What's the last movie you've seen?

[LadyDestani]

I watched Don't Worry Darling today and I have mixed feelings about it. I liked the concept even though I have seen similar movies before and had a feeling of what to expect. It was well acted and the visuals were stunning.

Spoiler: Ending spoilers

However, it left too many unanswered questions. I'm fine with open endings and the fact that it ends with a black screen and Alice gasping as she presumably wakes up in the real world works for the movie. But what was the deal with Frank's wife at the end? Her suddenly turning on him and saying it's her turn now? That hints at some deeper side story between her and Frank that we never saw, making it feel completely out of place. Also, what about the plane that Alice saw? Was it her imagination? Something planted in the simulation to purposely lure her to headquarters? There were things like this that just didn't make sense when I stopped to think about them.

Overall, not a bad movie when taken at face value, but when I started thinking about it too much the plot unraveled.

 

[LunarMako]

I won't count the ones I have put on as just background noise that I have watched before.

The last movie I seen in theaters was "Halloween Ends".
The last movie I seen at home, which was on Netflix was "Falling for Christmas".

 

[Nunnafinga]

I watched the original Miracle On 34th Street from 1947 in classic black and white(there's also a colorized version).This is one of my favorite Christmas movies and I think it's held up really well over the years.Edmund Gwenn won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for is portrayal of Kris Kringle in this movie.

 

[Belle T]

I rewatched Disney's Aladdin and its two sequel films for the 30th anniversary, and it's still a very good film, one of Disney's absolute best. Even the sequels--while nowhere near as good as the first film--are fine for what they are, which is more than I can say about the multitude of other direct-to-video Disney sequels. I would go so far as to argue that if Disney had put more money and time into The King of Thieves, it would have been worthy of a theatrical release.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

^ Aladdin is (and was, when I was a kid) one of my favorite Disney movies, and I wasn't a big fan of Return of Jafar but I remember watching King of Thieves quite a bit. I could tell even back then that it was a much lower budget movie than the original but for what it is it's still quite fun to watch.


last movie I watched was National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, watched it a few days ago w my mom to kick off the christmas season

 

[Alienfish]

Gohatto/Taboo by Nagisa Oshima.


His, and the last film of this retrospect they did. Bit slow start but it grew over time while watching. Bit out of place music and a bit short maybe, but good.

 

[Bluelady]

Last weekend I saw the last hour of Enchanted and later on that day I saw Disenchanted. Lol. I thought that the movie was cute. It gave me lots of Cinderella (Rodgers & Hammerstein version) nostalgia.

It would be nice if Disney gave Idina Menzel a song that wasn’t a power ballad for once.

 

[Neb]

I watched my first movie in over a year! It was Memories, a sci-fi anthology anime movie collection from the 90s. As a huge fan of sci-fi anime, all three films were quite solid. However, I do think the first one is the best and the third was the weakest. I watched the English dub and it was phenomenal. All of the voice actors did a wonderful job with their performances.

 

[StarlitGlitch]

Last night I watched the new Shinkai Makoto film Suzume no Tojimari! I thought it was good, stunning visuals. I also finished watching Julie and Julia yesterday which I really liked.

 

[Xara]

smile on amazon prime. it was alright, though i’ve definitely seen better horror movies. it wasn’t scary to me at all, mainly just creepy and gruesome. i’d also seen certain clips of it on tiktok, so most of the parts that were supposed to be plot twists... weren’t lol. the ending was also anticlimactic, and the main character’s cat got killed (off-screen, thankfully), which i didn’t like. i know it’s fake, but i’m not fond of movies that involve dead animals. like, mess with the humans, not their pets lol.

overall it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great, either. i don’t see myself watching it again.

 

[Belle T]

A Muppet Family Christmas.

Back in the days when your Christmas special didn't need to have a plot and could just be a bunch of flimsily stitched together scenes overwrought with cameos and near non-sequiturs and people would still love it. Really, though, it's a very cozy holiday movie, in spite of the fact that its narrative is just all over the place.

 

[Halloqueen]

I felt like watching a movie on Saturday night. Intended at first to have it be something Winter, snow or holiday related, but didn't find anything I wanted to watch that fit the criteria on the streaming services I have and also didn't want to go looking through DVDs. So, I changed course and decided to watch Jordan Peele's Nope. Wasn't crazy about it, but didn't dislike it either.

