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Saturday Evening Movie Thread 02-09-2018 [Hosted By: Moviegique]
Most iconic clock since Harold Llyod in "Safety Last".
We had just re-viewed The Wizard of Oz and John Carpenter's The Thing which, by themselves, speak to different (and often more effective eras of special effects), and which also reflect intense care in every shot, scene or sequence, and when Groundhog Day rolled around this Thursday, The Boy and I were interested—but not really excited—to go see it. (Around here, Groundhog Day is considered to be part of a trilogy with Edge of Tomorrow and Happy Death Day.)
Modestly received in 1993, with a box office sandwiched between Grumpy Old Men and Free Willy, this story of a weatherman forced to relive the same day over and over has grown in stature over time. Sometimes, of course, this happens from mere nostalgia but a close re-view shows that, like, The Thing and The Wizard of Oz, the moment-by-moment attention to detail that makes a good movie great.
This could've been a hacky rip-off of It's A Wonderful Life, but two plot points elevate it: one by its absence and one by its presence. The absent plot point was a detail in the original script where Phil's curse is revealed to have been placed on him by an embittered ex-girlfriend. Without that, we are left to see it as a punishment/gift from God—a chance for redemption. In fact, when Phil has his first sincere night with Rita, he tells her that he fell in love with her at first sight, and in that moment realized that who he was was not good enough for her. The "curse" can seen to be self-inflicted from that point.
In Stephen King's novelization, Phil slowly turns into an actual groundhog.
The second point happens right after that scene, when after finding true love and sincerity, Phil wakes up on the exact same day. In other words, love—not even "true love"—is not enough to redeem him. He needs to extend this love out to the world. He needs to be that person he wants to be, and have that be enough. Huge points to Harold Ramis (who has a cameo as a doctor, just like Jon Favreau in Elf, making me wonder if this is some kind of bone thrown to Jewish mothers of actors) for cutting the curse scene, and for recognizing something a little more divine in the overall arc. Obviously, though, this movie is powered by Bill Murray's performance. After a disastrous plunge into serious drama—The Razor's Edge, which he negotiated by agreeing to be in Ghostbusters—Murray
began to put more dramatic depth into comedic roles. For a while, his signature role was "The Jerk Who Gets Redeemed", beginning with Scrooged and sorta wearing out its welcome with Larger Than Life (one of two elephant-based films of the year), but finding something akin to perfection here.
Power by Murray...and Tobolowsky, of course.
Phil Connors is deeply unlikable when we meet him. At his worst, Murray's smarminess can seep into what should be sincere moments—in my opinion, a weakness of the original Ghostbusters—but here, he's in full command of it. When he first sees Rita, he falls in love with her, but his way of dealing with people is by being a jerk, which is not a tactic that's going to work with her. His arrogance is so severe, that he cannot accept the smallest kindness gracefully, as when Rita puts him up in the B&B instead of the "fleabag hotel". (This isolation from the rest of his crew, Rita and Larry, is a good dramatic move as well.) By turns, we see Phil go from arrogance to fear to a maniacal kind of anger to sly manipulation which, when it fails in his approaches to Rita, leads to despair, apathy and repeated suicides. (As The Boy noted, "Feel good movies can get really dark!"). At no point, though, do we get any sense from Murray-the-actor that he feels like he's above the material, or see the kind of compulsive clowning and defusing of potentially strong drama. In fact, after Phil's first near-miss with Rita, his desperate attempts to "be fun" feel almost like Murray self-parody. Freed of any distractions, Phil begins to discover the world—and other people. And, while he pines for Rita, he's ultimately happy in serving others in his never-ending series of "now"s. Again, Murray's sincerity wins out and, by the end, even some of his signature smarmy moves come across as genuine, which is a hell of a feat. In fact, I don't wonder if the fact that he is less identified with a certain style of comedy today than he was 30 years ago is part of what makes the movie better with time (cf. Edward G. Robinson's performance in The 10 Commandments).
French poetry? Should've stuck with Nancy.
Beyond Murray, the supporting cast is perfect. I have noted in the past that Rita is the weak link—I mean, she majored in 19th century French Poetry and visibly disapproves of Phil because she always drinks to World Peace—but whatever limitations Andie MacDowell has an actress, she manages to make some insufferable characteristics charming. The World Peace thing, for example, looks to be less about disapproving of Phil for drinking to the groundhog, and more about his insincerity. Chris Elliott as Larry is, I think, kind of a reminder that even if we're not all as bad as Phil, we all have our own kinds of arrogance and interest in having others love us more than we wish to love them in return. Stephen Tobolowsky's Ned Ryerson—whose performance Ramis struggled mightily to rein in—is also one of those characters that would challenge the best of us to be generous and gracious, but in the context of the movie, that makes him more than just comic relief. The movie never tries to tell us people are perfect, overly good or smart, but that they are worthy of being treated well nonetheless—and we are all served by doing so. And it does this without losing sight of the need to be funny and entertaining, and not preachy. This, from the guy who directed Caddyshack and Vacation. It's definitely worth a re-watch.
R.I.P., buddy. There'll never be another good "Ghostbusters" movie.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JT at February 09, 2019 07:06 PM (ejTiV)
Posted by: JT at February 09, 2019 07:06 PM (ejTiV)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2019 07:07 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: Muad'dib at February 09, 2019 07:07 PM (IcJtd)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2019 07:10 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: jmel at February 09, 2019 07:10 PM (OeWgo)
Posted by: Nancy at 7000 ft at February 09, 2019 07:11 PM (Nrxta)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:12 PM (e7oj4)
I have recently discovered DUST on YT. Short Sci Fi movies made on tight budget by students and independents.
Some are good, some are bad, and some really stuck with me. All are around 25 minutes or less. (ADD friendly!)
This one was a current favorite. Could easily be a full length film or 3 built in this universe.
The Leap
https://tinyurl.com/ycmw6ab4
Posted by: mikeyG at February 09, 2019 07:12 PM (LL1Be)
I think it is very important for the Democrats to press forward with their Green New Deal. It would be great for the so-called "Carbon Footprint" to permanently eliminate all Planes, Cars, Cows, Oil, Gas the Military - even if no other country would do the same. Brilliant!
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at February 09, 2019 07:13 PM (9O8yT)
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at February 09, 2019 07:13 PM (9O8yT)
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Great review, Moviegique. Will do. I will be watching for first time, though.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:15 PM (bUjCl)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y2pulq4l
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Battle_of_Leuthen
See "Aftermath" section.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (Evws/)
That's a plus for them.. we should have nothing cuz we be a bad, bad country with bad, bad peoples.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Muad'dib at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (IcJtd)
Posted by: mikeyG at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (LL1Be)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (jm1YL)
We're a downright mean country, dontcha know.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: JEM at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (8erNz)
Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader Pants Monitor at February 09, 2019 07:13 PM (9O8yT)
nice!
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:17 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:17 PM (PUmDY)
I like going on line to sites that analyze the number of times he was required to do the same day. Some are very high numbers.
It really is a rebirth and redemption movie. And funny as heck.
Posted by: RI Red at February 09, 2019 07:18 PM (p4fBk)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:18 PM (jm1YL)
Whatever happened to that guy?
Posted by: mikeyG at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (LL1Be)
--Hilarious on Everybody Loves Raymond. After that, no clue.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:18 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Old Hamp at February 09, 2019 07:18 PM (RBFmA)
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:18 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (EZebt)
Where was she well-cast ? Which movie ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:19 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:20 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2019 07:20 PM (/rm4P)
Whatever happened to that guy?
Posted by: mikeyG at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (LL1Be)
--Hilarious on Everybody Loves Raymond. After that, no clue.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:18 PM (e7oj4)
He did Something about Mary. I think that was after Raymond, but it would be close to that time.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:20 PM (n13/j)
Animal House
Meatballs
Caddyshack
Stripes (we're 10 and 1!)
Ghostbusters
Back to School
Ghostbusters
Analyze This
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM (1UZdv)
Posted by: Cheribebe at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM (fnWQo)
Posted by: runner
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Hudson Hawk? Four Weddings and a Funeral?
Posted by: lin-duh at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (EZebt)
She also has no acting chops. None.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM (zLDYs)
"Don't drive angry!!!"
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM (2PRiy)
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:20 PM (n13/j)
His Raymond role was later.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:22 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:22 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: RI Red at February 09, 2019 07:22 PM (p4fBk)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:22 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 07:23 PM (786Ro)
When people were people and content to be so.
No one had yet heard of Ingsoc, Big Brother or Herr Mueller and beer was still served in pints instead of liters.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 09, 2019 07:23 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:24 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2019 07:10 PM (/rm4P)
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Same here.
It's almost as if you have to see it over and over before it really sinks in!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 07:24 PM (Rxduq)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 09, 2019 07:24 PM (Evws/)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:24 PM (bUjCl)
of comedy. Groundhog Day can be thrown in there as well even though it
came over 10 yrs later.
"Don't drive angry!!!"
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM (2PRiy)
I agree. However, Groundhog Day had deeper, almost religious tones and symbolism. It reminds me of Joe Vs. the Volcano in that way. Of course Joe was a much less successful film.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:25 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:25 PM (bUjCl)
I thought she came across as a very pretty lady who has no idea how pretty people think she is, in other words normal. Just a nice person.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:25 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: mikeyG at February 09, 2019 07:25 PM (LL1Be)
You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVooyfaPYD8
Posted by: Jim S. at February 09, 2019 07:26 PM (ynUnH)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:26 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Hobo with a laptop at February 09, 2019 07:26 PM (Dgce0)
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:20 PM (n13/j)
--That was right before his role in Everybody Loves Raymond.
Also, Cabin Boy is an underrated comdy gem.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:26 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:26 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:26 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:27 PM (bUjCl)
Whatever happened to that guy?
Posted by: mikeyG at February 09, 2019 07:16 PM (LL1Be)
"Cabin Boy" is what happened.....
Oh, the horror.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 09, 2019 07:27 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM (jm1YL)
--No, you're not.
She just had to be nice and hittable, that's it.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:27 PM (e7oj4)
By the way - what separated classic old 30's Selznek productions and today's "classics" was the lost art of framing photography - directors insisting on the practice from the turn of century and then forgotten in the late fifties - with the exception of David Lean.
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:27 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:20 PM (n13/j)
--That was right before his role in Everybody Loves Raymond.
Also, Cabin Boy is an underrated comdy gem.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:26 PM (e7oj4)
Some funny scenes there for sure.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:27 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: RI Red at February 09, 2019 07:28 PM (p4fBk)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 07:28 PM (WNAuL)
Agreed. Andie MacDowell was pretty solid in Muppets from Space
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 09, 2019 07:28 PM (2PRiy)
She was in St. Elmo's Fire.
Cameo. I think she played a ....model ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:27 PM (bUjCl)
doctor. I forgot about that.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:28 PM (n13/j)
You are right about the religious overtones in the movie. I have used clips from it as sermon illustrations.
Posted by: Old Hamp at February 09, 2019 07:29 PM (RBFmA)
*Ahem*
Posted by: Zombie Stanley Kubrick at February 09, 2019 07:29 PM (1UZdv)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 09, 2019 07:29 PM (2PRiy)
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:27 PM (32YRo)
Julie Taymor. You know who she is ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:29 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:30 PM (bUjCl)
Space cadet, we already have your jobs program. It's called gov't employment!
As for Groundhog Day- love it. Always felt it was a deep movie. The lack of chemistry with Andie McDowell (or her lack of stage presence or something) puts my entire focus on Bill Murray and I get deeply into it.
