Saturday Evening Movie Thread 01-19-2019 [Hosted By: Moviegique]

The Bryan Cranston/Kevin Hart flick The Upside dethroned Aquaman for the #1 spot this week, and its large Rotten Tomatoes split (critics: 40%, audiences: 88%) makes it more intriguing than a remake would normally be, but rather than review that I thought I'd go back to the source: The Intouchables.

A French movie about a quadriplegic who hires a thuggish black dude to take care of him. What could possibly go wrong? Seriously, if you encapsulated this film, I would rank it just slightly below their new Marie Antoinette film (Farewell, My Queen) on films I wouldn’t want to see.

And yet, this is a delight.

Driss yells at Philippe for taking him to see "The Watch".

Quadriplegia wouldn’t seem like a great topic for movies but it has always treated me pretty well. Murderball, The Sea Inside are two of the best movies of their respective years. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was a critical success, and was a very well done film, though it reeked of Boomer sensibilities.

This isn’t quite Murderball but it has the same kind of insouciance.

Francois Cluzet (whom I last saw in the noir Tell No One) plays the wealthy wheelchair-bound man who, after interviewing caretakers in a long string of compassionate weenies, hires a thuggish ghetto criminal who was just pretending to interview so he could get his “benefit”.

This movie is about the friendship that forms between the two of them, and what’s remarkable is how many ways this story could go wrong. Not only does this film never strike a false note, it glides easily through the story as if there weren’t any ways to go wrong.

This might be because it’s inspired by a true story. (I mean, "true story" isn't always just a marketing gimmick.)

"Wheelchairs are fun!"

Behind the buddy story is the dual tales of redemption. Driss (Omar Sy) is a lowlife and thief whose own mother (er, stepmother? adoptive mother? I couldn’t figure it out) kicks him out of the project apartment he lives in with his innumerable siblings. On his interview with Philippe (Cluzet) he steals a Fabergé egg.

Philippe is understandably suicidal, though as we find out, it was this tendency that put him in the wheelchair. And what’s interesting is that it’s not Driss’s “keepin’ it real” attitude that reaches him, it’s Driss’ complete inability to comprehend and empathize with Philippe’s disability.

There are also some interesting "field trips".

He doesn’t load Philippe into the handicap-accessible hybrid minivan-like thing, he throws the wheelchair in the back of the Maserati (or whatever) and Philippe in the passenger seat, and screams around Paris at unsafe speeds.

He’s squeamish about cleaning Philippe off, and he’s interested in Philippe’s potential for enjoying physical relationships. He has nothing much to lose, really, so he never has the deference toward this very wealthy man that everyone else around him does.

There’s a little bit of the “culture clash” stuff, where Driss is mocking the modern art and classical music that Philippe enjoys, and Driss brings in a lot of ‘70s disco to liven up the soundtrack, but this is done without condescension—in both directions. In other words, the movie offers art high and low for what it’s worth, without any apparent judgment.

Driss DEFINITELY has a point, tho'.

There is a great bit with Driss deciding he can paint modern art and Philippe trying to sell it for an outrageous price. And a running story of Driss trying to seduce Philippe’s assistant (the haughty hottie Audrey Fleurot). But as a whole it doesn’t engage in class warfare. (Probably why some French critics hated it and called it "Racist".)

That’s kind of remarkable, really.

This movie features love, lust, friendship, loss and success. It reminds of that quote attributed to Mae West, W.C. Fields and others: “I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. Rich is better.” At the same time, it can’t help but show how money isn’t everything.

In the end, you get some pics and data on the real people who these characters represent, which is a nice touch.

I think this is right before she slaps Driss.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 07:36 PM

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1 Movie Sign!!!!

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:32 PM (+Tibp)

2 whoa!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 19, 2019 07:33 PM (sy5kK)

3 I read the content, and it won!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 19, 2019 07:34 PM (sy5kK)

4 Driving Mr Quady.

Posted by: Some Jackass at January 19, 2019 07:34 PM (9gHOW)

5 Quadriplegia wouldn’t seem like a great topic for movies but it has always treated me pretty well.
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This was my favorite Who album!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:34 PM (kQs4Y)

6 Spiderman Far From Home to feature first transgender "actor" in a major film ever. Marvel's golden era is officially over. I'll see Avengers 4 in the theater and that will be it. The End.

Posted by: Max Power at January 19, 2019 07:34 PM (QCc6B)

7 Gattica is best wheelchair movie,

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:35 PM (2DOZq)

8 I absolutely , emphatically endorse "The Intouchables" It is a full on guys movie. I mentioned this movie 2 years ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 07:35 PM (7CZws)

9 I haven't seen the movie yet, but what a great example of winning.

Kevin Hart is slammed by the Oscar crowd for BS reasons, and now is a co-star in the #1 movie in the country.

Way to go, Kevin!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 19, 2019 07:36 PM (sy5kK)

10 Subtitles? Not that it's a dealbreaker, only I admit that I miss bits of movies when I'm reading, too.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:36 PM (0NAbP)

11 Saw "Glass" yesterday-

Starts off like the best thing M. Night Shyamalan ever directed. Very crisp, very sharp script. Nice acting. Great directing.

Then as it seems to be comfortably fitting into the superhero mode of escalating battles between SH and SV-

MNS short-circuits the whole thing and takes it in a different direction.

How you respond to this short-circuiting will determine whether you like the movie or not.

I suspect that there'll be a 50/50 love/hate response from the audience.

Clearly, MNS has been thinking a lot about society lately and wants "Glass" to be as intellectual as it is visceral. This movie has a lot, a lot going on underneath it.

The final twist(Hey! It's MNS. You knew this was coming.) and the way it's motivation it's presented makes me think MNS is a conservative or at least leans in that direction as a classical-style liberal.

I'm trying to be vague here - so nothing to spoil your experience.

Try to read as little as possible before you go.

I liked "Glass" quite a bit but didn't love it. I suppose I admired it's ambitions and construction more than its....uh, let's just say overall story.

Weird sideways semi-sequel possible, but not mandatory depending on how well "Glass" does at the box office, I suppose.

Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2019 07:36 PM (CRRq9)

12 Is no one gay in these movies? No?

So homophobia abounds. You may not watch.

Posted by: blaster at January 19, 2019 07:36 PM (ZfRYq)

13
- French
- eating poop

Sounds authentic.

Posted by: literally serious at January 19, 2019 07:36 PM (nw6G5)

14 Quadriplegia wouldn't seem like a great topic for movies but it has always treated me pretty well.

It weren't so bad from what I remember. Sting ends up as the bellboy. It was an epic album

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2019 07:36 PM (SiINZ)

15 I even read the content looking for the answer. I possibly asked because I don't want to miss the redhead's bits.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:36 PM (0NAbP)

16 I still want to see "Glass", though I have heard a couple sources say the first half is better than the second.

First, I need to see "Split". I am so behind on my movies. Probably because I'm binging t.v. series. I am loving "The Leftovers".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:38 PM (kQs4Y)

17 Are we at the point now where more than 50% of Hollywood output is a remake or sequel of some sort? I guess the story-telling creativity wad was blown in the 20th century ... or maybe with Shakespeare.

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 07:38 PM (WqPYg)

18 Quadriplegia wouldn't seem like a great topic for movies but it has always treated me pretty well.

One of the Who's best.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 19, 2019 07:38 PM (dcu2m)

19 Ah, a good one. Want to see this flick. Now, Audrey Fleurot. She was in a French movie serial, a type of gallic Law and Order, where she played one of the lawyers. Very good series btw. Learned a bit about the French judicial system from that one.

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2019 07:38 PM (bUjCl)

20 Starts off like the best thing M. Night Shyamalan ever directed. Very crisp, very sharp script. Nice acting. Great directing.

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I've decided that the Sixth Sense or whatever that really, really great and interesting film that made him super famous was the fluke and all the other crappy failures are the normal representations of his work.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:38 PM (0NAbP)

21 A new offering on Netflix is a Korean film called Revenger. All about revenge.

The revenger is like Stephan Chow when he transforms into the "One" in Kung Fu Hustle. For most of the film, he's that awesome.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:38 PM (+Tibp)

22 Better than Quadrophagia.

Posted by: ro-man at January 19, 2019 07:39 PM (RuIsu)

23 13
- French
- eating poop

Sounds authentic.
Posted by: literally serious at January 19, 2019 07:36 PM (nw6G5)

That's what happens when Germany invades you 3 times in 70 years. Some of their culture is bound to rub off

Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2019 07:39 PM (Izzlo)

24 The Intouchables is about life and living. I'm sorry that they want to do a remake.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 07:39 PM (7CZws)

25 So Glass is an Unbreakable Split mashup.

Never interested in Split but I am going to watch it now so I have the backstory.

Kinda smart of the moviemakers.

Maybe. Let you know after I see Split.

Posted by: blaster at January 19, 2019 07:39 PM (ZfRYq)

26 I've decided that the Sixth Sense or whatever that really, really great and interesting film that made him super famous was the fluke and all the other crappy failures are the normal representations of his work.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG

I like Signs. Stop it.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:40 PM (+Tibp)

27 How about a movie where a black guy who's a quad and lives in Queens selling loosies hires a rich white dude from the upper East Side to be his valet. Hilarity would ensue.

Hollywood is so narrow minded.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 19, 2019 07:40 PM (Z+IKu)

28 7
Gattica is best wheelchair movie,

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:35 PM (2DOZq)

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That was a great flick.

Ruth Bader-Ginsburg likely agrees with me that Captain Pike in the Star Trek Original Series episode "The Menagerie" has to be the best wheelchair TV episode.

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 07:40 PM (WqPYg)

29 Gattica is best wheelchair movie,
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:35 PM (2DOZq)

Gattaca is an effin' good movie, everything about it.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (t+qrx)

30 I possibly asked because I don't want to miss the redhead's bits.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
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I have done horrible, expensive, wrong-headed, degrading, expensive, embarrassing, expensive, humiliating and expensive things due to redheads.

Did I mention expensive?

It was all worth it.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (9rIkM)

31 Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2019 07:36 PM (CRRq9)

Your thought of leaning conservative may be misdirection like Joss Whedon and Firefly. Or not.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (2DOZq)

32 The one thing I know about "The Upside" is that the SJWs are all wetting themselves over the fact that Bryan Cranston is actually a quadriplegic.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (p0nVR)

33

IMDB is telling me Leslie Neilsen made a movie in 1981 "The Creature Wasn't Nice," but they're also calling it "Naked Space."

Patrick McNee is in it, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (Hqm6c)

34 That's what happens when Germany invades you 3 times in 70 years. Some of their culture is bound to rub off
Posted by: josephistan

Recently got my 23&me results. I'm 48% Brit, yeah, yeah, but 30% French-German. Not French or German, but French-German.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:42 PM (+Tibp)

35 Best wheelchair movies...hmmm...what was that 80s werewolf movie where the kid had a jet-powered wheelchair? The Howling?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:42 PM (kQs4Y)

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I like Signs. Stop it.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:40 PM (+Tibp)

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I liked it, too. I liked the one with Marky Mark and the plants killing people, too. I liked the one where the guy only worked out one arm so he could do whatever the movie needed him to do at the end, too.

But I don't mind saying that they all sort of sucked in a somewhat predictable way that other predictable directors don't seem to be saddled with.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:43 PM (0NAbP)

37 Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG

I actually really liked the two movies that preceded Glass.

Split and Unbreakable were quality flicks.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:43 PM (2DOZq)

38 Best wheelchair movies..
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Mac and Me?

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:43 PM (+Tibp)

39 Best wheelchair moment is Phillip Seymour Hoffman getting torched in Red Dragon.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 07:43 PM (7CZws)

40 Kyle Smith
@rkylesmith

Dick Cheney movie VICE sold about 30 tickets per theater yesterday and looks like it will lose well over $30 million for Megan Ellison

12:20 PM - 19 Jan 2019

https://bit.ly/2FMvCWA

**NELSON MUNTZ LAUGH**

Posted by: Hands at January 19, 2019 07:43 PM (786Ro)

41 Posted by: Darth Randall at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (p0nVR)

Wait, what?

