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Re: Categorical - needle - 07-19-2014

Andrew did at least one guest spot on Parks and Recreation (which has co-starred Rob Lowe), so his affinity for Lowe may be about more than just what he sees on a screen.

Well at least he's thought it through... - Mick - 07-19-2014

(07-19-2014, 05:24 PM)CornFed link Wrote:If Dallas Buyers' Club is an indication of what to expect of his next performance then: Matthew McConaughey.  If he is going to revert to form: not so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0BduqxmEqA



Re: Categorical - Bruce Wang - 07-20-2014

(07-19-2014, 05:17 PM)leftcoast link Wrote:Plus my wife says I'm the only one who thinks Scarlett was robbed when the Academy overlooked her performance as Black Widow in Winter Soldier.)

Lefty, are you visiting us from the future and breaking the bad news that ScarJo did not get a nomination?

BTW I agree she's terrific in the role.  I'm still waiting for the Black Widow-Hawkeye movie.  All they have to do is adapt My Life as a Weapon and replace Kate Bishop with Black Widow.  Voila blockbuster.

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Re: Categorical - washingtonismoney - 07-20-2014

Speaking of 2014 films, I enjoyed Snowpiercer, which is so good that the plot holes/random grace notes drive the viewer into obsession. (For example: the catfish.)

Re: Categorical - Leftcoast - 07-21-2014

Add me to the many around here giving a thumbs up to Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow (EOT). 

If you liked Minority Report you will probably like this.  EOT is a very likable Tom  Cruise movie and I haven't said that too often of late.  Emily Blunt's role as the hardened warrior provided a contrast to Cruise's persona many actresses haven't.  Humorously Blunt was quoted several years back disdaining being the female "spear carrier" in a Tom Cruise movie.  I'd say this role keeps her "no-spear carrier" record intact.

So EOT qualifies as a summer blockbuster that doesn't require you to leave your brain at the door.  It's not an Oscar candidate of course, but it is good fun and a better than average entry in the genre.  Sadly in an era of Comic Book adaptations, Prequels, Sequels and reboots it hasn't found the audience it deserves.  Maybe work of mouth will help give its attendance a long tail.

I still need to see Chef before it leaves the local big screens.

Re: Categorical - Stymie - 07-21-2014

(07-14-2014, 10:46 PM)Oasis link Wrote:My favorite sports movie is Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 about the epic 1968 game between the two Stanford wannabes.  Usually the games are much more interesting than what the players think about them.  Not here.


Here are the the best war movies:


12 O'Clock High --Gregory Peck, Dean Jaeger -- best of the best
Das Boot  -- stupendous u-boat epic, a masterpiece.  Best viewed with subtitles.
Stalingrad -- phenomenal battle scenes; Ostfront epic
Downfall (Bruno Ganz is the best Hitler ever, way better than Guinness or Hopkins-- last days in the bunker)
Patton -- George C. Scott is top of the heap
Letters From Iwo Jima -- Eastwood-directed Iwo from Japanese viewpoint
Fog of War -- Robert McNamara admits his first choice was Stanford.  Very candid about Vietnam.


Then there is the best film of all time.  No kidding.  Actually a miniseries, Brideshead Revisited (1981)(ultimate all-star UK cast (Olivier, Gielgud, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Claire Bloom) in Evelyn Waugh's classic story). Beautiful musical score by Geoffrey Burgon.  Splendid throughout.


An overlooked gem of a movie is Thirteen Days, about how that a-hole Krushchev threatened Ole Miss' undefeated 1962 season by putting missiles in Cuba.

I didn't know about the HBY 29-29 film, but I heard all the roars from the stadium in my dorm room at HBS, writing a paper just 400 yards away...

My List, as I feel today, and with the main criterion being "would I watch it today if it was on TV?"  Alphabetically, disregarding the "The"s.

Animal House
Apocalypse Now
Braveheart
Casablanca
Fargo
Godfather
Godzilla (original)
Good Will Hunting
It's a Wonderful Life
Magnificent Seven
Man with Two Brains
North by Northwest
Paths of Glory
Titanic
Twelve Angry Men
West Side Story







Re: Categorical - socalstanfan1 - 07-21-2014

I've long been a bigger fan of directors than actors.

