BWE Posts: 1902 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,18:06    Ok. I haven't seen a lot of movies but I never seem to be able to get good ones from out local movie mart. Care to list a few with a 1-5 rating? (1=bad) I'll start with my couple of recommendations I've seen recently. 5- All time best movie ever is "The Princess Bride" but I assume you've seen it. 4-Tombstone: Val Kilmer gives a great performance. 4-Idiocracy: I liked it but it's got a lot of really dumb jokes. 3-Ocean's 11: pretty good. forgettable but good. -------------- Who said that ev'ry wish would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it Look what it's done so far The Daily Wingnut

IanBrown_101 Posts: 927 Joined: April 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,18:31    I don't go out to the cinema much, sadly, and the only film I've seen there in the past few months was Superbad. I do however watch a lot of DVD's. Superbad= 4.5 A strangely intelligent, yet low brow comedy in a similar vein to (but much funnier than) American Pie. The three leads are brilliant, and if you fail to laugh when Fogell presents his fake ID to the others you aren't human. Dog Soldiers= 4 Genius low budget horror comedy. British squaddies vs werewolves in a really entertaining flick. Not the smartest or most subtle of comedies, but absolutely hilarious, and occasionally genuinely chilling. Hot Fuzz= 5 Hilarious. I can't decide if I prefer this to Shaun of the Dead or not, but both are absolute classics. Maybe British comedy is once more on the rise? (They've all been good haven't they? Ok, here's a bad one.) The Decent= 1. Horrible mess of a "horror" film. Dreadful acting, direction and script make for a dire, boring shambles which starts badly, drops off towards the middle and veers into despairingly bad near the end. I shudder to think this terrible schlock was made by the same man who created the superb Dog Soldiers. -------------- I'm not the fastest or the baddest or the fatest. You NEVER seem to address the fact that the grand majority of people supporting Darwinism in these on line forums and blogs are atheists. That doesn't seem to bother you guys in the least. - FtK Roddenberry is my God.

J-Dog Posts: 4402 Joined: Dec. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,19:04    Airplane - Old, dated, but still one of the funniest movies evah, and still worth a look. Naked Prey - The first Survivor Show, and you Brits should like it, as the Redcoats volley at the end saves the day. Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark.  Yeah, it was too much woo, not enough science, but it had enough action and fun to make up for the crap.  The visual of the warehouse at the end was excellent. Sean Of The Dead - Yeah - Terriffic shots of ID supporters, and how best to deal with them.  Great shot of Richardthughes, I mean Sean, discussing some of the finer points of design theory with BA7. Office Space - I live it every day. Life of Brian - Monty Python - Always Look At The Bright Side Of Life Bad - Accidental Tourist - Won Best Movie Oscar - totally sucked. -------------- Come on Tough Guy, do the little dance of ID impotence you do so well. - Louis to Joe G 2/10 Gullibility is not a virtue - Quidam on Dembski's belief in the Bible Code Faith Healers & ID 7/08 UD is an Unnatural Douchemagnet. - richardthughes 7/11

Wesley R. Elsberry Posts: 4966 Joined: May 2002 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,19:44    I concur on "The Princess Bride". If you are simply looking for entertainment on DVD, get the first season of "Made In Canada", six episodes of brilliant black comedy about TV and movie production. Unfortunately, seasons 2 through 7 have not been released. I like "Grosse Point Blank", the John Cusack and Minnie Driver romantic comedy about an assassin who tries to go home, and ends up doing a little shopping. "The Usual Suspects" is a one-time must-see for Kevin Spacey's performance. Then there are the neglected comedies. -------------- "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." - Dorothy Parker

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:13    I was considering turning the books thread into a general purpose 'entertainment' thread, but I was busy and uncertain. A movie / DVDs thread is good too. I just watched the first 3 eps of Jeeves and Wooster with hugh laurie. Terrific stuff. Netflix is sending Amistad at the moment. I recently finished Season 3 of The Wire, which was great, and I need to get The Corner and Homicide. I have 300 but haven't had time to watch it.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:17    1) BladeRunner, the directors cut. Better than the book. 2) Dam-busters 3) Silent Running 4) Bond Flicks in general 5) Freejack - It's got cult status with my friends and are terrible Mick Jagger impressions. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

BWE Posts: 1902 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:19    Haven't seen: Superbad Grosse Point Blank Made In Canada Naked Prey Dog Soldiers Sean Of The Dead The Decent The Usual Suspects (Although I saw American Beauty- I give it a 4.5 and whatever the title is where Spacy plays the anti-death penalty guy; that gets a 4 maybe a 4.2) I forgot to add "Blades of Glory" I give it a 4. Dumb for sure but it was really funny. -------------- Who said that ev'ry wish would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it Look what it's done so far The Daily Wingnut

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:20    Quote (BWE @ Oct. 18 2007,19:06) Ok. I haven't seen a lot of movies but I never seem to be able to get good ones from out local movie mart. Care to list a few with a 1-5 rating? (1=bad) I'll start with my couple of recommendations I've seen recently. 5- All time best movie ever is "The Princess Bride" but I assume you've seen it. 4-Tombstone: Val Kilmer gives a great performance. 4-Idiocracy: I liked it but it's got a lot of really dumb jokes. 3-Ocean's 11: pretty good. forgettable but good. If you liked The Princess Bride, you should see L.A. Story, possibly my favorite movie. If you move to Valdosta, Ga, after a few years people will tell you 'you talk like that guy in Tombstone'. Kilmer must have gone there to learn the accent. It's pretty sweet. One of my favorite southern accents. Idiocracy was awesome. My friend Mark and I can hardly see each other without quoting something. Joe: Are we on base? Frito: I'll base your ass on my fist... face... ass. Shutup! It's got what plants crave. It's got e-lec-tro-lytes.

BWE Posts: 1902 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:21    Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 18 2007,20:17) 1) BladeRunner, the directors cut. Better than the book. 2) Dam-busters 3) Silent Running 4) Bond Flicks in general 5) Freejack - It's got cult status with my friends and are terrible Mick Jagger impressions. haven't seen any of them. I've heard of blade runner. What's it about? -------------- Who said that ev'ry wish would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it Look what it's done so far The Daily Wingnut

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:23    Quote (BWE @ Oct. 18 2007,20:21) Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 18 2007,20:17) 1) BladeRunner, the directors cut. Better than the book. 2) Dam-busters 3) Silent Running 4) Bond Flicks in general 5) Freejack - It's got cult status with my friends and are terrible Mick Jagger impressions. haven't seen any of them. I've heard of blade runner. What's it about? It's a sci-fi film noir that is a metaphor for the bigger questions.... I think. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

qetzal Posts: 311 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:25    Speaking of Kevin Spacey, definitely see "Seven." "L.A. Story" is also must-see.

Albatrossity2 Posts: 2780 Joined: Mar. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:26    Among the "neglected comedies" I would have to include George Hamilton's cult classic "Zorro, The Gay Blade". If you haven't seen it, check it out. Truly hilarious, from beginning to end. Yeah, I know George Hamilton is not a great actor, but this is a movie that makes me laugh out loud every time I watch it (and that would be dozens of times). This is especially recommended for RTH. -------------- Flesh of the sky, child of the sky, the mind Has been obligated from the beginning To create an ordered universe As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.                         - Pattiann Rogers

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:30    Quote (Albatrossity2 @ Oct. 18 2007,20:26) This is especially recommended for RTH. Based on your recommendation, I shall procure and observe. I am reticent because Sternberger story recommended a "low budget specialist film" with 'gay' in the title and it was like a Louis / CarlsonJok home movie.* *I'm not picking on Tarden Chatterbox this week. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:47    Quote (BWE @ Oct. 18 2007,20:19) I forgot to add "Blades of Glory" I give it a 4. Dumb for sure but it was really funny. Clearly one of the dumber Will Ferrell movies.  Most of his movies are pretty funny, with Talledega Nights and Old School among the best. I think my favorite Will Ferrell movie, though, is "Stranger than Fiction."  Excellent movie.  It is funny enough, though not his usual slapstick. It sounds like a disaster to put Ferrell in the lead, with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson is supporting roles.  But Ferrell pulls it off.  And it is a truly unique story told well. I'd also suggest the Lord of the Rings trilogy and anything by Pixar, particularly "Cars". -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:52    Quote (carlsonjok @ Oct. 18 2007,20:47) I think my favorite Will Ferrell movie, though, is "Stranger than Fiction."  Excellent movie.  It is funny enough, though not his usual slapstick. It sounds like a disaster to put Ferrell in the lead, with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson is supporting roles.  But Ferrell pulls it off.  And it is a truly unique story told well. Stranger than fiction was shot in my neighbourhood. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,20:58    Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Oct. 18 2007,19:31) Hot Fuzz= 5 Hilarious. I can't decide if I prefer this to Shaun of the Dead or not, but both are absolute classics. Maybe British comedy is once more on the rise? I've been told I'm not complete without having seen Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder. Both will arrive in my mailbox next week.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:02    Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 18 2007,20:58) Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Oct. 18 2007,19:31) Hot Fuzz= 5 Hilarious. I can't decide if I prefer this to Shaun of the Dead or not, but both are absolute classics. Maybe British comedy is once more on the rise? I've been told I'm not complete without having seen Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder. Both will arrive in my mailbox next week. Shooting stars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0keph8daK4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v....search= -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

khan Posts: 1554 Joined: May 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:03    Quote (Albatrossity2 @ Oct. 18 2007,20:26) Among the "neglected comedies" I would have to include George Hamilton's cult classic "Zorro, The Gay Blade". If you haven't seen it, check it out. Truly hilarious, from beginning to end. Yeah, I know George Hamilton is not a great actor, but this is a movie that makes me laugh out loud every time I watch it (and that would be dozens of times). This is especially recommended for RTH. A great one. Love at First Bite (1979) was also pretty good. -------------- "It's as if all those words, in their hurry to escape from the loony, have fallen over each other, forming scrambled heaps of meaninglessness." -damitall That's so fucking stupid it merits a wing in the museum of stupid. -midwifetoad Frequency is just the plural of wavelength... -JoeG

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:05    Quote (khan @ Oct. 18 2007,21:03) A great one. Love at First Bite (1979) was also pretty good. Star Trek II? -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

IanBrown_101 Posts: 927 Joined: April 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:33    Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 19 2007,02:58) Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Oct. 18 2007,19:31) Hot Fuzz= 5 Hilarious. I can't decide if I prefer this to Shaun of the Dead or not, but both are absolute classics. Maybe British comedy is once more on the rise? I've been told I'm not complete without having seen Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder. Both will arrive in my mailbox next week. Oh absolutely. Although most people dislike The Blackadder (the first series) I quite enjoy it, although it's not a patch on the other 3 series. I think my favorite is Blackadder Goes Forth though, set in WW1 it manages to make the futility of that war funny, and it's got some great performances, especially by Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry. -------------- I'm not the fastest or the baddest or the fatest. You NEVER seem to address the fact that the grand majority of people supporting Darwinism in these on line forums and blogs are atheists. That doesn't seem to bother you guys in the least. - FtK Roddenberry is my God.

