We’re checking out some of these cool widgets Amazon provides for “Associates,” to see how well they mesh with the LGF Experience™. Here’s one that shows movies available for purchase or instant viewing with Amazon’s Video on DemandExternal Image.
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HelloDare Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:45:24pm |
Great. Osama can watch Zack and Miri Make a Porno in his bunker.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:49:39pm |
re: #2 Dark_Falcon
I remember a reviewer said the following about the movie "Taken" (which I freakin' loved!). One of my very, very favorite movie review lines ever!
"This is not a movie about moral dilemmas-it's about a father who will rip out your eyeballs if you don't give him his daughter back."
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livefreeor die Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:50:47pm |
Woohoo! Now I can watch Xanadu and Blue Lagoon whenever I want to!
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:51:02pm |
re: #2 Dark_Falcon
Okay, now I have to see that movie.
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:51:46pm |
re: #4 livefreeor die
I would have to say that your taste in movies is a tad...questionable. ;)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:51:54pm |
re: #5 BlueCanuck
It is one of those movies that is exactly what you are hoping it will be.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:52:58pm |
re: #1 HelloDare
Great. Osama can watch Zack and Miri Make a Porno in his bunker.
Fabienne: Whose motorcycle is this?
Butch: It's a chopper, baby.
Fabienne: Whose chopper is this?
Butch: It's Zed's.
Fabienne: Who's Zed?
Butch: Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:53:07pm |
Y'know, this would be a real neat feature if...
We can download all the movies we want and Charles gets charged for the fees!
/s
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:55:14pm |
MOVIE THREAD! WOOT!
Is there anybody out there who uses the same ten movies every time someone asks them to list their ten favorite movies?
My ten favorites fluctuate hugely.
Silence of the Lambs is always in it. Other than that?...
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:55:39pm |
re: #8 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Well that's good. I like movies that either live up to my expectations or exceed them. I have been disapointed to many times.
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livefreeor die Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:55:43pm |
The sad thing is that they still expect someone to pay $8.99 for Xanadu or Blue Lagoon on demand.
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:56:09pm |
re: #11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Princess Bride. No movie list would be complete without that movie.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:57:44pm |
re: #11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
MOVIE THREAD! WOOT!
Is there anybody out there who uses the same ten movies every time someone asks them to list their ten favorite movies?
My ten favorites fluctuate hugely.
Silence of the Lambs is always in it. Other than that?...
LA Confidential is always on my list. Great movie, and only the fact that Titanic was released in the same year kept it from winning best picture.
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Jim in Virginia Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:58:23pm |
re: #11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian Local Hero is always in my top ten list. Little known but wonderful movie with soundtrack by Knopfler.
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livefreeor die Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:58:24pm |
re: #11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
MOVIE THREAD! WOOT!
Is there anybody out there who uses the same ten movies every time someone asks them to list their ten favorite movies?
My ten favorites fluctuate hugely.
Silence of the Lambs is always in it. Other than that?...
Seriously, I always have Gone with the Wind and Godfathers I and II on it. Singing in the Rain maybe.
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:58:45pm |
re: #14 BlueCanuck
Princess Bride. No movie list would be complete without that movie.
That's my second favorite movie ever. Watched it just last week.
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Jim in Virginia Wed, Jun 10, 2009 6:59:18pm |
The Sound of Music.
I root for the nazis.
///
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livefreeor die Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:00:22pm |
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:01:07pm |
There must be some 50s era Sci-Fi movies.
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livefreeor die Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:01:52pm |
I would have put Aliens on the list but Aliens 3 screwed that movie up forever for me.
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alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:02:20pm |
re: #19 livefreeor die
Seriously, I always have Gone with the Wind and Godfathers I and II on it. Singing in the Rain maybe.
* * * * *
Yes! GWTW of course.
American in Paris
Anchors Aweigh
Anything with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire & Ginger. Musicals like Fiddler on the Roof.
The 10 Commandments.
I'm big into epics & productions of the talented human kind.
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:02:55pm |
I sense an oxymoron. We are discussing movies. The likelyhood of a meltdown is very remote. So, do we make popcorn or not?
/confused
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:04:24pm |
I would put 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' on my top ten as well.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:04:29pm |
re: #21 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Me too!
Stuck on a desert island 10 movies...in no order
Forrest gump
Field of dreams
Longest day
I am Sam
We are Marshall
All the seasons of Sopranos and Entourage
Dances with Wolves
Any p0rn movie
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alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:04:47pm |
re: #30 NelsFree
I sense an oxymoron. We are discussing movies. The likelyhood of a meltdown is very remote. So, do we make popcorn or not?
/confused
* * * *
Speaking of movie morons, actor Craig T. Nelson was just on Hannity saying he's "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore", that he (a Californian) didn't realize he personally was going to be on the hook for the bailout money and Obama's plans, and how about withholding his tax payment to the IRS?
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ShanghaiEd Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:05:13pm |
re: #11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Silence of the Lambs, Apollo 13, and Field of Dreams. My other top 10 change from day to day.
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:05:29pm |
re: #31 Jimmah
Ooooooooooooh, flashing lights, can't...stop...looking;
/hopnytized!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:05:41pm |
I wonder how often threads go off on directions that the Charles just did not intend.
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livefreeor die Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:05:51pm |
re: #35 alegrias
* * * *
Speaking of movie morons, actor Craig T. Nelson was just on Hannity saying he's "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore", that he (a Californian) didn't realize he personally was going to be on the hook for the bailout money and Obama's plans, and how about withholding his tax payment to the IRS?
So who did he think would pay for it? And he thought it was okay as long as he wasn't paying?
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Jim in Virginia Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:06:17pm |
All About Eve
Casablanca
Singing in the Rain
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:07:12pm |
re: #40 Jim in Virginia
All About Eve
Casablanca
Singing in the Rain
I could watch the Afriican Queen every week forever
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:07:29pm |
re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I wonder how often threads go off on directions that the Charles just did not intend.
All too often, would be my guess.
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:07:31pm |
re: #35 alegrias
* * * *
Speaking of movie morons, actor Craig T. Nelson was just on Hannity saying he's "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore", that he (a Californian) didn't realize he personally was going to be on the hook for the bailout money and Obama's plans, and how about withholding his tax payment to the IRS?
Well, once the Voice of "Mr. Incredible" starts posting on LGF, we can downding him. I can almost see the avatar...
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:07:41pm |
Shewww !
Jumpin' Jack Flash IS available.
I can sleep easy now.
///
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3 wood Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:07:56pm |
OT:
US long-term interest rates hit high
US long-term interest rates rose to the highest level of the year on Wednesday, threatening the “green shoots” of recovery, after the latest sale of 10-year government debt met with a tepid response from inflation-wary investors.Concerns about the growth of government borrowing forced the US Treasury to give investors in an auction of $19bn in 10-year notes a yield of 3.99 per cent – 4 basis points higher than the yield available before the auction. That constituted the biggest yield markup since a 10-year auction in May 2003, said Morgan Stanley. Yields on the 10-year note, the benchmark rate for US mortgages, hit a high of 4 per cent during the day, up from 3.6 per cent a week ago.
The 10 year bond rate was 2.5% in March. That is a 60% increase in 3 months.
No wonder the Chinese laughed in Tim Geithner's face.
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Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:07:58pm |
re: #37 NelsFree
Ooooooooooooh, flashing lights, can't...stop...looking;
/hopnytized!
These music visualizers are getting crazy.
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:08:37pm |
re: #42 HoosierHoops
I could watch the Afriican Queen every week forever
A frican Queen? Is it about gays?
/h
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Athens Runaway Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:08:38pm |
re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I wonder how often threads go off on directions that the Charles just did not intend.
As time after posting increases, the probability of OT threads approaches 1.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:09:08pm |
re: #40 Jim in Virginia
"Make 'Em Laugh" in Singing in the Rain.
How Donald did it, I'll never understand. It put him in the hospital.
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Jim in Virginia Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:09:08pm |
Star Wars (the original)
Star Trek Wrath of Khan
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
What can I say, I'm a geek.
Fantastic Voyage (Raquel Welch in tights.)
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:09:37pm |
Video on Demand
"Video on Demand" seems so rude and grabby.
Maybe they should change the name to "Video Upon Polite Request" instead?
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IslandLibertarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:09:41pm |
Old Yeller...........and you don't tear up, yer just not human.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:10:17pm |
re: #53 IslandLibertarian
Old Yeller...........and you don't tear up, yer just not human.
Brian's Song
/I know, I know
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:10:24pm |
re: #49 Athens Runaway
As time after posting increases, the probability of OT threads approaches 1.
Asymptotically?
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VioletTiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:10:33pm |
In no particular order....
The Wizard of Oz
Animal House
My Fair Lady
Forrest Gump
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:10:35pm |
re: #53 IslandLibertarian
Never seen it. For that exact reason. Why would I want to do that to myself?
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:10:46pm |
Feedback report:
The Amazon video widget takes about 30 seconds to load. Pretty slow, but it least it doesn't freeze the browser (as some other video widgets tend to do).
Running Safari 3.2.1 on a PowerBook.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:11:01pm |
re: #35 alegrias
* * * *
Speaking of movie morons, actor Craig T. Nelson was just on Hannity saying he's "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore", that he (a Californian) didn't realize he personally was going to be on the hook for the bailout money and Obama's plans, and how about withholding his tax payment to the IRS?
Buyers remorse. If a majority of Americans start feel that, then Obama will get an early ticket back to Chicago.
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IslandLibertarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:11:26pm |
if you haven't seen "Walkabout", well, it's a matter of taste.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:11:29pm |
re: #51 Jim in Virginia
Star Wars (the original)
Star Trek Wrath of Khan
What can I say, I'm a geek.Fantastic Voyage (Raquel Welch in tights.)
I also want every thing Ken Burns every did
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3 wood Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:11:37pm |
Get a load of this:
Senators Want Homebuyer Tax Credit to Rise to $15,000
Lawmakers are pushing to revive legislation in the Senate that would almost double an $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers and expand the program to all borrowers.Senator Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican, introduced a bill today that would increase the tax credit to $15,000 and remove income and other restrictions on who can qualify, according to his spokeswoman, Sheridan Watson. The Treasury Department declined to comment on the proposal.
The legislation, co-sponsored by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, would extend the homebuyer credit to multifamily properties used as the borrower’s primary residence. It would also eliminate income caps of $75,000 and $150,000 on individuals and couples seeking to claim the credit.“The housing market continues to be a drag on the economy, John Castellani, president of the Washington-based Business Roundtable, said in a telephone interview today. “We believe that if we don’t stabilize this vital sector, we can’t turn the tide on the recession.”
But I thought Obama's program to rewrite mortgages was going to save the housing market?
The insanity in Washington continues.
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alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:11:44pm |
re: #39 livefreeor die
So who did he think would pay for it? And he thought it was okay as long as he wasn't paying?
* * * * *
It was darn honest of him to admit he thought "other peoples' money" would fund all of Pres. Obama's free stuff promises.
(Guess Mr. Nelson missed candidate Obama's comment to Joe the Plumber about wanting to "spread the wealth around")
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Athens Runaway Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:12:04pm |
re: #55 NelsFree
Asymptotically?
Let me make sure the stimulus checking funding my research clear, and I'll get back to you.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:12:41pm |
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IslandLibertarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:12:46pm |
re: #58 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Never seen it. For that exact reason. Why would I want to do that to myself?
Man UP! It's a movie about becoming a man.
/but keep your sensitive side to yourself...
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alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:12:56pm |
re: #41 Sharmuta
Young Frankenstein
* * * *
Don't take this the wrong way, but I think of you as Frau Bluecher (Cloris Leachman)
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FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:13:16pm |
re: #63 3 wood
Get a load of this:
Senators Want Homebuyer Tax Credit to Rise to $15,000
But I thought Obama's program to rewrite mortgages was going to save the housing market?The insanity in Washington continues.
Why can't these jerks lower taxes and get the hell out of our lives?
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:13:37pm |
re: #52 zombie
"Video on Demand" seems so rude and grabby.
Maybe they should change the name to "Video Upon Polite Request" instead?
My, how very kind of you to suggest! If I may be so observant, one may have difficulty typing the request whilst keeping one's pinky fingers extended...
/h
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:13:59pm |
re: #70 alegrias
* * * *
Don't take this the wrong way, but I think of you as Frau Bluecher (Cloris Leachman)
I'm way more Madeline Kahn in real life.
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Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:14:07pm |
I've used the video on demand. Very nice.
OT..What the h*** does Mrs.0 have on in this pic? A fancy apron? What is it? Also notice the look on the guy on the left. Looks like he is trying to stifle a laugh.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:14:16pm |
re: #72 FrogMarch
Why can't these jerks lower taxes and get the hell out of our lives?
Let me answer that with a parallel question, as an illustrtion:
Why can't these winos put down the booze and get some damned jobs?
/see?
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ryannon Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:14:28pm |
Chinatown; Breaking the Waves; The Cooler; The Thin Red Line; Shoot the Piano Player; Rumblefish; Being There; Taxi Driver; City Lights; A Woman Under the Influence; The Night of the Hunter; Natural Born Killers; Eraserhead; Mulholland Drive; The Bad Lieutenant; Breathless....
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IslandLibertarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:14:36pm |
2001, A Space Odyssey.........hey, it's how we got here.
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VioletTiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:14:42pm |
re: #42 HoosierHoops
I could watch the Afriican Queen every week forever
I love that movie. It's a classic.
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:14:47pm |
Watching the preview for "Ramen Girl." Works pretty good! Slick.
And Brittany Murphy has praeternaturally gigantic eyes.
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alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:14:48pm |
re: #46 3 wood
OT:
US long-term interest rates hit highThe 10 year bond rate was 2.5% in March. That is a 60% increase in 3 months.
No wonder the Chinese laughed in Tim Geithner's face.
* * * * * *
Wouldn't you laugh at Tim "Turbo Tax Cheat" Geithner coming to China to tell Chinese people how to do math? That's like trying to sell tea to China.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:14:53pm |
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:15:02pm |
re: #74 Sharmuta
I'm way more Madeline Kahn in real life.
The Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles, or the Madeline Kahn in Young Frankenstein?
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:15:21pm |
re: #61 IslandLibertarian
if you haven't seen "Walkabout", well, it's a matter of taste.
It's not a matter of taste! It's one of the "100 Essential Movies You Must See"!
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:15:25pm |
Hustle & Flow..Great acting and a great soundtrack...
Plus on the deserted Island there needs to be some dancing...
/ I'm just hoping nobody picks Top Gun tonight
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:15:38pm |
re: #84 reine.de.tout
The Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles, or the Madeline Kahn in Young Frankenstein?
Yes.
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Dr. Shalit Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:16:03pm |
For the "Album Art," Liner Notes, etc - Buy the DVD unless you want to rent it, and see it NOW.
-S-
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:16:18pm |
re: #83 Dark_Falcon
Jim Henson made so great movies, didn't he? The world lost a great talent when he died. RIP, Mr. Henson: You made us laugh, you made us think. Thank you for the good times and great memories.
Personally- I cried when he passed.
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FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:16:43pm |
re: #76 OldLineTexan
Let me answer that with a parallel question, as an illustrtion:
Why can't these winos put down the booze and get some damned jobs?
/see?
Why can't these heroin addicts put the needle down and get to a clinic?
Your system works.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:16:46pm |
re: #86 HoosierHoops
Time to turn in my "man card" but, speaking of dancing... I loved "White Nights".
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:16:48pm |
re: #78 ryannon
Chinatown; Breaking the Waves; The Cooler; The Thin Red Line; Shoot the Piano Player; Rumblefish; Being There; Taxi Driver; City Lights; A Woman Under the Influence; The Night of the Hunter; Natural Born Killers; Eraserhead; Mulholland Drive; The Bad Lieutenant; Breathless....
Nice list..We all forgot Godfather one and two also
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:17:14pm |
re: #65 Athens Runaway
Let me make sure the stimulus checking funding my research clear, and I'll get back to you.
Don't forget to consider the Logistic Function, please.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:17:24pm |
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:17:55pm |
Is there a way to search for other movies not built-in to their little preview list? Their selection of contemporary mainstream American movies is so -- limited, shall we say.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:18:13pm |
I don't know how many of you were here yesterday evening when I had a near melt-down over the fact that my daughter would be flying today, to Berlin (I am so fearful of flying, I can't even stand the thought of it).
I'm glad to report that amazingly (in my mind), the plane is still in the air and she's about halfway across now. Continental has this wonderful graphic where you can plug in the flight number and see the plane's progress.
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Jim in Virginia Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:18:17pm |
re: #63 3 wood
Get a load of this:
Senators Want Homebuyer Tax Credit to Rise to $15,000 The Force is strong with the homebuilders lobby.
Besides a horrible deficit, this Congress and this Administration wil leave the tax code even more effed up than when Reagan took office.
But I thought Obama's program to rewrite mortgages was going to save the housing market?
The insanity in Washington continues.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:18:19pm |
A Hard Day's Night
Any movie with the FOUR Marx Brothers
Twelve Angry Men
Stalag 17
The Philadelphia Story
Bringing Up Baby
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
I love old movies...
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alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:18:26pm |
re: #72 FrogMarch
Why can't these jerks lower taxes and get the hell out of our lives?
* * * * *
Here's why:
President Obama: I come not to revoke Community Reinvestment Act, but to SUPERSIZE it!
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:18:49pm |
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Monsters, Inc.
Forrest Gump
The World According to Garp
Catch-22
To Kill A Mockingbird
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:19:17pm |
re: #97 reine.de.tout
She'll have a great time. It's a wonderful city.
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:19:27pm |
re: #74 Sharmuta
I'm way more Madeline Kahn in real life.
You wouldn't be trying to "Kahn" us, would you?
/s
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alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:19:44pm |
re: #74 Sharmuta
I'm way more Madeline Kahn in real life.
* * * *
yes, you're tired, tired of being admired....(in Dietrichy german accent)
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:19:44pm |
Oh, people are discussing Top Tens, I see.
#1 for sure:
Dead of Night.
Celluloid perfection (except for the golf episode).
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:20:02pm |
re: #101 OldLineTexan
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Monsters, Inc.
Forrest Gump
The World According to Garp
Catch-22
To Kill A Mockingbird
oh, and
Reds
Dr. Zhivago
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Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:20:02pm |
re: #11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Is there anybody out there who uses the same ten movies every time someone asks them to list their ten favorite movies?
I like to list the ten best movies I never saw. The Bourne Identity, Pulp Fiction, Big Lebowski, Braveheart, The Dark Knight, Goodfellas, Fight Club, Gladiator, Scarface, and Raging Bull. Not much of a movie buff here except for comedies.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:20:28pm |
re: #99 Bloodnok
A Hard Day's Night
Any movie with the FOUR Marx Brothers
Twelve Angry Men
Stalag 17
The Philadelphia Story
Bringing Up Baby
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)I love old movies...
To kill a mockingbird was a classic.. Plus you gotta have at least one John Wayne movie....And a comedy.. I liked the wedding crashers
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:20:30pm |
One of my most favorite movies, that few have probably ever heard of:
Saving Grace
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IslandLibertarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:20:34pm |
Monty Python and The Holy Grail.
That says it all......move on to documentaries.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:20:43pm |
re: #106 zombie
Oh, people are discussing Top Tens, I see.
#1 for sure:
Dead of Night.
Celluloid perfection (except for the golf episode).
Not "I Am Furious (Yellow)"?
/ducks
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:20:52pm |
Fires on the Plain!
I'm not even a pacifist, and I rank that as among the ten best ever.
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nyc redneck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:20:57pm |
re: #97 reine.de.tout
I don't know how many of you were here yesterday evening when I had a near melt-down over the fact that my daughter would be flying today, to Berlin (I am so fearful of flying, I can't even stand the thought of it).
I'm glad to report that amazingly (in my mind), the plane is still in the air and she's about halfway across now. Continental has this wonderful graphic where you can plug in the flight number and see the plane's progress.
{reine} don't worry. she will arrive safely.
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Jim in Virginia Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:20:58pm |
re: #74 Sharmuta
I'm way more Madeline Kahn in real life.
Will you marry me?
(We'll have to move to Utah.)
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3 wood Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:21:01pm |
Something is circulating in Washington about Bernanke, keep an eye out for developments. Bernanke may get grilled tomorrow about some emails that have emerged that could show that he coerced and pressured Lewis of B of A to buy Merrill Lynch at a bad price.
Bernanke e-mail claim in Merrill sale saga
Ken Lewis, chief executive of Bank of America, used the threat of invoking a “material adverse change” clause to break off his agreement to buy Merrill Lynch last December because he wanted to negotiate a lower price, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke claimed in an e-mail.Mr Lewis, who is scheduled to testify about the matter on Thursday at a congressional hearing, only dropped his threat after being told by former US Treasury secretary Hank Paulson that regulators, including Mr Bernanke, would remove him and his board if BofA tried to invoke the “MAC” clause.
I'm hearing whispers that Obama wants Bernanke gone (cause he was originally a Bush appointee) and so would shed no tears for Bernanke going under the bus.
After the Fed initially refused to comply with the committee’s request for documents and e-mails in the matter, the committee took the extraordinary step of issuing a subpoena on Tuesday to obtain material from the Fed that concerned the deal.
One person familiar with the Fed’s history could remember only one previous occasion when it had been served with a subpoena.
The Financial Times has learned that Mr Bernanke, in an e-mail, described Mr Lewis’s threat to invoke the “MAC” clause as a “bargaining chip”, and a “foolish move”, before concluding that “the regulators will not condone it”.
A staffer at the Federal Reserve bank in Richmond, Virginia, said in an e-mail that top executives at BofA, including the bank’s chief financial officer, Joe Price, “want the transaction to go through but have to protect their shareholders”.
