Last Movie You Watched? (Part 3)

Captain Clegg [1962]. Director: Peter Graham Scott

5/10

Dull Hammer mishmash of pirate & horror genres.

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Touching the Void [2003]. Director: Kevin Macdonald

8/10

Stunning docu-drama with superbly re-enacted mountain climbing scenes. Amazing that the guy with the broken leg lived to write the book and appear in this film.

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The Evil of Frankenstein [1964]. Director: Freddie Francis

6/10

The monster's a bit naff (played by a wrestler) but Peter Cushing is solid as ever as the Baron.
 
Black Angel Vol. 2 - 7/10 unexpectedly captivating Jap gangster hit-woman saga. Has nothing to do with Black Angel vol 1, which is a much more by-the-numbers Yakuza tale, though it appears to start out in the same vein, this one veers off into deeper more meditative territory.

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Mark
 
Rope

Hitchcock's "one take" movie. I thought it was an interesting concept. The single location gave it a fairly claustrophobic feel, and the dynamic between the two lead actors was well done; one who was egotistical, calculating and arrogant, and the other who was slowly coming apart at the seams. The philosophical debate about eugenics was a bit clunky, but coming so soon after WW2, I'm sure it resonated at the time.

All in all, I'm not sure the "one take" gimmick really added much. I kept looking at the clock every ten minutes or so trying to anticipate where the "cut" would come. It distracted from the story a bit, which I otherwise enjoyed.

The Magnificent Seven

Ashamed to admit I hadn't seen this until today :o

My first impression was that it was a rather odd decision to cast two people with fairly strong foreign accents as cowboys. Yul Brynner and Horst Bucholz look great... until they open their mouths. I know the wild west would have been full of immigrants at that time, but I found it a bit distracting.

Also, I thought it was a bit corny at times. The romance between Bucholz and the Indian woman... the kiRAB with Charles Bronson... it was just a bit sentimental for my taste. Finally, I think some of "The Seven" could have done with getting a bit more screen time. I thought Robert Vaughn's character was the most interesting by far (and he gave the best acting performance too), but he was barely in it!

Overall I quite enjoyed it. The cinematography, the lanRABcape, the music were all good, but I think I prefer my Westerns with a tad more grit.
 
Good film. And I only just realised after seeing Inception, that Ellen Page was in Juno. It'd been bugging me, as I recognised her face and name but couldn't place the film I'd seen her in.

I finally got to watch Shutter Island the other night. Leo DiCaprio just gets better and better IMO, and after having seen SI and Inception, I'm sure both films will get some award nominations. High time Leo received a best actor award, he's made some great films over the last 4 years.

I'm not partial to many soundtrack albums, but I bought the soundtrack to Inception. It's superb.
And having Johnny Marr play on some of the tracks also gives it a few more cool points :cool:

The only other soundtrack CD I own is Walk The Line.
 
Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Decided to give this another watch, considering that I was disappointed with it the first time I watched it a few months ago. I still think it's not as good as it should have been, but I think I did prefer it a little bit more this time, probably due to having no expectations to spoil. Visually, it's good, there are some nicely done scenes (an example would be the falling down the hole, which was quite good), the story is very hit and miss with parts that seem to go nowhere, Johnny Depp is disappointing in this one with his eccentric Mad Hatter who's hardly mad, the one who plays Alice is a bit wooden, Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen was fine, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen was enjoyable, the voice actors did a reasonable job with their animated characters... although can someone find the annoying Matt Lucas something else to do. So, it's not that good, but it's not that bad... it's a bit alright verging on underwhelming.
 
I caught the last 40 mins or so of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? last night. I'll have to watch the whole thing sometime.

Starsky & Hutch - Seen it a few times, It's pretty good fluff.

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler - Really great film.
 
After.Life- Not bad, surprised it didn't get a cinema release as it was better then some horror movies that do, plus a decent cast - Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson and Justin Long
 
Separation [1968]. Director: Jack Bond

5/10

Unseen for 26 years following the 1982 suicide of its writer/star Jane Arden (professional and personal partner of the director). Style wins over substance in a tale of a midlle-aged woman recently separated from her husband. Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum supplied some of the music.

http://www.procolharum.com/separation_ihrev.htm
 
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