Citizen Rules...Cinemaesque Chat-n-Review

[Citizen Rules]

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The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Star Wars: Episode V
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy

I liked it...everyone can breath easier now;)...Most everyone says The Empire Strikes Back is the best of the triologoy. I was pleasantly surprised by this after a less than glowing revisit to the original Star Wars.

Obviously the director Irvin Kershner took the film MUCH more seriously than did George Lucas did on the 1st movie.The actors played their roles like the film was real. Gone was the camp style acting, and that made me buy into the story. This time around the characters weren't two dimensional but were flushed out with personalities. Even the sets looked much cooler and much realer. The entire production was polished and taken to a more serious level. I especially liked the ice planet...and the carbon freezing scene is the stuff of movie legends.

I suppose I could find some negatives about the film but you guys would probably lynch me:eek: It was fun and I had a good time watching it, I guess that says it all!

R2D2 was annoying in this! C3PO was OK and adds a different viewpoint but all the cute sounds coming from R2D2 made me fell like it was made for 10 years old.

I thought the actors did a much better job at taking the story as real, in the first Star Wars they play it tongue in cheek, but here they play for keeps.

When we first meet Yoda, he looks like a comical Muppet stealing food from Luke. The entire first meeting sequences is not dignified for the most powerful character in the entire Star Wars universe. Luckily after that dismal scene Yoda becomes the wise master of the Force. Overall a fun movie and well done!

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[Citizen Rules]

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Elvis & Nixon (2016)

Director: Liza Johnson
Cast: Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer
Genre: Comedy History Drama

A highly speculative story based on the actual meeting between Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon. The movie starts out by letting the viewer know that it's not a bio-pic and says, what you are about to see is undocumented...aka made up. Made up is OK, this isn't trying to be history. It's an offbeat comedy, though you might not laugh as it doesn't involve prat fall humor. But that doesn't mean it is clever. I mean there's real humor in the historical record that the King of Rock n Roll went to the White House, meet the only President to resign his office, Richard M. Nixon...Elvis actually asked the president to be appointed as a special DEA agent, with a badge to match. Seems Elvis had a things for badges and the Drug Enforcement Badge is one he wanted badly.

Kevin Spacey is Nixon. OK so he doesn't totally look like Nixon but then again he kind of did. But that don't matter, because he acted like Nixon, he got the body language and speech done pat. And he made a likable Nixon. All because Kevin Spacey is a fine actor.

Michael Shannon, is Elvis. He don't look like Elvis. He don't sound like Elvis. But once again that's OK because this is an off on a tangent movie and he plays a Twilight Zone Elvis. His Elvis is darker than the real McCoy. He loves guns, donuts and karate. And it works!

So, did I like it? yes I did! At first I hated the actor who played Elvis as he was no Elvis. But then I realized this movie is taking place in some other reality and so the oddly darker Elvis works just fine.

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[skizzerflake]

The oldest surviving vampire film is the classic German silent film, Nosferatu. Which is an unauthorized silent film, based very closely on the famous novel by Bram Stroker, Dracula. Bram Stoker's widow filled a legal suit against the makers of Nosferatu, which she won. This resulted in an agreement that all the negatives and prints of the film would be destroyed. And they were destroyed too...except a few prints luckily survived in a couple foreign countries. In 1994 the surviving prints were restored and the film came to life once more.


Nosferatu is an interesting film and I'm glad I watched it. But I found it underwhelming. The story didn't click with me and the film version I watched seemed to be almost pieced together with no transitions between the scenes. I wonder if that's because the surviving prints were incomplete and so had to be pieced together? I noticed for a few seconds the movie was actually showing a negative image of the print. I did learn there's a newly restored version of Nosferatu and I bet the print and the music score is much approved upon.
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There's a lot to like in this film: the creature was way cool looking! Great makeup and design. And I loved the creepy, up the staircase, shadow scene...as well as the stop action sequences. Oh and the skeleton clock was cool too!

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The unrestored version which I watched was black and white, but I believe the restored version has some single color tinting to it. Overall I liked this film visually.

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Nosferatu is interesting for its historic value and that German Expressionist look. The plot really isn't much like Stoker's Dracula, but apparently the German court that decided the case pretty much gave Stoker possession of the actual vampire concept, not just the plot. There are a lot of versions floating around and I'm not a savant on them, but if you find a good one, the entire film is in good shape, no negative images, no 16 mm grainy sequences, cleaned up and no jumps. A few years back I had the privilege of seeing a complete version of the movie with live musicians. That really added to the creepy atmosphere and that rat-like Orlock.

[Citizen Rules]

Nosferatu is interesting for its historic value and that German Expressionist look. The plot really isn't much like Stoker's Dracula, but apparently the German court that decided the case pretty much gave Stoker possession of the actual vampire concept, not just the plot. That's interesting to know, I never read the Stoker novel of Dracula all that I read about the movie, was on IMDB and Wiki. Thanks for posting that! It's interesting the German court awarded the case just on the Dracula concept.

There are a lot of versions floating around and I'm not a savant on them, but if you find a good one, the entire film is in good shape, no negative images, no 16 mm grainy sequences, cleaned up and no jumps. A few years back I had the privilege of seeing a complete version of the movie with live musicians. That really added to the creepy atmosphere and that rat-like Orlock. Very cool! that you got to see the film 'live' with real musicians. That must have made it so much more powerful. I think if I had seen the film restored I would have liked it even more so.

[cricket]

You've got the wrong guy playing Elvis; its Michael Shannon. Anyway, I thought he was an odd choice for the role, even though I like him as an actor. It looks like a pretty decent movie at least.

[Citizen Rules]

That's what happens when I do a review and I'm exhausted:o Thanks for catching that and I'll make the change.

[Citizen Rules]

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The Cannonball Run (1981)
Director: Hal Needham
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett
Genre: Comedy

A star studded cast take to the streets of America to participate in a cross country, high speed race, that's very illegal and very silly.

Drunken monkeys, tied to broken typewriters in a darkened Hollywood bungalow, could have wrote a better movie than 1981's ode to stupidity, AKA The Cannonball Run. If you want a mind numbing movie about racing, that has the slowest/worst racing scenes in a race car movie, then here you go.

Sure the over payed stars look like they had fun while making the movie, but too bad someone didn't let the audience on in the fun. I mean what's a car race movie without some high speed racing? Mostly the cars just cruise down the road. And except for a few cool cars like the Lamborghini, Ferrari and Aston Martin all we get to see is a bunch of lame vehicles. And when we do see some racing it's trick photography speeded up to make the cars look like they are going nowhere fast. The main race vehicle is an ambulances driven by Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise with Jack Elam and Farrah Fawcett in the back posing as doctor and patient. On a whim, Dom DeLuise dons a cape and mask to become Captain Caos. No really that's true, sad but true.

There's only a couple pluses, one is the sheer amount of 1970s stars that are present.

Burt Reynolds
Roger Moore
Farrah Fawcett
Dom DeLuise
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr.
Jack Elam
Adrienne Barbeau
Terry Bradshaw
Jackie Chan
Bert Convy
Jamie Farr
Peter Fonda

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There's also a nice pair....of lady racers. They're about the best part of the movie. The rest of the movie was as silly as an old Abbot and Costello flick. I did like Farrah Fawcett in this and she almost makes this worth watching.

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But not quite.

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[Movie Max]

The Cannonball Run (1981)

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Brutal. :facepalm:

[Citizen Rules]

Have you seen it Max? If you have, also check out Gumball Rally, I loved that one!

[gbgoodies]

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The Cannonball Run (1981)
Director: Hal Needham
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett
Genre: Comedy

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First Airplane!, and now this?! Are you sure that you like comedies? :facepalm:

[Movie Max]

Have you seen it Max? If you have, also check out Gumball Rally, I loved that one!

Yes, many many times. I would stop everything I was doing, just to watch it, whenever it was on the tele. I love the characters, the cleavage, the cars, the Burt and all the charm that he brings. I would probably rate it 3.5/5.

[Citizen Rules]

Yes, many many times. I would stop everything I was doing, just to watch it, whenever it was on the tele. I love the characters, the cleavage, the cars, the Burt and all the charm that he brings. I would probably rate it 3.5/5.OK we agree on one thing:p

[edarsenal]

some intriguing flicks, CR. Especially some of the silent ones. Some of which seem very worthwhile, so thanks for the reviews!

And yes, Gumball is the FAR BETTER racing film and Raul DID steal the show. Loved it when he removes the rear view mirror and explains: "What is behind us is of no importance."
But, I do enjoy the utter silliness of Cannonball. Watching Martin and Davis as drunk/swearing/women chasing fake priests always made me chuckle. Of course it has been a couple of decades so I may have to do a rewatch and see how I feel about it.

I'm very curious to see what you have to say about Smokey & the Bandit

[Citizen Rules]

some intriguing flicks, CR. Especially some of the silent ones. Some of which seem very worthwhile, so thanks for the reviews! Some of those silent films are the best films I've seen, period. I know a lot of people don't care for silents, but I find them intriguing. They take more participation and thought from the viewer, and so are more like reading a book than a sound movie is.

But, I do enjoy the utter silliness of Cannonball. Watching Martin and Davis as drunk/swearing/women chasing fake priests always made me chuckle. Of course it has been a couple of decades so I may have to do a rewatch and see how I feel about it.

I'm very curious to see what you have to say about Smokey & the BanditI did like Deano Martin and Sammy Davis Jr in Cannonball. They had great chemistry together and had the best lines too. And Roger Moore as well, I don't know if I mentioned that in my review but Roger Moore as a man who thought he was Roger Moore was pretty funny.

I think I have cold feet now about Smoky and the Bandit, so I don't think I'll watch that one.

[mark f]

This (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074279/?ref_=nv_sr_4) came out three weeks before The Gumball Rally.

[edarsenal]

wow, NEVER heard of that one, Mark

and sorry about the chilled appendages for Smokey and the Bandit, CR, but I totally understand. If it don't feel right - don't do it.

I had forgotten about Roger Moore THINKING he was Roger Moore lol

I've never thought about silent movies being closer to book reading - interesting. My silent movies are very limited unfortunately, but like skizzer, I have seen a restored Nosferatu in a theater with a three piece band which really made a difference.

[Citizen Rules]

This (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074279/?ref_=nv_sr_4) came out three weeks before The Gumball Rally. Thanks Mark for the link. I never heard of that one, but I'm very interested in watching it as it has David Carridine. Who was great in both Kung Fu (TV) and Death Race 2000. I wonder why they changed the name from Cannonball to Carquake!


wow, NEVER heard of that one, Mark

and sorry about the chilled appendages for Smokey and the Bandit, CR, but I totally understand. If it don't feel right - don't do it.

I had forgotten about Roger Moore THINKING he was Roger Moore lol

I've never thought about silent movies being closer to book reading - interesting. My silent movies are very limited unfortunately, but like skizzer, I have seen a restored Nosferatu in a theater with a three piece band which really made a difference.Very cool that you got to see Nosferatu on the big screen. I've never had the chance to see any classic on the big screen. One of these days I will.:)

[edarsenal]

yeah, it was through the Detroit Institute of Art. They have a movie theater and will, on occasion, have some really incredible things. They once did a noir month that included the original content (which nowadays is considered a Director's Cut, I guess) of The Big Sleep and I remember seeing Branagh's rendition of Henry V when it first came out through them as well.

[Citizen Rules]

Did you see any of the noirs at the Detroit Institute of Art?...All this talk has now really made me want to find a classic movie playing at the theater, and go watch it! It's been almost 15 years since I went to the movie theater too. We do have a big theater that will play classics occasionally and on an actual Cinerama giant curved screen. But sadly I haven't gotten around to seeing any:( I got to work on that.

[cricket]

I think you'll like Smokey and the Bandit much more. I haven't seen Cannonball Run in many years, but Bandit is still very cool.

[edarsenal]

it was about a decade ago but I remember The Big Sleep and Double Indemnity and, I'm not sure, but possibly Kiss of Death and the final one was a Fritz Lang movie whose name escapes me.

But yeah, if you have an old time movie house, it REALLY is the way to see old time movies. There's one on the west side where I live that has the old pipe organ that they play before movies and during intermission right in front of the movie screen.

This is it

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[Citizen Rules]

I think you'll like Smokey and the Bandit much more. I haven't seen Cannonball Run in many years, but Bandit is still very cool. OK, I'll trust you on that and give it a watch. I'm almost positive I seen Smokey and the Bandit at the theater...but it has been like a million year since then!

First Airplane!, and now this?! Are you sure that you like comedies? :facepalm:Sorry GBG, I wasn't ignoring you, I missed your post as it was the last post on the other page....What can I say? I loved The Blues Brothers, Vacation (the original) and most all John Candy and John Hughes films. :p

[Citizen Rules]

Very cool Ed! that would be so neat to hear live during a silent film. I don't know if we have any of those around anymore?

We do have a theater that does show at times, classics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Cinerama


Your post has inspired me to keep an eye on our theaters schedule and I really hope to watch a classic on the big screen.

