The last movie you watched was...? (take four)

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The last movie you watched was...?? (take three)

 

Prisoners with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. At least one hour too long.

 

Mud. Solid rental

 

Chaplin's The Kid. My least favorite of his films I've seen so far but still brilliant, which says a lot about him.

 

Annie Hall

 

American Graffiti (1973) - repertory showing of one of the worst-condition prints I have ever seen. I love seeing film on film, but sometimes, digital projection is better.

 

Cactus Flower

Cute old film. The opening credits actually say "introducing" Goldie Hawn - makes me feel a little old!

 

Kick Ass 2...

 

Mind Game

 

Godzilla (2014)

 

Star Wars. Hadn't seen it in a few years. Family Guy has made it hard to watch in places!

 

The Grand Budapest Hotel.

 

Immortal...strange, very strange.

 

THERE WILL BE BLOOD!
I can't think of a better performance than DDL in the last ten yrs

 

BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1973 Dan Curtis version - new MPI Blu-ray) - Nicely done take on the book, with Jack Palance as the count. Has a bit of a Hammer vibe to it, and
the location shooting adds a touch of authenticity. Curtis cribs freely from his earlier HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS, but I didn't mind.

THE SWIMMER (new Grindhouse Blu-ray) - I love this flick. Looks great in the new HD transfer. Can't wait to dig into the voluminous extrees.

CARBON COPY - Rich executive George Segal is visited by the son he never knew he had, an inner-city African American played by a young Denzel Washington (in his screen debut).
Not terribly funny, and the social commentary doesn't amount to much. Good people in it (it's always nice to see Dick Martin), but ultimately not that great. Would've been better
done a few years later with Eddie Murphy in the son role, or as a straight drama.

MILLION DOLLAR ARM - OK, but a bit too long and not a whole lot of baseball in this baseball movie.

GODZILLA - Should it really take an hour for the titular character to show up in the film that bears his name? Frustrating as well is that most of the monster action is partially obscured,
viewed through windshields, rubble, or other obstructions. Too often we cut away from monster action to the uninteresting human characters, who take up way too much time in this 2-hour
tale. I realize that you can't have the runtime made up entirely of non-verbal monster mayhem, but if you're plunking down two bills to see a giant monster movie, there really should be a bit
more giant monster action than was offered here. It's a mostly well-made film, gloriously free of shaky BS, but why does it go out of its way most of the time to NOT show us the monsters? I saw
this in 3D, which didn't add much, and if anything made most of the night-time monster melees (which is most of them) even darker and harder to see than they already were. There were some
nice moments here and there, but only one or two moments where I felt like I was watching a real Godzilla movie. Hoping that the success of this leads to a sequel that's more about monsters
than estranged fathers and sons.

 

2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time in a couple years. I try to watch it every year but hadn't had time. Still glorious, never gets old.

 

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THREE DAYS TO KILL - New Kevin Costner action/comedy co-written by Luc Besson and directed by McG. Really liked it a lot. Funny, badass, with
well-done (and visually comprehensible!) action and a surprising amount of heart.

GODZILLA VS. THE THING (US version of GODZILLA VS MOTHRA) - Fun and light, a nice way to spend 88 minutes on a Sunday afternoon.

 

Restoration of 'An Autumn Afternoon' (1962). Beautifully melancholic.

 

Anchorman 2 , loved it!!

 

House On Haunted Hill-Colorized.

 

Jack was a great Dracula! he most def has the face for it...great actor! one of my favs.

 

Very tortured and animalistic performance by Palance at times in that flick. A goodie.

 

War Horse - Great !!!

 

Darling (the John Schlesinger movie with Julie Christie). Good heavens. Stunning. And it seems like almost everyone who's ever reviewed the film had a wholly different take on it than me, but oh well!