What was the last film you saw?

[MetalBlade]

I got it for Xmas from my brother.
Watched it Christmas Day and was pretty thrilled by it.
I like the scene where all the Autobots are trying to hide in that kid's garden.
The robots had a sense of humour which I enjoyed.

While the film was very dazzling, there was often a little too much going on onscreen, which had the effect of giving me a bit of a headache.
That could have been the Jack Daniel's from the night before though.
And it reminded me a hell of a lot of Bay's Con Air in places, which is not a bad thing.

So yeah, Transformers was a pretty smashing movie, to say I was never really a fan of the cartoons or comics or toys.

[Knoxville]

I watched Bad Boys 2 yesterday on DVD, not a bad film but it does seem to drag on a bit in places. Quite funny though.

Then I was old school and watched a Chuck Norris Classic, Missing in Action. Rented it from the store for a dollar for the whole week, it's a good film. Although the ending is a little shite, I liked it from start to finish.

[MetalBlade]

It's hard to know where to start with Chuck Norris.
His films are mostly misses, although I really like him, and consider him one of my heroes.
Only thing is, he never managed to better his part in Bruce Lee's Way Of The Dragon.
He wasn't in it a lot, and rarely spoke, but he was so good that it's hard not to compare everything he's done since with that one part.

I'd love to see Chuck playing the part of a villain again, but from what I gather, he has always ruled himself out of playing bad guys, as he considers himself too much of a role model.

[Woo]

For some reason Channel 4 showed two zombie films within a week of each-other recently and I saw both of them. I'd seen them at the cinema, but thought I'd watch them again for the second (or in Shaun of the Dead's case 3rd of 4th time)

The first one they showed was;
Dawn of the Dead- the remake.
I loved it. I know it lacks all the meaning about consumerism and the subtle touches and the like, but screw subtlety I want my zombie films as brain-dead as the zombies themselves and this is great dumb fun full of exciting scenes and a lot of good characters. IMO better than all the 'Torture Porn' Horror films that fill cinemas these days.
***

Shaun of the Dead
Surely everybody has seen this film and knows how great it is right? My favorite bit is right at the end where it has zombies working at tesco's and being used for game-shows. Plus the line at the end "rumours that the outbreak was caused by rage infected monkeys has been denied" got a big laugh from me.
*****

[Layne]

Blues Brothers, which I got for my birthday.

Funny stuff, especially the part where the nazi guys drive off the unfinished bridge which always cracks me up.

[MetalBlade]

Last night I watched both GRINDHOUSE features - Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, followed by Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror.

***SPOILERS BELOW***


I tend to ignore bad reviews, choosing instead to make my own mind up about films which I am interested in seeing. A good thing too, as I've not read a single good review for either one, and I ended up loving both of them.

Kurt Russell is back to his best as slimy psycho Stuntman Mike.
Why he does not get better roles than he has recently is beyond me. He's an acting genius.
But I guess QT has this uncanny knack of providing faded stars with roles that often define - and more often revive - their careers.
Death Proof for me was sassily acted by the female leads, expertly shot by the man himself, and shockingly violent in places.

One scene where the four girls are sat round a table chatting, I'd swear that if it were not for the fact that the camera tracked around the table and centred on each speaker, I'd be positive Tarantino left the camera running while he went for a piss, so natural and seamless is the exchange.
And all in one long continuous take of at least eight minutes.

Planet Terror on the other hand went straight for the jugular - quite literally.
So over the top was the gore, but not in a cartoony fashion, as in Bad Taste or Brain Dead.
I know it was intentionally a homage to the zombie flicks of the seventies and early eighties, but at times it seriously felt like I WAS watching a vintage lost Fulci or Romero feature.
The use of music accentuated the feeling of nostalgia, and more than once I was reminded of Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. If Rodriguez says he never saw that obscure show from a couple of years back, I reckon he's telling porkies.

Once again, a flagging career hits a high point with Josh Brolin deadpanning his way through a zombie apocalypse, with great gusto.

