, or if it's a hot subject, tend to stay away from the fur flying.

Walken in "Pennies from Heaven": Yes! He dazzled them with that...

Cheers for the link. Great number. In an old interview, Walken said he practiced that dance routine every day, 6-8 hrs/day for 3-mos.

Hmmm... They should have a thread: What films were released the year of your birth? That could be interesting!

You can start one, if you wish.

As for GNR: THE best concert of all time for me was the second on GNR's Use Your Illusion tour, with Skid Row (fronted by Sebastian Bach) doing a complete set with GNR's permission. It was an outdoor arena, and I was seated on the ground up on the hillside. Two days later, wearing period garb, I was seated on a bench in front of a gazebo, listening to a group of costumed musicians playing traditional music, at Bristol Renaissance Faire. Talk about culture shock!

Haha. Very good, then. Well, I've gone from seeing My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult to the symphony, following day... black lycra clad goth doll to gold gown in 24-hrs time. Fun, fun, fun!

[lovemaine]

Movie marathon last night:

The Descent 2. Not as good as the first one, but very entertaining and creepy.

Quarantine 2: Also very creepy. Good special effects.

Donnie Darko. Finally saw this and it blew my mind! This is one of those movies I'll think about for a while and will re-watch soon. Awesome!

[MystMoonstruck]

Thank you for the advice about the DVD. I have used a CD, so I sort of knew what to expect. I just didn't know about a DVD. Maybe I'll work up the courage to try it yet. However, that would cut into my time on the Net because I generally am watching a movie AND staying busy on the Net, as my laptop is in line with the TV. I guess my ADHD is good for some things. Sometimes, too much messes me up, but I am able to do multiple things all at one time if there's no pressure. My mom is amazed that I can keep track of conversations, too.

That's how I am on posts. I give them a + if I agree but don't have anything to add. Sometimes it sparks my own contribution. It's nice to be someplace where people have such a wide range of film interests. I belong to a horror forum that is special because it doesn't cater to gore/vivisection/torture porn-type fans alone. A person can find "Watership Down" frightening (the final battle, that is)(not me, by the way) and confess it and not be "flamed" for it; or s/he can love "Cannibal Holocaust" (again, not me). So, these two forums are rarities. I'm truly enjoying myself, reading what everyone has to say and sharing what I would like to say. I hope never to bore or to ruffle feathers. (Actually, being a crazy cat lady, that should be "ruffle fur". *snicker*snort*)

I just might do that: start at least one thread. I have ideas for a number of them, such as creating mini-marathons (two films) or true marathons. I love doing that, and I know how film buffs love making lists. We're rather OCD that way.

Now, as is my habit~a developing one~here are my film journal listings:
Captains Courageous (1937) - IMDb ~ Spencer Tracy is an honored, much-praised actor, but I've never been particularly partial to him though I've seen every bit of his work. The draw of this film for me is Freddie Bartholomew, a remarkable actor, especially so because of his youth. In this, he must excel among a cast that includes not only Tracy, who received an Oscar for his role as Manuel the Portuguese fisherman, but also Lionel Barrymore, John Carradine and Mickey Rooney. I love hearing the songs and the shanty but wish they had included even more music, as this was a major part of life at sea. Manuel plays a small hurdy gurdy, giving most their first look'n'listen of the instrument. Unfortunately, this clip is colorized:

Captains Courageous (1937) Colorized Version - YouTube
I learned this song on the bowed psaltery, which I have played at nearly every event I've ever attended, as well as such places as dentist's and doctor's offices and Wal-Mart's lobby. BTW: The very next year, Tracy did it again: won a Best Actor Oscar for "Boys Town", again co-starring with Mickey Rooney.

Lord of the Flies (1963) - IMDb ~ The color remake is too glossy for me and comes nowhere near the original or even the feel of the novel. The low-budget, mostly improvised, b&w version is so gritty and real. The boys do a wonderful job, with no sign of self-consciousness and a naturalness that adds so much to the film. One of the cast, who made his film debut in "LOTF", went on to two notable roles: Nicholas Hammond played one of the Van Trapp children and~tadaaaa!~the first live-action Spider-Man i(n a TV series).

