Saturday Evening Movie Thread 05-08-2021 [TheJamesMadison]

Why David Lynch?

David Lynch first appeared on the movie scene with his debut feature Eraserhead in 1977. Since then his reputation as a rather strange filmmaker has been cemented through his body of work that spans ten feature films, one television show, and more than 40 years. He's won the Palme d'Or at Cannes once while nominated four times, been nominated for the Best Director Oscar three times, and has become a critical darling. However, larger mass audiences resist his films.

And it makes total sense.

Lynch is not a filmmaker for everyone. Not in the least. I would never, ever try to push anyone I didn't think was predisposed to liking Lynch into trying to watch anything he's made outside of a couple of exceptions (I'll get to those). His movies do not follow traditional filmmaking grammar and vocabulary, eschewing most of what audiences come to expect from how a story is presented to them. I say something similar about Terrence Malick's films, but I'm convinced most people can get through his stylistic differences and discover the gold that's there. I cannot say the same about Lynch. I love him, but it's almost like being genetically predisposed to thinking that cilantro tastes like soap. Somethings are not getting worked around.

So how can we tell if you're ready to give Lynch a try? Well, let's dig in a bit to talk about how he tells his stories.

Why, David Lynch?

David Lynch is interested in telling stories, but he's not terribly interested in telling stories the same way that everyone else does. He refers to a way of watching movies that he calls "feel-think" about how to take in and interpret the combination of images and sounds that are unique to cinema. Cinema is a different artform from literature, theater, sculpture, and painting. The succession of images and use of sound allows the artist new tools from which to communicate meaning to an audience. Instead of just actors on a stage who need to communicate emotions through dialogue, cinema communicate through shot selection, editing, and less conventional uses of soundtracks. It becomes not about taking in a story as you would in any other medium, but about using the unique tools of cinema to create something purely cinematic.

What this all boils down to is that it gets really hard to talk about David Lynch movies.

However, this mass of gobbledygook isn't without meaning. He's far less of an experimental filmmaker in his feature length films that the above explanation would imply. For all of his pretensions about using cinema in a different way, his base concern, telling stories, is still primary in his mind. He'll come up with new images to include in whatever he's working on, but he doesn't insert them randomly and without consideration. He finds the meaning for himself before he inserts it into the larger work.

What makes him more frustrating for some people is that, on top of everything above, he simply refuses to explain his work to people. I've read a lot of interviews with Lynch, and even the interviewers who understand Lynch best will occasionally drop a question that gets too close to asking for meaning of something in a film they're discussing. In those instances, Lynch simply stops talking. He doesn't dance around the subject, he just clams up completely. He feels that if he were to provide a key to the work then the magical element of cinema would begin to fall apart for audiences. He wants the discussions of what the strange sights and sounds means to happen without his involvement beyond the initial creation of the film.

Why David, Lynch?

What does that mean in terms of how the movies play? Well, let's look at something like Lost Highway.

Lost Highway is the story of a man who murders his wife and cannot deal with his actions so he goes into a fugue state, creating an alternate identity for himself in a dream where he can save a woman who looks just like his wife and murder the man he creates that is oppressing her in his own mind, absolving him of the guilt he holds for her murder.

Explained like that, it seems mundane. I don't think it's that hard to figure out from the movie while watching it. I came up with that explanation without reading anything about the film before or afterwards aside from Roger Ebert's review (who kind of hated the film and didn't get it at all, providing me with no insight). The movie itself is opaque about almost all of this from traditional storytelling standards, though.

Bill Pullman plays the central character for the first half of the movie. In jail, he has a massive headache one night. The next morning he's gone, replaced by Balthazar Getty. What does this mean? Who could this new person be? He just goes to another house when he's released from prison and starts leading a different life. Is it Bill Pullman or not? He doesn't seem to have anything to do with Bill Pullman from before? And suddenly he meets another woman played by the same actress as Bill Pullman's wife (Patricia Arquette)? Is she the same woman or a different one? There are a host of questions (these and others) that spring to mind when trying to dissect the movie from a more traditional and literal point of view, however that's not how to watch a David Lynch movie. That's not "feel-thinking", that's just thinking.

What I do when watching one of these is to look for the core of the film, the story's central point, and the point of Lost Highway was always pretty obvious to me. The central character killed his wife. He suddenly becomes another person in the middle of the night after an earlier conversation with his wife where he had described seeing her face on someone else. He suddenly reappears much later in the film, taking back over the role from Getty, and following through on a revenge of a person responsible for harming his wife (in his mind). If all of this is connected and not random, how many explanations can there be for these seemingly random images and events? Understanding that you're at the hands of someone in complete command of what's happening on screen is the opening thought, and then letting the images play out without needing to pick apart each one at that moment for meaning, waiting for meaning to come when it will, is how I would describe how I watch a David Lynch movie.

Why, David, Lynch?

So, if you read that last section and just feel like punching me in the mouth, let's just say that you are not going to be open to David Lynch's entire filmography. It takes a bit of work and a different way of watching movies. I find it worthwhile, others (including Ebert who didn't write a positive review for a Lynch film until 1998 ) do not.

However, I would recommend two of his films to pretty much anyone. How can that be? Well, Lynch is a very good filmmaker. He knows how to make movies really well. The issue is that for most of his work, he's producing things differently, but he's made two movies that are very straightforward films that any other talented independent filmmaker would be happy to include in their filmographies. Those are The Elephant Man and The Straight Story.

The Elephant Man is the story of Joseph (John) Merrick, the deformed young man from England in the 1880s, taken in by the London Hospital and Doctor Frederick Treves. Played by John Hurt (who was nominated for Best Actor) under a mountain of makeup made from molds of the real Merrick's body and face, it's a portrait of a perpetual outcast and his inability to ever be accepted as a normal member of society, no matter the efforts that people made to make that happen. Produced by Mel Brooks, it's also the source for one of the great memos to studio executives ever. When they presented him and Lynch with a series of notes on the film, Brooks wrote back saying, "We are involved in a business venture. We screened the film for you, to bring you up to date as to the status of that venture. Do not misconstrue this as our soliciting the input of raging primitives."

The Straight Story is the story of Alvin Straight, the Iowa farmer who rode his lawnmower over two hundred miles to meet his estranged brother in Wisconsin. Straight is played by Richard Farnsworth, also in an Academy Award nominated performance, and the movie is a quiet, reflective piece of Americana as Straight putters along the side of small highways, meeting strangers along the way and providing his homespun wisdom while revealing some deep hurts and regrets himself. It's also my favorite of Lynch's movies.

These two are the movies that I would recommend to anyone, even if you read the last section and got violent tendencies. These are accessible and emotionally engaging works well worth your time.

Lynch, David, Why?

For the rest of you who read my explanation of how I figured out a meaning to Lost Highway, haven't seen a Lynch film, and are interested (hopefully there are a few), where would I begin? I think the best place to begin really is the obvious place, the beginning, with Eraserhead. Filmed over five years as he struggled to secure funding from different sources (including the American Film Institute and Sissy Spacek's husband, Jack Fisk the production designer), it's Lynch operating without any kind of commercial concerns, telling a story in his own unique way that was close to his heart (it's about being unprepared for fatherhood and adulthood in a sick, industrialized world).

From there, I'd suggest to go to Blue Velvet, and I'd also suggest to leave both Wild at Heart and Inland Empire to last, assuming you get that far.

Now, it's kind of impossible to talk about Lynch without talking about Twin Peaks. It was harder before Lynch made the revival show on Showtime because authorship on Network television is much harder to pin down than the imperfect method used for movies. He co-created the show with Mark Frost who ran the show most of the time while Lynch directed six episodes and had a guest role as Gordon Cole, a regional bureau chief for the FBI. The movie Fire Walk With Me is an extension of the show and cannot operate without it. The Revival is eighteen episodes long, cowritten by both Frost and Lynch, and every episode is directed by Lynch. Considering the cohesiveness of the creative team and production schedule, I consider it an eighteen hour long movie.

The thing about Twin Peaks though is that it starts as a primetime soap opera (that may be a parody, but it's hard to tell) and turns into pure Lynch by the end. TheDolleyMadison watched all of it with me, hooked by the beginning and just trudging through by the end, wanting it to just end. However, I had the opposite reaction, feeling tolerable in the beginning and becoming more enthralled with the show as we got into the Revival.

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Long story short: Probably don't try Lynch's movies, but maybe do. Just make sure you listen to the little person in the Black Lodge. Your future may depend on it.

Movies of Today

Opening in Theaters:

Wrath of Man

Movies I Saw This Fortnight:

Midnight Run (Rating 4/4) Full Review "It's a consistently funny, well told tale with a strong ending centered on two characters. This is a gem of the 80s action comedy movement, and I'm glad I finally got around to watching it." [Netflix DVD]

Pitch Black (Rating 2/4) Full Review "It's fine, but it feels wrong in a couple of ways. I spent half the movie bored and the other half mildly interested." [Personal Collection]

The Chronicles of Riddick (Rating 2/4) Full Review "This is one of those frustrating movies where all of the major problems are not only at the script level, but they're so obviously at the script level and so obvious that they should have been addressed before a single pre-production sketch ever got commissioned." [Personal Collection]

Riddick (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's a solidly good space fantasy thriller, the height of the franchise up to this point, taking the concept of the first film and actually delivering on it in a complete package." [Personal Collection]

Dune (Rating 1.5/4) Full Review "Adapting the entire book was the wrong decision for a two-hour film." [HBO Max]

Blue Velvet (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "[T]his is Lynch reclaiming who he is as a filmmaker in grand fashion. He's telling a distinctly American story born from his own experiences growing up, informed by his own distinct method of storytelling that borders on dream logic." [Personal Collectiond]

The Straight Story (Rating 4/4) Full Review "However, despite some of the very real highs that Lynch has found in going the non-traditional route, I have a sneaking suspicion that this might be my favorite film he ever made." [Library]

Mulholland Drive (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "This is kind of the perfect Lynch movie in a way, where the specifics and literal realities are wildly open to questioning, but the central thematic idea, the story, is never in question." [Personal Collection]

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Comments

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1 Bam

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 06:49 PM (kTF2Z)

2 I'll fetch the otters.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 06:49 PM (kTF2Z)

3 Called em.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 06:50 PM (kTF2Z)

4 Rounding third, he's gonna try to score!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 06:50 PM (kTF2Z)

5 An inside the park home run!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 06:51 PM (kTF2Z)

6 Echo echo echo

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 06:51 PM (kTF2Z)

7 Now batting....

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 06:51 PM (kTF2Z)

8 I've got to concentrate concentrate concentrate

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 06:52 PM (kTF2Z)

9 "Give Lynch a try" is like pushing LSD. Just one tab! C'mo-o-o-on!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at May 08, 2021 06:52 PM (Dc2NZ)

10 Can I get there?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 06:52 PM (kTF2Z)

11 In fact, David Lynch Acid should be a thing at concerts.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at May 08, 2021 06:52 PM (Dc2NZ)

12 Dang

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 06:52 PM (kTF2Z)

13 Spacejunknado. A movie that begs to be made.

Posted by: f'd at May 08, 2021 06:54 PM (Tnijr)

14 Hiya James Monroe !

Posted by: JT at May 08, 2021 06:54 PM (arJlL)

15 Evening!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 08, 2021 06:54 PM (CjFDo)

16 Yeah, not a Director I like...Burton same story, although I can sit through a few of his movies.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 06:56 PM (r1z5A)

17 I find Blue Velvet magnetic, you watch it once for Hopper and Stockwell, a second time to try and figure out Kyle's character and a third time to try and understand Laura Dern's character. And you start again. And who can't be mesmerized by Stockwell doing Orbison on the roof of a car? Bizarre.

Posted by: Only Context at May 08, 2021 06:56 PM (xEIoY)

18 I liked Dune! And I read the book. I guess this is karma for hating The Shining. That POS was on today . . . or was it yesterday.

Posted by: Unkaren at May 08, 2021 06:56 PM (vGJY7)

19 Interesting take on the Riddick series. I thought Pitch Black was magnificent but Chronicles of Riddick tried to do way too many things, and do them poorly. Never saw Riddick; maybe I'll give it a try sometime.

Posted by: CppThis at May 08, 2021 06:56 PM (zcf1k)

20 Lynch is really hit and miss for me, mostly miss. When his wilder nuttery is restrained by a clearer story, he can be very good but most of the time its like he ate a whole stamp book full of LSD and blew a hundred million of film stock.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 06:57 PM (KZzsI)

21 DUNE

ARRAKIS

LAND OF SAND

Posted by: Dune 2000's voiceover at May 08, 2021 06:58 PM (3hX1d)

22 Speaking of Mulholland Drive, I always liked Mulholland Falls.

Posted by: JT at May 08, 2021 06:59 PM (arJlL)

23 Ok.
I have a different perspective on Twin Peaks.
It is SO VERY PNW. Lynch captured our weather and weirdness and love for nature, and timber and diners and Snoqualmie Falls. People up here are odd. And we just kinda live and let live.

Until just recently, of course.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2021 06:59 PM (U2p+3)

24 The long version of Dune is better, but here's one for TJM, it's the same problem Zhivago has - these are miniseries novels not 2-3 hour flicks. No?

Posted by: Only Context at May 08, 2021 06:59 PM (xEIoY)

25

Hehe... did Lynch ever make any... hehe hehe... you know... nudge nudge... hehe 'movies' you know... 'movies'... nudge nudge... hehe hehe...

Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 06:59 PM (o6NKx)

26 First watched a video this afternoon 5 best German movies taking place in WWII
Well one was Land of Mine, takes place just after war in Denmark as being one of them ( Das Boot was top movie of course)
Well it's on YouTube
https://bit.ly/3bd4vTe
German prisoners have to clear land mines on a beach in Denmark 1 hr 40 minutes.

