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Saturday Evening Movie Thread 03-23-2018 [Hosted By: Moviegique]

Alita: Battle Angel

My interest in seeing this film was less than zero and less than Less Than Zero—the grimy and unlikely screen version of Brett Easton Ellis' novel with Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz and Robert Downey, Jr. I mean, the poster presents the most generic-looking CGI manga-inspired female action hero with freaky-big eyes doing fighty stuff in a blandly porridge-y 2019 way. And the fact that it was directed by Robert Rodriguez (when I discovered that) made it even worse to my mind: Rodriguez is often cheesy, but seldom bland.

alita 01.jpg
Say what you will about this "Spy Kids" makeup, it's not bland.

Item the first: Weird critical/audience split. Rotten Tomatoes having gone completely into shill territory with Captain Marvel, I'm tentatively trying out Metacritic, but both show "Critics hate it, audiences like or love it." OK, well, audiences a lot of time like bland action schlock so that's not super strong—but the split was, at the time, over 30 points, which puts it in the territory of a film containing positive references to Jesus.

Item the second: Word of mouth is consistent and insistent. People like this movie, and fairly insistent that the CGI does not hit you with the uncanny valley effect.

Enough people on the movie thread and Twitter recommended it to me where I decided to take the plunge. The Flower was out, of course, since her taste falls to classics and movies of spiritual interest. The Boy was okay about it, but the way he picked his girlfriend over any actual showing of the film (and who could blame him), I realized it was one of those movies I would never get to if I waited for him. The Barbarienne is up for whatever, usually, but she was against it due to changes made from the manga (which she has not read, but the Internet will happily and angrily inform her of).

So, I, a father of four went alone to Alita: Battle Angel, which probably gets me on an FBI list, or should, anyway.

alita 02.jpg
"My daughter, beware most of all of grown men who like your manga."

Irony of ironies: This is basically a YA movie in the vein of Hunger Games or The Giver which, as yaboi Zack points out, probably would've felt a lot fresher 25 years ago when it actually ended it's 5 year manga run. That said, I ended up liking it overall, and it's definitely worthy of an examination for what it does right.

The story is this: In a dystopic (of course) future world, the peons live on the ground in subservience to the floating sky city Zalem—the last floating city since a war 300 years previous which resulted in all the other floating cities collapsing. Zalem takes the goods that Iron City produces through these giant tubes that look like they're tethering the thing down, and then dumps its trash out of a big hole in the middle around which the city is congregated. A kind-hearted cyborg repair doctor discovers the remnants of a cyborg in the dump with a still functioning heart and brain, and takes it home to put it in a mechanical body he had made for his own daughter years before.

When she wakes up, she has no memory (natch), and struggles (a little) to adapt to her new surroundings while dealing with flashes of memory and bouts of super-combat-skills. Then we get bounty hunters (good and bad), serial killers, a game called roller—er, motorball, the winner of which supposedly gets to go to Zalem, roving gangs of punks stealing cyborg attachments, a love story, betrayals, an ex-wife redemption arc, interplanetary war backstory, Jeff Fahey with a team of robot dogs, gratuitous Edward Norton and Michelle Rodriguez, and the specifically allowed one instance of the F-word for PG-13 movies.

alita 03.jpg
Jackie Earle Haley trained for six months to bulk up for this role!

There's a lot of story, is what I'm getting at, and I'm sure I've left some major points out, as did (wisely) Rodriguez when he trimmed down James Cameron's script to two hours. Honestly, all that stuff and the story arc is as generic as you'd expect a 30-year-old story from an increasingly over-mined genre to be.

But from go, the filmmakers invest in Alita as a teenage girl. There's no "is she human or not?" nonsense. She is. She has normal teen reactions despite her brain having been in a junkyard for 300 years. She's unsure, excitable, emotional, effusive, enthusiastic and quick to jump to the wrong conclusions. And she has freakishly large eyes.

The funny thing is, the eyes largely works to keep you out of the uncanny valley. For me, I know it didn't completely work because I kept thinking about it—but it worked better than most CGI humanoids. And I think it's because the big eyes tell your brain that there's no effort to actually fool you. Meanwhile there are a lot of imperfections and human touches, along with some very good motion capture and voice acting by Rosa Salazar which makes for a compelling heroine.

alita 04.jpg
At one point, she literally gives her boyfriend her heart.

Chris Waltz is great and does the main emotional heavy lifting apart from Salazar, and their father-daughter dynamic gives you something to really care about. Jennifer Connelly has a less well-developed maternal role to play, but she works it well. Keean Johnson threads the needle as the guy who's smitten with a girl who can tear him limb-from-limb. In fact, all the characters are nicely drawn, probably because they were developed over six books. Jeff Fahey as the dog-themed bounty hunter and Jackie Earle Haley as the biggest baddie were inspired choices for cool characters.

You can tell that there's a lot more story behind most of the characters. Besides Connelly, The Iron City boss played by Mahershala Ali and quite a few of the bounty hunters would've benefitted from more screen time. But I sincerely, deeply appreciated Rodriguez keeping this tight and giving us an ending that doesn't feel like a middle finger. It doesn't tie up all the loose ends, but it's satisfying enough to not make you feel ripped off.

There are a few hiccups. Sometimes the actors aren't looking in quite the right place when interacting with Alita, e.g., and occasionally the seams on the CGI show, which didn't bother me because I feel like Rodriguez (like a lot of Asian filmmakers) is less interested in "looks real" than "looks cool". (On the other hand, my understanding is this film cost somewhere between $175-$200M, and Cameron's all about the "real", but hey, not my money.) Rodriguez also really knows space, which means even his goofiest CGI-tacular affairs tend not to be disorienting, and in this case imbues Iron City with life you didn't feel in (e.g.) Coruscant. The too-much-for-me-CGI of the motorball game is salvaged by a good sense of space and weight.

So, if you're like me and have only heard enthusiastic things about this, I'll temper that somewhat. I liked it, there was much to commend, and I had good feelings about it—but unless you're in that demo, it's probably not going to knock your socks off.

alita 05.jpg
Jeff Fahey celebrates National Puppy Day.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 07:37 PM




Comments

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1 Movie sign!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 07:38 PM (kQs4Y)

2 Just happenstance.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at March 23, 2019 07:38 PM (w7U7L)

3 Yo! Why didn't you take your kids??

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 23, 2019 07:40 PM (438dO)

4 Never saw Spy Kids, or Crying Game

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 07:40 PM (BbGew)

5 Did Christoph Waltz do a "Wait for the creme!" line?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 23, 2019 07:41 PM (438dO)

6 I really enjoyed Alita too. It felt more like a Rodriguez flick than a Cameron movie, but I like Rodriguez's weird visual style so it worked.

The big eyes were endearing, not uncanny.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 07:41 PM (kQs4Y)

7 Haven't seen it and probably won't for awhile, so I'll just reiterate that I really like Crazy Rich Asians, especially the wedding scene, with the soundtrack of "Can't Help Falling in Love".


Gaaaah, I'm a girl.

Posted by: pep at March 23, 2019 07:42 PM (T6t7i)

8 I think the only Rodriguez movie I've liked it "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", but I liked that quite a lot.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 23, 2019 07:43 PM (fuK7c)

9 Top ten?

Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 07:43 PM (NLLmE)

10 FYI,

For fans of Syfy's TV series "Happy!" it's 2nd season begins this Wednesday.
Also this Wednesday on FX a new series "What We Do in the Shadows" begins. It's based on a vampire parody movie of the same name. It too is on several times this week and it's a hoot.

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at March 23, 2019 07:44 PM (TDyHc)

11 I saw the incomparable Bette Davis in “Jezebel” on TCM the other night. In some ways its a better antebellum flick than “Gone With the Wind” – in fact it was given to her as a sop for not getting the role of Scarlett O’Hara. I always felt Bette, with her big, seen-it-all eyes, wasn’t right for the part of Scarlett, who was just a silly flirt in the beginning of the story. But Bette was perfect as the waspish Julie whose beauty and charm makes people forgive her for her transgressions, until they don’t. Henry Fonda was terrific as her fiancé who has had enough of her shit.

It feels a lot like a proto-GWTW. It shares some actors, and it showcases a society that is on its last legs. There’s even a scene where the leading lady scandalizes society by wearing a red dress.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 07:44 PM (kQs4Y)

12 Chris Waltz is one of the most memorable villains in any film I've see (Inglorious Bastards)

Honorable mention: Bruce Dern in the Cowboys,
Clarence Bodikker in RoboCop and the creep from Dirty Harry. I really hated that guy.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 07:44 PM (+Tibp)

13 Did Christoph Waltz do a "Wait for the creme!" line?


Attendez le creme!

Posted by: Christoph Waltz at March 23, 2019 07:45 PM (fuK7c)

14 For your viewing pleasure tonight, Svengoolie has Dr Cyclops and TCM has Summer of '42 and later a Raymond Chandler film noir, Lady in the lake.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 07:45 PM (+Tibp)

15 Haven't seen it yet, but probably will. Oh, yeah, there's a lot of story behind it. The Alita books occupy almost an entire shelf of my library.

It's not really a "floating city," it's actually the bottom end of a space elevator. There's a city in space at the top "counterweight" end that figures in later books.

Posted by: MW at March 23, 2019 07:46 PM (hNTtn)

16 Alita? A battle angel? I thought he was a supreme court justice. Ruth Ginsburg would have fit the role better.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 23, 2019 07:47 PM (PjWy4)

17 Best villain nominee:

Tim Roth, Rob Roy.

Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 07:47 PM (NLLmE)

18 Also this Wednesday on FX a new series "What We Do in the Shadows" begins. It's based on a vampire parody movie of the same name. It too is on several times this week and it's a hoot.
Posted by: Jake Holenhead

Matt Berry is hilarious. I'm looking forward to this.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 07:48 PM (+Tibp)

19 I love this thread. Thank you!

Posted by: AgathaPagatha at March 23, 2019 07:48 PM (UuTGj)

20 Hard to move myself to care about anything in the theaters today.

But then, I don't want to be an Ueberasshole like those Baseball Thread trolls.

American Sniper on History tonight.

That's it.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 07:48 PM (XAYDB)

21 just the jpgs are too creepy for this moron's taste.

Posted by: adobe juan kenobe at March 23, 2019 07:49 PM (ThuQF)

22
For your viewing pleasure tonight, Svengoolie has Dr Cyclops and TCM has
Summer of '42 and later a Raymond Chandler film noir, Lady in the lake.

Posted by: Blutarski
..........
Are you in Chicago? Or is Svengoolie nationally available now?
He was Saturday night fixture on Chicago TV for decades!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 23, 2019 07:49 PM (438dO)

23
Best villain nominee:



HAL 9000

Posted by: pep at March 23, 2019 07:49 PM (T6t7i)

24 Chi-Town--

As I explained, I didn't take my kids because none of them wanted to see this.

Posted by: moviegique at March 23, 2019 07:50 PM (CcUfv)

25 Only movie I did watch this week was on YouTube, the old 1970 Waterloo with Christopher Plummer as Duke of Wellington and Rod Steiger as Napoleon. There is a lot to rip apart for historical accuracy but hadn't seen it in at least 25 years so loved seeing it again.

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 07:50 PM (BbGew)

26 Has anyone here watched Travellers on Netflix?
Looking for something new to watch and never saw any of the episodes before.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 23, 2019 07:50 PM (438dO)

27 Creepiest villain evah, for me, Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 23, 2019 07:50 PM (fuK7c)

28 American Sniper on History tonight.

That's it.
Posted by: logprof

I I heard it right, Chris Kyle was born in my hometown of Odessa, TX. I did not know that.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 07:50 PM (+Tibp)

29 Add this to the other good comments I've heard about this. I'll probably check it when the DVD hits the library or Netflix picks it up.

I have a slew of library DVDs that I need to watch. Trouble is, I have to wait for wife and daughter to finish their shows and then be in the mood for a movie. Too many entertainment options, not enough time. I include AoS among these options.

Now -- when I first checked this thread it had two comments, and one refresh brought the total to nine. Let's see where this winds up.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 07:50 PM (ARF+3)

30 8 I think the only Rodriguez movie I've liked it "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", but I liked that quite a lot.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 23, 2019 07:43 PM (fuK7c)

--Seriously?

The Original El Mariachi was a hoot.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 07:51 PM (XAYDB)

31 Best villain nominee:


HAL 9000
Posted by: pep



He was just turning his life around.

Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 07:51 PM (NLLmE)

32 Twenty-nine! Not bad.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 07:51 PM (ARF+3)

33 I get Svengoolie on cable in se Pa on Verizon

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 07:51 PM (BbGew)

34 I wrote the other night that I really dug the new version of "Suspiria", where the witches channel their power through dance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY6QKRl56Ok

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 07:51 PM (kQs4Y)

35 It feels a lot like a proto-GWTW. It shares some actors, and it showcases a society that is on its last legs."

I agree completely, Jezebel is a great movie, one of Bette Davis best (and that's against tough competition!) Davis was really angry about not being given the "Scarlett" role for a long time, one of the more amusing things she was quoted as saying was that Vivian Leigh would be horrible for the role, since she had no idea how to do a proper southern accent.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 07:51 PM (V2Yro)

36 Villain:
someone else will mention the guy I am thinking of, so I will offer Ganz from 48 hours.

Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 07:51 PM (n13/j)

37 Are you in Chicago? Or is Svengoolie nationally available now?
He was Saturday night fixture on Chicago TV for decades!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

He's national on a weird channel called MeTV. I love it.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 07:51 PM (+Tibp)

38 31
Best villain nominee:





HAL 9000

Posted by: pep





He was just turning his life around.

Posted by: eleven


Aspiring rapper.

Posted by: pep at March 23, 2019 07:52 PM (T6t7i)

39 Yet to see "Alita". Saw "Us". Save your money and pray for America. It's that stupid.

I wanted to like it. Nope. Almost walked out. Did I mention stupid?

I am embarrassed for Jordan Peele. Somebody needs to check that fool. Surrounded by yes-men. Stupid.

Posted by: nip at March 23, 2019 07:52 PM (RXwUQ)

40 Great review although I will probably never see it.

Although 9 out of 10 times, when I see a trailer, I think the movie looks pretty good and I might go, I never do. Because 9 out of 10 times that I do go, the movie sucks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2019 07:53 PM (EZebt)

41 Are you in Chicago? Or is Svengoolie nationally available now?
He was Saturday night fixture on Chicago TV for decades!"

Svengoolie's on one of the regular cable channels now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 07:53 PM (V2Yro)

42 27 Creepiest villain evah, for me, Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 23, 2019 07:50 PM (fuK7c)

--Nope.

Bardem in Skyfall is creepier.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 07:53 PM (XAYDB)

43 Although 9 out of 10 times, when I see a trailer, I think the movie
looks pretty good and I might go, I never do. Because 9 out of 10 times
that I do go, the movie sucks.


It's almost as if they cherry pick the good parts to put in the trailer.

Posted by: pep at March 23, 2019 07:53 PM (T6t7i)

44 Both Spiderverse and Aquaman are at the local second run pub/theater, and I want to see them. Good food there, too

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 07:54 PM (39g3+)

45 A hunched over RBG battle angel spoof would be so great. She fights almost exclusively with the soles of her feet because she can't see her adversary otherwise.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 07:54 PM (xyung)

46 80's movies had some seriously hateable bad guys.

Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 07:54 PM (NLLmE)

47 Bardem in Skyfall is creepier.

Posted by: logprof


Disagree. In NCROM, he was new and just played the part spectacularly. In Skyfall, he was insisting upon himself.

Posted by: pep at March 23, 2019 07:54 PM (T6t7i)

48 44 Both Spiderverse and Aquaman are at the local second run pub/theater, and I want to see them. Good food there, too
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 07:54 PM (39g3+)

--Would not do.

F the Big Rat.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 07:55 PM (XAYDB)

49 Are you in Chicago? Or is Svengoolie nationally available now?

He was Saturday night fixture on Chicago TV for decades!"


Sven went national a while back with the people who own Me-TV. They're out of Chicago and they are on cable systems and own a number of stations around the country. Also on a lot of broadcast digital subchannels.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 23, 2019 07:55 PM (oVJmc)

50 It's almost as if they cherry pick the good parts to put in the trailer.

Yeah, that's a real problem these days. They give away too much in trailers, and they take all the only good parts and splice them together in the trailer, so the film is just dull.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 07:55 PM (39g3+)

51 It's almost as if they cherry pick the good parts to put in the trailer.
Posted by: pep


Which means if the trailer is meh...

Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 07:56 PM (NLLmE)

52 @22 --

Jerry, Svengoolie is a mainstay on the MeTV network. If you've not heard of it, it's Rerun City. Think Nick at Nite, but all day.

I check it sometimes when I'm in a mood for Mason.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 07:56 PM (ARF+3)

53 Are you in Chicago? Or is Svengoolie nationally available now?

He was Saturday night fixture on Chicago TV for decades!"


Sven went national a while back with the people who own Me-TV. They're out of Chicago and they are on cable systems and own a number of stations around the country. Also on a lot of broadcast digital subchannels.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles

I heard he was from ...BERWYN!

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 07:56 PM (+Tibp)

54 Disagree. In NCROM, he was new and just played the part spectacularly. In Skyfall, he was insisting upon himself.
Posted by: pep at March 23, 2019 07:54 PM (T6t7i)

--Agree to disagree.

In Skyfall there were overtones of buggery.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 07:56 PM (XAYDB)

55 For fans of Syfy's TV series "Happy!" it's 2nd season begins this Wednesday.

I mentioned late in the ONT that this show was vile, depraved, and evil. Also well written and acted. I find it highly watchable (and cringe inducing).

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 07:57 PM (WNAuL)

56 Looks like FSU will hold off Murray State and Ja Morant.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 07:58 PM (XAYDB)

57 In Skyfall there were overtones of buggery.

Daniel Craig keeps making comments about how he wants more homo in James Bond movies, I suspect that might have been his influence

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 07:58 PM (39g3+)

58 In Skyfall, he was insisting upon himself.

Posted by: pep at March 23, 2019 07:54 PM (T6t7i)




Skyfall was awful except for them offing Judi Dench

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 07:59 PM (b86HG)

59 Modern trailers are abysmal. I wondered if I was just getting older (my 29th birthday is right around the corner after all) and jaded, but then I saw a couple of GOOD trailers and thought, "Nope, it's not me."

Saw a great trailer for this Iranian movie "Pig" which is about a blacklisted filmmaker who's increasing agitated by a serial killer who targets great Persian filmmakers and hasn't gotten around to him yet, while he's being accused of being the murderer on social media, which he fears and doesn't understand.

http://moviegique.com/index.php/2019/03/23/pig/

The movie itself is good, but not great, but at least the trailer didn't spoil the whole thing and was interesting.

Posted by: moviegique at March 23, 2019 07:59 PM (CcUfv)

60 Mueller is officially worser than Hitler. The mostest wortest person in the world.

I expect Brad Pitt to play him when the inevitable movie is made showing how he and Trump colluded with Putin. You know it's coming.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at March 23, 2019 08:00 PM (sU+WK)

61 As if Davis could pull off a Southern accent.

Vivian Leigh hot
Bette Davis hot under the collar

Posted by: Braenyard at March 23, 2019 08:00 PM (ePWRo)

62
Svengoolie is on.

Dr Cyclops is the movie tonight.

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:00 PM (A5nuG)

63 Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Operative in Serenity.


Hate hate hated that guy. Best comeuppance evar.

Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 08:00 PM (NLLmE)

64 In Skyfall there were overtones of buggery.

Daniel Craig keeps making comments about how he wants more homo in James Bond movies, I suspect that might have been his influence

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 07:58 PM (39g3+)



He was overstayed his welcome. I'd rather see 89 year old Sean Connery in the role again

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (b86HG)

65 48 44 Both Spiderverse and Aquaman are at the local second run pub/theater, and I want to see them. Good food there, too
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 07:54 PM (39g3+)

--Would not do.

F the Big Rat.
Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 07:55 PM (XAYDB)

IIRC, after the first few weeks of the run of a new movie, the percentages change and the local theater keeps the majority of the receipts, correct?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (sy5kK)

66 Skyfall was awful except for them offing Judi Dench

Yeah I agree, the last 3 Bond movies started pretty well then went downhill pretty hard.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (39g3+)

67 Best villain nominee:

Jenny Curran, Forrest Gump

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (NWiLs)

68 12: the creep from Dirty Harry. I really hated that guy.

I would put this character in the top10 of the most despicable bad guys ever. The actor who played him did a wonderful job in getting you too absolutely hate him.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (WNAuL)

69 I wanted to like it. Nope. Almost walked out. Did I mention stupid?

I am embarrassed for Jordan Peele. Somebody needs to check that fool. Surrounded by yes-men. Stupid.
Posted by: nip at March 23, 2019 07:52 PM (RXwUQ)

===

This was one of the afore-mentioned trailers I saw and liked. Mrs. Franpsycho said I was a sucker for liking it. I guess you would agree.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (EZebt)

70 46 80's movies had some seriously hateable bad guys.
Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 07:54 PM (NLLmE)

And some cartoonishly bad, bad guys.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (sU+WK)

71 Dr. Cyclops is a pretty good movie. It's in gorgeous color and has some really well-done special effects.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (oVJmc)

72 I actually laughed back when I saw the preview for Alita. I still would rather watch Donkey-Chompers on CNN, 'cuz she has big-fookin' eyes AND teeth, and is less predictable in what is gonna happens.

Posted by: Roy at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (ABjxW)

73 In Skyfall there were overtones of buggery.

Daniel Craig keeps making comments about how he wants more homo in James Bond movies, I suspect that might have been his influence
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 07:58 PM (39g3+)

-----------------------

This should be a great way to kill off the whole franchise. Ian Fleming must be whirling in his grave.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (ffYR/)

74 Skyfall was awful except for them offing Judi Dench
Posted by: TheQuietMan


I could watch a movie with Judi Dench dying.

Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (NLLmE)

75 Movies..Yay!

Posted by: otho at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (LkFnL)

76
It's weird to think Bill Cosby lives in a prison, today.

Not the outcome we imagined when we were kids watching Fat Albert.

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:02 PM (A5nuG)

77 I would put this character in the top10 of the most despicable bad guys ever. The actor who played him did a wonderful job in getting you too absolutely hate him.

Yeah Scorpio was just awful, he was so loathsome and terrible. Perfect foil for Harry, to show why he is the way he is, and what's more why he's important and necessary in that world.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:03 PM (39g3+)

78 the creep from Dirty Harry. I really hated that guy.

I would put this character in the top10 of the most despicable bad guys ever. The actor who played him did a wonderful job in getting you too absolutely hate him.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (WNAuL)


Andy Robinson.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:03 PM (b86HG)

79 @44 --

CRT, do so. Both are enjoyable.

For everybody:

When my family (wife, kids -- not when I was the kid) goes to movies, we predict the number of trailers we'll see. Almost always, they break down into two "looks interesting" and the others "nope."

"Alita" wound up as "looks interesting" for me.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:04 PM (ARF+3)

80 Saving Private Ryan is 25 years old. Makes feel a tad old.

Posted by: Lurking Lurker at March 23, 2019 08:04 PM (sU+WK)

81 Spiderverse was da bomb, as the kids say.

Checked a couple DVDs from the library:

"Rush", about the rivalry between Formula 1 racers James Hunt (the boozing, partying, Brit) and Niki Lauda (the aspie Austrian). Lauda's fight to return to the sport after a horrible crash is amazing.

"Blockers" - crass but funny and oddly heartwarming.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 08:04 PM (kQs4Y)

82 This should be a great way to kill off the whole franchise. Ian Fleming must be whirling in his grave.
Posted by: Calm Mentor

Have the announced to new Bond? Much talk about every ethnic group but English. Heck, they killed the Doctor Who franchise with a female Dr Who.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 08:04 PM (+Tibp)

83


It's weird to think Bill Cosby lives in a prison, today.



Not the outcome we imagined when we were kids watching Fat Albert.


Now, Leonard Part 6? Ghost Dad? Then you could see Cosby in prison.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 23, 2019 08:04 PM (oVJmc)

84 Dystopia.


Dattopia.


Yada yada

Posted by: Pussy Galore at March 23, 2019 08:04 PM (wWUkD)

85 He was overstayed his welcome. I'd rather see 89 year old Sean Connery in the role again
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (b86HG)


I really don't like Craig as Bond. I've gotten used to his looks now but he reminds me of one of the Soviet bad guys in the old Bond films. His Bond is way too moody.

Posted by: DR.WTF at March 23, 2019 08:05 PM (aS1PU)

86 I just saw the old Wild Wild West with Ted Knight as a crazy religious fanatic bad guy with a mechanical monster.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 23, 2019 08:05 PM (+y/Ru)

87 Caught Kipling's 'Kim' (1954) halfway through on TCM today. I'll record it next time I see it come up again. Last week I'd read/listened to Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy. Had heard Heinlein used Kim for his book. Definitely noticeable from the movie so I'm wanting to see the whole thing. Then eventually read Kipling's book.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at March 23, 2019 08:05 PM (iouK0)

88 Dr Cyclops looks like a pulp cover come to life.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 23, 2019 08:05 PM (oVJmc)

89 As I was watching a horrible movie with Gerard Butler yesterday called 'the Vanishing', I wondered what other crap movies I watched to the end, hoping they would get better...

I'm thinking this one takes the cake. It was awful, and supposedly based on a true story. No character development and no story arc, just yuck. Can't those two hours of my life back!

