What is the last movie you saw and enjoyed?

I watched "Spice World" last night, and I guess I would say I enjoyed it.

Surprisingly, "I, Robot" was good. I didn't think it would be based on the commercials. I really should know better by now than to trsut the advertising. I don't why they do this, but often Hollywood will ruin a perfetcly good moive by giving it a crappy ad campaign.

I just saw wildflowers at home again. It's a beautiful mother--daughter movie about hippie dysfunction. Awesome folk-blues soundtrack, never released.

I wish there were ads that could convey conceptual/drama/mystical content rather than action and effects. What makes a really good movie isn't even easily conveyed on the back of a movie. It's not the story, but how it's told. I'm fond of a silent german movie called 'The Blue Light'. The entire plot can be wrapped up easily in ten sentences, but the use of camera effects to tell a larger mystical story is fantastic.

"Closer" stands out as the most enjoyable lately.

My favorite example of lame-o advertising is the botch job the studios did on The Cable Guy. A great dark comedy, but it was marketed as a slapstick picture! Sadly, when you have a comedy like The Cable Guy, a lot of the jokes will fly right over the head of the kind of people who pay $8 to see a B-list actor getting hit in the balls every 15 seconds.

I love some Jim Carrey, but didn't see that one because it looked like a slapstick comedy. My faves of his were the the one where he lives obliviously in a movie-set, the majestic, and bruce almighty. In general, I love movies where the humor is a sort most people wont get, or for that matter, where the mystical, philosophical, technical, conceptual, or other content is something most people won't get. They can't really make much money though marketing movies as something that most people won't get.

I saw The Big Lebowski for the first time tonight.

"closer" was the last movie we saw and i enjoyed it. my partner found it upsetting though.

can't remember the names. We watch SO many movies,

punch drunk love

The Cooler

That movie was fudgeed up! ... but cool too.

White noise I enjoyed, until the ending, which was poo. Team America was funny, but I wouldn't count it as enjoyable really. It was just a time killer. I watched Blow on DVD the other night and I really enjoyed that.

yes it was. made our heads hurt.

made me want to trash a restaurant bathroom

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Garden State

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Godfather 2, yesterday on tv.

The Aviator

The Lost Boys.

Ju-On...excellent movie...scared the crap out of me! I also enjoyed a quirky little movie called Haiku Tunnel.

I'm scheduled to watch Ju-On tomorrow! Glad to hear it was good and scary.

If you are able, watch it in Japanese with sub-titles. It's so much better that way. The English-dubbed version isn't bad, but the other version is better. Are you watching it via pay-per-view or on DVD/VHS? BTW-I finally saw the American remake of Ju-On recently in our local second-run theater and I'd say there is no comparison. Of course the American version has Sarah Michelle Gellar and while I watched Buffy, I have to say that she doesn't have that much acting ability. I am, of course, referring to The Grudge. I didn't find it nearly as scary as Ju-On. One thing I like about Japanese horror movies is that they tend to be nearly bloodless. There is a bit of bloodiness, but not to the extent that American horror movies have. Japanese horror movies seem to rely more on the unseen and suspense. I find that far more scarier than buckets of gore.

I rented the DVD. I didn't check to see if it's dubbed or subtitled. Darnit! I'm hoping it's dubbed.

I've seen some previews for The Grudge, and it looked pretty freaky. And now you're telling me Ju-On is significantly scarier?! Oh nooo!

Did you prefer Ringu to The Ring?

You know, I wouldn't peg you as a scary movie watcher.

I guess Van Helsing on PPV>

me too

I originally saw it on DVD and as far as I know, the DVD is dubbed, but I woud opt for the subtitled version if the DVD offers it. As to Ringu, it's somewhat better than The Ring in my humble opinion. I love horror movies...almost as much as scr-fi movies and have done so for as long as I can remember. I just don't care for splatter films per se. I recently taped Ju-On off pay-per-view, but they are only showing the English dubbed version, not the Japanese language with English subtitles which is what I preferred. Hopefully I'll eventually be able to find Ju-On on DVD.

American History X. It was a great movie.

I just checked the DVD I rented. It's subtitled, thank goodness! Phew.

It sounds like your tastes run very similar to my mom's. I like a good horror movie, but like you said, the splatter stuff doesn't do much for me. Do you have a favorite scary movie? I'm always looking for recommendations!

"Grrrrrr!"

It was so stupid that it was funny!

We watched Gladiator last week.

