DLD - 10/02/09 - Twins Drama, Celeb Gossip, and Rotten Tomatoes
by micdog2001 on Oct 2, 2009 11:53 AM PDT
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There is actually a decent amount of stuff to link today. A ton if you like links about celebrities gossipy stuff.
First some baseball.
The Twins are angry at a rookie for throwing at a batter . . . and he is on their team!
Young believed that Tigers pitcher Jeremy Bonderman(notes) hit him in retaliation for a 94-mph fastball Twins rookie reliever Jose Mijares(notes) threw behind Adam Everett(notes) the previous inning … because he was mad the Tigers were stealing bases when trailing by six runs.
I can see getting mad if a team was stealing bases while ahead by 6 runs, but I have never heard of a player getting mad for stealing while trailing.
One problem: The Twins say it’s a bunch of malarkey
I watched the fans video and could maybe see what he is talking about but I tend to agree with this
Kubel laughed at the implication that Mauer was tugging at his helmet as a means of subterfuge. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire denied it, saying with such obvious sign-stealing “somebody would get killed.”
Now to the Celeb gossip.
David Letterman admits to having sex with female staffers (ABC video)
He did it because a producer from 48 hours was trying to extort $2 million from him with evidence of the affairs.
Here is the AP story for those who don't want to watch a video
Jon Gosselin wants to stop having his kids on TV
That probably should have happened already. As soon as Jon and Kate started having marital problems they should have stopped filming.
Rio de Janeiro gets the 2016 Olympics. Chicago didn't even get past the first round.
Rottentomatoes picks a movie to best represent each state in the USA
My favortie picks:
Idaho - Napoleon Dynamite
Kanas - Wizard of Oz
Oklahoma - Oklahoma (natch)
Oregon - The Goonies
The saddest picks IMHO
New Jersey - Clerks
Utah - Broken Arrow (the Travolta/Slater movie, OK action movie but not that great overall)
Worst Reviewed Movies of All Time
#1 -
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Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
Best Reviewed Movies of All Time
This list is jammed full of old movies. I think there were only 3 or 4 movies made after 1970 on this list and one of them was Toy Story 2 (huh?). Nowhere on the list is any of the LOTR movies, I'm not a super geek (OK that is up for debate) but at least one of them should have been in the top 100.
#1 -
100%
Fresh
Rank
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A Hard Day's Night (1964)I will admit, I have never even seen this movie.
A poll about movies would be ridiculous. But it would be interesting to know what everyones favorite movie is. I personally can't pick just one but my answer used to be Armagedon with Bruce Willis. I don't think that is true now but at one point it was.
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quality choices...
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 2, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I like yours too....
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think I've ever seen Unforgiven
and Goodfellas was a long time ago. So maybe I should refresh myself…
gotta like Westerns or at least Clint Eastwood to like Unforgiven.
But I love how the movie start off on a slow roll and just picks up steam and explodes in the end.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a hell of a thing killing a man
I love Eastwood and westerns so it was right up my ally. Gene Hackman (my favorite actor) is awesome in that movie.
They got a sign on him in front of Greeley's?!
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
repo man. there’s no OR about it.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 2, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
let's go get sushi and not pay.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
used to watch it every sunday while eating breakfast. did you notice how the DVD cleaned up the bike chain gaffe?
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 2, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Would you believe?
The statue place next door to my sign shop was once bought by one Paul Reubens for his brother. In fact, that ill-fated arrest and subsequent public humiliation and crucifixion took place RIGHT HERE! In lovely, lovely Sarasota. This place is truly vile.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I would never!
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Is Sarasota more vile than Jacksonville?
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 3, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
significantly.
wait. maybe not. I dunno. let’s say they’re equally vile.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions
NOH!!!!
oh wait. i thought you were saying next door is where they caught him. but still.
hey, at least they didn’t shoot him like pensacola did to peter fonda.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 2, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
true.
It was literally six blocks from my mom’s house.
They’ve since destroyed the dirty movie house.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes! Also
the traffic signs’ track during Mickey’s nap on the road with Pee Wee driving….
I think you can still see the guy who pulls up the hedge at the unveiling of the bike during the beginning.
Bob Geren, on 8/2/07, on the success of Alan Embree as new interim closer: "What can I say,... he's been our Steady Tremendous Bullpen Man"
Keep in mind that Rotten Tomatoes ranks these lists based on their Tomatometer.
Which simply counts the percent of reviewers who liked it vs. ones who didn’t. The films that hit the crazy high echelon on the Tomatometer are movies that everyone likes, but the tomatometer doesn’t care if a bunch of critics really loved it. Everyone likes Toy Story 2, but I doubt anyone loves it enough to put on a top 10 list. Hence, the 100%.
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
true
We’re using a weighted formula that adjusts the Tomatometer scores to account for the different number of reviews for each film as well as the average amount of reviews for older movies. And no film with fewer than 20 reviews qualifies. Thus, while most of the movies on this list are at 100 percent, a few other classics with perfect scores are absent (sorry, Jaws. Tough break, T2: Judgment Day).
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Also, wow. Shawn Chacon wanted by police.
According to a report by the Las Vegas Sun, police in Nevada have issued a warrant for the arrest of former big league pitcher Shawn Chacon for a $150,000 gambling debt owed to Caesar’s Palace. He’s being accused of taking out three $50,000 gambling markers in March and hasn’t repaid them, which in Nevada results in a felony charge that is prosecuted as a bad check.
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/10/02/shawn-chacon-is-wanted-by-the-police/
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
I was mostly upset they referred to our team as the "River Rats."
Although if Chacon is arrested, Gonzalez is denied arbi, and Eveland is out of options we are running out of #8 starters.
"When you get that nice celebration coming in the dugout, and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, there's no better feeling than to have that done." -Matt Stairs
seriously
you need to watch this clip. it is a stop motion video of various food at war. Pretzels that shoot salt like machine guns. Chicken nuggets that are bombs.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Wrong
seriously wrong…hahahaha
Loved it!
Ooo! Piece of candy!
by ChickenStanley on Oct 2, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
berry good.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite Hitchcock.
Although I haven’t seen North by Northwest.
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
Yeah but not by much
N x NW is really good but the Birds and Rear Window are truly amazing
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, Shadow of a Doubt
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
or how about "Rope"?
