James Cameron eat your heart out. Click here for the original poster.
Lots of us will be off to see Avatar this weekend; let's make this a movie thread. Which movies of the past year (or decade) are most memorable for you? [Paste Magazine has a list of their top 50 with trailers.]
Please keep spoilers from movies being released this week out of the thread. Thanks.
And it's an open thread...
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Nothing comes to mind
At the very least you have to give this years Star Trek some props.
Don't know any new Trek stuff. Never liked it before, nor Starwars, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5. Gave each a try and was throughly bored, bored bored. Some things perhaps worth a single, less then enthralled viewing. “There Will Be Blood” is more my type of film.
I was going to go see Avatar in the theater this weekend and then I saw James Cameron on TV being a complete jerkoff to someone who asked him for his autograph.
Now maybe I'll wait till it is on netflix.
Actually, I've been seeing less and less movies
That's how bad they're getting.
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I never understood this end-of-the-year "Best of.." stuff. That Paste one even goes for a "Best of the Decade.."! Isn't it just plain silly?
Ya, if we're talking about art. If we're talking about a thrill ride then there can be a winner. So that shows what we really need is the art to go along with the high def graphics, or we don't have a good movie. maybe things will get better after the novelty wears off.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
This photo makes Joe look like Ray Walston, playing Mr. Applegate (the devil) in "Damn Yankees. Or Walston playing "My Favorite Martian."
I did really like Fahrenheit 9-11.
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and religulous.
Some stuff you can't make up!
Can't think of any that blew me away - and I love a good film.
Between the breathtakingly beautiful New Zealand scenery and the close bonds between the characters, I especially got emotional during Return of the King. :)
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
I did like that triology.
And the Harry Potter movies.
But a lot of movies are running too long now, giving me the feeling of sagging in the middle. Like the three hour King Kong. Give me the original any day.
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length these days!
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
King Kong was insane. It was an hour before we even got to the island.
Peter Jackson had way too much pull coming off Lord Of The Rings. I thought he gave The Return Of The King about 2 endings and 30 minutes more than it needed as a movie . . and then King Kong put me to sleep before I even saw the Ape.
It was awesome after I woke up during the fight with the T-Rex. . but I'm not sure what happened before that.
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Call me a geek, but for me this decade was bounded by the Lord of the Rings trilogy at the beginning and the new Star Trek at the end. The two fictional worlds that made the greatest impact on me growing up, given new life and vitality by wonderful filmmakers. Couldn't be happier.
For more down to earth stuff (of a kind), Memento and Syriana both provided excellent mental floss. It wasn't quite the kick-ass decade that the 90's were, though.
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby. - Tom Waits
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no doubt.
an effort worthy of tolkein
Some stuff you can't make up!
but 'Memento' springs to mind, as a really great movie.
me-oww!
Excellent film.
Watched them for class. Loved them, but wouldn't suggest them for people who don't read the books. Got "Half-blood Prince" on release day by having it on my Netflix months ago.
"Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given." --Unknown author, found in Guide to Texas Etiquette by Kinky Friedman
I think the LOtR movies made the story much more approachable to people than the books did. The books are actually a really hard read for some people because of all the lore, songs and poems that came up every 10 pages.
This semester for my "Political Analysis" class I did a study on the effect of voter turnout on Democratic vote share for statewide races in Missouri.
There are two theories for the effect of increased voter turnout for elections in the US. The "Conventional" theory holds that increased turnout will help Democrats, and the "Defection" theory holds that increased turnout will hurt the incumbent or stronger party.
Most politicians believe the "Conventional" model. Democrats push for voter registration and Republicans will do what it takes to keep people from voting. Studies show the "Conventional" theory used to work in non southern states before 1978, but that the "Defection" model is usually more useful since 1978. My study found that there has been a steady decline in Democrat vote share since since 1932 in Missouri. The details of my study shows that neither theory applies to Missouri in statewide elections.
In Congressional elections, there are nine districts in Missouri: four are blue and five are red. The red districts are getting redder and the blues are getting bluer. My home district, the 8th, which covers the southeast corner of Missouri is solid red. I now live in the 3rd, south St. Louis city and northern Jefferson county, which is getting bluer.