[NextScorsese]

You haven's seen Airplane!?

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[mark f]

To tell you the truth, I've never seen Cannonball ever called anything but Cannonball, but it may be called Carquake! in the U.K.

[edarsenal]

Very cool Ed! that would be so neat to hear live during a silent film. I don't know if we have any of those around anymore?

We do have a theater that does show at times, classics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Cinerama


Your post has inspired me to keep an eye on our theaters schedule and I really hope to watch a classic on the big screen.

VERY cool theater!
Hope you find a few to watch. I need to do the same myself, been a year or two since I've done that as well.

[Movie Max]

You haven's seen Airplane!?

http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1554793#post1554793

[NextScorsese]

http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1554793#post1554793

Oh, guess it was an older post.

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[Gideon58]

I just looked up Hooper:

Hollywood aging stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky and under-recognized line of work. Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field

Yeah that sounds like a fun one. Thanks and I will review it when I get a chance to watch it. I have to start watching some 11th HoF films:p

I love Hooper, Citizen...it made my favorite guilty pleasures list.

[gbgoodies]

Another comedy movie that you might want to try that's the same type of crazy comedy as Smokey and the Bandit, Hooper, The Cannonball Run, etc. is Hot Stuff (1979) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079308/reference). It stars Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, and Jerry Reed as cops who fence stolen goods to try to catch the crooks. It's kind of like a Burt Reynolds movie, but without Burt Reynolds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Dsf6pR_bE

[Gideon58]

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Director: Gregory La Cava
Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady
Genre: Screwball comedy romance




I love this photo! Is from the actual credits?

[Citizen Rules]

I love this photo! Is from the actual credits?
Isn't that just the coolest! I love that photo too...Yes! that's from the credits and there's more too besides just that one shot. It's one of the most impressive opening credits I've seen.

[Citizen Rules]

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Crack in the World (1965)

Director: Andrew Marton
Cast: Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore
Genre: Sci Fi
Length: 96 minutes

An international team of scientist in Tanganyika, Africa are working on penetrating the Earth's crust for Project Inner Space. A project designed to bore through the Earth's mantle so geothermal energy can be tapped. One of the scientist is secretly dying, (Dana Andrews). He wants to see his ideas come to fruition while he still has time. So he decides to use an atomic missile to burn through the dense layer of material that sets above the Earth's crust. With hopes of reaching the magma below. Despite warnings from other scientist that the lower layers of the planet have been weakened by years of underground Atomic testing, and a nuclear device detonated in the Earth could potential destroy the world. They go forward with his plans... n what will become the worlds most dangerous scientific experiment.

Crack in the World is a fun, action sci fi flick from 1965. The scientist do the unthinkable and shot a nuclear missile into the Earth's core and whoops, they crack the Earth in two!
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The special effects for this are pretty darn good and for it's age this film still holds up very well. Despite it's highly speculative nature, the film makes sense when you watch it and the science behind the expirement is based on fact and that makes this much better than one would think...and is exciting and well done too.

While these dangerous events are happening the elderly scientist much younger wife falls for her old boyfriend. The romance part is played out well and never gets in the way of the excitement.

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Dana Andrews is the aging scientist Dr. Sorenson. His younger wife Maggie (Janette Scott) begins to have feelings for her old boyfriend.


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[gbgoodies]

I watched Crack in the World a while back, and I thought it was a fun movie, but kind of predictable. I think you liked it a little more than I did, but not by much.

Here's a link to my review of the movie:

http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=1240815#post1240815

[Citizen Rules]

I read your review just now and can agree with it all (and nicely written too) but I personally wouldn't call this one cheesy. It works really hard and getting the science behind events down correctly.

[gbgoodies]

I read your review just now and can agree with it all (and nicely written too) but I personally wouldn't call this one cheesy. It works really hard and getting the science behind events down correctly.


It's been a while since I saw it, so I don't remember why I called it cheesy, but I'm sure I had a reason for it at the time. :)

[Citizen Rules]

Are you going to be watching Sci Fi films for the upcoming Top 100 Sci Fi countdown? Assuming it is next.

[gbgoodies]

Are you going to be watching Sci Fi films for the upcoming Top 100 Sci Fi countdown? Assuming it is next.


Probably. At a minimum, there are a bunch of sci-fi movies that I haven't seen recently that I'll have to rewatch to figure out if they should make my list, and if so, where.

I just hope that it doesn't become a sci-fi/horror countdown. That would take all the fun out of the countdown for me. :(

[Citizen Rules]

Well, I guess just watch what you like and use that as your basis for your list. That's what I'm going to do. I hope to discover from other MoFos a lot of neat Sci Fis that I've never seen. :)

[gbgoodies]

Well, I guess just watch what you like and use that as your basis for your list. That's what I'm going to do. I hope to discover from other MoFos a lot of neat Sci Fis that I've never seen. :)


If you haven't seen these, try Source Code (2011) with Jake Gyllenhaal, and Real Steel (2011) with Hugh Jackman. These are two of my favorite recent sci-fi movies.

[Citizen Rules]

No, I haven't seen either of those. I'll probably watch more sci fi in the near future.:)

[edarsenal]

a top 100 Sci-fi would be a lot of fun and like gb mine would mainly be sci-fi sans horror, I think.

Very good write up of Crack in the World; haven't ever seen and I've always enjoyed Dana Andrews

[Citizen Rules]

Did you see the thread about the next official MoFo Top 100 countdown? It was sometime ago and had a poll where people voted for what type of countdown they wanted next. Last I heard Sci Fi was in the lead, but I haven't heard anymore about it.

I love sci fi, especially older sci-fi and would be excited to have an excuse to watch a whole bunch of neat sci fi films. I hadn't heard of Crack in the World either and thought it was going to be one of those low budget, dumb-but-fun films...but no! it had a lot of hard science in it and was a fast paced action sci fi film. It surprised me it was that good.

[edarsenal]

I think I remember seeing that poll and most likely voted for sci-fi and I agree, wandering through some sci-fi from various decades WOULD be fun and from your description, Crack in the World would definitely be one of them.

[Citizen Rules]

I should go look for that old thread once the 50s countdown is over.

[Citizen Rules]

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Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)

Director: Paul Newman
Cast: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel
Genre: Drama, Action

About: A multi-generational family of Oregon loggers who operate an independent logging outfit. The Stamper family comes into conflict with the town's folk, when the local union calls for a logging strike. The Stampers who are independents refuse to stop logging.

Review: Sometimes a Great Notion is based on the novel by Ken Kesey. I wonder if the movie's title which isn't exactly catchy, has kept this movie from being better known. The films strengths are it's cast who play very colorful characters.

Henry Fonda is the patriarch of the family. He's an old crusty man, tough as nails, whos motto is 'never give an inch!' Just so that his family never forgets that, he has the motto carved into a slice of tree trunk and displayed in his living room. Fonda might have been older here but he owns the role and as always, gives it his all.

Paul Newman only directed six movies and this is his second one. Newman is Hank Stamper, the hard working, hard playing, take crap from no one logger...and one of two sons. Newman pairs well with Fonda and I swear they could be father and son, SOBs!

Michael Sarrazin is the younger, half brother just arrived to the family home after a 11 year absences. Sarrazin is pretty good at portraying the laid back, free spirited mellow type...who's juxtaposed to his father and brother's hard nosed ways. I wish Lee Remick had a bigger role in this, she looks good, just not much of her.

The other strength of the film is the beautiful on location filming in the Pacific Northwest. The film has two really tense, action scenes during logging operations. They show the entire operation: form the high climber who climbs the 100 foot trees to take de-limb it, to the guys who cut down the big trees. Damn it looks dangerous! and the scenes were exciting to watch.

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[Citizen Rules]

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A Hologram for the King (2016)


Director: Tom Tykwer
Writers: Dave Eggers (novel), Tom Tykwer (screenplay)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury
Genre: Drama, Comedy

A down on his luck American sales rep (Tom Hanks) travels to Saudi Arabia to meet the King, in hopes of closing a lucrative deal for his company. In doing so he hopes to fix his own mid life crisis and salvage his financial woes, and his failing relationships.

I really liked this one! The film starts off with Tom Hanks in a surreal dream based on The Talking Heads song, Once in a Lifetime..which explains the backstory of Alan (Tom Hanks) and how he came to be on a airplane bound for Saudi Arabia.

This is an introspective look at a man's midlife crisis and how a stranger in a strange land, can still find himself. Oh sure there's a few light comic moments here and there, but mostly this is an easy paced drama. The type that makes you smile more than laugh out loud. Mostly this is a smart drama, that's about nothing much other than the unexpected delays that go to make up a life and that's a lot!

The film was brilliantly done as Alan never knows what's going on as he's kept waiting to meet the monarch...and is given the run around. We the audience, never knows which direction this film is going, which makes us feel much like Alan and helps to put us in Tom Hanks shoes as he tries to navigate an unfamiliar culture.

I wish more movies were made like this, simple yet effective.

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[Gideon58]

If you haven't seen these, try Source Code (2011) with Jake Gyllenhaal, and Real Steel (2011) with Hugh Jackman. These are two of my favorite recent sci-fi movies.

Big second to Source Code...Gyllenhaal is AWESOME!!

[Gideon58]

I just looked up Hooper:

Hollywood aging stuntman Sonny Hooper wants to prove that he's still got what it takes to be a great professional in this risky and under-recognized line of work. Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field

Yeah that sounds like a fun one. Thanks and I will review it when I get a chance to watch it. I have to start watching some 11th HoF films:p

There's a review of Hooper somewhere in the early pages of my review thread, Citizen.

[Gideon58]

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The Lucky Ones (2008)


[FONT=Arial Narrow]Director: Neil Burger
Writers: Neil Burger, Dirk Wittenborn
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña
Genre: Drama Comedy


This looks really good...adding it to my watchlist.

[Gideon58]

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Canadian Bacon (Michael Moore 1995)

Director: Michael Moore
Writer: Michael Moore
Cast: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Kevin Pollack, Rip Torn
Genre: Satire Comedy



You seem to be quite the John Candy fan, Citizen. I'm just now noticing this or am I imagining this.

[Citizen Rules]

The Lucky Ones...This looks really good...adding it to my watchlist. I'm pretty positive you will at least like it and might very well love it. I thought it was an intelligent drama comedy.

You seem to be quite the John Candy fan, Citizen. I'm just now noticing this or am I imagining this. :p Nope you're not imaging it, John Candy is my favorite comic actor from the last 40 years. There's no one else quite like him. I'm watching every single film that he had a significant role in and I've seen and reviewed a lot of them.

I will be watching these John Candy films in the next month or two:

Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Brewster's Millions (1985)
Wagons East (1994)
Once Upon a Crime (1992)
Tunnel Vision (1976)
Really Weird Tales (1987)

[Gideon58]

I'm pretty positive you will at least like it and might very well love it. I thought it was an intelligent drama comedy.

:p Nope you're not imaging it, John Candy is my favorite comic actor from the last 40 years. There's no one else quite like him. I'm watching every single film that he had a significant role in and I've seen and reviewed a lot of them.

I will be watching these John Candy films in the next month or two:

Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Brewster's Millions (1985)
Wagons East (1994)
Once Upon a Crime (1992)
Tunnel Vision (1976)
Really Weird Tales (1987)


Liked Brewster's Millions, you know that's a remake, right? Never heard of Tunnel Vision or Really Weird Tales.

[Citizen Rules]

I didn't know Brewster's Millions was a remake until I went looking for the movie and found two versions of it. I'll have to watch the original too. I never heard of Tunnel Vision or Really Weird Tales, but I think Really Weird Tales was picked up and redone as a TV series in the 80s or 90s.

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Prefontaine (1997)

Director: Steve James
Writers: Steve James, Eugene Corr
Cast: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill
Genre: Biography Sports Drama

1997's Prefontaine is a potent bio-pic movie about the all too short life of an Olympic hopeful runner from Oregon, Steve Prefontaine. Director/writer Steve James captures the all out drive that makes Steve go. Prefontaine was a student who loved sports but was too small to succeed at baseball and football. When Steve tries running, his all out style of competition begins to set him apart from the other high school athletes.

Director/writer Steve James nicely weaves the story of an athlete who from an early age dreamed of going to the Olympics. Told in semi-documentary style the film is effective at getting the viewer engaged into Steve's story. I found the movie gripping and compelling...and I'm not really into sports movies, but his one was just that good.

Jared Leto is Steve James, according to what I read, when the real life sister meet Jared during the filming of the movie she burst into tears, as Jared reminded her so much of her brother. Jared does an awesome job of portraying the mind set of a cocky, determined athlete who has to deal with the terrorist attack at the Munich Olympic games, among other set backs.

R. Lee Ermey is his tough coach, Bill Bowerman. Ermey owns his role and is a big part of why this movie is so engaging. As an interesting side note, in the movie we see the coach making shoes for Steve Prefontaine by using a waffle iron. Latter we found out that the coach was a co founder of Nike shoes.