Posted by: squeakywheel at March 23, 2019 08:06 PM (naIxY)

90 "Happy!" is fun, sick, darkly humorous, and sometimes just plain dark. Binge watched the first season on Netflix. Don't want to spoil anything but there are definitely some huge "No way, they went THERE?!" moments in the plot.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:06 PM (NWiLs)

91 The Mask was the best real and cartoon CGI mash up.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 08:06 PM (2DOZq)

92 63
Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Operative in Serenity.





Hate hate hated that guy. Best comeuppance evar.

Posted by: eleven


Good one! Also, the bounty hunter from the final episode of Firefly (Richard Brooks). Actually, Firefly had a bunch of memorable bad guys.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:06 PM (WNAuL)

93 Saw Mel Gibson's latest Dragged Across Concrete.

It's good of it's kind. Two cops go bad, sort of.

Director had a fight with the producers over final cut, so it's it's in limited release and available on Amazon Pay

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 08:06 PM (1UZdv)

94
Yada yada

Posted by: Pussy Galore at March 23, 2019 08:04 PM (wWUkD)



Speaking of you. Charge TV took the Avengers off of Saturday nights. Now it's only on Sunday mornings. It was to be the final episode with Cathy Gale. Honor Blackman announced she was leaving the show to take the role of Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. The final scene of the episode has her and Steed referring to her leaving to go pussyfooting around.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:07 PM (b86HG)

95 The star of Dr. Cyclops, Albert Dekker, had a Carradine-esque end.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 23, 2019 08:07 PM (oVJmc)

96 Also villain: Rose Whatsherface in Titanic.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:07 PM (NWiLs)

97 >>Bardem in Skyfall is creepier.

Ugh, yes.

The mob boss in "Snatch" who feeds people to his pigs.

But Tim Roth in "Rob Roy" is so effectively awful I am kinda repelled by Tim Roth in anything. Sorry, dude!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2019 08:07 PM (W+vEI)

98 I just saw the old Wild Wild West with Ted Knight as a crazy religious fanatic bad guy with a mechanical monster.

"Was it a giant spider??"
--writer for the movie

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:07 PM (39g3+)

99 Trump downplaying the Mueller report as he has makes me think it will be even more awesomely exculpatory than we expect.

Posted by: LASue at March 23, 2019 08:07 PM (XROPS)

100 Those eye look totally fine to me.

Posted by: Bolshevik Angel Alexandria at March 23, 2019 08:07 PM (yIBga)

101 Hey everybody. Yay Movie Thread! Thanks OregonMuse!

I know that at Twitter James Woods has been recommending people see Alita instead of CM.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:08 PM (miE9U)

102 Crap. Missed the OT limit by 1.

Posted by: LASue at March 23, 2019 08:08 PM (XROPS)

103 But Tim Roth in "Rob Roy" is so effectively awful I am kinda repelled by Tim Roth in anything. Sorry, dude!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2019 08:07 PM (W+vEI)

Damn that was a great movie.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 08:08 PM (2DOZq)

104 Bruce Dern was so good in the Cowboys, he's basically a bad guy in every film no matter what role he plays.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:08 PM (39g3+)

105 Head. Ache.

How do I hate thee, commercial real estate leases? Let me count the ways...

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:09 PM (NWiLs)

106 Andrew Robinson, the villain (apart from the liberal politicians who wanna hold hands with the psychos and rapists *spit*) of "Dirty Harry" did an excellent turn on "Deep Space 9" as a banished alien who's also probably a secret agent.

Very surprised to realize on re-viewing Dirty Harry that it was the same guy.

Posted by: moviegique at March 23, 2019 08:09 PM (CcUfv)

107 Classic Bond version of Fuck Marry Kill

http://tinyurl.com/y6o3md58

Keep clicking through on the right.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 08:09 PM (1UZdv)

108 80
When the phrase "I can feel it in my bones" becomes less and less of a metaphor.

Posted by: Pussy Galore at March 23, 2019 08:09 PM (wWUkD)

109

The worst Bad Guy ever?

Harrison Ford in Cowboys and Aliens.

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (A5nuG)

110 Best villainess nominee:

Kathleen Bryon - The Black Narcissus

She scarred the hell outta me in that movie.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (Y4EXg)

111 Christopher R Taylor, did you ever see the 1980s TV movie with Bruce Dern, "Toughlove"?

It was great. And it starred Jason Patric as the crazy drug-addled out-of-control teenager who needed, er, tough love.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (miE9U)

112 Bruce Dern was so good in the Cowboys, he's basically a bad guy in every film no matter what role he plays.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I was about 10 years old when I saw the Cowboys (and I saw it multiple times), right in the wheel house. I HATED that guy.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (+Tibp)

113 81: "Rush", about the rivalry between Formula 1 racers James Hunt (the
boozing, partying, Brit) and Niki Lauda (the aspie Austrian). Lauda's
fight to return to the sport after a horrible crash is amazing.


Great F1 movie. The racing scene's were well shot. Check out Grand Prix with James Garner too.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (WNAuL)

114 65 48 44 Both Spiderverse and Aquaman are at the local second run pub/theater, and I want to see them. Good food there, too
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 07:54 PM (39g3+)

--Would not do.

F the Big Rat.
Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 07:55 PM (XAYDB)

IIRC, after the first few weeks of the run of a new movie, the percentages change and the local theater keeps the majority of the receipts, correct?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 23, 2019 08:01 PM (sy5kK)

--I would not risk any of my money fattening the Big Rat's pockets.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (XAYDB)

115 Trump downplaying the Mueller report as he has makes me think it will be even more awesomely exculpatory than we expect.
Posted by: LASue at March 23, 2019 08:07 PM (XROPS)

------------------------

Yep. His being silent today is playing this exactly right. When he does let loose, it will be epic.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (ffYR/)

116 Aquaman's underwater CGI made it completely unwatchable. It was terrible. I mean Ivan Drago and Patrick Wilson as underwater seahorses just made it laughable.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (tRLIC)

117
Second worst Bad Guy ever?

William Hurt in that awful movie with Viggie Mortensen.

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (A5nuG)

118
I really don't like Craig as Bond. I've gotten used to his looks now but he reminds me of one of the Soviet bad guys in the old Bond films. His Bond is way too moody.

Posted by: DR.WTF at March 23, 2019 08:05 PM (aS1PU)



I get the feeling that the people making the new Bond movies hate Bond and they want to give the middle finger to the fans as much as possible.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:11 PM (tmanU)

119 @94 --

QuietMan, an episode in the Diana Rigg run had Steed receiving a Christmas card from Cathy Gale. His reaction: "I wonder what she's doing in Fort Knox."

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:11 PM (ARF+3)

120 Waaaaay out there villain: Frank Booth.

Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:11 PM (NWiLs)

121 Daniela Bianchi was so delectable. Perfect for that role in From Russia With Love. Such a beauty.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:11 PM (39g3+)

122 Maybe Trump wants the Left to be concentrating on Mueller and how much he failed them.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 23, 2019 08:11 PM (oVJmc)

123 Western Villains:
Henry Fonda Once Upon a Time in the WestFred Forrest Lonesome Dove.

Those are easy though.

Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:11 PM (n13/j)

124 I have no idea who Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz and Robert Rodriguez are and could sit next to Robert Downey, Jr. and have no idea it was him. Tell me, is that wrong?

Posted by: Wtp at March 23, 2019 08:11 PM (HA2LH)

125 literally serious, I heard Aquaman is great if you have a fetish for seeing women wearing high heels underwater. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:12 PM (miE9U)

126 117
Second worst Bad Guy ever?

William Hurt in that awful movie with Viggie Mortensen.
Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (A5nuG)

A History of Violence. Shitty bad guy.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:12 PM (NWiLs)

127 Happy! starts out in the sordid underbelly of New York and then proceeds to crawl up some pretty disgusting orifices.

It's like if Zombie did a Lifetime Christmas movie.

Oh the places you'll go and the people you'll meet!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 08:12 PM (kQs4Y)

128 Western Villains:
Henry Fonda Once Upon a Time in the WestFred Forrest Lonesome Dove.

Those are easy though.
Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:11 PM (n13/j)

Liberty Vance

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 08:12 PM (2DOZq)

129 Great Villain:

Hans Gruber

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 23, 2019 08:12 PM (oVJmc)

130 127 Happy! starts out in the sordid underbelly of New York and then proceeds to crawl up some pretty disgusting orifices.

It's like if Zombie did a Lifetime Christmas movie.

Oh the places you'll go and the people you'll meet!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 08:12 PM (kQs4Y)

And shoot.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:12 PM (NWiLs)

131 I would not risk any of my money fattening the Big Rat's pockets.

Tickets are 3 bucks at this place, but I have a couple free passes so...

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:12 PM (39g3+)

132 If those stills are from current movies, then it certainly shows I'm not missing diddly squat by not going to them.

So.....

Haskell .45 automatic. POS, or acceptable entry-level .45? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 23, 2019 08:13 PM (nPGq2)

133
What if in the report Mueller recommends further investigations by DOJ?

That could be a "poison pill" of sorts inserted by Mueller just to be a treasonous Shit, yes?

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:13 PM (A5nuG)

134 Best villainess nominee:

Kathleen Bryon - The Black Narcissus

She scarred the hell outta me in that movie.
Posted by: Tonypete


How bout Glen Close in The Devil Wears Prada. Nobody dies or anything but she sure is hateable.

Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 08:13 PM (NLLmE)

135 Going in a different direction, Rachel Weisz in "The Shape of Things" is the mindf#cking girlfriend from Hell and she's the sort of villain who hides in plain sight (not the over-the-top killer/psycho criminal sort).

Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2019 08:13 PM (W+vEI)

136 Damn... came up with a better name for the bug-eyed Donkey-Chompers -


Babble Angel Alexandria

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 23, 2019 08:14 PM (yIBga)

137 I posted this earlier this week, but...

has anyone here ever seen the 1968 football flick, Paper Lion?

I know it's available for streaming at Amazon.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:14 PM (miE9U)

138 Well, I'm just not a movie person. Apparently.

Posted by: Eromero at March 23, 2019 08:15 PM (qBNEP)

139 Started watching "Two Minute Warning" only to realize I've seen it before, and recently. Now I need something else to watch.

Posted by: josephistan at March 23, 2019 08:15 PM (Izzlo)

140 Has anyone seen The Red Balloon? (1956)

No particular reason. We just showed it to the youth group.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 23, 2019 08:15 PM (vZrbf)

141
Burt Kwouk is in this episode (Lobster Quadrille) of the Avengers. I wonder if he's going to attack Clouseau?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:15 PM (tmanU)

142 Also, Matt Dillon in My Bodyguard. Twerp.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 08:15 PM (+Tibp)

143 138 Well, I'm just not a movie person. Apparently.
Posted by: Eromero at March 23, 2019 08:15 PM (qBNEP)

THEN GET OFF THIS THREAD, YA BIG DOPE!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:15 PM (NWiLs)

144 Has anyone seen The Red Balloon? (1956)

No particular reason. We just showed it to the youth group.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 23, 2019 08:15 PM (vZrbf)



I've heard of 99 of them

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:16 PM (tmanU)

145 131 I would not risk any of my money fattening the Big Rat's pockets.

Tickets are 3 bucks at this place, but I have a couple free passes so...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:12 PM (39g3+)

--Go for it!

If anything, it'd lighten the Big Rat's pockets.

American Sniper on History.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:16 PM (XAYDB)

146 135 Going in a different direction, Rachel Weisz in "The Shape of Things" is the mindf#cking girlfriend from Hell and she's the sort of villain who hides in plain sight (not the over-the-top killer/psycho criminal sort).
Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2019 08:13 PM (W+vEI)

Is The Shape of Things a documentary?

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 08:16 PM (tRLIC)

147 I've come to loathe and despise almost everything our popular culture pukes out now. Can't watch TV or go to movies without feeling alienated or just ripped off. Which is sad for me because going to the movies used to be my greatest love. Now they want to kill off physical media too, and I can't help but feel that control over what we watch is part of it.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at March 23, 2019 08:16 PM (mXHAG)

148 Weird seeing Henry Fonda as a baddie but he did a good jerb.

Glen Ford could be evil when he wanted to. And Mitchum.

Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 08:16 PM (NLLmE)

149 Best villain nominee:

Jenny Curran, Forrest Gump

-
Forrest Gump is basically an old fashioned morality tale.

https://bit.ly/2WiYlHh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 23, 2019 08:17 PM (+y/Ru)

150

Henry Fonda was a bad guy in a movie with Jimmy Stewart, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:17 PM (A5nuG)

151 Those restaurant second run film places make their money on the food, the films are dirt cheap to rent for showing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:17 PM (39g3+)

152 126
117

Second worst Bad Guy ever?



William Hurt in that awful movie with Viggie Mortensen.

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (A5nuG)



A History of Violence. Shitty bad guy.

Posted by: Insomniac


I think that was Ed Harris, not W Hurt

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:17 PM (WNAuL)

153 140 Has anyone seen The Red Balloon? (1956)

No particular reason. We just showed it to the youth group.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 23, 2019 08:15 PM (vZrbf)

Years ago. I was shocked when they revealed it was actually an inflated condom.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:17 PM (NWiLs)

154 "no sealed indictments"
Pinnipeds everywhere rejoice !!

Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at March 23, 2019 08:18 PM (wWUkD)

155 I've heard of 99 of them
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:16 PM


Yeah...that's the same joke all of the adults in the room made.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 23, 2019 08:18 PM (vZrbf)

156 Rip (James Spader) was a great villian.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 08:18 PM (tRLIC)

157 Villain nominee:

Mitchum in "Cape Fear."

Gawd I wanted him dead, and quickly.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:18 PM (ARF+3)

158 I checked out 'Rush' from the library for tonight, too! Only seen a few clips, but it looks great.

I'm working limbing up a giant oak that fell in Hurr. Matthew, and a night in front of the tv sounds good.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 23, 2019 08:18 PM (OSgHz)

159 I'm sick of movies; just get the ONT on already.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:19 PM (XAYDB)

160 The only movie on the horizon that really matters is the upcoming "Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwDN8pJvW2I

I can't wait. No release date yet, but supposedly Spring 2019.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 08:19 PM (kQs4Y)

161 Well, I'm just not a movie person. Apparently.
Posted by: Eromero
-----
***fist bump***

Posted by: lin-duh at March 23, 2019 08:19 PM (UUBmN)

162
James Spade is mort?

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:19 PM (A5nuG)

163 I think that was Ed Harris, not W Hurt
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:17 PM (WNAuL)

They were both in the movie. Ed Harris was the bad guy who came to town and exposed his identity. William Hurt was the underboss or whatever.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:19 PM (NWiLs)

164 Saw "Rampant" last week on Netflix.

"Rampant" is a Korean movie in the same vein as the K series "Kingdom", ie. zombie infestation in ancient Korea.

A bit slow in parts cuz the Koreans do love them some royal backstabbing and intrigue.

But, once the movie gets going...it really gets going.

Same guys who made "Train to Busan" made this one, so they know their zombie action.

Generally good acting. Good not great script with some biggish plot holes and languor. Nice OMG! zombie attacks.

Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (CRRq9)

165 121
Daniela Bianchi was so delectable. Perfect for that role in From Russia With Love. Such a beauty.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor


She didn't act to much after that. She married herself a Billionaire shipping guy and didn't have to work again. The director of FRWL thought she was fat and lazy. The actors in the movie loved her. She was very Italian and had that flare. Plus, she didn't give 2 shits what the director thought. Yes, she was smokin'!

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (WNAuL)

166 "Forrest Gump is basically an old fashioned morality tale. "

I saw it as an allegory of the two halves of America in the 60s and 70s

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (1UZdv)

167 Villain nominee:

Mitchum in "Cape Fear."

Gawd I wanted him dead, and quickly.
Posted by: Weak Geek

Villian nominee:

DeNiro in real life.....



Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (OSgHz)

168 156 Rip (James Spader) was a great villian.
Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 08:18 PM (tRLIC)

----Dude, phrasing.

I thought he died.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (XAYDB)

169 Jimmy Stewart was a killer in one movie.

I can't give the title because ... spoilers.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (ARF+3)

170 "Was it a giant spider??"
--writer for the movie
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:07 PM (39g3+)

LOL I remember that interview!!!

the thing about Bruce Dern is that he's great in Comedy as well, like "Support your Local Sherriff".

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:21 PM (V2Yro)

171 Amazing Amy was a great villian.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 08:21 PM (tRLIC)

172 Weak Geek: Vertigo? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:21 PM (miE9U)

173 The only movie on the horizon that really matters is the upcoming "Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus":
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Someone posted about an upcoming movie called something like "The Man who killed Hitler and then killed Bigfoot". And its got Sam Elliot!

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (+Tibp)

174 Only movie I did watch this week was on YouTube, the old 1970 Waterloo with Christopher Plummer as Duke of Wellington and Rod Steiger as Napoleon. There is a lot to rip apart for historical accuracy but hadn't seen it in at least 25 years so loved seeing it again.

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 07:50 PM (BbGew)


I re-watch that movie all the time. Last year I found a website that let me download it, and with a program called VLC Media Player I can watch it, correctly formatted for larger widescreen TVs (which the DVD was not).

Although you can pick it apart for certain details of the battle, the cast and general portrayal of the battle are excellent. In addition to Steiger and Plummer, I greatly enjoyed Orson Welles as Louis XVIII, Jack Hawkins as Picton, and Dan O'Herlihy as Ney. I am also impressed with the way they groomed some real estate to look like the actual battlefield.

Posted by: HTL at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (3oh1r)

175
Who Shot Liberty Valance?

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (A5nuG)

176 Jimmy Stewart was a bad guy in an early film too and he was damned good at it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (39g3+)

177 Jimmy Stewart was a killer in one movie.


Harvey drove him to kill.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (oVJmc)

178 127
Happy! starts out in the sordid underbelly of New York and then proceeds to crawl up some pretty disgusting orifices.



It's like if Zombie did a Lifetime Christmas movie.



Oh the places you'll go and the people you'll meet!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes


A demented, vile, and bloody version of The Big Lebowski?

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (WNAuL)

179 Years ago. I was shocked when they revealed it was actually an inflated condom.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:17 PM (NWiLs)
---
I think your camp counselor showed you "The Ribbed Balloon".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (kQs4Y)

180 literally serious, true.
I am still kinda shocked Gone Girl was allowed to be made by the SJWs.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (miE9U)

181 175
Who Shot Liberty Valance?
Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (A5nuG)

J. R.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (NWiLs)

182 Jimmy Stewart was a killer in one movie.

I can't give the title because ... spoilers.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (ARF+3)



That's a rather thin clue

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (96zvq)

183 179 Years ago. I was shocked when they revealed it was actually an inflated condom.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:17 PM (NWiLs)
---
I think your camp counselor showed you "The Ribbed Balloon".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (kQs4Y)

That would explain a lot, actually.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:23 PM (NWiLs)

184 Has anyone seen The Red Balloon? (1956)



No particular reason. We just showed it to the youth group.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 23, 2019 08:15 PM (vZrbf)

I saw it as a kid,I was not sure what I was watching but it was memorable. I just looked it up to be sure.

My 1956 movie recco is The Killing. And people think it was all Leave it to Beaver back then. The Killing would trounce 99 percent of what comes out these days.

Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:23 PM (n13/j)

185
This is a repeat 'ment...

As funny as John Candy was, Delirious was not at all a funny movie.

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:23 PM (A5nuG)

186 I liked "Alita: Battle Angel" a lot.

But, I've said that before.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 08:23 PM (CRRq9)

187 >>Is The Shape of Things a documentary?


Heh, no. Rachel Weisz is perfect - kinda cute, pretty, a little quirky, draws the guy in for the kill.

I had to look it up on IMDB and see that it's a Neil LaBute film and that explains a lot - that guy likes to make his lead characters sociopaths, such as Aaron Exkhardt in "In the Company of Men."

Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2019 08:24 PM (W+vEI)

188 180 literally serious, true.
I am still kinda shocked Gone Girl was allowed to be made by the SJWs.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (miE9U)

She was the hero to them.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 08:24 PM (tRLIC)

189 Daniela Bianchi was so delectable. Perfect for that role in From Russia With Love. Such a beauty.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 23, 2019 08:11 PM (39g3+)



Yes, she was absolutely beautiful. And that scene where she's waiting for Bond in his bed....

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:24 PM (96zvq)

190 J. R.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (NWiLs)

I thought it was Lisa Simpson.

Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:24 PM (n13/j)

191 As funny as John Candy was, Delirious was not at all a funny movie.
Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:23 PM (A5nuG)

--I thought it was only Eddie Murphy in that one.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:24 PM (XAYDB)

192 It's like if Zombie did a Lifetime Christmas movie.



Lots of colorful inflated scrotums?

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 08:24 PM (CRRq9)

193 The Cowboys is definitely in my top 10 movies.
Another Bruce Durn movie I haven't seen in forever is the sci-fi movie with the 3 robots Huey, Duey, and Louie.

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 08:25 PM (BbGew)

194 I posted this earlier this week, but...

has anyone here ever seen the 1968 football flick, Paper Lion?

I know it's available for streaming at Amazon.


Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:14 PM


Yes, I've seen it. It's actually pretty good. Would recommend.

Posted by: otho at March 23, 2019 08:25 PM (LkFnL)

195 163
I think that was Ed Harris, not W Hurt

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:17 PM (WNAuL)



They were both in the movie. Ed Harris was the bad guy who came to
town and exposed his identity. William Hurt was the underboss or
whatever.

Posted by: Insomniac


Oh. I completely forgot Hurt was in it. I only saw it once. Not that memorable of a movie.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:25 PM (WNAuL)

196 Who Shot Liberty Valance?
Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:22 PM (A5nuG)

J. R.
Posted by: Insomniac

Expectations: subverted

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 23, 2019 08:25 PM (gkstg)

197 We've talked about The Killing here before. Kubrick was real Tight as a director.

Fanboy Nolan did an homage with the opening of The Dark Knight, down to the same clown masks.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 08:25 PM (1UZdv)

198 "DeNiro in real life" makes me think of all the actors who think the characters they play are really who they are in real life...

Matt Damon thinks he really is Jason Bourne.

Mathew McConaughney really thinks he is the dude from the Lincoln commercials, rolling his boogers into little tennis balls while pondering his life choices.

Posted by: squeakywheel at March 23, 2019 08:25 PM (naIxY)

199 @176 --

CRT, I'm sure we're thinking of the same flick.

When he was identified as the killer, my wife and I were stunned.

Memorable moment.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:26 PM (ARF+3)

200 Another Bruce Durn movie I haven't seen in forever is the sci-fi movie with the 3 robots Huey, Duey, and Louie.

Posted by: Skip
-----
Silent Running.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 23, 2019 08:26 PM (Y4EXg)

201 Thanks, Insomniac. Excellent Levin impersonation.

Posted by: Eromero at March 23, 2019 08:26 PM (qBNEP)

202 Creepiest villian -

The Nazi who burns his hand on at Marion's bar in Raiders of the Lost Ark
(well, the guy sure looked creepy, though he didn't do much of anything on screen)

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 23, 2019 08:26 PM (yIBga)

203 193 The Cowboys is definitely in my top 10 movies.
Another Bruce Durn movie I haven't seen in forever is the sci-fi movie with the 3 robots Huey, Duey, and Louie.
Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 08:25 PM (BbGew)

--The Cowboys is the tits.

IMHO best John Williams score ever.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:26 PM (XAYDB)

204 We've talked on these threads a lot about Movies that should have been good that turned out really Bad - but I've been thinking this week about a rarer phenomena, and movie that should be schlocky, that you expect little from, that turns out to be surprisingly good, and by that I mean it ends up having some real depth. Saw Bubba-Hotep again this week, and it's in that class. You're sure its just going to be a silly movie about a man who thinks he's Elvis chasing a mummy - and then very slyly it turns into a reflection on how we treat the elderly, and how easy it is for us just to forget people and put them out of our minds because it's the convenient thing to do. And it tackles that issue with a great deal of heart, insight, and understanding that is very rarely seen.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:26 PM (V2Yro)

205 Another Bruce Durn movie I haven't seen in forever is the sci-fi movie with the 3 robots Huey, Duey, and Louie.
Posted by: Skip

Oh, gosh, I remember that Skip. Broke my heart when he damaged one of the robots and couldn't repair him.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 08:26 PM (+Tibp)

206 The Cowboys is definitely in my top 10 movies.
Another Bruce Durn movie I haven't seen in forever is the sci-fi movie with the 3 robots Huey, Duey, and Louie.
Posted by: Skip


Silent Running.

Posted by: eleven at March 23, 2019 08:27 PM (NLLmE)

207 @182 --

Hah! :-)

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:27 PM (ARF+3)

208 197 We've talked about The Killing here before. Kubrick was real Tight as a director.

I have not seen it in a long time. For some reason I keep forgetting that it was a Kubrick film.

Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:27 PM (n13/j)

209 I asked if anyone here has seen Paper Lion earlier.

I also wanted to ask, has anyone here seen All That Jazz?

Bob Fosse is big again I guess. FX is coming out with a "limited series" called Fosse Verdon, about their collaboration from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:28 PM (miE9U)

210 Jimmy Stewart was a killer in one movie.

I can't give the title because ... spoilers.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (ARF+3)

________

I know exactly the movie you're talking about (one of his earliest films) -- and boy, he really creeped me out . . .

Posted by: DynamiteDan at March 23, 2019 08:28 PM (MqzWH)

211 yet I remember it was 1956 for some reason.

Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:28 PM (n13/j)

212 210 Jimmy Stewart was a killer in one movie.

