movies the good the bad the ugly

[marlborodasreds]

hmmmmm someone suggested i maybe we should hae a thread about movies so i decided to follow his advice. for those that don't know i am addicted to movies i love almost all movie types so lets see for a a good movie i will have to go with The Losers i mean hell it has it all great story lots of things going boom fantasic cast and things going boom. i really enjoyed it mostly because of the story and the comics, it is the story of 5 CIA operatives who get screwed and go looking for the man who burned them.

the bad hmmmmm hate to say it but the new nightmare on elm street is just a bad remake. Now this is compared to the original films. Now days someone like Freddy does not even shiver my pinky. hell i am more scared of the cops than him. that being said Jackie-Earle Haley did the best he could with a shit remake.



The ugly AVATAR i love sci fi movies and this would have been a great one however i have been told read entirely to much into almost everything. Had they had not beaten you over the head with that tree hugging message that we mainly americans just move in and take over everything and ignore peoples rights and ideals for our own profit it would have been alot better. wait ok soe we do do that but still they were over the top with it. also it was just way over rated and yes i saw it in theaters and got it from other sources.



now if ya want to see something that is both slighly scary and kick ass violence check out legion really good story effects and i will never ever fuck with an old lady in a dinner. Ya never know who is possed hope this helps y'all save some cash in these tuff times and hell ya can always bootleg almost all of these movies. i am sure most of us know how.



hope you found this useful and informative. let me know. :line:

[PantyFanatic]

:thanks: Good to have a place to give our impressions of movie we've seen. Now all I have to do is go see a new movie. :eek:

[Fangtasia]

I absolutely loved Avatar....one of the best newer movies i've seen. It definately deserved all the accolades given to it!!

Twilight series of course is another favorite..loved the 1st 2, dying to see the 3rd instalment, and how they do it compared to the books.

[Lord Snow]

Fang, I hate to disagree with such a lovely vampire freak, but I find the Twilight saga a little to 90210. If I'm going to go with dramatic vampires I'll stick with Interview With a Vampire.

As for new movies that hit theater recently, I loved Alice in Wonderland with Johnny Depp. In fact, I already have it pre-ordered through Amazon.com.

[marlborodasreds]

ok i know this is not a movie but for the superhero lover in all of us i must recomend a british show called NO HEROICS it is one of the funniest things i have ever watched you can find clips on youtube or if you want all of season one contact me privately and i will tell you how to get it. i rolled laffing my ass off and trust me thats alot of ass

[BamaKyttn]

I finally got to finish No Heroics. It took forever to get through all six episodes I kept getting phone calls and there was NO WAY i was going to miss any of it so there was a lot of pausing. I love it. It's great, I can't promise I understood ALL of the dialect but its still outstanding!

Kyttn

[BamaKyttn]

:thanks: Good to have a place to give our impressions of movie we've seen. Now all I have to do is go see a new movie. :eek:



Yeah the last time I went to a movie was with LordSnow.... If I watch movies I'm just as happy to stay at home and watch it in the bedroom so we can pause it and fuck or atleast I won't get kicked out for giving a blowjob in the theater and god knows the seats are uncomfortable to bend over in and theres no way I'm kneeling on that floor! wow haven't done that in years..... that used to be a rush...... I'm getting old.

[PantyFanatic]

I have two tickets available for the movies. :wave: .......... How about taking four? ..... Take all of them! .... Anybody?? :blink:

I'm want to watch movies in Bama's bedroom. :tongue:

[Lord Snow]

No you don't PF, her bed gets hard as a rock in winter time.

[dicksbro]

Not a new movie by any stretch of the imagination but one of my very favorites is "Fiddler on the Roof!" Love that show and when it's on TV I tend to watch it, and, when it's not, I periodically watch the DVD. Good story; good music; and good acting. :thumbs: :boink:

[PantyFanatic]

No you don't PF, her bed gets hard as a rock in winter time.
That's OK. She makes me hard as a rock all year long. :boink:

[marlborodasreds]

ok well the problem ya see is bama's bed is only a queen size and well with her and me you know being fat and all and my giant ego there is no room for anyone else i mean ya can sit on the floor or something otherwise i am not sure where ya can watch the movies.

[jseal]

"The Bridge over the River Kwai" is a film I recommend to everyone.

