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AICN & Twitch Present International Eye Candy! I CAN SEE YOU! BURN! Kim Ki-Duk's ROUGH CUT and More!!!
Yes, boys and girls, two weeks have come and gone since the last edition of International Eye Candy and so the time has come to cull the best and brightest from around the globe to make your day a little brighter. And you know what makes my day brighter? Spontaneous human combustion! Lots of light there! And don’t even get me started on kung fu horror, Norwegian slashers or Korean action stars. All that in more down below … let’s get rolling!
Don’t get me wrong here. The original COLD PREY (or FRITT VILT, if you prefer the original title) is not a perfect film. For a slasher it’s remarkably light on blood, for one thing, but it IS the film that triggered the current wave of Nordic horror films and for very good reason. It’s impeccably shot, director Roar Uthaug has a fantastic sense of pace and how to build tension, and – most importantly – the character work is absolutely stellar. No surprise, then, that it went on to make a bucket of money at the local box office and triggered an inevitable sequel.
COLD PREY 2 picks up right were the original left off and while Uthaug isn’t directing this one himself he’s involved as a producer and has been overseeing the project right from the beginning so expect the same strengths to be in play with a significant bump to the level of blood and violence. First teaser is out now and it’s looking tasty.
Hack and slash to your heart’s content.
Good god, that poster messes with my head. And if it’s not enough to convince you to give Graham Reznick’s I CAN SEE YOU a look, how about this? The film is the latest to come out of Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix outfit. And while this is Reznick’s directorial debut he has been working behind the scenes for years as an editor and sound designer, filling the latter role on Ti West’s THE ROOST and TRIGGER MAN. So there’s some talent at play here …
The film itself is a lo-fi, psychedelic sort of horror film revolving around ad men (I’m scared already) stranded in the woods where the obligatory Bad Things happen.
Sell somebody something they don’t need here
Anticipation for VINYAN, the latest from CALVAIRE director Fabrice Du Welz, is growing steadily as bits and pieces of news continue to trickle out. The first trailer indicated that this would be a more ‘mature’ sort of film than Du Welz’s earlier work but fears that he may have stepped away from the shocking imagery that made his reputation were quickly wiped away by news that the film very nearly failed to clear the French censors. So, no, he’s not softening up, he’s just playing coy.
Anyway … all of that to say that a brand new scene from the film has just arrived and while this is much like the trailer in that it’s not showing off the blood it certainly goes a long way to establishing the sort of tone that Du Welz is going for with this one. Very nice.
You’ll find the clip and trailer here
More martial arts action coming later but we’ll get that particular ball rolling now with the full theatrical trailer for KINTA, the new martial arts flick from Malaysia. This thing boasts several national champion martial artists in the cast so you know things are going to be solid on that level and the camera work is remarkably good for this sort of thing. The film is set in the late 1800’s in the Kinta tin mining region of Malaysia so expect lots of half naked sweaty men punching each other hard.
Face it, fight flicks are inherently homo-erotic.
Right! People! Catching fire! Spontaneously! It comes from Thailand, it’s called BURN and the male lead is a guy who played scenery chewing sorts of villains in pulp flicks like TIGER BLADE and VENGEANCE. If a spontaneous combustion film were to come from anywhere I’m rather pleased it’s coming from Thailand, where they’ll treat the material with the mixture of low brow exploitation and high end tech gloss that it deserves. Just wait till the fire starts to spread in the trailer … some killer (bad pun, I know) effects shots in there.
Insert bad Doors joke here
Wanna know what it takes to be an action star? I mean what it really takes? Korean doc ACTION BOYS snuck up with a very low profile until premiering at the recently completed New York Asian Film Festival but with the Korean theatrical release coming soon the press machine is gearing up. Which means not only that killer poster but also a proper trailer.
The people participating in this thing are the real deal, the stunt guys from films such as OLDBOY, A BITTERSWEET LIFE and virtually every other major Korean action flick of recent days. So when they talk you’d best listen because you’re not going to get any closer to the source than this.
Check it out here
We’ll stay in the world of Korean action flicks a little bit longer here, this one – ROUGH CUT – coming, bizarrely, from the production outfit run by arthouse favorite Kim Ki-Duk. Yep, the guy who made 3 IRON is now producing action films. Go figure. Thing is, it looks as though he’s producing GOOD action films, so no complaints from this quarter. The stars are young but talented and production values look typically strong, a good combination.
Take a look at the trailer here
Okay, a little hop across the sea now where we check out the first trailer for PAINTED SKIN. Anybody out there remember the days when Hong Kong turned out supernaturally tinged kung fu flicks like THE BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR with regularity? Well, the people behind PAINTED SKIN certainly do and they’re doing everything they can to bring those days back. Gordon Chan sits in the director’s chair, Donnie Yen fills the lead and there’s a guy with a big snaky tongue. Life is good.
You’ll find the trailer here
By now readers of this column should be good and familiar with TOKYO GORE POLICE, the ridiculously over the top Japanese splatter film starring AUDITION’s Eihi Shiina as a cop hunting down and killing vicious mutants. Well, new trailer means new gore and the thing to keep in mind while watching this is that the mutants sprout deadly weapons from their wounds. Got that? Wound = weapon. Now get watching and let your mind explore the possibilities.
Yes, what you’re thinking might happen really does happen.
While Kaz Kiriya’s live action adaptation of classic anime series CASSHERN managed to split audiences cleanly down the middle – I personally think it’s pretty much brilliant – there’s no denying that it revived interest in the long-dormant character in a big, big way. Big enough that CASSHERN is returning to the anime world with a new series – CASSHERN SINS – produced by primo animation studio Madhouse. The only trailer released so far is short but sweet, loaded with robot hunting goodness and a whole lot darker than the original show was. Yes, please.
Check out the robot carnage here
How to tell your mother was right about that guy being no good for you: he follows up “I love you” with “Come work as a hooker for me.” Seriously, girls, don’t go out with that guy. It’s all downhill from there. Too bad the female lead of OCEAN FLAME wasn’t smart enough to follow such sensible advice …
The Hong Kong drama was produced by Simon Yam, who also takes a supporting role, and has been winning a whole lot of love on the festival circuit. Not hard to tell why from the trailer …
Check it out here
Hey look! We’re back in Korea for another kick ass action film! The film in question this time is SPARE, a low budget martial arts film that makes up for a lack of funds with a cast more than happy to give (and take) a beating. No wires, no CG, no trickery, just a cast of talented fighters putting the beat down on each other.
The first trailer for this one was cut in a hurry before it was through post and ended up being pretty rough as a result but the latest version is worlds better, so much better that I’d say there’s a chance for this to end up in the top tier of Korean fight flicks.
Let the beatings begin!
Yes, kids, it’s a second trailer for QUICK GUN MURUGAN, everybody’s favorite karmic cowboy, riding to the defense of cattle and vegetarianism everywhere.
Now, before watching this latest technicolored treat, I want you to ask yourself a question. Think about Hindu gods for a moment. Which of those gods possesses an attribute that could prove helpful to an Indian gunslinger? Thank you, you may proceed.
Shiva is angry with meat eaters
And, finally we head to Norway to wrap this edition of the ol’ IEC with the latest from Erik Poppe, a film maker I like to describe as a sort of Euro-version of MAGNOLIA’s P.T. Anderson.
The film is titled DE USYNLIGE and I think the less I say plot-wise on this one the better. What you need to check out, though, is a new six minute reel from the film which is actually two reels in one. What Poppe’s done is cut two extended sequences from two of his main characters’ perspectives and set them up to play simultaneously, side by side. This sort of multi-perspective thing has been done before but seldom this well …
Find all the details, trailers and links here
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and the waves of nordic horror movies have all passed me by. Sounds good though, trying and give cold prey a shot this weekend
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Aug 20, 2008 11:19:09 AM CDT
What is it about a woman in stalkings that makes my cock hard?
by broseph
tokyo gore police mmmmmmmmmm
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Aug 20, 2008 11:30:58 AM CDT
All I want to see is OCEAN FLAME.....right now!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Aug 20, 2008 11:34:10 AM CDT
Wow! Hawaiian Organ Donor wil love these movies
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred never heard of Audition or Tokyo Gore Police.
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All those movies look fucking awesome. Too bad my computer is being slow as shit so I can't watch any trailers right now.
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See on the top of the old thread some Aussie mentioning a movie called Razorback? I'm looking it up now and it looks pretty sweet for 1984, anyone seen it?
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Well press my buttons even better news about Razorback, its Russell Mulcahy's first movie. Someone that only I seemed to keep talking about on the last thread, ok have to see it now.
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Hey Todd, cool looking films. Love the poster for Tokyo Gore Police. Have you seen the film yet? Is it better/comparable to Machine Girl?
Just saw Machine Girl, and while I can understand the crazy appeal, it fell pretty much flat for me as a movie. Uusally, I adore splatter flicks though. How does TGP stack up?
Also, good to hear some Casshern love. I actually quite liked the movie, and found it to be both thoughtful and visually gorgeous. Granted it was also shallow and muddled at various points too. But all in all, I found it ambitious and liked it, though fell short of loving it. I definitely am a fan of the soundtrack. -
Fuck you Netflicks! Ok lets all go find the petition to bring Razorback to dvd and sign it! Or send peanuts to someone I don't know.
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Razorback got quite a bit of love over in that thread, and it's a good film to boot. Like legitimately good, not just schlocky. I don't know as it has a dvd release though.
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Forget cult-classic title. It is a classic.
I promise you will not be let down.
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I really REALLY!!! wanted to enjoy the hell out of that movie. Maybe if I saw it back in like 04 when it was released and I first saw the trailer I would've been that good. But save for a couple of parts it was overly long and muddled. But it was really cool, I guess its based on some old manga? Also Jonah, don't you think that was one of the biggest inspirations for Speed Racer? Old manga, taken seriously using a totally unseen blue screen world? I mean the Brothers W. are known for getting all their ideas from Asian films.
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Looks like Razorback is available to every one but NTSC users.
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Actually had great atmosphere, and style and was one of the few where I felt actual dread. I'd say, gore or no, it was a site better than anything in the genre has been recently-save for Behind the Mask which was kind of brilliant.
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If there has been a better titled movie in recent memory, then I can't recall.
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Don't want to sound like a dick, but I'm kind of a dumb guy. Is there anyway you could label each movie better? Like put it on the top of each new article? I get confused and lost and scared because I am not sure what movie the picture are link is talking about. That may just be me though.
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Over at fil critic said if the blood from Machine Girl could fill a swimming pool, then the blood from TGP could fill the Grand Canyon.
Wow.
And another little tidbit: A man's bitten-off penis turns into a cannon that he uses to shoot cops.
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seems like it has poential. The poster is freaky. I saw The Roost and enjoyed it for what it was. Essentially it was like someone went out of there way to make one of those bargain bin 80s horro films where kids are wandering off on lonely roads and scary things show up. It had both a comforting and creepy atmosphere. I live in Maryland and old backroads and loney farm houses are more likely the settings I encounter on a reg basis. For those who cant tell by my rambling, The Roost focused on kids who stumble upon vampire bats who turn their victims into zombies. Check it out! Especially you Chitty.
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Chitty...Todd alludes to that in his brief blurb above. Or at least thats where my mind went.
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Hahaha italy banned medical shows, good because they all suck. They said because it was showing medically inaccurate facts. I guess people were watching Scrubs and performing surgery with parodies? I think the most I've ever heard about something "medical" in a movie saving someones life was the heimlich maneuver Mork performs on Bond in Mrs. Doubtfire. I've heard a good 20 stories since that movie came out, even including one within the past year of someone saying that seeing that performed in that movie taught them how to do the maneuver and saved someones life. I guess that movie was good for something? IT WAS A DRIVE BY FRUITY!.
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Yes, one of the pilots in Kong was Peter Jackson.
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The Roost IMDB page and look at the photo for the director Ti West, of upcoming Cabin Fever 2 fame. Seems like this dude went to the Eli Roth school for being a movie director boner.
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Did you guys look at that one? It's the one that has a korean guy preparing to fuse his knee with a guy's nose.
All I know is after Chocolate, the ante for hurting yourself with realistic stunts has been upped. That last fight on the building side has gone down as legend in the Echo household. Amazing stuff, and the new bar. But bring on Spare! -
Is anything like Behind the Mask, how did they make a sequel? Behind the Mask was awesome. My ladyfriend liked it so much she had to show all her friends and she ended up watching it 3 times in one weekend.
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I don't know anything about director, but since Roost was better than Cabin Fever, I imagine directing that sequel is a step down, even though it no doubt seems like one up.
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ACTION BOYS looks to beat Chocolate when it comes to hurting yourself. That movie looks really cool.
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what I meant is that it was also a good slasher. No, Cold Prey is straight-forward and serious. A bunch of young people on a ski retreat find a resort that is empty, and slowly learn, of course, that someone else is there with him. Despite the killer being a bit ambiguous, the film really works as a horror flick. And, yes the characterization is there.
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I dig this column (and the site it introduced me to) but I can't watch a single thing without getting annoyed as fuck. Somebody change it or tell me how to make it works, thanks.
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hows it going? see many foreign films?
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"As most of you probably know, Heath was filming Terry Gilliam's "The
Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" at the time of his death. Johnny Depp, Jude
Law, and Colin Farrell stepped in to complete Heath's role, playing
different versions of his character "Tim."
When the three actors learned that Ledger's will had not been updated to include his daughter, the generous trio decided to donate all the money they earned from the film to Mathilda." -
but probably won't bother with Vinyan. I hated Calvaire, and despite everyone making cases for it, I understand the director's intentions but still find the movie to be complete crap.
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Not as much as I'd like to... I am foreign, actually, but still we get mostly American movies here... I'm always up for good stuff, so this column helps. Last one I saw was French gorefest FRONTIER(S). Starts pretty average and amateurish, but it gets more and more fucked up... Worth a check, definitely.
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what is it's origin? Where are you from? I wondered if Frontier was any good. I don't go for the torture related films, so if it's that genre, I might pass. Thanks for the heads-up though. Is it that genre?
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now there is a documentary! HOD, make a note of that one! Looks awesome. I was just telling my wife that a docu about asian stuntmen(and women) would be very interesting
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I'd say it's more of a "running into crazy fuckers" genre. More of a HILLS HAVE EYES and TEXAS CHAINSAW than say SAW or HOSTEL. But it sure has some sadistic situations in it. It also has some politics and social commentary (it takes place in a future full of riots) but that's the worst part of the movie and frankly it leads nowhere, in my opinion.
I'm from Chile, South America. My name is a weird phonetic transcription of something my buddy and I call eachother. I guess it's hard to explain even in Spanish. So, you don't recommend CALVAIRE? My buddy burn it for me... I have it on my wait list... -
Other than the massive amounts of blood in both TGP and Machine Girl are kind of apples and oranges, you know? Machine Girl is very nudge, nudge, wink, wink throughout. It's goofy and meant to be. Tokyo Gore Police, on the other hand, takes itself and the world it's in totally seriously. There are aspects of it that remind me a LOT of Robocop and Starship Troopers. I think TGP is a much better film but it doesn't have the same kind of pop hooks that MG does.
And yeah ... TGP has a LOT more blood.
As for Cold Prey: I think the first one is pretty close to being a perfect film other than the unfortunate tendency to cut away from the kill shots. Which, admittedly, is a big problem for a slasher film. -
Now I'll start hunting TWO movies. Keep up the good work, man!
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thanks for the heads-up. It was the nudge nudge wink wink that mostly rendered Machine Girl just a passing amusement. I'm looking forward to TGP, despite being permanently creeped out by the Audition girl. At least she is the hero here, right?
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Check out the Action Boys and Spare trailers...now! Awesome!
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I also saw a link to It's Alive remake.
I can honestly say that was a movie ripe for a remake and I can't wait to see it.
Love the set location of the house as well. Like the way it is distant and alone, sort of like the baby feels when it's not with its parents.
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It's a disturbing attempt at metaphor I think, and even some allegory, but it contains enough bestiality, torture and male rape to turn me off of it. It is well made yes, but that's not my bag.
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Bonus!
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do you know anything of Cold Prey 2? Are we dealing with the same killer?
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and it looks good?
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But you also know my love for creature features.
It's Alive scared the shit out of me when I was young.
You can imagine how nervous I was in the delivery room.
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is there a dvd release of Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge coming soon, or available now?
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Aug 20, 2008 1:20:20 PM CDT
Jonah....I don't have audio here at work. Fuck.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
So I wait to get home to watch the trailers....
Glad to see Frank Darabont getting some love on this TB. hehehe....
And what crap has beastiality and male rape? Jesus Christ its like directors bickering like 9 year olds, no no...I bet I could come up with the most fucked up shit-- no way....I could totally come up with more fucked up shit. its gotten to the point where its just stupid. I could conceive of some insanely horrid situations as well, doesn't mean I think I'm talented because of it. Its an easy way out of filmmaking. You get some decent exposure with having to really think. Its like the CoC writing gang bang fantasy fan-fiction type shit.....uhhh, yeah real challenge that would be. -
baby offline and introduce it to his relatives as the real deal during his wife's pregnancy? That was someone here!
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Looks like it will be released staright to DVD next summer.
Man, this day is getting better and better.
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people here. Their names I won't mention.
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I don't know if it was a good thing or bad thing that I couldn't find the puppet in time.
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it had a great grasp of atmosphere and what not, but imagine a sadder more brutal take on Deliverance, including ***SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER****a delusional billy dressing up a male singer as his wife, and then proceeding to have "relations" with him and later crucifying him***END SPOILER.
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Aug 20, 2008 1:25:44 PM CDT
Dirk is going to have nightmares after watching TGP trailer
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
That was very strange!
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it made a great story though. At the very least, you could have snapped a few pics of it swaddled up in the crib, and showed the to your kid years later, proclaiming "what a lovely child you were. You're first words were BRAIN MATTER."
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is there a release date?
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Fred disappointed could not watch Warlords. Fred think his DVD player is at fault - it sometimes not like burned DVD's.
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Aug 20, 2008 1:30:22 PM CDT
Imagine if I watched TGP instead of Jurassic Park
by chittychittygangbang
when I was tripping that time.
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For now, yes, but I think we can stray a bit here and it's fine since it's not one single film, and Twitch is more or less a forum for wierd stuff. Let's give it until we have exhausted the topic before we go off.
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crucifixion comment was supposed to be read ironically.
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looks like it would be up HOD's alley. He is into the Korean action/crime films. That one looks pretty darn good, but geez, the cast skewed young there.
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Josef Rusnak is the director and looks like a 2009 release date.
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Aug 20, 2008 1:36:24 PM CDT
I've been reading about drinks you can make with Everclear....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...I really wanna try this shit out.
this is called ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH?
Scale ingredients to servings
1 oz Firewater® cinnamon schnapps
1 oz Everclear® alcohol
1 oz peppermint schnapps
1 oz Wild Turkey® bourbon whiskey
1 oz Jose Cuervo® Especial gold tequila
Using only 100 proof liquors, ensure all schnapps are ice cold. Combine and mix all five liquors in a cocktail glass and drink like a shot. -
if in fact, that was the virtual reality flick. Yea, I really enjoyed the 30s world they created and the pulp storyline. It didn't benefit from
A) being released after Matrix and Existenz
B) being released same weekend as Phantom Menace.
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Aug 20, 2008 1:37:17 PM CDT
Fred read in Moriarty's Clone TB that only 300 people
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Post on a regular basis on AICN. We should have no trouble taking this to the top again.
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Who said that? 300 people?
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Aug 20, 2008 1:40:08 PM CDT
so you're telling me the CoC is roughly 1/25th....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...the regular posters on AICN?
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Fred is drunk just reading that!
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Aug 20, 2008 1:41:59 PM CDT
Did my mention of Everclear get you curious Danny
by chittychittygangbang
I hope it did, but let me warn you about this stuff.
I have drank it before and felt something on my shoulder.
I looked around and it was the floor.
Ask Fred what it does when Dirk drinks it.
I would take a shot of that. But it would be just one shot after eating about four slices of pizza and having a bed ready. -
That is a drink of Everclear, Tequila and hot sauce.
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Wow, too bad hot Saffron Burrows bites it in the end. I wouldn't 've mind another scene of shark electrocution in underwear scene. And yes, that's the one movie I'm afraid to publicly admit I love. Fuck it, I LOVE DEEP BLUE SEA!
I'm afraid the sequel won't have a moment as cool as Samuel L. Jackson getting his head bit off in the middle of a survival and stay together speech. Or a parrot getting eaten by a shark in slow motion. I'm popping that DVD right now. -
Aug 20, 2008 1:43:43 PM CDT
Moriarty said that in response someone saying TB'ers
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Are the main draw around here. He said that if you beleive 300 TB'ers are responsible for all the hits on the site - then AICN is in worse shape than anyone thinks. Or words to that effect.
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Aug 20, 2008 1:45:51 PM CDT
Dirk grows into Cloverfield monster on EverCleara
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
You would not like Dirk when he gets angry.
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and then Danny just straight-up posts the everclear recipe.
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mentioning the CoC....Christ, I'm getting teary eyed right now...excuse me.
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you can freely admit that here. We, all of us, I think ADORE Deep Blue Sea. I personally had a ton of fun with that one. And I miss the film presence of Saffron Burrows. What was the period film where she was always teasing the servant man?
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sounds about right after seeing Danny's list.You must go blind for at least twenty minutes or so. Probably makes you feel like Jack Burton.
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I can hold my whiskey pretty well....I tempted to accept the challenge of Mr. Everclear with a few friends at my place.
Check this nasty shit out...
Pink Panty Dropper recipe
18 cans beer
1 bottle Everclear® alcohol
1 1/2 jugs, pre-made pink lemonade
First add all 18 cans of beer to a large container. Add bottles of Everclear and tequila and last but not least add the pink lemonade. Place lemon slices in the mixture for extra flavor. Let sit for a few hours, then serve. -
which I haven't seen yet, but I thought I read she was in that.
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Aug 20, 2008 1:52:08 PM CDT
Can you imagine drinking a two liter Tuff Enough
by chittychittygangbang
It would be like that poison dart in The Lost World.
You would be dead before you even pulled the bottle from your lips.
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Put you right on the transplant list
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that's right. And she was good in it.
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In that annoying picture with four simultanous screens being shown at the same time. Stellan Skargaard was also in it. (Who gets his arm bit off and then thrown onto a huge glass in DBS). She was also in TROY... But never as lovely as the afore mentioned underwear scene...
And speaking of annoying movies, I recently tried to watch THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS, with Ellen Page... Has anybody seen that? I get thet were trying to portray the mind of a fucked up teenage girl, but man, I've never been so annoyed by a movie before. And I laughed at the people who walked out of IRREVERSIBLE. Someday I'll finish it, I swear. -
attention to the way CoC sounds when it is said.
For instance: You are telling me the COC makes up all our members?
"They post too much. I want to strangle the COC."
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You were saying The Shadow wasn't in widescreen on Region 1 - Region 2 is 1.85:1, so yeah it's widescreen over here. Get your importing shoes on.
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Danny we had a drink like that called Pink Panty Pulldowns.
Mix Everclear and a SHITLOAD of pink lemonade.
It was for girls that didn't like the taste of alcohol, but wanted to get drunk.
I'll give you one guess to whether it worked or not.
One guy also thought it would be funny to drink a bunch of it and after a little while was sitting on the sofa.
All of the sudden his head was over on his shoulder passed out and his pants started turning dark from piss in the front.
We had to cut off the girls after a few drinks, because they would fistfight each other quicker than drunks guys would.
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the ethan embry penguin slide of shame.
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reasonable copy of Matinee, I will be forever in your debt.
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Saffron in that.
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Did anyone see that Painted Skin trailer? Looks awesome. I miss the days of Bride with the White Hair, and my favorite, Chinese Ghost Story.
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was the first Region 1 title I imported, way back in 2000 I think. I ordered it because I'd just bought a multiregion DVD player and Deep Blue Sea was the top new release. Didn't know anything about the movie at all!Love it. But, is that Ronny Cox right at the start? How come he's got no lines?
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Yummy. Best shark killing scene ever. (Sorry chief Brody) http://tinyurl.com/5qjmb3
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you will see the most over the top shark killing scene in the history of cinema.
Sonnets and operas will be written about it.
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look like the art for an 80's horror film you would see sitting on the video shelves back in the day?
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Sorry, Chitty... But I'm gonna have to seriously doubt sonnets and operas will be written by about that. Not to be a prick, but I actually saw AvP2. :(
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back in the wide eyed time of 1998, when Arnie was gonna be in I Am Legend, when a new Star Wars film seemed eminent, and Godzilla was gonna rock our world and Reign of Fire sounded like the greatest movie ever, there were going to be two giant shark films in 1999. DBS and MEG. There was so much anticipation for it...and then, nothing. There is a project that truly needs resurrected. But I'll take Alten's The Loch if they can't get Meg off the ground.
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Matinee is just full screen on Region 2.
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Was Salerno always on this? Crap!
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It was by far the lamest ending I've ever read in a book.
It was so over the top and crazy that it made the rest of the book seem like a National Geographic article. -
Aug 20, 2008 2:30:47 PM CDT
fuck....it cut off the rest of THE PINK PANTY DROPPER....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
18 cans beer
1 bottle Everclear® alcohol
1 bottle tequila
1 1/2 jugs, pre-made pink lemonade
First add all 18 cans of beer to a large container. Add bottles of Everclear and tequila and last but not least add the pink lemonade. Place lemon slices in the mixture for extra flavor. Let sit for a few hours, then serve.
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Seems like the man for the job, lol.
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Please do spoil.
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For that I will always hold a slight grudge against Emmerich and Co.
Why didn't they let him breathe fire and go nut?
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1 bottle Jack Daniel's® Tennessee whiskey
2 gal Everclear® alcohol
1 qt chocolate milk
5 cans whipped cream
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on sci-fi channel. What a silly piece of dreck. Sort of entertaining though.
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Calvaire, finally a movie we agree that it sucks. Usually we have different view points. I don't understand why people talked it up so much. Oh man Meg, I've got the other two books I need to read. But I remember killing the first Meg book in like a day. That fucking scene where the meg jumps out of the water to get the helio I've been dreaming about how they would make it look awesome for forever.
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Neigh Means Neigh!
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How is the sexual shit shown? Is the main guy nude or is it all off camera?
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Aug 20, 2008 2:43:05 PM CDT
cause uhhh,........Cock Tease wanted me to ask....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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It is NOT Godzilla -but it is a decent monstser flick. Jonah, I have almost ALL of the Gamera movies - and I do have all of the Godzilla ones. Iris is great Kaiju.
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do we really have that different of tastes? I notice sometimes we disagree, but wasnt overly aware of it.
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when it happens..Danny, movie is best avoided. They try to do some epic sweeping crane spin around shot as it is shown, to make it arty I guess.
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I was just reading about it and curious....and the beastiality thing? Do they actually show an animal or is it all audio in another room or something?
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Fred knows about Mason jars.
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Aug 20, 2008 2:50:40 PM CDT
the weird thing is I read some guy call them...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...hillbillys and rednecks.....isn't it a Euro movie? Do they make them look like the American image of a redneck?
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I quite enjoyed the Gamera series. Guardian of the Earth was a fun B movie, and Legion was O.K. but rather boring actually. But Iris actually takes the cake. I like how they even attempt to explain why it is giant monsters are drawn to Japan. And the final shot of that movie really makes me yearn for a fourth Gamera in that series. But the follow-up, Gamera the Brave was more of a kiddie film. It wasn't terrible but it wasn't up to snuff either.
Toad, I concede that Emerich Godzilla isn't the worst movie ever, but it really isn't very good, considering it's resources. -
looking Kaiju movie shown on here a few Twitch articles back, but I don't recall it's title.
Also, that Ultraman movie that brings all 8 ultramen back looks like a ton of fun!
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Looks all right. Can anyone recommend the first one, is it worth a dip?Also, has anyone seen a film called Storm Warning, is that any good? The trailer was nuts.
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post that Jerry Horror put down on the Scorpion TB, where he responds to Vern's praise of him?
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I totally agree with you on Trilogy of gamera movies that started in 1995. The early Gamera movies at least the B&W ones, were geared straight at kids. Some of them are just truly awful. I avoided The Brave because i was told by a friend that it sucked turtle eggs. I am going to do a re-eval of all my Kaiju movies one of these days - to get a proper ranking. No. 1 and 2 will not change. Gojira and Destroy all Monsters. But the rest of the top five will be in flux.
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The you will love Extinct by Charles Wilson.
His version of Carcaradon Megalodon are about 100-150 feet in length instead of 50-75 feet long as in Alten's books.
Wilson also places his on the coast of Mississippi and I have been to some of the locations.
In one chapter a drunk guy leaves a casino on the beach and heads out to ship island to get a little piece of ass.
The Meg eats his lady friend and he tries to outrun it back to shore of Mississippi.
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Cold Prey is definitely worth seeing, especially if you are a fan of slashers. Me, Im not a slasher fan, but I do enjoy good horror, and that movie is good horror. It's atmospheric, has well drawn characters and actual suspense and dread. See it.
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Yeah, he definitely needs an attitude adjustment
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Aug 20, 2008 3:00:58 PM CDT
a pig.....poor guy.....better look out for Equus...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I smell him lurking.
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Did you even see my victory this morning?
I can't believe I missed my chance to get two in a row.
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Aug 20, 2008 3:03:34 PM CDT
is there indeed a porn called Chitty Chitt Gang Bang?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
If not-- there damn well should be.
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if you don't already own it, there is a cool little set out there of Toho films that usually runs 19.99 for three movies. They are all Honda films, and while not exclusively kaiju they are:
Varan the Unbelievable-which isn't that great of a movie, but it's fun, as long as you watch the japanese version and not the rancid american version. The special features, including s how to make your own monster workshop are actually cool. It's the filler movie, but for a kaiju fan, you won't mind.
The Mysterians-This is one of my fave Honda movies just because it's just so much silly fun. It features aliens dressed as power rangers who demand japanese women and land, and the military decides they aren't having it. Love this little gem.Also has some nice features.
Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People-this one is a wierd, atmospheric film that is equal parts E.C. horror comic and drug film, and while no kaiju, it's creepy mushroom people are cool. It's a legitimately good and effective movie. Highly recommended.
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That is why I jumped at the chance to get even over here. I was very busy at work this morning. I'm gonna Hunker down too.
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I own Varan, and the Mysterians is on my all time favorites list. I never heard of Matango. I will check it out. BTW have you seen Latitude Zero?
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you will love it. I think you can get it for like ten bucks or so outside the set.
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There was one called Titty Titty Gang Bang.
There was a fictional character named Cassie Wright in a porn called Chitty Chitty Gang Bang.
Go to Wiki and look her up. She is in a book called Snuff about a lady banging 600 guys.
The book has chapters told from the point of view of guys No. 72, No. 127? and No. 600.
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Geez, that's a silly movie. A flying lion! Giant humanoid rats. Good stuff. And of course Cesar Romero! Ha!
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that was mentioned on here before. I think the reviewer said it was a very strange book.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is one of my favorites to this day. I bought the DVD a few years ago and still love it. I remember seeing that one and Rex Harrison's Dr. Doolittle on TV waaay back in the 70's.
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And flying Lions! Jonah, I strongly recommend that you get a copy of Daimajin. It is truly excellent Kaiju from the sixties. It is almost a Horror Kaiju with a very, very strong story and great acting. It is currently my third favorite Kaiju.
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just read the ending on wikipedia. yuck!
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I was just writing to you to recommend both Daimajin and Dogora. Daimajin was cool because it's story was interesting, and I like the look of the giant samurai-totem esque monster. Did you see the sequel? I bought both of them in a combo disc from bestbuy.
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go to Youtube and watch the movie Bermuda Depths. We discussed this before, but it's a t.v. film involving Carl Weathers, devil women from the sea, Burl Ives and a GIANT Godzilla sized sea turtle. You have to see it to believe it. Go for it!
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Aug 20, 2008 3:26:17 PM CDT
I saw the second one - but it is far inferior to Daimajin
by toadkillerdog
Have you seen King Kong vs Godzilla?
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I've been madly in love with Kim Ki-Duk's films ever since I saw Bad Guy. Wonderful film. Fuck, I love those Koreans.
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that's a freakin' hilarious movie. My fave Godzilla that isn't Gojira is Godzilla vs. Mothra and All Out Monsters Attack.
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I will watch the rest later
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I watched that the other day. Couldn't get my head around the plot. The girl - was she an emissary of the turtle or WAS she the turtle?The acting was hilarious. And how many Buds did Carl Weather's chug back!
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You jast gave me a fucking nostalgia seizure. I remember the giant turtle, and one time (being 12) I was simming in the ocean, ok... And I just started to go as far as I could (shitty distance for sure, but a whole adventure for a kid) and suddenly I look at my feet and all I see is deep green. I couldn't touch bottom and couldn't even see it. And what suddenly pops into my head? Not Jaws, not pirahnas, THAT FUCKING GIANT TURTLE.
I started swimming back to the shore as fast as I could, afraid to even open my eyes... And when I got there panting and wide eyed I felt like the world's biggest pussy.
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without an apostrophe.
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Action Jackson!
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The gamera movies damnit.
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Godzilla speaks in that one. I shit you not.
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As Don King said, "ONLY IN AMERICA BABY!"
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He would have drug the turtle back to the beach and used his shell as a half pipe.
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It was an asian lady and she was going to town on those guys.
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...I need a moment to myself.Giggity!OK, now I need a smoke.
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Hey, that could be a new topic! What if Godzilla broke into the Everclear distillery and drank a tank full? My guess is he would get disoriented, thinks he is swimming to Jamaica for a vacation, winds up in New York and tries to get some from Lady Liberty.
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Thought he was going to Bahamas and ended up in New York.
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what about Cloverfield vs. Bermuda Depths turtle?
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The dude was just horny, and lady liberty wouldnt give it up - so he cut her head off!
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You ok now?
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...Shia The Beef tore the skin off his face to reveal his inner beast; a hideous hybrid of bat and anteater with razor sharp claws of a demon raptor and the stench of rotten fish permeating from his crotch? The American military would blast him with all they got, though nothing could penetrate the outter shell of that foul beast. So we resort to the last thing we got ta' hit him with, and we hit him good. We send in Wilford Brimley to plow right through him like a bowling ball. What people don't realize is the good ole' Brim was born inside a bathroom stall in The Vatican, September 27, 1934-- so his piss is pretty much holy water. He is the one living being that can put fear in the black heart of that wretched devil, The Beef! With
one final swing from The Brim's glowing staff of chivalry and good-will, he puts the beast down for good. He drops trou and proceeds to empty his piss bag all over the creature's bony face-- in the name of the red, white, and blue.
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When the blond guy is asking Berl Ives about his father.
Berl is asnswering all the questions very calmly and all of the sudden he says "Yeeessss he was eaten!"
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...was that fucker born old? he was only 50 when he shot the first Cocoon. And Don Ameche was 77?! The Brim looks older than Ameche......and he's 17 years younger? Maybe its all that womanizing and hard drinking with Howard Hughes that aged him.
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Aug 20, 2008 4:16:35 PM CDT
Maybe it was pushing the hookers out of the plane
by chittychittygangbang
You know that can put years on a person's life.
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That will age any man.
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That shit was hilarious.....do you have that story...about Howard's detailed request for height and weight. Hehehehe....
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Aug 20, 2008 4:19:01 PM CDT
Buffalo piss will age a man in appearance only...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
But he will fucking live forever!!! Just like liberty, justice, and the red, white, and blue!!
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Just doing a shitload of DVD burning so I'm not able to participate with today's discussion much.I hope this afternoon finds everyone well.Drinking Newcastle and about to throw a slab of beef on the grill for the wife and a tuna steak for myself.
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He is immortal. He will have to 'pass' for a few years while people forget him, Then he will re-emerge.
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...Oh...your wife eats beef? Interesting. Thought you were a total vegetarian house-hold. We only eat poultry and fish at my place
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that stuff looks great, it's all well shot. was it just me or was there weird sex imagery in Tokyo gore police?
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I am out of here gents!
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"I'll kill you!"So sayeth The Brim.
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I got a new address for you...
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clowns that drunk type.
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Don't be too hard on yourself. That little discourse with Vern brought a tear of emotion to the eye. You are a top bloke!Just go easy tonight, okay?
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I just wrote it on the fly. Which talkback was that in?
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Oh yeah...one of the last things I remember last night was you saying you were trashed Chipps. What happened?
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Hughes: "Willford, come here quick!"
Brimley barrels through the wall, ignoring the door..
Brimley (wiping the sheetrock dust from his broad shoulders):"Yessir Mr. Hughes. What can I do for you?"
Hughes: "I want you to listen very carefully...Go down and pick up every hooker you can find that weighs exactly 111 pounds, stands five feet even and has true blonde hair. Then go up and get the Spruce Goose gassed and ready. We are heading back over Hepburn's house."
Brimley:"Do you want me to bring the soap, scrub brushes and condoms again?"
Hughes:"Oh these aren't for me my boy. I told Hepburn that it would rain live hookers tonight and I am a man of my word."
Brimley (who no longer finds any of this strange): "What color did you say for the hair?"
Hughes:"Blonde, yes blonde. Yes, very blonde. Blonde..."
Brimley (shakes Hughes back to his senses): "Sir I got it, we'll be ready by midnight."
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go to the Scorpion TB. That is all.
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Aug 20, 2008 4:44:56 PM CDT
I fucking found it Chitty.....this TB is gold....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Its the Outlander TB.....I thought it was older than this for some reason.
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Geez I forgot how funny that talkback was.
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O.K. I forgot I had this, but someone gave us a "A Salute to Steak" cookbook and it has prior members of the marines sharing their steak recipes.And here is the Brims:
Garlic Studded Steaks with Anaheim Chiles
8 small garlic cloves
4 bone-in-rib-eye steaks, 16 ounces each and two inches thick.
1 teaspoon of Lawry's seasoned salt
1 teaspoon of coarsely ground black pepper.
1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
Salsa for steak:
2 tablespoons od unsalted butter
1 cup finely chopped onions
2/3 cup finely chopped Anaheim chile peppers
1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions
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i was watching serpico and drinking. I ended up drinking quite a bit. I read somewhere that howard hughes used to pay people to stand in the corner facing the wall. Man i was so impressed by serpico. I was expecting it to not live up to expectations, but it was really really good.
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... why Vern's so confused. People talking about movies - on a movie site. Why is that confusing to him?I don't mean him any disrespect and I'm sorry if we crashed his TB but I don't get that response.
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Will it be scary this time? Hope so.Best bit in the original - when JoBeth and Craig T go over to the NEIGHbours, trying to be serious but just start laughing, while slapping midges away.Well I liked that bit anyway. And the guy clawing his own face off.
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hows it going?
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please tell me you don't think that Poltergeist remake is a good idea? I loved the first movie.
This one is written by the minds behind Boogeyman, one of the most tepid of recent horror attempts that didn't have VS. in the middle or Boll as the director's last name. -
I'm sure I just saw a tumbleweed blowing across this TB.
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No, Jonah, I have no hope for it whatsoever. I like the original but it didn't scare me. I haven't seen a genuine spine chiller in a long time. I doubt this remake will change that.
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... because [REC] freaked me out a bit.
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but its just too much of a rip-off of 28 Days Later. I felt there was no reason to watch it. And whats up with Quarantine? A remake of a 28 Days Later rip-off? Fuck!
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Do you still have mine?
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I wouldn't say it was a rip-off. Yes, people get infected and turn violent. I can see that. But [REC] is more contained, more claustrophobic. And you're behind the camera, peering over other people's shoulders trying to see what's going on. I found it more directly involving.28 Days Later is very good though. Love the silence at the beginning then the song builds up, getting louder. Quality.
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where he kisses her and she gives this tiny little smile, because she knows what is going to happen and that she is murdering him. Then the smile turns to shock and horror as he turns and then rips her to shreds. Her thoughts are played out clearly, but it is subtle and very well done.
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Was that 28 Weeks Later?
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great scene
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Right on. REC scared the crap out of me too, and it's not a 28 later ripoff because of SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER, well, you know. THAT.
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Then I remembered Robert Carlyle going off his tits and slaughtering her. Really well played scene.The sequel wasn't as good as it should've been.
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That's a relief! Been finding it hard to find out and out REC supporters. Nice one.Okay, you and chipps have the floor. I'm scooting.Have a better one.
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for the millionth time, go to google video and type in [REC], and its like the third one down. Its the whole movie subtitles and all. I've been meaning to watch it forever, I don't know why I haven't. Maybe tonight after Americas Next Top Greatest Dog I'll get lucky. Big line up tonight though, have to finish Marty/Daisey hoping to watch Wristcutters and start Machine Girl...will he make it?
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Were talking about Cloverfield earlier today. On the ride back from work I was thinking about how they could make a Cloverfield sequel.
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thanks i'll watch it
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But every time I click on the [REC] video (and I'm clicking the 80 minute one) I only get a site with a choice of 3 trailers? I'm starting to feel like the guy in "Mallrats" who is the only frickin' person who can't see the boat. I have to go for now so I will hopefully have an answer mixed in with the jeers in the morning. Thanks!
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its the 5th one down..... hmm i was going to call you an ingnoramous, but it looks like maybe Google may have taken it down. Let me and RDJ figure this out.
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Holy shit this fucking thing kicks ass!! Carl Weathers acts his ass off in this thing...and I do believe it has the worst miniatures in film history. Thats not to say they're not awesome. The story is great...and the music is weird and hypnotic. I especially liked the doctor guy who is sort of a hybrid between Boss Hoss and Col. Sanders. Fuck me...that scene with Carl screaming at Magnus to cut the cable when he is hanging off the side of the raft....I've never laughed harder. I don't know what was funnier-- that moment, or Dr. Boss Hoss' toy helicopter exploding the second it hit the water.
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Looks like googles took REC off their site. Oopsy poopsy.
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No negative Happy DVD yet that I'm aware of and they're keeping mum on who the killer is in Cold Prey 2 so far ...
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...at www.bestvideo.com
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Aug 20, 2008 11:20:10 PM CDT
guys instead od REC.....watch Bermuda Depths...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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it's not a boat you dumb bastard, its a sale boat. YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE IS NO EASTER BUNNY!!!!!
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Does Tokyo gore police have any chance of a coming out in theaters here?
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Fantastic Fest can't come soon enough!
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Danny, I'm glad I made another Bermuda Depths believer. Is that not the most fun?
Also Kentucky Boss Hoss is actually a bloated Burl Ives, the man who voices the Snowman in Rudolph and sings the songs, like Silver and Gold. Queue up BD again and listen to him say Jenny Hanniver, and imagine the snowman. -
Series:Thanks for looking. Makes me feel a bit less of an idiot. Chipps: Say, would you like a chocolate covered pretzel? I need sleep! Later!
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The funniest thing was when Weathers decided he was going to use "the horror."I actually thought he said "the whore." I spat cheese & onion crisps everywhere!
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So we went to a baseball game for a work off-site yesterday and it was poorly planned so today I'm burnt to a crisp and still suffering from dehydration.I haven't had a chance to comment much on the films above. I guess my sources are behind because I hadn't heard of anything save for Tokyo Gore Police.If anyone lives close to New York, the Korean Film Festival kicks off over the weekend. Spare, one of the movies above, is playing as is Open City, Once Upon A Time and Going By The Book which are all quite good.