I can't give the title because ... spoilers.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (ARF+3)

________

I know exactly the movie you're talking about (one of his earliest films) -- and boy, he really creeped me out . . .
Posted by: DynamiteDan at March 23, 2019 08:28 PM (MqzWH)

It's a Wonderful Life?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:28 PM (NWiLs)

213 What was the name of the movie where a psycho killer kidnapps girls and then bad guys kidnapped his girl by accident and he commences to kill all of them?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 08:28 PM (2DOZq)

214 191 As funny as John Candy was, Delirious was not at all a funny movie.
Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:23 PM

As funny as John Candy was, "Plains, Trains, and Automobiles" is about his only really good starring role. He did have some good supporting cast roles, like Stripes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:29 PM (V2Yro)

215 I also wanted to ask, has anyone here seen All That Jazz?

Bob Fosse is big again I guess. FX is coming out with a "limited series" called Fosse Verdon, about their collaboration from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:28 PM (miE9U)

--Sorry, I dig chicks.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:30 PM (XAYDB)

216 PDQ Bach (Peter Schickele) did the score for "Silent Running".

I loved when the 'bots cheated by talking to eat other in botspeak during the poker game.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 08:30 PM (kQs4Y)

217 164 Saw "Rampant" last week on Netflix.

"Rampant" is a Korean movie in the same vein as the K series "Kingdom", ie. zombie infestation in ancient Korea.

A bit slow in parts cuz the Koreans do love them some royal backstabbing and intrigue.

But, once the movie gets going...it really gets going.

Same guys who made "Train to Busan" made this one, so they know their zombie action.

Generally good acting. Good not great script with some biggish plot holes and languor. Nice OMG! zombie attacks.

Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (CRRq9

Sounds good, but it's not on Netflix now.

Posted by: josephistan at March 23, 2019 08:30 PM (Izzlo)

218 As funny as John Candy was, "Plains, Trains, and Automobiles" is about his only really good starring role. He did have some good supporting cast roles, like Stripes.
Posted by: Tom Servo

What about "The Great Outdoors"?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 23, 2019 08:31 PM (gkstg)

219 "All That Jazz" is great. *makes Fosse jazz hands*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 08:31 PM (kQs4Y)

220 logprof, I do too. Lotsa leotards in ATJ... ;-)

Also, I wonder if Fosse was actually gay? His bio at Wiki doesn't say a word about him being gay, but does mention he was married a few times. Who knows.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:31 PM (miE9U)

221 As funny as John Candy was, "Plains, Trains, and Automobiles" is about his only really good starring role. He did have some good supporting cast roles, like Stripes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:29 PM (V2Yro)

Uncle Buck should have won the Oscar. Summer Rental was also very good.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 08:31 PM (2DOZq)

222 Well, now I understand why my Kindle is trying so hard to sell me the manga version of this.
But then they're still trying to sell Michelle O's pitiful ghostwritten twarf, so I don't put much stock in their recommendations anyway.

Meh.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 23, 2019 08:31 PM (wA4OO)

223 IMDB on Silent Running says all flora is extinct on earth, guess the global warmists won stopping all caron dioxide production.

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 08:31 PM (BbGew)

224 214 191 As funny as John Candy was, Delirious was not at all a funny movie.
Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 08:23 PM

As funny as John Candy was, "Plains, Trains, and Automobiles" is about his only really good starring role. He did have some good supporting cast roles, like Stripes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:29 PM (V2Yro)

--Disagree.

Who's Harry Crumb? was hilarious IMHO.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:31 PM (XAYDB)

225 All Hail Eris, yup. I read that Bob invented jazz hands. ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:32 PM (miE9U)

226 Love this thread.

And tonight's comments put me in mind of the long-gone and lamented Joe Bob Briggs.

His columns in the early '80s made me laugh so hard I cried.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:32 PM (ARF+3)

227 I confess that I adore "All that Jazz". It's kind of amazing that Bob Fosse decided he wanted to write his own obituary before anybody else had the chance, and he wanted to do it on screen. Of course he did, that's who he was.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:32 PM (V2Yro)

228 As funny as John Candy was, "Plains, Trains, and Automobiles" is about his only really good starring role. He did have some good supporting cast roles, like Stripes.

Posted by: Tom Servo

***

What about "The Great Outdoors"?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 23, 2019 08:31 PM (gkstg)


And "Uncle Buck"!

Posted by: HTL at March 23, 2019 08:32 PM (3oh1r)

229 As funny as John Candy was, "Plains, Trains, and Automobiles" is about his only really good starring role. He did have some good supporting cast roles, like Stripes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:29 PM (V2Yro)

------------------

He was also pretty good in a lead role in Uncle Buck.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 23, 2019 08:32 PM (ffYR/)

230 It's almost like they go out of the way to intentionally not have Japanese actresses play the roles in movies based off of anime.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 23, 2019 08:32 PM (DjIXP)

231 226 Love this thread.

And tonight's comments put me in mind of the long-gone and lamented Joe Bob Briggs.

His columns in the early '80s made me laugh so hard I cried.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:32 PM (ARF+3)

His breast count and various types of "Fu" were a hoot.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:33 PM (NWiLs)

232 Joe Bob rated flicks on Beasts, Breasts, and Blood.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 08:33 PM (kQs4Y)

233 Tom Servo, I've heard Fosse was disarmingly honest about himself and his issues in ATJ. So gotta give him credit for that.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:33 PM (miE9U)

234 Who Shot Liberty Valance?

-
When after all
It was you and me

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 23, 2019 08:33 PM (+y/Ru)

235 220 logprof, I do too. Lotsa leotards in ATJ... ;-)

Also, I wonder if Fosse was actually gay? His bio at Wiki doesn't say a word about him being gay, but does mention he was married a few times. Who knows.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:31 PM (miE9U)

--I actually don't think he was gay either, just achieved in a super-gay industry.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:33 PM (XAYDB)

236 Wow, Joe Bob was the best.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 23, 2019 08:34 PM (GHwQU)

237 John Candy is sweet in "Only the Lonely."
Maureen O'Hara as his mom.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2019 08:34 PM (W+vEI)

238 logprof, exactly.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:34 PM (miE9U)

239 I watched Paper Lion a few months ago, had seen it before long ago but remember read that book in high school. I like it

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 08:34 PM (BbGew)

240 Skip, cool, thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:34 PM (miE9U)

241 Yep. His being silent today is playing this exactly right. When he does let loose, it will be epic.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 23, 2019 08:10 PM (ffYR/)


Be funny as hell if come Monday morning at 5:30am the whole damn frame-up team Lynch on down gets the Roger Stone treatment.

But now with flash-bang.


Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 23, 2019 08:35 PM (1g7ch)

242 The Great Outdoors was a great comedy movie, but could have done without the teenage love angst. That is what brought it down, by my estimation.

"Big bear chase me!!" is a recurring theme in our home, even to this day...

Posted by: squeakywheel at March 23, 2019 08:35 PM (naIxY)

243 226 Love this thread.

And tonight's comments put me in mind of the long-gone and lamented Joe Bob Briggs.

His columns in the early '80s made me laugh so hard I cried.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:32 PM (ARF+3)

--He still writes at takimag, for anyone who does not care about being pegged as alt-right.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:35 PM (XAYDB)

244 Joe Bob is still around according to wikipedia.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 23, 2019 08:35 PM (gkstg)

245 Joe Bob Briggs is still around, although he's not syndicated anymore. You gotta work to find his stuff now.

https://joebobbriggs.net/

He was always too politically incorrect to stay mainstream.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:35 PM (V2Yro)

246 Great Villain: Peter Lorre in 'M'

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 23, 2019 08:35 PM (oVJmc)

247 Hey, don't forget John Candy in "Cool Runnings."

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:35 PM (ARF+3)

248 John Candy is sweet in "Only the Lonely."
Maureen O'Hara as his mom.
Posted by: Lizzy

I was JUST trying to remember the name of that film. Really love it.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 08:35 PM (+Tibp)

249 Lizzy, I love Only The Lonely.
It reminded me a bit too much of my relationship with *my* mom... ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:35 PM (miE9U)

250
Jimmy Stewart was a killer in one movie.
I can't give the title because ... spoilers.
Posted by: Weak Geek


Harvey. And he was haunted by the ghost bunny.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 23, 2019 08:36 PM (aKsyK)

251 230 It's almost like they go out of the way to intentionally not have Japanese actresses play the roles in movies based off of anime.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 23, 2019 08:32 PM (DjIXP)
---
Jeebus, anime itself doesn't seem to like Japanese-looking lead female characters.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 08:36 PM (kQs4Y)

252 It's not quite a movie, but I watched the documentary "Seattle Is Dying." I laughed and laughed the whole way through, because it's produced by the Seattle ABC affiliate.

Well, I come from a city just like Seattle, though not (quite) as far down the death spiral.

And I can guarantee you that their ABC affiliate is just like ours. Nakedly, unashamedly partisan, promoting the Leftist candidates and policies that cause the problems, while refusing to cover those problems until it's too late.

LOL. STFD & STFU. You were an active, key co-conspirator in the murder of your beautiful city, and now you want to wail and moan and beat your breast about how it's dead? Gimme a break.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 23, 2019 08:37 PM (5aX2M)

253 238 logprof, exactly.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:34 PM (miE9U)

--I've commented on this before, but if you're a straight dude in the ballet business . . . you'll never be hurtin' for tail of the female persuasion.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:37 PM (XAYDB)

254 It's not quite a movie, but I watched the documentary "Seattle Is Dying." I laughed and laughed the whole way through, because it's produced by the Seattle ABC affiliate.
promoting the Leftist
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I watched it too. It's awesome. The reporter better have someone else start his car in the mornings. Just brutal.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 08:38 PM (+Tibp)

255 It's harder to do great Comedy than great Drama. With Drama you get bonus points for being earnest.

Planes is on Ebert's short list for best ever, but was ignored by Oscar. So were all my favorite comedies.

English Patient, anyone.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 08:39 PM (1UZdv)

256 Taylor Negron as Milo in The Last Boy Scout was a pretty good villain.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 08:39 PM (2DOZq)

257 Taylor Negron as Milo in The Last Boy Scout was a pretty good villain.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation

The Last Boy Scout was great all around. Can't understand why Damon Waynes didn't do more action movies.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 23, 2019 08:41 PM (gkstg)

258 logprof, but of course.
Those tights leave NOTHING to the imagination... ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:41 PM (miE9U)

259 On the anime front-

I'm really enjoying two very stupid but cleverly written comedies on Crunchyroll.

One, "How Clumsy You Are, Miss Ueno" is the story of a young teenage girl genius who constantly uses her inventions to try to get the attention and appreciation of a clueless boy in the most embarrassing and inappropriate ways possible.

It's incredibly stupid yet the set ups are often clever. and it doesn't over stay it's welcome. The episodes are short. If you catch the shows vibe, you will laugh.

Two, "Aho-Girl" is the story of a very stupid girl who loves two things, the boy next door and bananas. Again this show is so-o-o-o-o incredibly silly and stupid but very cleverly written.

And again, if you catch the vibe, you will laugh a lot.

I think Anna Puma mentioned "Haiyore! Nyaruko-San"

This is a fun watch involving Lovecraft's Old Gods coming to Earth as teenage girls. The show gets a lot of mileage from turning cosmic catastrophe into teen girl silliness. Sometimes it strays to far into a typical teen girl anime romance. but it usually smile worthy.

Some other more typical anime which are good:

The Rising of the Shield Hero
Asuka Magical Girl Spec-Ops
The Promised Neverland

I believe you can stream Crunchyroll for free but there are commercials. You can pay a fee if you want to view without Commercials.

Check these out.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 08:41 PM (CRRq9)

260 The co-founder of Tulsa Ballet Theatre was Roman Jasinski.

From what I've heard, in his younger days he was a rake.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:41 PM (ARF+3)

261 The movie "The Last Supper" is one of those films where the villain(s) depends on your perspective. I couldn't decide if this was intentional or unintentional.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 23, 2019 08:41 PM (W+vEI)

262 Jimmy Stewart played the killer Charles Lindbergh who threw his co-pilot out of the plane crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the weight saved made the flight possible.

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 08:42 PM (BbGew)

263 The Last Boy Scout was great all around. Can't understand why Damon Waynes didn't do more action movies.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 23, 2019 08:41 PM (gkstg)

He's pretty good in the Lethal Weapon TV series.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 08:42 PM (2DOZq)

264 The Nazi who burns his hand on at Marion's bar in Raiders of the Lost Ark
(well, the guy sure looked creepy, though he didn't do much of anything on screen)

-
The scene where he fashioned a coat hanger was creepy as hell.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 23, 2019 08:42 PM (+y/Ru)

265 Angela Kang who infected the direction and writing of The Wallking Dead around season 5 is a great real life villian.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 08:43 PM (tRLIC)

266 Have the 26th episode of Cowboy Bebop to go, it's on YouTube.

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 08:43 PM (BbGew)

267 The Last Boy Scout was great all around. Can't understand why Damon Waynes didn't do more action movies.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 23, 2019 08:41 PM (gkstg)


I just realized he's in two of my guilty pleasure/ watch everytime it's on movies.