It’s not Hitchcock’s best, but the concept he was going for a the restraints it put on his filmmaking style really make it an interesting watch
Love the Nietzsche debate at the end of that movie
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It just made me remember "Strangers on a Train"
which was also awesome. I had heard that it tickled Hitchcock to no end that Farley Granger (a very gay man) was playing Guy Haines, the straight-man-hero-lead part, and that Robert Walker (a very straight man) was playing the main antagonist (of very dubious sexuality) Bruno Anthony.
I could see Hitchcock getting his jollies off of that.
Also, Marnie is really under rated. You get to see a very young Sean Connery as a dashing sociopath.
Hitchcock was a sociopath himself
just look what he did to Tippi Hedren
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
There are so many brilliant Hitchcock films
that it would take a whole thread just to discuss them. Rope is a terrific piece of filmmaking, and John Dahl’s performance is great (Farley Granger is very good, too). Of the ones that don’t get mentioned much, I’d also name The Lodger, Murder!, The Wrong Man, Marnie, and Frenzy.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
It's a very different kind of film
Hitch used Cary Grant very differently from James Stewart.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Love the first two Rocky movies
and I like parts 3 and 4 (goofy fun). I pretend part 5 never happened and I thought the last film was solid and a nice ending to the franchise.
Definately a gooooood one!
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Oct 2, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Top 5 movies for sirbed
1. Jaws
2. Cool Hand Luke
3. Unforgiven
4. 12 Angry Men
5. Apocalypse Now
and tied for 6th about 1000 different movies. Of course the top 5 changes a lot too except for Jaws which I think will always be my favorite movie.
I got out of jury duty once by...
saying that 12 Angry Men was my favorite movie and I looked forward to being able to play Henry Fonda.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
that's pretty good!
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
when you get out of jury duty, a puppy dies.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, well,
better the puppy than me.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
I love puppies.
I like dogs better because they tend to leak less.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I would have no problem doing it if I got paid and didn't need to work.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I had class
and they wouldn’t let me defer it I needed to get out of it.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions
why don’t you call me when you… have no class?
what? it’s the movie thread.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 2, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
lol
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Could you guys maybe recommend this post?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
yup.
I’d give you one of my famous vanilla chip cookies were I able to secure the chips.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
and, yes, I do bake, and I'm quite good at it.
don’t hate.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, but you're an everytihng else-er.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
there you go.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Here here
baking is lame. Cooking is amazing.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
you hate chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven?
Philisten!
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Love them!
Just no good at the measuring it takes to make them. No patience for it.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
by lynnzgal on Oct 2, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
This a million times this!
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Lol!
Well, you saw how I cook. I don’t measure ANYTHING! Its pretty much whatever looks right.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
Measuring takes all the art out of it
and Im sorry I had to bolt and didn’t get to adequately thank you for the amazing lamb.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, baking is an art.
Its just one I have no affinity for.
You’re welcome. Were you there when I made Wes7 kiss my feet? I forget.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
No I had already left
baking is science.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh. Okay, I'll buy that.
Its the result that’s art.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
I strongly disagree.
I make cookies. Delicious cookies, and it has little to do with the measuring. I am not, by any stretch, a scientist, nor have I ever had any aspirations to be one.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
you don't need exact measurements anyways
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
A lot more exact than cooking.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
wrong.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
So are you sending us some for the tailgate?????
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Oct 2, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
if you can find me the chips, I'll gladly trade cookies.
They’re not available anywhere but the Bay Area.
Guittard’s Vanilla Chips. Blue bag. If you find them, buy all they have and send them to me.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll keep me eyes open
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Oct 2, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Um... I know him.
AND, he owes me. I’ll see what I can do.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
YOU KNOW WHO?!!!!!!
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Um, um ,um....
(excitedly fidgets….)
um, um, um……
(runs in circles)
um, um, um….
(pees in corner)
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
quiet, you.
or no cookies.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I appreciate those who do
I really only bake banana bread and scones because in general its not nearly as enjoyable for me.
Incidentally I have a date with a pastry chef on Sunday.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
we have a date?!
Damn it—I don’t have a thing to wear!
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
In no particular order: Gettysburg, Memento, Fight Club, V for Vendetta, the original Manchurian Candidate
And no, I don’t care what you think.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
I thought I was the only person who liked V for Vendetta
all my friends didn’t like it and my girlfriend hated it but I thought it was a cool movie. Gettysburg is a movie I liked quite a bit as well. Jeff Daniels as Col. Chamberlain was terrific.
I definitely enjoyed the hell out of it.
I don’t know about top 5 material, but it was a blast, and a damn good film at that.
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
V for Vendetta is good but it is nowhere near top 5
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
ooo
Fight Club is a good movie. My wife hated it but I thought it was cool. It was rottentomatoes state movie choice for Deleware.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Manchurian Candidate is fantastic
Seconds is another great Frankenheimer film.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
V for Vendetta is a wonderful movie
I actually haven’t met anyone that didn’t like it yet.
Ooo! Piece of candy!
by ChickenStanley on Oct 2, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Memento was the bomb!! But you gotta be ready to THINK......
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Oct 2, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
PaulThomas is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.
A B -3X = Swedish girls like chocolate @('.')@
Except for the time he sold drugs to school children dressed as a nun.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Why would school children dress as nuns?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
no, why would several of them dress as a single nun?
and which child would they pick to wear the habit and be their spokesperson?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I think most people like the last directors cut the best
but i like the theatrical release with the voiceover by Ford better. I am in the minority on this though.
i liked that one, too.
different movies.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought the voice over gave it sort of a noir feel
kind of like a Bogart movie set in the future and it helped me understand what the hell was going on.
yeah, that's exactly why they added it.
help with the narrative. But I like it, and yes, a film noir feel. It was dark like one anyhow.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
just saw the director’s cut a couple of weeks ago. i did like it better. but i also wondered if i understood it as well as i did from having seen the other versions because the voiceover explains so much. but for purity, i’d go with last director’s.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 2, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
purity, schmurity.
He did it ten years after the fact.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
I think its better with the voiceover, but it really is like watching different movies depending on which you watch. Without the voiceover, you pretty much have to decide what really is going on and what things mean.
Ooo! Piece of candy!
by ChickenStanley on Oct 2, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
which, in its own way, is quite enjoyable.
For example, was Harrison Ford an android?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
The Final Cut was the best
But I’ve watched it so many times that the voice overs play in my head whether or not they are actually in the movie
by Lafayette Scotsman on Oct 2, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Zardoz!