Posted by: t-bird at February 09, 2019 07:30 PM (Ee+Sn)
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:27 PM (32YRo)
--What do you mean?
Not being snarky, just genuinely curious as someone interested in screenplay/direction.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:31 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:31 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:31 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: Hobo with a laptop at February 09, 2019 07:26 PM (Dgce0)
A liter of cola.
Posted by: Farva at February 09, 2019 07:32 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:32 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:32 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Jim S. at February 09, 2019 07:32 PM (ynUnH)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:33 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:33 PM (PUmDY)
I like this description.
Posted by: t-bird at February 09, 2019 07:34 PM (Ee+Sn)
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:31 PM (32YRo)
Agree. Horrible stuff. Flat, one dimensional. Actors, always starring into the camera. No mise en scene - but that is on the actors too. Most of them can't act.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:34 PM (bUjCl)
One was Bill Murray exulting that "we're 10 and 1" i Stripes.
The other was when Indiana Jones faces off against the sword-wielding Arab giant, and then nonchalantly pulls out his gun and shoots him dead.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 07:35 PM (1UZdv)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation
I kinda liked Razor's Edge. I liked his speech about his brother's character, Brian Doyle Murray ( who played his Dad in Scrooged). "He will not be missed."
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:35 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:35 PM (PUmDY)
Married with Children and Get a Life made Sunday nights bearable
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 09, 2019 07:36 PM (2PRiy)
He has decided it's of value to him.
Posted by: t-bird at February 09, 2019 07:36 PM (Ee+Sn)
Posted by: Jim S. at February 09, 2019 07:32 PM (ynUnH)
Curious are you an atheist? Altruistic actions have no ultimate value.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:36 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2019 07:36 PM (LkFnL)
Posted by: Moviegique at February 09, 2019 07:36 PM (CKkRA)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:33 PM (2DOZq)
I liked it. It prompted me to get the book.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 07:36 PM (n13/j)
I think that Reagan and 1980 Olympic Hockey team had something to do with the mood..but we digress...
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:37 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2019 07:37 PM (/rm4P)
Just awful awful.
How do a thousand people work for months
on this and not ever realize what
a ridiculous turd they're making?
How do the producers find fools stupid
enough to put millions of dollars into shooting it?
Where does Kingsley get the balls
to mouth the embarrassingly clownishly pompous
crap they wrote for him?
Because this movie was made,
the whole world is a far worse place.
It opened an unclosable pit to Hell
from which foul cacodemons and noxious vapors
will forever issue.
In the old days when movies were on film,
there was always the slim hope that all
copies could be tracked down and destroyed.
But in the digital world, this excretion
will persist, no matter how
hard we try to eradicate it,
at least until the sun mercifully explodes.
Posted by: gp at February 09, 2019 07:37 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:38 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:38 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:39 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie
Did you ever see Kingley in Sexy Beast. He's brilliantly aggressive.
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:40 PM (+Tibp)
I think that Reagan and 1980 Olympic Hockey team had something to do with the mood..but we digress...
Posted by: runner
IMO, that happened in '77 when Star Wars came out. I know Lucas has said otherwise, but he's an idiot.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 07:40 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 07:41 PM (BJlbN)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:41 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:41 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie
Gene Hackman did finally retire a few years ago. Great actor.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Moviegique at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (CKkRA)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM (jm1YL)
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I didn't mind her.
She made no real impression on me, one way or another.
She was just the generic pretty-and-nice girl needed for the plot.
I'm even inclined to believe that someone with more substance might have reduced the movie to a mere romance --- or at least made the boy-girl part TOO prominent.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (Rxduq)
Posted by: runner
This. So much flatness and one dimensional thinking.
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Hobo with a laptop at February 09, 2019 07:26 PM (Dgce0)
Unintended consequence of going metric: it makes you twice as drunk.
Posted by: I like cookies at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (xxAFD)
Posted by: Northern Lurker, irritable, so very irritable. Have I mentioned I'm irritable? at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (MkcN1)
Speaking to that type of blindness, I rented The Predator. Pretty decent franchise and McTiernan's is a classic. This movie was the biggest pile of shit I have ever seen. Who thought this movie (even on paper) was a good idea?
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 09, 2019 07:43 PM (2PRiy)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (WNAuL)
--He didn't deserve that.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:44 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 07:44 PM (1UZdv)
The Avengers (John Steed version) is starting on Charge TV in about 10 minutes. They run the Avengers along with Danger Man on Saturdays and Sundays. The last B/W Danger Man is on tonight along with the first of only 2 color episodes of Danger Man. McGoohan quit the show to work on The Prisoner.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 07:44 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (32YRo)
Boswell, they can't even enter and exit the room properly ! And their mise-en-scene is always, ALWAYS getting some drink out of the fridge ! *shudders
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:44 PM (bUjCl)
I think that why we remember and treasure the older movies. Think about Casablanca or Gone With the Wind or The Wizard of Oz. I can picture almost every scene in those movies because they were shot so perfectly.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:45 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:38 PM (32YRo)
--Was that a reply to my query?
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:45 PM (e7oj4)
Saw Jurassic Park Fallen Kingdom. Terrible. Terrible and stupid.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2019 07:45 PM (LkFnL)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:45 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 09, 2019 07:46 PM (H5knJ)
We shall never see their likes again
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 07:47 PM (1UZdv)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 07:47 PM (WNAuL)
Thanks. To this day I yearn for those sunglasses. Whenever I get a new pair I think about them.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:47 PM (jm1YL)
Don't even try to argue to the contrary, it won't do any good.
Posted by: freaked at February 09, 2019 07:48 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: runner
Had to look her up - not knowledgeable about Broadway. I assume you are suggesting she is staging Lion King and others with this concept?
That would be good if so, I saw the Lion King on Broadway with my kids - good costume design.
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:48 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:45 PM (PUmDY)
Not bleedin' likely. According to IMDB he's got 3 movies in post production
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 07:48 PM (SiINZ)
Don't even try to argue to the contrary, it won't do any good.
Posted by: freaked
The OKC zoo uses two grizzly bears to forecast. Spring's a coming!
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:49 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:49 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 09, 2019 07:50 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 09, 2019 07:46 PM (H5knJ)
Which is why the original Phil lusted after her. And why the grown up Phil would have been over her. That always bothered me about the movie. Other than that, loved it. I don't care that her acting wasn't super, it kind of enforced her character's character in a meta way.
Posted by: I like cookies at February 09, 2019 07:50 PM (xxAFD)
Posted by: Moviegique at February 09, 2019 07:50 PM (CKkRA)
Posted by: freaked at February 09, 2019 07:50 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (2PRiy)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
I'm sorry, Moe!
*slap*
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (+Tibp)
Name of the Rose
Man Who Would be King
Lion and the Wind
Zardoz
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (2DOZq)
Talk about framing a shot..the scene at end end of Alfie where Caine stands and speaks directly at the camera. Perfect
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (1UZdv)
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: logprof
Sorry logprof - just venting. I wasn't answering any particular query. I just have my crazy old man opinions on this stuff - others may vary! And probably do.
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:52 PM (32YRo)
Don't drive angry!
Posted by: Rosasharn at February 09, 2019 07:52 PM (PzBTm)
Whatever happened to that guy?
Cabin Boy is a piece of art. Well, a piece of something. Cinematography something, something. Ann Magnuson was hawt back then, and I had a boner for Bongwater.
I'll sacrifice Chris Elliot if it means we never have to see Tom Green again.
Posted by: clutch cargo at February 09, 2019 07:52 PM (sLicW)
Posted by: freaked at February 09, 2019 07:52 PM (UdKB7)
Name of the Rose
Man Who Would be King
Lion and the Wind
Zardoz
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (2DOZq)
--Robin and Marian
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:52 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:42 PM (+Tibp)
you're welcome!
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Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 07:52 PM (1UZdv)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:52 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 09, 2019 07:46 PM (H5knJ)
Andie McDowell is not really a beauty. But, she would look more beautiful if her voice wasn't so damn annoying! Know what I mean?
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 09, 2019 07:53 PM (3sjI6)
Man Who Would be King
Lion and the Wind
Zardoz
Posted by: Can't resist temptation
My personal fave is Man who would be King. But, I can't resist the Untouchables's line:
"Who would claim to be that, that was not?"
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:53 PM (+Tibp)
hopefulness and obvious good vs. evil story line. That was something
short in supply in the Carter years. It's why Star Wars was so hugely
successful and resonated as it did.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 07:47 PM (WNAuL)
Plus it was splashed across the media. Gobs of free publicity. Time magazine devoted an entire issue to it the summer before. Yes, Time was a kind of big deal back then. And the special effects were extremely good for the time.
Posted by: I like cookies at February 09, 2019 07:53 PM (xxAFD)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2019 07:53 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 07:53 PM (BJlbN)
Name of the Rose
Man Who Would be King
Lion and the Wind
Zardoz
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (2DOZq)
The Offense - 1973
The Man Who Would be King - 1975 (with Michael Caine)
Robin and Marian - 1976
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (SiINZ)
I see why there were no more. The exposure of the corruption, malfeasance , and incompetence in Baltimore must have been very painful.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (uefWR)
always enjoyed Bill Murry's work but one of his best, if not the best
in my opinion, is as the shady funeral home director in "Get Low".
Duvall is good in it as well. Well worth watching.
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (OMAvJ)
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:52 PM (32YRo)
--Seriously, I want your "hot take" on that.
I'm dreaming of making moving pictures, so any concrete input is welcome.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (xJa6I)
That would be good if so, I saw the Lion King on Broadway with my kids - good costume design.
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 07:48 PM (32YRo)
Yes ! That was her work. And she did Titus - the move. I...admit I did not finish watching that...
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (bUjCl)
Still, here I am, on a Saturday night, watching The Killer Shrews on MST and drinking.
*sigh*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Dullard at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (FXbwN)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 07:55 PM (PUmDY)
I've always like Outland.
Makes living/working in space (or, on another world ) look unglamorous, gritty and seamy and difficult. Also the lawless wild west tone it has. It has a couple dumb things in it, but it's pretty good.
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 07:55 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:52 PM (bUjCl)
I do a mean electric boogaloo!--Death.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 09, 2019 07:55 PM (3sjI6)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:55 PM (2DOZq)
My favorite Michael Caine movies, which all came out one after the other are Zulu, Ipcress File and Alfie. I watch them any bleedin' time they're on
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 07:55 PM (SiINZ)
I see why there were no more. The exposure of the corruption, malfeasance , and incompetence in Baltimore must have been very painful.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (uefWR)
You'd think so, but it bounced right off the creator. In a few years, he was back to blaming Republicans for everything wrong in the world.
Still, evil shit or not, he made a real piece of art in The Wire. Reality brought to cinema-life.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 07:56 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 07:56 PM (1UZdv)
Name of the Rose
Man Who Would be King
Lion and the Wind
Zardoz
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (2DOZq)
The Offense - 1973
The Man Who Would be King - 1975 (with Michael Caine)
Robin and Marian - 1976
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (SiINZ)
The Hill.
Good flick.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 09, 2019 07:56 PM (Z+IKu)
I've always like Outland.
Makes living/working in space (or, on another world ) look unglamorous, gritty and seamy and difficult. Also the lawless wild west tone it has. It has a couple dumb things in it, but it's pretty good.
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 07:55 PM (786Ro)
I believe it was intended to be High Noon in space.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:56 PM (2DOZq)
Sex, Lies and Videotape
Groundhog Day is an excellent movie, and yes, it is so important that it doesn't end when he gets the girl.
