The last movie you watched

[Jamie Bailey]

I need a reason to post here more. This first post is content copied over from another forum where the topic is basically becoming "So what films has Jamie been watching today?", so it's long and contains far more than the "last" movie I watched.

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Whether it's something you've seen on TV or if you've been to see one of the latest cinema releases, whether it's an old favourite or something you had never even heard of before, whether you loved or hated it, what was the last film you saw and what did you think of it?

I've been watching loooaaads of films I've never seen before since I got a TV recording box (PVR) last summer. It's great not having to be in front of the TV at a specific time to catch something, and I can whizz through the ad breaks in recordings, bonus! Yesterday I watched The Shawshank Redemption, which is something I've seen before, but it is a brilliant prison movie and was well worth seeing again. I also watched Shanghai Noon, a martial arts/western comedy with Jackie Chan, never seen it before but was disappointed, it wasn't that funny.

Now, the latest film I've just watched:

Funny People

Comedy drama starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, 2009. When a rich comedian finds out he has leukaemia, he reconsiders his life, helped by an aspiring stand-up.

(Description from my PVR)

Never heard of this, I usually like Adam Sandler films but this bored me, especially running for 171 mins (including ad breaks). Title is misleading, should be changed to "Unfunny People". Yawn.

Simply Irresistible

(1999) Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as the worst chef ever, until a magic crab transforms her culinary skills and her love life, as she falls for restaurant owner Sean Patrick Flanery.

Never heard of it. This romantic comedy came with an extra large serving of corn. It certainly entertained me more than "Funny People", but it's still just okay, something to watch once to kill time if you don't mind really corny stuff, but I imagine many people would class this is terrible though, so I probably still liked it more than I should have.

Bad Boys

Action Thriller starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Tea Leoni. Two wisecracking cops are forced to switch identities in order to track down $100 million of heroine stolen from the police.

I liked this. I'm starting to like it when I start watching a film I know very little about and text comes up at the start saying "DIRECTED BY MICHAEL BAY", that seems to translate to me now as "YOU WILL LIKE THIS MOVIE!".

Kangaroo Jack

Comedy adventure starring Anthony Anderson and Jerry O'Connell, 2003. Two friends hunt for a kangaroo who bounds away with their 50,000 dollars in the Australian outback.

Actually wasn't expecting this to be very good, but was actually quite surprised. A lot better than I expected and gave me a few laughs.

Knocked Up

Comedy starring Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen, 2007. A journalist tries to build a relationship with a slacker after their one night stand results in a pregnancy.

Wasn't sure if I would like this, but it was actually quite alright. I got plenty of laughs out of this one so pleasantly surprised.

Lost in Translation

(2003) Great Directors: Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson star in Sofia Coppola's Oscar-winning film as two lonely souls alone in Tokyo who form a warm, understanding relationship.

Not heard of this, recorded it as it had Bill Murray in it. Shame this wasn't lost in transmission, so dull. I was so bored solid with this I stopped watching and deleted the film from my box after forty minutes. I know I truly dislike a film when I don't bother to finish watching it.

The Hurt Locker

(2008) Great Directors: Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-winning drama about a US bomb disposal unit in Iraq. Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty.

Looks like Film 4 are doing a "Great Directors" season. I wasn't expecting to like this, it didn't sound like my kind of thing but I decided to have a look as there was a time when this was being raved about as well as news stories of it being pirated by so many people. Considering it's not my kind of thing, I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.

Birth

(2004) Great Directors: Jonathan Glazer's film stars Nicole Kidman as a widow about to re-marry until a boy walks into her life and announces he's her reincarnated husband.

Never heard of this. For so many years I've thought the concept of someone being reincarnated and remembering their previous life would be a great idea for a movie, but I've never seen it done until now. I did find this film a bit slow and noticed there really were no likeable characters in it, it was the concept of the film kept me interested. There need to be more films that use this concept, it has potential to be hugely entertaining.

Stealth

The US military develops a fighter jet controlled by artificial intelligence, only for it to develop a mind of it's own. Action adventure, with Jamie Foxx and Jessica Biel. (2005)

Never heard of this. I quite liked it. About as entertaining as I expected it to be, with action, a bit of sci-fi and special effects, this movie went down nicely.

