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Saturday Evening Movie Thread [Hosted By The JamesMadison]
Play Ball!
So, we’re in the middle of the playoffs. We almost had a World Series rematch. What better time to talk about some baseball movies than now? Thanks to kallisto for the idea.
America’s Pastime
Being such a beloved sport for so long, baseball has also inspired more than its share of movies. From Pride of the Yankee to Damn Yankees to The Sandlot we’ve seen movies find the inherent drama of the game and capitalize on it to create some wonderful films. Two of those (lesser) movies that my dad always had a VHS of while I was growing up were Major League II and Rookie of the Year, but my favorite has grown to be Moneyball. Drama
Sudden Turnarounds
So, the history of the movie version of Moneyball isn’t 100% accurate, but it’s still a great piece of filmmaking. One thing that it does incredibly well, I think, is convey the true feeling of watching a baseball team through a year. This is highlighted in two sequences: The Streak, and the end of the season.
The Streak (where the A’s won 20 games in a row, an AL record maintained until this year when the Indians won 22), is an absolutely fantastic sequence, and it caps with the real life walk off home run after a roller coaster 20th game. Everything felt like it was going to end until that one play, and then an eruption of emotion. It wasn’t as predictable as the one, two, three homerun (Hatteberg knocked out the very first pitch), but it represents the expectation of the high, the withdrawal away from that high, and then the sudden apex.
The end of the yeah happens in game 5 of the ALDS. Oakland is riding high when, almost inexplicably, it all just comes to a sudden end. The soundtrack quiets, and all that’s left is the sound of a radio
personality talking about how the A’s were good, but just not good enough. That particular level and delivery of disappointment is familiar to anyone who follows sports. "We’re almost there!" "We lost? How did we lose?"
The Long Game
I think that the drama of baseball, though, comes in the length of the season, not in individual games. The drama of a game mostly comes from the culmination of a season’s worth of work (are we that nervous at the end of game 3 of 162?). Baseball is a game of tension that builds over months and peaks in individual games while movies take place over 90-120 minutes. Condensing all of that into such a small frame is difficult, so the drama really changes.
Still, baseball has inspired good films, and we should celebrate that. All I know is that I need a live rooster.
The Elephant in the Room Weinstein. I don’t care about the personalities behind movies. Certain people I wish to keep making movies forever (Terrence Malick being a prime example), but mostly, they’re all disposable and easily replaceable. That gets doubled when it comes to the non-creative types, like most producers. Seeing him burn makes me smile more than anything else. But, movies are a medium, not an industry or Hollywood itself. People in Spain make movies who have never been to Hollywood. Francois Truffaut had only seen Hollywood movies when he made The 400 Blows. If I never saw a Hollywood film again (past, present, or future), I’d still never catch up with what’s been made much less what’s yet to come out. Let Hollywood burn. All it’s really doing is making superhero movies these days anyway. Movies of Today
Opening in Theaters:
The Snowman
Geostorm
Only the Brave Next in my Netflix Queue:
The World According to Garp Movies I Saw This Week:
The American (Netflix Rating 4/5 | Quality Rating 3/4) Poster blurb: "Pretty solid little thriller." [Netflix DVD]
Arrival (Netflix Rating 5/5 | Quality Rating 3.5/4) "Very smart scifi film that takes its concept to a wonderful and emotionally satisfying
place." [Personal Collection]
Blade Runner 2049 (Netflix Rating 5/5 | Quality Rating 4/4) "As smart and visually stunning as you’ve heard." [Theater]
Blow Out (Netflix Rating 5/5 | Quality Rating 4/4) "Hot damn, early Brian de Palma was great, wasn’t he?" [STARZ]
Flight of the Navigator (Netflix Rating 3/5 | Quality Rating 2.5/4) "Never rises above cute, but still, pretty cute." [Netflix DVD]
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Netflix Rating 3/5 | Quality Rating 2/4) "An actors’ showcase that ends up feeling emptier than expected. A disappointment." [Netflix DVD]
Friday the 13th (Netflix Rating 2/5 | Quality Rating 1/4) [Rewatch] "Trashy nonsense that barely qualifies as a movie." [STARZ]
Friday the 13th Part 2 (Netflix Rating 2/5 | Quality Rating 1.5/4) "Seriously? Is this supposed to be an actual movie?" [STARZ] Contact Email any suggestions or questions to thejamesmadison.aos at symbol gmail dot com.
I’ve also archived all the old posts here, by request. I’ll add new posts a week after they originally post at the HQ.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Harvey W. at October 21, 2017 07:44 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 07:46 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 21, 2017 07:47 PM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 07:48 PM (qJtVm)
Garp was a lousy movie. They made another movie based on a John Irving book. It was even worse than Garp.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:48 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 21, 2017 07:47 PM (m9X4Y)
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Old Buster Keaton shorts!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 07:48 PM (Jj43a)
The last movie I watched was Nick Cage in Army Of One.
Not bad. But it's produced by hollywood's top rapist.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:49 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 07:49 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: fluffy at October 21, 2017 07:49 PM (cHbmY)
Major League 1986
The Natural
Field of Dreams
And I liked "flight of the navigator", cute or not
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 21, 2017 07:50 PM (m9X4Y)
hbo aired Born On the 4th of July today. What a lousy and miserable story.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:50 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 07:51 PM (PXyhz)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:51 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: fluffy at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (cHbmY)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Vendette at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (nXoiZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (14URa)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at October 21, 2017 07:53 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: fluffy at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (cHbmY)
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The Sandlot
You should check it out. Kind of great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 07:53 PM (Jj43a)
God Bless you.
God Bless baseball.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (Ckg4U)
amen
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 07:53 PM (PXyhz)
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Good enough, once. Haven't tried it a second time.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 21, 2017 07:53 PM (m9X4Y)
We both agreed that Tucker and Dale vs. Evil was also a pleasant surprise.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 07:54 PM (qJtVm)
Otherwise?
I watch it every time it is on my Television.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 07:54 PM (Ckg4U)
Well, maybe not a "baseball" movie.
Lots of home runs though.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 21, 2017 07:55 PM (nUkMr)
The Sandlot
You should check it out. Kind of great.
Was that with that Italian kid? Ralph something
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 07:55 PM (PXyhz)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (Ckg4U)
You gonna do the play-by-play on tonight's decider, Slap? Because that was teh awesome the other night!
Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:55 PM (14URa)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 07:54 PM (qJtVm)
I'll have to check those out.
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at October 21, 2017 07:56 PM (hMwEB)
anymore is "Kill the UmP" (1950) with William
Bendix.
Posted by: Izayus at October 21, 2017 07:56 PM (NqzUz)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 07:56 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 07:57 PM (PXyhz)
-Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (14URa)
You're closer now. I can get to you. I swear to Christ that I will piss on your begonias.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 07:57 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 07:57 PM (eO2Z0)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 07:57 PM (qZSgP)
correction
Major League was in 1989
stared Charlie Sheen as 'Wild Thing' with Bob Eucher doing color commentary 'just outside' when Wild Thing misses the plate by about twenty feet.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 21, 2017 07:57 PM (m9X4Y)
And Kevin Costner is real easy on the eyes.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 07:58 PM (S+3Ip)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 07:58 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 07:57 PM (eO2Z0)
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Thank you, kallisto.
But I'll defend Will's baseball writing any day. Men at Work is actually the reason I got back into the sport.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 07:58 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 07:57 PM (Ckg4U)
You talk to Jesus with that mouth, buddy?
Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 07:58 PM (14URa)
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at October 21, 2017 07:59 PM (KCgrJ)
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 07:59 PM (PXyhz)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 07:59 PM (2DOZq)
Blade Runner 2049 was a worthy, though too long, successor to the original. However, I never really cared much for the original and this one hit the same level.
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at October 21, 2017 08:00 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: mpfs Release the flying Sonobis! at October 21, 2017 08:00 PM (OnhLW)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:00 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2017 08:00 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 08:00 PM (qZSgP)
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watched part of the opening on youtube.
might still be there.
bailed out early.
I see a lot of what looks like bootleg copies. Youtube keeps suggesting them to me.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at October 21, 2017 08:00 PM (m9X4Y)
You sayin Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 08:00 PM (2wRtc)
You want proof? You don't remember November 8, 2016. Now, THAT was a curveball!
Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:01 PM (14URa)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:01 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 21, 2017 08:01 PM (/qEW2)
Garp was a lousy movie. They made another movie based on a John Irving book. It was even worse than Garp.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:48 PM (gE0FU)
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I enjoyed Garp. Drama, but with lots of sharp comedy. One of Robin Williams' better outings.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:01 PM (FUu/Z)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 21, 2017 08:01 PM (/qEW2)
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He tricked the guy in first!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:02 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:02 PM (eO2Z0)
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:02 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:02 PM (qGuLD)
If you'd like to see the Play-By-Play, let me know and I'll print it out in the previous thread.
I simply do this as a courtesy for those who cannot watch, nor hear the game.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:02 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at October 21, 2017 08:03 PM (hMwEB)
We are reduced to listening to it on ESPN radio. Ya.
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:03 PM (PXyhz)
I knew I would enjoy it after they bought the pre airplane crashed house.
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:03 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at October 21, 2017 08:04 PM (mMeIQ)
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 07:55 PM (PXyhz)
No, not Ralph Macchio. It pretty much has a bunch of no names in the kid roles. It's a great film. I still love the pool scene. How many SJW's does it send to their safe spaces?
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at October 21, 2017 08:04 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:02 PM (Ckg4U)
Which is me! I was riveted by your and Tammy's commentary. But, hey, I can just go to bed.
Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:04 PM (14URa)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:04 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 08:05 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:04 PM (2DOZq)
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I haven't seen it in years, but I remember that it seems to work mostly on how receptive the audience is to that specific brand of nostalgia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:05 PM (Jj43a)
Baseball reminds us all of what was once good
https://tinyurl.com/y7az4aux
The playoff are here in baseball, with the World Series about to begin.
You won't see any baseball players taking a knee. Guys who were born in the Dominican, or Venezuela, or even Cuba, have the decency to stand and be respectful.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at October 21, 2017 08:05 PM (S6Pax)
-Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:04 PM (14URa)
Don't you DARE!... lol.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:05 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at October 21, 2017 08:05 PM (3DZIZ)
Posted by: fluffy at October 21, 2017 07:52 PM (cHbmY)
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The Sandlot
You should check it out. Kind of great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 07:53 PM (Jj43a)
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Nothing to do with TJM's pic, but they did do a remake of BBB. Billy Bob played the Matthau part. It was awful, because Hollywood has to take all the classics and turn them to shit.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:05 PM (FUu/Z)
"Arrival"... yeah I found that to be very watchable and intriguing. It has quite the Crichton and/or Clarke story thing going for it.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:05 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:05 PM (14URa)
Hockey is the most blue collar of major sports.
