What did you watch today? v 7.0

Tell everyone what you watched, what you thought of it, and what is up next for you.

The first post in this thread is #1286.

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Permalink Reply by Snorii on May 9, 2008 at 12:50pm: I watched Babe and The Lion in Winter last night.

Babe was cute and worth watching, but was pretty much what I expected. I've never seen a more evil version of James Cromwell.

The Lion in Winter was really good, the dialog is just fantastic, so many great lines in this one. Stars Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn and also has a young Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton.

Up next is Almost Famous, Henry V, and Wings of Desire.

Permalink Reply by JWnPooh on May 9, 2008 at 1:07pm: The Lion in Winter was an awesome movie. Have you seen the remake with Patrick Stewart & Glenn Close. I loved both, but honestly don't think I could pick one over the other.

Permalink Reply by Snorii on May 9, 2008 at 5:00pm: I haven't seen the remake yet, but I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks.

Permalink Reply by SchatzReviews on May 9, 2008 at 5:17pm: Sweet, it is my good friend Mark. Just joined Netflix community. I have not watched any movies today but do plan on watching some. Speaking of watching a movie, what about that great IW list they now set up. It is so great! I have 109 movies on there already. Now I don't have to worry about always returning the movies there is so much IW options, like those about nature and the environment.

Permalink Reply by Snorii on May 9, 2008 at 9:41pm: I agree, I just finished up Life in the Freezer recently. I also recommend The Blue Planet, but sadly just one of the four discs are available on Watch Instantly at the moment, Tidal Seas / Coasts. (The Deep is the best one.)

Permalink Reply by The Professor on May 9, 2008 at 8:17pm: "Detour" rules. The most vicious femme fatale in the history of film noir. Is it the greatest B movie ever made? Maybe....

Permalink Reply by Pihk on May 12, 2008 at 7:40am: Lean on Me is inspirational only if you find fascism to be the same. Cleaning up graffiti and learning school songs doesn't equal smarter kids. That dude had no teaching philosophy beyond discipline and demeaning his teachers.

I am prepping a review of that little con job of a movie and am fully expecting to get hit with an onslaught of Unhelpfuls

Permalink Reply by The Professor on May 9, 2008 at 8:20pm: Last night I saw American Gangster 4 stars -Excellent and well worth the very very long wait it took to get it. This is a must see film based on the true life of Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas.

I really wanted to like it and I'm a huge fan of both the stars, but it seemed like Denzel's heart wasn't in his role, and Crowe seemed to struggle with the accent. I didn't dislike it though....

Permalink Reply by Aces on May 9, 2008 at 8:31pm: It's so funny how people see things differently. I didn't notice either of these things. To me Denzel became Frank Lucas and I never thought he was acting. You may be right about Crowe with the accent. I turned on sub titles in the begining because I couldn't understand someone (maybe him) but that's not unusual at all for me to watch an English movie with the sub titles on. I like to be sure I don't miss anything.

Permalink Reply by The Professor on May 9, 2008 at 8:46pm: My sister and her husband are that way as well — everything with subtitles on. I can't seem to get with it because their main reason for doing so is so they can talk during the movie!

I watch most movies after my wife goes to bed, so I have to use headphones, which really makes it easy to hear.

Denzel is in my top 3 favorite current actors (so is Crowe), but I just felt that he has a 'canned' persona that he was able to pull out and use in A.G. Either that, or he is getting to the point, like Jack Nicholson or Al Pacino, that no matter what the movie is you are always aware that it's him.

He did get 40 million for the part, so more power to him!

Permalink Reply by Aces on May 9, 2008 at 9:00pm: You are so right about Nicholson and Pacino. Maybe I was just engrossed in the story and didn't notice. I like movies based on true stories. Also, drug stories and bad cop stories so this one hit themes I like. It really made me want to watch Blow and Bad Lieutenant again. Two of my favorite movies.