Romancing The Stone

(1984) Michael Douglas plays an adventurer, helping Kathleen Turner search for her kidnapped sister in Colombia, in Robert Zemeckis's classic comedy-adventure caper.

Didn't think I was going to like this at first, but after about 15 minutes it got going and I found it alright, but this was still a bit up and down for me.

Stephen King's Thinner

Occult thriller starring Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna, 1996. An obese lawyer is cursed by a vengeful gypsy and begins to lose weight rapidly.

Films like this are the reason I keep recording films I've never heard of. Quite relevant as I'm desperately trying to lose weight myself, but certainly not like the guy in this film does. I liked this, it kept me well entertained. I found one guy's voice quite distracting as he sounds exactly like the mafia boss in The Simpsons, now I wonder why that might be… LOL.

The Incredible Hulk

Comic book action starring Edward Norton and Tim Roth, 2008. Bruce Banner's muscular alter-ego is pitted against a genetically-modified soldier created by the military.

Haven't seen the film that came before this, but didn't think I'd really need to. This is pretty much what I expected, superhero action. It's good, but I got bored a couple of times.

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

(2006) Luke Wilson lives to regret dumping his needy girlfriend (Uma Thurman) because her alter-ego is superhero G-Girl and she is going to use her powers to make his life a living hell.

Double whammy of superheroes tonight. I liked this one and got a few laughs from it. Funniest bit involved a totally real shark being thrown into a bedroom window that CLEARLY wasn't a CG special effect (it was).

Cocoon: The Return

(1988) The alien visitors are back on Earth to rescue a cocoon found on the ocean floor, now the subject of scientific investigation, while the immortal old folk visit their ageing friends.

Used to watch the Cocoon films when I was younger, but hadn't seen them in a long time. Saw the first one again recently and found it wasn't as entertaining as I remembered, but this one is. Good film.

Trading Places

(1983) Eddie in the 80s: Comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy as a rich banker and a homeless man whose lives are swapped for a $1million bet.

I'll assume the description for this one was avoiding spoilers, but I've certainly still been missing something here, how could I have been allowed to not hear of this in all my years? This is a great movie! Funny and kept me well entertained the whole way through.

The Time Traveler's Wife

(2009) Romantic sci-fi drama. Eric Bana plays a man with a genetic condition that causes him to suddenly disappear into the near future or past, straining his marriage to Rachel McAdams.

I like a bit of time travel, so the subject of this movie is up my street, but I still found it to be better than I was expecting. Reminded me an awful lot of the River Song storyline that's been going on in TV series Doctor Who for a few years now. I liked this one.

The Mask of Zorro

Swashbuckling adventure starring Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas. To avenge his wife's murder and the kidnap of his daughter, an ageing Zorro recruits the outlaw Alejandro. (1998)

I had doubts that I would actually like this one. Not so up my street but I got on okay with it, it was worth a watch for me.

Monster-in-Law

(2005) Comedy in which Jennifer Lopez meets the man of her dreams (Michael Vartan), but his mother (Jane Fonda) is hell-bent against the match and sets out to destroy it.

I thought this one was just sort of okay at first but as it went on it seemed to pick up and I was getting a few laughs from it. Definitely better in the second half.

Tango and Cash

Action thriller starring Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell, 1989. Two arch-rival Los Angeles cops reluctantly join forces when they are both framed by a drugs baron.

Despite the title, this movie doesn't involve a fizzy fruit-flavoured drink and a pile of money, gotta love these misleading titles. I like this one, wasn't too sure what to expect so it was a pleasant surprise, funny too.

The Honeymooners

(2005) John Schulz's comedy stars Cedric the Entertainer and Mike Epps as blue collar workers who dream of making a killing through get-rich-quick schemes.

Another film where I wasn't too sure what to expect. Now this one was just sort of okay for me, could have been better and certainly needed to be funnier. Bit disappointing for me.

I hope it's not possible to die from an overdose of movies…

[shadowgoten]

I had this urge to go watch chronicle yesterday, so I did. and I really enjoyed everything about that movie.

[Kirs]

I think the last movie I watched centuries ago was Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu.