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 07:01 PM (Cxk7w)

27 Lynch went to the "School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he was roommates with musician Peter Wolf."

Best rock front man ever. Even Jagger says so.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 08, 2021 07:02 PM (ZHVt1)

28 20 Lynch is really hit and miss for me, mostly miss. When his wilder nuttery is restrained by a clearer story, he can be very good but most of the time its like he ate a whole stamp book full of LSD and blew a hundred million of film stock.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 06:57 PM (KZzsI)

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Well, which do you like and which do you not?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:02 PM (LvTSG)

29 26 looks wrong link
https://youtu.be/mYSzobav-J8

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 07:03 PM (Cxk7w)

30 Heineken?! Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!

Posted by: Insomniac at May 08, 2021 07:04 PM (II3Gr)

31 I like Lynch. Twin Peaks is fucking unnerving af though. There absolutely is no way I could watch it at night and alone because it is the closet he has come to a horrifying and adventurous peyote trip or capturing the dream state.
Now that I think about it, Lynch is best when you have a somebody with you there to enjoy the trip.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 08, 2021 07:04 PM (Beak+)

32 Not the point of this post, but something that's bothered me about movies for most of my 29 years:

Dear Hollywood,

Just tell me a story. I need neither my thoughts provoked nor my awareness raised. Entertain me and take me away from my shitty life for a couple of hours and you'll have my money.

XOXO
Duke

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2021 07:05 PM (kTF2Z)

33 One of my fav movies just came on. But, to me, it's a Christmas movie. In memory of Harry Carey. The 3 Godfathers. Staring Harry Carey, Jr.

Posted by: Infidel at May 08, 2021 07:05 PM (E0OEG)

34 I only made it about 30 minutes into Inland Empire. Just couldn't do it.

Posted by: Insomniac at May 08, 2021 07:05 PM (II3Gr)

35 Hiya Insom !

Long time, no chi. (that's what they say in Old Hong Kong)

Posted by: JT at May 08, 2021 07:05 PM (arJlL)

36 Lynch was great in his role in Louis CK's sitcom.

Posted by: Desultory joe at May 08, 2021 07:06 PM (L9P9s)

37 And John Wayne, because of course.

Posted by: Infidel at May 08, 2021 07:06 PM (E0OEG)

38 Ok.
I have a different perspective on Twin Peaks.
It is SO VERY PNW. Lynch captured our weather and weirdness and love for nature, and timber and diners and Snoqualmie Falls. People up here are odd. And we just kinda live and let live.

Until just recently, of course.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2021 06:59 PM (U2p+3)

Heeeyyy!!!
Who you calling odd???

Posted by: Diogenes at May 08, 2021 07:06 PM (axyOa)

39 I have seen very few of his works..
I saw his "Surveillance" by chance one evening.. Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond as FBI agents.. I won't say any more as there are several dark twists.. it was interesting.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 08, 2021 07:07 PM (CjFDo)

40 31 I like Lynch. Twin Peaks is fucking unnerving af though. There absolutely is no way I could watch it at night and alone because it is the closet he has come to a horrifying and adventurous peyote trip or capturing the dream state.
Now that I think about it, Lynch is best when you have a somebody with you there to enjoy the trip.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 08, 2021 07:04 PM (Beak+)

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https://tinyurl.com/48c6c2dm

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:07 PM (LvTSG)

41 34 I only made it about 30 minutes into Inland Empire. Just couldn't do it.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 08, 2021 07:05 PM (II3Gr)

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It's...not a normal movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:08 PM (LvTSG)

42 He's no Rothko.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2021 07:08 PM (fLVm1)

43 Only saw Elephant Man once but remember it as a great movie and acting.
Twin peaks started well

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 07:08 PM (Cxk7w)

44 35 Hiya Insom !

Long time, no chi. (that's what they say in Old Hong Kong)
Posted by: JT at May 08, 2021 07:05 PM (arJlL)

Hey JT! What do they say in New Hong Kong?

Posted by: Insomniac at May 08, 2021 07:09 PM (II3Gr)

45 First watched a video this afternoon 5 best German movies taking place in WWII
Well one was Land of Mine, takes place just after war in Denmark as being one of them ( Das Boot was top movie of course)
Well it's on YouTube
https://bit.ly/3bd4vTe
German prisoners have to clear land mines on a beach in Denmark 1 hr 40 minutes.
Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 07:01 PM (Cxk7w)

My ol man was on subs for 20 years, including all through WW2. He said Das Boot was the singularly best war sub movie he'd ever seen.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 08, 2021 07:09 PM (axyOa)

46 Hey JT! What do they say in New Hong Kong?
Posted by: Insomniac

"Me hopa de rocket don't hit the Three Stooges Dam !"

Posted by: JT at May 08, 2021 07:11 PM (arJlL)

47 I'm a huge David Lynch fan. Mulholland Drive is his masterpiece and my all-time favorite movie. Not the best movie ever made, but right up there.
Lynch has made some turkeys, but at least he's not timid about his work. He goes for it every time.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at May 08, 2021 07:12 PM (dB+c3)

48 https://tinyurl.com/48c6c2dm
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:07 PM (LvTSG)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 08, 2021 07:13 PM (Beak+)

49 Elephant Man was well done, Blue Velvet is effective, but he's turning into David Lynch at this point and losing his connection with audiences. Wild at Heart was when it all started to go off the deep end. I don't like films that are deliberately weird in order to be weird.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 07:13 PM (KZzsI)

50 what Duke Lowell at 07:05 PM said...
Make a good, escapist film...doesn't have to be action every single second "they" did it all the time back in the day.

Posted by: ziggggyeeee at May 08, 2021 07:13 PM (Vi9wI)

51 I'm a Lynch fan (for the most part). I love that he is the most all-American surrealist.

The atomic bomb scene in Twin Peaks II:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IKUeIEdRMY

The black and white segments were the best part of the new chapter.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at May 08, 2021 07:14 PM (Dc2NZ)

52 Isn't Rachel McAdams dad from Season 2 of True Detective supposed to be David Lynch?

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 08, 2021 07:14 PM (Beak+)

53 Hey TJM! Hey MovieThread! I finally made it! :-)

TJM, I am way behind on Lynch. I admit all I really know of him is a few episodes of Twin Peaks.

I remember having the impression back about 1989 or 1990, that Northern Exposure was kind of an attempt to create a "Lynch for 'normies'" TV series. It was offbeat but not too offbeat. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 08, 2021 07:15 PM (L2ZTs)

54 No review on The Perils Of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak? Bummer.

Posted by: JROD at May 08, 2021 07:15 PM (0jZnq)

55 Lynch is not for everyone. Nice job explaining how his films span from "Straight" to fantastically weird.

The Straight Story is an all time classic. As is Elephant Man and Blue Velvet. I bet he has one more classic in him. He's not a young man. We can hope.

Posted by: mot at May 08, 2021 07:16 PM (jad3h)

56 49 Elephant Man was well done, Blue Velvet is effective, but he's turning into David Lynch at this point and losing his connection with audiences. Wild at Heart was when it all started to go off the deep end. I don't like films that are deliberately weird in order to be weird.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 07:13 PM (KZzsI)

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Wild at Heart was Lynch throwing wildly inconsistent tones at each other at his most outrageous. You saw the same sort of thing in Twin Peaks, especially the pilot, where the combinations of performances, music, and dialogue was either the most earnest reading of melodramatic material ever or a complete sendup of the primetime soap opera genre. I have no idea which is the right answer.

Wild at Heart was that but even further. I can largely dig it, though. At the same time, I can easily see why other people might find it really off putting. I'll never show it to Dolley, for instance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:16 PM (LvTSG)

57 Lynch makes 10 films in 43 years....W.S. Van Dyke made 11 films from 1940, to 1942...then he died, and his output really dropped off . Give me a one take Woody film, any ol' day.

Posted by: ziggggyeeee at May 08, 2021 07:16 PM (Vi9wI)

58 "Heneral Luna" (2015) Thoroughly shoddy hagiography of Antonio Luna, Filipino general during the Philippine-American War. According to the film's own foreword, it is intentionally historically inaccurate, because 'real truth is found only by mixing in lies' or something like that.

"Lenin ... The Train" (198

Two-episode TV movie about Lenin's return to Russia from exile in Switzerland in 1917, starring Gandhi. Don't know how accurate it is. Lotta inside baseball about the internecine slap-fights within his coterie. One of the Nazi officer escorts refers to his own Luger as a 'revolver.' Hoppla!

"Why Did You Kill Me?" (2021) Documentary about a murder in hellish shithole Riverside CA. Nancy Drew cracks the case using MySpace. Pity the innocent victim, who had the misfortune of being born into the lowest-rent incarnation of the Cody family from the "Animal Kingdom" series.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at May 08, 2021 07:17 PM (qpX6U)

59 German prisoners have to clear land mines on a beach in Denmark 1 hr 40 minutes.

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Sounds kind of like an old Robert Aldrich movie starring Jack Palance, Ten Seconds to Hell (1959).

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 08, 2021 07:17 PM (VVEnO)

60 55 Lynch is not for everyone. Nice job explaining how his films span from "Straight" to fantastically weird.

The Straight Story is an all time classic. As is Elephant Man and Blue Velvet. I bet he has one more classic in him. He's not a young man. We can hope.
Posted by: mot at May 08, 2021 07:16 PM (jad3h)

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He's in pre-production on something new. Supposedly some kind of series for Netflix. No one knows anything about it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:17 PM (LvTSG)

61 "Assault on VA-33" (2021) Mr. Horse does not like it, no sir, but I outrank him. I hereby pardon this Die Hard clone, because its heart is in the right place, albeit buried under several strata of stupid.

"Crisis" (2021) Govt undercover agent will go to any length to entice very reluctant Canuck and Albanian gangs to deal fentanyl, as if there isn't any unbaited real crime going on. But there are shenanigans in academia and the boardroom too. Sad to report that Michelle Rodriguez has lost her ability to smile. Armie Hammer stars, yet several actresses remain apparently uneaten by the end.

"Rage" (2021) Glacially slow Aussie crime drama with no real ending. You don't have 145 minutes to waste on this, even with the boobies.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at May 08, 2021 07:17 PM (qpX6U)

62 Just invited Jeff Wells to drop by. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 08, 2021 07:17 PM (L2ZTs)

63 Hate to do the famous final scene but I will. This place is like fucking high school, more attention paid to trolls than people who actually make an effort to be part of the community - contributing comments and money. Save your snark because I won't read it - done and done. Enjoy the burning times assholes.

Posted by: Only Context at May 08, 2021 07:18 PM (xEIoY)

64 >>> I have seen very few of his works..
I saw his "Surveillance" by chance one evening.. Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond as FBI agents.. I won't say any more as there are several dark twists.. it was interesting.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 08, 2021 07:07 PM (CjFDo)

Different Lynch? His daughter I think.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 08, 2021 07:19 PM (teJV6)

65 Make a good, escapist film...doesn't have to be action every single second "they" did it all the time back in the day.

Posted by: ziggggyeeee at May 08, 2021 07:13 PM (Vi9wI)

This. 'Escapism' is the key word- which is why the MCU is going to go down in flames in a very impressive manner.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:19 PM (lmikk)

66 If it has already been noted, I apologize. "Masters of the Air" from Spielberg and Hanks has started production.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 07:19 PM (r1z5A)

67 Not sure Land of Mine was a real story or just historical fiction, but at end had note 2,000 German prisoners were used to clarify mines, 1/2 didn't survive.

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 07:20 PM (Cxk7w)

68 He's in pre-production on something new. Supposedly some kind of series for Netflix. No one knows anything about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side

Not even Biden ?

Posted by: JT at May 08, 2021 07:20 PM (arJlL)

69 Meh, he sucks but then again its a different kind of suck than the usual dreck that comes out of Horrywood.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 08, 2021 07:20 PM (qZdIZ)

70

Best movie boobies?

Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 07:20 PM (o6NKx)

71 Honestly, it is going to be more impressive than Star Wars. 1) they are turning into wokeness far harder, and also more abruptly. 2) The abruptness is key. Star Wars had a couple generations of fans who loved the stuff their whole lives. As popular as the MCU is, people do not have that kind of mental history with the property (unless they are from back when the comics were good.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:20 PM (lmikk)

72 Good flounce. I give it two thumbs up!

Posted by: f'd at May 08, 2021 07:21 PM (Tnijr)

73 41 34 I only made it about 30 minutes into Inland Empire. Just couldn't do it.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 08, 2021 07:05 PM (II3Gr)

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It's...not a normal movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:08 PM (LvTSG

Even by Lynchian standards, very true.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at May 08, 2021 07:21 PM (II3Gr)

74 73 It's...not a normal movie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:08 PM (LvTSG

Even by Lynchian standards, very true.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at May 08, 2021 07:21 PM (II3Gr)

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Choosing to use shitty consumer grade digital video cameras was...shall we call it stunning and brave?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:22 PM (LvTSG)

75 Question: Is Sissy Spacek's character in The Straight Story autistic? Though she's odd and seems to find social interaction difficult, her father explicitly says she's not mentally retarded. She makes birdhouses and apparently the autistic seem to find comfort in repetitive tasks like that. Also, she remembers the exact date of the quarrel between her father and his brother.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at May 08, 2021 07:23 PM (2RBkF)

76 Best movie boobies?
Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 07:20 PM (o6NKx)

Best, how? Surprisingly good? Amanda Peet in Whole Nine Yards. Formative? The gal from Airplane! Long lasting greatness? Jennifer Connelly in Career Opportunities (an example that clothed boobs and setting can sometimes be hotter than bare flying.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:23 PM (lmikk)

77 Best movie boobies?

Posted by: Ken Shabby

Kathleen Turner, Body Heat.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 07:23 PM (r1z5A)

78 TJM, at the same time, I believe Stephen Soderbergh shot Unsane with an iPhone, and got extremely good results.

Of course, he still used a complete studio rig, sound and lighting along with it.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 08, 2021 07:23 PM (L2ZTs)

79 "It is SO VERY PNW. Lynch captured our weather and weirdness and love for nature, and timber and diners and Snoqualmie Falls. People up here are odd. And we just kinda live and let live."