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:33    Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 18 2007,22:02) Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 18 2007,20:58) Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Oct. 18 2007,19:31) Hot Fuzz= 5 Hilarious. I can't decide if I prefer this to Shaun of the Dead or not, but both are absolute classics. Maybe British comedy is once more on the rise? I've been told I'm not complete without having seen Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder. Both will arrive in my mailbox next week. Shooting stars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0keph8daK4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v....search= Yeah that wasn't funny at all.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:38    Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 18 2007,21:33) Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 18 2007,22:02) Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 18 2007,20:58)   Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Oct. 18 2007,19:31) Hot Fuzz= 5 Hilarious. I can't decide if I prefer this to Shaun of the Dead or not, but both are absolute classics. Maybe British comedy is once more on the rise? I've been told I'm not complete without having seen Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder. Both will arrive in my mailbox next week. Shooting stars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0keph8daK4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v....search= Yeah that wasn't funny at all. It's in the English Surrealist tradition. Stick to pie-in-face, colonial! -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:41    Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Oct. 18 2007,22:33) Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 19 2007,02:58) Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Oct. 18 2007,19:31) Hot Fuzz= 5 Hilarious. I can't decide if I prefer this to Shaun of the Dead or not, but both are absolute classics. Maybe British comedy is once more on the rise? I've been told I'm not complete without having seen Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder. Both will arrive in my mailbox next week. Oh absolutely. Although most people dislike The Blackadder (the first series) I quite enjoy it, although it's not a patch on the other 3 series. I think my favorite is Blackadder Goes Forth though, set in WW1 it manages to make the futility of that war funny, and it's got some great performances, especially by Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry. I don't know anything about Atkinson, myself, besides that this clip from Love Actually is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. "It will be ready, in the flashiest, of flashes."

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:42    by the way, if you haven't seen the movie, that clip won't be very funny. If you see the scene in context, it's hilarious.

IanBrown_101 Posts: 927 Joined: April 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:42    Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 19 2007,03:38)   Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 18 2007,21:33)     Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 18 2007,22:02)     Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 18 2007,20:58)       Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Oct. 18 2007,19:31) Hot Fuzz= 5 Hilarious. I can't decide if I prefer this to Shaun of the Dead or not, but both are absolute classics. Maybe British comedy is once more on the rise? I've been told I'm not complete without having seen Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder. Both will arrive in my mailbox next week. Shooting stars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0keph8daK4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v....search= Yeah that wasn't funny at all. It's in the English Surrealist tradition. Stick to pie-in-face, colonial! :p It's a weird one is Shooting Stars. It changes between being really good and being utterly dire. My personal recommendation for anyone who isn't familiar with it is to watch Mock The Week.  on joox, it's a British topical news stand up show, featuring a few regulars (all seasons: Frankie Boyle, Andy Parsons, Hugh Dennis, Seasons 1 and 2: Rory Bremner, Season 4 (I think) onwards: Russel Howard.)Found here [EDIT] Not any more it isn't. Bugger. -------------- I'm not the fastest or the baddest or the fatest. You NEVER seem to address the fact that the grand majority of people supporting Darwinism in these on line forums and blogs are atheists. That doesn't seem to bother you guys in the least. - FtK Roddenberry is my God.

IanBrown_101 Posts: 927 Joined: April 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:44    Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 19 2007,03:41)   Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Oct. 18 2007,22:33)   Quote (stevestory @ Oct. 19 2007,02:58)     Quote (IanBrown_101 @ Oct. 18 2007,19:31) Hot Fuzz= 5 Hilarious. I can't decide if I prefer this to Shaun of the Dead or not, but both are absolute classics. Maybe British comedy is once more on the rise? I've been told I'm not complete without having seen Fawlty Towers, and Blackadder. Both will arrive in my mailbox next week. Oh absolutely. Although most people dislike The Blackadder (the first series) I quite enjoy it, although it's not a patch on the other 3 series. I think my favorite is Blackadder Goes Forth though, set in WW1 it manages to make the futility of that war funny, and it's got some great performances, especially by Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry. I don't know anything about Atkinson, myself, besides that this clip from Love Actually is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. "It will be ready, in the flashiest, of flashes." Check this out, from one of his stand up shows. -------------- I'm not the fastest or the baddest or the fatest. You NEVER seem to address the fact that the grand majority of people supporting Darwinism in these on line forums and blogs are atheists. That doesn't seem to bother you guys in the least. - FtK Roddenberry is my God.

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:47    Speaking of Bill Nighy, who was great in Love Actually, check out Blow Dry, a very good and almost unknown movie.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:48    Blackadder was good, but by the end very formulaic. How to create a blackadder superlative: Quote He's more X than Xey Mc X the duke of Xington who is celebrated on X day for being so X that he could out X an X. I'd also like to use this opportunity to state that Sarah Silverman is a bout as funny as a burning orphanage. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,21:49    Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 18 2007,20:52)   Quote (carlsonjok @ Oct. 18 2007,20:47) I think my favorite Will Ferrell movie, though, is "Stranger than Fiction."  Excellent movie.  It is funny enough, though not his usual slapstick. It sounds like a disaster to put Ferrell in the lead, with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson is supporting roles.  But Ferrell pulls it off.  And it is a truly unique story told well. Stranger than fiction was shot in my neighbourhood. I can beat that, albeit vicariously. Several scenes in the movie Twister will filmed on a friend's farm.  In particular, the scene where the main characters turn off a road and drive through a corn field, popping out onto another road was filmed on his property.  My friend Joe likes to tell about how he spent alot of time hanging out with what he assumed was a member of the crew.  Only later did he find out it was Philip Seymour Hoffman, who went on to win the Best Actor Academy Award for "Capote." -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

IanBrown_101 Posts: 927 Joined: April 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,22:01    Another good one for you colonials, in case you don't get this broadcast over there, is Peep Show. Hilarious, and at the same time, cringeworthy show, seen (literally) through the eyes of two best mates Jez and Mark, polar opposites who met at Uni and now live together. -------------- I'm not the fastest or the baddest or the fatest. You NEVER seem to address the fact that the grand majority of people supporting Darwinism in these on line forums and blogs are atheists. That doesn't seem to bother you guys in the least. - FtK Roddenberry is my God.

Henry J Posts: 5760 Joined: Mar. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 18 2007,22:42    Anything by Mel Brooks. Henry

Louis Posts: 6436 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,03:49    Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 19 2007,02:30) Quote (Albatrossity2 @ Oct. 18 2007,20:26) This is especially recommended for RTH. Based on your recommendation, I shall procure and observe. I am reticent because Sternberger story recommended a "low budget specialist film" with 'gay' in the title and it was like a Louis / CarlsonJok home movie.* *I'm not picking on Tarden Chatterbox this week. This post will have two, that is two purposes. Ok possibly three. 1) *I* Like films with "gay" in the title? I can't speak for that Carlsonjok fellow (he likes horses dontcherknow. And I don't mean in that good way. I reckon that film the "Horse Whisperer: Uncut. Now with more horse" is more up his alley) but I don't like films with "gay" in their title. I prefer movies with "cock" in the title and I'll thank you to remember it. Anyway we all know what sort of movies YOU like RTH: FTK home movies, and that ain't nice. Sort yerself out, son. 2) One movie phenomenon I must mention, riffing on an extension of RTH's theme is the Blockbuster to Porn Movie Title Conversion. So "A League of Their Own" became "A League of Their Moans", "Saving Private Ryan" became "Shaving Ryan's Privates" and so on and so forth. There are dozens/hundreds of porn movies who have ripped off mainstream movie titles and, although I haven't seen the porn movies in question (Honest! Ok, not ALL of them) the hilarity is entirely derived from the linguistic contortions undergone to make a mainstream movie title into a porno title. Empire magazine (a UK film mag) had a list up at one time IIRC. It was very funny and invited readers to invent their own. I'd suggest googling for it......erm very very carefully! 3) Good movies? So many. There's a few guilty pleasures in there. All 6 Star Wars movies rate highly. National Lampoons movies (more on this later) Mel Brooks Movies Most Brit Coms. I really liked "Four Weddings and a Funeral" because it was very close to home in terms of my friends and experiences and basically everyone talked like me. I liked the LOTR movies, I thought they were (in general) good adaptations of the books. As a fan of the books I obviously had my niggles about them, but I think an fantastic job was done. Harry Potter movies. Sorry but a good, brainless, ripping yarn is a bit of fun. Idiocracy (others have mentioned this). Funny. Scary. I love horrors from the Eli Roth/Hostel/Saw style gorefests on up to the classics like "The Birds" and "Psycho". Most of the Hammer Horrors suck mightily IMO, however. Horror is one of those film genres that can really miss. I'd rate "The Exorcist" as the scariest movie for me. Not for the content but for the atmospheric, hair on the back of your neck raising production. The occasional action movie or 80s teen movie are amusing, although all are incredibly predictable. Things like "American Beauty" and "The Usual Suspects" and "Seven" count as what I call "thought provoking" movies and I enjoy this cross genre category the most in general. I saw "Jean de Florette", "Manon des Sources" and "Subway" as part of my French education and I loved them all, so now I have a bit of a thing for French cinema. It's really hard to find cinemas showing French moves WITHOUT subtitles. On International Cinema: I've seen a few Indian movies (due to family in law etc) and I have to say they leave me cold. They are occasionally hilarious but most of what I've seen is identical and I'm not much into the dancing/music. I enjoy them to an extent but I won't rush out to see them. Luckily my wife hates them, so I don't get forced! My favourite international movie genre is the "Wire-fu" Chinese mythology epics, especially the modern "westernised" films like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". I think these are good stories, beautifully told, and usually they feature my favourite language-I've-yet-to-learn-properly: Mandarin. Thos I DO have the subtitles on for! ;-) But, my favourite movie of all time is (and you are going to be so disappointed): National Lampoon's Animal House. I bear more than a passing resemblence to John Belushi (There are differences!) and aspects of my life up to about the age of 23 were very much in an Animal House vein. The resonances are uncanny, even if the specific events are different, the theme and general mayhem is the same. I LOVE a good caper (and I am not talking about those things that you put on pizzas) and I mourn the loss of the "Jackass"/"Animal House" mentality in the majority of the people I encounter. Authority is there to be tweaked, not everything is serious, and occasionally, just occasionally, a toga party is the best solution to life's problems. Louis -------------- Bye.