And some centuries ago Inception and Avatar.

Haruhi wins.

[tentril]

I'm pretty sure the last movie I watched was Groundhog Day. Around 7-10 times. Good movie.

[Jamie Bailey]

Been too tired to sit through too many films this week due to illness.

Flash Gordon

Camp sci-fi adventure starring Sam Jones and Melody Anderson, 1980. Flash Gordon is on a mission to stop villain Ming the Merciless from causing the moon to collide with Earth.

Ah yes, the classic so-bad-it's-good film. Shame I didn't grow up watching this, as people who did seem to love it, but it's still a good watch and a bit of a laugh. Gotta love the theme tune though. FLASH! AAA-AAH!

The Full Monty

(1997) A group of unemployed Sheffield steel workers are organised by fun-loving Gaz (Robert Carlyle) into a striptease dance troupe.

It's a good thing I was familiar with this british movie since it's original release as I certainly wouldn't watch it based on that description alone. Great film and funny, just a shame it isn't about female strippers instead, lol.

Pan's Labyrinth

(2006) Great Directors: Guillermo Del Toro's adult fairytale, set in 1944 Spain, about a girl with a brutal stepfather who is drawn into a magical world.

If I want to read, I'll pick up a book or load a website, I struggle to read and watch a movie at the same time, so I can't stand subtitles, too many subtitles can completely ruin a movie for me (District 9, I'm looking in your direction), let alone a non-english movie that has to be watched entirely with subtitles. So this movie has been bugging me since it's original release as it looked so good, but I wouldn't have ever been able to cope with it's subtitles in the cinema due to my poor eyesight.

So sitting extra close to my TV in a way I'd normally only do for playing games (I have to be damn close as it is for any film or programme, seen my eyes? They're rectangle!) I'm glad to say this movie is a must-see modern classic. Well worth putting up with the subtitles to see this at least once, and I can't imagine this being the only time I ever see it either. Still a shame, if this was in english I'd buy this on Blu-ray and watch it over and over.

[TailsSena]

One for the Money. Absolutely hysterical.

[Jamie Bailey]

The Longest Yard

70s prison movie remake starring Adam Sandler and Burt Reynolds. An imprisoned quarterback has to form an inmates American football team for a brutal prisoners v guards match. (2005)

I liked this one, kept me well entertained the whole way through and quite a few laughs, I found the opening particularly funny.

What Lies Beneath

(2000) Michelle Pfeiffer plays the wife of Harrison Ford who believes their new house is haunted by the spirit of a murdered neighbour. Could the truth lie closer to home?

Although this had it's interesting moments, this was mostly rather dull until towards the end. I certainly won't be in any hurry to see this again.

The Time Machine

(1960) George Pal's Oscar-winning film stars Rod Taylor as Victorian scientist H George Wells, who invents a time machine and travels forward through the centuries.

Not quite Back To The Future, but I found this one surprisingly entertaining considering it's age. It was also unintentionally funny because of it's outdated special effects and because it has a woman named Weena living in the distant future.

Blackbeard's Ghost

Disney comedy. A pirate who's spirit is condemned to wander the earth until he does a good deed tries to save a descendant's family home from casino racketeers. With Peter Ustinov. (1968)

I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I wasn't expecting much, but it was entertaining and funny the whole way through.

Lassie

(2005) Joe's (Jonathan Mason) beloved dog Lassie is sold by his destitute parents to the Duke of Rudling (Peter O'Toole), but the collie escapes and embarks on an adventurous journey home.

Wasn't expecting much with this either, but it was a bit better than I expected. There was a period later in the film where it got quite boring, but the film was mostly okay, worth a watch for me.

[Delta Hedgehog]

........does pr0n count?

Nah, I'm kidding. Went to go see Chronicle yesterday. Kicked ass.

[Serephim]

we know you arent kidding

Apocalypto. Bloody wonderful movie.

[Rawr]

Ahem...

REDLINE OH MY GOD ITS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IT LIKE A ZILLION TIMES NOW SINCE OWNING IT.