At the very least, Merrill Lynch stock holders now have a much better case in court and I think Bernanke will probably end up with his credibility hurt.
Worst case, Bernanke is gone.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:21:21pm |
re: #106 zombie
Oh, people are discussing Top Tens, I see.
I finally achieved my dream of making both the top ten and bottom ten lgf comments on the same day (check the sidebar). My life is complete.
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3 wood Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:21:39pm |
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MittDoesNotCompute Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:21:39pm |
re: #74 Sharmuta
I'm way more Madeline Kahn in real life.
Is everything below the waist kaput? ;-P
/Lily Von Schtupp
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:22:23pm |
And without a doubt, the funniest movie ever made (and I'm serious about this) is "Morons From Outer Space." Very few movies make me laugh til I cry, but that was one of them.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:22:28pm |
re: #118 Killgore Trout
I finally achieved my dream of making both the top ten and bottom ten lgf comments on the same day (check the sidebar). My life is complete.
It's like hitting for the cycle..:)
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Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:22:32pm |
re: #110 reine.de.tout
One of my most favorite movies, that few have probably ever heard of:
Saving Grace
Love that movie! Anything Brenda Blethyn is in is good.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:22:51pm |
re: #118 Killgore Trout
I finally achieved my dream of making both the top ten and bottom ten lgf comments on the same day (check the sidebar). My life is complete.
You almost made it with one comment at one point today, didn't you?
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:22:51pm |
re: #118 Killgore Trout
Heh, If it weren't for that pesky Dianna I'd have the #1 in both categories.
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:22:54pm |
re: #118 Killgore Trout
I finally achieved my dream of making both the top ten and bottom ten lgf comments on the same day (check the sidebar). My life is complete.
Good job.
But if you now find you need something new, have you ever considered piracy? You'd make a great Dread Pirate Roberts.
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:22:59pm |
re: #97 reine.de.tout
I don't know how many of you were here yesterday evening when I had a near melt-down over the fact that my daughter would be flying today, to Berlin (I am so fearful of flying, I can't even stand the thought of it).
Continental has this wonderful graphic where you can plug in the flight number and see the plane's progress.
You might be interested in the extra video widget that shows what you'd see if you were strapped to the underside of the wing, then.
///h
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jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:23:01pm |
Not in order.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
How Green Was My Valley
The Quiet Man
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Casablanca
The Lord of the Rings
Princess Bride
High Noon
Band of Brothers
It's A Wonderful Life
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:23:39pm |
re: #118 Killgore Trout
I finally achieved my dream of making both the top ten and bottom ten lgf comments on the same day (check the sidebar). My life is complete.
Congrats!
The most minuses I ever got for a comment was 4, I think. You're on a roll!
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:23:44pm |
re: #116 3 wood
Something is circulating in Washington about Bernanke, keep an eye out for developments. Bernanke may get grilled tomorrow about some emails that have emerged that could show that he coerced and pressured Lewis of B of A to buy Merrill Lynch at a bad price.
Bernanke e-mail claim in Merrill sale saga
At the very least, Merrill Lynch stock holders now have a much better case in court and I think Bernanke will probably end up with his credibility hurt.Worst case, Bernanke is gone.
Dude, you're harshing my mellow...
//
Thanks for posting.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:23:44pm |
re: #108 Mich-again
Big Lebowski is a great comedy!
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:23:51pm |
re: #127 Sharmuta
Good job.
But if you now find you need something new, have you ever considered piracy? You'd make a great Dread Pirate Roberts.
Pirate?
Somalia?
/watching South Park now
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:23:56pm |
re: #125 reine.de.tout
You almost made it with one comment at one point today, didn't you?
Yeah, if there was a vote split I could have made it in a single comment. It must be my lucky day.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:24:04pm |
re: #129 jcm
Not in order.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
How Green Was My Valley
The Quiet Man
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Casablanca
The Lord of the Rings
Princess Bride
High Noon
Band of Brothers
It's A Wonderful Life
Nice balance!
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:24:12pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:25:02pm |
Spinal Tap was pure genius.
All other movies only go to 10.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:25:03pm |
re: #127 Sharmuta
I like rum and I get along well with parrots. Maybe I'll look into that.
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3 wood Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:25:06pm |
re: #82 alegrias
Wouldn't you laugh at Tim "Turbo Tax Cheat" Geithner coming to China to tell Chinese people how to do math? That's like trying to sell tea to China.
I regularly laugh at Geithner. Unfortunately, I'm burdened with an education from which I understand macroeconomics and specifically monetary policy and how it works/does not work.
I can tell that Mr. Geithner is not similarly burdened.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:25:14pm |
re: #129 jcm
Not in order.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
How Green Was My Valley
The Quiet Man
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Casablanca
The Lord of the Rings
Princess Bride
High Noon
Band of Brothers
It's A Wonderful Life
Ack. How could I have forgotten LOTR? Those are the only "new" movies I have seen since 2000 (With Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz being the others -good, but wouldn't make a list). I don't watch or rent a lot of new movies. Too many old ones to see first.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:25:17pm |
re: #116 3 wood
That might be very bad news. If Bernanke is gone, that his replacement would be picked by Obama. Given Obama's track record, we'd get someone who has no clue about capitalism or someone who hates it.
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:25:20pm |
see how well they mesh with the LGF Experience™.
I ... yes, I had an LGF experience.
I mean, doesn't everyone?
I was young and naive, and I think it was the wine ...
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:25:35pm |
re: #140 Killgore Trout
I like rum and I get along well with parrots. Maybe I'll look into that.
WHAT?
/
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Jim in Virginia Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:25:41pm |
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:26:01pm |
re: #118 Killgore Trout
I finally achieved my dream of making both the top ten and bottom ten lgf comments on the same day (check the sidebar). My life is complete.
Add a deleted post for the hat trick.
/s
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:26:24pm |
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livefreeor die Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:26:29pm |
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CynicalConservative Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:26:43pm |
re: #118 Killgore Trout
I finally achieved my dream of making both the top ten and bottom ten lgf comments on the same day (check the sidebar). My life is complete.
You're my hero! Gotta get more info from ya about food preservation.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:26:49pm |
I really liked Citizen Kane. People are afraid to list it on their "lists" because it seems contrived.
A great, great movie.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:27:11pm |
re: #139 SasquatchOnSteroids
Spinal Tap was pure genius.
All other movies only go to 10.
Here's the original trailer....
Pure genius
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:27:26pm |
THere are simply too many to list. One must go by genres.
'70s thrillers:
The Conversation
Three Days of the Condor
Parallax View
British post-war "kitchen sink" dramas:
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
Leather Boys and the Girls Who Love Them
Billy Liar
Japanese classics:
Woman in the Dunes
Fires on the Plain
Rashomon
...I could do this all night. I've seen every movie ever made.
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nyc redneck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:27:35pm |
what's the difference btw god and o?
(god does not think he is o)
heard it on rush today, ha)
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:27:35pm |
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:27:56pm |
re: #155 jcm
Cars
Finding NemoHas anyone seen UP yet?
I think it was Zimriel that mentioned to bring tissues, but it was great. I'll have to go see it.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:28:03pm |
re: #149 OldLineTexan
I like all Pixar's movies.
I loved watching those little intro mini-movies.
They were good. The old guy playing chess with himself, LMAO.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:28:11pm |
re: #153 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I really liked Citizen Kane. People are afraid to list it on their "lists" because it seems contrived.
A great, great movie.
I liked it too. Put in context of other movies of the period it just looked so cool. The camera shots were amazing.
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:28:13pm |
re: #139 SasquatchOnSteroids
Spinal Tap was pure genius.
All other movies only go to 10.
True. I cannot argue with Spinal Tap.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:28:22pm |
re: #154 Sharmuta
Me too.
Did you see "Up"?
Final scene is a fight scene on the top outside of a dirigible.
My fear of flying is so extreme, my palms were sweating.
IT'S A CARTOON!
| 165 |
Rexatosis Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:28:58pm |
Top Ten Movie List:
Stagecoach 1939 John Ford/John Wayne
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Errol Flynn
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Jabberwocky is pretty hilarious too)
Full Metal Jacket 1986 Kubrick (any Kubrick is awesome except that abomination he made with Tom Cruise)
Wizard of Oz 1939
Blade Runner 1982 (with Noir narration---I know Ridley Scott hated it but)
In Harm's Way (Great Cast--Wayne, Neal, Douglas...)
Galipoli 1981 Mel Gibson's best movie in my opinion
Dirty Dozen 1967 Lee Marvin, Jim Brown, and Charles Bronson!
Once Upon a Time in the West 1970 Sergio Leone's masterpiece
and honorable mention for when a chick flick is mandatory, You Got Mail.
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ryannon Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:29:09pm |
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:29:18pm |
I've recently gone through my entire collection of Pixar movies, and I still like 'The Incredibles' the best. Something for everyone in that movie- much like The Princess Bride in that respect.
| 168 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:29:35pm |
re: #163 zombie
When I saw it I just came back from living overseas. I watched about half the movie before I started to suspect it was a goof.
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:29:58pm |
re: #116 3 wood
Something is circulating in Washington about Bernanke,
swine flu
keep an eye out for developments. Bernanke may get grilled tomorrow about some emails that have emerged that could show that he coerced and pressured Lewis of B of A to buy Merrill Lynch at a bad price.
Bernanke e-mail claim in Merrill sale saga
At the very least, Merrill Lynch stock holders now have a much better case in court and I think Bernanke will probably end up with his credibility hurt.
Worst case, Bernanke is gone.
MERRILL STOCKHOLDERS? nope.com
BAC stockholders, mebbe, but this is all an open secret, and the only thing at stake is the fed's backing of BAC's losses on Merrill.
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:30:15pm |
And don't forget an overlooked fantastic film noir starring (of all people) Mickey Rooney:
That one ranks very high in the "so much better than I was expecting" category.
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3 wood Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:30:30pm |
re: #143 Dark_Falcon
That might be very bad news. If Bernanke is gone, that his replacement would be picked by Obama. Given Obama's track record, we'd get someone who has no clue about capitalism or someone who hates it.
I agree 100%.
Maybe he will appoint himself.
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jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:30:33pm |
re: #164 reine.de.tout
Did you see "Up"?
Final scene is a fight scene on the top outside of a dirigible.
My fear of flying is so extreme, my palms were sweating.
IT'S A CARTOON!
LOL!
I love flying, I've been up for aerobatics, the only time I every got motion sick was sitting still. In an IMAX film with a helicopter flying up a canyon, twisting and banking.
| 174 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:30:47pm |
Not in order....
Silence of the Lambs, Blue Velvet, Wizard of Oz, Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Blazing Saddles, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Green Mile.
About 25 others cycle in and out of the list for me.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:31:07pm |
re: #142 Bloodnok
Ack. How could I have forgotten LOTR? Those are the only "new" movies I have seen since 2000 (With Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz being the others -good, but wouldn't make a list). I don't watch or rent a lot of new movies. Too many old ones to see first.
I think it's important to take one movie as a tribute...After 25 years all alone on a deserted island you just wanted to end it all...The most unbearable movie ever made you pop it in the DVD.. That way when they find your bleach bones a hundred years later and find Lewis and Martin in the DVD..you leave behind an air of mystery..LOL
| 176 |
jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:31:11pm |
re: #165 Rexatosis
Top Ten Movie List:
Stagecoach 1939 John Ford/John Wayne
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Errol Flynn
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Jabberwocky is pretty hilarious too)
Full Metal Jacket 1986 Kubrick (any Kubrick is awesome except that abomination he made with Tom Cruise)
Wizard of Oz 1939
Blade Runner 1982 (with Noir narration---I know Ridley Scott hated it but)
In Harm's Way (Great Cast--Wayne, Neal, Douglas...)
Galipoli 1981 Mel Gibson's best movie in my opinion
Dirty Dozen 1967 Lee Marvin, Jim Brown, and Charles Bronson!
Once Upon a Time in the West 1970 Sergio Leone's masterpieceand honorable mention for when a chick flick is mandatory, You Got Mail.
Nice list.
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:31:28pm |
Maltese Falcon
The Music Man
High Plains Drifter
Atlas Shrugged (release 2011)
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Salamantis Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:32:03pm |
OT so I can report the post and let Charles know:
Neb. doc plans to offer 3rd-term abortions in Kan.
By MARGERY GIBBS – 5 hours ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska doctor says he'll perform third-term abortions in Kansas after the slaying of abortion provider George Tiller, even though Tiller's clinic is closed.
Dr. LeRoy Carhart declined to discuss details with The Associated Press on Wednesday, a day after Tiller's family announced his Wichita clinic was permanently shutting its doors.
Carhart isn't saying whether his plans include opening a new facility or offering the abortions at an existing practice. He says such details are "something that doesn't need to be talked about" until everything is in place.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:32:03pm |
re: #176 jcm
Yes, I forgot about Gallipoli. And Breaker Morant.
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VioletTiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:32:31pm |
Hey, I'd love to have a movie night with the lizards. Such great picks.
I'll make popcorn.
| 183 |
Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:32:49pm |
One of the finest and most moving films ever made: The Best Years of Our Lives
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3 wood Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:32:52pm |
re: #169 itellu3times
MERRILL STOCKHOLDERS? nope.comBAC stockholders, mebbe, but this is all an open secret, and the only thing at stake is the fed's backing of BAC's losses on Merrill.
There are law suits out there already by Merrill Lynch former stockholders. An attorney I heard from tonight involved in this said that this improves their case about 500%.
Just telling you what I'm hearing.
| 187 |
Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:33:46pm |
Sergeant York. Gotta have a Gary Cooper film.
| 188 |
Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:34:38pm |
A Harvard Psychiatrist Explains Zombie Neurobiology
In Night of the Living Dead, zombies are brought back from the dead by a "mysterious force" that allows their brains to continue functioning. But how exactly does a zombie brain function? Finally, a Harvard psychiatrist has the answers.
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3 wood Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:34:39pm |
By the way, part of the jump on the 10 year treasury notes rate today was a reflection of the extra risk in the bond market now due to the Chrysler court decision.
There is now an added risk premium in the fixed instrument market.
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:34:52pm |
re: #184 3 wood
There are law suits out there already by Merrill Lynch former stockholders. An attorney I heard from tonight involved in this said that this improves their case about 500%.
Just telling you what I'm hearing.
The world is nuts and lawyers will say the damndest things, so who knows, but in my opinion Merrill stockholders should be sued for unbecoming stupidity, cupidity, aiding and abetting a fraud.
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:35:08pm |
re: #164 reine.de.tout
Did you see "Up"?
Final scene is a fight scene on the top outside of a dirigible.
My fear of flying is so extreme, my palms were sweating.
IT'S A CARTOON!
Well, you may be interested in the 3D version on DVD. The fight scene is shown from below, suspended in a very flimsy basket connected to the dirigible by a very long, slender, frayed cord. Oh, did I mention the altitude? VERY high up there.
/too much?
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Flyers1974 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:35:11pm |
Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I and II, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Gigli.
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VioletTiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:35:39pm |
re: #164 reine.de.tout
Did you see "Up"?
Final scene is a fight scene on the top outside of a dirigible.
My fear of flying is so extreme, my palms were sweating.
IT'S A CARTOON!
Have you ever flown, reine?
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FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:35:46pm |
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:36:02pm |
Best. Movie. Ever.
The Outlaw Josie Wales
Now remember, things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:36:05pm |
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:36:07pm |
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jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:36:31pm |
re: #188 Racer X
A Harvard Psychiatrist Explains Zombie Neurobiology
In Night of the Living Dead, zombies are brought back from the dead by a "mysterious force" that allows their brains to continue functioning. But how exactly does a zombie brain function? Finally, a Harvard psychiatrist has the answers.
Only one thing to know about zombies, shoot 'em in the head.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:37:20pm |
re: #194 NelsFree
Well, you may be interested in the 3D version on DVD. The fight scene is shown from below, suspended in a very flimsy basket connected to the dirigible by a very long, slender, frayed cord. Oh, did I mention the altitude? VERY high up there.
/too much?
Hm. Is this some kind of "exposure" therapy?
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Flyers1974 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:37:20pm |
re: #202 alegrias
J-Lo: great actress or greatest actress?
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:37:34pm |
re: #196 FrogMarch
Gran Torino is fabulous
Get off my lawn! [said while pointing M1 Garand at offenders].
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Wendya Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:37:55pm |
I've been using Video On Demand for several months now. It's worked out pretty well for me.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:38:09pm |
re: #197 VioletTiger
Have you ever flown, reine?
Yes. Hated every single minute of it. Hated it.
Chattered and blathered on the entire time, I was so nervous.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:38:17pm |
re: #208 Dark_Falcon
Get off my lawn! [said while pointing M1 Garand at offenders].
I used a 1903 Springfield to accomplish the same general thing, once.
/I'm old-fashioned
| 215 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:38:41pm |
Blazing Saddles
Lord of the Rings
Shrek 1 & 2 (counts as 1, Shrek 3 was so-so)
Life of Brian
The Producers (1968 original)
Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
Gone With the Wind
History of the World Part 1
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:38:56pm |
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:39:14pm |
re: #207 Flyers1974
J-Lo: great actress or greatest actress?
Denzil..training day. Depp in anything..Brad Pitt in a river runs through it...Pacino...
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:39:52pm |
Go ahead and laugh at me, but
1941
I saw it in the theater; I have never laughed so hard in my life
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:40:00pm |
Little Shop of Horrors
Ghostbusters
Animal House
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:40:18pm |
re: #217 HoosierHoops
Denzil..training day. Depp in anything..Brad Pitt in a river runs through it...Pacino...
For Pitt, it's Legends of the Fall. Great story.
| 221 |
FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:40:24pm |
Dark City
if you like a good creepy sci-fi (ending is kinda corny - but it's worth it)
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:40:41pm |
Hmmm, lot of great movies. ANZAC's was a good one. The Outlaw Josey Wales, Princess Bride, Metropolis, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Magnificent Seven, Men With Brooms, and finally for my list Young Frankenstien.
Eclectic I know...
| 223 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:41:14pm |
Almost forgot: Robin Hood: Men in Tights
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:41:26pm |
Live and Let Die
and the remake
The Man With The Golden Gun
| 227 |
Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:41:35pm |
re: #222 BlueCanuck
Hmmm, lot of great movies. ANZAC's was a good one. The Outlaw Josey Wales, Princess Bride, Metropolis, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Magnificent Seven, Men With Brooms, and finally for my list Young Frankenstien.
Eclectic I know...
You're Canadian. Is that film about curling?
//
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:42:07pm |
Hey, how about 300?
Not quite sure it's made it onto my list, but it's close.
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3 wood Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:42:14pm |
Anybody who has lived in Chicago and seen how things "happen" here to people will be completely unsurprised by this story. Roland Burris just got very lucky.
Political consultant John Ruff dies in auto accident
SPRINGFIELD -- A key figure in the perjury investigation of U.S. Sen. Roland Burris died in an automobile accident Monday, authorities in far west-suburban Kendall County confirmed Tuesday.
John Ruff, of Sandwich, Ill., was killed shortly before 3 p.m. when his 2001 BMW convertible crossed an oncoming lane of traffic and collided with a tree while he was driving eastbound on Rogers Road near Oak Brook Road in unincorporated Plano, said Kendall County Sheriff's Deputy Richard Pearson.
Of course, it's a complete mystery how this guy ended up dead.
Police have ruled out alcohol as a cause of the crash, but toxicology results won't be known until a coroner's inquest in mid July.
Pearson said there were no witnesses to the crash nor was there evidence of any other vehicles involved. There were no skid marks on the road.
"We have absolutely no idea what caused Mr. Ruff's vehicle to veer off the roadway," Pearson said.
Now, why is Burris lucky?
Ruff, 42, was the subject of a March 6 front-page story in the Sun-Times in which he issued an apology for being a co-plaintiff with Burris in a lawsuit seeking to force Secretary of State Jesse White to certify Burris’ controversial late-December appointment by impeached ex-Gov. Blagojevich.
Ruff, a health-care and political consultant, raised the prospect of a possible quid pro quo between Blagojevich and Burris, recounting a telephone conversation with Burris’ business partner Fred Lebed, who allegedly told Ruff on the date of Burris' appointment, "We'll have to do some things for the governor."
It's amazing how these things happen in Chicago.
| 231 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:42:20pm |
What about Worst Movie Ever?
Pirates of the Caribbean Part 3, SUCKED
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Athens Runaway Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:42:34pm |
Trading Places
Coming To America
The Producers
Red Dawn
The Incredibles
Supertroopers
Scary Movies 1, 3, 4
| 233 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:42:40pm |
Not in order....
Silence of the Lambs, Blue Velvet, Wizard of Oz, Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Blazing Saddles, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Green Mile.
About 25 others cycle in and out of the list for me.
| 234 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:43:05pm |
re: #231 Alouette
What about Worst Movie Ever?
Pirates of the Caribbean Part 3, SUCKED
Jaws 3.. to bad..Jaws is also top 25
| 235 |
FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:43:41pm |
re: #231 Alouette
What about Worst Movie Ever?
Pirates of the Caribbean Part 3, SUCKED
That men in tights movie you mentioned. eeee.
Joe vs. the volcano
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:44:20pm |
re: #231 Alouette
What about Worst Movie Ever?
Pirates of the Caribbean Part 3, SUCKED
Highlander 2: The Quickening. Closely followed by Star Trek V.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:44:24pm |
re: #235 FrogMarch
That men in tights movie you mentioned. eeee.
Joe vs. the volcano
Men in Tights was way better than Prince of Thieves, the movie it spoofed.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:44:31pm |
Hey Evening Lizards!
I'm still freakin' over the shooting at the Holocaust Museum.
How are you-all?
