Rate The Last Movie You Saw

[Dust Devil]

Narrow Margin (1990) ridiculous remake of the classic film noir starring Gene Hackman and Anne Archer with spectacular wastes of J.T. Walsh and M. Emmet Walsh, and implausible and predictable train action sequences too boot, that adds roughly, about a half hour of runtime. Give me a break. 5/10

Yeah, it's not worth much due to all this.

[PowerRR]

Arrival (2016) - 8/10
It was that close to become the Eternal Sunshine of aliens movies. For one time, Villeneuve nailed the ending... but kind of screwed other things beforehand. The whole "how do Aliens talk?" thing is unfortunately stupidly handled: anybody on Earth would have done better in 2 meetings than they do in their first 5 or so (we would all start with some kind of "I Jane, you Tarzan" and then try to draw stuff).
Apart from that, it's terrific. Definitely the most facinating and stimulating film of the year. It's very difficult to talk about what's great in it without spoiling anything, so I'll just shut up.

Nice.

SPOILERS:

I didn't care too much for the twist of how everything that was perceived to be in the past was actually the future. From a film making standpoint it felt like Villeneueve (or really the writer/editor?) was cheating emotions / tricking the audience in a way that annoyed me in hindsight. It also felt too random to me that just by learning the language, Amy Adams could see into the future. It felt like some rule that was just kind of thrown in for the sake of making a twist work - where the core message of the movie all along was really about emphasizing the importance of communication in the world. In other words, it felt like a really real movie to me that was stamped with a sci-fi twist last minute. Your thoughts on that?

Amy Adams though...is there any working actress better than her?

[Dust Devil]

The Hunter (1980) - 5/10

A lame try all-around that, despite some good action scenes with cars (or that combine harvester vs. car, in a corn field) misuses every bit of potential, including the actors. Last McQueen's role; he did seem a bit tired.

[drinkanddestroy]

The Hunter (1980) - 5/10

A lame try all-around that, despite some good action scenes with cars (or that combine harvester vs. car, in a corn field) misuses every bit of potential, including the actors. Last McQueen's role; he did seem a bit tired.

this has some good scenes but is one of the most poorly made movies ever. Just a bunch of scenes slapped together. Hilariously terrible. Nice to see Eli Wallach; wish he had more scenes.

[Big Boss 1971]

Deranged 4.5/6

[cigar joe]

The Hunter (1980) - 5/10

A lame try all-around that, despite some good action scenes with cars (or that combine harvester vs. car, in a corn field) misuses every bit of potential, including the actors. Last McQueen's role; he did seem a bit tired.

That harvester scene was similar to the one in Prime Cut 1972 also http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069121/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

[Dust Devil]

Haven't seen it (yet).

[Dust Devil]

The Out of Towners (1970) - 6/10

Not my cup of tea but didn't hate it.

[PowerRR]

Manchester by the Sea - 9/10
Maybe my favorite film of the year

[titoli]

The Innocents (1961) pretty creepy story 9/10 on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvn-UFNJkM

Saw it again after 30 years. Of course James' short novel is the greatest ghost story ever written because you don't really know what is happening (somebody even interpreted the story with Mrs Grose as a villain). The movie sticks to the story's ambiguities.  I can't imagine anybody but Kerr in the role, and the direction is impeccable. But  the spectacular color pictures  in the extra of the dvd made me wonder whether the b&w choice was the right one.

[dave jenkins]

I can't imagine anybody but Kerr in the role, and the direction is impeccable. But  the spectacular color pictures  in the extra of the dvd made me wonder whether the b&w choice was the right one.

You are right about Kerr, but she was too old for the part. Hence the necessity for b&w. The high contrast lighting helps hide her age.

I love Frayling's video appreciation of this film. He really gets what's special about it.

[titoli]

You are right about Kerr, but she was too old for the part. Hence the necessity for b&w. The high contrast lighting helps hide her age.

I love Frayling's video appreciation of this film. He really gets what's special about it.

She shows her age only in certain shots. But I'm not sure her age wasn't the right one as her "uterine phantasms" (an italian critic expression) must have been given time to grow.
(I have got the italian dvd, without the Frayling)

[Kurug3n]

Straight Time (1978)  Two time loser Dustin Hoffman tries to go straight but a douce parole officer brings him to a tipping point and he breaks bad. 7/10

You ever read the book its based off? Good stuff but the movie plays off the diamond heist way better than how the book sets it up.

[titoli]

BTW, Kerr at the time was 40: I'd say perfect age for the role.

[cigar joe]

You ever read the book its based off? Good stuff but the movie plays off the diamond heist way better than how the book sets it up.

No never knew there was a book.