Last Boy Scout and Major Payne.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 08:43 PM (2DOZq)

268 255 It's harder to do great Comedy than great Drama. With Drama you get bonus points for being earnest. "

(attributed to many people)

Good friend goes to the hospital to visit his dying actor pal. Commiserates on how hard it must be to die that way.

"Oh, Dying is easy! Comedy is Hard!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:43 PM (V2Yro)

269 Oops meant to mention, I still have DVDs to give away to hungry Horde members!

- The Sixth Sense
- Signs
- Rocky
- Arthur
- The 400 Blows (no, not about Monica Lewinsky or Kamela Harris)
- The Pawnbroker

Anyone interested, email me at QDPSJL at the gmail thingy.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:43 PM (miE9U)

270 The scene where he fashioned a coat hanger was creepy as hell.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 23, 2019 08:42 PM (+y/Ru)

interesting. I think many found that to be comic relief. I think a lot of this has to do with age too. I mean, which villain scared more people than the Wicked Witch of the East?

Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:44 PM (n13/j)

271 or was it the West?

Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:45 PM (n13/j)

272 255 It's harder to do great Comedy than great Drama. With Drama you get bonus points for being earnest.

Planes is on Ebert's short list for best ever, but was ignored by Oscar. So were all my favorite comedies.

English Patient, anyone.
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 08:39 PM (1UZdv)

--Decades ago, Bob Hope riffed on this.

Comic actors make more money because deep inside, people want to laugh, and it's healthy.

I'm writing "serious" stuff and I wish I could be on a writing staff for a sitcom because it's steadier money, but even so I recognize that there needs to be levity injected to soothe the pain of representing life as we know it.

People who are perpetually unfunny just make life miserable for the rest of us (i.e., the Democratic Party).

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:45 PM (XAYDB)

273 We've talked on these threads a lot about Movies that should have been good that turned out really Bad - but I've been thinking this week about a rarer phenomena, and movie that should be schlocky, that you expect little from, that turns out to be surprisingly good, and by that I mean it ends up having some real depth. Saw Bubba-Hotep again this week, and it's in that class.


Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Posted by: LASue at March 23, 2019 08:46 PM (XROPS)

274 266
Have the 26th episode of Cowboy Bebop to go, it's on YouTube.

Posted by: Skip


Love Cowboy Bebop. It's anime for those of us who are not that big of fans of anime. Its actually one of the best SciFi shows ever put on TV. Really. It's fantastic. Great soundtrack too!

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:46 PM (WNAuL)

275 266 Have the 26th episode of Cowboy Bebop to go, it's on YouTube."

And that one is the best of all of them. That series really had a great arc - it starts off light, just a bunch of misfits, seems like a typical plotline - and then bit by bit you learn more about them, and suddenly by the end it's got this incredible emotional weight. Masterful.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:46 PM (V2Yro)

276 Watching Lauda burn in the F1 car was hard to match for me.

Watching "Us" was harder. I know I mentioned stupid, but the writing was awful as well. The good news...not racial.

Posted by: nip at March 23, 2019 08:47 PM (RXwUQ)

277 People who are perpetually unfunny just make life miserable for the rest of us (i.e., the Democratic Party).

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:45 PM (XAYDB)

everyone on a Comedy Central produced show.

Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:47 PM (n13/j)

278 One of the best bad guys is Swearingen in Deadwood. Horrible man, and then you realize you're rooting for him as one of the good guys. And he didn't change.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 08:47 PM (xyung)

279 >>>Have the 26th episode of Cowboy Bebop to go, it's on YouTube.

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 08:43 PM (BbGew)<<<

See you space cowboy.


(also, Vicious was a very cool villain)

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 23, 2019 08:47 PM (yIBga)

280 Orson Welles talks about Touch of Evil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niMGXhS28YI

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 23, 2019 08:47 PM (rnAwa)

281 We've talked on these threads a lot about Movies that should have been good that turned out really Bad - but I've been thinking this week about a rarer phenomena, and movie that should be schlocky, that you expect little from, that turns out to be surprisingly good, and by that I mean it ends up having some real depth. Saw Bubba-Hotep again this week, and it's in that class.


Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Posted by: LASue at March 23, 2019 08:46 PM (XROPS)

Kung Fu Hustle

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 08:47 PM (2DOZq)

282 Best villain nominee:

Jack Palance in Shane
Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at March 23, 2019 08:47 PM (TDyHc)

283 - The Sixth Sense
- Signs
- Rocky
- Arthur
- The 400 Blows (no, not about Monica Lewinsky or Kamela Harris)
- The Pawnbroker

Anyone interested, email me at QDPSJL at the gmail thingy.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:43 PM (miE9U)

--Dude, just pick one.

I'll take any!!!

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:47 PM (XAYDB)

284 Movies that turned out a lot better than expected?

For me, Jumpin' Jack Flash.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:48 PM (miE9U)

285 logprof, I'll send ya Rocky and a surprise :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2019 08:48 PM (miE9U)

286 "Cowboy Bebop" is the only anime I've seen.

The end titles ... so melancholy.

Love that series, although I hated Ed.

Faye ... grrrowwwll.

I want to try more anime, but most of it seems to be schoolgirls. That's too creepy for me.

I'll have to reread this thread for suggestions.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:49 PM (ARF+3)

287 English Patient, anyone.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 08:39 PM (1UZdv)



Watching that movie I felt like Malcolm McDowell in a Clockwork Orange with his eyes held open. Oh for pity's sake no more!!!!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:49 PM (rCBJb)

288 oof just finished a tense Danish movie called The Guilty
it's about a 911 guy on the phone basically the whole movie
it's really good

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 08:49 PM (dm05u)

289 Kino Lorber has just released the first four Road pictures starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, and I got them in the mail yesterday. Sat right down and watched the first two, Road to Singapore and Road to Zanzibar right away. I had always thought these two to be lesser entries in the series, but the basic style is right there from the beginning -- the self-referential ad-lib jokes, the making fun of Paramount (there's a great throwaway bit in Singapore of them imitating newsreel cameramen, humming the Paramount newsreel theme), the "Patty Cake" gag they use in every movie to get out of a tight spot, etc. . . . Corny, sometimes politically incorrect, but great fun nonetheless. And I forgot how many good songs were in these movies -- "Too Romantic," "Moonlight Becomes You," "It's Always You," just to name a few. And I shouldn't forget to mention Dorothy Lamour as their mutual love interest (hubba, hubba) . . .

Posted by: DynamiteDan at March 23, 2019 08:50 PM (MqzWH)

290 I just rewatched the first season of Deadwood.

The Preacher is suffering a slow death, so the Doctor prays to God to take his life, to spare his suffering.

Swearingen obliges

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 08:50 PM (1UZdv)

291 277 People who are perpetually unfunny just make life miserable for the rest of us (i.e., the Democratic Party).

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:45 PM (XAYDB)

everyone on a Comedy Central produced show.
Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:47 PM (n13/j)

--With the exception of South Park, you are correct.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:50 PM (XAYDB)

292 "Major Payne"...when he tells that Vietnam story to the kid and screams kills me. I quote that movie often. "I guess I had that one comin" for instance.

Posted by: nip at March 23, 2019 08:50 PM (RXwUQ)

293 I watched a cartoon on ebay that was about a space pirate that was pretty neat. Good animation, which is what got me started. Harlack?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 08:50 PM (xyung)

294 Gene Simmons was a memorably nasty bad guy in Runaway.

And I may still be madly in love with Cynthia Rhodes.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 23, 2019 08:51 PM (2eKoI)

295 I'm writing "serious" stuff and I wish I could be on a writing staff for a sitcom because it's steadier money, but even so I recognize that there needs to be levity injected to soothe the pain of representing life as we know it.

People who are perpetually unfunny just make life miserable for the rest of us (i.e., the Democratic Party).
Posted by: logprof

I'd love to be a writer for a comedy show. Of course, no one would hire an acolyte of The God-Emperor who laughs at tranny jokes.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 23, 2019 08:51 PM (gkstg)

296 Ebay, YouTube, whatever

Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 08:51 PM (xyung)

297 >>>The scene where he fashioned a coat hanger was creepy as hell.



Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 23, 2019 08:42 PM (+y/Ru)

interesting.
I think many found that to be comic relief.
I think a lot of this has
to do with age too. I mean, which villain scared more people than the
Wicked Witch of the East?


Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:44 PM (n13/j)<<<

I suspect AW did too.
Creepy looks, creepy voice, seemed like he was going to fashion some torture device, then he... hangs up his coat. Definitely a good chuckle.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 23, 2019 08:51 PM (yIBga)

298 Watched "What we do in the shadows" and laughed out loud. Funny AF. Loved "Jezebel" because Bette Davis rules. Anita, I thought it was chi because of the eyes. Manga seems to have the large eyes. Creepy.

Posted by: Abby at March 23, 2019 08:51 PM (SM/op)

299 oh yesterday I saw a low rated on imdb Keanu movie called Exposed
It's actually rather good
I think.TJM woukd like it
on Netflix

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 08:52 PM (dm05u)

300 Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Posted by: LASue at March 23, 2019 08:46 PM (XROPS)

Kung Fu Hustle"

Pitch Black, the first Riddick film. (2nd Riddick was horrible, 3rd went back to the Pitch Black formula)

Pitch Black is a great sci/fi-horror flick, well worth watching just for the action - but suddenly, in the last 10 minutes, it jumps out at you with this incredible examination of what Sacrifice and Redemption truly mean. Completely unexpected.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 08:52 PM (V2Yro)

301 278 One of the best bad guys is Swearingen in Deadwood. Horrible man, and then you realize you're rooting for him as one of the good guys. And he didn't change.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 08:47 PM (xyung)

--I love that cocksucker Swearingen.

Oh, and does Tony Soprano count?

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:52 PM (XAYDB)

302 Jimmy Stewart was a killer in one movie.
I can't give the title because ... spoilers.
Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:20 PM (ARF+3)
________

I know exactly the movie you're talking about (one of his earliest films) -- and boy, he really creeped me out . . .
Posted by: DynamiteDan at March 23, 2019 08:28 PM (MqzWH)
------------------------