Love Edge of Tomorrow, too.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2019 07:57 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: freaked at February 09, 2019 07:57 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 07:57 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:57 PM (bUjCl)
Those of you that like it might also like "Triangle". Although it isnt a comedy.
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 09, 2019 07:57 PM (p0nVR)
Name of the Rose
Man Who Would be King
Lion and the Wind
Zardoz
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM (2DOZq)
The Great Train Robbery
And of course The Rock
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 09, 2019 07:57 PM (2PRiy)
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 07:58 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: Causticf at February 09, 2019 07:58 PM (cfxc3)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 07:58 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 07:58 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Dullard at February 09, 2019 07:58 PM (FXbwN)
I see why there were no more. The exposure of the corruption, malfeasance , and incompetence in Baltimore must have been very painful.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (uefWR)
--The Wire is the GOAT, as the kids say. A whole damn weekend bingeing Homicide: Life on The Street and The Wire is TV goodness.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (e7oj4)
Caine and Connery were both in A Bridge Too Far. Good movie but not quite as good as The Longest Day
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (SiINZ)
I always got a kick out of the "The Wind and the Lion".even if Connery played the moor with a Scottish accent. Loved Brian Keith as Teddy Roosevelt. Candice Bergen and Connery had some great chemistry and the soundtrack was wonderful.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (jm1YL)
in my opinion, is as the shady funeral home director in "Get Low".
Duvall is good in it as well. Well worth watching.
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (OMAvJ)
One of my favorite Murray films is just a cameo. He did Zombieland and took the movie to the next level.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (3sjI6)
Makes living/working in space (or, on another world ) look
unglamorous, gritty and seamy and difficult. Also the lawless wild west
tone it has. It has a couple dumb things in it, but it's pretty good.
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 07:55 PM (786Ro)
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And, it has bewbs.
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (OMAvJ)
how could they make a movie about the first man on the moon so dull!
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (BJlbN)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 07:57 PM (bUjCl)
Kind of like Jack Nicholson for me. I love his Scottish Russian accent in Hunt for Red October.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (2DOZq)
Robert Mitchum, speaking about himself, said that he had two styles of acting. On a horse, and off a horse.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 08:00 PM (1UZdv)
Why?!
Posted by: squeakywheel at February 09, 2019 08:00 PM (muUop)
The best movie he was in or his best acting performance? I have not seen as many of his films as other I think. He is a good actor but I have not seen a lot of his old stuff and much of his new stuff. I would say Untouchables was the best movie he has been in in some time.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 08:00 PM (n13/j)
**slips gummie bear for Causticf through USB port**
Good troll. Now shoo.
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 08:00 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:00 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at February 09, 2019 08:01 PM (ju9gW)
Posted by: freaked at February 09, 2019 08:01 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: freaked at February 09, 2019 08:01 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:01 PM (uefWR)
Robert Mitchum, speaking about himself, said that he had two styles of acting. On a horse, and off a horse.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 08:00 PM (1UZdv)
at least he knew where he stood
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:01 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 07:55 PM (SiINZ)
--Harry Brown.
If you like Man On Fire, Taken, or other awesome revenge flicks, do see Harry Brown.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 08:02 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2019 08:02 PM (aKsyK)
Robert Mitchum, speaking about himself, said that he had two styles of acting. On a horse, and off a horse.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 08:00 PM (1UZdv)
I re-watched 'Out of the Past' last week, thanks to Razorfist reminding me of it. Mitchum is damn good in that movie, though you can't catch him acting in it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 08:02 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (jm1YL)
British comedian (can't remember his name) did a take on Connery. In Connery's voice, a British secret agent. Yes, this is the perfect accent. (in the same voice) A Russian submarine commander. Yes, this is the perfect accent.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 08:02 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Dullard at February 09, 2019 07:58 PM (FXbwN)
Every morning when Vic posts articles he ends with a Ramirez cartoon. I always say Ramirez in my best Kurgen accent
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 09, 2019 08:02 PM (2PRiy)
Posted by: LASue at February 09, 2019 08:03 PM (XROPS)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (2DOZq)
Nicholson > Connery
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:03 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 08:03 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:03 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Burger Chef at February 09, 2019 08:03 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:03 PM (uefWR)
Posted by: freaked at February 09, 2019 08:03 PM (UdKB7)
*removes mask*
All of us: JONAH HILL!
Jonah: and I would have gotten away with it were it not for you meddling kids!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Dullard at February 09, 2019 08:04 PM (FXbwN)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:00 PM (jm1YL)
He is always James Bond. Cowboy James bond, Indy's father James Bond...
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:04 PM (bUjCl)
Why?!''
Also, the sound man should have been fired. We saw it in the theater when it came out and had a heck of a time understanding the dialog. It was on around Thanksgiving and I watched again. My mom had the closed captioning on because she doesn't hear well so I was able to finally get the dialog as the sound problems remain.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:04 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:01 PM (uefWR)
Well he was telling the story of his city, as honestly as he knew how. That was not a pro-democrat or pro-liberal story, however. And once people figured that out, he pivoted hard to the Left. Read any of David Simon's recent interviews.
Still a damn good show. I usually quit re-watches after season 4, though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 08:04 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2019 08:04 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2019 08:04 PM (V2Yro)
Sound like that from Moviegique's review...
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:06 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 08:06 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:03 PM (uefWR)
--It's the tits.
Playing it now, to accompany drinking.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 08:07 PM (e7oj4)
speaking of revenge movies, Peppermint was not bad
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 08:07 PM (BJlbN)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:07 PM (uefWR)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (2DOZq)
Nicholson > Connery
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:03 PM (bUjCl)
Don't disagree as an actor but Connery had more movies I liked though Nicholson won with One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:07 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2019 08:07 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 07:55 PM (786Ro)
Brian Dennehy was amazing as the endless void of outer space.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 08:08 PM (NWiLs)
iirc, the original story had a more definite explanation of murray's situation and as the project developed armies and murray changed it to the original author's dismay. it's really very vague about why it happened and what spiritual forces are at work.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 08:08 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 08:08 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:07 PM (2DOZq)
all right...
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:09 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:09 PM (uefWR)
Duvall is good in it as well. Well worth watching.
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at February 09, 2019 07:54 PM (OMAvJ)
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Agreed about Murray's performance in "Get Low" --- absolutely top-notch --- but the movie was a big disappointment to me.
The concept had potential and it started strong but it ended up a contrived melodrama.
It just did not work for me at all.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 08:10 PM (Rxduq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (B1ik8)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (/rm4P)
But because of that, everyone can apply their own paradigm to it. One of the biggest "tells" is the incident of the old man he tries to save. He helps him a lot, but no matter how much he tries he can't save him. It's not funny at all, it's sad, and it's there for a reason - to show him, and us, that you only have the power to change your own life, your own fate. You can help other people, you can do fantastic things for them, but in the end, no one else's fate is up to you. Only your own. Murray finds that out by trying to change the old mans fate, and realizes that he cannot.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (2DOZq)
Saw that in the theater when it came out. Did.not.like.it.at all. Have never felt the urge to watch it again.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (jm1YL)
==
Any women of low virtue and easy going attitude ??
Oh, sorry, we are talking movie shows...
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:12 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 08:12 PM (ed8K1)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 08:12 PM (Pg+x7)
A Eugene O'Neill sequel?
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 08:12 PM (1UZdv)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (2DOZq)
When he crashed the C-130 carrying the nuclear warhead into the volcano? I thought it was a bit cliche.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 08:12 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (2DOZq)
Well it's a remake of The Glass Key. What about the ending don't you like? It's not a HAPPY movie.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 08:13 PM (xJa6I)
The Cathy Gale, Avengers episodes were okay, but the show really hit its stride with Emma Peel. Still this episode has Anneke Wills (Doctor Who companion) in a pussycat get up
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 08:13 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (2DOZq)
I don't remember, something about a hat I think. But it was a damn good film.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 08:13 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (2DOZq)
When he crashed the C-130 carrying the nuclear warhead into the volcano? I thought it was a bit cliche.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 08:12 PM (NWiLs)
Very Macho though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 08:13 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 08:13 PM (BJlbN)
The concept had potential and it started strong but it ended up a contrived melodrama.
It just did not work for me at all.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 08:10 PM (Rxduq)
I felt the same way.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:13 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2019 08:13 PM (V2Yro)
A Eugene O'Neill sequel?
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 08:12 PM (1UZdv)
The MilkMan Cometh......
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 09, 2019 08:14 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (2DOZq)
Not sure what you mean by "the ending everyone wanted." I think of Miller's Crossing as being Tom's story, and there's a sense in which reality's failure to conform to his belief that being clever will always get you through is the principal arc of the movie.
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 08:15 PM (ed8K1)
First Man is sloooow
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 07:53 PM (BJlbN)
Skip that and the Second Man and watch the Third Man
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 08:15 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 08:07 PM (BJlbN)
--Peppermint and Cold Pursuit are on my list.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 08:16 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:17 PM (uefWR)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 08:17 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2019 08:17 PM (B1ik8)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:09 PM (uefWR)
That's a tough one, the Wire has a LOT of good characters.
Maybe Omar, as a character.
Lester Freemon might be a better choice for me as a person/cop.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 08:17 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Skip at February 09, 2019 08:18 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:19 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2019 08:17 PM (B1ik
That American flag issue kept me away. Get woke, go broke. But maybe it was decent?. Did anyone here like it?
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 08:19 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 08:19 PM (ed8K1)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (2DOZq)
Not sure what you mean by "the ending everyone wanted." I think of Miller's Crossing as being Tom's story, and there's a sense in which reality's failure to conform to his belief that being clever will always get you through is the principal arc of the movie.
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 08:15 PM (ed8K1)
I mean we didn't really see the end of the arc. I guess we can make our own story where Tom ends up.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:20 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2019 08:20 PM (B1ik8)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:20 PM (uefWR)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 08:07 PM (BJlbN)
--Kinda like Denzel's character in Man on Fire, ex-special ops on a mission, but against local thugs, not a bug kidnapping ring.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 08:20 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:20 PM (bUjCl)
Speaking of Chris Elliott, he is one actor I expected to have gotten much further in his career than he has. His stuff with Letterman was amusing. He also did a TV series (with his father, Bob Elliott, of Bob and Ray fame) called Get A Life. It was really quite funny. But, he never made it into the top tier. He's kept busy, though, and did a great Doritos commercial.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 09, 2019 08:20 PM (3sjI6)
Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2019 08:21 PM (25Dt7)
I have been posting about this in other threads, but here it is actually on topic.
I have recently discovered DUST on YT. Short Sci Fi movies made on tight budget by students and independents.
Some are good, some are bad, and some really stuck with me. All are around 25 minutes or less. (ADD friendly!)
This one was a current favorite. Could easily be a full length film or 3 built in this universe.
The Leap
https://tinyurl.com/ycmw6ab4
Yeah, quoting your own comment is pitiful. And SAD!
But no one else has watched DUST short movies?
Kinda like Black Mirror.
Posted by: mikeyG at February 09, 2019 08:21 PM (LL1Be)
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 08:19 PM (ed8K1)
But the bag of tricks only worked up to a point. It couldn't seal the deal or let him move forward. It was only when Murray had changed, not to win her, but just to be a better man did he end up deserving her and deserving salvation.
It's not a Christian movie but it's a good one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 08:21 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 08:21 PM (+Tibp)
yeah, the title is bollocks but I hear the film is good.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2019 08:21 PM (X/A4v)
#460, the last one.