Plus, the original Sinistar!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
the best part
is that you can tell all the actors in the movie are taking it REALLY seriously. Like it was this amazing statement.
So many drugs in the 70s….
I kinda think Sean has a, "what the hell did I get myself into this time?" look on his face there, though
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
And I'm guessing
that you’d be more into Charlotte Rampling than Jenny Agutter:
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
it’s like blade runner. you depend on a lot of plot info that’s really not IN the movie but OF the movie.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 2, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
3 way tie:
On the Waterfront
Network
Mean Streets
really?? not that i disagree. just that, i guess it’s not in character for you.
oh.
wait.
lance on the forward 50s. surfer guy with blond hair. now it makes sense.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 2, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
outstanding red team. outstanding. get you a case of beer for that one.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 2, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
i know. it’s great movie. just teasing.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 2, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I agree OAH the original cut is better
but if your a fan of the movie you should see the Redux version.
i have in the theatre, i think the extra footage detracts from the thrust of the narrative
they need to keep going down the river on the boat, and the extra scenes, while interesting take away from the momentum
I think I agree with everything you just said
I would only see the Redux version after you’ve seen the original cut.
agreed
though I really liked the french plantation scene. I wish that one woulda made the original cut.
FWIW, I like Clerks.
I enjoy the hell out of Kevin Smith movies. There. I said it.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
You would so fit into one of his movies.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
tell me about it.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Smith for the most part
outside of Mallrats and Zack and Miri I’ve enjoyed all of his films. His Smodcast is funny as well.
I love Kevin Smith but I think that's my least favorite movie by him
I really don’t care for Seth Rogen as a lead character.
I loved it too!
I’ve seen it so many times and I still crack up. Plus the friendship/love story is really sweet.
Ooo! Piece of candy!
by ChickenStanley on Oct 2, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Top 5
1. Jaws
2. Glory
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Life Aquatic
5. The Natural
Also in consideration:
Tombstone, Raiders of the Last Ark, The Goonies, Saving Private Ryan
I love The Natural
and another vote for Jaws which is cool. Empire has to be the best Star Wars movie and Indiana Jones is who I want to be when I grow up so I love Raiders of the Lost Ark as well.
re: Rotten Tomatoes 50 movies for 50 states list
I can think of several alternatives to several of their suggestions. I think Fast Times would’ve been a much more appropriate CA movie, and Matewan was JUST OODLES more West Virginia than any piece of shit movie Matthew McConaughay’s been in.
But the most surprising thing for me was that Fight Club was supposed to be set in Delaware. I always thought it was Chicago. I’m not sure why.
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i thought it was in jersey. speaking of which, i would have picked welcome to the dollhouse as the jersey representative here. agree on fast times. or maybe the decline of western civilization. doh! i forgot to put that on my list.
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
say… since we’re on it. there was a movie i saw once. it came out about the time of dollhouse, and for some reason i sort of assumed it was also by solondz. it was set in jersey. it was about a high school girl in the late 70s/early 80s. basically the plot was about her daily adventures with her friends, and then some older guys in a camaro or something come by, so she and her friend go hang out with them. there’s anxiety about doing coke and about taking off with the guys to go to florida or something. what was that movie??? i’ve been looking for it for a long time.
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I was hoping California would be something other than Point Break.
"When you get that nice celebration coming in the dugout, and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, there's no better feeling than to have that done." -Matt Stairs
me too
that picked it because it was a stereotypical view of CA.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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Yeah, Speed or maybe Bill and Ted would have been my picks.
< /being facetious >
"When you get that nice celebration coming in the dugout, and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, there's no better feeling than to have that done." -Matt Stairs
But you can't even drive the chase scene in Bullitt
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Great movie... just outside of my top 5
Though Faris Bueller’s Day Off would have also been a good choice for Illinois
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha they played that at popscene last night
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions
besides Blues Brothers
the other Illinois related movie that came to mind was the Untouchables (or some other Chicago gangster movie… it’s not a genre that I know much about). But I think it was because I had just read an article about how the city of Chicago is still trying to get past its gangster reputation, 70+ years after the fact.
Anyway, The Blues Brothers is awesome. Everytime I walk underneath some El tracks, I think about huge police car pileups.
That's okay
The exteriors for most of Goonies was in Washington.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
and jack the bear was filmed near chavez ravine! (of course those of you who saw jack the bear remember it as the movie in which the A’s 73 championship is woven into the plot.)
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Most of the Goonies was in Astoria which is in Oregon.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Astoria, Oregon is the where they "lived"
but not necessarily where they shot. A lot of the exteriors were filmed off the Washington Coast, including the final scene being shot on 2nd Beach. I’m sure they shot some in Oregon, just a lot of it was Washington.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
Stand By Me is set in Oregon
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
for oregon, i’d have to go with drugstore cowboy.
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah. good call.
that movie was awesome.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, that kelly lynch
“you won’t fuck me and i always have to drive.”
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by AV on Oct 3, 2009 1:29 AM PDT up reply actions
that's opiod addiction right there.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions
You can go to where they did the filming of it.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The list of Awesomeness.
The Big Sleep
Vertigo
The Sting
Confidence
The Life Aquatic
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 3:10 PM PDT reply actions
Confidence is a cool movie
and I love The Big Sleep and The Sting. Vertigo is a movie I admire as well.
Confidence is really really underrated
Though I think i might need to replace it with Brick.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Brendan Harris turned out to be an excellent actor.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Is he the guy from Buffy who had no
acting training at all? I think that’s totally col.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I got the name wrong hes the kid in Third rock from the Sun
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 3, 2009 3:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I saw Brick not too long ago
and was really impressed. It was a movie that I wanted to see when it came out, but I never got around to it, and then just sort of forgot about it. Definitely a movie that deserves more attention.
One of the best neo noir done in the last ten years or so?
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 3, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
That shouldn't be a questionmark
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 3, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
The Big Sleep is much better if you have read the book
there are a bunch of inside jokes about how they changed some of the dialogue to suit the actors who didn’t necessarily match the books description.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, two people in this thread who actually liked The Life Aquatic.
I thought I was the only one.
by LongLiveLangerhans on Oct 5, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow I'm surprised noone beat me to some of these
1: Shawshank
2: Gladiator
3: Godfather 1/2
4: Star Wars: ESB
5: Apollo 13
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
I think TNT has really devalued Shawshank by playing it so often.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It's still such a fantastic film.