It is even more team than baseball.
/soapbox
Posted by: The bibulant logprof at October 21, 2017 08:06 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: The bibulant logprof at October 21, 2017 08:06 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:05 PM (Ckg4U)
At least I'm not in some no-tell motel, like some fine Lutheran ladies we all know and love.
Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:07 PM (14URa)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) Baseball Nut at October 21, 2017 08:07 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:07 PM (14URa)
Hockey is the most blue collar of major sports.
It is even more team than baseball.
/soapbox
Posted by: The bibulant logprof at October 21, 2017 08:06 PM (GsAUU)
Except for the ticket price. Heh
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 21, 2017 08:08 PM (ZTRlp)
Am I the only one who found the ending annoying?
It was such a chick thing to do - let your whiny little sister win because she's in a snit about not being as good a player, etc..
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 08:08 PM (W+vEI)
"Blow Out"... good movie. Yeah, DePalma knew what he was doing and had great style. In the hands of a lesser director, Blow Out would have been stupid. But... DePalma made it work well.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:08 PM (qGuLD)
Here's another aspect of baseball: its use whenever a director seeks to show a poignant connection to the US of A, with war films. Think waiting for the bombers to return, in Memphis Belle, or the ending postscript of Band of Brothers.
Posted by: goatexchange at October 21, 2017 08:08 PM (YFnq5)
Quotable, and good, clean fun.
Sandlot 2?
Never had any interest in watching it.
Posted by: The bibulant logprof at October 21, 2017 08:09 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:10 PM (qJtVm)
At baseball practice in high school, one of the kid's fathers showed up to watch. So the kid hits a couple out in BP and jumps on the screen screaming "WAS THAT GOOD ENOUGH DAD!?! WAS THAT GOOD ENOUGH DAD!?!" Funny as hell.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:11 PM (O5Q3r)
When John Kinsella turns around, it does look like my father.
https://tinyurl.com/y8tdfmj5
When I saw this movie in the theater in 1989, half the men in the audience were sniffing back tears when the movie ended and the lights came up.
https://tinyurl.com/y74y5cpp
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at October 21, 2017 08:11 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: fluffy at October 21, 2017 08:11 PM (cHbmY)
Posted by: The bibulant logprof at October 21, 2017 08:11 PM (GsAUU)
Best part of that movie was James Earl Jones.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:12 PM (O5Q3r)
Hockey is the most blue collar of major sports.
It is even more team than baseball.
/soapbox
Posted by: The bibulant logprof at October 21, 2017 08:06 PM (GsAUU)
I disagree. Hockey is fairly inaccessible. Your town has to have an ice rink that is available to practices and games. Or you make do with the backyard pond, or your dad flooding the driveway. Most kids just can't the opportunity to skate for several months of the year. There's a reason half the players are from Sweden.
Baseball? A ball, a stick, some gum wrappers to mark the bases. And dirt. The sport anyone can play.
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:12 PM (PXyhz)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (eO2Z0)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (mMeIQ)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (nUkMr)
played the Matthau part. It was awful, because Hollywood has to take
all the classics and turn them to shit.
Saw some of it but didn't leave much of an impression.
Later learned that the lead actress died and her heart was donated to Charles Payne's wife as a transplant.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (W+vEI)
Best part of that movie was James Earl Jones.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:12 PM (O5Q3r)
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Worst part was the Birdman of Alcatraz.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (FUu/Z)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:12 PM (PXyhz)
--Which is why baseball is a kid's game, but hockey is a man's game.
Posted by: The bibulant logprof at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (GsAUU)
You could try talking to each other.
Posted by: fluffy at October 21, 2017 08:11 PM (cHbmY)
You're high, aren't you?
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:14 PM (PXyhz)
That's because Hollywood lives in a complete bubble. The bubble is full of perverted people with broken lives who never know or have forgotten real life. Any remake concentrates on things that messed up people concentrate on.
You start to realize it when you hear some of these people. The people who made Galaxy Quest were talking about how it would have been even funnier with the foul language and the sexual escapades. It's like the new Star Trek having characters drop F-bombs. They are stuck with thinking the crass and crude are simply wonderful.
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at October 21, 2017 08:14 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:14 PM (S+3Ip)
Never seen it
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (mMeIQ)
--Don't bother. I only think of it when I think of the original.
Posted by: The bibulant logprof at October 21, 2017 08:14 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (eO2Z0)
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There's a low A team connected to the Yankees it my town. There's also no major league sports team of any sort within a few hundred miles, so these games are always well attended and lively.
I do enjoy going to them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:15 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:14 PM (PXyhz)
Posted by: Peaches at October 21, 2017 08:15 PM (14URa)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:15 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2017 08:15 PM (iVOAv)
Best DePalma movies, IMHO... Scarface, Carlito's Way and Phantom Of The Paradise.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (qGuLD)
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It always seems like everyone forgets Phantom of the Paradise.
It's amazing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:16 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:16 PM (O5Q3r)
I agree that hockey is a rugged sport. I think it is also to a great extent, inaccessible.
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:16 PM (PXyhz)
Posted by: goatexchange at October 21, 2017 08:16 PM (YFnq5)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:10 PM (qJtVm)
I saw a girl on the VHS cover way back when and said, No thanks.
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at October 21, 2017 08:17 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 08:17 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:17 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 08:17 PM (mJ8mX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:15 PM
Yeah, he's done some clunkers. DTK was pretty ordinary. That sequence at the art gallery was superb, though.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:17 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:04 PM (2DOZq)
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I like the idea of shoeless baseball. Maybe someday I'll direct a remake of "A League of Their Own" based on that concept. The tagline: more feet than football!
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at October 21, 2017 08:18 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 21, 2017 08:18 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at October 21, 2017 08:00 PM (J70i0)
I couldn't disagree with you more. I really like Arrival. The director sets an environment which disorients the viewer. The disorientation perfectly compliments the story line. The soundtrack and the subtle sound effects at key moments in the film all work together to advance the narrative. The movie is much more than the language/time orientation MacGuffin.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:18 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (IqV8l)
Yeah, he's done some clunkers. DTK was pretty ordinary. That sequence at the art gallery was superb, though.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:17 PM (qGuLD)
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Even The Black Dhalia had two fantastic sequences in it.
Bad dePalma is still more interesting than most movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (eO2Z0)
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There's a low A team connected to the Yankees it my town. There's also no major league sports team of any sort within a few hundred miles, so these games are always well attended and lively.
I do enjoy going to them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:15 PM (Jj43a)
--Minor league baseball is tons of fun. $5 tickets, wacky promotions, and a lot of passion from the players.
Posted by: The bibulant logprof at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (S+3Ip)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:20 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at October 21, 2017 08:20 PM (S6Pax)
They had two. And lost them both. Doubt the NHL will be heading back.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:20 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 08:20 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 21, 2017 08:21 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:21 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: A lurker at October 21, 2017 08:21 PM (3g9Il)
It's amazing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:16 PM
Fucking A, it's amazing. Criminally overlooked. Carburetors, man! That's what life is all about!
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:21 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2017 08:21 PM (IqV8l)
Speaking of VHS...
how weird is it to think we used to DRIVE to the movie rental stores and walk around reading the VHS boxes?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:04 PM (2DOZq)
I hate that movie. It is a boomer circle jerk.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (S+3Ip)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (eO2Z0)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:04 PM (2DOZq)
I hate that movie. It is a boomer circle jerk.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (T71PA)
And that, officer, is when the fight started.
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:23 PM (NWiLs)
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I forgot Brian directed this! Great 70's rock and roll Faust story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3oWys5Rmo8
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:23 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:23 PM (gE0FU)
Lon Chaney stalks Paul what's his name deep in the sewers of Paris.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:23 PM (NWiLs)
Shall we take this outside?
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:15 PM (qJtVm)
++++
I don't mind a bit of sleaziness, so I enjoyed both Dressed to Kill and Body Double. Angie Dickinson and a young Melanie Griffith. *drool*
The one that really put me off DePalma was Causalities of War. GIs capturing a young Vietnamese girl and turning her into a sex slave was a bit much for my anti-American bullshit meter.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (pvjTE)
Then I guess The Walking Dead is a baseball tv show.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (qZSgP)
Bad dePalma is still more interesting than most movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM
As did Body Double. He seemed to do some fantastic scenes in every flick, no matter what they were like. Yeah, even a DePalma clunker is better than most other stuff.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:23 PM (NWiLs)
Shall we take this outside?
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (T71PA)
Me? No, I'm popping popcorn and getting a front row seat.
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (NWiLs)
The JewBear could really hit.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:24 PM (NWiLs)
======
Shaun of the Dead is a great cricket movie, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (XoAz8)
It's great the first time you see it. After that, you know what's coming, so it kinda loses the effect.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:26 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:26 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:26 PM (O5Q3r)
Speak for yourself.
Posted by: Peter North at October 21, 2017 08:26 PM (NWiLs)
I agree that hockey is a rugged sport. I think it is also to a great extent, inaccessible.
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:16 PM (PXyhz)
--Not much more expensive --if at all-- than other sports. Hell, if your littl'un wants to play goalie (I can dream), he'll be swept into plenty of teams since there's more equipment needed, and the opportunities make up for the cost.
As with other sports there are parents who are *waaaay* too into it, but in a Sun Belt city like Atlanta (or where I live) there can be a great bond among the 'rents.
Posted by: The bibulant logprof at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (GsAUU)
Besides being the greatest baseball movie ever, that's one awesome sex sequence. And lots of, ummm, "Inside Baseball" jokes, like the female lead being named after the nic baseball players gave to the girls who followed the teams from town to town: "Baseball Annie". And as usual with a [writer] Ron Shelton film, good soundtrack.
Posted by: Shopgirl at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (ASGHc)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (w7U7L)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (XoAz
I take it you didn't like Leaving Las Vegas either?
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (2DOZq)
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I forgot Brian directed this! Great 70's rock and roll Faust story:
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:23 PM
The music and songs are pure 70's rock n roll gold. Paul Williams at the very top of his game.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: Uncle Harvey at October 21, 2017 08:28 PM (8O3HH)
I would have liked to have seen Montana.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:28 PM (S+3Ip)
Husband loves The Natural and had me sit through it. It was ok but i guess i saw a different ending than he did.
*****SPOILERS******
I thought the Redford character died in the end. Husband insists he lived happily ever after. That just didnt register with me. The lighting and the music made me think he was dead. It made sense to me.
