28 Film Discussion Threads Later

[Russ]

Coming in March, 2016:

This is such an incredible film. I am so excited to finally see this on blu-ray. I cannot wait!

[Spinal]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens made more on a Thursday than the last Fantastic Four movie made in its entire run.

[D_Davis]

It probably made more money in Oranges and eyeliner than the FF made in its entire run.

[Spinal]

It probably made more money in Oranges and eyeliner than the FF made in its entire run.

Its impact on the orange industry cannot be overstated.

[D_Davis]

Anything spherical in shape will be BB-8 branded.

[Spinal]

Anything spherical in shape will be BB-8 branded.

We are living in a post-sphere world.

[D_Davis]

Don't perpetuate NASA's sphere-world lies.

[Russ]

Roar (Noel Marshall, 1981) - Ratings hardly seem applicable (or appropriate) when it comes to as astonishing of a train-wreck of a film as this one. I give it a WTF + for now.

"With fangs bared and claws extended, the must-be-seen-to-be-believed 1981 film Roar plays like a trippy episode of Wild Kingdom gone wrong, a nerve-racking experience fraught with the possibility of a casual mauling or deadly pounce from start to finish. It may be one of the most fucked-up movies you’ll ever see.

The film is a Screen Actors Guild nightmare. The performers don’t so much act in the film as they survive it. Most of the time, the cast is avoiding a lion, hiding from a lion, running from a lion, getting knocked down by a lion, or praying not to be eaten alive by a lion. In one scene, a prostrate and helpless Melanie Griffith lies amidst the shambles of the house with a huge lioness atop her, the creature’s jaws nearly framing her face. To the actress’ credit, she appears calm, which is either a testament to her acting craft or her resignation to fate. The incident required 50 stitches and some cosmetic plastic surgery. Other actors in the film suffered much, much worse injuries. The blood on Noel Marshall’s hands in Roar is both literal and figurative.

Roar is a freaky taste of danger that no one in his right mind would ever attempt to undertake again. Something this bad can’t help but be good."

It's to Tippi Hedren's credit that she continues to run and maintain Shambala, the wildlife preserve north of Los Angeles that is home to her menagerie of big cats and other various and sundry African wildlife. Now I'm itching to read her book, The Cats of Shambala, which detailed the entire ill-fated and catastrophe-plagued 11 year production of Roar, which endured flooding, a major fire, and injuries suffered at the claws and teeth of the film's "stars" to 70 cast and crew members.

It's absolutely amazing that no one was killed while shooting the film.

[Spinal]

Two of the films in the Box Office Top 10 over the weekend were Bollywood films that you probably haven't heard of.

[Irish]

That makes me wonder how big the market is for Bollywood outside India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

[baby doll]

That makes me wonder how big the market is for Bollywood outside India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

It's huge. Brown people just like to see other brown people speaking their language on film for some reason.

Incidentally, while The Crow's Egg seems to be doing good business in Hong Kong, it's not really a typical Tamil film, and most of the people in the audience I saw it with were Chinese rather than South Asians (despite the proximity of Broadway Cinematheque to Chungking Mansions).

[Irish]

It's huge. Brown people just like to see other brown people speaking their language on film for some reason.

That makes me wonder how big the market is for Bollywood outside India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

(I know it's huge; Bollywood has been the second largest film industry in the world for several decades, at least).

[Ezee E]

That makes me wonder how big the market is for Bollywood outside India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

(I know it's huge; Bollywood has been the second largest film industry in the world for several decades, at least).

I remember when I was in California that there were a few theaters that seemed to ALWAYS have a Bollywood movie playing, and they'd be pretty full on weekends or its opening weekend.

[Lazlo]

Here in Charlotte one of the AMCs always has at least one, usually two programmed. Usually packed from what I can tell. They play them louder than any non-IMAX screen, too. Can always hear it through the walls in adjoining theaters.

[Stay Puft]

There's always two or three Bollywood films at any given time showing at the one of the downtown theatres in Toronto. The audience seems to be there, even if it's not comparably huge here or anything. edit - didn't read the whole discussion and missed Spinal's post. I guess it's only getting bigger?

[baby doll]

That makes me wonder how big the market is for Bollywood outside India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

(I know it's huge; Bollywood has been the second largest film industry in the world for several decades, at least).

I was referring to the diaspora. Brown people aren't confined to South Asia.

[Dukefrukem]

Well with 6 days left in the year, my quest to watch at least 1 movie from the 1001 movies to see before you die has driven me to watch Lawrence of Arabia for the first time. Wish me luck.

[Ezee E]

Well with 6 days left in the year, my quest to watch at least 1 movie from the 1001 movies to see before you die has driven me to watch Lawrence of Arabia for the first time. Wish me luck.

Hopefully it's on a big screen?

[Dukefrukem]

Hopefully it's on a big screen?

No on my TV.

[Ezee E]

No on my TV.

Hopefully a big tv

[MadMan]

Boogie Nights is one of the most captivating movies I've ever seen. More later.

[Milky Joe]

Gotta be one of the top 3 movies of the 90s.

[Ezee E]

Boogie Nights is one of the most captivating movies I've ever seen. More later.

In my top ten of all time.

[Yxklyx]

So I bought this copy of Ken Russell's The Devils:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o02_s00

I expected it to be pan-and-scan but it's actually a non-anamorphic widescreen and very good quality! Awesome film!

[Lazlo]

After twenty minutes, I've determined that Hard to Be a God is officially Not For Me. Could have guessed as much from everything I'd seen and read on it, but it's now been confirmed.

Hate not finishing stuff but I can't foresee a time where I won't be too tired to stay awake through three hours of Russians wallowing in mud.