Albatrossity2 Posts: 2780 Joined: Mar. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,06:27    Quote (carlsonjok @ Oct. 18 2007,21:49) I can beat that, albeit vicariously. Several scenes in the movie Twister will filmed on a friend's farm.  In particular, the scene where the main characters turn off a road and drive through a corn field, popping out onto another road was filmed on his property.  My friend Joe likes to tell about how he spent alot of time hanging out with what he assumed was a member of the crew.  Only later did he find out it was Philip Seymour Hoffman, who went on to win the Best Actor Academy Award for "Capote." Ha, I can beat that, not so vicariously. I grew up in Garden City, KS, which is 8 miles from the site of the killings that inspired "In Cold Blood". I was nine years old at the time of the killings, and in high school when the movie was made. My good friend and debate partner in high school was Paul Dewey, the son of the detective (Al Dewey, played by John Forsyth in the movie) on the case, and when the movie was being filmed in Garden City, I actually met Capote, as well as Richard Avedon, the famous photographer who accompanied him out there one time. I skipped school one day to be an extra in the movie (don't tell my mom), and got paid $30 for it, but the scenes (from the courthouse and trial) all ended up on the cutting room floor. Waaa! So that was the end of my acting career; I had to go into science to assuage my grief. "In Cold Blood" is a pretty good movie, IMHO, but I could be biased. I do think that Philip Seymour Hoffman absolutely channeled Capote, however. It was pretty spooky to watch that one. -------------- Flesh of the sky, child of the sky, the mind Has been obligated from the beginning To create an ordered universe As the only possible proof of its own inheritance.                         - Pattiann Rogers

J-Dog Posts: 4402 Joined: Dec. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,07:51    Quote (Louis @ Oct. 19 2007,03:49) National Lampoon's Animal House. I bear more than a passing resemblence to John Belushi (There are differences!) and aspects of my life up to about the age of 23 were very much in an Animal House vein. The resonances are uncanny, even if the specific events are different, the theme and general mayhem is the same. I LOVE a good caper (and I am not talking about those things that you put on pizzas) and I mourn the loss of the "Jackass"/"Animal House" mentality in the majority of the people I encounter. Authority is there to be tweaked, not everything is serious, and occasionally, just occasionally, a toga party is the best solution to life's problems. Louis Right on brother, although I am having a hard time reconciling Belushi's "Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor Soliloquy" with an upper-crust English accent. -------------- Come on Tough Guy, do the little dance of ID impotence you do so well. - Louis to Joe G 2/10 Gullibility is not a virtue - Quidam on Dembski's belief in the Bible Code Faith Healers & ID 7/08 UD is an Unnatural Douchemagnet. - richardthughes 7/11

Louis Posts: 6436 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,08:04    Quote (J-Dog @ Oct. 19 2007,13:51) Quote (Louis @ Oct. 19 2007,03:49) National Lampoon's Animal House. I bear more than a passing resemblence to John Belushi (There are differences!) and aspects of my life up to about the age of 23 were very much in an Animal House vein. The resonances are uncanny, even if the specific events are different, the theme and general mayhem is the same. I LOVE a good caper (and I am not talking about those things that you put on pizzas) and I mourn the loss of the "Jackass"/"Animal House" mentality in the majority of the people I encounter. Authority is there to be tweaked, not everything is serious, and occasionally, just occasionally, a toga party is the best solution to life's problems. Louis Right on brother, although I am having a hard time reconciling Belushi's "Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor Soliloquy" with an upper-crust English accent. My accent is never upper crust...unless it needs to be ;-) You picked my favourite scene, with my favourite line, of all time, anywhere: D-Day: War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one. Bluto: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! Otter: Germans? Boon: Forget it, he's rolling. Bluto: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough... [thinks hard] Bluto: the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go! [runs out, alone; then returns] Bluto: What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer... Otter: Dead! Bluto's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part. Bluto: We're just the guys to do it. D-Day: Let's do it. Bluto: LET'S DO IT! I've bolded the relevant bit. Many, MANY years ago whilst playing guitar in my mate's (completely awful) garage band, our bassist, my friend Chris (a genius of a man) once shouted "Let's give it some bollocks!". It makes no sense but we all knew what he meant. If at any point in one's life one is afraid to either give it some bollocks or make the required futile and stupid gesture, then one might as well lie down in a hole in the ground and pull the dirt over oneself. Sometimes, but not necessarily, this may invlove either beer, recreational pharmaceuticals, certain less than fully legal or socialy approved of activities, or even all of the above. Go to it I say. Louis -------------- Bye.

nuytsia Posts: 131 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,08:11    Can't argue with what's been suggested but if you'd like a few more suggestions... Personal all time favourite movies Singin' in the Rain (1952) The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) but i guess everyone seen these a dozen times. I have too, but the novelty still hasn't worn off.... Extremely good are the Richard Lester musketeer films - The Three Musketeers (1973) & The Four Musketeers (1974) - these films are just stunning. The background dialogue is hilarious. The cast is great and Spike Milligan is just superb.  All other Musketeer films are pants! ;-) A really super British film is A Matter of Life and Death (1946) which stars David Niven. Considering the year this was filmed the effects are quite brilliant. It's a cheesy story filmed absolutely exquisitely. I like the ambiguity to the central storyline. Hitchcock, of course - To Catch a Thief (1955), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), etc, etc Peter Greenaway films are usually very interesting. Personal faves- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Pillow Book (1996) I've recently discovered Kevin Smith and have been renting out films. Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) and Clerks II (2006) are superb. I particularly like "Strike Back" for the over top diamond theft scene and Chris Rock's paranoid megalomaniac director. If you particularly like prolong, gratuitous, knob jokes then Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (1974) is to be recommended.

Louis Posts: 6436 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,08:15    Quote (nuytsia @ Oct. 19 2007,14:11) Can't argue with what's been suggested but if you'd like a few more suggestions... Personal all time favourite movies Singin' in the Rain (1952) The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) but i guess everyone seen these a dozen times. I have too, but the novelty still hasn't worn off.... Extremely good are the Richard Lester musketeer films - The Three Musketeers (1973) & The Four Musketeers (1974) - these films are just stunning. The background dialogue is hilarious. The cast is great and Spike Milligan is just superb.  All other Musketeer films are pants! ;-) A really super British film is A Matter of Life and Death (1946) which stars David Niven. Considering the year this was filmed the effects are quite brilliant. It's a cheesy story filmed absolutely exquisitely. I like the ambiguity to the central storyline. Hitchcock, of course - To Catch a Thief (1955), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), etc, etc Peter Greenaway films are usually very interesting. Personal faves- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Pillow Book (1996) I've recently discovered Kevin Smith and have been renting out films. Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) and Clerks II (2006) are superb. I particularly like "Strike Back" for the over top diamond theft scene and Chris Rock's paranoid megalomaniac director. If you particularly like prolong, gratuitous, knob jokes then Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (1974) is to be recommended. Ooooh yes, Kevin Smith films! Good call Nuytsia Louis -------------- Bye.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,08:58    Quote (Louis @ Oct. 19 2007,08:04) My accent is never upper crust...unless it needs to be ;-) I speak with that "1940s BBC radio / Pathe News" voice, Mr. Chumley-warner. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,09:04    Quote (Louis @ Oct. 19 2007,03:49) Anyway we all know what sort of movies YOU like RTH: FTK home movies, and that ain't nice. Sort yerself out, son. There's one where I go 'round as a bible repair man.... -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Louis Posts: 6436 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,09:04    Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 19 2007,14:58) Quote (Louis @ Oct. 19 2007,08:04) My accent is never upper crust...unless it needs to be ;-) I speak with that "1940s BBC radio / Pathe News" voice, Mr. Chumley-warner. When I lived in the USA I found my accent getting plummier as well. 'Twas a reaction to all those Yanks. Antihistamines helped. Louis -------------- Bye.

Steverino Posts: 411 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,09:32    Agreed. "Animal House" is my fav.  I was freshman in college when that came out.  We paid to see it 12 times.  I still have the theater full size, floor standing promotional display that was in the lobby...until we liberated it. Recently, "Almost Famous" is a fantastic movie.  Great characters and acting. -------------- - Born right the first time. - Asking questions is NOT the same as providing answers. - It's all fun and games until the flying monkeys show up!

