Posted: 19 Oct 2006, 19:33
FUD!Deviate_Love wrote:Wake... *gets coat*
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Posted: 19 Oct 2006, 19:36
James Blast wrote:FUD!Deviate_Love wrote:Wake... *gets coat*
Posted: 19 Oct 2006, 20:14
He has a point though.
Swirl-swirl-swirling on heaven's floor.
Swirl-swirl-swirling on heaven's floor.
Posted: 19 Oct 2006, 20:55
VIDEODROME?James Blast wrote:Now that really deserves a FUD!scotty wrote:Withnail & I
Apocalypse Now
Blade Runner
James Blast's Bunch of Arse Movies:
Annie Hall
any Greenaway after Belly of an Architect
anything with Jack Black, Ben Stiller or that other FUD that is just as inane and looks like him
Being John Malkovitch
Braveheart
Donnie Fuckin'! Darko - Gawd I hate that film so much
Easy Rider
Eraserheid
Fight Club
Monty Python movies
Naked Lunch
Phonebooth
Total Recall
Videodrome
Zabriski Point
This is Spinal Tap is good but All You Need is Cash - The Rutles is waaaaay better
*shoots James with cancer gun*
Posted: 19 Oct 2006, 21:16
Not a man thing at all....more likely an age thing and an appreciation of blues..... HIT IT!Maisey wrote:I'd quickly like to rush to the defence of the Blues Brothers here. I think it might be man thing, I spent so long trying to explain to my (now ex) girlfriend why 2 men in shades shaking their tailfeathers was the best thing since bread. And very nealry the best thing since the wheel.
I can't remember the actual title...was it classic films you don't get or just any old common or garden film?
Last of the blimmin Mohicans...all that daft long arm running about mularky.
Resevoir Dogs...Five total strangers? How lucky was that huh?
Posted: 19 Oct 2006, 21:18
Oh I remember Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas...Give us your brain for two hours....feck off, you're just two spoiled brats of men who need to fecking grow up
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 02:16
Debaser wrote:Oh I remember Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas...Give us your brain for two hours....feck off, you're just two spoiled brats of men who need to fecking grow up
I like this unusual film.
What's to understand and or "Get"?
Just experience it.
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 08:10
I must check general chat more often! There's a thread about Zubrowka, I missed several birthday threads, a baby has been born, and - oh my goodness! - dear PIB has made a joke that everybody can understand! Cool!
Now, a quick answer to the question, the first that I can think of are: Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, Star Wars, anything by Lynch except the Straight Story, anything by Woody Allen, Monty Python stuff and Bridget Jones - these are the films that I'd been told were awesome and super great, but I found them extremely boring and totally unmoving myself.
All of you who don't get Apocalypse Now, did you read the book first?
Now, a quick answer to the question, the first that I can think of are: Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting, Star Wars, anything by Lynch except the Straight Story, anything by Woody Allen, Monty Python stuff and Bridget Jones - these are the films that I'd been told were awesome and super great, but I found them extremely boring and totally unmoving myself.
All of you who don't get Apocalypse Now, did you read the book first?
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 08:16
i suggest everyone throw out their stupid hollywood movies and buy a collection of Joseph Conrad books to replace them.
Apocalypse Now is "a good movie" but the book is one of the finest pieces of literary works, and not because of its literary merits (which probably are considerable anyway).
Apocalypse Now is "a good movie" but the book is one of the finest pieces of literary works, and not because of its literary merits (which probably are considerable anyway).
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 08:20
Heresy to some. But yeah - there were moments of genius but a lot of Python stuff was very hit & miss._emma_ wrote:Monty Python stuff
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 08:40
Well, the mere fact that I find it boring probably doesn't make it a bad thing.smiscandlon wrote:Heresy to some._emma_ wrote:Monty Python stuff
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 09:19
You don't need to have read Heart of Darkness to "get" Apocalypse Now IMO. I love Apocalypse Now and (to my shame) have never read Conrad.itnAklipse wrote:i suggest everyone throw out their stupid hollywood movies and buy a collection of Joseph Conrad books to replace them.
Apocalypse Now is "a good movie" but the book is one of the finest pieces of literary works, and not because of its literary merits (which probably are considerable anyway).
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 09:23
Did you read the book first ?_emma_ wrote:Monty Python stuff
Which Woody Allen movies did you see btw ?
And now the flicks I didn't get...
2001 a space odyssey - saw it at least three times, never understood the end, didn't care to read the book
The exorcist - found it pretty dull and I do like horror movies
Nosferatu - I am into German expressionism, but it's not the one expressionist movie I'd recommend
Tarzan (Johnny Weismuller version) - found it so boring I didn't even watch it till the end
Shocker (by Wes Scream Craven) - what the... it's just veeeeeeery bad
Dracula by Coppola - all appearance, no substance
Plan 9 from outerspace - they say it's so bad it must be the work of a genius. I just found it very bad and wasn't impressed at all. I did like Tim Burton's Ed Wood though. Speaking of which...
Tim Burton's Planet of the apes - when a talented movie maker sells his soul to Hollywood
And it goes on and on and on...
Edit : Star Wars episode 1, 2, 3 (the Disney ones) - one word : HERESY !!!
Oh and three more : Kill Jar Jar !!!
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 09:32
markfiend: you're right, the movie works on its own accord and has its own merits, but i think the book would give it more context.
As for reading Conrad, i think it's nice that the finest lietarature written in english language comes from someone whose native language english wasn't
Btw, i almost prefer Victory to Heart of Darkness.
As for Monty Python, it surely is most overrated thing there is, but then the vacuous and ill-intending critics have always dictated what the public should like
As for reading Conrad, i think it's nice that the finest lietarature written in english language comes from someone whose native language english wasn't
Btw, i almost prefer Victory to Heart of Darkness.
As for Monty Python, it surely is most overrated thing there is, but then the vacuous and ill-intending critics have always dictated what the public should like
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 10:28
Boondock Saints. What an utter pish movie, pretending to be some kind of B-movie but lacking every single quality of those.
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 10:40
Is it better to listen to you instead ?itnAklipse wrote: As for Monty Python, it surely is most overrated thing there is, but then the vacuous and ill-intending critics have always dictated what the public should like
Here's another : Halloween.
In the first episode, Mike Myers isn't supposed to have any kind of super power. He's just some seriously deranged redneck. And yet he's utterly indestructible. And they never explain why ! This guy gets blinded, shot many times... and yet he keeps coming at you. Why ?!
Get off your ass you lazy scriptwriter ! Try to something good for chrissake !
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 11:04
Ramon Ramone's list of great and so-so movies..in no particular order.
Great Movies:
Used Cars : Kurt Russel and Jack Wardens finest hours ( plus the dog steals most of the scenes)
The Thing : Proof you don't need to be a CGI nerd to make a masterpiece of horror and suspense - and no hysterical women!!
Jaws: I've only swam in the sea twie since!!
The Usual Suspects : By the end of the movie I thought 'I' was Kaiser Soze too!!
Fight Club: After the third of fourth viewing - I got it, and loved it.
American Pie : The Teen movie of the era. Suck me Beautiful!
Silence of the lambs : I love going to Boots and watching the sulky floor staff when you announce that 'It puts the lotion in the basket'
Plus : Dog Soldiers, Ginger Snaps, The LOTR's Trilogy, A Night at the Roxbury, ..I could go on forever.
Now for some ..not so good movies.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show : WTF was all that fuss about ?!! It was awful.
Soul Survivors : Eliza Dushku's worst hour.
Starship troopers 2 . Calling this a number two was about right!
Any movie from 1990- starring Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Will Smith.
Alien V Predator : Never have so many FanBoys wanted to top themselves at once.
American Pie 3.
Brain freeze..but I'll be back.
Great Movies:
Used Cars : Kurt Russel and Jack Wardens finest hours ( plus the dog steals most of the scenes)
The Thing : Proof you don't need to be a CGI nerd to make a masterpiece of horror and suspense - and no hysterical women!!
Jaws: I've only swam in the sea twie since!!
The Usual Suspects : By the end of the movie I thought 'I' was Kaiser Soze too!!
Fight Club: After the third of fourth viewing - I got it, and loved it.
American Pie : The Teen movie of the era. Suck me Beautiful!
Silence of the lambs : I love going to Boots and watching the sulky floor staff when you announce that 'It puts the lotion in the basket'
Plus : Dog Soldiers, Ginger Snaps, The LOTR's Trilogy, A Night at the Roxbury, ..I could go on forever.
Now for some ..not so good movies.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show : WTF was all that fuss about ?!! It was awful.
Soul Survivors : Eliza Dushku's worst hour.
Starship troopers 2 . Calling this a number two was about right!
Any movie from 1990- starring Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Will Smith.
Alien V Predator : Never have so many FanBoys wanted to top themselves at once.
American Pie 3.
Brain freeze..but I'll be back.
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 11:21
This one was predictable, wasn't it ?Ramone wrote: Alien V Predator : Never have so many FanBoys wanted to top themselves at once.
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 11:28
I have to admit, I went with faint hope that it couldn't possibly be as ridiculous as it turned out to be. Sorry to say, the out lining script I read for AVP 2 is even worse.Badlander wrote:This one was predictable, wasn't it ?Ramone wrote: Alien V Predator : Never have so many FanBoys wanted to top themselves at once.
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 11:36
Manhunter sh*ts all over Silence Of The Lambs IMO.Ramone wrote:Silence of the lambs : I love going to Boots and watching the sulky floor staff when you announce that 'It puts the lotion in the basket'
No argument from me on that one!Ramone wrote:The Rocky Horror Picture Show : WTF was all that fuss about ?!! It was awful.
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 11:55
Don't Dream It-Be It
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 12:17
Of course I didn't, and I probably never will, thank you.Badlander wrote:Did you read the book first ?_emma_ wrote:Monty Python stuff
Now should I do some quick googling and pretend that I remember any of the titles, or should I be honest enough to admit that I found them so boring that I don't even remember them?Which Woody Allen movies did you see btw ?
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 12:29
Is it wrong that I know the lyrics to all the songs off by heart?weebleswobble wrote:Don't Dream It-Be It
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 12:35
markfiend wrote:No argument from me on that one!Ramone wrote:The Rocky Horror Picture Show : WTF was all that fuss about ?!! It was awful.
I love that film........I'm hurt 
Posted: 20 Oct 2006, 12:42
No,I don't think I'll add anything herecanon docre wrote: several boyfriends tried it on, but I was dozing off every time. You just never get to see the actual monster.