[marlborodasreds]

if we are gonna go with older movies i would suggest the BOONDOCK SAINTS i almost wanted to be catholic after that movie. also silverado as it is my fathers favorite movie ever. hmmmmm and for shits and giggles bridget the midget a short storie is was just plain funny.



and for tv shows i love the VENTURE BROTHERS all hail the mighty MONARCH.
and the BoonDocks have been told its racist and wrong however the entire cast is black as well as everyone who works on the show well cept 2 people i have never seen anything in that show that makes me upset so check it out

[Lord Snow]

I love the Boondock Saints as well, but for older favorites I'd have to go with Princess Bride.

[marlborodasreds]

oh and kick ass is well kick ass kinda creepy watching a 13 year all killing bad guys while in the background there is a metal version of the banana splits theam song playing in the back ground. but lets face facts we all wanted to be a superhero at somepoint in our lives. hmmmmm maybe a new idea for a thread what superpower would you like to have / what hero /villian would you be. anyhow the movie is about an 18 year old comic geek who decides to get a costume and become a hero. check it out or download it. :thumbs:

[jseal]

Is anyone willing to admit enjoying "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"?

[marlborodasreds]

yeah i liked it and i hate westerns

[Lord Snow]

I like Blazing Saddles, Young Guns 1 & 2, and Tombstone. I prefer the medieval movies if we're talking a bit more in the way of set in the past type stuff. First Knight, A Knights Tale, Dragon Heart.....that kind of thing.

[PantyFanatic]

Is anyone willing to admit enjoying "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"?
That movie moved to 'classic' and long time ago, open a completely new category for Spaghetti Westerns and was a MAJOR stepping stone for what became a great actor and director. Great movie! :thumbs:

[PantyFanatic]

Is anyone willing to admit enjoying "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"?
That movie moved to 'classic' and long time ago, established a completely new category for Spaghetti Westerns and was a MAJOR stepping stone for what became a great actor and director. Great movie! :thumbs:

[BamaKyttn]

"I like a nice MLT....."

[PantyFanatic]

:huh: MLT?

[marlborodasreds]

mutton lettuce and tomato when the mutton is nice and crispy


damn never seen the princess bride i worry for my country somedays rofl :thumbs:


wait a second those are also my initials damn you you harpy bad kyttn

[dicksbro]

Speaking of movies, my wife and I went to see the new Robin Hood. Wasn't just a remake of the old Robin Hood movies, but took an interesting point of view. Well worth seeing although the "violence" make be a bit much for very young children ... kind of a slightly milder version of Gladiator or The Patriot kind of violence.

I'd recommend it. :thumbs:

[jseal]

How about "To Kill A Mockingbird"?

[Lord Snow]

I liked the book better. You want court room drama I'd go with A Few Good Men.

[jseal]

Fair enough, but I think Gregory Peck gave a riveting performance of a father trying to provide an atmosphere free from hatred and prejudice for his children in the Deep South in the 1930s.

[marlborodasreds]

old movies welp would have to go with a few lets see first the birds and psycho. StarWars an instant classic, Transformers the cartoon nothing funnier than being in the theater when it came out and watching parents freak when some of the autobots dies and thier kids burst out laffing and crying. Highlander and for just the shear scale for a mini-series Shogun.

[jseal]

"The Hustler" was a very good move.

[marlborodasreds]

oh yeah also the color of money and lets not forget the movie that gave us the phrase Greed is Good wallstreet, ok and the sting was great also

[Lord Snow]

Fair enough, but I think Gregory Peck gave a riveting performance of a father trying to provide an atmosphere free from hatred and prejudice for his children in the Deep South in the 1930s.

I will grant you that the movie was well done, however, in most my cases my opinions favor the books as opposed to the movies. Mostly because of time constraints and artistic liberties they don't get it quite right; which when you're an avid reader such as myself and have one of those weird minds where you remember stuff you've read for years it can be annoying.

[PantyFanatic]

old movies welp would have to go with a few lets see first the birds and psycho. StarWars an instant classic, Transformers the cartoon nothing funnier than being in the theater when it came out and watching parents freak when some of the autobots dies and thier kids burst out laffing and crying. Highlander and for just the shear scale for a mini-series Shogun.
Old movies! Ckassic? Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe, The Birds & Psycho, but I have shoes older than most of the rest. :wobbly:

[marlborodasreds]

wow pf buy some new shoes all those movies are over 20 years old

[jseal]

... in most my cases my opinions favor the books as opposed to the movies. Mostly because of time constraints and artistic liberties they don't get it quite right ...
Too true! It is very difficult to create a motion picture as good as your imagination. LOTR is a vivid example.