But aside from that, I have also watched Attack The Block lately. I watched it once at normal speed, and then part of the movie I watched in slowmo with my sister because everybody sounded super high. Also watched some parts in super fast motion (like the scooter bits) because those were hilarious too. The slowmo scene near the end at a near regular speed is really strange looking haha. It takes all the coolness away from it. But it was funny.

[Serephim]

I forgot about redline. Has it been dubbed? If so, is it any good?

I've been trying my hardest to not lolacquire the movie and buy it.

[Rawr]

Yeah its dubbed, and I like the dub. But then again 99% of the time I prefer dubs because the Japanese does nothing for me anyway.

[Serephim]

Welllll i usually do japanese dubs because, unless they have good localization team, they usually voice cast and direct waayyy better in the native language. Some lines just don't work in english, and this is compounded by bad delivery. Im actually all for changing a few words around so that things flow better while keeping the context and story intact. There are not many translators who do this well.

But i'd take a GOOD english dub over Japanese any day. Arc System Works is an example of an astounding localization team. And surprisingly, Sega seems to have a pretty decent one too. (At least, Phantasy Star Portable 2 was done extremely well.)

A movie like Redline though...yeah, i'd probably just skip the dub anyway.

[Rawr]

But see the thing is for me personally, I can't tell when someone in another language is actually giving a good performance or not. I don't know the language or its nuances. Half the time the original dub in japanese just sounds like a lot of yelling to me, and so I tend to prefer the dub for that reason primarily. I like listening to things in English if the option is available, it's very rare I'll watch it with subtitles if that choice is present to me.

[Ristar]

watched this last night with my girlfriend (the real one, not the watermelon with a hole drilled in it)

[Chaos-Fusion]

Yesterday I saw the Gintama Movie which split into 2 parts. The parts where the translation was decent and the parts where the translation became broken English. ><" Ruined important parts

Just today, I saw Chronicle and I can say it was decent.

Good display of the decay of human morals

Wish I had super powers like that

[sonicyoda]

Welllll i usually do japanese dubs because, unless they have good localization team, they usually voice cast and direct waayyy better in the native language. Some lines just don't work in english, and this is compounded by bad delivery. Im actually all for changing a few words around so that things flow better while keeping the context and story intact. There are not many translators who do this well.

But i'd take a GOOD english dub over Japanese any day. Arc System Works is an example of an astounding localization team. And surprisingly, Sega seems to have a pretty decent one too. (At least, Phantasy Star Portable 2 was done extremely well.)

A movie like Redline though...yeah, i'd probably just skip the dub anyway.

I saw this in Japanese in the cinema first and when it came out on DVD I rewatched with the English dub and it's actually very good. The choice of voice actors matches the Japanese voices very closely. So if you watch it, it's basically your preference.

[Jamie Bailey]

........does pr0n count?

Nah, I'm kidding. Went to go see Chronicle yesterday. Kicked ass.

Yes, bring on the pr0n!

*Sees the admins looking in his direction*

In January, I watched a movie called Showgirls which I had never heard of before, I got a VERY pleasant surprise, anyway, Back To The Present...

Bridge to Terabithia

CGI-filled adventure based on the children's novel about two friends who escape to a magical woodland which helps them to deal with their real life. Zooey Deschanel stars. (2007)

This is quite different from what I was expecting it to be after seeing trailers when it first came out, I expected a lot more time with CG all over the place, instead we get a lot more time watching kids in school. But it didn't disappoint, I liked this and was entertained the whole way through.

Epic Movie

(2007) Aaron Seltzer and Jason Freidberg's film parodies recent top movies including Nacho Libre, Snakes on a Plane and X-Men. With Jayma Mays, Kal Penn, Faune Chambers and Adam Campbell.

I liked Scary Movie 1 and 2, but the word "Fail" should have been in this movie's title. I notice the description for this doesn't use the word "comedy", which is appropriate because I didn't even laugh once. Epic Fail.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

(2003) Jessica Biel is among the teens threatened by chainsaw-wielding Leatherface in Marcus Nispel's re-make of the horror.

Sometimes I wonder if Hollywood really find it that hard to make a good horror film or whether horror just isn't my genre. It seems so many horror movies just want to put me to sleep and this one was no exception. Eventually it picked up a bit, but was still just okay for me.