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 07:44 PM (7PLM4)

42 Does "A Brief History of Time" qualify as a wheelchair movie?

Posted by: ro-man at January 19, 2019 07:44 PM (RuIsu)

43 Recently got my 23&me results. I'm 48% Brit, yeah, yeah, but 30% French-German. Not French or German, but French-German.
Posted by: Blutarski

15% German, 15% French? Sorry, the new math confuses me.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 19, 2019 07:44 PM (LOq4H)

44
IMDB is telling me Leslie Neilsen made a movie in 1981 "The Creature Wasn't Nice," but they're also calling it "Naked Space."

Patrick McNee is in it, too.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter

When I saw it on TV it went by the name "Space Ship"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2019 07:44 PM (aKsyK)

45 The one thing I know about "The Upside" is that the SJWs are all wetting themselves over the fact that Bryan Cranston is actually a quadriplegic.
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (p0nVR)

Huh ?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:44 PM (2DOZq)

46 "Monkey Shines" -1988 has wheel chair face-sitting oral sex.

Posted by: mikeyG at January 19, 2019 07:45 PM (LL1Be)

47
It was all worth it.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (9rIkM)

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My dumbass self starting my dating life pursuing them exclusively. Four or so years later I finally figured out that I should try some other flavors, thank G*d.

One honestly no-sh*t tried to stab me.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:45 PM (0NAbP)

48 Ruth Bader-Ginsburg likely agrees with me that Captain Pike in the Star Trek Original Series episode "The Menagerie" has to be the best wheelchair TV episode.

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 07:40 PM (WqPYg)

Raymond Burr: Your honor, I object. Oh wait I wasn't a lawyer in that one

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2019 07:45 PM (SiINZ)

49 7 Gattica is best wheelchair movie,
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:35 PM (2DOZq)

A very good movie, and far better the one I saw with Monkey in its name, but the, uh, consummation scene in the latter was certainly different.

If series television counted, Ironsides and the Star Trek early double episode (second pilot?) would be in the running.

Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 07:45 PM (ed8K1)

50 That should have read Cranston isn't a quadriplegic.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 19, 2019 07:45 PM (p0nVR)

51 Best wheelchair movie is Kiss of Death.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2019 07:45 PM (aKsyK)

52 I liked it, too. I liked the one with Marky Mark and the plants killing people, too. I liked the one where the guy only worked out one arm so he could do whatever the movie needed him to do at the end, too.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG

Did you see the one where the murders take place in an elevator? I think it's called the Devil.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:45 PM (+Tibp)

53 I like Signs. Stop it.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:40 PM

Agreed!

I even liked **looks around nervously** "The Lady in the Water" (except for the stupid movie critic character)

Posted by: Hands at January 19, 2019 07:45 PM (786Ro)

54 Recently got my 23&me results. I'm 48% Brit, yeah, yeah, but 30% French-German. Not French or German, but French-German.

Alsace-Lorraine

Posted by: runner at January 19, 2019 07:46 PM (bUjCl)

55 The Paolo does not get slapped. He does the slapping. But not with his hands.

Posted by: Paolo at January 19, 2019 07:46 PM (phoPy)

56 On a Dumb and Dumber level, how can a Hart/Cranston flick not work?

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 07:46 PM (1UZdv)

57 There were a couple of morons who recommended the TV series "The Last Kingdom" and noting it was like the flip-side of "Vikings" (which was great except this past season).

Just finished the second of the three seasons and we're really enjoying it. Wife made me LOL when last night she noted "Hey, there hasn't been one homosexual character yet!"

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 07:46 PM (WqPYg)

58 6 Wait is that real?

Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at January 19, 2019 07:46 PM (Nu6Gg)

59 Split and Unbreakable were quality flicks.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:43 PM (2DOZq)

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Thanks, I might give them a shot. I'd kind of given up on him unless it came on a movie channel or something similar.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:46 PM (0NAbP)

60 45 The one thing I know about "The Upside" is that the SJWs are all wetting themselves over the fact that Bryan Cranston is actually a quadriplegic.
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (p0nVR)

Huh ?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:44 PM (2DOZq)

Meth lab explosion.

Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 07:46 PM (ed8K1)

61 "reeked of Boomer sensibilities."

Posted by: Braenyard at January 19, 2019 07:46 PM (ePWRo)

62 Recently got my 23&me results. I'm 48% Brit, yeah, yeah, but 30% French-German. Not French or German, but French-German.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:42 PM (+Tibp)

Alsace-Lorraine?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM (SiINZ)

63 Best wheelchair scene in a movie is when Walter gets tired of Mr. Lebowski's gold bricking ass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4VaY7xCmRE

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM (Z+IKu)

64 Pretty slim pickings in theaters for me. Popcorn would be about it. But then I am a heathen.

Posted by: Eromero at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM (zLDYs)

65 Everyone associated with Vice from writing to finish if asked I bet would say they would do it again. Its propaganda

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM (/rm4P)

66 45 The one thing I know about "The Upside" is that the SJWs are all wetting themselves over the fact that Bryan Cranston is actually a quadriplegic.
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (p0nVR)

Huh ?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:44 PM (2DOZq)
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That he WASN'T a quadioplegic, presumably.

That's the new thing: gay characters must be played by gay actors, Asian cartoon characters must be voiced by Asian actors, vampires must be played by real vampires, etc.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM (kQs4Y)

67 ShainS , Uthred, son of Uthred. I wanted to kill Alfred.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 07:48 PM (7CZws)

68 Alsace-Lorraine
Posted by: runner

Exactly, sir! Well played!

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:48 PM (+Tibp)

69 Just finished the second of the three seasons and we're really enjoying it. Wife made me LOL when last night she noted "Hey, there hasn't been one homosexual character yet!"
Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 07:46 PM (WqPYg)

I watched Vikings until about episode three, when he invites that dweeb monk he dragged back from England into a threeway with him and his wife. Yeah, no.

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 07:48 PM (7PLM4)

70 65 Everyone associated with Vice from writing to finish if asked I bet would say they would do it again. Its propaganda
Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM (/rm4P)

And the stuff hardly ever makes money. Who says Hollywood is all about the dollar?

Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 07:48 PM (ed8K1)

71 "Monkey Shines" -1988 has wheel chair face-sitting oral sex.

*** checks IMDB ***

Posted by: fluffy, pedantic dick at January 19, 2019 07:48 PM (dCRRg)

72
I am utterly in love/lust with Audrey Fleurot.

Maybe she lurks on the morning thread (yeah, sure).

*le sigh*

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 19, 2019 07:48 PM (/9p9e)

73 Cool wheelchair scene at the beginning of "For Your Eyes Only".

Bond drops Blofeld into smokestack.

https://youtu.be/U00tRdMKTqI?t=325

Posted by: Hands at January 19, 2019 07:49 PM (786Ro)

74 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM (kQs4Y)M
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Yes that makes sense.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:49 PM (2DOZq)

75 That's the new thing: gay characters must be played by gay actors, Asian cartoon characters must be voiced by Asian actors, vampires must be played by real vampires, etc.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM (kQs4Y)

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Ah, acting.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:49 PM (0NAbP)

76 That's the new thing: gay characters must be played by gay actors, Asian cartoon characters must be voiced by Asian actors, vampires must be played by real vampires, etc.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM (kQs4Y)

My 'Alive' remake is gonna be a bitch to cast

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 07:49 PM (7PLM4)

77 ShainS , Uthred, son of Uthred. I wanted to kill Alfred.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 07:48 PM (7CZws)

Bruce Wayne: He's a damn good butler. Leave him alone

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2019 07:49 PM (SiINZ)

78 >>Best wheelchair moment is Phillip Seymour Hoffman getting torched in Red Dragon.

Seconded.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 19, 2019 07:49 PM (/tuJf)

79 I finally saw Mission Impossible: Fallout yesterday. Really liked it.

Also, Rebecca Ferguson. Mein Gott, that woman is stunning.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 19, 2019 07:50 PM (2eKoI)

80 I think it's called the Devil.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:45 PM (+Tibp)

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Will look, thanks.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:50 PM (0NAbP)

81 I watched Vikings until about episode three, when he invites that dweeb monk he dragged back from England into a threeway with him and his wife. Yeah, no.
Posted by: Vanya

Netflix has a series called Norsemen which is about Vikings, of course, but they speak contemporary English. A real hoot.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:50 PM (+Tibp)

82 One of my favorite movie Queen Elizabeths was played by John Hurt ("Orlando").

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:50 PM (kQs4Y)

83
"Woman of Straw" with Sean Connery or Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 19, 2019 07:52 PM (/9p9e)

84 John Hurt as Caligula in I Claudius. Classic.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 07:52 PM (7CZws)

85 Netflix has a series called Norsemen which is about Vikings, of course, but they speak contemporary English. A real hoot.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:50 PM (+Tibp)

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Violent, horrible dialogue with uptalking and man-buns would be so great.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:52 PM (0NAbP)

86 I'm always amazed at how well you all can dissect plots and appreciate symbolism and so forth. When I see a movie, I just sort of stare blankly, clapping and hooting at shootouts and explosions and the occasional bewb.

Posted by: Weasel at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (MVjcR)

87 Last Kingdom is good even though the lead is too much a pretty boy. The guy who plays Arthur steals the show. The novels are by the guy who wrote the Sharpe series.

Norsemen is Vikings meets The Office. Highly recommend.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (1UZdv)

88 One of my favorite movie Queen Elizabeths was played by John Hurt ("Orlando").
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:50 PM (kQs4Y)

John Hurt is good anything.

Also, I'd like to toss out something me and my brother were talking about over the holidays: Jeremy Irons when he doesn't give a shit is an absolute delight to watch, because he goes so over the top you can't help but enjoy it. Discuss.

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (7PLM4)

89 Eris @ 35 - Silver Bullet.

Posted by: butch at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (hXu8T)

90 Kate McNeil hung from the ceiling while the wheelchair-bound Jason Beghe showed that the handicapped are handicapable of giving oral.

Posted by: mikeyG at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (LL1Be)

91 That's the new thing: gay characters must be played by gay actors, Asian cartoon characters must be voiced by Asian actors, vampires must be played by real vampires, etc.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM

My 'Alive' remake is gonna be a bitch to cast
Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 07:49 PM

Muppet movies to be cast with furries?

Posted by: Hands at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (786Ro)

92 Best wheelchair movie-

It's obvious...

"The Changeling" (1980)

The only movie where a wheelchair is the main character.

You'll be horrified when the haunted wheelchair chases Trish Van Devere around the house.

Or laughing.

One of the two.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (CRRq9)

93 Patrick McNee is in it, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 19, 2019 07:41 PM (Hqm6c)

That reminds me. The Avengers are getting on now on Charge TV.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2019 07:54 PM (SiINZ)

94 Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (CRRq9)
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Love that movie.

Posted by: Weasel at January 19, 2019 07:54 PM (MVjcR)

95 89 Eris @ 35 - Silver Bullet.
Posted by: butch at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (hXu8T)
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That's it! Thanks.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:54 PM (kQs4Y)

96 I'm going to watch "Stray Dog", a Japanese film noir. Should be interesting.

Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2019 07:54 PM (Izzlo)

97 Not French or German, but French-German.

That's like being 30% Arab-Jew. Imagine telling any of these groups, "yeah, you're the same thing"

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2019 07:54 PM (Pu/Kw)

98 Amazing that Rear Window hasn't come up yet.

Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 07:54 PM (ed8K1)

99 I make the best quadriplegic movies!

Posted by: Rachelle Freidman Chapman at January 19, 2019 07:55 PM (nw6G5)

100 Weasel, How many trees got mowed down this weekend?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 07:55 PM (7CZws)

101 Movies don't have the right to exist, but actors do.

Posted by: Tamika Mallory at January 19, 2019 07:55 PM (ed8K1)

102 Violent, horrible dialogue with uptalking and man-buns would be so great.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG

You ask, I deliver!