One of those ones that I can watch in any mood, any time.
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
Not for me it hasn't
I still want to hate the Warden every time I see him in a different film. That is acting!
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
My big problem with Gladiator was Joaquin Phoenix
who gave possibly the worst, most embarrassing performance by a successful actor in a hit movie ever.
Worse than Charlton Heston in, well, anything.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Except for Touch of Evil
How can you not buy Heston as a Federale?
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
Heston wasn't bad in absolutely everything
but for scenery chewing, he’s hard to top.
Joaquin is up to the challenge.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Or in
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I can't stand Joaquin
to be honest with you, I manage to avoid anything he is in that character offended me so.
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed what a terrible job he did
Tons of people talk about liking or loving that film, and no one says, “Of course, Joaquin Phoenix was unwatchable.”
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
he's a tremendous overactor.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
1. Chinatown
2. Vertigo
3. Once Upon a Time in the West
4. The Jerk
5. Road House
"When you get that nice celebration coming in the dugout, and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, there's no better feeling than to have that done." -Matt Stairs
Oh, and Desperate Living at #6.
"When you get that nice celebration coming in the dugout, and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, there's no better feeling than to have that done." -Matt Stairs
I LOVE JW!!
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
lol!
ty, colin.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It wins the Sergio Leone pool for being the only one to feature a female.
"When you get that nice celebration coming in the dugout, and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, there's no better feeling than to have that done." -Matt Stairs
two mules for sister sarah? i guess it’s not leone, huh?
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
my favortite scene in The Jerk isn't in the official version, I've only seen it on tv
What are you looking at? Haven’t you ever seen a man so broken that he had to spin?
With stout hearts, and with enthusiasm for the contest, let us go forward to victory. ----Hero Defector Montgomery
indeed. there’re some unintentional gems in movies dubbed for TV. repo man has the classic “flip you.” fast times has a “piggy” when she’s very clearly mouthing something else. love those. wish i had a list of just those.
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked Independance Day on TV
they just stretched the word Bull instead of just cutting out the second word.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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"Forget You Mother Trucker"
in Die Hard with a Vengeance
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
Has anyone heard of TV Guardian?
It reads closed captioning and filters out offensive language (works best on DVDs). Most also have a setting the displays the caption with replacement words. It makes for some entertaining moments.
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creepy. but i’d laugh.
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm tired of these monkey-fighting snakes
on this monday-to-friday plane!
Pretty sure that’s how it went…
How about my two favorite dubs
both from Coen Bros. films.
Fargo- substitute “frozen” every time they say the “F” word, and…
Big Lebowski – “This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps”…
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
How does that 2nd one make ANY sense in that scene?
They might as well just translate the original line into Swahili.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
John Goodman's yelling the real line pretty clearly and violently.
I mean, you can watch the movie on mute and it’s painfully obvious what the line is. Apparently that was the only thing that at least halfway meshed with his lip movements.
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
The Big Lebowski should NEVER be watched with dubbing.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
Once a movie passes the 200-f-word threshold, they should shouldn't even bother.
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
i rate a movie on how many times i can watch it without getting sick of it
i watched 3 of these (again) this week alone. one of them twice.
the best movies have the best soundtracks:
-repo man (#1 all time my favorite and i’ll suspend any disbelief, especially about the huge plot hole in the middle, because it’s just an awesome movie and even pauline kael thought so, so there. and i’m damned surprised by the lack of repo man quotes on this site!)
-the harder they come
-rock and roll high school
the obvious:
-dr. strangelove
-easy money or caddyshack (depending on how pure you like your rodney)
-pee-wee’s big adventure
-blue velvet
-blazing saddles/young frankenstein/high anxiety
-first 3 cheech and chong movies
-fitzgeraldo or aguirre (depending on how insane you like your single-minded pursuit)
the obscure:
sans soleil (don’t worry guys, not expecting quotes from this one) he just knows how to translate a subconscious feeling onto the screen)
-performance (most things by roeg actually -
-3 women (kubrik, yeah, sometimes i’m not as interested in plot as i am in imagery)
-myra breckinridge
-a bashing success (the story of the ‘88 oakland A’s)
not that it’s obscure, but that you’d be surprised a guy like me has them memorized and runs around the house absentmindedly singing the tracks:
-hairspray (original version)
-grease (though i guess it’s just fun to watch, not that it’s a good movie)
don't care if i ever get back.
Great movie I watch it all the time
Mr. President we cannot allow for a Mineshaft Gap!
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I've been to 2 State Fairs
a picnic and a rodeo and….
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
Anyone who loves this film
should check out the classic film The Bedford Incident with Sidney Poitier and Richard Widmark, et al.
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
i didn’t mean to cross out sans soleil. it’s too good to cross out.
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Dr. Strangelove but it would definitely lose its funniness if I watched it more than once every few years
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
Rock'n'Roll High School
I love the soundtrack (same with Repo Man and The Harder They Come, of course), but the movie is really not good.
Also, I found out last night that a friend of mine works for a company that repos trailer homes. I asked him if he follows the repo code, but he didn’t know what I was talking about.
....
Bud: Credit is a sacred trust, it’s what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia? I said, do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia?
Otto: They don’t pay bills in Russia, it’s all free.
Bud: All free? Free my ass. What are you, a fuckin’ commie? Huh?
Otto: No, I ain’t no commie.
Bud: Well, you better not be. I don’t want no commies in my car. No Christians either.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
...
I installed two-way mirrors once at his pad up in Brentwood. And he came to the door in a dress.
that was the other choice.
I LOVE the first part of that, but…it’s not something I guess we should post on a blog.
There are people in Florida who use that word unironically in everyday vocabulary.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah
I went through the same though process about whether or not to post it. For me, it’s people who use the word very ironically on the whpk rock list, but it’s still not ok imo.
and we're talking about a very cool movie!
I hadn’t seen it in a while and looking at the quotes, I forgot just how good it was, how much I liked it and how many times I watched it.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't own many movies
but that Repo Man is definitely one of them. I also shelled out way too much to buy an LP of the soundtrack at Amoeba.
I would put it on right now, but I have to write a goddamn research statement. Do you think they will pay me if I say that my research will focus on the Oakland A’s?
the whole movie's quotable
—suppose you’re thinking about a plate-o-shrimp. suddenly someone will say, “plate” or “shrimp” or “plate-o-shrimp,” out of the blue, no explanation. and there’s no point in looking for one either. it’s all part of the cosmic unconsciousness.
—that’s what happened to this friend of mine. so he had a lobotomy. now he’s well again.
—the hermanos rodriguez, we don’t approve of drugs.
—neither do i. but it’s my birthday.
—your car? you say this is your car… are there pecan pies in the back seat?
—not anymore. we ate them. (obnoxious dumb giggling)
—ra-di-a-tion. yes, indeed. you hear the most outrageous lies about it. half-baked goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it’s bad for you. pernicious nonsense! everybody could stand a hundred chest x-rays a year.
—there’s room to move as a fry cook. i could be manager in two years. king. god!
—shimmidowop say what yeah…
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by AV on Oct 3, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I've often wondered what life would be like if I could just write on anything.
I think a lot of the hate that someone like Chuck Klosterman elicits has to do with the fact he essentially does just that.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
eh
pure, unfettered freedom is overrated. You’ve got to impose limits in order to actually accomplish anything.
Take this guy I know. His oeuvre consists of signs adorning locations all across America’s wang.
LOL
So your mantra is you gotta get in where you fit in?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions
you could substitute punk classics…
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by AV on Oct 3, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
agreed. that's quite good!
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
do your parents know you’re ramones?
yeah, not a great movie i guess. i just like to watch it over and over.
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by AV on Oct 3, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm
Metropolis
Baraka
North by Northwest
Rashoman
Miyazaki’s work, in general
Chinatown
Happiness (though I need to take a scalding hot shower afterwards to wash off the dirty)
well...I've seen 2 of those movies
but I like both North by Northwest (3rd or 4th favorite Hitch) and Chinatown.
i thought all the dirty stuck to the balcony railing…
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind FTW
though the Manga was better
Don't believe in yourself.
Believe in Me who believes in You.
I'll take Spirited Away over Nausicaa
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
Actually, Porco Rosso over all
And I can’t stand James “Dawson” Vanderbeek in the English Castle dub.
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
I hate dubbed anime
I always watch it in the original language with subtitles.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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The Ghibli dubs are actually quite good.
Other than that, I agree.
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
X was a Vampire Hunter movie right?
was it horrible or was the dubbing horrible?
Did you ever see Fist of the North Star? I think that is the one where the hero can punch an enemy and make his head explode or something.
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Never saw FotNS
but yea, I think X was the vampire one. It was horrible. I couldn’t follow what the hell was going on, and I’m usually pretty good about that kind of stuff. Now Blood: The Last Vampire, that was good. I liked that one.
I'm not big on lists.
but I’ll pretty much stop changing channels any time I come across Shawshank or Scent of a Woman.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
My favorites
1. The Producers (the original one with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder)
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Blazing Saddles
4. Kelly’s Heroes
5. (tie) Dirty Harry/The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
that trio of spaghetti westerns might be my favorite for cowboy movies
It was so disconnected from place or history. Amazing, wonderful fantasy.
something's disconnected alright
the good the bad and the ugly, i remember a civil war battle in at least one of those three movies…
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, it was in GB&U
though I might actually prefer “For a Few Dollars More” if I really had to choose
If it comes down to a choice, yes
Eastwood/Van Kleef in totality are a much more exacting pair than Eastwood/VK/Wallach because Wallach just completely chews up every single scene he is in, despite the fact that hes one of the best characters ever in any film. So there’s a dualism at work here which I am quick to point out at functions where alcohol is being freely and willfully consumed.
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
Shane is the best Western ever.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Unforgiven.
Shane’s good though. Red River, High Noon, Wild Bunch, Butch and Sundance.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The Wild Bunch has to be up there with them, too
“If they move — kill ’em!”
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Movies I like a lot, in no particular order
Drama:
American Beauty
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
Action/Sci FI/Fantasy
The Matrix
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Extended addition (Basically one really long movie, my sister and I even watched the hours and hours of extras)
Western:
Silverado
Quigley Down Under
Tombstone
Comedy:
The Pink Panther movies (except the first, the last, and the Steve Martin remakes)
The Austin Powers Trilogy
Animated:
Interstellar 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (a japanese anime with no dialouge, set to Daft Punk music)
The Transformer Animated Movie
The Sword in the Stone
Sports:
Bull Durham
The Replacements
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i love the effects on eternal sunshine, when we’re in his mind and things are shifting right before our eyes. it’s like they piped the way i dream onto the screen.
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by AV on Oct 2, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
The extras for the extended additions
Are awesome, seeing the amount of work that went into them.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
The DLD lives.
And I am happy.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Pulp Fiction, the original Planet of the Apes, and pretty much any baseball movie.
I'm here to talk about the past.
I was going to post one a couple days ago with the rotten tomatoes stuff
but you beat me to it and I didn’t get a chance yesterday. Movies = Comments, no one has said anything about any of the other links :-)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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"I hate every ape I see
From chimpan-A to chimpan-Z!
No you’ll never make a monkey out of me!"
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Guns dont kill people
Apes with guns kill people.
Don't believe in yourself.
Believe in Me who believes in You.
I hate Tarantino
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
he's not fond of you, either.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Im ok with that
his movies bore me.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
dude, pulp fiction bored you?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
The Watch part bores me silly
but it can be skipped from the Walken bit to when Butch runs into Macrellus.
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
Its his best work
but i just really didn’t find anything but jackson’s character compelling.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Marcellus Wallace? Mia Wallace? Bruce Willis's French girlfriend?
The Wolf?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
shit, negro, that's all you had to say!
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
meh
I just really didn’t care about any of them.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 3, 2009 3:31 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm with you on Tarantino, although I do enjoy his movies on a very superficial level.
My main issue, aside from his obnoxious personality, is his lack of inventiveness or a unique message. He pulls so much from other films that it’s no wonder his own movies resemble a smattering of incoherent scenes pasted together randomly rather than a movie with any sort of plot or purpose. It seems to me that he has nothing relevant to say and nothing new to add. He’s content cutting and pasting from cinematical history and slapping his name on it. Of course, he does this really, really, well but none of his movies really leave me with a lasting impression.
by LongLiveLangerhans on Oct 5, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I walked out of Requiem for a Dream stunned and amazed.
It was one of the best films ever made. That being said, I don’t know if I can watch it again.
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
Don't take a first date to see that movie.
Just trust me.
