What film did you watch last night?

[Profpointy]

To be honest Maverick, I don't rate him very much as an actor., or George Clooney

Clooney is excellent in the Solaris remake, which as mentioned upthread, is recommended by a few of us. It's proper acting in an intelligent and beautiful film, not his usual matinee idol thing in the predicable holleywood rubbish he's mostly in.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I watched The Big Combo, Cornell Wilde and Richard Conte and Jean Wallace as a good girl gone blonde in a taught, trigger happy film noir tribute to mobster mayhem, and the cops who nab them. (released Feb 13, 1955, so it's big 50th anniversary. Happy birthday, Big Combo!)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I watched The Big Combo, Cornell Wilde and Richard Conte and Jean Wallace as a good girl gone blonde in a taught, trigger happy film noir tribute to mobster mayhem, and the cops who nab them. (released Feb 13, 1955, so it's big 50th anniversary. Happy birthday, Big Combo!)

Is it only 2005 in Illinois then?

 

[welsh dragon]

Clooney is excellent in the Solaris remake, which as mentioned upthread, is recommended by a few of us. It's proper acting in an intelligent and beautiful film, not his usual matinee idol thing in the predicable holleywood rubbish he's mostly in.

Ill have to have a look at that then. Thanks

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Beneath Hill 60 which was surprisingly good, bit I have a keen interest in WWI in particular the Flanders area which I studied at some length in school. 8/10. Don't expect an action packed US style was film, it's not.

IMDB

The extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward. It's 1916 and Woodward must tear himself from his new young love to go to the mud and carnage of the Western Front. Deep beneath the German lines. Woodward and his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers fight to defend a leaking, labyrinthine tunnel system packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the War.

 

[Leaway2]

Solaris. As everyone was talking about it I thought I had better watch it. Very good.

 

[accountantpete]

Howl's Moving Castle.

I have stayed away from Studio Ghibli films but gave this one a chance - and am glad I did.

Usual story, child has an ageing spell put on her so she looks 90 and goes and lives in a moving metal castle. Great fun.

 

[Lavender Rose]

I watched half of Transcendence. bad idea....then I watched You've got mail....made me feel worse after being stood up...I usually love it!

 

[AndyRM]

Howl's Moving Castle.

I have stayed away from Studio Ghibli films but gave this one a chance - and am glad I did.

Usual story, child has an ageing spell put on her so she looks 90 and goes and lives in a moving metal castle. Great fun.

Give 'Grave of the Fireflies' a go, it will leave you a weeping wreck.

'My Neighbour Totoro', 'Princess Monokoke', 'Whisper of the Heart' and 'Spirited Away' are also very good. In fact pretty much all of the Ghibli films are very good, those are just my favourites.

I think that animation can sometimes dismissed as 'just for the kids' (not saying this is true of you BTW). I've never thought this was fair. For every Madagascar there's a Ghost in the Shell. Most Disney stuff contains incredibly adult themes too.

 

[swee'pea99]

Betty Blue. God but she's gorgeous!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I needed something long and not too taxing yesterday afternoon....
Myn Bala Warriors of the Steppe
I got it.

6.5/10 seems about right.

 

[Hitchington]

Howl's Moving Castle.

I have stayed away from Studio Ghibli films but gave this one a chance - and am glad I did.

Usual story, child has an ageing spell put on her so she looks 90 and goes and lives in a moving metal castle. Great fun.

Spirited Away, Princess Monekoke, Grave of the Fireflies, Nussica- Valley of the Wind: all worth watching (well ALL the studio Ghibli films are)

 

[AndyRM]

I'm totally claiming a TMN on that one.

 

[Hitchington]

I'm totally claiming a TMN on that one.

 

[MontyVeda]

once again i needlessly wasted an hour of my life watching episode 7 of fecking Broadchurch... why i bothered i don't know... I felt a 2nd series was pointless before it began... maybe i'm just putting up with it to prove myself right... it better be the last fecking episode of the overlong yawnfest next week, becuase i really don't give a feck who done it.