What was the last movie you watched? III

**DoubleD** April 20, 2012, 10:41 am

Mr. Caine wrote:
DoubleD wrote:
WTF????

Can people not have opinions any more?

Cameron is an overrated hack .That's my opinion so don't laugh at it/facepalm it next time.

I'll stop laughing at people and facepalming when people respect others opinions on movies that they like, but others hate.

**Mr. Caine** April 20, 2012, 10:42 am

DoubleD wrote:
Mr. Caine wrote:Cameron is an overrated hack .That's my opinion so don't laugh at it/facepalm it next time.

I'll stop laughing at people and facepalming when people respect others opinions on movies that they like, but others hate.

Ok

**Allstar** April 20, 2012, 10:44 am

Allstar wrote:
Vader182 wrote:NextNolan gave Avengers a 9.75 I believe, and scored Ran an 8.25. The latter being a classic heralded as a masterpiece. The other is a superhero movie.

-Vader

and you give X-Men First Class a higher rating than No Country For Old Men. The latter being heralded as a masterpiece. The other is a superhero movie.

**d4mi4n** April 20, 2012, 10:53 am

But waaait, you gave THIS THAT and THAT THIS, how can't you seee? :lol:

Chill out everyone, variety and all that, no one's going to die.

**Grimm** April 20, 2012, 12:29 pm

The Night of the Hunter (1955). Finally got round to watching this for the first time last night, and it's an amazing film. Only ever heard of it in passing and referenced a few times here and there, but I gotta say it really is an excellent film. An oldie but a goodie; great performances, great production and visuals and just an all-round great film.

Robert Mitchum is quite terrifying.

**prince0gotham** April 20, 2012, 12:31 pm

Grimm wrote:The Night of the Hunter (1955). Finally got round to watching this for the first time last night, and it's an amazing film. Only ever heard of it in passing and referenced a few times here and there, but I gotta say it really is an excellent film. An oldie but a goodie; great performances, great production and visuals and just an all-round great film.

Robert Mitchum is quite terrifying.

This is probably the only classic I've seen and disliked.

**Grimm** April 20, 2012, 12:38 pm

prince0gotham wrote:This is probably the only classic I've seen and disliked.

Fair enough. Out of curiosity, what didn't you like about it?

**prince0gotham** April 20, 2012, 12:58 pm

Grimm wrote:
prince0gotham wrote:This is probably the only classic I've seen and disliked.

Fair enough. Out of curiosity, what didn't you like about it?

I remember having a lot of problems with it. Cinematography was excelent, mood and atmosphere were creepy and suspenseful, Mitchum was great and the way he played the vilain made most of the great latter vilains in cinema history possible.

Everything else though was ranging from sloppy even for those days to very annoying. Editing was all over the place at times, there's a lot of things that don't make sense or would've if they were executed properly and closer to the book. I've heard the book's themes were a lot more mature and deep than what we see in the movie but due to censorship or just what was concidered offensive and unforgivable to put in a movie back then those things were either silenced or removed from the story. The fairy-tale/dreemy feel of the film doesn't excuse the unanswered questions towards the motivations of the characters. The acting of the kids was pretty annoying. Mitchum really did feel like a dark force, a storm of evil that you just can't escape from, but the mistakes he made in the end he had no excuse for, at least the way they were shown in the movie. They say he was supposed to look and be pathetic, to howl like a wounded dog, cowering in that shed, but the way it comes off is so confusing and poorly edited that I can't even speak about it. It feels rushed, lacking explanation and reason and the shift from the dark force to this just doesn't feel right. The angry mob thing afterwards is even worse. It happens unnaturally fast and it goes nowhere. Basically you don't really know what the hell's going on in the last 20 minutes, because almost nothing in the rest of the movie prepares you for that kind of development and sometimes that's alright but this seemed just... detached...

This is Charles Laughton's only movie and it's no wonder since he hads loads of problems with the production and everything surrounding it.

**Alberto** April 20, 2012, 2:36 pm

Wow. A very well written film, funny and touching. A beautiful friendship story, with a lovely score and very good acting. The chemistry between the two main actors is amazing. Very enjoyable. I'd recommend it. :thumbup:

8.5/10

**Liron** April 20, 2012, 2:38 pm

Alberto wrote:Wow. A very well written film, funny and touching. A beautiful friendship story, with a lovely score and very good acting. The chemistry between the two main actors is amazing. Very enjoyable. I'd recommend it.

8.5/10

My dad's been harrassing me about watching it, and I plan to once it's out on DVD here.. while trying to convince me he said he enjoyed it more than 'A Seperation', have you seen it? What did you like more?