list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

Great movie!I saw it 3 years ago in a theater alongside with The wild bunch,it was an evening dedicated to Sam Peckinpah.Coburn and Kristofferson are great!

 ^ Butterflies Are Free is one of my favorite vintage 70s San Francisco movies.. not great, but nostalgic

 ^ love the original, never saw the remake, I'll look for it..  ever seen the original Failsafe ?

 ^ I agree, the remake for TV was terrific, as good and often better than the old one which was also excellent

Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) - Man this stunk, 2 and a half hour movie I wasn't expecting much, and I was right...a mess of a movie that didn't have any continuity to keep me interested, also plenty of gratuitous sex that really has no purpose other than to show bush, big deal, I wonder what David Bowie thinks of this movie now? As a self proclaimed Science Fiction geek...I barely found anything in this that does any justice to the genre, the scenes of Bowie's character's homeworld and situation there were the only thing I found kind of neat the rest was preposterous , it was an adaptation of a novel by a dude named Walter Tevis, so I wonder how the source material is? although Im not all that anxious to find out either 3/10

The Bicycle Thief (1948) - such a sad little movie with somewhat of a timely story and setting, you really feel sorry for the man and his family and how far he goes to try to get that damned bike back, it's a humbling movie that all can take something from in hard economic times, its also an interesting glimpse into post-ww2 Italy 8/10

Lathe of Heaven (1980) - this is a PBS made film, an adaptation Ursula K. Le Guin's classic novel of he same name, what I like about this is that it was made in the late 70s and therefor had a very trippy 70s feel to it with the synthesized somewhat Proggy music, crude special effects, primitive computer consoles, and 70s fashion-hairstyles etc. I was surprised how incredibly well it followed the book...the story was left intact and the ideas were conveyed pretty well, despite the low budget and limited technology at the time I think this movie is a admirable adaptation, the ending might be a tad shakey and confusing for those not familiar with the book but all I can say to that is read the F'ing book! 8/10

If the rumours are true, I fear the new Batman movie might be a major disappointment.

 Eddie Murphy as the Riddler, Shia LaBeouf as Robin... Can't see how even Nolan could make that pair work.  Rachel Weisz is excellent though (rumoured to be Catwoman).

Having rather liked the previous two installments, here's hoping the third one will be just as good.


Edited by Jimbo - December 18 2008 at 08:11

The Fall-
this one is odd.  I really, really enjoyed it's ability to weave a good story within a story, that of art imitating life, just like all films.  This one was supposedly 4 years in the making- and boy does it have some cinematic feasts for the eyes.  Very vibrant and colorful, great views and shots and angles.....in short, it is pure poetry in motion.  The story will perhaps go down as a very tragic one, yet the ending let me down somewhat, because I got sucked into the fantasy of the internal story and left behind the "real" story, meanwhile I think it was an homage to movies, film-makers, stuntmen and all those involved in films.  Like Russian dolls, one inside the other, there are many layers to this one and I think I might actually buy a copy!  do watch this one....it is one of a kind for sure.  The only comparison I can make visually would be the surreality of the film The Cell with Jennifer Lopez, even though that film may not have been so great, the visuals are scrumptious.  Overall though, The Fall is generally a take on the archtypical heroes and their conquests and challenges.  Well done!    8.5/10

^ Luckily, it seems the rumours weren't true.


BTW, Batman & Robin is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. 

Yeah guys, The Sun routinely makes things up.