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[KarmaPolice]

The Shining, Serpent and the Rainbow, and Hellraiser were the last 3.

 

[nirad3]

Tango and Cash.

Holy crap. I forgot how bonkers this movie is.

Pure fun.. So many real moments.. Some of which I don't think the director meant to be.

Why's yours bigger than mine? (referring to guns)

Genetics.

 

[wazoo11]

Watched the new Top Gun probably should have saw that one at the theater

You must have been the only American male between the age of 30 and 70 who didn't see it there.

I saw top gun at the amc dine in theater option and was disappointed by the food options.

 

[wazoo11]

ps movie goers

Jaws returns for labor day weekend in imax theaters and also 3D!

also tmr only - national movie theater day at AMC locations - $3 movies!

If you haven't seen Emily the criminal yet, perf excuse to get out of the house!

or see Jaws again!

 

[wazoo11]

Would Jaws be appropriate for a 13 year old?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Would Jaws be appropriate for a 13 year old?

I don't see why not.

 

[foxco]

Would Jaws be appropriate for a 13 year old?

I saw it when I was 7, not a great call by my parents. 13 I think would be fine unless they're very sensitive.

 

[Eephus]

Would Jaws be appropriate for a 13 year old?

It was rated PG when originally released. There's not a lot of gore by today's standards.

 

[Eephus]

Movies I watched in August

AUG
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941 - S. Wood)
The Laundromat (2019 - S. Soderbergh)
The Good Shepherd (2006 - R. De Niro)
The Beach (2000 - D. Boyle)
Roman Holiday (1953 - W. Wyler)
Licence to Kill (1989 - J. Glen)
House on Haunted Hill (1959 - W. Castle)
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961 - C. Francis)
Carnival of Souls (1962 - H. Harvey)
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021 - M. Neville)
Saint Jack (1979 - P. Bogdanovich)
Topper (1937 - N. MacLeod)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011 - B. Bird)
Is Paris Burning? (1966 - R. Clement)

It was another slow month for me. I enjoyed watching the three old horror movies (Haunted Hill, Yucca Flats, Carnival) with my nieces and nephew while on vacation. Carnival of Souls was definitely the pick of the litter with some genuinely disturbing images in spite of its very low budget. The other two were just cheesey, especially Beast of Yucca Flats which ventured into Ed Wood territory.

The Bourdain documentary sent me on a side quest to watch some episodes of his TV shows which cut my movie watching down a bit.

As a director Robert De Niro is a great actor. His spy movie The Good Shepherd was slow paced and confusing. The Laundromat and The Beach were both largely misses too.

I hadn't watched Saint Jack since shortly after it came out; the tale of expats in Vietnam-era Singapore has held up remarkably well.

The Devil and Miss Jones and Topper were both excellent examples of late Screwball comedies. I'd give the nod the former for its timely message about wealth and power.

Is Paris Burning? isn't the movie about drag queens but a mid-60s French epic about the liberation of Paris in 1944. It's birds of a feather with The Longest Day and WWII epics of that ilk except the French do most of the fighting. It mostly dragged on for nearly 3 hours (including Maurice Jarre's overture and intermission music) but was redeemed a bit by the way it seamlessly mixed documentary footage with original material. The movie was a pet project of Charles De Gaulle so the filmmakers were granted unprecedented access to shoot at a lot of Parisian landmarks.

 

[Ilov80s]

Would Jaws be appropriate for a 13 year old?

Yeah perfect age IMO. Then again, I was watching Pulp Fiction and Halloween when I was probably younger than that.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Child's Play, American Werewolf in London, and Hellraiser II were yesterday's fare.

 

[Ilov80s]

This Elvis movie is wild. Absolute kitchen sink approach by Baz. Wildly entertaining so far. It’s on HBO Max for those curious.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

This Elvis movie is wild. Absolute kitchen sink approach by Baz. Wildly entertaining so far. It’s on HBO Max for those curious.

I’m about 30 minutes in. Tom Hanks should win a Razzie…he’s absolutely terrible

 

[Ilov80s]

I’m about 30 minutes in. Tom Hanks should win a Razzie…he’s absolutely terrible

Absolutely insane performance from him. What were they thinking? I am about an hour in. It's not good necessarily but I am finding myself totally entertained. Have the volume on the sound system cranked way up.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Nightmare on Elm Street tonight. Might watch part 3 as well.

 

[wazoo11]

Seeing in the next two months at my local theater

Office Space
Juice
Psycho
Halloween
Apocalypse Now
Memento

 

[jamny]

Would Jaws be appropriate for a 13 year old?

