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Probably already mentioned but if not and you are a fan then you must watch... Great insight from truly genuine comedians

Monty Python: Almost the Truth

Always loved them but this is insightful. Even my children 12 and 15 like Monty Python now. They think it is goofy and weird by today's standards (re: the fish slapping dance) but I am teaching them to appreciate the voices, drawings and subjective humor. Will they ever get it? No. But they like it and giggle. That is good enough for me.

 
i was home from work yesterday and able to watch "big fan" via netflix streaming while my son napped. i like patton oswalt a ton but this was a pretty disappointing movie. it had stuff going for it in the early going but pretty much #### the bed in the second half. the ending was even worse. i wasn't expecting "taxi driver" or "the fan", with de niro and snipes, but it seemed afraid to go dark. if you wanted a character study then make the script work just a little harder. i knew it was coming off the rails when there was a montage in the middle. that said, i've seen worse over in the SP...
Patton Oswald skinning people up would have been :lmao: Actually reminded me a lot of the Shark Pool, his obsession with the call in show seemed to subconsciously exceed even his obsession for the team.
I was terribly disappointed with this movie and it was my first exposure to Oswalt who everyone says is so funny. Because of Big Fan I find it difficult to gear up to watch his other work.
Patton is the kind of personality that would probably be awesome to hang out with, and he looks like has fun with everything he does. But, I've never seen him be "hilarious".
 
It Might Get Loud

Pretty good doc, but I walked away disappointed. Thought it jumped too much between being a doc about the guitars, the sounds they want from them, etc.. and being a doc about the guitarists themselves. Fell short on both fronts because of that. Edge was the least interesting to me and seemed to be out of his element for whatever reason throughout the movie. Still worth it to me because I always get a visceral response from listening to people who love what they do and have so much passion, no matter what the topic is. The doc was watchable for that, but still fell short of expectations.

 
It Might Get Loud

Pretty good doc, but I walked away disappointed. Thought it jumped too much between being a doc about the guitars, the sounds they want from them, etc.. and being a doc about the guitarists themselves. Fell short on both fronts because of that. Edge was the least interesting to me and seemed to be out of his element for whatever reason throughout the movie. Still worth it to me because I always get a visceral response from listening to people who love what they do and have so much passion, no matter what the topic is. The doc was watchable for that, but still fell short of expectations.
I agree with this. I had high hopes and was expecting more. IMGL is one of the few discs where I found the extras more interesting than the feature itself. Some of the deleted scenes should have certainly been left in, and I thought the press conference was quite interesting as well.
 
The Hardline said:
Probably already mentioned but if not and you are a fan then you must watch... Great insight from truly genuine comedians

Monty Python: Almost the Truth

Always loved them but this is insightful. Even my children 12 and 15 like Monty Python now. They think it is goofy and weird by today's standards (re: the fish slapping dance) but I am teaching them to appreciate the voices, drawings and subjective humor. Will they ever get it? No. But they like it and giggle. That is good enough for me.
When I was 10 years old, I was deep into Python. Movies, TV show, even records. I didn't understand more than 30% of the jokes, but I loved it anyway.
 
hooter311 said:
i was home from work yesterday and able to watch "big fan" via netflix streaming while my son napped. i like patton oswalt a ton but this was a pretty disappointing movie. it had stuff going for it in the early going but pretty much #### the bed in the second half. the ending was even worse. i wasn't expecting "taxi driver" or "the fan", with de niro and snipes, but it seemed afraid to go dark. if you wanted a character study then make the script work just a little harder. i knew it was coming off the rails when there was a montage in the middle. that said, i've seen worse over in the SP...
Patton Oswald skinning people up would have been :moneybag: Actually reminded me a lot of the Shark Pool, his obsession with the call in show seemed to subconsciously exceed even his obsession for the team.
I was terribly disappointed with this movie and it was my first exposure to Oswalt who everyone says is so funny. Because of Big Fan I find it difficult to gear up to watch his other work.
Patton is the kind of personality that would probably be awesome to hang out with, and he looks like has fun with everything he does. But, I've never seen him be "hilarious".
Did you watch The Comedians of Comedy on Comedy Central. He made me lol several times in that show. Hilarious.
 
