What is the last movie you saw, and rating?
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The last film I watched was "The List of Adrian Messenger". Huston's film divides opinion. I was caught up in the sleuth's investigation of Messenger's dying communication. I think I was aware that it was tongue in cheek, when I first watched it. The length of the list was implausable, but it was only when I saw the film a day or two ago, that I realized the unlikelihood of the sleuth's failure to spot the connection between the victim and one of the clues. The film had to be a spoof, a burlesque that deliberately planted absurdities to draw attention to the awfulness of the people involved.
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I loved "The Sixth Sense" and can't understand why the director's later films have been received with less enthusiasm. "The Village" was frightening and the twist intriguing. The denouement seemed unlikely, but was, nevertheless, possible.
The last film I watched was "The List of Adrian Messenger". Huston's film divides opinion. I was caught up in the sleuth's investigation of Messenger's dying communication. I think I was aware that it was tongue in cheek, when I first watched it. The length of the list was implausable, but it was only when I saw the film a day or two ago, that I realized the unlikelihood of the sleuth's failure to spot the connection between the victim and one of the clues. The film had to be a spoof, a burlesque that deliberately planted absurdities to draw attention to the awfulness of the people involved.
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For me, this may be one of the rare cases where the movie was better than the book, although not by much. As a movie, I found it to be an interesting, suspenseful whodunit with a somewhat satisfactory ending. I finished the movie neither loving nor hating it. As a book, I found the characters annoying and the conclusion depressing. I was so happy to be finished with it. Perhaps this is because when I am reading, I tend to feel a part of the story, whereas when I am watching a movie, it is strictly for entertainment purposes.
I would rate both the book and movie 2 out of 4.
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sometimes overreached in his attempts to improve on the originals.
"Strangers On a Train" was exciting and visually superb, with trademark sequences: the heads turning around the solitary menacing watcher at the tennis match and the succession of gripping moments at the fairground.The trouble was that the author Patricia Highsmith was a master of her craft, or should I say a mistress of it. The narrative of her story was plausible and disturbing without the need for hectic set pieces. I saw the movie years ago and didn't experience the legendary transference of guilt. I was unmoved by the loss and retrieval of the lighter and the climax, for me, was logically unnecessary. I can't reveal more without spoiling the experience for people reading this.
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I would give it a 9.5/10. It was great--nearly perfect. I just had a couple of personal issues with it and they mostly had to do with my own emotions/my experience in the theatre. (There was also the lead up to what was happening...)
Highly recommend.
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I read this a "last movie you saw in theaters" which is still true. But the last movie I watched was The Wedding Planner. It gets a solid 6.5/10 from me. It's one of my favorites but there are a few issues I have with it. I get how the story is supposed to go and that it works that way but I wish it was a little different. Other than that, the characters were great.
Yea...
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This was a freaky movie that i never finished... to strange ad too close to reality...lifts and strangers and lifts getting stuck is waay to close for me...watched up to the part where the was the old ladys dead body and the girl kept playing the guys up against each other... really thought she was the cause acting all vulnerable so no one would suspect.
recent movie though was "At worlds end" with Captain Jack Sparrow...rating 5/5
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As someone who loves sharks, I was hesitant about this movie, but thought it might be worth trying. I knew it wasn't going to be accurate (a shark stalking a human...super realistic ), but thought the story could still be worth watching. And I was right. It was a good laugh
If taken as a survival thriller, it's okay (still not great if you prefer any realism), but it's comically inaccurate, and not just where the shark is concerned. I must admit that the cgi shark was brilliant (and beautiful), if only it had acted like a shark.
It's supposed to be a survival story, taken as that, I'd give it a 3 out of 10.
As a creature feature, slightly more, especially if you're the type to laugh at ridiculous inaccuracies, and know enough about sharks (great whites specifically), and have a certain amount of medical/first aid knowledge, to spot them.
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