Last movie you saw.

[BurtWorm]

Me: Incident at Loch Ness :thumbsup:

http://www.incidentatlochness.com/

Description:
The German film director Werner Herzog sets out to the Scottish Highlands to make a documentary, "Enigma of Loch Ness", exploding the myth of the Loch Ness Monster. Meanwhile, another documentary film crew is making a film about Werner Herzog, and we see the production of "Enigma" from their point of view. Shooting on a rented boat, tensions begin to rise as director Herzog and his producer, Zak Penn, find themselves at cross-purposes on the black surface of Loch Ness. Things get very edgy when the film crew starts seeing shapes in the murky water.

[Phillycat]

1. At the theater: 300.

At home: Brick, Glengarry Glen Ross, and the version of Hamlet with Ethan Hawke. All three turned out to be movies with really interesting language, although I didn't rent them together for that reason, it was just chance.

[BurtWorm]

3. What did you think of 300?

Not that I have any desire to see it. It looks like a glorified computer game from the trailers.

[Phillycat]

9. I LOVED IT.

But take that with a grain of salt. I love, love mindless action movies. If you like intellectual movies with great acting and a tight plot, this is definitely not the movie for you! But if you like amazing LOOKING movies with awesome fighting and special effects, you'll love it.

[BurtWorm]

12. I tend not to like mindless action movies.

I did like Pirates of the Caribbean, though. Was that mindless? Well, 300 looked mindless-er. Couldn't stand the way the lead Spartan talked. Sounded too much like a bad imitation of Arnold, who's bad enough without imitation.

But to each her own! :toast:

[Phillycat]

22. Heh.

Well, Pirates had a nice comedic element to it too, which 300 doesn't have. It basically is a glorified video game, with foes getting bigger and harder to defeat as time goes on. The fighting is more than 50% of the running time of the movie (I read that in a review).

Of course, I've been known to exit an action movie, complaining, "Too much plot and character development! Not enough action!" So, you know. :hi:

[Maddy McCall]

5. I love Glengarry Glen Ross.

I could watch that movie a hundred times. Kevin Spacey is the coolio bomb.

[Phillycat]

10. It really holds up!

I hadn't seen it in years, and I watched it again last night. I was amazed that I liked it just as much as I had the first time. I miss Jack Lemmon. :cry:

[LaraMN]

32. That's the last one I saw in a theater. I hated it.

My best friend, who usually has tastes in movies similar to mine, loved it, though.
:shrug:

[BlameCanada12]

2. The Departed . And I haven't slept well since. N/T

[Serendipitous]

4. "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints"

[Zavulon]

6. Québec-Montréal

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316463/

Quebec road trip movie. Great stuff.

[bikebloke]

7. Fast Food Nation

I liked the book, but the film just didn't click. They should've have made it into a striaght documentary.

[Cobalt-60]

8. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Last night, on DVD.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. Thank You For Smoking.

Hilarious. :thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Theater: Zodiac.

I'm going to see it again tonight.

[BurtWorm]

14. It sounds really good.

:patriot:

[Ariana Celeste]

15. Donnie Darko

I freaking love that movie.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

16. The Hairdresser's Husband

Really great little French film starring Jean Rochefort as a guy who developed an obsession with breasts and hairdresser's as a child and after many years of looking, meets and marries the hairdresser of his dreams.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100112/

Incident at Loch Ness is awesome. That said, I still think Herzog's real life is better than any self-parody can achieve:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylXqc8TQ15w

[BurtWorm]

17. Herzog

is utterly convincing. He makes it possible to keep wanting to buy the premise, even when it starts getting ridiculous.

[stuntcat]

41. Hairdresser's Husband's one of my Favorites

I haven't seen it in so long though, I should watch it again soon.

[LSK]

18. Shut Up and Sing

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811136/

[unpossibles]

19. at the theater: Pan's Labyrinth

at home: Star Struck

[Q3JR4]

20. A friend and I

watched "The Hitcher." What a piece of crap that was.
:thumbsdown::thumbsdown:

On the other hand, we did laugh our asses off. :bounce:

[deadparrot]

21. At the theater, Amazing Grace.

At home, The Godfather.

[sammythecat]

23. Babel

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it might have been up for best picture. If it was, I don't think it was worthy of that kind of distinction, but I did enjoy it. I didn't feel the 2+ hours were wasted.

Someone said, "it plays like a serious movie with something deep to say, but never quite spits it out." I agree with that. I don't know what I was supposed to get from it other than bad things happen to good people, but I'd also say it's worth seeing. I give it 3 stars.

[begin_within]

40. It was nominated for Best Picture. I liked it except I thought far too much time was

spent on the Japanese girl. Her story wasn't all that interesting and had only one tiny connection to the rest of the characters. I would have rather seen more development of the other stories.

[sammythecat]

46. I agree

The other two also seemed to end too abruptly. More of a stop than an ending.

[begin_within]

56. I thought the main plot thread, with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, was very well done, and

the subplot about the Mexican woman who took the kids across the border was pretty good, but got a little unrealistic as it went on. The stories related to each other well but I didn't see much relation between those stories and the Japan story - either there should have been a stronger connection with the rest of the movie or else it should have been eliminated. But I thought it was well-acted anyway.