Posted by: Norsemen at January 19, 2019 07:55 PM (+Tibp)

103 Best physical disability movies

Gattica
Ice Castles
The Elephant Man
Scent of a Woman

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:55 PM (2DOZq)

104 Jeremy Irons when he doesn't give a shit is an absolute delight to watch, because he goes so over the top you can't help but enjoy it. Discuss.
Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (7PLM4)
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"Slaving all day over the hot snatches!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:55 PM (kQs4Y)

105 Amazing that Rear Window hasn't come up yet.
Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 07:54 PM (ed8K1)

I'll see your Rear Window and raise you a Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 07:56 PM (7PLM4)

106 100 Weasel, How many trees got mowed down this weekend?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 07:55 PM (7CZws)
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None, sadly. The weather sucked and I had some year-end work stuff to do.

Posted by: Weasel at January 19, 2019 07:56 PM (MVjcR)

107 Are we at the point now where more than 50% of Hollywood output is a remake or sequel of some sort? I guess the story-telling creativity wad was blown in the 20th century ... or maybe with Shakespeare.

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Contemporary film makers have every bit as much freedom as their counterparts in Nazi Germany. There are things you must say and things you cannot say.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 07:56 PM (+y/Ru)

108 That's the new thing: gay characters must be played
by gay actors, Asian cartoon characters must be voiced by Asian actors,
vampires must be played by real vampires, etc.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 07:47 PM (kQs4Y)\

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Isn't it time that dead historical figures be played by zombies?

Oh, wait ...

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 07:56 PM (WqPYg)

109 Speaking of King Arthur and since I probably won't be around for the book thread, I've started reading The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart. I'm enjoying it a lot. Recommended if you like that legend.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:56 PM (0NAbP)

110 Amazing that Rear Window hasn't come up yet.
Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 07:54 PM (ed8K1)

Temporary condition.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:56 PM (2DOZq)

111 Dracula's Daughter on Svengoolie

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:57 PM (+Tibp)

112 31 Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2019 07:36 PM (CRRq9)

Your thought of leaning conservative may be misdirection like Joss Whedon and Firefly. Or not.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation

I suspect that had to do with the Libertarian leanings of Tim Minear, which balanced out the looney lefty leanings of Whedon.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 19, 2019 07:57 PM (Q8t89)

113 Violent, horrible dialogue with uptalking and man-buns would be so great.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG

Umm, I'm, like, going to need, all your gold? And, like, your daughters?

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 07:57 PM (7PLM4)

114 105 Amazing that Rear Window hasn't come up yet.
Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 07:54 PM (ed8K1)

I'll see your Rear Window and raise you a Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 07:56 PM (7PLM4)

What a hideous, horrifying movie.

Good call.

Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 07:57 PM (ed8K1)

115 67
ShainS , Uthred, son of Uthred. I wanted to kill Alfred.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 07:48 PM (7CZws)

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Yes, Alfred had treated him horribly after all he'd done for him. I told my wife that Uthred has more lives than 100 cats ...

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 07:57 PM (WqPYg)

116
Wheelchair bound John Locke in Lost.

Posted by: 13times at January 19, 2019 07:58 PM (g9U+S)

117 103 Best physical disability movies

Gattica
Ice Castles
The Elephant Man
Scent of a Woman

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 07:55 PM (2DOZq)

The Big Lebowski. It's not even close.

Posted by: literally serious at January 19, 2019 07:58 PM (nw6G5)

118 Oh yeah Monkey Shines is a cool movie.

Kind of got lampooned in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle? Speaking of Bryan Cranston.

https://youtu.be/zwbpjQitzv8

Posted by: Hands at January 19, 2019 07:58 PM (786Ro)

119 "Othello", played by a white guy with an all-black cast.

Posted by: Hard hitting Media at January 19, 2019 07:59 PM (Xo3T0)

120 Good call.
Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 07:57 PM (ed8K1)

Most of the movie is people talking and it's ten times more fucked up that 90% of the gore fest crap they make now.

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 07:59 PM (7PLM4)

121 That's the new thing: gay characters must be played by gay actors, Asian cartoon characters must be voiced by Asian actors, vampires must be played by real vampires, etc.

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Shakespeare plays must have real English royalty actors. Prince Charles is Henry V!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 07:59 PM (+y/Ru)

122 So is the black guy in Hamilton playing a slave or something?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Thoughts and prayers for RBG at January 19, 2019 07:59 PM (0NAbP)

123 119 "Othello", played by a white guy with an all-black cast.
Posted by: Hard hitting Media at January 19, 2019 07:59 PM (Xo3T0)

With a country soundtrack. It'll be the anti-Hamilton

Posted by: josephistan at January 19, 2019 08:00 PM (Izzlo)

124 The Big Lebowski. It's not even close.
Posted by: literally serious at January 19, 2019 07:58 PM (nw6G5)

I've conceded I must be defective as a gauge of movies because I'm one of the few that is just meh on the Big Lebowski.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:00 PM (2DOZq)

125 Frye is one of the funniest documentaries I've seen in a while. Spoiler: it's about the rich festival that turned into a millennial trust fund death camp.

Posted by: literally serious at January 19, 2019 08:00 PM (nw6G5)

126 Best Physical and Mental disabilities movie- Flawless. Hoffman as a wannabe Tranny and DeNiro .

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 08:01 PM (7CZws)

127 Rear Window has the beauteous Grace Kelly in the best dresses.

My vote for the most beautiful screen actress of all time

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:01 PM (1UZdv)

128 Watching the original "Poseidon Adventure." I am ASTONISHED at how many times I have seen these scenes reproduced in other movies. Lots of other movies.
Probably the most entertaining one was when there were monsters ("Deep Rising") but then, not every movie is lucky enough to have monsters.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm's PayPal at January 19, 2019 08:01 PM (l9m7l)

129 Dracula's Daughter on Svengoolie

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 07:57 PM (+Tibp)

That's a good one. And surprising for post code there was a hint of vampire lesbianism

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2019 08:01 PM (SiINZ)

130 111 Dracula's Daughter on Svengoolie
Posted by: Blutarski

The "Rift" on Comet. I love bad scifi!

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 19, 2019 08:01 PM (LOq4H)

131 72

I am utterly in love/lust with Audrey Fleurot.

Maybe she lurks on the morning thread (yeah, sure).

*le sigh*

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 19, 2019 07:48 PM (/9p9e)

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I felt that way about Audrey Tautou after seeing "Amelie" -- which is in my Top Ten list.

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 08:01 PM (WqPYg)

132
That reminds me. The Avengers are getting on now on Charge TV.

Gamera is on Comet.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 19, 2019 08:01 PM (Hqm6c)

133 I've conceded I must be defective as a gauge of movies because I'm one of the few that is just meh on the Big Lebowski.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:00 PM (2DOZq)

It spawned a lot of meme quotes but is middling to good, not Teh Greatest.

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:02 PM (7PLM4)

134 For disabilities, Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot.

Runnerup, the My Left Foot of Fury skit on In Living Color

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:02 PM (1UZdv)

135 Also, I'd like to toss out something me and my brother were talking about over the holidays: Jeremy Irons when he doesn't give a shit is an absolute delight to watch, because he goes so over the top you can't help but enjoy it. Discuss.
Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (7PLM4)

I agree.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 19, 2019 08:03 PM (T71PA)

136 Gamera is on Comet.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter

Mitch McConnell, War Turtle

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 08:03 PM (+Tibp)

137
***Update***

It's still very wintery out there

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 19, 2019 08:03 PM (usJXx)

138 I watched Vikings until about episode three, when he invites that dweeb monk he dragged back from England into a threeway with him and his wife. Yeah, no.

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Vicuckings!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 08:03 PM (+y/Ru)

139 Best Physical and Mental disabilities movie- Flawless. Hoffman as a wannabe Tranny and DeNiro .
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 08:01 PM (7CZws)

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:04 PM (7PLM4)

140 My vote for the most beautiful screen actress of all time
Posted by: Ignoramus

Rumor had it, she was also a lot of "fun" to be around. (wink, wink, nudge.)

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 19, 2019 08:04 PM (LOq4H)

141 Also, Rebecca Ferguson. Mein Gott, that woman is stunning.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 19, 2019 07:50 PM (2eKoI)

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Oh my! https://preview.tinyurl.com/yd46lfy5

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 08:04 PM (WqPYg)

142 124 I've conceded I must be defective as a gauge of movies because I'm one of the few that is just meh on the Big Lebowski.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:00 PM (2DOZq)

Yeah, I'm at "pretty good, nicely done" and I'm a big Coen fan. Meanwhile I still crack up when random scenes from Raising Arizona pop into my head, and I often reflect in awe at the intensity, writing, and finely wrought drama of Miller's Crossing.

Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 08:04 PM (ed8K1)

143 it was worth it.

one no sh*t tried to stab me.

you lived. She really, really liked you.

Posted by: redclay at January 19, 2019 08:04 PM (nVN5G)

144 Alton Jackson, if the iceage is coming I'm buying some Yaks.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 08:05 PM (7CZws)

145 I've conceded I must be defective as a gauge of movies because I'm one of the few that is just meh on the Big Lebowski.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:00 PM (2DOZq)

That movie weirds me out. I've known guys like that and nothing good comes of it.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 19, 2019 08:05 PM (T71PA)

146 Okay, so....

When the hell is Criterion (cuz they'll be the only ones to do it) going to issue on blu-ray-

"O Lucky Man!"

Just a great great great movie from Lindsay Anderson. Staring Malcolm McDowell, from a script originally written by Malcolm McDowell.

I've got it on DVD.

But, I want Blu-ray dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Impossible to see or buy for a decent price.

DVD roughly $75.00 on amazon. No streaming that I'm aware of.

If you'd like to see a Lindsay Anderson movie starring young Malcolm McDowell,

check out "If...". It's great!!!

or

"Britannica Hospital" It's meh.

In short, "O Lucky Man!" - Great movie. One of my Top Ten.

Soundtrack too...Great! One of my top ten.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2019 08:06 PM (CRRq9)

147 Soothsasyer --

"The Creature Wasn't Nice" is a Bruce Kimmel joint.

Bruce is the guy who directed Cindy Williams in "The First Nudie Musical" about a guy who decides to make a pornographic musical. It's really cute, actually.

Posted by: moviegique at January 19, 2019 08:07 PM (CcUfv)

148 >>> Yeah, I'm at "pretty good, nicely done" and I'm a big Coen fan.

Yeah? Well, thats just like, your opinion, Man!

Posted by: fluffy, pedantic dick at January 19, 2019 08:07 PM (dCRRg)

149 Bernie on a hand-truck in Weekend at Bernie's.

Posted by: t-bird at January 19, 2019 08:07 PM (bm2af)

150 ''Jeremy Irons when he doesn't give a shit is an absolute delight to watch, because he goes so over the top you can't help but enjoy it. Discuss. ''

Jeremy Irons playing Henry IV as furious and exasperated father to Tom Hiddleston's Prince Hal was a marvel to watch. Pitch perfect.

Posted by: Tuna at January 19, 2019 08:07 PM (jm1YL)

151 I'm starting to find that a Rotten Tomatoes split a useful rule of thumb of whether I should watch a movie or not.

tomato score low | popcorn score high = worth watching

tomato score high| popcorn score low = pretentious crap, anti-American theme, SJW wokeness, etc

Not exact, but sometimes works for me.

Posted by: Hands at January 19, 2019 08:08 PM (786Ro)

152 In regard to guilty pleasure movies , anyone else like 3000 Miles to Graceland ? Again I'm trying to see if I'm an outlier movie fan. So many movies I dislike that others love and vice versa.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:08 PM (2DOZq)

153 Contemporary film makers have every bit as much
freedom as their counterparts in Nazi Germany. There are things you
must say and things you cannot say.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 07:56 PM (+y/Ru)

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Interesting take. *muses*

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 08:08 PM (WqPYg)

154 Alton Jackson, if the iceage is coming I'm buying some Yaks.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 08:05 PM (7CZws)

I may know a guy.

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: hogmartin at January 19, 2019 08:08 PM (t+qrx)

155 Tuna, did you like Whipshaw as Richard II?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 08:09 PM (7CZws)

156 Gamera is on Comet.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 19, 2019 08:01 PM (Hqm6c)

I'll stick with The Avengers. Pussy Galore is wearing leather pants and a very tight sweater

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2019 08:10 PM (SiINZ)

157 John Hurt as Caligula in I Claudius. Classic.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 07:52 PM (7CZws)

He was outstanding in that. The whole cast was good. Hurt was a damn good actor.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2019 08:11 PM (SiINZ)

158 148 >>> Yeah, I'm at "pretty good, nicely done" and I'm a big Coen fan.