Nurse, my brother loved it for the same reason. He lived in Washington until he passed away.

We both really loved Twin Peaks. I don't have to understand it--it just resonated with me, the mysteriousness and nature and oddness.

Posted by: April at May 08, 2021 07:23 PM (OX9vb)

80 Twin Peaks started out great-who killed Laura Palmer? I loved the mystery and I was from Seattle (close to North Bend) so it seemed extra cool. Plus, Peggy Lipton! But by the end it seemed as if he was just making it up as he went along. I've heard the same complaint about Lost and other series that started out strong but maybe overstayed their welcome.
I would have appreciated an actual, tight ending. Maybe that's not Lynch's style

Posted by: LASue at May 08, 2021 07:23 PM (Ed8Zd)

81 What the hell happened there?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:23 PM (lmikk)

82 Point of order - it's Richard Farnsworth, not Alvin.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at May 08, 2021 07:24 PM (SRRAx)

83 Also, the first Lynch movie I saw was Eraserhead, and I was tripping on acid.

Do Not Recommend.

Posted by: April at May 08, 2021 07:24 PM (OX9vb)

84 Richard Farnsworth (not Alvin)

Posted by: Bruce at May 08, 2021 07:24 PM (ty4oL)

85 Best movie boobies?

Jennifer Connelly in Rocketeer

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 07:24 PM (KZzsI)

86 LASue, yup re Twin Peaks.

Remember BOB?

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 08, 2021 07:25 PM (L2ZTs)

87 Alvin is the name of Farnsworth's character

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at May 08, 2021 07:25 PM (SRRAx)

88 83 Also, the first Lynch movie I saw was Eraserhead, and I was tripping on acid.

Do Not Recommend.
Posted by: April at May 08, 2021 07:24 PM (OX9vb)

Glad you are still with us, honestly. LOL.

That is only sort of a joke.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:25 PM (lmikk)

89 I give all the Roddick movies 4 stars because I liked them enough to watch them all multiple times.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 07:25 PM (2DOZq)

90 80 Twin Peaks started out great-who killed Laura Palmer? I loved the mystery and I was from Seattle (close to North Bend) so it seemed extra cool. Plus, Peggy Lipton! But by the end it seemed as if he was just making it up as he went along. I've heard the same complaint about Lost and other series that started out strong but maybe overstayed their welcome.
I would have appreciated an actual, tight ending. Maybe that's not Lynch's style
Posted by: LASue at May 08, 2021 07:23 PM (Ed8Zd)

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Twin Peaks wasn't really his. He directed the pilot and another few episodes, largely handing the greater creative control to Mark Frost.

It was in season 2 that the network demanded that they solve the crime of who killed Laura Palmer instead of doing what Lynch had envisioned which was, quite honestly, never answering it and just exploring the world of Twin Peaks. As soon as that question got answered, interest both internal and external dropped off. Lynch went off to make Wild at Heart even.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:25 PM (LvTSG)

91 85 Best movie boobies?

Jennifer Connelly in Rocketeer
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 07:24 PM (KZzsI)

See, she is awesome there and it is also a great movie, so that counts for something. But I think presentation in Career Opportunities is better, even given that the rest of the movie is kind of crap.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:26 PM (lmikk)

92 Kathleen Turner, Body Heat.

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I recommended that movie to my daughter a few days ago. She's 25 now. I guess that's old enough.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 08, 2021 07:27 PM (VVEnO)

93 I like Lynch movies and I still haven't watched Inland Empire all the way.

Booze, weed, shrooms...still can't follow it through.

Posted by: mot at May 08, 2021 07:28 PM (jad3h)

94

We should talk about something really engaging, like being mesmerized by Stockwell doing Orbison on the roof of a car...

Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 07:28 PM (o6NKx)

95 Oooops, meant to say "German" instead of "Nazi" in 58. Derp.

Posted by: gp's Movie Laffs at May 08, 2021 07:28 PM (qpX6U)

96 Heineken!?! Fuck that shit!!!! PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!!!

Posted by: Frank at May 08, 2021 07:29 PM (O9Fi4)

97 Kathleen Turner, Body Heat.

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I recommended that movie to my daughter a few days ago. She's 25 now. I guess that's old enough.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 08, 2021 07:27 PM (VVEnO)

Man with Two Brains

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 07:29 PM (2DOZq)

98 Best movie boobies?
Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 07:20 PM (o6NKx)

Best, how? Surprisingly good? Amanda Peet in Whole Nine Yards. Formative? The gal from Airplane! Long lasting greatness? Jennifer Connelly in Career Opportunities (an example that clothed boobs and setting can sometimes be hotter than bare flying.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:23 PM (lmikk)

Regardless, Phoebe Cates, Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Posted by: LASue at May 08, 2021 07:29 PM (Ed8Zd)

99 Boy, talk about HordeMind! Spooky....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at May 08, 2021 07:30 PM (SRRAx)

100 A candy colored clown they call the sandman...

Posted by: Dean Stockwell at May 08, 2021 07:31 PM (O9Fi4)

101 Man with Two Brains

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German roadside sobriety tests.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 08, 2021 07:31 PM (VVEnO)

102 Regardless, Phoebe Cates, Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Posted by: LASue at May 08, 2021 07:29 PM (Ed8Zd)

And LASue cemented herself as a true 'Ron that day.

Wait... well, you know what I mean.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:31 PM (lmikk)

103 70

Ken Shabby, once, soon after I saw re-watched Blue Velvet, a friend of mine who had never seen it asked me what I thought. I told him that Isabella Rossellini looked better naked back then than she does now. His reply was, "Didn't we all!"

Posted by: Pete in Texas at May 08, 2021 07:32 PM (2RBkF)

104 Best movie boobies?
Posted by: Ken Shabby

Mandy Pepperidge in Animal House. Knocked me right off my ladder.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 07:32 PM (3fqGc)

105 98 Best movie boobies?
Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 07:20 PM

Any 80s movie. Bachelor Party, Hot Dog, Porky's...
Tits were the tits back then. The only thing you could show without being R-rated.

Posted by: mot at May 08, 2021 07:32 PM (jad3h)

106 It's been weird movie week at Rancho naturalfake -

1) "Day of the Beast" - oddball black comedy about a priest who figures out that the AntiChrist will be born this Christmas in Madrid. He decides to commit sins to blacken his soul so that he can meet Satan, get the location of the AntiChrist's birth and kill the AntiChrist before he brings about the end of the world. Only the priest is very naive and ineffectual, so comedy and hijinks ensue. Well written, great acting, nice direction, good laughs. Streaming on Amazon for $1.99.

2) "The Soul" - Taiwanese movie streaming on Netflix. Have you ever watched a movie, where you are just hooked and really enjoying it and then they throw something at you toward the end that just ruins the experience? That's "The Soul". It involves a prosecutor who is dying of cancer trying to figure out a murder case that involves a possible ghost, a possible curse, and high tech genetic manipulation. I'm telling you this intense mofo had me riveted until right about 3/4 through. I'm not going to give spoilers. You'll recognize the moment when it comes, and you'll either roll with it or you won't. I decided to finish the movie, but (con't)

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 07:32 PM (dWwl8)

107 In heaven, everything is fine.

Posted by: Girl with Chipmunk Cheeks stomping on spermatazoa behind the radiator at May 08, 2021 07:33 PM (O9Fi4)

108 (con't)
I don't think I'll recommend it because of the 3/4 thru dealio. YMMV. Very well acted, everyone is great. Intense great directing and storyline. Logical plotting without cheats despite "the twist". Check it out.

"Kafka" - Steven Sodererg's 1991 movie about "Kafka". Nicely directed, well-written, fantastically acted, fake Kafka biography as it might have been written by Kafka. Great actors in almost every part including Alec Guiness, Jeremy Irons, Joel Grey, Ian Holm among others. The story concerns Kafka investigating the disappearance of a friend that leads to revolutionaries. Philosophically, the movie is about what is the be the future, what is the 20th century to be. Strangely, relevant to these here days. Highly recommended. Dark comedy. Consistently entertaining and amusing in a Kafkaesque way.

Soderberg himself hates the movie and will be releasing a re-edited version thru Criterion IIRC this summer.

Hard to find but does streaming occasionally. Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 07:33 PM (dWwl8)

109 Best movie boobies

Try the 8 hrs of Shaka Zulu

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 07:33 PM (Cxk7w)

110 Posted by: Girl with Chipmunk Cheeks stomping on spermatazoa behind the radiator at May 08, 2021 07:33 PM (O9Fi4)

That has to be one of the most AOSHQ nics I think I have ever seen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:34 PM (lmikk)

111 Also Lynchian.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:34 PM (lmikk)

112 From there, I'd suggest to go to Blue Velvet, and I'd also suggest to leave both Wild at Heart and Inland Empire to last, assuming you get that far.

For what it s worth, I don't agree with the proposed order of viewing. The place to start is Blue Velvet. Why? Because it is captures all of Lynch's weirdness while still being fairly conventional and comprehensible in presentation. If you don't like Blue Velvet, you'll never like his even weirder and less conventional films. And there's no point in starting with The Elephant Man or The Straight Story, because they are conventional and nothing much like Lynch's other films. In other words, even if you like them, they're sufficiently non-Lynchian that they don't tell you much about the films people ordinarily think of when they hear "David Lynch."

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2021 07:34 PM (H5knJ)

113 LASue, yup re Twin Peaks.

Remember BOB?
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 08, 2021 07:25 PM (L2ZTs)

One of the worst tv characters ever.

Posted by: LASue at May 08, 2021 07:35 PM (Ed8Zd)

114 Also, the first Lynch movie I saw was Eraserhead, and I was tripping on acid.

Do Not Recommend.
Posted by: April

April, which part?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 07:35 PM (Rvt88)

115

Long Dong 5 entering Greece's backside...

Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 07:36 PM (o6NKx)

116 Best movie boobies?
Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 07:20 PM (o6NKx)

Best movie male pectorals?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2021 07:37 PM (k39e/)

117 LASue, also, Fast Times At Ridgemont High is either just about to, or just came out on, Criterion disc. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 08, 2021 07:37 PM (L2ZTs)

118 116 Best movie male pectorals?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2021 07:37 PM (k39e/)

===========

"KHAAAAAN!!!"
-Jim Kirk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:37 PM (LvTSG)

119

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Iron Fist in Velvet Glove in Iron Gauntlet Clutching an Iron Mace at May 08, 2021 07:38 PM (Dc2NZ)

120 As soon as that question got answered, interest both internal and external dropped off. Lynch went off to make Wild at Heart even.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:25 PM (LvTSG)

Actually, he came back to wrap things up, after the network screwed the golden goose.

When he walked away from it, I think it was more because he was hurt by the fact that he had no control over it. So when everyone else gave up on it, when everyone else was ready to just pull the plug, he came back, re-calibrated the end, so he could make something of it, with the movie and the third season.

Which he did. Brilliantly.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 07:38 PM (U2EjU)

121 113 LASue, yup re Twin Peaks.

Remember BOB?
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 08, 2021 07:25 PM (L2ZTs)

One of the worst tv characters ever.
Posted by: LASue at May 08, 2021 07:35 PM (Ed8Zd)

HEY!
Bob was my greatest technological creation, and one of the finest to all of humankind! Why does the world hate me so?

Posted by: Melinda Gates at May 08, 2021 07:39 PM (sy5kK)

122 Best movie male pectorals?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2021 07:37 PM (k39e/)
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That's a question for the ladies.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 08, 2021 07:39 PM (JfK3f)

123 Man with Two Brains

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German roadside sobriety tests.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 08, 2021 07:31 PM (VVEn

I liked the 'sign from God' scene.

Also must have quoted 'into the mud scum queen' a thousand times.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 07:39 PM (2DOZq)

124 120 Actually, he came back to wrap things up, after the network screwed the golden goose.

When he walked away from it, I think it was more because he was hurt by the fact that he had no control over it. So when everyone else gave up on it, when everyone else was ready to just pull the plug, he came back, re-calibrated the end, so he could make something of it, with the movie and the third season.

Which he did. Brilliantly.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 07:38 PM (U2EjU)

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Yeah, he directed the finale. There were plans for a trilogy of films should Fire Walk With Me succeed financially. That did not come to fruition.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:39 PM (LvTSG)

125 The only David Lynch movie I've seen is "Elephant Man".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2021 07:39 PM (k39e/)

126 Soderberg himself hates the movie and will be releasing a re-edited version thru Criterion IIRC this summer.

I'm interested but have some misgivings because I really liked the original. It's frustrating that it's been virtually unavailable for so long.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2021 07:39 PM (H5knJ)

127 Glad you are still with us, honestly. LOL.

That is only sort of a joke.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:25 PM (lmikk)

Haha, yes, thanks. I am lucky to be alive. I've given myself so many opportunities not to be.

Posted by: April at May 08, 2021 07:39 PM (OX9vb)

128 Best movie boobies
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Marissa Tomei and Jamie Lee Curtis?

Posted by: dartist at May 08, 2021 07:40 PM (+ya+t)

129 I almost went with Career Opportunities, but the classy beautiful dress and that hair in Rocketeer wins the day.

Best movie male pectorals?