It's a Wonderful Life?
Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:28 PM (NWiLs)

~~~~~

LOL. Thanks, Insom. You made my night.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 23, 2019 08:53 PM (NtglE)

303 People who are perpetually unfunny just make life miserable for the rest of us (i.e., the Democratic Party).

-
We need a Death of Stalin type movie about Russkie-gate. Then the Donks would be funny.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 23, 2019 08:53 PM (+y/Ru)

304 Saving Private Ryan is 25 years old. Makes feel a tad old.


You aren't as old as you think. It came out in 1998.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 23, 2019 08:53 PM (yQpMk)

305 I suspect AW did too.
Creepy looks, creepy
voice, seemed like he was going to fashion some torture device, then
he... hangs up his coat. Definitely a good chuckle.


Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 23, 2019 08:51 PM (yIBga)

yeah. It looked like three sectional nun chucks. But i could see the guy scaring people. And the melting face did not help.

Posted by: Quint at March 23, 2019 08:53 PM (n13/j)

306 If you like Cowboy Bebop then you should try others also from the late 90s. The writing is punchy and likable, and I don't know that there is anything current that does the same thing. Outlaw Star and Trigun for example.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 23, 2019 08:53 PM (rnAwa)

307 Posted by: DynamiteDan at March 23, 2019 08:50 PM (MqzWH)



Yes, the Road movies are good fun.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:53 PM (WJUXr)

308 300:Pitch Black is a great sci/fi-horror flick, well worth watching just for
the action - but suddenly, in the last 10 minutes, it jumps out at you
with this incredible examination of what Sacrifice and Redemption truly
mean. Completely unexpected.


"Not FOR ME....NOT..FOR ME"

Pitch Black was underrated.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:54 PM (WNAuL)

309 Looking back, Daniel's mom from The Karate Kid was the real villian. She was a terrible mom and person and self absorbed. She put Daniel at risk.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 08:54 PM (tRLIC)

310 Original cast for "Road to Singapore": Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie.

Could you imagine life without Bob & Bing?

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 08:55 PM (ARF+3)

311 rush was one of the best "racing" movies ever. as much as opey pisses me off, he did the lauda/hunt story right.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 23, 2019 08:55 PM (KP5rU)

312 The chick in Forrest Gump.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 08:55 PM (xyung)

313 On one of the Fishing Thread weeks, I saw -

"The Weather Man" on cable.

TWM is a dark comedy starring Nicholas Cage as a Weather man who is the son of a very famous author(Michael Caine).

When the movie starts Cage's character has destroyed his marriage through infidelity and has never been much of a father to his children. He is the top weather man in the area, but starts to wonder if that's all there is. Can he ever live up to his father's example?

When his beloved father informs Cage that he has cancer, Cage wants to show his father who he can be, wants him to be proud of him.

He tries to get his family back.

I know this sounds terribly depressing but it really is a funny comedy (dramedy?).

Cage turns in a controlled performance except when the frustration of it all gets to him and that's funny as well.

It's a wonderful movie.

One of those I saw when it first came out (2005ish), and has stuck with me through the years.

I was glad that I still enjoyed it so much.

Anyway, check it out. It's on cable still (I think) and is streamable.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 08:56 PM (CRRq9)

314 The scene in Deadwood where Swearingen and the head Chinese guy converse across their language barrier with a stick drawing and intonations of cocksucker is priceless.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 08:57 PM (1UZdv)

315 312 The chick in Forrest Gump.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 08:55 PM (xyung)

--Agreed.

I always called it Forrest Chump. WTF did he see in her. other than looks, and him as her last resort?

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:57 PM (XAYDB)

316 Rush was pretty good. It's no F8 of the Furious.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 23, 2019 08:57 PM (5aX2M)

317 I've never seen Bubba Hotep and it appears to be free on prime!

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 08:57 PM (dm05u)

318 Posted by: DynamiteDan at March 23, 2019 08:50 PM (MqzWH)



Yes, the Road movies are good fun.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 08:53 PM (WJUXr)

_________

Too much fun. I should have mentioned above that these are Blu-ray releases, and they look terrific.

Posted by: DynamiteDan at March 23, 2019 08:57 PM (MqzWH)

319 The chick in Forrest Gump.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 08:55 PM (xyung)

------------------------

Robin Wright, also from House of Cards.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 23, 2019 08:58 PM (ffYR/)

320 311
rush was one of the best "racing" movies ever. as much as opey pisses me off, he did the lauda/hunt story right.

Posted by: chavez the hug


He definitely got that era of F1 down very well.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 08:58 PM (WNAuL)

321 >>>"Major Payne"...when he tells that Vietnam story to
the kid and screams kills me. I quote that movie often. "I guess I had
that one comin" for instance.

Posted by: nip at March 23, 2019 08:50 PM (RXwUQ)<<<


The opening sequence, with the marine who's been wounded.

"Want me show you a little trick to take your mind off that arm?"
**snap**



Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 23, 2019 08:58 PM (yIBga)

322 rush was one of the best "racing" movies ever. as much as opey pisses me off, he did the lauda/hunt story right.


Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 23, 2019 08:55 PM


Thing is... it's not just a great racing/F1 picture, it's a fantastic movie in total. It rises above it's subject matter and delivers on just about every front.

Posted by: otho at March 23, 2019 08:58 PM (LkFnL)

323 It has come to my attention that Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, AKA Brie Larson, Queen of the Tribe of Assless Scolds, directed a movie called Unicorn Store back in 2017.

It is reputed to be just as terrible as you are presently imagining.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 23, 2019 08:59 PM (2eKoI)

324 Re: Bubba hotep

If you can find it, Cemetery Man is another odd but fun movie.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 08:59 PM (xyung)

325 314 The scene in Deadwood where Swearingen and the head Chinese guy converse across their language barrier with a stick drawing and intonations of cocksucker is priceless.
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 08:57 PM (1UZdv)

--Because I'm not a cocktease cocksucker like you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBMsXcSTi4s

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 08:59 PM (XAYDB)

326 And I may still be madly in love with Cynthia Rhodes.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 23, 2019 08:51 PM (2eKoI)

Speaking of Cynthia Rhodes here's a movie that I bet no one here likes except me .

Staying Alive.

And Rhodes was smoking hot.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 09:00 PM (2DOZq)

327 Villain?

Ian Richardson in the original House of Cards.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 23, 2019 09:00 PM (vZrbf)

328 Forrest Gump was the OG bug chaser before the homos took over that most dangerous game.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 09:01 PM (tRLIC)

329 Unicorn Store doesn't sound particularly grrrl power-ey.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 09:01 PM (xyung)

330 I'm dad now that we don't have cable - wanna see What We Do in the Shadows

the movie was such fun

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:01 PM (dm05u)

331 "The Weather Man" on cable.
Posted by: naturalfake

The camel toe scene is hilarious. Watched it about two weeks ago. Good flick.

Posted by: Blutarski at March 23, 2019 09:02 PM (+Tibp)

332 322; said it better than i could. thanks. i really need to watch it again. probably tonite.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 23, 2019 09:02 PM (KP5rU)

333 With "Rush" it helped that Nikki Lauda is still very much alive and helped in making the movie. Too bad James Hunt died a while ago (age 45 of a heart attack).

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 09:02 PM (WNAuL)

334 The Collector is a terrible villian.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 09:03 PM (tRLIC)

335 Ha. I just read the synopsis.

Female Thor got a unicorn that she wanted when she was a little girl. She didn't earn it. She was granted a wish.

Way to stereotype, sugartits.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - search engine expert at March 23, 2019 09:04 PM (xyung)

336 The Collector is a terrible villian.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 09:03 PM (tRLIC)



Can you blame him? Miranda and all of her la-dee-da friends.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 09:05 PM (jIYF3)

337 @325

Thanks for posting the Deadwood clip. It's priceless.

Like a lot of the Deadwood characters, Swearengen was real

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 09:05 PM (1UZdv)

338 Saw Blade Runner 2049.


I hated 2049 and stopped watching it. The real Blade Runner was an examination of the nature of humanity.

2049 starts off with a robot killing a robot and someone says "you kill your own kind?" and he says no, that guy was a different make and model.

So it's trying to draw you into a relative morality about which machines are worthy of life. It's just dumb. You can't care about the wrong model machine. You can care about the machine that thinks it's human.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 23, 2019 09:05 PM (fuK7c)

339 Monstrum a Korean Monster movie, Something is killing villagers and it causing unrest in the Kingdom. I always enjoy Monster movies and I like that it's a Historical movie. It's not as good as the HOST.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 23, 2019 09:07 PM (dKiJG)

340 338 @325

Thanks for posting the Deadwood clip. It's priceless.

Like a lot of the Deadwood characters, Swearengen was real
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 09:05 PM (1UZdv)

--The Wild Bill [redacted c-word] clip is also awesome.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 09:07 PM (XAYDB)

341 >>>If you like Cowboy Bebop then you should try others
also from the late 90s. The writing is punchy and likable, and I don't
know that there is anything current that does the same thing. Outlaw
Star and Trigun for example.





Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 23, 2019 08:53 PM (rnAwa)<<<

Gurren Lagann is very different from all those mentioned. It's a lot of over the top action, but it's so, so good.

Posted by: an indifferent penguin at March 23, 2019 09:08 PM (yIBga)

342 Hey everyone! What are we talking about? Oh movies.. right..um.. nothing to contibrute but the comments are interesting. Cynthia Rhodes.. from Dirty Dancing right?

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 23, 2019 09:10 PM (dUJdY)

343 I had decision anxiety at the Netflix site so I'm watching the pilot of "Jericho" again. Great series.

Skeet, the poor man's Johnny Depp!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:10 PM (kQs4Y)

344 You can care about the machine that thinks it's human.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 23, 2019 09:05 PM (fuK7c)
--
You MUST care about the machine that thinks it's better than human

Posted by: Rick Deckard at March 23, 2019 09:11 PM (GzeO9)

345 334 Saw Blade Runner 2049.
The film is extraordinarily meh, with an unsatisfying ending.

Everything that made Blade Runner extraordinary and ground breaking is utterly lacking in this film."

I've discussed this with JM son. I really *wanted* to like BR 2049, I had looked forward to it for so long - and then they came so close to making a good movie... but it was not a good movie.

My opinion is that this crew never truly understood what the original story was about, what made Bladerunner such an emotionally powerful and insightful movie. It was not about Deckard at all, he was just the placeholder that moved the story along. The true story of the original film was the Journey of Roy Batty, and his step by step tranformation from Feared Replicant Killer into More Human than Human.

Roy Batty was the Heart of the film - not Deckard.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 09:11 PM (V2Yro)

346 334 Saw Blade Runner 2049.
The film is extraordinarily meh, with an unsatisfying ending.

Everything that made Blade Runner extraordinary and ground breaking is utterly lacking in this film.
Posted by: Kreplach at March 23, 2019 09:02 PM (Dqf0y)

By the guy who did Sicerio and Arrival.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 23, 2019 09:11 PM (dKiJG)

347 Saw Blade Runner 2049. The film is extraordinarily meh, with an unsatisfying ending.
Everything that made Blade Runner extraordinary and ground breaking is utterly lacking in this film.
Posted by: Kreplach at March 23, 2019 09:02 PM (Dqf0y)

I had the exact opposite thoughts when I first saw it. Then I watched it again about six months ago. It sucked, badly.

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at March 23, 2019 09:11 PM (TDyHc)

348 The Collector is a terrible villian.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 09:03 PM (tRLIC)


Really?

I loved both-

"The Collector"

and

"The Collection"

They really tried to do something a bit different with a horror movie.

I especially liked the way they upped the ante - if "The Collector" was "Alien" then "The Collection" was "Aliens".

I was looking forward to the third part of the trilogy, but....they didn't make enough money, so that was that.

Though the end of "The Collection" actually provides a nice ending to the series.

so it doesn't feel unfinished.

I suppose that the Collector is such a mysterious figure that we don't know enough about him. all we know is his creepy actions.

I'm guessing the third part would've opened up that aspect but it was not to be.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 09:12 PM (CRRq9)

349 senna is another good f-1 movie.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 23, 2019 09:12 PM (KP5rU)

350 345 You can care about the machine that thinks it's human.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 23, 2019 09:05 PM (fuK7c)
--
You MUST care about the machine that thinks it's better than human."

And the real question, the one that Philip K. Dick examined in so much of his work, was, "What does it mean to be Human? How can you tell?"

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 23, 2019 09:12 PM (V2Yro)

351 I need to rewatch Bladerunner 2049. On the first viewing, what struck me was the cinematography. I wasn't convinced the story made sense.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 23, 2019 09:14 PM (H5knJ)

352 I enjoyed GHOST AND THE SHELL the laughing man, but I feel that they didn't know how to end it.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at March 23, 2019 09:14 PM (dKiJG)

353 I hated "Blade Runner 2049".

Just.....a complete waste of my time.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 09:15 PM (CRRq9)

354 Damnit, i meant The Collector was a terrifying villian.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 09:16 PM (tRLIC)

355 Lots of colorful inflated scrotums?

Posted by: naturalfake


Scrotii.

Posted by: Cory Booker at March 23, 2019 09:18 PM (PjWy4)

356 You talk about decision anxiety!

By the time I'm finished with searches on Netflix et. al, I don't feel like watching TV.

I do a lot of library DVDs. Usually just grab what catches my eye.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 09:19 PM (ARF+3)

357 I had decision anxiety at the Netflix site so I'm watching the pilot of "Jericho" again. Great series.

Skeet, the poor man's Johnny Depp!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:10 PM (kQs4Y)


I unashamedly love that show and I'm glad it died mercifully when it did.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 23, 2019 09:20 PM (t+qrx)

358 I liked Rush but think Grand Prix is just a little better though not a real life story does have real race tracts not seen in a long time.

Posted by: Skip at March 23, 2019 09:20 PM (BbGew)

359 90 "Happy!" is fun, sick, darkly humorous, and sometimes just plain dark. Binge watched the first season on Netflix. Don't want to spoil anything but there are definitely some huge "No way, they went THERE?!" moments in the plot.
Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 08:06 PM (NWiLs


So odd! I just started watching this show today. Definitely dark and twisted.

Speaking of Netflix, Love, Death and Robots was pretty damn awesome.

Can't wait for the new The Highwaymen. With Costner and Harrelson.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:21 PM (pUDQf)