[Oldfart]

People who go to movies in a conscious ploy to evade reading the book are only getting someone's interpretation of that book.

2001/2010 are shining examples of superior movies, where the author played a part in the movie.

[PantyFanatic]

... and Contact was an example of the movie NOT working. :eek:

[PantyFanatic]

...l those movies are over 20 years old
See!



















:rofl:

[Lord Snow]

I think that the LOTR movies were very well done. A really good example of they got really close but weren't quite right is a movie I actually got to see last night. Where the Red Fern Grows. I have had the same copy of that book for (like PF's shoes) 20 years. Have read it multiple times. In fact if there is one book in my collection I know better than any other it's that one. They did a fine job on the movie, the overall points of the book were gotten to and well delivered, however they messed up a few scenes from the book, cut some others, changed a few lines here and there. Overall a good movie, but the book is much better.

I would like to say that if you have younger children I would not let them watch the movie unless you think they can handle the idea of death. They included the scene where a young boy, Rubin Pritchard, dies and of course the last two chapters of the book where Bill Coleman and his two dogs fight a mountain lion ultimately killing one dog and the other dies of loss of will to live. At least with the book, you skip these parts.

[jseal]

Yes, the LOTR films were well done, but they failed to capture much of what Professor Tolkien wrote.

Following up on your assessment of “A Few Good Men”, as an excellent Courtroom Drama, I recommend “12 Angry Men”.

[marlborodasreds]

ok took 19 hours to dl it but shogun was really good its a mini-series from 1980.


also shaolin soccer nuff said



also two people admitted that indie 4 sucked
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/05/18/2010-05-18_shia_labeouf_steven_spielberg_and_i_dropped_the_ball_on_fourth_indiana_jones_fil.html

[Oldfart]

Planet 51. I just watched it and it has so many allusions and homages to sci-fi movies, as well as a harsh humour. A desert road with a deserted diner is a nod at "The Invaders", and so many others.

I'm about to watch it again to catch stuff I missed on the first pass.

GG, there's a bit in there you won't like.

[Fangtasia]

Lord Of The Rings was pure awesomeness!! I actually preferred the movies to the books.

Iron Man 1 ~ really enjoyed this cant wait to see the 2nd

CrossRoads ~ bluesy goodness

Dirty Dancing ~ To me its a classic and i love it everytime i watch it

Ghost ~ still manages to make me cry in the same place *L*

Highlander series ~ fan of the immortals (tho i really hated the last movie blah, only watched it for the actors, and even then it was a painful experience)

[Fangtasia]

Fang, I hate to disagree with such a lovely vampire freak, but I find the Twilight saga a little to 90210. If I'm going to go with dramatic vampires I'll stick with Interview With a Vampire.

As for new movies that hit theater recently, I loved Alice in Wonderland with Johnny Depp. In fact, I already have it pre-ordered through Amazon.com.

You can disagree *LOL* Personally i couldnt stand 90210, but i do love Twilight~

I really like Depp, but after seeing shorts of Alice in Wonderland, i cant bring myself to watch it...He darnwell creeps me out in it. Same as his version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...ewwwwwwwwwwww

[Oldfart]

I was dragged to see Alice by herself, and loved it. It had some huge drifts from the Carroll mainstream, but it was good. And it's Tim Burton.

[Lord Snow]

But Fang, that's the point. You should try to find him dancing at the end on youtube or something. It was thoroughly disturbing. I like it :D.

[Fangtasia]

Nope sorry guys, not interested in Alice in Wonderland at all..A Disturbing Creepy Depp does nothing for me at all. I'll be giving it a miss. I'm still in therapy after the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory viewing. Didnt like that movie at all. Now the original CATCF i loved and still watch *L*

[Lord Snow]

Yeah, but who doesn't like Gene Wilder?

[Oldfart]

The Oompa Loompa Liberation Army, that's who.

[ShadowDancer]

I really like Depp, but after seeing shorts of Alice in Wonderland, i cant bring myself to watch it...He darnwell creeps me out in it. Same as his version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...ewwwwwwwwwwww


I have no desire to see Alice in Wonderland with Depp...creepy doesn't even begin to cover it! Same happened with his version of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. My husband brought it home on DVD and I had to leave the room in the middle of it...it was way too damn disturbing to watch!

We saw Ironman II last night, at the Drive-In...we really liked it. It was awesome! The Captain America reference was funny...and I got it even though I'm not a comic junkie :) My 6 year old son LOVED it too...he was like, "Mommy that was COOL!"