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but finally Bermuda Depths is getting the exposure here. Yea, HOD, it's on youtube. It's one of those "did I dream this?" movies that I finally figured out the title too last month in a TB.
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how many of the above trailers have you watched? I'll probably see all of them save for Vinya.
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I mean just for old times sake?
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Neigh means Neigh!
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and the guy's review of it was mediocre without being well written. I'd just as soon stay here.
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Merrick just posted this line over in another TB
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"THE CONDEMNED and THE RUNNING MAN, both imperfect films on their own merits"
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at this point it seems highly plausible to be able to keep this TB running, the SK2 one going, and Outlander. That would be fun, no? And the first challenge in a while.
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And laughed my ass off.
Somebody suggested Poltergeist: The Musical. -
This is clean! A realtor's dream! Carol Ann..you can watch t.v. again! THIS! HOUSE! IS! CLEAN!""
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They would be synchro swimming and the trees would be singing the low notes and swaying together.
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they had a solo number by the crawling meat: "ME! IT'S WHATS FOR DINNER!"
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TGP looks more like Meatball Machine than Machine Girl to me. Looks like I would like it more. Love the scene of her walking away with umbrella as the gore rains down.
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makes it look like it was made in 1992, doesnt it?
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Ok Chitty. You got me today. But tomorrow...
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I like how they kept the scene going...and going.
It's weird how my television has amped up how many four-letter words and skin is shown, yet it seems like the American cinema has dailed back a bit.
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Aug 21, 2008 8:55:21 AM CDT
I see we are posting on the old Vern thread as well about DTV
by toadkillerdog
Three boards at once!
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And how the heck did I miss hearing about production on a Donnie Yen movie?The umbrella scene was indeed great. I wonder if that's a red band trailer for them or anything goes in the previews.I can't stop thinking about Red Cliff. Tony Leung was amazing as was Takeshi Kaneshiro who was the third brother/narrator in Warlords. I hope everyone here watches it the day it arrives.
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bout the movie. Kind of fun, I think we can move between that one and this one.
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when do the packages go out? We can plan to do Red Cliff first.
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I'm trying to feed the Outlander one a bit too..
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Aug 21, 2008 9:28:02 AM CDT
its amazing how shitty the quality of Gore Police is....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...it looks like those soap operas on Asian public access. I'm talking film quality....errrr...video quality.
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Aug 21, 2008 9:30:29 AM CDT
I'm trying to get the first packages out on Monday
by hawaiian organ donor
Instead of only sending out 8 movies like last time, I decided to aim for 16 so for 10 people, that's taking a lot more time than I expected. I'll be sending them out staggered, so kits for ThereWolf, Mavra and Herb go out Monday and then the rest go out over Tuesday and Wednesday. So everyone but ThereWolf will have them by next weekend.
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just in time for my 4 day weekend. Bazziiing!
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So you can send me your new mailing address.grumpy_is_good@yahoo.comYou know you'll be sitting down with glee when I send you Tokyo Gore Police, Danny. A huge grin and a big bucket of popcorn, just like Fred.
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also, Danny, Machine Girl has that same cheap look, so warning. Danny have you watched any of these besides Mr. Socrates yet?
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It looks fucking insane. What the hell is up with that crocodile mouth pussy? Was that real snatch in the middle? I couldn't decide.....
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Socrates and half of Chocolate......you guys can discuss. Go ahead......I was gonna watch the other half last night but then got sucked into Bermuda somehow by some unspeakable force with glowing eyes.
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...that shit with Vern was just weird. He really got that upset when I proposed we go to another TB? I couldn't believe it....did you read that HOD?
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we are within a few posts of controlling 3 consecutive TBs. I think that says something.
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TBs in the top 4.
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Aug 21, 2008 9:51:03 AM CDT
I didn't read the part of the Vern TB I missed...
by hawaiian organ donor
...while away yesterday, just the last few posts to learn we had jumped ship. But I'm going over there now.Finish watching Chocolate, Danny, the second half is badass bonkers.I don't have Tokyo Gore Police yet. Is it even out on DVD? It's not up on HKFlix and they always seem to get stuff first.
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Aug 21, 2008 9:51:57 AM CDT
you are the ring-leader Jonah!! It is you!! NOT ME!!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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brash diversion. The Darth Maul to my Palpatine if you will. JK, dude. Check out the Outlander TB, it's fun! Reviewer gave a so-so review, but is making up for it by answering questions in TB, and has similar tastes to us.
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where are we today? Saw Wristcutters a love story last night. It was alright. A little dull, not really sure about Patrick Fugit as anything besides a weirdo.
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Watched Marty, the old movie with Ernie and I guess I never really knew 40 Year Old Virgin was a remake?
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In this one. In the Scorpion King 2 TB. and in Outlander. All three are going well, right now.
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The Borg was good in that flick. And you are right about it being inspiration for Virgin. Or at least it seems to be.
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about us agreeing about movies, we usually disagree when one of us hates a movie, the other one will like it for some reason. I think me and you like a lot of the same movies, but we don't hate the same movies. I mean we are probably the only 2 guys on this site willing to admit that Journey to the Center of the Earth (3-D for me, not sure you saw it in 3-D) for a fun entertaining movie.
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Just didn't have time to see it. I'm a strong defender of Brendan, I think he's a talented guy.
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Honestly the 3-d was the weakest part of it. The rest was a fun, but rather small in scope. I'm glad it did well, cause I want to see a bigger budget Atlantis sequel. You will have a good time with it Danny.
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Though I am not sure it was as great as for like the 8 some Oscars is was nominated for and 4 it won. Mainly just because it was such a small movie, but then again the only other movies I know that came out that same year is To Catch a Thief and The Trouble With Harry. Like at first I didn't like the ending because it was to short, and you really wanted to see Marty really get the girl not just allude to is actually happening. But its just kind of funny, a movie you should show your friends that are just like DUDE LETS GO GET DRUNK! Also though if that movie came out today, Marty would've been a serial killer or a rapist. The nativity of the time back then, made him seem like some adorable little unlucky schmo. But that scene where he was trying to force the girl to kiss him was a bit creepy.
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Me and my mom thought that it probably wouldn't have been half as fun without it? My mom almost dumped her coke all over me when one of the fish jumped out of the water, it was pretty funny. I think the best part was the floating rocks scene. I wonder who'll get into drugs first? Freddie Highmore or Josh Hutcherson? Any bets? My moneys on Josh, because the Brits usually stay the course. Also the 14 year age difference between Breden and the Northlander was a bit creepy, but thats only if you knew that Brenden was older then 25.
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...obnoxious little cunt.
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where has Jarv been?
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I dunno. Our daily discussions may be all over the place but it's not like we ever discuss stuff that causes the ban hammer to come down. And frankly, you'd think film geeks like the AICN staff would look into what we're saying from time to time to A) get a good laugh and B) learn about a movie they never knew about. I guaran-goddamn-tee you, if Harry watched Daisy tonight, tomorrow he'd put up a gushing review even though it's 3 years old.This sunburn has me in a pissy mood today.
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and no one can prove that Brendan is over 25, though he has a 25 yr old son in Mummy 3. Anyone see that movie? I have free tickets for it, and still havent.
Also, I liked the 3-D, but so much of it was just doofy stuff flying out of the screen. And where i saw it, the edge of the screen kept destroying the illusion. The fish and the rocks were far more effective. Actually, so was the minecart race. The raft scene was truly fun! Loved the plesiosaurs and the giant fish. That kid of insane little scene is the stuff that the Jurassic Park sequels needed more of. -
We won't hear from him for another 2 weeks.
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I like him. He was excellent in Spiderwick. Little limey bastard can even do an American accent
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..while I'm sitting on a horse.
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but I thought August Rush was crap. Aww, the Vern TB is sinking like Carl Weathers pulled by a giant turtle. Do we let him go, or head over there and remove the harpoon?
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I think Harry totally missed the point of this, they did all that stupid 3D stuff for a reason. Like I think we were blasted with water coming from peoples mouths a good three times in the movie. The reason being, was that a majority of the moving going public doesn't by/believe in 3-D, but a majority of that public hasn't seen what this new wave of 3-D is capably of. So they needed a dumb family friendly movie that people would enjoy and one where they could throw as many of the tried and true 3-D gags at the audience to get them to realize that this shit works. And since U23D wasn't becoming this huge long running hit in Imax like Everest was, they needed something to get butts in seats if the movie world was going to start accepting this 3-D as becoming a normal part of movies. U23D great fun really, if you haven't seen it check it out. And I fucking hate U2.
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????? WHAT????? Seriously Fred Dogs accent in Spiderwick is what killed that movie for me. I just couldn't get past it. I mean at least when Mark Waters made Lindsay do the same thing he only made her do one terrible accent. Plus there was really no good reason for them to be twins? Unless it plays out more in the later books. His accent was terrible. I was expecting Bridge to Terabithia good if not better. Because the special effects were top notch and the director Mark Waters was a lot more promising then the guy who did Bridge. But on a whole it was a big disappointment for me, I agree with what Harry said about the film.
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I just saw an interview with some theater technology prick on the news the other day....saying people will pay 20-30 dollars a ticket to see a film in 3D in a nice high tech theater. FUCK YOU!! This is another desperate tactic to take the focus off the shit products the studios are turning out. It is so Robert Rodriguez to use gimmicks like this to get asses in seats and try to divert the attention away from the fact that he couldn't direct his dick out of a blow-up doll. I hate this shit. They speak about the movie-going audience like we are retarded chimps. They think they can offer more fancy visual stimulation and we will be so entranced, we will blindly watch any film in 3D. And while I'm on the topic....fuck you James Cameron. Even in 3D nobody gives a fuck about you in a submersible filming the same fucking footage of the Titanic wreckage I've seen my entire life!
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Aug 21, 2008 10:36:30 AM CDT
wasn't Highmore's accent in August Rush shit as well?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Then the stuff Robert Rod used. Its a lot better.
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I think it was used awesomely in Beowulf. I was honestly impressed with it there. One of the scenes that isnt very impacting in 2d is the scene where all the arrows are fired at the dragon, with Beowulf on it's back. In the theater those thousands of arrows are heading right at you. 3-D blood and gore was also an interesting aspect of Beowulf.
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I didn't find his accent distracting at all but I agree him being a twin was completely irrelevant in the film. I would also venture thta it plays apart in the subsequent bookss which I have not read. But I thought the movie wa actually pretty good aside from that point. The action was great and the story was engaging. I could see how some would find the ending mawkish but I found it to be quite moving.
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Wrong about the directors. Gabor Csupo has shown a lot more potential then Mark Waters. Mark got lucky with Mean Girls. He directed Just Like Heaven, the dumb ghost movie with Mark I want to be Benjamin Bratt Ruffalo and Reese where shes a ghost. And now he's directing a movie where a guy is haunted by the ghost of his ex girlfriend? Where as the guy who did Terabithia created the cartoon studio that saved Nickolodean. He created Rugrats and Wild Thornberries and Ahhhh!!! Real Monsters and fucking Duckman. Shit I did not realize that was the same guy. The guys going to make some awesome movies if Terabithia was his first big outing as a live action director.
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Apparently the movie was based on all 5 books, although the 4th book's plot seems to have been left out entirely.
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But Terabithia was so much better, a little misty eyed at the end.
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we need a topic...lets hear a topic.
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if it's something you have seen but can't recall throw it out there, if you have seen it but doubt others have throw it out there, if you havent but want to see it, throw it out there.
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we can totally put down the W TB..
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I might have to go with Day of the Jackal although The Professional was a revelation.
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but I also found Assassination Tango with Duvall a really odd assassin film.
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as well. Zane and Berenger in the jungle from the director of Anaconda.
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I think thats what its called, the Zucker brothers and Ahbrams first movie before Kentucky Fried movie? Also you ever listen to the Zuckers commentary on movies, there pretty funny. Then again its pretty much the only commentary I've listened to besides Night At A Museum and Snow Day.
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Somone is trying to sue Paul W. Anderson for plagiarism for Death Race. I think that person is called Mr. 80's B-Movie Action Film.
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that Marc Caro directed sci-fi film with the Merovingian that had a pretty cool looking trailer last year. Haven't heard much bout it since, but figure it may be on dvd. Also, how do I go about seeing that french sci-fi Chrysalis?
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when Corman's film is probably old enough to outdate whomever is sueing
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Absolutely brilliant. The Mechanic with Bronson is damn good too.
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not like Amazon Women on the Moon is it?
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Had the best twist ending in that type of flick that I have seen in many a year
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assassin movie. can't think of any though.
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Sorry is was John Landis first film. Forgot he helped with Kentucky Fried Movie. Haven't seen it, want to.
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Terrible except for one very, very memorable musical number. It had a black man getting out of bed next to a very large woman, in a ram shackle house in the dead of winter with no heat. He puts on shoes that have holes in them and are too tight. Then walks into a freezing bathroom. The lyrics were: "Tight Pussy, loose shoes, and a warm place to shit."
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Kind of a sci-fi assassin movie? Or is it more a thriller/crime movie like Soylant Green.
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And the fact that someone put a link to that Garfield without Garfield stripe earlier, I'm watching Mannequin right now. And Andrew McCarthy while playing a crazy person in Mannequin would've been a good John for Garfield, especially when it was made because he is older.
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I saw this Lifetime channel Western recently....hahahaha. And he was pretty good in the role as a rancher dude that lost his wife.
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cameo in Spiderwick..I think my wife pointed at the screen and whisper-exclaimed "McCarthy!" as soon as he entered.
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I love all things Statham....and I don't hate on W.S. like most. After all, this dude gave me Mortal Kombat!! Come on!!
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High Noon specifically.
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Is more of a Western in space. Think High Noon
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I think he should try to do more original stuff and stay away from franchises. It isnt his bag. Event Horizon is probably his best movie to date, and I'm not a huge fan of it, I just think it's the closest one to not failing.
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You beat me to it
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Isnt it?
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Beat ya. Neigh means neigh!
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Mannequin nominated for one oscar!
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He just made some mediocre films......I wouldnt say he is a worthless filmmaker.
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Peter Hyams. Anyone else like this guy but wonder what happened to him in recent years?
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Relic, End of Days, Sound of Thunder.....that is one entertaining trilogy. He probably just got all depressed from the shit storm shooting Sound was for him. And cutting his effects budget.....effects house goes out of business......bla bla bla....poor bastard.
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Aug 21, 2008 12:31:09 PM CDT
I really respect Hyams for DP'ing all his own films...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...thats tough to pull off.
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At least at pat on the rump if not a roll for all her help!
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Hyams is directing a remake of 1956 film noir Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, starring Michael Douglas, which is slated to open in 2009.
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it just seems like Musketeer and Sound were half-finished films, and pretty boring on top of that.
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I liked that film. It was a damn fun time. I remember people bitching about it saying it was too dark....he does light his films dangerously low. There are scenes in End of Days that are crazy dark....you can barely see shit.
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Utter, complete, waste of my time, but thankfully not money. I saw it on cable.
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Relic personally. Yea, I know Danny, End of Days, but it just didnt do it for me. But I'd love to hear the choir boy speech again.
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On that TB
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Bradbury almost has a worse track record than King being translated to the screen.
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"You want to fuck with me? Oh, you think you're bad......huh? You know what you are?!! You're a fucking choir boy compared to me! A CHOIR BOY!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
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The day it comes out on video.I don't have anything against Anderson either. Even though he's responsible for the AvP script and directed it, I just can't worked up about him.That brings me to something I've never understood. What's with people who hate on a director who's working with a garbage script not of their making? If someone says, "Ron Howard sucks because he took an incredible script and made it lifeless" then I understand completely. But a lot of directors who are saddled with a garbage script someone else wrote (i.e. Ratner) take heat from people around here and I just don't get it. Are you telling me Spielberg could have done a better job with Rush Hour 3 or X3?
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Yes I think Spielberg could have made those films better. The thing is a high profile director has almost absolute control over the script once he starts shooting. Thats why most writers are not allowed anywhere near the set. He can change things he doesn't feel work...obviously not giant arcs or anything. But little details that aren't working......he should have the intelligence to understand when a film is not working. All blame falls on the director, he should know if a script is not ready or when more rewrites are needed. If the studio gives him no option to stall for more rewrites he has no business making a shit film based on a shit script-- because he should understand his reputation is on the line. If you're a working stiff hired gun director-- I understand....if you're someone like Ratner who isn't hurting for cash....he should have the intelligence to know a script is not working. Its bullshit to just shoot anything and try to point fingers at the bad writing. The director is responsible for steering the ship. Its on him. And someone with a real visual eye....like Spielberg can take a sub-par script and make a great film out of it. Someone with no style or voice (like Howard IMO) could take a dynamite script (like say......Catch Me If You Can) and make that same script boring as shit.
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To some extent I agree with you. No matter the Director a garbage script is still garbage. But, a truly great director, if they are trying, can polish that junk into something more than it really is. By bringing his vision to it, instead of painting by the numbers. By getting the actors to really act, and by creating shots and scenes that push the script to it's limit and beyond. For example. If you have a truly crappy script, then play with it. Play up the camp factor, or emphasize the comedy even if it is unintentional in the script. What winds up on the screen is due to the director and the editor.
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Movies with crappy writing overcome by good Directors. Or Vice versa.
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This is where the film is truly crafted, and it is the director working closely with the editor. This is where a lot of the garbage written and shot can be trashed and the film can be saved. This is where Ranter should have had the intelligence to cut "I'm Juggernaut bitch...." and tacky shit like that. If a story drags....the director can tighten the pace with editing, characters and sub-plots can be done away with. The film can really be reshaped with editing. Again-- its all on him/her. A good director can craft a mediocre story into something great if they have the eye for it.
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for the script, most times, but I blame them for wasting their time on it. This is afterall, where the term hack gestates from. A guy willing to take whatever a studio throws out, when others have handed it off. Ratner proved to be better than that early on, but doesn't seem capable of picking something good and worthwhile now.
If you really want to feel sick, think bout Shymalan, whose crap scripts are ones HE wrote. Paul Anderson makes crap, but I don't really mind him. He has stayed in the same genre all this time, and seems to try. If he didnt have AVP on his resume, most everything else is just mediocre, nothing terrible. Soldier is one that I watch, despite it's silliness pretty much whenver I see it. -
Love the choir boy quote!
You could put that quote in any movie and intstantly make it better.
For example, Gone with the Wind...
Butler: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."
O'Hara: ""You want to fuck with me? Oh, you think you're bad......huh? You know what you are?!! You're a fucking choir boy compared to me! A CHOIR BOY!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! !" -
FUCKING I'm the Juggernaut bitch, was the best god damn part of that movie. Ratner fucked up when he didn't have Vinnie destroy that little man troll.
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Leon is my favorite. But Enemy at the Gates is good.
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Imagine if The Berg hadn't gone completely fucking insane while shooting Indy IV. Based on the exact same script...he could have made a decent movie. He could have directed Marion to not act so fucking stupid, he could have cast an actual Russian chick for the villain, he could have cut all the Shia lines like, "Daddy-O." He could have tightened up the moments with Indy, Marion, and Shia....he could have demanded the effects be approached in a much more old-school practical fashion, he could have told John Williams not to tone down the march and blast that shit, he could have shot the Tarzan bit on location with Shia on wires, as opposed to in front of a green-screen, he could have NOT hired Janusz Kaminski to fuck up the overall look of the film. And he could have cut a ton of cheesy, dopey dialogue that didn't need to be there and awkward transitions and trimmed 15 minutes off the film and just made it much better overall. And this is all while working off the same shooting script. He could have made better decisions and come out with a much stronger Indy film. -
Documentary on editing a couple months back. It was interesting because at first studio heads didn't give a shit about editing so editing was just done by women, like copying on a typewriter was done back in the day. I can't remember what movie it was that made studio heads look up and start caring about editing. shit... what was it. They had QT editor and QT talking about how they interacted and how much crap QT films and at first she'll show him a cut with a lot left in and with the intention of knowing what she wants to edit. And how she'll give him some things just so she can cut other scenes.
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If you really were to read his script for Terminator 2, its pretty suckily written, save for the descriptions of big carnage. Even listen to the lines in that film: "In an insane world, it was the sanest of choices."
Cameron, however, brings SO much more to the table, including the right acting choices, that his films are usually wonderful, and never ever would be considered as crappy, even on that script level. But tear it all down, and you will se a guy who doesn't always understand his characters. He relies on actors who help flesh them out. Sigourney soooo deserved an Oscar for Aliens. If someone had looked at the script, they would have realized this. -
Probably better movie then script. But does it count, since David Twohy wrote and directed the movie? But there are a lot of names on the writing credits. Speed Racer too, movie probably came off shitty sounding on script, plus again lots of writing credits.
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If The Berg had cut out say half of the Shia tree branch ball whacks....it is an editing choice that would have greatly improved the flow of the scene.
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A five page script. 10 Oscar noms, winning director and nominated for script.
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Another Sly Oscar nom for script, Rhinestone!.
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Hyams work on The Relic. The script to that thing is a complete dumbing down, and defanging of a naturally suspenseful novle. If you had roughly translated what was in the book, you would have had a film on the level of Jaws. But they tore it apart and up-chucked a piss poor horror film of generic pieces. And Hyams comes in, gets mr. winston and spruces it right up. He couldn't make it smart or truly thrilling, but he made it fun.
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Regardless his eccentricites, Cameron is a truly gifted Director. Reitman and Landis -while no where near the class of Cameron, did good work with lousy scripts in the 80's.
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That is a perfect choice!
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unlike last week which had some lame ducks, this week is entirely comprised of interesting cinema. So HOD, now that you have seen the trailer, what do you think of Tokyo Gore Police? Pretty crazy fun shit huh?At first Painted Skin looked kind of lame to me, but then I thought about it, and it really looks like all those classic Honk Kong movies that I love. The fact that Donnie Yen is in it too always helps.
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he takes silly, goofy scripts, and adds this big kid sense of wonder and fun. I really like The Burbs, but the lines that get so many chuckles from in the movie, would have been stupid on paper, and indeed the whole thing would have looked forced. Some of you may still think it is, but I feel like Dante brings something special to most of what he works on. I'm looking forward to his collaboration with Drew and Scott.
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looks awesome.
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Action boys does look really cool. It puts a smile on my face to see all those talented stuntmen and martial artists finally getting some recognition. They are a large part of the reason I am so into Asian cinema as I am today and they've had it comin.
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..we just rented that last week. I love the old west music when Hanks and his buddy Art are walking over to the Klopek's for the first time. There are some lines in that, that are fucking hilarious. I would have spit if I read that script.
"I want to kill everyone. Satan is good. Satan is our pal."
"That scum-sucking, barking rat of yours has just taken his last dump on my lawn. I find one more- just one- and I'm gonna catch him and staple his ass shut!!"
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I've never NOT enjoyed something he did. Even that Looney Tunes movie is crazy as shit but a lot of fun...
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I remember I almost pissed myself when they zoomed in on all the character's eyes and then did the neighbors dog at the end. LOL!
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OK, so I'm not in the movie biz so maybe I don't understand what I'm talking about. But here goes.In reference to Indy 4, the only things that would have made it better in my eyes would have required sweeping changes. Spielberg would have had to not made gunpowder magnetic, made the hyper-magnetism caused by the skull consistent, removed the atomic fridge, removed Mac and Oxley completely, removed the fire ants, removed Tarzan swinging and getting hit the balls completely, removed the 3 water.........well, you see where I'm going here. But that's just things I needed changed. To change those would have required a complete script rewrite. No amount of editing room cutting would have worked, or you would be stuck with a 45 minute movie that made even less sense.Same goes with X3. You can remove the bad Juggernaut dialogue, but how about killing Cyclops and the Professor? A lot of hard core fans walked out when Xavier died. Those are major plot points that can only be addressed by a major or complete script re-write.So it's the difference between minor quibbles and epic failures. Epic failures due to the entire script being trash can't be fixed with a snip or encouraging a better performance out of an actor.If you want to blame the director for signing onto a project in the toilet in the first place, that's a different matter. If Harry wants to piss all over Ratner because he's a hack for hire, I'll buy into it. But there are scripts that don't have a single redeemable page in them: not one good line of dialogue, not one good block of action, a lousy beginning, a worse middle and a horrid ending. And for me (yes, I know I promised I wouldn't bring it up ever again, I apologize, I'm making up for it with the Asian movie kits I hope), Indy 4 is a prime example. Even in the hands of my all time favorite director, the script was unfilmable.I've gotten into this debate plenty of times and I always take a licking for it from everyone but Jarv, which is the ultimate irony, in that regardless of the garbage he has his name attached to, I can't hate a guy like Ratner and deep down I'm jealous as hell. I'd trade places with him in a heartbeat.Boy, did I ever ramble or what. And I bet it's completely incoherent.
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There are a few Feldman lines that fucking rock-- I can't remember the first one. Its toward the beginning of the movie....he says, "Alright.....(something) YES!!" And I spit a piece of tuna sandwich when I heard it. Very funny movie.....any scene with Bruce Dern is bad ass. "Klopec....good Christian name....is that Slovak?"
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TGP looks like my cup of tea and then some. All those trailers look great. It's a good thing I have so much to hold me over until they are released on video.2007 was a brutal, and I mean brutal year for Asian cinema. This year is a complete turnaround and shaping up to be one of the best yet.
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Of course....a complete rewrite was needed to make Indy IV a great Indy film. But with some common sense and a lot of cutting in the editing room, Spielberg could have tightened it up to be a much much better film. If he would have cut Shia sword fighting in half it would have done a whole lot for that scene. There were casting decisions that fucked that film from the start.....and I think of the biggest mistakes The Berg made was using Janusz. People don't realize it really....but the photography really sets the tone for the sort of world you are in. From the first frame in my mind I thought, "Wow.....this doesn't look anything like an Indy movie...." and it was really distracting throughout the film. He just made very stupid creative choice. This was the first film Spielberg has ever color processed digitally....what the fuck? Out of all your films you choose Indy (the one that should stay classic in appearance) to experiment with digital color grading? What the fuck are you thinking? This is what gave the whole thing its sterile, soundstage feel.
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the line was "Hans? Good christian name. Hans Christian Anderson?"
"Funny, we never saw a moving van."
"I do not understand that..since IT WAS PARKED OUTSIDE ALL DAY."
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"No, you know I haven't. I have never seen a man drive his trash to the end of his driveway in the pouring ran, and beat the hell out of it with a garden hoe. No, I've never seen that." -
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"One thing about these old guys, they never leave the house without their hair....."
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as Bruce Dern picks up brownies out of a scuzzy broken hole in the porch and puts them back on the plate.
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tension scale there Rube."
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Aug 21, 2008 2:03:46 PM CDT
Man....Bruce Dern is fucking awesome in that....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
How he is snooping around the house wiping dust off the tables and sniffing his finger and shit....hilarious. Why the hell didn't he blow up after that? He is a comedic genius.
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"It's ...a..bone?"
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and Dern keeps turning the painting to the way he thinks it goes, though Klopec keeps correcting him.
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Aug 21, 2008 2:07:01 PM CDT
I'm really looking to be gang banged by the group...
by hawaiian organ donor
...with this statement, but I'm going to say it anyway. Short of removing the worthless romantic triangle storyline completely, I believe that Pearl Harbor could have be salvageable with a lot of the sappy stuff removed and some careful editing to slice off other areas of bloat. Don't get me wrong, that still wouldn't have made it a good movie but it might not have made you want to punch everyone involved in the face. So that backs up your statement Danny that more discretion from the director and better editing can lift a turd.
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Love the Burbs?
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Dante's Movie orgy!
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is a pure vomitorium.
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Aug 21, 2008 2:29:03 PM CDT
I think Transformers could be improved as well.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Cut out a ton of stupid shit. On the top of the list should be, "You're one of us now!!" Yeeeehah....what a blissfully horrid line. And then take out Skank Fox telling that story about her dad stealing cars and shit just to justify her jump starting the truck she hauls BumbleBee around in?! What the fuck?! Couldn't the truck just have the keys in them?! We could even see a dude jump out of the truck and take off running.......and then Shia taking the tough stance and demanding her record be cleared. Oh fuck...that was painful to sit through. Bay's attempt to create human moments is like getting your dick sucked by Jaws from the Bond movies.
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...for the love of Christ-- take out that fag ass Linkin Park song from the end credits!! Fuck man....show a little bit of common sense. Its like if The Berg closed out Jaws with The Doobie Brothers, "Black Water." Pretend to have a little class and not horribly date shit-- you dumb cunt!! -
The studio thought they had the 'Titanic' blueprint nailed. They thought all they had to do was weave a corny love story around a real event and that would give them the next Titanic. No doubt in my mind about that. All the ingredients are present but I couldn't tell you why the public didn't bite. Maybe the adverse reviews. But then Costner's Robin Hood got crap reviews over here but once word-of-mouth spread it blew a hole through the critics.I find the main attack and the aerial dog-fights of Pearl Harbor to be very impressive. But Bay included a shot of a decapitated head rolling about the deck of a ship at one point - and it's completely unnecessary, harrowing enough as it is watching people get shredded. Can't understand why Bay put that in there.
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I would have had fun with that version. Where the hell is it? Is that in the director's cut?
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Why wasn't the Mutemath Transformers theme song played over the credits? I guess they were worried of actually having some connection to the franchise?
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Since I broke my less then a year old external last night. I'm gonna try to put in some more RAM into my 4 year old labtop....if you don't hear from me in a couple of days, I fucked it up.
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Yeah, it's the Director's Cut.It's a brief insert. But there are pieces getting blown in all directions and I fail to see what a close-up of a decapitated head adds to the overall shock.The scenes of the hands reaching up through the deck while people try to cut through before those trapped below drown are quite emotional.
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Merrick is the father of stupid qoutes:
"Frank Langella as Nixon? I love Langella, but I'm not sure he's working here. In this material, he stuck me as Robert Mitchum trying to ape Nixon...which isn't an entirely pleasant image. Maybe it's just me..." -
Is sorta Evil Dead isn't it? They should have just thrown in an arm firing an anti-aircraft gun without being attached to a body...
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That was a lot easier then expected. Now it looks like I can finally watch all them there trailers this thread is about a lot easier.
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You were talking shlocky and obscure awhile back. Any Gwendoline love out there? That film was as mad as a box of frogs. Tawny Kitaen, who was also in Witchboard(?)I just remember it starting off as a standard adventure movie then it takes a wicked shimmy into S&M fantasy. Bonus!Got to find me a copy...
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To me Pearl Harbor is the ultimate example of Bay's lack of taste and talent. I cannot stand the movie, big action scene aside, and I think it's horrendous as a history pic.
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was insane, but not really much good or very risque either. Costumes were the most scandalous part. Strangely, saw it being sold at best buy last year.
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Didn't I come on here a couple months ago telling everyone that the Director's Cut of Pearl Harbor has some interesting stuff. You get decapitated heads, you get the ship's captain cramming his intestines back into his gut, there's more than a few guys getting shredded by Zero fire and an explosion on a sand bagged gun turret where body parts fly in all directions. Like ThereWolf says, I don't know how necessary it was, but it's there.Wolf, you must be the only guy in existence, other than Bay and his editor, who has seen the director's cut. My wife saw it on a pre-viewed rack years back and bought it for me for Christmas thinking I must love it since I'm a war buff. It taunts me every time I'm looking at my movie rack for something to watch.
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Oh, Hod I totally forgot..I watched Bloody Tie!
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I think Pearl Harbor is better then transformers. God I hated that movie.
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just got downgraded to 1.99. It had a ton of those sci-fi original style things sitting in there, inlcuding Snakehead Terror, and Frankenfish, which I quickly absconded with.
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Aug 21, 2008 3:24:08 PM CDT
I would totally rather watch Pearl Harbor than Transformers...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Aug 21, 2008 3:24:43 PM CDT
Jonah Echo -- $1.99?!! Fuck yes!! Did they have any....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....ordinary films at yours?
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and I think it's because the stupidity fit the concept. I thought it was handled about as well as the original concept. Yea, there was some dumb Bay stuff there, but I liked it inspite of myself. I wish I could report otherwise, since I get a certain amount of joy from watching Bay fail,but here we are again Series. At an impasse. Didn't you like Armageddon?
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because they were selling Lives of Others for 3.99. I already owned it, but felt sad looking at it sit there among Terror of Loch Ness and The Vector Files.
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Aug 21, 2008 3:29:10 PM CDT
I don't get that, "Stupidity fit the concept..."
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Transformers had the chance to be an incredibly ass kicking epic film. Why did it have to be stupid? Cause its based on a toy-line? Fuck that. It could've been amazing.....but Bay fucked it up and made a car commercial with Linking Park blasting.
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I don't care what you say!!
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And I just recently picked up Mothman Prophecies for a 1.99, the Ang Lee Hulk for 2.99, Brotherhood of the Wolf for 3.99, and Cutthroat Island for 3.99. Also, grabbed a copy of Deep Blue Sea for 1.99! Same for Creepshow. It was a harvest of shlock.
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...that has used DVD's?
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I got the Director's Cut in a nice presentation box, 4 discs. There's a making of showing the actors going through (very) basic military training which is worth it to watch Ben Affleck nearly busting a nut and Ewen Bremner getting a bollocking off an army Sergeant. Fair play to Bremner though, he toughed out the training and they gave him an award for it.His character was crap in the movie, though. A comedy stutter? Yeh. Funny...
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Transformers, and I guess Bay wore me down with his stupidity early, because I just ignored it and enjoyed the robot scenes. I had a good time with it, and in the sectors I travel, several others did too. I don't care that many disliked it, but I cut Bay slack on that one. I didn't think he ruined it, or treated it in a way not true to the source material. I also fully expect the sequel to probably make you guys happier. Much in the same way Bad Boys 2 moved far away from the original.
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it was. I'm trying to remember the name. They were selling copies of Signs for 99 cents. The Ring as well.
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...but yes, I'll put in Pearl Harbor before I watch Transformers again.How did Bloody Tie work out for you Jonah?Danny, I was posting over in the Blu-ray TB too. I think the prediction is BS myself. The only way it will come true is if by 2012 they have stopped making standard def discs altogether. I don't think any of these analysts get it. They must be working for McCain and also think that $5 million is the start of upper class and forget how many homes they own (10 you senile elitist!). Unless there's a huge turnaround in our economy, most Americans won't be able to afford to pay all their utilities in 4 years let alone buy superfluous crap like DVDs.
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Was a very loud mess. But I liked it. Never saw the cartoon series on which it is loosely based so I didn't have my childhood abused.And Shia was da bomb in Transformers!
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...I fucking hate that shit. They are trying to shove technology down the consumer's throat that the average consumer doesn't need. Especially in this current economy. Fuck that.
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I didn't like it HOD, which I hope doesn't sound like an insult on the heels of the fact I liked Transformers(it's not awesome, and I won't watch it regularly or anything like that). I thought Bloody Tie lacked two important things that every movie needs: entertainment and originality.
Yes, it was bleak but I wasnt fascinated, or moved,or thrilled or anything. I was mostly just depressed, not an emotional reaction to the characters, but depressed that there was no road in for me. It became very technical, or clinical is better. Just watching this thing, considering the way the technicians(don't want to call them artists) involved put it together.
Also, I didnt think this film went anywhere that Woo hasn't gone already and then better and brighter.
It wasnt terrible, but was a bit of a limp fish in my eyes. Sorry, bro. I'm glad you sent it though, since I don't see many korean noir flicks. And the acting was solid. -
You cocksuckers are killing my wallet. All these movies you keep bringing up that I never owned but you assure me are quality films.I know it sounds silly, but I'll believe incompetent oil riggers being sent up on a space shuttle after only two weeks of training before I will GIANT F-ING ROBOTS stomping around a neighborhood destroying everything and going unnoticed.
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I would have believed the oil riggers saved for the way Bay botched it. Armageddon is to me, as Indy IV is to everyone else here, save for Hobo.
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I meant that sometimes a movie has either or...but Bloody Tie seemed empty on both tanks.
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I warned you from the start it was a disappointment. It was sitting in my closet collecting dust and if I didn't send it to you, it was going in the trash. So now you have the honor of tossing it in the trash.The lead performance (guy from Arahan) was excellent despite his character being an unsympathetic douchebag.
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HOD, Danny might be hyping it a bit too hard, but it is a really fun movie. For my money it's a great pirate flick, and if you were one of those with a bad taste after Pirates 3(not me, incidentally) then this will help clear it. Langella as a villainous pirate is a ton of fun, and so is Davis as the female pirate. It's a great night of entertainment and they really blow up a ship!!
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not enough islands
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I'll let friends borrow it who might appreciate it more than I. Again, as this TB proves, one man's trash is Danny's favorite movie. Err, I think that's how it goes...
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will always have a place in my heart - just for the scene with Willis and Affleck yelling "I love you!" to each other. Mental! Movie gold.
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Armageddon. I preferred it to deep impact.....and here we GO
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July of 1998. Should I actually dare to watch it again, in it's full insane glory, 10 years later?
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when you and I can have our own Siskel and Ebert like web show. and I go to the hospital after you take a pizza slicer to my eye for reccomending Mutt LaBeef and the Endless Wait for Puberty.
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You could combine every embarrassingly bad movie I love, and it still wouldn't be as bad as that lifeless bucket of puke Tarzan Scene in Indy IV.
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but then I looked at your name, DANNY GLOVER'S DICKBLOOD and just started laughing.
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Bermuda Depths...I'm gonna go watch the scene where Weathers gets pulled down again. Later all.
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...and Deep Impact. Armageddon is a big budget B-movie, plain and simple. And with Deep Impact you're getting Morgan Freeman and the guy from the Black Hole who plays Leoni's father and I think he put in a terrific performance. And it's got Robert Duvall stealing the show. As Danny would say, people who don't like Deep Impact can gargle a Dixie cup of my warm cum.
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I choose the dixie cup over Armageddon. Please don't send it with the next shipment,HOD. I'm totally bluffing. Seriously, should I be re-watching Armageddon, as my shlock tastes have been refined?
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Aug 21, 2008 4:02:04 PM CDT
Hawaiian Organ Donor -- actually I say piss....not cum....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...but cum is cool.
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Tea Leoni and her father have a great story. The space crew stuff is very good. Elijah is good in his part. Morgan Freeman as the President....lotta good shit there......its more a drama, rather than Bay's skull fuck you as hard as he fucking can and pinch your nose when he busts his load down your throat visual fuck me stimulation.
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you could fill a dixie cup? i feel sorry for your wife.
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He could fill a cup....but its half blood-- ever since that Rugby accident. Fucking French.
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I love the movie just for the NASA training montage. God DAMN that's hilarious. Especially the psych evaluations.
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He's makes big fun dumb movies with spectacular action. Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, The Island. Those are all solid to me. Transformers? I just watch the robot scenes, which are BAD ASS despite the shitty designs, and skip the rest. Pearl Harbor did suck balls however. It was bloated and pretentious. Bad Boys II. I could wax eloquent allllll day about how much I despise the fucking film but briefly, it's reprehensible piece of pandering and mean-spirited shit that makes me hate people who actually like it.
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Aug 21, 2008 4:26:04 PM CDT
I like The Island....his only achievement in my eyes....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...that and the scene in Bad Boys II when Martin says, "Ain't gonna be no fuckin' taaaanight!!" to the kid picking up his daughter.
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when i was a child, michael bay dressed up as santa and told me to sit on his lap. when i said no he chased an ewok into a change room
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The one about 'women's erotic wrestling?' Morgan Freeman was in that?
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what's with the random Robert Rodriguez hate?
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i may need a rethink here. some of you guys liked sniper and day of the jackal? are you serious? off the top of my head i'm going to say in the line of fire.
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Remember that guy in Robocop that got the toxic shit dumped on him and his skin starts melting off as Robocop plows through him in his car and he turns to sludge?! Well I wish I was Robocop in that situation, and Robert was the toxic sludge guy. I fucking hate him. I would say Michael Bay is a more capable filmmaker as a whole. If you take all the good scenes of Bay's career, they would dwarf Rodriguez's. -
I'm off too sulk.
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I think he did a good job with Planet Terror. I also enjoyed Sin City and From Dusk Till Dawn.Y'know that novel by Richard Bachman (King), The Regulators? If it was ever filmed, I had Rodriguez/Tarantino to direct. But then I thought Sam Raimi. Now I think Neil Marshall.
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David Fincher's take on Arthur C. Clarke's novel Rendezvous With Rama?Oi, Fincher. I want that film.
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king reached a point where he just got verbal diarrhea. You look at his earlier books like carrie and the shining, there is a lot going on but they are shorter than his later books, which have less plot. I'm not saying regulators was bad i'm just saying its not in the league of his other stuff, which i loved. My favourite part of regulators is how the demon goes when the kid is on the toliet, so the mum gives him lax. the season finale of supernatural reminded me of it a bit. (but i know that it was a rip off of the twilight zone - i havn't seen the episode but i have seen the simpsons parody)
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Bang on, Chipps. I like that toilet bit as well. I agree the book doesn't match up to a lot of his other stuff. But I like the fact that there's no frills on it, nothing overly descriptive, stripped back to pure story telling - it just burns from the first bar. Crying out to be a movie.
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I think his best movie is the first Spy Kids movie, and that's just a "like" movie in my book. I enjoyed Faculty alright, but everything else is varying shades of ridiculous, boring, incompetent, etc...
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like Desperation was the real book, and he churned Regulators out as an afterthought. Now Desperation, that would make a cool movie..oh wait, they did, and it wasn't.
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I think i'll ring aptow. that crazy kid always cheers me up
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Was it a mini-series? I don't get why a lot of his stuff heads over to television mini-series land.The Stand, too - these stories should be on a big screen.
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The Last Gasp, a novel by Trevor Hoyle. In fact, it's a job for Alfonso Cuaron.Now I'm going to bed. Have a pleasant evening, folks.
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but I really don't get the Rodriguez hate. What was so bad about Desperado? Sin City was just copying Frank Miller's work pretty much frame for frame, but it was something that had never been done before, and it worked really well in my opinion. Planet Terror was fucking hilarious too, and just a lot of fun. Unlike Death Proof, which basically just made a point of emoting the lackluster execution of the old grindhouse pics, Rodriguez took the formula of those crazy old movies and escalated it to a point of real quality entertainment. He's not exactly the most visionary director, but he kicks the shit out of the likes of Ratner or Ritchie, who simply film what needs to be done and leave it as is. Rodriguez brings some unique ideas to the table, and he does it in a unique way.I know you hate him Danny, but I have yet to see a really grounded reason for it. It's as if you just decided to hate him one day. Perhaps I missed your post one day where you explained why, but I'm just curious. Was there a point or film where you decided he was not a quality director anymore?
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It looks like it was crafted by someone who craps their pants daily. Just severely retarded.Should be some entertaining stuff.
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Aug 21, 2008 6:58:17 PM CDT
I like The Faculty, and I used to enjoy Dusk Till Dawn....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...until I watched it again recently and realized that too was shit.
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Aug 21, 2008 7:03:29 PM CDT
And I wouldn't hate Rodriguez so much if he wasn't....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...such an arrogant fuck. He really believes his films are constantly revolutionizing cinema. Fuck you...you got lucky with that piece of shit El Mariachi and you'll never stop bragging about it. Yeah Sin City really revolutionized films....wow shoot an entire film in front of a green-screen, real fucking novel concept. And please please please stop Dp'ing your films (you're visual eye is shit) and stop scoring your film (Tex-Mex guitar solos are not appropriate for every genre you cunt). The moral of the story is fuck off Rodriguez...you stopped being relevant in '92.