Posted by: Abby at October 21, 2017 08:28 PM (w8dTf)
I think.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (S+3Ip)
Not anymore
Posted by: Winnipeg Jets at October 21, 2017 08:28 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:25 PM (XoAz
I take it you didn't like Leaving Las Vegas either?
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (2DOZq)
Nicolas Cage dies at the end. What's not to like?
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:28 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:29 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter
Relatively recent fare really doesn't seem to hold up very well over time...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at October 21, 2017 08:29 PM (66CWr)
Speaking of VHS...
how weird is it to think we used to DRIVE to the movie rental stores and walk around reading the VHS boxes?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:22 PM (gE0FU)
I loved that. Saw a lot of movies that I wouldn't normally have seen because the box art was interesting.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:29 PM (XoAz8)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:23 PM (gE0FU)
I think a lot of movies are part of the current climate. Few attain immortality. My theory is that comedies age the worst. Most jokes simply don't travel down the timeline well.
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at October 21, 2017 08:30 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:30 PM (S+3Ip)
I thought the Redford character died in the end. Husband insists he lived happily ever after. That just didnt register with me. The lighting and the music made me think he was dead. It made sense to me.
Posted by: Abby at October 21, 2017 08:28 PM (w8dTf)
++++
It's not a spoiler if you made it up.
I never got the idea that he died. I'll have to consider it next time I see it.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:31 PM (pvjTE)
Saw a lot of movies that I wouldn't normally have seen because the box art was interesting.
Not to mention the one-line reviews on the box:
"A wild ride!"
"Two Thumbs Up, Way Up!"
"Smart Thriller!"
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:31 PM (gE0FU)
Security. Antonio Banderas and Ben Kingsley. Lots of bad things about the movie. Like the fact that the backstory on Banderas' character is, well, not credible. He should have been the guy he played in The Expendables 3? That would have made more sense. And yet, for free, not awful.
The Day. Cast you have never heard of. Post-apocalyptic. But the apocalypse is a total mystery - nothing about what happened. Just there are survivors, and bad guys. (I read that originally it was supposed to be a zombie movie - I think they decided that was overdone. Good choice.) Starts slow, then bam! Brutal, though. But pretty good film.
Posted by: blaster at October 21, 2017 08:31 PM (jHrzU)
"Boy I'm glad to see you officer ... this day has been a !doosy!"
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 21, 2017 08:31 PM (rnAwa)
Posted by: Peter North
So Petey baby, what kind of ficus do you prefer?
Posted by: Uncle Harvey at October 21, 2017 08:28 PM (8O3HH)
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Probably the one on the other side of the room.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 21, 2017 08:32 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:32 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:32 PM (2DOZq)
Baseball is a constant. It's the background music of my life. It is a good gift the Father has given me for over 60 years. Baseball has been berry berry good to me.
I hate winter.
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:32 PM (PXyhz)
loves For Love of the Game. I know what it feels like to stand on a
mound with your arm falling off, hoping for one more inning.
That would've been a great movie if, instead of taking the chick to the ballgame after her car broke down, he would've killed her and stuffed her in a dumpster. Wife and I went to see it and SHE'S saying, "Oh my God! Will you shut UP, you whiny bitch!"
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:32 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:32 PM (gE0FU)
Not to mention the one-line reviews on the box:
"A wild ride!"
"Two Thumbs Up, Way Up!"
"Smart Thriller!"
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:31 PM (gE0FU)
======
"Made my panties drop!"
-Pete Hammond
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:33 PM (Jj43a)
++++
It's not a spoiler if you made it up.
I never got the idea that he died. I'll have to consider it next time I see it.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:31 PM (pvjTE)
It ends with Redford, Glenn Close and their son playing catch in the field of their farm. He didn't die.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:33 PM (T71PA)
my pop was great friends with steve schott.
he was so happy going to the games then and would explain the phenomena of the moneyball strategy.
it made him super happy for his friend.
after my pop suffered his stroke, steve would take the time to call and write and even flew down in his helicopter to visit.
i will always be grateful to him for that.
...now play ball!...thanks Slapweasel.
Posted by: concrete girl at October 21, 2017 08:33 PM (eMzlY)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 21, 2017 08:33 PM (/qEW2)
I love that monologue too!!
In baseball, you make an 'error'. In football, you pay a penalty!!
Posted by: Shopgirl at October 21, 2017 08:33 PM (ASGHc)
I loved that. Saw a lot of movies that I wouldn't normally have seen because the box art was interesting.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:29 PM
Lots of LPs (12 inch vinyl albums) were sold that way.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2017 08:33 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (2DOZ)
Sad and depressing. But I didn't hate it.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (XoAz8)
What's weird now is that I have about 100 movies saved on a small external hard drive that is 1/5th the size of a single VHS tape.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (S+3Ip)
"Best Movie of the Summer!"
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 21, 2017 08:33 PM (/qEW2)
Ummmmmm....Yes.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 21, 2017 08:35 PM (nUkMr)
Tucker: [Unsure of what to say to the sheriff] Oh hidy ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day. There we were minding our own business, just doing chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property.
Tucker: All right... I know what this is.
Dale: What?
Tucker: This is a suicide pact.
Dale: It's a what?
Tucker: These kids are coming out here, and killing themselves all over the woods.
Dale: My God, that makes so much sense.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 21, 2017 08:35 PM (rnAwa)
I love Winter!
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:35 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (2DOZ)
Sad and depressing. But I didn't hate it.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (XoAz
++++
I'm a prickly pear!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:35 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 08:35 PM (mJ8mX)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 08:35 PM (60v4h)
Two weeks until we set the clocks back to Normal Time!
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:35 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:36 PM (eO2Z0)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at October 21, 2017 08:29 PM (66CWr)
Most of them are message films that definitely have a sell-by date.
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at October 21, 2017 08:36 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: Abby at October 21, 2017 08:36 PM (w8dTf)
He dies in the book.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:36 PM (XoAz8)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 21, 2017 08:36 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:27 PM (2DOZ)
Sad and depressing. But I didn't hate it.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (XoAz
Just messing with you. Some depressing movies can be really good. Few and far in between though. I thought LLV was one of them.
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:36 PM (2DOZq)
When the Feds required the analog to digital TV signal conversion, I discovered Korean TV especially its "historical" serial dramas and the young ladies of K-Pop. Since then, I expanded my range to Asian films, Chicom, Korean, Taiwanese, and Japanese viewing them through the internet.
If you can handle subtitled and some hoppy-choppy, slicey-dicey, they may be worth your look-see. Somewhat surprisingly, they mostly have a lot less progressive propaganda than ours do, Even the Chicom ones.
Posted by: 11B40 at October 21, 2017 08:37 PM (evgyj)
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 08:34 PM (2wRtc)
Hmmmmm...
But no.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:37 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:36 PM (eO2Z0)
++++
She shot him in the beginning.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:37 PM (pvjTE)
Football movies? The Replacements kills me every time, its hilarious. I liked Necessary Roughness too even with Sinbad.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 08:37 PM (39g3+)
No idea - would "Everybody Wants Some" be considered a baseball movie?
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 08:37 PM (W+vEI)
How about "Blowing Aaron Judge For Ordinary Catches"? I think it's a new series on Fox.
Must be replacing "Baseball Throwing Pitcher Chick" or whatever that thing was called for the 4 weeks it was on.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:38 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Shopgirl at October 21, 2017 08:38 PM (ASGHc)
In order, my favorite baseball movies:
The Sandlot
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Major League
I did like Rookie of the Year, but it kind of stretched the suspension of disbelief line that lives in my head. Still, a fun movie.
The Sandlot, though. It is more than baseball. It's about boys in the Olden Times, who make their own fun. I absolutely love this movie.
In the sixth grade we had a running game that we played each morning before first bell, and during lunch. We didn't keep score very well, and would have running arguments about how was winning.
I was never a great ball player, but I could throw and catch, and even hit a little. Jeebus I love that I had that experience.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at October 21, 2017 08:38 PM (554cb)
Old cars? Okay, that hurts. The cars of my youth I'll have you know!
Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2017 08:38 PM (V+03K)
"Every generation a movie comes along that makes you feel like falling in love again. This is not that movie."
--The War of the Roses
Posted by: Winnipeg Jets at October 21, 2017 08:38 PM (GsAUU)
Logprof - my daughter lives on a large pond. The guy across the pond from them is a hockey coach - college I think. He is gracious enough to get out on the pond when it's frozen solid, smooth the ice, then sets up goalie nets. The boys have a good time. The oldest one is only in first grade, so a little early to sign him with the Blackhawks.
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:39 PM (PXyhz)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 08:39 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 08:39 PM (39g3+)
And Hayley Mills
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (IqV8l)
You can't say that on the air!
Who gives a damn. No ones listening anyway.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:18 PM
Yeah, I liked Arrival. I gave it a pass on logic and stuff because the story was told well enough to carry the film. It reminded me of some of Crichton's stories. Sci-fi, with some clever, but pretty "out there" ideas and plot developments... but, who cares? Tell the story like a master and it all hangs together in it's own fashion. Most sci-fi has problems with executing ideas, even the giants would do it. Great sci-fi is about telling the story well.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (qGuLD)
In the commercial world a VCR is called a VTR.
And King Records has blocked this in the US.... and its an anime built around the quest for obsolete technology
https://youtu.be/8Qq1qU8sZLA?t=1m19s
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (FbEVn)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (60v4h)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 08:39 PM (39g3+)
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I always thought that movie was a fine little entertainment, and I never understood why Ebert hated it. He really hated it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (mJ8mX)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (eO2Z0)
Football movies? The Replacements kills me every time, its hilarious. I liked Necessary Roughness too even with Sinbad.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 08:37 PM (39g3+)
++++
Costner did a movie about the sport of bicycling too: American Flyers. Great little movie.
Football: North Dallas Forty gets my vote.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (pvjTE)
I think.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (S+3Ip)
Currently they play in Calgary
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (ZTRlp)
"Every generation a movie comes along that makes you feel like falling in love again. This is not that movie."
--The War of the Roses
I liked "The Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies".
- Shakes The Clown
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:28 PM (NWiLs)
Eep. I love Nicholas Cage, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
Ok, yes, I'm a little bit ashamed. But it is what it is.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (XoAz8)
Tucker: [Unsure of what to say to the sheriff] Oh hidy ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day. There we were minding our own business, just doing chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property.
Tucker: All right... I know what this is.
Dale: What?
Tucker: This is a suicide pact.
Dale: It's a what?
Tucker: These kids are coming out here, and killing themselves all over the woods.
Dale: My God, that makes so much sense.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 21, 2017 08:35 PM (rnAwa)
I love that movie.