A recurring character from Death Proof and earlier QT/RR colaboration From Dusk Til Dawn, Michael Parks reprises his role as a redneck sherriff, and manages to snaffle many of the best lines.

Out of the two films, I enjoyed Death Proof most.
Possibly because I am a massive Tarantino fan, but mainly because the film had much more focus than Planet Terror's gorefest.
If possible, watch both films as the double-bill they were intended, as they have a lot in common.

And after being amazed by the psedo-trailer for Danny Trejo's MACHETE, I hear it will be made into a full feature. And I am MASSIVELY excited about that.

[Knoxville]

I saw Planet Terror a while ago when I got them both on DVD and thought it was fantastic, I don't know why it got bad reviews. Maybe people didn't like seeing the films back to back in the cinema. I have yet to see Death Proof though, got it on DVD but haven't got round to watching it yet.

[Intervention]

I bought The Warriors and SpaceBalls from the HMV sale yesterday, The Warriors is a classic in my eyes, Spaceballs is an increadibly silly film made funny solely by Rick Moranis in my opinion

[Woo]

From what I understand Metal the versions of Death Proof and Planet Terror that were released over here in cinema by themselves are different to the ones in the double feature. Apparently QT and RR had to make long versions of both films so that they would be able to stand-alone in their own right.

You mentioned in DP that there was one scene where it appears QT has left the camera running, but in the version I saw that happened twice and the were the parts of the film I liked the least. I mean a 12 minute (might have been shorter, sure felt long) conversation between the 3 women sort of got it off to slow start, but I forgave that as I knew the film would build to something good and it did. But after the scene where Russell kills Rose McGowan's character the film went into reset and we got another 8 minute or so conversation between 4 new girls that again seemed to drag.

I liked DP as I said in this thread, but the way QT was forced to make the film longer probably hurt the stand-alone version. I want to see the shorter versions of Death Proof and Planet Terror back-to-back as they were meant to be seen, also that way I'd get to see the fake adverts and the like.

[Knoxville]

boyno7 said:

I want to see the shorter versions of Death Proof and Planet Terror back-to-back as they were meant to be seen, also that way I'd get to see the fake adverts and the like.

Woo can you play Region 1 DVD's? They have a box set out over here which contains both versions of the films. Two discs have the full length and the thrid disc has then back to back with the fake ads in the middle.

[leoisthelion]

My patience span is terrible, I have to rely on films I have already seen to watch.

So, Planes, Trains and Automobiles on one of the Sky Movie Channels last Saturday.
..and yes I could watch THAT again and again...

[Woo]

I saw Lady & The Tramp today with my sister. I never really liked it before, but it's good. Two of the best songs ever in a Disney film too.
***

[Knoxville]

I watched Rambo yesterday afternoon and have never laughed so hard in my life. It's probably one of the most over the top movies I have ever seen (In second place is Clive Owen's Shoot 'Em Up.) This was truely over done, in one scene he punches someones head clean off their body. Then in a later scene he pulls out someones thoart with one of his hands. Now this would all be believable if you could actually understand what Sly was saying, but throughout the whole movie he slurs like a drunk.

I'll give it **

Now last night, I went to the DVD rental shop and rented out what Woo called the 2nd highest grossing film of the 90's. That's right, The Lion King.

Why watch this crap you ask? Well because the lack of Disney films I have seen growing up, (I think I saw Toy Story 1 and 2, Oliver and Company, Aladdin and Retern of Jafar.) Well according to Woo and Steala that isn't enough. So I watched The Lion King and it was the biggest pile of tosh going. I didn't enjoy a single bit of it. Maybe it was Elton Johns crappy soundtrack or maybe it's because in Woo's own words "I have no soul."

So in short, I won't even rate the film. It was that bad.

[Woo]

You clearly haven't got a heart or a soul Knoxville.

[MetalBlade]

Last night I watched a terrifying thriller called THEM.
It's only an hour and fifteen minutes long, but I almost shat myself towards the end.
I won't give any spoilers but it's a French film, just so you get the right movie, and it's a proper trouser-worrier.

Check it out, then try and sleep