"To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying" - Ichiro
by Philip Christy on Oct 2, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh jesus.
And I thought a date that ended up at Zack and Miri Make A Porno was bad.
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
Why would you take a date to a movie?
I hate movie dates. So lame. Unless its date number 3 and you are watching the movie at your house.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Movie date where you actually want to get to know/spend time with someone....
terrible idea. Movie date when you have no intention of actually watching the movie… perfectly appropriate excuse.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
See, this where the demise of the drive-in really hurts.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
Why?
I mean if shes willing to sit in a car and hook up with you shes going to be willing to do it on your couch.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Not if the parents are around.
The drive-in was perfect for hooking up with the guy your parents would probably never let you go out with.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
That assumes you didn't grow up in SF
you don’t really have Muni-in Movies.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Naw thats too forward
This is what the MOMA is for.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
always seems to work for me
consequently the movie rarely gets finished. ;)
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
Its crucial in the DFA dating playbook
especially since I usually meet the girls I date at dance clubs, so a Moma date lets a girl know that im classy in addition to a good dancer. Plus when you meet someone at a club you don’t really know if your intellectually compatible and I am a firm believer in the idea that how you experience modern art tells you a lot about a person.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I Can't Dance...
and I have to be dragged to an art gallery. But I am a chef and a movie fan. do the math! ;)
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
See for me its
1 Meet at Popscene/Blow UP
2 Moma
3 I cook dinner.
4 Profit
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 2, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't blame you.
It’s almost to the point where it’s physically painful to watch. But it’s an amazing work through and through, from every aspect and angle. I’m particuarly in love with the acting. All four leads are tremendous, but Ellen Burstyn’s monologue around halfway through (if you’ve seen it, you know the part) is legitimately one of the greatest acting performances ever.
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
that movie gave me PTSD,
and I lived that.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
One of the best movies ever made + one of the best scores ever composed.
I remember at least half the audience walking out the theater sobbing after seeing this movie.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
It was pretty devastating....
but the performances were amazing.
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Oct 2, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't really have a list
But I’m a big Crowe fan so I like me some Gladiator and Master and Commander. Saving Private Ryan was awesome and if you’ll allow me to shift into the more indie scene I’ll name Cashback, King of California, and This Is England.
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
Ooooo
This England was terrific. Especially how they show the early 80s types; Mods and Skins and all the great music. Hell yeah!
Sorry, I mean oi! oi! oi!
Ooo! Piece of candy!
by ChickenStanley on Oct 2, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I love
Shawshank and Rear Window (speaking of which, it’s playing on TV right now!).
I’d also put on my list:
His Girl Friday
Laura
LA Confidential
Rear Window has everything I like in a movie.
Hey, Raburn! YOU ever dive into the shallow end of a pool?--noava22
LA Confidential was awesome.
Russell Crowe and that other Aussie both acted their asses off in that.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions
h9im.
Yes, I think I have. He’s a good actor. I’ve seen him in a few things that escape me. Me can act.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
he can act.
me? Me no know.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Or Memento
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Oct 2, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Or The Count Of Monte Cristo (spelling?)
with Jim Cav. . . uh, the guy who played Jesus in the Passion of the Christ.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Yes!
Guy Pearce. The performances were really strong. I love Kevin Spacey in that movie. And I’ve always been fond of James Cromwell.
that'll do, pig.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I just saw His Girl Friday for the first time a couple of weeks ago
it was a great movie. The funniest black and white movie I have seen. (Dr. Strangelove is entertaining and a good movie but it didn’t make me laugh out loud).
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Try a couple of Preston Sturges comedies
I love Hail the Conquering Hero.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
sturges was revealed to me this year. i love finding a whole director’s worth of great stuff like that. makes you think, “oh, i’m not done exploring yet.” very funny up front, rich plots, and lots of mental satire-sorting in the aftertaste. recently watched unfaithfully yours — there’s a line in there that the cramps stole. “put on the purple one, with the plumes at the hip.” (put it on upside down, you know that really makes me flip.)
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 3, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
How could you even imagine that you're done exploring?
Even if you watch two movies a day — which is about a fifth of your life — you still can only barely keep up with current production, to say nothing of making any headway in the 80-year backlog.
I honestly have trouble understanding how some of you guys find time to watch so many movies.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
some consider movies an art, iglew.
you spend time on art and music and books, so…
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
But not in the same numbers.
I don’t read 50+ books a year, and I don’t see 50+ plays/musicals/operas/ballets a year either.
It’s October now, and so far this year I’ve seen only six theater shows that I can remember (maybe one or two I’m forgetting), and I’ve ready maybe about 15 books. How many movies have you seen? From this discussion it sounds like hundreds.
I don’t disagree that movies are art, by the way. I actually like movies, and I wish I had time to see more. I just feel like I can’t keep up with the rest of the world unless I give up everything else.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
you can't read a book in two hours and
plays/musicals/opera/ballets are not nearly as easily accessible.
And, to your last point, most everyone has. I watch a lot less movies than I used to, because I read more than I used to.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
indeed, i hardly read anymore.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 3, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
oh, i don’t intend to watch every movie. just the good ones, and in directorial groupings. that’s what’s so surprising sometimes, that there are huge bodies of work that are still obscure.
how? netflix and work from home as a freelancer. not the way to riches. but definitely entertaining.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 3, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Ooh! New movies
to add to my Queue.
Another excellent b/w comedy: To Be or Not to Be (the 1942 version, not the Mel Brooks remake, though that one is still pretty funny too)
What about:
Hudsucker Proxy
The Usual Suspects
We Own the Night
Ghost World
The Talented Mr. Ripley
There are so many dimensions to think about when thinking about good movies. So many good movies.
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber
by BERRYJO on Oct 2, 2009 8:04 PM PDT reply actions
I don't think I have a favorite movie.
Or if I do, I can’t think what it is.
Using AV’s standard of a movie I can watch repeatedly, I’ve seen “Election” about five times and loved it every time.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
very underrated and good.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 2, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Aaaaaaah-ah-ah-ah-aaah, ah-ah-ah-aaah!
Aaaaaaah-ah-ah-ah-aaah, ah-ah-ah-aaah!
Is it underrated? I wouldn’t know.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
290+ comments
for a DLD posted at 12:00 on a Friday. Not bad considering we only talked about 3 of the original links.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I've heard several non-native Californians
say all we talk about are movies and food, but we continually talk about both of them. So it makes sense.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions
We should.