It Might Get Loud

Pretty good doc, but I walked away disappointed. Thought it jumped too much between being a doc about the guitars, the sounds they want from them, etc.. and being a doc about the guitarists themselves. Fell short on both fronts because of that. Edge was the least interesting to me and seemed to be out of his element for whatever reason throughout the movie. Still worth it to me because I always get a visceral response from listening to people who love what they do and have so much passion, no matter what the topic is. The doc was watchable for that, but still fell short of expectations.
Good breakdown. I don't think Jack White came across well either.
 
hooter311 said:
i was home from work yesterday and able to watch "big fan" via netflix streaming while my son napped. i like patton oswalt a ton but this was a pretty disappointing movie. it had stuff going for it in the early going but pretty much #### the bed in the second half. the ending was even worse. i wasn't expecting "taxi driver" or "the fan", with de niro and snipes, but it seemed afraid to go dark. if you wanted a character study then make the script work just a little harder. i knew it was coming off the rails when there was a montage in the middle. that said, i've seen worse over in the SP...
Patton Oswald skinning people up would have been :moneybag: Actually reminded me a lot of the Shark Pool, his obsession with the call in show seemed to subconsciously exceed even his obsession for the team.
I was terribly disappointed with this movie and it was my first exposure to Oswalt who everyone says is so funny. Because of Big Fan I find it difficult to gear up to watch his other work.
Patton is the kind of personality that would probably be awesome to hang out with, and he looks like has fun with everything he does. But, I've never seen him be "hilarious".
Did you watch The Comedians of Comedy on Comedy Central. He made me lol several times in that show. Hilarious.
No but I will check it out. Can't judge a guy based upon one piece of wrok.
 
It Might Get Loud

Pretty good doc, but I walked away disappointed. Thought it jumped too much between being a doc about the guitars, the sounds they want from them, etc.. and being a doc about the guitarists themselves. Fell short on both fronts because of that. Edge was the least interesting to me and seemed to be out of his element for whatever reason throughout the movie. Still worth it to me because I always get a visceral response from listening to people who love what they do and have so much passion, no matter what the topic is. The doc was watchable for that, but still fell short of expectations.
Good breakdown. I don't think Jack White came across well either.
Jack came off as sort of dooshy, but I am a fan and I at least admire the passion. Edge was just there for the doc - I am sure he has passion about what he does, but it didn't seem to come across like the other 2.

 
I'll have to catch up on this thread as Ive been out of town for a week, but anybody else getting a kick out of the previews/commercials for that Paul Walker movie Takers where they call it "this generation's Heat" and that black comedy Lottery Ticket where they call it "this generation's Friday"

:bowtie: :lmao: :lmao:

 
Watched After Hours for the first time last night. Hard to believe that Scorsese of all people was involved in laying the groundwork on the kind of running gag that made Ben Stiller famous. Love the opening and closing camera shots. Loved how dark it was. Great film.

4.5/5

 
hooter311 said:
Watched After Hours for the first time last night. Hard to believe that Scorsese of all people was involved in laying the groundwork on the kind of running gag that made Ben Stiller famous. Love the opening and closing camera shots. Loved how dark it was. Great film.

4.5/5
it's probably my favorite scorsese. it's very much of the period but what keeps it from being another "wild night in the 80's" genre pic are the little things like the ending of the movie. it's funny, tense and a little weird all at the same time.
 
hooter311 said:
Watched After Hours for the first time last night. Hard to believe that Scorsese of all people was involved in laying the groundwork on the kind of running gag that made Ben Stiller famous. Love the opening and closing camera shots. Loved how dark it was. Great film.

4.5/5
:shrug: I know Griffin Dunne has directed some stuff and still works, but I'm surprised he hasn't had a more successful career.

After Hours is highly underrated and feels a bit like an early Coen brothers movie to me rather than Scorcese. Great dark comedy.

 
hooter311 said:
Watched After Hours for the first time last night. Hard to believe that Scorsese of all people was involved in laying the groundwork on the kind of running gag that made Ben Stiller famous. Love the opening and closing camera shots. Loved how dark it was. Great film.

4.5/5
:shrug: I know Griffin Dunne has directed some stuff and still works, but I'm surprised he hasn't had a more successful career.

After Hours is highly underrated and feels a bit like an early Coen brothers movie to me rather than Scorcese. Great dark comedy.
The comedy reminded me a lot of the type that Scorcese used in Bringing Out the Dead, a film that nobody seems to like. You almost have to do a double take because you can't believe what depraved thing you just heard or witnessed. I love dark comedy that pulls out all the stops.
 
The comedy reminded me a lot of the type that Scorcese used in Bringing Out the Dead, a film that nobody seems to like. You almost have to do a double take because you can't believe what depraved thing you just heard or witnessed. I love dark comedy that pulls out all the stops.
i would say that is a pretty good comparison. i think BOtD was a bit of a mess - not enough comic elements perhaps? cage overdoing it maybe? - but it also lacked the light touch that "after hours" shares with another scorsese comedy, "king of comedy".
 
The comedy reminded me a lot of the type that Scorcese used in Bringing Out the Dead, a film that nobody seems to like. You almost have to do a double take because you can't believe what depraved thing you just heard or witnessed. I love dark comedy that pulls out all the stops.
i would say that is a pretty good comparison. i think BOtD was a bit of a mess - not enough comic elements perhaps? cage overdoing it maybe? - but it also lacked the light touch that "after hours" shares with another scorsese comedy, "king of comedy".
I need to see this too, I didn't realize I had missed so much of the Scorsese catalog after spending my youth watching Goodfellas and Casino over and over again.
 
The comedy reminded me a lot of the type that Scorcese used in Bringing Out the Dead, a film that nobody seems to like. You almost have to do a double take because you can't believe what depraved thing you just heard or witnessed. I love dark comedy that pulls out all the stops.
i would say that is a pretty good comparison. i think BOtD was a bit of a mess - not enough comic elements perhaps? cage overdoing it maybe? - but it also lacked the light touch that "after hours" shares with another scorsese comedy, "king of comedy".
My favorite acting moment of Cage ever was when he and Rhames deliver the twins on the street and the look on Cage's face when he realizes the one in his hands is dead. Very morbid moment, but that one looks pretty much sums up the entire life of his character.
 
The comedy reminded me a lot of the type that Scorcese used in Bringing Out the Dead, a film that nobody seems to like. You almost have to do a double take because you can't believe what depraved thing you just heard or witnessed. I love dark comedy that pulls out all the stops.
i would say that is a pretty good comparison. i think BOtD was a bit of a mess - not enough comic elements perhaps? cage overdoing it maybe? - but it also lacked the light touch that "after hours" shares with another scorsese comedy, "king of comedy".
I need to see this too, I didn't realize I had missed so much of the Scorsese catalog after spending my youth watching Goodfellas and Casino over and over again.
I've tried to watch King of Comedy a couple of times and could never get through it. It's been a while and I'll probably give it another shot soon.
 
The comedy reminded me a lot of the type that Scorcese used in Bringing Out the Dead, a film that nobody seems to like. You almost have to do a double take because you can't believe what depraved thing you just heard or witnessed. I love dark comedy that pulls out all the stops.
i would say that is a pretty good comparison. i think BOtD was a bit of a mess - not enough comic elements perhaps? cage overdoing it maybe? - but it also lacked the light touch that "after hours" shares with another scorsese comedy, "king of comedy".
I need to see this too, I didn't realize I had missed so much of the Scorsese catalog after spending my youth watching Goodfellas and Casino over and over again.
the early and mid-period scorsese is his best work, imo.
 
hooter311 said:
Watched After Hours for the first time last night. Hard to believe that Scorsese of all people was involved in laying the groundwork on the kind of running gag that made Ben Stiller famous. Love the opening and closing camera shots. Loved how dark it was. Great film.

4.5/5
:thumbup: I know Griffin Dunne has directed some stuff and still works, but I'm surprised he hasn't had a more successful career.

After Hours is highly underrated and feels a bit like an early Coen brothers movie to me rather than Scorcese. Great dark comedy.
I didn't enjoy as much as others... mainly because it did have the Coen's feel. I just felt like it showed just how talented the Coen's are and it maybe revealed some flaws of Scorsese. I still love Scorsese but a lot of the movie felt forced compared to a lot of the Coen's works which hurt it when I was watching it. Maybe not a fair analysis but I couldn't help but draw the parallels. Even the casting of Cheech and Chong in small roles is Coenesk to have some talented role players in bit parts who kind of define the movie without being meant to define the movie.
 
hooter311 said:
Watched After Hours for the first time last night. Hard to believe that Scorsese of all people was involved in laying the groundwork on the kind of running gag that made Ben Stiller famous. Love the opening and closing camera shots. Loved how dark it was. Great film.

4.5/5
:lmao: I know Griffin Dunne has directed some stuff and still works, but I'm surprised he hasn't had a more successful career.

After Hours is highly underrated and feels a bit like an early Coen brothers movie to me rather than Scorcese. Great dark comedy.
I didn't enjoy as much as others... mainly because it did have the Coen's feel. I just felt like it showed just how talented the Coen's are and it maybe revealed some flaws of Scorsese. I still love Scorsese but a lot of the movie felt forced compared to a lot of the Coen's works which hurt it when I was watching it. Maybe not a fair analysis but I couldn't help but draw the parallels. Even the casting of Cheech and Chong in small roles is Coenesk to have some talented role players in bit parts who kind of define the movie without being meant to define the movie.
just a bit unfair to judge work against stuff made after it, no telling what influence the original work could have had on the later. I think the Coen's tell a better story than Scorsese, but don't have near the camera technique. A lot of the shots from Miller's Crossing were original and imaginative, but also reminded me of something Scorsese might do. Specifically, the scene with Polito screaming.
 
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The comedy reminded me a lot of the type that Scorcese used in Bringing Out the Dead, a film that nobody seems to like. You almost have to do a double take because you can't believe what depraved thing you just heard or witnessed. I love dark comedy that pulls out all the stops.
i would say that is a pretty good comparison. i think BOtD was a bit of a mess - not enough comic elements perhaps? cage overdoing it maybe? - but it also lacked the light touch that "after hours" shares with another scorsese comedy, "king of comedy".
I need to see this too, I didn't realize I had missed so much of the Scorsese catalog after spending my youth watching Goodfellas and Casino over and over again.
I"ve repeatedly said I'm a big fan of KoC. Rupert Pupkin was my message board and FF team name of choice for a long time.Its a tough sell though for most, with Sandrah Bernhardt and a fantastic Jerry Lewis. Curious to hear what you think.

 
The comedy reminded me a lot of the type that Scorcese used in Bringing Out the Dead, a film that nobody seems to like. You almost have to do a double take because you can't believe what depraved thing you just heard or witnessed. I love dark comedy that pulls out all the stops.
i would say that is a pretty good comparison. i think BOtD was a bit of a mess - not enough comic elements perhaps? cage overdoing it maybe? - but it also lacked the light touch that "after hours" shares with another scorsese comedy, "king of comedy".
I need to see this too, I didn't realize I had missed so much of the Scorsese catalog after spending my youth watching Goodfellas and Casino over and over again.
the early and mid-period scorsese is his best work, imo.
:lmao:
 
Pirate Radio

Here's a movie that tries hard to be sentimental. And it works. Not a great movie, but very entertaining and heartfelt. Thumbs up.
Overall I would say I enjoyed this movie but it seemed to miss the mark on multiple occasions. It never really develops an identity, there are a lot of characters with a similar amount of screen time so it becomes difficult to relate to any of them (e.g. I never picked up on Rhys Darby's character being the butt end of jokes but then it becomes semi-prominent in the last 5 minutes, it seemed misplaced).The worst part for me were the antagonists. The government officials are worse than caricatures. They are purely one dimensional to the extreme (that may have been an attempt at humor by the writers but it didn't work for me) and they have horrible dialogue. They actually named one character "####"! Seriously. Boss Hogg and Roscoe P Coltrane would have been more credible antagonists.