Cohen Brothers
Scorsese
Tarantino (hit and miss, but when he hits....wow)
Jason Reitman
Gus Van Sant
Wes Anderson
Woody Allen (his older films from 70s and 80s)
Stanley Kubrick (did he ever make a truly bad film?)
Ridley Scott
Christopher Nolan
Coppola

I will see any movie made by any of these directors with the exception of Woody Allen, who used to be a favorite but IMO has faded quite a bit. Top films is quite a bit more difficult, as the list shifts depending on my mood or the genre. But some names that appear on the list consistently...

Dr. Strangelove
The Godfather Films (I & II)
Alien (prefer the original over II, after that all garbage)
Drugstore Cowboy
Shawshank Redemption
Annie Hall (hasn't aged perfectly, but some scenes are still near perfect and innovative)
A Clockwork Orange
Star Wars, episodes 4 & 5 (or 1 & 2 in order of release)
Pulp Fiction
The Departed


Late to the party - Redrum - 07-21-2014

Mainly because I'm busy doing a master compile of recommendations to make sure I haven't missed anything really good.

But one movie I didn't see listed on first reading is  Everybody's All American  Dennis Quaid as a national collegiate star running back whose future in the NFL is not as rosey as he and his fans or he expected.  What I liked about it was Quaid,  but also the idea that stars fade without all the compressed melodrama of , say,  the Brian Piccolo/ Gayle Sayers saga  Brian's Song.  At the time, I thought every NFL-dreaming college ball player should have to watch it.  But nowadays, with kids balancing $ multi-millions  vs. permanently scrambling their brains,  this more subtle story would be lost.

Re: Categorical - FarmBoy - 07-21-2014

Quote:But nowadays, with kids balancing $ multi-millions  vs. permanently scrambling their brains,  this more subtle story would be lost.

How much do top recruits really consider the TBI issue? Probably driven by misplaced stereotypes, I would still expect that the majority of these recruits don't let the TBI issue impact their decisions. Primarily, this is because kids have a hard time project a potential negative outcome in 20-30 years against the prospect of millions of dollars. I think a well communicated pitch on the probability of "making it" in the NFL and the real economics (after agent fees, taxes, etc) for the majority of NFL players would do a better job of grounding some players in a reality that they shouldn't put too many eggs in the NFL basket.

One nit...actually my bad - Redrum - 07-21-2014

should have written something like 

"But nowadays, with kids balancing $ multi-millions  vs. permanently scrambling their brains,  IF they think about that at all..."

Re: One nit...actually my bad - CowboyIndian - 07-21-2014

(07-21-2014, 10:03 AM)Redrum link Wrote:should have written something like 

"But nowadays, with kids balancing $ multi-millions  vs. permanently scrambling their brains,  IF they think about that at all..."

I remember NOT balancing: permanent brain-scramble vs. literally $ dozens. It's a function of youthful bulletproofocity, not the money.

Was with you all the way, until... - Mick - 07-21-2014

(07-21-2014, 05:27 AM)Stymie link Wrote:[quote author=Oasis link=topic=10113.msg92380#msg92380 date=1405403216]
My favorite sports movie is Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 about the epic 1968 game between the two Stanford wannabes.  Usually the games are much more interesting than what the players think about them.  Not here.


Here are the the best war movies:


12 O'Clock High --Gregory Peck, Dean Jaeger -- best of the best
Das Boot  -- stupendous u-boat epic, a masterpiece.  Best viewed with subtitles.
Stalingrad -- phenomenal battle scenes; Ostfront epic
Downfall (Bruno Ganz is the best Hitler ever, way better than Guinness or Hopkins-- last days in the bunker)
Patton -- George C. Scott is top of the heap
Letters From Iwo Jima -- Eastwood-directed Iwo from Japanese viewpoint
Fog of War -- Robert McNamara admits his first choice was Stanford.  Very candid about Vietnam.


Then there is the best film of all time.  No kidding.  Actually a miniseries, Brideshead Revisited (1981)(ultimate all-star UK cast (Olivier, Gielgud, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Claire Bloom) in Evelyn Waugh's classic story). Beautiful musical score by Geoffrey Burgon.  Splendid throughout.