Mister DNA Posts: 466 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,10:13    My current top 5: 1) The Third Man 2) Fritz Lang's M 3) Robocop 4) The Big Lebowski 5) The Manchurian Candidate (the original, of course) Lately I've been getting into a lot of Korean cinema - there's some really good stuff coming out of there these days. There's a lot to enjoy about Korean films... if you're turned off by Takashi Miike-style ultra-violence, there's not a lot of gore in Korean movies (with the exception of Oldboy, which is based on a Japanese manga), but there is a definite undercurrent of subversion. Also, apparently there's only about a dozen actors in Korea, so if you've seen one Korean movie, the next one you see will have at least one "Hey! It's that guy!" moment. JSA (Joint Security Area) is a murder thriller set in the DMZ on the North/South Korean border. They're actually making an American version which will take place on the US/Mexican border - if you've seen JSA, you'll know this isn't going to work. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance/Oldboy/Lady Vengeance: After the success of JSA, director Chan-Wook Park was given free reign to do the movies he wanted, and he made this trilogy of films dealing with revenge. Oldboy gets the most notoriety (the hero eats a live octopus, among other things), but it's my least favorite. Although it's a trilogy, each film is self-contained, so there's no need to watch them in any specific order. Note: these aren't "Kill Bill" style revenge movies; sure, there's bats and hammers placed firmly against craniums, but these films deal strongly with the psychological motivations and consequences of revenge. Memories of Murder: based on Korea's first serial killer who was active from 1985-1991, two cops struggle against each other's methods for catching the killer - one cop prefers western methods (profiling, forensics, etc) while the other cop is decidedly old-school; he utilizes psychics, magic charms and lots of torture. The Host: This is sort of Korea's "Star Wars" - it's the most successful movie in Korean history, and it's a lot of fun. A monster rises up out of the Han river and begins dining on tourists. An extremely dysfunctional family must fight against the monster and the government in order to rescue one of their own. The monster is CGI-animated, but it is very well done - its biggest scene is in broad daylight and it's very impressive. Save the Green Planet: An unemployed factory worker and his plump, tightrope-walking girlfriend kidnap an executive in order to ward off the impending invasion from Andromeda. I think this movie would appeal to a lot of AtBC readers, because it deals with a lot of whacked-out pseudoscience (there's a great reference to 2001: A Space Oddysey in one scene). -------------- CBEB's: The Church Burnin' Ebola Blog Thank you, Dr. Dembski. You are without peer when it comes to The Argument Regarding Design. - vesf

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,10:20    Thank me later. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbYczbBlatA [Too cool for Sternberger Story] -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Mister DNA Posts: 466 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,10:23    Quote (Louis @ Oct. 19 2007,08:04) You picked my favourite scene, with my favourite line, of all time, anywhere: [...] Otter: Dead! Bluto's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part. Bluto: We're just the guys to do it. D-Day: Let's do it. Bluto: LET'S DO IT! I've bolded the relevant bit. [...] Louis You're right, that is one of the all-time classic lines from one of the all-time classic scenes. Unfortunately, that line has also become our govt's foreign policy. -------------- CBEB's: The Church Burnin' Ebola Blog Thank you, Dr. Dembski. You are without peer when it comes to The Argument Regarding Design. - vesf

improvius Posts: 807 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,13:48    Mister DNA, have you seen My Wife is a Gangster?  If you like Korean films, this is an excellent comedy.  Also, A Tale of Two Sisters is a good psychological horror/suspense flick that is very light on blood and gore. I will definitely have to check out The Host.  The wife and I watch lots of Asian films - especially sci-fi and horror, so I'm surprised I haven't seen that one yet. -------------- Quote (afdave @ Oct. 02 2006,18:37) Many Jews were in comfortable oblivion about Hitler ... until it was too late. Many scientists will persist in comfortable oblivion about their Creator ... until it is too late.

Tracy P. Hamilton Posts: 1239 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,13:53    This is Spinal Tap - 11   -------------- "Following what I just wrote about fitness, you’re taking refuge in what we see in the world."  PaV "The simple equation F = MA leads to the concept of four-dimensional space." GilDodgen "We have no brain, I don't, for thinking." Robert Byers

Mister DNA Posts: 466 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,14:43    Quote (improvius @ Oct. 19 2007,13:48) Mister DNA, have you seen My Wife is a Gangster?  If you like Korean films, this is an excellent comedy.  Also, A Tale of Two Sisters is a good psychological horror/suspense flick that is very light on blood and gore. I will definitely have to check out The Host.  The wife and I watch lots of Asian films - especially sci-fi and horror, so I'm surprised I haven't seen that one yet. Thanks for the tips, Improvius. I added A Tale of Two Sisters to my Netflix queue, but alas, My Wife is a Gangster is not available... although its sequel is (I hate when they do that). If you're into Asian horror, have you seen Three... Extremes? It's a trilogy of horror shorts from Hong Kong (Fruit Chan), Japan (Takashi Miike) and Korea (Chan-Wook Park). Not too bad - the first segment, "Dumplings" was especially creepy. Also... have you seen 2LDK? It's about two roommates - actresses up for the same part - whose petty resentments against one another reach a boiling point. It's a little over an hour long and it's basically a live-action Itchy & Scratchy cartoon. -------------- CBEB's: The Church Burnin' Ebola Blog Thank you, Dr. Dembski. You are without peer when it comes to The Argument Regarding Design. - vesf

improvius Posts: 807 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,16:36    We have 3 Extremes on the shelf here, but for whatever reason it keeps getting pushed back whenever we want to watch something.  We have a huge backlog of films yet to be watched.  Maybe we'll finally get to it this Halloween.  We watch a lot of anime, but we like to mix it up with other stuff once in a while.  Right now we're going through the Heroes series on DVD.  We recently watched Curse of the Golden Flower, which I would give about a 3/5.  Visually, it was stunning.  But the story dragged a bit.  The trailers make it look like an action flick, when it's really more of a drama.  I thought Hero was a much better film. I'll have to look for 2LDK, that sounds good. Just so you know, MWIaG 2 is not nearly as good as the first one.  It's really an excellent film and worth hunting down if you like Korean films at all. -------------- Quote (afdave @ Oct. 02 2006,18:37) Many Jews were in comfortable oblivion about Hitler ... until it was too late. Many scientists will persist in comfortable oblivion about their Creator ... until it is too late.

Nomad Posts: 311 Joined: July 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,17:46    People keep mentioning movies that I have in a stack on the coffee table.  It's not a huge stack, but it's got  Princess Bride, Star Trek II, Twister, and Zorro the Gay Blade. That stack also contains Star Trek IV, Wargames, and Hackers. Wargames is really the realistic hacker movie, even if it does seem to have been to blame for establishing the "backdoor" cliche.  Because of the hot porno action referenced earlier I feel that I should specify that in this case I'm talking about the computer cliche.  Whenever anyone needs to break into a computer system they use a backdoor, some sort of convenient access that lets people bypass all the regular security almost as if the entire system was made as a plot device.  In any case there's enough genuine content in the movie as well. Then Hackers is more of a gloriously ridiculous movie.  Okay, the hacking scenes are all meaningless mumbo jumbo, but at least they demonstrate a little social engineering (hacker terminology for tricking people into doing something to assist the hacker) in other parts of the movie.  And for an enthusiast of classic electronic music it has the ultimate soundtrack.  A soundtrack so good it lead to a sequel SOUNDTRACK, described as "music inspired by the movie".

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,19:16    Some movies that particularly grab me: Alien Blade Runner Memento Jacob's Ladder AI Fargo The Shawshank Redemption The LOTR trilogy Pulp Fiction Schindler's List Ghandi Raiders of the Lost Ark Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back ET Waking Life Videodrome Blue Velvet Children of Men Terminator II eXistenZ -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,19:33    I really liked Memento. "The prestige" was good also - by the same fella I think. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,20:01    Quote (Richardthughes @ Oct. 19 2007,20:33) I really liked Memento. "The prestige" was good also - by the same fella I think. The memory disorder depicted in Memento has occurred in a few people (it requires bilateral destruction of the the hippocampus, which can result from carbon monoxide poisoning) - although Guy Pearce's character functions impossibly well, given his severe handicap. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

ck1 Posts: 65 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,21:00    Raising Arizona (may only appeal to Americans?) Godfather Dr. Strangelove Little shop of Horrors MASH oldies - Bogart, Hepburn (Philadelphia Story), Bette Davis (esp. All About Eve), Astaire, Wizard of Oz, Gone with Wind as for LOTR - could not keep the "dudes" straight (except for Legolas) - but the men in the family would give it a 5+++

ck1 Posts: 65 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,21:10    Office space Psycho Annie Hall High Noon Some Like it hot

IanBrown_101 Posts: 927 Joined: April 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,21:50    Quote (ck1 @ Oct. 20 2007,03:00) Raising Arizona (may only appeal to Americans?) You're kidding, right? Hilarious film! -------------- I'm not the fastest or the baddest or the fatest. You NEVER seem to address the fact that the grand majority of people supporting Darwinism in these on line forums and blogs are atheists. That doesn't seem to bother you guys in the least. - FtK Roddenberry is my God.

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,22:19    movies I've liked in the past year: Body Heat Volver Gangs of NY Fracture A History of Violence The Prestige Rounders Little Miss Sunshine Casino Royale Layer Cake Ray Eat Drink Man Woman Billy Elliot Dial M for Murder Why We Fight Y Tu Mama Tambien Lord of War Blow Dry Love Actually American History X Roman Holiday Hotel Rwanda The World's Fastest Indian Box of Moonlight

Seizure Salad Posts: 60 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,23:36    Anything by Paul-Thomas Anderson, including the new film. I probably don't post here often enough to be participating in this kind of thread.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 19 2007,23:39    Quote (Seizure Salad @ Oct. 19 2007,23:36) Anything by Paul-Thomas Anderson, including the new film. I probably don't post here often enough to be participating in this kind of thread. Phhh... have you seen how poor the regular posters like me are? Post all you want! -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 20 2007,13:27    It occurred to me this morning that I should mention Jørgen Leth's 1976 documentary "A Sunday in Hell" about the Paris-Roubaix bicycle race.   It is not just for the cycling afficionado, either. EDIT:  You probably won't find it through any type of rental service (Blockbuster doesn't carry it).  It can be purchased here. -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