I think the best part is the running tribute to Baldrick (from Black Adder) in the character of Thick Kevin.

There were many entertaining moments relating to life on the boat. The characters on the boat were very likable and the actors had good chemistry.

I probably will not watch it again but it's good enough for a go 'round.

 
Aftershock(2010, China) - 4/5. big fan of the female lead. was expecting a disaster movie but it was only the backdrop for the story of a family whose lives were torn from the earthquake and how they managed after...

Salt - 2.5/5. popcorn flick. nothing new. no different then any Alias episode...

 
Watched After Hours for the first time last night. Hard to believe that Scorsese of all people was involved in laying the groundwork on the kind of running gag that made Ben Stiller famous. Love the opening and closing camera shots. Loved how dark it was. Great film.

4.5/5
Watched this a couple of weeks ago as well. I'd seen it probably 20 years ago or whatever. Fun movie to watch. There's a line where Teri Garr puts a Monkees record on and asks Dunn "Do you like the Monkees?" For some reason that line cracks me up.

 
Watched After Hours for the first time last night. Hard to believe that Scorsese of all people was involved in laying the groundwork on the kind of running gag that made Ben Stiller famous. Love the opening and closing camera shots. Loved how dark it was. Great film.

4.5/5
Watched this a couple of weeks ago as well. I'd seen it probably 20 years ago or whatever. Fun movie to watch. There's a line where Teri Garr puts a Monkees record on and asks Dunn "Do you like the Monkees?" For some reason that line cracks me up.
Speaking of Teri Garr I just watched Young Frankenstein. Man did she not age well.
 
Watched After Hours for the first time last night. Hard to believe that Scorsese of all people was involved in laying the groundwork on the kind of running gag that made Ben Stiller famous. Love the opening and closing camera shots. Loved how dark it was. Great film.

4.5/5
Watched this a couple of weeks ago as well. I'd seen it probably 20 years ago or whatever. Fun movie to watch. There's a line where Teri Garr puts a Monkees record on and asks Dunn "Do you like the Monkees?" For some reason that line cracks me up.
Speaking of Teri Garr I just watched Young Frankenstein. Man did she not age well.
MS is a helluva disease
 
Watched After Hours for the first time last night. Hard to believe that Scorsese of all people was involved in laying the groundwork on the kind of running gag that made Ben Stiller famous. Love the opening and closing camera shots. Loved how dark it was. Great film.

4.5/5
Watched this a couple of weeks ago as well. I'd seen it probably 20 years ago or whatever. Fun movie to watch. There's a line where Teri Garr puts a Monkees record on and asks Dunn "Do you like the Monkees?" For some reason that line cracks me up.
Speaking of Teri Garr I just watched Young Frankenstein. Man did she not age well.
MS is a helluva disease
Had no idea...
 
Pirate Radio

Here's a movie that tries hard to be sentimental. And it works. Not a great movie, but very entertaining and heartfelt. Thumbs up.
Overall I would say I enjoyed this movie but it seemed to miss the mark on multiple occasions. It never really develops an identity, there are a lot of characters with a similar amount of screen time so it becomes difficult to relate to any of them (e.g. I never picked up on Rhys Darby's character being the butt end of jokes but then it becomes semi-prominent in the last 5 minutes, it seemed misplaced).The worst part for me were the antagonists. The government officials are worse than caricatures. They are purely one dimensional to the extreme (that may have been an attempt at humor by the writers but it didn't work for me) and they have horrible dialogue. They actually named one character "####"! Seriously. Boss Hogg and Roscoe P Coltrane would have been more credible antagonists.

I think the best part is the running tribute to Baldrick (from Black Adder) in the character of Thick Kevin.

There were many entertaining moments relating to life on the boat. The characters on the boat were very likable and the actors had good chemistry.

I probably will not watch it again but it's good enough for a go 'round.
I agree. Although, it's fairly appropriate to mock people that try to censor art.
 