[sammythecat]

62. Yes, it was very well acted throughout. I thought so too.

About the Japanese story: I don't know if it's because I live in a rural area or my choice of movies, but it seems I mostly see japanese character portrayed as a kind of stereotype. For me, it was refreshing to see them portrayed as regular people. I liked that they spoke in their own language. I liked that it showed them having much the same problems, emotions, and reactions as anyone in Peoria would. I'm also looking forward to seeing Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima" for much the same reason.

Plus, the fact that some of the characters were deaf gave me a little lesson on what their world might be like. But, you're absolutely right that this story's connection to the rest of the movie could not have been more flimsy.

[seaglass]

24. The Prestige. and V for Vendetta both the same week. A

record for me, I rarely rent/see movies unless they're on HBO. They were both good too:-)

[Lil Missy]

25. Infamous (Truman Capote)

Excellent movie!

[pokerfan]

26. Casino Royale the week it opened

It appears that Craig shoots the same way I do. I'm right handed but my left eye is very dominant. My trainer said I could use either eye.

[Pierre.Suave]

27. The Departed

and what a good movie it was.

[querelle]

28. Children Of Men

Saw it at the theatre over a month ago. But the latest I've seen at home was Law of Desire by Pedro Almodovar. He is by far my fave film maker. Pure genius he is.

Q

[huskerlaw]

29. Premonition.

Meh.

Not as bad as it could have been, but there wasn't nearly enough of Julian McMahon.

;)

[LaraMN]

30. We were going to watch Pan's Labyrinth last night

but that didn't work out.
Mad Money was probably the last I've seen. I wasn't a big fan of it.

[JCMach1]

31. Last King of Scotland...

[LibraLiz1973]

33. At the theater, "Music and Lyrics". At home, "The Prestige"

I liked them both

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

34. Norbit and Daddy's Little Girls. n/t

[philosophie_en_rose]

61. Did you like Norbit?

I thought Daddy's Little Girls was okay. However, the trailers for Norbit were repulsive to me.

[leftofthedial]

35. took my daughter to see "Pan's Labyrinth."

my second time.


The Herzog movie sounds almost exactly like "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" and "Burden of Dreams."

I can't afford movies these days, alas. I have a friend who generously gives me theater passes, but it's a chain, not an art-house cinema.

[BurtWorm]

37. I'll let you in on a little secret.

Don't tell too many people about this, but there's a place where you can see a whole bunch of feature length movies--including a lot of very good ones--online for free. In fact, it's where I saw Incident at Loch Ness:

http://www.jonhs.net/freemovies/movies.htm

Now I'm going to finish watching Little Shop of Horrors, which I started too late last night. :hi:

[leftofthedial]

48. thanks!

I'll check it out. :hi:

[bigwillq]

36. Borat

In the theater it was Hannibal Rising.

[mentalsolstice]

38. Theater: "Zodiac" DVD: "Borat" eom

[AlCzervik]

39. at home it was "Burnt offerings" and at the theater-"Music and lyrics"

[stuntcat]

42. Reno 911

:rofl:

[Jimbo S]

45. Same here

[CBHagman]

43. In the theater: Breach.

Based on the true story of Robert Hanssen.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401997/

[bridgit]

44. American Splendor...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Splendor

[opiate69]

47. Theater: "Harry Potter 4"; Home: "Tenacious D - PIck of Destiny"

[lutefisk]

49. Sexy Beast...n/t

[reyd reid reed]

50. Night at the Museum. nt

[driver8]

51. I watched "Amelie" last night.

I am at work right now and doing some work on "Blood Diamond". (I've seen it about 10 times already!)

[wildhorses]

52. zodiac

:scared:

:thumbsup:

:popcorn:

[uppityperson]

53. Tsotsi

http://www.tsotsi.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468565/

[Manifestor_of_Light]

54. Reno 911

:rofl: FUNNY and STUPID!! My kind of movie.
THe one before that was BORAT. Funny and Stupid as well!!

[Hardrada]

55. Theater: Borat

Home: The Battle of Algiers (and also The Sorrow and the Pity)DVD's.

That's a combination!

[Ekirh]

57. Just finished watching Fritz Lang's Metropolis. . .

"gives a seal of approval . . . . . then wonders why the heck he has a seal"

[YellowRubberDuckie]

58. Last movie we saw in the theatres was Ghost Rider.

We rewatched Ghosts of Mississippi tonight while we were eating dinner. Excellent movie. Did you know that bastard Byron De La Beckwith died at 80 in prison, and KKK members are still calling him a hero? If there is a hell, he has got to be burning it it.
Duckie

[u4ic]

59. At the theatre - a documentary called Bougainville Sky

At home - No Man's Land

[philosophie_en_rose]

60. Bedrooms & Hallways: Where HBO's Rome's Lucius Vorenus & Marc Antony make out.

The actors playing different characters of course.

They're both cheating on the actress that plays Elizabeth Bennett.

[ronnykmarshall]

63. In the THE-ater?

Dreamgirls!