# What movies are you watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376 "2008-03-22T21:51:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/21 "2008-03-23T22:39:23Z")
Right now I’m watching **Diggers** , which so far seems promising. Before that was **Resident Evil: Extinction** , which was pretty cool especially the very idea of a sweaty Milla/Ali tangle or even better just a big old naked pile of Millas as far as the eye can see–thoughts of that nature kept me occupied in between beef jerky style zombie attacks. Before that was **Luther** , which was very good and appropriate for the day. Recently I’ve also seen **The Revenger’s Tragedy** starring Christopher Eccleston (W00F!) Derek Jacobi and Eddie Izzard. Jacobean revenge tragedy at its most over the top, set in 2011, period dialogue mixed with modern asides, nice ultraviolence, a lot like **Titus** on speed. I have **Persepolis** in the can for next up. Yes, it is eclectic day at the Aleq residence! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/22 "2008-03-23T23:15:06Z")
Watched **Dark Is Rising** which was unsatisfying. Ninety minutes of nothing very much. Had Americans in it unnecessarily. Completely ignored the whole Arthurian angle. No investment in the characters. Quite disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/23 "2008-03-24T00:20:08Z")
[QUOTE=bubastis] however, I feel like I need a meatier movie, so tonight if I’m not too tired, I’m going for The Devils Backbone. I’ll let you know how I get on. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I won’t be sleeping tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/24 "2008-03-24T00:43:36Z")
**Apollo 13** - I realized that I actually hadn’t seen it before for some reason. Pretty good, actually. **Black Hawk Down**. Seen it before. Still pretty crap. **Spartacus** , just to check on the final battle scene again for the historically (in)accurate movies thread. Still absolute dreck. I have **Boccaccio '70** sitting on my desk. I’ve watched the part with the 50 foot tall Anita Ekberg stomping around Rome going “bevete piu latte”, but I’m having trouble getting into the rest of it. I think I’m more in the mood for something fluffy. [QUOTE=stegon66] Wong Kar Wai’s _My Blueberry Nights_ (not great, but very enjoyable, R3 DVD) [/QUOTE] Good lord, that movie is the worst piece of toss the poor guy has ever scrambled together, and he has some stinkaroos on his record from the old days. But then again, I guess my expectations were high, as **Chungking Express** , **In the Mood for Love** and **2046** were all works of sublime transcendent genius. Well, can’t win them all, I suppose. Last weekend it was \*\*Perfume \*\*(pretty good!), **Rescue Dawn** (well, pretty lousy, but I have to have a full set of Herzog, and it’s interesting as a companion to **Little Dieter** ), and two sets of WWI documentaries. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/25 "2008-03-24T01:10:32Z")
[QUOTE=bubastis] Yeah, I won’t be sleeping tonight. [/QUOTE] The scene that creeped me out the most in _Devil’s Backbone_ isn’t one with the ghost, but the one where the bad guy kills his girlfriend on the road. That speaks to one of my deepest fears. I think it might even be a universal fear, if we’re brave enough to think about it. Great movie. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/26 "2008-03-24T01:13:45Z")
A couple of weeks ago, I finally rented Hot Fuzz and I luuuuurved it. So much that I’ve watched it four times, bought the 3-disc collectors edition and also bought Shaun of the Dead which I hadn’t seen either and also greatly enjoyed. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/27 "2008-06-26T02:12:25Z")
Being unemployed I have had time to watch a lot of movies recently. This is since memorial Day. Pretty much everything I watched all the way through has ran the gamut from silly entertainment (Matilda,Cutting Edge 3) to well done but I don’t want to see it again (In the Company of Men, Welcomer to the Dollhouse). The only exception was Nuts in May. It wasn’t as bad as Vegas in Space (amazing for the how low thier budget had to have been) but it really didn’t strike me as funny and I watched it to the bitter end. (What was up with the policeman?) From Netflix Persepolis Wit Black Snake Moan Take the Lead The best of Designing Women Happy Feet Perfume Weeds Season 3 Wild Hogs No country for Old men Raising Helen A month by the Lake In the Country of Women saved The Player Matilda About Last Night Company Arranged Cutting Edge 3 Nuts in May Welcome to the Dollhouse Vegas in Space (only 30 minutes of it) Just one of the Guys Jerry Maguire romance and Cigarettes Awakenings March of the Penguins Dance with me The first season of the Vicar of Dibley In the Company of Men Fools rush in Searching for Bobby Fischer Broken English Swing Shift The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (only about 30 minutes of this one) The Cougar Club Goodbye Burleque (only part of this as well) CrossRoads Rosebud Beach hotel Frank Sinatra Show with Ella Fitzgerald 27 dresses 4 more I rented from the $1.00 movie kiosk when I was sick for a few days and I can’t remember what they were. Simply ballroom (I own it) two seasons of Stargate This is since Memorial day and yes I am looking for a job but my entertainmet budget has been cut to Netflix and free and television really sucks right now. I think I have gotten my money’s worth from Netflix for this month at least. 🙂 Up next The Closet The Jaguar ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/28 "2008-06-26T02:28:10Z")
I am so sorry for the Zombie thread! I forgot I had done a search. Mea culpa! Adhemar ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/29 "2008-06-26T12:05:23Z")
I’ve been catching up on old MST3K movies I missed when they were new – \*\*The Crawling Eye The Amazing Transparent Man Laserblast\*\* I grew up on The Crawling Eye, which always seemed to be on Million Dollar Movie when I was a kid, and I’d seen TATM ages ago. I’d always wanted to see LaserBlast, even before MST3K, so I both got to see the movie (much worse than I’d feared it would be) and the MST3K version (which was the last of the Comedy Central ones, so they kind of did a “Reichenbach Falls” end. They didn’t know if they’d be back in any form). I also picked up **Timescape** , based on Catherine L. Moore’s “Vintage Season”, and which has gotten praise as a good SF movie. Not enough of those around. Haven’t watched it yet. Rented **The Cell** , which I never did see before. Better than I thought it’s be. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/30 "2008-06-26T14:07:00Z")