Over the past eight years Democrat vote share for congressional races is going up, but it doesn't indicate a serious tendency.
This sucks because increased voter registration in Missouri does not lead to better results. Missouri is truly a belle weather state and follows the voting trends of the whole country. Only this last Presidential election varies from this trend; Obama lost by about 5000 votes if memory serves.
Minnesota is looking better all the time.
I REALLY liked "Drag Me To Hell." Not as a great film, but a really well-done hunk o' fun.
"Trust no one, Mr. Mulder." - Well-Manicured Man
horror flicks.
Sam Raimi also did well with Spiderman.
Here's a couple movie that were just fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAa375C_FOA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZp2qpZtfbo
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Mad Love with Peter Lorre. Outstanding.
That's one of my favorites too.
And I understand the original called Orlac's Hande with Conrad Veidt is available again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Ut0oMfQzM
I also have M.
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I love this movie. You can see the genesis for about a dozen future horror movies to come (or hundreds if you list the offshoots etc...).
Another guilty pleasure are old Abbott & Costello movies (hey, I grew up with them).
What I hate is they're using classic titles on new movies that have nothing to do with the original.
Sometimes there are slight changes in the title like Eastwood's Changling versus George C Scott's The Changling, Nicole Kidman The Others versus Uta Hagen The Other:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3-4dRoB8zg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmMqWkudgA
There's a movie called Carnival of Souls I couldn't sit through, that I wasn't sure if it was a remake or a rip-off of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkTz0EvfEiY
There's even a movie called Mad Love, which was a bad teen romance starring Drew Barrymore and Chris O'Donnell.
Of course here some of my favorites are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO0niGPR5S4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc76IXZxldI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxlLbKspcQQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZwpkKHmCoI
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on - and ruined it. The Vanishing. The original is much darker and doesn't have a happy ending.
Which for some reason led me to recall "Shallow Grave."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6KBRU-yuwc&fe...
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Growing up, I watched all those late, and late late movies, and movie for a Saturday/Sunday afternoon etc. There were some real (B&W) gems. I like all the really bad alien ones too, like Beast with a Million Eyes, etc.
I also liked all those NYC hair-brained comedies too. Judy Holliday in The Solid Gold Cadillac, and such.
far left loon >.<
Wonderul film. Speaking of youth - anyone remember dialing for dollars? Man I'm old.
I prefer Dialing for Whores.
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Yup, and we had Rocketship 7, from channel 7, in Buffalo.
Growing up in Niagara, we got Toronto and Buffalo on the antenna, long before cable. Double the channels.
far left loon >.<
took my mother out for dinner and bought the kids pizza (and root beer and licorice for me) and we'd watch Abbott & Costello movies on channel 27. I think channel 18 had all foreign films, and of course Bruins games (on 57), as well as Red Sox and Celtics.
But that was before they figured a way to charge you for everything.
This guy has uploaded it to YouTube, along with several other good-looking B&Ws.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Maui5o#p/u/3/p6z7...
far left loon >.<
I'll check it out. There's one I'd share, but I'm pretty sure I'm not suppossed to have it (current movies and all).
Man I thought that movie was terrible.
Best Movies of 2009:
Hannah Montana the Movie
I Love You, Man
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Inkheart
Jonas Brothers: the 3D Concert Experience
Drag Me to Hell
Transylmania
The Pink Panther 2
1. Children of Men
2. Cool Hand Luke
3. Blade Runner
4. The Omega Man
5. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World
6. Casablanca (the scene where they all stand and sing the French national Anthem makes me cry)
7. Shane
8. The Manchurian Candidate
9. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
10. The Name of the Rose
World. I actually saw that first run at a drive in lying down on top of the station wagon with blankets and a pillow at a drive in.
Where'd all our great comedians go?
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World (tho I think there's only 4 'mads';-) was hilarious.
Last time I was on vacation with my (ex) GF it started to come on TCM right when we were getting ready for bed. We stayed up until 4 watching it, (it's long, but not a bit tiresome.)
I kept wondering how they got all those stars to do it, and how the egos were handled. Everyone performed magnificently!