A fascinating personal tale of an athletes meteoric rise to fame.

rating_4_5
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[Captain Steel]

Prefontaine - pretty good for a prequel, but I liked the original "Fontaine" better.

(Waiting for the upcoming sequel Postfontaine!) :p

[Citizen Rules]

Ha!:D

Have you seen it? There is another film about Steve Prefontaine, Without Limits (1998). I guess I will be watching that one too.

[gbgoodies]

I thought I saw Prefontaine, but that movie doesn't sound familiar. The movie that I saw was about a one-legged runner, and I think it was on HBO about 30 years ago. (I just looked it up, and the movie that I saw was about Terry Fox.)

[Citizen Rules]

Is Hubby a fan of sports movies? If so give him Prefontaine to watch. I really liked it.

[gbgoodies]

Is Hubby a fan of sports movies? If so give him Prefontaine to watch. I really liked it.


No, he isn't even a fan of sports. He only watches the NY Mets games because I do. :shrug:

[Citizen Rules]

Yea, I'm not a sports fan either, so I can relate. I've never seen a baseball game on TV before and I've only seen one football game on TV when I was in Jr high.

[gbgoodies]

Yea, I'm not a sports fan either, so I can relate. I've never seen a baseball game on TV before and I've only seen one football game on TV when I was in Jr high.


I only watch baseball. Years ago, I was almost on a jury for a kid who was suing his school when he got hurt in a football game, but I told them that I thought football was barbaric, and he deserved to get hurt. For some reason, they didn't want me on the jury after that. :shrug:

[Citizen Rules]

I only watch baseball. Years ago, I was almost on a jury for a kid who was suing his school when he got hurt in a football game, but I told them that I thought football was barbaric, and he deserved to get hurt. For some reason, they didn't want me on the jury after that. :shrug:Ha!:) Yup I guess that would get you off of jury duty pretty fast.

[Captain Steel]

Ha!:D

Have you seen it? There is another film about Steve Prefontaine, Without Limits (1998). I guess I will be watching that one too.

I haven't seen it. I'm surprised Jared Leto is in it... I didn't think he was around in 1997 (that's 20 years ago). I thought he was a much younger actor.
I'm behind the times, but I have to tell you, I never heard of him before all the hoopla about him playing the Joker in the Suicide Squad movie.

[gbgoodies]

I haven't seen it. I'm surprised Jared Leto is in it... I didn't think he was around in 1997 (that's 20 years ago). I thought he was a much younger actor.
I'm behind the times, but I have to tell you, I never heard of him before all the hoopla about him playing the Joker in the Suicide Squad movie.


That was one of the reasons I realized that I was thinking of the wrong movie. I knew that Jared Leto wasn't in the movie that I thought this was.

If you haven't seen him anything else, I would recommend watching him in Chapter 27 (2007). He plays Mark David Chapman, the guy who killed John Lennon. The movie is only okay, but Leto is excellent as Chapman.

[Movie Max]

Ha!:D

Have you seen it? There is another film about Steve Prefontaine, Without Limits (1998). I guess I will be watching that one too.

I liked Without Limits. Haven't seen Prefontaine. Maybe one is enough?:D

[Gideon58]

I liked Without Limits. Haven't seen Prefontaine. Maybe one is enough?:D

I liked Prefontaine.

[Gideon58]

Yea, I'm not a sports fan either, so I can relate. I've never seen a baseball game on TV before and I've only seen one football game on TV when I was in Jr high.


I can relate, Citizen...never been into sports, or watching sports on TV, but for some reason, I love movies about sports.

[Citizen Rules]

I liked Without Limits. Haven't seen Prefontaine. Maybe one is enough?:D Glad to here someone liked Without Limits, I will be watching that one, fairly soon.

I can relate, Citizen...never been into sports, or watching sports on TV, but for some reason, I love movies about sports.I use to play baseball and soccer with my friends when we were kids, but I never liked watching spectator sports. I love the Olympics, thought sadly without any TV service I haven't seen them in a while. I'm hit or miss with sports movies, if they are good, then they work for me!

[Citizen Rules]

...If you haven't seen him anything else, I would recommend watching him in Chapter 27 (2007). He plays Mark David Chapman, the guy who killed John Lennon. The movie is only okay, but Leto is excellent as Chapman.No thanks. I wouldn't give Chapman, or a movie about him two seconds of my time.

[Gooch]

Careful with Steve Prefontaine - related stuff. People get weirdly attached to the guy and his story. You'll start referencing him constantly and talking about "who has the most guts". You might even start running. Guys who talk about "Pre" are like the Rush fans of the running culture.

[Citizen Rules]

Careful with Steve Prefontaine - related stuff. People get weirdly attached to the guy and his story. You'll start referencing him constantly and talking about "who has the most guts". You might even start running. Guys who talk about "Pre" are like the Rush fans of the running culture. Interesting, I didn't know people still remembered him. I have to admit I had no idea who he was when I watched the movie. I only picked the movie up because it had R. Lee Emery in it.

[Gideon58]

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Elvis & Nixon (2016)

Director: Liza Johnson
Cast: Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer
Genre: Comedy History Drama



Oh man, Citizen, where do you find this stuff? You know I love stuff like this..definitely adding this to my watchlist.

[Citizen Rules]

Elvis & Nixon...Oh man, Citizen, where do you find this stuff? You know I love stuff like this..definitely adding this to my watchlist. I thought about you when I watched that movie, it seemed like something that you would like. I was going to mention it to you, but I'm glad you seen my review.

In a way it's like the movie Grace of Monaco, in that it says flat out at the beginning: it's fictionalized and not a bio pic. So the movie has fun with what little historical info we have about Elvis meeting Nikon, and then dramatizes it and fills in the blanks, for a cool movie.

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Bus Stop (1956)

Director: Joshua Logan
Writers: George Axelrod(screenplay), William Inge(stageplay)
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

About: A young cowboy (Don Murray) who has never left the Montana ranch, heads to the big city of Phoenix, Arizona to participate in a rodeo competition. During the long bus ride his older friend, (Arthur O'Connell) tells him he needs to find a girl. Only one problem he knows nothing about girls and thinks they can be roped and handled like cattle. He thinks that, until he meets a dance hall singer (Marilyn Monroe).

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Review: The main draw here is Marilyn Monroe.The movie has a decent story and funny moments...and is certainly a worthy movie to watch. But if it wasn't for Marilyn this would be a forgotten film. Miss Monroe had found fame some 6 years earlier in a small, but juicy role in The Asphalt Jungle (1950). Latter that year she earned critical acclaim in All About Eve (1950)...But after receiving some harsh reviews, Marilyn started to pay more attention to the method style of acting. In Bus Stop she pours her heart out, painfully so. At times it's almost heartbreaking to watch the fragile Marilyn on screen. It's her finest moment in dramatic acting, but off screen she payed an emotionally price for tapping into such deep recesses of her mind to drudge out the emotions needed.

Bus Stop, is celluioud proof that Marilyn Monroe was much more than just a pretty face.

rating_3_5

[gbgoodies]

Bus Stop just aired on TCM a day or two ago, and I DVRed it, so hopefully I'll find time to watch it in the next few days.

[Citizen Rules]

Bus Stop just aired on TCM a day or two ago, and I DVRed it, so hopefully I'll find time to watch it in the next few days. Oh cool, have you seen it before? I hadn't and so that was fun for me to watch for the first time. It was Don Murray's and a young Hope Lange's first movie appearance. I think you'd like it. Have you seen many of Marilyn's movies?

[gbgoodies]

Oh cool, have you seen it before? I hadn't and so that was fun for me to watch for the first time. It was Don Murray's and a young Hope Lange's first movie appearance. I think you'd like it. Have you seen many of Marilyn's movies?


No, I haven't seen it yet. I've only seen a couple of Marilyn's movies, so I'm catching up on them for the decade countdowns.

[Citizen Rules]

Really, you've only seen a couple of her movies? That's surprising, as she did mainly rom coms and musicals. Which one's did you see? You must have seen the one with Cary Grant Monkey Business.

[gbgoodies]

Really, you've only seen a couple of her movies? That's surprising, as she did mainly rom coms and musicals. Which one's did you see? You must have seen the one with Cary Grant Monkey Business.

Yes, of course I've seen Monkey Business. It stars Cary Grant. :)

Actually, looking at her IMDB page, I've seen more of her movies than I realized. I guess I just don't think of them as "Marilyn Monroe movies". :shrug:

These are the rest of her movies that I've seen:
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Some Like It Hot (1959)

And the unfinished version of Something's Got to Give (1962).

[Citizen Rules]

That's a good amount of her films that you've seen. I've seen all those, but only small clips of her unfinished movie, Something's Got to Give. Where did you see that one at? Dinner time, catch ya latter!

[gbgoodies]

That's a good amount of her films that you've seen. I've seen all those, but only small clips of her unfinished movie, Something's Got to Give. Where did you see that one at? Dinner time, catch ya latter!



It was on YouTube a while back. (It might still be there if you search for it.)

[edarsenal]

Bus Stop has always been one I've been curious to see and never have. Gonna have to now :)

[Gideon58]

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Bus Stop (1956)

Director: Joshua Logan
Writers: George Axelrod(screenplay), William Inge(stageplay)
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance


So thrilled to see your review of Bus Stop...I totally agree with you, Marilyn owns this movie and as I've often stated, I think she deserved an Oscar nomination for it, but most importantly, like you said, it proved that Marilyn could act.

[Gideon58]

Bus Stop just aired on TCM a day or two ago, and I DVRed it, so hopefully I'll find time to watch it in the next few days.

I'm pretty sure you're going to love Bus Stop, GBG.

[Gideon58]

No, I haven't seen it yet. I've only seen a couple of Marilyn's movies, so I'm catching up on them for the decade countdowns.


You mentioned Don Murray and Hope Lange, I don't know if you're aware of this, but they fell in love during the filming of Bus Stop and later married.

[Citizen Rules]

You mentioned Don Murray and Hope Lange, I don't know if you're aware of this, but they fell in love during the filming of Bus Stop and later married.Interesting:) but no I didn't know that. Speaking of Bus Stop, did you see how they did Marilyn's face and body make up? They made her very, very pale. She was almost ghostly looking.

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Jericho (2000)

Director: Merlin Miller
Cast: Mark Valley, Leon Coffee, R. Lee Ermey
Genre: Indie, Western

On the eve that a high dollar bank payroll is coming into town a mysterious sheriff (Mark Valley) arrives to take charge of the payroll...Three strangers also arrive with robbery on their mind. When the robbery happens one man is killed and the other three escape on the train, only one of the three is presumed dead and is dumped from the moving train. When a ex slave turned preacher (Leon Coffee) finds the man, he nurses him back to health and takes him under his wing. Slowly facts arise that lead to the mysterious man being a gun slinger and outlaw.

Jericho, was made on a small budget but don't let that fool you into thinking the film isn't worth the time to watch. It is. Filmed on location in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, the film looks good. The old west looks old and the towns look like old western towns. The two leads who are virtually unknown both turn in a good performance. I especially like the simply, let twisting story that hearkens back to westerns made in the 1940s. And I liked Leon Coffee who was very personable and natural on screen. Jericho is his only second acting credit, he was working as a professional rodeo clown, but I thought he made the film very likeable.

rating_3

[Citizen Rules]

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Sunrise (F.W. Murnau 1927)


Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (original title)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Cast: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston
Genre: Drama Romance
Silent Film



There's a lot to love and admire in Sunrise, and one thing that I couldn't get passed. I was totally impressed with the visual look of the film....Could this be the first arthouse film? Certainly parts of the film are telling the story with creative visuals that seemed way ahead of their time. The multi layering of scenes with multi film exposure and rear projection, gives this movie a richness and dream like look that matches the fable style story telling, to a tee. It really is art as film. And I love that.

One of the most beautiful techniques in the film is a flowing scene transition, where the man and woman are walking away from us and the background morphs into a different set. Those transition scenes felt magically. I really enjoyed the middle of the film where they go to the big city. The dancing scene was great and the little side touch about the woman who's dress straps keep falling down was clever.

The end scene was heart wrenching and those large waves when the man and woman were in the little boat were very dramatic! The opening scene which plays out like a dark German expressionistic film was tense and powerful! I bet Hitchcock loved this film.

But I can't get passed the fact that the man had planned out a murder of his wife and just about killed her on the boat...then awhile latter they're happy as clams. The emotional impact of what the man was, and what he wanted to do to his wife, made his character evil in my eyes, so that I couldn't fall in love, as the couple fell in love. Visually the film is magic, but in my eyes the man could not be redeemed so that I couldn't buy into anything else that happened.


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I very impressed with how they aligned this double exposure and the scene went on for awhile and was very effective.


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I just loved shots like this which are rear projection with rear shot being a composite.