I dunno James Madison has a point with Khan. But Gerard Butler in 300 has to be the best

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 07:40 PM (KZzsI)

130 Best movie boobies?
Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 07:20 PM (o6NKx)

Best movie male pectorals?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2021 07:37 PM (k39

I think ass for the gals is the equivalent of boobs for the guys.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 07:41 PM (2DOZq)

131 I like Lynch movies and I still haven't watched Inland Empire all the way.

Booze, weed, shrooms...still can't follow it through.
Posted by: mot at May 08, 2021 07:28 PM (jad3h)

That's a tough one. I remember being angry the first time I saw it, which I think would please Lynch, to know a fan of his work was moved the way I was by it.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 07:42 PM (U2EjU)

132 Marissa Tomei and Jamie Lee Curtis?
Posted by: dartist

Marisa was 44 when she made The Wrestler, but still very nice.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 07:44 PM (3fqGc)

133 I dunno James Madison has a point with Khan. But Gerard Butler in 300 has to be the best
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 07:40 PM (KZzsI)

I'm thinking there has to be a man card penalty for that. Could be wrong.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 07:44 PM (2DOZq)

134 I know it the Cohen Bros. but Blood Simple seems like it could be a more mainstream, but still very unique, David Lynch movie

Posted by: LASue at May 08, 2021 07:44 PM (Ed8Zd)

135 Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 07:38 PM (U2EjU)

Yeah, he directed the finale. There were plans for a trilogy of films should Fire Walk With Me succeed financially. That did not come to fruition.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 08, 2021 07:39 PM (LvTSG)

To me his work on Twin Peaks is like a painter who can't afford the paints he wants, has people throwing stones at his studio, trying to burn it to the ground, and yet still, he paints what he can with the tools he has.

And the final work is both more and less than anything he could have created, had he had all the money and support in the world.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 07:45 PM (U2EjU)

136 I think ass for the gals is the equivalent of boobs for the guys.
Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 07:41 PM (2DOZq)

It is? Because if you were to ask me which man had the best looking @ss in movies I'd have no clue. I could tell you about actors overall whom I consider handsome.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2021 07:45 PM (k39e/)

137 Latest on the Chinese rocket body -

good place for keeping up to date is:
https://twitter.com/planet4589

Space-Track
@SpaceTrackOrg

Latest TIP (as of 2021-05-09 0000Z) for CZ-5B (#LongMarch5B) (48275 / 2021-035B) shows projected re-entry at 2021-05-09 0211(UTC) (10:11 PM ET) +/- 60 minutes at latitude 35.9, longitude 24.4 (Mediterranean Basin)
At 7.8 km/s, just 1 minute diff in the time of reentry =470 km diff in final loc

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 07:46 PM (AMIL/)

138 Tomei was at her cutest in Untamed Heart.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 07:46 PM (2DOZq)

139 I've seen a few Lynch movies over the years. Blue Velvet stands out. Dennis Hopper is a tour de force in that movie.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 08, 2021 07:46 PM (hc6pz)

140 Man with Two Brains

-German roadside sobriety tests.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 08, 2021 07:31 PM (VVEn

Dang, now I gotta go find it...funny as hell!

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 07:48 PM (r1z5A)

141 Gref

Thank you. We are the beneficiaries of your NASA training.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2021 07:49 PM (u82oZ)

142 I saw the Elephant Man, and I thought Cher's performance was outstanding!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at May 08, 2021 07:49 PM (2goRJ)

143 The only David Lynch movie I've seen is "Elephant Man".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2021 07:39 PM (k39e/)

You should watch "The Straight Story." I think he set to tell a... well, a straight story about a guy who sets out to visit his brother, who he finds out is very sick.

Like nothing else Lynch has done, no tricks, no twists, no strange comings and goings, or messing with the time line. A guy sets out to see his brother.

It's wonderful.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 07:50 PM (U2EjU)

144 Best movie male pectorals?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2021 07:37 PM (k39e/)

Forearms - that's where it's at!

Posted by: LASue at May 08, 2021 07:50 PM (Ed8Zd)

145 Dr. Bone

Did Cher ride the elephant? (Toy Box; Tarzan ref)

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2021 07:50 PM (u82oZ)

146 April, which part?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 07:35 PM (Rvt8

The two combined.

Posted by: April at May 08, 2021 07:50 PM (OX9vb)

147 I think ass for the gals is the equivalent of boobs for the guys.

Posted by: Can't help myself

Bank account size...

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 07:51 PM (r1z5A)

148 Gref, Thank You. Your expertise is invaluable.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2021 07:51 PM (VXpYS)

149 Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 07:50 PM (U2EjU)

Thanks for the recommendation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2021 07:51 PM (k39e/)

150 I remember seeing Blue Velvet in college - I think I was mildly perplexed by the weirdness (I have no interpretive abilities - pretty literal). The same with Twin Peaks - it was fun to watch with it's weirdness.

Thank you TJM for the thread - always learn from your explanations.

Posted by: Iris at May 08, 2021 07:52 PM (6lKe4)

151 Forearms - that's where it's at!

Posted by: LASue

Popeye, we've found your prom date.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 07:52 PM (r1z5A)

152 Popeye, we've found your prom date.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 07:52 PM (r1z5A)

Robin Williams or Burgess Meredith?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:53 PM (lmikk)

153 Mark Frost, co-creator of Twin Peaks also has a couple of novels under his belt. "The 6 Messiahs" and "The List of 7." The premise of both novels is that Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes fame gets involved in mysterious events that later inform some of his stories. Of course, things get very weird very quickly by the end of the stories. If you are looking for a Twin Peaks literary experience with a familiar character (Arthur Conan Doyle AS Sherlock Holmes), it's pretty good reading.

Posted by: Lord Squirrel at May 08, 2021 07:53 PM (hQrcu)

154 i dunno nuffin 'bout Art, but i know what i like ...

and right now i like the idea of catching some z, g'night everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 08, 2021 07:53 PM (ErSvT)

155 What a place. Insightful movie critiques, boob debates, and actual rocket science. Just a typical Saturday night.

Posted by: LASue at May 08, 2021 07:54 PM (Ed8Zd)

156 Night sock rat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:55 PM (lmikk)

157 Was asking last week and Think TJM answered it long ago
Why are releases only in Europe sometimes?
Seems many trailers of foreign WWII movies but can't see them or get them here?

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 07:56 PM (Cxk7w)

158 Forearms huh? Never heard that before. I guess I should incorporate more wrist curls.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 07:56 PM (2DOZq)

159
* searches thread for the movie who's name starts with P. *

* finds it not mentioned *

Posted by: J. Random Commentator at May 08, 2021 07:57 PM (DMUuz)

160 Forearms huh? Never heard that before. I guess I should incorporate more wrist curls.
Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 07:56 PM (2DOZq)

It's a thing. Dress shirt, cuff rolled back 2-3 times...

Posted by: LASue at May 08, 2021 07:58 PM (Ed8Zd)

161 Mark Frost, co-creator of Twin Peaks also has a couple of novels under his belt. "The 6 Messiahs" and "The List of 7." The premise of both novels is that Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes fame gets involved in mysterious events that later inform some of his stories. Of course, things get very weird very quickly by the end of the stories. If you are looking for a Twin Peaks literary experience with a familiar character (Arthur Conan Doyle AS Sherlock Holmes), it's pretty good reading.
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at May 08, 2021 07:53 PM (hQrcu)

I always forget which one is which, but Frost also wrote one or more of the books that were supplements to Twin Peaks. I think he wrote the one that was supposed to have been written by Special Agent Tammy.

Lynch has said, I think, that Frost's version, which is different from his, is no more or less "authentic" than Lynch's version of things. Two different versions, and he's not at all concerned that the details diverge at some important points.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 07:59 PM (U2EjU)

162 Seems many trailers of foreign WWII movies but can't see them or get them here?
Posted by: Skip

Prime video has a nice selection of Russian WW2 movies. The great thing about them is no SJW nonsense.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 07:59 PM (3fqGc)

163 Pacific Rim?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 07:59 PM (lmikk)

164 Speaking of films, here is a nice film of a Polish man being arrested by Nazis in Canada:https://www.youtube.com/ [remove space]watch?v=mgBOANBTJVY

Posted by: Soul of a Nameless Wanderer at May 08, 2021 07:59 PM (bxrd8)

165 Glad you got to see Midnight Run. It such a great movie. Everything about it just 'fit'. I still think Dennis Farina's portrayal of the mob boss was both funny and scary. The scene with him and Grodin near the end of the movie sort of dispels the notion of Farina's mob boss as just comic relief. A well done scene.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 08, 2021 07:59 PM (hc6pz)

166 David Lynch top three in order of importance and social relevance:

1 - Raising Arizona
2 - Smokey and the Bandit
3 - Ice Pirates

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:01 PM (Kt1w/)

167 Lynch makes films that aren't meant to be enjoyed.
Also aren't meant to be re-watched.
Except Dune.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2021 08:01 PM (IZ4ib)

168 David Lynch??

Them's fightin' words!

Posted by: Doof at May 08, 2021 08:02 PM (mZUr4)

169 re Chinese Uncontrolled Rocket Body - all of the US is in the clear based on the prediction above. With the + or - 60 minutes.

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 08:02 PM (AMIL/)

170 David Lynch top three in order of importance and social relevance:

1 - Raising Arizona
2 - Smokey and the Bandit
3 - Ice Pirates
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:01 PM (Kt1w/)

You should go to your room without any supper. And don't come out again young man, until you've learned some manners.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 08:02 PM (U2EjU)

171 I fully admit to being a David Lynch fan.

that said, there is some of his flicks I simply do not like. He is fucking weird.

But what I like, I love. Twin Peaks being the pinnacle. Both the original and the Showtime series.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:03 PM (x8Wzq)

172 The one Lynch movie I couldn't make it through once I started was "Inland Empire".

I got seriously bored, which is a rare experience when I'm watching a Lynch flick.

But, it was streaming, so I thought I would catch it another time maybe when I was more in the mood but I never did.

Highly intellectual surrealism is a young man's game?

Maybe so.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 08:03 PM (dWwl8)

173 Ice Pirates had the space herpes, right?

Does sound kind of Lynchian.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:04 PM (lmikk)

174

How about Mecca? Or Beijing?

Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 08:04 PM (o6NKx)

175 David Lynch top three in order of importance and social relevance:

1 - Raising Arizona
2 - Smokey and the Bandit
3 - Ice Pirates
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming

I thought Smokey and The Bandit was Ingmar Bergman. You learn something new every day here.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 08:04 PM (3fqGc)

176 Best thing about the Straight Story is that I did not know that Lynch directed it when I first saw it. He let Richard Farnsworth do his thing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:05 PM (x8Wzq)

177 Lynch makes films that aren't meant to be enjoyed.
Also aren't meant to be re-watched.
Except Dune.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2021 08:01 PM (IZ4ib)

Like "LotR" I watch "Dune" once a year.

It's a superb movie with lots of rewatchability.

People who don't like "Dune" like "Prometheus". I think that says it all.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 08:05 PM (dWwl8)

178 I remember watching a really enjoyable WWII soviet sniper film with maybe Jude Law (or Jeb Apitaw, or possibly Judd Herst or someone similar, I'm extremely bad with names), but I have no idea what the name was. I'm sure some moron can help and recommend it if it was really as good as I remember.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:05 PM (Kt1w/)

179 In fact the only director that makes films that are less enjoyable is David Cronenberg.
And that is not to say they aren't good or have merit, it's that they just ain't John Hughes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2021 08:06 PM (IZ4ib)

180 Open Blogger: "I love him, but it's almost like being genetically predisposed to thinking that cilantro tastes like soap."

Fuck. Best line in anything I have read since Raymond Carver's work. I love cilantro and even I get that it tastes like soap at time.

The first time I saw Eraserhead I knew I would never have a successful relationship in my life - it carved close to the bone though I had no idea why. Decades later I am Eraserhead and I have not idea way - well, maybe I do but no way am I going to explain that to anyone including Jesus when I die and just before he kicks me into the pits of hell.

David Lynch is the bomb but not the atom bomb that is 1970s movies like White Line Fever, Cannibal Holocaust, or Caged Heat to name but a few. These are low rent "David Lynch" movies in the sense that they are more about getting felt up or "petting" at a local Drive In than the actual movie. David Lynch took all this to a level that is utterly unique. Just like Wes Anderson without the does but with complete charm.

Dinner tonight: Chicken Enchiladas with lots of cilantro with a side of John Ford.

Posted by: AntiMarxProLennon at May 08, 2021 08:06 PM (47BbQ)

181 Best movie male pectorals?

Fen, you may want to check out Conan the Barbarian.

Posted by: Methos at May 08, 2021 08:06 PM (kOpft)

182 Been quite surprised how many fairly new Russian movies show up on YouTube. All the time looking for new ones

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 08:07 PM (Cxk7w)

183 174

How about Mecca? Or Beijing?

Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 08:04 PM (o6NKx)

Both are safe with the latest prediction.

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 08:07 PM (AMIL/)

184 178 I remember watching a really enjoyable WWII soviet sniper film with maybe Jude Law (or Jeb Apitaw, or possibly Judd Herst or someone similar, I'm extremely bad with names), but I have no idea what the name was. I'm sure some moron can help and recommend it if it was really as good as I remember.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:05 PM (Kt1w/)

Enemy at the Gates. Jude Law and Ed Harris. Bob Hoskins as Khrushchev.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:07 PM (lmikk)

185 I remember watching a really enjoyable WWII soviet sniper film with maybe Jude Law (or Jeb Apitaw, or possibly Judd Herst or someone similar, I'm extremely bad with names), but I have no idea what the name was. I'm sure some moron can help and recommend it if it was really as good as I remember.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming

Enemy at the Gates. Bob Hoskins as Khrushchev.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 08:08 PM (3fqGc)

186 Enemy at the Gstes

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 08:08 PM (Cxk7w)

187 Moron Robbie, was it Enemy at the Gates? I forgot that was Jude Law, but now that you mention it, gotta go look it up on the magic machine.