BTW, one of my favorite stunt pilots (RIP Frank Tallman) actually flew thru that billboard, in a Beech 18, at speed. (I've helped rebuild Beech 18s, have time in my log book on them, and to this day I'm amazed when I see that scene.)
basement. Priceless.
Was it Jack Benny that 'kicked the bucket'?
If so IMDB says he was uncredited.
BTW, when I mentioned 'all those stars'? Look at the credits.
(Grumble, grumble, for some damn reason C&L doesn't allow me to cut and paste after I've cut and pasted a couple of times. It works on every other tab, just not C&L. Probably one of those anti-spam type things but gosh darnit!)
PS You can Google and IMDB it for yourselves, and just seeing all the famous folks in is worth the trouble.)
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The memory is the second thing to go.
When Jim Baccus gets hit with the morning sunlight!
Or when Jonathan Winters destroys an entire service station.
"Someday somebody related to some of these sufferers, these victims, these collaterally damaged souls, may try to kill you. And I have to tell you, I think you’ll have it coming." - Christopher Cooper
and when he gets on the bike...
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Phil Silvers.
And Ethel Merman being (loud) Ethel Merman.
"Shut up and listen to me." :)
My parents are old college friends of Norm Jewison (director). He and my dad were in the same fraternity, but for some reason my dad has a bee up his butt about him, or I'd have met him many times over.
far left loon >.<
I actually had dinner with (well there were a few others) Cameron once. Not much to say since I'm not in the movie business.
1. Citizen Kane
2. Umberto D
3. Paths of Glory
4. Dersu Uszala
5. Joan of Arc (Dreyer)
6. North By Northwest
7. Lawrence of Arabia
8. La Strada
9. The Deerhunter
10. The Godfather
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc is very good. Abel Gance's Napoleon is too.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
I like GF2
OMG North by Northwest!
Us genuine movie buffs and nerds and film students always stand out like sore thumbs, eh?
In any event, I like your list!
In no particular order, after the first, which, imo, is about the most perfect film ever made:
Chinatown
City Lights
The General (Keaton)
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
The Godfather & The Godfather II
The Sting
Kagemusha
Citizen Kane
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Il Postino
Cinema Paradiso
The Battle of Algiers
The Wages of Fear
All Quiet On the Western Front
Wings of Desire
Nosferatu (Murnau's original)
M
The Seven Samurai
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
have to rethink, but "M" is definetly in there.
High Noon
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
The Tenant
The Oxbow Incident
The Wind (Seastrom)
Touch Of Evil
Ordet
Wild Strawberries
Sat, 12/26/2009 - 14:57 — Andy K
I would think you would include Carl Dreyer's Vampyre.
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Deuce Bigelow, the sequel
Don't Mess With Zohan
The Love Guru
Saw, 1 through...how many are there?
Attack Force
Battlefield Earth
Adventures of Pluto Nash
Twilight
I'm not kidding anyone. I never saw any of these movies.
Actually enjoyed Fantastic Mr. Fox; really liked Iron Man; family wore out Cars DVD even though we're not racing fans;
That one still cracks me up
And we just got done watching the recent Star Trek.
It's pretty good.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Homer Simpson?
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But yer foldin money has come un stowed.
:)
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Gladiator was good.
What was the name of that movie that Russel Crowe was in where he was a schizophrenic mathematician?
A Beautiful Mind?
Traffic was good.
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And I agree with you on the Star Trek reboot. It was very good. Flawed plot, imo, but a lot of fun.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
The plot was kinda flawed. But, so were all of the originals. In keeping with the original story line.
It was pretty good. I wonder when the sequels will come out. I can see at least 2 more coming.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
It was odd, having a movie with a great cast, music, effects...but complete sucky writing.
Yes, some of the writing was a little off.
But when trying to find a base from which the 60's and 70's stuff still has to happen. I thought it was pretty good. I had a good laugh with it.
I thought they did a great job with the casting.
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I thought most of the actors were actually better than the originals but I missed the original McCoy and younger Nimoy version of Spock. Shatner and new Kirk were about a wash.
Shat.
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That's another word for shit.
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It was awful. That's what makes them funny.
They still crack me up.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
That don't make no sense. Any of you boys smitty's?