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

I watched Isle of Dogs on Disney+ earlier. I really liked the movie, very subtle yet captivating. Plus, I'm open to seeing Japanese culture.

 

[Xara]

just got finished watching mrs. doubtfire on disney+ with my mom! not a christmas movie, but a funny, feel-good movie nonetheless. i’ve seen it a couple times before, but it’s one of those movies i can watch more than once and not get sick of it. it always makes me laugh haha. i miss robin williams a lot, he was such a special soul, and a very talented actor. <3

 

[LadyDestani]

I watched Lady Chatterley's Lover on Netflix today. There were some differences from the book and they focused so much on the relationship between Lady Chatterley and Oliver that they excluded most of the subplots and other complexities going on outside of their romance. I still found it enjoyable for what it was, though. Read the book if you want depth. Watch the movie if you want a romance that flies in the face of societal hierarchy, but keep in mind it is definitely for mature audiences.

 

[Nunnafinga]

Over the last couple of weeks I watched several different film versions of A Christmas Carol:

1984,George C. Scott as Scrooge: Over the past few years this has become my favorite version.Scott is surprisingly good as Scrooge and it was filmed on location in a small town in England.It was originally made for television.

1951,Alastair Sim as Scrooge: Probably the darkest version with Sim arguably having the best film portrayal of Scrooge.

1938,Reginald Owen as Scrooge: Hollywood's version of the Dickens classic.Short but sweet.For "Carol" fans that are a bit short on time.

1999,Patrick Stewart as Scrooge: Kind of based on Pat Stew's one-man stage production.I liked picking out Stewart's Capt.Picard moments in this one.I would loved to have heard him say "Make it so,Mr.Cratchit!"

Edward Woodward and George C. Scott from A Christmas Carol(1984).

 

[Imbri]

Over the last couple of weeks I watched several different film versions of A Christmas Carol:

1984,George C. Scott as Scrooge: Over the past few years this has become my favorite version.Scott is surprisingly good as Scrooge and it was filmed on location in a small town in England.It was originally made for television.

1951,Alastair Sim as Scrooge: Probably the darkest version with Sim arguably having the best film portrayal of Scrooge.

1938,Reginald Owen as Scrooge: Hollywood's version of the Dickens classic.Short but sweet.For "Carol" fans that are a bit short on time.

1999,Patrick Stewart as Scrooge: Kind of based on Pat Stew's one-man stage production.I liked picking out Stewart's Capt.Picard moments in this one.I would loved to have heard him say "Make it so,Mr.Cratchit!"

View attachment 474378
Edward Woodward and George C. Scott from A Christmas Carol(1984).

The '38 version is lovely. I am a fan of Gene Lockhart (played Cratchit), so that's a draw for me.

Alastair Sim is my favorite Scrooge, though. That was the version we watched every year. The ghosts terrified me, but in a good way, and his portrayal, especially after the redemption, is amazing.

Scott does give a great performance, and there's something... almost sweet about the movie.

I have to admit that I have not seen Stewart's version. Maybe I'll look that up.

 

[Nunnafinga]

The '38 version is lovely. I am a fan of Gene Lockhart (played Cratchit), so that's a draw for me.

Alastair Sim is my favorite Scrooge, though. That was the version we watched every year. The ghosts terrified me, but in a good way, and his portrayal, especially after the redemption, is amazing.

Scott does give a great performance, and there's something... almost sweet about the movie.

I have to admit that I have not seen Stewart's version. Maybe I'll look that up.

The '38 version reminds me of being a kid because that's the only one that would be shown on my local TV stations when I was young.I didn't see the other versions until I was an adult.Yeah,I'd say that Gene Lockhart is my favorite Bob Cratchit among all the film versions.I like that he was in another iconic Christmas movie,Miracle On 34th Street.

The Patrick Stewart version doesn't have as good a supporting cast as the others but it's worth watching.

 

[Imbri]

Watching Miracle on 34th Street (1947) right now.

 

[Violet Witch]

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

I really enjoyed this film, it was such a refreshing pace from the usual drivel that streaming services having been releasing lately. Plus you can't go wrong with a good murder mystery that was full of twist and turns and had a very satisfying ending.