What Films did You Watch Last Week (07/11 - 13/11) CLOSED

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 FILM VIEWING

Star 80 (1983, Bob Fosse)
This true story sees Eric Roberts playing a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten (Mariel Hemmingway) working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen. It has a really interesting structure and a great lead performance from Roberts.
7/10

Twilight (1998, Robert Benton)
Neo noir with an A list cast. Feels a bit messy but doesn’t outstay it’s welcome.
6/10

The Fan (1981, Ed Bianchi)
Michael Biehn ( The Terminator) plays an obsessed fan of an older star actress (Lauren Bacall). It has some moments but drags a little.
5.5/10

They All Laughed (1981, Peter Bogdanovich)
This nicely made romantic comedy is light on laughs and romance. It also drags a bit. It’s worth seeing for the last role of Dorothy Stratten.
5/10

Eyes of a Stranger (1981, Ken Wiederhorn)
This American Giallo is not the best and feels cheap, it is saved somewhat by a pretty strong climax.
4.5/10

Death of a Centrefold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981, Gabrielle Beaumont)
This made for tv film sees Jamie Lee Curtis play Dorothy Stratten in this true story. It is not a quality production.
2.5/10

REPEAT FILM VIEWING

WarGames (1983, John Badham)
An 80s nuclear threat film that starts very slow and the. Has some moments.
5.5/10

FIRST TIME TV VIEWING

The Bear (2022, Season One)
Disney+
Really well written and intense show.
Good TV

WEEKLY FILM AWARDS

BEST FILM: Star 80
BEST ACTOR: Eric Roberts - Star 80
BEST ACTRESS: Susan Sarandon - Twilight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Gene Hackman - Twilight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patti Hansen - They all laughed
BEST EDITING: Alan Heim - Star 80
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sven Nykvist - Star 80
BEST SCORE: Elmer Bernstein - Twilight
BEST SCRIPT: Bob Fosse - Star 80
BEST DIRECTOR: Bob Fosse - Star 80

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

Hi, Dark.

Here I am. ::bigrrin::

You had a Dorothy Stratten week.

I just recently heard about The Fan, I was thiniking about catching it.

Yours:

Star 80 7.5/10

Saw it a long time ago. I remember it being dark as hell (understanbly, considering the real story). 

They All Laughed 8/10

Again, I saw it a long time ago. I remember liking it a lot.

WarGames 8/10

I watched it again a short time ago, I like it, it holds up for me.


Mine:

Emily The Criminal 8/10

It's a movie with Aubrey Plaza. It's about a painter, with money problems, who gets involved with a credit cards scam ring. She discovers is actually good at it, but then things get complicated. I liekd it, it's a really good mvoie, very tense. Loved Aubrey Plaza, she's really great in it, IMO.

Arabesque 8/10

It's Stanley Donen movie, with Gregory Peck and Sofia Loren. It's about an Oxford professro finding himself involved in a plot about the assassination of a Middle Eastern politician. It's really fun, very beatiful visually. Love Sofia Loren, I actually think Gregory Peck was a bit miscast though. 

Une Femme Mariee 9/10

It's a Jean-Luc Godard movie about a woman, split between her affair with an actor, and her relationship with her husband, who's a pilot, often away for work. I thought it was a really beautiful movie, very experimental, so gorgeous visually, very sensual too. I really loved the lead actress, Macha Meril.

Society 7.5/10

It's a horror movie, the director is the same of Bride of the Re-Animator, Brian Yuzna. It's about a Beverly Hills teen, who feels alienated, estranged from his family, he starts to witness very weird things, and starts to wonder about the real nature of his family...I enjoyed it, its pretty wild, I mean, it's quite low budget, and very rough around the edges, let's say, but still... , I liked how crazy and surreal it gets. It has a bit of David Lynch, IMO... It's better to watch it without knowing much about it, I think. The make up effects are really incredible.

Hey billy

Two of yours this week

Emily the Criminal - I liked it, pretty lean little story 7/10

Society - saw this on vhs years ago , I don’t remember much but I didn’t like it much 4/10

Yeah it’s been on my watchlist for ages. Should probably get on that