An overlooked gem of a movie is Thirteen Days, about how that a-hole Krushchev threatened Ole Miss' undefeated 1962 season by putting missiles in Cuba.

I didn't know about the HBY 29-29 film, but I heard all the roars from the stadium in my dorm room at HBS, writing a paper just 400 yards away...

My List, as I feel today, and with the main criterion being "would I watch it today if it was on TV?"  Alphabetically, disregarding the "The"s.

Animal House
Apocalypse Now
Braveheart
Casablanca
Fargo
Godfather
Godzilla (original)
Good Will Hunting
It's a Wonderful Life
Magnificent Seven
Man with Two Brains
North by Northwest
Paths of Glory
Titanic
Twelve Angry Men
West Side Story
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Man With Two Brains.  Not saying it's a bad movie, I liked it OK, I just wouldn't have placed it with the others, all of which were superb.

Re: Categorical - FarmBoy - 07-21-2014

If you're going to pick a Steve Martin movie to add to this list, you've got to go with The Jerk. It's required viewing in our household.

He hates these cans!

Re: Categorical - terry - 07-21-2014

(07-13-2014, 02:25 AM)socalstanfan1 link Wrote:I have to be the dissenting voice on Edge of Tomorrow. At first I found it interesting, but later felt it was a bit disappointing. I liked both Run, Lola, Run and Groundhog Day much better.

Yes, I liked Groundhog Day a lot, better than Edge of Tomorrow. Groundhog Day is one of those rare movies that has become a cultural reference point, for good reason. But I still really enjoyed Edge of Tomorrow.

This post got me interested in Run, Lola, Run, so I rented it this weekend. Good movie. Builds the suspense and draws you in, then throws you the twist. Funky style. Not much development of the story nor much exploration of the characters, but that's not what the movie is trying to do. Still, I would have liked to know more about Lola (but not her whiny boyfriend). The concept of the movie reminded me more of Sliding Doors than Edge of Tomorrow or Groundhog Day.

Re: Categorical - Leftcoast - 07-21-2014

By the way, Publius, I liked your Avengers cartoon.  If you are going to take on a full scale Alien invasion of New York using only a pistol look cool while doing the job. 

Was that a Publius original?

Re: Categorical - SUBuddha - 07-21-2014

If it is, then Publius is a reddit karma allstar. But the thought is there.


Some movies that I can watch over and over again...this may show my tendencies for mind numbing films.

1) Shawshank Redemption- If it is on when I scroll through channels I am stopping there. "Get busy Living or Get Busy Dying"
2) Godfather 1 and 2
3) The Two Towers - It was my favorite book in the Lord of The Ring series as a child as well. I feel Jackson nailed that movie.
4) American History X - One of the grittiest films ever made in my opinion.
5) Boondock Saints... "We could kill everyone." "I am strangely comfortable with that."
6) Orgasmo - Trey and Matt's of South Park fame's senior project if I remember right. Come on a Mormon Missionary that goes into porn, but does not have sex, genius!
7) The Outlaw Josey Wales - Perhaps the best of the older Eastwood Westerns.
8) Unforgiven - Great work and a great cast. "You just killed an unarmed man." "He should have armed himself if he was gonna decorate his saloon with my friend."
9) The entire Firefly series, I have watched all the episodes at least 10 times. "Keep walking Preacher man." And "Pain is scary/" are my two favorite quotes.
10) Better of Dead, the 80's movie of my heart, especially as a skier. "Go really fast that way, if something gets in your way, turn."
11) Full Metal Jacket - I read the book by Gustav Hasford (IIRC) in 7th grade for a history project. The movie only covers 1/3-1/2 of the book.
12) Clock Work Orange- Kubrick at his best.


Re: Categorical - Ratmandoo - 07-21-2014

(07-21-2014, 09:09 PM)SUBuddha link Wrote:9) The entire Firefly series, I have watched all the episodes at least 10 times. "Keep walking Preacher man." And "Pain is scary/" are my two favorite quotes.