I was 11 when my dad took me to see it on opening night.

 

[Ilov80s]

Seeing in the next two months at my local theater

Office Space
Juice
Psycho
Halloween
Apocalypse Now
Memento

Not a miss there

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Black Box (Boite Noir) - quite good, actually

A French film wherein a young and talented black box analyst is on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand new aircraft.

In the same vein as The Conversation or Blow Out, so if you like those I think you'd like this. Film ends in surprisingly Hotchcockian fashion.

Available on Kanopy

 

[wazoo11]

Jaws in IMAX was incredible

 

[KarmaPolice]

Very few of these 80s horror movies are holding up as well as I had hoped. Oh well, it happens. I guess the good thing is that the ones that I do think hold up will be elevated that much more for me.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I don't think I have more to watch in the genre, and capped it off with The Fly and The Thing last night. I guess I might watch the Evil Deads if the library has one too.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Driveways

What a gem! Indy film starring Hong Chau and Brian Dennehy (his final role.)

synopsis: Korean-American woman from Michigan drives to upstate New York with her son. She needs to pack up / clean up her deceased sister’s home then put it on the market. Sister was a hoarder. 10 year old boy slowly develops a friendship with the Korean War veteran next door.

Great small film about connections. Came out in May, 2020 (2 months after lockdown started.)

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I don't think I have more to watch in the genre, and capped it off with The Fly and The Thing last night. I guess I might watch the Evil Deads if the library has one too.

For me The Thing>>>>The Fly but both are worth watching.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I don't think I have more to watch in the genre, and capped it off with The Fly and The Thing last night. I guess I might watch the Evil Deads if the library has one too.

For me The Thing>>>>The Fly but both are worth watching.

I am still wrestling over my thoughts and rankings for these 80s movies. Both still look great and have f/x that still look absolutely disgusting. I think I agree with you, as The Thing ramps up the claustrophobia and paranoia to such a high level and that elevates it over most in the genre.

The other movie I ordered from the library that I haven't seen is many many years is Near Dark. Excited and a bit nervous to watch that one, as I really want it to hold up better than other stuff I've watched this month.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Last night was Clue and This is Spinal Tap.

If stuff comes in on Thursday, I am planning a Scorsese triple feature that day into the weekend.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Apocalypse Now: Final Cut at the local Alamo Drafthouse tomorrow. Think I'll check that out.

 

[Eephus]

I watched 1986 RomCom Heartburn to save KP the bother. It was a big A-list production at the time with Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson starring as an ill-suited couple. The great Mike Nichols directed a screenplay by Nora Ephron loosely based on her relationship with reporter Carl Bernstein. The movie is more of a comedy of manners than ha-ha funny with rich urban people spouting clever dialog like something from a Woody Allen film of the same era.

Heartburn was a romantic comedy between two middle-aged people; a genre rarely made these days even by the French. Streep carried the film appearing in pretty much every scene. Jack alternated between charming and cheating but since the latter always happened off-screen, his presence in the film seemed more episodic to advance the story. Their scenes together were the highlight and the long take leading up to the climax was well set up. But it was obvious from their first meeting that the couple were going to be trouble together so there was little joy in watching it play out. The 80s influence was evident in the massive shoulder pads, some of Streep's hairstyles and a synthesizer soundtrack.

 

[Osaurus]

The Burning Sea

Norwegian movie about the cumulative damage offshore oil drilling has done resulting in a catastrophe. This is from the same folks that brought you The Quake and The Wave. Subtitles might bother some, but not me. 3.75/5

 

[rustycolts]

Watched last flag flying today. I thought it was pretty dang good.

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[KarmaPolice]

On to more serious watches. Caught up with Do the Right Thing last night. Tonight I am making an attempt at one of my 3 homework assignments.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Not a movie per se, but I watched the Blade Runner: Black Lotus series on HBO MAX.

Yes it is like watching a bunch of video game cut scenes and the story could have been condensed to fewer than 13 episodes...but it's worth the watch if you like the Blade Runner universe.

It does look and sound pretty darn good. And it illuminates the Niander Wallace character so that his actions in BR: 2049 make more sense.

I'd recommend it.

 

[Klimtology]

Please recommend some movies for this weekend.

Just watched The Nice Guys. Very enjoyable.

The Nice Guys (2016) ⭐ 7.4 | Action, Comedy, Crime

1h 56m | R

www.imdb.com

and

The House of Gucci was fun as well.

 

[Klimtology]

House of Gucci (2021) - IMDb

House of Gucci: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel their legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence...

www.imdb.com

 

[Ilov80s]

Please recommend some movies for this weekend.