Posted by: April at May 08, 2021 08:08 PM (OX9vb)

188 Lynch should make a movie of this.

Smoking Gun Emails Reveal How Milwaukee Shared

Government Election Data with Far Left Groups

Prove Existence of Massive Ballot Harvesting Operation

Gateway Pundit

Posted by: Corner Stone at May 08, 2021 08:08 PM (WyqH5)

189 The first half of the movie is very good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:08 PM (lmikk)

190 Whitey Ford said Mantle's forearms looked like Popeye's.

Posted by: JT at May 08, 2021 08:08 PM (arJlL)

191 Missed it by ** that much.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 08:08 PM (3fqGc)

192 Ah, I'm behind everyone else, I see.

Posted by: April at May 08, 2021 08:08 PM (OX9vb)

193 Enemy at the Gates. Jude Law and Ed Harris. Bob Hoskins as Khrushchev.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:07 PM (lmikk)

and Rachel Weisz.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (x8Wzq)

194 Enemy at the Gates. Jude Law and Ed Harris. Bob Hoskins as Khrushchev.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:07 PM (lmikk)

Enemy at the Gates. Bob Hoskins as Khrushchev.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 08:08 PM (3fqGc)

Get out of my head, Ludwig!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (lmikk)

195 I knew the Horde would come through.

Serious question: Was it as good as I remember? Should I re-watch it and recommend it to others?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (Kt1w/)

196 @188
Everybody knows the election was stolen, EVERYBODY!!
It's just that no one can or will do fuckall about it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (IZ4ib)

197 I just read that Space Force says they won't be able to pinpoint the rocket's point of impact until after the main portion has hit the ground.

Posted by: Muldoon at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (Fc5rx)

198 Thank you for the content! David Lynch is one of my favorites. I loved Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive was really interesting too. The Lost Highway story is a bit similar to the story of the dad(Laura Palmers Dad) from Twin Peaks.

Angelo Badalementis sound track for Twin Peaks was so interesting. And all the characters. FBI agent, Sherilyn Fenn, that girl from Mod Squad, log lady, what a town, and what an experience watching that when it came out.

Now to read the comments.

Posted by: MikeM at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (5kpOR)

199 Rachel Weisz.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (x8Wzq)

I cannot decide if she has the droopy eyelid thing or not. Not the sultry type either.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:10 PM (lmikk)

200 Robbie I seen it twice and would love to see it again, so must be worthy

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 08:10 PM (Cxk7w)

201 Pacific Rim?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I'm full, thanks.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 08, 2021 08:10 PM (nI1Kq)

202 Serious question: Was it as good as I remember? Should I re-watch it and recommend it to others?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (Kt1w/)

The first half to 3/4 is very good. I like it a lot. The problems for me all come at the end.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:10 PM (lmikk)

203 Another good sniper movie is Battle for Sevastopol, biopic of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, deadliest female sniper in history.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 08:11 PM (3fqGc)

204 Take, The Elephant Man, compelling story, incredibly well acted, direction and cinematography, compelling and rich.

Literally only needed to see it one time, have never re-watched it after seeing it in the cinema.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2021 08:12 PM (IZ4ib)

205 David Lynch top three in order of importance and social relevance:

1 - Raising Arizona
2 - Smokey and the Bandit
3 - Ice Pirates
***
You should go to your room without any supper. And don't come out again young man, until you've learned some manners.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 08:02 PM (U2EjU)
***

See, the problem is that you people haven't learned what Lynch is trying to teach you. He's not just trying to be weird for weirdness' sake. He's trying to help you see weird everywhere. The goal is to be able to watch any movie as if they ARE a David Lynch film.

(I'm making all of this up, of course, but I do love the idea of trying to look at movies through the eyes of different directors)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:12 PM (Kt1w/)

206 182 Been quite surprised how many fairly new Russian movies show up on YouTube. All the time looking for new ones.

---

I have been hitting those like a posting on Reddit's Cracktivities page. Come and See with English subtitles showed up recently - it is worth the time.

What I have learned about Russian movies based on my skewed Youtube exposure is the world ended in WWII and Vodka is life.

Posted by: AntiMarxProLennon at May 08, 2021 08:13 PM (47BbQ)

207
OK, It's not a movie review, it's TV. I saw that Netflix show "Narcos," over the last couple weeks, because the wife was watching it.

It was pretty good, I guess. If you're interested in the Medellin cartel, it's fairly accurate. Not as much with Cali, but still pretty ok, with lots of creative license. It glosses over FARC's involvement in the drug trade while overstating AUC's, of course. Doesn't even mention Alvaro Uribe, an indicator of the usual biases.

The photography is good, the acting is mostly good, the production value is high, the narration is pretty lame.

This is my review of Narcos.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2021 08:14 PM (Uh2oA)

208 Rachel Weisz.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (x8Wzq)

I cannot decide if she has the droopy eyelid thing or not. Not the sultry type either.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:10 PM (lmikk)

What a man finds alluring is very subjective. I think she's super hawt. Especially in the Mummy movies.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:14 PM (x8Wzq)

209 #185

You might enjoy the Finnish WWII movie called
Ambush.

You will have to read subtitles though.

Posted by: Corner Stone at May 08, 2021 08:14 PM (WyqH5)

210 Angelo Badalementis sound track for Twin Peaks was so interesting. And all the characters. FBI agent, Sherilyn Fenn, that girl from Mod Squad, log lady, what a town, and what an experience watching that when it came out.

Now to read the comments.
Posted by: MikeM at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (5kpOR)

Log Lady, Margaret, in the third season was profoundly sad and sweet. It breaks through the show's fictional story, that the actress was devoting some of her final moments to performing her scenes.

And Hawk, played by Michael Horse, interacting with her from afar, was profoundly touching as well.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 08:15 PM (U2EjU)

211 Really should turn this off before ONT shows up as I can't seen to sleep past 4am hour.
Watch Land of Mine, it's good, and free

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 08:15 PM (Cxk7w)

212 (I'm making all of this up, of course, but I do love the idea of trying to look at movies through the eyes of different directors)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming

So if Tim Burton directed Debbie Does Dallas, would Debbie be played by Helena Bonham-Carter or Johnny Depp?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 08:16 PM (3fqGc)

213 What a man finds alluring is very subjective. I think she's super hawt. Especially in the Mummy movies.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:14 PM (x8Wzq)

Not saying she is not hot. Although, I just saw her as a brunette. Does not work as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:16 PM (lmikk)

214 Seen couple Fin movies of WWII the Winter war, another longer ago

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 08:16 PM (Cxk7w)

215 Most interesting , thought provoking movie I have watched lately is 'American Hangman'.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2021 08:16 PM (fOXvO)

216 Night Skip.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:17 PM (lmikk)

217 While I was watching "Inland Empire", mainly because of the story, it occurred to me that the closet person to David Lynch is -

the late great anime director/writer Satoshi Kon.

His movies/series - "Perfect Blue", "Millennium Actress", "Tokyo Godfathers", "Paranoia Agent", "Paprika" all could've come from the mind of Lynch.

In fact, I kind of feel this would be the perfect way for Lynch to recharge his batteries would be to make a live version of one a Satoshi Kon's films.

Lynch's rigorous intellectual surrealism could only improve the sometimes illogical ecstatic writing and directing of Kon.

Do it Hollywood! It's a perfect match.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 08:17 PM (dWwl8)

218 The goal is to be able to watch any movie as if they ARE a David Lynch film.

(I'm making all of this up, of course, but I do love the idea of trying to look at movies through the eyes of different directors)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:12 PM (Kt1w/)

You know, I think I'm going to give that a shot.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 08:17 PM (U2EjU)

219 The first half to 3/4 is very good. I like it a lot. The problems for me all come at the end.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

The Natural and Top Gun. Two excellent 30 min featurettes.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 08:17 PM (r1z5A)

220 206 movies in Napoleonic era they drink vodka like water

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 08:18 PM (Cxk7w)

221 Best 30 minute movie Saving Private Ryan

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 08:18 PM (Cxk7w)

222 So if Tim Burton directed Debbie Does Dallas, would Debbie be played by Helena Bonham-Carter or Johnny Depp?
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 08:16 PM (3fqGc)

***

Claymation, with Helena Bonham-Carter playing Johnny Depp playing the Asian chick.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:19 PM (Kt1w/)

223 Goodnight all

Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2021 08:19 PM (Cxk7w)

224 The only good parts of Top Gun involved the 4-14s taking off and landing, and flying around. the rest was shite. Pure shite.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:19 PM (x8Wzq)

225 You know, I think I'm going to give that a shot.

**

It's really easy with some movies. I didn't pick those three by accident.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:19 PM (Kt1w/)

226 Of course the David Bowie cameo was another wtf moment.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2021 08:20 PM (U2p+3)

227 I saw Blue Velvet from the front row (last seats in the theater) at the Waverly stoned out of my mind. Dennis Hopper seriously freaked me out

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2021 08:20 PM (EZebt)

228 183 174
How about Mecca? Or Beijing?
Posted by: Ken Shabby at May 08, 2021 08:04 PM (o6NKx)

Both are safe with the latest prediction.

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 08:07 PM (AMIL/)

PS: Beijing is safe for at least the next 16 hours. Gee, what a surprise! The one place the Chinese rocket bozos were going to protect was Beijing.

They ran simulations pre-flight and calculated an entry time plus/minus, and made sure they launched accordingly to protect Beijing at all costs. No doubt about it in my mind. Their predictions are more accurate than everyone else's because they can estimate the drag coefficient better than everyone else, having built the rocket.

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 08:20 PM (AMIL/)

229 Full disclosure: I've mentioned before how I'd love to see pretty much every movie ever made done by Wes Anderson.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:20 PM (Kt1w/)

230 And I laughed my ass off when David Duchovny showed up in drag.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2021 08:21 PM (U2p+3)

231 TJM I think your comparison to Terence Malick is apt

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2021 08:21 PM (EZebt)

232 You know, I think I'm going to give that a shot.

**

It's really easy with some movies. I didn't pick those three by accident.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:19 PM (Kt1w/)

I'm in a hotel room, sorta watching Guardians Of the Galaxy 2... it's not quite working.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 08:21 PM (U2EjU)

233 221 Best 30 minute movie Saving Private Ryan
Posted by: Skip

Heh! I agree. The Longest Day may not have been as realistic but it was a better movie by a very wide margin. The might be an unfair comparison though.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 08, 2021 08:22 PM (hc6pz)

234 Blue Velvet was one of them Lynch flicks I had a very hard time watching all the way through. took several attempts. Still not sure I like it.

But. Again. I love Twin Peaks.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:22 PM (x8Wzq)

235 PS: Beijing is safe for at least the next 16 hours. Gee, what a surprise! The one place the Chinese rocket bozos were going to protect was Beijing.

**

I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if they're hoping it hits the US just to hear the administration apologize for our nation getting in the way and quickly passing hate crime laws to make sure no one calls it a Chinese rocket.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:22 PM (Kt1w/)

236
One of my favorite photographs of all time comes from the Winter War.

A Finnish officer and an NKVD agent meet on the Karelian isthmus:

https://tinyurl.com/r7a7n26x

That is the essence of human nature, peculiar to the SMR, in a single click of a shutter.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2021 08:22 PM (Uh2oA)

237 David Lynch is a far superior filmmaker to Terrence Malick. Despite the weirdness in presentation, Lynch offers a surprisingly conventional moral vision, based upon important values such as virtue, honor, and honesty. The flip side of course is that some of his characters embrace dishonor, vice, and dishonesty. The Straight Story is a perfect example of this sensibility, and surprised all the critics who thought Lynch just laughed at the rubes in his films. He is a rube.

Malick? I think he hates us. All of us. His dream visions make no sense. In the Thin Red Line he makes soldiers into whiny reflective Buddhists. In The New World he makes Indians and colonists alike into idiots. I feel like I'm on quaaludes when I watch his films and can't wait for them to be over. I like classical music but I want to kill myself hearing the same freaking themes in Malick's films. Ugh.

That said, I understand people who hate Lynch's work. I do not understand people who like Malick's.

Posted by: John Milton's Ghost at May 08, 2021 08:23 PM (OaIHS)

238 Out of control China rocket falling to earth live tracking Long March 5B Rocket debris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPw6wPgtCb8

Posted by: SMH at May 08, 2021 08:24 PM (FdY5T)

239 I'm in a hotel room, sorta watching Guardians Of the Galaxy 2... it's not quite working.
Posted by: BurtTC

That's because it didn't work. The first one was very entertaining though.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 08, 2021 08:24 PM (hc6pz)

240 Heh! I agree. The Longest Day may not have been as
realistic but it was a better movie by a very wide margin. The might be
an unfair comparison though.

Posted by

uddleglum
Yes.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 08:24 PM (r1z5A)

241 I'm in a hotel room, sorta watching Guardians Of the Galaxy 2... it's not quite working.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 08:21 PM (U2EjU)

***

Ha. I've been meaning to rewatch that series now that my daughter is old enough to watch with us.