Posted by: Brunette the 'Ette at February 09, 2019 08:21 PM (adsVM)
The concept had potential and it started strong but it ended up a contrived melodrama. ''
Not as memorable as it could have been given the cast. I agree, Murray was great in an unexpected role. I was delighted to see Sissy Spacek again though.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:21 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Marybeth at February 09, 2019 08:22 PM (MEgUr)
Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2019 08:21 PM (25Dt7)
Didn't care for Oz. WAAAAAY too much assrape.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 08:22 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:20 PM (uefWR)
Ha! Great minds and all that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 08:22 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2019 08:22 PM (X/A4v)
Posted by: Off the reservation at February 09, 2019 08:22 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:22 PM (bUjCl)
how could they make a movie about the first man on the moon so dull!
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 07:59 PM (BJlbN)
That's because the flag had all the good lines and they cut it from the movie. Editors. Watta gonna do?
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 09, 2019 08:22 PM (3sjI6)
Posted by: mikeyG at February 09, 2019 08:23 PM (LL1Be)
What is best non -Bond Sean Connery movie?
The best movie he was in
or his best acting performance? I have not seen as many of his films as
other I think. He is a good actor but I have not seen a lot of his old
stuff and much of his new stuff. I would say Untouchables was the best
movie he has been in in some time.
Posted by: Quint
This x1000. Some one said Connery didn't have range. Well, how much range can you show as James Bond? As a sidekick, however, you can do a lot more. (Think IJ Last Crusade) I actually saw Untouchables again recently, and not only do I think it's Connery's best, but is a seriously underrated film as well. You have to understand, it's a DePalma film, which means there's a lot of Hitchcock influence. But it's a gangster film. Except, it's really not. It's a western. It's the OK Corral story, without the OK Corral. If I ask you who plays Holliday, Earp and Clanton, and you all know the answers. It's got a brilliant soundtrack and score, complete with a harmonica bit that reminds you of Good, Bad, Ugly. Heck, they even ride horses into a gunfight!
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2019 08:23 PM (98pFy)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 08:23 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 08:23 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February
Muslims are left waiting for the groundhog to be decapitated.
Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2019 08:23 PM (25Dt7)
point to one nit that was almost impossible to avoid, given the story
frame: that Murray's journey can easily be looked at as "crack the code,
get the girl, problem solved, you're done." In this view, Murray was
conning her with a bunch of tricks, and doing all those nice things
because he just couldn't bear to keep ignoring them, but ultimately,
wasn't he still conning her with fake "things in common?"
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 08:19 PM (ed8K1)
I think the in the first part he was conning her and using his advantage to make him like her. That failed in the end when he kept getting slapped. After that, he started doing the right thing because it was the right thing. That's how I saw it.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 08:24 PM (n13/j)
OK, I'll bite. Which moments? Tried to figure them out, from this, and failed.
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 08:24 PM (ed8K1)
ooo -ooo, that reminds me: there's a neat link to an ian fleming interview with raymond chandler in the sidebar that's really worth a look. at one point chandler asks fleming why there's so much torture in his books. which reminded me of something patrick macnee said (and i've mentioned here), that he was offered and turned down the james bond role because he thought the books were sadistic (or that fleming was). guess he wasn't the only one.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 08:24 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2019 08:20 PM (B1ik
Set it in Ireland and they can meet another Man
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 08:24 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2019 08:24 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:25 PM (uefWR)
What is best non -Bond Sean Connery movie?
The best movie he was in
or his best acting performance? I have not seen as many of his films as
other I think. He is a good actor but I have not seen a lot of his old
stuff and much of his new stuff. I would say Untouchables was the best
movie he has been in in some time.
Posted by: Quint
This x1000. Some one said Connery didn't have range. Well, how much range can you show as James Bond? As a sidekick, however, you can do a lot more. (Think IJ Last Crusade) I actually saw Untouchables again recently, and not only do I think it's Connery's best, but is a seriously underrated film as well. You have to understand, it's a DePalma film, which means there's a lot of Hitchcock influence. But it's a gangster film. Except, it's really not. It's a western. It's the OK Corral story, without the OK Corral. If I ask you who plays Holliday, Earp and Clanton, and you all know the answers. It's got a brilliant soundtrack and score, complete with a harmonica bit that reminds you of Good, Bad, Ugly. Heck, they even ride horses into a gunfight!
Posted by: Vertov
Outland, another Western without horses
Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2019 08:25 PM (25Dt7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 09, 2019 08:25 PM (B1ik8)
Well. I'm screwed.
Posted by: mikeyG at February 09, 2019 08:25 PM (LL1Be)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:11 PM (2DOZq)
Not sure what you mean by "the ending everyone wanted." I think of Miller's Crossing as being Tom's story, and there's a sense in which reality's failure to conform to his belief that being clever will always get you through is the principal arc of the movie.
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 08:15 PM (ed8K1)
I mean we didn't really see the end of the arc. I guess we can make our own story where Tom ends up.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:20 PM (2DOZq)
*spoilers*
Well the movie is about Tom and Leo. Once Tom has resolved to leave Leo, that's the end of the story. Tom goes elsewhere, leaving Leo and Verna to each other.
This also fits the source material, so there's that too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 08:25 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:25 PM (PUmDY)
#460, the last one.
That was insane. It waited till hours later to post it.
Ryan Gosling was very good in 'Drive'. Of course his character had maybe 5 lines in the whole movie. Still, good flick.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 08:26 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:26 PM (2DOZq)
He is kind of blah isn't he?
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:26 PM (jm1YL)
John Steed got a bit gropey with the Doctor Who companion. Hey they redid this episode with Emma Peel
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 08:27 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 08:27 PM (BJlbN)
it is about a harvesting crew in some toxic planet, and there is no rule of law. also no budget. very good story though.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2019 08:27 PM (X/A4v)
The Deuce is not near as great as I thought it would be.
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:25 PM (PUmDY)
Oh, I liked it. Why did you not like it ? I mean, what did not work for you ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:27 PM (bUjCl)
He is kind of blah isn't he?
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:26 PM (jm1YL)
I liked him in Drive and Stupid Crazy Love.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:27 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:25 PM (uefWR)
Yeah, I was late to it as well. Fantastic show, though it was depressing as all hell. The cop turned schoolteacher was a really interesting bit for me, especially how he saw the same types of bureaucratic dysfunction in the school system as he'd seen in the police department.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 08:27 PM (NWiLs)
IMHO, of course.
Posted by: Marybeth at February 09, 2019 08:22 PM (MEgUr)
I love 'What About Bob', it was a return to goofy Bill Murray, who had been missing for a long time.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 09, 2019 08:27 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 08:24 PM (Pg+x7)
I've read all of the Fleming books. I got the impression he didn't like Bond all that much.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 08:29 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:26 PM (jm1YL)
Antipathetic (is that a word ?)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:29 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:25 PM (PUmDY)
Some are more satisfying than others.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 08:29 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 08:29 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:29 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:29 PM (PUmDY)
OM or other mod, Brunette the 'Ette is right.
Very ugly troll comment at the end of the Moving Beyond Judeo-Christianity thread.
hash GoG2D
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 08:29 PM (786Ro)
I think that is a tactic of theirs. I have seen a few threads where they jump in and hour or so after everyone left and type something vile.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 08:30 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 08:30 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 08:30 PM (+Tibp)
One of my favorites is "Two for the Road" with Audrey Hepburn.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 08:31 PM (Rxduq)
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gonna check it out thanks
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 08:31 PM (BJlbN)
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Yeah, that thread was still open in my phone browser from earlier today (I mostly lurk because I can't post with my Iphone (gives me an error message)) and I just picked it up again and saw that comment when it refreshed.
I did a double take and decided that was worth firing up the laptop to say something. I've never seen anything like that here before.
Posted by: Brunette the 'Ette at February 09, 2019 08:31 PM (adsVM)
Makes me think of all the shit PDT is going through.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:31 PM (uefWR)
What about Bob?... good Murray flick... though Dreyfus almost steals the movie IMHO. Other good Murray flicks= Rushmore, Life Aquatic and the under rated The Man Who Knew Too Little.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2019 08:32 PM (LkFnL)
Posted by: LASue at February 09, 2019 08:32 PM (XROPS)
I've read all of the Fleming books. I got the impression he didn't like Bond all that much.
Posted by: TheQuietMan
Bond banged his wife.
Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2019 08:32 PM (25Dt7)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:33 PM (PUmDY)
"The Accountant" staring Ben Affleck is surprisingly good and his portrayal of an Autistic man is dead on.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at February 09, 2019 08:33 PM (bML9A)
I loved Murray in "Lost in Translation". Loved, loved, loved. I always
wondered about the scene in the Tokyo hospital where Murray's character
cracks up the little Japanese old lady who can't speak English. Was
that scripted or did he ad lib the whole thing?
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:29 PM (jm1YL)
That was a really good flick. I like it when comedians do serious roles, it often shows how talented they are. Comedy is probably harder than drama but somehow it is easy to forget that. My favorite comedian in dramatic roles was probably Robin Williams.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 08:34 PM (n13/j)
and at the end, because HE changes, what had been his Hell turns into his Heaven. But nothing has really changed except him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2019 08:34 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 09, 2019 08:34 PM (ITfBP)
One of my favorites is "Two for the Road" with Audrey Hepburn.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 08:31 PM (Rxduq)
That's a good movie. It doesn't make it on TV all that much
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 08:35 PM (SiINZ)
I'm also fond of Moonrise Kingdom and his vignette in Coffee and Cigarettes. And I liked St Vincent a lot. And Zombieland.
I pretty much like Bill Murray in anything at all.
Posted by: April at February 09, 2019 08:35 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:29 PM (jm1YL)
Can't answer your question, but I thought it was a great movie too. Really freaked me out when Murray was doing that Rat Pack business in the commercial, and his face seemed to subtly change to match who he was imitating. Then I watched it again, much later, and didn't see the changes nearly as much. Maybe a big screen/small screen thing?
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 08:35 PM (ed8K1)
It's the most honest movie about Psychiatrists that I can think of!
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2019 08:35 PM (V2Yro)
i've read the bond books as well and was put off by the bouts of ragged violence. i think fleming just isn't that good a writer and needed those stock events to take the place of character development.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 08:35 PM (Pg+x7)
(I mostly lurk because I can't post with my Iphone (gives me an error message))
Brunette the 'Ette, if hogmartin was here instead of livin' The Lifestyle at the NoVaMoMe, he'd tell you to go into the settings & turn off "smart punctuation"
anyone have the link to hogmartin's helpful hints page?
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2019 08:36 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: squeakywheel at February 09, 2019 08:36 PM (muUop)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:37 PM (PUmDY)
and at the end, because HE changes, what had been his Hell turns into his Heaven. But nothing has really changed except him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 09, 2019 08:34 PM (V2Yro)
There was a Twighlight Zone episode like that. it was Hell.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 08:37 PM (2DOZq)
One of my favorites is "Two for the Road" with Audrey Hepburn.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 08:31 PM (Rxduq)
LOOKER is a overlooked movie whose plot really holds up because we have the Technology to do what they want to actors and Actress.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 09, 2019 08:37 PM (ITfBP)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 08:38 PM (BJlbN)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2019 08:38 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 09, 2019 08:36 PM (KCxzN)
I don't, have an iPhone, so give me a sec...
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:38 PM (bUjCl)
Billy Zane may have started the trend of actors getting extremely ripped for roles as opposed to body builders becoming actors.