Just watched The Nice Guys. Very enjoyable.

The Nice Guys (2016) ⭐ 7.4 | Action, Comedy, Crime

1h 56m | R

www.imdb.com

and

The House of Gucci was fun as well.

If you liked HoG, you might like Elvis. Like HoG it really split critics. Some complained it was silly and the accents were ridiculous. Others were saying, “hello, that’s the point. Lighten up and enjoy the show.” I would put I, Tonya in the same boat. It was marketed as a drama but it’s really a comedy.

 

[Klimtology]

Please recommend some movies for this weekend.

Just watched The Nice Guys. Very enjoyable.

The Nice Guys (2016) ⭐ 7.4 | Action, Comedy, Crime

1h 56m | R

www.imdb.com

and

The House of Gucci was fun as well.

If you liked HoG, you might like Elvis. Like HoG it really split critics. Some complained it was silly and the accents were ridiculous. Others were saying, “hello, that’s the point. Lighten up and enjoy the show.” I would put I, Tonya in the same boat. It was marketed as a drama but it’s really a comedy.

My bro recommended Elvis. Any other suggestions/

 

[Ilov80s]

My bro recommended Elvis. Any other suggestions/

I, Tonya lol. For something entirely different,HBO Max is streaming The Shop on Main Street. It’s a Czech film about a bumbling low status Slovakian who the NAZIs put in charge of a store run by an elderly Jewish woman who seems unaware of the threat that her people face. The Slovakian man is torn between his decency and the pride he feels in finally having status. It’s an incredible movie but obviously a downer.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I finally digested Amadeus. Not going to spoil ratings or anything but I will say that I might have to revisit my comment to my kid that there is no more annoying laugh than Spongebob.

 

[Ilov80s]

Annoying good or annoying bad? Annoying neutral maybe? Can't wait to see your ranking of it.

 

[Ilov80s]

Having some work done in our bedroom and living room so my wife and I have been driven into our basement. That means movies I've chosen need to be wife friendly. She has tasked me with finding some comedies she hasn't seen but would like. I am 2 for 2 so far. The Big Lebowski and Waiting for Guffman. So many freaking characters in those movies.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Annoying good or annoying bad? Annoying neutral maybe? Can't wait to see your ranking of it.

Bad. I struggled with that specific aspect of the movie. I wanted to punch something every time he laughed.

 

[Ilov80s]

Annoying good or annoying bad? Annoying neutral maybe? Can't wait to see your ranking of it.

Bad. I struggled with that specific aspect of the movie. I wanted to punch something every time he laughed.

I think it is supposed to be annoying. It is probably also meant to be endearing but Mozart is definitely written and played to be a little ****.

 

[Capella]

Tom Hanks’ accent in the Elvis movie sounds like Triumph the Comic Insult Dog. It’s killing me.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Having some work done in our bedroom and living room so my wife and I have been driven into our basement. That means movies I've chosen need to be wife friendly. She has tasked me with finding some comedies she hasn't seen but would like. I am 2 for 2 so far. The Big Lebowski and Waiting for Guffman. So many freaking characters in those movies.

Comedies aren't really my jam but if pressed I'd say OTTOMH - Easy A, Stick It, Tucker & Dale, The Disaster Artist, Game Night, Best in Show, Some Like It Hot

 

[The Gator]

Tom Hanks’ accent in the Elvis movie sounds like Triumph the Comic Insult Dog. It’s killing me.

Now i want to watch it even more. Triumph was a weak spot for me

 

[wazoo11]

Black Bear

Aubrey Plaza shows off her acting chops in this movie. It's a weird yet charming film that kept me captivated til the end.

If you have prime, it's free this month. Solid flick. B+ movie.

 

[wazoo11]

Somehow I missed seeing minority report when it first came out twenty years ago - for sci-fi fans, worth watching? TIA.

 

[wazoo11]

Apocalypse Now: Final Cut at the local Alamo Drafthouse tomorrow. Think I'll check that out.

The one thing I love about almo Drafthouse is they'll kick out anyone whose caught using their phone during the movie

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Somehow I missed seeing minority report when it first came out twenty years ago - for sci-fi fans, worth watching? TIA.

Yes. It's been a long time since I've seen it.

I do remember thinking it should have been better considering it combined Spielberg, Cruise, sci-fi, and film noir - but I did like it.

 

[Ilov80s]

Somehow I missed seeing minority report when it first came out twenty years ago - for sci-fi fans, worth watching? TIA.

Very good but not great but I also haven’t seen it since it came out