What Movie Did You Watch This Weekend?

[oilgun]

Kon-Tiki finally made it to Montreal.  Saw it today and really enjoyed it, despite the annoying overly dramatic music.  It's a very suspenseful adventure for the whole family.

[doodler]

This afternoon, Prince of Persia was on tv.
I have few favorite JG films and this one is not going to make the list. It is, however, far from the worse.
People are always questioning Jake's choices. With this one, it becomes clear comedy is not his strong suit.

[killersmom]

I was not a big fan of it either.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I spent Sunday evening "revisiting an old friend," The Hallelujah Trail (1965), with Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Brian Keith, Martin Landau (as a Sioux chief!  ), Donald Pleasance, and whole troop of old reliable character actors. It's good fun, though a bit long-ish in running time. 

Gave me a bit of a turn at first when I started the DVD, which is new to my library. The DVD begins with a "pictureless" musical interlude. I wasn't prepared for that. The box is a little short on notes, so I wasn't expecting a few minutes of music and no picture. I was just about to scramble for the packing slip from Amazon in case I was going to have to return it when the music ended and there was finally a picture on the screen. 

[Ennis Del Mark]

I remember this one!  I loved the opening song, Hallelujah!  Hallelu, Hallelujah Trail...

Great cast.  I remember being shocked when Steven Scheuer gave it only one star in his book, MOVIES ON TV.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I remember this one!  I loved the opening song, Hallelujah!  Hallelu, Hallelujah Trail...

I first saw the movie as a kid, and I never forgot the song the Temperance ladies sing:

Stand up, and march to Denver!
No more wine or beer!
Stand up and march to Denver!
No more whiskey there!
...

Denver, we are coming!
Denver will be dry, Believers!
Denver will be dry!

 

[Lyle (Mooska)]

Bride of Frankenstein and The Private Life of Henry VIII -- two good films to see!
I always wanted to see Bride on the big screen and had a chance at ampas last October,
but couldn't make it.  Oh well. Laughton won his well deserved oscar for the Henry VIII film.
I don't know if Laughton did much or any TV, but I've seen Elsa on I Love Lucy, Burke's Law
and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. among others.

I always thought, if Margaret Rutherford hadn't been cast in the Miss Marple series of
films in the 60's, that Elsa Lanchester would've been great in those. I kinda think M.R.
won her oscar for those and not, ostensibly, for her role in the bloated film THE V.I.P.'s.

By the way, those Miss Marple films are a hoot and worth seeing if anyone is looking for
a recommendation. I can think of these, were there more:

Murder She Said
Murder at the Gallop
Murder Most Foul
Murder Ahoy

[Lyle (Mooska)]

Glad you enjoyed KON-TIKI oilgun, I did, too, although I don't recall feeling the
same way about the score.

[Lyle (Mooska)]

I saw EPIC this weekend. It was nice enough. I enjoyed some of the characterizations and the
animation in the nature sequences was qute inventive. The story's a bit dubious at times. It's
not a must see, but if you're in the mood for "nice"...

[Jeff Wrangler]

Bride of Frankenstein and The Private Life of Henry VIII -- two good films to see!
I always wanted to see Bride on the big screen and had a chance at ampas last October,
but couldn't make it.  Oh well. Laughton won his well deserved oscar for the Henry VIII film.
I don't know if Laughton did much or any TV, but I've seen Elsa on I Love Lucy, Burke's Law
and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. among others.

I love to watch Laughton and Lanchester in Witness for the Prosecution--a movie I will watch anywhere, anytime.

I always thought, if Margaret Rutherford hadn't been cast in the Miss Marple series of
films in the 60's, that Elsa Lanchester would've been great in those. I kinda think M.R.
won her oscar for those and not, ostensibly, for her role in the bloated film THE V.I.P.'s.

By the way, those Miss Marple films are a hoot and worth seeing if anyone is looking for
a recommendation. I can think of these, were there more:

Murder She Said
Murder at the Gallop
Murder Most Foul
Murder Ahoy

I seem to recall Carol Burnett doing one of her usual hysterical send-up/salutes: "Miss Marple Screams Bloody Murder." 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I just read up on Ernest Thesiger, who steals Bride of Frankenstein as the sinister Dr. Pretorius (and who has the line that gives us the title Gods and Monsters). This guy must have been gay. He wanted to join a Scottish regiment in World War I because he wanted to wear a kilt. He did embroidery with Queen Mary. He laid lilies at the feet of the doorman of the Savoy Hotel. 

He was also good buds with James Whale (who, of course, was gay), which is how and why he got the role in Bride.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857658/bio

[suelyblu]

Bride of Frankenstein and The Private Life of Henry VIII -- two good films to see!
I always wanted to see Bride on the big screen and had a chance at ampas last October,
but couldn't make it.  Oh well. Laughton won his well deserved oscar for the Henry VIII film.
I don't know if Laughton did much or any TV, but I've seen Elsa on I Love Lucy, Burke's Law
and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. among others.

I always thought, if Margaret Rutherford hadn't been cast in the Miss Marple series of
films in the 60's, that Elsa Lanchester would've been great in those. I kinda think M.R.
won her oscar for those and not, ostensibly, for her role in the bloated film THE V.I.P.'s.

By the way, those Miss Marple films are a hoot and worth seeing if anyone is looking for
a recommendation. I can think of these, were there more:

Murder She Said
Murder at the Gallop
Murder Most Foul
Murder Ahoy

I love Mis Rutherford as Miss Marple. These films are shown regularly on British TV.