Posted by: MAGA at February 09, 2019 08:38 PM (v5a7s)
The sad thing is...there are people out there who believe this shit. And they vote.
We are so fucked...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 09, 2019 08:39 PM (vbvxt)
Probably. I was really struck by his performance whe I saw it in the theater. His and Scarlet Johansson's characters were soul mates not meant to be. Sweet and bittersweet.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:39 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Brunette the 'Ette at February 09, 2019 08:39 PM (adsVM)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:39 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2019 08:39 PM (/dN1M)
Might want to remove it
IMHO. it's very offensive
Posted by: REDACTED at February 09, 2019 08:40 PM (RZ6R1)
There was a Twighlight Zone episode like that. it was Hell.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation
Sebastian Cabot in whiteface.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2019 08:40 PM (aKsyK)
Touch the Settings icon.
Select the General option.
Choose the Keyboard option.
Tap the button to the right of Smart Punctuation to turn it off...
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:41 PM (bUjCl)
Lots of morons. We had CBD and WeirdDave and NGU and Bandersnatch and atc all come in from out of sector.
Weasel and bluebell earned their ampersands, let me tell you.
Honorable mentions to Muad' Dib and Ben Had for contributions.
Those I left out you are all awesome, too.
Posted by: blaster at February 09, 2019 08:41 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 08:30 PM (WNAuL)
--Exactly.
And aside from the politics, Pembleton, G, and Bayliss from Homicide; and Prop Joe, McNulty, and Omar from The Wire were great, great characters (and just the tip of the proverbial iceberg).
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 08:41 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: LASue at February 09, 2019 08:41 PM (XROPS)
Posted by: Brunette the 'Ette at February 09, 2019 08:41 PM (adsVM)
Andie MacDowell used to live here in Asheville for quite awhile but moved a couple of years ago.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at February 09, 2019 08:41 PM (DjIXP)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 09, 2019 08:41 PM (ZxU8C)
Posted by: Shep at February 09, 2019 08:42 PM (5Zv5F)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 08:42 PM (BJlbN)
The sad thing is...there are people out there who believe this shit. And they vote.
We are so fucked...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 09, 2019 08:39 PM (vbvxt)
Remember the Eddie Murphy on SNL when he dressed up as a White Man and entered the Bank to get a loan and the one Black Loan officer said he couldn't give him the loan and the President of the Bank steps in and says I will take care of it and gives him a loan when he just handed in a blank sheet of paper. Pay it back or don't and they laugh at the black loan officer.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 09, 2019 08:42 PM (ITfBP)
LOL
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:42 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2019 08:43 PM (nPGq2)
Posted by: Muad'dib at February 09, 2019 08:43 PM (IcJtd)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:37 PM (PUmDY)
--Deadwood FTW
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 08:43 PM (e7oj4)
You see, my first cruise on USS George Washington (CVN-73) was supposed to end on December 20, 1994. However, when we got into Norfolk the winds were so high that the tugs couldn't safely dock us. So we sat out in the basin for two days looking at the pier, with all of our friends and families looking back at us...and guess what the movie was for those two nights?
Yeah...I would have gladly choked the dude out who cued up that movie.
And the best part of it was...every night we would hear a helicopter taking off and the bell would ring..."USS George Washington...departing". Yeah, the skipper was going home every night and leaving us on board.
Rank has its privileges after all.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 09, 2019 08:43 PM (vbvxt)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 09, 2019 08:44 PM (ITfBP)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:44 PM (bUjCl)
Billy Zane may have started the trend of actors getting extremely ripped for roles as opposed to body builders becoming actors.
Posted by: MAGA at February 09, 2019 08:38 PM
Phantom is ok. Not great or anything but the "something off" I think is largely due to it diverging from and lacking key elements of the old comic. It was a decent effort though. Zane worked... but I like Zane. He always makes things interesting.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2019 08:44 PM (LkFnL)
Posted by: LASue at February 09, 2019 08:41 PM (XROPS)
I agree about Andie McDowell. I like her.
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 09, 2019 08:44 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 08:44 PM (uefWR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Why ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:44 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Brunette the 'Ette at February 09, 2019 08:45 PM (adsVM)
Posted by: otho
Oh, I'll agree with this! Not a deep movie, but a simple premise worked beautifully. There's a scene that goes something like this. She's talking about him being a ruthless, merciless killer for hire. He thinks she's talking about his amateur acting talents.
How did you get to.....be like this?Oh, I was always interested in it. Did a little in high school, and then whenever I had the chance I'd do a little local stuff. Never got paid, of course, but I enjoyed it. Learned a few things. And then (---he works as a clerk in a video store---) I got to see the professional side of the business.
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2019 08:45 PM (98pFy)
cruel and unusual - a Canadian film. Reliving the day you die or kill someone. Its intense but good.
Posted by: LASue at February 09, 2019 08:46 PM (XROPS)
Edge of Tomorrow: I've no desire to rewatch once the repeating stops.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at February 09, 2019 08:47 PM (iouK0)
i like andi macdowell, too.)Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 08:48 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Hillary at February 09, 2019 08:49 PM (5Zv5F)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 08:49 PM (BJlbN)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:50 PM (PUmDY)
Happy Death Day had potential, but I thought it got way too convoluted.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 09, 2019 08:50 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: LASue at February 09, 2019 08:51 PM (XROPS)
https://twitter.com/IsraelUSAforevr/status/1094398102486896640
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 08:49 PM (BJlbN)
Caesar Trump !
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:52 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Clinton Family Lore at February 09, 2019 08:52 PM (5Zv5F)
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2019 08:44 PM (LkFnL)
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I don't know any of the Phantom mythos. It seemed like the action scenes weren't well thought at points and Treat Williams played the bad guy as a bit of a joke while also being a complete psychopath.
Posted by: MAGA at February 09, 2019 08:53 PM (v5a7s)
I think her character and Hugh Grant's character in 4W&AF were awful characters and were actually equally deserving of each the other in that move. And from what I know of the two of them, are equally awful people in real life.
Posted by: WarEagle82 at February 09, 2019 08:54 PM (+Kpte)
It was while Hills was passed out from shotgunning a 'lier uvf WODKA!" that little Chelsea was created.
Posted by: Clinton Family Lore at February 09, 2019 08:52 PM
she drank more than I did that night, and I was 'faced
Posted by: Webb Hubbel at February 09, 2019 08:54 PM (KCxzN)
My favorite noir classic. Jane Greer was a great femme fatale. Very good actress who I think is almost forgotten.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:54 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 09, 2019 08:55 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: blaster at February 09, 2019 08:55 PM (ZfRYq)
Might want to remove it
IMHO. it's very offensive
Posted by: REDACTED at February 09, 2019 08:40 PM (RZ6R1)
You are right. I noticed trolls like to mar semi-dead threads.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:55 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: LASue at February 09, 2019 08:55 PM (XROPS)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at February 09, 2019 08:56 PM (DjIXP)
I'm a gal and I loved it.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 08:56 PM (jm1YL)
I love this movie and have since the first time I saw it in the theatre. A clever Twighlight Zone idea writ large and give a reductio ad asburdem treatment to the point that it jumps over "absurd" to "sublime".
Murra is perfect, Chris Elliot has two of the best lines ever delivered in movies:
Car goes over cliff in quarry - crashes* "He might be OK. *explosion* Well, no, probably not now"
and, in the morgue ID's the body with Andie McDowell horrified and crying:
"He was a really, really great guy. I really, really liked him. A lot."
A challenge anyone to say that line in a way that exhibits the true lack of caring over Murray's character's death that Elliot's character has at that stage of the movie - it is friggin hard.
Posted by: Publius Redux at February 09, 2019 08:57 PM (D7exD)
Posted by: REDACTED at February 09, 2019 08:40 PM (RZ6R1)
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No opinion needed, it is an offensive remark.
And, just as obviously, was made by someone who knows nothing about the Christian or Jewish faith.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 09, 2019 08:57 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
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Which is why/how I have a distaste for her. Personal contact.
How she managed to be cast in 'Greystoke' escapes me. Has any other actress *ever* been 100% overdubbed in a movie?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2019 08:58 PM (YvUf/)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:21 PM
I didn't mind her in "Groundhog Day". Also thought she was fine in "Michael" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral" with Hugh Grant.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 09, 2019 08:58 PM (7A4qQ)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:58 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:58 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:58 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 08:59 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
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A Les stalker, if I recall?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2019 08:59 PM (YvUf/)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2019 08:27 PM (X/A4v)
I saw the trailers for that, and it felt like a Klondike/NW Territories gold rush story. Was it?
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2019 09:00 PM (mUa7G)
The problem is that he would have tired of this as well if he didn't think it had some ultimate value.
He has decided it's of value to him.
89
Curious are you an atheist? Altruistic actions have no ultimate value.
If it's just of value to him then he's just doing what he likes to do. If he likes killing people more than being nice to them, then he should do that. There's no reason not to.
Altruistic actions have ultimate value but they supposedly don't have any subjective motive, no reason for the individual to engage in them. And no I'm not an atheist, I'm a born again, Bible thumpin' Jesus freak.
Posted by: Jim S. at February 09, 2019 09:00 PM (ynUnH)
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at February 09, 2019 09:00 PM (X/A4v)
I thought she came across as a very pretty lady who has no idea how pretty people think she is, in other words normal. Just a nice person.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 07:25 PM
Yep, this. I found her charming. Similar to her role in "Michael".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 09, 2019 09:00 PM (7A4qQ)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:58 PM (bUjCl)
because it was. But I get your point, it wasn't for you. No worries there.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:00 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: mikeyG at February 09, 2019 09:00 PM (LL1Be)
Too bad about her. I really liked her in "Witness"'
Wonder if they'll mention her character in the "'Top Gun" sequel.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:01 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 08:58 PM (bUjCl)
My favorite movie ever.
Posted by: Muad'dib at February 09, 2019 09:01 PM (IcJtd)
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:00 PM (n13/j)
No, you misunderstood. I liked it.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 09:02 PM (bUjCl)
Too bad about her. I really liked her in "Witness"'
Wonder if they'll mention her character in the "'Top Gun" sequel.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:01 PM (jm1YL)
I loved Witness. It is easily in my top 15 movies of all time.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:03 PM (n13/j)
comedians do serious roles, it often shows how talented they are. Comedy
is probably harder than drama but somehow it is easy to forget that. My
favorite comedian in dramatic roles was probably Robin Williams.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 08:34 PM (n13/j)
Jerry Lewis was in the TV series Wiseguy, and talentwise he blew the other actors out of the water.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2019 09:03 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 09:03 PM (bUjCl)
My mom pipes up in the middle of the movie, "That's the same hotel your father and I stayed in when we were in Tokyo!'' Kind of loud too. LOL
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:03 PM (jm1YL)
because it was. But I get your point, it wasn't for you. No worries there.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:00 PM (n13/j)
No, you misunderstood. I liked it.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 09:02 PM (bUjCl)
Ahh. Misinterpreting the written word strikes again!
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:04 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: in my top 5 1/2 the year at February 09, 2019 09:05 PM (KkKWo)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:03 PM
I used to spend 5-6 weeks a year in that hotel for work. The movie captures the otherness of being gaijin in Tokyo.
Posted by: Muad'dib at February 09, 2019 09:06 PM (IcJtd)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2019 09:07 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 09:07 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:03 PM (n13/j)
Good flick.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 09:08 PM (bUjCl)
Yay! Movie thread! And I'm able to participate this time! (Even if I'm late and the ONT is a-comin'.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:08 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:08 PM (PUmDY)
A good time was had by all I take it?