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (NWiLs)
Yeah, I liked Arrival. I gave it a pass on logic and stuff because the story was told well enough to carry the film. It reminded me of some of Crichton's stories. Sci-fi, with some clever, but pretty "out there" ideas and plot developments... but, who cares? Tell the story like a master and it all hangs together in it's own fashion. Most sci-fi has problems with executing ideas, even the giants would do it. Great sci-fi is about telling the story well.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (qGuLD)
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I've only seen it once so far, but I really get the impression that it's a movie that bears repeat viewings.
I was actually fairly resistant to the film until the reveal. And then I kind of fell in love with it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Abby at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (w8dTf)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (mJ8mX)
*waves hand*
Fookers never listen.
Posted by: Zombie Ned Stark at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (554cb)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 07:48 PM (gE0FU)
Hotel New Hampshire, I believe. Truly awful movie... and I'm thinking of another film I saw, can't remember the title, and will have to try to hunt it down. Seems like the same sort of theme as those two. Humans behaving in ways that should not be recorded, because there's no redeeming value.
I'll look up the other one. I don't know if Irving wrote it, but it seems like something he would. I haven't read any of his tripe, mostly because of the reasons I already mentioned.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (Pz4pT)
I'll go with that. Great cast. John Matusak almost steals the movie.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (eO2Z0)
I keep track on my calendar. Shocked, you all are.
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (PXyhz)
Posted by: Shopgirl at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (ASGHc)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (60v4h)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (w7U7L)
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (S+3Ip)
In the sixth grade we had a running game that we played each morning before first bell, and during lunch. We didn't keep score very well, and would have running arguments about how was winning.
I was never a great ball player, but I could throw and catch, and even hit a little. Jeebus I love that I had that experience.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Drunkard at October 21, 2017 08:38 PM (554cb)
--I enjoy it when acquaintances recognize when I drop "more than a man, but less than a god."
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (GsAUU)
Is The Rookie the one where Dennis Quaid is a baseball coach whose team makes him promise he'll try out for the minors as a pitcher? My dad loves that show. I like it too.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (JPRju)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:02 PM (eO2Z0)
Careful or he'll tell his mother
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 08:40 PM (60v4h)
----------------
Yes, that's a good one.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: 11B40 at October 21, 2017 08:37 PM (evgyj)
I watched "The Admiral" about the guy who beat the Japanese fleet back in, oh I can't remember when but a long time back. It was decent.
Posted by: WOPR (Colonial Marines can't use harsh language) at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (O5Q3r)
Saw that one when I was a younger, more naive man. I bet I would appreciate it more now. Being 29 and all....
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (554cb)
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:29 PM
Lots of LPs (12 inch vinyl albums) were sold that way.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2017 08:33 PM (IqV8l)
Carly Simon fans agree!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2017 08:44 PM (QLvwG)
Ah, yes! Saw some of that being filmed because they used a the Coor Classic 'Morgul Bismark' race site a few hours before the real race.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (W+vEI)
Truly awful movie... and I'm thinking of another film I saw, can't remember the title, and will have to try to hunt it down.
American Beauty, perhaps?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (gE0FU)
Wait ... how many great cycling movies are there?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (60v4h)
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (2DOZq)
Hotel New Hampshire, I believe. Truly awful movie... and I'm thinking of another film I saw, can't remember the title, and will have to try to hunt it down. Seems like the same sort of theme as those two. Humans behaving in ways that should not be recorded, because there's no redeeming value.
I'll look up the other one. I don't know if Irving wrote it, but it seems like something he would. I haven't read any of his tripe, mostly because of the reasons I already mentioned.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (Pz4pT)
A Prayer for Owen Meany?
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (XoAz8)
But any guy in the audience whose dad had already passed away wouldn't have dry eyes at the end.
Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (V+03K)
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 08:28 PM (NWiLs)
Eep. I love Nicholas Cage, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
Ok, yes, I'm a little bit ashamed. But it is what it is.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (XoAz
++++
I like Cage as well. He has been in more than a few stinkers, but none of them stunk because of Cage. He always gives an interesting performance.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (FUu/Z)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:46 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: goatexchange at October 21, 2017 08:46 PM (YFnq5)
Get out of the car, Hon.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:43 PM (S+3Ip)
--Never try to outdo a woman when it comes to love, or revenge.
Truth.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 08:46 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 08:47 PM (mJ8mX)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:47 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:47 PM (PXyhz)
I think.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (S+3Ip)
Currently they play in Calgary
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (ZTRlp)
That explains why I never hear about them on the news.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:47 PM (S+3Ip)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 21, 2017 08:36 PM (gC2IV)
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We don't need no infield fly rule.
We don't need no DH role.
No dark sarcasm in the dugout.
Umpire leave those players alone.
Hey! Umpire! Leave those players alone.
Posted by: Roger Waters at October 21, 2017 08:48 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at October 21, 2017 08:48 PM (JPRju)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 08:48 PM (FbEVn)
I liked Bicentennial Man, and oddly, What Dreams May Come.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 08:48 PM (60v4h)
I was actually fairly resistant to the film until the reveal. And then I kind of fell in love with it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (Jj43a)
I missed a lot in the first viewing. Definitely see it more than once. The director (I don't remember his name & I'm too lazy to look it up) did the new Blade Runner movie which I want to see because he did it.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:48 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:48 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:47 PM (2DOZq)
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That's right when Terry Gilliam was making his best movies, and I still don't like it very much. I found it circular and rather uninteresting, which I was really disappointed by.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:48 PM (Jj43a)
I was actually fairly resistant to the film until the reveal. And then I kind of fell in love with it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM
I liked it from the start. I loved that it was about THE PROCESS and what that involved. Very Clarke/Crichton. I loved the quiet, "exploration...WTF" scenes. The weird gravity transition, the quiet moments with the canary chirping. Fantastic scenes.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:49 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:49 PM (S+3Ip)
He's always entertaining. He puts himself into every part without shame or hesitation and is ready to work in any role. He's fine. He has turned in some real stinkers, but he's committed 100% every time.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 08:49 PM (39g3+)
But any guy in the audience whose dad had already passed away wouldn't have dry eyes at the end.
Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (V+03K)
My dear dad is still alive and well, and still I blubbered like an idiot. Father-son relationships are complicated.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (554cb)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:36 PM (eO2Z0)
No the gas station owner killed Redford because Mia Farrow fan over his wife but he thinks it was Redford. Wait what movie are we talking about?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (qJtVm)
of them stunk because of Cage. He always gives an interesting
performance.
Generally like Cage, but he was one (but not the only) reason "Peggy Sue Got Married" suuuuucked. I have no idea what he was doing in that one...
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: ThunderB at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (ZyXBM)
I think.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:19 PM (S+3Ip)
Currently they play in Calgary
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 21, 2017 08:41 PM (ZTRlp)
That explains why I never hear about them on the news.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:47 PM (S+3Ip)
--One plays in Calgary, and one in Winnipeg.
Atlanta is a lousy sports town period, not just hockey.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (2DOZq)
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Sunshine?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (Jj43a)
that's not only because football has become more popular but because it's a much shorter season than baseball with 16 games instead of 162. Even the most dedicated fan can't watch or listen to all the games their own team plays, much less follow the fortunes of other teams. You know the guys in your own division; not much at all about the guys in other divisions.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 08:51 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 08:48 PM (60v4h)
Oh my. I despise that movie. Hollywood doesn't get Asimov at all.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 08:51 PM (pvjTE)
I liked it from the start. I loved that it was about THE PROCESS and what that involved. Very Clarke/Crichton. I loved the quiet, "exploration...WTF" scenes. The weird gravity transition, the quiet moments with the canary chirping. Fantastic scenes.
Sounds exactly like the kind of stuff that would make me pull out my own toenails.
Posted by: grammie winger - How many days till Spring Training? at October 21, 2017 08:51 PM (PXyhz)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:51 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 08:52 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (qJtVm)
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Hard to disagree with that, but my personal preference is Brazil.
Interesting that such a nonconformist and border line anarchist turned into such an authoritarian.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:52 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:52 PM (2DOZq)
He's always entertaining. He puts himself into every part without shame or hesitation and is ready to work in any role. He's fine. He has turned in some real stinkers, but he's committed 100% every time.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 08:49 PM (39g3+)
Nic Cage is a guy who just loves doing what he does. It was a whole meme in the TV show "Community." Trying to figure out cage broke Abed's brain.
That, is Nicolas Cage.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 08:52 PM (554cb)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 08:52 PM (mJ8mX)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:51 PM (gE0FU)
Something something Dark, lol.
I liked the first one - didn't see the others.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:53 PM (XoAz8)
My dear dad is still alive and well, and still I blubbered like an idiot. Father-son relationships are complicated.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (554cb)
--That should be a Movie Thread theme, father-son relationship movies.
Secondhand Lions
Big Fish
Lots of sports movies
Star Wars (just kidding --blech)
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 08:53 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:53 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:54 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM
Ooooooohh... Good call. BTW- I like Nic Cage. He earned his stripes with "Vampire's Kiss" alone.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:54 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:53 PM (O5Q3r)
Agree.
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:54 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (GsAUU)
The Falcons have been to the Super Bowl a couple of times, and the Braves won the World Series.
Both teams have brand new stadiums, too.
My daughter goes to Braves games several times a season. She enjoys being at big events like that. I don't really care for big crowds, and getting there and parking is a hassle.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:54 PM (S+3Ip)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at October 21, 2017 08:55 PM (w7U7L)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:52 PM (Jj43a)
I've always thought that this is an example of closing a circle.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 08:55 PM (554cb)
I missed a lot in the first viewing. Definitely see it more than once. The director (I don't remember his name & I'm too lazy to look it up) did the new Blade Runner movie which I want to see because he did it.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 08:48 PM (T71P
Denis Villeneuve.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:55 PM (XoAz8)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 08:55 PM (554cb)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2017 08:56 PM (QLvwG)
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I heard some pretty good snark a while back. If the people running the NBA playoffs were running WWII, the Germans and the Japs would still be in the running.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 08:56 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 08:56 PM (eO2Z0)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 08:56 PM (P8951)
Denis Villeneuve.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:55 PM (XoAz
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Try saying that three times fast.
I've been excited about his career for years without every having seen any of his movies. The first I saw was Sicario a few weeks ago, and the Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 over the last couple of weeks.
I'm still very excited.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:57 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 08:57 PM (FbEVn)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:54 PM (qJtVm)
Yes! That was a good movie.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:57 PM (XoAz8)
Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2017 08:57 PM (88xKn)
The Falcons have been to the Super Bowl a couple of times, and the Braves won the World Series.
Both teams have brand new stadiums, too.