I would give this a solid 5/5 for cinematography. Indeed this won the Academy Award for Best Picture in the category of Artistic Quality of Production.

rating_3_5

[Citizen Rules]

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Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Sean Harris
Genre: Drama, Romantic, Action, Period Piece

About: In the early 1930's during the Great Depression, a North Carolina lumberman ,George Pemberton (Bradley Cooper) has a booming business thanks to his ambitions as a lumber baron. His luck changes when he meets and marries a strong willed, beauty Serena Shaw (Jennifer Lawrenece), who brings to the marriage a troubled past. Soon Serena comes to the timber land and begins dominating everyone one around her, from the employees to George himself. When Serena suffers a miscarriage and then learns that George has an intelligent son with a poor woman...Serena becomes unhinged.

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Wow, this movie blew! If your a fanboy of Jennifer Lawrence you might like it as she's in most every scene and all dolled up with a streak of nasty too. She's not bad in the role either it's just that the story is lame. No wonder this has a low IMDB rating of 5.4. If you don't have a Jennifer Lawrence crush don't bother with it. The only good thing I can say about is it's only 109 minutes long, but those 109 minutes crawl.

My rating rating_2

[gbgoodies]

I'm pretty sure you're going to love Bus Stop, GBG.

I liked Bus Stop, but I didn't love it. I think part of the problem for me was that Don Murray's character was so unlikable that I didn't want Marilyn to end up with him at the end of the movie. Most rom-coms are predictable, but it usually works because we want to see the characters end up together. It just didn't work for me because he didn't deserve her.


You mentioned Don Murray and Hope Lange, I don't know if you're aware of this, but they fell in love during the filming of Bus Stop and later married.

Yes, I did know that, but only because I watched the movie on Turner Classic Movies, and Ben Mankiewicz mentioned it in his comments after the movie.

[gbgoodies]

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Jericho (2000)

Director: Merlin Miller
Cast: Mark Valley, Leon Coffee, R. Lee Ermey
Genre: Indie, Western

On the eve that a high dollar bank payroll is coming into town a mysterious sheriff (Mark Valley) arrives to take charge of the payroll...Three strangers also arrive with robbery on their mind. When the robbery happens one man is killed and the other three escape on the train, only one of the three is presumed dead and is dumped from the moving train. When a ex slave turned preacher (Leon Coffee) finds the man, he nurses him back to health and takes him under his wing. Slowly facts arise that lead to the mysterious man being a gun slinger and outlaw.

Jericho, was made on a small budget but don't let that fool you into thinking the film isn't worth the time to watch. It is. Filmed on location in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, the film looks good. The old west looks old and the towns look like old western towns. The two leads who are virtually unknown both turn in a good performance. I especially like the simply, let twisting story that hearkens back to westerns made in the 1940s. And I liked Leon Coffee who was very personable and natural on screen. Jericho is his only second acting credit, he was working as a professional rodeo clown, but I thought he made the film very likeable.

rating_3


I haven't seen anything with Mark Valley yet where I didn't find him annoying. There's just something very unlikable about him no matter how likable the character is supposed to be. :shrug:

[Gideon58]

I liked Bus Stop, but I didn't love it. I think part of the problem for me was that Don Murray's character was so unlikable that I didn't want Marilyn to end up with him at the end of the movie. Most rom-coms are predictable, but it usually works because we want to see the characters end up together. It just didn't work for me because he didn't deserve her.


I understand your feelings regarding Don Murray's character...the first time I watched the film, I remember actually being disappointed that Cherie actually fell for Bo because it sort of sent the message that Bo was totally entitled to anything he wanted...he wanted Cherie, snap, he got her...I think a much more interesting story could have been told if Cherie had walked away and that Bo learned that he can't have anything he wants just because he wants it.

[Gideon58]

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Love this shot of Lupino behind the camera...awesome.

[Gideon58]

The Big Country [/SIZE](William Wyler,1958)



This is the first review I've read of this film and I've never seen it either, but it begs a question. This film was released the same year as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Burl Ives won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this film rather than Cat, assuming that you've seen Cat, was he really better in this than he was in Cat?

[Citizen Rules]

This is the first review I've read of this film and I've never seen it either, but it begs a question. This film was released the same year as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Burl Ives won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this film rather than Cat, assuming that you've seen Cat, was he really better in this than he was in Cat? I've seen Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (great film). But I much prefer his performance in The Big Country as it's much more meatier and in depth. I think you'd like The Big Country, it's not a shoot-em-up western, it's very heavy on drama and character development. If you like Gregory Peck and Burl Ives you should give it a watch.

[The Gunslinger45]

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Thank awkward moment when you notice that the private in this photo eventually becomes the best damn bartender at the Overlook Hotel.

Hi Lloyd!

[Gideon58]

I've seen Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (great film). But I much prefer his performance in The Big Country as it's much more meatier and in depth. I think you'd like The Big Country, it's not a shoot-em-up western, it's very heavy on drama and character development. If you like Gregory Peck and Burl Ives you should give it a watch.

Thanks Citizen, you're the first person I know who has seen The Big Country and I 've always been curious about him winning the Oscar for that instead of Cat. I will be adding The Big Country to my watchlist...besides, it has Jean Simmons and I LOVE her.

[Citizen Rules]

...besides, it has Jean Simmons and I LOVE her. I like her too...and she has a very prominent role in the movie. BTW it is one of my Top 10 Favorites under my profile.

[Gideon58]

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Serena (2014)

Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Sean Harris
Genre: Drama, Romantic, Action, Period Piece

My rating rating_2

Loved your review, Citizen...don\'t hold back, how did you really feel about the movie? I had this one on my watchlist, but I'm re-thinking that now.

[Citizen Rules]

You should watch it Gideon:p If for no other reason to see if I was accurate in my review or not. It's based on a novel (that I didn't read). I gather from other reviews that the novel is very soap opera-ish. So the movie is kind of like that too. Anyway if you review it I would be interested in your thoughts on it.

[Gideon58]

I'm generally not a fan of Tim Robbins because I find him unlikable in most of his movies, but I kind of liked him in this movie. I also liked the other two main characters, which made it easy for this movie to draw me into the story and care about the characters.

I also liked the ending because they didn't just take the easy way out with the predictable happy ending of two of the main characters ending up together.

I was shocked at what you said about Tim Robbins...I think he has one of the most likable screen personas out there, but I think he is often cast AGAINST that persona and that might be why he comes off as unlikable.

[Gideon58]

You should watch it Gideon:p If for no other reason to see if I was accurate in my review or not. It's based on a novel (that I didn't read). I gather from other reviews that the novel is very soap opera-ish. So the movie is kind of like that too. Anyway if you review it I would be interested in your thoughts on it.

I didn't lift that quote from the post correctly, Citzen...it was actually something GBG said about The Lucky Ones...sorry if I confused you.

[Citizen Rules]

I see. I did love The Lucky Ones....I hope to do a couple more reviews of movies I've watched lately.

[Citizen Rules]

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Platoon (Oliver Stone 1986)

Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: Oliver Stone
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe
Genre: War, Action, Drama

Oliver Stone's opus to the Vietnam war, earned him two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director. As Vietnam war movies go, Platoon is considered by many to be one of the best made. The movie even inspired a successful TV show, Tour of Duty (1987-1990)

Platoon follows a young, idealistic man (Charlie Sheen) who believes it's his duty to enlist in the army infantry and fight in the Vietnam war, circa 1967. Within days of arriving in Nam he finds the war is not as clear cut as he had imaged...and he starts doubting everything he has believed in. His platoon is filled with men who have been pushed to the edge by the horrors of war, causing some of the men to become dangerous to those around them. As his tour of duty progresses he becomes more entangled in the meaning of right and wrong, and the young private (Charlie Sheen) finds himself at odds with the platoons blood thirsty sergeant (Tom Berenger).

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Platoon is gut wrenching, it's violent, it's written and directed by Oliver Stone who served in Vietnam. The film has had tons of praised heaped upon it, in large part thanks Oliver Stone's graphically poignant message. Stone compresses the Vietnam war experience into a two hour movie that tells the story of a young solider over the course of two weeks. In those two weeks the American soldiers commit just about every atrocity possible on the poor Vietnamese villagers. And these atrocities did happen, all wars have atrocities, committed by all sides...Much of the atrocities were committed by the North Viet Cong forces against their own people. This is eluded to in the film but never shown, and it should have been covered.

Platoon opens with a beautifully done sequence showing the freshly arrived, green as hell Charlie Sheen out on jungle patrol with some of his men. This scene really nailed what it would be like to be scared and confused as hell in the middle of a jungle, not even being able to see the enemy. That first scene plays out like a documentary and one could believe you were watching found footage from an actual jungle patrol. If the rest of the movie would have followed this philosophy, it would be the greatest of the Vietnam movies.

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The final all out battle, which shows the North Vietnamese attacking in mass, against a handful of U.S. army men dug into fox holes, was pretty spectacular...though the scene of the day after the battle, had bodies strewn every couple feet, and yet during the battle we only see a handful of Americans and VC fighting. Overall one of the best films about the Vietnam war.

4+

[Citizen Rules]

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The 33 (2015)

Director: Patricia Riggen
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche
Genre: Biography, Drama, History


About: Based on the actual 2010 Chilean mining disaster that caused a collapse of an 120 year old gold mine, trapping 33 miners, 2000 feet underground for 69 days, with little hope of survival.

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Review: This is real, it really happened. It might seem amazing that 33 men could be trapped over 2000 feet below the ground, covered by many tons of solid rock...and survive there for 69 days. But it's true. The movie is basically all about the disaster and the heroic efforts to rescue the men. We of course see the men in the cave as that's where much of the movie takes place. But we also see the rescue effort and the emotional toll that the accident takes on the family members who gather at the mine and stay there until their love ones are rescued.

I thought this was well done, nothing too fancy, as nothing fancy is needed. It was a nice touch that the movie had a short scene at the end that introduced the real miners to us. I know one thing, mining is dangerous!

rating_3

[Captain Steel]

Agree with the rating, Rules. An engaging movie, but could have been better in some respects considering the miraculousness of the story.

I would've liked a bit more focus on some details of survival in The 33.
For instance, the guy who was trying to filter some kind of liquid - what was it and where did it come from? Was it water from the rocks, condensation, urine? They glossed over some interesting stuff.

Feel free to read the Spoilers section...
http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1590905#post1554234

[Citizen Rules]

Agree with the rating, Rules. An engaging movie, but could have been better in some respects considering the miraculousness of the story.

I would've liked a bit more focus on some details of survival in The 33.
For instance, the guy who was trying to filter some kind of liquid - what was it and where did it come from? Was it water from the rocks, condensation, urine? They glossed over some interesting stuff.

Feel free to read the Spoilers section...
http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=1590905#post1554234 Yes I too wondered about the very brief water filter scene. They said that he made a filter but it would have been cool to see how he did it. Have you seen any other mine cave in movies. Ace In the Hole (1951) is probably the most famous.

Edit: I just read your post and spoiler. I think the movie took dramatic liberties in suggesting the men fought with each other and especially in the Bolivian thinking he was going to be eaten. I don't buy it.

[Captain Steel]

Yes I too wondered about the very brief water filter scene. They said that he made a filter but it would have been cool to see how he did it. Have you seen any other mine cave in movies. Ace In the Hole (1951) is probably the most famous.

Edit: I just read your post and spoiler. I think the movie took dramatic liberties in suggesting the men fought with each other and especially in the Bolivian thinking he was going to be eaten. I don't buy it.

Thinking of being eaten is a bit unrealistic, but it was said that the Bolivian felt like an outsider and took some guff from the Chileans on his first day.

I'm still wondering about the jewelry. If that was true, the only thing I can think is it was because they were doing the filming with the camera to communicate with their families and they wanted to look good? But really? Gold chains? None of them had them when they were shirtless and on the verge of dying, so they must have come from the surface - but did they actually request them?

"Yeah, send us down some water, lots of drinkable water, some food, maybe some beef jerky stuff like that, ya know; high protein, won't spoil... some fresh flash lights, some sneakers because our boots have holes in them, some toilet paper and uh... let's see... oh yeah... GOLD CHAINS! Send a whole bunch of GOLD CHAINS so the guys can look macho, you know? And like a whole bunch of them so each guy can have a whole bunch because a guy just doesn't feel like a guy without his gold chains and a whole honking lot of them around his neck!"

[cricket]

I love Platoon. I was 15 when it came out, and it was the only time I ever had to get someone older to buy me a ticket.

[Captain Steel]

I love Platoon. I was 15 when it came out, and it was the only time I ever had to get someone older to buy me a ticket.

I saw it with my girlfriend. There probably wasn't a whole lot of making-out afterward...
not for a couple hours anyway.

[cricket]

I saw it with a buddy of mine. No making out for us either.

[Citizen Rules]

I saw it with my girlfriend. There probably wasn't a whole lot of making-out afterward...
not for a couple hours anyway.Ha!

I just watched Full Metal Jacket and have the review ready to go. Earlier today I rewrote some of my review of Platoon. After seeing Full Metal Jacket I realized Platoon was pretty amazing.

[Captain Steel]

Ha!

I just watched Full Metal Jacket and have the review ready to go. Earlier today I rewrote some of my review of Platoon. After seeing Full Metal Jacket I realized Platoon was pretty amazing.

