What was the last movie you saw that you really liked?

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The Shadowlands, about C.S. Lewis’ relationship with Joy Davidman, and his coming to terms with her death. Absolutely beautiful. I read Becoming Mrs Lewis immediately thereafter and was likewise impressed.
 
I saw a film on TCM that I had never seen before, and wasn’t familiar with.

The Defiant Ones. Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis are on a chain gang, and escape.

The acting was very good. Good story line.

Both were Oscar nominated.
 
The last movie I saw in theaters was Dunkirk, and it was incredible. In that setting, with the sound and picture, it was almost immersive. You left the building feeling like you’re still under attack. That’s how impressively it was filmed.
 
As a good follow-up to Dunkirk (utterly amazing), anyone into wartime documentaries should go out to see Peter Jackson’s WWI film ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’. After record-breaking limited runs in December and January, it went into full release recently.

The movie is great and the 30-minute “how we made the film” segment after the credits was even better.

 
😆 glad I’m not the only one who does that (the never getting round to watching things that seems great yesterday thing, I mean).

Did you ever see ’ A.D. Kingdom and Empire" ? that is still on Netflix I think. Enda after only season 1 though as the producers unfortunately didn’t go ahead with the second series but it was very good and didn’t detract too much from the Bibles portrayal of event after Jesus’ crucifixion with the usual S&V scenes everything usually contains these days. I have no idea why they pulled the plug on that.
 
Wampa said:
As a good follow-up to Dunkirk (utterly amazing), anyone into wartime documentaries should go out to see Peter Jackson’s WWI film ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’. After record-breaking limited runs in December and January, it went into full release recently.

The movie is great and the 30-minute “how we made the film” segment after the credits was even better.
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I’ve been wanting to see this. I just checked showtimes and there are several theaters in Pittsburgh showing it this weekend. I’ve got a 3-day holiday weekend coming up, so I should be able to make it work, even with the 70-mile drive. Not many movies I’d make that kind of a drive for, but from what I’ve heard of this one, I expect it will be worth it.
 
I realize it’s an old movie, but I recently saw ‘Roman Holiday’ from 1953 with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was her first movie (I think) because it says “Introducing” by her name. Very pleasant and highly rated movie. I recommend it highly.
 
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Saw and liked The Green Book, which is still out in some places.

Based on a true story.

Nice period piece about race relations and a gutsy Southern trip by black classical jazz artist Dr. Don Shirley and his Trio … accompanied by Shirley’s driver, a New York night club bouncer called Tony Lip.

I may have liked it too because the green mint 1961 Cadillac featured throughout the trip was exactly like one my parents bought in the late 1970s (but still pretty luxurious and nice).

Good music too. Funny.
 
MrZoom said:
As a good follow-up to Dunkirk (utterly amazing), anyone into wartime documentaries should go out to see Peter Jackson’s WWI film ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’. After record-breaking limited runs in December and January, it went into full release recently.

The movie is great and the 30-minute “how we made the film” segment after the credits was even better.
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Saw it today. Excellent movie.
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Saw and liked Green Book, too. Before that, the last new movie I really liked a lot was Hacksaw Ridge from 2016, which was also based on a true story from World War II.
 
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I just watched The Nun’s Story again on TCM. I love Audrey and that really detailed window into postulancy, and then the commentary on the essential level of humility required for religious life that she struggled so much with.
 
I thought Vice was fantastic. I was very impressed with the way Adam McKay managed to make the story tense and suspenseful even though we knew how it was going to end. It made for an interesting contrast with The Front Runner, which felt like being told one thing after another with no sense of the dramatic. Of course, Christian Bale was spot on as Dick Cheney—comparable to Gary Oldman as Churchill. Pretty funny in places too.

I also thoroughly enjoyed Can You Ever Forgive Me? It’s funny, it’s gripping, and it’s tragic, although I sensed that Lee Israel did ultimately find some kind of redemption. It’s also a welcome opportunity to revisit some great literary forgeries. It’s unclear why an actor as quintessentially British as Richard E. Grant was cast as Jack Hock, but he was fantastic anyway.
 
Yes great one. Definitely worth it to stick around after the credits for the making of documentary.
 
I watched too great westerns tonight -
High Noon and The Tin Star.
 
Saw Alita: Battle Angel tonight. Better than I expected. The dialogue won’t win any awards, but the visuals and the action more than make up for it. My friend Dan, who went with me, said he liked that the fight scenes don’t go on forever like they do in some action movies these days.
 
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My friend Dan, who went with me, said he liked that the fight scenes don’t go on forever like they do in some action movies these days.
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I remember when I watched Black Hawk Down thinking it felt like one extended fight scene. I almost fell asleep it got so boring. I do remember growing up liking the idea of massive, lengthy fights, but I guess my tastes changed as I got older.
 
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