No particular order here, just things that stood out to me:
The Aviator- better than The Departed, imo
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Million Dollar Baby
Bad Santa- maybe the funniest film in the last 25-30 years
The LOTR trilogy
The Dark Knight
Mongol- This biopic of Genghis Khan played hard and fast with history, but it was shot beautifully
In Bruges
I'm sure there are films that I'll remember later.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
LOTR. yeah. those were good.
I've never seen any of the Potter movies. not interested.
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With respect...I thought The Dark Knight was the worst movie I have ever seen UNTIL I saw Star Trek
Apparently you haven't seen "Batman and Robin". It beats "The Dark Knight" in awfulness hands down.
Horrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osbs44KDttw&fe...
The Dark Knight sucks. It's still basically the Tim Burton vision, who at least had originality on his side with the body armor and darker tone. They've just made it a little more down to earth.
I think Batman: The Animated Adventures had the right idea, a no nonsense crime fighter on a mission (not some manic depressive), with an excitable ward. They need to get Paul Dini involved with the movies, and bring back the tights since they make more sense in that he can wear them under his clothes, use the darker colors to protect himself in the dark, and have fluidity of motion.
Additionally, I see the long ears as audio antennas, and the black eye holes of his mask as infra-red lenses, so he can hear and see what's going on before he enters, and the first thing he does is smash the lights with his batarangs, because the crooks can't see in the dark, but with his specially designed mask he can.
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This comment makes me want to smash my head into my desk until I bleed out.
Brazen, a bit psycotic, and a lot like a cross between the Beetlejuice guy and the Buffalo-Bill guy in "Silence of the Lambs".
Some Batman fans might appreciate the harder edge though.
You referring to "star Trek" 2009?
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
The Star Trek movie was worse then Dark Knight. Just barely.
I would take them both over Gladiator. The ONLY movie worse than those three is a movie called "Posse".
If John McCain had been elected President we would be invading Nigeria right about now.
They have oil.
"Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given." --Unknown author, found in Guide to Texas Etiquette by Kinky Friedman
No need to invade - the Chevron-and-Shell backed military junta already has things pretty much under control there.
Mission already accomplished .. years ago!
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
It looks like the entire RepublicaMSM is trying to turn the Nigerian kid into a major class Martyr.
just think of all the money the MSM will make if they do, and all by their own doing - it's their choice to make, ours to bare the repercussions. That's wrong.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
"As the end-credits rolled for James Cameron's new movie, Avatar, the audience burst into rowdy applause. It seemed to me that they were applauding the sheer computerized dazzlement of the show -- but in the story itself they had just watched the US suffer a humiliating defeat on a distant planet. In the final frames, American soldiers and the corporate executives they had failed to protect were shown lined up as prisoners-of-war about to embark on a death march.
More to the point, the depiction of our national character through the whole course of the film was of a thuggish, cruel, cynical, stupid, detestable, and totally corrupt people bent on the complete destruction of nature. Nice. And the final irony was that Cameron had used theatrical technology of the latest and greatest kind to depict America's broader techno-grandiosity -- as the army's brute robotic warriors fell to the spears and arrows of the simple blue space aliens. Altogether, it was a weird moment in entertainment history, and perhaps in the American experience per se. No doubt audiences overseas will go wild with delight, too, but perhaps with a clearer notion of what they are clapping for than the enthralled masses of zombie Americans."
Do I smell a Bill O'Reilly boycott?
...Dances With Wolves in Space.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Completely predictable plot and not worth watching. Definitely not worth getting motion sickness.
Agreed. The effects were kind of cool (i'd hope, at that price), but the plot and the characters weren't really worth analyzing, even as much as has been done here. It's like analyzing The Marx Brothers' movies for political content... (Wait a minute, hmmmm...)
In short, a LotR wannabe with a ham-handed eco-the-primitves (half native american half maasai)-"get-it" layer slathered on top...
It was eye candy, plain and simple. Some of my friends took me to see it earlier today.
I accidentally referred to the main character as "Muad'dib" on the way out ; way too much was culled from "Dune", among other movies.
One thing I hate about Cameron movies is his tendency to basically mute all background sound when a "tender" scene is being shown. Really annoying.
in fact he smacks us over the head with our national "character."