My daughter goes to Braves games several times a season. She enjoys being at big events like that. I don't really care for big crowds, and getting there and parking is a hassle.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:54 PM (S+3Ip)
--I was not referring to the success of the teams, but the interest of the fans. It's feh --probably because there are so many transients.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 08:57 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 08:58 PM (mJ8mX)
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American Beauty, perhaps?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 08:45 PM (gE0FU)
Oh noooooo! American Beauty is the top of my all-time worst movies.
I know it's well made. I know the performances of some of the actors are great.
What an ugly, hateful film that is. It's despicable in essentially every way, partly because it's so well made.
The film I was thinking of is "Four Friends," directed by Arthur Penn. Not related to Irving, but it had that tone. I just ordered it, because I remember thinking it hit me pretty solidly when I saw it, and I'd like to see how it feels now.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 08:58 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at October 21, 2017 08:55 PM (w7U7L)
Dittos. And even more so, it's a throwback movie about a boy who seriously needs a father figure to set him straight. And Robert Duval. He could read aloud a recipe for tomato soup and make it compelling.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 08:58 PM (554cb)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 08:56 PM (P8951)
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Four quadrant thinking.
Makes sense when spending $100 million or more, but not when you're making a fairly small baseball movie about the Cleveland Indians.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:59 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 08:59 PM (S+3Ip)
Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2017 08:57 PM
"Knowing"? That's actually not bad.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 08:59 PM (qGuLD)
There's one where he sees like five minutes into the future. I mean, what's the point?
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 08:59 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2017 08:57 PM (88xKn)
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Knowing.
And I freaking love it. Made by Alex Proyas who also made Dark City.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:59 PM (Jj43a)
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Robert Redford wasn't really killed. It was all part of the con.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 09:00 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at October 21, 2017 09:00 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: Fritz at October 21, 2017 09:00 PM (Kwhm/)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at October 21, 2017 09:00 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 21, 2017 09:01 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 09:00 PM (Nwg0u)
Yeah that's right, he did come back in the Great Gatsby II, but it was a box office bomb
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 21, 2017 09:01 PM (auHtY)
And I freaking love it. Made by Alex Proyas who also made Dark City.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:59 PM
Yeah, it's pretty good. Bit of a surprise package, that flick.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 09:01 PM (qGuLD)
No the gas station owner killed Redford because Mia Farrow fan over his
wife but he thinks it was Redford. Wait what movie are we talking about?
Robert Redford wasn't really killed. It was all part of the con.
And Wilford Brimley, the FBI agent, is in on it.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:02 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:02 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:02 PM (qZSgP)
Denis Villeneuve.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 08:55 PM (XoAz
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Try saying that three times fast.
I've been excited about his career for years without every having seen any of his movies. The first I saw was Sicario a few weeks ago, and the Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 over the last couple of weeks.
I'm still very excited.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:57 PM (Jj43a)
I was a fan of Sicario and that made me want to see Arrival, which I also really liked. Haven't seen BR 2049 yet, but I want to.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 09:02 PM (XoAz8)
Dittos. And even more so, it's a throwback movie about a boy who seriously needs a father figure to set him straight. And Robert Duval. He could read aloud a recipe for tomato soup and make it compelling.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 08:58 PM (554cb)
Un-ass that shit!
Posted by: Col. Kilgore at October 21, 2017 09:03 PM (GsAUU)
and Necessary Roughness and The Dirty Dozen are the same story. Losers
have to pull together into a team and win the big game with each
character conquering their nemesis and/or exploiting their quirk at just
the right moment. Makes me smile.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2017 08:56 PM (QLvwG)
Add Slap Shot to that group.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2017 09:03 PM (QLvwG)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:03 PM (O5Q3r)
I was a fan of Sicario and that made me want to see Arrival, which I also really liked. Haven't seen BR 2049 yet, but I want to.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 09:02 PM (XoAz
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Mike and Jay often bring up one of his early movies Enemy, which they say is really good and weird.
It's in queue somewhere. I'll get it eventually.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:03 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (2DOZq)
I'm still very excited.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:57 PM (Jj43a)
I didn't realize that he did Sicario. I'll have to see it.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (w7U7L)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (qZSgP)
in a way, all of us have an El Guapo to face.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (0kS02)
Knowing was pretty good, but I liked "Next" better where he's a precog.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:05 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 09:05 PM (RrhD2)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 21, 2017 09:01 PM (auHtY)
I hated that book!
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 09:05 PM (T71PA)
It's good, but there was an Aussie movie with a similar concept that I liked better, "Me, Myself,I".
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 09:05 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:02 PM (qZSgP)
--Gone Troppo, underrated George Harrison album.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:05 PM (GsAUU)
It's true. He's good even when his just phoning it in for a paycheck.
*cough*A Night in Old Mexico*cough*
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 09:05 PM (60v4h)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 21, 2017 09:06 PM (AxFdW)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:02 PM (39g3+)
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Wait -- they made a second Ghost Rider movie?!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:06 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 09:05 PM (RrhD2)
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That was just.... Bizarre.
I wonder if his Don Quixote will be any good at all.
I'm being no.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:06 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM
You can erase that by thinking about his stellar performance in "Battlefield Earth"!
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 09:06 PM (qGuLD)
Posted by: kallisto at October 21, 2017 09:07 PM (eO2Z0)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM
You can erase that by thinking about his stellar performance in "Battlefield Earth"!
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 09:06 PM (qGuLD)
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Seriously, though, he's great in The Last King of Scotland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:07 PM (Jj43a)
No the gas station owner killed Redford because Mia Farrow fan over his
wife but he thinks it was Redford. Wait what movie are we talking about?
Robert Redford wasn't really killed. It was all part of the con.
And Wilford Brimley, the FBI agent, is in on it.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:02 PM (O5Q3r)
The chick turned out to be a dude, too.
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 09:07 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at October 21, 2017 09:07 PM (w7U7L)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:07 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 09:06 PM (2wRtc)
Only if The Wrestler didn't exist.
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:07 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 08:58 PM (554cb)
Un-ass that shit!
Posted by: Col. Kilgore at October 21, 2017 09:03 PM (GsAUU)
Augustus Fucking McCrae!
Absolutely perfect casting for my favorite fictional character. Lonesome Dove is one of two books I'll carry around after the Burning Times (the other being the tiny Bible I carry in my boot heel).
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (554cb)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 08:50 PM (qJtVm)
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Hard to disagree with that, but my personal preference is Brazil.
Interesting that such a nonconformist and border line anarchist turned into such an authoritarian.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 08:52 PM (Jj43a)
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You are both wrong. 12 Monkeys.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (/qEW2)
I'm being no.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:06 PM (Jj43a)
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I thought it was wiped clean by the wrath of God. He's taking another shot at it? With Depp?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (P8951)
Puttin' on da foil, coach!
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
Ty Cobb coming out of the cornfield with a chain saw screaming "FUCK YOU ALL!!" was a shocker.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (pY+s4)
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Whatever.
Evil Empire Yankees must DIE tonight.
Posted by: Every Baseball Fan not a Yankees Fan at October 21, 2017 09:09 PM (fZlu3)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (0kS02)
Indeed!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2017 09:09 PM (QLvwG)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 21, 2017 09:09 PM (AxFdW)
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Didja see that Uncle Harv is all better now? Boy, they can work miracles these day!
https://tinyurl.com/y7297a2a
Also, Peter "Peter" Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary, convicted kiddie diddler pardoned by Jimmy Cracker, is performing for Code Pink's Women For Peace event. I guess he's a feminist.
https://tinyurl.com/y9okcof7
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 09:09 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:09 PM (qZSgP)
*cough*A Night in Old Mexico*cough*
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 09:05 PM (60v4h)
--Four Christmases.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:10 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (qJtVm)
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He's in post production now. I think it's Ewan McGregor now.
They apparently took years to get rights to the script back and then completely rewrote it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:10 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: DonnaV. at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (P8951)
Puttin' on da foil, coach!
I'M LISTENING TO THE FUCKING SONG!!!
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:10 PM (O5Q3r)
My sons hate this movie. I love it. it kind of has a Napoleon Dynamite charm about it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 09:10 PM (554cb)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (0kS02)
Indeed!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2017 09:09 PM (QLvwG)
For some, shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education. For us, El Guapo is a big ugly Mexican who's trying to kill us.
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 09:10 PM (NWiLs)
wife but he thinks it was Redford. Wait what movie are we talking about?
Robert Redford wasn't really killed. It was all part of the con.
And Wilford Brimley, the FBI agent, is in on it.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:02 PM (O5Q3r)
The chick turned out to be a dude, too.
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 09:07 PM (NWiLs)
Laces out!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2017 09:10 PM (QLvwG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:07 PM
I was being serious. BE is top shelf trash and I love it. But, yeah, Whittaker is always great.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 09:10 PM (qGuLD)
'Second Hand Lions' because it is a sweet movie and because Robert Duval.
'Major League' because it's a character driven film, deals with the suspense of baseball, and all the characters get to contribute. It really is an ensemble picture.
Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2017 09:11 PM (V+03K)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (2DOZq)
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Sci-fi pulp nonsense poorly made.
It's not as terrible as it's reputation implies, but it's still really bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:11 PM (Jj43a)
Ty Cobb coming out of the cornfield with a chain saw screaming "FUCK YOU ALL!!" was a shocker.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (pY+s4)
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Well...not really.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:11 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:11 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:12 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 08:42 PM (2DOZq)
Refund ! Refund!.....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 21, 2017 09:12 PM (nUkMr)
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Dam Yankees!, Donna. (Must make movie reference.)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 09:12 PM (mJ8mX)
Brilliant.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 09:12 PM (554cb)
Ty Cobb coming out of the cornfield with a chain saw screaming "FUCK YOU ALL!!" was a shocker.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (pY+s4)
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Well...not really.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:11 PM (qJtVm)
There was a lot of foreshadowing, true.
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 09:12 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 09:12 PM (RrhD2)
"Sancho! My lightsaber!"
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:11 PM (qZSgP)
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He's playing Sancho, sort of.
Jeff Bridges, I think, is the Don.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:12 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM
It's brilliant. Get some liquor and drugs ready and prepare to be amazed.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 09:13 PM (qGuLD)
It's in queue somewhere. I'll get it eventually.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:03 PM (Jj43a)
I don't know, Enemy is rather weak, I think. The lead actress is bears a very strong resemblance to someone I know, so it was hard for me to watch without seeing that... but otherwise, I think the story is too flimsy. There are supposed to be deeper questions, but honestly when it was over I didn't care about any of it.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:13 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:13 PM (qZSgP)
I liked The Wrestler more even though it was Aronofsky, but only because of Mickey Rourke.
