What Movie Did You Just Watch

[Kiddington]

Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood > everybody else. 'Nuff said, really. Brilliant, brilliant performance.

[Angus]

I hope The Great Escape was better than The Great Race.

[Avaitor]

Watched a lot of random movies the past few days:

High Sierra
Follow the Fleet
The Wild Bunch
Cinema Paradiso
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

I liked all of them to varying degrees.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is a pretty good comedy. Its not one of my favorites but it is probably the best thing that I've seen Steve Martin in (and being that I rarely ever find Steve Martin to be that funny in any films that he stars in, its a complement that I actually like him in this one). I think what makes this film work, though, is the chemistry between the 2 main characters and how they interact with each other. The whole movie basically builds itself around that and that's ultimately what holds it together (it'd just be another dull, forgettable movie without the chemistry and dialogue between them being so witty and humorous).

[Spark Of Spirit]

On the other hand, I like John Candy in about anything he's in, so it sort of levels out. 

[Dr. Insomniac]

I remember watching Cinema Paradiso back in Italian class. Definitely the kind of flick that makes you appreciate what movies are all about.

[Lord Dalek]

And then the Director's Cut crushes all hope you previously had for the cinema.

[Avaitor]

And then the Director's Cut crushes all hope you previously had for the cinema.

Huh, how so?

[Foggle]

Saw the Fright Night remake. It was okay, had some pretty funny parts. Colin Farrell and David Tennant are ace, so that was definitely a plus.

[Avaitor]

Got another set of random movies that I've just seen:

Repo Man
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the original)
The Producers (again, the original, although I saw the one based off the Broadway version before)
Suspicion
The Circus
Paths of Glory
Mulholland Drive

And just like the last set, I liked all of these to a certain existent, TCSM aside. Although I really wish that Hitch was allowed to go with the original ending in Suspicion.

[talonmalon333]

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the original)

Awesome.

[Avaitor]

Eh, it's just torture porn as far as I'm concerned.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Well, it can't be as bad as the shitty 2003 remake at least (which is unfortunately the only version of TTCM that I've seen).

[Spark Of Spirit]

That was pretty awful. And yet it still wasn't the worst horror movie of the year.

The genre is really bad off.

[Avaitor]

Haven't seen the remake, but I can only assume that the original is tons better.

The Thing is honestly one of the few horror remakes I can think of that not only holds up to but surpasses the original.