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:44:32pm |
re: #235 FrogMarch
Joe vs. the volcano
Hey I *like* that one, and it's where Tom Hanks met Meg Ryan.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:44:37pm |
re: #231 Alouette
What about Worst Movie Ever?
Pirates of the Caribbean Part 3, SUCKED
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:44:37pm |
Gone With the Wind
The Princess Bride
The Incredibles
Help!
LOTR trilogy
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Star Wars
Beauty and the Beast
Casablanca
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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sattv4u2 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:44:54pm |
OT ,,, but any night that the Yankees lose and the Red Sox win is a good night
But a night when the Yankees lose BECAUSE the Red Sox won is a great night!
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:45:19pm |
re: #235 FrogMarch
That men in tights movie you mentioned. eeee.
Joe vs. the volcano
The most quoted movie of all time and holds the spot as worst cringe worthy..
Top Gun
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sattv4u2 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:45:23pm |
re: #231 Alouette
What about Worst Movie Ever?
Pirates of the Caribbean Part 3, SUCKED
Ishtar
End of discussion
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jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:45:24pm |
OT (but it might make a movie)
Pigs of terror!
Pipeline Inspection Gauge ‘PIG’ Cited As Terror Threat
A pig is a device used by pipe contractors to clean or detect weaknesses in pipelines used for oil and gas, water or sewage. The device gets its name not only because of the acronym for pipeline inspection gauge but because it makes a squealing sound while traveling through a pipeline. Pigs come in various sizes and can travel remotely at high speeds. Contractors routinely use pigs in maintaining their pipelines.
U.S. security experts believe terrorists are capable of using pigs to infiltrate the pipeline networks in the United States and create havoc and destruction.
Source is questionable.
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:46:13pm |
re: #245 jcm
OT (but it might make a movie)
Pigs of terror!
Pipeline Inspection Gauge ‘PIG’ Cited As Terror Threat
Source is questionable.
Don't they also often carry nasty radioactives?
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:46:35pm |
re: #244 sattv4u2
Ishtar
End of discussion
Wost movie of all time that actually won an Oscar:
The English Patient
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:46:39pm |
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:46:48pm |
Hanna Does Her Sisters.
/someone swapped tapes at the video store, or so they claimed
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:47:16pm |
OK, Westerns for me. Eastwood in particular. "Unforgiven"
Little Bill Daggett: I don't deserve this... to die like this. I was building a house.
Will Munny: Deserve's got nothin' to do with it.
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SummerSong Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:47:17pm |
Favorite movies
Big
Big Fish
The Time Machine (the old one)
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:47:26pm |
re: #230 3 wood
Anybody who has lived in Chicago and seen how things "happen" here to people will be completely unsurprised by this story. Roland Burris just got very lucky.
Political consultant John Ruff dies in auto accident
It's amazing how these things happen in Chicago.
Kinda like Benon Sevon's aunt dying by falling down an elevator shaft in Cyprus.
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:47:36pm |
The worst movie I ever saw was 'Napoleon Dynamite', but that's just me.
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:47:40pm |
re: #206 reine.de.tout
Hm. Is this some kind of "exposure" therapy?
Actually, I was waiting for you to mention your favorite movie, Fear of Flying
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
In case of airsickness:
[Link: movies.yahoo.com...]
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Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:47:44pm |
Windhunter - a revolutionary maritime hydrogen generating system
Converting to a hydrogen energy system world wide will save earth's resources, reduce heat trapping gases and bring peace since wars over land based resources will become unnecessary. The wind energy will be available for harvesting as long as the sun shines on our beautiful rotating earth.
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Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:47:45pm |
The dude from the Montgomery Mini Mall is on Reno 911. Ha.
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:47:56pm |
re: #250 itellu3times
Hanna Does Her Sisters.
/someone swapped tapes at the video store, or so they claimed
A likely story.
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:48:01pm |
I haven't seen "Any which way but loose" for too long.
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VioletTiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:48:10pm |
re: #231 Alouette
What about Worst Movie Ever?
Pirates of the Caribbean Part 3, SUCKED
Attack of the Killer tomatoes.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:48:11pm |
re: #254 Sharmuta
The worst movie I ever saw was 'Napoleon Dynamite', but that's just me.
That was a weird movie. I also thought it sucked, but it does have a cult following.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:48:14pm |
re: #252 SummerSong
Favorite movies
Big
Big Fish
The Time Machine (the old one)
Big is another movie i could still watch another 100 times
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Wendya Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:48:21pm |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:48:23pm |
I watched Passage to India last night for the first time. Now I want to read the book.
The movie was well done.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:48:40pm |
re: #230 3 wood
Anybody who has lived in Chicago and seen how things "happen" here to people will be completely unsurprised by this story. Roland Burris just got very lucky.
Political consultant John Ruff dies in auto accident
It's amazing how these things happen in Chicago.
I live in Cook Country (born and raised in Chicago, but I live in a suburb now) and it doesn't surprise me at all. Still, Burris won't be elected to the Senate. If doesn't get knocked out in the primary, the GOP will kick his ass in the general election.
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FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:48:43pm |
re: #248 HoosierHoops
Wost movie of all time that actually won an Oscar:
The English Patient
agreed!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:48:59pm |
re: #254 Sharmuta
The worst movie I ever saw was 'Napoleon Dynamite', but that's just me.
You watched the whole thing? My kid (then about 12) and I couldn't make it thru the first 15 minutes.
Agreed--WORST MOVIE EVER!
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Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:49:00pm |
re: #254 Sharmuta
The worst movie I ever saw was 'Napoleon Dynamite', but that's just me.
I agree. I just didn't get it at all.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:49:16pm |
re: #265 ggt
I watched Passage to India last night for the first time. Now I want to read the book.
The movie was well done.
Yes, it was. I had read the book before I saw the movie - very well done.
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FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:49:37pm |
re: #243 HoosierHoops
The most quoted movie of all time and holds the spot as worst cringe worthy..
Top Gun
I've never made it all the way through that movie.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:49:39pm |
re: #254 Sharmuta
The worst movie I ever saw was 'Napoleon Dynamite', but that's just me.
I voted for Pedro.
/NOT. Terrible
| 274 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:49:55pm |
Don't Mess With the Zohan is another bottom sucker
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Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:50:04pm |
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Killian Bundy Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:50:14pm |
45% Say Cancel Rest of Stimulus Spending
Forty-five percent (45%) of Americans say the rest of the new government spending authorized in the $787-billion economic stimulus plan should now be canceled. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 36% disagree and 20% are not sure.
According to news reports, only $36 billion of the stimulus plan had been spent as of late May.
Just 20% of adults say the tax cuts included in the stimulus plan should be canceled while 55% disagree. The stimulus plan includes $288 billion in tax cuts.
While there is a wide partisan gap on the question of stimulus spending, there is little partisan disagreement on maintaining the tax cuts.
President Obama on Monday vowed to speed up the pace of stimulus spending and said the money will help “create or save” 600,000 more jobs this summer.
However, only 31% of Americans believe the new government spending in the stimulus package creates new jobs. Forty-eight percent (48%) say the stimulus spending does not create jobs, and 21% are not sure.
Americans have mixed feelings about whether speeding up the new government spending in the stimulus package will help the economy. Thirty-nine percent (39%) say the increased spending will be good for the economy, but 44% say it will be bad. Eight percent (8%) think it will have no impact.
A plurality of government employees believe speeding up the stimulus will be good for the economy. However, those who work in the private sector strongly disagree.
Of course, since the "stimulus" isn't doing any good, the prudent, fiscally responsible thing to do would be to cancel what's not spent already, especially since we couldn't afford it in the first place. The people can see right through this sham and the polls are showing it.
/but since TOTUS doesn't care about the people or fiscal responsibility, he just promised to spend it faster
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:50:20pm |
Worst movie ever. The English Patient. Some wag described it properly: "long, slow, boring death."
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:50:23pm |
re: #259 itellu3times
I haven't seen "Any which way but loose" for too long.
I once saw "Clyde" perform.
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FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:50:23pm |
re: #237 Alouette
Men in Tights was way better than Prince of Thieves, the movie it spoofed.
I like mel Brooks, but that movie was a stinker imo.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:50:43pm |
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VioletTiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:50:49pm |
re: #270 Bobblehead
I agree. I just didn't get it at all.
You had to be in the 12-15 year-old range to get it I believe.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:50:51pm |
re: #277 The Shadow Do
Worst movie ever. The English Patient. Some wag described it properly: "long, slow, boring death."
Accurate description.
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:50:55pm |
I put the David Lynch "Dune" in the bottom rank, but I know some others like it.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:50:58pm |
re: #248 HoosierHoops
Wost movie of all time that actually won an Oscar:
The English Patient
LOL. You beat me!
| 285 |
J.S. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:51:09pm |
Attack of the Crab Monsters...(1957)...best grade D movie, evah!
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:51:20pm |
re: #279 FrogMarch
I like mel Brooks, but that movie was a stinker imo.
Mel Brooks couldn't make a stinker.
No wait. The 12 Chairs. That sucked.
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ShanghaiEd Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:51:22pm |
re: #245 jcm
OT (but it might make a movie)
Pigs of terror!
Pipeline Inspection Gauge ‘PIG’ Cited As Terror Threat
Source is questionable.
Cue Samuel L. Jackson:
"Enough is enough! I've had it with these m-----f------ pigs in this m-----f------ pipeline!"
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:51:42pm |
re: #241 Sharmuta
Gone With the Wind
The Princess Bride
The Incredibles
Help!
LOTR trilogy
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Star Wars
Beauty and the Beast
Casablanca
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I haven't seen Help! in a long time. I may need to buy it.
| 289 |
FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:51:43pm |
Idiocracy.
crude, silly - hilarious sight-gags. totally recommend.
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Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:51:56pm |
Nearby Star May Be Getting Ready to Explode
Bye-bye, Betelgeuse?
The nearby, well-known and very bright star may soon explode in a supernova, according to data released by U.C. Berkeley researchers Tuesday.
The red giant Betelgeuse, once so large it would reach out to Jupiter's orbit if placed in our own solar system, has shrunk by 15 percent over the past decade in a half, although it's just as bright as it's ever been.
"To see this change is very striking," said retired Berkeley physics professor Charles Townes, who won the 1964 Nobel Prize for inventing the laser. "We will be watching it carefully over the next few years to see if it will keep contracting or will go back up in size."
Betelgeuse, whose name derives from Arabic, is easily visible in the constellation Orion. It gave Michael Keaton's character his name in the movie "Beetlejuice" and was the home system of Galactic President Zaphod Beeblebrox in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:51:59pm |
re: #277 The Shadow Do
Worst movie ever. The English Patient. Some wag described it properly: "long, slow, boring death."
Worst soundtrack for a great movie:
Paint your wagon....
Heads should have rolled over that
| 293 |
MandyManners Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:52:39pm |
I've lost the 7:00 link of this incredible film but, this film is an intellectual gut-buster.
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alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:52:47pm |
re: #277 The Shadow Do
Worst movie ever. The English Patient. Some wag described it properly: "long, slow, boring death."
* * * *
I loved it!~ Especially the score. I bought the CD!
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Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:52:57pm |
re: #254 Sharmuta
The worst movie I ever saw was 'Napoleon Dynamite', but that's just me.
Oh its in my top 10. I have seen that about 20 times. If you don't think its funny you haven't watched it enough times yet.
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:52:58pm |
re: #289 FrogMarch
Idiocracy.
crude, silly - hilarious sight-gags. totally recommend.
That was indeed hilarious!
Everybody: Rent Idiocracy.
| 297 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:53:13pm |
I'm a fan of Lillian Hellman. If you haven't seen Watch on the Rhine, I highly recommend it. The movie premiered in 1943, based on a play that was performed (I think) 3 years earlier. It is amazing to me that so acurately described the evil occurring in Europe years before we entered the war.
I also think it is applies to today.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:53:14pm |
re: #291 HoosierHoops
Worst soundtrack for a great movie:
Paint your wagon....
Heads should have rolled over that
Paint Your Wagon was also a horrible Broadway flop
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:53:36pm |
re: #292 Sharmuta
I have it memorized.
Me too! I think that's why I put it aside.
"Jeweler, you've failed"
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alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:53:59pm |
re: #276 Killian Bundy
45% Say Cancel Rest of Stimulus Spending
Of course, since the "stimulus" isn't doing any good, the prudent, fiscally responsible thing to do would be to cancel what's not spent already, especially since we couldn't afford it in the first place. The people can see right through this sham and the polls are showing it.
/but since TOTUS doesn't care about the people or fiscal responsibility, he just promised to spend it faster
* * * * *
AMEN, Cancel this crappy stimulus medicine that ain't working.
Stimulus ain't fooling all of the people anymore.
| 302 |
NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:54:08pm |
re: #245 jcm
OT (but it might make a movie)
Pigs of terror!
Pipeline Inspection Gauge ‘PIG’ Cited As Terror Threat
Source is questionable.
I recall a James Bond movie about getting a Soviet Defector out by putting him in a "pig" equipped with a seat and oxygen supply. The pipes had 90 degree bends, which made it quite a joke. Also, NO self-respecting Muslim terrorist would get inside a "pig", right?
| 303 |
Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:54:21pm |
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:54:23pm |
re: #300 Bloodnok
Me too! I think that's why I put it aside.
"Jeweler, you've failed"
"He's out to rule the world.... if he can get a government grant."
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jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:54:25pm |
re: #283 itellu3times
I put the David Lynch "Dune" in the bottom rank, but I know some others like it.
Sci Fi channel did a much better job with Dune.
| 306 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:54:33pm |
re: #290 Racer X
Nearby Star May Be Getting Ready to Explode
Bye-bye, Betelgeuse?The nearby, well-known and very bright star may soon explode in a supernova, according to data released by U.C. Berkeley researchers Tuesday.
The red giant Betelgeuse, once so large it would reach out to Jupiter's orbit if placed in our own solar system, has shrunk by 15 percent over the past decade in a half, although it's just as bright as it's ever been.
"To see this change is very striking," said retired Berkeley physics professor Charles Townes, who won the 1964 Nobel Prize for inventing the laser. "We will be watching it carefully over the next few years to see if it will keep contracting or will go back up in size."
Betelgeuse, whose name derives from Arabic, is easily visible in the constellation Orion. It gave Michael Keaton's character his name in the movie "Beetlejuice" and was the home system of Galactic President Zaphod Beeblebrox in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
How long before the galatic toxic waste reaches Earth?
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:54:37pm |
re: #293 MandyManners
I've lost the 7:00 link of this incredible film but, this film is an intellectual gut-buster.
I thought it was great, too. However, I recently re-watched it, and it was somewhat less funny as I remebered it. I downgraded it to "good."
| 308 |
Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:54:43pm |
Shawn of the Dead
The 5th Element
True Lies
Kung Fu Hustle
| 310 |
Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:54:59pm |
re: #297 ggt
I'm a fan of Lillian Hellman. If you haven't seen Watch on the Rhine, I highly recommend it. The movie premiered in 1943, based on a play that was performed (I think) 3 years earlier. It is amazing to me that so acurately described the evil occurring in Europe years before we entered the war.
I also think it is applies to today.
Ooo..... Bette Davis. Great movie. I've seen it many times.
| 311 |
BatGuano Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:55:06pm |
re: #290 Racer X
It will be a spectacular show when it goes.
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:55:24pm |
re: #305 jcm
Sci Fi channel did a much better job with Dune.
I bought that on disk (cheap at Tarjay). It's - passable.
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jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:55:25pm |
re: #302 NelsFree
I recall a James Bond movie about getting a Soviet Defector out by putting him in a "pig" equipped with a seat and oxygen supply. The pipes had 90 degree bends, which made it quite a joke. Also, NO self-respecting Muslim terrorist would get inside a "pig", right?
Yeah, the Iranian Navy docked all their subs when they found out they were called "pig boats."
///
| 314 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:55:45pm |
The LTR trilogy. I could watch that over and over. Oh wait, I have.
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Rexatosis Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:55:46pm |
RE: #176 jcm
Thanks, but I am already kicking myself for leaving off:
Fantasia 1940
The Producers --Zero Mostel accept no substitutes
From Russia with Love 1963 Connery v. Shaw Bond at his best
King Kong 1933 Still stands up
Conan the Barbarian--Arnold was born to play Conan
The General--Buster Keaton is hilarious
Exorcist 1973--Still the scariest movie I have ever seen
The Passion of Joan of Arc--Okay its silent but there is no way anyone can make it through the last fifteen minutes dry eyed--Dryer was a genius
Dr. Stranglove--Peter Sellers is brilliant
Unforgiven--Hackman, Clint
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:55:48pm |
re: #305 jcm
Sci Fi channel did a much better job with Dune.
The shouting weapon thing killed Lynch's for me.
What the hell was THAT, Lynch?
Frank hands you one of the finest sci-fi epics ever, and you jack with it?
| 318 |
Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:55:53pm |
re: #304 Sharmuta
"He's out to rule the world.... if he can get a government grant."
"I wouldn't touch it with a plastic one".
| 319 |
BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:56:11pm |
*BONK* What am I thinking, I totally forgot about "The Manchurian Candidate", the orginal not the remake. The opening scene was so well done and really, really creepy.
| 320 |
OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:56:20pm |
re: #306 ggt
How long before the galatic toxic waste reaches Earth?
I don't know, but we're gonna need to tax you NOW to prevent it.
/
| 322 |
Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:56:54pm |
re: #290 Racer X
Eventually, the huge star may become a nesting doll of elements, with a mixed iron-nickel core surrounded by onion-like layers of silicon, oxygen, neon, carbon, helium and hydrogen.
As the iron fuel runs out, it may explode into a supernova, blasting newly created elements out into the universe and leaving behind a small, incredibly dense neutron star.
All the heavier elements in the universe — including all the oxygen, carbon and iron in your own body — were created in such a way.
It's possible we're observing the beginning of Betelgeuse's final collapse now.
If so, the star, which is 600 light-years away, will already have exploded — and we'll soon be in for a spectacular, and perfectly safe, interstellar fireworks show.
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livefreeor die Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:56:57pm |
Blame It on Rio was horrible! Michael Caine must have lost a bet to end up in that one.
| 325 |
FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:57:00pm |
Good chick flicks:
Bridget Jones' Diary (the first one only)
The Notebook (this movie makes me cry like a baby every. dang. time.)
| 326 |
zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:57:06pm |
re: #308 Racer X
Shawn of the Dead
The 5th Element
True Lies
Kung Fu Hustle
Nice! Good list. I agree with al of it, except "True Lies" was prety cheesy.
Kung Fu Hustle was fantastic! ! ! ! !
Stephen Chow is definitely the funniest comedian of the last 20 years. I WORSHIP every one of his films.
| 327 |
alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:57:20pm |
"Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown" by Almodovar (in Spanish, is very funny, especially after eating tapas & drinking vino)
"Das Boot" the German version with English subtitles
| 328 |
FrogMarch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:57:27pm |
| 329 |
jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:57:31pm |
re: #312 itellu3times
I bought that on disk (cheap at Tarjay). It's - passable.
I really don't know why they try to put some books on film, too complex. LOTR was one I didn't thing would work, but that turned out very well.
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:57:32pm |
re: #256 Racer X
From your referenced site:
"Most earth scientists are convinced that global warming is a fact and that our human activity of burning fossil fuels is the main cause. We burn coal, oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbon resources which release huge amounts of heat trapping gases into the world's atmosphere. The resulting temperature rise increases hurricane storm intensity while at the same time reduces food production. The amount of fossil fuels is finite and humans and other animals may not survive if the earth's temperature continues to rise. So everything must be done to convert to some other energy system as soon as possible.
Surely, you forgot your /sarc tag on this one, right?
| 331 |
Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:57:37pm |
re: #321 Sharmuta
"It's a fiendish thingy!"
That was going to be my first quote to you, before the mind meld thing started.
| 332 |
freetoken Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:57:41pm |
re: #290 Racer X
Also interesting is how "
Betelgeuse
" is pronounced in various movies and TV shows.
| 333 |
yochanan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:57:57pm |
two movies i could not stand due to there anti Americanism
gangs of new york in this movie the Irish gangs were the good guys were in fact it was the Irish gangs that started the draft riots were they hung black people in NYC during the civil war.
the last samurai which had the protagonist as a American who murdered Indians were in fact it was the Germans that trained the Japanese army at this time Hollywood being what it is has to make Americans look bad even if they weren't in the historical events.
| 334 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:58:00pm |
re: #291 HoosierHoops
Worst soundtrack for a great movie:
Paint your wagon....
Heads should have rolled over that
Best soundtrack for a bad movie: The Green Berets
| 336 |
itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:58:10pm |
re: #322 Racer X
And if it blows the atmosphere away and kills all life on Earth, can I get my ticket refunded in cash?
| 337 |
SummerSong Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:58:11pm |
Oh yeah,
What Dreams May come.
Visually stunning and a really nice story.
| 338 |
Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:58:13pm |
Bloodnok- I met the Scientist at a Beatles-fest years and years ago and got his autographing saying "MIT was after me". :D
| 339 |
alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:58:19pm |
re: #323 livefreeor die
Blame It on Rio was horrible! Michael Caine must have lost a bet to end up in that one.
* * * * *
"Zulu"
| 340 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:58:46pm |
re: #333 yochanan
two movies i could not stand due to there anti Americanism
gangs of new york in this movie the Irish gangs were the good guys were in fact it was the Irish gangs that started the draft riots were they hung black people in NYC during the civil war.
the last samurai which had the protagonist as a American who murdered Indians were in fact it was the Germans that trained the Japanese army at this time Hollywood being what it is has to make Americans look bad even if they weren't in the historical events.
