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Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?

ritmomundo said:
I agree. Almost every ad or TV spot for a new release film includes some embellished overused quote, like "riotously funny," "funniest movie of the year," "best movie of the year," or "must-see."

Ideally, I prefer knowing as little as possible about a movie or its reviews before seeing it, to avoid any inflated expectations, so I aim to go on opening weekends if possible.
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Pompeii looks like a movie that sucks whereas American Hustle was actually a wonderful and most delightful movie.

I still need to see Nebraska however.
 
ritmomundo said:
I agree. Almost every ad or TV spot for a new release film includes some embellished overused quote, like "riotously funny," "funniest movie of the year," "best movie of the year," or "must-see."

Ideally, I prefer knowing as little as possible about a movie or its reviews before seeing it, to avoid any inflated expectations, so I aim to go on opening weekends if possible.
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Yes, to a large extent, I agree with you.

I tend to prefer to watch a movie if it has been recommended to me by word of mouth (by someone whose views on such matters I respect), or recommended by an intelligent and articulate critic (such as Barry Norman, or Philip French), whose writing, likewise, I respect. Advertising is something I usually ignore completely.
 
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The Final Countdown

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What Movie Are You Watching?

Muscle Master said:
I just started watching the series The Borgias on showtime... Very interesting
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I don't like watching shows that got cancelled. If it's a show that I started watching from the very first episode then that's fine but if it's a show I've never watched and then knew it got cancelled I feel like watching it would be a waste of time. That being said, I read that the script for the two-hour finale got released as an ebook instead of a real episode because it's too expensive.
 
Just finished Hunter in the Dark and right now plowing through Beverly Hills Cop II. Will be seeing the new Robocop this afternoon hopefully.
 
Just finished seeing the new Robocop (2014) as well as Beverly Hills Cop II. Watching Expendables 2 and trying to figure out how to get Blue Is the Warmest Color working for my Nvidia Shield with subtitles.
 
I had the extreme pleasure of watching Casablanca (1942) on TCM this evening. It sits in my top 10 movies. I don't care if you disagree. :p

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Some outstanding IMDB Casablanca trivia.

Marseillaise, Play it!
In the famous scene where the "Marseillaise" is sung over the German song "Watch on the Rhine", many of the extras had real tears in their eyes; a large number of them were actual refugees from Nazi persecution in Germany and elsewhere in Europe and were overcome by the emotions the scene brought out.
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I always thought of Major Strasser as a bad guy
Conrad Veidt, who played Maj. Strasser, was well known in the theatrical community in Germany for his hatred of the Nazis, and his friendship with Jews (including his Jewish wife), and in fact was forced to hurriedly escape the country when he found out that the SS had sent a death squad after him because of his anti-Nazi activities. Veidt had it in his contract that he only played villains because he was convinced that playing suave Nazi baddies would help the war effort.
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Bogey and Bergman
Humphrey Bogart's wife Mayo Methot continually accused him of having an affair with Ingrid Bergman, often confronting him in his dressing room before a shot. Bogart would come onto the set in a rage. In fact, despite the undeniable on-screen chemistry between Bogart and Bergman, they hardly spoke, and the only time they bonded was when the two had lunch with Geraldine Fitzgerald. According to Fitzgerald, "the whole subject at lunch was how they could get out of that movie. They thought the dialogue was ridiculous and the situations were unbelievable... I knew Bogart very well, and I think he wanted to join forces with Bergman, to make sure they both said the same things." For whatever reasons, Bogart and Bergman rarely spoke after that.
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I just finished Planes. It felt like the effort was there, but the movie was just flat. I sat through a lot of the "making of" and it was clearly a labor of love. It was just too bad that it was blah.
 
Huntn said:
I had the extreme pleasure of watching Casablanca (1942) on TCM this evening. It sits in my top 10 movies. I don't care if you disagree. :p


Some outstanding IMDB Casablanca trivia.

Marseillaise, Play it!


I always thought of Major Strasser as a bad guy


Bogey and Bergman
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Agree completely, it is one of the all time classics, a superb movie; one of those rare movies where everything works, acting, script, narrative, cinematography - and yes, a nice downbeat ending. Great stuff.
 
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