You'll all enjoy the reference to terrorism in this movie and yes, BillO may very well call for a boycott.
I won't spoil it for any of you, I'll just say that anyone who doesn't get what our country is about after watching this movie never will get it.
No End in Sight
Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky
Bush Family Fortunes
Outfoxed: Murdoch's War on Journalism
Zeitgeist 2009
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup- A NEW film by Dylan Avery
I've seen all of these
Clooney in Michael Clayton except he blows up in the car and we read about it on Project censored
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
except they never make it home
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
Franka Potente lives... pleeeeze
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
Oilman actually drinks dude's milkshake
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
Saw Sherlock Holmes yesterday, and I can recommend it.
Best of the decade: Just off the top of my head, Ray, Walk the Line, Aviator, American Gangster, Charlie Wilson's War.
And here's an obscure one that I highly recommend: Nora's Will (5 Dias Sin Nora). Saw it in a film festival in October. The producers cut a deal for North American distribution last month. It will be doing another round of film festivals (especially Jewish ones) and released on DVD in mid-2010.
Joyeux Noël (English: Merry Christmas) is a 2005 film about the World War I Christmas truce of December 1914, depicted through the eyes of French, Scottish and German soldiers.
I watched it last year. It was up on YouTube but has been removed.
It would have been heart-warming and mind-numbing enough had it been fiction - men in trenches shooting to kill, then sharing Christmas, then back to the business of killing.
But it actually happened!
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
there is none. Look at what Goldman Sachs and Trilateral Commission Investment (George Bush, Sr. George Schultz, Henry Kissinger, Paul Bremer) Partners are doing, then you are looking at how the "Smartest Money" on the planet invests.
London: The world's four biggest emerging economies are grabbing growing volumes of global capital flows, with firms and fund managers increasingly viewing Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) consumer demand as a high-return, relatively safe investment bet.
Goldman Sachs suggests investing in a basket of 50 developed market stocks positioned to benefit from the BRICs theme, and one of 50 BRICs companies that are likely to emerge as global market winners.
What is happening is a rebalancing of global consumption, away from advanced economies and towards emerging markets, says Goldman Sachs, a process expedited by the "shock caused to household wealth and employment by the financial crisis."
With No Apologies: "In my view, the Trilateral Commission represents a skillful, coordinated effort to seize control and consolidate the four centers of power: political, monetary, intellectual, and ecclesiastical. All this is to be done in the interest of creating a more peaceful, more productive world community. What the Trilateralists truly intend is the creation of a worldwide economic power superior to the political governments of the nation-states involved. They believe the abundant materialism (LOL right) they propose to create will overwhelm existing differences. As managers and creators of the system they will rule the future."
Even as Economy Mends, a Jobless Decade May Loom
ABC News
if joblessness remains prevalent?
I'm truly confused by this and would appreciate enlightenment.
That's the best advice I can offer.
Sen. Fritz Hollings: They're All Against Jobs
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
I don't see many, but I'd have to say The Aristocrats.
I laughed so hard I literally, (and when I use the word 'literally' I mean it), fell out of my seat laughing. It was a slow fall due to holding my sides, and slipping out onto my knees, but there was a thump when I hit. That counts as falling.
I'd had a bad day, the theatre was almost empty, the premise sounded stupid, and I still lost it.
Ahh, good times, good times.
Sarah Silverman's segment from The Aristocrats
WARNING: NSFW
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Bob Saget.
Maybe it was the playing against type thing, I only knew him from stupid wholesome TV.
He is NOT the Full House/AFHV guy. He's filthy and funny as hell!
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Billy the Mime
OH MY FUCKING GOD
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby. - Tom Waits
But
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
A Star is Born (Garland)
Any animated Disney before 1990
Willie Wonka AND Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
70s Disaster movies
Take the Money and Run AND Sleeper
Wizard of OZ AND GWTW.
Life of Brian AND Holy Grail
Brokeback Mountain
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Mildred Pierce
All About Eve
The Long Long Trailer
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, is on YouTube-- love it. So is, All About Eve.