Dances With Wolves also sucked big time, but I assumed that was due to Kevin Costner.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:58:50pm |
hey what about Hoosiers? :)
For a movie that effects me every single time I watch it..
Dances with Wolves
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:58:54pm |
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:58:55pm |
re: #331 Bloodnok
That was going to be my first quote to you, before the mind meld thing started.
Crazy! Get outta my head!
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jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:59:11pm |
re: #315 Rexatosis
RE: #176 jcm
Thanks, but I am already kicking myself for leaving off:
Fantasia 1940
The Producers --Zero Mostel accept no substitutes
From Russia with Love 1963 Connery v. Shaw Bond at his best
King Kong 1933 Still stands up
Conan the Barbarian--Arnold was born to play Conan
The General--Buster Keaton is hilarious
Exorcist 1973--Still the scariest movie I have ever seen
The Passion of Joan of Arc--Okay its silent but there is no way anyone can make it through the last fifteen minutes dry eyed--Dryer was a genius
Dr. Stranglove--Peter Sellers is brilliant
Unforgiven--Hackman, Clint
Another good list. Buster Keaton, completely forgot him.
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Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:59:13pm |
re: #306 ggt
How long before the galatic toxic waste reaches Earth?
Well maybe it already blew up but the light isn't here yet.
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:59:17pm |
re: #333 yochanan
two movies i could not stand due to there anti Americanism
gangs of new york in this movie the Irish gangs were the good guys were in fact it was the Irish gangs that started the draft riots were they hung black people in NYC during the civil war.
the last samurai which had the protagonist as a American who murdered Indians were in fact it was the Germans that trained the Japanese army at this time Hollywood being what it is has to make Americans look bad even if they weren't in the historical events.
70% of all movies I watch these days are subtly or overtly anti-American.
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freetoken Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:59:29pm |
From the Wiki site:
A Betelgeuse supernova could easily outshine the Moon in the night sky.[19] It will likely be the brightest supernova in recorded Human history, easily outshining SN 1006. After it explodes, it will likely linger for several months, being visible in the daytime sky and lighting up nighttime skies in the Solar System for a long time, after which the "right shoulder" of Orion will disappear forever.
Reported on June 9, 2009, the star has shrunk 15% in the last 15 years. The rate that it has been decreasing in size has accelerated.[20]
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itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:59:33pm |
re: #329 jcm
I really don't know why they try to put some books on film, too complex. LOTR was one I didn't thing would work, but that turned out very well.
Sure, but a lot of SF ought to make great movies, I could list ten or twenty that are each guaranteed billion dollar babies, ... and we get Wolverine.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:59:38pm |
re: #338 Sharmuta
Bloodnok- I met the Scientist at a Beatles-fest years and years ago and got his autographing saying "MIT was after me". :D
Victor Spinetti? Cool! (Also the producer in AHDN and the Army guy in MMT). Or was it Roy Kinnear (also in How I Won The War with Lennon)?
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:59:40pm |
re: #293 MandyManners
I've lost the 7:00 link of this incredible film but, this film is an intellectual gut-buster.
Plus, the movie posited the use of personal communications devices which could be used any time to call any one in the world. Wait, I've got to answer my cell phone...
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 7:59:45pm |
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:00:20pm |
re: #341 HoosierHoops
hey what about Hoosiers? :)
For a movie that effects me every single time I watch it..
Dances with Wolves
Hoosiers = excellent
Dances with Wolves = wince! Unintentionally funny.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:00:30pm |
re: #346 zombie
70% of all movies I watch these days are subtly or overtly anti-American.
Where do you find the 30% that are pro-American?
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:00:38pm |
re: #353 Sharmuta
I may have lulled Bloodnok with my filthy eastern ways.
Say no more.
I will say no more.
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alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:00:38pm |
re: #346 zombie
70% of all movies I watch these days are subtly or overtly anti-American.
* * * *
Oddly enough I haven't wanted to see a movie in years!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:00:44pm |
re: #325 FrogMarch
Good chick flicks:
Bridget Jones' Diary (the first one only)
The Notebook (this movie makes me cry like a baby every. dang. time.)
Anlything by Tyler Perry. The last one with Kathy Bates and Alfie Woodward was very good!
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:01:33pm |
re: #349 itellu3times
Are you kidding? I barely trust Hollyweird to do justice to most sci-fi stories. I enter into this trial exhibit A: Starshiptroopers.
/*gag*
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ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:01:54pm |
re: #352 The Shadow Do
Michael Cane acted in every movie ever made.
Is that a variation of the Caine-Hackman Theory?
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Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:01:59pm |
re: #326 zombie
Nice! Good list. I agree with al of it, except "True Lies" was prety cheesy.
What!?!
Best movie line ever:
"Have you ever killed anyone?"
"Yes, but they were all bad"
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:02:05pm |
Another one for the Suck List:
Norbit. Racist and fat-phobic.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:02:07pm |
re: #340 Alouette
Dances With Wolves also sucked big time, but I assumed that was due to Kevin Costner.
That for sure, coupled with the whole stupid noble savage hooey. Nice visuals though.
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Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:02:45pm |
"Ms. Schlussel is wrong in her assertion that Muslims are to blame for today's horrific events at the D.C. National Holocaust Museum."
[Link: yellowlimes.blogspot.com...]
Thanks to bkgodfrey for posting this in spinoffs, where it is, unfortunately being downdinged by nutters.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:03:11pm |
re: #366 Sharmuta
What was it that first attracted you to me?
Well, you're very polite, aren't you?
Lennon should have done more acting. He was a natural.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:03:24pm |
re: #367 Jimmah
"Ms. Schlussel is wrong in her assertion that Muslims are to blame for today's horrific events at the D.C. National Holocaust Museum."
[Link: yellowlimes.blogspot.com...]
Thanks to bkgodfrey for posting this in spinoffs, where it is, unfortunately being downdinged by nutters.
Debbie Schlussel is not a nutbag, even though she plays one on the Internet.
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J.S. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:03:32pm |
(I stopped watching movies decades ago...rarely, rarely watch movies...let's see...the last one I can recall was Team America...that's about it.)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:03:38pm |
The intertubes at my hotel keep kicking me off (and on Movie Night, dammit)....
Guess I should say goodnight.
And...
Gymkata.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:03:41pm |
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wrenchwench Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:03:51pm |
OT:
I just got done teaching a bicycle maintenance class. One of the students is a customer of mine who spent the second or third largest amount on a single bicycle in my shop's 10 year history. He is also one of the very few customers I have who know that I am not a liberal (the rest just assume it.)
While he's finishing up on his bike, he starts telling me about a raft trip he just took with a group of other local folks down the Colorado, and what an interesting group it was, and how he thinks he was the only Creationist among them. If I hadn't been reading LGF, I wouldn't have known what he was talking about. But I did know. [Thanks, Charles.]
I think he was trying to gauge whether he had a sympathizer in me. I walked a careful line between telling him what I know and just letting him talk. He spoke straight from the talking points, except he agreed with me that Creationism does not belong in the classroom. I did OK, he's still my customer. He did say courtesy and respect are the most important things to him, and I think part of his motivation to talk about it tonight was that he didn't get that from one of our mutual acquaintances on his trip.
/OT
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subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:04:08pm |
Wow! Some great lists guys!
I love movies that I want to see over and over again - after months or years. A few I love:
Legends of the Fall.
Glory.
The Man Who Would be King.
The Sand Pebbles.
(Remember, I love all the classics....own 'em watch 'em regularly.)
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Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:04:22pm |
re: #349 itellu3times
Sure, but a lot of SF ought to make great movies, I could list ten or twenty that are each guaranteed billion dollar babies, ... and we get Wolverine.
I find it utterly baffling that they have not made a big-budget movie out of Neuromancer.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:04:32pm |
re: #365 The Shadow Do
That for sure, coupled with the whole stupid noble savage hooey. Nice visuals though.
I liked that movie!
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:04:42pm |
Black and White in Color.
Anti-colonialist, but extremely well-made and thought-provoking.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:05:06pm |
re: #359 BlueCanuck
Are you kidding? I barely trust Hollyweird to do justice to most sci-fi stories. I enter into this trial exhibit A: Starshiptroopers.
/*gag*
Counterpoint: Blade Runner.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:05:08pm |
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Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:05:16pm |
29 Amazing Long Exposure Pictures
Really cool.
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:05:25pm |
re: #368 Bloodnok
Lennon should have done more acting. He was a natural.
All four of them seemed quite natural with the cameras, but I agree. John in particular was good. Not many people take the time to watch, 'How I Won the War'.
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legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:05:49pm |
re: #362 ArchangelMichael
Is that a variation of the Caine-Hackman Theory?
That's the Caine-Hackman-Jackson Theory -
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CynicalConservative Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:05:51pm |
re: #379 The Shadow Do
Ya lost me there A-Mike!
Caine-Hackman Theory. First I heard it was in PcU....
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wrenchwench Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:06:05pm |
And On Topic, I'm the only person I know who didn't like The Princess Bride. I can explain, but not tonight. I'm going home.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:06:12pm |
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Rexatosis Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:06:14pm |
and now for a horrid film so bad it is almost a guilty pleasure:
Surf Nazis Must Die
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:06:44pm |
re: #347 freetoken
From the Wiki site:
I'll miss Betelgeuse. Maybe we should plan on replacing it with something that shines brightly now...like Obama?
/h
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:06:45pm |
Black Book was EXCELLENT. If you can del with the subtitles.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:07:26pm |
re: #386 Rexatosis
and now for a horrid film so bad it is almost a guilty pleasure:
Surf Nazis Must Die
Billy Madison with a Happy Gilmore back
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:07:33pm |
re: #381 Sharmuta
All four of them seemed quite natural with the cameras, but I agree. John in particular was good. Not many people take the time to watch, 'How I Won the War'.
A very strange film, but I have grown to like it over several viewings.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:07:35pm |
re: #387 NelsFree
I'll miss Betelgeuse. Maybe we should plan on replacing it with something that shines brightly now...like Obama?
/h
The same way we all miss Pluto?
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Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:07:35pm |
Blue Velvet and Memento were really good weird movies.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:07:51pm |
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ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:07:53pm |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:08:14pm |
Wow, nearly 400 comments and we are still, for the most part, OT. Can we add books now?
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:08:15pm |
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:08:25pm |
re: #375 Occasional Reader
I find it utterly baffling that they have not made a big-budget movie out of Neuromancer.
After what they did to "Johnny Mnemonic"? Good visuals, nice cyberpunky theme. Unfortunately they totally changed the story. I mean come on, it was a short story it should have been easy to do.
/sorry, I am a purist when it comes to most fiction. :)
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:08:38pm |
My favorite line from 'Help!':
"Get sacrificed! I don't subscribe to your religion."
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:09:03pm |
re: #393 Flyers1974
Worst Movie: Blair Witch Project
Cloverfield. How much did theaters pay to clean puke off the seats after every showing?
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subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:09:09pm |
re: #392 Mich-again
Blue Velvet and Memento were really good weird movies.
Odd, but great choices! It took me three viewings of Memento to figure out I was watching two movies at once. Very cool indeed.
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Flyers1974 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:09:38pm |
re: #363 Racer X
Honorable mention, best movie line: I Drink Your Milkshake
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:09:44pm |
re: #400 Alouette
Cloverfield. How much did theaters pay to clean puke off the seats after every showing?
I liked Cloverfield. Although they never addressed how the camcorder battery lasted so long.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:09:50pm |
re: #376 HoosierHoops
I liked that movie!
I give you "Little Big Man" - a classic that has a sense of humor.
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:09:55pm |
worst movie of recent memory...the Wild Hogs...a very unfunny comedy filmed here in NM...just awful
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:10:01pm |
"You been up at that temple, eh? You're as bad as your sister coming home at all hours and all colors."
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:10:02pm |
re: #359 BlueCanuck
Are you kidding? I barely trust Hollyweird to do justice to most sci-fi stories. I enter into this trial exhibit A: Starshiptroopers.
/*gag*
INdeed! The director was quoted as saying, "I wanted to make it like Viet Nam, where the troops were outgunned, not supported well, and politically manipulated." Words to that effect. I read the original version, absolutely a good 'kill the bad guys, defend what's right' book.
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yochanan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:10:16pm |
bad low budget movies don't bother me sort of to be expected
the spaghetti westerns for example fist full of dollars etc.
one movie i saw on cable was called 'the preposition' it was about the early days of the out back in oz very violent but the violence was logical.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:10:26pm |
re: #403 Flyers1974
Honorable mention, best movie line: I Drink Your Milkshake
"Houston, We Have a Problem"
"Second Star to the Right and Straight on 'til morning."
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:10:42pm |
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:10:44pm |
re: #378 Occasional Reader
Counterpoint: Blade Runner.
I will disagree. Blade Runner was only similar to Philip K. Dicks work. I think the term is "suggested by....."
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:10:54pm |
re: #403 Flyers1974
Honorable mention, best movie line: I Drink Your Milkshake
I know what love is Jennie....
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Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:11:00pm |
Most of the movies in this Hitchcock collection are classics, but "Spellbound" with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck is wonderful. I think it was one of his first movies. Good grief he was handsome. Beautiful, beautiful score also.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:11:28pm |
re: #402 Sharmuta
Fucking love it.
Part of it is just the joy of seeing the Beatles from that era in color. And it's a very vibrant color too. The movie looks good.
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jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:11:29pm |
re: #349 itellu3times
Sure, but a lot of SF ought to make great movies, I could list ten or twenty that are each guaranteed billion dollar babies, ... and we get Wolverine.
Yeah, I had a box of 20's and 30's SciFi pulp fiction books given to me when I was a kid. Just about every Twilight Zone and Outer Limits came out of those short stories.
I wonder if any of Niven and Pournelle's books will every make it into a movie.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:11:47pm |
re: #363 Racer X
What!?!
Best movie line ever:
"Have you ever killed anyone?"
"Yes, but they were all bad"
Best movie line (IMO):
"You gotta decide what side of the cross you're on. We need nailers, not hangers!"
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:11:59pm |
re: #414 Bobblehead
Most of the movies in this Hitchcock collection are classics, but "Spellbound" with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck is wonderful. I think it was one of his first movies. Good grief he was handsome. Beautiful, beautiful score also.
Hitchcock is timeless. M. Night Shamalyn is coming close.
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wrenchwench Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:12:00pm |
Oh yeah, favorite movie: Dark Star.
G'nite, lizards!
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Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:12:24pm |
The movie that made me laugh the hardest was either Easy Money with Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci or the first Airplane movie.
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:12:48pm |
re: #416 jcm
That would be good. What story would be your choice?
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yochanan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:12:56pm |
7 samurai vs the last samurai
one great the other dead meat.
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freetoken Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:13:00pm |
Would it surprise anyone here that Townhall ♥'s BNP, VB, etc?
From Blankley's latest piece:
[...] Now, with last weekend's election, we are beginning to see the breakout of such political impulses. Not all the parties are disreputable. I have met with Geert Wilders, who is a courageous, decent Dutch patriot. He only stepped up to the challenge when, in 2003, as a local official, he made the commonplace observation that Yasser Arafat was a "terrorist leader." [...]
The real winners are in the comments:
St. Denis In Obama's Red America
Location: LA
Reply # 1
Date: Jun 10, 2009 - 7:26 PM EST
The EU Had Better Awaken PRONTO!Bravo on the elections, but the EU had better get with the terror program, which we are moving away from [...]
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RL
Location: FL
Reply # 2
Date: Jun 10, 2009 - 3:20 PM EST
Tea Party, Anyone?
Meanwhile, America is heading in the opposite direction.
[shout out to Kilgore!]
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Maximilian
Location: WA
Reply # 3
Date: Jun 10, 2009 - 2:26 PM EST
Congrats to Europe!
They learned from past mistakes as will we.
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18Wheeler
Location: CA
Reply # 4
Date: Jun 10, 2009 - 2:20 PM EST
Re: Wolfgang / Elections
Wolfgang writes: “...The current economic collapse also doesn't hurt these parties. People are tired of being told who they have rub shoulders with....”
**************************************
CORRECT! In fact it’s these vermin who contribute to the problems of Western nations as they’re now an economic drain. As to whom we want as neighbors, Nations have a right to maintain their cultural and ethnic identity. This means if we dont want to be infested with Muslims, who aren’t part of our culture, we have the right to exclude them. And if they prove they’re a threat, as they now have, we have the right and responsibility to take more “Extreme” measurers.
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[BTW folks, I'm not cherry picking, I'm just going down the list of comments!]
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18Wheeler
Location: CA
Reply # 6
Date: Jun 10, 2009 - 11:16 AM EST
YES. TOMORROW BELONGS TO US!
That the BNP may be racist is of secondary importance to the more important issue; the greater threat to the world posed by the danger or Islam. There’s a Muslim saying, “Enemy of my enemy is my friend”: meaning sometimes strange alliances are necessary to achieve the more important objective and the greater good. The Western world is in an undeclared war with Islam. At stake is our very survival. So our most important objective for the security of the free world is the ultimate extermination of Muslims. So if we must, for the greater good, support political parties like the BNP or other neo-fascists to rid the world of dangerous vermin like Muslims, so be it. Desperate situations sometimes require desperate solutions. So YES. Tomorrow DOES belong to us; provided we find leaders with the courage to think the unthinkable.
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apppleblossom
Location: PA
Reply # 8
Date: Jun 10, 2009 - 8:53 AM EST
senses
Finally a few countries are coming to their senses. Please keep stressing that we here in America need to get back to our own senses. The stink is getting worse and we need to stop it, The BO smell is in need of deodorant and disinfectant then flushed.
[all emphases added.]
TownHall.com is the home of the true "conservatives", is it not?
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Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:13:20pm |
A few of my favourite films:
Blade Runner
Alien1+2
The Name of the Rose
Death Proof
Pulp Fiction
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:13:59pm |
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Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:14:18pm |
re: #404 ggt
I liked Cloverfield. Although they never addressed how the camcorder battery lasted so long.
I agree Cloverfield was great.
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:14:19pm |
re: #415 Bloodnok
Part of it is just the joy of seeing the Beatles from that era in color. And it's a very vibrant color too. The movie looks good.
A number of years ago, a girl friend of mine and I went and saw 'A Hard Day's Night' on Christmas Eve on a big screen at some art house movie theatre- I smiled from beginning to end. I've never done that at the movies before. Both movies are just a pleasure to watch. "Joy" is the right word.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:14:46pm |
re: #428 Sharmuta
A number of years ago, a girl friend of mine and I went and saw 'A Hard Day's Night' on Christmas Eve on a big screen at some art house movie theatre- I smiled from beginning to end. I've never done that at the movies before. Both movies are just a pleasure to watch. "Joy" is the right word.
+1964
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:14:50pm |
re: #425 Jimmah
A few of my favourite films:
Blade Runner
Alien1+2
The Name of the Rose
Death Proof
Pulp Fiction
Good one!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:15:22pm |
So, I finished Sir Walter Scott's Talisman --good novel. Strange how the depiction of the Saracen's shows much hasn't changed.
Now, I'm listening to Plato's Republic. I'm about 1/3 of the way thru and it seems as though it is just a string of very intricate logical arguments. Don't know how much I am absorbing. It was nice to discover the inspiration of Tolkien's Ring of Power, tho.
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legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:15:40pm |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:15:42pm |
re: #420 Mich-again
The movie that made me laugh the hardest was either Easy Money with Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci or the first Airplane movie.
My Cousin Vinny.
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MandyManners Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:15:54pm |
re: #307 zombie
I thought it was great, too. However, I recently re-watched it, and it was somewhat less funny as I remebered it. I downgraded it to "good."
I'd give my X's left nut to see it again.
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Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:15:54pm |
re: #401 subsailor68
Odd, but great choices! It took me three viewings of Memento to figure out I was watching two movies at once. Very cool indeed.
Here, we watched it three times in a row on a Friday night/ Saturday morning. By then I had it figured out. It was one scene at a time, starting at the end scene and working its way back to the beginning. The real trick is figuring out the scene after the movie during the credits.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:15:59pm |
re: #406 albusteve
worst movie of recent memory...the Wild Hogs...a very unfunny comedy filmed here in NM...just awful
Another fairly recent stinker: A History of Violence. Starring moonbat Viggo Mortensson.
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:16:18pm |
A click flick that was pretty good..
PS I love you...
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Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:16:38pm |
re: #393 Flyers1974
Worst Movie: Blair Witch Project
Believe me, Blair Witch is NOTHING. The worst movie is a French flick called "the Martyrs". If you watch it, you will genuinely wish you hadn't.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:16:44pm |
re: #416 jcm
I wonder if any of Niven and Pournelle's books will every make it into a movie.
The right director could make a helluva flick out of Footfall.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:17:06pm |
re: #420 Mich-again
The movie that made me laugh the hardest was either Easy Money with Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci or the first Airplane movie.
Airplane! Do you speak jive?
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:17:19pm |
No one else has mentioned it, so I'll say 'The Breakfast Club'.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:17:53pm |
Another sci-fi butchery: Riverworld on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Yeccchhh.
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Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:18:11pm |
Top Secret
One of the best or one of the worst. I can't decide.
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zombie Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:18:14pm |
re: #442 ggt
Second Hand Lions
The Bucket List
Surely you have descended into madness. That was horrific.
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Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:18:20pm |
The Robe...Richard Burton and Jean Simmons. One of my all time favorite biblical epics. Another absolutely gorgeous score.
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The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:18:46pm |
re: #439 Jimmah
Believe me, Blair Witch is NOTHING. The worst movie is a French flick called "the Martyrs". If you watch it, you will genuinely wish you hadn't.
I just saw that, and I have to second that. Horrifically, mindnumbingly bad, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:18:47pm |
re: #418 ggt
Hitchcock is timeless. M. Night Shamalyn is coming close.
