What movies have you seen recently?

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Still it is great in my opinion. I bet if people weren't getting tired of space themed movies and shows at the time of its first showing that it would probably have gotten better reviews. Heck if it were made in the 80's it would have done a whole lot better. Either way, whether at a theatre or on a television screen I still consider it to be excellent for what it is and it's nostalgic to me also in that it was one of the last movies I had seen with my dad before he died of lung cancer and had gotten him to think about his eternal destination also. The first time I had seen it was on broadcast television with my dad, so I have never seen it in a theatre to know whether it's better there or not.

I can understand how a movie would hold a special place in your heart when associating it with a loved one who has passed on. The last movie I had seen with my Dad before he had died had been Marry Shelly's Frankenstein, which today remains my favorite version of Frankenstein due to this association, regardless of its flaws.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

That movie is such an entertaining mixture of excellence and awfulness. Every time I think of it, I think of Robert De Niro looking right into the camera and growling, "I! WILL! HAVE! RE! VENGE! FRANK! EN! STEIN!" The movie does so much right that embarrassing moments like that stick out even more than they would in a worse film.

I've never seen that one, but that's cool though. I wish people lived longer lives than merely a few decades.

I saw The Debt a few weeks ago and liked it quite well.
It brings up interesting questions as well as being a good flick.

The other one was Straw Dogs which I thought was kind of lame and stereotypical.

The next will be Contagion or Killer Elite, depending.........

"Le Beau Serge" by Claude Chabrol

This is a fairly un-sparing portrait of how friends, who drift apart over time, can come into a great deal of conflict when they re-connect years later. Not a perfect film, but it had some really nice, humanistic directing and performances.

Then I sort of lived that movie a while back.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

I saw The Debt yesterday and absolutely agree with you.

This is England, saw it today.

The Killer Elite

I thought it was an excellent action movie. There were quite a few scenes that literally had me on the edge of my seat. Some nice plot twists, too, which are always appreciated.

I watched "Swimfan" last night. It was actually pretty good, but not nearly as good as "Fatal Attraction".

Watched the first two "An American Tail" movies. I don't care to watch those new ones. I remember how I felt when I heard Tanya sing way back when. Dreams to Dream is a great song.

went to the show and saw: Abduction
just watched on amc: the others

Drive. AMAZING. Had no expectations and was blown away.

The Man Who Would Be King,Some Like It,Crossing the Bridge:The Sound of Istanbul

My wife and I watched a Korean horror movie called The Host this afternoon. My wife liked it, while I thought that the interjection of humor was rather uncalled for, and besides being too long, the movie was rather sappy.
Cool monster, though.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer