Runkle
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Top Gun Maverick was 36 years
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Top Gun Maverick was 36 years
TripItUp
Footballguy
you have to wonder if this starts a trend for studios...it would seem some of these brands are close to surefire moneymakers
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Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
the killer was really good
climax - Gaspar Noe film about a French dance troupe that drinks LSD spiked punch. Hijinks ensue. Was definitely an interesting watch. Tried watching Irreversible after, we shut it off after about 30 minutes. The pacing and lack of dialogue just wasn’t keeping us engaged. I think I had to subscribe to some service to watch it so need to try to finish it or cancel
I still have Enter the Void on my list to watch
Oh also tried watching Theatre Camp that was terrible and shut it off
climax - Gaspar Noe film about a French dance troupe that drinks LSD spiked punch. Hijinks ensue. Was definitely an interesting watch. Tried watching Irreversible after, we shut it off after about 30 minutes. The pacing and lack of dialogue just wasn’t keeping us engaged. I think I had to subscribe to some service to watch it so need to try to finish it or cancel
I still have Enter the Void on my list to watch
Oh also tried watching Theatre Camp that was terrible and shut it off
Ilov80s
Footballguy
The Hustler to Color Money was about 25 years I think so largest gap I can recall is Top Gun. And as someone noted, as successful as that was, we might be in line for more 80s sequels. I am pretty positive if Michael J Fox didn't have Parkinsons, we would have already had at least a 4th Back to the Future if not several since that series so easily lends itself to sequels.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
The Shining to Dr Sleep is 39 years
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Oh good call
Don Quixote
Footballguy
If TV miniseries counts, there’s Gone with the Wind to Scarlett (55 years).
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
$20 to stream Oppenheimer
New normal? It did gross almost a billion so maybe an exception but I thought $3.99 to rent / $9.99 to buy was the ball park figure, no?
New normal? It did gross almost a billion so maybe an exception but I thought $3.99 to rent / $9.99 to buy was the ball park figure, no?
Movies are always $20 to buy On Demand at first. Give it a few weeks, will be $5 to rent.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Lmao...Theater Camp was awesome.
The Gator
Footballguy
It'll get there.
I add movies to my list when they first come out and then then just wait for the price to drop.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah I like it a lot as well.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Did it ever get funny? Maybe I’ll give it another shot, or maybe you need a performing arts background to enjoy?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I thought it was funny but sometimes humor is subjective. I don’t have a theater background or anything but I do teach HS so I know these types of kids. Maybe that helped?
El Floppo
Footballguy
being interested and aware of theater and kids theater would help. if there's no interest in either- that's the whole point of the movie. plus I could watch Amy Sedaris open drawers and laugh. wait... I HAVE watched Amy Sedaris open drawers and laughed.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Paint was another I saw during my hiatus . It’s like anchorman but with Bob Ross and not funny
And Bodies that was pretty cool and whoever recommended Totally Killer thanks that was a fun one
And Bodies that was pretty cool and whoever recommended Totally Killer thanks that was a fun one
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
Most of the story doesn't really matter or is even coherent. But it looks cool and feels cool to watch. And it was definitely ahead of it's time.
Most of the story doesn't really matter or is even coherent. But it looks cool and feels cool to watch. And it was definitely ahead of it's time.
I started this last night. After about 15 minutes I thought When is it actually going to start? Holy slow roll. Stopped at that point and decided to watch Fargo. Given the mostly positive reviews I'll get back into it but maybe not ideal after a long/busy weekend.
BlackCrowes
Footballguy
Didn’t like The Killer. something was missing.
Yeah first 15 minutes were agonizingly painfully boring but it did get better. I think those first 15 minutes were important to develop his character.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
The payoff for the first 15 minutes is pretty great though, it could be a whole movie in of itself.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
It’s definitely slow but it picks up a bit. One of the better fight scenes I’ve seen in quite some time
Eephus
Footballguy
I appreciated the technique of The Killer, especially the sound design which I thought was spectacular. The action set pieces were solid but the plot that linked them together was lacking something. Professional assassin characters have been done to death and Fassbender's nameless title character didn't bring anything new to the genre except his taste in music and old TV guys.
It's a shame they eliminated Tilda Swinton's character because a spinoff featuring her as "The Expert" would probably be a more interesting film
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I thought the whole exercise of being entirely subjective was different. Also the constant irony/unreliable narrator was interesting. Everything he tells us is being immediately contradicted by all of his actions.
Eephus
Footballguy
You've been watching so much Noir this month that it's made you more tolerant of voice-over.
need2know
Footballguy
great movie
Ilov80s
Footballguy
As I wrap up Noirvember with another watch of The Long Goodbye, here are my thoughts:
- Pretty incredible list of literary greats involved in the genre: Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Ernest Hemingway, Dashiell Hammett, William Faulkner, James Agee.