Must disagree on that latter point.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:18:56pm |
re: #425 Jimmah
A few of my favourite films:
Blade Runner
Alien1+2
The Name of the Rose
Death Proof
Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction. Interesting film. But why?
/still have a tough time digesting that one.
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Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:18:59pm |
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Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:19:11pm |
re: #439 Jimmah
Believe me, Blair Witch is NOTHING. The worst movie is a French flick called "the Martyrs". If you watch it, you will genuinely wish you hadn't.
I felt that way after watching Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing".
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:19:18pm |
re: #436 Occasional Reader
Another fairly recent stinker: A History of Violence. Starring moonbat Viggo Mortensson.
he may have peaked out with the horse race movie, whatever it was called it was a good one
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:19:44pm |
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:19:47pm |
Best line from a movie; Harrison Ford on Hanover Street:
"You die on me, I'll kill ya!"
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Charles Johnson Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:20:00pm |
The new Tarantino movie looks like a hoot.
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Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:20:08pm |
Good evening, lizards.
I've been away for a few days... did I miss anything interesting?
And what's this I hear about GCP taking a dive off a tall cliff?
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:20:15pm |
The Taming of the Shrew. Burton, Taylor
I love that movie.
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:20:23pm |
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Spare O'Lake Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:20:29pm |
Extremely corny movie with a really corny song that I really loved:
To Sir With Love - Sidney Poitier
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:20:31pm |
re: #449 Sharmuta
And 'Dead Poet's Society'.
His part in Good Will Hunting..
It's not your fault..no it's not your fault..No it's not your fault...It's not your fault...
/
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The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:20:45pm |
re: #423 freetoken
Would it surprise anyone here that Townhall ♥'s BNP, VB, etc?
From Blankley's latest piece:
[all emphases added.]
TownHall.com is the home of the true "conservatives", is it not?
TownHall has been aptly nicknamed ClownHall for quite a while over on the left side of the blogosphere...
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:20:50pm |
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CynicalConservative Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:20:50pm |
All time best.....
Meet the Spartans
//// (do I have to, really)
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subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:21:11pm |
re: #435 Mich-again
Here, we watched it three times in a row on a Friday night/ Saturday morning. By then I had it figured out. It was one scene at a time, starting at the end scene and working its way back to the beginning. The real trick is figuring out the scene after the movie during the credits.
(Don't want this to be a spoiler for anyone - Mich-again and I have seen it.)
The key was color vs black and white. The color scenes move the story forward, and the black and white scenes started at the end of the story and moved it backward toward the beginning. (I think I've got that right, but if it's reversed, no matter.) Just very, very, good film making!
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:21:27pm |
re: #460 Charles
The new Tarantino movie looks like a hoot.
no shit...I'm waiting for that one...dirty rotten Nazis
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:21:30pm |
re: #464 Spare O'Lake
Extremely corny movie with a really corny song that I really loved:
To Sir With Love - Sidney Poitier
What's the one where the nuns con him into building a church?
That's a really good flick.
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:21:38pm |
re: #456 albusteve
he may have peaked out with the horse race movie, whatever it was called it was a good one
Hidalgio
/I think I spelled that right
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Macker Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:21:40pm |
re: #359 BlueCanuck
Are you kidding? I barely trust Hollyweird to do justice to most sci-fi stories. I enter into this trial exhibit A: Starshiptroopers.
/*gag*
10,000 updings!
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:22:05pm |
re: #465 HoosierHoops
His part in Good Will Hunting..
It's not your fault..no it's not your fault..No it's not your fault...It's not your fault...
/
Robin Williams was great in 'The Fisher King'. I think he's pretty under rated as a serious actor. Same with Bill Murray.
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garden18 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:22:14pm |
I know this is off topic but I wonder if anyone else has a negative reaction to the picture of Ann Coulter at the top of this web site.
It seems that she has been smiling there for quite some time. The woman is an anti-Semitic bitch and IMHO has no business appearing on a pro-Israel site.
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:22:20pm |
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Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:22:28pm |
A few of my favorites:
The Green Mile
The Shawshank Redemption
Jaws
Patriot
Gladiator
Braveheart
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legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:22:49pm |
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The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:23:05pm |
re: #471 OldLineTexan
What's the one where the nuns con him into building a church?
That's a really good flick.
Lillies of the Field?
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:23:11pm |
re: #401 subsailor68
Odd, but great choices! It took me three viewings of Memento to figure out I was watching two movies at once. Very cool indeed.
Were you drinking Diet Coke while watching Mementos?
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:23:11pm |
re: #464 Spare O'Lake
Extremely corny movie with a really corny song that I really loved:
To Sir With Love - Sidney Poitier
LuLu!
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:23:15pm |
re: #472 BlueCanuck
Hidalgio
/I think I spelled that right
yup...just a real cool adventure...who cares if it's true
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:23:16pm |
re: #474 Sharmuta
Robin Williams was great in 'The Fisher King'. I think he's pretty under rated as a serious actor. Same with Bill Murray.
I loved The Fisher King. That movie hit me the right way at the right time.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:23:37pm |
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CynicalConservative Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:23:47pm |
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:23:49pm |
re: #474 Sharmuta
Robin Williams was great in 'The Fisher King'. I think he's pretty under rated as a serious actor. Same with Bill Murray.
I thought Bill Murray was a genius in lost in translation..and Caddyshack
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SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:23:56pm |
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Clutch Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:23:58pm |
re: #18 Jim in Virginia
Local Hero is always in my top ten list. Little known but wonderful movie with soundtrack by Knopfler.
Effin' a tweety! Roger that! Probably the best soundtrack EVER! (funny little thing; I used to record all my albums for playing in my company vehicle that only had a cassette deck (hell, CDs were still a year or two out then!). Apparently, when I dubbed LOCAL HERO to tape, when the final track ended (the anthemic "Going Home") I shouted "yee-AAAAAHHHH!" and the stylus/vinyl picked that exultation up while the stylus was tracking the run-out part of the LP; I always sorta wondered where that ghostly cheer came from... %) ) Still have the 12" extended vinyl version of GOING HOME around here somewheres...
The soundtrack to DAS BOOT, by Klaus Doldinger (from the fusion band Passport) is another major contemporary masterpiece that was out about the same time as LOCAL HERO.
Although there are some Tangerine Dream soundtracks that kick major @ss (SORCERER, THIEF, THE PARK IS MINE, FIRESTARTER, WAVELENGTH, THE MAN INSIDE, FLASHPOINT, HEARTBREAKERS, THE KEEP, NEAR DARK) and others that royally suck (SHY PEOPLE, DEAD SOLID PERFECT, THREE O'CLOCK HIGH, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN).
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subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:24:04pm |
re: #460 Charles
The new Tarantino movie looks like a hoot.
[Video]
I'll go see it for one reason: I saw (and bought) Defiance. If Tarantino wants to send a group of Jewish (Dirty Dozen types) under Brad Pitt into Germany to kill Nazis......
Count me in! (And yeah, I know it's gonna be gory - it's Quentin Tarantino for heaven's sake!)
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jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:24:16pm |
re: #440 Occasional Reader
The right director could make a helluva flick out of Footfall.
Loved Footfall!
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:24:20pm |
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The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:24:24pm |
re: #488 HoosierHoops
I thought Bill Murray was a genius in lost in translation..and Caddyshack
Also Rushmore. Bill Murray is definitely under-rated.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:24:25pm |
Man in woman's swimsuit accused of harassment
Jun. 9, 2009 12:23 PM
Associated Press
BELLBROOK, Ohio - Police in Ohio are accusing a Dayton-area man of harassing girls while dressed in a green, one-piece woman's swimsuit.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:24:50pm |
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:24:55pm |
re: #473 Macker
I watched it on The Movie Network up here. First I compared it to the novel, half way through I compared it to army ways, finally I was just ripping it apart as bad story telling. Guy came in near the end with the brain bug and the two space ship officers in the cave. Asked me if the girl was going to die, and I said nah she's the love interest.
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Spare O'Lake Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:24:57pm |
re: #471 OldLineTexan
What's the one where the nuns con him into building a church?
That's a really good flick.
LOLOL. No, it was the one where he was a new teacher in a London high school, trying to teach some survival skills to a class full of tough teenaged kids.
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:25:05pm |
re: #488 HoosierHoops
I thought Bill Murray was a genius in lost in translation..and Caddyshack
I liked him in 'The Royal Tennenbaums'.
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:25:23pm |
re: #493 The Shadow Do
The last ten minutes of The Great Escape
the car chase was better in the French Connection imo
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Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:25:39pm |
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Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:26:17pm |
re: #495 FurryOldGuyJeans
Man in woman's swimsuit accused of harassment
Jun. 9, 2009 12:23 PM
Associated Press
Okee dokee then.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:26:27pm |
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Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:26:37pm |
No one has mentioned Last of the Mohicans. Daniel Day-Lewis at his swooniest best. One of the best love scenes in any movie and , here I go again, a beautiful and evocative score.
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subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:26:41pm |
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:26:54pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:27:08pm |
re: #447 Racer X
Top Secret
One of the best or one of the worst. I can't decide.
One of the best.
Even the title sequence - skeet surfing!
Watch carefully for the woman face down, and the holes in the sand under her... well, is this a boob thread?
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:27:16pm |
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Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:27:17pm |
Best Western.. The Unforgiven
Best Spaghetti Western... The Outlaw Josie Wales.
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CynicalConservative Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:27:30pm |
re: #505 Bobblehead
No one has mentioned Last of the Mohicans. Daniel Day-Lewis at his swooniest best. One of the best love scenes in any movie and , here I go again, a beautiful and evocative score.
Zzzzzz
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:27:43pm |
re: #495 FurryOldGuyJeans
BELLBROOK, Ohio - Police in Ohio are accusing a Dayton-area man of harassing girls while dressed in a green, one-piece woman's swimsuit.
Are they sure it wasn't that Borat swimsuit?
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:27:44pm |
re: #506 subsailor68
Is that the one where that big ship sinks?
;-)
and took the whole movie with it...just terrible
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Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:27:46pm |
re: #451 iceweasel
I just saw that, and I have to second that. Horrifically, mindnumbingly bad, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Yes, there was no light and shade or anything like that - just this monotously hysterical tone from start to finish. The final sequence was just evil torture porn. The cruelty and sadism of the film was not justified by the point it made about religion - not even close. Really wish I hadn't seen it.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:27:54pm |
re: #508 Sharmuta
I also liked Bill in 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'.
Is that good? I really liked Wes Anderson's other movies, but I didn't see that one.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:27:57pm |
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Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:27:58pm |
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:28:05pm |
re: #504 EmmmieG
And I didn't sleep that night.
Honest to God..When i saw the exorcist...I slept with the lights on..I was one scared kid..
I need a young priest..I need an old priest! Ahhhhhhhhh
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subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:28:19pm |
re: #505 Bobblehead
No one has mentioned Last of the Mohicans. Daniel Day-Lewis at his swooniest best. One of the best love scenes in any movie and , here I go again, a beautiful and evocative score.
Okay, that's a gotcha. I should have put that on my list as well. I just bought the DVD with the director's cut. (Most of the extra scenes are at the fort.) If ya love the movie, you're gonna really love the longer version!
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:28:20pm |
re: #517 Bloodnok
Is that good? I really liked Wes Anderson's other movies, but I didn't see that one.
I liked it.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:28:33pm |
FBV? Why did you have to go? I needed someone to back me up on Big Trouble in Little China.
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Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:28:39pm |
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:28:42pm |
re: #520 HoosierHoops
Honest to God..When i saw the exorcist...I slept with the lights on..I was one scared kid..
I need a young priest..I need an old priest! Ahhhhhhhhh
The Shining
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Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:28:56pm |
re: #505 Bobblehead
No one has mentioned Last of the Mohicans. Daniel Day-Lewis at his swooniest best. One of the best love scenes in any movie and , here I go again, a beautiful and evocative score.
I did like the running battle near the end.
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Kosh's Shadow Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:29:03pm |
Quadrophenia
"the best film of what it was like being a Mod in the '60's!" according to one reviewer.
| 530 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:29:20pm |
I'm pretty sure the worst movie ever made, that I managed to sit through completely (I couldn't handle more than 2 minutes of Manos: Hand of Fate) was Bloodsucking Freaks, AKA: The Incredible Torture Show, AKA: Sardu: Master of the Screaming Virgins
Hands down the worst... movie... evar!1!
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:29:22pm |
re: #516 Jimmah
Yes, there was no light and shade or anything like that - just this monotously hysterical tone from start to finish. The final sequence was just evil torture porn. The cruelty and sadism of the film was not justified by the point it made about religion - not even close. Really wish I hadn't seen it.
What movie are you talking about, "The Passion of the Christ"?
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BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:29:23pm |
re: #523 EmmmieG
I am there with you on that one. One of my favorite endings of all time. :)
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Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:29:54pm |
re: #525 OldLineTexan
The Shining
Scared the bejeebus out of me. Saw it in the theatre when I was about, mm, 14.
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Spare O'Lake Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:29:54pm |
Best Richard Dreyfuss movie:
The Apprenticeship of Duddie Kravitz
Worst Richard Dreyfuss movie:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:30:16pm |
re: #511 Mich-again
Best Western.. The Unforgiven
Best Spaghetti Western... The Outlaw Josie Wales.
both classics imo also....
"we will endeavor to persevere"
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Macker Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:30:20pm |
re: #440 Occasional Reader
The right director could make a helluva flick out of Footfall.
Another 10,000 updings!
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:30:22pm |
"Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" was quite good IMO. "Snatch" wasn't quite as good, but Brad Pitt was hilarious.
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Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:30:38pm |
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:30:39pm |
re: #500 albusteve
the car chase was better in the French Connection imo
Has the heartbeat, but not the pathos.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:31:07pm |
Can I be honest? The "making of" on the LOTR disk was a better movie than most movies. I really do think that was the best "making of" feature I have ever seen, and I usually watch them all. (Right until they get the director on, talking about their vision, then I stop.)
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:31:10pm |
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Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:31:18pm |
re: #534 Spare O'Lake
Best Richard Dreyfuss movie:
The Apprenticeship of Duddie KravitzWorst Richard Dreyfuss movie:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
You're are forgetting "The Goodbye Girl"
| 543 |
Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:31:25pm |
Best animated kid movies...
5. Monsters Inc.
4. Toy Story
3. Shrek
2. Finding Nemo
1. Toy Story II
| 544 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:31:39pm |
re: #540 EmmmieG
I meant most movies currently being released...
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GeicoGecko Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:31:43pm |
re: #2 Dark_Falcon
Check out the preview for Taken.
It's the most politically incorrect movie I've seen in a long time. I'm surprised it got made. It says a lot without the characters even talking about politics, and it will make some people very unhappy with the conclusions one can draw from it.
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:31:57pm |
re: #526 Occasional Reader
I did like the running battle near the end.
fucking awsome....the Irish music....just a no shit sequence
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Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:32:01pm |
re: #511 Mich-again
Best Western..
TheUnforgiven
FIFY
I agree it's one of the best. Not sure about THE best.
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Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:32:12pm |
re: #540 EmmmieG
Can I be honest? The "making of" on the LOTR disk was a better movie than most movies. I really do think that was the best "making of" feature I have ever seen, and I usually watch them all. (Right until they get the director on, talking about their vision, then I stop.)
I LOVED the extra features on the box sets. All of 'em. I love that stuff.
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Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:32:24pm |
re: #531 Alouette
What movie are you talking about, "The Passion of the Christ"?
No - "The Martyrs". "Passion of the Christ" was like this film diluted a thousand times.
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Kosh's Shadow Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:32:34pm |
re: #306 ggt
How long before the galatic toxic waste reaches Earth?
Since Betelgeuse is about 600 light years away, we'll see everything about 600 years after it happened, but all the x rays and gamma will arrive with the visible light.
Looks like it will be far enough away that we'll survive, but it will be like a lot of solar flares at once.
Article on dangers from supernovas
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:32:51pm |
re: #547 Occasional Reader
FIFY
I agree it's one of the best. Not sure about THE best.
And no one has mentioned John Wayne!
True Grit!
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:33:02pm |
re: #540 EmmmieG
Can I be honest? The "making of" on the LOTR disk was a better movie than most movies. I really do think that was the best "making of" feature I have ever seen, and I usually watch them all. (Right until they get the director on, talking about their vision, then I stop.)
Agreed. I can watch that over and over, even watch the movie with the various commentaries.
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Macker Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:33:04pm |
re: #511 Mich-again
Best Western.. The Unforgiven
Best Spaghetti Western... The Outlaw Josie Wales.
WORST Spaghetti Western: A 1978 TV movie about Zorro: A real crappy song too:
"HEEEE-ERE's to you and me
Here's to being free
Here's to you and me
lalalala la la la
Zorro's Back!"
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srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:33:05pm |
Ok, just checking in before bedtime, thought I would throw my 2 cents in.....
4 Rooms
The Princess Bride
Serenity
Hidalgo
The Quiet Man
The Wind and the Lion
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
All favorites of mine at the moment, subject to change without notice
(Not usually a fan of the stuff most people consider classics....)
Humble apologies for any repeats
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OldLineTexan Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:33:43pm |
re: #550 Kosh's Shadow
Since Betelgeuse is about 600 light years away, we'll see everything about 600 years after it happened, but all the x rays and gamma will arrive with the visible light.
Looks like it will be far enough away that we'll survive, but it will be like a lot of solar flares at once.
Article on dangers from supernovas
You can buy solar flare credits from me. I will take your money and invest it in polluting the atmosphere with polarizing particles.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:34:00pm |
re: #511 Mich-again
Best Western.. The Unforgiven
Best Spaghetti Western... The Outlaw Josie Wales.
Western greats to add to the list:
High Noon
Shane
The Searchers
| 557 |
Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:34:00pm |
re: #535 albusteve
both classics imo also....
"we will endeavor to persevere"
Best Spaghetti western? "Once Upon a Time in the West'. Henry Fonda playing against type as an evil, evil gun for hire. Need I say this again..great score.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:34:12pm |
re: #550 Kosh's Shadow
Since Betelgeuse is about 600 light years away, we'll see everything about 600 years after it happened, but all the x rays and gamma will arrive with the visible light.
Looks like it will be far enough away that we'll survive, but it will be like a lot of solar flares at once.
Article on dangers from supernovas
True Global Warming?
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albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:34:16pm |
re: #539 The Shadow Do
Has the heartbeat, but not the pathos.
pathos is over rated....car chase in Rodan was pretty good too
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Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:34:17pm |
Most Hated movie of all time..When we were 16 we keep trying to sneak into see some soft p0rn movie..we always got caught and sent to the other screen, so we sat through Diamonds are Forever like 10 times...
I hated that movie..I will never watch that movie again..I've blocked it out..
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subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:34:18pm |
re: #546 albusteve
fucking awsome....the Irish music....just a no shit sequence
Oh yeah. And the earlier battle (where Natty first meets the sisters on the way to the fort) is wonderful as well. (And, IMHO, was kind of plagiarized in the early fight sequence in Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" - where he runs from tree to tree, etc.)
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NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:34:23pm |
re: #520 HoosierHoops
Honest to God..When i saw the exorcist...I slept with the lights on..I was one scared kid..
I need a young priest..I need an old priest! Ahhhhhhhhh
From the SNL skit: "Your Mother...sows socks...that smell!"
Contrary to popular belief, the Mike Oldfield song, Tubular Bells was not the theme song. It was used as background music for some scenes. Incredible LP for its time, though.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:34:25pm |
Stilted acting, wooden sets, ummmmm.....stilted sets, wooden acting, horrible sci-fi, H.G. Wells - Things to Come (1936)
| 565 |
Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:34:51pm |
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
And... on of my top 5: The Third Man.
| 566 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:34:56pm |
re: #551 ggt
And no one has mentioned John Wayne!
True Grit!
Rooster Cogburn, McClintock, and Big Jake = )
| 567 |
Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:35:09pm |
Best non-animated kid movies
5. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
4. A Christmas Story
3. Major Payne
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1. Napoleon Dynamite
| 568 |
Spare O'Lake Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:35:14pm |
re: #547 Occasional Reader
FIFY
I agree it's one of the best. Not sure about THE best.
High Noon with Gary Cooper is right up there.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:35:18pm |
re: #549 Jimmah
No - "The Martyrs". "Passion of the Christ" was like this film diluted a thousand times.
I never heard of it, but I will make sure to avoid it (and I do like French and German films, so thanks for the heads up!)
| 570 |
Cato the Elder Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:35:36pm |
| 571 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:35:41pm |
| 572 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:05pm |
Has anyone mentioned Maltese Falcon yet? How about Key Largo?
(Hmmm...what do these two movies have in common?)
| 573 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:14pm |
The Penguins of Madagascar are my favorite kids' movie characters.
They're hilarious, even on the video game.
| 575 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:20pm |
re: #558 ggt
True Global Warming?
If and when that bad boy blows, it will probably be visible in broad daylight for awhile. I look forward to a new nebula to photograph.
| 576 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:20pm |
re: #556 The Shadow Do
Western greats to add to the list:
High Noon
Shane
The Searchers
Shane was awful...just pathetic...I just saw it to remind me how stupid that movie was...Allan Ladd makes a better cocktail waitress than cowboy hero
| 577 |
GeicoGecko Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:28pm |
I've always been fond of Bill Forsyth's "Local Hero". Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits did the musical score...
Watch it accompanied by a good bottle of single malt.
| 578 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:28pm |
Does the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice count?
| 579 |
Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:34pm |
re: #561 subsailor68
Oh yeah. And the earlier battle (where Natty first meets the sisters on the way to the fort) is wonderful as well. (And, IMHO, was kind of plagiarized in the early fight sequence in Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" - where he runs from tree to tree, etc.)