Mister DNA Posts: 466 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 20 2007,14:08    Quote (improvius @ Oct. 19 2007,16:36) We have 3 Extremes on the shelf here, but for whatever reason it keeps getting pushed back whenever we want to watch something.  We have a huge backlog of films yet to be watched.  Maybe we'll finally get to it this Halloween.  We watch a lot of anime, but we like to mix it up with other stuff once in a while.  Right now we're going through the Heroes series on DVD.  We recently watched Curse of the Golden Flower, which I would give about a 3/5.  Visually, it was stunning.  But the story dragged a bit.  The trailers make it look like an action flick, when it's really more of a drama.  I thought Hero was a much better film. I'll have to look for 2LDK, that sounds good. Just so you know, MWIaG 2 is not nearly as good as the first one.  It's really an excellent film and worth hunting down if you like Korean films at all. I agree with you on Curse of the Golden Flower; I'm a big Kurosawa fan and while Curse looked good, it paled in comparison to Ran. Hero wasn't bad, but I didn't like the narrative. Not that it confused me... I just thought it wasn't an effective way to identify with Jet Li's character. I like Chinese action movies (Iron Monkey, Once Upon a Time In China, etc) and I'll settle for a truly crappy story and lousy acting if the action is on a pornographic level of... say, Tony Jaa's Ong Bak or The Protector but when it comes to Asian drama, I prefer the Japanese costume dramas - Twighlight Samurai has only two fight scenes, and one of those is with a wooden sword, but it's a very powerful film.. I'm just now getting into Anime - my rule of thumb with Netflix is to get one American movie, one foreign film and one Anime disc. I rented Samurai 7 and wound up buying the box set, and I just finished Samurai Champloo - this week I start the Read or Die series. -------------- CBEB's: The Church Burnin' Ebola Blog Thank you, Dr. Dembski. You are without peer when it comes to The Argument Regarding Design. - vesf

Ftk Posts: 2239 Joined: Mar. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 20 2007,14:10    I've always liked "The Sound of Music"....     -------------- "Evolution is a creationism and just as illogical [as] the other pantheistic creation myths"  -forastero

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 20 2007,14:37    Quote (Ftk @ Oct. 20 2007,15:10) I've always liked "The Sound of Music".... :)  :)  :) Julie Andrews is quite beautiful in Sound of Music, and a giant talent. So I declare it Good Kitsch. Plus I had a crush on Angela Cartwright (who is almost exactly my age) when I was a kid. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

Mister DNA Posts: 466 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 20 2007,15:49    Quote (Ftk @ Oct. 20 2007,14:10) I've always liked "The Sound of Music".... :)  :)  :) My problem with The Sound of Music has always been the inexplicable lack of dancing zombies. Fortunately, that's been rectified. -------------- CBEB's: The Church Burnin' Ebola Blog Thank you, Dr. Dembski. You are without peer when it comes to The Argument Regarding Design. - vesf

BWE Posts: 1902 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 26 2007,18:16    Also, I have not seen Gross point blank. Someone else recommended it. So, it's on the list for me. As is Silverado which I also haven't seen. -------------- Who said that ev'ry wish would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it Look what it's done so far The Daily Wingnut

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 26 2007,19:02    Quote (BWE @ Oct. 26 2007,18:16) Also, I have not seen Gross point blank. Me neither, but the original Point Blank is amazing. -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Hermagoras Posts: 1260 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 26 2007,19:18    Quote (BWE @ Oct. 26 2007,18:16) Also, I have not seen Gross point blank. Someone else recommended it. So, it's on the list for me. As is Silverado which I also haven't seen. I love Grosse Point Blank.  Written very well, with a hilarious subthread about American capitalism and success.  The whole set of conversations about whether an assassin should join a union or not is brilliant.   Some of my favorite movies, with lines: Local Hero.  The first movie of a globalized world, I think.  My all-time favorite movie evah.  "I'll be a good Gordon, Gordon." The Commitments.  "Aren't we a little -- white -- for that?"  Dublin before the "Celtic Tiger" -- the place doesn't exist anymore, not like that.   The Advertures of Buckaroo Banzai.  Terrible production values, a screwed up movie for sure, but great lines.  "There are monkey-boys in the compound."  "Use more honey!"  "What's that watermelon doing there?"  Plus a great underground reference to Thomas Pynchon, locating the enemy in Yoyodyne Systems, Inc.  (Cf The Crying of Lot 49, and also Pynchon's Vineland, where he returns the compliment.)   My Life as a Dog.  In Swedish, yeah, but I lived in Sweden for a while as a kid, so I get all misty.  A terrific movie of adolescence.  Plus, the kid gets his wang stuck in a coke bottle.  What's not to love?   For some reason, I can watch Groundhog Day over and over again.  "Phil?  Phil Conners?" -------------- "I am not currently proving that objective morality is true. I did that a long time ago and you missed it." -- StephenB http://paralepsis.blogspot.com/....pot.com

Louis Posts: 6436 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 26 2007,20:00    Ghostbusters. Coneheads. Any Saturday Night Live adaptation with Bill Murray and/or Dan Ackroyd. Caddyshack. Echoing the Princess Bride as I watched it again the other day (my DVD arrived!). Funny. You Yanks do good comedy. I could live in the USA just for the comedy....wait I *did* live in the USA and although I was ostensibly at university, it was mainly for the comedy! If we expand to TV, then I have to say Cheers and Frasier are two of the funniest things I have ever seen. Staggeringly brilliant. Louis -------------- Bye.

ck1 Posts: 65 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 26 2007,20:49    Yes.  Princess Bride. Groundhog Day. Marx Brothers movies. And when I was really really pregnant my husband brought home what I thought would be a really awful cheesy shoot-em-up.  Terminator. (#1)  Loved it.

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 28 2007,12:59    Better late than never (in no particular order): L.A. Confidential The best film noir crime movie ever made, and the only good film version of any James Ellroy book. Everyone shines in this, Spacey, Pearce, Crowe, Cromwell especially. For non-Californians, a very good gutter level view of what LA is *really* like, and just how fucked up the place was in the 1950's. A warning, this is a very dense 2.5-hour boiling down of an extremely-dense 450-page book, so a LOT happens. PS, the book is even better. Usual Suspects Possibly the most clever mystery ever made. Spacey is brilliant. Even future wingnut/Christianist Stephen Baldwin is completely superb. Interrogation Cop: You know what happens if you do another turn in the joint? Hockney: Fuck your father in the shower and then have a snack? Are you going to charge me dickhead? Fight Club A remarkably profound movie that deserved a lot more credit than it got. Think Brad Pitt sucks? I did too, til I saw this. He deserved an Oscar for this one. Tyler Durden: Shut up! Our fathers were our models for God. If our fathers bailed, what does that tell you about God? Narrator: No, no, I... don't... Tyler Durden: Listen to me! You have to consider the possibility that God does not like you. He never wanted you. In all probability, he hates you. This is not the worst thing that can happen. Narrator: It isn't? Tyler Durden: We don't need him! Office Space The definitive statement on what it's *really* like to waste your life in a stupid office job. Good thing I hadn't seen this during the last office job I had, I would have had an even worse attitude than I did. Worth it for the neighbor Lawrence alone. Bob Slydell: You see, what we're actually trying to do here is, we're trying to get a feel for how people spend their day at work... so, if you would, would you walk us through a typical day, for you? Peter Gibbons: Yeah. Bob Slydell: Great. Peter Gibbons: Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour. Bob Porter: Da-uh? Space out? Peter Gibbons: Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work. Goodfellas What can I say? Joe Pesci's definitive performance. He even upstages DeNiro."Funny? Funny how? Am I a fucking CLOWN?" 2001 Space Odyssey A beautiful, lyrical movie. Its ability to portray the total emptiness and loneliness of space is amazing. Remarkably undated. Plus, Hal's dialogue is just plain *funny*. " I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you." Big Lebowski Possibly the funniest movie ever made. Worth it for Goodman alone. "Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos." Point Blank One of Lee Marvin's finest, filmed in a strangely empty San Francisco in 1965. Dreamlike, leaving you lots to debate afterwards. Spider Baby Completely hilarious. Possibly the most brilliant acting jobs you'll ever see in a movie made for under $40,000. Plus you get Lon Chaney and Mantan Moreland at the end of their careers. Carnival of Souls Circa-1964. Possibly the most dreamlike movie ever made. You literally start wondering if you're in a dream halfway through. Haunting. Das Boot, long version Apallingly realistic. Tragic, doom-laden. Disconcerting when you realize you're rooting for a bunch of actual Nazis. Memento A haunting, devastating movie that will take you several viewings to figure out. Guy Pearce at his peak. A stunning statement on how subjective memory is, and the loss of one's past. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly A very funny movie. Being as it was made by Italians, it was one of the first westerns to dump the image of the west as some clean, White, Protestant paradise. Worth it for Eli Wallach alone. "Ahhhh, this is why you come to Tuco! I kill him, I be right back!" Trainspotting Ugly, grim, bleak, also extremely compelling. Worth it for Begbie the psycho alone. The Iggy Pop soundtrack is just icing on the cake. "It's SHITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched miserable servile pathetic trash that was ever shat on civilization. Some people hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are colonized by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to get colonized by. We're ruled by effete assholes. It's a shite state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and all the fresh air in the world won't make any fucking difference!" -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 28 2007,13:11    Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Oct. 28 2007,12:59) Das Boot, long version Apallingly realistic. Disconcerting when you realize you're rooting for a bunch of actual Nazis. For fans of Das Boot, I would also offer The Enemy Below, a 1957 movie starring Robert Mitchum. -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