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:08 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at February 09, 2019 09:09 PM (DjIXP)
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 09:07 PM (786Ro)
what fun would that[/] be ?
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 09:09 PM (bUjCl)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 09:09 PM (bUjCl)
The Abyss, and the turmoil that surrounded its production. What did people here think of it?
(And, it also featured Chris Elliott. The guy has a surprisingly good filmography.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:10 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 09:10 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:10 PM (miE9U)
jackie gleason was excellent in "the hustler'. he brought real substance to his role as minnesota fats.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 09:11 PM (Pg+x7)
Re: War Games
Anyone ever notice the strange smile on Dr Falcon's face while they're desperately trying to disarm Wopper?
Falcon is smiling as he's watching Matthew Broderick figure it out, like he knows the solution all along OR he's smiling because he's AMUSED at the destruction of the World.
Which is it?
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 09, 2019 09:12 PM (ah86I)
- Sicario
- Groundhog Day
- Miracle on 34th Street
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Scrooged
- Network
...and others I'm sure I'll think of later...
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:12 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 08:34 PM (n13/j)
I have to disagree. I know he won an Oscar, but Oscars are a popularity contest. Williams only had two movie characters. Jonathan Winters on meth, and serious, non-smiling Williams.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 09, 2019 09:12 PM (3sjI6)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2019 09:03 PM (mUa7G)
That would be worth checking out. I vaguely remember watching it a time or two a long time ago. I didn't stick with it.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:12 PM (n13/j)
Back when Matthew Broderick was "a fresh young new talent."
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:13 PM (miE9U)
It makes sense, given people feared Lewis in real life. He could really be a mean SOB sometimes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:14 PM (miE9U)
"I want to shoot the pigeons off my roof."
Posted by: logprof
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"You failed to maintain your weapon, son."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2019 09:14 PM (4bd7D)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:14 PM (PUmDY)
- the Labor Day telethon
- The King Of Comedy
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:14 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 08:34 PM (n13/j)
I have to disagree. I know he won an Oscar, but Oscars are a
popularity contest. Williams only had two movie characters. Jonathan
Winters on meth, and serious, non-smiling Williams.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 09, 2019 09:12 PM (3sjI6)
I think he was good in Dead Poet's Society and Insomnia. The movie I thought his acting stood out in was The Fisher King. But I only saw it once and that was a long time ago. I wonder what a rewatch would bring?
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:14 PM (n13/j)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 09, 2019 09:14 PM (ZxU8C)
He did little vignettes every Saturday night on his show. He was very talented.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:15 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 09:15 PM (+Tibp)
David Simon hogs credit, but Ed Burns -- a former Baltimore homicide detective -- was a co-creator.
The central character is the city of Baltimore.
A big message is that individuals can find redemption, but institutions will always fail us in the end. I hear a cop's voice in that.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 09:16 PM (1UZdv)
I know Jim Gaffigan is in Chappaquiddick as one of Teddy K's cronies. One of the reasons I want to see it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:16 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at February 09, 2019 09:16 PM (eFvJk)
A good time was had by all I take it?
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:08 PM (jm1YL)
I'm here to say everybody is ten times as good looking as you thought they would be, based on their nics. Some truly lovely people!
Posted by: moki at February 09, 2019 09:16 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:16 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2019 08:58 PM (YvUf/)
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Hmmm. It seems that was her first role ever. She was a very successful model, someone saw her, and so it went.
Hmmm.
Anyway, they thought her Southern accent was too pronounced to play a Brit and she couldn't learn to tone it down in time.
Why on earth would you cast her for the role then?
Weird.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 09:17 PM (Rxduq)
jackie gleason was excellent in "the hustler'. he brought real substance to his role as minnesota fats.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 09:11 PM (Pg+x7)
He was really good.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:17 PM (n13/j)
Weird. ''
She was beautiful and looked adorable when Tarzan cuddles up to her in her bed.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:18 PM (jm1YL)
Weird.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille
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I'm not saying Occam's razor, but, Occam's razor.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 09, 2019 09:18 PM (2qPhT)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2019 09:07 PM (zLDYs)
I was all in on that show, for a long time. But Season 7 was that moment when I realized that this a world without hope. I am not averse to dystopian stories, but TWD became exhausting. Creating loveable characters only to have them snuffed in gruesome fashion.
I actually wrote a quick short story set in the Walking Dead World in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains, where the geeks were taken out quickly (mostly because the entire population of Wyoming is less than the suburbs of many cities), and Folks in Wyoming have guns aplenty and know how to shoot.
It was a kind of therapy for me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 09, 2019 09:19 PM (FXbwN)
Did anyone else think John from Cincinnati was great?
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:39 PM (PUmDY)
Yes, me.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt - Cub Fan at February 09, 2019 09:19 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 09:19 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 09, 2019 09:19 PM (ZxU8C)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 09, 2019 09:20 PM (uDcBt)
You're setting the bar way high for us average looking 'rons and 'ettes. We might get inferiority complexes.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:20 PM (jm1YL)
Comedians in serious roles?
I know Jim Gaffigan is in Chappaquiddick as one of Teddy K's cronies. One of the reasons I want to see it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:16 PM (miE9U)
Was it any good?
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:20 PM (n13/j)
Our President:
Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at February 09, 2019 09:20 PM (ah86I)
Weird.
After the Harvey Weinstein stuff came out?
They cast women they want to see naked and bang, and Andi was beautiful.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2019 09:21 PM (W+vEI)
Why on earth would you cast her for the role then?
Weird.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 09:17 PM (Rxduq)
Ahnold was dubded in some movie, too. Great actor that he was/is..Hollywood always goes with a "type". The rest they can glue on.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 09:21 PM (bUjCl)
Should I be concerned?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 09, 2019 09:19 PM (ZxU8C)
(Jump to top of page)
You didn't see a pasty white girl wearing a flannel dress embroidered with Sanskrit prayers, with Birkenstocks on her dinner roll feet?
Huh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 09, 2019 09:22 PM (FXbwN)
Oh gosh. I remember that. The black cat named Thomasina? Am I remembering the right Disney movie?
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:22 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:22 PM (miE9U)
The concept had potential and it started strong but it ended up a contrived melodrama.
It just did not work for me at all.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 08:10 PM (Rxduq)-------------
I was rooting for the Seals, anything to shut Mastrantonio up.
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at February 09, 2019 09:22 PM (eFvJk)
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 09, 2019 09:22 PM (3sjI6)
One of the worst Irish accents of all time. Ironic, because Ser Sean is part Irish, but raised in Edinburgh
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 09:23 PM (1UZdv)
--Seriously qdp, Network not in your collection?
You're making me consider dropping you from my dream team.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 09:23 PM (e7oj4)
I admit it annoyed me a ton when it first came out in around 1984. I thought it was a PC pro-suicide movie. Was I right? Wrong?
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:23 PM (miE9U)
The Abyss, and the turmoil that surrounded its production. What did people here think of it?
(And, it also featured Chris Elliott. The guy has a surprisingly good filmography.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:10 PM
It's an interesting film and looks great. But it suffers from infuriating, annoying "good guys" that piss me off. I'm on team Michael Biehn...if I was stuck down there with them, I'd go crazy and want to kill them all too.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2019 09:23 PM (LkFnL)
The scene of Mary Jo's drowning death is very uncomfortable to watch, as it should have been.
Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at February 09, 2019 09:23 PM (w7KSn)
(I have an old off-the-air recording of it, but I want to upgrade to the bluray.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:24 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Eromero at February 09, 2019 09:24 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 09, 2019 09:25 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 09:16 PM (1UZdv)
--That is a great way of summing it all up.
P.S. I'm stealing it.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 09:25 PM (e7oj4)
Kevin Costner sounds like Elmer Fudd when he tries to do an accent. Dunt mean he's a shitty actor.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 09, 2019 09:25 PM (FXbwN)
He has the same asshole smirk on his face all the time that my now-estranged dad did...
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:25 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp
James Cameron is an insane, raging, lefty. So's Ed Harris. Hell of an actor but a hard left scumbag.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 09:25 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:26 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:22 PM (jm1YL)
Thomasina was a movie in its own right, IIRC. I thought the cat was dun-colored. But it's been a few decades.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 09, 2019 09:26 PM (nPGq2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:26 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:27 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:28 PM (PUmDY)
Sean Connery, who is Scottish, played a Spaniard with a Scottish accent. Trainwreck.
Christopher Lambert, who is French, played a Scotsmen with a French accent. Dumpster fire.
It was almost as if they wanted to make it comical.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 09, 2019 09:29 PM (ZxU8C)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:39 PM (PUmDY
I have never even heard of it.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:29 PM (n13/j)
Man on Fire
Enemy of the State ( the new, new FBI!)
but mainly a fan of the 30's,40's 50's movies.
Posted by: free tibet at February 09, 2019 09:29 PM (C47yV)
Yes, they can be pretty good.
Richard Pryor in Blue Collar
Kristin Wiig in Hateship Loveship
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 09:29 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 09:29 PM (BJlbN)
(I have an old off-the-air recording of it, but I want to upgrade to the bluray.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:24 PM (miE9U)
--Howard Beale is a proto-Moron.
And TMC loved comparing him to Trump. Which is a compliment to The Donald.
As for comic actors in serious roles, Adam Sandler in Reign Over Me is good, while Don Cheadle in the same flick goes more on the comic side well.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 09:29 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 09:29 PM (Pg+x7)
I'm going to have to hit IMDB for clarification.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:30 PM (jm1YL)
Pretty much a bunch of screwed up people trying to deal with life as they try as hard as possible to make it all come apart.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2019 09:30 PM (mUa7G)
I liked The Abyss. Ed Harris is a good actor, but a dickweed in meat world.
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is one of those actresses who is not cheesecake material, yet appeals to me. She's saucy.
As for the movie, it was uneven. The alien thing need not have happened. But the undersea adventure part with the hurricane above was really good.
Michael Biehn does military/cop really well.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 09, 2019 09:30 PM (FXbwN)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at February 09, 2019 09:30 PM (Pg+x7)
Sean Connery, who is Scottish, played a Spaniard with a Scottish accent. Trainwreck.
Christopher Lambert, who is French, played a Scotsmen with a French accent. Dumpster fire.
It was almost as if they wanted to make it comical.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
And yet I find that movie very watchable. I enjoyed it. The Queen soundtrack is brilliant!
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 09:30 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 09, 2019 09:30 PM (uefWR)
I admit I tuned out when I saw it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:31 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:31 PM (PUmDY)
Sean Connery, who is Scottish, played a Spaniard with a Scottish accent. Trainwreck.
Christopher Lambert, who is French, played a Scotsmen with a French accent. Dumpster fire.
It was almost as if they wanted to make it comical.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 09, 2019 09:29 PM (ZxU8C)
Does not matter. I fucking love Highlander.
It just works. Prolly a generational thing.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 09, 2019 09:32 PM (FXbwN)
I love Lost in Translation. It perfectly captures the dreamy feel of jet lag and alienation when you travel to Tokyo.
I am also always Team Michael Biehn. I rewatched Terminator recently, and he's so good in it.
And Highlander for Sean Connery. You can tell that I like weird sci-fi and fantasy flicks, can't you?
Posted by: Beltway Elite at February 09, 2019 09:32 PM (b6kHD)
Posted by: roamingfirehydrant at February 09, 2019 09:33 PM (THS4q)
'Punch Drunk Love" Thought he was very good in that one.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:33 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:14 PM (PUmDY)
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He recently had an appearance on NCIS and he looked like he wasn't long for this world.
