Rate The Last Movie You Saw

[cigar joe]

The Naked City (1948) 3/10

An atrocious piece of crap, with the most annoying narration of any movie ever. This movie gets points only for its terrific use of NYC locations

You need to go review other Genre's 

[drinkanddestroy]

You need to go review other Genre's 

I thought noir is not a genre but a style of crime drama 

[Groggy]

A distinction without a difference.

[drinkanddestroy]

The Bridges of Madison County (1995) 10/10


One of the greatest love stories ever told. Rick & Ilsa, Robert & Francesca......
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SPOILERS
(I should point out that IMO the idea of someone's entire life being haunted or consumed by a love from 10, 20, 30 years in the past is purely cinematic (though well within the normal range of cinematic suspension of disbelief)
I haven't yet lived to that age that I can comment on it from personal experience, but I'd really be interested to know if there is someone that can say that he/she is still thoroughly consumed with love from a very brief encounter that took place several decades past.
I often do think about the ideas of life, passage of time, of regret, of dreams achieved or shattered, etc. And I've often wondered if people live with the sorts of regretful feelings depicted in Francesca's husband's deathbed apology that he couldn't fulfill all her dreams -- that is something I often wonder about, whether people look back on life in their senior years, with those sorts of serious regrets. And for me, the movie is as much about that very real fear as it is about the purely cinematic notion of a 4-day love affair consuming someone 30 years later).

[noodles_leone]

The Bridges of Madison County (1995) 10/10


One of the greatest love stories ever told. Rick & Ilsa, Robert & Francesca......
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SPOILERS
(I should point out that IMO the idea of someone's entire life being haunted or consumed by a love from 10, 20, 30 years in the past is purely cinematic (though well within the normal range of cinematic suspension of disbelief)
I haven't yet lived to that age that I can comment on it from personal experience, but I'd really be interested to know if there is someone that can say that he/she is still thoroughly consumed with love from a very brief encounter that took place several decades past.
I often do think about the ideas of life, passage of time, of regret, of dreams achieved or shattered, etc. And I've often wondered if people live with the sorts of regretful feelings depicted in Francesca's husband's deathbed apology that he couldn't fulfill all her dreams -- that is something I often wonder about, whether people look back on life in their senior years, with those sorts of serious regrets. And for me, the movie is as much about that very real fear as it is about the purely cinematic notion of a 4-day love affair consuming someone 30 years later).

10/10!  
Good job, now I want to watch it again.

SPOILERS

As you say, the film is as much about what you really do with your life as it is about a love affair. This is why the love story between Robert and Francesca can last so long: at least from her part, the love is also the symbol of the more fulfilling life she could have lived.
This thing about regrets is something that drives my life a lot. The short and the feature I'm working on right now are exactly about it: its about characters who want to "shine or die". To me, Fracnesca's husband apology at the end ranks wit hthe Tanhauser monologue from Blade Runner. They tell you and make you feel everything you need to know about life.

[drinkanddestroy]

when her kids find the letters from Robert, one says "this is the last time I'll ever write you," we assume it means that he has been harassing her with letters and she has told him to fuck off. But later on, we hear Francesca's narration tell us that she never had any contact with Robert until she received that box with his letters after he died. Does that mean that he wrote all those letters to her but never mailed them, just instructed his lawyer to send them to Francesca after his death, and the "this is the last time I'll ever write you" is because he knew he was about to die?

or am I missing something there completely?

[moviesceleton]

The Bridges of Madison County is probably the only film in the whole world that both me and my mom like equally. 

[drinkanddestroy]

The Bridges of Madison County is probably the only film in the whole world that both me and my mom like equally. 

 

funny you say that, I was thinking as I watched it, that if I have to watch a movie with a girl who likes chick flicks, this is one that I could watch that she and i would both love! (though usually, I can be very convincing, I don't have a problem getting the babes to watch my Leone movies with me  )

[stanton]

Life of Pi - Ang Lee 8/10

Rust and Bones - Jaques Audiard  8/10

[dave jenkins]

Outcast of the Islands (1952) 6/10. Joseph Conrad as envisioned by Orson Welles (only its really Carol Reed). Starring Trevor Howard in a way I've never seen him before (i.e. in a perpetual rage). With odd support from Ralph Richardson, Wendy Hiller, and Robert Morley. Playing with Morely is his real-life five-year-old daughter; the family resemblence is really disturbing!