Yeah? Well, thats just like, your opinion, Man!
Posted by: fluffy, pedantic dick at January 19, 2019 08:07 PM (dCRRg)

Yeah, fair enough. Movie preferences are like wine preferences. The real question is "does it click with you?" Very individual. That Churchill movie -- amazing performance by Gary Oldman, but it didn't click (and wouldn't have even without the insulting inaccuracies), so I wouldn't see it again. The Fifth Element -- big click, and I am not sure I can say why.

It follows that the most useful reviewers will weave a story that helps you judge whether you might click with the movie. TJM does this very well. Thumbs up or down is incidental, except as a measure of whether the movie pulled off what it set out to do, unless you've found some useful alignment with the preferences of the reviewer.

Posted by: Splunge at January 19, 2019 08:11 PM (ed8K1)

159 hogmartin, no joke, I gave my customers Buffalo wool gloves for Christmas and they have some Yak fiber as well. The guy from the Buffalo Co is a wealth of info. The meat is outstanding as well.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 08:12 PM (7CZws)

160 In regard to guilty pleasure movies , anyone else like 3000 Miles to Graceland ? Again I'm trying to see if I'm an outlier movie fan. So many movies I dislike that others love and vice versa.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:08 PM (2DOZq)

Now there's a blast from the past and no mistake. An absolutely ludicrous movie.

The big trouble is you can tell they started with the whole "Rob a casino dressed as Elvis impersonators during an Elvis convention" and tried to stick enough stuff around it to make a whole movie, and it... didn't really work.

Kurt Russell and most of the actors did what they could, I think, but the whole thing was just too stupid and badly scripted.

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:12 PM (7PLM4)

161 Anyway checkout "Monkey Shines".

Lickety split.

Posted by: mikeyG at January 19, 2019 08:13 PM (LL1Be)

162 Glass has a large Rotten Tomatoes split (critics: 36%, audiences: 78%)

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:13 PM (1UZdv)

163
So "Rockula" was on Comet. Very stupid movie.

remember the girl who sang OH MICKEY HEY MICKEY MICKEY YOU'RE SO FINE MICKEY!?

She was in it.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 19, 2019 08:13 PM (Hqm6c)

164 Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:12 PM (7PLM4)

Yep I'm an outlier.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:14 PM (2DOZq)

165 Hey everybody. Thanks for another great movie thread, Moviegique!

Just got three movies, based on recommendations from the Horde:

- Outlaw Josey Wales
- Ronin
- Prisoners

...I also just ordered Little Big Man.

And, I categorized my movie collection today, and it turns out that outside of straight drama and comedy, the biggest genre I own is... horror.

I always thought I owned more westerns than horror.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:14 PM (miE9U)

166 "Othello", played by a white guy with an all-black cast.
Posted by: Hard hitting Media at January 19, 2019 07:59 PM (Xo3T0)

With a country soundtrack. It'll be the anti-Hamilton

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Your cheating heart
Will tell on you
You'll cry and cry
As I strangle you

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 08:14 PM (+y/Ru)

167 Quadriplegia was a Who album right?

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:14 PM (LgWsy)

168 so, for the french, the conflict is cultural between people from two different worlds, of which class and race are a part. this tracks with their history going back centuries, between the people and the aristocracy. in the u.s today everything reduces to race, culture and class a part of that distinction.

batards!

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 08:14 PM (Pg+x7)

169 Yep I'm an outlier.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:14 PM (2DOZq)

Well, that's just, like, my opinion, man. To each their own

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:15 PM (7PLM4)

170 Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:14 PM (miE9U)

I absolutely hate car chase scenes. Ronin is the exception.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:15 PM (2DOZq)

171 Ben Had @ 159--, I want to talk to you about buffalo meat. Can you shoot me an email? I will check my email Sunday after evening church service.

Posted by: Eromero at January 19, 2019 08:15 PM (zLDYs)

172
Also in Rockula is Susan Tyrell.

She's dead now, but she was in a lot of stuff. Never made it big enough for anyone to remember her name.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 19, 2019 08:15 PM (Hqm6c)

173 Sounds like a good movie. I like the plot point of suicidal to give a good reason for hiring the shady background black dude. Probably the engineer in me, I want some logic to get started, although I can lose myself in a movie.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at January 19, 2019 08:16 PM (jUcoH)

174 Anybody seen the trailer for this yet?

The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot

https://youtu.be/UkP4bZKCHE8

Posted by: Hands at January 19, 2019 08:16 PM (786Ro)

175 I absolutely hate car chase scenes. Ronin is the exception.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation

Hmmph!

Posted by: Bullitt at January 19, 2019 08:16 PM (+Tibp)

176 >>>A French movie about a quadriplegic who hires a thuggish black dude to take care of him. What could possibly go wrong?

Actually that sounds like a shitty Billy Wilder film, I forget the name, with Jack Lemon and Walter Mathau (ie. the odd couple). Jack Lemon in a neck brace being cared for by a football player, and Mathau as some sleazy sort of attorney.

Is this movie a remake of that?

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 19, 2019 08:16 PM (/qEW2)

177 Everyone in my family loves the Coens, but we can have very different picks for hits and misses.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:16 PM (1UZdv)

178 I absolutely hate car chase scenes. Ronin is the exception

Bullit

Posted by: mikeyG at January 19, 2019 08:16 PM (LL1Be)

179 Eromero, consider it done.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 08:16 PM (7CZws)

180 Can't resist, really?

I enjoy car chase scenes... but I admit they have to be done right.

Just seeing two cars go vroom vroom isn't enough. One thing I love is seeing the driver's POV.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:17 PM (miE9U)

181 I absolutely hate car chase scenes. Ronin is the exception.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:15 PM (2DOZq)

Because that one is AWESOME. I have heard the director got the stunt drivers together and told them, "If I see brake lights you're fired."

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:17 PM (7PLM4)

182 Bullitt, French Connection, Live and Die in LA, Ronin, Raid 2

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:17 PM (1UZdv)

183 A French movie about a quadriplegic who hires a thuggish black dude to take care of him. What could possibly go wrong?

Actually that sounds like a shitty Billy Wilder film, I forget the name, with Jack Lemon and Walter Mathau (ie. the odd couple). Jack Lemon in a neck brace being cared for by a football player, and Mathau as some sleazy sort of attorney.

Is this movie a remake of that?
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 19, 2019 08:16 PM (/qEW2)

That would be "The Fortune Cookie".

Totally different plot though.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2019 08:18 PM (CRRq9)

184 Ignoramus, re the Coens, I want to collect every movie they've ever done.

Down to just:

- Intolerable Cruelty
- The Man Who Wasn't There
- Big Lebowski
- Hudsucker Proxy
- The Ladykillers

(also Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, which isn't available in any medium yet)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:19 PM (miE9U)

185 I absolutely hate car chase scenes. Ronin is the exception.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:15 PM (2DOZq)

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What about French Connection?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2019 08:19 PM (EZebt)

186 Posted by: Bullitt

I will always be your bitch.

Posted by: French conection car chase at January 19, 2019 08:19 PM (LOq4H)

187 I gave my customers Buffalo wool gloves for Christmas and they have some Yak fiber as well. The guy from the Buffalo Co is a wealth of info. The meat is outstanding as well.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 08:12 PM (7CZws)

I believe it. He has a herd in the US, I presume?

Yak butter tea is supposed to be a big traditional thing in Tibet; I wonder if the GAINZ thread people who were doing butter coffee would like it. Do they still do that, or is it an awkward silence no eye contact thing now whenever someone brings it up?

Posted by: hogmartin at January 19, 2019 08:19 PM (t+qrx)

188 Vanya, John Frankenheimer directed Ronin.

I believe he also directed the original Manchurian Candidate.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:19 PM (miE9U)

189 Intolerable Cruelty is great.

"I assume you're a carnivore?"

"Oh, Mr. Massey... You have no idea."

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:20 PM (7PLM4)

190 Bullitt, French Connection, Live and Die in LA, Ronin, Raid 2
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:17 PM

Oh yes.

I'd add "Strange Shadows in An Empty Room". Part chase, part demolition derby!

https://youtu.be/I-mGNk9lLuE?t=54

Posted by: Hands at January 19, 2019 08:21 PM (786Ro)

191 "Intolerable Cruelty" is playing on my TV on cable at right this very second.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2019 08:21 PM (CRRq9)

192 "...let NOMAN put asunder."

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:21 PM (7PLM4)

193 bullitt was directed by former race car driver peter yates who directed another movie with chase scenes - "breaking away".

the score for "bullitt" was composed by the great lalo schifrin, who also wrote the themes for mannix, the man from u.n.c.l.e. and mission impossible - which today features tom cruise in chase scenes!

it all fits together.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 08:22 PM (Pg+x7)

194 Daily Mail says author says Eva Braun was incapable of having sex because of reasons, so no baby Hitler I guess?

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:23 PM (LgWsy)

195 Just got three movies, based on recommendations from the Horde:

- Outlaw Josey Wales
- Ronin
- Prisoners

...I also just ordered Little Big Man.

And, I categorized my movie collection today, and it turns out that outside of straight drama and comedy, the biggest genre I own is... horror.

I always thought I owned more westerns than horror.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:14 PM

Don't know Prisoners. The rest are great. Ronin I think you'll particularly like. Frankenheimer at the top of his game. Re- westerns... have you seen "One Eyed Jacks"?

Posted by: otho at January 19, 2019 08:23 PM (LkFnL)

196 The thing I find fascinating about the Movie Thread is that I don't see how anyone finds the time to watch all the stuff that's out there. I've got bookcases full of books worthy of my time to read and I'm falling behind, if I started watching movies as well I'd be completely lost.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 19, 2019 08:24 PM (f3oO4)

197 The Bullitt car chase is disorienting if you know San Francisco, because it is edited in a way so the chase is geographically impossible.

They are in one part of town, and in the very next scene are actually 5 miles away.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 19, 2019 08:24 PM (EZebt)

198 Of the agreed great chase scenes , Ronin is the one I enjoyed . On that note, I would rank Taken as a great movie if it didn't have that ridiculous chase scene in the quarry. As a result it was just pretty good.

Ever notice that every action movie sequel doubles the amount of explosions and car chases.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:25 PM (2DOZq)

199 Daily Mail says author says Eva Braun was incapable of having sex because of reasons, so no baby Hitler I guess?
Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:23 PM (LgWsy)

Considering his past and some of his Sturmabeitlung buddies, finding out she was a beard would be no surprise at all. Tho he may have just been an impotent weirdo.

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:26 PM (7PLM4)

200 Friedkin directed French Connection and To Live and Die in LA.

Live and Die is an underrated 80s flick that had Willem Dafoe as the bad guy counterfeiter and that CSI guy as the Secret Service guy. It invented the "my only option is to drive the wrong way on a packed highway."

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:26 PM (1UZdv)

201 otho, re One-Eyed Jacks, I have the Criterion bluray. :-)

I know Stanley Kubrick was hired by Brando to direct it, then got fired.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:26 PM (miE9U)

202 16- Hey Eris, I saw Split today and although there were some parts that made me say "Oh, come ON" for most of it I was at the edge of my seat. Neat ending, too. It inspired me to rewatch "Unbreakable" and I appreciated it more the second time.

Posted by: vivi at January 19, 2019 08:27 PM (11H2y)

203 The Steve McQueen motorcycle run in The Great Escape was all right

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:28 PM (LgWsy)

204 It's a Mad, mad, mad, mad world? Two hours of chase scene! Book it!

Posted by: French conection car chase at January 19, 2019 08:28 PM (LOq4H)

205 The thing I find fascinating about the Movie Thread is that I don't see how anyone finds the time to watch all the stuff that's out there. I've got bookcases full of books worthy of my time to read and I'm falling behind, if I started watching movies as well I'd be completely lost.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 19, 2019 08:24 PM (f3oO4)

I'm ex-military and now work offshore. In the Middle East we watched everything under the sun because no internet and nothing to do on down time. I owned season 1 of Desperate Housewives at one point.