Mister DNA Posts: 466 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 28 2007,15:41    That's a great list, Arden. I'm compelled to expound on some of your entries.   Quote L.A. Confidential The best film noir crime movie ever made, and the only good film version of any James Ellroy book. Everyone shines in this, Spacey, Pearce, Crowe, Cromwell especially. For non-Californians, a very good gutter level view of what LA is *really* like, and just how fucked up the place was in the 1950's. A warning, this is a very dense 2.5-hour boiling down of an extremely-dense 450-page book, so a LOT happens. PS, the book is even better. A fantastic movie. My only complaint was that they injected a chunk of Ellroy's The Big Nowhere into the plot, meaning we probably won't see that one make it to the big screen. Incidentally, the movie version of Brown's Requiem wasn't that bad; nowhere near as bad as The Black Dahlia, which was damn near unwatchable.   Quote Office Space The definitive statement on what it's *really* like to waste your life in a stupid office job. Good thing I hadn't seen this during the last office job I had, I would have had an even worse attitude than I did. Worth it for the neighbor Lawrence alone. A great soundtrack, too - "Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangsta" and "Still", the latter being used to great effect when justice is meted out upon a certain printer. If anything, Office Space deserves credit for relegating the real Michael Bolton's career to a hilarious pop culture reference.   Quote Goodfellas What can I say? Joe Pesci's definitive performance. He even upstages DeNiro. Another outstanding soundtrack. What other movies features someone getting stomped to death to the strains of Donovan's "Atlantis"? "Hey, Tommy, if I was gonna break your balls, I'd tell you to go home and get your shine box."   Quote Big Lebowski Possibly the funniest movie ever made. Worth it for Goodman alone. If not the funniest, easily one of the most quotable movies ever made. "Leads, yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they've got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts! Leads! "   Quote Point Blank One of Lee Marvin's finest, filmed in a strangely empty San Francisco in 1965. Dreamlike, leaving you lots to debate afterwards. I've got this in my Netflix queue because I've been on a John Boorman kick lately. Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, The General... all great films. I've always wanted to see Point Blank because the Mel Gibson remake wasn't half bad (Other than the first two Mad Max movies, Payback is the only other Mel Gibson film I enjoyed.)   Quote Das Boot, long version Apallingly realistic. Tragic, doom-laden. Disconcerting when you realize you're rooting for a bunch of actual Nazis. Das Boot set the bar for submarine movies; it has yet to be topped.   Quote The Good, the Bad, the Ugly A very funny movie. Being as it was made by Italians, it was one of the first westerns to dump the image of the west as some clean, White, Protestant paradise. Worth it for Eli Wallach alone. Agreed... Eli Wallach steals the show. The movie is beautifully filmed, but it's easy to overlook the great script. The running "there's two kinds of people" gag and "God is not on our side because He hates idiots also" are great lines (although the latter doesn't appear to be true). And as iconic as the theme music is, the piece used in the cemetery climax, "The Ecstasy of Gold", is one of my favorite pieces of film music. -------------- CBEB's: The Church Burnin' Ebola Blog Thank you, Dr. Dembski. You are without peer when it comes to The Argument Regarding Design. - vesf

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 28 2007,16:58    Quote A fantastic movie. My only complaint was that they injected a chunk of Ellroy's The Big Nowhere into the plot, meaning we probably won't see that one make it to the big screen. Incidentally, the movie version of Brown's Requiem wasn't that bad; nowhere near as bad as The Black Dahlia, which was damn near unwatchable. Even worse news is that the people who own the rights to the LA Confidential screenplay (guess it ain't Ellroy) have indicated that they will not allow the characters of Ed Exley and Dudley Smith to appear in the planned film version of White Jazz. Considering that Exley and Smith are CRUCIAL characters in WJ, that should fuck up the movie pretty thoroughly (if it ever comes out). As for the movie version of Dahlia, I read that they cut a whole HOUR out of it. That would explain why it's completely incoherent. If some kind soul restores it for some DVD 'director's cut', that might salvage it. Otherwise, it was a writeoff. Lotta good dialogue in LA Confidential, too:   Quote Johnny Stompanato: You want an autograph? Write to MGM. Ed Exley: Since when do two-bit hoods and hookers give out autographs? Johnny Stompanato: What'd you say to me? Ed Exley: LAPD. Sit down. Lana Turner: Who in the hell do you think you are? Jack Vincennes: Ed... Ed Exley: Take a walk, honey, before I haul your ass downtown. Johnny Stompanato: You are making a large mistake. Lana Turner: Get away from our table. Ed Exley: Shut up! A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker. Johnny Stompanato: Hey! Ed Exley: She just looks like Lana Turner. Jack Vincennes: She is Lana Turner. Ed Exley: What? Jack Vincennes: She is Lana Turner. [Lana throws a drink in Ed's face]   Quote [White approaches Loew in the bathroom, after he refused to answer Exley's questions] Ellis Loew: Unless you came in here to wipe my ass, I believe we're through. [White looks at him, silently] Ellis Loew: Come on, don't try this "Good Cop-Bad Cop" crap on me. I practically invented it. So what if some homo actor is dead? Boys, girls, ten of them step off the bus to L.A. every day. [White proceeds to smash Loew's head into the mirror and then sticking it into the toilet] Ellis Loew: Pull him off me, Exley! Ed Exley: I don't know how. Bud White: Now, I know you think you're the A-number one hotshot. Well, here's the juice: if I take you out, there'll be ten more lawyers to take your place tomorrow. They just won't come on the bus, that's all! [White drags Loew into his office and dangles him out of the window by his legs until he confesses] Ed Exley: Was that how you used to run the "Good Cop-Bad Cop?" Quote Dudley Smith: Edmund, you're a political animal. You have the eye for human weakness, but not the stomach. Ed Exley: You're wrong, sir. Captain Dudley Smith: Would you be willing to plant corroborative evidence on a suspect you knew to be guilty, in order to ensure an indictment? Ed Exley: Dudley, we've been over this. Captain Dudley Smith: Yes or no, Edmund? Ed Exley: No! Captain Dudley Smith: Would you be willing to beat a confession out of a suspect you knew to be guilty? Ed Exley: No. Captain Dudley Smith: Would you be willing to shoot a hardened criminal in the back, in order to offset the chance that some... lawyer... Ed Exley: No. Captain Dudley Smith: Then, for the love of God, don't be a detective. Stick to assignments where you don't have to make those kind of decisions. -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Mister DNA Posts: 466 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 28 2007,19:47    Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Oct. 28 2007,16:58) Even worse news is that the people who own the rights to the LA Confidential screenplay (guess it ain't Ellroy) have indicated that they will not allow the characters of Ed Exley and Dudley Smith to appear in the planned film version of White Jazz. Considering that Exley and Smith are CRUCIAL characters in WJ, that should fuck up the movie pretty thoroughly (if it ever comes out). I'm a bit apprehensive about White Jazz coming to the big screen. In addition to the problem you mentioned, Joe Carnahan is slated to direct; this could go either way. On the plus side, Carnahan wrote and directed Narc, which kicked ass - imagine Ray Liotta playing Bud White, and that's Narc. On the minus side, Carnahan wrote and directed Smokin' Aces, which I thought was horrible. Carnahan is also on board to bring Killing Pablo to the big screen. That was an astounding book; highly recommended. -------------- CBEB's: The Church Burnin' Ebola Blog Thank you, Dr. Dembski. You are without peer when it comes to The Argument Regarding Design. - vesf

Steviepinhead Posts: 532 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 30 2007,18:58    Those who enjoyed Grosse Point Blank may enjoy The Long Kiss Goodnight and The Professional. The inimitable Samuel L has a great scene in TLKG in which he's singing the refrain to Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man" and then giving a version of the backbeat: ba dun da dun DUM.  Great stuff. The heroine is played by Geena Davis, who is also great in a light comedy, Earth Girls Are Easy. (And I'll second or third Pulp Fiction, speaking of Samuel L...  An indisputable modern classic.) Gotta agree on Kilmer as Doc Holliday: "my little blueberry..."  A classic performance (though apparently he's about the worst guy ever to have on a movie set). Kurosawa: one of his last movies, Dersu Uzala, is little known but great... One of the all-time greats: Lawrence of Arabia.  I also retain a fond spot for Dr. Zhivago... Has somebody mentioned Dr. Stranglelove? A great, but dated, comedy is The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming... The Tarentino half of the recent "Grindhouse," called Death Proof, is a kick in the pants--great dialogue for all the ladies, and great action. I'll also second Silverado. I'll go away and think of some more.

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 30 2007,19:13    Quote (Steviepinhead @ Oct. 30 2007,19:58) The Tarentino half of the recent "Grindhouse," called Death Proof, is a kick in the pants--great dialogue for all the ladies, and great action. The stunts in Death Proof are absafuckinglutely incredible. All real time, physical stunts, too, no CGI tricks. Zoe Bell: WOW. Great characters, too. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 30 2007,19:16    This may sound a bit off the wall, but I recently watched my daughter's copy of Howl's Moving Castle, Miyazaki anime expertly dubbed into English. Charming, eye-popping mix of realism and dream-like fantasy, great story, lotsa fun. Spirited Away is also a great way to spend a couple hours. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

steve_h Posts: 544 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 30 2007,21:18    I'm not especially proud of these. Note to self: be more high-brow in future. Brazil  (seen too many times, can't watch any more) Notting hill (almost ditto) Being John Malkovich  (code 1,  current player code 2) Fargo / The big Lebowski (Fargo on video, VCR dead) Dogma Shaun of the dead  (Hot Fuzz ok but doesn't quite do it for me) The sixth sense Erin Brokovich The Elephant Man La Vita è bella  (although, of course, I know it only as "Life is Beautiful") Easily manipulated, I inevitably get something in one of my manly eyes whenever I watch four of them. Hated:   Twister  (I wonder what's going to happen to all those wind chimes etc and how strong will the wind be exactly?  Couldn't stand the dialog, but loved Buffy and Firefly/serinity, how could the same guy be behind them?) Once Worked (unsuccessfully) where they shot: Life Story (TV) - recognised about 10 seconds (Franklin leaves the building at night). Chumley Warner Link

theloneliestmonk Posts: 11 Joined: Mar. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 30 2007,22:18    Is anyone else here a fan of 12 monkeys? Usually can't stand Bruce Willis, but thought that he was good in this. Big shout out for The Big Lebowski!

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 30 2007,22:32    12 Monkeys was awesome. That's when I started respecting Brad Pitt. Also, as you mention, Bruce Willis was good in that.

theloneliestmonk Posts: 11 Joined: Mar. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 30 2007,22:38    Forgot about Brad Pitt. I wanted to hate the guy so bad because of his dreamy good looks. Oh well.