We also stayed for the short clip after the credits, thanks to a heads up we received from a friend before we left.

Our first movie though last night, was Shrek: Forever After. It was good...but not as entertaining as the previous Shrek incarnations. The previous movies at least held the attention of my 2 kids, but this one SO did not!

[BamaKyttn]

Ok, look, unless you read them with utter naivete the books for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland WERE DARK. The are fucked up. Dahl can churn out plenty of child friendly books but if you haven't read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory since you turned 8, perhaps its time to revisit it. It was a dark book. How can you see a description of a child: In the original novel, Augustus is described as an enormous boy who has "fat bulging from every fold, with two greedy eyes peering out of his doughball of a head." and not be disturbed?


Alice in Wonderland was written by "Lewis Carroll"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lutwidge_Dodgson


The Dutchess' Lullaby
Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898

Speak roughly to your little boy,
And beat him when he sneezes:
He only does it to annoy,
Because he knows it teases.<truncated>

Seriously? The american idea of childrens' literature is very new age to say they can't handle the adult imagery most of the ones who don't understand it their minds edit it out and let it go, have you ever watched a movie or hell, Bugs Bunny cartoons as an adult and realized wait.... we WATCHED this? The fekking bunny was a cross-dresser!

Historically "childrens tales" have not been the consume sunshine and rainbows and poop butterflies type thing. Cinderellas sisters were said to have amputated portions of their feet to try to cram them into the shoes. If you want a good read pull Grimms Fairy Tales!


Father William

"You are old, Father William," the young man said,
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

"In my youth," Father William replied to his son,
"I feared it might injure the brain;
But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again."

"You are old," said the youth, "As I mentioned before,
And have grown most uncommonly fat;
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door—
Pray, what is the reason of that?"

"In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,
"I kept all my limbs very supple
By the use of this ointment—one shilling the box—
Allow me to sell you a couple?"

"You are old," said the youth, "And your jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak—
Pray, how did you manage to do it?"

"In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law,
And argued each case with my wife;
And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw,
Has lasted the rest of my life."

"You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose
That your eye was as steady as ever;
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose—
What made you so awfully clever?"

"I have answered three questions, and that is enough,"
Said his father; "don't give yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"

Child abuse anyone?

[BamaKyttn]

Speaking of dark, though its more a musical..... Sweeney Todd with Depp was AWESOME. Granted I am of the personal opinion that Helena Bonham Carter got many Tim Burton roles through connection not talent but she was a very good Mrs. Lovett and not as traumatic as trying to watch Angela Lansbury playing that character.

hmmmmm I think I lost my copy of this movie in the divorce. damn.

[jseal]

In my youth my family would, from time to time, drive from Annapolis up to Baltimore to visit my Grandparents. On those occasions when we would visit my father's parents, soon after the ceremonial greetings were completed, and after paying our respects to Smokey (a slender, solemn cat who never seemed to age), I would ask permission to 'borrow' one of Granddad's books.

I do not remember the title, but rather the blue binding, the heft, and the musty, dusty odor of it. It must have been published in the 1920s, and Granddad had read from it to Dad. Filled with moralizing tales, prints, and poems about how to behave around whom, it was a glimpse into 19th century America, although I did not realize it at the time.

Not only did it include 'Father Williams', which Granddad delighted in reading to Jeffrey and me, but it also included 'The Goops', which was a favorite of my father.

"The Goops they lick their fingers,
And the Goops they lick their knives;
They spill their broth on the tablecloth --
Oh, they lead disgusting lives!

The Goops they talk while eating,
And loud and fast they chew;
And that is why I'm glad that I
Am not a Goop -- Are you?

The Goops are gluttonous and rude,
They gug and gumble with their food;
They throw their crumbs upon the floor,
And at dessert they tease for more.

They will not eat their soup and bread
but like to gobble sweets, instead,
And this is why I oft decline,
When I am asked to stay and dine!"

Now that my children are grown and off to make a better world for tomorrow, I reflect often on the good Father Williams, and what we may yet learn from his example.

[BamaKyttn]

I really like this type of writing, it entertains and educates. A problem that I see with some parents today they do not discuss consequences or that some things are inappropriate because everyone assumes it will somehow break the childs spirit or stifle them. We have as a society, American is the only one i have experience in, started isolating our children from reality. Bad things happen, if we don't learn how to handle these things early then when we get older and suddenly we have to deal with it everything comes tumbling down on top of us and we retreat into ourselves because our reactions or lack of understanding scares us.