Offshore, lots of guys buy those new special hard drives-- you know them-- the ones that come filled with first run movies subtitled in Chinese.

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:28 PM (7PLM4)

206 I could be wrong, but I think Split was M. Night Shymalan's first hit after a long series of flops...

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:29 PM (miE9U)

207 In short, "O Lucky Man!" - Great movie. One of my Top Ten.
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Seconded!

I haven't seen "If" -- worth a view?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 08:29 PM (kQs4Y)

208 All Hail Eris, I know that Kubrick hired Malcolm McDowell to play Alex for A Clockwork Orange, after seeing Malc play the lead in "if...".

So that gives you an idea of what kind of movie it is...

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:30 PM (miE9U)

209 otho, re One-Eyed Jacks, I have the Criterion bluray. :-)

I know Stanley Kubrick was hired by Brando to direct it, then got fired.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:26 PM

Ak... ok. Cool. Yeah, legend has it from Brando gave away, he "played" Kubrick as director. Studied his films and how he directed, then channeled Kubrick during the production.

Posted by: otho at January 19, 2019 08:30 PM (LkFnL)

210 I've also heard that "O Lucky Man!" is a sequel to "if...".

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:30 PM (miE9U)

211 202 16- Hey Eris, I saw Split today and although there were some parts that made me say "Oh, come ON" for most of it I was at the edge of my seat. Neat ending, too. It inspired me to rewatch "Unbreakable" and I appreciated it more the second time.
Posted by: vivi at January 19, 2019 08:27 PM (11H2y)
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I am glad to hear that! I need to see all the movies in the series again, then "Split". I have a feeling I'l pick up things that will have more significance now that I know more of the story.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 08:31 PM (kQs4Y)

212 And stop hatin' on M. Night. At least he's trying.

I for one really liked "The Village".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 08:31 PM (kQs4Y)

213 Just checked Amazon.

The upcoming release of Gosnell (to be released Tuesday 2/5) is STILL #1 on the site's list of bestselling drama DVDs.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:32 PM (miE9U)

214 I am planning to watch Glass next week. I liked Unbreakable a lot. I watched Split between my fingers and with a lot of fast forwarding tbh. I doNOt like scary psycho movies.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 19, 2019 08:33 PM (/+bwe)

215 I think M. Night wants to be the next Hitchcock.

He's not, and he never will be... but at least he has *some* talent.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:33 PM (miE9U)

216 I'm not interested in the least in the Hollywood remake for two reasons: Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 19, 2019 08:33 PM (aguRK)

217 I haven't seen "If" -- worth a view?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 08:29 PM (kQs4Y)

Most definitely. It's a great movie.

It's a product of its time. But, a great movie none the less.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2019 08:33 PM (CRRq9)

218
Peter Bowles is in this episode of The Avengers. That guy was in everything and still working today. He was very good in Rumpole and had a couple of his own series I liked, The Bounder and To the Manor Born

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2019 08:34 PM (SiINZ)

219 195 Just got three movies, based on recommendations from the Horde:

- Outlaw Josey Wales
- Ronin
- Prisoners

...I also just ordered Little Big Man. "

Outlaw Josey Wales is one of my favorite Clint Eastwood movies. One of the very few westerns I can think of that paints a Confederate vet in a very positive light, and show the yankees as the vicious killers. (but its much more complicated than that, of course)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2019 08:35 PM (V2Yro)

220 Quadriplegia is the statue on top of the Brandenburg gate

Posted by: Skip at January 19, 2019 08:35 PM (/rm4P)

221 Watching the original "Poseidon Adventure." I am
ASTONISHED at how many times I have seen these scenes reproduced in
other movies. Lots of other movies.
Probably the most entertaining
one was when there were monsters ("Deep Rising") but then, not every
movie is lucky enough to have monsters.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm's PayPal at January 19, 2019 08:01 PM (l9m7l)

The original? You mean there was a remake? Why?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 08:35 PM (nPGq2)

222 Tom Servo, yup.

I couldn't help but notice Outlaw Josey Wales is one of the *very few* movies on Amazon, to have a full FIVE-star rating. Most movies top out at 4 or 4.5 starts, absolute max.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:36 PM (miE9U)

223 I've also heard that "O Lucky Man!" is a sequel to "if...".

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:30 PM (miE9U)

They both form part of a very very very loose "trilogy" including "Britannica Hospital' where the name of the main character played by Malcolm McDowell is named "Mick Travis".

They don't really link together in any other way.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 19, 2019 08:38 PM (CRRq9)

224 To be fair, James Mcavoy made some impressive GAINZZZ for Split and Glass.

Posted by: literally serious at January 19, 2019 08:38 PM (nw6G5)

225 (schifrin also composed most of the scores for eastwood's early movies, including all of the "dirty harry"s.

he also did lucas's thx 1138.)

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 08:39 PM (Pg+x7)

226 The Outlaw Josey Wales, best movie ever.

It is known.

Posted by: Eromero at January 19, 2019 08:39 PM (zLDYs)

227 The Man Who Killed Hitler and then Bigfoot.

So it was a biopic about Hitler and then sort of a grindhouse double feature about Bigfoot?

"Say what you will about Hitler. He killed Hitler."

Posted by: Sharkman at January 19, 2019 08:39 PM (2eKoI)

228 "Say what you will about Hitler. He killed Hitler."
Posted by: Sharkman at January 19, 2019 08:39 PM (2eKoI)

Wow what a coincidence. What are the odds???!? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:40 PM (miE9U)

229 hogmartin, no joke, I gave my customers Buffalo
wool gloves for Christmas and they have some Yak fiber as well. The guy
from the Buffalo Co is a wealth of info. The meat is outstanding as
well.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 19, 2019 08:12 PM (7CZws)

Inedible Yak: https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9jpeyzb

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 08:41 PM (nPGq2)

230 The Man Who Killed Hitler and then Bigfoot.

Didn't they find him at the bottom of Oak Island?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 19, 2019 08:41 PM (Z+IKu)

231 The "Rotten Tomatoes Split" is actually a very sound system for deciding whether to see a movie or not, for exactly the reason noted above.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 19, 2019 08:41 PM (2eKoI)

232 I thought "The Man WHo Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot" would be a cheap parody played for laffs but it looks like a legit good movie.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 08:41 PM (kQs4Y)

233 "re the Coens, I want to collect every movie they've ever done. "

Anyone seen Blood Simple, their low budget first

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:41 PM (1UZdv)

234 Also, in the pantheon of epic staches, Sam Elliot is Zeus.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (kQs4Y)

235 The Outlaw Josey Wales, best movie ever.

It is known.

Posted by: Eromero at January 19, 2019 08:39 PM (zLDYs)

And very faithful to the book, which is also excellent!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (f3oO4)

236 I wonder who that guy killed after Bigfoot? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (miE9U)

237 Quadriplegia wouldn't seem like a great topic for movies

Oh, I dunno. Word is that there are some great treatments in development

Roll Wild Roll Free: The Christopher Pike Story
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Wheelchair Batteries
Dude, Where's My Motor Neurons
Spineless In Seattle
Two Mules For Sister Sarah, And A Cart

There's a box office gold mine in there somewhere.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (UGqF8)

238 Josey had the best statement from an Indian ever, can you quote it?

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (LgWsy)

239 Roll Wild Roll Free: The Christopher Pike Story
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*Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 08:43 PM (kQs4Y)

240 (also Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, which isn't available in any medium yet)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:19 PM (miE9U)

=====

Don't waste your time or money -- that was embarrassing awful.

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 08:43 PM (WqPYg)

241 Cicero, don't forget My Left Foot

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:43 PM (miE9U)

242 There's a box office gold mine in there somewhere.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (UGqF

The Transported

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:44 PM (7PLM4)

243 qdpsteve @ 236- Harimbe?

Posted by: Eromero at January 19, 2019 08:44 PM (zLDYs)

244 Josey had the best statement from an Indian ever, can you quote it?

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (LgWsy)

Think it was something like "I don't know why she'd think that!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 19, 2019 08:44 PM (f3oO4)

245 Shain, really? Thanks for the heads up.

And I still remember the great joke on the old Murphy Brown show about My Left Foot. "I could buy him writing his book entirely with it, but then when he solved the Rubik's Cube?!!???"

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:44 PM (miE9U)

246 Daily Mail says author says Eva Braun was incapable of having sex because of reasons, so no baby Hitler I guess?

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:23 PM (LgWsy)

Don't think it was Eva's lack of fertility that mattered.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 08:44 PM (nPGq2)

247 Eromero, I was thinking someone congressional and unkillable ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:45 PM (miE9U)

248 Josey had the best statement from an Indian ever, can you quote it?

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (LgWsy)

You must endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at January 19, 2019 08:46 PM (2DOZq)

249 I think M. Night wants to be the next Hitchcock.

He's not, and he never will be... but at least he has *some* talent.

-
You're saying he went off Halfcocked?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 08:46 PM (+y/Ru)

250 Oh and as long as movies involving wheels are On Topic, I recommend Rush. It stars Thor and a German guy as Formula 1 drivers in the 1970s and is quite good.

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:46 PM (7PLM4)

251 Anon, something like that.

Remember M. Night's global warmening apologia, "The Happening"?? People killing themselves to 'atone' for despoiling the planet? OMG.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (miE9U)

252 "i will shop no more forever."

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (Pg+x7)

253 Josey had the best statement from an Indian ever, can you quote it?

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (LgWsy)

"Thank you for calling customer service, my name is Bob."?

Posted by: Vanya, Metrosexual Viking at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (7PLM4)

254 Shain, really? Thanks for the heads up.

Posted by: qdpsteve

Shain is of one school of thought. I'm of another. You must watch it (on Netflix).

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (+Tibp)

255 196
The thing I find fascinating about the Movie Thread is that I don't see
how anyone finds the time to watch all the stuff that's out there. I've
got bookcases full of books worthy of my time to read and I'm falling
behind, if I started watching movies as well I'd be completely lost.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 19, 2019 08:24 PM (f3oO4)

======

Good point. As a workaholic most of my life, I was too exhausted to read in whatever down-time I could manage -- so movies/TV were easier escapes.

I'm semi-retired now and drive 85,000 miles/year as a courier, and the best part is having rediscovered "reading" by listening to hundreds of audiobooks over the past five years.

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (WqPYg)

256 Watching season 2 of Punisher. So far it pretty much sucks.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (NWiLs)

257 Blutarski, looks like I'll have to watch it and let you both know who's right and who's wrong ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:48 PM (miE9U)

258 qdpsteve @ 247- snert.

Posted by: Eromero at January 19, 2019 08:48 PM (zLDYs)

259 ... i knew and indian who used to say that riffing on the chief dan george line "i will fight no more forever."

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 08:49 PM (Pg+x7)

260 >>> 86 I'm always amazed at how well you all can dissect plots and appreciate symbolism and so forth. When I see a movie, I just sort of stare blankly, clapping and hooting at shootouts and explosions and the occasional bewb.
Posted by: Weasel at January 19, 2019 07:53 PM (MVjcR)

Explosions with occasional bewbs (which suggests the guy inexplicably losing his shirt) sounds like a decent Saturday night movie.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 19, 2019 08:49 PM (0ReGO)

261 "Stay or hit?"

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:49 PM (1UZdv)

262 Anyone seen Blood Simple, their low budget first

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I thought it was great.

The world is full o' complainers. An' the fact is, nothin' comes with a guarantee. Now I don't care if you're the pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year; somethin' can all go wrong. Now go on ahead, y'know, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for help, 'n watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else... that's the theory, anyway. But what I know about is Texas, an' down here... you're on your own.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 08:50 PM (+y/Ru)

263
Peter Bowles was good in an episode of Star Wars: 1999.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 19, 2019 08:50 PM (Hqm6c)

264 248 Josey had the best statement from an Indian ever, can you quote it?

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant

"If you like your Doctor..."