Joaquin Phoenix = hot sex

One of my favorites is "The Haunting" directed by Robert Wise and based on Shirley Jackson's book, The Haunting of Hill House". It came out in the early 60's and I have it on VHS. It's a fairly decent adaptation of the book. Avoid the remake that came out a few years ago. It's dreadful and resembles the book very little. The remake has a lot of in-your-face special effects and such, but the original is psychologically scarier. The characters hear things in Hill House, but these things are never seen, which to me is far more scary because you can let your imagination run wild and free Robert Wise also directed one of my sci-fi favorites, "The Day the Earth Stood Still". I've yet to see a remake of any of the classic older horror/sci-fi movies that measured up to the originals. I like the original version of "The Blob" with Steve McQueen, but the remake is nothing more that a splatter fest. The same goes in comparing the original "The Thing" and John Carpenter's gory remake. I like most of John Carpenter's work, but his remake of the 50's classic "The Thing" makes me physically ill!

I have seen the newer "The Haunting," unfortunately. I wasn't too impressed, but I would definitely like to check out the original film.

Have you seen "The Day After"?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0085404/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxzZz...

It's just a dinky little crap tv movie, but it was filmed in my hometown!

Crossroads! I watched it last week with my friend. I basically enjoyed it because of the pain it put him through. Whenever he made fun of a scene I would repeat it.

I just got "Forgotten" over the weekend. It was really cool.

Yes I have and it wasn't all that crappy. Have you seen "Animal House"? Most of it was filmed in Eugene, Oregon and the parade sequence was filmed in nearby Cottage Grove.

The Phantom of the Opera

I have seen Animal House. I've been incredibly fascinated by Oregon lately, so I'll have to give it another watch!

The Village,
I found it to be a movie of subtle qualities overlooked by all the hype and misrepresentation.

It's a great funny movie. We own the Double Secret Probation version on DVD.

Saving Private Ryan on tape.

That is my favorite movie of all time! The Dude abides...

Just saw Shamalayan's 'The Village'. I was told it sucked, but I enjoyed it. Better than any other horror movie except David Lynch movies.

I loved it too. So many people just didn't get it. I'm really looking forward to the DVD release. Hmm, must be soon, even here.

Maybe Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

There were some funny parts in Harold and Kumar go to White Castles.

24 Hour Party People

I just watched Ju-On a couple of hours ago! Just be glad you aren't my next door neighbor, I was a little on the loud side during the scary parts.

I was very pleasantly surprised. I'm only sorry I didn't get to see it sooner!

I'm fond of failed utopia movies in general. This had a mystical directing style without actually being mystical, but not debunking such either. In a sense, they had made the monsters real. It was directed as I would direct in it's use of sound, timing, color. Sure, I would use different palettes for different movies, but the method of applying to the senses is the same. The acting was right on, the language they created was awesome, there weren't holes in the story or paradigm, it was all crafted with integration yet evolved conceptually/pathically. It left one thinking. - I can imagine people leaving the theater though thinking 'What a waste of time, the monsters weren't even real'.

I think a lot of people went looking for the dramatic twist at the end and were then disappointed that they spotted it a mile off (I guessed it in the opening shot!). They were so intent on spotting the twists and turns that they missed the real underlying story.

I'm not even sure what you might mean by the dramatic twist - her going? her actually seeing a monster? ivy killing noah? finding dad was the designer?, or that it was a planned community from the start?

In general, I catch surprise twists early on anyhow, and it's always in the telling for me. This was appropriately predictable - I didn't know for sure Ivy would go, but it was set up correctly. I suppose if you were to watch it as a mystery suspense genre, you would miss the point. same with horror genre. I'm not sure what you'd call this.. It's something between Brazil, Mists of Avalon, and Weir or Lynch movies, all faves of mine, all hard to classify.

It also reminds me of a sci-fi book series I read as a kid, Zenna Hendersons 'The People - No Different Flesh' about pschic powered aliens living here as Amish types.

Are you always a morning person at SC?

I think the biggest twist for most people was that it was actually set in the modern day, but I figured that at the beginning so I wasn't looking for it all the way through. I think that helped with appreciating it. A lot of people sat down to watch a film by ' that bloke that does big twists at the end' and so couldn't see anything in it but that. They were just there for the mass audience rather than the ones who really got it.

I'm not much of a morning person at all. I'm often on SC in the early hours of the morning as I'm finishing up some work or relaxing before going to bed. It's approaching 9am now, and I never made it to bed last night. I have a lecture at 10. I shall have to fight my desire for a nap later, or I shan't get any work done this afternoon and the whole cycle will repeat itself. No good, because I have an essay to hand in tomorrow and other work to be getting on with.

Did mean I had breakfast for the first time in about 10 years though - toasted muffins with cheesy scrambled eggs in

Scairdy cat! Glad you enjoyed it...there is nothing like a good, scary movie!

You should have seen me when my meowing cat woke me up this morning. I was afraid I would open my eyes and be surrounded by black cats!