I did a fairly successful DLD on pizza before…
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I posted some food pics in a DLD once
they were all pics of strange and gigantic items and it stirred up quite a few comments. And we all know what happens when you mention ketchup on a hot dog around these parts.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
um,
well, he does.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I would like to add another movie for consideration
not really top 5 material but I loved 500 Days of Summer. I just rewatched it. I thought it was an excellent film.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 3, 2009 3:33 AM PDT reply actions
Good choice.
It’s probably the best film I’ve seen this year. Granted, I haven’t seen some of the supposed great ones out there (The Hurt Locker, District 9), and we’re not yet at Oscar season, but it was really well made, unconventional, and very entertaining.
I won't heal, given time.
I won't try to change your mind.
I won't feel better in the cold light of day.
But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay.
I have yet to see it--that good, huh?
It looked good.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes
Its a romantic comedy without subscribing to the standard rules of romantic comedies that are so disconnected from reality. Its really understated and the non chronological time line really improves the story. Its understated and just kind of beautiful it its own way;
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 3, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I liked it too.
That Zooey Deschanel just kills me, though. I watched All the Real Girls right after that and it just tore me up. Nobody should have to break up with a girl that beautiful twice. It’s just too much.
by LongLiveLangerhans on Oct 5, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
my friend dated her for a couple of years. not kidding. she dumped him hard — he says because of hollywood pressures, date within the family and all that. he moved back up here heartbroken and he holed himself up. i did meet her once, but she made no impression on me either way.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 5, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Shes a glueten intollerant vegan
no thank you.
Made me fall right out of love with her, its like worse than being a heroin addict.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 5, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
hey, a movie I've seen!
500 Days of Summer was awesome. I need to go see it again.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 3, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
My Favorite movies
Amelie, Memento, Annie Hall, The Apartment, (well pretty much every Wilder movie i have seen except Kiss me Stupid and Irma La Douce), Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Boogie Nights, Punch Drunk Love, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, Planes trains and automobiles, Rear Window, Dr Strangelove, Los Olvidados. I better stop now.
I really thought Amelie was quite good--REALLY elicted happy feelings.
and I totally forgot about PTA! I’d throw Magnolia and Hard Eight in there, though I know Magnolia really brings out the haters.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I have very fond memories of The Apartment
Haven’t seen it in about 20 years, though. I used to occasionally look for it at rental stores (in the days before NetFlix), but they were pretty skimpy on classics.
Great score, too.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
The Apartment rocked!
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Whenever I get around to getting NetFlix,
which will be some time after I get around to getting a DVD player, The Apartment will be near the top of my list.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I need to buy that movie.
I stopped buying DVDs a while ago but I just moved out of the parents house and started dating more. When you are young, single, and poor, a proper DVD collection is very important. The Apartment is one of my favorite romantic comedies.
A girl I’ve been seeing came over recently and was perusing my collection. I noticed she had Heat and American Psycho in her hand and I started to get a little worried. Fortunately, she’s cool as hell and said that we need to watch those some time because she hadn’t seen them yet.
by LongLiveLangerhans on Oct 5, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Certain films are remarkable for one scene.
Both Heat and Saving Private Ryan I’d put in that category.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
And I know exactly which scenes you are talking about.
by LongLiveLangerhans on Oct 5, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The part where Pacino and DeNiro sit and drink coffee?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
riveting.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Heat is one of those movies where everyone, literally everyone, can agree on one pivotal, amazing scene.
I mean, unless you think Al Pacino yelling “GREAT ASS!” is what takes it to the next level.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
(I liked that part too)
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know but i wouldn't call it a romantic comedy
We don’t know at the end for sure if they end up together, one thing i like about the movie is how dark it was, nothing was black and white. Hey C.C. Baxter was lending his apartment to his bosses, so they could use it for sex, so he could get ahead in life, and in a 1960 movie to boot.
for the many mad men freaks here:
Sterling: How about a movie? Have you seen The Apartment?
Sterling: I went last week with Mona and Margaret.
Joanie: I hear Shirley Maclaine is good.
Sterling: Oh please, a white elevator operator? And a girl at that? I want to work at that place!
Joanie: [turning on him] Oh, I bet you do. The way those men treated that poor girl, handing her around like a tray of canapes. She tried to commit suicide.
Sterling: So you saw it, huh?
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 5, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Planes Trains and Automobiles
great movie.
“Those aren’t pillows!”
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Monty Python's
Life of Brian and Holy Grail, The Princess Bride, and other general silliness.
They say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing all the time!
INCONCEIVABLE
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
I can watch Royal Tenenbaums repeatedly too.
though, like Magnolia, that tends to bring out the hate in people.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
tanenbaums and aquatic make me feel like when i was a little kid reading a wonderful picture book with all these very completely described places you’d rather live in than your own world. they make me want to pause the picture and touch the screen to go in the ship or the mansion, the way you might use two fingers to “walk” through the house on the clue game board. (hated the darjeeling one though…)
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 3, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Wes Anderson is amazing.
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by designatedforassignment on Oct 3, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah,
it’s Proustian, for sure.
I fear it’s a manipulation, but I suppose all art is to the cynic.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I liked the Darjeeling Limited.
My wife and I watched it in some independent theater in Santa Cruz before watching a Ween show at the community center.
I love Magnolia it's just so epic and crazy and yet I don't know human I guess
but the Royal Tenenbaums I barely got through and I love Gene Hackman in almost anything.
I’ve seen all of Wes Anderson’s movies and I have yet to see a real person while PT Anderson’s movies are full of them. To me there is no doubt that PT Anderson will have a bigger career.
Probably.
I’m with you on PTA. But I loved Tenenbaums. The rest of his movies I’m kind of meh on. It just struck the right note with me.
You know, when I first watched it, I had kidney stones and was on a lot of codeine. That probably helped.
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Is it a day game today?
Like starting in a half hour?
Maybe you can find one made by Go F**k Yourself San Jose... -Poppy
whoops. game’s been on for an hour and i’m still in the DLD…
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 3, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
hi!
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 3, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm in your game thread
disrupting your down arrow.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Oops, I mean I'm in your DLD.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Cal: WTF?
Even for a college sports team, this meltdown has come ridiculously fast. What the hell is going on?
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
They do it every year.