Was this a first time for you with FMJ, Rules? (I know you sometimes like to re-watch movies you saw a long time ago and write reviews for them.)

[cricket]

My daddy took me to see Full Metal Jacket, no making out there either. Maybe a little drinking:D

[Citizen Rules]

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Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Gustav Hasford(novel), Stanley Kubrick(screenplay)
Cast: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio
Genre: Action, War, Drama

Full Metal Jacket is literally two films in one. I was surprised when the opening scene at a Marine training camp in the U.S. went on for a long time. I expected that to be a typical prologue scene that sets up the characters before they go off to Vietnam. But no, the Marine boot camp scene was 45 minutes long and could stand on it's own as a fine short film. I thought the boot camp stuff was very well done and allowed the audience to see what it would be like to train as a Marine. And it's tough!

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Without a doubt in my mind the star of this film is R. Lee Ermey who plays the Drill Sergeant. Ermey was a real Marine and served in Vietnam...and this guy has the kahunas to make this role memorable!

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When we get to the end of the first act, there's an earth shattering climax, in the training camp bathroom...After that I felt like it was the emotional end of the film. But no, from there the boys go off to Nam and that's where the film breaks down for me. The production was troubled with big delays between shooting and the film production went on for a couple years. Maybe that's why all the scenes in Vietnam seem disjointed, like vignette stories that aren't stretched together. None of the scenes really lead into the next scene. They simply take place and then another unrelated scene starts. This lack of unified vision is odd for Kubrick.

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Even odder is the hooker scenes. First they encounter a prostitute on the street and in broken English she advertises her talents. OK it's kind of funny and it's a decent scene, but nothing much happens. Latter on we get a second prostitute scene, this time with her Vietnamese pimp. The same dialogue takes place as the first scene and once again nothing much happens as a result of the encounter. I expected the pimp or the hooker to pull out a weapon and kill a few Marines. But nothing.

The entire film was shot in England. The city battle scenes, while visually dramatic with all the bombed out buildings on fire, looks like something lifted from the battle of Britain WWII. I just didn't feel like a battle in Vietnam.

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I have to say Matthew Modine's smart alack character rubbed me the wrong way. I never felt like he was a solider, instead he seemed like a TV actor stuck in a movie who spent his time grinning at the camera.

The first part of the film is powerful, but the scenes in Vietnam are just so so.

rating_3

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[Citizen Rules]

Was this a first time for you with FMJ, Rules? (I know you sometimes like to re-watch movies you saw a long time ago and write reviews for them.)I've seen Platoon a couple times, but somehow I never got around to watching Full Metal Jacket, so that was the first time.

[Captain Steel]

Sounds like we had similar opinions, Rules. I love the first half and as I said, sometimes I've only watched the first half as a stand alone movie. (Hope I didn't post any spoilers in that regard in my past post).

Rumor has it that almost all of F. Lee Ermey's performance was improvised (especially the parts in the barracks) and he was basically repeating his own routine and that of his colleagues as a boot camp drill sergeant. For several scenes, not even the actors knew what was coming next and they just responded. This all added up to a very realistic and sincere looking experience.

[Captain Steel]

P.S. If Cricket and I ever get to watch either of these films together... afterward... me love him long time! ;)

[Citizen Rules]

Sounds like we had similar opinions, Rules. I love the first half and as I said, sometimes I've only watched the first half as a stand alone movie. (Hope I didn't post any spoilers in that regard in my past post).

Rumor has it that almost all of F. Lee Ermey's performance was improvised (especially the parts in the barracks) and he was basically repeating his own routine and that of his colleagues as a boot camp drill sergeant. For several scenes, not even the actors knew what was coming next and they just responded. This all added up to a very realistic and sincere looking experience.
You were fine with the spoilers:p no worries. What do you think about the second half in Vietnam?

I heard that too about Ermey. I guess he did a few other war films, that I will be checking out...along with John Candy and sci fi too.:p

[cricket]

That review makes me so horny baby ;)

[Captain Steel]

You were fine with the spoilers:p no worries. What do you think about the second half in Vietnam?

I heard that too about Ermey. I guess he did a few other war films, that I will be checking out...along with John Candy and sci fi too.:p

For years I didn't care for the second half. As you said there was nothing really endearing about Pvt. Joker to make us want to follow his story. (Well, at one point he seems compassionate for trying to help Pvt. Pyle, but then in the beating scene, Joker is the one who beats him hardest of all. So any feelings of connection to Joker as a compassionate person kind of go out the window at that point.)

In time, I watched the second half over again (also by itself) and grew to see it as it's own entity. Kind of like watching a sequel - where it starts where the first leaves off, but is a different film.

[Citizen Rules]

I bet you guys can guess what the next Nam movie I watch is?

[cricket]

The Deer Hunter?

[Captain Steel]

Hamburger Hill?
Or (what I discovered is the oft discussed one on this site...) The Thin Red Line?

Gosh, there's a bunch:
Casualties of War (one of my faves!)
We Were Soldiers (starring Mel)

[cricket]

Or maybe Apocalypse Now. Uncommon Valor is another good one.

[Citizen Rules]

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The Bad Sister (1931)


Director: Hobart Henley
Cast: Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Zasu Pits
Genre: Drama
Length: 68 minutes

A love triangle involving two sisters: Marianne (Sidney Fox) and Laura (Bette Davis). While the bad sister Marianne falls in love with a fast talking con man named Valentine (Humphrey Bogart) who's after the rich fathers money. The good sister loves Dr Lindley
(Conrad Nagel) who's also good but loves the bad sister....Will Laura end up with Lindley? Will the father get scammed?

I've seen many of Bette Davis films, this one is a lesser known movie and was her film debut. This is one of the few films she made at Universal before being released from her contract and finding success at Warner Brothers.

Surprise! Bette Davis is not the bad sister, she's the plain dutiful sister who falls in love with her older and pretty sisters boyfriend. She does a decent job of acting but was upset over her first performance. In the film she looks rather drab and spends her time moping about.

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At only 68 minutes long, this film breezes by and is a fun watch. It dates back to the beginning of the talkie films. Nice film, if you like oldies.

rating_3

[Captain Steel]

Now I know the Bad Sister from 1931 did not take place in 1960's - 70's Viet Nam! (...or did it? ...will she love me long time?)

[Citizen Rules]

Cool some recommendations :)The Deer Hunter? I seen it long ago, I'm unsure about that one, the Russian roulette scene is intense!

Hamburger Hill?
Or (what I discovered is the oft discussed one on this site...) The Thin Red Line?

Gosh, there's a bunch:
Casualties of War (one of my faves!)
We Were Soldiers (starring Mel) I tried to get Hamburger Hill but my library didn't have it, but I'll find it;) I thought The Thin Red Line was about WWII? I could be mistaken it's been a long time since I seen it. Casualties of War was a very powerful film! I might be too squeamish to watch that one, I know my wife isn't a fan of that film. But yeah awesome movie. I do want to see We Were Soldiers, I never have yet.

Or maybe Apocalypse Now. Uncommon Valor is another good one.Apocalypse Now bingo! Have either of you seen both the original cut and the Redox directors cut? Opinions?

[cricket]

I think I've only seen the original cut

[Citizen Rules]

That's what I'm thinking of watching, but the DVD I'm getting from my library has both versions. Maybe Captain knows?

This is just too funny I swear it could be a skit on SNL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hch3HL8gPTk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMsraH5KJTo)

[cricket]

You must be familiar with the song it inspired-

https://youtu.be/u6VTj7LhCtE

[Citizen Rules]

Ha! Yup, that song popped into my mind during the hooker scene, which made it even more funny:D

[Captain Steel]

Oops! You are correct, Rules. The Thin Red Line (1998) is WWII - my mistake. I should've known better since it's probably the most recent war film I've watched. It was strange when I discovered it because I thought it was "The Big Red One" which I saw a long time ago, but when I started watching it I realized I'd never seen nor heard of this movie from 1998. I thought it was great, btw. Different, but great.

We Were Soldiers is a very solid film. It's about the very first American troops to participate in the Viet Nam war.

I put Hamburger Hill just one notch below Platoon. It doesn't have the plot of Berenger vs. DaFoe, but it's got the excessive violence and great characters. But don't get too attached to any of them because... you know... it's war.

I'm not sure what to say about Apocalypse Now - it's a head trip! Definitely worth seeing. Impressive cast... and Lawrence Fishburne looks so young you may not recognize him.

[Citizen Rules]

Thanks Captain....I didn't know Lawrence Fishburne was in Apocalypses Now...Kind of funny, I just seen a young Larry Fishburne (that was the name he used) in Cherry 2000.

[Captain Steel]

Yeah, Fishburne was only 18 when Apocalypse Now (1979) was made and he looks like a teenager in it.
He's billed as "Larry" in Apocalypse Now credits also.

[gbgoodies]

Am I the only one who hates Laurence Fishburne? When he was on "CSI", I kept hoping they would kill his character off every week.

[Citizen Rules]

I never seen CSI, so can't say. He only had a little part in Cherry 2000. I did see a really young Johnny Depp in Platoon.

[gbgoodies]

I never seen CSI, so can't say. He only had a little part in Cherry 2000. I did see a really young Johnny Depp in Platoon.


It's not just "CSI". I hate Laurence Fishburne in everything that I've seen him in, including The Matrix movies, the TV series "Hannibal", and even just his voice as the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. There's just something about him that I can't stand, but I can't seem to figure out what it is.

[Captain Steel]

Don't forget guys that Larry Fishburne was "Cowboy Curtis" on the Pee Wee Herman show! (So, gbg, with that info do you hate him less... or much much more?) ;)

I think there was a scene in Platoon where it's Johnny Depp carrying a little Vietnamese child as they walk away from the burning village? One of the unforgettable visuals from that movie. For some reason I kept thinking Depp was Val Kilmer in that scene (but Kilmer's not even in the movie).

[gbgoodies]

Don't forget guys that Larry Fishburne was "Cowboy Curtis" on the Pee Wee Herman show! (So, gbg, with that info do you hate him less... or much much more?) ;)


Fortunately, I've never seen even one episode of the Pee Wee Herman show, and if my luck holds out, I never will. :)

[Captain Steel]

It's not just "CSI". I hate Laurence Fishburne in everything that I've seen him in, including The Matrix movies, the TV series "Hannibal", and even just his voice as the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. There's just something about him that I can't stand, but I can't seem to figure out what it is.

Gosh! I didn't even know he was in FF-2! I looked it up because I didn't remember seeing him in it and find he was the voice of the Silver Surfer... I did not know that! And I thought the Surfer was probably the most well done part of that movie.

GBG, have you scene Akeelah and the Bee (2006)? I just saw it recently.
You might like Fishburne in that - he's a "Mr. Miyagi" type character - a seemingly stern and detached teacher, but with a hidden pain and a heart of gold.

[gbgoodies]

Gosh! I didn't even know he was in FF-2! I looked it up because I didn't remember seeing him in it and find he was the voice of the Silver Surfer... I did not know that! And I thought the Surfer was probably the most well done part of that movie.

GBG, have you scene Akeelah and the Bee (2006)? I just saw it recently.
You might like Fishburne in that - he's a "Mr. Miyagi" type character - a seemingly stern and detached teacher, but with a hidden pain and a heart of gold.


No, I haven't seen Akeelah and the Bee, but I've heard that it's a good movie. It's one of those movies that I plan to watch if I see it listed in the TV Guide, but I'm not really going out of my way to find it.

[cricket]

Fishburne was actually only 14 when he was cast for Apocalypse Now. He lied about his age to get the role, telling him he was 16. He was 17 when the movie was completed.

[Vokzul]

I'll forever think of less of Fishburne for that. His character was the movie equivalent of nails on a chalkboard.

[Captain Steel]

Fishburne was actually only 14 when he was cast for Apocalypse Now. He lied about his age to get the role, telling him he was 16. He was 17 when the movie was completed.

Wow! No wonder he looked so young.

[Gideon58]

I don't care what anyone says, I loved him in Boyz in the Hood, Whats' Love Got to Do with It?, and he is currently killing it as Anthony Anderson's dad on the ABC sitcom Black-ish.

[Citizen Rules]

I liked him as Morpheus in The Matrix, I haven't seen him in much else.

BTW...I just hit 400 Movie Reviews on MoFo, yahoo!:)

http://www.movieforums.com/reviews/search/any/higher/any/Citizen%20Rules

[Gideon58]

I liked him as Morpheus in The Matrix, I haven't seen him in much else.

BTW...I just hit 400 Movie Reviews on MoFo, yahoo!:)


YEAH!! That's what I'm talking about Citizen...our time is coming...

[Citizen Rules]

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World War Z (2013)

Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos
Genre: Action, Sci Fi-Horror
Length:116 minutes
PG-13

An unknown pathogen is causing a world wide pandemic that's spreading like wild fire. Those who are effected, within seconds become murderous, mindless zombie like killers. Entire armies and even countries start to fall like dominions. Humanity itself is on the verge of being wiped out...A former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is pressed into service to investigate the deadly diseases before it's too late.

