What Films did You Watch Last Week (01/03 - 07/03) CLOSED

Yesterday - Cool concept, but I didn't think the execution was up to par. It's fine though. 6/10

Out of Sight - I really liked it. 8/10

The Crossing Guard - 7/10

The Silence of the Lambs - 10/10

Batman Begins - 9/10

Mean Girls - 7.5/10


First Time Viewings:

Super Dark Times (2017, Kevin Phillips)
This one has an interesting set up and held my attention throughout. I felt it went off the rails in the last act though and the story lost its believability. 
6/10

17 Again (2009, Burr Steers)
Enjoyed it more than I expected. It's not great, but it was entertaining enough and has some good laughs. 
6.5/10

The Nightcomers (1971, Michael Winner)
Well made and well acted, but the script was lacking. It has its moments, but never fully pulled me into the story.
6/10

The Student Nurses (1970, Stephanie Rothman)
The acting isn't that great for the most part and I found it fairly dull for the most part, with a couple memorable scenes.
5/10

Breaker Morant (1980, Bruce Beresford)
Well made and well acted film that reminded me of Paths of Glory. The cinematography is nice and there are some powerful moments.
7.5/10

Life Stinks (1991, Mel Brooks)
The last Mel Brooks movie I needed to see to complete his filmography. It doesn't seem to be that well liked, but I actually enjoyed it. The story is amusing, the cast is fun, and it has plenty of good laughs.
7/10

Hell's Heroes (1929, William Wyler)
Early Wyler film that's well made and well acted. Also, nice and short and moves at a good pace.
7/10

Bowfinger (1999, Frank Oz)
This one tells an amusing story and i thought it did it pretty well. The cast is fun and it delivers some laughs.
7/10

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985, Tim Burton)
I find the main character kind of annoying. He bothered me less as the movie went along and as a result I started to dislike it less. I still didn't care for it overall. Danny Elfman's score is the best part and the chase near the end was fun.
5.5/10

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996, Michael Lindsay-Hogg)
Filmed in 1968, but not released until nearly 30 years later, this one is a concert film featuring The Rolling Stones and a few other acts performing. I enjoyed it.
7.5/10


Repeat Viewings:

American Psycho (2000, Mary Harron)
Love this one. It's great satire, full of great dark humor. Christian Bale is brilliant here.
8.5/10

Blood Simple (1984, Coen Brothers)
The Coen's debut is a damn good one. It has wonderful cinematography, a very good score, and strong performances.
8/10

Sherlock Jr. (1924, Buster Keaton)
Enjoyable silent film. 
7/10

The Cameraman (1928, Edward Sedgwick)
Another enjoyable silent film from Buster Keaton.
7/10


TV Viewings:

South Park: Season 4 (2000)
8.5/10


Movie Awards:

BEST FILM: American Psycho
BEST ACTOR: Christian Bale (American Psycho)
BEST ACTRESS: Frances McDormand (Blood Simple)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lesley Ann Warren (Life Stinks)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Barry Sonnenfeld (Blood Simple)
BEST SCORE: Carter Burwell (Blood Simple)
BEST SCRIPT: Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner (American Psycho)
BEST DIRECTOR: Mary Harron (American Psycho)

Yeah McAdams probably should have been my supporting too now that i think of it

YOURS
Pretty much agree..

BEST FILM: American Psycho

BEST ACTOR: Christian Bale (American Psycho)

BEST ACTRESS: Frances McDormand (Blood Simple)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Christine Baranski - Bowfinger
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Barry Sonnenfeld (Blood Simple)

BEST SCORE: Carter Burwell (Blood Simple)

BEST SCRIPT: Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner (American Psycho)

BEST DIRECTOR: Mary Harron (American Psycho)

Welcome back to another week of the BEST & WORST edition of 'what movies did you see last week?' thread. For those who haven't been part of it before, basically your host (me) posts my weekly movies and you can comment on those and list your movie for the same time frame. I will get back to you on yours and you can talk to other users here about their films. It's a great place to talk about film.

FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING

Running Time (1997, Josh Becker)
Bruce Campbell ( The Evil Dead) stars in this ultra low budget black and white heist film. Despite being a fairly simple tale it entertains throughout.
6/10

Yesterday (2019,Danny Boyle)
Netflix
High concept mixed with a familiar structure but still entertaining enough for a faintly disposable venture.
6/10

Gumshoe (1971, Stephen Frears)
This is quite an odd film where Albert Finney (Wolfen) plays a comedian who his obsessed with old film noir styled detectives. He places an ad in the paper for his private investigator services and things get weird and convoluted from their. Finney is interesting to watch in this but the films a bit of a mess.
5.5/10

Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973, Hall Bartlett)
Interesting and often stunning film following a seagull who has his own ideas about the potential of a seagull. Unfortunately it feels a little pretentious as it goes along.
5/10

Out of Sight (1998, Steven Soderbergh)
this is quite a well liked film and I expected more from it but I felt it dragged and was kind of dumb.
4.5/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

The Crossing Guard (1995, Sean Penn)
blu ray
This is my second viewing of this intense moody film and I liked it even more this time around. It feels like a character driven 70s film with a great cast, performances and direction. This is a film!
8/10

The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme)
blu ray
We all know this film, what is there to say, it’s a classic.
8/10

Batman Begins (2005, Christopher Nolan)
UHD Disc
For me it’s easily the best Batman film and the only one I truly love.
8/10

The Postman (1997, Kevin Costner)
blu ray
I know this film has a bad rep’ but I’ve always thought it was very fun although it gets a bit too sugary in the last 20 minutes.
7/10

So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993, Thomas Schlamme)
blu ray
Fun and underrated Mike Myers comedy that I watch every few years.
7/10

Mean Girls (2004, Mark Waters)
Classic high school comedy of its type.
7/10

The Truth about Cats and Dogs (1996, Michael Lehmann)
Always  good to revisit this rom com.
7/10

Repo Man (1984, Alex Cox)
blu ray
Low budget punk rock film set in LA with some repo men and a car with something radioactive in its boot.
6/10

WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: The Crossing Guard
BEST ACTOR: Jack Nicholson - The Crossing Guard
BEST ACTRESS: Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: David Morse - The Crossing Guard
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lizzy Caplan - Mean Girls
BEST EDITING: Craig McKay - The Silence of the Lambs
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jack Couffer - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
BEST SCRIPT: Ted Tally - The Silence of the Lambs
BEST SCORE: Jack Nitzsche - The Crossing Guard 
BEST DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs 

10/10 - Perfection (or as close to it as possible)
09/10 - An Excellent film
08/10 - A VERY Good film
07/10 - A Good film
06/10 - A Solid film
05/10 - An Average film
04/10 - Below Average film
03/10 - A mostly bad film
02/10 - A mostly terrible film
01/10 - Awful through and through
00/10 - Not only awful but offensive too

Hey Billy

just Death Wish from yours which is a classic for sure 7.5

i might see the Walter hill just for completions sake

Hello Dark,

Yours:
Out of Sight (1998, Steven Soderbergh) 6/10

The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme) 7/10

Batman Begins (2005, Christopher Nolan) 7/10

The Postman (1997, Kevin Costner) 7/10

So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993, Thomas Schlamme) 5/10

Repo Man (1984, Alex Cox) 5/10

Mine:
1) It's Always Fair Weather 1955 (4/10)

2) Starship Troopers 1997 (7/10)

3) Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation 2004 (4/10)

4) Starship Troopers 3: Marauder 2008 (4/10)

5) Starship Troopers: Invasion 2012 (6/10)

6) Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars 2017 (5/10)

7) The Starving Games 2013 (4/10)

8) State Fair 1945 (5/10)

9) Elmer Gantry 1960 (5/10)

10) The Station Agent 2003 (7/10)

11) The Deadliest Season 1977 (5/10)

12) Stay Hungry 1976 (4/10)

13) Staying Alive 1983 (5/10)

14) State of Play 2009 (7/10)

15) Steel 1997 (5/10)