What did you watch today? v 17.0

Tell everyone what you watched, what you thought, and what's up next.

The first post in this thread is # 4349

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Permalink Reply by Tommy on December 3, 2008 at 8:49pm: California Split-4/5

i still haven't seen an Altman film that i liked as much as Nashville (i guess that happens when the first film you see by a particular director is a great one) but this one comes closest to what i liked so much about Nashville; not much of a plot, but a fascinating, almost documentary look at the lives of some unusual people.

Permalink Reply by joeoftexas on December 4, 2008 at 9:55am: I love California Split !

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Permalink Reply by spiderpig on December 4, 2008 at 8:54am: So, uh ... what did you think?

Permalink Reply by Broken on December 4, 2008 at 9:19am: I actually watched that last night. It was pretty good. I seriously thought it would be a wannabe matrix but it really proved me wrong.

Permalink Reply by Broken on December 4, 2008 at 9:18am: Demon Knight......boy how I love this movie. Billy Zane is awesome.

Permalink Reply by Knaldskalle on December 4, 2008 at 10:22am: The Man Who Sued God. It's very much a 3 star movie. Low production values, poor CGI, bad acting, a hokey love story, but the premise carries the movie and I just plain like Billy Connoly (even if he acts tretty poorly in thid one).

Permalink Reply by Deric Kettel on December 4, 2008 at 5:41pm: Force 10 from Navarone

Permalink Reply by The Professor on December 6, 2008 at 8:33am: Great stuff.....

Permalink Reply by jessie on December 4, 2008 at 11:15pm: I watched The Spook who Sat By The Door.
"What we got now is a colony, what we want to create is a new nation."
Great movie, moved along well and had a strong leading man. It's a 70's film about the civil rights struggle in Chicago.
There is a good commentary at the beginning to set up the film and the special feature has words from the author. (It was a book before a movie)
4 stars
(stolen from one of Pihk's lists)

next up Cape Fear
(1962)

Permalink Reply by jessie on December 4, 2008 at 11:39pm: Finished Cape Fear.
I think Robert Mitchum was great. The way he walked and held himself was extremely creepy and it was good to see Telly Savalas. I also liked the Diane Taylor character, but I was a little disappointed w/ the other leading ladies, namely Nancy the daughter.

I thought Juliette Lewis played the role much better (Cape Fear). No one can pull off a "naive deer-in-the- headlights" like she can.

Permalink Reply by Christopher on December 4, 2008 at 11:49pm: I watched A Christmas too many ( only available for IW) http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/A_Christmas_Too_Many/70100858?trkid=...

I found this movies to be a bore. It was supposed to be a comedy but after 30 mins I gave up on this one. I suggest that you don't bother watching this one at all you will be very dissapointed.

Permalink Reply by julieg on December 6, 2008 at 4:48pm: I did quite a bit of movie watching yesterday and today. I watched What We Do Is Secret which was a fairly interesting story about Darby Crash of the early punk bank "The Germs" with Shane West.
Step Brothers pretty funny but the ending was a little flat
Red this one was fantastic and I highly recommend it (it's on IW) although if you are squeamish about animals you might not like it. Brian Cox was wonderful.
College Road Trip I watched this with my youngest son. Not bad, Martin Lawrence is funny.