Posted by: French conection car chase at January 19, 2019 08:50 PM (LOq4H)

265 200
Friedkin directed French Connection and To Live and Die in LA.

Live and Die is an underrated 80s flick that had Willem Dafoe as the
bad guy counterfeiter and that CSI guy as the Secret Service guy. It
invented the "my only option is to drive the wrong way on a packed
highway."

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:26 PM (1UZdv)

======

CSI guy was William Petersen (who played Will Graham in the first "Red Dragon" movie called "Manhunter"). He was bow-legged and I believe a pretty good college running back.

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 08:51 PM (WqPYg)

266 Posted by: qdpsteve

It's not what you think it will be, whatever you might think it will be.

Six discrete stories, some absurd, some tragic, some comic, some mysterious. Almost all with pretty dark endings though.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 08:51 PM (+Tibp)

267 261 "Stay or hit?"
Posted by: Ignoramus

Hah!

Posted by: French conection car chase at January 19, 2019 08:51 PM (LOq4H)

268 Josey had the best statement from an Indian ever, can you quote it?

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (LgWsy)

That broad from Massachusetts ain't no Injun

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 19, 2019 08:51 PM (SiINZ)

269 Inedible Yak: https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9jpeyzb
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 08:41 PM (nPGq2)

Immediately knew it would be a Yakovlev, was not disappointed. I tried to get my kitty Lydia to fly a Yak-1 once. Once. It ended in tears.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 19, 2019 08:51 PM (t+qrx)

270 It's a good thing Indians were all the same, otherwise we would be confused about them

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:52 PM (LgWsy)

271 Friedkin directed French Connection and To Live and Die in LA.
Posted by: Ignoramus

I think he also directed a movie I liked years ago with Roy Scheider. Sorcerer, I think.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 08:53 PM (+Tibp)

272 I tried to get my kitty Lydia to fly a Yak-1 once. Once. It ended in tears.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 19, 2019 08:51 PM (t+qrx)

A yak once bit my sister

Posted by: Tibetan Subtitle at January 19, 2019 08:53 PM (7PLM4)

273 off sock

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 19, 2019 08:53 PM (LOq4H)

274 256 Watching season 2 of Punisher. So far it pretty much sucks.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (NWiLs)

SJW Punisher..... From what I hear. Close?

Posted by: literally serious at January 19, 2019 08:54 PM (nw6G5)

275 Friedkin directed French Connection and To Live and Die in LA.
Posted by: Ignoramus

I think he also directed a movie I liked years ago with Roy Scheider. Sorcerer, I think.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 08:53 PM

He also did "Cruising".

Posted by: otho at January 19, 2019 08:56 PM (LkFnL)

276 232 I thought "The Man WHo Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot" would be a cheap parody played for laffs but it looks like a legit good movie.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 08:41 PM (kQs4Y)

*wipes tears*

Posted by: Todd Standing at January 19, 2019 08:56 PM (nw6G5)

277 Blutarski, thanks.
Didn't know it was a series of segments...

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:56 PM (miE9U)

278 Josey had the best statement from an Indian ever, can you quote it?
Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (LgWsy)

I don't know for "ever" but the best line in the movie was, "It's not for eating, it's for looking through."

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2019 08:57 PM (mUa7G)

279 Wasn't the movie "Inseperables" a near exact copy of The Intouchables?

Even the trailers are identical.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at January 19, 2019 08:57 PM (lD3vL)

280 245
Shain, really? Thanks for the heads up.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 08:44 PM (miE9U)

======

Yes. The first story was kind of funny if not predictable. The rest was nihilistic crap. The only general praise I saw was for the beautiful scenery/cinematography, but that's not enough for me.

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 08:58 PM (WqPYg)

281 'They made my horse surrender.'

Posted by: Eromero at January 19, 2019 08:58 PM (zLDYs)

282 274 256 Watching season 2 of Punisher. So far it pretty much sucks.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (NWiLs)

SJW Punisher..... From what I hear. Close?
Posted by: literally serious at January 19, 2019 08:54 PM (nw6G5)

Not exactly, aside from a culty Christian type as a bad guy. It's just poorly written thus far, plot points dragging out unnecessarily, and minor characters I really just can't be arsed to give a shit about.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 19, 2019 08:59 PM (NWiLs)

283 Sorcerer is great. Even better is the original French flick Wages of Fear.

Hey, this ties to the lede for this thread!

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:59 PM (1UZdv)

284 I think M. Night wants to be the next Hitchcock.

He's not, and he never will be... but at least he has *some* talent.

-
You're saying he went off Halfcocked?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 08:46 PM (+y/Ru)

IMHO. MNS had one good movie -- The Sixth Sense. His other movies have tried to catch lightning in a bottle again and he has not succeeded. Now, the movies "look" good, but the plots always seems to have some major holes in them.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 19, 2019 08:59 PM (3sjI6)

285 I ran across this: Psychedelic CGI in modern blockbusters

https://youtu.be/bQLPL6k9Vxc

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2019 09:00 PM (mUa7G)

286 Josey Wales to Sondra Locke: "You'll never work in this town again."

Posted by: JuJuBee at January 19, 2019 09:00 PM (8YazN)

287 Live and Die is an underrated 80s flick that had Willem Dafoe as the
bad guy counterfeiter and that CSI guy as the Secret Service guy. It
invented the "my only option is to drive the wrong way on a packed
highway."

Posted by: Ignoramus

The best chase scene in cinema history. It's been copied dozens of times since.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2019 09:00 PM (ZejZP)

288 i loved "Signs."

Posted by: vivi at January 19, 2019 09:01 PM (11H2y)

289 Watching season 2 of Punisher. So far it pretty much sucks.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (NWiLs)

SJW Punisher..... From what I hear. Close?
Posted by: literally serious at January 19, 2019 08:54 PM (nw6G5)

He deplatforms people. And when he does kill, he kills with kindness.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 19, 2019 09:01 PM (3sjI6)

290 What the use of having an Intouchables movie, without Robert Stack in the role of Eliot Ness?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:01 PM (nPGq2)

291 Josey had the best statement from an Indian ever, can you quote it?

Hell is coming to breakfast.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 19, 2019 09:02 PM (Q8t89)

292 256 Watching season 2 of Punisher. So far it pretty much sucks.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (NWiLs)

Haven't watched it, but I just came across a blurb saying that the season 2 villains were "religious Nazis, the alt-right, and Russians." Hard pass.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 19, 2019 09:02 PM (2PXwn)

293 just watched the new Predator

its not awful

comedy action rather than horror action, but fun

Posted by: APA at January 19, 2019 09:02 PM (BJlbN)

294 ... schifrin's "thx 1138" score was orchestral and choral, despite the futuristic setting. the credit for the first electronic score goes to gil melle for "the andromeda strain". he was a pretty good jazz musician for blue note and wrote a lot of music for tv such as for some of the early "columbo"s.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 09:02 PM (Pg+x7)

295 IMHO. MNS had one good movie -- The Sixth Sense. His other movies have tried to catch lightning in a bottle again and he has not succeeded. Now, the movies "look" good, but the plots always seems to have some major holes in them.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male

Unbreakable was great - that is if you are ok with the central conceet of real-life superheroes, to be fair.

Shamalama needs to have a NoMan hovering over his shoulder to shoot down 95% of his ideas. He just had too much success to early. Kind of like Lucas.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2019 09:03 PM (ZejZP)

296 The best chase scene in cinema history. It's been copied dozens of times since.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2019 09:00 PM

That's an interesting topic. I would have to nominate DePalma's "Carlito's Way". Not a car chase.

Posted by: otho at January 19, 2019 09:04 PM (LkFnL)

297 Josey had the best statement from an Indian ever, can you quote it?
Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 08:42 PM (LgWsy)

Me know how, me just want chance?

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 19, 2019 09:05 PM (3sjI6)

298 ... gil melle also scored spielberg's first made-for-tv movies, but not "duel"... which is one long chase scene!

it all fits together.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 09:05 PM (Pg+x7)

299 So who blew up the front page?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:06 PM (eHOVP)

300 Kind of like Lucas.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2019 09:03 PM (ZejZP)

And Peter Jackson. With a leash on him, we get LOTR. Give him his head and you get the Hobbit movies and King Kong vs. three tyrannosaurs.

Posted by: Tibetan Subtitle at January 19, 2019 09:06 PM (7PLM4)

301 Old Indian, upon meeting two fags with a baby:

"How?"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:06 PM (nPGq2)

302
i loved "Signs."
Posted by: vivi

We hate 'em

Posted by: Five Man Electrical Band at January 19, 2019 09:08 PM (aKsyK)

303 Do the Russians still make movies?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 19, 2019 09:09 PM (Z+IKu)

304 So who blew up the front page?
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:06 PM (eHOVP)

...Hitler?

Posted by: hogmartin at January 19, 2019 09:09 PM (t+qrx)

305 To those complaining about the apparent lack of imagination in current flicks --

Check the credits of "classic era" films. Based on a novel, based on a play, based on a musical, based on a musical adapted from a novel, etc.

Then there are the remakes. IIRC, Bogart appeared in the third version of "The Maltese Falcon."

And in regard to wheelchair-using characters in movies --

No one has yet mentioned Charles Xavier.

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:09 PM (GLh3O)

306 i loved "Signs."

Posted by: vivi

We hate 'em

Posted by: Five Man Electrical Band at January 19, 2019 09:08 PM (aKsyK)

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Omens and portents at January 19, 2019 09:10 PM (nPGq2)

307 Do the Russians still make movies?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 19, 2019 09:09 PM (Z+IKu)

You give $150,000 and we make movie for make Wisconsin Democrats stay home, comrade!

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:11 PM (7PLM4)

308 You people should say something about little big man

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 09:11 PM (LgWsy)

309 Signs falls apart when the big reveal is the aliens can't stand water. So why do they invade a planet that is 70% water?

Just nuke it or ignore it.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:11 PM (eHOVP)

310 And Peter Jackson. With a leash on him, we get LOTR. Give him his head and you get the Hobbit movies and King Kong vs. three tyrannosaurs.
Posted by: Tibetan Subtitle

Agreed. King Kong was such an indulgent piece of shit. The studio should have only given him $75 mill and told him "If you can't do it for $75, go fuck yourself."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2019 09:11 PM (ZejZP)

311

Lionel Barrymore

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2019 09:12 PM (aKsyK)

312 Reynolds, I did earlier. Just ordered Little Big Man at Amazon.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 19, 2019 09:12 PM (miE9U)

313 What do you mean, 'you people'?

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:12 PM (7PLM4)

314 You people should say something about little big man

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 09:11 PM

Good movie.

Posted by: otho at January 19, 2019 09:12 PM (LkFnL)

315 Signs falls apart when the big reveal is the aliens can't stand water. So why do they invade a planet that is 70% water?

Just nuke it or ignore it.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:11 PM (eHOVP)

Well, they thought Canada was dry. Easy mistake to make.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:13 PM (nPGq2)

316 You people should say something about little big man
Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 09:11 PM

Is that the one in a canoe? Because some morons are always mentioning him.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 19, 2019 09:14 PM (/+bwe)

317 256
Watching season 2 of Punisher. So far it pretty much sucks.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 19, 2019 08:47 PM (NWiLs)

=====

Disappointing. Season 1 was quite good and was looking forward to 2.

Posted by: ShainS at January 19, 2019 09:15 PM (WqPYg)

318 "Swing away, Merrill."

Posted by: dantesed at January 19, 2019 09:15 PM (88xKn)

319
You people should say something about little big man

That's the bomb they dropped halfway between Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2019 09:15 PM (aKsyK)

320 oops why do I have an APA sock

so embarassing

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 19, 2019 09:15 PM (BJlbN)

321 You give $150,000 and we make movie for make Wisconsin Democrats stay home, comrade!
Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:11 PM (7PLM4)

I mean like "Battleship Potemkin" and "Alexander Nevsky" where the Russians are killing people and expanding their russian-ness.

Hell, even a Russian Alien invasion movie or something.....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 19, 2019 09:15 PM (Z+IKu)

322 Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 19, 2019 09:11 PM (ZejZP)

"My Grand Cinematic Vision involves Andy Serkis getting eaten by a leech the size of a Volkswagen."