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Zombies are not my kind of movie!...But I liked it anyway!...The zombies are people infected with a rabies like virus that causes them to go berserk, biting humans, turning them into zekes. The movie works because it strikes a balance between horror, action and sci fi. Rated PG-13 World War Z is surprisingly not gratuitously graphic, it works by a sheer race against time and high intensity action, with a healthy dose of suspense that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Brad Pitt is excellent here, never over the top, playing it like a regular guy would do if faced with a city fall of zombies....I should say I liked the way the zombies moved and the sounds they made, it was like they were alive but no longer human, the effect was chilling.

World War Z: is fun, exciting, well done and it succeeds to do what it aims to do, thrill the audiences.

rating_3_5

[gbgoodies]

BTW...I just hit 400 Movie Reviews on MoFo, yahoo!:)

http://www.movieforums.com/reviews/search/any/higher/any/Citizen%20Rules


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[Citizen Rules]

Thanks GBG, I appreciate that! It cheers me up too:)

[Movie Max]

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Isn't that what the Angie skeleton looks like nowadays, when she's yelling?

[Citizen Rules]

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Director: Rachel Talalay


Cast: Lori Petty, Naomi Watts, Malcolm McDowell
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi


"In 2033, justice rides a tank and wears lip gloss."


1995's cyber punk, post apocalyptic sci-fi action comedy, Tank Girl (whoo, that's a mouth full) is based off the British cult comic strip of the same name. The anti-hero, sex crazed, no holds barred, uber feminist Tank Girl lives in a despite world destroyed by a comet when she was just a wee lass. Now water is non-existent and what little there is, is controlled by the evil Water & Power corporation. Accompanied by her trusty tank and her gal pal Jet Girl, together they fight to gain their freedom while rescuing Tank Girl's little sister, Mini Tank (nah just kidding)....All of this is set to one of the 1990's best music soundtracks to ever score a movie. With everyone from Bjork to Hole to Bush to Devo and on and on contributing to the score. The original songs are well, original, just like this movie. You ain't going to find another movie quite like Tank Girl!

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Sure, the plot is silly beyond belief. In fact I wouldn't even suggest you watch it, if you don't know how to kick back and enjoy a crazy-fun movie...cause that's what you got here....And thanks to Lori Petty who plays a hedonistic, wild woman, who loves pain as much as she loves her tank, this film is a riot. Lori Petty is a one of a kind, she's wacky, she nuts...she must have been hit in the head one too many times! And she alone makes this movie worth watching. But wait there's more....

Malcom McDowell does his really cool, and really evil impression as the head bossman of Water & Power. Did Malcom ever give a dull performances? I think not.

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Just for fun there's some animal-morphic characters called Rippas. Who are genetically modified soldiers crossed with Kangaroos. I kid you not. They very interesting, you'll just have to watch to see.

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Fun Trivia:

Iggy Pop gives a cameo appearance as Rat Face.

Tank Girl wears a total of 18 different outfits with matching hairstyles in the film.

Before filming started both Steven Spielberg and James Cameron had showed interesting in making this movie.


Fun Ratingrating_3++


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[Captain Steel]

I actually saw Tank Girl in the theater! Never read the comic, but it's a fun movie. Not epically great, but fun... so good rating.
It was my first introduction to Naomi Watts who I found very attractive as "Jet."

[Citizen Rules]

I actually saw Tank Girl in the theater! Never read the comic, but it's a fun movie. Not epically great, but fun... so good rating.
It was my first introduction to Naomi Watts who I found very attractive as "Jet."Early Jet of latter Jet? Latter she looses the glasses and gets a make over and looks pretty good.

[edarsenal]

Tank Girl IS a all kinds of fun. Lori Petty delivers some very hilarious lines.
One of the Rippas is ICE T!!

Some great reviews.
Fully agree on Full Metal being two separate films with the beginning outweighing the second.
Saw Platoon in the theater as well with some friends - no making out but a little light petting during the "smoking" scene.

[Gideon58]

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Don't know why, but reading this review surprised me, because Tank Girl just doesn't seem like your kind of movie, Citizen. I've never seen it, but I loved Lori Petty in A League of their Own and, along with your review, I may have to add it to my watchlist.

[Citizen Rules]

Don't know why, but reading this review surprised me, because Tank Girl just doesn't seem like your kind of movie, Citizen. I've never seen it, but I loved Lori Petty in A League of their Own and, along with your review, I may have to add it to my watchlist.Lori Petty was great in A League of Their Own. My favorite thing that I've seen her in was an episode ofStar Trek Voyager, Gravity

[Captain Steel]

Rules, hope you don't mind if I use your thread for a little review.

I couldn't help thinking of you while viewing this older movie after our discussions of Full Metal Jacket and your review of older, female-centric movies like Caged (1950) - which has a couple actresses that appeared in this film as well:

Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) - about a diverse group of women who join the WACs (Women's Army Corps) for different reasons during WWII. It follows the main characters from their first days of basic training into their military careers.

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This poster is deceiving as we mostly see the women in army uniforms and military settings.


It contains some themes that would be revisited in such later films as Private Benjamin (1980) & Stripes (1981).

My one criticism of the film is it deviates somewhat from the more lighthearted group dynamic of the earlier part to (IMO) a bit of melodrama in the latter part, focusing on the bitter rivalry of the two main characters:
One; a by-the-book army brat who has aspirations to become an officer (Laraine Day) and the other; a beautiful, hard-partying society girl and magazine model who joins the WACs as a means to access an inheritance (Lana Turner). And there's also their mutual friend (Susan Peters) who is forced to act as a go-between between the two rivals.

One interesting scene - in the beginning we see a couple cuddling in bed together - I always thought that at this time Hollywood would not show couples in bed together. But as the camera pans out, the couple are still in a romantic embrace, but sitting on the edge of the bed with their feet on the floor! ;D

What got me about this film was seeing young versions of actresses (playing secondary characters) whose appearances reads like a who's-who list of, what would one day become, well-known 1960's TV personalities:

Agnes Moorehead (Endora from Bewitched)
June Lockhart (the mother from Lassie and Lost in Space)
Natalie Schafer (Lovey Howell from Giligan's Island)
Marie Blake (Grandmama from the Addams Family)

rating_3_5

[Citizen Rules]

....I couldn't help thinking of you while viewing this older movie after our discussions of Full Metal Jacket and your review of older, female-centric movies like Caged (1950) I do gravitate towards movies that are female-centric. Often they have a more deeper story, but not always.



Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) - about a diverse group of women who join the WACs (Women's Army Corps) for different reasons during WWII. It follows the main characters from their first days of basic training into their military careers.
Thanks for posting that! I have never heard of it, but it sounds like a fun movie, so onto my watch list it goes.:)


This poster is deceiving as we mostly see the women in army uniforms and military settings. Figures....get it;)

One interesting scene - in the beginning we see a couple cuddling in bed together - I always thought that at this time Hollywood would not show couples in bed together. But as the camera pans out, the couple are still in a romantic embrace, but sitting on the edge of the bed with their feet on the floor! ;D Yup, one foot on the floor was the rule.:p

What got me about this film was seeing young versions of actresses (playing secondary characters) whose appearances reads like a who's-who list of, what would one day become, well-known 1960's TV personalities:

Agnes Moorehead (Endora from Bewitched)
June Lockhart (the mother from Lassie and Lost in Space)
Natalie Schafer (Lovey Howell from Giligan's Island)
Marie Blake (Grandmama from the Addams Family) Very cool, I always like seeing these actors/actresses back before they were famous. So was Natalie Schafer character anything like Mrs Howell? The one old movie I seen her in, she was like a younger and smarter Mrs Howell (still snobbish and well to do)

[Captain Steel]

Very cool, I always like seeing these actors/actresses back before they were famous. So was Natalie Schafer character anything like Mrs Howell? The one old movie I seen her in, she was like a younger and smarter Mrs Howell (still snobbish and well to do)

LOL! Actually yes! In this too you could see her as a younger version of Mrs. Howell (she plays Lana Turner's best friend before Lana joins the military - a fellow hard-partying society girl).

Regarding the bed scene - we learn that one of the recruits is married (her husband is in the army so she joins the WACs while he is deployed) - it's very clear that the couple is supposed to be in bed together and they appear in the initial shot to be fully reclined with the woman laying on top of the man, in his arms (and I believe in reality they were). It's so funny that in the finishing shot as the camera pulls out, they've been ever-so-slightly repositioned so that they are no longer horizontal with the woman on top of the man, but both sitting upright in the same position with their feet on the floor - looking extremely awkward after they'd just apparently been so relaxed laying on top of each other in bed! It cracked me up that they HAD to have that second camera shot to meet the regulations... especially when we find out the couple is married.

[Citizen Rules]

t cracked me up that they HAD to have that second camera shot to meet the regulations... especially when we find out the couple is married. That's cause, all married people in the 1940's had their babies delivered by the stork:p

[edarsenal]

They HAD to have the storks deliver babies, they sure as hell weren't making any with separate beds and even separate bedrooms during that time. :)

Keep Your Powder Dry DOES look like a fun watch, especially to see a young Mrs Howell, Endora AND grandma.
Didn't mention Lockhart since I have seen her before - can't remember where, but I have. Never, ever seen the other ladies so that in its self is a serious winning point for me

[Captain Steel]

They HAD to have the storks deliver babies, they sure as hell weren't making any with separate beds and even separate bedrooms during that time. :)

Keep Your Powder Dry DOES look like a fun watch, especially to see a young Mrs Howell, Endora AND grandma.
Didn't mention Lockhart since I have seen her before - can't remember where, but I have. Never, ever seen the other ladies so that in its self is a serious winning point for me

I only saw Gradnma Addams in the cast list, but didn't catch her in the movie - she's obviously younger in '45 and I think only had a tiny part.

June Lockhart was Maureen Robinson on Lost in Space - she was also on Lassie, Petticoat Junction and had a movie career when younger. In this film she's one of the young recruits in the platoon.

Endora (Agnes Moorehead) plays one of the base officers (of course - she's always in charge)!

I was also unfamiliar with the rest of the cast - but you may know Lana Turner once you see her - she's one of the blond bombshell pin up girls that graced the insides of many a G.I.'s locker. She's quite hot and well cast as a model.

[Citizen Rules]

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Armed and Dangerous (1986)

Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: John Candy, Meg Ryan, Eugene Levy
Genre: Action, Comedy

About: John Candy is a good cop who gets framed for a botched robbery, which in turn gets him fired from the police force. He's then takes a job as a security guard where he meets up with a bumbling ex lawyer, Eugene Levy. Together they partner to bust a corrupt union headed by criminals.

Review: The 80's were a great time for fun movie!...and nobody was more fun than John Candy! 1986's Armed and Dangerous is a fun mix of action and comedy, taking its cue from the buddy cop films that were so popular in the 80's. Like a time machine, this movie oozes the 80's: from it's electronic synthesizer music score, to the aerobics gym workout scene and of course all those crazy 80's fashions. You got love it.

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Unlike some of John Candy's other films, here he shares screen time with Eugene Levy and Levy gets lots of the laughs....And as this is a buddy cop flick, with lots of fun action, we get some spectacular car chases and explosions...including a semi truck that John Candy commandeers during a traffic jamb...the semi is used as a battering ram to knock the cars off the road, it's pretty darn funny!

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Meg Ryan was at the start of her career here, and is cute as a button. She's the nice and naive daughter of a crooked man. Original the side kick role of Norman (Eugene Levy) was to be played by Tom Hanks, which would have given us yet another romantic movie pairing of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

rating_3

[Gideon58]

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Armed and Dangerous (1986)

[FONT=Arial Narrow]Director: Mark L. Lester
Cast: John Candy, Meg Ryan, Eugene Levy
Genre: Action, Comedy


I haven't seen this movie in about 100 years, I may have to give it a re-watch.

[Gideon58]

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This poster is deceiving as we mostly see the women in army uniforms and military settings.




I love this poster.

[Citizen Rules]

Am I the only person who thinks the women on the upper left side in the red dress looks like Irene Dunne?

[mark f]

Probably. And it's Laraine Day.

[Citizen Rules]

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The Finest Hours (2016)

Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Walt Disney Studios

In February 1952 during one of the worst sea storms to hit Cape Cod, an oil tanker off the coast broke in two, trapping 30 men aboard the sinking ship. In 70 foot high seas, four young Coast Guard men take a small rescue boat on a near suicide rescue mission.

I liked it!...Straight to the point, it was enjoyable, it held my attention, I liked the characters and their back stories...Mostly I liked the action that took place at sea during a furious sea storm. Some will compare this movie to The Perfect Storm (2000). OK fair enough, and if you liked one film then there's a good chance you will like the other.

Most all of what you see being done in the rescue was real. It might seem unbelievable but then that's why this famous rescue that took place in 1952 is the stuff of sea legends. I could fault with a couple of the CG scenes, especially where the rescue boat is submerged under a big wave. I think that scene gives a false impression of what was going on. And no the ship was not a submarine even though in those 2 seconds of CG it kind of looks like it was. What happened was the waves were so big that they broke completely over the ship and in a sense covered it in water for a few seconds.