Instant chemistry with Madeleine Stowe! Whew!
| 580 |
Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:44pm |
| 581 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:48pm |
re: #516 Jimmah
Yes, there was no light and shade or anything like that - just this monotously hysterical tone from start to finish. The final sequence was just evil torture porn. The cruelty and sadism of the film was not justified by the point it made about religion - not even close. Really wish I hadn't seen it.
Completely agree. And it seems to me that it didn't even have any point to make about religion - it was a lot of pretentious babble. I genuinely couldn't discern a coherent point.
And that's to say nothing about the sadism and cruelty of the final sequence, for which there was no justification -- nor was even the thinnest veneer of one given in the plot. And I've seen some pretty extreme French horror in particular, and I don't necessarily balk at all violence in movies. This was by far the worst example of violence/sadism/torture porn I've ever seen.
I genuinely wanted to curse the universe for the waste of two hours of my life that I would never get back.
| 582 |
jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:51pm |
re: #554 srb1976
Ok, just checking in before bedtime, thought I would throw my 2 cents in.....
4 Rooms
The Princess Bride
Serenity
Hidalgo
The Quiet Man
The Wind and the Lion
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
All favorites of mine at the moment, subject to change without notice
(Not usually a fan of the stuff most people consider classics....)
Humble apologies for any repeats
Serenity is good, but you have to see the series to make it good, otherwise the characters don't make any sense.
| 583 |
itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:52pm |
re: #375 Occasional Reader
I find it utterly baffling that they have not made a big-budget movie out of Neuromancer.
Come on, 50% of The Matrix was Neuromancer.
| 584 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:36:58pm |
Nobody has mentioned this, but there is a very sweet Israeli film, Ushpizin. It's kind of the Jewish equivalent of "It's a Wonderful Life" (very sweet, sentimental holiday flick)
| 585 |
unrealizedviewpoint Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:37:11pm |
just logged in-
Nearly 600 comments and you ppl are still ON topic.
wow!
logging out, g-nite
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:37:29pm |
Can we just say:
Anything with:
John Wayne
Maureen O'Hara
Humphrey Bogart
Kathryn Hepburn
| 589 |
Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:37:44pm |
My wife dragged me to Dangerous Liaisons way back in the day and I think I technically went into a coma in the theater. She was hitting me to wake me up when the movie was over.
| 590 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:37:48pm |
re: #567 Mich-again
Best non-animated kid movies
5. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
4. A Christmas Story
3. Major Payne
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1. Napoleon Dynamite
1.a. Bad Santa - A Christmas tradition at my house. I love that movie. Kids loved it too!
/
| 591 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:38:19pm |
re: #543 Mich-again
Best animated kid movies...
5. Monsters Inc.
4. Toy Story
3. Shrek
2. Finding Nemo
1. Toy Story II
Madagascar
The Incredibles
| 592 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:38:22pm |
The Mission with Robert De Niro
| 593 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:38:35pm |
the Wind and the Lion was one hell of a good movie....nearly flawless imo
| 594 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:38:42pm |
re: #576 albusteve
Shane was awful...just pathetic...I just saw it to remind me how stupid that movie was...Allan Ladd makes a better cocktail waitress than cowboy hero
I like d Shane because he explained that a "gun is only a tool".
| 595 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:38:53pm |
re: #571 ggt
The Quiet Man; Angel and the Badman.
The Quiet Man makes my all time favorites "I'll watch it whenever it's on" list....love that movie
| 596 |
Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:39:02pm |
Two more recommendations from an Irish girl:
The Boondock Saints
Gangs of New York (one of my top five all-time favorites)
| 597 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:39:20pm |
re: #576 albusteve
Shane was awful...just pathetic...I just saw it to remind me how stupid that movie was...Allan Ladd makes a better cocktail waitress than cowboy hero
Pretty rough there Steve!
| 598 |
Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:39:20pm |
re: #587 ggt
Can we just say:
Anything with:
John Wayne
Maureen O'Hara
Humphrey Bogart
Kathryn Hepburn
"How Green Was My Valley" Lovely movie. Maureen O'Hara... just beautiful.
| 599 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:39:23pm |
| 601 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:39:46pm |
re: #596 Irish Rose
Two more recommendations from an Irish girl:
The Boondock Saints
Gangs of New York (one of my top five all-time favorites)
The Gangs was a Brilliant movie
| 602 |
Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:39:49pm |
| 603 |
Salamantis Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:39:53pm |
Open Range
The Ghost and The Darkness
Dead Man
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Santa Sangre
Bliss (the 1985 Aussie movie)
| 604 |
Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:02pm |
re: #598 Bobblehead
"How Green Was My Valley" Lovely movie. Maureen O'Hara... just beautiful.
I still have a crush on Maureen O'Hara from that era.
| 605 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:04pm |
| 606 |
Cato the Elder Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:06pm |
| 607 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:10pm |
Vertigo
(which, by the way, I have, but not like Jimmy Stewart in the movie).
| 608 |
subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:13pm |
re: #571 ggt
The Quiet Man; Angel and the Badman.
Okay, ggt. Now you're bringing back memories. First patrol on the boat...back when movies came in reels, and we'd sit in crew's mess to watch the flicks.
John Wayne. Big Jake. Best movie he ever made? Nope. Best memory of years at sea on the sub.
Yep.
| 609 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:15pm |
re: #589 Mich-again
My wife dragged me to Dangerous Liaisons way back in the day and I think I technically went into a coma in the theater. She was hitting me to wake me up when the movie was over.
Agreed, book was better.
| 610 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:22pm |
Amadeus, Director's Cut
Dances with Wolves, Extended Cut
The Big Red One, The Restoration
| 611 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:38pm |
re: #596 Irish Rose
Two more recommendations from an Irish girl:
The Boondock Saints
Gangs of New York (one of my top five all-time favorites)
I like the Boondock saints, but it seems like no one has ever heard of it....My brother had his copy with him all through his last tour in iraq = )
| 612 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:42pm |
re: #589 Mich-again
My wife dragged me to Dangerous Liaisons way back in the day and I think I technically went into a coma in the theater. She was hitting me to wake me up when the movie was over.
Wow, I love that movie. Maybe it's a chick thing?
| 613 |
Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:42pm |
The 3rd Lord of the Rings movie is one of the cable TV classics that I always stop to watch. Same for The Wizard of Oz. I just wish Hitchcock's The Birds would come on once in a while.
| 614 |
Spare O'Lake Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:40:54pm |
Crappiest movie that me and my immature friends watched because it showed Sophia Loren breastfeeding: Two Women.
| 616 |
Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:41:00pm |
re: #583 itellu3times
Come on, 50% of The Matrix was Neuromancer.
I don't know about 50%, but certainly a lot of influence.
| 618 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:41:29pm |
| 619 |
Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:42:02pm |
re: #599 ggt
I thought the book was creepier, much creepier.
Medoc, are you here?
I've been sleepwalking again, my dear
The plants are moving under the rug
| 620 |
Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:42:16pm |
re: #611 srb1976
I like the Boondock saints, but it seems like no one has ever heard of it....My brother had his copy with him all through his last tour in iraq = )
It was a sleeper film and now it's a cult classic.
They've just finished filming the sequel and it's due to be released shortly.
| 621 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:42:48pm |
re: #608 subsailor68
Okay, ggt. Now you're bringing back memories. First patrol on the boat...back when movies came in reels, and we'd sit in crew's mess to watch the flicks.
John Wayne. Big Jake. Best movie he ever made? Nope. Best memory of years at sea on the sub.
Yep.
Love Big Jake.....another one I try to catch whenever I can....pretty much anything John Wayne did with Maureen O'Hara is worth watching
| 622 |
GeicoGecko Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:42:53pm |
"Patriot Games". The best Tom Clancy movie.
| 624 |
Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:43:13pm |
re: #614 Spare O'Lake
Crappiest movie that me and my immature friends watched because it showed Sophia Loren breastfeeding: Two Women.
Which reminds me of the one and only scene I liked in Shoot 'Em Up.
| 625 |
itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:43:15pm |
re: #616 Occasional Reader
I don't know about 50%, but certainly a lot of influence.
When I first saw it, I sat in the theater, apportioning credit to about five main sources. A lot of Van Vogt in there, too.
| 627 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:43:25pm |
I love this thread!
Now, if we can have a book thread, that would be awesome!
| 629 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:43:32pm |
Kilmer in Tombstone was damn good.
I'll be your Huckleberry.
| 630 |
BlueCanuck Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:43:35pm |
re: #616 Occasional Reader
Well William Gibson practically birthed the cyberpunk genre.
| 632 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:43:41pm |
/I sneaked into the theatre as a kid. Alone. It stuck with me for a while. Brrrrrrrrr....
| 633 |
NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:43:44pm |
Say, aren't we due for a new thread right about now? Also, why am I thinking that?
| 634 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:03pm |
re: #534 Spare O'Lake
Best Richard Dreyfuss movie:
The Apprenticeship of Duddie KravitzWorst Richard Dreyfuss movie:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Where does Mr Holland's Opus fall in this list?
| 635 |
Cato the Elder Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:09pm |
re: #612 iceweasel
Wow, I love that movie. Maybe it's a chick thing?
Nope, I loved it too.
It's the best characterization of idle, evil aristocracy ever written or filmed.
| 636 |
subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:12pm |
re: #596 Irish Rose
Two more recommendations from an Irish girl:
The Boondock Saints
Gangs of New York (one of my top five all-time favorites)
Oh Rose! I can't believe you put Boondock Saints on the list. Unless you too have a copy on DVD, I think I'm still the only person in the galaxy who owns one.
And it's worth every penny just for Billy Connolly!
(Although Willem Defoe was pretty damn good as well!)
;-)
| 637 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:18pm |
re: #622 GeicoGecko
"Patriot Games". The best Tom Clancy movie.
No love for Red October? Alec Baldwin may be a moron, but I thought the movie was great!
| 638 |
Macker Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:19pm |
re: #553 Macker
WORST Spaghetti Western: A 1978 TV movie about Zorro: A real crappy song too:
"HEEEE-ERE's to you and me
Here's to being free
Here's to you and me
lalalala la la la
Zorro's Back!"
I was off by only 3 years!
| 639 |
MandyManners Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:35pm |
| 640 |
Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:37pm |
I think The Shining is one of the greatest films ever.
| 641 |
Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:40pm |
re: #630 BlueCanuck
Well William Gibson practically birthed the cyberpunk genre.
I think there's no "practically" about it.
| 642 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:47pm |
re: #627 Alouette
I love this thread!
Now, if we can have a book thread, that would be awesome!
I tried to start one at #431.
| 643 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:55pm |
| 644 |
Salamantis Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:44:58pm |
re: #629 SasquatchOnSteroids
Kilmer in Tombstone was damn good.
I'll be your Huckleberry.
You're no Daisy...
| 645 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:45:29pm |
re: #635 Cato the Elder
Nope, I loved it too.
It's the best characterization of idle, evil aristocracy ever written or filmed.
Agreed. I thought it was also fantastic as a study in human nature, specifically perversity and malice.
| 646 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:45:30pm |
Operation Petticoat was one of the best WW2 flicks ever
| 647 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:45:49pm |
Bonnie and Clyde....Had everything..Crime, guns, sex, love, double crosses, car chases..Girl goes bad with bad boy..ect
| 648 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:45:52pm |
re: #636 subsailor68
Oh Rose! I can't believe you put Boondock Saints on the list. Unless you too have a copy on DVD, I think I'm still the only person in the galaxy who owns one.
And it's worth every penny just for Billy Connolly!
(Although Willem Defoe was pretty damn good as well!)
;-)
That makes 3 of us then.....5 if you consider that dad and little brother each have their own = )
| 650 |
Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:46:04pm |
re: #636 subsailor68
Oh Rose! I can't believe you put Boondock Saints on the list. Unless you too have a copy on DVD, I think I'm still the only person in the galaxy who owns one.
And it's worth every penny just for Billy Connolly!
(Although Willem Defoe was pretty damn good as well!)
;-)
I own one, too :).
| 651 |
CynicalConservative Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:46:06pm |
re: #627 Alouette
I love this thread!
Now, if we can have a book thread, that would be awesome!
I think a book thread would be over 2000 comments by now. More readers than watchers here.
| 652 |
jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:46:08pm |
re: #598 Bobblehead
"How Green Was My Valley" Lovely movie. Maureen O'Hara... just beautiful.
One of my favorites also.
| 653 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:46:14pm |
| 654 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:46:19pm |
Good evening y'all - I see we're talking about, among other things, actors in their best roles or best acting or something and I'm gonna nominate Val Kilmer for his portrayal of Doc Holliday in "Tombstone". The true history of the Wild West has always been a fascination of mine and my dad graduated from Tombstone High School, so that may have something to do with it!
| 655 |
Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:46:20pm |
re: #578 EmmmieG
Does the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice count?
That was wonderful, but try this. Even more wonderful. My friends and I agree that it is probably the best BBC production ever. Watch it and you will understand. The most perfect ending of any movie or mini-series I've ever seen. So wonderful that there are scores of Youtube videos devoted to it.
| 656 |
Spare O'Lake Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:46:30pm |
Best canoe trip from hell movie:
Deliverance with Burt Reynolds and Jon Voigt
| 658 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:47:02pm |
re: #621 srb1976
Love Big Jake.....another one I try to catch whenever I can....pretty much anything John Wayne did with Maureen O'Hara is worth watching
Saw that when it came out, when I was at Fort Bragg.
| 659 |
J.S. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:47:02pm |
re: #584 Alouette
Earlier this year I saw the film: "Elyokim" (it was worth watching, i thought.)
| 660 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:47:19pm |
re: #647 HoosierHoops
Bonnie and Clyde....Had everything..Crime, guns, sex, love, double crosses, car chases..Girl goes bad with bad boy..ect
I love a hot BAR
| 661 |
Cato the Elder Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:47:33pm |
re: #645 iceweasel
Agreed. I thought it was also fantastic as a study in human nature, specifically perversity and malice.
Yep. Two people trying to outdo each other in cynicism and destroying their souls in the process. And each one becoming aware of it after it's too late.
For me it was also a summation of yuppie culture.
| 662 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:47:46pm |
re: #656 Spare O'Lake
Best canoe trip from hell movie:
Deliverance with Burt Reynolds and Jon Voigt
How many canoe trips from hell movies are there ?
| 663 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:47:58pm |
re: #649 ggt
Galaxy Quest!
You gotta love the alternate dialog track dubbing in Thermian on the DVD!
| 664 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:47:59pm |
Good evening all.
I haven't seen these great movies listed.
Rain Man
Patton
Schindler's List
Exodus
Kelley's Heroes
| 665 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:48:04pm |
Has anyone mentioned Fargo yet? or Miller's Crossing?
Also The Last Seduction.
| 666 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:48:16pm |
re: #603 Salamantis
Open Range
The Ghost and The Darkness
Dead Man
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Santa Sangre
Bliss (the 1985 Aussie movie)
I am so glad I'm not the only person in the universe who love The Ghost and the Darkness......very cool
| 667 |
subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:48:34pm |
| 668 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:48:44pm |
re: #647 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops! Well Bonnie and Clyde the movie was not that close to reality. The real Clyde Barrow was a homocidal maniac - for real. Yet seeing the movie you'd think he was this bad boy gangster who was just misunderstood.
| 669 |
MandyManners Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:48:52pm |
| 670 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:49:08pm |
re: #664 jorline
Good evening all.
I haven't seen these great movies listed.
Rain Man
Patton
Schindler's List
Exodus
Kelley's Heroes2 pts...a terrific movie
| 671 |
pingjockey Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:49:08pm |
Duck Soup
It's A Mad Mad Mad World
And now CRS has kicked in and I'm drawing blanks for comedies!
| 672 |
Cato the Elder Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:49:32pm |
Speaking of cyberpunk, I'm reading Cryptonomicon on the Kindle. Now there's a book that would be hard to film.
Anyone else a fan?
| 673 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:49:41pm |
| 674 |
MandyManners Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:49:48pm |
| 675 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:49:54pm |
re: #653 Alouette
I thought that was Stalag 17 ? Has my memory slipped THAT far?!
| 676 |
Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:49:55pm |
Gallipoli
Beseiged
Empire of the Sun
| 677 |
Cato the Elder Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:49:55pm |
re: #671 pingjockey
Duck Soup
It's A Mad Mad Mad World
And now CRS has kicked in and I'm drawing blanks for comedies!
I believe you left out a "mad".
| 678 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:49:56pm |
| 679 |
Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:02pm |
Best animated film is anything from Pixar with Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' as #2.
| 680 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:20pm |
re: #603 Salamantis
Open Range
The Ghost and The Darkness
Dead Man
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Santa Sangre
Bliss (the 1985 Aussie movie)
Ghost and the Darkness was good.
Open Range, so so.
Did not see the other movies you mentioned.
| 681 |
GeicoGecko Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:31pm |
re: #637 srb1976
No love for Red October? Alec Baldwin may be a moron, but I thought the movie was great!
You are not going to believe this, but I have seen nearly all the Tom Clancy movies EXCEPT Red October...and Sum of All Fears, which I refuse to watch because of Hollywood's politically correct butchery of the plot.
I think Patriot Games is still relevant, being about terrorism. It shows the IRA's connection to PLO type groups in the SAS scene in the desert, and Sean Bean was great as the IRA assassin.
I need to watch Red October someday when I am in a Cold War nostalgia mode.
| 683 |
MandyManners Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:32pm |
| 684 |
subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:40pm |
re: #664 jorline
Good evening all.
I haven't seen these great movies listed.
Rain Man
Patton
Schindler's List
Exodus
Kelley's Heroes
Hi jorline! Not a dud on the list. Love them all. Great choices!
| 685 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:44pm |
| 686 |
Salamantis Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:44pm |
re: #654 realwest
Good evening y'all - I see we're talking about, among other things, actors in their best roles or best acting or something and I'm gonna nominate Val Kilmer for his portrayal of Doc Holliday in "Tombstone". The true history of the Wild West has always been a fascination of mine and my dad graduated from Tombstone High School, so that may have something to do with it!
Val Kilmer has been immensely underrated as a dramatic actor. Every time I see Top Gun, where they played together, I think all over again that in any just and sane world that awarded stardom on the basis of talent, Kilmer should have had Tom Cruise's career, and Tom Cruise should have had his.
| 687 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:48pm |
| 688 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:49pm |
re: #675 realwest
I thought that was Stalag 17 ? Has my memory slipped THAT far?!
it's Stalag 17, my bad.
| 689 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:57pm |
re: #671 pingjockey
Duck Soup
It's A Mad Mad Mad World
And now CRS has kicked in and I'm drawing blanks for comedies!
I know that the ones you listed are classics...but I'm throwing Princess Bride out there again for the funny.....
(sorry, love that movie, forced better half to watch it against his will....he likes it too = ) )
| 690 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:50:59pm |
Hey RW.
Hope you are well. I owe you an email.
| 691 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:51:32pm |
re: #679 Sharmuta
Best animated film is anything from Pixar with Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' as #2.
Fantasia on acid
| 692 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:51:36pm |
re: #686 Salamantis
Val Kilmer has been immensely underrated as a dramatic actor. Every time I see Top Gun, where they played together, I think all over again that in any just and sane world that awarded stardom on the basis of talent, Kilmer should have had Tom Cruise's career, and Tom Cruise should have had his.
I probably would have hated Tombstone if Tom Cruise was in it.
| 693 |
itellu3times Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:51:53pm |
re: #679 Sharmuta
Best animated film is anything from Pixar with Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' as #2.
Have to agree with the Pixar. The tech is wonderful.
| 694 |
Kosh's Shadow Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:52:00pm |
| 695 |
pingjockey Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:52:04pm |
re: #689 srb1976
Princess Bride has turned into a cult classic. I get a kick out of it.
| 696 |
Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:52:15pm |
| 697 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:52:19pm |
End Darth Helmets' tyranny !
Buy Winnebago.
Night.
| 699 |
Occasional Reader Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:52:27pm |
And of course, the greatest film of all time:
Manos: The Hands of Fate
Good night.
| 700 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:52:34pm |
re: #668 realwest
Hey Hoops! Well Bonnie and Clyde the movie was not that close to reality. The real Clyde Barrow was a homocidal maniac - for real. Yet seeing the movie you'd think he was this bad boy gangster who was just misunderstood.
I was a little kid eating popcorn at the movies on a Saturday Morning and thought Bonnie And Clyde was the coolest f'n movie in the world..
| 701 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:52:40pm |
My husband just dropped in, said, what are you talking about? I said we're talking about our favorite movies. He said, has anyone mentioned "Wag The Dog? That's my favorite."
| 703 |
Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:52:43pm |
| 705 |
NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:52:57pm |
Must go OT:
somebody call ArmyWife, I've found the perfect accessory for her new home; it turns your flat-screen HDTV into a mood light!
[Link: www.realmdekor.com...]
| 706 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:52:58pm |
re: #681 GeicoGecko
For what it's worth, I liked Red October a bunch, the book was better but the movie was easier to follow ( I tend to skip chapter headings, or not notice them at all.....makes it really easy to get lost if you're changing settings every chapter)
| 707 |
Bloodnok Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:53:01pm |
Good night all!
Thanks, Sharm for reminding me how much I remember about Help!
/It appears I need one card. It appears I'm chucking one in.
Night!
| 708 |
Cato the Elder Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:53:07pm |
One more, before I go to bed: Russian flick called Burnt by the Sun. One of the most terrifying depictions of Stalinism ever.
| 709 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:53:07pm |
re: #679 Sharmuta
Best animated film is anything from Pixar with Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' as #2.
Aladdin with the manic performance by Robin Williams.
| 710 |
pingjockey Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:53:11pm |
Pixar needs to release a DVD with all of the shorts they have before the main feature. I liked the one where the big bird sits on the wire with all the little birds.
| 711 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:53:31pm |
re: #678 legalpad
Saw that at Fort Polk the year it came out.