The part I remember liking best is when they float down at the end and a Mary Poppins reference is made. I don't know why, but that was an extremely endearing moment with that sorta bad-guy character.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:24 PM (Kt1w/)

242 Heh! I agree. The Longest Day may not have been as realistic but it was a better movie by a very wide margin. The might be an unfair comparison though.
Posted by: Puddleglum

It is unfair since Private Ryan didn't have The Duke.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 08:25 PM (3fqGc)

243 Heh! I agree. The Longest Day may not have been as realistic but it was a better movie by a very wide margin. The might be an unfair comparison though.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 08, 2021 08:22 PM (hc6pz)

About 50,000 times the star power of SPR. Actually I am not sure that is even close.

You had John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and Sean Connery. Those three alone would dwarf SPR.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:25 PM (lmikk)

244 Moron Robbie, have you seen Castello Cavalcanti?
It is a short by Wes Anderson. I really enjoy it

https://youtu.be/b87B7zyucgI

Posted by: MikeM at May 08, 2021 08:25 PM (5kpOR)

245 Hate to do the famous final scene but I will. This place is like fucking high school, more attention paid to trolls than people who actually make an effort to be part of the community - contributing comments and money. Save your snark because I won't read it - done and done. Enjoy the burning times assholes.
Posted by: Only Context at May 08, 2021 07:18

Anyone know what set him off? I missed it.

Posted by: Farmer at May 08, 2021 08:26 PM (55Qr6)

246 Rachel Weisz.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:09 PM (x8Wzq)

I cannot decide if she has the droopy eyelid thing or not. Not the sultry type either.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:10 PM (lmikk)

What a man finds alluring is very subjective. I think she's super hawt. Especially in the Mummy movies.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:14 PM (x8Wzq)

She lost her sexiness for me in one of my faves "Constantine".

Rach looked like a heroin addict, 13 year old catamite in that movie.And has sorta maintained that look for me. She walked out of Sexy Town one night and never came back.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 08:26 PM (dWwl8)

247 Thanks for this TJM!

David Lynch is an absolute FAVE

agree with your assessments

I would skip Wild at Heart altogether. it was just a "fail" by him. happens to even the best of us!

just rewatched Insomnia. better than I remembered it. also has a Lynchian feel!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 08, 2021 08:27 PM (j9HX3)

248 I'm in a hotel room, sorta watching Guardians Of the Galaxy 2... it's not quite working.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 08:21 PM (U2EjU)

***

Ha. I've been meaning to rewatch that series now that my daughter is old enough to watch with us.

The part I remember liking best is when they float down at the end and a Mary Poppins reference is made. I don't know why, but that was an extremely endearing moment with that sorta bad-guy character.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:24 PM (Kt1w/)

What's weird is how you know all of this is tied into the Endgame stuff, but it just feels so wrong in tone for that series. I know the sisters are intense and all that, but really, GOTG should have been allowed to breathe on its own.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 08:27 PM (U2EjU)

249 This would make a good movie also since the same is happening here.

French Police Find 78% of Unaccompanied Migrant Children

are Actually Adults

Gateway Pundit

Posted by: Corner Stone at May 08, 2021 08:27 PM (WyqH5)

250 Posted by: Only Context at May 08, 2021 07:18

No fucking self awareness.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 08:28 PM (2DOZq)

251 Anyone know what set him off? I missed it.
Posted by: Farmer at May 08, 2021 08:26 PM (55Qr6)

If I had to guess, I think he was pissed that people were engaging with trolls more than each other and newer nics. It is a complaint I have seen before. I do not agree, because like anything: people want to engage with what they want to engage with at that point in time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:28 PM (lmikk)

252 Enemy at the Gates. Jude Law and Ed Harris. Bob Hoskins as Khrushchev.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Ed Harris bites it.

I love happy endings.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 08:29 PM (Rvt88)

253 The Longest Day also had Henry Fonda, Red Skelton, Richard Burton, Rod Steiger...

Ok, unfair comparison.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 08, 2021 08:29 PM (hc6pz)

254 Anyone know what set him off? I missed it.
Posted by: Farmer

If I had to guess: he's a sad gamma who flounced because nobody was recognizing what a clever boy he is.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 08:29 PM (3fqGc)

255 Mulholland Drive was weird as hell, and the ending was most unsatisfying. Would not hang.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 08, 2021 08:29 PM (F0YaR)

256 I would skip Wild at Heart altogether. it was just a "fail" by him. happens to even the best of us!

just rewatched Insomnia. better than I remembered it. also has a Lynchian feel!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 08, 2021 08:27 PM (j9HX3)

I bought the dvd of Wild At Heart some time ago, but haven't rewatched it again yet. I didn't care for it either, but figured maybe I missed something.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 08, 2021 08:30 PM (U2EjU)

257 Ed Harris bites it.

I love happy endings.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 08:29 PM (Rvt8

He gets it in State of Grace too. That's an underrated movie.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 08:30 PM (2DOZq)

258 Ed Harris bites it.

I love happy endings.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 08:29 PM (Rvt8

Ed Harris is one of those that I actively avoid paying attention to him outside of movies. Usually in movies, I like his characters.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:31 PM (lmikk)

259 Wild at Heart is based on a book or a short story I think... anyway Lynch didn't like the source material very much and COMPLETELY changed the ending to something ... odd

he was doing like twelve things at once with it and lost his way

it happens

there are some fun bits I guess. I like the car crash (not fun at all, but stays with you)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 08, 2021 08:31 PM (j9HX3)

260 Dune looked and felt almost perfect but failed terribly in the story. Lynch took liberties with fundamental principles and changed things that broke the story.

Guardians of the Galaxy has some good bits, but ultimately it was a fail, and had some long parts that had me figuratively looking at my watch

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 08:32 PM (KZzsI)

261 Ed Harris is one of those that I actively avoid paying attention to him outside of movies. Usually in movies, I like his characters.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I freely admit I have trouble separating the person from a role, no matter how will done.

I'm shallow that way.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 08:32 PM (Rvt88)

262 Ed Harris dies in Pollock too ha ha

is that a spoiler?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 08, 2021 08:32 PM (j9HX3)

263 Ed Harris is one of those that I actively avoid paying attention to him outside of movies. Usually in movies, I like his characters.

Yes. I like quite a few movies that he's been in. He's a fine actor. He's a repulsive person.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 08, 2021 08:32 PM (hc6pz)

264 Yeah I usually really like Ed Harris in any film even though he personally is a bit of a turd. Most actors are like that, though.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 08:33 PM (KZzsI)

265 She walked out of Sexy Town one night and never came back.

Posted by: naturalfake

God I LOVE this place!

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 08:33 PM (r1z5A)

266 Posted by: Only Context at May 08, 2021 07:18 PM (xEIoY)

You know what, we like to unwind. we can't be all het up all the time. That kind of defines the concept of the weekend.

Jeebus, unclench for a bit and just enjoy this world. There is a lot to enjoy. I just got a nifty Canon SLR camera and I aim to take some great photos of this wonderful world.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:33 PM (x8Wzq)

267 Anyone know what set him off? I missed it.
Posted by: Farmer
___

He'll probably show back up under a different nick in the near future.

Posted by: SMH at May 08, 2021 08:34 PM (FdY5T)

268 Ed Harris is one of those that I actively avoid paying attention to him outside of movies. Usually in movies, I like his characters.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:31 PM (lmikk)

Even at this late date, I still smile when I think of him getting killed in Creepshow.

"Bedelia, where's my cake!?"

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 08, 2021 08:34 PM (ZSK0i)

269 Moron Robbie, have you seen Castello Cavalcanti?
It is a short by Wes Anderson. I really enjoy it
https://youtu.be/b87B7zyucgI
Posted by: MikeM at May 08, 2021 08:25 PM (5kpOR)
**

I had, but I appreciate you posting it because I'd forgotten about it and am watching it again.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:35 PM (Kt1w/)

270 Am I the only one who read some of his comments as trollish? I wonder if he was trying to see if we would engage him more if he acted that way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:35 PM (lmikk)

271 >The Longest Day also had Henry Fonda, Red Skelton, Richard Burton, Rod Steiger...

Red Buttons

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 08:36 PM (iTXRQ)

272 China junk will pass over Costa Rica in about 7 minutes. If no one spots it, it came own in the Pacific - we are inside the minus 60 minutes uncertainty.

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 08:36 PM (AMIL/)

273 Am I the only one who read some of his comments as trollish? I wonder if he was trying to see if we would engage him more if he acted that way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I honestly do not understand the payoff of being trollish.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 08:37 PM (Rvt88)

274 Ed Harris. Total prick. Rilly rilly good actor.

Keanu Reeves. Mediocre actor (depending on his role), super nice guy.

Nick Searcy. Total bad ass, on screen and in real life.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:37 PM (x8Wzq)

275 Am I the only one who read some of his comments as trollish? I wonder if he was trying to see if we would engage him more if he acted that way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
___

No and prolly.

Posted by: SMH at May 08, 2021 08:37 PM (FdY5T)

276 The Pacific is kind of hard to miss when you think about it.

I am sure the turtles will be find with a rocket attack from the heavens.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:38 PM (lmikk)

277 OT, I've been listening to the brand new Van Morrison double CD / Triple vinyl album "Latest Record Project, Vol. 1". 28 new songs. It just dropped a few days ago and a lot of it is on Ewetoob.

First, I've always been a Van Morrison fan since the early '70's, and have always thought of him as a force in music who has a special ability to create music that finds the depth in people's souls that many don't even admit exist. And he's also a quirky musician that can piss people off en masse and really not give a rat's ass about it. Which I also like. So, I admit my biases.

Second, Morrison has blown the crap out of the minds of the WOKE who slobber at the chance to suck the statistically proven small appendages of CCP males.

"Terrible!" "Anti-Semitic!" "Tinfoil!"
But the best one so far is this one" "Album: Van Morrison - The king of Celtic soul suffers a bad case of lockdown blues. Telling it like it isn't"
1/2

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 08, 2021 08:38 PM (sy5kK)

278 271 >The Longest Day also had Henry Fonda, Red Skelton, Richard Burton, Rod Steiger...

Red Buttons

Ack, Buttons. That's it. Going from memory.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 08, 2021 08:38 PM (hc6pz)

279 I've actively avoided watching the big culmination of the Marvel universe comic book movies. I know they're probably good, but I sort of prefer just letting everybody do their thing alone and not having half the population die and then come back without dying again because time had already moved on and their airplanes and cars were no longer in the same place anymore.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:39 PM (Kt1w/)

280 1:22:50 until reentry.

Posted by: SMH at May 08, 2021 08:39 PM (FdY5T)

281 Am I the only one who read some of his comments as trollish? I wonder if he was trying to see if we would engage him more if he acted that way.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I honestly do not understand the payoff of being trollish.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 08:37 PM (Rvt8

Yeah, I don't get that either.

I guess it makes them feel all superior or some such thing that they get to show up the deplorables with their superior idears.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 08:39 PM (dWwl8)

282
I especially like the way the officer's foot has dragged through the snow, and he stands upright, and leaning on his stick. But he's obviously tired (and maybe wounded). He's killing the NKVD agent as a matter of course, having dragged him out here. All part of the job.

The NKVD agent is laughing it off as a matter of course, having been dragged out here to die. All part of the job.

The whole thing is pretty touching, really.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2021 08:40 PM (Uh2oA)

283 I am sure the turtles will be find with a rocket attack from the heavens.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Shredder already tried that and it didn't hurt them none.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 08:40 PM (3fqGc)

284 271 >The Longest Day also had Henry Fonda, Red Skelton, Richard Burton, Rod Steiger...

Red Buttons
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 08:36 PM (iTXRQ

Kinda flashy. Maybe just a brown or black?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 08:40 PM (pUDQf)

285 We should hit that Chinese dam and blame it on China junk to pay those fvckers back a little for the WooHoo.

Posted by: dartist at May 08, 2021 08:40 PM (+ya+t)

286 The Longest Day also had Henry Fonda, Red Skelton, Richard Burton, Rod Steiger...

Red Buttons

I'd like to see Red Skelton's "The Longest Day"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 08:40 PM (dWwl8)

287 I honestly do not understand the payoff of being trollish.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 08:37 PM (Rvt8

I have seen it before. Some people just like being deliberately provacative in order to start a conversation. Especially when they are brand new. Think it is a dominance thing and (oddly) also a desire to make a good impression. Sometimes people respond positively, but most cannot pull it off right and just come off as an asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:40 PM (lmikk)

288 Ack, Buttons. That's it. Going from memory.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 08, 2021 08:38 PM (hc6pz)

Don't feel bad, I always mixed them up too.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:41 PM (lmikk)

289 David Lynch falls into that category of directors you're supposed to like if you're a cinephile.

I love movies as much as anyone, but Lynch is just pretentious.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 08:41 PM (pUDQf)

290 lcd: so did you like it ? were those your remarks or critics? I'm so counfused (vinnie barbarino reference)

Posted by: chango lot at May 08, 2021 08:42 PM (g741k)

291 Wild at Heart makes me want to bang Laura with a months worth of Viagra dick.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 08:42 PM (yrol0)

292 2/2
"If you want to understand the psychic harm that prolonged lockdown can do to a man, then take a listen to Van Morrison's new 28-song set. Actually, you don't need to listen, the song titles say enough: "Where Have All the Rebels Gone?"; "Stop Bitching, Do Something" "Deadbeat Saturday Night"; "They Own the Media"; "Why Are You on Facebook?"