Chris Pine, best known for playing the young Captain Kirk in the reboot Star Trek movies, is nothing like the Starship captain. He's a shy young man, who follows orders and has just meet the love of his life played aptly by Holliday Grainger. I thought Pine did a great job of being a totally different character in this film, one that was very believable and likeable. This goes for all the characters, no over the top performances here.

The Finest Hours, goes to show that the Disney Studio can produce a PG moving without smoking scenes, gratuitous violence, nudity and foul language and make a movie that is not only entertaining but believable.

rating_3_5++

[Captain Steel]

What's funny is (this never occurred to me)... I figured the title simply refers to the old saying about gun powder. But apparently, due to the gender views at the time, it had a double meaning that was capitalized on to market the movie to both men and women:

I found these posters advertising the film, and there are others on the Net featuring the starlets using powder puffs! But believe me, there is no scene like this in the movie (in fact, I don't think there's any scene involving make-up).

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This would've been a more accurate advertisement...
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...than this
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[Citizen Rules]

That is funny. Talk about deceptive poster ads. The bottom photo must be a publicity still. I'm going to have to see this movie!

BTW Captain, You need to update your first photo, the hot link failed. Just hit F5 to see what I mean.

[Captain Steel]

That is funny. Talk about deceptive poster ads. The bottom photo must be a publicity still. I'm going to have to see this movie!

BTW Captain, You need to update your first photo, the hot link failed. Just hit F5 to see what I mean.

Thanks, Rules. I removed it. You guys got the idea!

It's kind of funny the kind of marketing that was used - I don't want to call it deceptive (as the cast is very good looking), but all the glamour shots don't seem to convey that it's about women joining the army. There are a couple scenes in the beginning of the movie (one I described before) that show Susan Peters (with the guy playing her husband) and Lana Turner in bedroom wear, but that's about it.

[cricket]

I saw Armed and Dangerous at the movies and I didn't like it then.

[Citizen Rules]

So I take it this was made during WWII? If so that makes it sort of special as I think it's neat to see these films that were delivering a war time message to a country at war. You know I always like Agnes Moorehead in any role I've seen her in. I'm not a real big fan of Lana Turner, but yes I have seen Laraine Day in a number of movies and really liked her. Have you seen any other WWII films mainly about women? I can think of a couple. So Proudly We Hail (1943) is probably my favorite one.

[Citizen Rules]

I saw Armed and Dangerous at the movies and I didn't like it then. What didn't you like about it? That was 30 years ago, maybe it's time for a rewatch? Do you like John Candy in general?

[cricket]

I like John Candy, but I'm not crazy about many comedies that aren't at least rated R.

[Citizen Rules]

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Without Limits (1998) is the second major film made about the life of long distances runner Steve Prefontaine, the other movie being Prefontaine (1997). Steve Prefontaine was a young runner from Oregon who despite his small size was able to out compete everyone in the U.S. He managed to make the U.S. Olympic team and went to the ill fated Munich Olympics (1972). His performances there was poor and it haunted him for the rest of his life.


Without Limits was produced by Tom Cruise who had planned on starring as the runner but didn't do it, as he felt he was too old. That's too bad as Cruise sort of looks like the real Steve Prefontaine and I think he could have done a good job. In fact I think he could have breathed some compassion and soul into the character on the screen.

The actor who ended up playing the runner was Billy Crudup, who didn't do a bad job but just didn't bring the character to life. Though the fault might lay with the director who choose a film style that glossed over a lot of the events by choosing to show them in a peripheral way. It's like we see the abbreviated version of what happens but never get emotionally involved.

I preferred 1997's Prefontaine starring Jared Leto as the runner. That film had a lot more heart and felt personal. Still Without Limits was a good watch and I enjoyed it.

rating_3-

[Citizen Rules]

I like John Candy, but I'm not crazy about many comedies that aren't at least rated R. Why do they need to be rated R? Just asking, what would make a PG movie not likeable but if an R rating would make it more likable.

[cricket]

I don't know, but I guess I just like raunchier movies more. My favorites include Animal House, Stripes, Caddyshack, The Hangover, Old School, stuff like that. I love the first Vacation (rated R), and don't care for any of the sequels. Even besides comedy, probably over 95% of my favorites are at least rated R.

[Citizen Rules]

Fair enough....Animal House, Stripes, Caddyshack, Vacation all favorites of mine too. I do like the other Vacations also, well not the last reboot! That one blew!

[cricket]

If you notice what I watch for a while, besides the classics, you won't notice hardly any PG movies.

[Captain Steel]

If you notice what I watch for a while, besides the classics, you won't notice hardly any PG movies.

That's a strange dichotomy. Classics or R-rated moderns.
I like you, Cricket, you're weird. ;)

[Citizen Rules]

If you notice what I watch for a while, besides the classics, you won't notice hardly any PG movies. I actually do notice what you watch:eek::)...you like lots of BBB movies (boobs, bombs and blood movies):p :)...You watch lots of critically acclaimed foreign films too, including many from Japan's golden era. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) is a favorite since you were a kid. You thought highly of Elmer Gantry, Some Came Running and The Best Years of our Lives. You don't like sci fi, fantasy or period pieces very much, but you will watch animation. You tend to like dark disturbing movies with sleezy elements, especially crime elements, and you love slasher/horror films, the sicker the better:). You watch a lot of movies sometimes up to 60 a month! You impress me as being very diversified and knowledgeable in movies.

How did I do:)

[cricket]

Pretty good, except I only watched animation for that countdown, and I saw Robin Hood for the first time while here. My wife is the same way; PG movies don't interest her.

[gbgoodies]

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The Finest Hours (2016)

Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Walt Disney Studios

In February 1952 during one of the worst sea storms to hit Cape Cod, an oil tanker off the coast broke in two, trapping 30 men aboard the sinking ship. In 70 foot high seas, four young Coast Guard men take a small rescue boat on a near suicide rescue mission.

I liked it!...Straight to the point, it was enjoyable, it held my attention, I liked the characters and their back stories...Mostly I liked the action that took place at sea during a furious sea storm. Some will compare this movie to The Perfect Storm (2000). OK fair enough, and if you liked one film then there's a good chance you will like the other.

Most all of what you see being done in the rescue was real. It might seem unbelievable but then that's why this famous rescue that took place in 1952 is the stuff of sea legends. I could fault with a couple of the CG scenes, especially where the rescue boat is submerged under a big wave. I think that scene gives a false impression of what was going on. And no the ship was not a submarine even though in those 2 seconds of CG it kind of looks like it was. What happened was the waves were so big that they broke completely over the ship and in a sense covered it in water for a few seconds.

Chris Pine, best known for playing the young Captain Kirk in the reboot Star Trek movies, is anything like the Starship captain. He's a shy young man, who follows orders and has just meet the love of his life played aptly by Holliday Grainger. I thought Pine did a great job of being a totally different character in this film, one that was very believable and likeable. This goes for all the characters, no over the top performances here.

The Finest Hours, goes to show that the Disney Studio can produce a PG moving without smoking scenes, gratuitous violence, nudity and foul language and make a movie that is not only entertaining but believable.

rating_3_5



I've read a few very good reviews of The Finest Hours, so it's a movie that I've been considering watching. I'm not sure that it's my type of movie, but I liked The Perfect Storm, so I think I might like this movie too.

[gbgoodies]

I don't know, but I guess I just like raunchier movies more. My favorites include Animal House, Stripes, Caddyshack, The Hangover, Old School, stuff like that. I love the first Vacation (rated R), and don't care for any of the sequels. Even besides comedy, probably over 95% of my favorites are at least rated R.

Fair enough....Animal House, Stripes, Caddyshack, Vacation all favorites of mine too. I do like the other Vacations also, well not the last reboot! That one blew!


I think I'm starting to understand why the Comedy HoF was a failure. :rolleyes:

[Citizen Rules]

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Truth (2015)
Director: James Vanderbilt
Writers: James Vanderbilt(screenplay), Mary Mapes(book)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Elizabeth Moss
Genre: Biography, Drama

Truth is based on the 2005 book (Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power) by the former producer of CBS 60 Minutes news program, Mary Mapes. The movie covers the incident that involved the investigative report on George W. Bush's military service in the National Guard that was reported by Dan Rather in the months before the Presidential elections. In question was a document that 60 Minutes said, showed that George W. Bush had received preferential treatment during his time in the National Guard in 1968, during the Vietnam War. After the news story was aired some claimed the documents used by 60 Minutes investigate team were forgeries done on Microsoft Word and so not done on a typewriter in 1968.

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This resulted in an internal investigation of the news team. Ultimately Mary Mapes and some of her staff were fired and Dan Rather retired from journalism.

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I thought this movie was well done. It was done without fancy tricks, or numerous flash backs, it's a straight told story of a very interest subject. I was into the film right off the start and it held my attention for the duration. I thought Cate Blanchard was excellent, as usual...and Robert Redford did a good job of capturing the essences of Dan Rather, including his speech patterns. My only complaint is the actor Topher Grace, who played a nutty, kooky character that was annoying. I bet you can spot him in the photo above. Luckily he has a small part. Otherwise I liked it.

rating_3_5

[Citizen Rules]

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The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)

Director: John Huston
Writers: John Huston(screenplay), Dashiell Hammett(novel)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet
Genre: Film Noir, Mystery

A private detective (Humphrey Bogart) takes on a case from a mysterious woman (Mary Astor). The case ends up involving him with three rather strange criminals as they all seek to be the first to find a priceless statuette...The Maltese Falcon.

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Review: The Maltese Falcon is considered to be the first Film Noir of the classic period (1941-1958). The movie has some of the Film Noir hallmark elements: like subdued lighting, dark shadows and low camera angles. And of course we have one of the greatest detectives of all time, Sam Spade...Not to mention a very devious femme fatale Brigid (Mary Astor). But I couldn't help but notice how the music score seemed un-noir like.

I liked this film but it is wordy! I read that the script was almost word for word from the original 1929 Dashiell Hammett novel of the same name. If someone loves lots of dialogue and twist and turns, this movie has it. It's so complex, that I was never sure who was up to what.

The end scene where all the main characters are in the apartment goes on for 20 minutes! That would never be done today and John Huston who was directing his first picture, made that scene captivating.

There wasn't much action or character development, but man the script and the way the actors delivered their lines like a buzz saw was a thing of sheer beauty.

And what a cast! Bogie paired up with Peter Lorrie and Sydney Greenstreet with Mary Astor to boot. That's not even mentioning veteran character actors like Ward Bond, Barton MacLaine and Gladys George.

Watch the Maltese Falcon statuette when Bogie picks it up. He nearly dropped it. I read it was made out of lead and they're three of them, each is worth a million bucks. A million bucks! for a hunk of lead! that shows you how beloved this film is.

rating_4

[Citizen Rules]

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The Intern (2015)

Director: Nancy Meyers
Writer: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo
Genre: Light Drama-Comedy

About: A bored, 70 year old widower (Robert De Niro) decides to go back to work as an intern at a hip-funkster startup.com that's run by a smart but quirky young woman (Anne Hathaway).

Review: You know, when the movie was over I kind of thought it was charming with a few stupid scenes spliced into it for comic relief. But the more I thought about this would-be feel good movie, the more I decided it wasn't innocuous at all...but an evil plan designed to piss off every single segment of society.

Normally I never, ever never, never talk about other people's reviews in my reviews...but this time I'll make an exception. So after the movie was over I started reading some reviews and realized people of all types were offended by this movie! Who know? And here I thought it was a silly comedy, but nooooo! So here's who's offended and why I think they are, at least why I think why.

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Millennials are pissed!....In the movie, the employees at the online internet fashion site are all 20 something years old, with a young hip boss Anne Hathaway riding her bicycle around her worker drones. Problem is she doesn't connect with them or seem to take them seriously. So in comes 70 year old Robert DeNiro as a lowly intern. But low and behold, he saves the day, day after day and becomes a confidant to her, making the millennials look bad. At least that's the buzz in some reviews.

Seniors are miffed!...In this version Robert DeNiro is made to look like a helpless old boob who doesn't know what a USB and can't even turn on his computer...he's the butt of all the youngsters jokes. So old reviewers sounded pretty miffed to me.

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Feminist are pissed!...Boss lady Anne Hathaway is smart, driven, and personable. She's worked hard, sacrificing time at home with her daughter to build her business, which takes a toll on her marriage. She's built this entire successful company from the ground up by herself, B U T it takes a man, aka DeNiro to show her the errors of her ways...and she crumbles and cries and only he can help her. Oddly the movie is written and directed by a woman, so who knows, what the movie is trying to say?

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Men are people too! and I'm mildly put back myself by the treatment men get in this film. Every single guy except DeNiro is a goofball slob who can't think himself out of a wet sack. The film even makes the point that 'now girls are called women, but men are being called boys.' Some guys don't like to see themselves represented by a bunch of dumb asses and the guys in this film are super dumb asses.