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yeah, it's me. now he's making fun of rodriguez. Yeah I know, say, could you buy me a coke with all that money you stole from him? Sweet. Say, I saw you on conan. you're the best.
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it was realeased as two movies, so i don't wanna rent them yet. And i never liked dusk. people bang on about it but i didn't like it. generally i think he is good, i like most of his other films.
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that is some terrible shit. But if you ask me, The Faculty is definitely his worst movie. I don't really have a problem with his cinematography skills. Anyone who can copy those complicated Miller frames into their own film composition is pretty good in my book. His Machete trailer alone has some really cool shots in it. I respect your opinion, and I hear your argument, but I think Rodriguez deserves a little more credit than you're giving him. He's definitely not the slobbering idiot you are painting him to be.
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Aug 21, 2008 7:09:30 PM CDT
Does anyone else find race-walking very odd?
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred watching Race walking at olympics and finds thinks that human beans should not walk like wounded ducks. Dirk, on the other hand loves it. But he is an Amoeba.
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Aug 21, 2008 7:10:45 PM CDT
Fred could not post today because boss on warpath
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred hopes to be back on tomorrow though. Where is Mavra Chang?
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It a good movie. NOt see El Mariachi, did see Desperado. Uh,oh Humans ducks back on TV
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he is just glad you're off his case. I thought the faculty was really good, but it is so out of sink with the rest of his stuff. it is not like his other movies in plot, framing, colour. not awesome but it was ok. dusk is prob my least favourite
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I'm counting jarhead
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best boy band ever. and the best way to spell sync
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I could take the easy road and say Enemy at the Gates, which is actually a pretty cool movie (Ron Perlman anyone?). But what about Behind Enemy Lines with the kooky mercenary running all over Eastern Europe in a mafia sweatsuit? That was a pretty cool bad guy.
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haven't seen behind enemy lines.
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Since you hate Rodriguez so much, do you actually prefer Paul W.S. Anderson? What about Uwe Boll?
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Mexican pussy! Hairy pussy! Shaved pussy!
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Thanks Hobo.
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I call you....apple pie puuuussssaaayyy.
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what adventure will be next
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Popping open a nice warm can of Schlitz and making dinner. Going to watch Long Good Friday tonight.
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Are you into comics are not? Because if you are there is the new comic I heard about from this bad ass web site AICN called Freedom Formula and its fucking awesome. Its like Wipeout the game fucked Blade Runner The Final Cut Edition, and they didn't wear protection.
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I saw the Its Alive Trailer. Did you see the one with nudity in it? It was like 4 min and it pretty much gave the whole movie away. This Lakeview Terrace movie trailer looks pretty good though, the poster is fucking terrible. Like Wicker Man remake terrible. But the trailer, plus the the other guy that wasn't a gay midget in Hard Candy, I like him, sensa that gay ass Gap Kakis commercial.
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Granted the humans were mostly imbeciles, and the robots shouldnt have been acting silly as much as they were, their trying to hide in the garden for 10 minutes was lame. But it was entertaining, and I didnt feel molested by it (but I fear the G.I.Joe movie from what I've seen of it so far, Sienna Miller as The Baroness is the worst casting of the year). Michael Bay for all his faults knows how to direct big dumb action movies, he's got a warehouse full of kitchen sinks that he's always eager to throw on the screen.
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I fully expect it to be pure thrash, Anderson is shameless in his hackosity. But hey, I actually like a lot of his shit for what it is, plus its got Statham and Joan Allen as the villain so it should be an enjoyable trainwreck of a b-movie, or should I say carwreck?
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Never heard of it. That unprotected sex sounds pretty nifty though. I'll ask about it next time I drop by the comic shop. And yes, I am a huge comic fan.Yeah the trailer with nudity. Pretty fuckin awful.
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Looks like big over the top silliness. And I love the music in the trailer, I'll have to look for it! The rest of these movies doesnt really inspire me, except for Kinta and Spare. Maybe Action Boys, but it looks like a compilation of various movies dvds' special features. Is that Burn movie a ripoff of the South Park episode that had spontaneous combustion caused by holding in farts? That's all I could think of looking at the trailer.
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Go back and watch the GI Joe and Transformers cartoon movies from the 80s. And you'll see that Transformers is a lot more serious and holds up a lot better. The G.I.Joe movie, who by the way they use laser guns (I bet dicks to donuts that they use real bullets in the new movie), was just silly and kind of lame. Transformers has always been the deeper story. And for me, I would've been fine with just the shiite the buff story line. But the fucking atrocity known as the Voight/Turturro/Anderson trio (now available at Burger King) acting was uncalled for. It was probably the worst acting ever, it was like they didn't believe that this movie was really going to get made, or they thought it wouldn't get any further then a Friday Night Sci-Fi Channel premiere. Its just not cricket. Plus the fact that the Mister takes the time to The Buffs room to mirror that of an uber cool super geek, and then try to tell me that this super computer nerd (Anderson) is SOOOO amazing at computers that all he has is some shitty mid 90's IBM computer that he shares with his family in the living room? Even fucking Lenny Wiseman gave us the nerd cave in Die Hard 4.0: Live Free or Die Hard.
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There is a preview for it in AICN COMICS SHOOT THE MESSENGER. Its the 4th one down on the list on the main page.
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Poster the same poster as Enemy of the State.
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the emperor's clothes are beautiful!
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I barely remember the Transformers movie except for Unicron, so I should see it again. As a kid I enjoyed G.I.Joe because of the Cobra-La monsters, as out of place as they were for that series, I agree it was a silly idea and it ruined Cobra Commander with the stupid origin. The comic books were so much better than the cartoon. My comment is because they were both Hasbro toy/cartoon franchises more than as any real comparison between the two.
Agreed that Anthony Anderson was horrible in the TF movie and most everything else I've seen him in like those Jet Li movies, but damn he was amazing as the villain in season 4 of The Shield!
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Two Minute Warning.
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looked like black sunday. I swear john cassavetes and roy schnieder are are the same person. they must be. they must
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Let's hope Road Warrior makes it all better. I'm betting it will.
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how are you?
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I'm way behind in the conversations, but I would like to toss in my choice for sniper film: "The Manchurian Candidate". "the Professional" would have been it, but Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life, so I had no choice. You understand...Btw, I thought your "Fright Night 3" idea was terrific. I love the thought of Malcolm Mcdowell as the "scowlier" brother. He's one of my favorite actors, even if some of his film choices have been rather dubious.
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Hey HOD, I watched Running Wild last night with my wife. Her first comment was, not having watched many asian cop dramas, "hey isnt this Lethal Weapon meets The Departed? Which, of course it basically is. But that description doesn't do the movie justice. Running Wild might pillage the playbook for the wild crazy cop, straight laced partner bit(it's slightly different, the "partner" isn't a cop)but it does it in it's own way, with a brisk pace and great action scenes and good performances. The movie has the typical Korean melodrama but it actually fuctions as ti should here, and by the end of the movie I was emotional. Also, points for the villain who comes across as just another person, and is more repugnant as a result. I read that the director had a work-aholic, restless and hard-living period in his own life, and during that time he ended up ignoring his sick mother and she passed away. You can see that turmoil being worked out here, and it was the perfect emotional hook. Once again, the Koreans put the americans to shame for crime thrillers. Good selection, HOD. Send this one to Danny, if you haven't already. He will get a kick out of it. Actually send it to everyone. It's a fine film, well worth seeing. My second fave film of the first shipment. Yes, surprisingly I enjoyed this one even more than Warlords, which rocked.
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Yea, I did love the first Fright Night, and thought Fright Night 2 was a pretty good film as well.
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It is Fredday! Otherwise known as Friday.
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Quiet night, eh? Well, it's Friday, I'm not doing any work as usual so I should be able to contribute.What can I say to recap what happened while I was gone.I appreciate everyone's opinion here and we're pretty much in step with movies although it seems Danny usually agrees with me on those movies everyone else gives a hard time (The Patriot, that's right, I'm looking your way), but he does have that extreme dislike for Rodriguez, Tarantino and the Coen Brothers that I find amusing.Me? I get a kick out of Sin City and Kill Bill and if you would've asked me when I walked out of the theater if there was a movie geek alive who wouldn't like either movie I would have said no way in hell. Go figure.
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Great choice Mavra Chang. Fred loved that movie.
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as on the original, but that may just have been a bit of sulking on my part because I really like Roddy McDowell and Chris Sarandon. I was so crazy about Roddy McDowell when I was a kid that I snubbed owning Barbie dolls in favor of "Planet of the Apes" dolls. I think the first Chris Sarandon movie I saw was "Dog Day Afternoon". I'm sure that had to be it because I had seen "The Godfather" not long before for the first time and I was young enough to believe that Al Pacino was a gangster rather than an actor.
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Fred conflicted with those movies. The first one was bloated and all over the place. Seemed like a hodgepodge, a potpourri, a pastiche - hee hee Fred look that up! Anyway, Fred understand what QT was trying to do, paying homage, respect, tribute - whoops Dictionary Fred again; to movies that influenced him. But it was too much. It had some great scenes, but it failed as a movie, and Fred not sure if it would have worked even if it had not been cut in two. Now, the second movie, felt more like a real movie and not an attempt to honor the past. Fred enjoyed it far better than part 1.
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You've watched all the movies and given me some excellent feedback.I sent Running Wild to everyone in the first batch and since you're so enthusiastic about it, I'll send it to Mavra, Chitty and ThereWolf too. I don't remember too much about the movie, just that I really enjoyed the two lead performances. The villain from Oldboy was a good guy this time around and what was weird was that I saw Running Wild about a month after I saw Oldboy so it took me half the picture to accept him as a protagonist.It warms my heart to know I mostly got it right with the movies. I think I've got your tastes figured out so there should be no more 2 star movies going forward.I started to watch Bermuda Depths last night. Those opening credits go on forever and then we get extended sequences of that guy (he sure did remind me of Willie Ames) lying on the beach. I'll finish watching it this weekend.
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And a happy Fredday to Dirk as well. Hope his popcorn romance hasn't gone stale yet.
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Fred must apologize for the behavior of love em and leave em Dirk the Amoeba. Dirk, have a very short attention span, and is easily amused. Alas, his amorous pursuit of the popcorn kernel ended in predictable fashion. However, he bounced back in true Dirkian form, and has a budding romance with a sugar cube going on now.
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Fred must apologize to you as well, Fred's DVD player is a bit old, and sometimes gets cranky with burned DVD's. Fred been having trouble watching them. But Fred will try and get another DVD player soon.
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Though I did like the remake as well. Angela Lansbury made a great villian. I always think of this as what her character in "Gaslight" could have grown to be. There was real potential for the bad in that. Mrs. Iselin brought it full circle, imho.
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...but I wonder if my having 10+ more years of movie watching under my belt than many of you here has anything to do with my appreciation of some films. Not sure how about the logic behind it, but it's just a humble theory.Jeez, what ever happened to Chris Sarandon. He was brilliant in Fright Night and the Princess Bride. How did those 80s nuggets not propel him to huge projects?The original Manchurian Candidate rocks. That was the first Sinatra movie I watched and I thought he was an actor. Then after the movie my dad tells me he was also a singer. Then I wondered what the hell my dad was doing letting a six year old kid watch something as disturbing as the Manchurian Candidate.Did Chipps slag The Day of the Jackal? I can see someone crapping on the remake but the original? Yeesh, is nothing sacred?
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But I shall be mature about it and wish him well with his new sugar (as long as he is sure it is real and not just artificial sweetness). I will always be his friend. It was the happiest minute of my life.
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Okay, the first two are great classics...love them. I hate, hate, hate Kill Bill. I don't care if it's homage or whatever, I want to see real kung fu, not that shit. Plus I think I'm sort of like Danny in that I can't take Q anymore. Now the remakes of Manchurian and Jackal, first one was still good, however, the abomination with Bruce and Gere...damn, I wish Gere got splattered about 18 times during that movie. Yeesh.
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others. I don't mind watching bad movies. If they are too awful, I just turn them off. That wasn't the case with either Bloody Tie or Machine Girl. I even watched the latter twice.
Also, I am honestly pretty picky with asian films. I used to go to the anime convention around here, and would spend the whole thing in the live action room(before asian dvds were as widely available, and it was an excuse to get together with other asian loving friends). And many times, I would come out liking 4 out of say 15 movies.
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It was good, not spectacular, but good. I think that had more to do with the story not really grabbing me, and no outstanding performances, but just really solid ones.
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Loved that movie. Well, I guess technically they made it twice.
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Fred can not tell you how many females have not behaved in such a manner when it comes to Dirk breaking their hearts. Fred change Dirk cell phone number twelve times! Had to move once, and he had to take out a PFAA (protection from abuse of Amoeba) on one slightly unhinged paramecium.
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at a horror convention a few months ago. He had planned in advance to try to speak to him. Thankfully, he told me about it first. He had planned on telling him how much he also admired his sister's work (referring of course to Susan Sarandon). One faux pas averted, than you very much!
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but not on the first viewing. I felt same way as you Pillow on the first go round. But after a few more viewings I started feeling differently. On the other hand, I showed it to my wife back in February and she LOVED it instantly.
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Seriously, that alone makes me want to write Fright Night 3 for him. We could find a good way to get him back into the story. Maybe our group should write it, and send it his way. Ha!
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if I catch it a second time.
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There were some predictable parts, but a few surprises as well. *psuedo-spoiler* I suspected early the Doctor Casares and Carmen were going to harm Carlos and had killed Santi, so that was unexpected. I also didn't think about the leg-cache. I was telling my mother (who is a nurse) about the movie and she said that she once had a patient who had a knife hidden in a hollowed out wooden leg. Seriously, who would think to check something like that right off the bat?
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That's true, and I didn't think of the 'ol gold in the leg bit. She even was complaining about her leg 'acting up', so that was the big hint.
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Don't know if it is still on Youtube, but there was a video of that convention showing Sarandon in a rubber band "battle" with Tom Savini and others. Those whacky conventioneers!
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I hate going into that mom and pop destroying, planet devastating cesspool, but my mom picked up an HDMI DVD player at Walmart for $44 a couple months ago and it wasn't on sale. It was a Toshiba. And it plays every type of file. So in case you have an extra $44 lying around...
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I hope your friend avoided mentioning Sarandon at all, since I'm sure the last thing he wants to hear at a horror convention where his sole claim to fame is a 1985 cult film, how great his ex-wife is doing with her career and that wacky Tim Robbins.
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love the old Manchurian candidate: have you listened to the commentary. the sniper scene was basically a hithcock rip off (he says he couldn't think of another way for sinatra to figure where he was). There is one scene where sinatra is taking to the main character (forget his name) and it is out of focus, the camera man fucked up, but after that sinatra couldn't get the scene right again, so they put the out of focus scene in the movie. since the character is slightly deranged at that point they thought it was on purpose. langsbury was only slightly older than Harvey. In the book it hints at incest. They didn't wanna cast harvey cause of his clipped accent, but then kennedy became the pres so they did. even back in 2000 (and i don't have a bent here) i thought there were uncanny similarities between mcain and that movie.
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devastating cesspool is the name of my hometown. It's about 5 miles south of Soul sucking, maggot spewing, sulphurous swamp. You know the place?
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slagging remake (willis) hated it. HATED IT. (thought the gun setup was good)
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also of course Princess Bride and Nightmare Before Christmas are to his credit, but don't know if they hold sway at a horror con.
But, looking at a pic of Chris Sarandon now, and seeing how he is starting to sort of favor Christopher Lee, makes me seriously want to see a Fright Night 3 movie made! How do I go about getting this done? I'm about four foolishly encouraging comments away from writing a script and trying to send it somewhere. Of course that never works. But enough, the picture:
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...I'm the only guy on AICN who enjoyed Kill Bill. Now that we've clarified that, let's move on before Danny senses a QT conversation is occurring somewhere in the world and logs on.Jonah, I have to suffer through a lot of Asian crap. It boggles my mind how they can have a bad:good ratio worse than Hollywood but they pull it off year after year. So just like I do with my brother, I filter out the swill and I pour you a cold frosty glass of nothing but the finest.
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He took my advice and never brought it up. . He still owes me big time for saving his butt!
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i thought i had heard that ipswich had a sister town in illinois
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Don't have the original on dvd, so I've missed the commentary. I didn't know about the Hitchcock trivia. I heard about the blurred effects and about how Angela Lansbury's age. I haven't ever seen the book...need to see if I can find that at the library. The movie hints at the Oedipal stuff too, imo.
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I enjoyed parts of Kill Bill, I liked Grindhouse as a whole a lot more though. Though I saw all three hours of Grindhouse in a shitty theater, so it felt right.
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Have you ever seen the German movie (now being remade in easy to understand American) Night of the Living Dorks?
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Those swamps spread fast, man! They can take over an area faster than you can say big-box store.
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No, but I work with the cast.
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I skipped Kill Bill at the theater, saw it on dvd, and watched it several times, while finding it decent, but lacking something. But I made my father-in-law a huge fan of it, and the soundtrack. I am an unapologetic fan of Kill Bill 2 though, which I saw at the theater. It's a very good second half of a movie. Loved all the references, but felt like QT was finally close to telling his own story. Only ever liked KB and Pulp Fiction, and could care less about all other Tarantino.
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It was yanked the first week. I was furious! Even though I've seen it since, I think I still am. I wanted sooo bad to see that at the drive-in, as it deserved.
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OH SHIT!!!!! night all
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Whoa!
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I also found it strange that Susan kept his name after the divorce. I guess her agent advised her the name is gold. "Susan Sarandon on the marquee? It's gold I tells ya! Gold!"I only realized recently he did the voice of Jack Skellington.Mavra, I spend my summers in Sulfurous Swamp. Next time I'm out there you can join me and the family on the lake for a warm can of Fudd.
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Good stuff.
Not as good as South Paw, but hey it'll do.
Good to see the Fright Night love from all.
Thought Fright Night 2 was well done too.
I would watch Fright Night 3 and buy the trilogy when they came out on DVD.
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Swamptastic! I have to leave you all for a while. I have to go purchasw tickets to a Robin Williams concert. I was nominated for this honor by my pals because I am the only one with student i.d., giving me advance sale priviledges. Yee haw! Feel free to talk disparagingly about me behind my back. Later!
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Regarding GDT's spainish films. Like I really liked Devils Backbone and I thought Pan's was good, but man my lady friend fucking loved those movies. Sees like you have the same issue with wife. Whats the deal with that.
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She can't spell for shit! Ha ha!
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Candygram for ToadKillerDawg, candygram for Toadkillerdawg!
Neigh means Neigh!...Boom!!
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Aug 22, 2008 8:51:58 AM CDT
He now looks like the guy he is riding next to in
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
The picture from Princess Bride
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Fred can almost hear the Warners Bros music!
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Aug 22, 2008 8:56:41 AM CDT
Sarandon looks like Jacks Sparrow's stoned uncle
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Am I right fellas?
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Aug 22, 2008 8:58:30 AM CDT
I only realized recently he did the voice of Jack Skellington.
by series7
Yeah me too! I always thought it was all Elfman! I can't wait to see the directors next film Caroline. Its going to be in 3-D. I was a fan of Monkeybone, I wish Sir Christopher Columbus hadn't been such a boner about it, also gotta love the Harry Knowles cameo, even if he shit all over the film.
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Sarandon could even be the real world actor whis is summoned to fight vamps, ala the Vincent role. Could be more meta-horror, and would allow for a younger actor to play the vamp.
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I then went to 1988 in film.
Did you know the movie Twins whipped Die Hard at the box office?
Back to School beat Aliens in box office sales?
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As big as the Die Hards seem, they were never these giant successes at the box office, they were hits, but nothing amazing.
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in my mind, and nowhere for it to go. Oh well.
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I..am..you're singing telegram BANG!
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Go to Wiki and look at each year in film and it's depressing. Three Men and a Baby top film of 1987? Danson, Selleck and Guttenberg look like porn stars on that poster. Does anyone admit to liking that piece of crap now? Is Leonard Nimoy launching Word to remove it from his resume as we speak?I can't disparage Back to School though although I find it fascinating that it earned more money than Aliens.Kids today think of these great 80s movies and probably assume they performed as well as action movies do nowadays when in fact Aliens, Die Hard and Lethal Weapon didn't even come close to cracking $100M and Robocop and Predator didn't even break the top ten.
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That stupid Blu-ray TB is on our heels.
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Yes, it was heavily edited, but damn that is a good action/sci-fi movie.
I forgot about how much I liked the scenes with the choppahs taking them to the jungle.
Good flight pattern, filming and establishing characters being a close-knit team.
This was also my favorite opener at the time, as I liked the simple font they used at the opening credits.
And it was the first movie I saw that showed the earth in the top of the frame as a ship approached to land.
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Fucking Twins???
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Whenever it's on TV, I must watch at least some of it, no matter how much is cut out. And after witnessing a small bad ass unit get wiped out by the Predator, it bothers me to no end that Danny Glover can kill one by himself. Fucking crazy.
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Well, for me they were not depressing. I saw some truly outstanding flicks, from Conan to Weird Science. I still remember sneaking into to see Rocky III - Hey fool! Hey Creed! Hey Woman!
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I hate paying for over $5/$6 for a DVD. Exception recently being the Protector for $9.49.
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Very funny stuff.
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The 80's had great shit, but what was depressing was that shitty movies made more money at the box office than classics like Die Hard and Robocop. I believe that's what Hawaiian was saying.
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Because Toad said so!
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I read it wrong.
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I always thought the eighties were shit, but I was thinking about some of my favourite films during my recent flu problems, and I was surprised by how many of them were from the eighties. Everything by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell, Midnight Run, Die Hard, Aliens, Robocop, Everything by John Carpenter without Kurt Russell. There was a whole bunch of stuff I liked.
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Just looking random shit up.
But yeah, it was depressing seeing such classic films way down on the box office results chart.
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I just can't take any more scares.
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You got me dude. I was asleep at the switch.
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...I'd have to restrain myself from punching them in the face. That is a perfect movie from every possible angle. Nary a flaw.Back to the Future made some mad money. $210M is nothing today but back in 1985, that was cocaine and stripper gonzo time.
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Full Metal Jacket, Supes II, Wrath of Khan...to the great cheese of Krull, Beastmaster, Clash of the Titans...
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Good stuff...
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That was some fine movie work done in that decade.
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I do not agree with the rankings - and they left out a shitload, but it does show the diversity.
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Both eighties as fuck, both great as fuck.Also, Gremlins, a film I still like to watch every christmas.
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Tron..The Black Hole
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I never could bring myself to watch that. Out of my age bracket and no interest either. But I heard it was truly awful.
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I think the Black Hole was in '79.
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SOOOOOOOO bad.
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Blue Velvet and Down By Law are two of my favourites. They're so un-eighties it's hard to believe they were made during the same decade as Working Girl and Top Gun, but they were.
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That's exactly what I was saying. Surprisingly, there are a lot of movies from the 80s that would make my top 50 list, but when you look at the box office returns, you'd think we were a nation of slobbering morons for a decade.9 To 5 the #2 movie of 1980? Flashdance #3 in 83? Cocktail #9 in 88? Look Who's Talking #4 in 89?Those top ten lists are mostly dire. Before today if someone would have told me that A Fish Called Wanda and Willow didn't break the top ten in 1988, I would've died laughing.
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Really wild!
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For every Predator, there is a Trancers. For every Evil Dead 2, a House 2. For every Star Wars, a Spacehunter in Forbidden Zone,etc.
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Quite frankly, it blackens my mood to consider the staff here speaking of us that way, but what can you do. I advise no one else read it.
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9 to 5. Very funny movie. Dabney at the height of his Dabneyess. Flashdance - I waited to see it on cable, but it sold a helluva lot of those funny looking socks. Cocktail -no interest, but Cruise was at the height of his 80's drawing power. Look Who's talking. a Red hot Bruce Willis could do no wrong.
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How could I forget Brazil? Or Raising Arizona (Son, you've got a panty on yo' head)? Or Scarface? Or Spinal Tap? Or The Right Stuff?It's funny how your perception of a decade can get skewed by the relentless repackaging of it as the decade of leg warmers and Wham and Steven Spielberg.
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Even more impressive is the amount of gold left off which goes to show what a great decade overall it was. The issue I have is that the average film goer didn't appreciate the real quality films at the time. Back in the late 80s Raising Arizona required a cult following to finally generate legs and be embraced by film geeks. No Country For Old Men was beloved by many out of the starting gate.
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Scarface! Pacino! Coke! M203 grenade launcher! I was giddy!
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Heck, it was the return of the master, Kurosawa! Kagemusa first, and then the freakin' unbelievable Ran! Wings of Desire, Last Emperor, Cinema Paradiso, The Vanishing, Chinese Ghost Story, Godzilla 1985, Jean De Florette,etc.
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What's going on in the Outlander TB that I'm missing out on? Is someone using naughty words?
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My little group of diehard movie fanatics -before we spilt up for service, work, marriage etc. Embraced EVERY movie. I think we signle handedly kept Raising Arizona alive until other folks caught on.
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I aint goin' over thar! Dang it!
I'm very tickled though.
I just hope you enjoyed your candy gram Toad!
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That Outlander smackdown is brutal though.
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hahahahahaha did you see the rescue me minisode like 2 weeks ago? "You wanna know the amazing thing? The amazing thing is that in the past 25 years you are the only person in the english speaking world to use the words 'clue', 'good' and 'movie' in that exact order."
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I had forgotten about that one, Jonah, and that is a damn good film. The Prodigal Son is another Hong Kong classic of the eighties I liked a lot.
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Tom Hulce just showed up in Outlander TB, slamming us all for chiding him on his girth,and explained that it's all for a Jerry Garcia biopic he is doing. It's MUST READ material!
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under the TB handle MOZART'S_NECKFAT in case you don't recognize him.
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But he is not happy about being picked on. You never know who is reading these TB's.
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I do enjoy that film.
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Maybe I would go if Danny was giving the Ahnuld quote to Satan.
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I think his exact words to Tom were "Don't like it, then eat a carrot, f--- face."
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Enjoy your little clique.
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"You want to fuck with me? Oh, you think you're bad......huh? You know what you are?!! You're a fucking choir boy compared to me! A CHOIR BOY!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! !"
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but when Judd Apatow is talking all about it on Oprah tomorrow, you will be sad you missed the moment.
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sorry, got lost a bit there.
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Clue was ok, but it paled in comparison to Murder by Death - which is one of the funniest movies of all time.
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was the singing telegram, who is then promptly shot.. Also, love Michael McKeans slurping of the monkey brains. And Curry. Curry was on form there. It ain't a great movie, but let's face it, far more of us than will admit watch it when it's playing on t.v.
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I just checked the Outlander TB and it's nothing but a Sky Captain convo and it looks like it died yesterday. Where's Tom Hulce? Where's the AICN staff berating us? I don't see any of this!
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but the real questions is who recalls Private Eyes? It's a WOOKALAAR!!"
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to get Chitty in to there to get NEIGHED. I didnt think anyone was taking it seriously, so I was just trying to say ridiculous things.
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Hitting the sauce a bit early dude. Tsk. Tsk. tsk. You must have looked at the wrong TB. Check again - take Chitty with you as a guide.
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Never heard of it.
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There's no land shark over in the Outlander thread..honest.
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You think Chitty noticed? Hah! I swear I cracked up with the MOZART'S_NECKFAT handle!
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Now that was a man-bear-pig!
One of the great comedy teams of alltime.
Still loved them better in Apple Dumpling Gang, which was one of my favorites growing up.
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Blabbermouth HOD! Hah!
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You goddamned miserable bastards. I can't believe you connived so elaborately for the sake of a freakin' NEIGH. You had me salivating at the thought of epic smackdowns. Damn you all! Damn you all to hell!
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I just read HOD asking what the hell are you guys talking about!
I bet half the veiwers of this talk back rushed over to check that out.
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What's going on in the Outlander thread?
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I feel duped. I feel worse than duped.
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If you're still around, don't feel ignored.You got an opinion on 80s movies?
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Aug 22, 2008 10:49:24 AM CDT
Damn....the war still rages over Blu Rays.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...hahaha.
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Time to bring my daughter to the zoo.
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I think there's some good stuff. It's hard to separate what was good and bad due to nostalgia. I aged 5-15 in the 80's. Star Wars sequels, Indy sequels, Back to the Future, E.t. Love them all and think they are still good today.
More adult films thatwere good lookign back: The Elephant Man, Reds, Gandhi, Tootsie, The Big Chill, The Color Purple, Raging Bull, Fatal Attraction, My Left Foot, Dead Poet's Society. Lots of great stuff. -
Chitty is sneaky - I must be utterly ruthless in order to counter his snake-in-grassness. This is TOTAL WAR son! Neigh means Neigh!
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I've been making this long ass post about why Paul Anderson sucks and my hopes for the Kick Ass film I missed out on all the fun here.
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Have a great weekend.Danny, ignore that BR nonsense. One of the blackboxers on AICN posted a link for Blu-ray T2 being $12. But I noticed Predator was $27 so that negates his argument about affordability. All these yokels are talking about how standard DVDs were expensive when they hit the market and eventually came down. The only difference is back then people had a LOT more money in their pocket. Blu-ray discs are going to need to hit $15 across the board before they catch on, and even then I don't see the average joe forking out $200 for a BR player.
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You posting on the Death Race TB?
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FUCK! I believed you to. Damnit.
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Good call on John Hughes. We need him now more than ever.Show me a movie more heartwarming and genuine than Uncle Buck.
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You'll be happy to know that in England Clue is pronounced Cluedo and there was a tv show over there I just found out about. Really is was on accident, I wasn't looking up Clue or anything on IMDBizzle. I was going through this British actors resume and saw that he was in a show called Cluedo, and having lived there for three years I knew that Cluedo meant Clue.
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People are flaming each other over a FORMAT for pete's sake.
I mean it's not like you can argue artistic merit like a movie, but I think it's just matter of how you want to spend your money.
Yeah there are some issues about how Sony is pushing it and etc, but the main point is speak with your wallet.
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Yeah HOD I posted this long thing in Mr. Beaks review of it. I also posted something I thought was very funny as well.
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I'll be back after I read your post.The Blu-ray discussion is pointless. As you say Chitty, it all comes down to disposable income. Eight years ago I was buying 4 DVDs a week. Now I can afford maybe 2 a month.If my salary doubled tomorrow, I'd probably get a Blu-ray player just so I could see what it looked like on my HD projector.
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At least I stopped short of getting on Outlander as Mozart's_Neckfat and pretending to be Hulce. I was honestly being as ridiculous as possible because I didnt want people to believe it. I guess AICN is crazy enough, little is beyond belief.
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Awesome if someone like Tom Hulce turned out to be a AICN poster, or that someone wanted to pretend to be him.
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War I tells ya! War!!!!
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'Trying to get Chitty Neighed.' I can't quite put my finger on it - and I really do not want to get any closer than that! Maybe it is the ghose of equinas rearing its ugly head!
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in the same talkback, I keep picking Hulce looking like Curry's character on Monk.
Anybody remember Curry on Monk?
Sort of like the bedridden blob on blade, but still had that trademark Curry grin and laugh.
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Not even sure what a Ghose is!
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On the Frost/Nixon TB. I have no interest in seeing that flick. None at all.
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methinks Hulce could be the vampire master in Fright Night 3. In fact, vampires are always gaunt. How about a fat, voracious hungry vampire that is disgusting primarily because the only humans it can get it's hands on these days are considered junkfood? And with that we have Hulce vs. Sarandon?
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Aug 22, 2008 11:27:30 AM CDT
Hawaiian Organ Donor -- I'll show you heartwarming than Uncle B
by dannyglovers_dickblood
.....PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES....
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for pretending you insulted Hulce... :(
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was a great film, and yes, it was more heartwarming. Man, what is it about that movie that almost makes me get fuzzies just thinking about it
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Tearing into poor lil Ronny Howard and anyone who defends him.
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Aug 22, 2008 11:32:48 AM CDT
alright boys...won't be doing much posting today....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I just wanted to give some shout-outs before I leave:
HOD -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Jonah -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Pillow Lips -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Chitty -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Toad -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Fred -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Xiphos -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Series -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Chipps -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Mavra -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
ThereWolf -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Morgan Freeman -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Tiny Zues Lister -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Kurt Russell -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Udo Kier -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Rutger Hauer -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Armand Assante -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
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It kind of broke your heart when you found out he had no where to go.
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Aug 22, 2008 11:34:45 AM CDT
wow....Jonah....you are getting spicy these days....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Is a great, great movie.
Two scenes stand out for me:
1. The pass between the two semis and you see skeletons and Candy as the devil.
2. When Candy is holding his hat at the end.
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Total Fucking Destruction -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Carl Weathers -- TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
Thats it for now! -
...than Tom Hulce showing up under the handle MOZARTS_NECKFAT. Never thought I'd type that statement.Funny stuff, Series. Like I said way up above, I don't have any emotion toward Paul WS Anderson. I think AvP was one of the worst movies ever made, but it's not like he kidnapped Rothman's wife and demanded Fox finance his script. Somebody read that PG13 crapfest and gave it the greenlight. So I can't really hold him accountable. Fox should have hired some of the Dark Horse writers from the early 90s who were putting out such wonderful AvP comics. This was a no-brainer to me.
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"Thooose aaaaren't pillows!!!"
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"You're going the wrong way!!!"
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But me thinks all it would take is a call to Equinas.
He could teach me all the intructions about wearing hip waders to place the horse's legs in to prevent running away.
Or the gentle two fingered technique of gliding a horse's tail out of the way.
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Satrred in one of my favorite over looked flms of the 80's. The vilent and funny as hell: I the Jury. Awesome take on Mike Hammer. Nudity, violence, gore, humor. It had it all!
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I forgot all about that scene when Candy is telling Martin that he's just a simple guy after Martin tore him a new one. Doesn't some piano music slide in there? That scene is a tear jerker because Candy just bares his soul.
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"You can start by wiping that fucking dumb-ass smile off your rosey, fucking, cheeks! Then you can give me a fucking automobile: a fucking Datsun, a fucking Toyota, a fucking Mustang, a fucking Buick! Four fucking wheels and a seat!"
"I really don't care for the way you're speaking to me."
"And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of fucking nowhere with fucking keys to a fucking car that isn't fucking there. And I really didn't care to fucking walk down a fucking highway and across a fucking runway to get back here to have you smile in my fucking face. I want a fucking car RIGHT FUCKING NOW!"
"May I see your rental agreement?"
"I threw it away."
"Oh boy."
"Oh boy, what?"
"You're fucked."
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And Steve says something like, "That's ridiculous, how the hell do they know where we're going?"
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Typos galore. Trying to read(work related) and post at same time. Not recommended.
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Has me thinking about the scene in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex with Gene Wilder and the sheep wearing the stocking and garter belt. Please tell me there's someone here that spits up yesterday's coffee just thinking about it.
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was the same scene I was thinking about.
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Great movie.
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I was just glad the overlords of this site know about Series 7. Even if (it was either Quint or Moriarty) called it one of the worst films of the year when it came out. And paired it with 15 minutes, another movie I enjoyed (not as much as Series) but definitely not WORST OF YEAR MATERIAL. And Series is definitely best of year material.
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"Nothing burps like bacon" How I long to see Ed O'Neil in more stuff.
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[Doyle & Dutch are in a restaurant and Doyle claims he can kick Dutch's butt]
Well, I won't cop to that, but I will say this. There's one thing I can do that you can't...
Oh yeah? What?
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Ed O'Neil rocks it, especially in Dutch. So many great lines like this beaut:
Doyle: We have a very big problem here.
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I was really liking the movie until the last 30 minutes of the movie where they decided to make the girl mentally retarded along with being a mute. It was so irritating, like it even looked liked one of her easy went lazy? Especially since they went the other way with her in the beginning, making her smart and introspective. Where at the end she was just some dumb mute that figured out something and couldn't explain it properly. Machine Girl is next. The Maltese Falcon is now.
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little stunt makes me The Boy who Cried Wolfgang...I'm just saying.
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I'm crying just thinking about Ed O'Neil in that movie. I never met anyone that knew of it's existence before today. That's why you guys rock. Man I love Dutch."Frankly, I don't care if you live, die, or grow mushrooms in your crack.""You gonna stay here? Watch the football game on TV? Make a turkey sandwich and hang yourself in the toilet?"That movie fails to get the credit it deserves for brilliant dialogue. It may, in fact, be more quotable than Star Wars.
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had a modern fairy tale feel to it, more than straight realism?
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Boy who cried Wolfgang!
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Which is more than we can say for the majority of folks in this country.Maltese Falcon is the tits. Peter Lorre is the best and his film entrance as Joel Cairo is one of the greatest introductions ever.
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Jonah, there's like 3 people here that have seen it. You and I loved it, apparently Series not so much. But yes, it was a darker fairy tale. I mean, the assassin building the bridge? How does it get any more Prince Charming than that?
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also called it great. And Series liked it til the last third. That aint too shaby, HOD.
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...I'm a huge Hammett fan, and I just checked out the film recently. I think Bogie was a terrible choice for Sam Spade. I just imagined a completely different type person in the book. Bogie is sort of one note, basically the same character in every film he did. Spade is a very unique personality....
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Save the Green Planet to all these fine folks. I CANNOT wait to hear the responses on that one!
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have a unique perspective and are assertive about it. I have a hard time considering Bogie as bogus as Spade, but you do bring up an interesting point. However, at the release of the film, Bogie's schtick wasnt a schtick so much, and Spade would have been unique, if different from the book. Good call on it now though. In the great line of things Spade is more Bogie than Bogie is Spade. Besides, we all know that despire Bogart's greatness, it was those secondary characters that make Maltese one of the greats.
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On an episode of Married with Children, they walk into a Video Store and Al Bundy walks by a rack that has copies of Dutch for free.
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Aug 22, 2008 12:35:13 PM CDT
yeah......I think the strongest actor in that film was
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...the guy that played Wilmer-- the kid. Bogie's deliver just really bores me. There are moments in the book, which are pretty much word for word in the film when I was on the edge of my seat reading it. Those same moments in the film felt very flat to me and I think it has a lot to do with Bogie's deliver. His monotone fast talking rhythmic speech pattern. It just doesn't work with Spade's great lines IMO.
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The adolescent Toadkiller had a crush on her. Then I read about her life - Wow! That woman loved to party! Jonah, you are right. Every last supporting character down to gunsel Elisha Cook were note perfect. Just perfect. Bogie was great too, though. He was the straw that stirred the drink.
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a noir I feel is superior to Maltese Falcon. Any fans of it here?
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I'm still laughing about that!
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...see eye to eye on underrated movies but then he goes and kicks me in the beanbag without warning.I have 4 posters upstairs in my home theater and Helnwein's portrait of Bogart is one of them. Loves me some Bogey.But admittedly, Danny always brings a unique perspective. I guess that's why he's associated with the biz and I'm a desk jockey.I had forgotten about Save the Green Planet. I'll include that one too.Whoever brought up Dutch has doomed my afternoon. I have the movie playing in my head.
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I was just mad, because the acting had been very subtle and calm the whole time, with the bad guy playing very anti type for that role, then all of the sudden there is this annoying over the top acting at the end.
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..I always loved the scene when they meet the family in the shelter and then Ed hooks the dad up with a job. Fucking awesome.
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Aug 22, 2008 12:43:40 PM CDT
Its not that I don't like Bogie.......I just don't like him as S
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He is another James Dean in my eyes. Its not that he was a great actor....he just somehow hypnotized the world into buying into his shtick and became a legend. Thats not necessarily a bad thing...I just laugh when people try to tell me Dean is amazing in Rebel Without A Cause. I just don't get that. Its sorta like Elvis...if you're an American-- you're just expected to like him. If you divert from this people are shocked.
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I'm a desk jockey as well...remember.
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hooked up with someone who will read a Fright Night 3 script? Also, go up above and look at my posted pic of Chris Sarandon and tell me he isn't ready to be a vampire again? or at least a hunter of said vampires?
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She was also in Hush, Hush...Sweet Charlotte.
That was one of favorite older movies that dealt with mystery and horror so to speak.
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a great movie. I also don't think Hitchcock's Rebecca get's enough love. It's a terrific movie as well, with of course some gorgeous gothic scenery.
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That guy is really cool. He could be a villain in a hitman movie or something. Damn reading up above a bit...I see I missed a lot of cool shit. A chance to tackle HOD for his love of Kill Bill...and Mavra talking about being in love with Roddy McDowell? Whoa......interesting chick, eh?
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Aug 22, 2008 12:52:42 PM CDT
who owns the rights to Fright Night? You know?
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today's thread caused me to dream up an entire Fright Night movie in my head, and that before lunch. Now, Im wondering whether it's worth taking the time to put down on paper this weekend, or tweak it a bit so it's not Fright Night any longer.
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I'd be game to find out. I'm rather surprised there hasn't been a remake. But I'm not looking for a remake. I'd want to se a sequel, or an offshoot or something.
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...tweak it a bit so its not Fright Night. No need in wasting a lot of your time writing something associated with a franchise and then you come to find there is a part 3 already in the works....
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But I have yet to watch it.
But good heavens Gen Tierney was smoking hot!
I can't remember the last time I saw an actress from her era that struck me like that.
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See that movie, German I think about a old hitman with alzheimer?
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....God Damn did I want to write that. But no way in hell I could ever get it to someone to take it seriously. And no way in hell would Eddie do it...he's not smart enough.
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that not only played with vampire lore, but was also an homage to those great horror films and, now, with twenty years seperating it, an homage to those 80s horrors we took for granted. Also, it's important to keep a certain wildness and humor to the vampires.
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You've already sucker kicked me in the grundle, you might as well finish the job.I haven't seen Laura. Is this something I need to do post haste?
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I'm gonna put it together before I forget it about it. I'm putting together the children's book exposition right now, so I've been at the computer. Will get a jump with that one then. Hopefully have something in hand by the end of next weekend.
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Oooof, talk about a Farrelly Brothers comedy waiting to happen.
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among others, Vincent Price is in it, and it's a general rule, that if he is, it needs to be seen. Also, Gene Tierney as the femme fatale, and she is strikingly gorgeous as Chitty above points out. Here's the link:
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I can't believe nobody mentioned Road Warrior. Shame on you all.
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a great film. And not anything like a Farelly take on the subject.
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and Road Warrior always tricks me into thinking it was late 70s, along with it's predecessor. I think it's the brutality and the rough feel of the film itself. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is clearly a child of the 80s though.
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we have all talked road warrior so much in the past, it's sort of a given.
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http://www.imdb.com/media/rm559519744/nm0000074
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...or gaffer or something? Damn dude, someone with your passion and perspective working a desk job while Paul WS Anderson keeps getting work is criminal. Criminal I tells ya.The Road Warrior is a given. As are all those other 80s movies we didn't mention today like Witness, Big, Manhunter, The Goonies, Commando, Pale Rider, Top Secret, Teen Wolf, Dark Crystal, The Thing, etc. that never need to be mentioned. Certain things are a given.
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I've written some things....but I still have a day job at a shit marketing company. FUCK ME!!
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In my wheelhouse. To name a few. Merle Oberon. Vivian Leigh. Linda Darnell. Veronica Lake. Priscilla Lane. Rhonda Fleming.