[Groggy]

How on Earth did you see it?

[Dust Devil]

Solomon Kane (2009) - 6/10

A pity of a movie really. Great potential: solid performances and fantastic atmosphere, and a miserable, cliched scenario.

[Groggy]

Le Samourai - 9/10 - Alain Delon out-stoics Clint Eastwood as a hitman hunted by police, double-crossed by his employers and determined to "always see the job through." Really stylish, really tense, really cool.

Something of Value - 7(?)/10 - Early Richard Brooks flick has white Kenyan Rock Hudson and black Kenyan Sidney Poitier ending up on opposite sides during the Mau Mau Rebellion. Outwardly a typical message film, it plays like a very strange art movie, complete with odd flourishes: rough, elliptical editing; effective African-inflected score; on-the-nose symbolism; an odd mix of American and British accents among the cast. The actors are a mixed bag: Rock Hudson and Dana Wynter stiff, Sidney Poitier good, Wendy Hiller and Juano Hernandez effective support. Not the sum of its parts, but if you ever wanted to see Poitier fighting with a Sten gun in one hand and a screaming baby in the other check it out.

[dave jenkins]

The Duellists (1977) 10/10. First Blu-ray viewing. Joseph Conrad as envisioned by Stanley Kubrick (only it's really Ridley Scott). The pretty pictures--every shot a painting!--can't get in the way of a corkin' good yarn. I like the way neophyte Scott keeps trying to one-up the Master: Kubrick thinks that Ryan O'Neal can pass as an Irishman? Hey, cast Carradine (Keith) and Keitel as French soldiers! Then pile-on a supporting cast of Late 70s greats: Dianna Quick, Tom Conti, Robert Stephens (Robert Stephens?) and, in a cameo, Albert Finney. If your vision is acute you can even spot Pete Postlethwaite and Morgan Fisher is non-speaking bits. Yeah, baby!

That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) 10/10. First Blu-ray viewing. Old goat meets professional coquette: Don Luis at his funniest. Don't ask why two very dissimilar actresses change-off playing the titular character--this is surrealism, baby!

Empire of Passion (1978) 10/10. First Blu-ray viewing. The only Oshima I can stand, but it's a monster! In late Edo Japan, a woman and her lover conspire to murder the woman's hubby. Only now the victim's ghost won't leave the couple alone! Can you say The Postman Always Rings Twice meets Kaidan? Great photography. Thanks for the French co-production money, baby!

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 10/10. First Blu-ray viewing. Having recently seen the Broadway revival (with Pacino, Bobby Cannavale, and that guy from Office Space), I was anxious to re-experience the movie. Know what? The movie is better! Always Be Closing, baby!

[drinkanddestroy]

The Duellists (1977) 10/10. First Blu-ray viewing. Joseph Conrad as envisioned by Stanley Kubrick (only it's really Ridley Scott). The pretty pictures--every shot a painting!--can't get in the way of a corkin' good yarn. I like the way neophyte Scott keeps trying to one-up the Master: Kubrick thinks that Ryan O'Neal can pass as an Irishman? Hey, cast Carradine (Keith) and Keitel as French soldiers! Then pile-on a supporting cast of Late 70s greats: Dianna Quick, Tom Conti, Robert Stephens (Robert Stephens?) and, in a cameo, Albert Finney. If your vision is acute you can even spot Pete Postlethwaite and Morgan Fisher is non-speaking bits. Yeah, baby!

That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) 10/10. First Blu-ray viewing. Old goat meets professional coquette: Don Luis at his funniest. Don't ask why two very dissimilar actresses change-off playing the titular character--this is surrealism, baby!

Empire of Passion (1978) 10/10. First Blu-ray viewing. The only Oshima I can stand, but it's a monster! In late Edo Japan, a woman and her lover conspire to murder the woman's hubby. Only now the victim's ghost won't leave the couple alone! Can you say The Postman Always Rings Twice meets Kaidan? Great photography. Thanks for the French co-production money, baby!

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 10/10. First Blu-ray viewing. Having recently seen the Broadway revival (with Pacino, Bobby Cannavale, and that guy from Office Space), I was anxious to re-experience the movie. Know what? The movie is better! Always Be Closing, baby!

are you rating the blu ray discs or the movie? four consecutive 10/10's is pretty damn good