list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

Låt den rätte komma in (Let The Right One In) (2008) - here's one I just saw from a DL, it was just released like a month ago globally in select cities but of course never in dust hole Albuquerque, no need to go into much detail since most haven't seen it yet. Undoubtedly I believe it will stand as one of the more unique vampire movies to have been made in past couple of decades. They're not reinventing the wheel of the vampire story, but it was enjoyable none the less...it plays out fairly predictably but thats not necessarily a bad thing - I've been waiting for a movie like this for quite some time and it definitely hit the spot. I only have two complains - one part I believe they should have left out completely and it would have added to the strength of the character of Eli and her "condition", and the second complaint; just some general things like minor tweaks on the flow and the pacing and perhaps a little more of "this or that" to embellish on some of stronger parts of the movie, just personal opinions, but really dont want to mention them just yet until more folks see this so we can bat it around a bit. The funny thing is as I watched I kept thinking how great a story like this would play out as a novel....and sure enough I find out it was a novel to begin with! and this film is based off the novel: Let the Right One In: A Novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Author), Ebba Segerberg (Translator), I'll be picking this book up in the future.

mithrandir wrote: A Woman Under the Influence

Good film.  I discussed it elsewhere in this thread.

Over the weekend, I watched de Sica's Umberto D.  Enjoyed it, but not quite as much as his Bicycle Thieves.

WinterLight wrote: mithrandir wrote: A Woman Under the Influence Good film.  I discussed it elsewhere in this thread. Over the weekend, I watched de Sica's Umberto D.  Enjoyed it, but not quite as much as his Bicycle Thieves.

I definitely need to try more Cassavetes movies (I never would have guessed the husband from Rosemary's Baby was such a brilliant film maker ) I think I'll try The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, next,

I also have that Bicycle Thieves movie coming up soon on my netflix as well,

mithrandir wrote: I definitely need to try more Cassavetes movies (I never would have guessed the husband from Rosemary's Baby was such a brilliant film maker ) I think I'll try The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, next.

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is awesome, definitely my favourite of the Cassavetes movies I've seen.

Henry Plainview wrote: darkmatter wrote: I just got finished watching Fargo, which was an excellent movie.  Every Coen brothers movie I've seen has been superb. I love Fargo so much. I guess the way that it hates the viewer and itself is kind of a cop out, but you have to make a point.

I think Fargo is the peak of the Coen brothers' output so far (oh yaaaa); I think the only one of theirs which hasn't grabbed me completely yet is 'The Man Who Wasn't There' - their take on the film noir genre... just didn't grab me but maybe I just need to watch it again.

As far as the Coens go though, Fargo is obvious (for me at least), but closely followed by 'O Brother Where Art Thou' (Ulysses in 1930s America - brilliant) & 'Millers Crossing' (for me, one of the great gangster movies, full stop).

Last night I watched Halloween. The original 1978 one with Blue Öyster Cult on the soundtrack and a young Jamie Lee Curtis, not the Rob Zombie remake I'm told plays like a bad fanfic. Anyway, this would be the perfect horror movie if it wasn't so obviously shot no later than September...

I've just bought a DVD:The Hunting Party(1971)a Don Medford film with Oliver Reed,Gene Hackman and Candice Bergen.I saw it 15 years ago and I liked it.I'm happy to see it again.Do you know/like this movie?

Burn After read. Coen Bothers with a Myriad of great actors, a great , sometimes difficult , story, but is an impecable story.

I never realized that Friday the 13th has a plot.

Does that book go into the moral panic over some British primary school kids who killed a classmate after developing an obsession with the Child's Play series? The Amazon.com summary implies that it doesn't, but I'd be surprised if that is really the case...