*studio exec slowly pulls check back across table*

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:16 PM (7PLM4)

323 Shapiro would not kill Baby Hitler, because you can't kill your doppleganger.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 19, 2019 09:16 PM (rnAwa)

324 Hell, even a Russian Alien invasion movie or something.....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 19, 2019 09:15 PM

"The Darkest Hour". Surprisingly good low budget flick.

Posted by: otho at January 19, 2019 09:17 PM (LkFnL)

325 "My Grand Cinematic Vision involves Andy Serkis getting eaten by a leech the size of a Volkswagen."

*studio exec slowly pulls check back across table*

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:16 PM (7PLM4)

There was some low-budget horror movie from the '50's that had giant leeches that made a burbling sound like an Ford Flathead idling. Who remembers that?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:19 PM (nPGq2)

326 i came upon "little big man" late night on tv in the 90's. had never heard of it and really liked it. so i was disappointed to learn the director, arthur penn (who did a number of good flicks "the miracle worker", "bonnie and clyde", "the missouri breaks") meant it as a criticism of the viet nam war. sort of like lucas and star wars. sort of.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 09:20 PM (Pg+x7)

327 Hell, even a Russian Alien invasion movie or something.....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 19, 2019 09:15 PM (Z+IKu)

Oh, I hear you. I know they make movies, they just never make it over here. There's a movie I kinda want to see, about a 28 man unit who fought a huge Wehrmacht spearhead outside of Moscow.

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:20 PM (7PLM4)

328 Is the theory that Eva Braun couldn't have a BABY or couldn't have SEX?

Coz those two things are sorta different and may or may not be explained by certain, shall we say, proclivities of that fellow Hitler. As it were.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 19, 2019 09:21 PM (2eKoI)

329 ... b ut i really like "little big man" for the many surprises in the saga.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 09:21 PM (Pg+x7)

330 Don't all Jackson's movies make money, despite the indulgence?

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 09:21 PM (1UZdv)

331 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:19 PM (nPGq2)

Well, you and Peter Jackson, at least

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:21 PM (7PLM4)

332
There was some low-budget horror movie from the '50's that had giant leeches that made a burbling sound like an Ford Flathead idling. Who remembers that?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Attack of the Giant Leeches

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053611

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2019 09:22 PM (aKsyK)

333 Do the Russians still make movies?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 19, 2019 09:09 PM (Z+IKu)

They are making something

https://youtu.be/u98m7axPHZM

Posted by: Kindltot at January 19, 2019 09:22 PM (mUa7G)

334 i came upon "little big man" late night on tv in the 90's. had never heard of it and really liked it. so i was disappointed to learn the director, arthur penn (who did a number of good flicks "the miracle worker", "bonnie and clyde", "the missouri breaks") meant it as a criticism of the viet nam war. sort of like lucas and star wars. sort of.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 09:20 PM (Pg+x7)

Everything made in the 70's was a criticism of the Viet Nam war.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 19, 2019 09:22 PM (T71PA)

335 Panfilov's 28. Too bad I can't stream on company internet.

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:22 PM (7PLM4)

336 You're saying Hitler was gay?

Imagine that were true, and became commonly known

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 09:23 PM (1UZdv)

337 Well, not a movie I thought we'd be discussing

I got eye drops dilating my eyes so I may have to read this later. I did watch Kedi, which was about cats in Istanbul. Fun travelogue and pretty much G rated, if that matters. Subtitled though.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at January 19, 2019 09:24 PM (xJa6I)

338 And Peter Jackson. With a leash on him, we get LOTR. Give him his head and you get the Hobbit movies and King Kong vs. three tyrannosaurs.
Posted by: Tibetan Subtitle at January 19, 2019 09:06 PM (7PLM4)

Given how late in production the studio sacked del Toro and told Jackson to take over the Hobbit movies I don't know how much he's really to blame. Though I think he is better when he's limited and forced to be more creative. Imo, the LotR movies degrade in quality over the trilogy as they get more bloated

With the Hobbit I think he gave the studio exactly what they wanted: a 2nd epic trilogy, but he was forced to use source material that didn't support that concept and he had to pad it out with garbage. And use a ton of awful CGI instead of quality models and props due to lack of funds and/or time.

Posted by: Sjg at January 19, 2019 09:24 PM (gDSJf)

339 Himmler being gay would certainly explain the uniforms

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:24 PM (eHOVP)

340 Posted by: DR.WTF at January 19, 2019 09:22 PM (T71PA)

For how good it is, "Aliens" was James Cameron jerking off about Vietnam IN SPEHSS

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:25 PM (7PLM4)

341 "Everything made in the 70's was a criticism of the Viet Nam war."

Ironically, not Patton.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 09:25 PM (1UZdv)

342 @ 330 --

Oh, you're one of those people who judge a movie mainly on how much money it makes?

You must be in the film industry.

Bob Hope, on shooting in Paris: "You get the feeling that the picture is being made for the sake of Art, not money."

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:25 PM (GLh3O)

343 There's a movie I kinda want to see, about a 28 man unit who fought a huge Wehrmacht spearhead outside of Moscow.

Posted by: Vanya

That movie is called The 28 Heroes and the version I have watched on YooToobe is excellent:

https://youtu.be/Iywz_C3TT1U

Yer Mileage May Vary, of course.

Another excellent Russian war movie is White Tiger. I highly recommend:

https://youtu.be/qiGDJ5-dXaI

Kind of has a spiritual/spooky side to it that is very interesting.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 19, 2019 09:26 PM (2eKoI)

344 5 percent uploaded. You folks are lucky.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm's PayPal at January 19, 2019 09:26 PM (l9m7l)

345 And behind those 28 men were 56 NKVD to ensure those men fought.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:27 PM (eHOVP)

346 "Oh, you're one of those people who judge a movie mainly on how much money it makes? ""

No. Suggestion was that the suits will discipline Jackson.

Nope. Not when he's on a money roll

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 09:28 PM (1UZdv)

347 Posted by: Sjg at January 19, 2019 09:24 PM (gDSJf)

He could have cut the bullshit out. The difference between a Looney Tunes cartoon and the dwarves escaping from the goblins in the first one is, one of them has Acme products and one has what my brother referred to as 'post-divorce Shrek' as the goblin king.

Also, the three trolls sequence, instead of being tense or scary, was a massive fart joke. And Riddles in the Dark WASN'T FUCKING DARK.

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:28 PM (7PLM4)

348 ... "little big man" also bailed me out of an awkward social situation. back in the 90's a "friend" set me up on a blind date with a fellow lawyer of his. after dinner she suggested we rent a movie and go back to her place. so i picked "little big man". about 1/3 through the movie she said something like "wow, this is a really good movie!" she was really inyo it. thank goodness, for she was just ugly as heck. poor thing, smart, really nice, but just ugly. i felt bad for her but she just wanted me for my body. so enjoying "little big man" defused that tension and we called it a night and i returned the movie rental and went home.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 09:28 PM (Pg+x7)

349 Was Laverne and Shirley about Viet Nam or Korea?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2019 09:28 PM (aKsyK)

350 You people should say something about little big man

Posted by: Reynolds Wrap Infant at January 19, 2019 09:11 PM

You mean my dick?

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 19, 2019 09:29 PM (3sjI6)

351 5 Shot, 3 Killed After Houston Homeowner Opens Fire On Suspects During Apparent Home Invasion

-
They're burying the lede here. All the bullet stoppers were bad guys.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 09:29 PM (+y/Ru)

352 Do the Russians still make movies?

The Duelist (2016)
Black Lightning (2009)
Leviathan (2014)

Posted by: Hands at January 19, 2019 09:29 PM (786Ro)

353 The entire roller coaster through the Goblin King's court could have been cut and no one would have noticed.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:29 PM (eHOVP)

354 Himmler being gay would certainly explain the uniforms
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:24 PM (eHOVP)

A lot of the early SA guys were.

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:29 PM (7PLM4)

355 You're saying Hitler was gay?

Imagine that were true, and became commonly known

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 09:23 PM (1UZdv)

He had a relationship with his niece, Geli Raubal, and might have knocked her up. I suspect the regimen of weird drugs he was on rendered him basically impotent in the last years of his life.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:30 PM (nPGq2)

356 Chris Hahn is and looks like such a peckerhead, I wonder how he conceals the slit.

Posted by: logprof at January 19, 2019 09:30 PM (e7oj4)

357 305 To those complaining about the apparent lack of imagination in current flicks --

Check the credits of "classic era" films. Based on a novel, based on a play, based on a musical, based on a musical adapted from a novel, etc.

Then there are the remakes. IIRC, Bogart appeared in the third version of "The Maltese Falcon."

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

whereas nowadays it's "based on a paranoid SJW version of another movie that wasn't all that good itself"

or "based on a comedy with all of the comedic elements stripped out."

And in regard to wheelchair-using characters in movies --

No one has yet mentioned Charles Xavier.

Ironsides

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2019 09:30 PM (V2Yro)

358 "little big man" also bailed me out of an awkward social situation. back in the 90's a "friend" set me up on a blind date with a fellow lawyer of his. after dinner she suggested we rent a movie and go back to her place. so i picked "little big man". about 1/3 through the movie she said something like "wow, this is a really good movie!" she was really inyo it. thank goodness, for she was just ugly as heck. poor thing, smart, really nice, but just ugly. i felt bad for her but she just wanted me for my body. so enjoying "little big man" defused that tension and we called it a night and i returned the movie rental and went home.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 09:28 PM (Pg+x7)

So you had no alcohol?

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 19, 2019 09:30 PM (3sjI6)

359 345 And behind those 28 men were 56 NKVD to ensure those men fought.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR)

And about a million tons of Allied material'.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 19, 2019 09:30 PM (LOq4H)

360 Wasn't there a Russian superhero movie trailer with a bear?
I wanted to see the movie but never knew what it was

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 19, 2019 09:30 PM (BJlbN)

361 There was more of the Punisher being himself in the show Daredevil than in his own series.

Making the tone endlessly weepy and doubtful would be like asking Ang Lee to direct a Hulk movie.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 19, 2019 09:31 PM (rnAwa)

362 -
They're burying the lede here. All the bullet stoppers were bad guys.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 09:29 PM (+y/Ru)

Golf clap for the homeowner.

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:31 PM (7PLM4)

363 @346 --

Yeah, the suits ARE those kind of people.

*Apologies for not letting the thread end on an even number.*

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:31 PM (GLh3O)

364 The entire roller coaster through the Goblin King's court could have been cut and no one would have noticed.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:29 PM (eHOVP)

This chick gets it^^^^^

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:32 PM (7PLM4)

365 353 The entire roller coaster through the Goblin King's court could have been cut and no one would have noticed."

There was a roller coaster in the Goblin King's court?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2019 09:32 PM (V2Yro)

366 What if we made a movie about those Muslim soldiers serving in Hitler's army, would Soviet Justice Wanker heads epxlode?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:34 PM (eHOVP)

367 You're saying Hitler was gay?

Imagine that were true, and became commonly known

-
He'd be worse than Hitler.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 19, 2019 09:34 PM (+y/Ru)

368 Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:28 PM (7PLM4)

He couldn't cut stuff, he was forced to pack extra stuff in. del Toro was going to do 2 Hobbit movies. The studio fired him fairly last minute, brought in Jackson and said give us 3 movies.

There might have been 2 good movies in that mess, but that wasn't an option on the table.

Posted by: Sjg at January 19, 2019 09:34 PM (gDSJf)

369 Tom Servo, let me guess you went out to restock on popcorn to throw at the screen.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:34 PM (eHOVP)

370 Recently got my 23me results. I'm 48% Brit, yeah, yeah, but 30% French-German. Not French or German, but French-German.

Posted by: Blutarski

Check out Alsace-Lorraine. Also, Anglo-Saxon is German.