Saw three popcorn movies this week:

Drag Me To Hell

I've read some fairly negative reviews of this movie, and I don't get it. I thought it was really fun. I can't remember the last new horror movie I enjoyed. And as a bonus, this movie is very funny at times.

Terminator Salvation

I expected to hate this movie given all the bad reviews, but it was entertaining. Not a great movie by any stretch. Still, kind of fun.

Salt

Nothing special, but very enjoyable. Many modern action films stink, so I suppose by that standard Salt was a cut above.

 
The Road - hard to watch but well done, definitely kept me interested. One very creepy part.

Quarantine - Started slow but very intense finish. Thought it was pretty good.

 
jdoggydogg said:
Drag Me To Hell

I've read some fairly negative reviews of this movie, and I don't get it. I thought it was really fun. I can't remember the last new horror movie I enjoyed. And as a bonus, this movie is very funny at times.
:goodposting:
 
I really wanted to like Wolfman but it was just so damn slow. Good effects, I like that they used the original Wolfman look for the creatures instead of some cgi wolf-thing. The good parts were good, but it just drags. 2/5

 
everyone said it was bad, but I had to find out for myself. Book of Eli is pretty bad. Denzel is some type of ninja I guess.

 
I cant believe how much I enjoyed Kick ###. I thought it looked so dumb. And everyone I tell to watch it laughs and thinks Im kidding. I loved it. Watched it twice. Nicolas Cage was horrible in it but thats my only complaint. Any thread on here discussing the movie? The best part of the movie was the soundtrack. One of the best movie soundtracks since Kill Bill IMO. Made the movie that much better. And of course Hit Girl was ####in awesome.

 
I cant believe how much I enjoyed Kick ###. I thought it looked so dumb. And everyone I tell to watch it laughs and thinks Im kidding. I loved it. Watched it twice. Nicolas Cage was horrible in it but thats my only complaint. Any thread on here discussing the movie? The best part of the movie was the soundtrack. One of the best movie soundtracks since Kill Bill IMO. Made the movie that much better. And of course Hit Girl was ####in awesome.
Excellent movie. Although I would never have called Cage "bad" here. I think he was hamming it up for good reason.
 
jdoggydogg said:
Drag Me To Hell

I've read some fairly negative reviews of this movie, and I don't get it. I thought it was really fun. I can't remember the last new horror movie I enjoyed. And as a bonus, this movie is very funny at times.
:confused:
I just thought it was too toned down. Could have used an R rating. It was fun, but I guess I have just been looking for less humor and more scary from the horror movies lately, and have been disappointed because of it.

 
Sunshine Cleaning

I know I sound like a broken record lately, but this one was OK. Had an interesting premise, but seemed to jump around and not really give you much on any of the characters - not good when it's a character driven movie.

Although despite the weird eyes, I do have a thing for Amy Adams.

 
The Insider

Never was too big of a fan of Michael Mann's camera style. For every interesting shot he has, it seems like it his surrounded by 5 jarring ones. Interior scenes were especially absurd, he brings a sense of urgency to several scenes that don't really need it. Crowe turns in a dynamite performance and Pacino works as a good foil to show off how good he is. I just didn't find it to be a great film.

3/5

The Player

The Hollywood insight and satire was totally money, the murder mystery part of it sucked. Fun to see so many Hollywood players play along and while I've never been a huge Altman fan either, he brings this together seamlessly. Bruce Willis cameo was great.

4/5

Running Scared (1986)

Billy Crystal annoys me, not a fan of Gregory Hines, but I enjoyed this a lot. This was a great 80's buddy cop movie. In the same class as 48 Hours and Beverly Hills Cop. Tons of one liners and some decent action scenes.

4/5

The Devil's Rejects

Not a fan of "torture porn" horror movies, but if one of them had to work, this one did. Rob Zombie just has an uncanny feel for a good horror flick. His camera work is great, and choice of music couldn't have been better. Best horror film I've seen in a long time, about a million times better than House of 1000 Corpses. Guess I'll have to give the Halloween remakes a chance. Loses half a point for being vile, disgusting trash; but it's great vile, disgusting trash.

4.5/5

 

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