One of my favorite lines from the movie.
| 712 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:53:42pm |
re: #664 jorline
Hey there jorline! That's a pretty impressive list, but honestly if y'all miss Kelly's Hero's well..........you haven't missed much.
Schindler's List is an absolute MUST SEE.
How are you doing tonight?
| 714 |
Spare O'Lake Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:54:10pm |
re: #634 legalpad
Where does Mr Holland's Opus fall in this list?
It's better than The Goodbye Girl and worse than American Graffitti
| 715 |
MandyManners Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:54:10pm |
re: #686 Salamantis
Val Kilmer has been immensely underrated as a dramatic actor. Every time I see Top Gun, where they played together, I think all over again that in any just and sane world that awarded stardom on the basis of talent, Kilmer should have had Tom Cruise's career, and Tom Cruise should have had his.
WHAT? Kilmer's character was--at best--tertiary.
| 716 |
Kosh's Shadow Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:54:23pm |
re: #615 CynicalConservative
A Clockwork Orange.
Me droog! Real horroshow, that. I could viddy it anytime.
| 717 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:54:24pm |
re: #661 Cato the Elder
Yep. Two people trying to outdo each other in cynicism and destroying their souls in the process. And each one becoming aware of it after it's too late.
For me it was also a summation of yuppie culture.
Ahh, I hadn't made the connection with yuppie culture - I saw it long after it'd come out - but that makes perfect sense. It came out in the 80's didn't it? So there's a perfect analogy to be made with excess and decadence and consumerism...I'll certainly be thinking of that the next time I watch it now, thanks to you.
I seem to have some preference for movies that involve certain kinds of doom and self-destruction.
| 718 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:54:34pm |
Movie seen the most times in a row: Moby Dick with Gregory Peck. My mother left me in the theater the whole day.
| 719 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:54:44pm |
Has anyone read "Water for Elephants"?. It was wonderful on Audio. I'd love to know if her other books are worth reading.
| 720 |
Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:54:45pm |
re: #707 Bloodnok
Good night all!
Thanks, Sharm for reminding me how much I remember about Help!
/It appears I need one card. It appears I'm chucking one in.
Night!
"The Royal fuse has just blown."
| 721 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:54:58pm |
re: #712 realwest
Hey you! Pain go away yet?
Hope you are well
| 722 |
pingjockey Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:55:04pm |
re: #696 Racer X
I'm on kinda late, mowing the yard and all that. What in hell are y'all talking about that's a shame with sarcasm tags?!
| 723 |
freetoken Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:55:13pm |
re: #694 Kosh's Shadow
More than warming; gamma rays are very powerful.
Fortunately the axis of rotation of the star indicates that most of the gamma ray burst would miss our solar system.
Nevertheless, whenever it goes certainly will be an amazing sight.
| 724 |
NelsFree Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:55:33pm |
Hell I have to go now, Red Eye is on in three hours. G'nite.
/heh
| 725 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:55:34pm |
re: #714 Spare O'Lake
It's better than The Goodbye Girl and worse than American Graffitti
Sounds about right.
| 726 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:55:47pm |
re: #711 jorline
One of my favorite lines from the movie.
[Video]
Also all of the "negative wave" lines....Oddball was great!
Archie Bunker was just terrific in that movie
| 727 |
Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:55:50pm |
re: #710 pingjockey
Pixar needs to release a DVD with all of the shorts they have before the main feature. I liked the one where the big bird sits on the wire with all the little birds.
I liked all the Disney chick cartoons: Beauty and the Beast, Pocahantas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules.
| 728 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:55:53pm |
re: #710 pingjockey
Pixar needs to release a DVD with all of the shorts they have before the main feature. I liked the one where the big bird sits on the wire with all the little birds.
They released a DVD with all their early shorts, Pixar Short Films Collection - Volume 1 (2004)
| 729 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:55:58pm |
I'm probably gonna get tomoatoes lobbed at me for this one, but speaking of Val Kilmer....Am I the only person in the universe who really enjoyed Willow?
Love the brownies.....that's all
| 730 |
Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:56:13pm |
re: #705 NelsFree
Must go OT:
somebody call ArmyWife, I've found the perfect accessory for her new home; it turns your flat-screen HDTV into a mood light!
[Link: www.realmdekor.com...]
$35? Are they kidding?
| 731 |
Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:56:29pm |
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
| 733 |
CynicalConservative Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:56:44pm |
re: #729 srb1976
I'm probably gonna get tomoatoes lobbed at me for this one, but speaking of Val Kilmer....Am I the only person in the universe who really enjoyed Willow?
Love the brownies.....that's all
Val Kilmer? Real Genius...
| 734 |
Cato the Elder Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:56:52pm |
Reversal of Fortune.
Not one of my top-ten faves, but one of my top-ten lines:
(Less than half a minute of your time...)
| 736 |
Spare O'Lake Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:57:10pm |
re: #691 albusteve
Fantasia on acid
And of course...2001: A Space Odyssey - the soundtrack was awesome but the sustained heavy breathing was hard to take unless you were stoned.
| 737 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:57:12pm |
re: #681 GeicoGecko
Y'all don't need to be in a cold war nostalgia mood to see Hunt For Red October - great flick and Sean Connery was just SUPERB.
| 738 |
Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:57:13pm |
re: #719 ggt
Has anyone read "Water for Elephants"?. It was wonderful on Audio. I'd love to know if her other books are worth reading.
I read it, fantastic book.
| 740 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:57:29pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
Bonnie and Clyde was already mentioned
| 741 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:57:33pm |
re: #733 CynicalConservative
Val Kilmer? Real Genius...
Also great! too many really good lines in that one
| 742 |
Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:57:49pm |
re: #722 pingjockey
I'm on kinda late, mowing the yard and all that. What in hell are y'all talking about that's a shame with sarcasm tags?!
GCP went splodey.
| 743 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:57:51pm |
re: #711 jorline
One of my favorite lines from the movie.
Also all of the "negative wave" lines....Oddball was great!
My sons and I quote that line all the time -
| 744 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:57:54pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
Love Story, of course.
| 745 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:57:57pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
PS I love you.. It's modern and pretty good..
| 746 |
jcm Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:04pm |
re: #710 pingjockey
Pixar needs to release a DVD with all of the shorts they have before the main feature. I liked the one where the big bird sits on the wire with all the little birds.
| 747 |
Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:04pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
The Princess Bride.
| 748 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:06pm |
re: #729 srb1976
I'm probably gonna get tomoatoes lobbed at me for this one, but speaking of Val Kilmer....Am I the only person in the universe who really enjoyed Willow?
Love the brownies.....that's all
I loved that movie. Not exactly Award winning quality, but I liked it all the same. It's another movie I regularly quote when the opportunity arises. I say "Out of the Way, Peck!" at least 3-4 times a day commuting.
| 749 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:12pm |
| 750 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:12pm |
re: #733 CynicalConservative
Val Kilmer? Real Genius...
My husband (a Caltech graduate) went through and told me what parts of it were real. Whoever wrote it was familiar with Caltech.
| 751 |
subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:38pm |
re: #719 ggt
Has anyone read "Water for Elephants"?. It was wonderful on Audio. I'd love to know if her other books are worth reading.
I don't know. My wife loved it, but not sure if she's read anything else yet.
If it's a book thread evolving from the movie thread, I gotta say I'm blown away by Cormac McCarthy....
And to tie it back....I hear Ridley Scott is doing Blood Meridian. Don't think it'll translate to screen as well as No Country...and don't think Scott is the guy to try it.
(Just my humble opinion.)
;-)
| 752 |
Salamantis Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:40pm |
re: #715 MandyManners
WHAT? Kilmer's character was--at best--tertiary.
I'm thinking of his work in Willow, The Doors, Thunderheart, The Ghost and The Darkness, Heat, Tombstone, The Salton Sea, and many other fine roles.
| 753 |
pingjockey Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:44pm |
re: #742 Racer X
Oh my! Did they go broke or did the bile just overload the server?!
| 755 |
MandyManners Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:51pm |
| 756 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:52pm |
re: #736 Spare O'Lake
And of course...2001: A Space Odyssey - the soundtrack was awesome but the sustained heavy breathing was hard to take unless you were stoned.
That was a helluva thing to see in 1968 -
| 757 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:58:52pm |
How about The Right Stuff - truly great and (mostly) true story!
| 758 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:59:00pm |
re: #736 Spare O'Lake
And of course...2001: A Space Odyssey - the soundtrack was awesome but the sustained heavy breathing was hard to take unless you were stoned.
I was...front row...several of my friends freaked at the monkey mayhem scene...I hung on and made it through....whoa!
| 759 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:59:26pm |
re: #748 ArchangelMichael
I loved that movie. Not exactly Award winning quality, but I liked it all the same. It's another movie I regularly quote when the opportunity arises. I say "Out of the Way, Peck!" at least 3-4 times a day commuting.
At my house it's " I stole the baby....while you were taking a pee pee"
| 760 |
Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:59:31pm |
re: #686 Salamantis
Val Kilmer has been immensely underrated as a dramatic actor. Every time I see Top Gun, where they played together, I think all over again that in any just and sane world that awarded stardom on the basis of talent, Kilmer should have had Tom Cruise's career, and Tom Cruise should have had his.
I really enjoyed Thunderheart
| 761 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:59:34pm |
re: #735 ggt
Time Bandits.
"If I were creating the world I wouldn't mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers, eight o'clock, Day One!"
| 762 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:59:44pm |
re: #732 pingjockey
Thanks. I did not know that!
The progression of animation is just something amazing. If you really like computer animation, there are the Mind's Eye series, sadly discontinued and very hard to find.
| 763 |
pingjockey Wed, Jun 10, 2009 8:59:47pm |
re: #746 jcm
That be it. I still crack up when all the little nekkid birdies start plopping down!
| 765 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:00:16pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
Casablanca
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Brief Encounter
| 766 |
J.S. Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:01:00pm |
The cinematography was beautiful, the music haunting, the story tragic (unrequited love)...that was all depicted in the film, "Elyokim"...
| 767 |
alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:01:07pm |
re: #708 Cato the Elder
One more, before I go to bed: Russian flick called Burnt by the Sun. One of the most terrifying depictions of Stalinism ever.
* * * *
YES! Burnt by the (Stalinist) Sun was good, considering it WAS Russian made self-analysis;
"Dr. Zhivago" was a good portrayal too.
| 768 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:01:13pm |
re: #756 legalpad
That was a helluva thing to see in 1968 -
it was....all the hype was true...a legitimate mind bender
| 769 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:01:23pm |
re: #686 Salamantis
I agree completely. He did almost a year's worth of research into Doc Holliday before he read the screenplay - and based on stories my Grandfather told me he'd heard from folks who actually knew Doc Holliday, Kilmer just NAILED IT.
| 770 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:01:33pm |
re: #762 FurryOldGuyJeans
The progression of animation is just something amazing. If you really like computer animation, there are the Mind's Eye series, sadly discontinued and very hard to find.
FX in general. Remember when the flying cow in the Tornado movie was really cool? Now it looks so hokey.
| 771 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:01:56pm |
re: #731 Irish
Rose
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
| 772 |
Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:02:02pm |
re: #765 iceweasel
Casablanca
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Brief Encounter
I love 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'. I get something else out of it every time I watch it. So many little details.... it's such a great movie.
| 774 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:02:18pm |
re: #690 jorline
Hey my friend - I really would like that e-mail so if you can send it sooner than later, I'd appreciate it!
| 775 |
pingjockey Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:02:34pm |
re: #762 FurryOldGuyJeans
I was 50 in January and can remember going to the theatre and the cartoon before the main movie was awesome. The artwork of the cartoons in the pre 60s era was great, then it got cheap. Now with the computer aided graphics the quality has gone back up.
| 776 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:02:57pm |
re: #769 realwest
I agree completely. He did almost a year's worth of research into Doc Holliday before he read the screenplay - and based on stories my Grandfather told me he'd heard from folks who actually knew Doc Holliday, Kilmer just NAILED IT.
Plus, anybody who can make TB look good has got talent = )
| 777 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:03:20pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
Pork Chop Hill?
Yes, I admit it. I am a romantic.
| 779 |
alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:03:45pm |
re: #737 realwest
Y'all don't need to be in a cold war nostalgia mood to see Hunt For Red October - great flick and Sean Connery was just SUPERB.
* * * * *
Realwest--it's especially timely NOW because it's the story of someone who leaves communism because he realizes it is rotten!
| 780 |
subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:04:08pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
Hi Rose...it's gotta be in the top ten - ever. (My wife told me so.)
| 781 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:04:12pm |
What was the one with Sean Connery playing the doctor in Afrika?
I liked A Year of Living Dangerously
Oh, and Throw Mama From the Train.
| 782 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:04:16pm |
re: #768 albusteve
When I saw 2001, I never imagined that we would not have a moon base by 2009. Our Space program is pathetic.
| 783 |
Mich-again Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:04:33pm |
Waterboy has to be near the top of the Best Sports Comedy list.
| 784 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:04:35pm |
A small time movie with great acting..
Gilbert Grape
| 785 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:04:37pm |
re: #700 HoosierHoops
OK. For a little kid eating popcorn and watching it (although pretty bloody for a little kid) I can understand that!
BTW - didja ever see The Wild Bunch? Another violent - VERY violent film that was as close to the truth about the times as you could get.
| 787 |
Silvergirl Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:04:53pm |
re: #337 SummerSong
Oh yeah,
What Dreams May come.
Visually stunning and a really nice story.
I second that. I'm including it on my top ten, though I wish for a top 25.
The Man Who Would Be King
Taken
The Wizard of Oz
What Dreams May Come
Life is Beautiful
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
To Kill a Mockingbird
O Brother Where Art Thou
Shawshank Redemption
Burn After Reading
I really get a kick out of the Christopher Guest mocumentaries, like Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, and might say that combined they add up to a fave.
I hate leaving off so many, like some mentioned earlier: Last of the Mohicans and Braveheart, to name a couple.
| 788 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:04:55pm |
re: #776 srb1976
Plus, anybody who can make TB look good has got talent = )
If my gf and I ever have the opportunity to go to a western themed costume party, we plan to go as Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate. I don't plan to try to emulate the TB though.
| 789 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:05:05pm |
re: #772 Sharmuta
I love 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'. I get something else out of it every time I watch it. So many little details.... it's such a great movie.
I never saw it til recently, and it just breaks my heart. It's such a clever movie too; there is so much in it.
I saw you listed Young Frankenstein up thread-- another of my faves! I adore Madeline Kahn.
| 790 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:05:11pm |
re: #775 pingjockey
I was 50 in January and can remember going to the theatre and the cartoon before the main movie was awesome. The artwork of the cartoons in the pre 60s era was great, then it got cheap. Now with the computer aided graphics the quality has gone back up.
If you like the old style cartoons there are the Looney Tunes: Golden Collections.
| 791 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:05:17pm |
And maybe my favorite movie of all time "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" - just a GREAT movie!
| 792 |
Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:05:28pm |
| 794 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:05:38pm |
re: #778 Sharmuta
And who knew Elija Wood could be so creepy?
Well he did let his little brother fly off a cliff to his death in Radio Flyer...
/
| 795 |
alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:05:42pm |
| 796 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:06:09pm |
re: #791 realwest
And maybe my favorite movie of all time "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" - just a GREAT movie!
great choice..I loved the sting also
| 797 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:06:16pm |
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles....top 10 comedy easily
| 798 |
Kosh's Shadow Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:06:23pm |
re: #749 srb1976
So you're the other person who's seen it? Nice!
I have Time Bandits.
And the Hillstrand brothers on Deadliest Catch must like it; their boat is the Time Bandit.
| 799 |
pingjockey Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:06:25pm |
re: #790 FurryOldGuyJeans
Got those for my youngest cause the cartoons on the tube now are crap! We also watch the Marx Bros and the 3 Stooges!
| 800 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:06:41pm |
re: #712 realwest
Hey there jorline! That's a pretty impressive list, but honestly if y'all miss Kelly's Hero's well..........you haven't missed much.
Schindler's List is an absolute MUST SEE.
How are you doing tonight?
I can't complain...much...lol
Another two of my favorite comedies were. Birdcage with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. As Good As It Gets with Nicholson...for that matter any Nicholson movie...Something's Gotta Give, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest........................
| 801 |
Tarkus289 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:06:51pm |
Movie I'd like to see..
The Resurrection of the Gaza Rooster.
| 802 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:06:53pm |
re: #788 ArchangelMichael
If my gf and I ever have the opportunity to go to a western themed costume party, we plan to go as Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate. I don't plan to try to emulate the TB though.
Whose Doc Holliday do you prefer, Kilmer's or Quaid's?
| 804 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:07:26pm |
re: #787 Silvergirl
I really get a kick out of the Christopher Guest mocumentaries, like Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, and might say that combined they add up to a fave.
Yes! Is it really possible that we haven't mentioned Spinal Tap yet either?
The DVD commentary on Spinal Tap is hilarious; it's all the actors in character commenting on the documentary. I love it.
| 805 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:07:48pm |
re: #802 legalpad
Whose Doc Holliday do you prefer, Kilmer's or Quaid's?
Blasphemy to even posit such a question.... there is only Kilmer.
| 806 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:07:50pm |
| 807 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:08:02pm |
re: #800 jorline
I can't complain...much...lol
Another two of my favorite comedies were. Birdcage with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. As Good As It Gets with Nicholson...for that matter any Nicholson movie...Something's Gotta Give, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest........................
As good as it gets is a Perfect date movie......
| 808 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:08:25pm |
| 809 |
subsailor68 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:08:35pm |
re: #785 realwest
OK. For a little kid eating popcorn and watching it (although pretty bloody for a little kid) I can understand that!
BTW - didja ever see The Wild Bunch? Another violent - VERY violent film that was as close to the truth about the times as you could get.
Hi RW! Man, we're both up late! Love The Wild Bunch. But I also have a soft spot in my heart for Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. The scene with Katy Jurado and Chill Wills down by the river still makes me tear up.....
And who can forget:
"Keep the change Bob."
;-)
| 810 |
GeicoGecko Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:08:43pm |
"The Guns of Navarone".
I can't go to a Greek restaurant without thinking of this scene, which I now refer to as "My big, fat, Nazi-occupied Greek wedding."
I think that Greek folk song in it got permanently enscribed in my mental vinyl.
| 811 |
alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:08:44pm |
Night, all. I'm gonna have nightmares of Miranda Rights for Mullahs -- new movie by Pres. Obama coming to enemy combatants near you!
| 812 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:08:59pm |
re: #802 legalpad
Whose Doc Holliday do you prefer, Kilmer's or Quaid's?
Kilmer's by about 1000%, saw both movies back to back, only 1 of them was good = )
| 814 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:09:06pm |
re: #721 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops- pain is lessening and Onc doesn't think it was related to the cancer. Thanks for asking my friend.
| 815 |
Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:09:11pm |
re: #791 realwest
And maybe my favorite movie of all time "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" - just a GREAT movie!
Although I'm adopted and can't claim the bloodline, my father was a direct descendent of Butch Cassidy (real name: Robert Leroy Parker).
Heard a lot of stories growing up about that particular branch of the family tree.
| 816 |
alegrias Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:09:29pm |
re: #806 legalpad
Have you seen Grand Hotel ?!
* * * *
Is it a 1930s movie set in Hungary or Czechoslovakia?
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legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:10:19pm |
re: #805 ArchangelMichael
Blasphemy to even posit such a question.... there is only Kilmer.
lol - I don't know - I didn't even recognize Quaid at first. Then there was his line, "I am getting sick to my stomach of all this empty, yellow talk! If there's gonna be a fight, let's get it over with, right now!"
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pingjockey Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:10:22pm |
re: #813 FurryOldGuyJeans
That was good. What got me was 11 VCs awarded for that battle!
| 819 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:10:27pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
Unforgiven
/but that's just me, I suppose
| 820 |
MandyManners Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:10:37pm |
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Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:11:11pm |
re: #789 iceweasel
I never saw it til recently, and it just breaks my heart. It's such a clever movie too; there is so much in it.
I saw you listed Young Frankenstein up thread-- another of my faves! I adore Madeline Kahn.
I saw ESSM at a discount theatre, but enjoyed it enough to rent it again later. It's in the second viewing where things start making sense, and you can understand just how clever the film really is. I simply love it. Kate Hudson is just great. And I hate to say- it's Jim Carey's best performance. He should have won the Oscar.
| 823 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:11:16pm |
Anybody ever notice that nobody ever watches the movie Hiedi anymore? It's like a cursed movie since the Raider game..
| 826 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:12:11pm |
I sit down after getting myself some more coffee and the dog want sto go out!
| 827 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:12:32pm |
| 828 |
Sharmuta Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:12:38pm |
Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:12:41pm |
Anyone else remember The Misfits? That was a very disturbing movie. Directed by John Huston, and starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, and Eli Wallach.
I think it is one with a long long shelf life. Marilyn was something, yes she was.
| 830 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:13:09pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
Casablanca
The African Queen
Anything and everything with Spencer Tracy and Kathrine Hepburn!
| 831 |
Tarkus289 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:13:38pm |
| 832 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:13:42pm |
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The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:14:50pm |
re: #822 Sharmuta
I saw ESSM at a discount theatre, but enjoyed it enough to rent it again later. It's in the second viewing where things start making sense, and you can understand just how clever the film really is. I simply love it. Kate Hudson is just great. And I hate to say- it's Jim Carey's best performance. He should have won the Oscar.
