What was the last movie you watched?

[Hebs]

The Incredible Shrinking Man: Teriffic sci-fi movie where, after being exposed to various toxins, begins to shrink.  Eventually becoming so small that he lives in a doll house and fearing the pet cat.  Things really kick into gear when he falls into the basement and has to fight for survival against a common house spider.  It may sound goofy, but the special effects are excellent - for the fifties, anyway - and the premise is taken completely seriously.

I like this movie very much - even the schmaltzy existential speech at the end of the film.  I really enjoy how the movie doesn't follow the formula so many films of its kind had in those days:  i e  :  1 disaster, 2 personal conflict, 3  loses girl/gets girl, 4  solution, 5  everyone's okay. 

Son of Frankenstein: The second sequel to Frankenstein is pretty good, with Basil Rathbone as the Baron's son who slowly becomes entranced by his father's work.  Lugosi is fine as Igor, the malevolent assistant and Karloff does his usual stumbling around.  Of particular note is the excellent production design - the sets are wonderfully gothic and ruinous, while the weather ranges from light monsoon to full-scale water attrition.

Oh lord, I thought the kid in this movie was SO irritating, haha.  I agree with the set design, but I really think at this point, the franchise should've just wrapped up and called it quits.  The plot was so boring, - at least for my taste.

[mrbasehart]

Son of Frankenstein: The second sequel to Frankenstein is pretty good, with Basil Rathbone as the Baron's son who slowly becomes entranced by his father's work.  Lugosi is fine as Igor, the malevolent assistant and Karloff does his usual stumbling around.  Of particular note is the excellent production design - the sets are wonderfully gothic and ruinous, while the weather ranges from light monsoon to full-scale water attrition.

Oh lord, I thought the kid in this movie was SO irritating, haha.  I agree with the set design, but I really think at this point, the franchise should've just wrapped up and called it quits.  The plot was so boring, - at least for my taste.

You know, that's sometihng that did irritate me: Why has the kid got a southern accent? He sounded like Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind!

[ig400]

30 days of night

Apparently a light jacket is all you need in the frozen north

[mrbasehart]

A few more:

All Through the Night: A comedy/action pic from 1942 starring Humphrey Bogart.  Despite my large man-crush on Bogie (only equalled by Cary Grant), this one really didn't work for me.  Not thrilling or funny enough, despite a credtiable supporting cast: Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, William Demarest, AND Phil Silvers.  A shame.

Madame Curie: One of those "tasteful" biopics that Hollywood used to release a lot of in the 40s.  This has Greer Garson has the woman who discovers Radium, while Walter Pidgeon plays her husband.  As I said, it's "tasteful", but really unconcerned with facts, insight, or imagination.  I was stunned to see that Aldous Huxley of all people had a hand in the script.

The Left-Handed Gun: Supposedly a key movie in terms of the development of the western.  To be honest, I really can't get along with actors who emply the "method" and Newman does it here, portraying Billy the Kid as a juvenile delinquent in search of some sort of father figure.  Dull.

The Black Cat: This 1934 collaboration between Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi - the first of seven - was the biggest movie for Universal that year.  There's not a great deal of plot - Lugosi plays a man seeking revenge on Satanist Karloff for betraying his home town during the first world war - but it oozes atmosphere.  The sets, in contrast to other horror films of its ilk, are totally modern and everything has a cool sensuality to it.  Even the way Lugosi wraps his mouth around the English language.  The pre-production code helps here, too, especially with the rather gruesome - almost Hostel like - ending.

[Dim of the Yard]

Horse Feathers - My first Marx Brothers movie, and I'd say it was a good way to introduce myself to the brothers.  I adored how Chico and Harpo played off of each other, and Groucho's quips were a scream.  I'll have to check out more of their movies.  I had a lot of fun with this one.  Didn't get much studying done, though....

[RobtheBarbarian]

This is Spinal Tap. If you get the extendo-deluxo-fancy version there's a running commentary in the special features by Nigel, David and Derek. [nigel] It makes the movie literally twice as funny. [/nigel]

[bettertomorrowamy]

In director Rene Laloux's animated, sci-fi classic, a band of humans -- known as Oms -- are kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue humanoid giants called Traags. The story centers on an Om named Terr, who escapes his subjugation with a Traag learning device and eventually uses it to educate other Oms and incite them to revolt. Said to be based on the Soviet occupation of the Czech Republic, the film nabbed the Grand Prix at Cannes.

[Chaos]

Is it just me, or does that plot summary sound DISTURBINGLY similar to Battlefield Earth?

[RobtheBarbarian]

Is it just me, or does that plot summary sound DISTURBINGLY similar to Battlefield Earth?

I wasn't gonna say anything....

[bettertomorrowamy]

Is it just me, or does that plot summary sound DISTURBINGLY similar to Battlefield Earth?

Jennifer Lopez's character gets high and watches it in "The Cell".  Much better than Battlefield Earth!  No Travolta.  But yeah, they totally ripped the learning device part off from this movie for Battlefield Earth.

[BathTub]

Ghost Rider,.. wow, that was boring.

[RoninFox]

This is Spinal Tap. If you get the extendo-deluxo-fancy version there's a running commentary in the special features by Nigel, David and Derek. [nigel] It makes the movie literally twice as funny. [/nigel]

I love that movie, and I love that dvd even more.  Watching the in character commentary and the deleted scenes almost felt like watching two new Spinal Tap movies, even the damn menus are funny as hell.  I remember being in tears laughing just on the main menu screen when they were talking about the logo.

[BathTub]

I remember being very impressed that they actually sing and play, and that they recorded music videos, the Spinal Tap DVD is packed tighter than Derek's pants.

[ig400]

Horse Feathers - My first Marx Brothers movie, and I'd say it was a good way to introduce myself to the brothers.  I adored how Chico and Harpo played off of each other, and Groucho's quips were a scream.  I'll have to check out more of their movies.  I had a lot of fun with this one.  Didn't get much studying done, though....

For a Marx Brothers movie that didn't have Margaret Dumont. Yes that was a good one

[RobtheBarbarian]

I remember being in tears laughing just on the main menu screen when they were talking about the logo.

"Blow it up, make it bigger."

"But then if you have high definition you'll die."