You might also like (weepies):
Stella Dallas
Imitation of Life
Madam X
Another really good* oldie:
A Witness For the Prosecution
I'm so out of the loop. I don't even have a video rental place. I think high-tech Korea gets everything from Korean movie websites (probably mostly for free, too).
far left loon >.<
Witness For The Prosecution is one of my faves.
Happy Boxing Day calgarylady.
Yes, it's a great old flick. Sadly not on YouTube.
far left loon >.<
:)
Five Summer Stories.
Judgment at Nuremburg.
Twelve Angry Men.
The Searchers. I liked this one because he was so out of the typical character he played.
All of the old Sherlock Holmes flicks with Basil Rathbone.
I could watch those all day. Get some munchies and a warm blanket. You know the rest.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Judgment at Nuremberg
Garland AND Shatner seriously ACTING....great film.
Incredible cast.
The Endless Summer!!
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
With Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges.
Spacey was, well, he thought he was a space alien.
And Bridges was a shrink.
Spacey ate a whole banana skin and all.
Oh, The Endless Bummer? 1 0r 2?
It was good when I was a kid. Pretty cool for historical value.
Nowadays.
Riding Giants.
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Thank You. I love that flick.
I really think Spacey did a fantastic job in that flick.
It made you wonder if he was or wasn't. You couldn't tell.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Ambiguity is good.
Speaking of Spacey let's add:
American Beauty.
to the list of great films.
...K-PAX.
And The Endless Summer (the first) is still great, even though it might be out of date. It's very informative and entertaining. It's shot pretty well for something done on such a low budget, too.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
To go back and check out the African countries.
Most have changed their names now. And some aren't doing so well nowadays.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
I liked the movie where he was a space alien, with Karen whatshername.
And he and Beau were great in The Fabulous Baker Boys with Michelle Pfeiffer. She can't really sing but she did a great job of faking it.
has to be The Big Lebowski.
...The Last Picture Show.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
And it's Karen Allen.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
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Sheesh, Raiders of the Lost Ark and all, you'd think I'd remember.
And yes, Last Picture Show, definitely a great movie. (But does anyone else think Bogdonavitch and Polanski have something in common?)
Sat, 12/26/2009 - 15:57 — Rich H
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Starman.
It briefly became a TV show starring Robert Hayes.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
It says in IMDB that she did her own singing in the film.
Created by David Axelrod
Produced by Rahm Emanuel
Written by Wall Street and Goldman Sachs
Starring . . Barrack Obama, as . . himself
In 2000s Chicago, a young con man seeking the good life teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from criminal bankers.
Now, now we know that your in pain but we lived through your 8 years, too. Don't be nasty.
mbrillo1
Highly Recommended.
Set in 1937 Mississippi during the Great Depression, the film's story is loosely based on Homer’s Odyssey.
And it's on YouTube!
O Brother Where Art Thou Part 1
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
...Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels (it's the title of the film they're watching in this scene), a great film in it's own right.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
So much better than OBWAT, IMO. Although I liked him in Quiz Show, I'm not a Turturro fan.
Sullivan's Travels actually is a message picture- just not the message that the character intended to deliver with his OBWAT- that happens to be uproariously funny. The Coens' OBWAT is just straight up farce, and damned good farce at that.
I'm waiting for the Coens to make Sullivan's Hey Hey In the Hayloft.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
was also the title of a great Simpsons episode (way back when...)
And, btw, I got a box set of seven Sturges comedies as a Christmas present. Funny stuff!
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
but I liked 3 Kings too.
Also, in classics, no body has mentioned To Kill A Mockingbird. IMHO, one of the best book-to-movies ever made.
Slight change in emphasis: How about movies that whenever they come on TV you think to yourself 'oh, nothing else is on I'll watch just for a second' and then you end up watching it till the end.
This part cracks me up.
That, and when they're riding with Baby Face Nelson.
And His foldin money comes un stowed.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Just got back from seeing Avatar at the Imax 3D, it was a cool flick - but damn it's hard to justify $16 for a movie.
But from past movies my opinion is that Cameron is an excellent craftsman in creating worlds that don't exist or no longer exist. Sigourney Weaver, acting in a Cameron movie is an artist, displaying the human condition in a fantasy world. Did Cameron get his computer effects to go beyond uncanny valley?
Fargo
Almost Famous
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