Moonfleet (1955) - IMDb ~ What an impressive cast in an intriguing historical film, with people searching for the diamond hidden by Redbeard the Pirate. After seeing it, I now have another song to try out on my psaltery: "Down Among the Dead Men", which should pair up neatly with "The Derelict", a song everyone knows a bit of: "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!" Stewart Granger *sigh*

The Boy and the Pirates (1960) - IMDb ~ Charles Herbert certainly left his mark in such films as "The Fly", "13 Ghosts", "The Colossus of New York", and "Houseboat". He's teamed up with Susan Gordon in one of her father's movies~Bert I. Gordon, one of those low-budget maestros of the Fifties and Sixties. Most would place BIG a step up from Ed Wood and a rung or two below William Castle, with Roger Corman/AIP taking the lead. Anyway, this is an entertaining time travel/adventure film aimed at youngsters. My family saw this at the drive-in when I was about 9 years old. I remember my sister and I enjoying it though, in that time period, we tended to embrace everything, without nitpicking it as happens too often in this electronics age. I think this film was a big step up for Bert; it didn't look minimal budget. // I saw this BIG film sometime back and would like to share it, as it has some very eerie moments: "Tormented" (1960).

Tormented (1960) [FULL MOVIE] - YouTube

Miss Robin Crusoe (1954) - IMDb ~ From IMDb: Amanda Blake (Miss Kitty from "Gunsmoke") plays Robin Crusoe in this low-budget, female version of the Daniel Defoe classic. Robin is the survivor of a shipwreck whose lifeboat beaches on a deserted island. ... She saves native girl Friday (Rosalind Hayes) from being sacrificed by her tribe, and. not long afterward. hunky George Nader washes up ashore, the survivor of a shipwreck. There's somewhat of a twist in the proceedings when he attempts to take charge of things and plans to take the lifeboat out to search for passing ships but is firmly told by Robin that SHE is in charge on the island and SHE decides what actions are to be taken. // I was impressed with the movie in spite of any shortcomings from budget and script. Hey! I'm a redhead, too! So, it was fun seeing Amanda Blake with her fiery mane of hair becoming queen of her island. The color/cinematography looks great, not like a neglected film.

Jeremiah Johnson (1972) - IMDb ~ I never tire of this film. It's been said that Robert Redford does his best and most popular work when he isn't a romantic lead. That certainly seems true, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting" being the strongest examples. To me, this is one of the finest movies he's done. At the IMDb forum, they busily recast with everyone from Clint Eastwood to Chuck Norris(?!). No. Redford is Jeremiah Johnson. Who says he has to look like the man; who knows what the real one looked like~unless s/he is a history buff? This is one in which the landscape often overwhelms the action going on in it. Talk about range in acting: Consider Allyn Ann McLerie as the madwoman whose family has been massacred with the song-and-dance lady of "Calamity Jane"!

Calamity Jane, and Allyn Ann McLerie - YouTube

AND, I'm still watching movies! *gasp* Next up is the fifth film in the Good Witch series on Hallmark: The Good Witch's Charm (TV 2012) - IMDb. I'm wondering why Catherine Bell hasn't been put on the big screen more often, perhaps in lead roles. They have her in a series (which I don't watch), the Good Witch series, and a few feature films. I think she has an interesting screen presence.

[wawa1992]

The Blind Side. Watched it from 11:18 pm January 25 - 1:30 am January 26, 2013. It's about a homeless, football loving 17 year old who is adopted by a family, gets a much better life, and goes on to the NFL. Best movie ever... so heart warming. I watched it because the mother in the family that adopted the 17 year old was a Kappa Delta in college... yup, I'm a big fan of Kappa Delta (: It still would have been my second or third favorite movie of all time even if there were no Kappa Delta in the movie, the premise was that good.

[BioMechanical]

I watch tons of movies. It's all I watch really besides sports. I can't really put my finger on the best, too many good ones to name. But for the purposes of this thread ... I will say "Forest Gump" is in my top 3. Just a brilliant film.

[Almrausch]

We watched yesterday ,,Khushiyaan ''it is an Indian family film shot in Punjabi with little English, directed by Tirlok Malik, starring Jasbir Jassi, Tisca Chopra, Kulbushan Kharbanda, Rama Vij, Master Shrey Bawa and Deep Dhillon.

[Mike from back east]

Hyde Park, with Bill Murray

I liked it a lot.

[Almrausch]

We watched over the weekend ,,Veer-Zaara''it was real good (a 2004 Indian romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film stars Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Rani)