Review the last movie you saw thread

[Spiff]

Yep, me too. A shame I can't use my three hours on the bus each day watching films, but I don't want to watch a movie on my iPhone.

 

[Spiff]

Not that I've ever tried - might be easy.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Movies on iPhones isn't as bad as I thought it would be, give it a go.

3 hrs on a bus daily? Cripes.

 

[Goreripper]

My travelling time is about the same when I use public transport to work. It's long enough to get some good listening in.

 

[Priest of Evil]

call me Snake. Escape from NY! What a classic & its been a long time between drinks!

Um yeah I don't really wanna watch a movie on my Ipod either....

 

[Spiff]

Yeah, so I watched a movie on my iPhone on the bus for the first time. It was "The Iron Giant", a 1999 animated film by Brad Bird, the former Simpsons dude who would go on to work for Pixar and direct "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille". Fantastic film - I'd always heard it was good never really felt the urge to watch it.

Not sure about watching a film on the iPhone - didn't mind it too much I guess, but I got a bit of a headache from it afterwards.

 

[Winmar]

You'd only want to watch a film on your phone if you're on a train or something.

I watched The Breakfast Club last night. It's one of those films I've long known of but had never seen. Apparently it's rather influential. Not a bad film really.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I watched US Marshalls on tv the other night, first movie I have seen in a few weeks. Even though I was a big fan of The Fugitive I wasn't expecting much from this, but I guess it was better than I expected. Still an obvious kinda rehash, but done ok.

 

[Spiff]

I saw US Marshalls at the cinema, back when I would see pretty much everything. I quite enjoyed it. Haven't seen it since.

I've watched 46 films this year.

 

[Southy]

is that enough spiffo, are you on track for 365?

 

[Spiff]

Yeah, not sure. Someone at work pointed out that watching what is effectively one movie a day isn't really that much of an achievement.

 

[Winmar]

It's a shitload more than I get to watch.

 

[Stonewall]

It's a lot like sitting down to watch tv most evenings, except you miss out on tv.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I watch very few movies these days. If you wanted to hit one a day though, I don't see it being too hard, if you kept the routine.

 

[Spruce Goose]

I saw The Road at the cinema 2 weeks ago.
I had read the book (Cormac McCarthy) so I wasn't sure what to expect.
I think I enjoyed the movie more than the book.
It was perfectly done and the performances of the Viggo and the boy inparticular should see them with Oscar noms... though probably not.

If you don't know, it is about a man and his son walking along the road 10 years or so after the end of the world... They are searching for food and salvation whilst trying to avoid cannibals etc...
good.

 

[Spiff]

The Oscar nominations have already been announced. None for The Road.

 

[Winmar]

I haven't turned the tv on in the last few weeks, apart from when I watched a dvd. Nice. I'd much rather watch films than tv.

Anyone seen Citizen Kane and care to tell me about it?

 

[phlogiston]

I saw it ages ago, so I can't remember it very well. From memory the aliens fighting the robots was pretty good, but the rocket car chase was lame.

 

[Spiff]

Yeah, I've seen Citizen Kane a few times. It's something that everyone should see at some point. I don't think it's the greatest film ever like a lot of people do, but it was every bit as important from a technical standpoint as Avatar is today with some of the techniques that Orson Welles introduced.

PS: I just woke up so I may regret that comment later in the day.

 

[phlogiston]

I think Spiff's right. You need to watch it in context. By today's standards it's nothing special, but if you watch films made around the same time it's quite interesting how "modern" it feels.