Completely agree with you on all points. I envy you for having seen it in a theatre; I rented it couple of months ago (finally!) and I wound up watching it every night for 3 nights straight. I have to buy it. It's so brilliant.
| 834 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:15:07pm |
re: #779 alegrias
* * * * *
Realwest--it's especially timely NOW because it's the story of someone who leaves communism because he realizes it is rotten!
I do believe you're right about that alegrias! Timely AND GREAT!
| 835 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:15:17pm |
re: #774 realwest
Hey my friend - I really would like that e-mail so if you can send it sooner than later, I'd appreciate it!
I will send it before I log off for the night.
| 836 |
MandyManners Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:15:28pm |
| 837 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:15:31pm |
| 838 |
Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:15:45pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
The Shining (worked for me anyway).
| 842 |
Tarkus289 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:17:07pm |
re: #837 albusteve
You know, the "other" New York team.
...that play in New Jersey, but not when I use to follow them.
| 843 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:17:16pm |
Instapundit links favorably to this piece of shit.....
What If Obama's Out of His Mind?
Seriously. And don't act as if you haven't wondered. Because if we ask nothing else about our presidents, we should ask if they're madmen.
I know everybody is taking a break from the insanity of the day but this is the kind of shit that gets people killed. What happened to the right wing blogoshpere that I used to know and love? It's gone and been replaced by shit worse and more dangerous than the LLL. The death toll is almost certainly going to be higher. We aren't even six month in to the Obama administration and shot keeps getting crazier.
| 844 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:17:22pm |
| 845 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:17:26pm |
Woman's toilet planters create stink
Jun. 9, 2009 09:57 AM
AP
LAKEMOOR, Ill. – The planters in Tina Asmus' front yard aren't too pleasing to some of her neighbors, and village officials in Lakemoor have told her to remove them, or face a fine. Asmus, who likes to recycle discarded items, created the planters out of two old toilets and a pedestal sink. Mayor Todd Weihoffen, who is a plumber by trade, said he stands behind police who have given Asmus 30 days to remove the toilets.
| 846 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:17:59pm |
The two movies by Eastwood --about Iwo Jima
| 848 |
Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:18:12pm |
| 849 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:19:42pm |
re: #787 Silvergirl
Hmmm, well I'll certainly grant you
The Man Who Would Be King
To Kill a Mockingbird
Shawshank Redemption
Wizard of Oz.
But on the others, not so much.
Now throw in
Casablanca
The African Queen
The Maltese Falcon
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid - and you're cooking! LOL!
| 850 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:19:45pm |
| 851 |
Silvergirl Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:20:18pm |
re: #807 srb1976
As good as it gets is a Perfect date movie......
Especially for Nicolson's character's line, "You make me want to be a better man."
Of course my husband likes the exchange between the fawning fan of Nicolson's books who asks, "How do you write women so well?" He answers,
"I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability."
So if it's a date movie you're wanting, don't laugh like a hyena at that line.
| 852 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:21:30pm |
re: #842 Tarkus289
You know, the "other" New York team.
...that play in New Jersey, but not when I use to follow them.
ahhh...I've heard of them...hows Joe Klecko doin these days?
| 853 |
Dancing along the light of day Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:21:40pm |
I don't see Out of Africa on anyone else's list....
| 854 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:22:11pm |
re: #839 FurryOldGuyJeans
Yes. Why is this film no longer on TV? I saw it as a kid any number of times, usually very late at night. And then it was gone.
| 855 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:22:20pm |
re: #843 Killgore Trout
Instapundit links favorably to this piece of shit.....
What If Obama's Out of His Mind?I know everybody is taking a break from the insanity of the day but this is the kind of shit that gets people killed. What happened to the right wing blogoshpere that I used to know and love? It's gone and been replaced by shit worse and more dangerous than the LLL. The death toll is almost certainly going to be higher. We aren't even six month in to the Obama administration and shot keeps getting crazier.
God almighty. And that piece of shit is published in esquire-- it's not some random scribbles on a roll of toilet paper in a mental ward.
Instapundit has had a history for years of sometimes linking to questionable shit without offering any editorial comment - it allows him to preserve deniability and claim he's only linking, not endorsing. Yeah right.
/not to bring down the cool movie thread or anything, apologies all.
| 856 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:22:29pm |
| 857 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:22:32pm |
re: #851 Silvergirl
I think I laughed harder at that line than better half did...he knows what's good for him....I know women can be evil and unreasonable (I've been both = ) )
| 858 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:22:57pm |
re: #841 Iron Fist
From everything I've read, Wyatt Earp had an ego the size of the continent and that did not help this situation. He thought he was always right no matter what. This situation was basically bad cops vs worse cop + semi-organized crime, but a morally ambiguous story doesn't make for good legends. The shoot out didn't even occur in the OK Corral either.
| 859 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:22:59pm |
re: #853 Floral Giraffe
I don't see Out of Africa on anyone else's list....
Nice.plus anything Streep does She is a great actress
| 860 |
Bobblehead Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:23:16pm |
| 861 |
Tarkus289 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:23:41pm |
According to wiki:
He currently fabricates metal stairs in the Tri-State Area
His son, Dan, plays for the Philadelphia Eagles.
| 862 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:24:19pm |
re: #800 jorline
How's about Paul Newman? Cool Hand Luke, Hustler, Hud, Hombre, the Sting and on and on and on!
| 863 |
latingent Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:24:45pm |
The Wild Bunch
William Holden:`But I gave the man my word!`
Ernest Borgnine:`Thats not what matters! Its who you give it to!`
| 864 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:25:20pm |
| 866 |
Dancing along the light of day Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:25:41pm |
Fritz Lang's M and Metropolis, too!
| 867 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:26:01pm |
| 868 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:26:09pm |
re: #862 realwest
How's about Paul Newman? Cool Hand Luke, Hustler, Hud, Hombre, the Sting and on and on and on!
Good choice...Cool Hand Luke is a classic.
| 869 |
Irish Rose Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:26:31pm |
I'm out for the evening, have a good night all.
| 870 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:26:48pm |
Any movie that has Robert Deniro play a drag-wearing, can-can dancing pirate can't be all bad.
| 871 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:26:49pm |
Look at all the great movies listed here tonight. Not so many new ones though.
| 872 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:27:58pm |
re: #815 Irish Rose
Although I'm adopted and can't claim the bloodline, my father was a direct descendent of Butch Cassidy (real name: Robert Leroy Parker).
Heard a lot of stories growing up about that particular branch of the family tree.
Boy, would I love to hear them! Especially the ones about him not getting shot into itty bitty pieces in Boliva!
| 873 |
legalpad Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:28:00pm |
| 874 |
Digital Display Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:28:25pm |
re: #865 Tarkus289
another war movie Midway, Charlton Heston.
The longest day..Star studded! I loves me war movies huge..Hollywood! :)
| 875 |
albusteve Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:28:34pm |
re: #858 ArchangelMichael
From everything I've read, Wyatt Earp had an ego the size of the continent and that did not help this situation. He thought he was always right no matter what. This situation was basically bad cops vs worse cop + semi-organized crime, but a morally ambiguous story doesn't make for good legends. The shoot out didn't even occur in the OK Corral either.
so what?...it's done now...he had nothing to do with the location and he was infinately right to take out the Clanton boys...they were hoods that were doomed from the start of the whole situation
| 877 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:29:49pm |
| 878 |
Silvergirl Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:30:15pm |
re: #731 Irish Rose
OK lizards, most romantic movies ever?
I need some titles for my next evening with sweetheart.
Roman Holiday
Splendor in the Grass
Jerry Maguire
Witness
The Graduate
Sweet Home Alabama
Groundhog Day
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
About a Boy
| 879 |
Dancing along the light of day Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:30:53pm |
re: #868 jorline
LOL! Cool Hand Luke is in jail for cutting the heads of parking meters!
Great film!
| 880 |
Tarkus289 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:31:03pm |
re: #874 HoosierHoops
My first war movie was Battle of the Bulge, I used to watch it with my WW2 vet father.
| 881 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:31:22pm |
Mrs. Jorline favorites:
Dr. Zhivago and Sound Of Music.
The kids...any Pixar movie. My son use to call Toy Story, Story Story...lol
Hell, I loved Cars.
| 882 |
Dancing along the light of day Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:31:56pm |
I've liked the Harry Potter movies, so far....
| 883 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:33:27pm |
Ooooh! A new 25th Anniversary Edition releasing later this year. I want!
| 884 |
Silvergirl Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:33:44pm |
re: #859 HoosierHoops
Nice.plus anything Streep does She is a great actress
I like Mamma Mia a lot, but not as much as I thought I would.
| 885 |
latingent Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:34:35pm |
Tai Guk Ghi. Korean films are usually a little over the top dramatic, and this one has some of that, but it is an excellent Korean war film. (Dads war). Pork Chop hill was accurate also.
| 886 |
Opilio Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:34:39pm |
Obscure, but I like it:
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
| 887 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:34:50pm |
re: #841 Iron Fist
Well actually Wyatt and Doc were arrested and stood trial for the murders of Billy Clanton, Frank McLowry and Bill McLowry - entire trial was covered by the Tombstone Epitath which is still published and you can buy a replica of the paper's coverage of the shoot out and the trial.
[Link: www.tombstoneepitaph.com...]
| 888 |
srb1976 Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:35:06pm |
re: #881 jorline
Mrs. Jorline favorites:
Dr. Zhivago and Sound Of Music.The kids...any Pixar movie. My son use to call Toy Story, Story Story...lol
Hell, I loved Cars.
Our whole family loved Cars...the first 100 times....lately Kung Fu Panda has taken the lead = )
| 889 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:35:29pm |
re: #875 albusteve
The point is that there's a big difference between reality and fantasy. A complex story about bad cops abusing their power combined with corruption at all levels of government and a nightmare of overlapping jurisdictions might make for an ok story now, but not before, which is why this story is almost always presented as a Black & White situation which it wasn't. Tombstone is the only movie about this event (other than the stupid Star Trek episode) I've seen that even hinted at Earp not being a saint.
| 890 |
Kosh's Shadow Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:35:50pm |
re: #461 Irish Rose
Good evening, lizards.
I've been away for a few days... did I miss anything interesting?
And what's this I hear about GCP taking a dive off a tall cliff?
Who's GCP? I can't place it.
| 891 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:36:22pm |
re: #879 Floral Giraffe
LOL! Cool Hand Luke is in jail for cutting the heads of parking meters!
Great film!
I was younger and fell in love with the girl washing her car...I wanted my windshield wipers to work like hers.
| 893 |
Silvergirl Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:37:16pm |
re: #879 Floral Giraffe
LOL! Cool Hand Luke is in jail for cutting the heads of parking meters!
Great film!
I loved it when he ate 50 hard-boiled eggs.
The most memorable scene for guys is the car washing scene.
| 894 |
Opilio Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:37:24pm |
re: #883 FurryOldGuyJeans
Ooooh! A new 25th Anniversary Edition releasing later this year. I want!
Terrific. I'm about to get killed a million miles from nowhere with a gung-ho iguana who tells me to relax.
| 895 |
latingent Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:38:05pm |
A Bad Day at Black Rock
Spencer Tracy at his zenith!
| 896 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:38:10pm |
One of my favorite sci-fi flicks was Forbidden Planet. I'm hearing rumors that they are going to remake ruin that one too.
| 897 |
MrPaulRevere Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:38:17pm |
re: #858 ArchangelMichael
In Wyatt Earp's case I think it was a rock solid sense of right and wrong as opposes to ego. In any event, I found this gem at a garage sale last last summer, its a fantastic book and a must read for any serious student of Wyatt Earp and the events in Tombstone. [Link: www.amazon.com...]
| 898 |
Silvergirl Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:39:38pm |
Papillon is an often overlooked film. Steve McQueen should have had an Oscar for that. Dustin Hoffman too.
| 899 |
Kosh's Shadow Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:40:12pm |
re: #896 ArchangelMichael
One of my favorite sci-fi flicks was Forbidden Planet. I'm hearing rumors that they are going to
remakeruin that one too.
Supposedly J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) has something to do with it, but I still think it isn't a good idea.
| 900 |
Racer X Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:41:30pm |
I watched this in the theater. First 15 minutes I'm thinking "what the hell is this?" Spent the next hour and a half laughing my ass off. The funniest Kung Fu movie ever made.
| 901 |
Dancing along the light of day Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:42:04pm |
re: #855 iceweasel
Iceweasel, did you notice last night's troll met Mr. Stinky's bat today?
| 902 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:42:45pm |
re: #901 Floral Giraffe
Iceweasel, did you notice last night's troll met Mr. Stinky's bat today?
Do tell...I missed it.
| 903 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:43:01pm |
re: #899 Kosh's Shadow
Supposedly J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) has something to do with it, but I still think it isn't a good idea.
Me too. I like JMS but I've heard the "prequel" word thrown around and I haven't like what I've heard yet.
| 904 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:44:55pm |
re: #858 ArchangelMichael
That's all true of course. But Earp died in his bed in,
1929, was a lot of things - some good, some pretty bad, but also refereed the Tom Sharkey/Bob Fitzsimmons heavy weight title bout. Also a good friend of the real "Bat" Masterson, who went on to NYC, became a sports writer and ultimately Sports Editor of, iirc, The NY Daily Mirror.
The real Bat Masterson also knew the real Doc Holliday and said "he was a mean, nasty, scrawny son of a bitch and killed a lot of men. Course, I don't recall him ever killing someone who didn't need killing, either."
| 905 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:46:08pm |
re: #866 Floral Giraffe
OH absolutely M and Metropolis! Just GREAT Films.
| 906 |
Dancing along the light of day Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:46:22pm |
re: #902 jorline
I didn't see the cluebat hit, but when I looked this morning, Osamma bin asshat (yes, that was it's name!) had been blocked. It was on the George Tiller thread. Went for HOURS. Salamantis, Gus, Iceweasel & others all kept at it.
| 907 |
Dancing along the light of day Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:47:19pm |
re: #905 realwest
Glad you went to the Dr. today & are feeling a little better!
(RW)
| 909 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:49:16pm |
re: #889 ArchangelMichael
"Tombstone is the only movie about this event (other than the stupid Star Trek episode) I've seen that even hinted at Earp not being a saint."
True. He was a whole lot less than a saint, but was in fact a genuine tough guy.
| 910 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:51:46pm |
re: #898 Silvergirl
Again I agree and would add "Bullit" just for the car chase scene!
| 911 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:52:41pm |
re: #909 realwest
"Tombstone is the only movie about this event (other than the stupid Star Trek episode) I've seen that even hinted at Earp not being a saint."
True. He was a whole lot less than a saint, but was in fact a genuine tough guy.
Try Wyatt Earp if you want a flawed hero.
| 912 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:53:43pm |
re: #907 Floral Giraffe
Thank you Floral Giraffe - I appreciate that very much.
| 913 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:54:07pm |
re: #909 realwest
That doesn't mean I have any less respect for him. Despite what may have been some of his motivations, he did a lot of good things and the mention of his name was enough make some pack up and leave town. He was definitely a genuine tough guy.
| 914 |
The Left Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:54:17pm |
re: #901 Floral Giraffe
Iceweasel, did you notice last night's troll met Mr. Stinky's bat today?
No! I hadn't noticed that!
It was certainly deserved. I did notice he had 5 of the bottom ranked comments though!
i still maintain that he was (mostly) trolling and deliberately trying to enrage. That's one reason i didn't even bother to downding him. I honestly would not be surprised to find out that he'd made a bet somewhere that he could wind up enraging everyone and owning control of the bottom ten comments.
I do also think he believed some of what he was saying though; he certainly picked the name AssHat well.
| 915 |
Silvergirl Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:55:06pm |
re: #910 realwest
Again I agree and would add "Bullit" just for the car chase scene!
I believe McQueen did his own driving too!
| 916 |
ArchangelMichael Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:55:21pm |
re: #911 FurryOldGuyJeans
Try Wyatt Earp if you want a flawed hero.
I thought that Tombstone was so well done that it didn't need Costner screwing it up a few months later so I've avoided that one so far.
| 917 |
FurryOldGuyJeans Wed, Jun 10, 2009 9:58:00pm |
re: #916 ArchangelMichael
I thought that Tombstone was so well done that it didn't need Costner screwing it up a few months later so I've avoided that one so far.
Costner and his film tells more of the man's story, flawed as it may be. I like both films for different reasons.
| 918 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:02:42pm |
re: #913 ArchangelMichael
I understand that. The problem with judging or evaluating people from the days of the true Wild West is that there was such a mixture of good and bad all over the place! But the cowboys were indeed, Tombstone (and Cochise County's) version of the Hell's Angels. Killed a lot of innocent people. But hell, Tombstone was a silver town and just like other silver or gold towns attracted the good, the bad and the ugly! Miner's, hookers, bars, gamblers, gunmen, folks looking for a respectable life amid all of that. Just fascinating times.
BTW, you did know, of course, that Doc Holliday was in fact a dentist, trained in Georgia and went west for his health when he came down with TB. Scrawny as he was from his disease, he learned to defend himself with guns and knives. Some historians and psychologists have thought for years and years that Doc was actually looking for someone faster to put him out of his REAL PAIN from the TB, but his pride wouldn't let himself be beat. Wyatt Earp, who was a town Constatbile or somesuch when Wild Bill Hickock was at his zenith, and John Wesley Hardin was in his top form, still said that Doc was the nerviest, fastest and dealiest man with a six-shooter as I've ever met or known.
As I said, fascinating times and people.
| 919 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:05:53pm |
re: #915 Silvergirl
Yes, he did. Loved that scene when the hitman with a shotgun in the Charger is tailing McQueen all over SF, and suddenly loses him........looks in the rearview mirror and there's McQueen in that 1968 BRG Mustang Hatchback, getting closer and closer to him. Great scene!
| 920 |
FamHistoryGuy Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:09:17pm |
re: #897 MrPaulRevere
As I recall it, Wyatt was a constable in Wichita. He and his brothers left there under a cloud. Less than honorable types.
The TV show was straight bs.
| 921 |
MrPaulRevere Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:16:49pm |
re: #920 FamHistoryGuy
Fair enough, he was no saint. He made many powerful enemies, but he was on the right side more frequently than on the wrong side. Another part of the Tombstone saga that never gets mentioned is the role romantic jealousy played in all the hostility. It was a real life soap opera of cheating and betrayal.
| 922 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:24:17pm |
re: #921 MrPaulRevere
Yep, as I said somewhere up above, the true or at least perceived truths of the Wild West are complex indeed. Basic and frequently repetitive though they were (Texas cowboys round up "stray" longhorns and drive 'em to the nearest railhead (Ellsworth, Wichita, Abilene, Dodge City) worked their asses off 12 or more hours a day in the saddle, all of 'em mostly in their early 20's, get paid at the railhead and look to have a great time! Same story, over and over. Rustlers, pioneers, gamblers, drunks, whores, gunmen - some for hire (e.g., Tom Horn) most Sheriff's or "Marshall's" getting piece of the action in saloons and all. Rough, HARD and dirty times indeed.
| 923 |
jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:26:37pm |
re: #922 realwest
Yep, as I said somewhere up above, the true or at least perceived truths of the Wild West are complex indeed. Basic and frequently repetitive though they were (Texas cowboys round up "stray" longhorns and drive 'em to the nearest railhead (Ellsworth, Wichita, Abilene, Dodge City) worked their asses off 12 or more hours a day in the saddle, all of 'em mostly in their early 20's, get paid at the railhead and look to have a great time! Same story, over and over. Rustlers, pioneers, gamblers, drunks, whores, gunmen - some for hire (e.g., Tom Horn) most Sheriff's or "Marshall's" getting piece of the action in saloons and all. Rough, HARD and dirty times indeed.
RW...you have mail my friend.
| 924 |
realwest Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:29:22pm |
re: #923 jorline Thank you my friend. I'll read it and try to reply tonight - er, this morning!
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jorline Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:31:17pm |
re: #924 realwest
Thank you my friend. I'll read it and try to reply tonight - er, this morning!
I'm calling it a night...nite all.
| 926 |
MrPaulRevere Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:31:29pm |
re: #922 realwest
Yes, rough and dirty times indeed. While the truth is the Wyatt was no saint, I'm not really interested in deconstructing the mythology surrounding him. I grew up idolizing men like Wyatt and Bat Masterson, Davy Crockett, etc...Not bad role models for a young boy at the end of a day.
| 927 |
Aye Pod Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:31:35pm |
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LatinGent Wed, Jun 10, 2009 10:52:38pm |
re: #922 realwest
Having been in the gun business for many years I cant begin to tell you the misconceptions regarding this time period. From the size and types of horses and mules that were really used to the true guns that really won the west. (Shotguns!). A time of hardships we cant even imagine. Dime novels from then became todays history, an unrealistic picture of the truth. Todays Biker has`nt the sand to compete in that world, they`d be trashed in a week.
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Bloodnok Thu, Jun 11, 2009 7:05:01am |
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Ezekiel2517 Thu, Jun 11, 2009 7:34:44am |
Hollywood is remaking "African Queen", with Jake Gyllenhaal in the Humphrey Bogart role and Katy Perry instead of Katherine Hepburn.
/You smirk, but wait for it..it will happen
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Achilles Tang Fri, Jun 12, 2009 5:40:32pm |
A belated followup. I tried the Amazon movie download. It sucks.
I have used video streaming from a slingbox for two years on the same PC and the same internet connection. This video from Amazon was nothing but a sequence of stills (good quality stills), although the audio was continuous.
Primitive crap.
Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ...
Cheechako
They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... CheechakoJoe Bacon ✅
March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
William Lewis
Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
Rightwingconspirator
Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
Detroit Local Powers First EV Charging Road in North America The road, about a mile from Local 58's hall, uses rubber-coated copper inductive-charging coils buried under the asphalt that transfer power to a receiver pad attached to a car's underbelly, much like how a phone can be charged wirelessly. ...
Backwoods Sleuth
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