Second 12 Monkeys as best Gilliam work, although Fisher King was amazing. Both are really hard to watch though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:13 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at October 21, 2017 09:13 PM (w7U7L)
Feel the same about Burt Lancaster in "Rocket Gibraltar."
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 09:13 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 09:12 PM
Absolutely.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 09:13 PM (qGuLD)
To keep it kinda on topic, Forest Whitaker played the maniac football player who's car Spicoli totaled in "Fast Times At Ridgemont High".
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:14 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM (pY+s4)
This made me laugh
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 09:14 PM (T71PA)
I would agree except for the existence of Species(1995). He sucked in that.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 09:14 PM (60v4h)
August Rush. Always wanted to see that one. never have.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 09:14 PM (554cb)
To keep it kinda on topic, Forest Whitaker played the maniac football player who's car Spicoli totaled in "Fast Times At Ridgemont High".
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:14 PM (O5Q3r)
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There's a topic?!?!?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:14 PM (Jj43a)
I would agree except for the existence of Species(1995). He sucked in that.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 09:14 PM (60v4h)
There were only two worthwhile things in that entire movie.
Posted by: Insomniac - Getting Microaggressed on the Daily, Yo! at October 21, 2017 09:15 PM (NWiLs)
To keep it kinda on topic, Forest Whitaker played the maniac football player who's car Spicoli totaled in "Fast Times At Ridgemont High".
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:14 PM (O5Q3r)
Nic Cage was in Fast Times also. Did someone point that out already?
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:15 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:15 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:14 PM (O5Q3r)
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To keep it tangentally connected, does anybody else think that creepy Burger King looks like Kevin Kline?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:15 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:16 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:16 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:13 PM
Yep. It's got it all. Plus Travolta and Whittaker in set chomping overdrive. I refuse to believe that half the budget didn't go into cocaine.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 09:16 PM (qGuLD)
Also, Peter "Peter" Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary, convicted kiddie diddler pardoned by Jimmy Cracker, is performing for Code Pink's Women For Peace event. I guess he's a feminist.
The answer, my friend is blowing in the wind.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2017 09:16 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:16 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 09:17 PM (RrhD2)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:15 PM (2DOZq)
He was a Copolla. Yup.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 09:17 PM (554cb)
I can understand why he decided against playing baseball.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:17 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (P8951)
Posted by: H.J. Simpson at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (0kS02)
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Does he wear cleats?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:16 PM (39g3+)
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Imaginarium is actually the only movie I've seen before it's wide release. I was living in Rome at the time and it was at a festival.
It's good stuff.
And yet, I still haven't brought myself to watch his most recent movie, The Zero Theorem.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (Jj43a)
would be Ann Coulter for VP (not that the two would happen anywhere but
in a bad movie).
You saw Sharknado 3?
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (W+vEI)
I wonder if his Don Quixote will be any good at all.
I'm being no.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:06 PM (Jj43a)
I'm trying to find a decent adaptation of Quixote. I have Man of La Mancha here, but haven't watched it yet. Don't really expect that to do it.
I have an old Russian version, and an old Spanish version. I bought the one made with Lithgow in the lead, but the bluray doesn't work on any of my devices, even though it said it would.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (Pz4pT)
Doesn't matter who wins this game. The Dodgers are just unstoppable. I want the Astros to win but it won't matter in the world series.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (39g3+)
Sharpened cleats.
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 09:19 PM (mJ8mX)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 09:17 PM (RrhD2)
"The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" - good movie. As a 10 year old, I thought the book was the greatest.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 09:19 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (W+vEI)
--Yup.
That was the funniest part of that movie.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:20 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: blaster at October 21, 2017 09:20 PM (jHrzU)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 09:20 PM (0kS02)
I'm trying to find a decent adaptation of Quixote. I have Man of La Mancha here, but haven't watched it yet. Don't really expect that to do it.
I have an old Russian version, and an old Spanish version. I bought the one made with Lithgow in the lead, but the bluray doesn't work on any of my devices, even though it said it would.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:18 PM (Pz4pT)
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Orson Welles made one that he never finished. An assistant or someone made a cut. I remember it not being bad. Kinda weird, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:20 PM (Jj43a)
https://www.facebook.com/CityofAtlantaGeorgia/
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (2wRtc)
I checked this out, but the recipe for milk sandwiches was missing.
Posted by: ALH at October 21, 2017 09:20 PM (S+3Ip)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:21 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:21 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: doug whiddon at October 21, 2017 09:22 PM (prhIs)
I saw Tideland at an event where there was a talk/Q&A with Gilliam (it must have been before the movie). I just remember after the movie everyone kind of walked out like WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 09:22 PM (RrhD2)
https://www.facebook.com/CityofAtlantaGeorgia/
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 09:04 PM (2wRtc)
I checked this out, but the recipe for milk sandwiches was missing.
Does it say what MARTA stands for? And, yes, I already know.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:22 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones
This movie was very good. I was surprised how much I liked it. Was never much of a Keanu Reeves fan but he was very good in this. Also John Wick was made for him and is still the most satisfying flick I've seen in a while.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 21, 2017 09:22 PM (pY+s4)
Posted by: blaster at October 21, 2017 09:22 PM (jHrzU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 09:22 PM (w1zJX)
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Orson Welles made one that he never finished. An assistant or someone made a cut. I remember it not being bad. Kinda weird, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:20 PM (Jj43a)
I haven't seen it, but I am aware of it. Something turned me away from it, some review I read somewhere, I think. Like the version that exists is a hack job.
I don't remember.
As for Gilliam, I thought the story is that it was never going to be finished, and it was too much of a mess to even try to salvage. There's a documentary out there, supposed to be very good in its own right.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:23 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: Javems at October 21, 2017 09:23 PM (yOqwj)
I don't remember if the movie does seem to imply that he died, or ends up living happily ever after.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 09:23 PM (XoAz8)
As for Gilliam, I thought the story is that it was never going to be finished, and it was too much of a mess to even try to salvage. There's a documentary out there, supposed to be very good in its own right.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:23 PM (Pz4pT)
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He got the rights back, rewrote the script, and filmed last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:24 PM (Jj43a)
*fondly recalls the time the Diamondbacks beat the Yankees*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 09:25 PM (554cb)
Yeah, Kevin James, who makes Adam Sandler look like Olivier.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:25 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2017 09:10 PM (qGuLD)
++++
Ghost Dog is another example. Jarmusch film with Whittaker as lead.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 09:26 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: Jewells45can handle your jewels at October 21, 2017 09:27 PM (CNHr1)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:27 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at October 21, 2017 09:27 PM (w7U7L)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:27 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:23 PM (Pz4pT)
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It is a very good doc that culminates in the entire set being washed away in a torrential downpour.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:27 PM (qJtVm)
I don't remember if the movie does seem to imply that he died, or ends up living happily ever after.
Posted by: Gem at October 21, 2017 09:23 PM (XoAz
The movie ends with him playing catch with his kid.. the one he didn't know he had.
The book is wonderful. Such a droll and cynical story. Because of it, I really can't stand the movie. Which would be fine on its own, if the book didn't exist, but since it does it's a perfect example of Hollowwood being incapable of letting a story just be what it is. We have to have syrupy glop.
The dame, the one he supposedly loved, in the book he dumps her because he finds out she's a grandmother, and the thought of humping a granny repulses him.
Awful, right? But oh so perfect, given his character.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:27 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:28 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 21, 2017 09:29 PM (mJ8mX)
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:23 PM (Pz4pT)
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He got the rights back, rewrote the script, and filmed last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:24 PM (Jj43a)
Oh! So a whole new production... well, we'll have to see how that turns out!
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:29 PM (Pz4pT)
Have I mentioned Brawl in Cell Block 99?
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:29 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:28 PM (qZSgP)
--Olivier's last great role was in Brideshead Revisited.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:30 PM (GsAUU)
And if Gilliam doesn't get Rocinante to canter onto the screen soon, he might just have a date with the Grim Reaper and be pining for the fjords.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:30 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:27 PM (P8951)
I assume that's because she was expecting it to be like the movie?
It's a great read. Very short and quick. I don't think it needs to be depressing. Just know that Roy Hobbs is more human than the Robert Redford movie version.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:30 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:31 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:32 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 09:23 PM (2wRtc)
In the great Hollywood tradition this one came out almost simultaneously with "Warrior," which featured that one guy Edgerton and Tom Hardy. Both movies feature kindhearted high school teachers with Something to prove.
I like both. the Kevin James version is more lighthearted, but very inspirational. I like kevin James.
the Edgerton/Tom Hardy version is darker. But I liked it as well.
TJM, you should do a thread about how Hollywood has spies, which leads to weirdly parallel movie releases, like Armageddon and Deep Impact, and so forth...
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 09:33 PM (554cb)
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:32 PM (GsAUU)
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Let's be honest, an ocean between helps.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:33 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at October 21, 2017 09:33 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Eromero at October 21, 2017 09:33 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: SGTYork at October 21, 2017 09:34 PM (ITvKk)
Awful, right? But oh so perfect, given his character.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:27 PM (Pz4pT)
--Isn't Judge Jeanine a GILF?
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:34 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:34 PM (qZSgP)
It's inventive and very replayable.
https://youtu.be/1fbD0btGvBE
Because the movie thread seems to want longer posts, I will paste what I said a few days ago:
The English Patient had the most talented people and the most pedigreed awards possible, including the Oscar for best picture (one of Harvey's payoffs) and nominations for director and cinematography. At no point in three hours will you be slightly entertained or piqued. I can name twenty movies from the same year that are more replayable, more talked-about, more clever, more heart-felt, or more profitable.
Iron Sky -- you know, that one about moon nazis -- is just about the greatest low-budget trash-genre movie of all time. It takes a campy shitty premise and ridiculous characters, and manages to satisfy every arc cleverly. The acting is funny and watchable. I even like ersatz Sarah Palin. I would not ask David S Goyer or John Hughes to improve upon it. They can't. It is a perfect little piece of trash. It is the Cistine Chapel painted with dry macaroni and glitter.
I guess the lesson is "do humble things well" or something.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 21, 2017 09:35 PM (rnAwa)
Posted by: SGTYork at October 21, 2017 09:34 PM (ITvKk)
I mentioned Field of Dreams, but forgot about Eight Men Out. That was a good one.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 09:35 PM (554cb)
Posted by: tu3031
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Interesting (or possibly not) fact about MARTA. Back when they were putting it together, they paid some marketing firm to come up with a logo. They paid $50,000.