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 09, 2019 09:33 PM (p0nVR)
Posted by: Rusty Nail
I liked Outland - thought he let his age and who he was all out there - but that might have already been mentioned - this is a 500 post thread already
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 09:33 PM (32YRo)
Yeah, I remember that. And I had read the play first. But it was a long time ago, and now I can't remember a damn thing about it.
Given my general frame of mind at the time, I'm sure it must have been something ultra feminist, but not necessarily pro-suicide.
But suicide reminds me of The Virgin Suicides. Anybody see that one? Heartbreaking, really.
Posted by: April at February 09, 2019 09:33 PM (OX9vb)
jackie gleason was excellent in "the hustler'. he brought real substance to his role as minnesota fats.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp
Also Requiem for a Heavyweight
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056406
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2019 09:33 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 09, 2019 07:51 PM
I'm sure all his good ones have been posted by others by now.
I liked him as the voice of Draco in "Dragonheart". And he was good as King Arthur in "First Knight".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 09, 2019 09:33 PM (7A4qQ)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at February 09, 2019 09:34 PM (BJlbN)
Posted by: MAGA at February 09, 2019 09:34 PM (v5a7s)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattlboro, VT at February 09, 2019 09:34 PM (qM84C)
That's ok. I do too.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:34 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 09:34 PM (ed8K1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 09:34 PM (WNAuL)
Robin Williams in "One-Hour Photo."
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 09, 2019 09:14 PM (ZxU8C)
Good movie. Very disturbing.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 09:34 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:34 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Beltway Elite at February 09, 2019 09:34 PM (b6kHD)
I thought he was Welsh - could be wrong about that...
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 09:35 PM (32YRo)
Re: War Games
Anyone ever notice the strange smile on Dr Falcon's face while they're desperately trying to disarm Wopper?
Falcon is smiling as he's watching Matthew Broderick figure it out,
like he knows the solution all along OR he's smiling because he's AMUSED
at the destruction of the World.
Which is it?
Neither. He's enjoying Broderick trying to solve the problem. It reminds him of his dead son. He's enjoying intellectual pursuit, regardless of whether it "works" or not.
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2019 09:35 PM (98pFy)
Corrected, posted a response to the incorrect comment:
One movie that's getting a lot of buzz for some reason right now:
The Abyss, and the turmoil that surrounded its production. What did people here think of it?
(And, it also featured Chris Elliott. The guy has a surprisingly good filmography.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:10 PM (miE9U)
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I was rooting for the Seals, anything to shut Mastrantonio up.
No more scotch for me.
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at February 09, 2019 09:35 PM (eFvJk)
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 09:35 PM (bUjCl)
Gave us two great lines that I often use in life:
1. "What are you prepared to do?"
2. "One ping. One ping only."
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 09, 2019 09:36 PM (ZxU8C)
He doesn't believe what seems to be likely happening, so he breaks the pencil and tosses the pieces. 6:00 rolls around and he sits up promptly, immediately reluctantly glances left to where the pencil rests; and it's there whole.
So, in proper fashion, he putteringly scans the room looking for the perpetrator, who must be around, and, at the same time, won't be because the evidence is all too damning.
Murray is prime time there imo. His face is surreal.
Posted by: Top 5 today sir at February 09, 2019 09:36 PM (KkKWo)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:28 PM
Bauhaus?
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2019 09:36 PM (LkFnL)
Fassbender is German-Irish, raised in County Kerry, but he'd summer with relatives in Germany and became fluent. But his accent betrays him, subtly
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 09:36 PM (1UZdv)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 09:25 PM (WNAuL)
I don't like judging famous people. No matter who the famous person is, you have all kinds of people who ran into them on a given day, and then tell people the rest of their lives how the guy is a jerk etc. But I agree about those two. Cameron is obviously a lefty and megalomaniac. Ed Harris just seems mean and possibly disturbed. I remember watching a video where he was being interviewed, he reacted to some standard question by hitting the table so hard the entire room gasped and jumped. The guy seemed "off"
The other time his character stood out was when Elie Kazan got his Oscar. Other lefties clapped for him but Ed Harris and his beau made a point of sitting and pouting. As if their opinions were of great value.
https://tinyurl.com/yxu9pqx7
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:37 PM (n13/j)
Absolutely no desire to see that movie. Watched the landing on TV when it happened. Grew up during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs. Do not want to see them interpreted by lefty Hollywood types who probably weren't even born when they happened. No thank you.
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:37 PM (jm1YL)
Or that they argued about whether to be more philosophical (Murray) or just go for the comedy (Ramis)?
I'd say that was at least a bit relevant given what made the film so good.
Oh, and like others say, The Razor's Edge was quite good. While the comedy's he did after it were certainly amazing, Murray deserved much more credit than he received for his first dramatic role.
Posted by: Sam at February 09, 2019 09:38 PM (YScgw)
Scottish. Edinburgh. Named my son after him.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 09, 2019 09:38 PM (ZxU8C)
Our copy of Groundhog Day wasn't at home, so on the 2nd we watched Galaxy Quest, then watched Groundhog Day on the 3rd. Close enough.
Funny thing.
So Ace of Spades was posting on his blog
I Say, Was Anyone Else Rather Put Off By the Boisterous Patriotism of the Proles?
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=379633
And in that post, Ace linked to a clip
https://youtu.be/3X8istCTeQE
Fancy Lad
Which clip was from the movie
Cabin Boy (1994)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109361/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
which movie was written by and starred
Chris Elliott
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254402/?ref_=tt_cl_t1
whom we had just seen
as Larry the cameraman in
Groundhog Day (1993)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_78
And I remembered thinking,
was that the same guy who was
the tall burglar in
Home Alone (1990)?
No, the tall burglar was
Daniel Stone
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827663/?ref_=tt_cl_t3
however,
in the animated TV series
Dilbert (1999-2000)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118984/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_54
Daniel Stern voiced Dilbert,
and
Chris Elliott voiced Dogbert.
What are the odds?
Posted by: mindful webworker's coincidental incident at February 09, 2019 09:38 PM (GJEvA)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:38 PM (PUmDY)
Fassbender is German-Irish, raised in County Kerry, but he'd summer with relatives in Germany and became fluent. But his accent betrays him, subtly
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 09:36 PM (1UZdv)
It's the way he signals the number 3 with his fingers. He does it American style (index, middle, ring) instead of German style (thumb, index, middle).
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 09:39 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: t-bird at February 09, 2019 09:39 PM (OL46y)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
Aw - he fooled me with the lisp!
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 09:39 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:40 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 09:40 PM (e7oj4)
One movie that's getting a lot of buzz for some reason right now:
The Abyss, and the turmoil that surrounded its production. What did people here think of it?
(And, it also featured Chris Elliott. The guy has a surprisingly good filmography.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:10 PM
It's an interesting film and looks great. But it suffers from infuriating, annoying "good guys" that piss me off. I'm on team Michael Biehn...if I was stuck down there with them, I'd go crazy and want to kill them all too.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2019 09:23 PM (LkFnL)
Watching Ed Harris talk about The Abyss on Inside the Actor's Studio made me realize that he's a fucking pansy-assed wussy cocksucker. He was bitching about doing all that physical underwater work, saying to himself "THIS is acting????"
Yes it is, you poofter fucktard. If anything, it's among the most difficult types of acting. Emoting and being true to the character while engaged in exhausting physical activity to portray the character's situation.... yeah, I'm gonna call that acting. In spades.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2019 09:40 PM (eXA4G)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 09:41 PM (1UZdv)
Both are based on true stories. "6 Days" stars Jamie Bell and Mark Strong and I think is based on the Iranian Embassy takeover in 1980 and elite British soldiers' raid.
Have them in my queue to watch next.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 09, 2019 09:41 PM (7A4qQ)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 09:41 PM (e7oj4)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:41 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2019 09:41 PM (aKsyK)
2. "One ping. One ping only."
If you have to fire - stay low, and squeeze. And put your man down. 'Cause he'd do the same to you....Shoot to kill...Did you hear what I said?
Yes I did. Shoot to kill.
Posted by: Vertov at February 09, 2019 09:41 PM (98pFy)
Unless he played miss Daisy.. I don't remember him...Who did he play ? I admit, I don't remember the movie well at all.
Posted by: runner at February 09, 2019 09:42 PM (bUjCl)
I love Lost in Translation. You summed it up well. The pacing is odd, the ambience is tranquil, except for those oddly frantic scenes with young Japanese people.
Such a loveably weird movie.
Plus Bill Murray. And Scarlett in panties.
Win win.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 09, 2019 09:42 PM (FXbwN)
Unless he played miss Daisy.. I don't remember him...Who did he play ? I admit, I don't remember the movie well at all.
Posted by: runner
Miss Daisy's son.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 09:43 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 09, 2019 09:43 PM (aKsyK)
Her son
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:43 PM (jm1YL)
Did anyone else think John from Cincinnati was great?
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 08:39 PM (PUmDY
I have never even heard of it.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:29 PM (n13/j)
Wikipedia says the series started after the Sopranos ended, but I seem to recall it was after Deadwood also, unless I'm conflating Deadwood and John From Cincinnati with Milch.
A mysterious person arrives in the surfer town of Imperial Beach. Tough to explain after that (lol). Bruce Greenwod, Rebecca De Mornay, Ed O'Neill, and Luke Perry are in it, along with some Deadwood refugees.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt - Cub Fan at February 09, 2019 09:44 PM (8iiMU)
He has the same asshole smirk on his face all the time that my now-estranged dad did...
Posted by: qdpsteve
I've seen it dozens of times, but I recently realized that Ed O'Neill is in Dogs of War. He's the one that doesn't go.
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 09:44 PM (+Tibp)
He is certainly a very nice looking man. My first thought when he appeared on the screen in "Inglorious Basterds"
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:45 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:45 PM (PUmDY)
It just works. Prolly a generational thing.
Yes! Love it! Love that Clancy Brown, the big bad, went on to voice Mr. Crabs on SpongeBob.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2019 09:46 PM (W+vEI)
547 otho, Ed O'Neill is always grating IMHO ;-)
He has the same asshole smirk on his face all the time that my now-estranged dad did...
Posted by: qdpsteve
I've seen it dozens of times, but I recently realized that Ed O'Neill is in Dogs of War. He's the one that doesn't go.
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 09:44 PM (+Tibp)
He's also in Mamet's film, Spartan. But that one is after Married with Children, and even though his small part is acted well, you can't shake the idea that Al Bundy being a cold-blooded political/security operative is silly.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2019 09:47 PM (eXA4G)
Posted by: April at February 09, 2019 09:33 PM (OX9vb)
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Such a sad tale.
But I did my best not to burst out laughing too often.
(It's odd how movies affect people differently!)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 09:48 PM (Rxduq)
I call it the Norman Bates Anthony Perkins Syndrome. It's ruined many an acting career
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 09:49 PM (1UZdv)
Ed O'Neill is someone I like a lot. :-)
Quint, yup. To this day, I have a lot of respect for Warren Beatty, because he stood to applaud when Elia Kazan got his honorary Oscar.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:49 PM (miE9U)
Daniel Stone
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827663/?ref_=tt_cl_t3
Daniel Stern. He was good in City Slickers and the underrated City Slickers 2. I kind of kid about City Slickers 2 but still liked it.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:50 PM (n13/j)
Sorry for the confusion, but I seem to have started a discussion of O'Neill as well as Harris, which is okay. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:50 PM (miE9U)
Yeah, that movie did nothing for me.
