list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

Just saw Jodorowski's Dune. Which was awesome until he got to the raping Frank Herbert part. But the whole thing makes me so sad that we never heard the Magma Harkonen music realized. It also showed us that Giger's health was quite poor prior to his tumble.

^ Don't forget Elliot Gould in Capricorn One;  one of the greatest ever

Il deserto dei tartari

Merely a masterpiece. Beautiful, meaningful & stylish, this is a deep existential drama of a phantasmagoric world on the edge. Everything about this movie is flawless: screenplay, actors, soundtrack, production design (the film was shot in a real castle in Iran, now almost destroyed).

Highly recommended.

TeleStrat wrote: Walton Street wrote: Wanted 3.. ho hum entry of the series ruined for me by the hyper kinetic editing - especially during a car chase. i really hate car chases . there's about 3 good ones in the history of film and the rest bring nothing new to the table. I like action movies and have for a long time and I agree with you about car chases. I don't know why film makers feel that every action movie absolutely has to have a car chase scene.  There are only so many scenarios that can be used to create a car chase scene and they have all been done and done and done again.  No matter how advanced cinematography and special effects get, there are still only a certain number of ways that something can be done.  And BTW, this definitely includes driving against oncoming traffic.

Wanted 3..

Last night I watched the original version (1973) of The Wicker Man with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee. I was scrolling down the cable channels and found it on Flix.

Steppenwolf (1974)

Based on a novel by Hermann Hesse. Lame screenplay which (despite of being quite close to the book) makes the film look like a bunch of unconnected episodes, weak director's work and the director of photography's work is even worse. Great actors, it's hard to find a better choice for the leading role than Max von Sydow (the only other actor I could ever imagine portraying Harry Haller is probably Gary Oldman).

It's a shame actually that the movie fails so much. With Max von Sydow it could've been a masterwork.

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Agreed on all parts. It's one of my favorite Bond movies, and Lazenby was superb. I'm not a fan of Moore's entries at all, but the rest of the Bond actors and movies I've enjoyed, even Dalton. Well, Brosnan was a great choice, but after his fantastic Goldeneye debut, things got so ridiculously cartoony that they managed to outdo the silliness of even the Moore movies and were nearly unwatchable.

Walton Street wrote: Gave Bond a break and showed Bladerunner to a friend of mine who'd never seen it before. I'll take any excuse to watch that film.

^Awesome movie! Watching the movie to listen to Vangelis' great soundtrack is also a good excuse