Yes, yes, yes. Still pissed at Fox for killing this show when they did (and that Netflix wasn't around to pick it up when it was canceled). And Fox gave Dollhouse a full season which is by far the worst thing Joss Whedon has created.

Re: Categorical - Mick - 07-22-2014

(07-21-2014, 09:36 PM)ferrari link Wrote:[quote author=SUBuddha link=topic=10113.msg92732#msg92732 date=1406002143]
If it is, then Publius is a reddit karma allstar. But the thought is there.


Some movies that I can watch over and over again...this may show my tendencies for mind numbing films.

1) Shawshank Redemption- If it is on when I scroll through channels I am stopping there. "Get busy Living or Get Busy Dying"
2) Godfather 1 and 2
3) The Two Towers - It was my favorite book in the Lord of The Ring series as a child as well. I feel Jackson nailed that movie.
4) American History X - One of the grittiest films ever made in my opinion.
5) Boondock Saints... "We could kill everyone." "I am strangely comfortable with that."
6) Orgasmo - Trey and Matt's of South Park fame's senior project if I remember right. Come on a Mormon Missionary that goes into porn, but does not have sex, genius!
7) The Outlaw Josey Wales - Perhaps the best of the older Eastwood Westerns.
8) Unforgiven - Great work and a great cast. "You just killed an unarmed man." "He should have armed himself if he was gonna decorate his saloon with my friend."
9) The entire Firefly series, I have watched all the episodes at least 10 times. "Keep walking Preacher man." And "Pain is scary/" are my two favorite quotes.
10) Better of Dead, the 80's movie of my heart, especially as a skier. "Go really fast that way, if something gets in your way, turn."
11) Full Metal Jacket - I read the book by Gustav Hasford (IIRC) in 7th grade for a history project. The movie only covers 1/3-1/2 of the book.
12) Clock Work Orange- Kubrick at his best.

I met Clint in a cheap bar, in Spain, while he was filming Un Pugno Di Dollari.  Odd
happenstance, and he was with another actor who I always liked but whose name I can never remember . . . .was in several of his spaghetti westerns, always second fiddle but bad ass.  Anyway, I, in my 20 year old splendor, sat at the bar not recognizing these two, ordered a beer, and made some remark like, "hot today, eh?"  Clint looked at me, a long time.  I wondered if I had said something wrong; maybe I would die today.  Then he put am arm on my shoulder and said, yes, hot today.  Want another?  Bought me a beer, went back to talking to his friend.  I realized then who he was, couldn't think of anything to say so slinked away.  Still, pretty cool.
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My family used to own a health food store in Santa Cruz and Clint would come in about every six months or so, mainly to stock up on vitamins.  Really nice man.  Sondra Locke, not so much.  They filmed a scene at the store for "Sudden Impact," but it ended up on the cutting room floor.  C'est la vie.  I didn't find out about it until literally the day they were shooting.  I was a student at SCU, and my dad told me he didn't want me cutting class to watch the filming.  :o

Re: Categorical - Stymie - 07-22-2014

(07-21-2014, 12:00 PM)FarmBoy link Wrote:If you're going to pick a Steve Martin movie to add to this list, you've got to go with The Jerk. It's required viewing in our household.

He hates these cans!

I agonised over Jerk vs. MW2B, but thought that the latter had more substance and fewer cheap thrills.  Next time I do this exercise I might even go for "Father of the Bride," if I'm in a schmatlzy mood.......

Re: Categorical - Stymie - 07-22-2014

(07-22-2014, 07:44 AM)ferrari link Wrote:[quote author=Stymie link=topic=10113.msg92749#msg92749 date=1406039391]
[quote author=FarmBoy link=topic=10113.msg92690#msg92690 date=1405969202]
If you're going to pick a Steve Martin movie to add to this list, you've got to go with The Jerk. It's required viewing in our household.

He hates these cans!

I agonised over Jerk vs. MW2B, but thought that the latter had more substance and fewer cheap thrills.  Next time I do this exercise I might even go for "Father of the Bride," if I'm in a schmatlzy mood.......
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"The new PHONE BOOK is out!  THE NEW PHONE BOOK IS OUT!" Will always have a special place in my heart."
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I'll call and raise you THIS!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0MXU3J6Qbs