The Day of the Triffids

Classic sci-fi fantasy adventure in which a meteor shower blinds the Earth's population and covers the planet with strange seeds, which grow into huge plant-like creatures. (1963)

This was not great but it was worth seeing to get a few laughs from the terrible special effects and ridiculous creatures.

[Serephim]

Yes, bring on the pr0n!

In January, I watched a movie called Showgirls which I had never heard of before, I got a VERY pleasant surprise, anyway, Back To The Present...

That was actually an amazing movie lol

[Jamie Bailey]

Thir13en Ghosts

Horror remake about a family who inherit a mansion from their eccentric uncle, unaware that it's home to thirteen evil ghosts. Stars Matthew Lillard and Shannon Elizabeth. (2001)

Never heard of this, now this is a better horror film. Forget 3D glasses, I want glasses that allow you to see ghosts, particularly the one that tried to take a Mega Drive controller straight from my hands when I was younger.

The Muppets

"It's time to play the music" as the Muppets return with a hilarious adventure to delight fans old and new! (cinema description)

Yes, I've been to the cinema today to watch a load of Muppets. Excellent film, funny and it's nice to see a new musical with likeable music. I find it surprising how many musicals get rubbish songs that get so irritating and/or have too much singing (Sweeney Todd, take note).

Death Race

Futuristic thriller starring Jason Statham and Joan Allen. A death row criminal takes part in a deadly motor race in which killing opponents is the way to win freedom. (2008)

Back home to the TV recordings. Someone must have been playing weapon-based racing games when they came up with this. The action-packed race scenes are well entertaining, but I felt the rest of the film could have been a bit more interesting._

[Thefinalboss123]

how dare you say that about epic movie......(nah im kidding)

anyway the last movie i say was the help my sister forced me and i fell asleep half way through lol

[Serephim]

Pan's Labyrinth

(2006) Great Directors: Guillermo Del Toro's adult fairytale, set in 1944 Spain, about a girl with a brutal stepfather who is drawn into a magical world.

This movie...it was astounding, but it was surprisingly violent for what i originally thought it was gonna be like....

That scene when the general guy bashed that guy's face in (literally) with the bottle and executed the other one on the ground, Its like it was specifically put in the movie to let you know how serious shit was about to get.

It was a wonderful movie though. I regret taking so long to watch it.

[Rawr]

I fucking love Death Race. Then again I love almost all the movies I've seen thus far with Jason Statham in them, even if he is just playing the same guy in all the movies.

Dumb, stupid action. Just the way I like it. Which you'd think it's redundant typing it like that, but it is accurate like this.

[Serephim]

....Advent Children complete (Blu Ray)

It did a much better job of telling the story, but...well, it's still trash compared to the original storytelling of the actual game.

The Butterfly Effect

Probably Ashton Kutcher's best movie.

Bridesmaids

This was actually a while ago. Well, in the movie theater i thought it was gonna be a typical chick flick. It was actually pretty god damn funny.

Unrelated to actual movies:

Jesus. christ. Good shit, woman. Haven't heard it in years, but hearing it while older seriously makes my jaw drop. I mean she barely looks like shes trying.

[Jamie Bailey]

Uncharted: Golden Abyss

A forgotten mystery hidden in a 400 year old burial site leads fortune hunter Nathan Drake onto the trail of one of history's greatest legends. Tracked by a deadly guerrilla army, Nathan and his friends must risk everything in pursuit of fortune, glory and a lost city of gold.

I'm going to have to kill everyone at Pixar just so they can turn in their graves, this is animated movie-making at it's sloppiest, not to mention requiring the purchase of a whole new player to view it. You see, the makers of this movie tried to make it waaay too long and couldn't be bothered to animate the whole movie, so every once in a while, the movie stops and viewers must move Nathan themselves as well as making him kill people, clean and inspect objects, I'm surprised they didn't make us brush his teeth and dress him too. The movie drags on for so long, I haven't actually finished watching it yet, although I also understand this isn't the first Uncharted movie to get the we-couldn't-be-bothered animation treatment, there are THREE previous instalments in the series which apparently have similar issues. Avoid at all costs unless you like pressing buttons.

I hope Uncharted never comes to cinemas, viewers will never come out again!