Talk About Movies: Part 4
Somehow threads merged, so here's part 4 of our ongoing movie discussion.
Black Rain (1989)
Drag racing Harleys: Improbable bikes!
It always rains in: Staten Island!
Smoking: In restaurants!
Internal Affairs: Suits!
Knife Fu! Meat locker Fu!
Spoiler
Rocky!
My collar: My case!
Get a geisha: Northwest Orient 747!
The old Sting switcheroo! Don’t fall for it! He fell for it!
Tom Cruise: Played by Mike Douglas!
No-guns Fu. Foreplay Fu!
Scorpions!! I was hoping for one of those gangs on Monkeys!
This movie doesn’t make any sense: And I mean that in a good way!
Counterfeit!: We won the peace!
Karaoke Fu! Pedestrian v. Biker Fu! RIP Partner Fu! He was only 28!
Sequins!
(Jamie Lee Curtis played by Katie Capshaw!)
In the foundry with the plates: “One plate to rule them all, one plate to find them, one plate to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them!”
Time for a shootout: No Suzukis were harmed in the making of this film!
To live and die in Osaka: I belong to a group: Top Golf!:
Apalachin: I’m going to cover the front!: “What?”: Wat???
12-gauge Fu! Motor-bike Fu!
Great-Escape motorbike-over-the-fence Fu! Go Mike Go!
Whirling-tire buzzsaw Fu! Punji stick Fu (unconsummated!)!
I caught the Bad Guy and all I got was: This lousy plaque!
A magnificent example of the “And then… and then… and then…” school of storytelling. Plus, Ridley Scott. Sure, a lot of plot points don’t bear reflection, but they don’t give you time to reflect, so it’s all good!!! Fun Movie. Way underrated! Check it out!
Sasquatch Sunset trailer looks interesting... but not sure if it's based on a book thought
Poor Things was....different.
Great performances, incredible set design and make-up...but ultimately ugly. A man puts a baby brain into a woman and she becomes a sex pot for many men? That's....sick.
I get the whole point the movie is making, but this was not very entertaining for me. There were some good laughs. Was surprised Emma Stone showed so much skin. Bold choice for an actor of her stature.
In the end, I appreciate it but did not like.
The changes Villeneuve made or omitted from the books were all fine. Trying to introduce Alia as a major character would never have worked.
She wasn't really a major character and wouldn't need to have much screen time. But she is a huge character in the next book which it seems like will also be filmed. It would make more sense to me to have her character presented as a child the way she was in the book.
Just doesn't seem like what they did with the story would work for me. I enjoyed the SciFi channel version though, so I guess that was good enough for me.
since everyone is content to argue about the DUNE movies...let me ask a serious question. Why didn't Sting get an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 1984 version? He was the only reason I saw that one at the theater.
It's funny, I immediately drew parallels in my tastes in LOTR to Dune.
I think it's an unpopular opinion; I prefer Fellowship over Two Towers/ROTK. Similarly I like Part 1 over Part 2.
Two Towers was definitely my favourite on first viewing. Now probably my least favourite.
Fellowship is also probably my favourite now. It's the one with the most characterisation and world building, and those are arguably the main strengths of the trilogy.
Question about Dune. Did everybody read the book(s)? Just wondering if anyone who goes in cold (bookless) can enjoy this stuff. Please only answer if you never read the books (or saw earlier versions) and went in cold and enjoyed the movies. That first one seemed like disjointed nobnsense to me but I am guessing I may have felt different if I had some prior knowledge.
Question about Dune. Did everybody read the book(s)? Just wondering if anyone who goes in cold (bookless) can enjoy this stuff. Please only answer if you never read the books (or saw earlier versions) and went in cold and enjoyed the movies. That first one seemed like disjointed nobnsense to me but I am guessing I may have felt different if I had some prior knowledge.
My gf has never read the books and enjoyed both films.
I read the book as a teenager, liked it quite a bit. Not a scifi person at all btw. The David Lynch version just seemed like crazy bs and I didn't even try this new one yet, but I think the demands of cultural literary are forcing me to at least watch the first one.
I suspect it's gonna be full of woke bs and wildly overhyped, but maybe I should save all my hate til I actually watch it.
I suspect it's gonna be full of woke bs and wildly overhyped, but maybe I should save all my hate til I actually watch it.
Haven't seen it, but I suspect it's not full of woke bs. Hope to verify what may be my rather jejune thoughts on Tuesday.
And it's always a good idea to save hate. You'll never know when you really need it.
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Question about Dune. Did everybody read the book(s)? Just wondering if anyone who goes in cold (bookless) can enjoy this stuff. Please only answer if you never read the books (or saw earlier versions) and went in cold and enjoyed the movies. That first one seemed like disjointed nobnsense to me but I am guessing I may have felt different if I had some prior knowledge.
I never read the books. Some guys on my Razorback board always talked about it the books and that’s probably the only reason I watched it. I was blown away by Part One and loved everything about it.