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 30 2007,22:54    Agreed: 12 monkeys was an awesome flick. One of my favorite Bruce Willis performances. "What a wonderful world it would be." -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

improvius Posts: 807 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 31 2007,09:43    The Mission Amazing in just about every way, this film takes place in 18th century Brazil.  Spanish Jesuits are trying to save a native tribe from encroaching slave hunters.  Jeremy Irons plays a Jesuit Priest, and Robert De Niro plays a Portuguese slave hunter.  The story, acting, and scenery are all top-notch.  If you can watch this film and not be emotionally moved by the end, then you simply aren't human. The Last Temptation of Christ I'm going to go out on a limb and recommend this one to you all.  I consider myself an agnostic and not particularly religious in any way, and I greatly enjoyed this film.  Willem Dafoe does a remarkable job portraying JC as a truly human character, which is why many fundamentalist Christians  probably didn't like it at all. Quote Jerobeam: God brought you here, didn't he? Jesus: All he brought here is my shame. Jerobeam: Shame is also a temptation. Jesus: God hunts me. He drives his nails into my heart. He wants to push me over. He wants me to speak. But he didn't touch my lips with burning coals. How can I speak? I sinned. Jerobeam: We all sin. Jesus: Not my sins. What does He want from me? Can't he see what's inside me? All my sins. I'm Lucifer. Jerobeam: Be quiet! Jesus: No! I'm a liar. A hypocrite. I'm afraid of everything. I never tell the truth. I don't have the courage. When I see a woman, I blush and look away. But inside I have lust. For God, I smother the lust, and that satisfies my pride. But my pride destroys Magdalene. I never steal or fight, or kill... not because I don't want to but because I'm afraid. I want to rebel against everything, everybody... against God!... but I'm afraid. If you look inside me you see fear, that's all. Fear is my mother, my father, my God. Dafoe is perfectly matched up with Harvey Keitel as Judas.  The relationship between Judas an JC is one of the central themes in the film.  Both are revealed as complex characters, as this movie goes well beyond any Sunday-school version of Christ's life. Oh yeah, and the soundtrack by Peter Gabriel is incredible.  Even if you aren't interested in the film, you should give it a listen. -------------- Quote (afdave @ Oct. 02 2006,18:37) Many Jews were in comfortable oblivion about Hitler ... until it was too late. Many scientists will persist in comfortable oblivion about their Creator ... until it is too late.

improvius Posts: 807 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 31 2007,09:46    Quote (Reciprocating Bill @ Oct. 30 2007,20:16) This may sound a bit off the wall, but I recently watched my daughter's copy of Howl's Moving Castle, Miyazaki anime expertly dubbed into English. Charming, eye-popping mix of realism and dream-like fantasy, great story, lotsa fun. Spirited Away is also a great way to spend a couple hours. I strongly recommend everything Miyazaki has ever done, period.  Spirited Away was probably my favorite, but all of them are wonderful and unique in their own ways. -------------- Quote (afdave @ Oct. 02 2006,18:37) Many Jews were in comfortable oblivion about Hitler ... until it was too late. Many scientists will persist in comfortable oblivion about their Creator ... until it is too late.

Darth Robo Posts: 148 Joined: Aug. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 01 2007,21:08    Quote Oh yeah, and the soundtrack by Peter Gabriel is incredible.  Even if you aren't interested in the film, you should give it a listen. Got it.  And got the soundtrack for The Mission.  Haven't seen either of the films but I do likes me movie soundtracks tho. On movies, we do likes Blade Runner, Empire Strikes Back and Star Trek II - BEST Star Trek out of ALL of 'em - don't care wot ANYONE sez!   In case anyone didn't know, I like my science fiction.   Liked Stargate as well, for a bit of mindless entertainment.  Couldn't get into the TV show - Richard Dean Anderson ain't a patch on Kurt Russel.  "Send my regards to King Tut, asshole!"   Speaking of which, no-one's mentioned Big Trouble In Little China? Also like LA Confidential, Grosse Point Blank, Leon (The Professional) , and the Long Good Kiss Goodnight. "Nathan: Alice, please. Your dog, Alice. It and my appetite are mutually exclusive. Alice: Well, what's wrong with the dog? Nathan: Simple. He's been licking his asshole for the last three straight hours. I submit to you that there is nothing there worth more than an hour's attention. I should think that whatever he is attempting to dislodge is either gone for good, or there to stay. Wouldn't you agree?" And as an alternative to Die Hard I'd recommend Hard Boiled. -------------- "Commentary: How would you like to be the wholly-owned servant to an organic meatbag? It's demeaning! If, uh, you weren't one yourself, I mean..."

Roland Anderson Posts: 51 Joined: Sep. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 01 2007,21:36    An insomniac night inspires me to the following: 1: Brief Encounter 2: Casablanca 3: The Maltese Falcon 4: All About Eve 5: The Wizard of Oz I like the old 'uns! Good day all. Nice to see you again.

skeptic Posts: 1163 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 02 2007,01:45    Quote (improvius @ Oct. 31 2007,09:43) The Mission Amazing in just about every way, this film takes place in 18th century Brazil.  Spanish Jesuits are trying to save a native tribe from encroaching slave hunters.  Jeremy Irons plays a Jesuit Priest, and Robert De Niro plays a Portuguese slave hunter.  The story, acting, and scenery are all top-notch.  If you can watch this film and not be emotionally moved by the end, then you simply aren't human. The Last Temptation of Christ I'm going to go out on a limb and recommend this one to you all.  I consider myself an agnostic and not particularly religious in any way, and I greatly enjoyed this film.  Willem Dafoe does a remarkable job portraying JC as a truly human character, which is why many fundamentalist Christians  probably didn't like it at all.   Quote Jerobeam: God brought you here, didn't he? Jesus: All he brought here is my shame. Jerobeam: Shame is also a temptation. Jesus: God hunts me. He drives his nails into my heart. He wants to push me over. He wants me to speak. But he didn't touch my lips with burning coals. How can I speak? I sinned. Jerobeam: We all sin. Jesus: Not my sins. What does He want from me? Can't he see what's inside me? All my sins. I'm Lucifer. Jerobeam: Be quiet! Jesus: No! I'm a liar. A hypocrite. I'm afraid of everything. I never tell the truth. I don't have the courage. When I see a woman, I blush and look away. But inside I have lust. For God, I smother the lust, and that satisfies my pride. But my pride destroys Magdalene. I never steal or fight, or kill... not because I don't want to but because I'm afraid. I want to rebel against everything, everybody... against God!... but I'm afraid. If you look inside me you see fear, that's all. Fear is my mother, my father, my God. Dafoe is perfectly matched up with Harvey Keitel as Judas.  The relationship between Judas an JC is one of the central themes in the film.  Both are revealed as complex characters, as this movie goes well beyond any Sunday-school version of Christ's life. Oh yeah, and the soundtrack by Peter Gabriel is incredible.  Even if you aren't interested in the film, you should give it a listen. I'm gonna shock you but I really liked The Last Temptation of Christ.  The interpretation of the "let this cup pass from me"-theme is really thought-provoking and brings out the real human angst.  Gibson hit it pretty hard in The Passion but in a completely different way.  In any case, I'd recommend it as well. As far as my most favorite, it varies from time to time but most frequently it is Jaws.  IMO, it just doesn't get much better than that.

IanBrown_101 Posts: 927 Joined: April 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 02 2007,02:03    Quote (Roland Anderson @ Nov. 02 2007,03:36) 2: Casablanca First time I saw it I almost cried. I don't think I've seen many performances top Humphrey Bogart in that. The man is a god and that film a video bible. Utterly marvellous in every single way. Still, my favourite film varies, as I'm sure most people's does, but most of the time it's either Godfather Part II (DeNiro is one of the performances that equals that of Bogart in Casablanca, and Pachino is also superb) or The Shawshank Redemption. If you don't cry at Shawshank at least once, you're some kind of inhuman robot thing. -------------- I'm not the fastest or the baddest or the fatest. You NEVER seem to address the fact that the grand majority of people supporting Darwinism in these on line forums and blogs are atheists. That doesn't seem to bother you guys in the least. - FtK Roddenberry is my God.

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 02 2007,20:23    I've never been into audiophile or videophile stuff, but today I wanted to see if my component video outputs were really noticeably better than s-video, so i hooked both up, put in a DVD, and switched back and forth. Wow. Component video color was much better. If you have component video outputs and inputs, use them. s-video and especially coax make for a distinctly poorer picture. Oh, and what DVD was it? Here's how it began: Quote "History has known many great liars. Copernicus. Goebbels. St. Ralph the Liar. But there have been none quite so vile as the Tudor king, Henry the Seventh...." Edited by stevestory on Nov. 02 2007,21:23

Darth Robo Posts: 148 Joined: Aug. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 03 2007,19:11    Quote If you don't cry at Shawshank at least once, you're some kind of inhuman robot thing. Me liked but didn't cry.  But I am a droid.   -------------- "Commentary: How would you like to be the wholly-owned servant to an organic meatbag? It's demeaning! If, uh, you weren't one yourself, I mean..."

Assassinator Posts: 479 Joined: Nov. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 03 2007,19:42    I didn't cry at Shawshank, but it's truely one of the best drama's I've seen in my short life so far and I definatly don't like drama's :P And because my life is short, I don't have a lot of fav movies yet, but some nonetheless. Gattaca: Such a beautifull sci-fi movie, it almost made me cry. Just to see in what world someone could do to achieve his dreams, beating the system...downright beautifull, hard to explain with more words. Contact: How people would react to the discover of intelligent extra-terrestial life, the phylosphical (I misspelled that didn't I?) and religious questions it would arise. Awsome. The Matrix Trilogy: Simply lóve the fighting :D Kill Bill 1 and 2: Simply awsome :D Delightfuly over-the-tup, pure cult, awsome martial-arts. The Big Lebowski: Seen it a couple of time's, it's soooo funny! Awsome cult-status. Hmmm, all i can think off right now.

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 03 2007,20:06    Quote (Assassinator @ Nov. 03 2007,20:42) I didn't cry at Shawshank, but it's truely one of the best drama's I've seen in my short life so far and I definatly don't like drama's :P And because my life is short, I don't have a lot of fav movies yet, but some nonetheless. Gattaca: Such a beautifull sci-fi movie, it almost made me cry. Just to see in what world someone could do to achieve his dreams, beating the system...downright beautifull, hard to explain with more words. Contact: How people would react to the discover of intelligent extra-terrestial life, the phylosphical (I misspelled that didn't I?) and religious questions it would arise. Awsome. The Matrix Trilogy: Simply lóve the fighting :D Kill Bill 1 and 2: Simply awsome :D Delightfuly over-the-tup, pure cult, awsome martial-arts. The Big Lebowski: Seen it a couple of time's, it's soooo funny! Awsome cult-status. Hmmm, all i can think off right now. Love Shawshank. Of course it is Red who is redeemed. Vis The Matrix: I thought the first one was kick-ass, but the second and third have my vote for worst/most disappointing sequels in history. Plus even the first is based upon a transparently idiotic premise: that the machines get energy from their massive farms of human bodies. No more than put in by means of food; it would be more efficient to burn the food. And even if it worked, why not use massive farms of cows? Then you could dispense with the troublesome virtual reality - or at least work with a much simpler one. Obvious rationales that made sense, such as the human brains were wired together into a massive neural network that the machines needed for processing purposes, were right at hand. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 03 2007,20:31    Quote (Darth Robo @ Nov. 03 2007,19:11) Quote If you don't cry at Shawshank at least once, you're some kind of inhuman robot thing. Me liked but didn't cry.  But I am a droid.   I didn't get into Shawshank. I thought it was kind of corny. (ducks under barrage of popcorn boxes and soda cups) -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

jeannot Posts: 1201 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 05 2007,13:45    Barry Lyndon tonight at the French-German channel. The best Kubrick to me. I also saw "the departed" recently. Nice film.