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...brings on the tears no matter how many times you see it.
ll test that theory out with a five-toed salute to the ole grapenuts.
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from Cat People.. ROOOWWRR..in a totally admiring but not lusting way of course.
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When Cameron kicks the Ferrari off the stand in Ferris Bueller and it crashes 30 feet to the ground. I cried like two year old.
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yes, the one with the guy who played Anakin. Mofrees and I pretty much were crying the entire last half hour of the movie.
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Jim's parents not recognizing him at first at the end of Empire of the Sun.
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but when Candy blasts the fur off the bear's ass in Great Out Doors, and when Ash is doing that little dance in ED2 when the deer and the lamp are laughing along with him.
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oh..ok..
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...on Dutch and stuck in my silver screen collection. Damn, if I had to go with my dream gang bang of the 40s, give me a Jane Russell, Vivian Leigh and Donna Reed sandwich."C'mon, Doc! Quit f-ing around with that flux capacitor and let's get this bitch up to 88. I got me some screen sirens to plow."
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at the end when Freeman pulls the obsidian stone up in Shawshank. Everytime the strength of their friendship and Andy's perserverence get to me, especially the way it finally affects Red. That's the killer moment for me, watching him walk back down past that rock wall, after finding the letter. I'm about to cry just typing bout it.
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but seriously, the big Samwise moments in all 3 LOTR films! ALL OF THEM! By the time the third came out, I was braced for it, and my wife knew too, cause she was searching my cheek for tears, presumably to mock me, but maybe not. The scene where he nearly drowns to get to the boat, where he gives the speech about weathering darkness, and when he freakin' picks up Frodo and climbs the hill. To me those were picture perfect example of just true friendship. I love that kind of stuff.
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...where the council renders it's verdict and Andrew doesn't hear it and his wife asks the nurse to pull the plug gets me every time.
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try to fight against it, but no good. That last scene where Bloom has his son finish the story of his life and culminate it with his death..I'm done.
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"You stay..I go...no following!"
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Just filled up. Killed me.
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I was busying fantasizing about my Russell/Leigh/Reed sandwich and now you got me weeping like a baby with all your excellent choices.
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when he gets to hell, and finds his wife, and she doesn't recognize him, and he comes back out of the house at the bottom of the cathedral, and tells Sydow to tell his kids he loves them and he is with their mother. It's not full blown waterworks, but it does the trick.
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is towards the end of the new Pride and Prejudice, when Knightley's Liz and Darcy finally figure it all out between them, and culminating with Sutherland's fine speech to Darcy. Call me a girl, I don't even care.
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Tears in the rain, indeed.
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"I will die for him."Why does that one get to me? I don't even like Demi Moore!
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To me, those Samwise moments were Sean Astins overacting trying to get nominated moments. I never saw so many grown men cry in one movie. Every damn last Hobbit teared up. And Merry and Pipin? Just too much.
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at end of ROTJ, and the moment immediately prior with Skywalker announcing "I am a Jedi, like my father before me."
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The end of that is heartbreaking. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
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many of the moments in the films were filled with tears, and maybe too many, but those were the only three. Well, that and "My friends, you bow to no one." They were big moments, written big, acted big, and they weren't going to work with an ounce of cynicism, but honestly they worked for me, and in all those cases, came straight from the book-granted the samwise speech from TT had been moved in it's placement, and adjusted slightly, but it was there.
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Yep, I'm a sucker for animal movies.
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I cry like a bitch when first he forces the dog to go, and then comes back to stay with him at the end.
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also does the trick..Anyone seen the movie?
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When Adrien Quinn shows up and kills that motherfucker who's about to shoot Hopkins in the chest who was diving in front of Pitt?
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That one gets me. Be gentle, Toad. You're crying about metal and leather over there.Do I need to have What Dreams May Come in my collection? I haven't watched it since the theater. Don't think the wife ever saw it.
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it's the one at the end of My Dog Skip(I know, corny) when Skip is lying there on his bed, waiting for him to come home before dying. Like freaking Odysseus' dog or something. Oh, geez...Skip.
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When the old man hangs himself?
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When they go their separate ways at the end?
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But to me, those big moments were done in by poor acting. Just dialing up the tears is not a way to elicit emotion. Astin just plain overacted. Wood was very effective, but even he went overboard a few times. The Merry and Pipin stuff was cringe inducing.
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when the soldiers from all sides come out of their trenches singing "Come All Ye Faithful" in their respective languages. Yea, it was maudlin, and it totally worked.
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When Quin Gon talks about how many more lives he could have saved if he just sold his watch, etc.?
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Neigh I say...but that's okay. I didn't have many problems with the trilogy, save for that big love-in at the end of Return where each dude comes in to see the wizard and the hobbits frolicking on the bed and they are smirking. Eeeaagh!
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The ending with Edwards and his girl in the helicopter as it floods with water? Yeah, that's a frog strangler. Gut wrenching stuff.Never watched Ikiru. Must see?The ending of Oldboy and Oh Dae-su's smile gets me.
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exactly right scene too.
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When Rose forgoes rescue and decides to stay on the boat with Jack?
Like. A. Bitch.
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Not all of the crying scenes were bad. I liked that particular one.
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Are you happy guys?
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That ending to Schindler's in probably my number one tear jerker. And then we get to see the real survivors so it doesn't let up for a while.
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ones Im talking about. And in particular in Astin's speech, it's not so much Astin, who is speaking over several different scenes, it's the scene itself, and most importantly it's that look they show in Gollum's eyes, right after Astin finishes talking bout hope. Like it has affected him, but what it means will be forever from his reach. It's just too dark where he is.
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chastise you for Titanic..but for me it was the moment where we saw the old people clasping hands together, preparing for death, that got to me.
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if you have seen it..you know the part..Law's exit from the film.
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Not just that, but the fact that the chopper pilot came back for them. He could've just gone, saved himself and his girl. But no. He left her and came back for them and had obviously taken a beating in the process just to keep hold of the helicopter, though you never see any of that. You just know what he went through.
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I agree, I was annoyed with the bed jumping and the overacting and then Jackson throws all the multiple endings at us. The last 20 minutes of ROTK isn't by any means a deal breaker for me but after Viggo says "You bow to no one" I'm more than happy to turn the movie off.
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In the entire Trilogy.
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When Celie is reunited wih her son at the end?
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I enjoy Titanic. All that "King of the world!" stuff aside, it has some marvelous visuals that will still look good when cockroaches are the only ones around to watch it.And that ending where it shows the pictures of her life and that she lived it to the fullest in honor of Jack, are you telling me there's a MF'er out there who doesn't get veklempt?
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in Lost...I don't know why, but when John found his legs could move, that was powerful.
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the chills moment is her going back to the ship in the final scene, and when it spins around every last one of them is there on the boat. Holy Crap.
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Yeah seeign the survivors as they place the stone on the memorial? Damn. I was dating a Jewish girl in High School and I took her to see that. She was practically hysterical. Didn't get any that night.
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Oh yeah. That one, and in Deus Ex Machina when John wakes up from surgery and figures out his "father" left. Then seeing him try to get into his estate. That's a tear jerker for me as well. And Penny and Des's phone call from The Constant.
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The 'story of the prisoner in the next cell' sequence and the sentiments portrayed therein. Barely recovered from that when Portman walks out into the rain and that fookin music cue comes up.Don't want to pinch Hobo's phrase but, yeah, like a bitch.
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They did that aspect of the comic really well.
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"How many are left?"Denzel getting flogged.The final charge.Oh. I seem to have got something in my eye.
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Like. A. Bitch.
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Just to clear the tears out of my eyes. I think I'll watch the last 10 minutes of Rambo. Although then it might transition from tears of sorrow to tears of joy.Hobo, I can't even begin to imagine watching Schindlers with someone who's Jewish.The "reunion" scene follows the camera scroll over the life pictures scene, correct? If so, then that's a solid 5 minutes of crying like a 5 year old with skinned knees.
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When Cameron kicks the Ferrari off the stand in Ferris Bueller and it crashes 30 feet to the ground. I cried like two month old female puppy dog just taken from it's mom, placed in a cardboard box and shipped to poughkepsie.
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When Coffey gets fried?
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Yeah, that scene when Cary Elwes leads Broderick onto the porch and the entire regiment is still there. God almighty, that's Niagara Falls during a monsoon.And all those scenes in Lost are spot on. Wife and I shared many a tear there.
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The last suicidal charge?
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When Jodie Foster floats toward the window of her spacecraft having reached the end of her journey and you see her eyes change to the younger girl's as she's looking out in wonder."So beautiful..."
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Aug 22, 2008 2:30:27 PM CDT
That scene in Ferris Bueller didn't make me cry...
by hawaiian organ donor
...so much as it made me cringe like I was trying to pass Elvis through my colon. If it had been a '58 Corvette, I would have passed out.
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Schindler's List, yeah the ending got me. The I could've saved more part. The only movie that ever really had be bawling BAWLING, Requieme for a Dream, that montage sequence where everyones life is just going down the shitter, and then the scene with the two old ladies crying on the bench. I think that was the only time I was out right crying....that and when Bambi's mother got shot.
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Aug 22, 2008 2:30:49 PM CDT
Can we shut off the water factory guys? I mean, really now
by toadkillerdog
Just edging into weird territory
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Wall-e got me misty, I won't say anything because most of you haven't seen it.
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Last one becasue I'm really gettign worked up now. When you find out Chris gets stabbed and dies trying to settle a dispute between strangers?
Like. A. Bitch.
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Usually when I bring up a topic discussion the only ones to reply are panhandlers passing through the internet cafe on their way tot he toilet. I never get a reaction from this group. How could I know we're all sensitive?
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Toad's right, pull yourselves together (sniffles and wipes his eyes with an already tear sodden rag). We're men, damn it!Can I just back up to Planes, Trains & Automobiles again. I've got a line:"I do not play with my balls."It's all in the delivery. Gold.
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But it is Friday for gosh sakes - lets go into the weekend with pulse pounding action! Kick ass movies!
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And they want to go dark ala TDK even thoug hit makes no sense. Noooooooooooooooooooo......
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Sam Spade. Okay. Let's see...Charlie Allnutt in The African Queen. And how about Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny.Up to 3 notes now.
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Anyone else affected by the end of Khan when they blast Spock out the torpedo tube to Amazing Grace?I got my pulse pounding action locked up this weekend. Some Cutthroat Island, some Pistol Whipped and a dash of Japanese babes blowing people away.
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I understand Bogey isn't for everyone. And these damn kids today ("Get off my lawn!") grew up at a time when there was more than just John Wayne and Bogart movies on TV. And notice how I didn't say cable. I'm talking rabbit ears and 5 stations if you're lucky.
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Good one HOD. That scene was probably Shatner's finest acting of his career. His voice breaking up as he refers to Spock as the most human? Man. Although the acene where Spock and Kirk say good bye through the glass with Spock putting up the LLAP gesture really killed me.
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You're bringing up too much gold. That scene with Kirk trying to get into the chamber and being held back is without a doubt the beginning of his finest 5 minutes of acting in his career.Too many movies, too little time. We should all be reviewers. With Ebert and Roeper on the outs, the medium needs some fresh perspectives.
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I've got a few here I haven't watched yet - POTC 3, Die Hard 4, The Kingdom, Deja Vu, Open Range, Blood Diamond, Resi 3, Tears Of The Sun, 30 Days Of Night.Which one am I watching tomorrow night? Go on, pick one. I can't decide.
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They all kind of suck but I would go with Open Range just for the spectacular shootout. Deja Vu isn't bad. DH4 is fairly entertaining.
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Not really any great movies in that bunch. Go with Die Hard 4. It is Pg and has some silliness, but Bruce is still Bruce - for the most part
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Open Range is my favorite movie of the bunch. Blood Diamond was amazing, although I'm the only guy here that will tell you so. But it's depressing as hell. Die Hard 4, if it's unrated, is a decent thrill ride. The villain is just worthless though. Deja Vu is horrid until the big reveal comes and then you can actually buy into how they're managing to do what they do but it's still far fetched. The Kingdom was much better than it deserved to be. I really liked it. 30 Days of Night, ummmmm, do you have beer on hand? PotC3, I would unwatch it if I could, it actually makes me look forward to Alzheimer's. Tears of the Sun, it's got Monica Belluci and a couple of neat moments but not much else.
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But I can't believe no one mentioned:"Captain, my Captain..."*Sniffle*Someone must be cutting onions.
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I just got them to shut off the water works, don't start!
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If I could list the movies that make me misty, we'd be here for weeks. Where have you been hanging out today?
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TKD - sorry buddy, didn't mean to breach the levees. But I've got more!HOD - I'm a working fool so I haven't been posting as much (probably not a bad thing). But AICN hasn't really had a lot of stories that I'm all that interested in lately. But I do try to make a few well aimed posts here and there when I can.
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Of course, now it looks like I just buy shit movies! I do have a broader range, honest! These have been on my shelf for ages and I need to get 'em watched.So, it's either Open Range, Die Hard 4 (yes, it's unrated) or Blood Diamond.HOD - always got a beer on hand!
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"Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day... a red day... ere the sun riiissseeesss!!!Ride now! Ride...now!!! Ride!!! Ride to ruin and the world's ending!Death!Death!DEATH!!!"Gets me misty-eyed and makes me want to fight some guys.(Sorry TKD!)
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I sympathize with you. I think Superman Returns was mostly a misfire but I'm willing to admit there were moments/elements that I liked. And I don't understand why they can't cast a proper Lois Lane in a Superman movie. From Kidder to Bosworth? Really? It's a facial-rockin' body upgrade but a downgrade everywhere else. I own it pre-viewed and I've put the shuttle rescue scene in a lot, but if they can make the next one a little darker and give me a worthy adversary, I'm there. Supes was always my second favorite behind Spidey.
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Y'all have great weekends!
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Benning, Duvall and Costner are all terrific.
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See you on Monday. I'm almost out the door myself. Pillow, Jonah and Danny all disappeared without saying goodbye.*sniff*
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... any advance on Open Range? Going... going...
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Shake them windows!
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I'm probably the only person on this site that really like 30 Days of Night, and Die Hard 4.0:Live Free Or Die Hard...and Pirates 3 (its the only one of the 3 I liked). I'd say go with 30 days of night. Just saw a trailer for like some sort of 30 Days of Night Sequel on the interwebs, fear.net? Its got Raimis brother in it, though Sam's company owns the rights to the series I take it.
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Gone!I declare Open Range the winner. Well done, HOD.
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The vote came in just too late!Of course, I could always watch two movies...
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Had some bright spots and overall it wasn't as bad as some around here make it out to be. But I think it'll improve with a few beers. The overhead tracking shot alone makes it worth watching. As a standalone movie DH4 is good and I put it ahead of DH2.
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Anyone saying anything he did on Star Trek is his best acting has not watched Boston Legal. He is so good on that show, everyone was. The last season started off slow because they got rid of half the cast for lesser people, but it picked up in a big way half way through. Since we are speaking of tear jerker moments, there was an episode about someone who wanted to pull the plug on one of their parents and Alan Shore (James Spader) gives this closing speech (he tells Denny - Shatner not to be there, but Denny being Denny he sneaks in and sits in the back) about how his best friend may end up one day on life support and he would want to pull his plug. He goes on about how full of life Denny is and how he wouldn't be able to stand seeing him like that, also Denny has asked him that if that is ever the case to pull the plug. Just gives him this speech about how good of a friend he is and of course Denny hears all this and realizes how much he cares for him, I think even Alan Shore had to take a moment to collect himself and Shatner has tears in his eyes. And I did too. If you haven't watched Boston Legal you need to, its a damn fine show.
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Was alright, don't worry about being bored and how certain actors don't stay around long enough. The pay off at the end is well worth it.
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Not seen a trailer but I did read something about this, an actor called Ben Foster returning for it. I never heard of the bloke and obviously don't know who his character is having yet to see the first one. Seems like a quick decision for a sequel considering it wasn't a huge hit.
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It's on my list behind The Wire, Rescue Me, Mad Men, John Adams, Californication and Prison Break.
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"Captains Courageous" when Manuel says his goodbye. Also (as I've mentioned in another post) "Jean de Florette"....cannot even bear to watch the ending on that.I have seen "Laura" and "Rebecca". I like "Rebecca" better, though. Mrs. Danvers is right up there on my list of most menacing characters ever. Joan Fontaine played basically the same role that she did in "Suspicion", but it was written that way so no faulting her for that. For anyone interested in "30 Days of Night", Fearnet.com has two short (less than an hour)sequels. I know I mentioned that in another topic, but they have just this week put up the final part of "Dust to Dust", which is the second sequel.
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"Rebecca" was first, so "Suspicion" would be the imitator. My bad.
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I thought you were cool to begin with. Then you come in with some Ivor Biggun love! Your cool-o-meter went into orbit.The funny thing is, I had copy and pasted the TB to read during work and I saw that and sort of half got out of my chair, blurted "Ivor Biggun!" and realised people were looking at me. So I sat down again slowly.How in the name of Zeus's butthole did you come by Ivor Biggun? Next you'll be telling me you listen to The Macc Lads and Half Man Half Biscuit...
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Put it after Rescue Me. Its better then the rest of those. Can't really say anything about the Wire.
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Why of course I listen too....just pulling your leg, but not for long. If you are giving me new groups to find, find them I shall and thank you very much!I discovered Ivor through Dr. Demento. He has a myspace and a separate website where some of his songs are available for free download. I listen to something of his every night while I'm working. "We told him, 'Don't go in the van with that girl! She looks a bit doubtful, she looks a bit doubtful.' and he said 'Doubtful? She's a stone cold certainty!' and he went!"
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fortunatly i read it after it was done and did not get duped. never seen maltese falcon but i wanna i wanna i wanna. can't find it. oh well, i think i'll make a turkey sandwich and hang myself in the bathroom. oh wait, australians don't eat turkey. and in the bathroom we have.....baths!
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"The Maltese Falcon" is great, if for Peter Lorre alone. After you find that, try to find "The Maltese Bippy". It's a spoof made sometime in the 60s. Hard to find, but I think it's worth the effort.
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I need to refresh my memory for the mighty Biggun."I've farted, I've made a trouser cough!" That one always sticks in mind.The Macc Lads are quite vulgar, be warned... Ah, you don't need warning - 'Turtle's Heads' is a classic. Half Man Half Buscuit are just silly, but clever. If you like parodies you'll find something in there. The humour is very North West England though.
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I second The Maltese Falcon."When you're slapped, you'll take and like it!"Gold.
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"Blackpool". Got Half Man Half Biscuit "You're Hard" running now and just heard "Paintball". Never thought I'd get cool music lists from so many people on this site. Hey...I can now honestly say I DO listen to the Macc Lads and Half Man Half Biscuit!
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You can get "Send For Dr. Clap" and "The Wanker's Rock and Roll" here (his official fan site). http://freespace.virgin.net/stephen.theobald/biggun.htm
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At least he takes his dancing first. ;-)
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i wanna see it. and i like 30 days of night 'oh god!' 'god? - no god'
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Your cool-o-meter has just vacated the solar system. Yeah, 'Blackpool' and they do one about going to 'Chester Zoo' which is quite funny in a drunken way.I'm trying to get it round my head that you're on the other side of the planet (sort of) listening to Half Man Half Biscuit. That's mint!
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video of "Restless Legs". I'm not sure if that is their video or if someone else just borrowed their music for it, but it's very prfessional looking. Great song for me to try to nab, since I'm on my feet all night.
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Didn't mean to. Come back everyone!!!!
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As far as I'm aware that is the proper promo for 'Restless Legs.' I always assumed it was. It's good.Have you heard Joy Division Oven Gloves? I just like it for the line 'Nero fiddles while Gordon Burns...' See, Gordon Burns is a TV presenter, heh, see what they did there...
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and i am son of pencilhead. we erase crime.
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Also check out The Big Sleep, if you haven't already."My, my. Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains..."
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i was following quints thing and i liked the noir phase so ill be trying to track them down
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I had to look up Joy Division. I hadn't heard of them before. I also hadn't heard of Gordon Burns, but I get the reference. It's a very catchy song. One of those you have to hear a few times to get the lyrics down, kind of like Barenaked Ladies' "One Week".
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You got me. What's that from?
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"The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane", is an awesome movie! Jodie Foster vs. Martin Sheen in a no-holds-barred grudge match.
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Never heard of Joy Division... You've just insulted a born and bred Mancunian!Go forth and watch the film Control immediately. Perhaps 24 Hour Party People as well. Not to mention the Joy Division feature length documentary, the title of which escapes me.Tut.
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Jodie Foster and Sheen, eh. Don't think I've seen that one.Foster is good, she's great in Contact. But Flightplan... Oh, dear. Poor.
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A serious discussion of most Asian films will reveal quickly reveal that. I'll admit to ignorance. Ignorance can be taught while studpid is a permanant condition. This is why I'm here...to learn. "Approach student, close the circle at the feet of the master. You
have come to me asking that I be your guide along the path of Tae Kwon
Leap. But, be warned: To learn its ways, you must learn the ways of your
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Jodie Foster was about 12 or 13 when she made that movie. She's seeming to be living alone in this big house. She says her father lives there, but no one ever sees him. Martin Sheen is the pedophile son of the bitch-owner of the house.
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Damn it! I was thinking of Mystery Men, swear I was. That bit cracks me up when Casanova Frankenstein has that face off with Captain Amazing and he's going: "And I knew you'd know I knew..." or something like that.
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In that sentence, though he actually was.
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I'm the same. Hoping HOD's going to remedy the situation. But still worried the details will go over my head and I'll look like a clown when he asks 'So, Wolf, what did you think of (insert Asian film here)?'No good sitting in a comfort zone though. Got to broaden my movie horizons.
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"Fire in the hole!"The scene in the tunnel where they "assault" Casanova's limo always sends me into fits of laughter.ThereWolf, don't worry, the Asian movie thing isn't like watching a Bergman picture. If you don't mind reading subtitles, you're golden.
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Saw Jonah's mention of the "Blockbuster" clearance, so I had to check it out. Not many choices here. I also got "Fracture", "Bug", and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning". I haven't seen any of those yet. Got all of them for less than $15, so not a big loss even if I end up with some stinkers.
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Doesn't bother me. The only thing is, sometimes I get engrossed in the action and I forget to read the subtitles. I kept doing that watching REC the other night.
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that whole thing bumped around a bit.
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If that's the William Friedkin movie I want to see it myself. Looks very weird.
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That and "Phone" are a couple that I've seen on the shelves before and waited for a good sale on. I'd rather hold off and buy them cheap than rent for just a few days, so I get behind on seeing some of them.
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What was on Youtube?
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Coppola's Dracula, Catch 22 (surprise, surprise) and The Untouchables. All £5. Rude not to.
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i think jonah said it was on you tube then said it had been pulled or something. Did you look at it? is it there?
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Then that will probably make me the only one who hasn't seen it. #&@$%$!!! If someone finds it again PLEASE send me the link!!!! It's becoming an obsession.
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I even went through an entire list of unmentionable movie obtaining sites and couldn't find it. Saw it listed on one, but it had already been removed. AAAAHHHHHH!!!!
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pulling out my hair. Then I will be a bald, fat, smelly, male homosexual trekkie with Oedipal issues. Do I need these extra problems? No wonder Dirk left me for popcorn!
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Has got pulled off YouTube. I thought it was on watch-movies.net but I've just checked and it's not.Yeah, Mavra, I believe you're a zombie-chick - in a manner of speaking! - They're not zombies in REC as such, let's say 'infected.' And it's very good.
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It sure beats my other description! Thanks for looking. The quest for my new holy grail of movies continues....
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Thanks to you Mavra for the reminder of what I DIDN'T have. So I guess I need to watch it this weekend as it's been 15 years since I watched it last.Wolf, no collection is complete without the Untouchables.
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... looks up Oedipal...)Oh! Ah... Errr.I say, that Chipps is communicating in strangely truncated sentences today isn't he.
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I never saw anyone get so drunk they slurred their typing before. It was 'Fascinating'...
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I'm glad to find others who don't knock me for Depardieu appreciation. Did you like Steve Martin's "Roxanne"?
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... is so easy to watch. He's kind of effortless, the way he acts. I noticed Thirteen Days getting a mention awhile back, that's another one I've only just got around to. Really enjoyed it but I never felt a sense of tension, maybe because I already knew the outcome. But that didn't detract from the overall film.
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I like Costner fims, even the ones that everyone else boos like "The Postman". The novel of that is one I re-read at least once a year. Really great post-apocalypse book. I rate it up there with "The Stand" and Whitley Strieber's "War Day".
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Dammit Mavra! Shush with the titles I don't have!
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*attempts to forget*Oh hell, Amazon, here I come.Roxanne was brilliant but Cyrano was magic. And Gerard is amazing, I don't care if Yanks have an issue with him and the French.
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Those books are far from new. If you want them, they should be relatively inexpensive. I think I got them (except for "The Stand")from library buck-a-bag book sales. Bargain shopper or cheapskate...you be the judge.
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I read that many years ago - can't recall a thing about it! The Stand is my favourite novel ever. I know they made a TV movie but I think there should be a big screen adaption. I was whinging about this last night!I've seen a lot, lot worse than The Postman. I remember going to see it, trying to talk my mate out of going to see it, then coming out at the end saying "that was nowhere near as bad as critics are making out."Roxanne, I liked too.
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I am watching The Maltese Falcon as we speak. Yeah I know I said I was watching it earlier, but I was dicking around the interweb too much and couldn't focus so I had to turn it off and watch Burn Notice.
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I'm told my typing is a being onto it's own. But then again I get vulgar as hell so I'll spare you from the drunken posting. Speaking of which, half a bottle of Merlot so I'm well on my way. And you really need to see Thirteen Days.
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The Stand comic coming out soon. And Enders game.
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Has Mr. Cairo entered yet?OK, the movies are coming along. Another long night of burning ahead of me. First shipment goes out on Monday.
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If I like their work and try to read of it as I can. Whitley Strieber was one of those. Putting himself and the people he and James Kunetka knew into "War Day" gave it something extra that other books in that genre lack. He does like putting himself into his later work though, doesn't he?Agreed about "The Stand". It would be a very long movie, though, to do it properly, unless they split it. That's the biggest drawback with the epic novels.
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If you haven't already, have a bash at 'The Last Gasp,' a novel by Trevor Hoyle. Kind of apocalyptic but from an environmental angle - written way before the environment got topical.In fact EVERYBODY read 'The Last Gasp.' Okay?
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Happy to see someone remembering Ikiru with the whole crying movie thing. Kurosawa rocks and it's a shame there aren't more actors like Takashi Shimura any more. The closest I can think of is Morgan Freeman, but I'm not even sure that's right.Damn it sucks how busy I am lately. I really want to chat more often but I am job hunting every day. It's nice to come home and browse the discussions though. Good call on all the crying parts. I have seen Shawshank at least four or five times, and I still cry during the scene where the old man dies.Like. A. Bitch.As another C of C member put so eloquently.
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I used to try and cast the film in my head. I read it round about when The Terminator came out; I had Michael Biehn down for Stu Redman and Tom Berenger for the Walkin' Dude! Buggered if I can remember who I had for the others - Sean Connery was in there somewhere...
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Is now cemented in TB infamy. Well played, Hobo.
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I ordered "The Walking Dead" already. This will be my next book to find. I will finish the endlessly entertaining (but thankfully short)"Cataloging and Classification for Library Technicians" textbook this weekend so that I can be free for more pleasant fare.
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and don't move I'm going to search your office. I actually prefer Lorre's role as the Mad Scientist in Looney Tunes to anything else he's ever done.
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Classic! Loved hearing Vincent Price tell the story of the making of that movie and the different acting styles implemented by himself, Lorre, and Karloff.
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I think I csn squeeze in about 2 hours sleep before work. Might be a good idea. May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your homes. Later!
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Eyes are heavy now.'Cataloging and Classification for Library Technicians.' - I won't spoil the ending for you. But it's a twist you won't see coming!Have a very nice evening everybody. Ciao.
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Buddy, nice to have you on! A Friday night crew. If we were teenagers we'd be down at the mall but instead as responsible adults we're posting on AICN.No offense to the fair sex Mavra, but I like the LIKE. A. BITCH. too. Chalk that up with choir boy and neigh.Don't remind me about looking for a new job. Come January 1st, I need to hit CareerBuilder with a passion too.And just so you know ThereWolf, I've been an environmentalist since waaaaaay before it got topical. I'm doing everything I can to save this miserable piece of shit we call our home.
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13 days. i can't put my finger on it but it has the feel of a small group of friends against the world. like the beatles or something. this kind of bostonian catholic clique against the soviet union and the american hawks. if you watch it, back it up with dr strangelove
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Looking for a new job on line today. But its sooo fucking irritating. I hate this supposide online BS. The company I just left, the HR guy told me that they usually don't even look at 90% of the stuff they get from Monster, though sometimes its really funny. And this is a small company, so I'm pretty sure a big company doesn't even acknowledge anything from Monster/Career Builder/AICN and so forth. I wish I lived in the old days when you could walk into a place and be like, I'M THE GUY! And then they'd be like, YOUR HIRED! Now its fucking fill out form, fill out this form, now fill out that form, send us this form, read pages 5-30 of this form, initial that form, fax us a copy of this form....sorry not qualified. BUT WHY? I don't know, thats all good luck.
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that would be awesome. I quite liked the postman. it was missing something somewhere but was overall good. and as for putting themself into books tom clancy's main character shares most of the same features as him other than his weight and the 'king' of them all is old steven. EVERY book has a steven character.
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You're a young guy with skills so you'll be able to find something (in OKLA right?). As for me, I'm an old fart who has zero to offer and I don't know what I'm going to do come next year. I wasted my life on a pipe dream.OK, enough of that, time to put Donor Jr to bed, open up another bottle and put in a movie.
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'Nuff said.Chipps, I'm playing the ever loving shit out of Shihad lately. What an awesome group the Oz produced.
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like russel crowe.
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i think of the line from fight club. 'sticking a feather up your ass does not make you a chicken'
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You gotta ruin everything for me? You going to tell me Silverchair are kiwis too?
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aussies
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wolfmother. but there are a few good ones. there was a song recently by Gabriella Cilmi that got a lot of airplay called 'sweet about me', which was really bluesy, and awsome, it on you tube. i love this radio station called triple j. it is streamed on the interwebs. If you get a chance listen to it on jan 26 (australia day) as they do this awesome 'hottest one hundred' count down. usually hosted by people like they guys from frenzal rhomb or 'the chaser'. that's another one. if you have nothing to do, check out 'the chaser' on you tube. funny shit. its like political satire + political pranks. eg: one prank that got a lot of airtime in the states was they electronically checked in at an airport, but then didn't show up so the name they gave was played over the loud speaker. in the airport you hear the announcement: 'terry wrist, please come to the checkout counter. is there a terry wrist in the airport?'.....'al kida, please get aboard your plane, it is about to leave'.
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Superhiest.
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I enjoyed their debut album a lot. Superheist? I'll check them out pronto.
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have a good day. or i suppose night. have a good night
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Is a little heavier, plus I think they broke up.
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On DVD November 18th. Looks like we lost.
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We're going to see this baby, baby! On on November 19th we can discuss the hell out of it.Series, your kit is going to be a little different since you had special requests like Western Django. It'll go out on Monday.
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Can't wait man.
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If you are the true demi god who will grant us mortals those rare DVDs which we seek, could you perhaps drop me a Sukiyaki Western Django DVD too? Pretty pretty please with sugar on top? A movie with the same basic plot as Yojimbo featuring English speaking Japanese people beating the shit out of each other, directed by Takashi Miike, could not be more suited to my tastes. I have been tracking that movie for months now. And I absolutely fucking adore Takashi Miike. Audition is still my favorite horror movie after years of stuff not even coming close to scaring me as badly as that movie did.
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I rarely get like that, because I usually expect these moments and therefore they dont work on me that good (same with horror movies, I dont get scared much so half the enjoyment is out for me). But once in a while I'll get sucker-punched by a sad scene. The main one that comes to mind is Untamed Heart with Christian Slater and Marisa Tomei. The movie itself is kinda boring. But when they get back from the hockey game and Marisa tries to wake him, only to realise he died during the car ride home....
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You check out that Freedom Formula stuff? Also I bought that comic Golly that Shoot the messenger recommended, pretty cool stuff for the first issue.
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What are you talking about?
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My very first AICN post ever, back when I had a different name: Lucas=Smart and where is the teaser
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First of Lucas is one smart son of a bitch, cause think about whith all the hype by not putting the posters really to the public like (like being able to go to any store and see that box for the new star wars) he gives the movie teaters each one. I bet there is more to that letter like if you sell it, sell it to the highest bidder. Lucas probaly gets all the money on the money the movie teaters make on the posters. Also think about it by doing this once these do really get avalibale to the public do you know how fat they are going to sell and how much money he will make then. I think it is all a comsperice and Lucas is one greedy bastard. One last thing the tralior was not a teaser. You want a teaser trailor take to the guys you did all the preveiws for ronald emmericks films. Now those were teaser preveiws. AND it looks like I haven't learn to spell any better or make coherent sense in close to 10 years. -
very strange individual. so went to the video shop and got 'the desert fox' the sting and juno. I wonder if the desert fox will mention von stuaffenburg. oh interest tidbit i learnt last night. nicol kidman's father is a psychologist. this = bad juju when marrying a scientologist. after all pshcologists did the holocaust
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I read the article, but I haven't gotten to read the actual comic yet. Very interesting stuff though. Anything compared to Blade Runner is worth checking out in my book. Did you read it yet?
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with james mason. amazing film. i'll tell you about it later, but on a number of points it is relevent to the movie Valkyrie
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Yeah I read the comic, pretty interesting stuff so far. And there is another comic, that is a re-release that shoot the messanger mentioned that came out like a week ago call The Punisher Kills the Marvel universe and its a really good read and pretty nuts. Both worth checking out.
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Other than Mavra does anyone need The Host in their kit?
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wow...it was a long night last night. had a going away party for friends headed to China for a year. Was up for far longer than needed to be. Tired today. Decided to hit the screenplay thing this week, see all that above Fright Night 3 nonsense. Was in the grocery store and saw a 2 for 5 dollars paperback sale, so I picked up a new Steve Alten I hadn't read,which looks crazy-something about death goddesses and Xibalba and, well...it's been a while since MEG. Also, got a book of Jack Ketchum short stories. I suspect I might hate them, but wanted to give it a try.
Then, returned the horribly sucky Lost Boys 2(if anyone needs to have confidence in their writing hopes revived, watch this POS) and saw a horror anthology in the Red Box that had Joe Dantes name on it as one of the directors. TRAPPED ASHES it's called. I miss horror anthologies. Ken Russell's name was there, a few others. Anyone know if it's good?
Went with the wife and joined a gym today. Looking forward to that.
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Fred have a question for you. Fred went to Walmart and saw the HDMI player - it was 48 bucks, not 44, Fred was scrounging for pennies, but Dirk kicked in from his gigolo jar. But before Fred could buy the HDMI, Fred saw HDNA players. Fred got confused - which is a fairly normal state. Fred would like to know - if Dirk ponied up more bucks, should Fred get the HDNA player instead? Blu-Ray is out of the question.
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I'm curious about those players myself. My dvd player is a Big Lot's special that's around 5 or 6 years old. Considering those facts, it still works surprisingly well, but may need to be replaced some distant day. I usually use my PC for dvds anyway.That darn Dirk! Such a Casanova!
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The death of Ed in "Fright Night". So dramatic and touching. When he reaches out to Peter Vincent in those final moments, how could anyone with a heart not feel their lip begin to quiver and the tears welling up?Like. A. Bitch.
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Finished my plot outline for vampire story. Took awhile to get it out of the Fright Night plot. But now laying out details had a thought. What decade would you rather see a vamp film set it? 1980 or 1990? Thoughts?
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Fred just checking in briefly today. Fred hope Dirk grow out of his Casanova Amobeba phase, but Fred not keep his fingers crossed. Still, Dirk contribute his share to household expenses from his gigolo jar.
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Go with the decade you feel most comfortable with. If it was me writing, I'd go with 1980 but only because I'd be placing myself back at high school and just using the feel of those formative years. But it's your gig, Jonah - we, the reader, go where you take us.HOD - you know I've got Host, right?I wrote a short story about 20 years ago about vampires on a sub during World War 2. It was pretty good, if I may say so myself - one or two gaps in logic and I was a bit lazy with nautical terms, military rank, sub components. I'd do it better now, with a bit of experience behind me.
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OK, I don't know if I'm drunk or just happy, but here goes.Fred, buy an HDMI player but make sure it has the A/V connections (S-VIDEO, coaxial, etc.) to connect to your TV. And I'm sorry the price has gone up, I'm a bastard.ThereWolf, I had no idea you owned The Host so I won't send it to you.Jonah, I want to see a 1950s vampire movie.
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I'm not totally up to spec on HDNA. I believe it's specific to Sony and is designed to link their own HD components seamlessly. I'm guessing it is Blu-ray-centric.You don't need to go down that road just yet, Fred. I'd say HDMI will do thee fine for now.
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I'm tackling Sierra Nevada 'Bigfoot' and frankly, I will fall off this chair before the night's out.I'm typing very slowly.
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Was good. If I'm nitpicky, maybe 20 minutes too long, thought the story didn't sustain for 130-odd minutes. Well realised gunfight, not clean, no hero bullets, six-guns weren't exactly a precise weapon and that's displayed here. Good photography too - James Muro. Is that 'Jim' Muro, the Titanic steadicam guy & director of the gloriously insane Street Trash? Some beautiful shots and nice angles.Anyway, good choice - cheers!
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vampires on a sub. nice. 1980s vampire move: greed is good. England is thrashing us in the medal tally. had a bit to drink last night. fortunately i didn't drink and type. that bad juju
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But, bad juju besides, it is immensely entertaining to read.Not seen the medal tally recently - I wouldn't have said 'thrashing' last time I looked. I think Team GB have dropped a place.
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If I can still use my old screen name Godzilla? I've long lost the password and e-mail. Well when to my first comic book convention today, and I guess I'm not the average comic book guy. There was this guy there selling cards who had a box of old comics from his son he was selling for a dollar each and he had the better 3/4 of Spawn 2-100 in there. Wish I had more money, that was a good deal and the comics where mint. I did however find an unopened New Mutants #1 with the trading cards (one with Deadpool) in that box. Pretty decent find. It was the first ever comic book convention here so it was wicked small, but it was interesting. Well time to finish Runaway Train/Long Good Friday/Wizzard of Gore.
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since i prob won't do it ill tell you the basics. without fully going into it the gimic is that it would be a blair witch/ cloverfield / REC style movie - not necessarily found footage, but the camera man would be part of the movie. Since vampire's can't show up on film (digital or otherwise) from the point of view of the audience the characters are being attacked by invisible assailants. question - vampires - debonair or decrepit (nosferatu or interview with a vampire/ underworld)
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and the reflection thing. I suppose if the cameraman was filming vampires they would be visible through the lens, but nobody would be able to watch the footage because they wouldn't show up on film. That's if you're sticking to vampire rules. So, like REC, it would have to be a live transmission.I think vampires should look like anybody - just paler in complexion. Even in Underworld they're pretty debonair, well dressed. I like the scruffy look of Near Dark.Wouldn't mind getting bit if they all looked like Kate Beckinsale!
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they be walking a long and whoosh, this dude would be inexplicably suspended in the air and blood would be going everywhere. the characters would know they were vampires, but there is doubt for the audience. This would also allow the vampires to sneak up on the audience.
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"We love this. This is a great idea. Just one thing - is there a way we can change this so that the audience can SEE the vampires..."It's just the nature of the biz. It's like White Noise, supposed to be based on the 'science' of electronic voice phenomena but they soon got the ghosts on television - so the audience could see them.
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see you round, off to paint a house.
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Take it easy, brother. Don't fall off any ladders!
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Vampires on a sub is my idea. So if I see movie about vampires on a sub now - whooo, ThereWolf gonna sue somebody!
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Good idea Wolf... it would work in the same way as 30 Days of Night since there is no sunlight in a sub...
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if you set it in the 80s then your vampires have to be uber-badass to be more scary than 80s fashion... have your main vampire be awoken for the first time in a century or so, and he's going around seeing guys with mullets and porn mustaches and ugly clothes and hearing bands like Poison and going "what the hell happened to humanity?"
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also, vampires on a sub has been done..in an episode of the last season of Angel...they send Angel down into a sub to find out what's there, and it's Spike and some other vampire. The whole thing is a flashback to period days, but the sub story was def like a mini-vamp story on a sub.
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Thank you very much. The original short story title was 'Pressure' which is bland beyond belief when I think about it now. But 'Vampires On A Sub'... that's got a certain ring to it.Got to go lie down now. I'm fairly smashed.Leave you with an entirely predictable "I'm tired of these motherfucking vampires on this motherfucking sub!"
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but since posting that earlier, Ive modified everything so the 80s is an integral part of the story. One of the things that fascinates me is that I grew up in the 80s, but right now, we are as far away from 89 as 1969 was from 89 back then. It's definitely relegated to the past now, and could be very much a period film. I'm having a ball constructing it. I'll keep you posted. This all spawned from that fright night talk yesterday.
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Give me a little warning about the ass kicking ride Runaway Train was going to be. What a cool movie.
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up for some movie talk and rescuing the TB? In my 80s horror movie research, my wife and I watched the first half of Poltergeist tonight-til she fell asleep. Never struck me how much that film is basically Close Encounters with ghosts. Awesome though. I think it really has a handle on it's setting and evoking that time(which was the present when the film was made). The pot smoking yuppie parents, the suburban expansion at the expense of nothing. That willingness and desire to believe in the unseen and the inexplicable. While there are scary creatures in Poltergeist, it's wonder that seems to be the major lens through which the ghosts are seen. I really like this aspect of the story.
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TBs I specifically mentioned Runaway Train as one of my fave action films. Kurosawa wrote the script I believe.
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that SALO banner? I have seen Passolini's stuff, but not that one, and no one trying to convince me why I should will ever budge me. Nauseates me just thinking about it.
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Yeah I figured RunAway train had been mentioned before, just never noticed it really. Until I watched the interview of Mickey Rourke on the Angleheart dvd and he goes ON and ON about how amazing Eric Roberts is and how actors today couldn't touch what he could do, just some where along the lines he got unlike and ended up where he is while other crappier stars got famous. And he mentioned Runaway Train. Saw that Kurosawa wrote the initial story, and in doing so found out a bunch of shit about him I didn't know, like he tried to kill him self and what not. But man I really dug the music for the movie. At times it came off a little 80's, but other times it was amazing, and help to elevate it past a B-movie level. As well as some of the cinematography for that film, I wonder if any of that Russian directors other stuff is worth watching? Also how Marlon Brando compared himself to Jon Vogits character is kind of weird.
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Seeing Death Race this weekend? I am gonna go tomorrow. Gonna watch Wizzard of Gore tonight. Once this Bob Hoskins feast ends. Not really liking Long Good Friday. I guess after Runaway Train anymore is going to seem slow paced.
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I know most of us had are first introductions to Bob Hoskins as the heard ass in Who Framed Rogger Rabbit. Maybe not Jarv and Chipps and you other blimy bastards. But watching a bunch of his older stuff, seriously how the fuck did this guy get into acting? I mean I love his work, but he was given leading man roles when he has all the physicality's of a supporting actor. What came first the Bob Hoskins or the Joe Pesci? How awesome would a gangster movie with those two playing rival mobsters be? Like Lucky number Slevin between Morgan and Gandhi without the gay Harnett parts.