When I saw it (here's a pic http://tinyurl.com/y9sr4tdy ), I thought "Damn, that looks familiar". On my next trip north, I figured out why : TANK, Transportation Authority Northern Kentucky : http://tinyurl.com/yb6f8rnl
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 09:35 PM (w1zJX)
Posted by: Alabaster Jones at October 21, 2017 09:29 PM (2DOZq)
Ummmmm....Yes.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 21, 2017 09:35 PM (nUkMr)
The studio (The Asylum) that puts out the Sharknado movies established its self by putting out cheap knockoffs of big ticket established movies at the same time, with a very similar name. So you get confused people getting them at the video store and renting them to watch. It was a real industry for them. Check out their movie list
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0042909?ref_=tt_dt_co
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:35 PM (39g3+)
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Hollywood! Perverts everywhere!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 09:36 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 09:37 PM (RrhD2)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 21, 2017 09:37 PM (gC2IV)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:38 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 21, 2017 09:37 PM (gC2IV)
I liked his Hamlet.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 09:38 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:38 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:38 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:08 PM
I remember a few moments before the end, welling up because I thought it was a repeat of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.
That poker game on the train was so perfect, if you took it out & released it on its own, it could be the best poker movie ever.
You're really wrong about Annie & Crash, but you're exactly right on this one.
Posted by: Shopgirl at October 21, 2017 09:39 PM (ASGHc)
Am I the only one who found the ending annoying?
It was such a chick thing to do - let your whiny little sister win because she's in a snit about not being as good a player, etc..
Posted by: Lizzy at October 21, 2017 08:08 PM (W+vEI)
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I liked that movie.
And I especially liked the ending because it struck me as true to life. As you say, it's exactly the kind of thing a female might do, even if she's a talented, competitive athlete.
Of course, the moral to the story is that there are things more important than winning. Okay.
But there is also the (unintended) moral:
Whether you're a player or a fan, you don't want a woman on your team because she may sabotage a win for personal reasons.
I liked that ambiguity in the celebration of female athletes.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 09:40 PM (0jtPF)
Seriously, when you see it, you will feel like your life before was just a little less full. The best is if you can incorporate some scenes into your daily life after watching.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 09:40 PM (RrhD2)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:40 PM (P8951)
http://dystopiausa.com/trumps-storm-tracker-week-2-intensify/
New sticky post.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:40 PM (GsAUU)
And that's why they put the love stories in. The girls all go awwww and the guys all reach for the fast forward button. Its not that we don't like romance, just not in a sports movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:41 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:41 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 21, 2017 09:42 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 09:42 PM (gE0FU)
And that's why they put the love stories in. The girls all go awwww and the guys all reach for the fast forward button. Its not that we don't like romance, just not in a sports movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:41 PM (39g3+)
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Not having seen the movie, just ask, "What's the core of this movie?"
Is the Romance completely divorced from the rest of the story? Yes? Then chuck it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:43 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:43 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 09:43 PM (Nwg0u)
Hell, everyone in the above pictures probably got a blow job from Tara Reid.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 21, 2017 09:43 PM (1JnAL)
What turds. Carter, clinton, and Bush standing up applauding that dope lady googoo or whatever her fake name is.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at October 21, 2017 09:44 PM (gE0FU)
Posted by: Shopgirl at October 21, 2017 09:44 PM (ASGHc)
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:32 PM (GsAUU)
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Let's be honest, an ocean between helps.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:33 PM (Jj43a)
--No, the Catalonians wanted their cake and to eat it as well: independence from Spain, but with all that EU sugar afterward. When the EU blew their cause off, they stood down.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:45 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:27 PM (qJtVm)
Good Lord. That sort of ending needs Gilliam staggering around shouting a monologue on how he was going to create a new kingdom leading the troop of monkeys that have taken over his raft.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2017 09:45 PM (rb1WU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:45 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:45 PM (qJtVm)
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Rookie of the Year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:46 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2017 09:46 PM (QLvwG)
https://youtu.be/azdwsXLmrHE
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:46 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:47 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 21, 2017 09:42 PM (6Ll1u)
--LMAO, almost as if summoned by my #509.
(Not that you're necessarily a nut.
)Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:47 PM (GsAUU)
Yeah, another good one. But Dottie bothered me. She was such a buzzkill.
Jon Lovitz. Fucker makes me laugh.
I have always had kind of a movie crush on Lori Petty. She is so much the kind of girl I continuously had crushes on during elementary, junior high and high school. Tomboys. Hell, I married a tomboy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 09:48 PM (554cb)
https://youtu.be/azdwsXLmrHE
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 09:46 PM (qZSgP)
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The weird works of copyright law and public domain for the win!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:48 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: logprof
"Cut out the middle-man for our EU handouts!" isn't really a battle cry that motivates people to pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at October 21, 2017 09:48 PM (I11+c)
Without Clint Eastwood that film would have been complete trash. With a few changes to the script, it could have been pretty good.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:49 PM (39g3+)
508 You're really wrong about Annie Crash, but you're exactly right on this one.
And that's why they put the love stories in. The girls all go awwww
and the guys all reach for the fast forward button. Its not that we
don't like romance, just not in a sports movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:41 PM (39g3+)
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Not having seen the movie, just ask, "What's the core of this movie?"
Is the Romance completely divorced from the rest of the story? Yes? Then chuck it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 09:43 PM (Jj43a)
But if you are doing a movie on minor league sports, you have to feature the groupies, which Annie definitely was.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 21, 2017 09:49 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 09:43 PM (2wRtc)
--That is one weird bitch.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:49 PM (GsAUU)
The Geriatric Deep State
Posted by: That guy who always says... at October 21, 2017 09:49 PM (Tyii7)
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I read a review back when it was first released. It asked how do you make a great baseball movie? Make it about something besides baseball.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 09:50 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:50 PM (P8951)
Posted by: random lurker commenter at October 21, 2017 09:50 PM (fcxP2)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
And Mario van Peebles needed his screen-time cut WAY down.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at October 21, 2017 09:50 PM (I11+c)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 09:50 PM (0jtPF)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:50 PM (O5Q3r)
But it didn't have to be a romance. She could have been a granny lady 70 years old or an old biker broad, someone who is wise in the ways of baseball that takes the young rook under her wing.
I freely admit that some of my annoyance with the storyline is the fact that the character is played by Susan Sarandon.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:51 PM (39g3+)
Okay, is that top photo from Angels in the Outfield? I haven't seen that one.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:45 PM (qJtVm)
"Rookie of The Year"
Plot: Kid breaks his arm, when it heals, he has a wicked MLB level fastball.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 21, 2017 09:52 PM (1JnAL)
Nah that was the little blonde girl who was her friend, she filled the role perfectly. The one that married the strong Christian character (who, for once in a movie wasn't a pervert, cheater, liar, or scumbag).
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:52 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at October 21, 2017 09:48 PM (I11+c)
--Yup. Madison and Hamilton are also laughing.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 09:52 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 09:53 PM (554cb)
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I read a review back when it was first released. It asked how do you make a great baseball movie? Make it about something besides baseball.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 09:50 PM (Nwg0u)
Well yeah. It's about a guy who hasn't quite decided to grow up, until growing up is pretty much his only option.
So he does two things of purpose in the movie: He mentors a kid who is just starting out, and he finds a woman with whom he can settle down.
The end of his baseball career is an afterthought. It is, if anything, just a simple metaphor. Grow up, man. That's the movie, otherwise there's no movie.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2017 09:53 PM (Pz4pT)
Get a shit load of alcohol and friends and watch She with Sandahl Bergman. It will change your life.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 09:54 PM (RrhD2)
A woman was shot Thursday night while taking part in a vigil for a man who had been fatally shot at the same spot a night earlier, police said.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 09:55 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Dubya, Bubba and Jimmah at October 21, 2017 09:55 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:55 PM (P8951)
Plot Keywords: miniskirt | mini skirt | short skirt | micro mini skirt | woman wearing a miniskirt
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 09:56 PM (qJtVm)
Whoever keeps asking me about the sex: it's not porn. But if you're going by the basic cable showings, they cut most of it out.
*despite the x-chromosome.
Posted by: Shopgirl at October 21, 2017 09:56 PM (ASGHc)
There was a Sandlot 2?
Never seen it
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (mMeIQ)
I never heard of it.
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at October 21, 2017 09:57 PM (8iiMU)
There was a Sandlot 2?
Never seen it
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at October 21, 2017 08:13 PM (mMeIQ)
I never heard of it.
Posted by: Amy Schumer at October 21, 2017 09:57 PM (8iiMU)
There is not much of a movie there without her.
But it didn't have to be a romance. She could have been a granny
lady 70 years old or an old biker broad, someone who is wise in the ways
of baseball that takes the young rook under her wing.
I freely admit that some of my annoyance with the storyline is the fact that the character is played by Susan Sarandon.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:51 PM (39g3+)
If it had been a story about a major league player that would be fine. But a minor league player isn't going to hang around a 70 year old granny when he can be out banging 18-21 year old chicks.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 21, 2017 09:58 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:58 PM (P8951)
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I thought I had rented a sci-fi flick. Got the pop corn and stuck it in the vcr. What a surprise! It's been a long time but, well done and excellent are words for the performers. I mean Raul Julia and John Hurt in a jail cell plus the social differences. Cool.
Posted by: gNewt at October 21, 2017 09:58 PM (ODaO0)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at October 21, 2017 09:58 PM (I11+c)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt, still loving the Cubs, trying not to jinx the Asstros at October 21, 2017 09:59 PM (8iiMU)
Not crazy about Sarandon, but she was smoking hot in that movie.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:59 PM (O5Q3r)
character was a dim bulb, but I find him generally annoying as an actor
They're both annoying as hell.
Posted by: Dubya, Bubba and Jimmah at October 21, 2017 09:59 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 10:00 PM (GsAUU)
How about a night where we attempt to state what an actor/actress's best role was?
You start a pretty good bar fight over what is Robert Duval's best piece of work: Great Santini, Lonesome Dove, Tender Mercies...
Posted by: browndog at October 21, 2017 10:00 PM (bGMOs)
Posted by: browndog at October 21, 2017 10:00 PM (bGMOs)
Colors?
LOL
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt, still loving the Cubs, trying not to jinx the Asstros at October 21, 2017 10:01 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: browndog
...Gods and Generals...
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at October 21, 2017 10:01 PM (I11+c)
So the truncated Paramount version for decades was the only version. Mordor's colorized version with the Queen sound-track is based on this version.
World War II threw a spanner into things with the Soviets looting Berlin including taking almost all the German film stock for Metropolis and a slew of other films.
Meanwhile in far off Buenos Aires a copy of the original Ufa release was being shown with alterations. Then it vanished into film archive obscurity.