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 10 2007,22:00    I've got Ratitouille on top of the DVD player. Can't wait to watch it.  In the meantime, the Mariah Carey song All I Want for Christmas Is You came on, and it reminds me of the movie Love, Actually. Is there anyone you'd rather see in a bit part than Bill Nighy?

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 10 2007,23:01    Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 10 2007,22:00) I've got Ratitouille on top of the DVD player. Can't wait to watch it.   actually watching it now! What are the odds? CSI * UPB! -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Louis Posts: 6436 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 14 2007,03:24    Best movie I've seen recently: Taking Liberties It got limited cinema releae in the UK but is now available on DVD from Amazon UK (they ship to the US). I urge everyone, but especially UKians, to buy and watch it (at least the USAians amongst you will discover you are not the only ones who are being rogered by their government). I then very strongly urge the UKians amongst us to join Liberty. DO IT NOW! Louis -------------- Bye.

Mister DNA Posts: 466 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 15 2007,14:43    I bought a Hi Def TV a few months ago so that I'd get the most out of my XBox 360 - the difference between the component picture and HD picture is vividly noticeable. You can download movies on the XBox 360; some of them in HD... I watched O Brother, Where Art Thou? in HD awhile back and although the image difference isn't as obvious as it is with video games, the picture still looked great. I'm waiting until the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray wars are over before I start replacing my DVD collection, so the other day I bought an upconversion unit; the player was only 70 bucks - the friggin' HDMI cable was $50. I watched Robocop yesterday and was really impressed with the quality. Robocop's suit looked absolutely amazing. I've probably seen Robocop 50 times (no exaggeration) and yesterday it dawned on me: for a "futuristic" movie made in 1987, it's aged quite nicely. The only thing that really dates the movie is the ridiculous 80s shoulder pads in the women's clothes. -------------- CBEB's: The Church Burnin' Ebola Blog Thank you, Dr. Dembski. You are without peer when it comes to The Argument Regarding Design. - vesf

Henry J Posts: 5760 Joined: Mar. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 17 2007,16:20    Something seems to have reminded me of the movie "Harry and the Hendersons". That one had some funny scenes in it. "You ate my corsage? I was SAVING that!" Henry

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 17 2007,19:21    Had this at home for several days, been too busy to watch it. Probably see it tonight.

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 17 2007,19:24    Quote (Mister DNA @ Nov. 15 2007,15:43) I've probably seen Robocop 50 times (no exaggeration) and yesterday it dawned on me: for a "futuristic" movie made in 1987, it's aged quite nicely. The only thing that really dates the movie is the ridiculous 80s shoulder pads in the women's clothes. I'm putting that in my netflix queue then.

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 17 2007,19:49    Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 17 2007,20:21) Had this at home for several days, been too busy to watch it. Probably see it tonight. I watched that for the second time last weekend. Wonderfully imaginative. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 17 2007,19:51    T3 is on AMC right now. if you haven't seen the scene with the crane truck tearing through town, Ho-Ley Crap. Might be my favorite car action sequence ever,

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 17 2007,21:13    Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 17 2007,20:51) T3 is on AMC right now. if you haven't seen the scene with the crane truck tearing through town, Ho-Ley Crap. Might be my favorite car action sequence ever, That is an awesome scene. But wait until you've seen the Death Proof half of Tarantino's Grind House. Not the destructive mayhem as in T3, but for auto stunt action, that's it, right there. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 17 2007,21:44    Have not seen that yet. I'll have to put that in the queue. The queue's mighty thin these days. Currently all that's there is The Tuskegee Airmen, Braveheart, Say Anything, The Wire Season 4 which doesn't release until december, and Season 4 of The L Word, which, sadly, pretty much jumped the shark in the final episode of Season 3. I was thinking about putting Homicide: Life on the Streets in the queue, but after seeing the first three seasons of The Wire, which runs on HBO, could an NBC show possibly compare?

clamboy Posts: 299 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 18 2007,10:50    I watch too few movies, but many that have been mentioned on this thread score quite high. To add, though: just about always at my number one spot is Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire. About as perfect a movie as one could ask for. Of course, this means that the Hollywood remake, City of Angels, is the most execrable piece of shit ever to waste celluloid. Couldn't watch it all the way through. Another topper for me, at least when I saw it in the theater: The Fast Runner. That movie made me experience time differently: it unfolded with the seasons and the years, beautifully slowly. Let's see, what else must one watch to have truly lived? The Philadelphia Story My Man Godfrey ("Godfrey loves me! He put me the shower!") Hot Fuzz (best watched with other males with beer) Big Trouble in Little China They Live (best. fight. scene. evarrrrr!) Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (surprisingly deep!) Dodgeball Freaks North by Northwest Mystery Men Super Troopers (for the opening, and for "Bear fucker! Do you need assistance?" or however that line goes) The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (the most original version one can find. our wedding cake was modeled on that movie.) Oh, right! His Girl Friday roolz!

fusilier Posts: 252 Joined: Feb. 2003 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2007,08:49    This Island Earth The Green Berets (every John Wayne cliche you could ask for) Planet of the Apes (every Charleton Heston cliche you could ask for) Barbarella A Boy and His Dog Bambi Meets Godzilla Flesh Gordon Horatio Hornblower The Astronaut Farmer Stardust Dances with Wolves Last of the Mohicans Rob Roy 300 And, of course, everything Humphry Bogart ever did. Don't have a HD television, and prolly won't get one until the current NTSC tube bites the dust. fusilier James 2:24 -------------- fusilier James 2:24

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 19 2007,23:58    Still haven't seen Howl's Moving Castle. Might put it on in a few but it's late. I went to the Netflix queue to add A Better Tomorrow, basically because it has a very cool title and Chow Yun-Fat, and learned that I rented it in January '06 and told my friends "Meh. Couldn't get into it." I have no memory of doing that, or seeing the movie. It's like that happened to someone else. How similar is that person to me? Might I totally like it this time? Will I think the same thing? How continuous is my personality through time? I think the fact that I first and foremost remember Jan '06 as the month that Davetard was installed as UD moderator says something about me, but I'm not sure what.

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 20 2007,00:12    That Robocop business up above got me thinking about movies that people have seen dozens of times. They're very rare. I've only seen two movies like that, myself. The director's cut of Blade Runner maybe a dozen times, and L.A. Story about twenty times. It's a Power Law distribution. You've got those, then you've got The Matrix at about 8 times, and Eddie Izzard: Dressed to Kill and The Definite Article and Star Wars and all the Bond movies and Office Space and Idiocracy maybe 4 times, and then a few dozen movies twice and several hundred once. So Since that mention of Robocop I've been asking friends what movies they've seen a dozen or more times. So far I've heard *Titanic *I Heart Huckabees *Total Recall So I immediately put those in the queue. I'm going to watch them in the next week and see if I can understand what is so captivating to some people. In the meantime, I can only interpret the fact that I've seen L.A. Story 20+ times as proof that it is The Greatest Movie Ever Made.

Robert O'Brien Posts: 348 Joined: Aug. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 20 2007,00:32    This is a (non-exhaustive) list of my favorites: Ben Hur, A Man for All Seasons, Chariots of Fire, The Wicker Man (the original), Aliens, Star Trek II, Last of the Mohicans, Bridge on the River Kwai, Raise the Red Lantern, Empire Strikes Back, LOTR, Event Horizon, The Name of the Rose. -------------- Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 20 2007,01:03    Somewhere on the book thread I mentioned that The Name of the Rose had an ending so lame and unsatisfying that I want to fly to Italy and strangle Umberto Eco with my bare hands. Let's not give the ending away, RO'B, but let me just say I hope the movie was less aggravating than the book. Raise the Red Lantern is an interesting inclusion. I've liked Chinese movies more than other Asian movies. Best I can tell from the Japanese movies I've seen, they're all perverts. Chinese movies have been good. Eat Drink Man Women, for instance, was pretty good.

Mister DNA Posts: 466 Joined: June 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 20 2007,07:37    Quote (stevestory @ Nov. 20 2007,00:12) That Robocop business up above got me thinking about movies that people have seen dozens of times. They're very rare. I've only seen two movies like that, myself. The director's cut of Blade Runner maybe a dozen times, and L.A. Story about twenty times. It's a Power Law distribution. You've got those, then you've got The Matrix at about 8 times, and Eddie Izzard: Dressed to Kill and The Definite Article and Star Wars and all the Bond movies and Office Space and Idiocracy maybe 4 times, and then a few dozen movies twice and several hundred once. So Since that mention of Robocop I've been asking friends what movies they've seen a dozen or more times. So far I've heard *Titanic *I Heart Huckabees *Total Recall <snip> People have asked me, "Why on earth would you want to see a movie more than once"? I always respond by asking them what their favorite song or painting is, then asking, "Why on earth would you want listen to or look at that more than once"? There are several movies that I've seen more than 20 times - Animal House, This is Spinal Tap, Full Metal Jacket, Doctor Strangelove, Goodfellas, The Big Lebowski, John Carpenter's The Thing, the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Repo Man. That list is nowhere near complete, either. I've see Eddie Izzard: Dressed to Kill about 10 times; the Englebert Humperdink bit and "He's a donut!" kill me every time. -------------- CBEB's: The Church Burnin' Ebola Blog Thank you, Dr. Dembski. You are without peer when it comes to The Argument Regarding Design. - vesf