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Ragging Bull 2???? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148205/ or http://tinyurl.com/5ecqwl
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the Train director also did writing credits on, among other things, Andrei Rublev, by Tarkovsky. I highly recommend that one. In addition to directing Runaway Train, he made several things that are pretty grounded in the 80s. Duet for One and Shy People are both good, but dated dramas(no more so than most 80s films, save for Shy People that is much more of a time capsule due to it's look at the Soviet Union). After those, he made two very typical 80s movies: Homer and Eddie with Belushi and Whoopi, which was pretty lame and Tango and Cash, which, well it's Tango and Cash.
He did a film in the early 90s called The Inner Circle, also good, that is primarily of use mentioning because it starred Tom Hulce, who has been getting alot of talk here recently.
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He did Tango and Cash! That movie was awesome! Probably one of the few movies that ever had a brining together of two action stars that didn't suck. Have to check out that Russian movie.
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Well not sure if its the best Brit Gangster around. It was pretty good, save for the 5 minute shower scene involving only Bob Hoskins. Also why was it rated X? But man did it have that bad ass theme tune! Something that Get Carter was missing (and the best Bond in his first real movie role). The theme music reminded me of that bad ass theme from Shopping. Shopping FYI had a pretty good soundtrack, though I don't think it was all that good. I remember seeing posters for it when I first move to England and was like WTF is that? Thats not Lion King? I guess you could say thats when I realized that America wasn't the only country in the world that made movies.
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And I totally enjoyed the hell out of its trashiness, which is what I expected. A lot of nice carwrecking, dumb fun, and Joan Allen has some great stupid lines. Plus they showed the trailer for the next Fast And Furious in '09 with the original cast reunited.
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I still can't believe he was fucking Mario, along with not the Vindicator, or the Victimizer, or the Vaporizer of the Viplator but the John Leguizamo as Luigi? Directed by Roland Joffé among others. Seriously, when is Pixar going to pick up the rights to make a proper Mario Brothers movie? You know thats the only ONLY way it'd work. Also Is it me or does Bob Hoskins come off as a
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Has arisen!!!!!!!!!
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Sabres Of Paradise - Theme (this is a remix the version from the film can be found on the sabres album "Haunted Dancehall"). That song is bad ass, Soulseek it if you want to live.
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Are you a Paul Wes Anderson hater? Or are you indifferent? Also I just need to know that its better then War. Have you seen the pictures for Crank 2? Not the obvious ones you perv, but the ones with some like mega headed Jason fighting on a miniature rooftop?
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I can appreciate dumb action flicks like Anderson keeps churning out, tho I recognize that most of them arent actually good movies. I cant compare Death Race to War as I still havent seen War, or Crank for that matter, they're the kind of movies that if I miss 'em the first week I'm outta luck cause they disappear fast, and I never rent anything. I should try to find them as cheap pre-viewed, they're on a long list that keeps getting longer for budget reasons.
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Yeah I don't hate him either, and I don't blame him for AVP. Because FOX knew what they were getting into when they hired him, though he sucks for making it so crappy. But as for War, don't waste your time man. Its bad. Crank is worth catching, if you've been drinking. I think if you missed it when it was theaters it may not have the same impact. I watched it for the first time since I saw it in theaters and thought it was kind of boring.
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bob hoskins was actually connected to the london underworld. and not in wussy frank sinatra way but for real. i don't know if that is true. maybe i just made it up. wikipedia here i come
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Brainstorming vampire story ideas that those members of the CoC who have said they are working on the subject can feel free to borrow. Sounds crazy, no? At the very least, it might generate enough discussion to bring us back to the top of the list (the Losties are on our tail and they're 3 months old!!!). There is also the chance that a great idea will emerge and we can all say we were a part of it. Hey, give me a break. I've been up all night and I'm possibly delusional from hours of inhaling grease fumes. Okay...can anyone think of a vampire movie where a longtime, dedicated vampire hunter has become a vampire? I'm not talking Blade or any whiny "I don't want to be bad so I'm trying for redemption" psuedo-Pinnochio vampire. I mean a real Van Helsing-type gone to the dark side. Would they still maintain enough of their former selves to want to keep hunting? Would their skills make them more dangerous to contend with? Would the transition drive them insane? It's early (or late), I'm sleepy, and I'm just gonna toss this out for your consideration. Later!
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Dirk thinks, er, this is FRED not Dirk. Yeah, this is Fred. Anyway, Fred thinks that a good vampire story would be that a smart, sexy amoeba gets bitten by slightly unhinged vampire paramecium that stalks him for days. Calls him up just to hear him breath. Then finally attacks and bites him while he is trying to get his amoeba on with a very frisky sea sponge(It could happen!)Anyway, the vampire virus acts in a stange way with me, er Dirk, yeah with Dirk (good name) and it results in Dirk growing into a gigantic (1 feet long!) blood sucking amoeba of doom! Ok, just a suggestion.
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Aug 24, 2008 10:42:20 AM CDT
Come Monday.....we will be back on top folks....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...oh yes..we will...muahahahahahahahahahahaha.
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"My own brother, a goddamn shit sucking vampire. Oooh, you wait till mom finds out, buddy!"
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Hee hee! It has been a while
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For his crazy Vampire amoeba idea
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Aug 24, 2008 11:46:48 AM CDT
Fred flipping channels between Abyss and Leprachaun 4
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
That is the one where he is in space. Fred think that one dude will need a very good urologist!
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Aug 24, 2008 11:48:34 AM CDT
Looks Like Fred's gotta do what Fred does best
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Keep posting until we get back on top or Fred gets banned! (Please don't ban Fred)
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Sounds like Dirk was trying to imprint his persona onto Fred there for awhile. Gotta watch out for that kind shit, man.
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Dirk is an Ok Amoeba, but he gets obsessed sometimes.
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Great movie. have not seen it in years though
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It's the one quote from the film I never forget.Are you sure about Dirk? I mean, you even said 'me' when surely you meant Fred, Fred!
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Dirk can be sneaky. He tried to impersonate Fred because he does not have a login ID
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... did an album called Dirk Wears White Sox. Does Dirk wear white socks, Fred?
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But Fred is sure that he would wear white socks if he did
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Who said anything about wearing them on his feet?
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Fred saw a best of 80's special - with song Goody Two Shoes. That is all Fred remember about Adam and Ants.
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Fred hate using language like that
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"Prince Char-ming, Prince Char-ming, rid-i-cule is nothing to be scared of..."
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Is what Fred meant to write. Sounds very dirty.
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Don't think I ever got as far as number 2 on the Leprechaun series. Is 4 a winner then?
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Aug 24, 2008 12:28:59 PM CDT
Fred found this out about Adam Ants first band
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
"Tentatively called the B-sides they practiced regularly over the following months but, lacking a drummer, never managed to play a gig. "
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But it had some funny moments! Fred saw the cut version on Sci-Fi channel. So no gore or blood really. Fred recalls that it is part of the Holy Canon of CoC though.
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... by getting TWO drummers!What do you think of my vampires on a sub during World War 2 idea? Jonah tried to piss on my chips by saying the Angel series did one of those - but mine was about 20 years ago!Never even see Angel, either.
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Stop it, Fred. Just stop it. There's coffee sprayed everywhere now!
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for awhile, Fred. See ya soon.
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ThereWolf is funny. Fred has to leave now. But will be back in afew hours.
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Fred can do it
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Go Fred, Go!
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Must....hang.....on....
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may need an insurance post
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Aug 24, 2008 12:49:13 PM CDT
Fred getting delirious - Auntie Em! Auntie Em!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Can Fred stop now? Are we there yet?
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I read a short-short story a long time ago about a tiny (almost amoeba-sized!)Irish vampire that lived in a bar. It got drunk on a customer and then another customer squished it thinking it was a bug. THAT was original! ThereWolf, I've seen that episode of "Angel", but I wasn't going to, as we so eloquently say in these parts 'piss in your Wheaties'. I'm sure that you can write rings around that idea!Fred, is Dirk having 'pod' problems? Have you noticed any strange plants growing inside your home? They're already here! Run! Run, Fred, or you're next!
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going to a Beck concert. Cold War Kids are opening for them too, which is extremely exciting. Good luck with holding the tide of the SG talkback and happy discussing gents!
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I've got to go too. Going to see "Mirrors", no matter how much it's being panned. Ciao.
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the sting, juno and desert fox.juno was really good, not just a chick flick. I can see why it got the oscar. the guys have good lines as do the womenI also watched the sting. I'm sure brad pit was riffing off redford when he did fight club. so many of the mannerisms were the same (particularly the start of the sting and the bit where tyler picks up marla) I also saw a lot of millers crossing in it. The scene where redford goes to see the girl from the diner, her apartment is like tom's from millers and the scene is like the one from the start where tom goes to see verna.also i saw 'desert fox' from 1951 with james mason. It was really good, you should see it. particularly if you plan to see valkirite it portrayed it all from rommels pov (with a bit of licence.) The opening scene is an attempted assingation and it is really really good. the whole movie is good actually. the only downer - pet peeve - is that despite the fact that rommel's two major defeats were at the hand of australians - trobuk and el alamein, the word australia does not appear once, it was the british who defeated him at trobuk the british at el alamein (the second is more accurate because at least the british led the battle). anyway good movie mason is good. one of the last lines is good. this is not a spoiler as you know from the start. he has to go and kill himself so he says to his wife 'ill get my coat. it is cold and i don't want to shiver' (show fear
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"I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic."
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That's just reminded me of the bit in The Odd Couple when Walter Matthau (Oscar?) is talking about Lemon's Felix leaving him notes all the time, it's getting on his nerves and he says something like:"I can't stand little notes - 'We are all out of cornflakes, F.U.' - It took me 3 hours to figure out that F.U. was Felix Ungar..."Neil Simon take a bow.
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Sorry. LEMMON.
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walter matthau throwing a plate of spaghetti at the wall.
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That's right, we had movie meltdowns. And I've just thought of another one in Dead And Buried when the mad doctor reveals all to James Farentino and Farentino goes kind of:"Nooooo-arrrrrrgh - it's a nightmare, noooo!"It's not a line one can describe adequately in the written medium.
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Considering it's the weekend and we have SG to contend with. Like a bad case of the crabs, she returns when she's least welcome.
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Aug 24, 2008 8:35:27 PM CDT
I just watched the last 20 minutes of Dawn of the Dead...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....Zach Snyder's version. It seriously should have been a Sci-Fi channel movie. Its no different....they just have a few more extras and its not nearly as enjoyable.
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Dirk likes to dance on the wild side, but he never crosses completely over!
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I think your idea is fine, the vamp sub idea. I was just mentioning I had seen it before. I think there is still plenty to mine there. And frequently I see movies or stories made from ideas I had, that I either wrote but never published, or wrote for school or something.
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story laid out over here for the vampire thing. It's a bit different, and I considered something HOD said about considering a 50s vampire story. Since the vampire creatures in my story are sort of secondary to the characters, considered attempting a different era for several follow-up stories, if a)this goes anywhere and b) I get bored and don't finish it. I need encouragement here to finish it. Right now Im concentrating on a fleshed out characters, a strong mythology, and a good sense of the time period, which is the 1980s.
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Don't go to sleep. That's when the pods get you. If you notice Dirk acting peculiar, call Dr. Miles Bennell asap. Wait, don't call. They control the phones. Get to his office, but avoid Leonard Nimoy! The address isThere is nothing wrong, Fred. Dirk is fine. We are all fine. Have a pleasant night. We will see you soon.
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Fred is here for a little while longer
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Wow, I love that movie. I always seem to forget how good it is, and then I watch it and get sucked into the whole thing all over again. That is a film that despite the strobe lights, and spiritual mumbo jumbo and 1982 fx has dated very little. It's still as effective now as it was then, and it mixes tension, humor and wonder together well. And some of those moments are darn creepy. The clown anyone? And, I think after that Zelda Rubinstein interview earlier in the year here, that it be made official this is Spielberg's film. I mean, lets face it, Poltergeist is more a pure Spielberg film than Indy 4 is. It fits perfectly in with his filmography of the time.
And it's great to see a film that can get very intense and yet it slows down frequently to paint in little details about the family, about the specters, about the would-be ghostbusters, heck even the neighbors and the head of the land developing company. And Zelda Rubinstein's delivery of those lines really elevates the entire thing. I believe the story could have gotten very labored and silly here, but everything involving her character reinvigorates the filminstead of shutting it down. Again, I think the credit probably goes to Spielberg. Nothing in Tobe Hooper's career suggests he was capable of making this the film it turned out to be. -
Terrible terrible movie. Damn I've seen two really awful movies in the past week, this one and Dead and Gone. Both a must miss. Wizzard just didn't make sense, you couldn't physically hear half the stuff that was said (and was important to the plot), I turned the sub titles on which helped. Also badly lit and just boring for the most part. Yeah the Crispin Glover parts were alright but I guess you had to have seen the original to get the point of his performance. Also the director looks like he should be doing porn not movies.
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looks like it was a slow weekend. Ready to take back the TB? Series, that first wizard movie was crap, so I'm not surprised by this one. And while Crispin is wierd, he isn't the saving force on a movie that other actors might be. He was perfect for the E.C.Horror comic that the Willard remake turned out to be though.
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OK, let's take it back to the top.I haven't seen Poltergeist in at least 10 years but I remember thinking how timeless it looked.I watched nothing but foreign stuff all weekend. Two French movies in one day has to be a new personal record.I have to go mail off some kits.
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Is my kit going out? Thanks again.
So, we can run a few topics today, but in my 80s research,I want a list of top ten 80s horror that should be recommended for anyone wanting to craft something in the genre. Also, any 80s films that give a good sense of what the era was like? We have discussed this all before, but I'm now approaching this as research. -
Anyone around? Fred can't hang out tooo much today. Boss is snooping!
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Depends on what your environment is. If it's high school or college like I suspect then you'll want to look at any the John Hughes stuff to see what lingo those crazy kids were dropping and see what they were wearing and how fluffy their hair was. The Sure Thing, Less Than Zero, Secret Admirer and Can't Buy Me Love also have that wonder 80s dialogue and mannerisms.I watched Amelie and Cyrano. Nothing new but the wife needed a break from all the Asian violence.Your kit will go out tomorrow. Since I know you burn through stuff quickly, you're getting an assload of stuff and it's taking me forever to prepare.
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Neigh means Neigh!
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Breakfast Club - one of my all time favorites. Fast Times at Ridegmont High. But avoid the 'Brat Pack' stuff. Yes, must have a specific genre in order to really know what you are driving at. The clothing was all over the board in the 80's. The early eighties had the girls trying to ape Pat Benatar - for a minute. See Fast Times to find out how quickly that trend died. You had preppie chic in the early eighties as well. The mid 80' Madonna chic - for some of the girls. The guys and girls where both wearing shoulder pads! Then mid 80-'s the guys finally got their own fashion trend setter - Don Johnson with Miami Vice. That exploded! You never saw so many two day old beards and pastel colors and sport cots with blue jeans in your life! That lasted a good two to three years. Guys were less fickle in the clothing tastes than the women. By that time I was in Green.
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high schoolers in the story, and I'm trying to get the details of specific things right: horror writers in the 80s, and since my story is set in Baltimore, there are some more specific there as well. I've got a pizza delivery guy as a main character so that needs details as well. And there is a attack on a movie theater during a movie viewing. Story is running somewhat late 80s-88 I think at this point.
Another film I'm using for reference is After Hours, that while it deals specifically with SoHo New York, it very much characterizes that genre that involves the "mundane mission" where a character starts a normal evening, or series of evenings, and by the end he is trying to do nothing more than survive or get back home. That's more or less the angle here. -
So the fashion wasn't familiar to me and Nova Scotia was always a couple years behind the fashion curve, but I'll never forget the day a guy walks into my geography class wearing a pink shirt, light blue jacket and those lace-free boat shoes without any socks. Those wonderful 80s.This memory I'm having is older than the hot temp standing next to me. Jebus how depressing.
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Aug 25, 2008 8:27:48 AM CDT
Set it in 1987 and have the film open with Ollie North...
by hawaiian organ donor
...on the TV testifying. The guy watching the TV is a guy having a pizza delivered by the main character. It's a good establishing shot.
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I've got something very similar going on actually. Thanks for the heads up though. How goes your screenplay work?
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is any irony in the story, based on the fact it's being written twenty years plus after the fact. I guess in that regard, it's like Donnie Darko. That film had a good grasp on the 80s I thought.
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I never got into the horro films of the 80's. Iloved the sixies and 70's stuff. I saw the first Halloween -I thought it was over rated then as far as being 'scary'. I saw the first Nightmare on Elm stret. Ditto. The first Friday the 13th - that was ok. Use Fright Night as your touchstone and you will not go wrong.
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HOD, have you seen Delicatessen, City of Lost Children and Very Long Engagement?
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Kevin Smith! woohoo!
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Watched all those and more. A Very Long Engagement had so much promise. I hate to say it, but Jeunet suffered from the same thing Bay did with Pearl Harbor. He had trouble melding a romance against the backdrop of war and the war scenes were more compelling than the romance which they shouldn't have.Screenplay is finally moving again. I hit a rut the past few weeks. Not having my writing partner around anymore doesn't help. But yesterday we came up with several scenes that the critiquing agency suggested would properly bridge the gaps and turn it from a very good script to a great script. So now all I have to do is fill in the dialogue and we submit again, hopefully this time to winning results.
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I am a French New Wave Freak. I love the films from the mid fifties to early seventies.
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Also, I loved Very Long Engagement, and didn't feel it was actually supposed to be a love story in the same sense as most american films are. Felt like a quest film, with a romantic heart.
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Running through the freakin' Louve.
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a great B&W french horror that has elements of german expressionism in it's style, and an almost carnival-esque soundtrack. Great movie.
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Is in my wheelhouse.
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Saw earlier, it was up for viewing this weekend.
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But I was hankering a big Hollywood spectacle yesterday so it would've hit the spot. I'll pencil it in over the long weekend, made longer since I'm taking Friday off as well.French film doesn't get the credit it deserves. I just don't understand the backlash and whenever I hear a surrender joke I want to hit the culprit in the face with a shovel.
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I really liked that flick. Several different international filmmakers doing little short films on the city. Incidentally, AICN just posted the trailer for New York I Love You, which seems to have, among other things, Eli Wallach, the Ugly himself. Check it out.
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Aug 25, 2008 9:21:29 AM CDT
I was disapointed with A Very Long Engagement...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....the trailer was amazingly beautiful. I thought the film fell very flat outside of its visuals.
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Aug 25, 2008 9:24:02 AM CDT
that New York I Love You trailer is awesome...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...I love little vignette type shit like that.
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If you haven't already, you might want to take a look at a movie called Demons (Demoni), directed by Lamberto Bava from the mid-80's. That featured a cinema getting overrun with possessed members of the audience.Thought it might inform your cinema scene.
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Yea, also loved the use of that kooky Regina Spektor song "Fidelity" in the trailer. Seemed pretty much spot on. Did you see the Paris one Danny?
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I have seen Demons and am going to some lengths to craft it differently. Demons was a fun flick though.
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see any movies over the weekend?
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think we can take the 1 spot?
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I didn't see the Paris one, but I'd probably like it. I'll check it out one day. Sadly I couldn't get to the movies this weekend. I wanted to check out Death Race. Maybe some night during the week... I watched the last half of Return of the King on tv last night. I don't give a shit what anyone says, Astin is fucking gold in that film. Give me a fucking break...
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And Astin was good in all three of the films. Besides, most of the prominent actors all hit their queues, and did great for what was required. Yea, Legolas and Ghimli were a bit OTT but even they worked within the context. That was a film series where there was a place for everyone's style and contribution. Guys like Wenham and Urban were a little stiff, but they did their jobs well enough.
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Aug 25, 2008 9:53:52 AM CDT
but Astin in the Mount Doom scene is brilliant....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
when Frodo turns around with the evil look on his face and says, "The ring is mine Sam...." Damn...the number of emotions on Sam's face is amazing. He is hurt, confused, angry, disturbed, and scared all at once with that great trailer shot of him screaming, "NOOOOOOOOO!!!"
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Aug 25, 2008 9:55:08 AM CDT
I still think a lot of the effects are shit in ROTK though....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...they got worse and worse as the films went on. Probably just due to time constraints. But in the last few battles there are some horrible green screen shots that are all the more evident on pan and scan tv broadcast.
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Astin was competent. He got the job done, But at the end of the day, he did nothing memorable. If theer was any justice, Golllum would have been nominated. That was an incredible performance.
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Aug 25, 2008 9:59:28 AM CDT
Astin is doing so much more than teary eyes.....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
He and Elijah can have entire scenes where their emotion is displayed with mere looks and no dialogue. He acts with his eyes....every time he looks at Frodo, you know exactly what he is feeling. That is a challenge. And he pulled off a fantastic child-like innocence that would be difficult for most actors at his age. I would take Astin's performances over Bardem's overrated bullshit in No Country, any day.
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I think he really holds the movies together, moreso than Elijah, who, by virtue of the story, is a zombie for most of the final film. If you consider how important Samwise is to the overall tale(it is, finally, his story as much, if not more than Frodo's), then it makes sense than an actor not up to the job would have sunk the film. But to play that part as he did, Astin really did go beyond the call of duty and I think what he did was indeed quite oscar worthy.
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I think there were some AMAZING shots in ROTK, that they wouldnt have been able to even do at time of the first one. I think what it is, is that they became more ambitious with each film, and as a result there are some fx that aren't as credible as others.
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You're right, there are some poor effects shots and it is down to running out of time. The movie's got to go and they just have to get the FX done.In a perfect world a studio would say to its film makers "Take as long as you want. We'll worry about a release date when you're finished..."ROTK is still phenomenal and I think the good FX outweight the bad.
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Aug 25, 2008 10:03:03 AM CDT
that is true....basically TT and ROTK are all on him...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...if he wasn't as strong as he was, the films wouldn't have worked. Andy Serkis was good as Gollum, but the voice isn't that difficult and he's just doing a lot of extreme shit with his face. There is no subtlety to his performance, and there is no chance. Gollum is sorta one note. I was really impressed with him in the theater, but now when I watch the films-- Gollum scenes are my least favorite and I always want to skip past.
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But why Astin over Wood? They did the same work as far as I am concerned. Astin is not a bad actor, but far too often his style in those films was simply hang dog, over eager, loyal puppy, gotta cry now. It was not great acting.
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they captured schizophrenia with a freakin' CGI creation! That was amazing. And that look they capture in his eyes at the end of the second film, when Sam is giving his passing darkness speech. That look was almost soul crushing.
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The transition from bad Gollum to good loyal Smeagol, was the best animation acting I have ever seen.
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played the character as he is. Not so much a puppy dog, but a simple, easy-going man trying to be a friend and bodyguard when he has no idea how to. To see the fire of his determination burn brighter with each film, as Sam himself retains most of his warm innocence is something I'm betting most actors couldn't pull off.
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I wouldn't like to be doing that voice all day long for weeks. That ain't easy, man.
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Aug 25, 2008 10:11:50 AM CDT
There are several shots that stand out as terrible to me....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...in ROTK. Two that come to mind are Aragorn and the other dudes riding away from the black gates when they open up before the final battle (very very bad green screen), and the shot of Frodo running toward the entrance of Mount Doom. It is a slow crane up where Frodo is shot on green screen and composited onto the front of the miniature entrance of Mount Doom. Both those shots look really really shitty. And there are several others. The hobbit work got much worse as well. It is nearly seamless in FOTR......they actually look like they are standing in the same space as the actors they interact with (Bilbo and Gandalf in Bilbo's house at beginning of FOTR). By ROTK, the hobbit shots are really cheap looking and the scale changes a lot.
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Austin was great. I too caught the last 45 minutes of ROTK, and he does great work. When they are on the rock and they they they're done...missing his chance with the chick...And when he takes out those orcs to save Frodo, cool stuff. Listen, one can argue that TT and ROTK is lacking in areas (which it is), but that's because of two reasons, for me anyways: (1)Fellowship was perfect. Never have I ever wanted a movie to NOT end like that one.(2) The sheer undertaking of that project and what Jackson did with it was still a pretty fucking great achievement, regardless of what the naysayers say.
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Yeah....I'm not knocking the CG work on Gollum. I think it is obviously brilliant....but I think Serkis gets a bit too much credit for it. People seem to think mocap is so easy and the texture of a character is just pasted over a mocap performance. The mocap for the most part is just a reference. There were entire scenes where his face during dialogue had to be completely re-created by an animator and they used the video of him as reference. People seem to forget this......the genius of Gollum is as much the animators as it is Serkis.
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fx work and everything else aside, these movies are classics and FAR BETTER than we could have expected them to have been in modern Hollywood. So, not to open a can of worms, but what do all of you think of Jackson's Kong?
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I would have to say it's when the chick is running under the Elephants and cutting their legs with a sword. But that's weak in the same way the "Can You Read My Mind" flight scene over Metropolis in the original Superman is weak. I let it slide because I'm a kid again and the wonder is still there.Jeez, I'm going to stop posting here. If being half-Mexican, half-Dutch doesn't make me enough of a minority, I gotta be the only guy here that thought NCFOM was OK and Bardem did an admirable job. It was not best pic worthy and in fact shouldn't be anywhere near the top five but it was a decent effort by the Coens.OK, I'm going back to my little corner now until I have to come out and defend Emmerich and Will Smith later.
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...I just think FOTR is near perfection. The other two couldn't come close. And by the final battle in ROTK, I was really sick of the same shit over and over again with them up against thousands of orcs.
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but I think that what Toadkiller was getting at was that Gollum would have been nominated(something I never ever see happening at the Oscars) where both animators and Serkis are awarded. By giving LOTR the best fx awards they dodged this issue in their minds.
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...its just like, Oscar worthy-- what the fuck? Are you serious? He's just an unstoppable villain with a blank stare and a deep voice. I've seen that character done hundreds of times. What the fuck is so special about him other than that haircut? Fuck!!
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I thought No Country was an excellent movie, and Bardem was great. I thought this the first weekend it was released, when I saw it without any thoughts of Oscar in my mind. I think just as Oscar allows many mainstream audiences to consider a film, I think sometimes it wrongly sours some moviegoers against it, by forcing them to judge it against it's "best picture" status. But, me, I thought it was great. Not the best picture, but a great picture.
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..I haven't seen it since the theater. I had fun with it though.
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Jack Black's casting bothers me, though. Just don't think he was quite right.The sheer love for the original comes right through, I think. Jackson poured his heart and soul into the thing and you wonder if he'll ever be able to put so much in again for any another project. Even The Hobbit.
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Great movie ruined by the ending.
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fx on that were rushed a bit too. Kong I mean. I think it was my favorite movie of 2005. Not necessarily because there weren't more worthy movies, but because the original Kong was the first movie I ever saw as a kid, and it was a bonding point between my dad and I. And watching the new one, it was like seeing all the extra battles and scenes and ideas I had after seeing the first movie. Kong 2005 was the Kong I dreamed in color after seeing the black and white original.
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The 'ice skating' scene. Somebody should've stopped Jackson right there. Terrible idea.
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Is going to star in Forever Strong a movie about Rugby, looks pretty awesome.
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Well, start with miscasting. Black and Brody. Brody was not terrible, but he aint the heroic type. Black was flat out awful casting. The blame is square on the shoulders of Jackson for those two horrible choices. Pacing, that sucker felt like it went on for days! Just terrible opening hour. Terrible writing, and direction. The Island! Ok, here is where the money went, and it was money well spent. Lets dispense with the absolute worst part of the movie though. The Brontosaurus run. The dumbest, most motarded piece of action flim making in quite a while. 10 ton brontos tumbling all over the place and Black and Brody running through their legs? Was it supposed to be a comedy? It was like something out of That Ringo Starr/Barbara Bach movie - which had some funny moments. But it was NOT right for a Kong flick. Just awful. Ok, But everything, and I mean everything else about the Island was sensational. Top notch. End the movie there. Once back in NYC, it was good, very good even. But the first hour still pretty much killed the movie. I fast forward through that junk.
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The ending isn't even an issue for me. If the rest of the film really worked for me and I gave a shit about any of the characters, that ending would have been shocking and disturbing. As it is, when they tilt down to dead Brolin I was like, "Oh....he's dead..." in a monotone voice. I really didn't give a fuck about a single character in that film. Someone could have walked up and blasted Tommy Lee in the back of head and I wouldn't have made a sound. I understand the whole desensitized to violence theme of the film....but is this the point-- to make a film where I don't give a shit about anyone on screen? I doubt it. The film was pretty good up until Mexico. Once it gets to that point, everything that follows is pointless to me. The whole Woody Harrelson character.....fucking stupid. -
I liked the skating scene. Cheesy yes, and we could have done without the Watts adoration close-ups, but it works otherwise.
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....the first hour did drag...and I did not like the design of the dinosaurs really. They looked a little too cartoony. Too colorful I believe. Other than that-- it was a fine film, and the effects blow ROTK away-- but not FOTR.
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And with the extended version that I recently watched, it was even more so. Jackson needed to cut at least 20 minutes from the theatrical version. He was indulging every whim he had by the time the brontosaurus scene hit.With some proper editing, it would've been one of my favorite movies of the year.Bardem didn't deserve an Oscar, I agree. He didn't even deserve a nomination. Casey Affleck was robbed.
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That is exactly what I meant. Both should have been put into Oscar contention.
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was There Will Be Blood...
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...but it looked boring as fuck.
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The finale is building up a fine head of steam and then all of sudden the movie is brought to a crashing halt with the skating. It's like you've suddenly landed in an alternate cut of the film, no army, no aeroplanes and they both live happily ever after.Doesn't work for me.
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I loved the dinos in Kong, but as many have said they are obviously not as realistic as Jurassic Park 12 years earlier. Here is the thing. Look at murals, paintings, drawings of dinosaurs that were done circa 1930-1960s or thereabouts and you will see dinosaurs similar to the ones in Jackson's movie. Jackson's dinosaurs were more colorful and larger and more exuberant than the real animals would have been. That was all part I believe of making Skull Island a dream version of the original film. I liked the fantasy of it, as opposed to the reality.
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I really can't see anything wrong with it, except that it wasn't long enough. And I hate Brody and Nicole Kidman 2 in pretty much everything else they've ever done. So for me to like them I say hats off to the crazy Kiwi. As for NCFOM I feel the same way I do about TDK in that someones over the top character is taking away from the better performances. Brolin did an amazing job in that movie, playing what could've been an idiot redneck to a higher degree. Just like Oldman playing Gordon and having us care about him while everyone else is playing these larger then life characters was great. Plus Javier has been better in pretty much every other movie he's been in.
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...that bug scene was fucking weird. That felt like it was from a completely different film.
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check it out Danny. Into the Wild was excellent, and def one of my top ten, but preferred TWBB.
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... best film, I'm having Zodiac.
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Aug 25, 2008 10:39:03 AM CDT
Naomi Watts is so much hotter than Kidman....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...that is a crazy statement. Crazy crazy!! FUCK!!
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Kong: There's the original and that's it. Jackson's never existed.No Country of Old Men: good, but not great. Solid performances but not great ones.Jesse James: good performances but still bored me to tears.
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Aug 25, 2008 10:40:47 AM CDT
I just remember that terrrible line reading in the trailer...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
"Do you want to be like me or do you want to BE me?" Fuck me...is Pitt that bad in the whole thing?
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though to be fair a version of it originally existed in the 33 film but it was removed. Jackson's replacing it was probably more a sacrifice at the alter of his Kong love than it was a wise narrative decision. But I like the bug scene, though I could have done without seeing Lumpy get his head eaten by those giant worms.
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Because she is the new blondish actress from the land down under, and when I wrote that I couldn't recall her name for some reason. I say there are about the same. The both do that, if I stare at stuff its acting right?
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But it's mesmerizing. The cinematography, the brilliant performances from every single person cast, the music. It's about as fine a motion picture as you'll ever see. Even when its drags you can't help but think, "Wow, that's a beautifully composed shot."
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NO Country. Seriously go back and watch Raising Arizona, and you'll see that No Country is almost like a serious version of that movie. There are a lot of similar themes. Crazy killer from no where. Husband and wife on the run, little to no music.
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at least I didnt think so, and I found that line in the trailer also terrible. It sounded like a far more pedestrian actor saying the line. But in the film Pitt plays Jesse James sort of odd, as if he was the Wolfman or Dracula or something, like a thing no one else wants to get too close to, but also sort of tragic at the same time. It was an odd but intriguing choice.
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http://tinyurl.com/5wurj5 Notable quote: "If you are asking if I had an orgasm, yes. It was a job, sir. I didn't have pleasure doing this. I was paid to do it."
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...I like good/boring films. I think Dances With Wolves is an amazing boring film. And that is not a contradictory statement. I don't necessarily think boring has to mean bad.
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and oddly, Raising Arizona is the deeper, more affecting picture. Seriously though, all the way up to that final narration about the character's dream that closes the movie. It's funny because I went to see No Country with a friend who was a McCarthy fan, and didnt know the Coens. I pointed out afterwards he should see Raising Arizona and see where the Cohen's liberties came from.
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Thought it was an inspired choice.
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...I'm going back to my corner because I don't have the strength for this fight. Naomi Watts is au natural. Kidman looks disfigured after all her plastic surgery. Pity too because in Dead Calm she was the hottest thing going.
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but I didnt use boring, because to me that means that something has nothing of interest on screen. I know I rag on Armgaddeon but that movie bored me, because frequently there was nothing of interest to me on screen. With Jesse James, yes it's slow and sometimes relentlessly methodic in it's pacing, but I was always caring about something I saw onscreen and therefore was enticed to not simply endure but admire the longer scenes.
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but I didnt use boring, because to me that means that something has nothing of interest on screen. I know I rag on Armgaddeon but that movie bored me, because frequently there was nothing of interest to me on screen. With Jesse James, yes it's slow and sometimes relentlessly methodic in it's pacing, but I was always caring about something I saw onscreen and therefore was enticed to not simply endure but admire the longer scenes.
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Overall I liked the film a lot, although I found the actual assasination scene extremely problematic. It took WAY too much dramatic license IMO.
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Aug 25, 2008 10:49:57 AM CDT
Naomi Watts is amazing.......amazing I tell you...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Black Kong.
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sigh...would have been great if not for Kostner's god-awful narration.
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Aug 25, 2008 10:53:15 AM CDT
boring is negative when the film was meant to be fast paced....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...for instance, I found Transformers and Indy IV to be boring as fuck. I was never ever excited by their action. But a film like Dances With Wolves...where Costner knew damn well it was a slow and boring film, can pull the boring thing off very well. The Insider is another example of a good/boring film. Bay is the only guy capable of making a film with that much action feel that slow.
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TMNT or Sunshine. 07 Sucked for movies. I guess you could say TWBB was 07, but come on who here saw it in 07? Not me nor all the money it made either.
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I thought he chose that style purposefully and it made a difference to the movie. If Pitt had played Jesse as just a run of the mill jerk, or a full on tragic hero(which would have been stupid) than I think we the audience would have far less to hold onto when weighing Robert Ford, and Affleck's great performance would have been largely wasted. Pitt is a vital and integral part of the movie and it's success, remove him and you have just a good try that looks silly.
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see the term I would use is languid, not boring. Even the longer seemingly useless scenes in films like Dances have a purpose and a point of interest to the viewer. Remove them and hinder the viewer's experience of the film. I once watched a movie about cloistered monks just going through daily routines called Into Great Silence and found every scene to be four times as interesting as Transformers.
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Aug 25, 2008 10:59:35 AM CDT
Languid? Oh...you are so fucking intelligent.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I have the vocabulary of a moose. I'll try to remember LANGUID....
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It's not a movie I'll check out again because for me, the 'payoff' isn't worth it cause I didn't really get one. Again, good performances but at the same time I didn't care about any of them. I couldn't wait to see Ford get offed.
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Dark Night of the Scarecrow dvd news? That was another cool tv movie. Now lets get a copy of Bermuda Depths out there, with a double feature of Dont Be Afraid of the Dark.
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Aug 25, 2008 11:01:40 AM CDT
damn...anyone see that Cuban taekwondo guy...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...kick the referee in the face? I'm trying to find video. I can only find pics so far....
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Pitt is the sort of guy thats like. Ummm I am gonna do this and the director is like, NO NO I want you to do this! And Pitts like ok fine fuck you (Aronofsky) or is like yeah OK I'll do it your way, but then keeps doing it the way Pitt wants it. Until the director is like, ok your right I guess that works. And Pitt is like, yeah I know.
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I've always been fond of the term 'sedate.'
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to be high-minded. It's just I think people shy away from films like that because no one wants "boring" scenes. But imagine if Bay gave us a few more "boring" shots of robots actually doing things, or fighting in long, wide takes. A better movie? Probably.
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was equivalent to how I felt about them in No Country for Old Men. I watched the events unfold..and yet couldn't get myself to fully care about any of the characters who were threatened. Perhaps it was a product of my summer classes, and I just needed to see simple 'slosions and 12 year old girls beating the snot out of grown men on the side of buildings.
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I saw that ref get kicked in the face! It was on the news. Awesome!
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Aug 25, 2008 11:06:16 AM CDT
damn...I can't find the video. All the you tubes are removed....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
....but he is banned from the olympics for life!!
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and it looks like the star of "Chocolate" was actually in her 20s which is relieving. Stil looks like those kicks hurt. Danny, did you finish Chocolate yet?
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Damn I have missed discussions on King Kong, best picture of 2007, pacing of film.
I'm just now catching up on me workload from missing half a day on Friday.
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The black ship captain that was taking the blonde sailor under his wing was my favorite.
Telling him to get an education and make something of himself.
That was my favorite relationship of the whole movie.
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And speaking of boring films..my criterion editions of Days of Heaven and Tarkovsky's Solaris are on their way.
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IT'S AWAY!Did it hit?Negative, it just impacted on the surface.
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I loved the remake with Clooney directed by Soderbergh. Great movie. The original was bizarre but interesting.
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Tarkovsky's version, is stunning. Apparently, novelist Lem hated the adaption.Criterion have done the business with their edition, as usual.
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There Will Be Blood edges out Zodiac and Into the Wild.
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Aug 25, 2008 11:34:31 AM CDT
Also watched edited Predator 58 times this weekend
by chittychittygangbang
And I realized that even the editied for TV version of Predator is better than many of the action/sci-fi movies I've seen lately that weren't edited.
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Yea I love Solaris, though I might actually prefer Stalker, which I also own. It's slow, and in that film's case potentially boring, it forces you into a mesmerized state where you are more experiencing a filmed environment afforded the same generosity of space and time that are afforded you to study the interior of your own living room or a space you are occupying. If you have the time to spend, the film gives you plenty of room. Too much for some people, all that (cinematic)space might make them feel disconnected, or alone, or bored.
Soderbergh removed the space, but not the atmosphere or the spiritual essence of the story. I LOVE Soderbergh's Solaris and think it's easily his most underrated movie. Fantastic performances by Viola Davis and Natasha McElhone -
...good examples of fantastic boring film.
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And what the fuck is the status of the Busted Tees girl petition? No panties please!!
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The New World was o.k., but it didn't completely work for me at every turn. I may need to rewatch it. In fact, with Malick, I'd say thats usually imperative.
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Is what Soderbergh himself said about the marketing.
They didn't know whether to market it as a love story in space and appeal to the women by focusing on Clooney, or market it as a sci-fi film.
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Soderbergh's version. The film looks beautiful and the performances are good. I like when Clooney arrives and he's holding onto a metal post, like he's afraid of letting go because he knows everything will change once he does.But... as a fan of the novel before, I don't understand Soderbergh's decision to remove the Sf from an Sf novel. Which is what he did in my opinion.
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Aug 25, 2008 11:44:12 AM CDT
I love Malick....but his films are such a chore to watch....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...every DVD should come with a personal hand-job from good ole' Terry. I'm going to write up a petition. Who's in?
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Aug 25, 2008 11:45:13 AM CDT
Bale sucked fucking balls in The New World....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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because many of my friends went to see it, because the trailers made them think it was a horror or ghost story and they got thoroughly angry. In my mind it was never really marketable, but I'm glad that either they didnt consider this or didnt care and made it anyway. I'm grateful to have both versions of the film, though I prefer the Tarkovsky version.
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...but I told him the only way I'd send him a kit is if he peeked into our conversations from time to time. So he best step up.I'm down with the Busted Tees girls giving out handjobs with the purchase of any DVD. You wanna perk up the economy? Handjobs with every purchase will do far more than stimulus checks will.
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I knew what the story was from the earlier film and thought they were adding Clooney just to sell it to women by showing him do the helicopter in the mirror or something.
I wasn't going to get duped, but ended up enjoying the shit out of it.
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Monica Bellucci flies around the country given every red-blooded American a handjob with every $299 purchase on your HomeDepot/Expo credit card.
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How awesome would it be if she also finger blasted the women that made purchases too.
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favorite movie animals...lets do the viscious ones first.
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Section 3:2 of the CoC Stimulus package states, and I quote:"All hot women shall also receive proper lesbo-type loving from the beautiful Monica Bellucci, in the presense of Just Pillow Talk to ensure all terms of the offer are followed FULLY. Repeat as necessary."
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Does someone have their midichlorian panties in a bunch?
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Something was just a wee bit off with that little pup.
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Makes me smile just thinking about it..
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BTW, I'm sort of expanding what probably is defined as an "animal".
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For the sheer awfulness of it.Plus Bruce gets eaten by them.
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Yes, there are snakes out there that big.
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It's what's for dinner.
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Thank you channel twenty.
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and the unnamed big rat from Unknown Origin..
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Freaked me out as a kid.
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cyborg dog created by Lance Henrickson
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Of course, if Hollywood treated the great bear with respect, Sir Anthony would have bee Sir Happy Meal for the Bear.
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from Monkey Shines
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has been both good bears and bad bears.. awesome.
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and various other reptiles...remember this one?
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Aug 25, 2008 12:31:49 PM CDT
my favorite animal is mechanical....Teddy from A.I.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Them!Eight Legged FreaksArachnophobiaMimicThe FlyWasn't there some mantis movie?
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Cause I gotta give props to the Graboids.Loved the sharks in Deep Blue Sea.The lions from Ghost and the Darkness were the best though.
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That movie is pretty fucking awesome.
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Aug 25, 2008 12:53:40 PM CDT
Oh fuck...I saw a little bit of that movie Webs...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...starring Richard Greico. It is bad fucking ass. Some shit about electricians finding a porthole in an abandoned building thats a gateway to some spider world....they get sucked in and come back out as human/spider hybrids with weird fanges and long fingers....basically just zombies that run kinda shit. But Greico is this long-haired hippy electrician guy that kicks some serious ass with a gun. And his hair is amazing in that thing. You gotta check it out. Its directed by the same guy who directed Plague City: SARS in Toronto. Amazing guy...really. -
Aug 25, 2008 1:04:08 PM CDT
Prey? Probably but I think it's lost in my mental shuffle
by hawaiian organ donor
Too many movies to keep track of.Speaking of Richard Greico, I wonder if I should re-watch If Looks Could Kill and Mobsters.
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Those birds were what happens when the FX department gets as stoned as I used to.
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Jaqueline Bisset Nipples! That was all my lil toadkiller brain focused on really.