They just got it out of the way in week 3 this season.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
Let's hope their suckfest is over after the game tonight!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 3, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I've never seen Tedford teams just roll over and die like this before
Much less two weeks in a row.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
it would appear that Tedford rolled over and died, himself.
At least, that’s what I gathered after a field goal attempt with 12 seconds left in the half and at least 2 more potential plays before kicking.
Of course the FG was missed.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
I just went and saw Zombieland (after the A's game)
and absolutely loved it. Funnny the whole way through and not as gory as I thought it would be (which is good for me). It wasn’t heavy handed like some zombie movies can be (it doesn’t go the Shaun of the Dead way).
warning: it was definitly geared towards a younger demographic
Also, one of the greatest cameos ever by Bill Murray. Which makes me wonder why no one has mentioned any Bill Murray movies as their favs?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
LB mentioned The Royal Tenanbaums
Bill Murray is in that one.
Also, no one has mentioned it yet, but Ghostbusters!!!
who ya gonna call?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
wait. are you singing ghost busters or i want a new drug?
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 4, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
He's in Darjeeling Ltd, too, isn't he?
The guy who misses the train in the beginning, as This Time Tomorrow plays?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
true
I only saw it once, it was on TV while I was in Ireland last year.
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My God, but I hated that movie
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
were you alive when it came out?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
my guess is
he was talking about Royal Tenanbaums. It is physically impossible to hate Ghostbusters. I should know, I’m a physicist.
OH!
Yeah, I think PT would hate that movie. In fact, I’m at odds as to explain why i like it so much. But I do.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Never seen Ghostbusters
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
Ive never seen Terminator
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 5, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, in my case it would be because I hate BIll Murray movies.
Not sure if I actually hate him or just hate the sort of characters he always plays.
The whole “I’m an asshole fuck-up but you should love me anyway because, gosh, I’m so lovable” thing really doesn’t work for me.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
oh.
(goes and hides in closet)
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
then you would like his cameo in Zombieland (maybe)
for reasons I will not reveal at this time.
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You hate Caddyshack?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
didn’t i put “cinderella story” on my list?
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Oct 4, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine
1. Amadeus
2. Godfather 1/2
3. Empire Strikes Back
4. L.A. Confidential
5. The Little Mermaid
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
Amadeus was awesome.
as was LA Confidential.
You fuckers are gonna make me go all list up in here, aren’t you? Fine. I will post my results by the end of the day.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions
I was conflicted about Amadeus.
I love the story, but it was annoying in the same way as all those faux history epics with Mel Gibson or Russell Crowe, where half-wits show up in the history groups trying to make historical arguments based on what they saw in the movie. Uh, hello, it’s fiction.
The Amadeus story is brilliant, though. It was Pushkin’s inspiration before it was Shaffer’s.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
there are worse things in this world than confusing people about history.
and the subjective nature of that particular subject is problematic to begin with…
Now, confusing people (intentionally?) about current events does tend to be much more of a crisis.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I know, and
movies like Master and Commander or Braveheart undoubtedly teach more than they unteach. Still, it’s irksome when you’re trying to explain something about, say, the Napoleonic Wars to someone and they can’t get past the fact that that’s not how it was in the movie..
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I could understand your frustration.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 4, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Master and Commander almost cracks my top 5.
I really love that movie, inaccuracies and all,
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
Kingdom of Heaven was not a great movie, although I found it enjoyable
but one thing I can say is that it was remarkably accurate for a Hollywood historical movie. Perhaps too much so, actually.
Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving
A bit late for this party:
1. Dirty Harry
2. Goldfinger
3. The Good The Bad And The Ugly
4. The Enforcer
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
Yes, I love Clint Eastwood and James Bond movies.
Nothing else compares IMO.
I also like wacky 1970s sci fi and blaxploitation movies, but haven’t seen many.
Is this the real life-
Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-
The Enforcer ranks higher than
both Magnum Force and Sudden Impact, huh?
(Nobody likes The Dead Pool. Not that much.)
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently, I missed a bitching movie thread while I was out at Cal-USC/lovefest/bluegrass festival this weekend.
So, I’m obviously late on this but I figure I should submit my list anyway, for posterity. I tried to make a top ten but it was too hard and I figured that was an arbitrary cut-off point anyway, so here’s my top twelve:
(in no particular order)
1. Rear Window
2. 12 Angry Men
3. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
4. Running on Empty
5. Bicycle Thieves
6. No Country for Old Men
7. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
8. Dumb and Dumber
9. La Dolce Vita
10. Unforgiven
11. Once Upon a Time in The West
12. This is Spinal Tap
And top five documentaries:
1. The UP Series
2. Hoop Dreams
3. Encounters at the End of the World
4. American Movie
5. The King of Kong
And three new releases that are very good and I highly recommend if you’re not sure what to watch next:
1. Adventureland
2. Doubt
3. Sugar (a great baseball movie – very appropriate for the frequent AN visitor)
by LongLiveLangerhans on Oct 5, 2009 2:10 PM PDT reply actions
did you see the whole festival?
(sniff sniff)
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure what you're talking about.
If I told you that I just stuck to BLUE grass, would that answer your question?
by LongLiveLangerhans on Oct 5, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean that I'm extremely sad that I also did not get to attend the festival,
mainly owing to the fact I reside 3,000 miles away, but also because I didn’t even know it was going on until yesterday. Did you go all three days?
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha ok.
I’m still decompressing from the weekend. I totally misconstrued your “sniffs”. No, I only went one day, I would have gone saturday but I am a masochist and decided to head to Berkeley for the Cal game.
You’re in Florida, so you’re much closer to year round bluegrass. No need to cry.
by LongLiveLangerhans on Oct 5, 2009 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
but but but but but
John Prine, Steve Earle, OCMS, Todd Snider, Robert Earl Keen, Aimee Mann, Del McCroury, not to mention the tons and tons of pure legends of the genre…I would’ve lived there for three straight days.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
No Country for Old Men was quite awesome.
The Coens threw out all of the weird humor they usually do, and just made a fantastic, intense, super-serious thriller.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
again.
Blood Simple was “a fantastic, intense, super-serious thriller.”
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought it was very good
but of the two movies about psychopaths set in the southwest that came out that year, There Will Be Blood edged out NCfOM, at least for me.
There Will Be blood was PTA!
Yay!
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
good call, colin. I agree.
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by Leopold Bloom on Oct 5, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I really didn't get that movie
it didn’r do anything for me… and I really like their other work.
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Oct 5, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
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