Morrison shows he knows how to write classic and new material to what is relevant in 2021. Examples of both below.
"Only a Song"? Classic Morrison, even for the WOKE babies.
https://tinyurl.com/vexwxm9e
Or "Love Should Come With a Warning"
https://tinyurl.com/2nhns58m
Nope, it is the others that show Van's contempt for the 'Vid-down. Oh, the comments from the WOKE sites have given the order to FIRE ALL PHASERS!, and attacked him, similar to how they attack Tucker for a show. The songs are mostly blues and soul and jazz, with true lyrics that hit the mark in 2021. It's like comparing the comments from HQ to the comments found in HuffPost.
Morrison hits a home run. The WOKE has turned on him, despising him for the lyrics.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 08, 2021 08:42 PM (sy5kK)

293 One of my favorite photographs of all time comes from the Winter War.

A Finnish officer and an NKVD agent meet on the Karelian isthmus:

Does he kill the bastard?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 08, 2021 08:43 PM (dR6lV)

294 I thought the Longest Day was a very good movie. It's one of the few I've bought.

I'd like to have seen it re-done by Rudy Ray Moore in his prime.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:43 PM (Kt1w/)

295 I think that Lynch shows you the strangeness thst lies below the surface. You see what looks like a model 50s family. But he shows how that is a role or mask.

We took friends to see Eraserhead. I think the Nam vet was more puzzled by it than anything.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 08, 2021 08:44 PM (YynYJ)

296 I'd like to see Red Skelton's "The Longest Day"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 08:40 PM (dWwl

As played by Dr. Ludwig Von Humberdoo

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 08:44 PM (yrol0)

297 I love movies as much as anyone, but Lynch is just pretentious.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 08:41 PM (pUDQf)

See, I do not see him as pretentious as much as he is... I cannot think of the right word. Oblivious? No, that would imply that he did not know what his effect that his films had.

He is what Rian Johnson is trying to be (and failing miserably at.) Rian sees subverting expectations as the goal, which it is not Lynch's game as far as I can see.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:44 PM (lmikk)

298
Does he kill the bastard?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 08, 2021 08:43 PM (dR6lV)

------

Yes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2021 08:45 PM (Uh2oA)

299 280 1:22:50 until reentry.

Posted by: SMH at May 08, 2021 08:39 PM (FdY5T)

YouTube is not using the latest prediction from Space Command, which is 10:11 PM ET

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 08:45 PM (AMIL/)

300 Into the Mystic. Top ten all time faves.

Posted by: chango lot at May 08, 2021 08:45 PM (g741k)

301 There is this YouTube video of Patrick Stewart describing working on David Lynch's "Dune".One incredibly funny story is about when Sting came onto the set. Seems that Stewart was a British actor first, never really into the popular scene. He didn't even know who Sting was.One day during a beak in filming, he struck up a conversation which went something like:Stewart: I understand you are a musician.Sting: yes, I am.Stewart: what instrument do you play ?Sting: a bassStewart: I always wondered what it was like to move around a big instrument like a bass.Sting: no, I play base guitar.Stewart: do you play in a group ?Sting: I play with PoliceStewart: you are in a police band ?

Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2021 08:46 PM (X5CsJ)

302 2.1 / 2.1
damn pixie

"Why Are You on Facebook?"
https://tinyurl.com/9rvasrt7

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 08, 2021 08:46 PM (sy5kK)

303 Wild at Heart makes me want to bang Laura with a months worth of Viagra dick.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 08:42 PM (yrol0)

She was definitely hotter than Georgia asphalt in that flick.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 08, 2021 08:46 PM (F0YaR)

304 291 Wild at Heart makes me want to bang Laura with a months worth of Viagra dick.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 08:42 PM (yrol0)

I had the same reaction to Sherilyn Fenn in Twin Peaks. Lynch knows how to do sultry. Audrey is of age, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:47 PM (lmikk)

305 Morrison shows he knows how to write classic and new material to what is relevant in 2021. Examples of both below.

"Only a Song"? Classic Morrison, even for the WOKE babies.
--------------
Great tune. Tells you how he writes. I think he's under rated for his alto? sax work too.

Posted by: dartist at May 08, 2021 08:47 PM (+ya+t)

306 The problem with The Longest Day is the same problem with The Greatest Story Ever Told-- you're so busy watching for "stars" that you don't pay attention to the story.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 08, 2021 08:48 PM (dR6lV)

307 He is what Rian Johnson is trying to be (and failing miserably at.) Rian sees subverting expectations as the goal, which it is not Lynch's game as far as I can see.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:44 PM (lmikk

Though I think he's pretentious, I also think that's a late stage development in his career. Like people kept telling him he's amazing and he has just run with the silly shit he does. Turned it up to 11.

But I got a feeling he stumbled on that by accident. Like he was trying to make an omelette and got lost in the dry goods.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 08:48 PM (pUDQf)

308 I remember enjoying The Longest Day as a teenager, but I haven't it since. I should re-watch it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2021 08:49 PM (Uh2oA)

309 I'd like to see Red Skelton's "The Longest Day"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 08:40 PM (dWwl

As played by Dr. Ludwig Von Humberdoo
Posted by: rhennigantx

Or Gertrude and Heathcliff. They were already familiar with the Normandy beaches.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 08:49 PM (Rvt88)

310 So the NKVD officer was Finnish-ed off

Posted by: JoeF. at May 08, 2021 08:49 PM (dR6lV)

311 308 I remember enjoying The Longest Day as a teenager, but I haven't it since. I should re-watch it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2021 08:49 PM (Uh2oA)

It is worth it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:50 PM (lmikk)

312 I remember enjoying The Longest Day as a teenager, but I haven't it since. I should re-watch it.

**

It's good, and has some genuinely disturbing wartime scenes in it even in this day and age. I can only imagine how shocking they must've seemed to moviegoers in a time when married people were shown in separate beds.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:51 PM (Kt1w/)

313 RRRico!! You are so fucking swavvvay!!

Posted by: Frank Boothe at May 08, 2021 08:51 PM (pnSY9)

314 It's good, and has some genuinely disturbing wartime scenes in it even in this day and age. I can only imagine how shocking they must've seemed to moviegoers in a time when married people were shown in separate beds.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:51 PM (Kt1w/)

Which scenes? I can think of a few, but I am wondering what yours's are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:51 PM (lmikk)

315
So the NKVD officer was Finnish-ed off
Posted by: JoeF. at May 08, 2021 08:49 PM (dR6lV)

Indeed. That photo series was held back by the Finns until the USSR collapsed. Not because of anything particularly secret about it, it was an routine execution. The Finns thought the devil-may-care attitude of the NKVD man would be used by the Soviets for propaganda.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2021 08:52 PM (Uh2oA)

316 She was definitely hotter than Georgia asphalt in that flick.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 08, 2021 08:46 PM (F0YaR)

Like Helen Hunt For a while damn I wanted to bang her.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 08:52 PM (yrol0)

317 91 85 Best movie boobies?

Jennifer Connelly in Rocketeer

very true, but man, those eyebrows were nearly as big

Posted by: ziggggyeeee at May 08, 2021 08:52 PM (Vi9wI)

318 There was a incredible run of war movies there for a while. The Longest Day, Bridge over River Kwai, Battle of Britain, and many more.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 08:52 PM (pUDQf)

319 Which scenes? I can think of a few, but I am wondering what yours's are.

**

The one that comes to mind off the top of my head is the paratroopers and the burning town.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:53 PM (Kt1w/)

320 Like Helen Hunt For a while damn I wanted to bang her.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 08:52 PM (yrol0)

Twister.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:53 PM (lmikk)

321 290 lcd: so did you like it ? were those your remarks or critics? I'm so counfused (vinnie barbarino reference)
Posted by: chango lot at May 08, 2021 08:42 PM (g741k)

Sorry. The negative quote was one of many I read. It seemed to be particularly representative of many WOKE comments.

Yet Morrison directly asks questions that are commonly asked here in one form or another every day. And Van is attacked mercilessly for them. It's 2021 in song form. Morrison is 75 years old. BTW.

"They Control the Media" - this is the "anti-Semitic" one. Not the best musical song, but I like how he spits in the face of TPTB.
https://tinyurl.com/5nzutmy2

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 08, 2021 08:54 PM (sy5kK)

322 Thanks for doing this TJM. I always look forward to the movie thread, even though I don't understand half of what you are saying about these movies. I only watch for entertainment, I don't usually think deeply about the meaning that the directors or actors are trying to show me. I loved Elephant Man, husband loved Mulholland Drive, we both hated Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, neither of us saw Twin Peaks, the others you mentioned are movies we have been told we should watch and enjoy. We probably won't, but I'm glad you have done it for us.

Posted by: megthered at May 08, 2021 08:54 PM (AdxHD)

323 very true, but man, those eyebrows were nearly as big
Posted by: ziggggyeeee at May 08, 2021 08:52 PM (Vi9wI)

She could borrow my beard trimmer and I would be fine with it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:54 PM (lmikk)

324 311 308 I remember enjoying The Longest Day as a teenager, but I haven't it since. I should re-watch it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2021 08:49 PM (Uh2oA)

It is worth it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:50 PM (lmikk)

My Dad took me to see it when it was first in theaters. I was 6 or 7. I was very confused - I could not understand why our Army was invading Omaha, NE, and the State of Utah. My Dad explained after it ended, but I still didn't get it.

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 08:55 PM (AMIL/)

325 I don't get it-

Moses takes the team all the way down the field, to a first down at the River Jordan, Land Of Milk And Honey to go-

then God pulls him and lets Joshua run it in

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 08:55 PM (iTXRQ)

326 The one that comes to mind off the top of my head is the paratroopers and the burning town.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:53 PM (Kt1w/)

Yeah. The bodies hanging when our guys roll in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:55 PM (lmikk)

327 The only good parts of Top Gun involved the 4-14s taking off and landing, and flying around. the rest was shite. Pure shite.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Confuzzled at May 08, 2021 08:19 PM (x8Wzq)

The volleyball game was pretty good...

Posted by: Russkilitlover at May 08, 2021 08:55 PM (nWxPx)

328 My Dad took me to see it when it was first in theaters. I was 6 or 7. I was very confused - I could not understand why our Army was invading Omaha, NE, and the State of Utah. My Dad explained after it ended, but I still didn't get it.
Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 08:55 PM (AMIL

Screw Juno Alaska! Those guys suck.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 08:55 PM (pUDQf)

329 I can only imagine how shocking they must've seemed to moviegoers in a time when married people were shown in separate beds.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:51 PM (Kt1w/)

I think the Bradys got to have the sex in the same bed.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 08:55 PM (yrol0)

330 I watched Nobody last night.

If you liked John Wick, you'll like this. Pretty much the same, setup, beats, crew: writer/director, etc.

It's probably a better movie than John Wick, certainly a better character, and probably overall story. And the people who made it know you watched John Wick, and they don't want to waste your time.

Recommended.

Posted by: .87c at May 08, 2021 08:55 PM (pMZM4)

331 AlaBAMA

The audience remembered.

Only Saving Private Ryan resonates today, and I could tell exactly when combat ended and Hollywood took over.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 08, 2021 08:55 PM (u82oZ)

332 >>This is a gem of the 80s action comedy movement, and I'm glad I finally got around to watching it."

Heh, you are young. I see movies like "Midnight Run" and wonder why they can't make movies like that anymore. Don't have to be gritty or violent or deviant, just interesting characters playing off each other. Probably no one was improvisiong, ether, which seems to ruin so many comedies today.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 08, 2021 08:56 PM (bDqIh)

333 The volleyball game was pretty good...
Posted by: Russkilitlover at May 08, 2021 08:55 PM (nWxPx)

Not that gay

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 08:56 PM (yrol0)

334 Yeah. The bodies hanging when our guys roll in.

**

The one that gets me is the paratroopers' POV as he's headed straight for the burning building.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:56 PM (Kt1w/)

335 >I could not understand why our Army was invading Omaha, NE, and the State of Utah. My Dad explained after it ended, but I still didn't get it.
Posted by: Gref

I was surprised when I watched The Greatest Story Ever Told- I had no idea the Sermon On The Mount was delivered in Canyonlands National Park

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 08:57 PM (iTXRQ)

336 Jennifer Connelly, The Hot Spot, directed by Dennis Hopper. Also has Virginia Madsen and Don Johnson.

Posted by: davidt at May 08, 2021 08:57 PM (pnSY9)

337 The one that gets me is the paratroopers' POV as he's headed straight for the burning building.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:56 PM (Kt1w/)

You know, I think about the guy who landed in the well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 08:58 PM (lmikk)

338 It's good, and has some genuinely disturbing wartime scenes in it even in this day and age. I can only imagine how shocking they must've seemed to moviegoers in a time when married people were shown in separate beds.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
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Actually, I don't recall any of my contemporaries being shocked by it, or parents. Many Vet fathers had relevant things to say about it, but only in the context of the relative reality.

Kids my age grew up with significant awareness of WWII and Korea.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc, at May 08, 2021 08:58 PM (AytXr)

339 "She could borrow my beard trimmer and I would be fine with it."

Funny you say that, ever see Jennifer Connelly in Emma? I swear she has a moustashe.