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Loved those things.
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Prey is the one with Weller's family in a wild animal park in Africa. Their Land Rover gets attacked by lions........Weller is not with them. He is having meeting or some shit....but he comes to the rescue with some bad ass hunter ala Remington Ghost and the Darkness. Its a very well made cheap movie.....some pretty good composite shots with real lions chasing people...
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I mean they USED to be real. Does that count?
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That animal scared me the most.
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Biggest, meanest, fastest seal I have ever seen!
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Jungle Book
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Almost made you want to be eaten!
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My favorite killer boar.
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Aug 25, 2008 1:12:07 PM CDT
my favorite animal in Fatal Attraction was the bunny...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Aug 25, 2008 1:13:00 PM CDT
a duck? How the fuck is that explained? He's a pet?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Got to love how a mother loves her kid.
When he visits her in jail?
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I was thinking maybe he was there to test for deadly gases, but I think he was there for comedic relief.
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That cracked me up about the Duck!
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When it shows the kidnappers kicking his girlfriend (the little white dog) and he springs to action to get the police.
It also show a montage when he running for the police station and guess what?
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I've never seen a Benji movie...
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I have more feelings for animals than people.
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Drove me through a concrete wall. Beeengee! Beeengee!
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Get the fuck outta here!!
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Jungle book
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I can still see Baloo doing the Baloo dance!
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It made you cry because its so damn triumphant? Thats awesome.....
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It is really bad in the second film though.
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I'm telling you, animal movies get me everytime.
I can watch an actor emote waves of emotion in an Oscar-caliber performance and it does nothing compared to an animal doing something heroic or sad.
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wasn't there a villain trying to cook the duck. no, seriously, wasnt there?
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both versions, though the Disney one only had a good gorilla and not a good movie.
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movie recently?
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or Dunston Checks In? Ok, kidding..
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yes he spoke, but what a noble pig!
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was the cat in Cat's Eye. Now that's a pet. You dont even own it but it finds you and then protects you from trolls.
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I hate to break it to you -better get the kleenex out. The duck got was eate. Bar-b-qued - while the big blond guys was asleep on the beach. He got et!
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The Blond guy got revenge on the villain who ate - I think her name was gertrude. Not certain about the name.
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The telepathic dog in A Boy And His Dog.
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One of the funniest scenes is when the dog is holding the trigger to the shot gun to the face of the pilot. If the dog just twitches his head - Boom! Then a rabbit runs past the window. The look on both the pilots face and the dogs is priceless!
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Maybe I was blocking it out.
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Because I haven't seen one troll in my house.
I was leaving for church Sunday and saw a dog under the carport.
I though uh-oh because I didn't want Pabst to get hurt.
All of the sudden..POW! Pabst attacked.
That poor dog had blood on his snout and his tail between his legs.
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and the name was gertrude.
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It is understandable. She was a courageous Duck. Delicious too.
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with Dennis Weaver. What a good movie.
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A cat fucked up my cocker spaniel's nose years ago....it was sad because it would never heal after that for a few years until he died. We would put creams and things on it but the slice would always open back up. Fucking cats.....DAMN YOU ALL!!
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remember watching this in a group at college, and one dude just laughing loudly when the dog got hit with a shovel. Everyone looked at him like they wanted to rip him apart. When Skip dies, old and at home waiting for the kid...wait, I already got misty about this once, in the same freakin thread no less.
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Any favorites?
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Aug 25, 2008 1:57:44 PM CDT
either that or The Family Stone...I can't decide
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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I'm sure he can give you a detailed history of horse on film.
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NEIGH!!!!!!
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When that gun went off and that horse froze...damn I laughed.
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I will never willing watch this flick, but I did see the trailer to the Disaster Movie, and they have a scene out of SATC - where men in drag - and they aint exactly good looking men either, are playing the leads.
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yeah I saw that strong chinned gentleman with a five o'clock shadow playing SJP in the tv spot. That one scene is probably worth sneaking in for.....
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I'm still laughing about about Toad and Jonah trying to get me to look over at the other talkback.
Everyone kept asking what they were talking about.
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the best possible pet. Zippy was his name I think.
Here he is. Is that not cute?
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No way in hello you could have resisted! It as funny though, people were expecting armageddon over there, and it was just a Neigh trap!
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Everyone had these horse jumping the barriers and such.
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I swear it's not a neigh trap.
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Wow....his eyes would be as big as Marlon Brando's, at an all you can eat buffet.
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I've seen House 2 but I don't remember that freaky thing!
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of any worth is Mister Ed.
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Is it on this site?
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...down the street. Hahaha.
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That cracked me up. He would be salivating like Hannibal Lector with a plate of fava beans and human brains.
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Out walking in the country once, there was this horse in a field. It seemed friendly enough, I had some white chocolate on me so I fed it a piece. The horse got a stalker on the size of K2!Needless to say I backed away very slowly and calmly.So, anyway, if you're reading this Equinas and you want to get them horsies in the mood - white chocolate, mate.
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Can not see the whole thing
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TB. We went to 4500 posts. That's impressive. Yea the Lost TB went to 10,000 posts last year, but this year it hasn't even hit 4000 yet. But, the thing is a monster to load.
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We struggled like hell to get to 2000 on our last TB
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Whatta horse! Haven't had the misfortune to run across the Equinas you guys are always mentioning, but he should keep that Khartoum in mind. Horses in bed can be a messy business.
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Just so wrong!
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The horse's head in the bed! How did I forget that!
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The Amazonian spiders in "Arachnaphobia". Smart and deadly! John Goodman's exterminator character cracks me up in that movie.I also like the manimals in "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (version of choice). "Back to the house of pain!"
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Aug 25, 2008 2:58:17 PM CDT
You are playing with the Devil here. Equinas might come back
by toadkillerdog
That would be funny as hell though!
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That dude - and I hesitate to call him human, advocated animal LOVE! Specifically with horses.
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George from "Bringing up Baby" (not a good dog, per se, but he was a major part of that movie).Rikki Tikki Tavi! You guys mentioned Shere Khan and Baloo, so I gotta give props to my favorite Kipling creation (which is tough as there were so many great ones!). He fought cobras to save his boy. Benji never even did that!
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Starting bell rings out and just like that the gates slam open and the thunder of hooves shakes the ground in a muscle-driven earthquake.
Announcer:"And there off! Welcome to the 120th running of the Kentucky Derby!"
The horses, frothing at the mouth already, suddenly quicken their pace.
The jockeys, backed by years of experience and training all rise to attention.
One of thier worst fears is happening in the most viewed equine event in the world.
Something has spooked the horses.
The neighs rain out like a litter of lost kittens.
Announcer: "Wait a minute! The horses are breaking from a racing formation! It looks like a free for all out there! What in heavens is happening?"
All of the sudden the crowd lets out a Mint Julep flavored gasp.
A man is running behind the horses and is naked.
The stunned crowd watches as the man is actually gaining on the horses!
Announcer:"There is man on the track! There is a man running up behind the horses! You know I've seen a lot of races, but never anything close to this!"
One horse has fallen behind the pack. Nibbles was a longshot to start the race, but his owner felt the experience would do Nibbles a favor in the long run.
But not even in Nibble's owner's wildest dreams could he have forseen this.
Announcer: "The man is almost to Nibbles! He's closing in and appears to be holding something! If you have small children please turn them away now!"
All the announcer can do is gasp as the naked man is holding a huge erection. It is barely bobbing up and down despite the rapid pace.
Nibbles let's out one last burst of speed, no doubt fueled by fear and the screaming whips of his jockey.
The jockey looks back and the gap is five meters...
Four meters...
Three meters...
Two meters...
One meter...
The jockey performs a Hail Mary and leaps from Nibbles, crashing into the dirt and rolling to a bloody stop.
NEEEEIIIGHHHHH!!!!!!!
Nibbles eye bulge in pain as he feels something jut into his rear.
Two hands grab into his fur with the strength of another horse.
The pounding continues as Nibbles charges for the fence but cannot shake his attacker.
The thrusting continues until Nibbles feels the foreign blast of warth fill his anus.
Announcer:"Dear God! Dear God! Dear God!......
Millions watching at home start throwing up or jerking off, depending on their sexual desires.
Equinas yells out as finishes and runs off, eluding the fast closing police like only a madman can.
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I missed that thread, but I have seen it mentioned by the rest of you. What a shame. I have read "Equus"...that's about as deep into that topic as I'm prepared to go. If we Beeltjuice him into an appearance, I'll just sing "Halway Up Virginia" to lull him into a false sense of security and then you can shoot him with a tranquilizer. We'll dump him off in the Kevin Smith thread. Heh, heh, heh!
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But you guys get the point I hope.
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Darned typos!
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hahaha.....Chitty-- your stories bring me much joy.
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I so admire that! Gives me something to aspire to!
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you had me laughing for awhile but you should have stopped at "have small children turn away!"
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You should definitely give The New world another chance. Wait for the extended cut out in November though.
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That was about as whacked out as egg salad at his worst! It was funny though - until the end!
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being reported at rotten tomatoes... where's AICN on this?
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Aug 25, 2008 3:13:06 PM CDT
"Nibbles feels the foreign blast of warth fill his anus."
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Funniest line of the week....
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That so fucked up it might work. but I seriously doubt it's anything but rumor.
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you guys got my attention enough over there, that I went out there and read it. Oh my goodness, I think that is the most wrong moment of TB ever. I felt seriously bad for that guy, not because of his getting attacked, but because of how messed up he seemed. I can almost guarantee that guy isnt a geek, but just one of those following the film, like a cult, and came there to fight off what he felt was "intolerance". Unless something bestiality related shows up again, don't expect to see that dude ever again.
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I think we may have already 'Beetlejuiced' him though with Chitty's story. We may need an exorcism here - pronto!
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i have some reading to do.
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IT SHALL BE TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
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Aug 25, 2008 3:23:50 PM CDT
Jonah, the funny thing about that thread is not Equinas
by toadkillerdog
He is just a sick puppy, but it is the reactions from the various TB'ers. You can damn near see their collective jaws hit the keyboard when he procliams his undyong love. Just a total shitstorm is unleashed, and that is funny as hell.
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Aug 25, 2008 3:23:56 PM CDT
I knew I had to cover both extremes of the story
by chittychittygangbang
I knew the ending would go a little far for some, but I had to make sure to appease the readers that want the lurid details.
Anyway, Equinas is way too morbid to be censored.
I feel the impact of his misdeeds must be known.
If for anything to summon the No. 2 pencil of 2for2true. -
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", Zero Mostel amde a love potion out of mare's sweat. Maybe there's an antitdote. We just need to find some sweat from a horse's ass...
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That does sound like egg salad.
Damn, I was having to write and work at the same time and got away from myself.
Holy shit I need to check the emails I just sent out to clients.
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Whoo-hoo!
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Somebody said Michael Phelps looks like McLovin from Superbad on steroids.
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Total Fucking Destruction!You know it, man!
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That would be funny. Tell them you are writing an article for "National Geographic".
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You'd avoid all this controversy if you posted a 'Parental Advisory' sticker beforehand.
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It makes sense...he used to be on that lame ass show Las Vegas.
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Please don't think I'm Egg Salad though.
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Aug 25, 2008 3:37:23 PM CDT
I think the Equinas thread should required reading
by chittychittygangbang
For anyone coming to this site.
I laughed until I cried.
It would be different if Equinas was yelling back explitives and such, but the guy was giving well-thought out answers and seemed pretty sure of himself.
Then the shit hit the fan with such classic posts as someone suggesting eanimalharmony.com and sex with vegatables.
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What was it - sweetcorn? "... each kernal a ridge of sexual delight."Too. Funny. For. Words.
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I bet you gather 'round a chalkboard en masse and have fingernail races? Party on, dudes!
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I cant get anyone I know enthused about it. Fuck. Looks like I'm gonna have to do the Pink Pussy Eater or whatever its called, all by my lonesome. I wanted to run around singing, "Can you feel the love tonight?"
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Damn, I laughed all day after reading that.
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Chitty, your visual descriptions come to life have burned my corneas. I'm blind. How in the hell am I supposed to drive home?Believe it or not, you had me longer than most, all the way up to anus.Equinas has sensed a disturbance in the Force and is probably skipping the foreplay at the stable so that he can make it home in time to defend his honor on this thread.
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Make sure you have somebody around just in case you pass out.
That stuff hits differently than some drinks you may be used to.
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I have several French main line battle rifles, never fired only dropped once. Here at the CJTF-HOA*, there are some french foreign legion members and I'm sure if I jump out behind them and say Boo! I can get some more. Want them?*CJTF-HOA= Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. See they both roll off the tounge.
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Its like a butt plug. I get a little shudder with ever POP of the next row of kernels.....
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Just stay out of public places where they might remember your face. Everclear fun may only last a night but banishment can last for years!
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Egg Salad in a talkback.
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Say it aint so!
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because they're afraid the french will surrender
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How goes it today?Most people that call the French "cheese eating surrender monkeys" are also the same people behind Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast. They are just ignorant about the French without knowing anything about them, let alone being able to point France out of a map.You're a military man with warfare knowledge for the ages so if that's your opinion, you're entitled to it and I'll respect it. I just can't deal with people who tow a belief with no idea why.
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Aug 25, 2008 3:59:45 PM CDT
your story was a lot more fun when I thought you were gay...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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But he takes no prisoners. It's their rifles or their lives. With the money he earns from selling these discarded weapons, he can finally achieve a dream sought by many an this site and become a sheik. Someday the marquee shall read: "Xiphos of Arabia".
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I've read some shit on their hand to hand combat training....they utilize a lot of crazy international fighting styles.
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It was the cheese eating French who dropped their weapons and you picked them up! Sorry HOD. I love French Cinema, and France itself. But the fact is the French have always had a much higher opinion of their military prowess (modern that is) than befits the facts.
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Aug 25, 2008 4:10:00 PM CDT
I don't think the French give a fuck about the
by dannyglovers_dickblood
world's perception of their military these days. All they want to do is eat, smoke, and fuck. Thats why I respect the hell out of their culture and always will.
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Danny: Sorry I'm not gay. If you want to call me sir, that's okay by me. I'll even toss in an occasional Streisand or Garland reference to keep up the illusion. It'll be like "Victor/Victoria". I meant no French disrepect. Je sais qu'il n'y a personne
qui puisse me sauver.
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being that they are not french. and their motto is march or die. which seems harsh
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Thanks sir.
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"the french have not the stomach for war, they would rather eat soufflé and make love with their faces"
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a state called queensland
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Aug 25, 2008 4:16:09 PM CDT
its really a ridiculous notion if you think about it....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...the mockery of the French because they are not very skilled at war and don't seem to value it much. Shouldn't that be a good thing? If every country was more like France the world would be a pretty peaceful fucking place.
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Is just about as usless an organiziation as exist in the western world of warfare, they do however have a great popaganda arm, which publish books, articals and produce documentary and films about how good the Legion is. The Legion about as useful as the US Navy, which means not useful at all.The French military history is replete with failure and humiliation. The only good leaders it has ever produced are even French. Charles MArtel who was a Frank and Napoleon who was Sardinian, and had to mobilize the whole country, and had his ass handed to him by an undermanned Army of English and Prussians.
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jokes as Americans....
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A French military unit that totally kicks ass and is even more brutal due to everyone's perception of them.
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Aug 25, 2008 4:25:37 PM CDT
I don't understand the trash talking of the French Foreign Legio
by dannyglovers_dickblood
They sound like an alright outfit to me. They assisted in both World Wars and the Gulf War. I just don't get it. And to slam the Navy....that's considered cool? Myself I can give a fuck about any military, but I just find it odd when one branch insults another for being less useful. And you don't think the American military has one of the best propaganda arms in the world? What do you call those bullshit ads for the Marines I have to sit through at the movies....what do you call aggressive attempts to recruit 16-17 year old kids from High School? That is all a form of propaganda/brain-washing to get more meat on the battlefield. That's the problem with American military...they assume they are the best and that their objectives are all righteous. Everyone feels what they are doing is right.
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I wanted on but they said no. I've always thought that it is no surprise that they invented the menage et trois. Afterall there arn't enough straight men to go around.I think napolian was corsian. It is interesting how many dictators are not from the country they are a dictator of: stalin, napolian, hitler
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That is tradition. Squids deserve no better.
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all military units are tribal, I assume its the same in the states but here we even make fun of each others regiments within the same branch of the military and we certainly make fun of other branches. as for believing in what you are doing, well you have to. If you hesitate because you feel sorry for the other guy you are fucked. wait till later to feel sorry.
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It is almost 5 CST and 6 on the east coast.
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where the vikings to the americas and attack the indians, and accidentally leave a boy behind who they adopt, then they come back and he helps fight them off. I don't think it got a release here and i wanted to watch it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFugBgbInQ
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Aug 25, 2008 4:56:13 PM CDT
I think everyone became entranced by the French...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...culture of eat, fuck, and smoke -- and fell over at their desk with an erection.
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Speak for yourself people! I used to love the taste of glue when I was a kid...mmmmmmm....
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but they don't look much alike at all.
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roo riss roover
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I can honestly say he deserves a spot in the Talkback Hall of Fame.
That is one of those talkbacks that I cried I laughed so hard.
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I know I did.
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Pathfinder is on DVD in Oz, though. I've seen it on ezydvd, an Oz site.
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lately we've been fucked around. they didn't do a proper release of gone baby gone, which i liked (when i finally got to see it)
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I remember seeing a film called Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime. All I recall is a mouse and a comfy time machine like a big bed.I may have imagined the whole thing.
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They sure may not have the most "valiant" military history but I'm not going to hold that against them. I read some pretty impressive accounts of French units fighting against all odds in the Indochina War and my grandfather who was part of the Dutch Resistance in WWII passed on some pretty amazing stories about French Resistance fighters who he crossed paths with. The French have experienced 9/11 over and over with two world wars that obliterated their towns and economy and I think they've been pretty good sports about it. They may be snotty and arrogant but then so is that guy on the O'Reilly Factor who says the U.S. is the greatest country in the world even though he's never been beyond it's borders and never plans to be. After having successfully seen a lot of the world, I can tell you that it is, but there's some damn good competition out there.Time to get back to my bottomless glass of red wine.
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Called: The Pirate Movie. with Kristy MacNichol and Christopher Atkins. I never saw this back in the 80's and now I know why! Oh, this is awful!
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where are you from? I thought you were Canadian but i'm not sure
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That is a terrible movie. Saw part of it once, but won't do that again. I just finished watching "The Ruins". I was disappointed because I really liked the book, but the movie only followed the most basic part of the story. They changed too much around. THAT was just wrong!
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I can't change the channel! It is almost as if I am compelled to watch this crap! It is so bad - Kristy Macnichol is singing! Atkins speaking voice is so high he scares dogs! It is just awful. I will be scared for life after this. I will need massive quantities of alcohol to forget this. Painkillers here I come!
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He just shot the guy swinging the woed from raiders! OMG! I am not kidding. It was not Ford, but Danny, I have just seen a movie with "Indiana Jones" that is worse than IndyIV.
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ever watched zee tv? Funniest shit ever. all your favorite bollywood classics.
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Oh this is awful and it is a musical as well.
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Anybody remember the reviews by Harry and Capone? They made it seem like it was one of the best horror movies they ever saw. I'm still bitter about that.
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WTF? Dr. Crusher is comanding Enterprise against the Borg?
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I see that you have followed in the footsteps of my brothers in the Church. You make me proud, as one of the founding fathers
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I am honored
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Try to find "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". I think it was in the same era. Or maybe "Paint Your Wagon". Clint Eastwood is no singer and this is the movie that dares to prove it.
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I had faith in the entertainment value of the book, which is often a mistake on my part. I was warned, but I failed to heed good advice. I think the movie was punishment enough for me. On the other hand, it was far better than "The Pirate Movie"....
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Tell Jarv, Pillow, and Abom that all is right in the world
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Is that the one where Data's stupid evil twin shows up and is controlling the Borg?
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I am humbled to be in your presence!
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I have heard better sounds come out of latrine than Eastwood singing. Sgt. Peppers has eluded me - so far. I loved Help though
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I don't know which killer plant movie was worse, The Ruins or The Happening.
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I am a found of the CoC, I have had to take a leave from my daytime sermons, however, my fellow brothers can vouch for me, along with Warwick, Tony's FLaming Legs, the Bears, Salma, and of cource Burt Gummer
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They actually have an all-star cast, but the plot was atrocious, the special effects were forgettable, and an enorous amount of talent simply wasted in bad characters simply to squeeze out a song. It could have been great, but it's complete FUBAR.
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Kloipy is the one of The Four - and the most mysterious of them. I will indeed pass long your words.
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Yes, that is the episode. Evil Data
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Haven't seen "The Happening". Is it a plant movie too? How can killer plant movies go so wrong when they have something as great as Finney's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" to steal from?
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Kloipy has invoked the sacred CoC Canon
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I shall try not to besmirch the honor of the church. A thousand blessings upon you. May your camel never have fleas.
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day of the triffods. FUCK THAT. I loved that book, one of the great -what do people do when society breaks down stories - in many ways a fore runner of the zombie and apocalyptic flicks but the movie: finishes with a deep voice over - all it took to destroy them was simple salt water. FUCK OFF! I stab you in the eye.
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Aug 25, 2008 7:55:15 PM CDT
On the advice of Mavra Chang - I shall avoid Sgt.Peppers
by toadkillerdog
I happen to like musicals though.
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Yeah, I thought so. That has to be the worst Borg episode they ever made. I think it has 2 parts too. Christ, even the Voyager Borg episodes were better than that.
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I loved that movie. When the Triffids have thm trapped in the lighthouse, that is great stuff. We will just have to disagree about this.
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Water kills wicked witches...are triffods tougher than that? I say neigh!
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Little Shop of Horrors anyone?
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Thou art correct. Not a good use of The Borg at all.
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And not about plants! Steve Martin was the evil singing dentist in "Little Shop of Horrors" and the evil singing doctor, Maxwell Edison, in "Sgt. Pepper! Good Job!
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Oh my God, you've never heard of the Happening? A lot of people think it's one of the worst movies they've ever seen. I would have to agree. You wouldn't be able to understand unless you saw the scenes with Mark Wahlberg talking to a plastic plant or Wahlberg and company running across a field trying to run away from the killer wind. I'm not kidding.
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Nice to have you with us. I hope you're ready for some Asian goodness.Chipps, I'm Canadian by birth, American by naturalization. I've spent exactly half my life in Canada, half in the U.S. Father is full on Mexican, mother is full on Dutch, wife is full on Korean, so I'm the definitive International Man of Mystery.I'm proud to be a Canadian but I'm never moving back. North Carolina is paradise to me.I can't believe Kloipy popped in for a spell. Honored to be in your presence, sir.Seriously, are we having to compete with a Cher TB? If I could turn back time I'd punch Harry in the groin so he couldn't post that waste of bandwidth.
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I'm gone for a day and everybody posts a gazillion times each. I'm pretty pissed I missed the entire Assassination of Jesse James discussion. I will defend that movie to my grave. I can't decide between TWBB and that movie for best film of 2007. Jesse James is not a boring movie. The deep character studies and incredibly detailed performances of the actors compensate for the lack of action. Unlike Kong, which was still great fun (especially the fight with the V-Rexes and the bug pit), the casting in Jesse is perfect. Absolutely spot on. Pitt is such a well known actor, I wasn't expecting him to be very believable in the role. He immerses himself so well into the character I forgot entirely that I was watching Brad Pitt. And Affleck fucking earned that Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. What an incredible performance. Bardem was good in the role but I think he only won more for the iconic presence of the character than his actual acting skills.
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Based on the title, I thought it was something to do with Diana Ross or the Supremes. Never paid attention to it beyond that. Is it in the so-bad-it's-good catagory, or just one of those movies that you see and then want that portion of your life back?
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I honestly did not Know that Steve Martin was in both movies. Wow.
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Only part of the movie I did like was Martin singing "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", but I do like that song. Someone made a disturbing but oddly funny cartoon of that song and put it on Youtube ages ago. It's worth checking out, for those not offended by extreme cartoon violence.
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What's up, man? Thanks a lot, I AM READY!
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I'm all over that.
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It's cute and gory at the same time. A difficult accomplishment.
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I totally agree with you about Jesse James. I couldn't have put it better myself. All these people who call that movie boring just prove that boredom sets into the simple minds. Makes me want to be a train robber ;)
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Very subversive those Beat guys.
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http://tinyurl.com/63979e
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Hard target! Wow, what a night!
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Or is it Reverend? What do we call the founders? Anyway, good Martin clip. Oooohhhhmmmmmmm.
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I saw weird stuff in that place last night. Weird, strange, sick, twisted, eerie, godless, evil stuff! And I want in!
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Glad you liked Maxwell. The beatles did get into some weird stuff. Must've been the drugs. John Lennon wrote a story called "No Flies on Frank" (in one of his poetry/story books). It was about a guy who, if I remember correctly, killed his wife. She had flies on her...
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My head is spinning. So many choices. Vampires and gangsters or The Brim and JCVD?
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watch Innocent Blood Toad, if you havent seen it. It's a fun vampire movie. It has the Loggia in it.
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But not sure what it is. Is their a club with the Maxwell name or something? That would be a twisted place.
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"Weird, strange, sick, twisted, eerie, godless, evil" enough for him. Where are we going wrong?
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Not to mention Richie Aprile and the Chazz!
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he died well
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Where you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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but you either need to be the son of a stonecutter, or save a stonecutter's life. It's easier to get into the knights of columbus but they are more wishy washy
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'Scum has been invited, but has not graced us with his presence yet. We need more minds for the hive, yes?
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Good morning Scum!
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Does it count if you endanger the life of the stonecutter to begin with?
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I think Mr_Saxon is Pondscum reanimated. Anybody else notice that?
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I suggest leaving your game boy at home. that was my downfall
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Somebody find Fred fast!
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No attention span probl Ooh...cool looking rocks.Don't know Mr_Saxon. ChocolateReign sent me another email about the Wiki wars, but I'm not getting into that mess.
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If we are getting stomped on here by Cher, animals, Indy IV, Everclear, the French, anything will do.
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How about actors or actresses that made the transition from crap movies to A list?
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I know there are more
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with a monkey, drinking everclear
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commercials where the parent's are trying hard to convince their son that orange juice is good for him to no avail. Finally, frustrated at his obvious refusal to cede to the greatness of orange juice, they ask him "Well, who would you believe?"
The child smirks and says flippantly "I dunno, Robert Loggia?"
And now it's the parents turn to smirk knowingly, as Robert Freakin' Loggia comes in the door, followed by the rays of orange juicy goodness, saying something like:
Your parent's are right Billy, Orange juice is (fill in whatever inane crap the commercial wanted to convey).
Looking up as if on the face of a God, little Billy actually says "Whatever you say Mr. Loggia."
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yup. ticks all the boxes
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Ever heard of "Up the Academy"? He probably wishes he hadn't either.
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hackers to tomb raider
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Now just post that about 3 more times and we will be ahead.
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but here it is, and the talking parts are pretty much identical:
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You said you'd rip my balls off sir! I loved that flick. Disowned by Mad magazine though
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how bout this: favorite or memorable commercials? it's inane, but why not. youtube will actually let us share them, so that's cool.
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from Bosom Buddies to Oscar and then infinity...and beyond!
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Got his acting start in "Hercules in New York", but I think that's pretty much known.
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return of the killer tomatos to....um....er.....just wait a minute
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to Cyborg 2 for Jolie, where she shared the DTV screen with Elias Koteas, Billy Drago and Jack Palance.
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And i am watching loggia chow down on a raw steak now
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Like they say, you have to be Spicoli before you can be Sean Penn.
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Leprachaun to Friends to Brad to getting poleaxed by Angelina
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Streets of San Francisco, where he played an insecure bodybuilder who would take women back to his house and flex for them. When they began to giggle at his physique, he would actually yell "STOP LAUGHING AT ME!" and would promptly shake them to death. The funny part is he wouldnt do this once, or twice. He was a serial flexer/shaker.
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Does the commercial have to have a famous actor? There's one here that plays every Halloween for Meijer stores with a boy who doesn't have a costume trying to trick-or-treat. The lady at the door won't give him anything, so he keeps trying to convince her that he is wearing a costume by imitations.That's still not a costume.Yeah, it is, lady!
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O.k., I know most think of that 1984 Ridley Scott dystopian commerical, but one of my all time fave commericals is this.
Check it out guys. You won't be disappointed. Let me know how many remember this:
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is it on youtube? I kinda want to watch them, if you have the links.
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italian stallion to...rocky balboa
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New topic - last time you went trick or treating! Two years ago for me - by accident. I was on my bike - Harley Heritage, and wearing my leathers (no chaps - I don't do chaps) it was halloween night and i had just parked my bike and was walking to a friends house. I was carrying my helmet. I walked past a a house with a family standing on the bottom steps handing out treats - I paused, they looked at me, then I stuck out my helmet and said trick or treat. I got candy!
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in the late 80s early 90s, does anyone remember Little Ceaser's Pizza? I think it still exists, but they sell all their pizzas for five bucks. It's pretty cheap and disgusting, but the commercials were bizarre.
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Couldn't find that commercial, darn it! The kid still does commercials, but he looks about 20 now.Guess I can't count it if you can't see it.I usually go with my sister and her kids. Up 'til the oldest one decided he'd outgrown it last year, I always dressed up and took just him around to 'close down the houses'. People would dump everything they had left in his bucket, he'd transfer it to a bag I had, and later we'd split his take. The other kids don't share as well, so I'm just gonna miss it.
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That Sprit commercial was fucking funny! I've never seen that.
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commercial, most of you probably seen it. The Honda commercial too long for American ADD
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above. I think you will get a kick out of them. Series, did you watch the Little Ceaser's one?
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I havent seen that one in a long time. Great choice. It's genius.
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I've seen that Sprite commercial, but had forgotten about it. The Little Caesar's one was new to me. Good choices!
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If you are out there one of your countrymen seems to like the French much better than you do. Anthony lpaglia is getting nasty with a vampire Anne Parrilaud
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It's awesome what this commercial is really advocating:
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This is not so complicated, but I get a chuckle out of it still:
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That little series one was creepy.
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I get to take the gopher cakes images to work with me now. Nummy, nummy (blech!). You are cruel!
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I think it was called 7 days or something. it was good. donnie darko's father was the president
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For those do not already know it, I submit the "best commercial ever". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqKWXirsU
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I totally forgot about that. Brilliant. What a brat!
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im out, but my random Youtube bit tonight will be an episode of Tales from the Darkside. Cheesy 8os production values, scary irish grandmother and Halloween. Anyone who needs their fix early, here it is, in three parts.
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Aug 25, 2008 10:39:39 PM CDT
Herb....what the fuck is up with that Busted Tees
by dannyglovers_dickblood
petition? Dude, I got at least a dozen willing to sign....RIGHT HERE!!
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I will split you in two with a trenching shovel you fucking TWAT!!
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There you are. Wassup? I can tell you I'm pretty goddamned disappointed with talkbackers. I haven't looked at it lately, how many signatures do we have?
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hehehe....I dunno. I gotta find the link. It was up to like 25 after two months. Fuck!!
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I say we meet there tomorrow kids...
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Sign the Petition! http://tinyurl.com/48zw9y Don't worry about entering an email address. Just make one up.
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Looks like Chocolate will not be the movie that introduces female martial artistry to these American shores. Samurai Girl! An all new ABC family 3-Night Event starting Sept. 5, be there, or don't.
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The Rocker Bombed very good. Praise Allah, now someone banish Dwight to The Office and eventually some dumb VH1 celebrity show 15 years from now, when he's all fat and hasn't done anything but the office reunion show in the past 10 years.
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Looks peaceful enough. I have the place to myself. Time toDECORATE!!!Something for Danny...Track Lighting!!!No, no! Not good enough. Got it!Disco Ball! And, of course, a Bose Wave System to blast out some tunes. Hmmm...will he insist on Village People or can we skip the obvious 'stereo'type and just jam to Blondie? "Heart of Glass" works for me. This was a lot of work. He'd better damn well appreciate the effort. "Oh, I'm a Lumberjack and I'm ok..."
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Garnet-colored chenille slipcovers for the trolls. Spectacular!
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we stay here til 2000 posts. I think that's fair. We can keep the Riddick running til tomorrow, and I think we will have enough posts to jump off. Thoughts?
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Today's my day off, so I could probably talk for a couple of hundred posts...just kidding (maybe).Have you ever seen "Phone"? I bought it on the Blockbuster clearance rack, but loaned it out before watching it. Just curious if it's time worthy.
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no, never seen it. It is another asian horror? I did like Bug though, one of those other blockbuster flicks you picked up.
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If you want an amusing time, watch the youtube link above with the title Cutty Blacksow. It's a Tales from the Darkside(80s network horror anthology) ep involving an evil irish spirit that looks like a pig, a dying granny and a little kid around Halloween. It's fun.
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On part two. Do you remember ever seeing one of these anthologies with a very young Richard Thomas called "The Sin Eater"? Can't recall which series it was, but he was a boy from a poor family who was hired to take the sins of a rich man by feasting next to his corpse. The beginning of this remided me of that for some reason.
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Wow, that was a great ep. That was Night Gallery Mavra. And here is the IMDB link. Don't know if it's on Youtube or not.
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Guess I was watching the show. "Phone" is a Korean horror movie. From the back cover, it appears that it may be similar to "The Ring". People get cursed via cell-phone, or something to that effect. I'm going to watch "Bug" today."The Cutty Black Sow" was not too shabby. I always liked "Tales From the Darkside". I even have the movie on a tape somewhere. I'm a sucker for these types of shows.
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I remember seeing that when I was a kid and thinking even then how good he was at displaying the various emotions of his character.
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Sounds like a talk radio program.I like what you've done with the place, but I think we could use a few beanbag chairs in the corner by the rubber palm tree.Was Herb the one who initiated the bottomless Busted Tees girl campaign?How does a Cher TB get so many posts? She peaked with her Oscar and that was 20 years ago. What's next a Huey Lewis as Riddler TB?
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how was your evening last night? We had a brief discussion involving commercials last night. A few humorous ones posted above, as well as a Tales from the Darkside ep.
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"Bright light! Bright light!" Just making things comfy for Danny, since he was having more fun when he thought I was young, innocent, and a happy, happy man. I can at least try to bluff on one of those things. That seemed the easiest choice. I think not on the beanbags. Need those bar stools that spin. Those are fun! If we are adding foliage, I want to reach back into last night's talks and haul out Audrey 2. Levi Stubbs would rock the joint!
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Aug 26, 2008 7:49:02 AM CDT
I remember that Robert Loggia orange juice commercial
by hawaiian organ donor
I only saw it air a few times but that was genius marketing.All my favorite commercials are the Bud Light Joe Piscopo/Bob Uecker ones from the 80s.Your package should be going out today, Jonah. It'll be 2-day delivery so you'll have it on Thursday, just in time for the long weekend.
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I'm off on Friday, so I'm setting my art desk up in front of the projector and spend the day working and checking out some asian goodness. Which one is Sammo Hung in again?
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But don't watch that one first. That's more of a middle of the bunch movie. Of course, you're going to be tempted to watch Red Cliff first.
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in the mix?
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I think saving Red Cliff til towards the end will be good. That approach worked for Warlords. It wasn't the last movie, but holding it didn't hinder my enjoyment of it, but allowed me to appreciate some of the smaller pics more. And holding something I expected little from til the end, worked for Running Wild, which surprised me.
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And I have to say, it's not fantasy on the level that LOTR is, but An Empress and the Warriors is fantasy-ish. I would go with something you haven't even heard of. Going By the Book surprised the hell out of me. Rarely do Asian comedies hit the mark. The Chaser is also excellent and a nice entry to the serial killer genre. But if I remember correctly, you said you hadn't watched Shinobi so that would be my first choice. Open with that, close with Red Cliff.Or you can always go with Assembly if you want some graphic war stuff.
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about two years ago, I organized a movie day at our house, that centered around obscure films.
It was the fall of 2006. Here is what we showed:
Kamikaze Girls
The Call of Cthulhu
The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello
Voices of Distant Star
Neko Jiro So
The Place Promised in Our Early Years
Negadon
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
The Great Yokai War
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This DVD works just fine.I'm trying to figure out my Friday line up since I'll have the house to myself. I think The Guard Post and Fate are a done deal. Need to come up with a third entry and I'm good to go.
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Man, I love that movie. Great western? Hmmm...probably not. But a shitload of fun. You're no daisy!It's not revenge he seeks...but a reckoning.I want your blood...I want your souls...and I want them both right now.I'm your huckleberry.
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have made it highly likely I might host another all day obscure movie day. I just need to find some short films and what not to fill out the list.
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Neigh means Neigh!
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We're going to need some serious posts if we're to kick Cher out of the top spot.Tombstone is probably in the top ten most quotable movies of all time list.And it's just solid entertainment.All time most quotable movies? Hmmm, there's a topic.
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You'll have it on Thursday.
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As far as the talkbackers there seems to be a certian group of movies that I bet we only recognize.
For example, at the airport in Jackson one day there was a Bell helicopter awaiting its rich CEO to be whisked away to a tax write-off in the mountains. I saw the CEO's lacky carrying about three bags in a hurry.
So of course I said "Runnn, get to the choppa!"
I then grinned at my wife, who was now looking at me like I had two heads, and had to explain it was from Predator.
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My wife always rolls her eyes when me and my daughter are at the table with a napkin and I have her going "hat, broach, a terradactyl."
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That has some good quotes in it.
"It time for a little of the bubleeee!"
"Check out the funbags on that hosehound."
"Kick his ass Seabass!"
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Aug 26, 2008 9:09:52 AM CDT
Hawaiian...you are a scholar, a gentleman, and a waricple
by just pillow talk
I'm really starting to get a backup on my movies-to-see- here due to working on the house. The Lives of Others came yesterday...
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Aug 26, 2008 9:13:06 AM CDT
Oh yeah Pillow wife gets mad when I quote Buffalo Bill
by chittychittygangbang
I quote Silence of the Lambs as I put lotion on my newborn daughter after bathtime.
"It puts the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again!"
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Who doesn't know those quotes?
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"One gay beer for my gay friend, and one normal beer for me because I am normal."
"You're an inanimate fucking object!"
"Fuck off, Ken! They're filimg midgets!"
"You fucking retract that bit about my cunt fucking kids!"
"You two are weird. Would you like some cocaine?"
"That's for John Lennon, you Yankee fuckin' cunt!"
"It's a fairytale town, isn't it? How's a fairytale town not somebody's fucking thing?"
"I do want the guy dead, I want him fucking crucified but it don't change the fact that he stitched you up like a blind little gay boy, does it?"
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Aug 26, 2008 9:22:40 AM CDT
best quotes come from Jason Statham, in LONDON:
by dannyglovers_dickblood
"I'm an impotent man! Motherfucker, that's pain! That's fucking pain! When your wife wants to fuck you four times a night and you fucking can't! You know that some fucker before you could. And you know that some fucker after you will! Well, I couldn't cope with that, could I? That sense of ruination. That insolvency that burns in your soul. I couldn't fuck my wife! Do know what that fucking means, mate? Do you understand what impotent rage really is?"
"You dare, you fucking dare ask me if there's a God? Well, man, I feel forsaken! I feel cheated, you cunt! I've lost in the big game, and nothing else fucking matters. It doesn't matter what you do. If you can't hack it in the sack, mate, if you can't hack it in the game of love and sex, then you are shit, my friend. Because you can't do what the other man can do to your fucking wife, mate!" -
Aug 26, 2008 9:22:47 AM CDT
Well, only geeks like us quote movies constantly
by hawaiian organ donor
Just because a couple of chicks with no taste quote Carrie Bradshaw in the lunchroom doesn't mean they get it.Tombstone, Predator, Dutch, Airplane, The Godfather, Star Wars, Last Boy Scout, The Big Lebowski, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Princess Bride. That may be my top ten right there.
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I'll have to watch it a few more times to pick up on all the quotes, but I fucking love that movie. Colin is hysterical in that. And anytime you have a dwarf get karate chopped...perfection.
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Aug 26, 2008 9:25:31 AM CDT
Hell I could do just Predator quotes for a while
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"If it bleeds we can kill it"
How about a little taste of home"
"I'm gonna cut yo name into'em!"
"Time to let ole'painless out the bag. Payback time!"
"I aint got time to bleed."
"You one ugly motherfu(rooaaar)"
"Your ghosting us motherfucker! I don't care who you are in the real world, but you give our position again I'll bleed you, real slow. Got that?"
"Stick around!"
"we can go that way, but I wouldn't wish that on a broke dick dog."
"Geez, you think you could have killed something bigger? Fuck you!" -
"You wanna cut my throat, go ahead. You wanna cut my fuckin' head off and use it for a fuckin' basketball? You can *bowl* with the motherfucker for all I care! Just don't let HIM do it! I don't wanna get killed by this limey, immigrant JERKOFF! I wanna get killed by an AMERICAN jerkoff!"
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"I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?"
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What was that one?
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You just joined parenthood recently my friend?
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but Army of Darkness for me:This is my BOOMSTICK!Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun. London bridge is falling down, falling down.. My fair lady!How bout some hot chocolate?First you want to kill me, then you want to kiss me. Blow.That's just what we call pillow talk baby.Were you raised in a barn?Shop smart, shop S-Mart.Goodie little two shoes, goodie little two shoes.Definitely a 'N' word.Oooohh, I'll get back to you.Hey. She-bitch. Let's go.
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"I'm not goin' in for all that macho shit, Jack. I was great. Should have my dick bronzed."
"Who GIVES a goddamn what YOU like? You're just a crook on a weekend pass! You're not even a goddamn NAME anymore! You're just a spear-chucker with a number stenciled on the back of his prison fatigues! And I'm through fuckin' around. You tell me the truth or you're gonna get the living shit beat outta you."
"I've been in prison for three years. My dick gets hard if the wind blows."
"You know what I am? I'm your worst fuckin' nightmare, man. I'm a nigger with a badge which means I got permission to kick your fuckin' ass whenever I feel like it! " -
Aug 26, 2008 9:31:39 AM CDT
You think if all of us were in the same room drinking...
by hawaiian organ donor
...it would be two hours of endless movie quotes?
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I was very scared before the birth, but now I wouldn't change it for anything.
In fact I would have 10 more if I could afford it.
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"You want to fuck with me? Oh, you think you're bad, huh? You're a fucking choir boy compared to me! A CHOIR BOY!!!! A FUCKING CHOIR BOY!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" BOOM!! Arnold's head explodes!!
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..is that where your name comes from?
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Aug 26, 2008 9:39:16 AM CDT
you know who should direct the next Batman film?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
William fucking Friedkin. Let the Nolans write it....but I wanna see what Friedkin can do with it.
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"I'm gonna ROW your ass when I find you!....till it bleeds!"
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Piper: "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum."
"Momma don't like no tattletale."
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you have ever seen at the movies. If one of the reasons we see film is to see things we never saw before, lets hear our faves. Or ones that impacted us. Who cares if the movie is crap,if it had some scenes of beauty or wierdness or something that stuck with you. I'm mostly talking visually here, as opposed to something emotional that came from dialogue or music or something. Though maybe they played a part.