Question about Dune. Did everybody read the book(s)? Just wondering if anyone who goes in cold (bookless) can enjoy this stuff. Please only answer if you never read the books (or saw earlier versions) and went in cold and enjoyed the movies. That first one seemed like disjointed nobnsense to me but I am guessing I may have felt different if I had some prior knowledge.
Dune is a complex story, so unlike MANY other films it does demand your attention to get the best out of the viewing.
Everything you need to enjoy and garner satisfaction is inherent in the movies themselves... AS IT SHOULD BE with any film.
Multiple viewings of the story will contribute to making things more clear and easier to follow... such as seeing David Lynches 'Dune' etc.
disregard any 'Books' talk, as this is a film thread.
Question about Dune. Did everybody read the book(s)? Just wondering if anyone who goes in cold (bookless) can enjoy this stuff. Please only answer if you never read the books (or saw earlier versions) and went in cold and enjoyed the movies. That first one seemed like disjointed nobnsense to me but I am guessing I may have felt different if I had some prior knowledge.
You will probably stop watching about 20 minutes in.
Very true. And if you keep your hate icy cold, it'll still be good and fresh when you need it.
lol, they throw him in for free. David I mean, the old man.
Perfect Days - And now for something completely different. Saw this and Dune Part 2 in the same weekend, hard to imagine more contrasting films. Perfect Days is a quiet, contemplative film about a toilet cleaner in Tokyo who seems content with his repetitive, lonely life. Somehow I got thoroughly engrossed in watching him do the same tedious tasks every day. Each one is a little story that gradually reveals that he wants connection just as much as anyone else. I just wish his backstory had been a bit more developed. This is a lovely movie though.
To Live and Die IN L.A., William Friedken, 1985
Friedken's 80s almost-masterpiece that is 80s without being kitschy because it was actually made right in the middle of the 80s. The quintessential 80s cop movie without ever once seeing Hollywood, downtown L.A., or the Santa Monica beach. Most of it takes place in the South Bay area of San Pedro, all industrial, grimy, and dive bars.
William Petersen, John Pankow, and Willem Dafoe all in their first starring roles, and they knock it out of the park. It makes you wonder if Friedken hadn't bombed with Sorcerer before this and had to go the indie route on a $6 million budget, if we would've ever seen those three great actors in anything major, because on a real budget, the movie would've had to have real stars.
The supporting cast: Steve James, Robert Downey Sr., Darlane Fleugel, Debra Feuer, Dean Stockwell, John Turturro, and others are also great.
Friedken became famous for his car chase in The French Connection, but the one in this movie is better. An insane chase through San Pedro that ends up going down the wrong way of a major freeway, with a shot of dozens of cars coming right at us - it's insane and makes you wonder how the hell they did that.
Hadn't seen this is about 20 years, and man, does it hold up It's so dark...and the ending is perfect: both Feuer and Pankow continuing on in their respective partners' footsteps. Love the soundtrack by 80s new-wavers Wang Chung, too. One of the most underrated movies soundtracks of all time. Had it on cassette for years lol.
I love movies of an era - like the 80s - that aren't "meta" about that era...this movie lives and breathes in the dark underbelly of the 80s, the Reagan-era anything-for-a-buck no matter what kinda times.
Great flick.
Last night Lincoln came on TCM. Today, my school was playing on ESPN2, and turned over to TCM during the breaks to watch a few minutes here & there of Gandhi.
Both great films. Both shocking to me (with the perspective of history, of course) that the issues being discussed even needed to be.
Don't want to start a derail, but got me to thinking about social issues of today that people will look back on two or three generations and think, "WTF, how was that even an issue?"
To Live and Die IN L.A., William Friedken, 1985
Friedken's 80s almost-masterpiece that is 80s without being kitschy because it was actually made right in the middle of the 80s. The quintessential 80s cop movie without ever once seeing Hollywood, downtown L.A., or the Santa Monica beach. Most of it takes place in the South Bay area of San Pedro, all industrial, grimy, and dive bars.
William Petersen, John Pankow, and Willem Dafoe all in their first starring roles, and they knock it out of the par
Some great stuff in this flick. Darlanne Fluegel being told at the end that no, she is not going anywhere. And Dean Stockwell putting the double dump on the Secret Service. Classic movie.
I like when protagonists die in moives... just like real life.
Although, Petersen should be considered an antagonist.
Friedkins movies have the Balls that Manns movies do not.
To Live and Die IN L.A. was great. Movie trailers are fun and all, but so is going into a movie cold. To Live and Die IN L.A. was probably one of my top movies of the 19080's that I didn't know the direction it was going to take as I was walking in the theater. It was a lot grittier than I expected. Even the filming and editing or lack of editing caught me by surprise like when I saw William Petersen's rock hard penis.
To Live and Die IN L.A. was great. Movie trailers are fun and all, but so is going into a movie cold. To Live and Die IN L.A. was probably one of my top movies of the 19080's that I didn't know the direction it was going to take as I was walking in the theater. It was a lot grittier than I expected. Even the filming and editing or lack of editing caught me by surprise like when I saw William Petersen's rock hard penis.
What?! It's been a long time, but it sure seems like I would have remembered that!
