Last Movie You Watched

[Karl Henning]

Was that the 2016 remake or the 1967 original?

'67. Sterling Holloway as Kaa has been a favorite since my granddad was dandling me on his knee.

[LKB]

'67. Sterling Holloway as Kaa has been a favorite since my granddad was dandling me on his knee.

I remember parts of it very well, particularly the musical segments. The second soundtrack I ever owned was for Jungle Book, and that vinyl accumulated plenty of wear, fairly quickly.

[hopefullytrusting]

I watched Salem's Lot. I was surprised that it was a movie and not a miniseries like the other two. That was not a good choice. This is a door stop of a novel, and compressing it to two hours jettisons the character arcs. And then they just proceed through the big moments, but none of them are earned. Oh, and they changed the ending to something stupid. I don't want to spoil it, but it made me roll my eyes and feel more like the kind of nonsense you would see in a straight-to-VHS movie of the '90s.

It is all right but entirely pointless. It is underwhelming compared to both previous adaptations, with Tobe Hooper's original still being completely untouched.

I always end up feeling a bit sorry for King, as many of his adaptations just end up terrible, and they almost all have solid source material, so I don't know what isn't exactly translating.

[JBS]

Picked up copies of the Criterion editions of Fanny And Alexander and of The Leopard today



Also picked up a guilty pleasure 6-disc set of second-tier Wesley Snipes action flicks




and watched the first - The Contractor - tonight.

I need to watch Fanny and Alexandra at some point. I saw it as a fairly young teenager, with the result that almost the only specific  things I remember from it are the Fart and the broken bed scene.  But I do remember thinking at the end it was a very good movie.

[DavidW]

I always end up feeling a bit sorry for King, as many of his adaptations just end up terrible, and they almost all have solid source material, so I don't know what isn't exactly translating.

With Dark Tower being the worst. The original project was to alternate between films and TV. Instead, they thought a single movie would do justice to an eight-book series.

[Iota]

I need to watch Fanny and Alexandra at some point. I saw it as a fairly young teenager, with the result that almost the only specific  things I remember from it are the Fart and the broken bed scene.  But I do remember thinking at the end it was a very good movie.

I watched it in my early twenties, it was my first encounter with Bergman and I was mesmerised. I also feel the time's right for a revisit.

[Karl Henning]

Well, having wrapped up the TV show season, since @vandermolen mentioned it: into the tray goes The Living Daylights.

[hopefullytrusting]

How quickly the years compile.

I was on YouTube, and I saw a trailer that looked absurd: Will Smith as Popeye, but after finding out Gladiator 2 was real, I know now to fact check Hollywood.

In that process, I discovered how irrelevant Will Smith had become to me. The last film I saw of his was in 2007, nearly 2 decades ago.

That's crazy how time passes.

The only Wick movie in my collection, 4, and all because of Yen:

[Karl Henning]

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

[Karl Henning]

Casino Royale (2006)

[Karl Henning]

Casino Royale (2006)

I'd forgotten just how much fun that parkour chase is!

[Kalevala]

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

I'd forgotten just how much fun that parkour chase is!

Wow, you're continuing down the "classics/vintage" trail! 

K

[Karl Henning]

Casino Royale (2006)

The scene where he's trying to save Vesper, that water is unusually clean for Venice.

[Karl Henning]

Wow, you're continuing down the "classics/vintage" trail! 

K

The Mysterious Island got me curious to watch more Harryhausen!

[LKB]

The scene where he's trying to save Vesper, that water is unusually clean for Venice.

Your ain't kidding. I've only been there once, for a summer's afternoon during a concert tour. After performing at St. Mark's, we had a quick tour of old Venice. The slime on the walls was uncanny, and the smell was strong at a distance. Cruising down a venetian canal in a gondola dropped down to last on pretty much everyone's list. 

[SonicMan46]

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

One of my favorite Ray H. films - love the fighting skeletons!      Dave

 

[Karl Henning]

One of my favorite Ray H. films - love the fighting skeletons!    Dave

 

Had to see that scene!

[LKB]

Had to see that scene!

That scene is iconic ( a word rather overused these days ), in the same way that Kubrick's Space Station 5 and Spielberg's Tyrannosaurus wear the term:

Everyone who saw each of these groundbreaking manifestations of cinematic art when they made their debut, had their minds blown.

( Edited to remove an inaccuracy - LKB. )

[Kalevala]

Your ain't kidding. I've only been there once, for a summer's afternoon during a concert tour. After performing at St. Mark's, we had a quick tour of old Venice. The slime on the walls was uncanny, and the smell was strong at a distance. Cruising down a venetian canal in a gondola dropped down to last on pretty much everyone's list. 

I remember watching a t.v. show in which they were talking about how things had changed during Covid.  One of the things that I recall, was a shot of a bird's nest (some sort of duck?) that had returned to the area and also them talking about the canals.  Not certain what program it was on, but you can get a sense of the changes here:  https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-canals-clear-water-scli-intl/index.html

K

[Kalevala]

One of my favorite Ray H. films - love the fighting skeletons!      Dave

 

Oh, boy!  I haven't watched that movie in decades!  I do remember the battle of the skeletons vs. Jason though (now that you've reminded me of it).   

K