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"Well, boys, I reckon this is it - nuclear combat toe to toe with the Roosskies. Now look, boys, I ain't much of a hand at makin' speeches, but I got a pretty fair idea that something doggone important is goin' on back there. And I got a fair idea the kinda personal emotions that some of you fellas may be thinkin'. Heck, I reckon you wouldn't even be human bein's if you didn't have some pretty strong personal feelin's about nuclear combat. I want you to remember one thing, the folks back home is a-countin' on you and by golly, we ain't about to let 'em down. I tell you something else, if this thing turns out to be half as important as I figure it just might be, I'd say that you're all in line for some important promotions and personal citations when this thing's over with. That goes for ever' last one of you regardless of your race, color or your creed. Now let's get this thing on the hump - we got some flyin' to do."
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and then I would give Danny a bottle of Everclear and all hell would break loose.
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"Don't you think I realize what's going on here, miss? Who do you think I am...huh? Don't you think I know that if I was some hotshot from out of town that pulled inside here and you guys made a reservation mistake, I'd be the first one to get a room and I'd be upstairs relaxing right now. But I'm not some hotshot from out of town, I'm a small reporter from "Rolling Stone" magazine thats in town to do an exclusive interview with Michael Jackson that's gonna be picked up by every major magazine in the country. I was gonna call the article "Michael Jackson Is Sitting On Top of the World," but now I think I might as well just call it "Michael Jackson Can Sit On Top of the World Just As Long As He Doesn't Sit in the Beverly Palm Hotel 'Cause There's No Niggers Allowed in There!" "
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amazed by something visually was when the natives were gathered around that big gate on Skull Island in 33 Kong, and then the gorilla comes up, and takes Ann. I was probably 3 or 4 then.
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Have you seen the cover pic on Adrienne Barbeau's autobiography? Holy shit! SOLD! I'm pretty sure you fine upstanding gentlemen can appreciate it.
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send us a link?
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You've probably mentioned it before but I guess I just plum forgot. Daughters are the best. Mine just turned 3 and I'd consider having another one if the money was there."Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"Things that floored me visually? Give me a minute.
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http://tinyurl.com/69nruf
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holy fucking mother-of-god-I-want-some-milk-right-fucking-now amen!!! nice set of jugs thank you god! mmmm-mmmm good!
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...will be six months tomorrow. I love him to death and it's almost scary how much more attached I become to him as the weeks progress.
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For me it was all the live action/ animation mixes...
>p> I remember Bedknobs and Broomsticks used to amaze me. The march of the Scottish skeleton guys....crazy.. And one of my earliest memories of being in awe of a film's visuals is that of Pete's Dragon. I couldn't believe that kid could ride on a cartoon character's back....I had no idea how this was achieved. That movie still rocks....rented it recently.. -
Skyline scene in Jackon's Kong.
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good call for them going with an old picture. I can see people picking this up and wondering who she is.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. When I was a kid in the 1970s we lived in Austin. My dad taught at UT and would take me to outdoor screenings of old horror movies on campus on warm summer evenings. I first saw the Universal horror classics on a real screen that way. Also, Kong, which really blew me away. I'm eternally thankful to my dad for introducing me to old school genre flicks during those innocent years before Star Wars.
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yes, a great scene Danny. They were suits of armor though, remember? She brought the armory to life amd marched them out there. Brilliant.
As a kid, it was Dorothy's visit to Munchkin Land, right after the B&w, and all the color spills out.
Also, as a kid, Cyclops vs. dragon 7th Voyage of Sinbad. I'd have dreams about them fighting outside my house, knowing, for some reason that if the cyclops won we would be safe, and if not the dragon would burn our house. I can remember dream-seeing the cyclops fall in the distance beyond the trees in our backyard, and then seeing the dragon's shadow coming through the trees and then waking up. -
Aug 26, 2008 10:00:47 AM CDT
yeah I know those are just puppet skeletons....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...but there was some animation mixture in that film right? I haven't seen it since I was very young....
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Wait until they can actually communicate with words as to what they want, etc. Even in the "trying" times, it's pretty awesome some of the things they say. My daughter is really into the Cars movies right now, and I tell you, it's great watching her watch the movie. She gets sad when the cars are sad, and then all happy when "Mater is in the hebicopter daddy, in the hebicopter!"
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made stuff that amazed and haunted me for years. The Medusa was one of the most intense film moments I remember hving. It was playing on a vhs and I was playing in the room, not paying attention and then, they were in that temple, and when she showed up, it caught my breat. She just slithered right out and it never dawned on me you could see something so creepy in a movie. Kong and the others always seemd somewat more gentle. The Medusa was my first intro to wriggly malevolent critters.
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Speed Racer. Its also got a good quote: "Get that weak shit off my track." I was floored by Kong, but everyone else was as well.
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She was one of the first that seemed really out to get you.
And she could follow you wherever you went.
I always saw Kong as a sympathetic creature, but felt safe if I went in my house and stayed away from windows.
Medusa could just come through the door and if you looked at her you were screwed.
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when the beast carries Belle through that beam of light and it looks as if they are crossing under a waterfall, and seemingly disappear on the other side. This is of course in the Cocteau version.
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...but I was never amazed by Kong. Shit from the 80s looked better in my young eyes...so Kong always looked dated.
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The Seventh Seal. It's haunting and lonely and sad and rather wierd. Death commanding his procession, and seemingly causing those under his command to leap and dance and follow, and we realize they are the protags of the story we are looking at.
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Aug 26, 2008 10:11:30 AM CDT
And the award for visual achievement goes to...
by hawaiian organ donor
1) First and obvious choice is the opening to Star Wars with the Imperial Star Destroyer. My dreams weren't even that cool.2) Flynn and the boys when the light cycles rezzed and they took off.3) Seeing the AT-ATs through the Rebel soldier's binoculars. Stop motion photography was the shiznit back then.4) The mine cart chase in Temple of Doom.5) The Daikinis in Willow.6) Almost all of Roger Rabbit but the opening in particular when Roger is grabbing Raoul's jacket and our mind is struggling with what we're seeing and how they did it.7) The first full body shot of the Predator which I believe is his mad semi-circle dash to skewer Carl Weathers.8) Sam Neill seeing the brontosaurus in JP for the first time.9) The ramp going down in SPR which shifts from a front to back view of the soldiers getting mowed down.10) Frodo and Gandalf on the wagon together at the opening of Fellowship.I could go on but those are the ones that immediately come to mind.
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....wow. What a shot. They look so fucking real...and so fucking big....
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as well as that final, incomprehensible shot of the Star Baby. No exact handle on what we are looking at, but then it turns and looks at US.
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Charlie and Grandpa Joe floating in the bubbles in Wonka. I was amazed you couldn't see the wires.........and the fact that they were able to spin around in the air....
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as the camera follows them as they take the city. It keeps going and we just watch it happen, kept at the distance of observer but no so far away as not to be the admirer.
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and poured out the Wrath of God. I was so afraid for weeks, for afterall, one can hide from Medusa, but God? But also, there was something amazing about the scene, the evocation of something horrible and wonderful. You are both delighted and frightened and sort of understand why Indy refuses to look.
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SPR really didn't do anything for me, in fact I hated it. I just thought it was dumb and couldn't get past the lame premise good effects and all. Plus my first viewing of it was probably on a black market tape of someone filming it in a theater. And for me LOTR, probably since I never read the books the only scene that really think that this shit was amazing was the Tree fight in 2 As for Kong I was talking about Peter Jacksons version.
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rupture and birth forth the Alien. That was mucho disturbing for a kid. We take that idea for granted, but if you think about it now, and the way it was done-just nauseating and terrifying.
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So I didn't have anything to compare it to.
Things like the original Kong, Mighty Joe Young and the Black Lagoon were what came on Saturday afternoon on broadcast TV.
Oh yeah, looking back I can see the effects are dated, but the stories still hold up really well.
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when at long last the sun comes up over the city. And if you have seen the movie, you know why it's awesome. If you havent seen the movie, see it post haste.
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Timely movie that really did anything for me was Metropolis. I need to watch it again, but the scenes with the 1,000's of extras. And the scene with the factory blowing up and turning into the face of a monster. In the French Beauty and the Bete, I think the scene with the hallway and the candles on the wall are being held by hands was pretty amazing.
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alongside Star Wars. It was my imagination that made them real, well my imagination drawn in and affected by other, older imaginations that created them in the first place. They were vivid and this made them real to me. They stayed in my mind, and my mind fed them and nurtured them. As a kid I might see a movie once, and then carry it's memory with me. It became more my memory of the scene, than the scene itself.
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When all of the sudden everyone is a Vampire. I know not a lot of people like Rob Rod but I always have. Plus there are some good lines in that film, and that was back when Clooney made good movies....or at least that one movie and Peacemaker.
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Was the grandaughters jugs at the first.
Of course I forgot all about them during the beach invasion scene, which made my jaw drop.
And the scene where they are waiting on the tanks to arrive and the sounds in rumbling through the apeakers at the theater. All of the sudden the tank stops, then backs up and starts coming. Good stuff.
Also it shows the grandaughters jugs again at the end.
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Ok, Series, I see the disparity in our views a little more. It's all good though.
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You can have all your FX shots, CGI, blah-blah-blah....All of this pales in comparison to Monica Bellucci...http://www.celebwelove.com/Monica_Bellucci/wallpaper/pic10_1024.html
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I thought they were amazing when I was a kid.
Weird how your perception changes over the years.
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That's the scene I don't like in Aliens. Plus the fact that her ankle should have snapped.
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Aug 26, 2008 10:29:44 AM CDT
I didn't really get the hype for SPR when I saw it....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...in the theater. I think its better now from a narrative perspective....but technologically the only reason people found it amazing was because of the sound design and the shutter speed on the camera. Matt Damon totally destroyed that film for me. Funny Chitty about the book-end jugs.......she really has huge ones? -
Aug 26, 2008 10:31:13 AM CDT
And of course I left off all the old stuff but for me...
by hawaiian organ donor
...that's a given. Seeing Godzilla for the time. The Harryhausen skeletons. The spaceships from original War of the Worlds. Kong versus the T-Rex. The guy running in the circular room in 2001.
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Aug 26, 2008 10:32:12 AM CDT
I only like the last 20 minutes or so of Aliens....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I think the rest of that film is utter shit. Those bulky xenomorphs look like garbage.
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But it by no means is one of the best war movies. I prefer the Longest Day...A Bridge too Far...Platoon...Letters from Iwo Jima...
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Aug 26, 2008 10:34:37 AM CDT
I dont hate SPR....I'll enjoy it on commercial tv
by dannyglovers_dickblood
But the love for that film is still mind boggling....
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But next time you watch SPR look for the grandaughters in the background when granpa Damon is walking along the path.
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Ummm...what was added? I mean it's a great movie but I had a tough time figuring out what I hadn't seen before. I think they added another song by Connely and perhaps a few scenes insinuating that Hurt's detective character was the actual serial killer which I didn't recall, but I can't remember if they were there or not. I guess I need to listen to the commentary, though i'm not much for them. Still, one of the best climaxes of any movie. Proyas unleashes at the end of that movie.
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All the stuff with Newt's family added was completely painful and unnecessary.
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seems to be added to the DC of Dark City. Since I have the theater cut, I'm glad I don't seem to be missing out on anything.And I definitely agree with the DC of Aliens. There really was no need to see the first Alien latch onto her family. Much better to not even see what happened to them until the Marines discover them.
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I let Bogey slide, and the Sound of Thunder, but ALIENS was crap? Aliens=crap. Pathfinder=good? And yet, the next time you recommend something to me, I know I'll give it a whirl, just because it's you. Funny how that works.
Sigh.
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Yeah, the addition of info regarding Ripley's daughter was COMPLETELY unnecessary and didn't add any weight to her attachment to Newt. Nope, none at all. And that scene with the robot turrets wasn't AT ALL cool.
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I primarily bought it to have on Blu-ray. And it looks gorgeous. The DC is an improvement though, just more subtle. It's mostly if you are a huge fan. It isn't making the movie tremendously better. There were some added scenes of a young girl that did not previously exist, Connelly sings her own songs, Kiefer doesn't narrate the opening. A few tweaks and pulls to the visuals help. There are several bonus features though, if that's your thing. Again, I got the bluray for 8 dollars, so it was totally worth it.
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Aug 26, 2008 10:47:06 AM CDT
so story-wise, nothing is different with Dark City DC?
by just pillow talk
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A great first contact story ruined by the aliens threatening to destroy humanity out of some moral superiorty. Fuck that. Makes me worried for Avatar since he'll have carte blanche. No studio will touch him after Titanic. If he ever does a DC of that film I cut his balls off. The guy just doesn't know when to call it quits.
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Aug 26, 2008 10:47:22 AM CDT
Last I'll ever say on SPR as seeing it's reviled around here
by hawaiian organ donor
By the time I saw it, I had been reading books about D-Day for years and the grand scope of the invasion was something I had always tried to visualize but couldn't because I failed to grasp the full perspective. Seeing those Higgins boats on their way to the beach gave me a pit in my stomach I never felt before or since. They were hitting Dog Green Sector of Omaha which was the bloodiest, most vicious landing spot of the beach that day. It was a hamburger factory. So knowing that's where they were landing had me sick to my stomach. And then Spielberg hits us with visuals I didn't think I could come up with in my worst nightmare. So as a history buff with a strong focus on the military aspect, that opening was the most visceral thing my eyes had seen. And that's the very last I'll ever say on the film.
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It is a great film. It isnt in the pantheon of THE great films, but it was definitely one of the tops of 1998, and I thought that was a pretty good year for movies.
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Oh yeah. I forgot about the little girl. What the hell was that. Also was the stuff about Jon evolving in there before, wit hthe spiraled fingerprints?
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no, it really doesnt majorly affect the story. But, typically really good movies already usually don't have massive additions to them. It's stuff like Kingdom of Heaven which was a mediocre movie transformed to a good movie, where this happens. It's a different experience from the theatrical, but it's such a refined thing that if you don't watch DC regularly, you won't necessarily remember the diffs from seeing it in 98. But if you are someone who does watch it regularly, I'd recommend you buy the DC anyhow.
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John's evolution was always only indicated by his power to Tune in the TC. The fingerprints bit was added, and I think it edges the film into a more comic book mind-frame than sci-fi. It's cool though, since it helps prep us for the totally comic book psychic mind battle of the finale.
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I like it generally. A little rah rah patriotic for my taste and the middle is a little slow. It came out the same year as The Thin Red Line which is more in keeping with my war film sensibilities.
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The version I saw in the theater is one of those movies that will stand the test of time.
Good script, great feeling of isolation, great visuals.
In other words great movie.
But it never fails when I watch the directors cut that I see the beach scene.
Bam! I realize through the bad 80's clothing at the beach and the 600lb camcorder the news guy has that this is a dated movie.
I swear it takes me out of it everytime and everyone watching laughs at a scene that should be anything but funny.
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whose got a best of 1998 list? SPR and TRL and Dark City all belonging to the time period. Or do we even remember the good, bad and ugly of 1998?
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Anybody seen it? Is that film improved at all by the DC. I'm guessing not.
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Basically only TWO additions. The prostitute that brings John back to her apartment has a daughter. John sees her and it adds weight to his guilt for being there. *SPOILER* Then when she's murdered her daughter is found hiding under a bed.The swirls that the crazy detective is drawing all over the walls of that room turn out to be the same pattern as John's fingerprints.Those are the only two changes I noticed. They do not add to the story so unless you're upgrading to a Blu-ray copy, don't bother. It's still a perfect movie as is.
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Godzilla was WORST by far.
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Yes....Aliens is complete shit. It is the most dated of the series, the aliens themselves look and move like shit, it is typical tough guy Marine cliche bullshit, the photography is absolutely terrible. I admit the last 20-25 minutes is brilliant....the rest of it is shit. The dyke tough chick lines are so corny they make me want to vomit. Paxton and Reiser and worthless. I fucking hate that film.
My Pathfinder, Sound of Thunder love is different....you know that Jonah. They are in the good cause they're cheesy and fun category. Aliens is overhyped as fuck -- and its not fun. Its not bad enough to be fun.....its just flat and cliche for me. People really consider it to be an amazing film on all levels. That just blows me away. I consider Alien to be one of the finest films ever made. To me-- Cameron took a brilliant concept and injected it with studio/commercial 80s military tough-guy cheese. And its not bad ass enough to be on par with something like Predator. Its just cheesy and dated...I don't get the love for it. Its ridiculous it has this hyped up reputation of being this genuinely tough movie. Watch it again.....its far from tough. Its corny. The only tough guy on screen is Apone. And of course-- they kill the brotha' in five minutes. -
But you have to agree that it certainly gave a powerful visual impact.
I've never heard such word of mouth about an opening scene of a movie since Cliffhanger, which certainly was not a war movie.
I will put Saving Private Ryan in the Top Ten of War movies in my opinion though.
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Dude...check it out. I fucking hated the film in the theater. I thought PItt was a complete pussy and a waste of space. No fucking way did I believe he could do that damage.... The DC is a huge huge improvement. The pacing is much better....there are a lot more character moments to fully realize characters.....and the gore is bad ass. There is blood and meat flying everywhere!! It feels like a very different film......I would suggest everyone check it out if they originally hated it.
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Antz; TTRL; SPR; The Big Lebowski; Bulworth (I liked it ok); Dark City; Out of Sight (PERFECT FILM); Ronin; Rushmore; Sphere (love it); The Truman Show; The Wedding Singer
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But man Orlando Bloom just ruins films for me, though I too thought the DC of Kingdom of Heaven was much better.
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the good and the great, missing some I'm sure.
Fallen
Wag the Dog
Goodwill Hunting
The Apostle
The Replacement Killers
The Borrowers
Dark City
The Spanish Prisoner
Men With Guns
The Man In the Iron Mask
Deep Rising
City of Angels
He Got Game
Deep Impact
Out of Sight
Cube
X-Files: Fight the Future
Small Soldiers
Truman Show
A Perfect Murder
The Mask of Zorro
Ever After
Blade
Pi
The Last Days of Disco
Saving Private Ryan
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Ronin
Simon Birch
What Dreams May Come
One True Thing
Deciever
Pleasantville
Antz
Rush Hour
Meet Joe Black
A Bug's Life
A Simple Plan
Elizabeth
Prince of Egypt
A Civil Action
You've Got Mail
Mighty Joe Young
Smoke Signals
The Mighty
A Thin Red Line
Shakespeare in Love
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the good and the great, missing some I'm sure.
Fallen
Wag the Dog
Goodwill Hunting
The Apostle
The Replacement Killers
The Borrowers
Dark City
The Spanish Prisoner
Men With Guns
The Man In the Iron Mask
Deep Rising
City of Angels
He Got Game
Deep Impact
Out of Sight
Cube
X-Files: Fight the Future
Small Soldiers
Truman Show
A Perfect Murder
The Mask of Zorro
Ever After
Blade
Pi
The Last Days of Disco
Saving Private Ryan
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Ronin
Simon Birch
What Dreams May Come
One True Thing
Deciever
Pleasantville
Antz
Rush Hour
Meet Joe Black
A Bug's Life
A Simple Plan
Elizabeth
Prince of Egypt
A Civil Action
You've Got Mail
Mighty Joe Young
Smoke Signals
The Mighty
A Thin Red Line
Shakespeare in Love
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I'm the only guy here that liked Troy as well. In the theater. First time I saw it. And the DC makes it an even better movie.1997 and 1998 were the two best back to back years for movies we've had in a while. Between Gattaca, LA Confidential, Contact, Starship Troopers, Blade, Dark City, SPR, Ronin and Thin Red Line, you have some of high ranking movies on my all time list.
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Really worried about that one i nthe long run.
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it posts twice. KEEERAP.
And yea, I forgot Lebowski and Rushmore. They go on that list too. I tried to recall everything without looking at a list of the years releases. Which is why I missed those 2. -
it posts twice. KEEERAP.
And yea, I forgot Lebowski and Rushmore. They go on that list too. I tried to recall everything without looking at a list of the years releases. Which is why I missed those 2. -
Forgot about that one. Awesome flick. another quoter: "If somebody bleeds this little hooker, they'll have to answer to his master."
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Yeah.....Orlando really sucked in that. And the chick was not nearly hot enough to start all that shit over....dude they should have gotten Alicia Sacrome to play Helen.
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It seems to come on every other night.
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Monday 11th August, 07:24 PM JST
TOKYO —
Police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of beating two men and stealing some 18,000 yen at a Tokyo park last month while wearing a Winnie-the-Pooh suit, police officials said.
Masayuki Ishikawa, a resident of the capital's Kita Ward, was quoted by the police as telling officers, "I felt annoyed and wanted to terrify them."
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I just listed all the good ones I could think of for starters.
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Man I have to disagree on that one DGDB. I'd kill all of you without hesitation for a shot at her.
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Aug 26, 2008 11:24:52 AM CDT
HOD-- don't say you won't mention SPR again...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...that sucks dude. And thats not what we're about. Just because myself and a few others didn't enjoy it as much as you doesn't mean you can't discuss it. I love to hear the arguments of why films impacted others more than myself-- and then try and figure out why. Thats part of the fun here......unless we're talking Tarantino, Apatow, Shia, Rodriguez, or Cameron.....fuck them. I'm not interested.
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I'm not saying she is ugly. I just think she could have been hotter....
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Imagine Brendan Gleeson on top of poor Ms. Kruger....EEESH!! Forget D-Day, now that is a nightmare visual!!
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Aug 26, 2008 11:34:55 AM CDT
wow...good year -- 1998. Here are my favorites...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Belly
Blade
Can't Hardly Wait
Dark City
Great Expectations
He Got Game
Lost in Space
Meet Joe Black
Pleasantville
Psycho(remake)
Ronin
Rushmore
Six Days Seven Nights
Sliding Doors
Soldier
Sphere
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...and here I was, thinking we were on the same page after the latest Blu-Ray TB, but man, not only do you harbor Aliens hate, but also Sound of Thunder love. Let me remind you that Sound of Thunder is the opposite of good cheese (apart from Kingsley's toupee).
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= being very close to the receiving end of a pencil jihad.
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Out of that, I'd say this comprised my top ten that year:
1. Dark City
2. A Simple Plan
3. Babe: Pig in the City
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. PI
6. The Truman Show
7. Out of Sight
8. What Dreams May Come
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I would agree that it's the most dated of the bunch, but not the weakest by far.
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Though I can't remember why I think that.
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Lost in Space? .... The Psycho remake? ... You've Got Mail?...
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...but I'll get back to you on Aliens later this evening.
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I mention how I like Troy, SPR, Kill Bill, Gladiator, The Perfect Storm, Munich, The Matrix 2&3, T3, I Am Legend, Notting Hill and Sin City and I end of spending the next hour defending my reasons why. I'm thin skinned which is admittedly retarded. Why should I care that someone thinks George Clooney is an a-hole? Yet for some reason I feel the need to defend a multi-millionaire who could give a damn that I'm a fan of his stuff.
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His opinion is null and void.
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Aug 26, 2008 11:47:31 AM CDT
DocPazuzu -- first lets hear it about Aliens...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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as I watch the movie, like Blade Runner, about once a year.
First, there is the fact you have the beginning of a survivor story. The first film is a classic, haunted house plus slasher film. Perfect. The lone survivor of that film is brought back and given a story, and we see her being brought into civilization after the claustrophobia of the original. We are made to feel her apprehension and paralysis and dread at the events of the first film.
And then they up the ante, by introducing us to a technologically advanced world only hinted at in the original, and we get the marines. We know the creature is tough, but now we have some consolation. Like Ripley, we feel safe with these people. These guys mean business. And then they go in, and they get their butts handed to them in a suspenseful and creepy sequence that works for the atmosphere achieved, the acting put forward and the way the scene is directed as well as scored. Few are paying attention to rubber suits at this point. Suddenly, it's rewiring the fear of the original(beginning with a chest burster again-kill me!!) and then revving it up by showing the numbers have increased.
Now we have a small band fighting off invading hordes, and it isn't just a redo of the original, because EVERY single person is an individual, including Bishop. Sure they are plays on types but they are also characters.
And then we have Newt, which helps provide the heart of the story. She is not a biological child, but as many parents feel, the harsh world is made brighter by an innocent they can love and protect. There isnt just revenge, or abolishing fear on her mind, but now she has a purpose that requires she not simply extinguishthe Queen and her horde, but survive and care for Newt.
Finally, we have a battle between two parental units in that finale. And on top of it all, the thing looks great. I get the sense of dread and enormity of that colony, and the disturbing physiology of the Queen. To me, this film is the only one with an emotional center, and for me, the obvious choice for best of the bunch.
How you justify 3 and 4 is an entirely different subject.
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Aug 26, 2008 11:51:06 AM CDT
and Lost in Space is a goofy fun family movie...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...the Psycho remake was great IMO. And You've Got Mail is one of the best romantic comedies EVER. Are you one of those tough guys with a dick too big to admit to ever sitting through a romcom? Oh...I get it. Thats why Aliens is on constant rotation at your place...cause its just so fucking manly?
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Aug 26, 2008 11:54:44 AM CDT
I've mentioned this before but I'll say it again
by hawaiian organ donor
Up until I stopped being a lurker and started posting on AICN late last year, I had always thought that the majority of movie geeks liked the movies I listed above. My friends aren't as mad about film as I am, but they watch pretty much everything I do and share similar opinions. For instance, I walked out of Troy, Kill Bill, Matrix Revolutions and T3 with a large group and every single person in the group, including myself, said "THAT WAS AWESOME!" I come to find out here that the majority of geeks would burn every print in existence of said films if they could. This year has been a real eye opener for me.
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that is all.
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For me it was the fact that Elijah Wood and the dolphin in Flipper had more chemistry than Neo and Trinity. Their tragic romance feels so forced and fake. I could give a shit which of them died.....and the whole Neo sacrificing himself to become some savior sequence was so operatic feeling with no strong emotional foundation to back it up. It just felt like one big waste of time with gaps filled in by visual effects demonstrations. And those mech-warrior things....terrible design. I think showing Zion at all was a horrible move. I watched the first recently-- and it was so cool to picture this human city in your mind. It should have ended with the first film....the brothers got lucky-- but they obviously didn't have the skill to pull off a powerful trilogy.
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I haven't watched it in a few years to tell the truth but as of my last viewing I love it. But as I stated above I hate the DC. I think it's an action masterpiece like only Cameron can make. aliens did what a sequel should do and that's up the ante and expand the universe but in a smart way. I think it succeeds at that. It's also actually scary which is refreshing. As scary as Alien? Perhaps not, but still pretty chilling. Normally I would agree about the gung ho marine shit but they all bite it except for Hicks, who does end up dying anyway in the third film, so it's kind of funny. And the Loader/Queen scene is magnificent and iconic.
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It's a shot for shot remake of the original. But if you ever find me watching the remake over the original, you have permission to beat me senseless.
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It's by no means my favorite romcom and it has several flaws, but it's the kind of movie that when I sit down with the wife, she's happy, I'm happy and I suddenly can't remember what we were fighting about the day before that landed me on the couch.Aliens has lost some of it's luster for me over the years. I still think it's a very good film but not the classic I did 20 years ago. And I never understood the ending, not even when I saw it in the theater. That bugged the Skittles out of me.
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I agree...that shit at the beginning showcases how shitty their sets really were. Its looks exactly like what it is....an 80s sci-fi movie. I remember reading about the shit with Newt's family years ago and thinking it sounded awesome. Its funny because I pictured those sequences looking more like Alien 3 for some reason. Instead they are shot in that signature Cameron drab blue and everything looks plastic.
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The same group walked out of Revolutions and said "Meh." Although I got a kick out of it although I still feel it's a weak link.
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a shot for shot remake? No thanks. I never saw it. Was never interested, and I think that Van Sant has given me no reason to.
Lost in Space was the quality of a saturday morning mid-90s cartoon. No more, no less. I thought it was weak, though.
You Got Mail was better as Shop Around the Corner or whatever, BUT it's still a good romantic comedy. It does exactly what it sets out to do. I can't really imagine people walking into it, and being let down. Didn't think it was REMOTELY close to being one of the best romantic comedies though. But me, I dislike Sleepless in Seattle. -
did anyone else here like Fallen?
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that's another one I missed.
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Very inventive film.
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but I've always felt 99 was an overrated year, though never examined it closely. Let's do an overview of 99. Sound good? My theory, yet to be tested, is that the year boasted more potential than it did actual greatness. A new Star Wars? A new Kubrick? Lets take a look.
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Thats probably in my top ten worst movies. I just can't stand that movie.
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Any movie with John Goodman as a bad guy is awesome. Thats why Barton Fink is ultimately better and scarier then No Country. John Goodman is a hugely under rated actor.
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Save for Dark City/Bugs Life/Antz Life/Truman Show/Truman Show (Best movie of the year)/Shakespeare/Godzilla I didn't like most of 98. What I did like about 98 is that it really was the first year to do the Summer Blockbusters. Like it was the first year where every weekend had to have an event film.
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Aug 26, 2008 12:39:21 PM CDT
Some good stuff in '99 but it carries the stench...
by hawaiian organ donor
...of Episode One being a letdown and American Beauty winning the Oscar.Still, you have The Matrix, Deep Blue Sea, Fight Club (another one I take sh*t for), Galaxy Quest, The Insider, Toy Story 2, Payback, Three Kings, Notting Hill, Iron Giant, The Mummy, Ghost Dog, Bicentennial Man and Being John Malcovich.I don't think it was overrated at all. Great year. And I left at least a dozen off.
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And There's Something About Mary and Baseketball. Sooo anyone seen the new Deathrace Ads? After bombing this weekend while trying to appeal to the typical PWSA white boy rap metal crowd, they are aiming for the urban crowd by playing what I think is a new Ice Cube song? Ummm isn't Ice Cube starring in some lame It's Limp Bizkit directed kiddie sports drama.
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Aug 26, 2008 12:43:12 PM CDT
So I read right? Fred Durst directed The Longshots?
by hawaiian organ donor
Tell me I'm dreaming that crap up.
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99 was a lot better year. I like all those movies HOD. And anyone giving you shit about liking Fight Club is an idiot, I don't think there ever has been a movie thats added so much more to a book, or one thats absolutely better then the book. All the while being so technically crafted that its spawned a new form of film making. I say next to Pulp Fiction its one of the most film shifting movies to come out in the past 20 years.
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Check out IMDbizzle homie. He directed this other movie called the education of Charlie Banks, which I've heard good things about but I can't find it anywhere.
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Americas toughest jobs last night? Probably not, but my god the voice that does the narration over the events is SOOOO BAD! Like it almost sounds like one of those computer programs that ends every word like there is a period there. Also when they where on the deck of the boat annoucing the loser the guy was like "You will win this" and then they cut away from his face and immediately you hear "BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DOGE RAM PENIS ENLARGER". Fucking product placement. It was almost like those subliminal ads they used to cut into movies real quick.
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Yeah that CG opening through the brain canal and down the barrel of the gun is just a marvel of technology!!
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Why Ice Cube and Fred Durst will never be mega stars like Sir William Smith. They don't make stupid family friendly songs to go along with their movies. Some on how long would've taken Ice and Durst to poop out some mellow/heartfelt R and Bish, "Baby we the longshots" song? 15-20 minutes tops?
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Aug 26, 2008 12:55:59 PM CDT
Days like this I want to turn my back on movies...
by hawaiian organ donor
...and Hollywood. Fred Durst can jump head first a jet turbine. Hopefully he can drag Eminem with him.
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Fight Club, and think about how many times that shit has been stolen now. Yes, the brain to the gun being the first of many shots like that. Oh man Tracy Morgan is going to be in a David O. Russell movie! He was on Letterman last night, he is fucking nuts.
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but I cheated this time and looked at a list of 1999 films and came up with 71 movies I not only saw during that year or part of 2000, but also liked. I'll send it in parts and see what you guys say bout 'em.
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Head first into a propeller? Hahaha.....now just replace Dr. Durst's face with that of Brad Pitt's in Fight Club, and you understand my animosity toward it.
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Jonah pretty much summed up all that is good about Aliens.
As for You've Got Mail -- it's hideous. Let me sum it up thusly:
Hanks: "My huge book store corporation just put you and your mom & pop shop out of business."
Ryan: "I love you."
It has nothing to do with faux macho bullshit. In fact, I fucking LOVE Notting Hill and a host of other romcoms that other geeks hate. -
I make them call me Mufasa. - Tracey Morgan talking about his kids. You like the word bageebas?
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We saw nothing but wire-fu for years....you're telling me thats a good thing? Fuck that. All that shit is just gimmick....Fight Club-- one big gimmick with an insanely hypocritical message for alienated teens to jerk off to. I fucking hate every frame of that film, even the really neat gimmicky frames where we see flickers of Brad Pitt and dicks. Man...that shit is deep yo. -
Seriously, go back and watch those movies back to back, they are set up the exact same way. Like all the beats are the same, the scary moments happen at almost the exact same time.
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Like Jonah said, where the Marines get fucked up in the beginning is great. Much like with Predator, a group of Marines/special ops get their ass handed to them by an Alien presence. You realize they are in the fight for their life. It's got Lance, Biehn, Paxton...
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Aliens:
Ripley: Hello little girl.....what are you doing here?
Newt: Monsters killed my family....you might catch a glimpse of them in the shitty director's cut.
Ripley: Awwww....thats too bad. You think I could be your momma now since there is a bit of backstory that I used to have a daughter and that would really add some emotional weight to this otherwise cold and plastic film?
Newt: Wouldn't you say the first film was cold as well?
Ripley: Well sure....but we actually gave a shit about the characters in that one. So anyway...what do you think sweetie? You want to be my daughter?
Newt: What do you mean?
Ripley: Well I'm going to adore you from the moment I lay eyes on you. And then I'm going to hold you and pet your hair for a large chunk of the film to really hammer it home that you are my new daughter.
Newt: Why?
Ripley: Well....because its the only way the final 20 minutes will be thrilling.
Newt: Thrilling?
Ripley: Sure....add a child in danger and its instant tension. We already know I can make it outta here alive...no problem. I did it in the first one I can do it again....but can I make it out of here while holding a kid in my arms? That is pure tension baby.
Newt: I see. So yeah-- I guess you can be my mom.
Ripley: Okay good. Jump in my arms now and let me start petting you. This is really gonna work. They're gonna eat this shit up. Watch. -
all the stuff I liked it or loved..more to follow..
Office Space
Payback
Ravenous
10 Things I Hate About You
Affliction
After Life
An Ideal Husband
Arlington Road
Being John Malkovich
At First Sight
An Autumn Tale
Children of Heaven
Bringing Out the Dead
Blast from the Past
Bicentennial Man
Cookies Fortune
Deep Blue Sea
The Cradle Will Rock
Dick
Endurance
Entrapment
Fantasia 2000
Felicia’s Journey
Go
For Love of the Game
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Aug 26, 2008 1:15:22 PM CDT
oh shit 13th Warrior....1999 is already better...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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ragging on Aliens continually isn't healthy. Just think about all the people that keep picking the same bone on here all the time.
And leave You've Got Mail alone. Seriously, ragging on that is like complaining, sun, I dont like the fact you shine.
But all may go along bashing Fight Club as before.
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I really don't like Meg Ryan.
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ragging on You Got Mail Danny. Just wanted to clarify.
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We've been down that road before and it's divisive and I shouldn't have brought it up.You've Got Mail did lose me at the end. Her embracing Hanks character would be like Monica Belluci rolling up in a pimped out Hummer, blaring Nas or the Jonas Brothers, decked out in fur, an assault rifle on a rack, a deer strapped to the hood, A W sticker on the bumper, yacking on a Bluetooth, holding a petition for off shore drilling in one hand and a can of Bud Light in the other and expecting me to fall for her. Yeah, sorry hotness, it might take all my strength but you lost me with the baby seal skin Manolos.
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I like that movie.
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Came free with the DVD player I bought at the time. Pretty shitty but I'll look at Heather Graham in skin tight cat suits, no problem.
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10 Things I Hate About You
The 13th Warrior
200 Cigarettes
Analyze This
Anywhere but Here
Bats
Being John Malkovich
Bicentennial Man
Blast from the Past
The Blair Witch Project
The Cider House Rules
Cruel Intentions
Deep Blue Sea
Dick
Election
End of Days
Entrapment
Galaxy Quest
Girl, Interrupted
Idle Hands
In Dreams
Liberty Heights
Man on the Moon
The Matrix
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Mummy
Mystery Alaska
Mystery Men
Never Been Kissed
Notting Hill
Office Space
Payback
She's All That
Sleepy Hollow
Snow Falling on Cedars
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Stigmata
Stir of Echoes
The Story of Us
Three Kings
Toy Story 2
The Virgin Suicides
Varsity Blues
The Wood -
Surely one movie must exist that we all agree is utter crap.
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26. Galaxy Quest
Ghengis Blues
Guinevere
Hilary and Jackie
October Sky
Last Night
Liberty Heights
Life
Limbo
Mumford
Man on the Moon
Metroland
Princess Mononoke
Run Lola Run
See the Sea
Sleepy Hollow
Stir of Echoes
Still Crazy
King of Masks
Beuna Vista Social Club
Blair Witch
The Castle
The 13th Warrior
Dreamlife of Angels
The Emperor’s Shadow
Green Mile
Harmonists
Iron Giant
Last Days
Legend of 1900
Limey
The Matrix
The Minus Man
The Mummy
Sixth Sense
The Red Violin
Straight Story
Talented Mr. Ripley
Winslow Boy
Three Kings
Toy Story 2
Snow Falling on Cedars
Trekkies
Six String Samurai
Twin Falls Idaho
Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Iron GiantMatrix Toy Story 2American Pie Galaxy Quest
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The Insider
Open Your Eyes
Existenz
Thirteenth Floor
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...is severely underrated.
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I gotta actually pay attention to work-- its less tense.
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that was 2000, but that's ok, because I think Six String Samurai was actually 98.
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And 13th Warrior is great. When I run across it I can never change the channel, immediately hooked.
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Aug 26, 2008 1:30:10 PM CDT
Hawaiian Organ Donor -- yes lets all gang up on Indy IV
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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the scary thing is despite our severe disagreement over some movies, our lists have ALOT in common.
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Ever wonder what movie we would have gotten had idiot test audiences not been consulted?
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the only movies on your list I despised were 200 cigarrettes and Cider House Rules.
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Let's make it 300. Now that sucked balls. Or perhaps Cloverfield?
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Cider House Rules
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I understand not liking it cause its too sappy....but FUCK!!
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Aug 26, 2008 1:36:47 PM CDT
lets make it 300....I enjoyed Cloverfield a lot
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Though it was just a theater experience film I believe....I won't even attempt to watch it at home.
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and it was terrible watching poor Michael Caine waste a great performance in it. Cider House and American Beauty were both cases of the emperor has no clothes.
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I did not despise Indy 4, thought it merely okay. Hoping for the best on a repeat viewing.I think 300 is okay, not great, but okay.And I liked Cloverfield too, though I don't know if that would hold up for me on a repeat viewing.
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I stand alone with a lot of the stuff I like but we're also in agreement with an assload of films. I keep coming back here day after day for good reason. It's nice to chat with guys who appreciate The 13th Warrior and Dark City. Never been able to do that before.
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Any movie with Charlize Theron's naked ass can't be all that bad. Actually I've never seen the film.
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I thought it was O.K., though didn't understand the love. I can't sit here and slag it though while stuff like Eragon goes free.
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Wing Commander.
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I saw it in the hteater but was disappointed. Haven't seen it since.
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We all know that film eats a big one right?
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Cider House Rules....hollow? Fuck me....I've never heard that. Michael Caine, Toby, Charlize, Delroy, even Heavy D., everyone was amazing in that film. I tear up several times every time I watch it. A beautiful film. Delroy's performance is haunting. -
I had a similar experience with 13th in theaters, but at that point I had been waiting for it since I saw previews in front of FREAKIN' TITANIC. Consider that. It was released in August of 99, and I saw a trailer for "Eaters of the Dead" then, and for awhile Ahnuld was rumored to be playing Bulwyf, but it fell through. So, when I finally saw it, I wasn't much impressed. And it isnt impressive. It's fun, which is why it does so well on tbs at near midnight. Cause it's fun.
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now we are even.
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Yup, I'll go with that one. What a neutered steaming turd that nonsense was. You would think Saffron Burrows would make any movie good but alas, it stunk to high heaven.
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And the more time that passes, the less I'm able to associate the music from scenes in the film.
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I guess that'll be right next to Miami Vice...he-he-he...
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Aug 26, 2008 1:51:36 PM CDT
thats not even....Aliens is a cheesy action movie...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
whether you like it or not. Thats all it will ever be.
To say Cider House Rules is hollow is astonishing. When the orphans get all fixed up and excited for prospective parents to come look them over-- it is truly heartbreaking. And when that one little one is all sad no one wants him and Tobey sits him down and explains they won't let just anyone take him because he is the best there is....fuck me. How can you call any of that hollow? -
grumpy_is_good@yahoo.com
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Aug 26, 2008 1:53:03 PM CDT
Jonah....does it have to do with the abortion element?
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Something like say Tango & Cash is a cheesy action movie. Lois was so fucking hot in that movie."now we're cooking".
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you call Aliens cheesy and then you talk about the power of this:
"And when that one little one is all sad no one wants him and Tobey sits him down and explains they won't let just anyone take him because he is the best there is...."
AAAAAGGGGHHHHHHH..
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Aug 26, 2008 1:56:41 PM CDT
uhhh yeah....orphans...thats a sad fucking situation...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Its heart breaking to think of kids nobody wants. You deny that?
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good question, and headed in the right direction, and certainly that's a part of it, but Im not sure you can glean from that movie, what the film's ultimate view of abortion is. Afterall, Caine's character does kill himself. I think that the film, and the story, by my least favorite well revered author ever, hold the abortion up to deflect the weaknesses that exist beyond it. Like a 90 lb weakling, brandishing a brick, so the attacker notices the brick and not his scrawny, almost not-there frame.
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Tobey has the range of a toaster oven.
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I don't want orphans to get adopted because I want them all to myself. I eat orphans.
Actually, orphans are something I know something about, though not completely firsthand.
I just mean, that bit was cheesy. not the concept of prphans or that orphans do not deserve compassion. If anything, I believe the opposite. And as a christian, I do believe the whole bit about true religion being taking care of the sick, needy, the widows and orphans. -
that you guys can pick apart: Daredevil DC. Granted there are some bad scenes, but I prefer Ben as Daredevil than Tobey to Spidey.
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such is my respect for you, when I get the chance, I'll give Cider House Rules another look. If it changes my mind, I'll let you know. If not, I probably won't even bring it up.
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Analyze This, anyone else?
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The Orphanage kicked serious ass.
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It can get infuriating when you see something that others don't. DGDB will talk about how he doesn't understand anyone who doesn't like Hook and I'm right there with him. At the same time I hear people's reasons for not liking Grindhouse and all I hear is Charlie Brown's teacher.Just gotta respect the differences.
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did shed some tears at end of that one.
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Daredevil to. Minus the never ending organ pipes fight scene. I still need to see the directors cut. I don't get the Ben Affleck hate either, yeah he's not that great, but he's just like Bruce Willis. In fact I think he married Bruces daughter?
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it's more interesting now than it ever was. I feel like I can have honest conversations in here without real animosity factoring on the parts of others. I'm far from mad at Danny, or anything even close. I do enjoy the back and forth though, as long as it is good natured. And see above, I did throw Danny a bone!