360 Damnit, i meant The Collector was a terrifying villian.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 09:16 PM (tRLIC)



Are you talking about the Terrance Stamp Samantha Eggar movie?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 09:22 PM (0R3dy)

361 292 "Major Payne"...when he tells that Vietnam story to the kid and screams kills me. I quote that movie often. "I guess I had that one comin" for instance.
Posted by: nip at March 23, 2019 08:50 PM (RXwUQ)

"Isn't there anybody left that needs killin'?"
"I'm sorry, Major. You've killed then all."

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 09:24 PM (NWiLs)

362 Damnit, i meant The Collector was a terrifying villian.

Posted by: literally serious at March 23, 2019 09:16 PM (tRLIC)



Are you talking about the Terrance Stamp Samantha Eggar movie?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 09:22 PM (0R3dy)



I think we're talking about the 2013 horror movie and its sequel.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 09:24 PM (CRRq9)

363 I unashamedly love that show and I'm glad it died mercifully when it did.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 23, 2019 09:20 PM (t+qrx)

It made me want to get a ham radio tower.

They made the unaired Season 3 story into a graphic novel.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:25 PM (kQs4Y)

364 My current favorite villain is Mr White from Breaking Bad, followed closely by Boyd Crowder from Justified.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:25 PM (pUDQf)

365 And tonight's comments put me in mind of the long-gone and lamented Joe Bob Briggs.

His columns in the early '80s made me laugh so hard I cried.

Posted by: Weak Geek


He is still around and still very funny:

JoeBobBriggs dot Net

Posted by: Sharkman at March 23, 2019 09:25 PM (2eKoI)

366 349
senna is another good f-1 movie.

Posted by: chavez the hugo


The documentary or the movie? I saw the documentary and thought it was very well done.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 09:25 PM (WNAuL)

367 followed closely by Boyd Crowder from Justified.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:25 PM (pUDQf)

Boyd all the way!

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:26 PM (dm05u)

368 Joe Bob Briggs. Didn't realize he was still around. Good to know. His drive-in movie reviews. It's funny how much goodwill he built reviewing shit movies.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 23, 2019 09:27 PM (H5knJ)

369 364: Justified had a bunch of great characters on it. One of the best TV shows ever.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 09:28 PM (WNAuL)

370 367 followed closely by Boyd Crowder from Justified.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:25 PM (pUDQf)

Boyd all the way!
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:26 PM (dm05u)

Justified was an amazing series.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 09:30 PM (NWiLs)

371 * Every time Scorpio/Andrew Robinson is mentioned, I feel like I should be mentioning that he was great in Deep Space 9 as that Plain and Simple Tailor, Elim Garak.

* I wish there were an online streaming way to watch Svengoolie and/or MeTV, but I haven't found one yet.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain, who had a B-Wing, and called it Brad at March 23, 2019 09:30 PM (Clxcy)

372 Dewey Crowe was the best idiot character ever.

He just wanted a swimming pool and two chicks at once!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:30 PM (kQs4Y)

373 Yeah, Mags Bennet was awesome as the main baddie in season 2.

And Natalie Zea is the hottest woman on planet earth.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:30 PM (pUDQf)

374 It made me want to get a ham radio tower.

They made the unaired Season 3 story into a graphic novel.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:25 PM (kQs4Y)


Have you read it or heard anything about it? I'm not sure Jericho would be the same without Lennie James trying very hard to do an American accent.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 23, 2019 09:31 PM (t+qrx)

375 And Natalie Zea is the hottest woman on planet earth.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:30 PM (pUDQf)

oooh I hated her character

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:31 PM (dm05u)

376 372 Dewey Crowe was the best idiot character ever.

He just wanted a swimming pool and two chicks at once!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:30 PM (kQs4Y

The episode where he thought he lost his kidneys was comical and sad and awesome at the same time.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:31 PM (pUDQf)

377 372 Dewey Crowe was the best idiot character ever.

He just wanted a swimming pool and two chicks at once!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:30 PM (kQs4Y)

And really, what man could ask for more?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2019 09:32 PM (NWiLs)

378 372
Dewey Crowe was the best idiot character ever.



He just wanted a swimming pool and two chicks at once!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes


The American Dream!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 09:33 PM (WNAuL)

379 Does Jim Lahey count as a villain?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg_belm6apc

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 09:33 PM (XAYDB)

380 oooh I hated her character
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:31 PM (dm05u


I agree. She just left Raylan because he wouldn't walk away from his career. Kinda shitty after she basically seduced him and left her husband.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:33 PM (pUDQf)

381 366; the doc, i guess.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 23, 2019 09:34 PM (KP5rU)

382 I hate to have anything in common with Dewey Crowe, but that man understood the American Dream.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 23, 2019 09:34 PM (H5knJ)

383 All this Justified talk is makin' me feel... something.

Posted by: Art Mullen's Marshal Stiffy at March 23, 2019 09:35 PM (yIBga)

384 Wait until you see the sequel!!

Posted by: Bob Mueller at March 23, 2019 09:35 PM (oVJmc)

385 378 - God Bless You, sir.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 23, 2019 09:35 PM (H5knJ)

386 You notice how the movie thread always expands to bring in TV shows? Maybe a new title is in order.

To tie together both topics:

I've developed a hankering to watch B movies from the '50s, the kind Gomer Pyle would describe to his barracks mates. (For that matter, I'd like to watch that show again, but MeTV's schedule doesn't fit mine.)

Anybody know whether any of those schlockfests are on DVD?

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 23, 2019 09:36 PM (ARF+3)

387 Justified started as a short Elmore Leonard novel. A lot of his stuff made it to movies and TV. Get Shorty 3X.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 23, 2019 09:36 PM (1UZdv)

388 I wanted Art Mullen's office safe. Nice. And his whiskey.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:36 PM (pUDQf)

389 I agree. She just left Raylan because he wouldn't walk away from his career. Kinda shitty after she basically seduced him and left her husband.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:33 PM (pUDQf)

not only that, she only seduced him because she was jealous of him dating Ava
bitch in a manger

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:37 PM (dm05u)

390 381: Oops. I thought there was a Senna movie made with some actor but nope. Just the doc.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 09:37 PM (WNAuL)

391 Whoa! "We were both born on third base, quit pretending you hit a triple".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:39 PM (kQs4Y)

392 Timothy Olyphant was a lucky SOB getting to make out with both Ava and Winona.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 23, 2019 09:39 PM (pUDQf)

393 yes, it is national puppy day!

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 23, 2019 09:40 PM (Pg+x7)

394 There was a movie called Seve but that was about Seve Balesteros (Spanish golfer of some renown).

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 23, 2019 09:40 PM (WNAuL)

395 377 372 Dewey Crowe was the best idiot character ever.

He just wanted a swimming pool and two chicks at once!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:30 PM (kQAre s4Y)

Are you fucking kidding me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnXI-86b6Q

Posted by: Ricky at March 23, 2019 09:41 PM (XAYDB)

396 There was a movie called Seven, which was Andy Sidaris's first crapfest, about seven supervillains who try to take over Hawaii.

Posted by: josephistan at March 23, 2019 09:41 PM (Izzlo)

397 Longmire was ok, but not as good as Justified

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:42 PM (dm05u)

398 Wow.. I just learned my great grandson may not be my great grandson. Paternity test is coming up. I'm devastated.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 23, 2019 09:42 PM (dUJdY)

399

Who was a worse Father?

Cotton Hill or Arlo Givens

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 09:44 PM (faRj3)

400 >>>Wow.. I just learned my great grandson may not be my great grandson. Paternity test is coming up. I'm devastated.

Posted by: Jewells45 at March 23, 2019 09:42 PM (dUJdY)<<<

Call me.

Posted by: Maury P. at March 23, 2019 09:44 PM (yIBga)

401 I think we're talking about the 2013 horror movie and its sequel.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 09:24 PM (CRRq9)



oh, well I would recommend the 1965 version of The Collector with Terrance Stamp and Samantha Eggar.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 09:44 PM (SZ6s/)

402 Anyone else bored as hell with this Russia shit?

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 09:45 PM (XAYDB)

403

Does your grandson look like your son?

Posted by: Soothsayer, A Journailst and a Climate Expert at March 23, 2019 09:45 PM (faRj3)

404 watching Matrix
first time for KTY

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:45 PM (dm05u)

405 Jewells wow
but you love the kid anyway

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:46 PM (dm05u)

406 I watched "Seattle is Dying" today.

I know the reporter. His daughter and my son went to grade school together.

He is a good man. He is not a whiny liberal.

This show made me cry. It is real and true.

And so very sad.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 23, 2019 09:47 PM (PkVlr)

407 398 Wow.. I just learned my great grandson may not be my great grandson. Paternity test is coming up. I'm devastated.
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 23, 2019 09:42 PM (dUJdY)

--I'm just glad it's biologically impossible for me to be a granddad, let a lone a great-granddad.

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 09:47 PM (XAYDB)

408 Joe Bob is back on Shudder this weekend I think!

Posted by: Moviegique at March 23, 2019 09:47 PM (KUptT)

409 And I haven't heard the name joe bob Briggs in 35 years! I loved reading his column!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 23, 2019 09:49 PM (PkVlr)

410 Posted by: Ricky at March 23, 2019 09:41 PM (XAYDB)

I'm still laughing over the Mr. Lahey sh*t supercut.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:50 PM (kQs4Y)

411 https://youtu.be/4Er1XeO18Kk

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 23, 2019 09:50 PM (aA3+G)

412 409 And I haven't heard the name joe bob Briggs in 35 years! I loved reading his column!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 23, 2019 09:49 PM (PkVlr)

https://www.takimag.com/article/poles-are-for-penguins-and-polar-bears/

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 09:51 PM (XAYDB)

413 ont

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:51 PM (dm05u)

414 And I haven't heard the name joe bob Briggs in 35 years! I loved reading his column!



Wait a minute, I thought you were 29 yrs old.

Posted by: dantesed at March 23, 2019 09:51 PM (88xKn)

415 "I watched Seattle Is Dying today"

Tonight I was out to dinner with hubby and a commercial by one of our local mayoral candidates came on the big screen TV at the bar... and the first thing the candidate said was that our city "is dying". In a paid, prime time political ad, no less. Of course he's the only candidate who can save it...

Posted by: Secret Square at March 23, 2019 09:53 PM (9WuX0)

416 I think we're talking about the 2013 horror movie and its sequel.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 09:24 PM (CRRq9)



oh, well I would recommend the 1965 version of The Collector with Terrance Stamp and Samantha Eggar.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 23, 2019 09:44 PM (SZ6s/)



I saw that one years ago. Probably when I was in college. They showed a lot of older movies on campus.

I don't remember much about it, which means it didn't impress me.

Samantha Eggar was good looking.

The movie of her's I remember was a David Cronenberg horror movie-

"The Brood" (1979)

That was a crazy and good horror movie. Huge spoiler regarding Eggar is usually on the DVD/Blu-ray's cover.

Try to stream if you can.

Made right before Cronenberg broke big with "Scanners".

Posted by: naturalfake at March 23, 2019 09:53 PM (CRRq9)

417 I'm still laughing over the Mr. Lahey sh*t supercut.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 23, 2019 09:50 PM (kQs4Y)

--John Dunsworth was a comic genius, both physical and verbal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti7UHClC-8w

Posted by: logprof at March 23, 2019 09:54 PM (XAYDB)

418
256 Taylor Negron as Milo in The Last Boy Scout was a pretty good villain.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at March 23, 2019 08:39 PM (2DOZq)






He had one of my favorite great villain lines of dialog ever. Not the line itself, but the wonderfully snotty way he delivers it.

"Who gives a fuck? You're the bad guy, right?"

"I AM the bad guy."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 23, 2019 10:03 PM (eXA4G)

419
397 Longmire was ok, but not as good as Justified
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 23, 2019 09:42 PM (dm05u)






A couple of nights ago I watched The Hard Word with Guy Pierce, Rachel Griffiths and Robert Taylor. Okay crime flick (practically impossible to understand what anyone is saying, given the Aussie accents), and Griffiths is hotter than she has any right to be.

But after getting used to hearing Taylor with his deep bass, American voice in Longmire, it's really jarring to hear him talk in mid-tenor Australian.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 23, 2019 10:08 PM (eXA4G)

420 Weak Geek and Joe Bob fans...

Yeah, you may have noticed I went a little JBB in the plot description there, cribbing his trademark "gratuitous Pat Morita"-style commentary.

I would've done a breast count but no breasts in the movie.

Posted by: moviegique at March 23, 2019 11:35 PM (CcUfv)

421 Your gab about the social aspect of seiing it pegged you as ab idiot, so...

Posted by: Dooug at March 24, 2019 12:17 AM (XH1fU)

422 Saw Shazam today and it is a completely enjoyable movie. Doesn't get preachy and the actors looekd like they were having fun. A better Captain Marvel than that girl power captain marvel dreck.

Posted by: RGallegos at March 24, 2019 01:05 AM (59GQk)

423 Old comic book geek here, Alita is good, Capt. Marvel is crap.

Posted by: hurricane567 at March 24, 2019 02:15 AM (QyvaP)

424 Thanks, Moviegique; this was fun to read.
I like how you framed the review by introducing us to your family and then the film family.

Posted by: m at March 24, 2019 04:58 AM (Ts3fP)

425 The moment when things clicked for me was when Alita pops in through Studly Guy's window and sees him lying in bed shirtless, and the camera pans slowly and lovingly down his chest and abdomen to where his pants are kinda low and you can see the body hair start to verge on pubic. That was obviously intended for the women in the audience.

Point 1: Alita is written to react to this as though she were a teenage girl complete with full hormone system. She's not. She's a disembodied brain with some mechanical accoutrements. But we're not supposed to think about that.

Point 2: later on, she "saves" Studly Guy by disembodying his brain and getting it plugged into a cyborg body. That sexy mix of six-pack and slight body hair she was drooling over? Gone. Emasculated. Quite literally. But we're not supposed to think about that. We're supposed to think he's still a man and she's fully a teenage woman, even though both of those are absolutely false.

I enjoyed the movie. But I recognize propaganda when I see it, and this is right in line with transgender "male and female is just whatever you feel, it has nothing to do with physical reality" bullshit.

Posted by: Rollory at March 24, 2019 01:40 PM (M/inM)

426 The main word I use to describe this movie is, "fun". So much fun I went to see it twice actually. Aside from the cliffhanger ending, I left this movie with a big smile on my face. A rare thing these days.

Posted by: Daniel J Kunkle at March 24, 2019 07:39 PM (r7jLD)

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