Posted by: Grannymimi at January 19, 2019 09:34 PM (u5LFV)

371 Wasn't there a Russian superhero movie trailer with a bear?
I wanted to see the movie but never knew what it was
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at January 19, 2019 09:30 PM (BJlbN)

There was an early 2000's Russian movie called "Night Watch" that looked like a live action comic book movie. Not bad, as I recall. I think there was a guy in it who had... bear tendencies. No, not that way.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 19, 2019 09:35 PM (t+qrx)

372
There was a roller coaster in the Goblin King's court?
Posted by: Tom Servo

It was on that King Goblin album.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2019 09:35 PM (aKsyK)

373 So you had no alcohol?
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at January 19, 2019 09:30 PM (3sjI6)

--In Russia, there are no ugly women, only not enough vodka.

Posted by: logprof at January 19, 2019 09:35 PM (e7oj4)

374 The Hobbit would have been way better if they let David Bowie play the Goblin King.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2019 09:36 PM (V2Yro)

375 What if we made a movie about those Muslim soldiers serving in Hitler's army, would Soviet Justice Wanker heads epxlode?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at January 19, 2019 09:34 PM (eHOVP)

Just as the muzzie troops flop down to pray to allah, a volley of small-arms fire from the American lines cuts down the German officers instead.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:36 PM (nPGq2)

376 @360 --

Dunno about a movie trailer, but Marvel has a Russian character, Ursa Major, who transforms into a strong bear. He might have had a bit part in Civil War.

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:37 PM (GLh3O)

377

Alsace Lorraine
Let the party carry on
You and I will swim the sea

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 19, 2019 09:37 PM (aKsyK)

378 Vice- the people who like Cheney arent going to watch a movie that demonizes him.
And the people who hate Cheney arent going to spend $12 to see him.

Posted by: LASue at January 19, 2019 09:38 PM (XROPS)

379 Check out Alsace-Lorraine. Also, Anglo-Saxon is German.

Posted by: Grannymimi

Yes, that is where family lore says we came from. Sometimes Germany, sometimes France depending upon who won the last war.

For the record, I always thought just German.

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 09:38 PM (+Tibp)

380 There was a roller coaster in the Goblin King's court?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2019 09:32 PM (V2Yro)

Right next to the fairy-go-round. You had to ride the elfscalator to get to the top.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:38 PM (nPGq2)

381 Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:37 PM (GLh3O)

Marvel: Literally everything we know about Russia is from The Hunt for Red October and playing Command and Conquer: Red Alert

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:38 PM (7PLM4)

382 378 Vice- the people who like Cheney arent going to watch a movie that demonizes him.
And the people who hate Cheney arent going to spend $12 to see him.

Posted by: LASue

Shhhhhh, let the fire burn.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 19, 2019 09:39 PM (LOq4H)

383 Dunno about a movie trailer, but Marvel has a Russian character, Ursa Major, who transforms into a strong bear."

Come on, they could at least have named him Major Ursa. At least pretend to make an effort, guys!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2019 09:40 PM (V2Yro)

384 Dunno about a movie trailer, but Marvel has a
Russian character, Ursa Major, who transforms into a strong bear. He
might have had a bit part in Civil War.

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:37 PM (GLh3O)

Next year, it will be Ursa Minor, whose super -power is boinking cubs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:40 PM (nPGq2)

385 Right next to the fairy-go-round. You had to ride the elfscalator to get to the top.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Ok, you've had enough, we're taking your drink and closing your tab.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 19, 2019 09:41 PM (LOq4H)

386 @381 --

Vanya, Ursa Major appeared in print before either of those. He was in the Soviet Super-Soldiers.

Wonder what happened to those characters.

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:42 PM (GLh3O)

387 I just want to throw this in, re the SIxth Sense: I read about
this movie when it first came out...read it in National Review.
What I remember about that review is that they said...something to the effect: "this is about a psychologist who is supposedly shot and killed in the opening scenes...."
I'm like WHAT!!!?? YOU M'FUCKER JUST RUINED THIS MOVIE FOR ME AND ANYONE WHO MIGHT PICK UP YOUR WORTHLESS CRAP MAGAZINE IN THE FUTURE. I don't read
NRO anymore. And that's something like, what, 15 years ago.

Posted by: norman at January 19, 2019 09:42 PM (7N05t)

388 Wonder what happened to those characters.
Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:42 PM (GLh3O)

How dare you stomp on my insulting preconceptions!

I say good day to you, sir! Good DAY!

Posted by: Vanya at January 19, 2019 09:43 PM (7PLM4)

389 It's night here, friend.

Too late to have a snit fit now.

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:44 PM (GLh3O)

390 Vice was intended to rip Cheney, but you don't have to see it that way.

Instead, you've got it shows a guy who was an early fuck-up until his very smart, very focused GF/wife gets him on track to become the most powerful figure in US government, who does it his way.

Christian Bale channels Cheney.

The last scene is priceless, and it was Bale's idea

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 09:44 PM (1UZdv)

391 Posted by: musical jolly chimp at January 19, 2019 09:28 PM (Pg+x7)

She just wanted your little big man to meet the man in the little boat!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 19, 2019 09:45 PM (kQs4Y)

392 @221 - You should ask Richard Dreyfus that question. He'd answer with variants of the amount he was paid.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm's PayPal at January 19, 2019 09:46 PM (l9m7l)

393 190 Bullitt, French Connection, Live and Die in LA, Ronin, Raid 2
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 08:17 PM

Oh yes.

I'd add "Strange Shadows in An Empty Room". Part chase, part demolition derby!

https://youtu.be/I-mGNk9lLuE?t=54
Posted by: Hands at January 19, 2019 08:21 PM (786Ro)

In that vein, I'll nominate The Seven-Ups.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vACWV5sRcY

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at January 19, 2019 09:46 PM (di1hb)

394 The Goblin King is a better baby-sitter than the girl in the Labyrinth.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 19, 2019 09:46 PM (rnAwa)

395 ONT is nood

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at January 19, 2019 09:47 PM (jUcoH)

396 Aren't we supposed to be having some sort of super-duper Blood Moon tonight? I was just outside, and all I could see was a perfectly normal looking full Moon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:47 PM (nPGq2)

397 I've seen "Bullitt" twice. The chase does nothing for me.

Probably because I heard about it for years before I saw the movie.

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:48 PM (GLh3O)

398 Aren't we supposed to be having some sort of super-duper Blood Moon tonight? I was just outside, and all I could see was a perfectly normal looking full Moon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 19, 2019 09:47 PM (nPGq2)

Sorry! That was my fault. I forgot all the blood.

There. All better.

Posted by: hogmartin at January 19, 2019 09:51 PM (t+qrx)

399 OK, someone back me up. The greatest chase film ever is unquestionably Keaton's The General. First half is Buster's train chasing a Yankee train, and the second half is the Yank train chasing Buster. It's actually very geometric, and an astounding use of vectors.
And, btw, that's a real gun from the Civil War.

Posted by: Vertov at January 19, 2019 09:51 PM (mDieY)

400 Nood

Posted by: Blutarski at January 19, 2019 09:52 PM (+Tibp)

401 Best chase was The Blues Brothers.

No contest.

Posted by: logprof at January 19, 2019 09:53 PM (e7oj4)

402 Hell, yes, I'll back you up! Love "The General."

The scene where the cannon fires just as the train takes the curve is astounding.

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 09:54 PM (GLh3O)

403 You have to put the car chase in "Bullitt' in context, otherwise you don't understand why it's so significant. If you're under 40, you probably think it looks just like every other car chase you've ever seen, and you're right.

But the thing is, car chases before Bullitt showed scenes of the characters talking in the car, or static shots as they drove by - see any 50's or early 60's movie for that thing (and they hardly tried before that.)

Bullitt was gripping, riveting, a car chase to rival the chariot race in "Ben Hur". It was like nothing ever done before. And after it came out, every Director who ever directed a car chase scene again said "most important thing we do, we gotta make this one look like the chase in Bullitt"! it's the prototype for every scene of that kind that followed, for everyone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 19, 2019 09:54 PM (V2Yro)

404 402
Hell, yes, I'll back you up! Love "The General."

The scene where the cannon fires just as the train takes the curve is astounding.
That is an unreal sequence. I would have loved to work on movies in those days. To show you how seat of the pants it was - remember the first shot? When he uses too little gunpowder and the cannonball just makes it to the cab? Well, on the first take, they used way too much gunpowder, and it was luck they WERE going around a curve, because otherwise someone would have surely gotten hurt. They ended up using tweezers on the gunpowder to get it just right.

Posted by: Vertov at January 19, 2019 09:59 PM (mDieY)

405 French Connection was also groundbreaking in its portrayal of police not being squeky clean. So much copied.

In real life, the French Connection heroin (street value of $70 million in the 1960s) got stolen from the NYPD property clerk's office. Those who would know say it was stolen by Sonny Grasso, the Roy Scheider character.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 19, 2019 09:59 PM (1UZdv)

406 403
You have to put the car chase in "Bullitt' in context, otherwise you
don't understand why it's so significant. If you're under 40, you
probably think it looks just like every other car chase you've ever
seen, and you're right.

But the thing is, car chases before Bullitt showed scenes of the
characters talking in the car, or static shots as they drove by - see
any 50's or early 60's movie for that thing (and they hardly tried
before that.)

Bullitt was gripping, riveting, a car chase to rival the chariot
race in "Ben Hur". It was like nothing ever done before. And after it
came out, every Director who ever directed a car chase scene again said
"most important thing we do, we gotta make this one look like the chase
in Bullitt"! it's the prototype for every scene of that kind that
followed, for everyone.

Absolutely right. Next time you watch it - notice the green VW bug.

Posted by: Vertov at January 19, 2019 10:01 PM (mDieY)

407 Thanks, Tom. That explains a lot.

Reminds me of a review of "Spirit" reprints. Reviewer began by opining that he'd seen this all before --

Then switched tracks, realizing that until these comics were first printed, it hadn't been done before.

Dad once told me that when he watched Westerns, he'd start counting how many times the chase would pass by the same tree. Sounds the same for early car chases.

Speaking of which, I'll nominate the chase at the end of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break."

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 10:03 PM (GLh3O)

408 Yay! Wife has left the TV. My turn.

I checked out "Thoroughly Modern Millie," and coincidentally, Carol Channing died two days later.

So now it's a tribute.

Bye, all. Enjoyed the chat!

Posted by: Weak Geek at January 19, 2019 10:10 PM (GLh3O)

409 Bitches please.

Posted by: Mack Sennett at January 19, 2019 10:14 PM (0x00j)

410 That's the new thing: gay characters must be played by gay actors, Asian cartoon characters must be voiced by Asian actors, vampires must be played by real vampires, etc.

Dick Cheney should announce that under Hollywood's own woke new rules VICE is cultural appropriation and only he can play Dick Cheney.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 19, 2019 10:41 PM (53at6)

411 The French movie is one of my favorites, along with my mom, and we got my brother to watch it and he liked it too. The remake looks awful.

Posted by: Baldy at January 20, 2019 12:58 AM (lHZp3)

412 Audrey Fleurot was in "Spiral" which is a very entertaining French police/legal series.

Posted by: Baldy at January 20, 2019 01:01 AM (lHZp3)

413 The Intouchables was a great movie.

You knew the remake was going to suck when the Kevin Hart character made reference to being "sorry you have to have a party in your mansion"

Driss did not, and would never have conceived, of putting his charges wealth in his face. Driss never showed resentment or envy.

That's when you knew Hollywood got its grubby claws on the remake.

Posted by: TJ at January 20, 2019 01:15 AM (6lQ+g)

414 Saw this a few years ago and have recommended to numerous friends. Not to sound like I've got a stick up my @ss, but why is it that you can't get movies like this made in America? I guess because the market for American movies is actually the effing PRC and they like them some Jackie Chan and Transformer mierda. Why don't we insist that the Chinamen steal our 'secrets' for making POS Hollywood movies and then make them--and market them over there?... killing Hollywood and the crappy movie problem in one fell swoop?

Posted by: Lawrence L at January 20, 2019 10:51 AM (Uu7xZ)

415 Jeremy Irons when he doesn't give a shit is an absolute delight to watch, because he goes so over the top you can't help but enjoy it.

Check his Lord Vetinari in "The Colour of Money" Discworld movie.

Posted by: James Causey at January 20, 2019 04:23 PM (EFgHt)

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