Last Film You Watched

[Big Sandy]

On a theme of watching older films, last night I watched "The day the earth stood still" from 1951 followed by "A matter of life and death" from 1946.

Both good films, the first way better in plot than the Keanu Reeve's remake, and the second very typical of it's time, very stiff upper lip. Better than many new films I have sat through lately, where you get to the end and go "What was that about?"

 

[Big Sandy]

The remake of Road House (think the original was "Florida Roadhouse"?)

Anyway, bit of humour, lots of punchups. Is ok. Some good music.

 

[DD67]

Cheers @Big Sandy, I really enjoyed that. I love a bit of comedy mixed with my gratuitous violence

And I'll be sure to remember to..."Always lift with my knees!"...

 

[Big Sandy]

"Bump!"...."ow" "Oof" "Ow"....

 

[Big Sandy]

"Poor Things".



How to describe this? Weird, kind of a Frankenstein comedy. Funny, but...weird.

Actually enjoyed it. One line amused me..."She grabbed my hairy business!"

 

[Big Sandy]

Another old one, but one I hadn't seen.



Sim plays an assassin, who has been quite successful in the past, but this time is thwarted by a vacuum salesman, George Cole.

Good laugh.

 

[Sarky B’stard]

It’s more of an admission than anything but the lame publicity from that Aussie actress flogging a book by bad mouthing Sacha Baron Cohen had me finally watch The Brothers Grimsby on Netflix. I expected bad taste and it greatly exceeded my expectations.


It was very moving. At times I howled

 

[Big Sandy]

It's not everybody who can hide in an elephants bajingo!

 

[Big Sandy]

In keeping with my current theme of old fillums...

Laughter in Paradise. The relative dies, leaves them £50000 each in the will. They have to complete a task to get the money, or forfeit it. The last laugh is on them. (Also, think it was Audrey Hepburn's first film?)



And also last night, what is considered to be the first ever Ealing comedy, filmed on the bomb sites in London in 1947, directed by Charles Crichton. "Hue and Cry"

 

[Don the Don]

Pentagon Wars I found it amusing, based very loosely on a true-ish story

 

[DD67]

A bit cheesy but also quite funny...

 

[DD67]

The lowest budget film I've ever watched. Roughly half a tank of fuel for the entire film.
But it was definitely good, just in a very odd way...

 

[Big Sandy]

A bit cheesy but also quite funny...

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Didn't appeal to me, seen the trailer and thought 'nope'.

 

[Big Sandy]

The Cursed, aka Eight for Silver.

Creepy bone crunching horror...sums it up. Enjoyed it

On netflix.

 

[Capt. Drunkey]

"Poor Things".

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How to describe this? Weird, kind of a Frankenstein comedy. Funny, but...weird.

Actually enjoyed it. One line amused me..."She grabbed my hairy business!"

I loved it: As you said; a mix of Frankenstein, Delikatessen, City of the lost children…
Opulent and decadent! Superb and funny dialogue and great actors.
Steampunk meets Technicolor!

 

[Big Sandy]

Netflix series... Lots of blood and FX.

Parasyte, The Grey. It was originally an anime series. Hoping the live action is as good as the anime! Looking good so far.






Remember the Demogorgon in Stranger things? Most of them lookie like that.

 

[Big Sandy]

More quality fillums on the screen for me yestereve..



And also



Got to miss actors like Alec Guinness, very few of his ilk nowadays. He plays 8 characters in kind hearts and coronets.

 

[Big Sandy]

Incidentally, Kind hearts and coronets.... There was a warning at the beginning about outdated attitudes and language.

The old rhyme was used "eeny meeny miney mo, catch the N****r by his toe" They left that in, or it would affect the film. Bravo.

 

[Big Sandy]

Another old one...



I remember being in the whisky shop in Oban, they had a bottle of whisky off the Cabinet Minister, at that time, early 90's, it was on offer for £7,400 for the one bottle. Complete with barnacles!

 

[Big Sandy]

And another classic....
They may be old films, but damn, they are better than a lot of new ones.