I seem to be immune to Sofia Copola's directorial charms.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 09, 2019 09:50 PM (W+vEI)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:45 PM (jm1YL)
Fassbender was in Band of Brothers.
as was Tom Hardy.
and Simon Pegg.
and James McAvoy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 09, 2019 09:51 PM (FXbwN)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 09:51 PM (e7oj4)
Oh gosh. I remember that. The black cat named Thomasina? Am I remembering the right Disney movie?
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:22 PM (jm1YL)
Don't remember a cat; leprechauns (who were only seen by an old drunk who kept trying to steal the leprechaun king's gold), a Death Coach, and a Banshee.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 09, 2019 09:51 PM (uDcBt)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:51 PM (jm1YL)
Warren Beatty, because he stood to applaud when Elia Kazan got his
honorary Oscar.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:49 PM (miE9U)
Same Qdp. He is likely a liberal. Hell, he starred in Reds. But he showed class, and that matters.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:51 PM (n13/j)
But I did my best not to burst out laughing too often.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 09, 2019 09:48 PM (Rxduq)
Exactly! That's just how it was!
Posted by: April at February 09, 2019 09:51 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:51 PM (miE9U)
Ed O'Neill is someone I like a lot. :-)
I like O'Neill.
Ed Harris attended (but did not graduate from) the University of Oklahoma. Don't think he graduated from anywhere.
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 09:51 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:52 PM (jm1YL)
Also, I can't think of a single time when he ever said anything about politics. My hunch is he's rather libertarian.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:52 PM (miE9U)
Celebrating my birthday tomorrow with a fucking toothache.
23rd anniversary of my 29th birthday.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 09, 2019 09:53 PM (FXbwN)
He plated one of the kids in "Breaking Away"
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 09:51 PM (jm1YL)
I don't recall any cannibalism in that movie.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2019 09:53 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 09:54 PM (+Tibp)
1967 was a pretty good year for both muscle cars and movies.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:54 PM (miE9U)
Wikipedia says the series started after the
Sopranos ended, but I seem to recall it was after Deadwood also, unless
I'm conflating Deadwood and John From Cincinnati with Milch.
A
mysterious person arrives in the surfer town of Imperial Beach. Tough to
explain after that (lol). Bruce Greenwod, Rebecca De Mornay, Ed
O'Neill, and Luke Perry are in it, along with some Deadwood refugees.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt - Cub Fan at February 09, 2019 09:44 PM (8iiMU)
You had me at Rebecca De Mornay. I will try to check it out.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:54 PM (n13/j)
556 ITC: I meant Ed Harris. I LIKE Ed O'Neill.
Sorry for the confusion, but I seem to have started a discussion of O'Neill as well as Harris, which is okay. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:50 PM (miE9U)
That's okay. I'm just glad that I got the opportunity to call Ed Harris names. That guy is a real piece of shit. Great actor, miserable human being.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2019 09:54 PM (eXA4G)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at February 09, 2019 09:55 PM (PUmDY)
Trisha Noble is on this episode of Danger Man. She's got yuge tracks of land
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 09, 2019 09:55 PM (SiINZ)
BTW, is it just me or does Sean Penn work a lot less these days? Either he just doesn't care-slash-need the money or people are tired of dealing with his sh!t.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:55 PM (miE9U)
His reviews were exercises in narcissistic masturbation. Literally, it turns out.
Posted by: weft-cut-loop at February 09, 2019 09:56 PM (whUgy)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 09, 2019 09:56 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2019 09:56 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: TheQuietMan
Danger Man can do anything.
And Patrick McGoohan was in the movie about Thomasina someone mentioned up thread.
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 09:56 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: mindful webworker's slight of hand at February 09, 2019 09:57 PM (GJEvA)
OTOH, I remember River's Edge from 1986 getting sooo much love from critics, I refused to see it. I just couldn't believe any film could be *that* good.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:57 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Panhandler at February 09, 2019 09:57 PM (AuDw8)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 09:57 PM (1UZdv)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2019 09:57 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Zaklog the Great at February 09, 2019 09:58 PM (2ibu9)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2019 09:58 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 09:58 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:58 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 09, 2019 09:58 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2019 09:59 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 09:57 PM (1UZdv)
Its OK, really good for TV.
It did cause Patrick McGoohan to file The Prisoner, so there is that.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2019 09:59 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at February 09, 2019 09:59 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: mindful webworker's slight of hand at February 09, 2019 09:59 PM (GJEvA)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 09, 2019 09:59 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: free tibet at February 09, 2019 10:00 PM (hnQOz)
Posted by: mindful webworker's slight of hand at February 09, 2019 10:00 PM (GJEvA)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 10:00 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:54 PM (n13/j)
She was hawt in that, if I recall.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt - Cub Fan at February 09, 2019 10:01 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Sonny and Cher at February 09, 2019 10:01 PM (V8zw+)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 09, 2019 10:01 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Tuna at February 09, 2019 10:01 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Blutarski at February 09, 2019 10:01 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:57 PM
I like River's Edge. Another weird, dark movie from the same period is "At Close Range".
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2019 10:01 PM (LkFnL)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2019 09:47 PM (eXA4G)
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He was also in Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner as an FBI agent and was very good in that.
It also had Steve Martin in a non-comedic role. I'm not generally a fan of his, but he was excellent.
Lastly, the NoVaMoMee was amazing. Kudos to Bluebell, Weasel, and everyone else who made it happen! So happy to meet so many wonderful Horde members!
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at February 09, 2019 10:01 PM (XXNQ+)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 09, 2019 10:01 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: blaster at February 09, 2019 10:02 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: free tibet at February 09, 2019 10:02 PM (d4+cE)
Posted by: blaster at February 09, 2019 10:02 PM (ZfRYq)
Yeah, his ONTs always had comments, didn't they?
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 10:03 PM (ed8K1)
Posted by: Comment Nazi at February 09, 2019 10:03 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: blaster at February 09, 2019 10:03 PM (ZfRYq)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 09, 2019 10:04 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Splunge at February 09, 2019 10:04 PM (ed8K1)
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at February 09, 2019 10:05 PM (XXNQ+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 09:51 PM (miE9U)
--Please tell me you've seen Harry Brown.
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 10:05 PM (e7oj4)
We'll have to wear blazers..
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 09, 2019 10:06 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Hands at February 09, 2019 10:06 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: Braenyard at February 09, 2019 10:06 PM (ePWRo)
Well, nobody want to hire an expensive actor who may be hauled off to testify in El Chapo's trial, or may have to run off to see his BFF in Caracas.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 09, 2019 09:58 PM (mUa7G)
Well, that's probably the capper, but even before his drug-lord lovefest, he wasn't well liked in H-wood. He's a singularly humorless, violent asshole.
In a now infamous Inside the Actor's Studio clip, Penn asserted that movies have no business being "entertaining". As he put it, if you want entertainment, go get a hooker and and eight-ball.
Which kind of brings up something that just came to mind. I used to watch a LOT of the Inside the Actor's Studio interviews. And I just realized that ITAS was probably the most important reason that I hate actors. So many of them bared their souls on that show, and showed themselves to be worthless pieces of shit.
Thank you James Lipton. Seriously.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2019 10:07 PM (eXA4G)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2019 10:09 PM (e7oj4)
ITC, yup.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 09, 2019 10:09 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Braenyard at February 09, 2019 10:11 PM (ePWRo)
One year!
Posted by: Comment Nazi at February 09, 2019 10:03 PM (8iiMU)
nice.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 10:11 PM (n13/j)
In a now infamous Inside the Actor's Studio clip, Penn asserted that movies have no business being "entertaining". As he put it, if you want entertainment, go get a hooker and and eight-ball.
Which kind of brings up something that just came to mind. I used to watch a LOT of the Inside the Actor's Studio interviews. And I just realized that ITAS was probably the most important reason that I hate actors. So many of them bared their souls on that show, and showed themselves to be worthless pieces of shit.
Thank you James Lipton. Seriously.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 09, 2019 10:07 PM
Weird thing is that some who you would expect to be interesting aren't... and some who you'd think would be up themselves aren't. Jeff Daniels and Bryan Cranston were pretentious bores. Mickey Rourke and Brad Pitt were great.
Posted by: otho at February 09, 2019 10:13 PM (LkFnL)
Posted by: Dr Deano at February 09, 2019 10:13 PM (zkimx)
Posted by: Caliban at February 09, 2019 10:16 PM (QE8X6)
Big discovery of the evening: Liza Minelli can't actually act.
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 09, 2019 10:16 PM (+yR45)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
Yeah - came out when I was a small boy and my parents made me go - they wouldn't let me see Lawrence of Arabia because it was violent but they didn't mind me seeing that crap - ugh
Posted by: Boswell at February 09, 2019 10:17 PM (32YRo)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 10:20 PM (1UZdv)
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 09, 2019 10:22 PM (1UZdv)
Winters on meth, and serious, non-smiling Williams.
Posted by: Anonymous White Male at February 09, 2019 09:12 PM
I think he was good in Dead Poet's Society and Insomnia.
Posted by: Quint at February 09, 2019 09:14 PM
"Dead Poet's Society" is one of my favorite movies. He was also good in "Patch Adams". But I can't rewatch that movie, because the ending makes me cry. Liked him in "Good Will Hunting" as well.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 09, 2019 10:28 PM (7A4qQ)
Celebrating my birthday tomorrow with a fucking toothache.
23rd anniversary of my 29th birthday.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 09, 2019 09:53 PM
Happy Birthday, Pug. I'll be celebrating my birthday tomorrow as well. For me, it will be the 14th anniversary of my 29th birthday. Sorry about your toothache though.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 09, 2019 10:59 PM (7A4qQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 09, 2019 11:29 PM (+y/Ru)
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Disastrous? I thought he did a great job and enjoyed that movie. As someone else mentioned, it prompted me to read the book.
Posted by: ShainS -- Registered Hat Offender at February 09, 2019 11:44 PM (WqPYg)
I think it's a fine movie. It shows Armstrong not just as an astronaut, but as a pilot, an engineer, and most of all as a family man. It gives us more reasons to admire the guy, not less.
It shows us a lot of Gemini and the development of undocking/docking tech and manually-piloted close maneuvering of spacecraft. This was when astronauts ceased to be just "spam-in-a-can" and used their piloting skill.
The sound design is wonderful. The spacecraft rattle, bang, shriek and moan like hellish beasts in flight. Camera work includes lots of face closeups.
I know a lot of people don't like Gosling. If he's the only reason you won't see the movie, please reconsider. He does fine. The goal was to portray Armstrong as a brilliant, reliable, skilled, rather daring, but emotionally restrained and quiet man, and yes, Gosling can do that.
Posted by: gp at February 10, 2019 03:22 AM (mk9aG)
Posted by: commander cobra at February 10, 2019 08:20 AM (9xQnC)
Steven Tobolowsky in this movie reminded me so much of Steve P., a co-worker who joined our company about a year after me. I still get a big laugh out of his character and his mannerisms.
"Am I right? Am I right? Am I right?"
"Am I right?"
Posted by: say no more! at February 10, 2019 01:00 PM (pNxlR)
Bill Murray's turn in "Razor's Edge" was disastrous because it flopped as a movie popularly and critically, and he couldn't get hired much after that, leading to his begrudging, belated acceptance of "Ghostbusters II".
As mentioned, I think the problem may have less been his performance than his association with wisecracking smarm.
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