Ah, just part of the standard crowd of late night - early morning SC intellectuals then. Ya gottta watch out for those daytimers, looking around every corner for a clue, not ready to find that modern day has passed them by. That's the way I did school too, while working late night too, but I had a mix of A's and failures/drops. This semester I'm thinking to take a programming class in php, but I may not even let the instructor know (definitely no the school), since his materials are online. That way I can abort if other priorities come up, have guidelines, but steer assignments to the exact project I have in mind (writing a language for Artificial Spirituality graphic communication apps) If I were ever to work for someone again, it's always been my project portfolio, not my attendance status I've gone on anyhow.
One day you'll graduate to waffles or french toast. But muffins are cool; They support cream cheese, marmalade, pesto & olives, pineapple, etc.
Now theres a project for you in nano-biology... a petrie dish instant pizza kit. Move over minced-meat man.

Wuss!

I've never seen an American breakfast waffle - only potato waffles, which are rather different. French toast is good though

Hmm, instant pizza kit - just add water?

Yep. You'd have to have a sterile protein/carb base. You could make edible toy variants like 'Crystal Pizza-Castle Gardens' or 'Pizza Monkeys'.

Never even seen Belgian waffles (much deeper than american)? Recipes are similar to pancakes: Blueberry, bananna, etc.

I imagine waffles to not be that dissimilar to yorkshire puddings, just with a greater crunchy to soggy ratio. Pancake batter cooked in hot oil so that it puffs up.

I saw Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow last night. It was sweeet.

That's cold!

We saw House of the Flying Daggers last night... it was pretty. It was entertaining. It had some animal cruelty in its production which really bothers me.

You have a very accurate imagination

Oh good

Yeah....I know, I know! After all...it scared the living crap outta me as well!

Your crap is alive? You're weirder than I thought!

Thanks....I think!

http://www.grafixoncall.com/albums/album_image/147... This is a round waffle, but waffles are more commonly square.

It looks good!

It is, but I still like pancake more. My son is the waffle eater in the house. You can get them at restaurants, make them homemade if you own a waffle iron or buy them frozen. The frozen varieties can be heated up in the oven, toaster or microwave depending on the brand. If I have waffles, I prefer the buttermilk variety, the same goes for pancakes, but I also love buckwheat pancakes as well.

I've never had American-style pancakes either - Scotch pancakes are similar but not quite the same.

How do they differ?
http://www.culinarybaby.org/dindex-item_id-B00006U...

I've only had shop-bought Scotch pancakes, but I gather that they're closer to crumpet texture than American style pancakes.

Ahh....since I've never eaten a crumpet, I'm not certain what their texture is like. I've heard of crumpets, of course, but never eaten them. It's not a really common food item in my area, but I have had scones and biscotti.

Crumpets aren't really like anything else - apart from Scotch pancakes.... They have a heavier texture, but it isn't breadlike.

Okay...now I'm thoroughly confused!

SpongeBob

Ugh, I think you missed out on waffle technology entirely. Less oil involved than with pancakes; baked in waffle irons, crunchier than pancakes, and i must imagine vastly crunchier than yorkshire puddings. Somewhat softer than shortbread cookies/biscuits though. A bit crunchier than most doughnuts though which are boiled or deep-fried.

That latter photo was for a 'Belgian' waffle maker. The first photo was typical american except round (frozen variety). Waffle makers tend to be square.

and yes, crumpets are quite close in texture, a touch spongier inside yet crispier outside, but waffles are sweeter (more like doughnuts) with no tiny crumpet holes.

Yorkshire puddings are crunchier than pancakes, even US style pancakes, and definitely a lot crunchier than doughnuts.

Cellular.......... I watched Catwoman & The Forgotten & The grudge more recently but Cellular I enjoyed the best

Oh, guess i had no clue on yorkshire puddings. how are they cooked?

You put fat in a roasting tin - traditionally the juices from a beef joint, but vegetable oil works fine. Stick it in the oven on a high temperature until the oil starts to smoke (very slightly). Put the whole tin over heat (ie. over a gas/electric ring on the cooker top) and pour in the batter. You have to be careful not to splash the oil as you pour or you'll get a column of fire in your face. Then stick the whole thing back in the oven and bake until risen, crispy and deep golden brown.

Veg oil sounds ok, beef fat makes me feel like vomiting. Are these things ever sweet pastries, or just main courses?

Dangerous cooking. Sounds exciting. Reminds me of my old fire sculptures and painting convasses on the chgopping block with spray cans while they were on fire.

Nowadays they're pretty much always savoury as part of the main course, but traditionally they were a starter to fill you up before the main course. They could be served savoury with gravy or sweet, sprinkled with sugar or honey. I've never tried them sweet though.

Kiki's Delivery Service.

Brokeback Mountain

Clerks 2.

The Changeling.

Oh, that was at the cinema, though. I fell back in love with If.... last night when I couldn't sleep.