- Directors too from Hawks to Curtiz to Altman to Fuller to Welles to Wilder.
- The movie that most jumped in my estimation was Odd Man Out, absolutely incredible movie to look at. If someone wants to know what noir should look like, show them this. And what a hunk young James Mason was.
- Mitchum's Farewell, My Lovely works even if he's 30 years older than Marlowe should be. He nails it and the movie rips but when they transport it to 1970s London a few years later for The Big Sleep, it totally falls flat. It makes me wonder how this new series Monsieur Spade that follows Sam Spade in 1963 France will play. I am skeptical.
- I am team **** Powell for the best Marlowe
- I still like Criss Cross better than The Killers, Yvonne De Carlo >> Ava Gardner and I don't say that lightly
- This Gun For Hire might have been the best movie I watched all month
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krista4
Footballguy
Not that I'll get around to doing it, but I'd love to do a Noirvember. Guess it would need to be a Die-cember. Is there a post in here with everything you watched?
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Well I guess I need to get to this movie stat.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I really don’t know how I feel about this
Ilov80s
Footballguy
The presence of Dan Duryea alone makes it better. Nobody plays a totally sleaze like him.
Eephus
Footballguy
Steven Soderbergh remade Criss Cross in 1995 as The Underneath. It's been almost that long since I've seen it and it's not available for streaming but it's one of the director's lesser efforts.
It's doubly unfortunate because The Underneath is my family's closest brush with the film industry. My sister's house in Austin was used as the home of Peter Gallagher's character. She tells a story of Soderbergh visiting her house when choosing locations and doing that finger framing gesture while checking out her stairway.
Tick
Footballguy
Under the Skin (Max): IMDB 6.3. 2013 movie with Scarlett Johannsen as an alien(?) who impersonates a human and lures men into her lair. This was barely a movie - it was really trippy, with almost no dialogue and bizarre visuals. The score was jarring, but really good for the movie, I thought. Just when I was thinking there wasn't really going to be any story involved, it took a slight turn and got... weirder, I guess. I like that it didn't hold your hand, but this was a little too out there for me. I can't recommend it unless you just really want to see ScarJo naked. Even those scenes were intentionally cold - there was more heat when she was clothed and walking.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Some people love this movie, I didn’t get it at all either.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
On a whim, got a ticket for a 4:00 show today. Looks pretty good. Will report back.New trailer for GODZILLA MINUS ONE looks pretty great.
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Oh lord, and you don't have kids. It's in the queue, and I'm guessing I will be a sobbing mess. Thanks for the rec and heads up.
Brunell4MVP
Footballguy
I watched The Covenant on a cross country flight. Very good. The latest Indiana Jones movie ... horrible.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Criterion has a couple good themes again this month.
Hitchcock for the Holidays - there's a couple early ones I wanted to watch, and Rope has been one I want to get to again.
Holiday Noir - @Ilov80s is there anything good in there? I only recognize Lady in the Lake
I've been wanting to watch Ozu, and that's the director of the month.
I don't normally pay attention to the actor ones, but this month is Starring Parker Posey.
Hitchcock for the Holidays - there's a couple early ones I wanted to watch, and Rope has been one I want to get to again.
Holiday Noir - @Ilov80s is there anything good in there? I only recognize Lady in the Lake
I've been wanting to watch Ozu, and that's the director of the month.
I don't normally pay attention to the actor ones, but this month is Starring Parker Posey.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I dot like Lady in the Lake, I just can’t take the 1st person POV. They Live By Night is a classic noir, the Romeo and Juliet of noirs. Blast of Silence is fantastic- that’s a low budget must see imo.Criterion has a couple good themes again this month.
Hitchcock for the Holidays - there's a couple early ones I wanted to watch, and Rope has been one I want to get to again.
Holiday Noir - @Ilov80s is there anything good in there? I only recognize Lady in the Lake
I've been wanting to watch Ozu, and that's the director of the month.
I don't normally pay attention to the actor ones, but this month is Starring Parker Posey.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Right though my feelings on the movie were definitely influenced by the girl I’ve sort of adopted. I’ve been updating that story in the teenager support thread and the girl in the movie definitely reminded me of a younger version of her.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
My comment was in no way meant to undercut that relationship either, sorry if it came off that way or sounded flippant. I just know it was more me already weeping at anything hinting at that father/daughter dynamic and if it was powerful enough to connect with others I will be a puddle for sure.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Oh no I didn’t take it that way at all. Just saying I probably would have had a different reaction to it a year ago and I’m sure it will hit you hard.
