I think I might watch Unbreakable tonight.
I think I might watch Unbreakable tonight.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I think I'll watch the second half of Day of the Locust. I don't know how it ends but I have a feeling Karen Black is going to make it.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Never seen that one.
I love Donald Sutherland, but I find Karen Black kind of annoying.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Donald Sutherland plays a character called Homer Simpson.
Coincidence? Or is the animated character somehow referencing this movie?
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Nice to see some more strong appreciation for this one, which now strikes me as rather undeserving of the status as a minor effort that it has developed, and which I too once held it to.
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
Pretty sure it's a coincidence. The character seems more Flanders than Homer.
I was actually a lot more impressed by it on my second viewing (which was admittedly a few years ago) than I was when it first came out. Didn't you give Death Proof an 8.5? I didn't realize you were such a QT fan.
Wikipedia tells me that Groening named his character after his father and the Day of the Locust character, though his character was not similar to either of them.
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I did on second viewing, maybe I was overrating it for the shock of what a revelation it was; so it'd be something like a 7/7.5 now.
I wouldn't normally consider myself a QT fan per se, probably cos of his 'fact of life' status in the world of cinema... but yeah, I guess I like/really like most of his films when I think of it.
IMDB tells me it's a coincidence. Who do we trust Melville? Who do we trust?
Does IMDb provide references? 'Cause Wikipedia references several interviews with Groening, as well as a book. I don't know if the references actually contain the information they're purported to...but I figure even made-up references must be worth something.
I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?
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Considering that the lowest score I've given a QT film is an 83 (that would be Kill Bill Vol. 1), I'm a big fan of his. Pulp Fiction to me his is masterpiece, and I don't think he'll ever top it. Have to see how Inglorious turns out, as I hopefully will see it soon. To me QT is much like Orson Welles in that he made his one amazing movie, and then spent the rest of his career not being able to top it. Although granted Welles is the better filmmaker, and did make some movies that were equally great when measured up against Citizen Kane.
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Are we rating Tarantino movies now?
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. Jackie Brown
5. Kill Bill
6. Death Proof
I also agree that he was cooler back in the 90s. I'll have to muller on a bit over Basterds though. Maybe see it again in a few months to see how good it actually was.
And on that note, has anyone here seen any pinku eiga movies (old timey japanese porn)?
I saw Go, go Second Time Virgin by Wakamatsu (which included that number one hit single - "No Seeing You Again", natch) the other day and while it wasn't great fap material, it had a certain sort of weird charm (it ended up treading into pretty unfamiliar territory for porn, let's say). I'm not sure if my appreciation of it had anything to do with my sexual deviancy, but I got a decent kick out of the flick.
So, with Bahrani's Goodbye Solo, was the implication near the end that
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Second Time Virgin is fun, but I dunno, a lot of them are pretty indistinguishable. It really is just fetish porn with a very small amount of cult trash thrown in.
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I didn't see the kid [] coming. I sorta liked that.
The only one I saw is also Second Time Virgin, which was pretty fun stuff.
I liked Day of the Locust and Schlesinger in general. Don't you think Lynch was inspired by the film for Mulholland Drive?
The Princess and the Pilot - B-
Playtime (rewatch) - A
The Hobbit - C-
The Comedy - D+
Kings of the Road - C+
The Odd Couple - B
Red Rock West - C-
The Hunger Games - D-
Prometheus - C
Tangled - C+
Sure, there've been quite a few Lynchy bits so far (drinking with the mexican dude, well-dressed studio people sitting about watching porn, alcoholic door to door salesman etc. ) and the apartment complex is very similar to the one in MD. This is a good film, looking forward to watching the rest.
The electrifying final number of The Gang's All Here nearly saves th rest of the film. It's classic Berkeley abstraction, using geometric shapes, multiple sets and a variety of practical effects/camera tricks to create something indepedent of the stage musical. Perhaps the summation of all of Berkeley's efforts as a choreographer/filmmaker come during the sequence; using mirrors, the dancers and their costumes become nothing more than an abstraction of moving colours and shapes... it reminds me of something that Normal McLaren would do, not something I'd expect from a very by the books musical. The rest of the film though is never as interesting or exciting as this particular sequence, though most of the musical sequences do have exciting flourishes, but they only hint at the true potential and skill that Berkeley demonstrated in his 1930s efforts. I didn't find the cast or story very interesting at all, they didn't even have enough charm to make me want to endure the non-musical sequences... though, there is something strangely captivating about Carmen Miranda... strange, but captivating.
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Watched Blazing Saddles. I've never been a fan of Mel Brooks, and I remain confused as to his stature (this is #6 on AFI's comedy list). Perhaps the respect for this film comes from how revolutionary it was at the time. As it is, though, way too many of the jokes are laborious, obvious, and weak with their zingers. The hit-to-miss ratio is awfully low, with the occasional inspiration (Bart putting a gun to his own head) outweighed by all the other broad jokes. It's not a total waste, however, as Cleavon Little gives a strong, genial performance, and the fourth-wall-breakery at the end offers the picture a final gasp of manic energy.
Also, the following line is good:
"Alright, we'll give land to the niggers and the chinks, but we do not want the Irish!"
Speaking of all the Tarantino talk as of late, I rewatched From Dusk Till Dawn, and it's still fun as hell. Ranking scripts he wrote but didn't direct:
Natural Born Killers (yeah I know Stone wrote half the movie) > From Dusk Till Dawn > True Romance
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
Ditto and ditto!
Seriously, I thought I was gonna be all snooty about the film watching it again, but it sure won me over. From the first scene on, really. I love this guy:
He's so good!
Oh yeah - watched Big Trouble in Little China again yesterday. Thing's still as awesome as the first time I watched. For some reason, I absolutely lost it at this exchange:
"I'd help you but--"
"--I know. There's something wrong with your face."
I had to pause the DVD, I was laughing so hard.
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