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Your thoughts on ALIENS and CIDER HOUSE RULES have achieved a temporal paradox. How can one praise CHR while simultaneously trashing ALIENS?! It makes no sense and it's......tearing. my. mind. apart.
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Aug 26, 2008 2:11:38 PM CDT
Ummm how about Jaws: The Revenge = canned diarehha
by chittychittygangbang
I have yet to find a person that loves that movie.
I did see the lead actor in a sci-fi channel flick Saturday night.
You know when an actor is too lazy to really work out and instead of losing weight he has the beard to cover his double chins?
He was sporting it big time.
The best part of that movie is the quote Michael Caine had about it.
Just ask Jonah about the quote.
It ranks up there with Arnold's Satan quote.
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Like. A. Bitch.
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I was turned off because this lady at work liked it, and for some reason people asked her for movie recommendations, but she had the absolute worst taste in movies. Anyone getting excited for Babylon A.D? The more I see of the movie the more bad ass it looks....at the same time the more xXx is looks. Sorry the tv spots are coming on like every commercials.
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Netflicks is shipping Starship Troopers 3! AND REDBELT! And the original Wizzard of Gore...shit I meant to take that off the list. Damnit.
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when asked if he had seen Jaws 4.
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I think I'll take a few days off....
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Aug 26, 2008 2:14:42 PM CDT
Jonah, this is the first time I've caught a glimpse...
by hawaiian organ donor
...of you cracking. Just a tiny chink in your laid back, complete gentleman armor. I've never seen sarcasm from you before. It's refreshing to know you might have the ability to go off [insert smiley face].Analyze That actually made Analyze This better and I hated Analyze This. Which makes me wonder why I bothered with the sequel.Sorry to disappoint, JPT. The DC of Daredevil was decent. I finally put it in recently after we talked about it earlier this month.
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And regardless of all the bad vibes/reviews etc with Babylon A.D., I'll be renting that puppy and probably loving it.
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I wish I could but did you see the article o nthe main page here. Looks like it will be a total clusterfuck, and not in a good way.
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I'm sorry. I didn't realize that.
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Biggest waste of a career, he needs to do something to make him important again.
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Put El Orfanto at the top of your list. You will not be disappointed.
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by any level of love for Daredevil. Hmmm....must think of another movie I own that's quite questionable...
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Does the girl have super powers?
I just think it looks like another random formula of finding the chosen one, protecting him/her and then get in a real tight fix and all of the sudden her powers save the day.
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bit completely grinning...but when I read it, it did sound ticked off. I was attempting to lighten the mood, but I guess people use sarcasm as a weapon so often.
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much more than QT can apparently.
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today isn't fun for me. And that may seem like a pussy gripe....but really why do we come here? To have fun, right?
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I'll first check out Lives of Others one of these nights. Plus I've fallen severely behind in my Asian cinema watching. Not sure how you do it Jonah...
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I was done after the Electra training slow mo montage to shitty Evenesance christian rock.
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the game. Coach needs you.
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I was on the debate team in high school and briefly in college. I get a kick out of it, if the competition is level headed and intelligent, and you were asking all sort of insightful questions, so I just kept going. I quite enjoyed it. But, I consider all of you friends, and not worth making friends feel bad.
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Great ending.
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Someone explain to me the greatness of this film? I tried to watch it, and its one of the few movies I just gave up on. Like i feel asleep 5 times trying to watch it. Shit I didn't even give up on Inland Empire, but Lives of Others was just so boring and reminded me too much of the Conversation.
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to country music. *holds finger and thumb to head: call me Jen*
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For lives of Others was good, from what I remember. But my god so much of the middle was so boring and nothing.
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Hobo-- you're right. The worst thing about the film is the shit music (original score is ok) I'm talking source.
Alright kids.....I'll be back at it tomorrow.
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I don't know. I got caught up in following the officer, and rooting for his change, and I so badly wanted to see the couple weather that storm. And eventually, so entwined were both of those things, I could feel the movie close around me like a steel trap. But that's it. I don't know if there is anything truly lofty there you missed.
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White Squall was an excellent movie. What does that line mean?
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Explain to Series what Im talking about.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Thoughts?
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That was a classic! I actually teared up at that one.
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Really liked that movie. A lot better then No Country. After seeing Network, I know why no one ever likes to give Sidney Lumet his dues.
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I'll eventually get to that.
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It's all old school CoC online today.OK gentlemen. Let's throw random stuff out for a group opinion.Hostage, with Bruce Willis.
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Put off seeing it for the longest time, saw it one lazy day Sunday expecting something like Mercury Rising or Bandits, but that movie was pretty fucking nuts. Ben Forster is one crazy mofo in that movie. It was good ole fashion crazy Bruce police movie.
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Fantastic movie and Marissa Tomei on all fours naked as the day she was born is a sight to behold.
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Love it. For all the reasons Jonah says. I love the stock characters. I love the corny dialogue. Love Hudson, Hicks & Vasquez and will happily quote them all day long. The first third of the movie tries to ape Alien and doesn't quite make it. The last two-thirds are a powerhouse. I cared which characters got hit. The fact that Ripley loses a daughter and gains another - that's kind of the point isn't it? I didn't find it cold, or heartless. It's a fine action movie, I wouldn't call it sci-fi exactly. Most of all it's not "shit." But it's only my personal view that it isn't "shit." I always expected to one day find somebody with a negative view of Aliens. That day has come. I did not expect it to be on this TB. I'm upset.
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Aug 26, 2008 2:36:33 PM CDT
fuck...what TB was that in? I'm trying to find it....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Hostage was just on a few weeks ago. I'm still unsure how I feel about that one.
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Those always seem to cheer you up.
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Fuck, why didn't anyone divulge this crucial bit of info.
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When we saw The Dark Knight there was this huge fat guy sitting right in front of us....about 10 minutes into the film we hear this loud liquid splash like someone just dumped their whole drink on the floor. But then I see the fat guy hunched forward and realize he just hurled.....his friend next to him is patting him on the back lovingly. And the guy stands up with puke all over his mouth and chin and starts stumbling down the aisle. This guy is like 6'2 350 lbs....no joke. So he's stumbling around in the dark and I realize he's drunk off his ass. He walked in pretty normal, but now its quite apparent. He finally makes his way through the aisle and onto the stairs of the theater and the whole place is staring at him thinking how the fuck is this guy gonna make it down the stairs. Well....he didn't...he took two steps and then just falls face first on the stairs and sorta slides down the rest of the way kinda like The Penguin when he dies in Batman Returns. The guy lays there for like 10 seconds and nobody does a thing not even his friend who is sitting enjoying the film. Finally the fat guy stands back up and instead of going out the exit on his side he has to stumble across the front of the theater toward the exit on the opposite side....mumbling to himself and holding his arms out in front of him like he's blind. He finally makes it out and we forget about him until we leave.....where we see his friend find him laying on his back in some bushes having a smoke. Fuck man....I want whatever he's drinking......
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Love ya, man. Keep on trucking.
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has Bruce shooting the shit out of everybody at the end, right? I didn't catch the ending when it was on a few weeks ago.
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Uhh..never seen it...or heard of it.
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Because of the last 25 minutes...I would probably give it 6 out of 10.
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And the Gold goes to Danny. Damn, I think I would have died laughing if I saw that unfold before my very own eyes...
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..and the worst of the 4. But I'm glad you pointed out cheesy dialogue and stock characters Wolf....
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Just seemed to be Bruce doing a variation on the John McClane character. Movie by numbers. I wouldn't flat out call it "shit" though.:)
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Worst of the four. I feel like the fat drunk penguin kid...can't find my way around my office now. Feeling dizzy..
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Catch the end of Hostage a couple of weeks ago? Because I know I did.
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and utterly not the worst of the 4. That honour would go to - in my humble opinion - Alien Resurrection, the comedy slapstick installment.
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Wow, and my girlfriend has softball tonight. Looks like I better pick up some more lotion on the way home. Party.
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I thought this was common knowledge. And she looks amazing.Have a good one, Danny. You know you got me in your corner. My movie selections are even more despised than yours I think as I generally like the stuff from all these "talentless hacks." So take heart, dude, the Donor is AICN's punching bag.Good to have you with us, ThereWolf. Been an interesting day.
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But what does Ethan Embry have to do with it?
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Before the Devil like 3 minutes late and I was like, WTF DID I MISS! Didn't know it was right at the beginning.
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Apparently this will be my first Lumet film since. Hard to believe. I haven't even seen Dog Day Afternoon.
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So I see! Got home from work, logged on, started reading... I've been struck dumb for half an hour wondering how to word a post. Don't think I got it quite right...
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in my queue now. Shit...the wife isn't here tonight due to a work conference. Such a missed opportunity...
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Before the Devil should've been sponsored by Kleenex. God what a woman.
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He's right up there on my my "Actors I'd most like to punch in the face" list. Others on this list include Orlando Bloom and Mark Ruffalo.
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Time for home...
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Agreed.
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Danny said the drunken fat guy was his spitting image.
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LOL.
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Though that is a funny experience. Coming where I'm from and how terrible people are in movie theaters, and sitting through TDK without a single interruption or phone call or spilled drink was an act of Allah.
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Danny said just imagine Ethan Embry as the guy, and of course he described the slide down the stairs as like the death slide of DeVito at end of BR. My fave part of the story is the fat dude sitting out in the bushes, catching a smoke.
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Tomei fans should make it a necessity to see Happy Accidents..She is Mega-adorable in that.
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We all mean Ethan Supplee...from My Name is Earl...
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but early in his career he was.
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Now it makes a whole lot more sense.
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Does part of her megadorableness in that film include being naked on all fours by any chance?
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but as some have pointed out, that is the case in BTDKYD. She and Albert Finney were the reasons to watch that one. And no, they don't have a scene together.
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Why would anybody do that? I made sure I had nothing to drink, as I sure didn't feel like making 10 trips to the bathroom and miss part of it.
Oh well, not like I haven't done anything stupid, but that's not one of them.
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Pilot Inspektor, for the whole first season. I only saw a few episodes, but for some reason I started watching more of season 2 and it was Ethan Supplee character that got me into the show. For a show that seems so SO stupid its actually pretty smart comedy.
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Not many movies I see these days I see not having drunk some before or during. I think Wall-E was the last movie I went to where I didn't feel the need to bring booze in.
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I really wasn't drunk during TDK, i think I only had one tall boy.
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They're all so formulaic. The last one I watched regularly was Seinfeld.
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I made sure to avoid the riff-raff for TDK by paying a bit extra for posh seats. Big leather seats, all the Pepsi & popcorn you can guzzle for no extra charge. Top! As it turned out there were no idiots in anyway.Unfortunately, the print they showed looked worn and they had the sound balance all wrong. For example, the music all but drowned out Gordon's speech at the end.Looking forward to getting the DVD, maybe it'll have a dts soundtrack. I haven't got Blu-ray, though...
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The first time sucked. Packed theater. too close to the screen. On the side so the bass drowned out the dialogue. People masticating loudly all around me. Should have been drunk. The second time I went after work on a weekday and the picture was partially off the screen for the first 15 minutes. Still the best movie I've seen since Children of Men.
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Let all the texting teens get out of the way before I gave it a look.
By then it was the hardcore fans making their second or third trips to see it and everybody was nice and behaved.
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For me, that's a "I don't understand how people can't like it" movie. I was hyped for months before I watched it and it surpassed all my expectations.OK guys, gotta go pick up Donor Jr. That Cher TB kicked us all day long. By tomorrow we should hit 2000 and then we can jump ship.
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and then home. Take care all. And Danny, just remember, love ya bro!
New topic.
What things about this coming fall are we looking forward to?
Up my way here there is a Renaissaince Festival. Never been to one, but should be interesting. Think that's on tap for this weekend. That and finally catching Tropic Thunder. Later all!
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God damn it's annoying. In my second viewing of the TDK I was in a stadium seating theater so I could look out over the audience in front of me and some douchebag flipped open his cell a few rows in front of me and beagn texting for about 5 minutes. The light was blinding and distracting. Why can't some people just get their shit together?
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I didn't see at the cinema - and I sincerely wish I had.The moment I knew I was witnessing greatness was the ambush scene, when they're tootling along and that mob comes out of the woods after the car.I had my foot pressed hard to the floor on an imaginary accelerator! That's the beauty of a long take, instead of fast editing. You don't get taken out of the action.Then it happens again to even better effect when Clive Owen goes looking for the girl in that war zone. Superb.
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I'll tell Marissa you say hi.
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Danny's suggestion and go to Riddick, if no one has any objections.
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The DVD has a making of short on how they filmed that car chase scene. It's amazing. They had to invent a new way of filmmaking to create that shot. The car has this enormous rig on all four sides. The full documentay on that DVD about globalization is dmaned depressing and scary.
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Fine by me. But when it's a new TB I just feel sorry for the folks turning up to post on the subject in question - and find us blarting on instead!
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We'll figure out the new TB in the AM. Love the CoM props. Heading out now.
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Yeah, it is scary. I'll have to give the extras another watch, I don't remember the making-of stuff all that clearly.The ambush scene is perfect cinema, the whole jokey build-up and then the complete shock of your name actress getting shot in the throat, or wherever it was. And later on, Owen running toward the bus and the guy opening fire, the bullets are hitting all over the bus - and I'm in my chair ducking!
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It is kinda like my life. It's was not that formulaic to begin with but lately it has been lossing its luster. the problem is that the concept is limiting in terms of number of episodes. and spurlee is good. It's not a schooner you dumb bastard.
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I rate Jason Lee, though. I think he's okay. I'm not a big TV viewer, have to admit. I hardly watch anything on television.
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there is actually a song called 'lotion' it is some funny shit. funny disturbing shit. it only came out a year or two ago. It is really up beat. the chourus is 'it puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again' funny thing is that it got a lot of airplay on the alternative stations here, but it took them about a month to get it. I realised straight away and was yelling in my car in delight but it took the announcers a while to get up to speed.
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nip out for half an hour. I'm not deserting the TB!
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I'm not sure how much I like this. Like I enjoyed it, but I didn't think it was some revolutionary movie. It was alright, I don't know. I think thats one I'll have to watch again. I just thought the ending was stupid.
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there is actually a song called 'lotion' it is some funny shit. funny disturbing shit. it only came out a year or two ago. It is really up beat. the chourus is 'it puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again' funny thing is that it got a lot of airplay on the alternative stations here, but it took them about a month to get it. I realized straight away and was yelling in my car in delight but it took the announcers a while to get up to speed.
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I looked up the song and there is clip on youtube of someone doing the song.
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...shit being vented in this talkback. I'm saddened and alarmed by the whole thing. I'm merely a supporter of the CoC and not a member as such, but damn, some of you guys have strayed from the true faith.
When Lost Jarv gets back and sees the golden fucking idol you've built in his absence, he's gonna rain Old Testament fire and brimstone on some of your asses.
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Not me! I'm as shocked and befuddled as you.
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In what way did you think the ending was stupid?Not having a go at all, just interested to hear another angle.Get girl to the ship. That's it, really.
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those were some great movie moments. Actually watching the video in 'the ring' and thinking. ok, hand on shit, IM watching the video. this is not good.' SPR get me cause we don't have that in oz, and my grandad's cousins lost all four sons, with only daughters remaining. I loved the bit in child's play where the little hand reaches around and turns on the gas stove. I was young when i saw that first. And yeah, you can't go past star wars or indy. I love how in 'doom' he crashes the plane then in 'crusade' his dad says 'i didn't know you could fly' 'fly? yes! land? no!'btw i don't know if you read frank darabont script but they are talking about the girls that came after marion and they mention willie scott, who came before the most recent time with marion. and get that shit eating grin off your face retard
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what stuff are you referencing?
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thread is fertile enough to support us, and I think we should attempt to talk scifi,Riddick and what others are discussing there. We can hang out while it dies down, or hang in here for awhile and take it as it's fading.
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I think 160 posts or so will have the magic 2000 summitt.
But yeah it will be interesting to try and stay on a topic as long as possible.
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Are thee sure that's Connolly singing in Dark City? In the credits there's another woman's name down for singing duties.Is there something about it on the new extras? I haven't watched those yet.
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but i thought it was thematically close to the illiad. The greeks would have liked the endless shots of Pits abs, they were afterall, gay.
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I bought the Director's Cut recently for £3!! I thought the theatrical version was okay only, so I'm hoping the DC improves on that.
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Caught you talking Pitt, and even after you lectured me about that in a future post. Hang your head in shame while I laugh!
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Had a daft conversation about the Pittster at work where we decided he was no-talent pretty boy. Then we had an unconnected conversation about our favourite films of recent times - only to discover that Mr Pitt was in half of them!So, some talent then.
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It was a Hallmark production rather than big screen, but the story was solid, the effects were great, and the cast was top notch. It even had Michael J. Pollard as Aeolus, which is a very fine geekness, IMHO.
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Definitely receive.
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But they cost so darn much to get neutered.
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Don't know The Odyssey. Is it newish?There's a strange person on the TB. Try not to be alarmed.
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yeah that get me too. I can't say that he is a good actor, but i love his movies (other than maybe the devil's own - my choice of a movie we can all hate). I think he must be good. It will be interesting to see him as an old man. I watched the sting the other day and redford's mannerisms are so similar to pit's in fight club, it's uncanny. Maybe, like harrison ford, he can really pick a movie from a script. His movies are almost always spot on.and i would give, as per the roman custom. it not gay if you give.
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follow the rules. Tempting though, because I do like to harrass them. Ahhh, memories of working Telemarketer into a spastic rage...tons of fun!"The Odyssey" is from '97. It was made for tv by Hallmark, but has been on video for years. Here's the IMDB link:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118414/ I recommend it absolutely. Christopher Lee is also in it, and Vanessa Williams as Circe.
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My bad!
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I only said receive because I didn't want to have to look at his hairy ass!Never clocked the Pitt's mannerisms, I'll have to watch The Sting and Fight Club back to back.
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Wasn't even noticed, and even after I hunted down a disco ball! That should be enough of that for me for the rest of the week. I don't have any particular like or dislike for Pitt. I feel the same way about Clooney, actually. I prefer real character actors over the big-money-making names. Not dissing their acting abilities, but they just aren't so interesting to me.
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"All right, Fanny...you and me might as well leave."
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I never did one.
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I mean, I read it but I wasn't really sure what was going on! Why does our Danny require a disco ball?
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You remember that he thought I was a guy, right? He made a crack about everclear and that song again. He said my story was more fun when he thought I was a "young, innocent gay dude". I offered to do a Victor/Victoria act so that he would be less disappointed. That disco stuff was my effort for the week. I also gave him permission to continue to call me sir. The things I do to make y'all happy....
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Triple digits is two much.
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Now I remember. That was funny, man... oop... I mean ma'am.:)
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Is on YouTube. 16 parts! Let's see, it's almost midnight and I've got work in the morning. Might have to take a raincheck on that one for now.
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But makes no nevermind to me. Chipps got awfully quiet. Wuzzup?Btw, has anyone seen Fred? He seems to be MIA ever since I gave him the pod warning. You don't think Dirk really was....
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My sister's kids keep swiping my video. Now I can watch it whenever I like. Thanks!
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I traded it for my computer, but thanks anyway. Peace!
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COM, it was just a let down. And it seem way to easy to make happen. I need to watch it again, but I remember being like? Ok why did that whole scene just happen? I agree about certain parts of the movie, but just didn't dig the whole thing. Plus I've expected so much more about of Clive Owen since The Driver.
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I told Fred I was worried about Dirk imprinting his persona onto him. He just laughed it off - but now I'm officially concerned.
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Are you the original Cock Tease or are you some cheap knock-off? Or maybe a hybrid between Egg Salad and the original Cock Tease.....or are you like the dude in Princess Bride where you just pass along the title of Cock Tease to the next pirate that comes along....? Eh? So many questions...
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Any signs of Fred or Dirk in another tb should be reported so that we can bring them back to the safety of the CoC. Their well-being is of the utmost importance!
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I didn't respond about the disco ball this morning? I could have sworn I did. I meant to...maybe I just thought about it-- I was gonna crack a joke about a Broadway show...maybe Rent? I dont prefer you with a penis...you're cool either way. The Lion King story was just a wee bit more comical with you as a pimply 16 year old gay guy with highlights. oh well.....we'll move on. You can be a girl in my eyes once and for all!! On that note...good nite party people. -
COM just follows that set line of him having to get that pregnant girl to safety - which happens to be a ship. The other group come in and nab her but Owen's character has bonded with the girl and he also now understands what a baby means to the planet as a whole. So he risks his life to go get her back and get her onto that ship.
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Ya like the new decor? Boogie on down!
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I haven't even had a chance to introduce my flaming pink flamingos (borrowed from a real guy I used to work with). Now I've got to herd them all back. Grumble!
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Howdy do?
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Have a nice evening, y'all.Even you, God!
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PARTY TIME!!!!
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It took Fred all day long to read this TB!
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Guess Fred and I will have a smaller party now. Where've you been, Fred?
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Just in the nick of time! Where you been?
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Aug 26, 2008 6:14:55 PM CDT
Fred has been very busy at work - boss cut no slack
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred very sleep last night, so did not sign on. Dirk was amused that people thought he was a killer Amoeba. Dirk a lover, not a fighter - unless he drinks everclear.
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Wait a minute. Are we sure this is Fred Fred and not pod Fred. How can he prove it?
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What's your favorite movie???
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Give him a glass of Everclear pronto! The pods shrivel up when that stuff hits 'em. We can still save him! Hang on, Fred!
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Are none of us safe! The evil swine, is nothing sacred!
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He often has a drink handy. We could use some help here!
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Will Thunderbird do?
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Open his mouth. It's ok, Fred. We're your friends. Drink, please!
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Good man!
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Stop struggling, it's for your own good!
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Aye yoong laddie that it doos! Ye've been a foine host, boot it seems thet your friends are tryin ta spoil the partee! Whut would wee Nessie say about thet aye laddie? You know you like the joonk in hare reptilian troonk. Fred confused, auntie em, auntie em!
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What's your favorite movie?
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Pods don't speak Scottish as a rule.
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The most dangerous kind! Don't forget, we must save Dirk, too, or he will just re-pod poor Fred.
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Fred feels like William Shatner - Spoooock! Are you out of you're Vulcan mind?
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More like our Fred. One more shot should do it!
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Fred see light! Fred see hands! Fred ...is...having..an... origin!
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go toward the light - and the gin, especially the gin...
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Thought we were going to have to expell the "God" demon from him too!
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Fred feel fine now thanks to Mavra Chang and ThereWolf - hee hee. Hang on, Fred give Dirk the antidote too. Oh, poor little Dirk.
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Oy! Fred, can you hear us?
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Thank you for saving Fred and Dirk
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Good work, ThereWolf. You are a lifesaver!Good to have you back, Fred. Is Dirk ok?
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I do declare it worked!
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Fred hallucinated that someone did not like Aliens
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That was too close.
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Aug 26, 2008 6:34:26 PM CDT
Dirk a little green around the pseudopos, but he is fine
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
He may not be going out on the town tonight though
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The miracle cure of good grain alcohol (plus a few others. You can sleep peacefully now, Wolf.
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Just no green or leafy films. A bowl of popcorn and he should be right as rain by morning.
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Mavra Chang and ThereWolf. Fred in your debt.
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Fred love Noir!
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Besides, we didn't want to get infected either! Haha
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I will sleep indeed.I'll leave you to deal out the TCM, Mav!A pleasure as always, folks. Nighty-night.ALIENS ROCKS!!!
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Mavra Chang - Fred read what you did to DannyGlovers room - very funny!
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Keep the booze handy in case you feel any tendrils durig the night. You don't want to be craving the "joonk in hare troonk".
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He doesn't want to continue the charade. Does Dirk like disco balls and "Blondie"?
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Did the pod make you do unmentionable acts with mythological Scottish sea creatures? The villains!
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Aug 26, 2008 6:46:56 PM CDT
Dirk can not look 'up' so he has no idea what a
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Disco ball is. Dirk like Blonds, Brunettes, Redheads, scales, gills, dust etc.
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The love that dare not speaks it's name. Fortunately, Fred recalls very little of that episode.
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Hows things?
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Pretty groovy. Guess he isn't into 80's music, eh? How about you? Got a Bose Soundwave that needs a good home, since Danny doesn't want it. Only catch is, Audrey 2 is holding it. More Plants!!!!
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Cryptozoo...haha.
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It was dodgy for awhile, but ThereWolf helped set things right again. How are you this evening?
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Fred and Dirk are A-Ok, thanks to Mavra Chang and ThereWolf and some Thunderbird
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Here is Sins of the Fathers, Mav..for your viewing pleasure. Just home from the gym, so off to the shower and then hanging with my wife.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYpD2dHrOKY
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I even confessed to eating orphans at one point.
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I tried to find that this morning, but gave up. Very thoughtful of you!
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Or at least a really good mustard.
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Aug 26, 2008 7:01:09 PM CDT
Whats the word? Thunderbird! What's the price? Twice as nice!
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Fred must sign off for a few hours - still recovering from pod posession
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Did you catch in the credits of the ending episode: Messenger Boy-Mark Hamill? I will have to watch that when this one is over.
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You and Dirk should rest. Only a bit more than 50 to go til 2000!
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Fred hopes to be back for no. 2000!
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Aug 26, 2008 7:29:03 PM CDT
This just in -- TARA REID LAUNCHES CLOTHING LINE!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
A collection of swimsuits and casual wear. She says, "I feel like I'm in a really great place in my life, and I love what I'm doing. I love acting but I can't hire myself. If this works, then we're in business. If not, I tried."
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Is still acting?
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Aug 26, 2008 7:32:41 PM CDT
check out the baddest fucking shit on the planet, here....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
http://tinyurl.com/2vtd9h
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Seems like a near exorcism was performed on dear old Fred.Did I do something to upset DocPazuzu? I thought I was upholding the CoC banner with noble heart. Jeez Louise, I say for the umpteenth time how I liked Kill Bill and Matrix Reloaded and I'm a heresy-spouting, false idol building bastard.Rodney was right, I can't get no respect.
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I don't get Doc's line either. What the fuck is he talking about that disturbs him so? Is this going back to Aliens? Fuck me....people would die for that fucking movie.
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Since I'm new, I'd like to know, please.
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People are just being stupid.....some won't accept differing opinions. People shit themselves when someone doesn't like Aliens.
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I've shit myself precisely 12 times in response to love for Indy IV. But I don't go preaching about the CoC. I make it clear my opinions are my own. I read the hand-book, and nowhere did I read Aliens love is mandatory!! FUCK!!
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Some basic motto we should follow, other than the usual stuff. Just checking. Thanks, Danny.
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There are some basic rules to follow. I know they include love of all things Bruce Campbell and Kurt Russell....but anything aside from that, I don't really give a shit about.
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Russell and Campbell adoration...check. Guess I'm in!
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Russell and Campbell adoration...check. Guess I'm in!
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Sorry
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I lay down and passed out. In particular with the sting/fight club is a) the scene where redford has got the money at the start and he is dancing around, goes to get the girl, goes to see luther, dancing as he walks - and the scence where pit goes to pick up maral after she overdosed, dancing as he goes. plus they are both blond, about the same height, always have their mouths open and a blank look on their face (this is worse for pitt)
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I did get your e-mail and I responded. Been a tough day all around. Just trying to work those dinner beers off on the bike and getting Mavra's kit finished. Looking forward to going to bed early tonight for a change.
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Jamet Leigh at the house!
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Putting everything I own into a POD all day. Starting to figure out I have too much shit. Last big things to load up: washer/Dryer, recliner chair...two dish pack boxes of DVDS.
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Aug 26, 2008 9:45:59 PM CDT
Hmm, Hillary just introduced and Janet on other channel
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Hillary just said she is very honored to be here tonight. Fred not sure who better actress is!
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Covering Dirks eye!
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It got ugly
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Aug 26, 2008 9:56:39 PM CDT
Fred think Norman Bates may be a bit tetched in the head
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
He definitely a mama's boy though!
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Fred not want Dirk to get too excited after his pod posession
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Aug 26, 2008 10:19:50 PM CDT
HOD....I never mentioned Feeder...I totally forgot--
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Very cool stuff. I've been listening to it constantly. I think Silent Cry is my favorite album.
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Aug 26, 2008 10:21:41 PM CDT
Series7 -- oh yeah....you're doing THE POD thing...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...I'm still fucking moving too. We finally move into our new place this Friday. Lucky for us its about 2 miles away. Hehehe....I'm not one for drastic change. You're going a good distance right?
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Fred very confused, but happy. Dirk, disgusted.
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Go Slim go!
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Yeah man, moving half the country. South Carolina to Oklahoma. Did the U-Haul thing and hated it, trying the POD things out, but its turning out to be a pain trying to cram all my shit in there.
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Someone else needs to help out - otherwise Fred get banned!
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Good luck on the move
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Wow, has that ever happened before? Anyone going to see Babylon, AD? Fred may have to sneak in
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Aug 26, 2008 10:45:30 PM CDT
Did you say 3 Vin's?!! Holy shit.....thats marvelous...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Hmmm?
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Fred knew he could count on you! You are true blue!
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Aug 26, 2008 10:48:55 PM CDT
Fuck me....that Fast and Furious trailer is awesome.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
I've never see the other 3....but that is a well crafted trailer. And I have no idea why but I'm feeling very Vin enthused at the moment....
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Fred gonna see Babylon
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Aug 26, 2008 10:51:51 PM CDT
Fred enjoyed the First fast and Furious movie
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
It was fast and...furious!
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Aug 26, 2008 10:53:50 PM CDT
Fred was possessed - had an exorcism by Thunderbird
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Performed by Mavra Chang and ThereWolf. Dirk also had to be exorcised with Thunderbird. It was all ThereWolf had
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A low-end fortified wine, commonly known as bum wine, wino wine, twist-cap wine, decker wine or rotgut wine, is any of a class of inexpensive fortified wines that are popular among the poor, homeless, and college students in the United States for the quick inebriation they deliver
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I thought people on AICN came to party....
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It gives me a headache.
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Cisco a.k.a "Liquid Crack" is the brand name of a highly alcoholic, low-price fortified wine, produced by the Centerra Wine Company (a division of Constellation Brands) with varieties selling at 17.5% and 19.5% alcohol by volume. Cisco has a distinctive syrup-sweet taste and, because of its color and bottle shape, was often mistaken for a wine cooler. The Federal Trade Commission forced the company to put a label on the bottle stating it was not a wine cooler and had the company change its marketing strategy from "Takes You By Surprise".
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maybe they got possessed too? We need more Thunderbird!
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Aug 26, 2008 11:00:05 PM CDT
why you always on so late Fred.....and early....
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...fuck. Do you sleep?
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Aug 26, 2008 11:01:03 PM CDT
Fred will never drink again after the liquid exorcism
by freds_balls_in_a_mason_jar
Dirk scarred for life as well. He may have the DT's!
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And the one who gets the CoC over the mark.
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Fred was unable to get on past two days
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Fred is happy! Fred is sleepy too. Fred going to bed. Good night Mavra Chang and DannyGlovers. Mission Accomplished
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Way to go!
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Talk to you later.
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Missed the count down.
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That Fast and Furious trailer looks pretty fucking sweet. I just don't understand why the truck driver would destroy his whole load? Seems a bit drastic? I mean will he be killed if he loses all the gas? Are truck drivers expected to take that much personal responsibility for their load? I mean theirs always construction. Justin Lin, remember when he was slated to directed the Americaning of Oldboy? Good promising movie, terrible Academy movie, don't think I've seen anything else of his. Not 3F3F.
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fortified wine with mentholated spirits in it. not recommended. In parts of australia you can buy chilled metho, but it's illegal. Also oz is a big wine producing country with a number of top labels. The dregs become cask wine (which we call goon) It comes in a four litre bladder in a cardboard box. I have drunk much of this in my time, but i truly hope my goon drinking days are done (i suspect they are not).
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My sleep/job hunting schedule is so fucked up now I hardly get to talk to you guys anymore. When I finally find the time, there is hardly anybody to talk to, and I always miss the really good stuff. I'm gonna try real hard the next few days to get some CoC time in.I do have some good news though. I have been watching a ton of movies. Hawaiian, I have watched all the movies you sent and I just want you to know I am really grateful for the sharing and I enjoyed the lot of them tremendously, especially Warlords and Machine Girl. They are opposite ends of the spectrum, but both just seem to nail their specific genres so well and with such expertise, it is so much fun crazy fun to watch. I really liked all of the other movies as well, but I will discuss them tomorrow probably when I am much less tired. I feel the other movies deserve more insight whereas those two are so inarguably fun to watch, they really need no other discussion than simply "Fuckin kickass" for those who have seen them, and "Dude, you gotta check this out" for those who have not. That may not make sense now, since it's so late, but hopefully you get the picture. Don't get me wrong, the rest of the movies are enormously entertaining. Daisy was especially fun for Mofrees and I since we both went in with no idea what the movie was about and were completely clueless, and when it finished we were both in such awe of the movie's change in tone and its shifts in the characters. It kind of made me think about avoiding movie news a bit more, with the exceptions of release dates and such. It's all fun to discuss and speculate, but jumping into a movie with little to no prior knowledge of what you are about to watch makes for some incredible entertainment value.So I got a little sidetracked with discussing another of the films there, which I am trying to avoid since I know I am tired and my writing ability is suffering, but my point was supposed to be that all the movies have their strengths and I appreciate them a lot.So thanks bunches once again. I'll try to get on and discuss more for anybody interested tomorrow.Also, to perhaps kickstart some discussion tomorrow, here are some other movies I have watched recently:Science of Sleep, Blue Velvet (loved this movie, a new favorite for sure), Life As a House, Sword of Doom, Road Warrior (haven't actually seen the thing as a whole in years, and I completely forgot what an incredible movie this is. I always knew it was fun, but it transcended popcorn fun and rose into the realm of innovative storytelling, rich in nearly every facet of cinema, from cinematography, to characterization, to stunts and effects. Completely deserving of the title of classic. Those action scenes are mind blowing for the time in which it was made. Sort of depressing in a way that there will hardly ever be action like that again without CGI in it.)Okay sorry for the rant. Haven't been on in awhile and had to drop it all out at once I guess. Like a big cinema enthusiast shit with little sprinklings of personal whining. Thanks for your time. Next post I promise will try to stay more on topic.
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As for the whole CoC thing, I'm no member, just a fellow travelleron here. Also, it's totally fine if someone doesn't like Aliens, or whatever. I won't try and change minds, but as a fan, I'll certainly represent the pro-side if the con-side is being thrown out there. At the end of the day it's just different tastes. But sometimes it's fun to debate.
Nuff of that though. Do we stay here, or find a new TB? Thoughts/ -
with our march through the years. It was fun looking back over 98 and 99 yesterday. In fact, 99 was a very full year. There were tons and tons of movies, and I think there were several movies in that year, for better or worse that started trends that lasted for several years to come.
2000, however, was undoubtedly a slow year, that didn't start to even find it's footing until the fall. At least that's how I recall it.
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What TB shall we move to today? It's your call.So I'll try to avoid the topics of contention today. And unless it's Indy 4, which I said I wouldn't debate anymore anyway, I'm 100% OK with someone not liking a movie I love.Let's face it, we're all a little goofy and inconsistent. There's really no reasonable explanation why I can walk out of Jurassic Park 3 thinking it was fun, solid entertainment while wanting to punch every person responsible for bringing The English Patient to the big screen.I'll probably be sparse today.
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again, stuff I liked and loved:
42 Up
A Map of the World
A Time for Drunken Horses
Almost Famous
Bamboozled
Best In Show
Billy Elliot
Boiler Room
Butterfly
Cast Away
Center Stage
Chicken Run
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Croupier
Dancer in the Dark
Dark Days
The Kid
Duets
Erin Brokovich
Frequency
Finding Forrester
Ghost Dog
Girl on the Bridge
Gladiator
Kikujiro
Magnolia
Malena
My Best Fiend
My Dog Skip
Nurse Betty
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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though, we will have dissenting opinions and if people are discussing them, it's fine. But this place tends to get wild and crazy. Actually I agree completely with your assessment. Jurassic Park III was a fun movie that needed a third act, and English Patient was a long, stodgy movie with 100 acts.
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Aug 27, 2008 7:52:40 AM CDT
Gotta admit I'm shocked Kungfu got through the batch...
by hawaiian organ donor
...as quickly as you did Jonah. That warms my heart. Good thing both of you will be receiving new kits this week.OK, the year 2000 in film?
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Aug 27, 2008 7:55:44 AM CDT
You felt JP3 could've gone on another 20 minutes too
by hawaiian organ donor
That's funny. I remember feeling robbed because I wanted to see more creatures. And since they were lifting from all the stuff in the first book that they didn't use in the other movies I was thinking there was plenty more material for them to cover.
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Pitch Black
Red Planet
Remember the Titans
Requiem for a Dream
Return to Me
Shanghai Noon
Sunshine
Space Cowboys
The Beach
The Big Kahuna
Color of Paradise
The Cup
Family Man
House of Mirth
Legend of Bagger Vance
Legend of Drunken Master
Perfect Storm
Road to El Dorado
Virgin Suicides
Unbreakable
Thirteen Days
Shadow of the Vampire
The Gift
Titus
Topsy Turvy
Titan A.E.
U-571
Vertical Limit
Waking the Dead
X-Men
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The Patriot. You will be glad to know, that was on tv recently, and I sat down and watched it due to your endorsement. And, while I didn't actually like it, I do cede that most of it is a far bit better than I originally thought. In fact, I think it's the script in places that sinks it. Did several writers work on it, because it is deeply uneven. The villain is poorly written, but Gibson is not. The battles are good, but the romance is trite. But per the usual, Gibson acts his heart out and I really liked the melee feel of the final battle. I almost cede, but not quite.
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was heading into the territory of being almost as much fun as the original(though less aweing) when it just stopped and the army just rolled up. Honestly, if they had written a strong end for the film, and added some slightly more complex storyline, it could have been great. I think the problem HOD is that the movie went into production with the script still being written!
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Traffic. That belongs there too.
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y'all know what that means
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hah!
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There are a lot of movies I consider great: Gladiator, X-Men, Cast Away, O Brother, The Perfect Storm, Billy Elliot, The Patriot, Traffic, Snatch, Titan AE, What Women Want, U-571, Thirteen Days, Pitch Black, Chicken Run, Memento, High Fidelity, The Family Man, Chocolat and The Emperor's New Groove.And then there's a bunch of good stuff like Almost Famous, Remember the Titans and Nurse Betty.Oddly, there are a lot of movies we've been discussing lately.The stench of MI:2, The Grinch and Dinosaur hang pretty heavy over the year though.
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I might be wrong but Memento and Snatch were both in 2001, were they not? Certainly they would be on my list otherwise.
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is a ton of fun. For shame I should remember Road to El Dorado(also fun) and forget ENG.
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we are discussing 2000.
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I am at home today watching Vikings!
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Memento and Snatch are from 2000 but if not then there's still plenty of good stuff. And yes, I forgot Road to El Dorado. Liked that one too despite the Elton John music.
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is though there were some great movies, they were almost all dumped at the very end of the year. Also, there are very few movies in that above list I've even watched a second time. And almost nothing up there that was revolutionary or deeply influential. There are a few, but I honestly think this was perhaps the weakest year in quite a while, and Im not sure, that artistically or even commercially, there was a year as weak since. Doing these recaps does help put them in focus though.
My ultimate notice of 2000, is where are all the big fun movies?
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I feel like the football that Gus the donkey kicked for not zinging Toad earlier.
That's what I get for being lazy and thinking of all the Disney classics this morning.
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IMDB has Snatch listed as January of 2001, so I guess it can be included in 2000. Memento is wierd because it did festivals in 2000, but it was not released here in Baltimore until March of 2001. I saw it at the theater back then.
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Another Disney gem I was thinking of this morning.
It had Jan Michael Vincent as a African tribal member that could kick ass at track and field.
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I loved that film. Went to the theater thinking it would be average at best and was surprised.
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It ended with them swearing to stop, and they see a cheetah or something running, and one of the natives says 'Thats not as fast as Ungway(or something)." And they ask "What's an Ungway?" and the native guy points, and there is this dude burning rubber across the Savannah.
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Look, I'm willing to admit they were fluff and historically wrong but I had a blast with U-571, Gladiator and The Patriot. Those were non-stop thrill rides for me.And I do think Gladiator introduced something not yet seen. Rome. The CGI of the city itself was and still is phenomenal stuff and the mixing of practical and CGI for the Colosseum was revolutionary. For me, Gladiator was the first time we saw ancient times so majestically and yet gritty. For all it's splendor, stuff like Cleopatra is too neat and tidy and never once do I feel like I'm not on a movie set.Also, Titan AE was a total blast and it's a shame it was ignored by and large. And I forgot Frequency. That was a terrific, thrilling, fun movie.
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That was just a good pulpy sci-fi. In fact, 2000 was the brief return of pulpy sci-fi, to disappear soon after, never to be seen until hopefully Avatar. We had Pitch Black, Red Planet and Titan A.E., and Mission to Mars(though it sucked) that all had their roots in old-style sci-fi stories. I guess Space Cowboys sort of too.
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but they were really about it, and they were all in the summer/spring. Pitch Black was February, and I had a blast with Unbreakable and to a lesser extent Red Planet and Vertical Limit, but it just seemed like a somber year, mostly ruled by the indies or edgy dramas.
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And Gus. I could watch those once a week. Disney put out some great live action stuff in the 60s and 70s.
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What more could you ask for?
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from 2000? I found that a nice, kind of sweet flick. Not brilliant.
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I just watched that again a few weeks ago. Like Armageddon it is outrageous in it's suspension of disbelief but the four leads are sensational. At the end of the day it's a fun movie that delivers.
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Armageddon, but it's like the same movie was made three times. First for the middle aged in Deep Impact, then for the ADD set in Armageddon, and then for the sedate older crowd in Space Cowboys. My age at the time suggested Armageddon should be my bag, but I thought SC beat both of those others easily, and gave me one of the most satisfying final shots of 2000, only bested by that final shot of Crouching Tiger.
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You best be able to back it up. This may be the funniest thing you'll see all week.http://tinyurl.com/5zh4r7You can see this outcome from a mile away.
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is this the video involving the mixed martial arts fight, with the dude doing those twirls and stuff?
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Did you ever see Malena or Kikijuro? Two foreign movies from 2000 that I think you would like. One was a japanese flick from takeshi kitano, and the other starred Monica Belluci
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It took the sting away from Depalma's mission to Mars shitfest.
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Aug 27, 2008 9:09:41 AM CDT
lets move somewhere...loading is sloooooooooow
by dannyglovers_dickblood
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Conway and Amos go as far away as they can from America track and field.
Sitting at a little cafe in Asia somewhere and all of a sudden an Asian kid is outrunning a donkey or something.
Disney really did put out some kick ass live action in the 60's and 70's.
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how did you like BTDKYD?
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but we might need to stay more on topic. Thoughts? Other suggestions?
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And yes, the video is a guy getting owned after showboating with kicks and twirls for a minute. I could watch it all day.
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Really loved it. I have to say the ending threw me for a loop. I should have seen it coming. I spent the whole movie trying to figure out how Andy was going to pull it off and then after he got shot and his wife left him I was like WTF? Brilliant ending.
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Did you read the write up about The Spirit? That movie looks like its gonna stink worse than Dan Akroyd's asshole
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