_Shaolin Soccer_ Not as good as Kung Fu Hustle as I had hoped. I won’t be watching it repeatedly like I do with KFH. _Cloverfield_ Nice idea but pretty empty otherwise. I had to fast forward through parts to keep from getting bored. _No Country for Old Men_ It was okay. For a similar type movie I think I liked Jackie Brown better. _Sin City_ Gets better each time I watch. I catch new details every time. _Lion King_ First time I watched it from begining to end. Still one of Disney’s best. It felt epic. _Marie Antoinette_ Sucked. The only reason I watched was to see Versailles since I had visited it years before. I think a reviewer summed it up best: “Functions less as a film than a 2-hour music video for Sophia Copolla’s mix tape of favorite songs.” ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/31 "2008-06-26T14:36:34Z")
**The Closer** with William H. Macy (the guy is just so fucking good) and Maria Bello (the carpet doesn’t match the drapes). **The Short Bus** - Hmmmm…how to describe it? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/32 "2008-06-26T14:45:02Z")
HDNET has had several classics on lately that I’ve really enjoyed. **The Outlaw Josey Wales** - Okay, it pretty cool seeing an uncredited Richard Farnsworth as one of the Comancheros, but I near flipped when as the Rebs were surrendering and about to be mowed down by the Redlegs gattling gun, I heard the Union soldier speak that was lining them up. I immediately recognized his voice, looked closer and, yep, it was Stefan Gierasch. You’ll remember him as Del Gue (“T’wernt Mormons”) from **Jeremiah Johnson**. **Electra Glide In Blue** - Seen bits and pieces before but it was awesome watching this all the way through. Dang if Billy Green Bush ( **Five Easy Pieces, Culpepper Cattle Company** ) isn’t just an absolute pleasure to watch. **Cool Hand Luke** - Seen this more times than I can count but just noticed the other night that James Gammon, the gravelly, “I’m cash and carry myself” Texan from **Revenge** was one of the chain gang members. You’ve got to really look close to catch him and he looks very different, but it’s him! ETA: All three of these movies have casts loaded with folks seen in other wonderful movies, but these were some of the really obscure but interesting ones of note. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/33 "2008-06-26T14:47:38Z")
Has anybody been watching the Asian Images film series on TCM, Tuesday and Thursday nights in June? Tonight is the last night. They started out with silent movies and I have to say that Sessue Hayakawa in 1915 is my new silent-movie boyfriend. Everybody knows him from\* The Bridge on the River Kwai \* in 1957, but lemme tell ya, he was something to see in the early days. They played \*The Dragon Painter \* from 1919 – hubba hubba! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/34 "2008-06-26T14:54:06Z")
Meant to include Electra Glide’s Bob Zemko is none other than Peter Cetera. ---
**Author:** ![running\_piglet\_cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@running\_piglet\_cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_piglet_cheese)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/35 "2008-06-26T15:13:56Z")
**RoOsh** If you’re a John Cusak fan, check out\*\* Identity\*\* Suspense/Horror really good. Been watching **Sharpe’s Rifles** a series from BBC. Comprised of 15 2 hr segments. Occur during Napoleonic Wars in Spain and France. Swashbuckling hero, surmounting all odds and getting the girl. Really loving it for some reason. Recently rented **Kite Runner**. Cannot recommend it highly enough. Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/36 "2008-06-26T17:42:03Z")
Last night we indulged in some 80’s nostalgia and watched **Red Dawn**. It was _almost_ a good movie - after the first hour it kind of lost track of the actual characters, though. Good time had by all, however. A few days ago I was going to watch **Vera Drake** from my queue, but I realized Himself would actually like it, so I had to stop it. Hopefully we can watch that tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/37 "2008-06-26T17:55:07Z")
[QUOTE=running piglet cheese] Been watching **Sharpe’s Rifles** a series from BBC. Comprised of 15 2 hr segments. Occur during Napoleonic Wars in Spain and France. Swashbuckling hero, surmounting all odds and getting the girl. Really loving it for some reason. [/QUOTE] I watched those just to see Sean Bean, and ended up liking them enough to read the Sharpe books. I wish the DVDs were closed captioned, though. I had a hard time catching all of the dialog. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/38 "2008-06-26T17:56:22Z")
I’ve been on a B movie/Splatter movie kick lately. In the last few weeks - Zombie Undead or Alive Hatchet Splatter Farm Dead Alive Blood Feast The Gruesome Twosome The Wizard of Gore Cloverfield Up next - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Slither My Kid Could Paint That Zombie 3 Diary of the Dead ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/39 "2008-06-26T18:39:37Z")
This weekend I will watch the animated Street Fighter movie. Just 'cause. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376/40 "2008-06-26T18:53:41Z")
Last six movies I watched: Near Dark: A really fantastic vampire movie. If you’re sick of vampires being portrayed as superheroes with emotional problems, check this out. I especially appreciate Jenny Wright’s ability to portray an immortal soul-sucking demon as innocent and vulnerable. Resident Evil: Extinction: I went in expecting a movie in which Milla Jovovich jumped around and kicked some zombies. I was not disappointed. Wristcutters: Another romantic comedy with a high body count. Cute, but not great. The Orphanage: I had a little trouble sleeping after this one. Really great movie, one of the best I’ve ever seen, but creepy as all hell. Fido: A good clean zombie movie that’s fun for the whole family. Bought it after I rented it. Sanjuro: Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune as a samurai. Nothing else needs to be said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-watching/442376.md?page=3)