If you have the Kino edition of Metropolis watch the documentary on the efforts to reassemble the original Ufa release. It is fascinating.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 10:01 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:59 PM (O5Q3r)
Just thinking the same thing. She also tore shit up in The Witches of Eastwick. As well as The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 10:01 PM (554cb)
It's weird.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 10:01 PM (GsAUU)
Susan Sarandon hasn't been hot in any movie. Even if you lit her on fire and threw her into a volcano she wouldn't be hot.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 10:02 PM (39g3+)
If you have the Kino edition of Metropolis watch the documentary on the efforts to reassemble the original Ufa release. It is fascinating.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 10:01 PM (qZSgP)
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I do, actually, and I shall.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at October 21, 2017 10:02 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 21, 2017 10:02 PM (6Ll1u)
Without Clint Eastwood that film would have been complete trash. With a
few changes to the script, it could have been pretty good.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
And Mario van Peebles needed his screen-time cut WAY down.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable
The crowd loved me!
Posted by: Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla at October 21, 2017 10:02 PM (sMUUk)
Posted by: browndog at October 21, 2017 10:02 PM (bGMOs)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 10:03 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 10:03 PM (RrhD2)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 10:03 PM (IvWeH)
friend, she filled the role perfectly. The one that married the strong
Christian character (who, for once in a movie wasn't a pervert, cheater,
liar, or scumbag).
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 09:52 PM (39g3+)
But Annie was a groupie. She picked one player out every year to bang all season and teach. Not a manager, not a coach, not the equipment manager, not the trainer, she chose a player.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 21, 2017 10:03 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Tami at October 21, 2017 10:03 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow........GNAMM ette at October 21, 2017 10:03 PM (mMeIQ)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 10:04 PM (O5Q3r)
You will never be the same!!
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 10:04 PM (RrhD2)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 10:04 PM (P8951)
Posted by: The Cleveland Indians at October 21, 2017 10:04 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Shopgirl at October 21, 2017 10:05 PM (ASGHc)
TCU cheerleaders wear short shorts.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at October 21, 2017 10:05 PM (I11+c)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2017 10:05 PM (QLvwG)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at October 21, 2017 10:05 PM (60v4h)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 10:05 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 10:04 PM (P8951)
Especially NL fans.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 10:05 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 10:04 PM (RrhD2)
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I'm 10 seconds into the opening credits and I already love it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 10:06 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 09:58 PM (P8951)
++++
I mostly like Robbins' acting. It's when he's not acting that he annoys me.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 10:07 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 10:06 PM (2wRtc)
She has pretty much always looked the same.
There's a painting somewhere that is hideous.
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 10:07 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 10:07 PM (Nwg0u)
"Falling Down." Yeah, a secondary role, but there was something going on with him and his crazy wife as he is facing retirement from the force. It's subtle, but powerful. They had lost a daughter. Watch it. Pay attention. It is a liver punch.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Irish Enough (Ulster Scot) at October 21, 2017 10:08 PM (554cb)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 10:08 PM (O5Q3r)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 10:08 PM (qZSgP)
But isn't that true in every movie he's been in.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 10:08 PM (39g3+)
Susan Sarandon hasn't been hot in any movie. Even if you lit her on fire and threw her into a volcano she wouldn't be hot.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 10:02 PM (39g3+)
--Flatliners was also good. Had a pretty good moral theme to it.
I should watch Jacob's Ladder again. I saw it in the theater, but not since.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 10:08 PM (GsAUU)
And, Sarandon *does* strike me as a skank.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt, still loving the Cubs, trying not to jinx the Asstros at October 21, 2017 10:09 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 09:59 PM (O5Q3r)
She was. I was responding to the question of whether a 70 year old granny could have played to part without the romance.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at October 21, 2017 10:09 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: scrood at October 21, 2017 10:09 PM (sMUUk)
It's simply true.
The one movie that truly captures the essence of baseball from a player's point of view is Bull Durham. To this day, female groupies are called "Annie's" and no other movie catches the superstitious bullshit as well nor acknowledges that there is something unquantifiable that makes baseball tick. Baseball, at it's core, is a very serious, very important game played by some of the silliest human beings you've ever met, and watched by the same. Without a sense of humor, baseball does nothing, and without it being quite serious, it isn't worth watching at all.
I don't wanna hear any more crap about "not enough homers" or "no excitement." If you aren't excited about baseball, then you have no idea what is going on, and you owe it to yourself to find out.
Plus, everywhere in this world where we have exported the game of baseball successfully, those are the places that remain peaceful allies over the long haul. It isn't a coincidence.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 21, 2017 10:09 PM (NXsWM)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 10:09 PM (qZSgP)
Posted by: Duke of Righteous WTF? at October 21, 2017 10:10 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 10:08 PM
Show some respect...thats Mister Nolan Ryan
Posted by: Robin Ventura at October 21, 2017 10:10 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 10:10 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 10:08 PM (O5Q3r)
Selling everything from his own brand of beef to air conditioners to foundation repair companies. Bet he could still put Ventura in a headlock and pummel away.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2017 10:10 PM (QLvwG)
Posted by: Colonel Cathcart at October 21, 2017 10:11 PM (DMUuz)
Only this time the white guy in the MAGA hat did it.
Posted by: Tami at October 21, 2017 10:11 PM (Enq6K)
It's weird.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 10:01 PM (GsAUU)
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That's called the "cold-shoulder" cut.
Very chic right now but destined to fade quickly, I'd guess.
It looks awkward, IMO.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 10:11 PM (0jtPF)
A post-apocalyptic village is being attacked by a boxer, a harlequin, and a Nazi biker.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 10:11 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 10:11 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: gNewt at October 21, 2017 10:12 PM (ODaO0)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 10:08 PM (O5Q3r)
So what?
'Sup, broheem?
(Just kidding. Get back to me in a month or so, after I hit the heavy bag and stuff.) *sniff*
Posted by: Pug Mahon,Fat, Bald Old Guy at October 21, 2017 10:12 PM (554cb)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at October 21, 2017 10:13 PM (IvWeH)
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Movie trivia:
Fistfull of Dollars
Box Office
Budget: $200,000 (estimated)
Gross: $14,500,000 (USA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 10:13 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: '86 'Stros at October 21, 2017 10:13 PM (QLvwG)
I'm rooting for the 'stros because if they win, it will depress the TV execs. They want every WS to be LA v NY.
Posted by: mnw at October 21, 2017 10:12 PM (YUN1C)
+1
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt, still loving the Cubs, trying not to jinx the Asstros at October 21, 2017 10:13 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 10:14 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 10:08 PM (O5Q3r)
Selling
everything from his own brand of beef to air conditioners to foundation
repair companies. Bet he could still put Ventura in a headlock and
pummel away.
Saw him pitch against the Red Sox when he was in his prime with the Angels. Had really good seats near the plate. I have never heard anything, before or since, like the sound of his fastball hitting the catchers mitt. It sounded like an explosion.
Posted by: tu3031 at October 21, 2017 10:14 PM (O5Q3r)
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Cool flick.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at October 21, 2017 10:11 PM (2wRtc)
--Even better short story, read it in high school.
Ambrose Bierce must've gotten seriously fucked in the head by the War Between the States.
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 10:14 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Hillary! at October 21, 2017 10:14 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/7 at October 21, 2017 10:15 PM (8/cWV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 10:15 PM (qZSgP)
Not in the version I saw. There's a scene where the very hot young Leah Thompson in lingerie seems to be coming on to the duck but she's just yanking his chain. And boy is she sizzling in that scene.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 21, 2017 10:16 PM (39g3+)
Very chic right now but destined to fade quickly, I'd guess.
It looks awkward, IMO.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 21, 2017 10:11 PM (0jtPF)
--M. DeVille, the go-to fashionista at the HQ!
Posted by: logprof at October 21, 2017 10:16 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy - Bunch Em If You Got Em at October 21, 2017 10:16 PM (RrhD2)
Posted by: redridinghood at October 21, 2017 10:18 PM (PvFoN)
"Falling Down."
-
The Apostle
Get Low
Buncha others
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I'm Dreaming of a White Privilege at October 21, 2017 10:18 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. at October 21, 2017 10:20 PM (P8951)
Posted by: mnw
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Brooke Shields was spectacular in that movie! I would even say inspiring.
Posted by: Roman Polanski at October 21, 2017 10:20 PM (w1zJX)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 21, 2017 10:15 PM (qZSgP)
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"She" (1982) with Sandahl Bergman.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 21, 2017 10:20 PM (qJtVm)
Posted by: Jim Harbaugh at October 21, 2017 10:20 PM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: Every Baseball Fan not a Yankees Fan at October 21, 2017 10:20 PM (fZlu3)
http://tinyurl.com/y9sr4tdy ), I thought "Damn, that looks familiar". On
my next trip north, I figured out why : TANK, Transportation Authority
Northern Kentucky : http://tinyurl.com/yb6f8rnl
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 09:35 PM (w1zJX)
TANK colors is the Romanian flag, you know.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2017 10:28 PM (rb1WU)
Pablo: Excuse me, but my dick needs attention.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 10:32 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 21, 2017 10:33 PM (pvjTE)
TANK colors is the Romanian flag, you know.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Well, there are a couple of possibilities, either:
A. There is a largish community of Romanians in N. Kentucky
B. The marketing weasels are guilty of cultural appropriation
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2017 10:40 PM (w1zJX)
Tejanos Housticans Astros vs Evil Empire Nyawk Yankees 4-0, mid 6th!
Posted by: Every Baseball Fan not a Yankees Fan at October 21, 2017 10:20 PM (fZlu3)
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Excellent.
Posted by: ShainS at October 22, 2017 12:19 AM (BiLU+)
Posted by: deadrody at October 22, 2017 12:28 AM (FvbGP)
LOL!!!!!
Posted by: deadrody at October 22, 2017 12:34 AM (FvbGP)
Posted by: Shopgirl at October 22, 2017 12:59 AM (ASGHc)
And that last sentence (by a writer at The Ringer) is why, in Joe Queenan's words, There's no such thing as a Yankee fan.
Posted by: Shopgirl at October 22, 2017 01:04 AM (ASGHc)
Posted by: Downcast at October 22, 2017 04:28 AM (0m0zi)
Posted by: TN VOLUNTEER at October 22, 2017 10:23 AM (y385q)
My own pick would be Eight Men Out.
Posted by: George LeS at October 22, 2017 11:24 AM (+TcCF)
As for Garp, it was enjoyable in part. John Irving was also made into movies with Simon Birch, Cider House Rules, The Hotel New Hampshire and The Door in the Floor. They are also enjoyable in part. Irving generally uses bizarre and even startling humor to dampen the melodrama and social activist story lines. This doesn't always work out on screen. The movie that won acclaim in Hollywood was, naturally, the one the removed the bizarre humor and amped up the social activism (abortion) instead. Go figure...
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My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)