Of course I'm not yet a parent but I have helped raise a few children when you're on the parents payroll you tell them whatever momndad tell you to.

:jacques:

[jseal]

To return to the World of Cinema...

There once was a talented film director named David Lean.

I have mentioned one of his films already, The Bridge on the River Kwai (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050212/) (1957), but he also directed several other films, the most often mentioned of which are, A Passage to India (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087892/) (1984), Ryan's Daughter (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066319/) (1971), and of course, Doctor Zhivago (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059113/) (1965).

All are worth watching.

[Oldfart]

"There once was a talented film director named David Lean."

I could feel a limerick coming on.

[Fangtasia]

Ooooo Dr Zhivago....i absolutely love Lara's Theme from that..Awesome piece of music!

[Lord Snow]

You want an awesome song, One Winged Angel from FF7 Advent Children. The movie itself is great in and of itself.

[Oldfart]

Somewhere in Time for the girls, The Battle of Britain for the boys.

[jseal]

This one too is before the time of many, but Dr. No, the film that launched the 007 franchise, starred a very smooth operator Sean Connery partnered with the lovely, luscious Ursula Andress.

[Oldfart]

Ah, Ursula Undress. I loved her in "She".

[Lord Snow]

I never much cared for Bond. Casino Royal is pretty much the only one I'll sit down and watch. I haven't seen the newest one yet. If I want Sean Connery, I'll go medieval and hit up First Knight, or go really nice with Entrapment. At least then I also get to see Catherine Zeta-Jones in delicious skin tight pants.........

[Oldfart]

Not the point Lord Snow. Connery was really out there when Dr No hit the screen. He had a grittyness like Callan and Dangerman, a big leap from Sanders and his ilk.

[Lord Snow]

I wasn't disputing anything about Connery, just James Bond.

[jseal]

Bond actors come and Bond actors go, but this scene is a classic (http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index.jsp?cid=240674). In a short, tight, well constructed scene James Bond is introduced to the cinema world.

I particularly enjoy how the character searched for, heard, and then – with a hard cut to a full face – is identified; “Bond, James Bond.”

Good art. Good movie.

[Oldfart]

Lovers and Other Strangers. It had the theme song "For all we know" by the Carpenters. "Love, look at the two of us, strangers in may ways . . . ."

[Fangtasia]

Connery was the best Bond IMHO....

Grease...cant get enough of this oldie lol

[Oldfart]

But not "Grease 2".

[Fangtasia]

Gotta agree there OF...Grease 2 was horrid

[ShadowDancer]

yeah, didn't like Grease 2 no where near as much as the original! Grease is one of my favs....along with GWTW...


watching the new Alice in Wonderland now...hubby brought it home on dvd today.

[Oldfart]

Back to the Present.

Who saw "The A-Team"?

Did you sit through the credits?

[Lord Snow]

Out of curiosity, has anyone seen Oscar with Sylvester Stallone? It's a hilarious movie where Stallone plays a gangster that's trying to go straight and become a banker. The whole story line starts at 8:30 am and finishes at around noon. It even has a few running gags. I recently got it on dvd.

[marlborodasreds]

welp prince of persia :banghead: the karate kid was pretty good and the a-team was the shit. so 2 out of 3 movies is not bad

[jseal]

It is interesting to read (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10562808.stm) how previous motion pictures influence the creation of new ones.

[Lord Snow]

watching the new Alice in Wonderland now...hubby brought it home on dvd today.

Do how did you like the new Alice?

[Oldfart]

When you take into account that this is a sequel, not a re-make, it was interesting. Getting Alice to . . . oops, no spoilers.

[Lord Snow]

See, now I really didn"t look at it as a sequel, but more as different version of the original story. Though I do see the idea of it as a sequel.

[Oldfart]

If it's 10 years after she was there before, it's pretty much a sequel.

[Lord Snow]

True, but we didn't see what happened ten years ago. A sequel in my mind implies that there was a previous book or movie. There have been other movies than this one, but not for this version of it. Maybe it would have been better to have called this Through the Looking Glass which is the sequel to the original book Alice in Wonderland. Anyway, I thought it was a great movie and am very happy to have spent the money to see it in the theater and buy it when it first came out.

[Oldfart]

We've seen the original, read the book. I have no problem with the sequel.