Which films have you seen lately? ΚΓ' - The thread is your movie hegemon.

[Ordnael]

Lynch's Dune is quite something! In my mind while reading Dune I still picture the Baron in my mind akin to his goofy vision (perfected in the mini series). Feyd-Rautha will always be a cool Sting in my mind.
Anyway I binged watched both Inside Out movies on a recommendation from my wife's psychiatrist (women and their anxiety!...videogames keep mine in check , being utterly stupid sometimes also helps!). They are very nice, entertaining, edutainment movies I strongly recommend.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Eraserhead, 1977. Watched in honor of its deceased director David Lynch. I have no idea what that was, but I need a Graham Norton palate-cleanser, stat.

Color! Humor! Humanity!.....I feel better now.

 

[Kyriakos]

Eraserhead, 1977. Watched in honor of its deceased director David Lynch. I have no idea what that was, but I need a Graham Norton palate-cleanser, stat.

In heaven, everything is fine.

 

[Smellincoffee]

JAWS, 1975. Spielberg & John Williams on music. This was my first time. Enjoyed the superb use of camera angles and music; have never failed to like Richard Dreyfuss. Very effective suspense thriller.

 

[Kyriakos]

Wasn't Dreyfuss the victim of horrible bullying there, by another actor?

 

[Kyriakos]

The Gambler (2014).
The gap in acting ability between, on the one hand, Jessica Lange and John Goodman, and on the other Brie Larson and the ever ridiculous Marky Mark - is stagering.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Wasn't Dreyfuss the victim of horrible bullying there, by another actor?

Haven't heard of it, but it looks like Dreyfuss feuded with another actor on set over their approach to acting.

 

[Takhisis]

If you like musicals it has its inexplicable merits.

But what if he has good taste?

In truth, Lara Flynn Boyle's career never really took off post-Twin Peaks.

Some probably only recognize her as the clingy ex in Wayne's World.

And Serleena in Men in Black 2… and that's it? I tend to mix her up with Lena Headey for some reason.

 

[EvaDK]

Yeah, her younger self looks quite similar to Lena Headey's ditto. They could be sisters.

However, Lara Flynn Boyle ruined her looks with botched facial cosmetic surgery in the 2000s. I imagine that also contributed to stall her career.

 

[Kyriakos]

None of the younger members of the cast of TP went on to have a meaningful career :/
Although the maniac husband of the waitress did play a very cool part in the cult horror game Phantasmagoria.

 

[Fippy]

Phantasmagoria was like Ultima 7 back then..
if you got it running properly, congrats..high-end PC test passed

 

[Kyriakos]

I never played the game - have watched the playthrough many years ago ^^

 

[Fippy]

Some would say Phantasmagoria was half game half movie..so not even totally off-topic.
Sierra did release some groundbreaking titles, and even if they usually had some flaws i could always see how much effort went in.

 

[BenitoChavez]

I saw The Age of Adaline. It's a romantic movie about a woman who doesn't age and falls in love with a man. It's hardly a groundbreaking movie but it still managed to suck me into the story.

 

[lymond]

I saw The Age of Adaline. It's a romantic movie about a woman who doesn't age and falls in love with a man. It's hardly a groundbreaking movie but it still managed to suck me into the story.

yeah, I've seen it a couple of times actually...it's a decent little movie

 

[EgonSpengler]

Dance, Girl, Dance, 1933. Ladyfriend and I watched this thinking it was the 1940 version with Lucille Ball (her favorite), but the youtuber who uploaded it didn't realize it was the 1933 original and not the 1940 movie with the original name. Given that the Hays Code didn't hit until '34, this movie features a lot of risque stuff: a couple "living in sin", a man groping a woman's chest, female actresses showing much more skin than one would expect, etc.

I haven't seen this one, but props just for watching an old movie.

I haven't verified this for myself, but I heard recently that the oldest film available on Netflix in the US is from 1973 (The Sting). If that's true, I guess Netflix concluded and/or decided that people aren't interested in older movies. This could be partly due to the fact that other streaming services are directly affiliated with the big Hollywood studios - Disney+ has the Disney and 20th Century Fox catalogues; MAX is owned by Warner Bros.; Paramount+ is obviously owned by Paramount; Amazon merged with MGM, who also own the United Artists catalogue. Sony is notably been the only one not to start its own streaming service. On one hand, maybe we can't blame Netflix for not wanting to pay through the nose for Casablanca or Lawrence of Arabia, but otoh, Netflix is far and away the most popular streaming service here, which means US movie audiences aren't bothered by not having access to movies made before the 1970s. Heck, they may not even notice, if nobody told them. (I also don't know how many people subscribe to Netflix and nothing else. It's possible lots of American Netflix subscribers are watching older movies, just not on Netflix.)

 

[EvaDK]

I saw The Age of Adaline. It's a romantic movie about a woman who doesn't age and falls in love with a man. It's hardly a groundbreaking movie but it still managed to suck me into the story.

Same. I think it's the tragedy element of the story that pulls me in. It's essentially about a woman who doesn't age, yet can't truly live a meaningful life with all that time she has, because she can't make lasting connections to the people she lets in. Highlander but without swordfights and Queen

 

[Kyriakos]

It's not very relatable, though. I mean, if you are immortal, you can be a bachelor. If you are dead, you can't be anything ^^

 

[Fippy]

Speaking of Highlander..i wish there would be someone - anyone - else in the role than Lambert.
In past years i thought several times "oh i could watch that again"..Sean Connery, epic music, nice landscapes, Clancy Brown etc..and then i don't.
Such a boring actor imo.

 

[Kyriakos]

The tv series had its moments, with the other actor
Although it was cheesy.

I am half-way through the new Nosferatu film, but I am not liking it.