Posted by: lowandslow at May 08, 2021 08:58 PM (4thlk)

340 I was surprised when I watched The Greatest Story Ever Told- I had no idea the Sermon On The Mount was delivered in Canyonlands National Park
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 08:57 PM (iTXRQ)

Jesus could not get a Park Pass today.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 08:58 PM (yrol0)

341 Kids my age grew up with significant awareness of WWII and Korea.

***

Good point.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 08:59 PM (Kt1w/)

342 Battleground is my favorite WW2 movie. Just for the ending alone.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 08:59 PM (2DOZq)

343 then God pulls him and lets Joshua run it in

Posted by: DB- just DB

Moses kept audibleising at the line and nobody does that to coach God.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 08:59 PM (r1z5A)

344 >Jesus could not get a Park Pass today.
Posted by: rhennigantx

not without a mask and a vaccination card

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 09:00 PM (iTXRQ)

345 I liked Tora! Tora! Tora! a lot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2021 09:00 PM (Uh2oA)

346 336 Jennifer Connelly, The Hot Spot, directed by Dennis Hopper. Also has Virginia Madsen and Don Johnson.
Posted by: davidt at May 08, 2021 08:57 PM (pnSY9)

Jennifer Jason Leigh>>Jennifer Connelly

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 09:00 PM (yrol0)

347 Twister.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Twister?

I hardly know her!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 09:00 PM (Rvt88)

348 >>>Probably no one was improvisiong, ether, which seems to ruin so many comedies today.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 08, 2021 08:56 PM (bDqIh)
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Content, content, content

Posted by: Braenyard at May 08, 2021 09:00 PM (JfK3f)

349 I was surprised when I watched The Greatest Story Ever Told- I had no idea the Sermon On The Mount was delivered in Canyonlands National Park

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 08:57 PM (iTXRQ)

I have watched parts of Combat! episodes recently on one of the cable channels. It sure looks like the action is not taking place in France, but in So Cal!

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 09:00 PM (AMIL/)

350 Hmmm.... The River's Edge wasn't David Lynch. I assumed wrong for almost 3 decades.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 08, 2021 09:00 PM (U8ElM)

351 Only Context,
Too bad you could not define 'trolls and real contributors' before you split...

Posted by: sven at May 08, 2021 09:01 PM (Lzpvj)

352 >>The volleyball game was pretty good...

>>Not that gay

"Don't go the gay way, man!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF1LXL6OOsM

Posted by: Lizzy at May 08, 2021 09:01 PM (bDqIh)

353 not without a mask and a vaccination card
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 09:00 PM (iTXRQ)

You forgot yellow star

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 09:01 PM (yrol0)

354 Midnight Run was a good movie! It'd have been better if DeNiro had been run over by a bus, but nevertheless still a good movie.

Posted by: Weasel at May 08, 2021 09:01 PM (MVjcR)

355 Moses kept audibleising at the line and nobody does that to coach God.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 08:59 PM (r1z5A)

That guy is worse than Bobby Knight!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 09:01 PM (lmikk)

356 The only good parts of Top Gun involved the 4-14s taking off and landing, and flying around. the rest was shite. Pure shite.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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I'm convinced that acting with Tom Cruise is what drove Kelly McGillis to the les side.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc, at May 08, 2021 09:02 PM (l0Lgi)

357 Looks like the Top Gun sequel will have some good flying scenes.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (2DOZq)

358 262 Ed Harris dies in Pollock too ha ha

is that a spoiler?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 08, 2021 08:32 PM (j9HX3)

He also dies in A History of Violence.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (mdjgu)

359 345 I liked Tora! Tora! Tora! a lot.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 08, 2021 09:00 PM (Uh2oA

I honestly never bothered to look up what Tora meant in Japanese until like ten years ago.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (pUDQf)

360 356 The only good parts of Top Gun involved the 4-14s taking off and landing, and flying around. the rest was shite. Pure shite.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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I'm convinced that acting with Tom Cruise is what drove Kelly McGillis to the les side.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc, at May 08, 2021 09:02 PM (l0Lgi)

Tom: Now thats some pussy eating
Kelly: I think I can do better

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (yrol0)

361 He also dies in A History of Violence.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (mdjgu)

Also in The Rock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (lmikk)

362 I honestly never bothered to look up what Tora meant in Japanese until like ten years ago.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (pUDQf)

Kill the round eyed devil??

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 08, 2021 09:04 PM (yrol0)

363 Jennifer Connelly, The Hot Spot, directed by Dennis Hopper. Also has Virginia Madsen and Don Johnson.

Its a pretty bad movie but the scenery is amazing

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 09:04 PM (KZzsI)

364 Let's just point this out:

Michael Bay has made many more good movies than JJ Abrams.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 09:05 PM (lmikk)

365 He also dies in A History of Violence.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (mdjgu)

Also in The Rock.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (lm

Sounds like he's been typed cast.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 09:05 PM (2DOZq)

366 I honestly never bothered to look up what Tora meant in Japanese until like ten years ago.

**

It's "lawnmower", right?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 09:05 PM (Kt1w/)

367 I have watched parts of Combat! episodes recently on one of the cable channels. It sure looks like the action is not taking place in France, but in So Cal!
Posted by: Gref

I had no idea until a week or so ago that the outdoor scenes of Mayberry were shot just yards from the set of the camp of "Hogan's Heros" at DesiLu.

The things you learn.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2021 09:05 PM (Rvt88)

368 > I honestly never bothered to look up what Tora meant in Japanese until like ten years ago.

"Marcia"

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 09:05 PM (iTXRQ)

369 >He also dies in A History of Violence.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (mdjgu)

Also in The Rock.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (lm

and Enemy At The Gates

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 09:06 PM (iTXRQ)

370 Sounds like he's been typed cast.
Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 09:05 PM (2DOZq)

Not as bad as Sean Bean- who has also been in a lot of good movies. Dying or not.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 09:06 PM (lmikk)

371 No confirmation yet on the China Junk being up or down. If up it is going to go over the tip of the Italian boot, shortly.

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 09:06 PM (AMIL/)

372
I liked Tora! Tora! Tora! a lot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Most of my favorite War films are the mostly propaganda films of the 40s. Bataan, Wake Island, Sharha...As my dad stated. "No Marine ever said 'send more Japs'"

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 09:07 PM (r1z5A)

373 willowed again

Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 09:07 PM (iTXRQ)

374 I remember Sunday mornings before church Combat and then Black Sheep Squadron, then Lost in Space reruns. I never got to finish Lost in Space before it was time to leave, but those were pretty great TV mornings.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 09:07 PM (Kt1w/)

375 Technically it means Tiger, Tiger, Tiger but many war historians think it was an abbreviation of totsugeki raigeki, meaning lightning attack.

Basically sent over Morse as To and Ra, meaning they had achieved the element of surprise.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 09:07 PM (pUDQf)

376 Is Sean Bean any relation to the late, great Orson Bean?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at May 08, 2021 09:08 PM (3fqGc)

377 I think everyone knows the opening scene for the Mash TV series shot in Malibu Park in CA.

Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 09:08 PM (2DOZq)

378 Ed Harris doesn't die in The Abyss and Absolute Power.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 08, 2021 09:08 PM (hc6pz)

379 373 willowed again
Posted by: DB- just DB at May 08, 2021 09:07 PM (iTXRQ)

This is an effective Nood call.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2021 09:09 PM (lmikk)

380 Tora = Tiger

Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2021 09:09 PM (AMIL/)

381 It's "lawnmower", right?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 09:05 PM (Kt1w/)

I lol'ed

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 09:09 PM (pUDQf)

382 357 Looks like the Top Gun sequel will have some good flying scenes.
Posted by: Can't help myself at May 08, 2021 09:03 PM (2DOZq)

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Trans-men flying combat missions in flight suits designed to accommodate their pregnancies?

The Joe Biden Navy is on it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2021 09:10 PM (fLVm1)

383 The things you learn.

Posted by: Tonypete
"A rock is a rock, a tree is a tree. Shoot the damn thing in Griffith Park." Louis B. Meyer...maybe.

Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at May 08, 2021 09:10 PM (r1z5A)

384 It's kind of crazy to realize that the Japanese are better allies with America than the Democrats are.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 09:10 PM (Kt1w/)

385 384 It's kind of crazy to realize that the Japanese are better allies with America than the Democrats are.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 09:10 PM (Kt1w/)

Or that we admire a Russian President more than our own.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2021 09:11 PM (pUDQf)

386 Or that Russians have more free speech rights.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Important article about what's coming at May 08, 2021 09:13 PM (Kt1w/)

387 Did anyone else see-

"Under Silver Lake"?

It came out a bit over a year ago.

A mystery that was like a mash up of David Lynch and Thomas Pynchon. Almost great but ultimately an interesting failure.

Lynch could've pulled it off.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 08, 2021 09:16 PM (dWwl8)

388 377 I think everyone knows the opening scene for the Mash TV series shot in Malibu Park in CA.

Kinda funny how much I've come to loathe MASH-the-TV-series. It is, as always for sitcoms of the era, going for the cheap, the quick, the obvious, two seconds of canned laugh track and a Hi-Yo Silver.

The movie may have points where it's weak around the corners in what feels like a weak-Christopher-Guest-ad-lib sort of way, but it still holds up. The TV series is a pure period piece that feels very, very old.

As for Lynch...hit and miss.

Posted by: JEM at May 08, 2021 09:20 PM (8erNz)

389 Top Gun's biggest flaw was not enough Meg Ryan

The movie may have points where it's weak around the corners in what feels like a weak-Christopher-Guest-ad-lib sort of way, but it still holds up. The TV series is a pure period piece that feels very, very old.

Yeah the series is some of the worst basic audience manipulation tripe ever produced with very few solid memorable bits. While Altman is a bit of an over rated director, the film MASH worked pretty well for his style and has some solid bits, with some crap.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 08, 2021 09:24 PM (KZzsI)

390 Oh, I saw Midnight Run in the past week or so myself. I can see where it others would get more out of it, but comedy is a very personal thing and while I enjoyed the film well enough I don't recall laughing much if at all, and I don't feel the need to add it to my library.

Guess that is part of the art of cinema where even technically proficient stuff is still open to personal taste.

Posted by: Bete at May 08, 2021 09:43 PM (Ojki1)

391 Just saw Wild Things the other night. Pretty good thriller.

Posted by: Darth Randall at May 08, 2021 10:04 PM (n3dMh)

392 I'd like to see Red Skelton's "The Longest Day"

Posted by: naturalfake

I am Colonel Klem Kadiddlehopper...and you will addreth me ath thir !

Posted by: JT at May 09, 2021 12:06 AM (arJlL)

393 Lynch is one of those filmmakers I've tried to love, but failed repeatedly. When I discover a new film of his, my reaction upon discovery is a combination of excitement and revulsion. I can never watch Eraserhead again. It was too disturbing. Whenever the urge hits, I beat that urge into submission. Hated Mulholland Drive & Lost Highway. Absolutely loved Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart. Loved the original Twin Peaks too though I wasn't able to get into the revival. May try again someday. I'm going to take your recommendation and watch The Straight Story. That sounds about my speed these days.

Posted by: ssm0use at May 09, 2021 05:10 AM (8EAmw)

394 Heya! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any trouble with hackers?
My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing many months of
hard work due to no data backup. Do you have any methods to stop hackers?

Posted by: cinema at May 09, 2021 05:40 AM (NyHSy)

395 Also interesting for Lynch fans--What Would Jack Do? A short film where Lynch interrogates a monkey about the murder of a chicken. On Netflix now.

Posted by: Dexter Keys at May 09, 2021 05:59 AM (RH780)

396 Sorry, What Did Jack Do? Give me a break--it's early.

Posted by: Dexter Keys at May 09, 2021 06:00 AM (RH780)

397 396 Sorry, What Did Jack Do? Give me a break--it's early.
Posted by: Dexter Keys at May 09, 2021 06:00 AM (RH780)

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I had heard of this when it was released on Netflix but never watched it. Just finished the bizarre little 17 minute short, and it was interesting. David Lynch interrogating a monkey about a murder while both speak almost exclusively in cliches.

Fascinating.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, in a dangerous profession with a Hawksian woman at my side at May 09, 2021 08:38 AM (LvTSG)

398 My older brother and I went to see Eraserhead at the Harvard Square Theater when it came out. We couldn't stop laughing! But it was a brilliant piece of filmwork. Elephant Man was excellent, and wouldn't be the same without John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins.

I remember reading an interview with Dennis Hopper re Blue Velvet. He had been down in Mexico out of his skull on drugs for years when the script was sent to him. He told David Lynch "I am Frank Booth!" Which even Lynch thought was a little scary. The rest is history. If I recall correctly, Blue Velvet relaunched Hopper's Hollywood career.
David now has his own art collection and is doing quite well with it. The man is more Warhol than Spielberg, and a definite one of a kind. He'll always be iconic in my book.

Posted by: John Simpson at May 09, 2021 08:44 AM (wnOW6)

399 It's a love/hate relationship with Mr. Lynch. I would honestly prefer it to be all on the good side. But I can't do some of this stuff. Eraserhead? Lord knows I have tried. It's, just, over my head. I keep working on him. He is, like cabbage. I used to hate it. Now I like, even love it. But... there are still problems. With cabbage, it is that the stems and some parts of the leaves, can be too papery to chew. With Lynch... he... sometimes... just goes too far, escapes me. Which... is why I keep trying.

Good show, old boy. Girl? I can... never remember. Having a wife doesn't necessarily excuse you from being a Lynch, these days? Maybe.

Posted by: Doom at May 09, 2021 12:27 PM (Cvp6z)

400 Without Remorse - is a perfectly fine Tom Clancy book, which establishes the long running character, John Clark, who is in many - if not most - of the Jack Ryan, and now Jack Ryan Jr. novels.
Amazon Prime, takes this book, and other than getting the title correct, and the name of the main character correct (including why it is changed (near the end of the book), which does not mirror - in even the slightest way, the storyline in the book), offers a really, really awful movie.

This book should have been made into a short series - say, 5 - 90 minute episodes - and released over a 2 month period. Yes, the plot of the book is complex and with twists. The screen play could have been updated as well, assuming the Viet Nam war was not deemed "marketable" for a 2021 movie release.
But this was just awful, and all I can say is, don't waste your time. I guess at the end of the day, the Tom Clancy estate simply accepted the payment for the movie rights, and did not insist only any approval rights over the screen play.

Posted by: Dry Heat at May 09, 2021 06:32 PM (3ZGdW)

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