Robert DeNiro fans are steaming mad! that the dude from Taxi is turned into a femi-male in this film...he's like the gal-pal to Anne. Those who don't like DeNiro are equally puzzled that he has the same facial expression in almost every scene:rolleyes:

They say a movie is like a mirror and what we see in a movie is a reflection of how we view ourselves.


For this reviewer, I was thinking, ahh I've seen worse.:p


rating_2_5

[gbgoodies]

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Truth (2015)
Director: James Vanderbilt
Writers: James Vanderbilt(screenplay), Mary Mapes(book)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Elizabeth Moss
Genre: Biography, Drama

Truth is based on the 2005 book (Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power) by the former producer of CBS 60 Minutes news program, Mary Mapes. The movie covers the incident that involved the investigative report on George W. Bush's military service in the National Guard that was reported by Dan Rather in the months before the Presidential elections. In question was a document that 60 Minutes said, showed that George W. Bush had received preferential treatment during his time in the National Guard in 1968, during the Vietnam War. After the news story was aired some claimed the documents used by 60 Minutes investigate team were forgeries done on Microsoft Word and so not done on a typewriter in 1968.

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This resulted in an internal investigation of the news team. Ultimately Mary Mapes and some of her staff were fired and Dan Rather retired from journalism.

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I thought this movie was well done. It was done without fancy tricks, or numerous flash backs, it's a straight told story of a very interest subject. I was into the film right off the start and it held my attention for the duration. I thought Cate Blanchard was excellent, as usual...and Robert Redford did a good job of capturing the essences of Dan Rather, including his speech patterns. My only complaint is the actor Topher Grace, who played a nutty, kooky character that was annoying. I bet you can spot him in the photo above. Luckily he has a small part. Otherwise I liked it.

rating_3_5




I like both Robert Redford and Dennis Quaid, but Truth doesn't really sound like my kind of movie. From your review, it sounds like a good movie, so I'll probably watch it if I can catch it on TV, but it's not something that I would go out of my way to find.

[gbgoodies]

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The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)

Director: John Huston
Writers: John Huston(screenplay), Dashiell Hammett(novel)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet
Genre: Film Noir, Mystery

A private detective (Humphrey Bogart) takes on a case from a mysterious woman (Mary Astor). The case ends up involving him with three rather strange criminals as they all seek to be the first to find a priceless statuette...The Maltese Falcon.

http://104.236.196.111/imdb//media/photo_images/tICX0cEqnITYoCoaCF8L1nganiZ.jpg


Review: The Maltese Falcon is considered to be the first Film Noir of the classic period (1941-1958). The movie has some of the Film Noir hallmark elements: like subdued lighting, dark shadows and low camera angles. And of course we have one of the greatest detectives of all time, Sam Spade...Not to mention a very devious femme fatale Brigid (Mary Astor). But I couldn't help but notice how the music score seemed un-noir like.

I liked this film but it is wordy! I read that the script was almost word for word from the original 1929 Dashiell Hammett novel of the same name. If someone loves lots of dialogue and twist and turns, this movie has it. It's so complex, that I was never sure who was up to what.

The end scene where all the main characters are in the apartment goes on for 20 minutes! That would never be done today and John Huston who was directing his first picture, made that scene captivating.

There wasn't much action or character development, but man the script and the way the actors delivered their lines like a buzz saw was a thing of sheer beauty.

And what a cast! Bogie paired up with Peter Lorrie and Sydney Greenstreet with Mary Astor to boot. That's not even mentioning veteran character actors like Ward Bond, Barton MacLaine and Gladys George.

Watch the Maltese Falcon statuette when Bogie picks it up. He nearly dropped it. I read it was made out of lead and they're three of them, each is worth a million bucks. A million bucks! for a hunk of lead! that shows you how beloved this film is.

rating_4


Maybe it's just me, but I think The Maltese Falcon is the type of movie that the first time you see it, you know it's a good movie, but with all the twists and turns, you feel like you missed something, so you have to watch it again to really appreciate it, and it gets better with each viewing.

[MovieMeditation]

Maybe it's just me, but I think The Maltese Falcon is the type of movie that the first time you see it, you know it's a good movie, but with all the twists and turns, you feel like you missed something, so you have to watch it again to really appreciate it, and it gets better with each viewing.
I hope you're right. I felt the same as you state right there... I've only seen it once and even own it on Blu-ray so I definitely plan on getting around it again very soon. :up:

[Chypmunk]

Ha! - one I've actually seen for a change (The Maltese Falcon) and it's a good'un :)

[MovieMeditation]

Ha! - one I've actually seen for a change (The Maltese Falcon) and it's a good'un :)
:laugh: I love when you make a rare appearence in either my, CR or someone else's review thread when there is finally a movie you have actually seen. :D

Get watching, Chyp! :p

[Citizen Rules]

I like both Robert Redford and Dennis Quaid, but Truth doesn't really sound like my kind of movie. From your review, it sounds like a good movie, so I'll probably watch it if I can catch it on TV, but it's not something that I would go out of my way to find.I liked it for it's subject matter only. But it's not an entertaining movie per say. It's almost like a fictionalized documentary. Some would call it dry.

Maybe it's just me, but I think The Maltese Falcon is the type of movie that the first time you see it, you know it's a good movie, but with all the twists and turns, you feel like you missed something, so you have to watch it again to really appreciate it, and it gets better with each viewing. If you want to watch a old film noir that is so twisty-turny that a person does miss stuff, watch The Big Sleep. Now that's one confusing mystery movie.

[Citizen Rules]

:laugh: I love when you make a rare appearence in either my, CR or someone else's review thread when there is finally a movie you have actually seen. :D

Get watching, Chyp! :p Me too! Always good to see Chyp or MM:p Maybe Chyp has seen the next oldie (but misrated) sci-fi flick that I'll review:)

[Chypmunk]

:laugh: I love when you make a rare appearence in either my, CR or someone else's review thread when there is finally a movie you have actually seen. :D

Get watching, Chyp! :p
Finished my 300th watch of the year earlier ... I can't help that other people don't pick the same quality movies to watch as I do ;) :p

Me too! Always good to see Chyp or MM:p Maybe Chyp has seen the next oldie (but misrated) sci-fi flick that I'll review:)
Who knows - have you seen the one I watched earlier? Wouldn't it be a coincidence if it turns out to be the same one :D

[Citizen Rules]

...Who knows - have you seen the one I watched earlier? Wouldn't it be a coincidence if it turns out to be the same one :DSpace Master X-7 (1958)? Nope I haven't seen it, but it sounds just like what I'm in the mood for, so I will watch it soon, (as long as I can find it)....I'm liking the 1950s sci fi stuff. So yea, it sounds fun:)

[Camo]

The Maltese Falcon is one of my favourite movies :up:. And no for me i enjoyed it just as much the first time as i did the second (and third).

Didn't read your The Intern review because i haven't seen it but this caught my eye and made me laugh:

Robert DeNiro fans are steaming mad! that the dude from Taxi

:D

[Citizen Rules]

OK...I might not be watching Space Master X-7, I can't find anywhere but youtube.

[Chypmunk]

OK...I might not be watching Space Master X-7, I can't find anywhere but youtube.
:(

[Citizen Rules]

:(I'm still trying! It's on youtube and if I can watch it on my TV, I'll be a happy camper:) I'll know in a couple hours.

[MovieMeditation]

Finished my 300th watch of the year earlier ... I can't help that other people don't pick the same quality movies to watch as I do ;) :p
You got my respect then. :p

I watched over 300 movies last year, but this year I've truly been slacking... 127 movies so far... not even half the movies!

[Citizen Rules]

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The Space Children (Jack Arnold, 1958)

Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Michel Ray, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: 69 minutes

On the eve of a secret rocket launch, that will put a hydrogen bomb into Earth orbit, a strange light appears in the sky that only children can see...then an alien intelligence mentally connects with a group of children who live near the missile base. As the parents begin to worry about the odd behavior of their kids, the children become more focused as they go about their strange mission.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=27493&stc=1&d=1476922107


I thought this was a very cool movie, well done and with a message too. The kids could have been annoying but instead they were good. This is a short movie at only 69 minutes and reminded me of a hour long version of the Twilight Zone. But...if you look up this movie, The Space Children at IMDB it has a dismally low rating of 3.5 out of 10.

So I expected this to be the dumbest of the B monster movies. But it's not a cheesy monster flick. In fact it's not a monster movie at all. It's a good film by arguably the top director of sci fi in the 1950's, Jack Arnold. Who directed such other sci fi classics as:

It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

So after reading some more, I found this movie was lampooned on the popular TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Which explains it's low rating as most reviewers only seen the joke version done on MST3K. But it's not a bad movie. Quite the opposite it's well done, simply yet effective. So effective that this movie had a deep impact on the original Star Trek TV series, directly inspiriting three different episodes of ST.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=27490&stc=1&d=1476921790

The alien in this movie is near identical to the super brains in Star Trek The Gamesters of Triskelion
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gamesters_of_Triskelion)
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=27492&stc=1&d=1476921819



But wait there's more, the idea of children entering a cave to be influenced by an alien power, which then gives them mental powers over their parents and a task to be completed for an alien mind, was latter done in Star Trek: And the Children Shall Lead.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=27491&stc=1&d=1476921802


There's even a third episode of the original Star Trek that is inspired by this movie. ST Assignment: Earth, both deal with a helpful alien come to stop a rocket launch that will put an orbiting nuclear war head into space.

This long forgotten and unfairly maligned movie, The Space Children deserves a better place in sci fi history.

rating_3_5


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[mark f]

I think it's laughably bad. The kids, especially.

[The Gunslinger45]

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The Intern (2015)

Director: Nancy Meyers
Writer: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo
Genre: Light Drama-Comedy

About: A bored, 70 year old widower (Robert De Niro) decides to go back to work as an intern at a hip-funkster startup.com that's run by a smart but quirky young woman (Anne Hathaway).

Review: You know, when the movie was over I kind of thought it was charming with a few stupid scenes spliced into it for comic relief. But the more I thought about this would-be feel good movie, the more I decided it wasn't innocuous at all...but an evil plan designed to piss off every single segment of society.

Normally I never, ever never, never talk about other people's reviews in my reviews...but this time I'll make an exception. So after the movie was over I started reading some reviews and realized people of all types were offended by this movie! Who know? And here I thought it was a silly comedy, but nooooo! So here's who's offended and why I think they are, at least why I think why.

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Millennials are pissed!....In the movie, the employees at the online internet fashion site are all 20 something years old, with a young hip boss Anne Hathaway riding her bicycle around her worker drones. Problem is she doesn't connect with them or seem to take them seriously. So in comes 70 year old Robert DeNiro as a lowly intern. But low and behold, he saves the day, day after day and becomes a confidant to her, making the millennials look bad. At least that's the buzz in some reviews.

Seniors are miffed!...In this version Robert DeNiro is made to look like a helpless old boob who doesn't know what a USB and can't even turn on his computer...he's the butt of all the youngsters jokes. So old reviewers sounded pretty miffed to me.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=27482&stc=1&d=1476844553


Feminist are pissed!...Boss lady Anne Hathaway is smart, driven, and personable. She's worked hard, sacrificing time at home with her daughter to build her business, which takes a toll on her marriage. She's built this entire successful company from the ground up by herself, B U T it takes a man, aka DeNiro to show her the errors of her ways...and she crumbles and cries and only he can help her. Oddly the movie is written and directed by a woman, so who knows, what the movie is trying to say?

https://www.warnerbros.co.uk/~/media/images/warner%20bro/movies/the%20intern/the%20intern1.ashx?w=400


Men are people too! and I'm mildly put back myself by the treatment men get in this film. Every single guy except DeNiro is a goofball slob who can't think himself out of a wet sack. The film even makes the point that 'now girls are called women, but men are being called boys.' Some guys don't like to see themselves represented by a bunch of dumb asses and the guys in this film are super dumb asses.

Robert DeNiro fans are steaming mad! that the dude from Taxi is turned into a femi-male in this film...he's like the gal-pal to Anne. Those who don't like DeNiro are equally puzzled that he has the same facial expression in almost every scene:rolleyes:

They say a movie is like a mirror and what we see in a movie is a reflection of how we view ourselves.


For this reviewer, I was thinking, ahh I've seen worse.:p


rating_2_5



And to think, both are Oscar winners.

[Citizen Rules]

Have you seen The Intern? I personally like DeNiro, but some people at IMDB are really mad about him making the film, which I thought was kind of funny.

[Citizen Rules]

I think it's laughably bad. The kids, especially. Boo!:)

[The Gunslinger45]

Have you seen The Intern? I personally like DeNiro, but some people at IMDB are really mad about him making the film, which I thought was kind of funny.

Nope. Never bothered to see it. IDK how pissed people who saw it can be. The man was in Rocky and Bullwinkle AND multiple Meet the Parent movies. Not sure how this makes any difference.

[Citizen Rules]

I liked him in Meet The Parents though I've only seen the 1st one.

[The Gunslinger45]

I preferred Analyze This and Analyze That. Now THOSE were comedies!

[edarsenal]

I was actually iffy on The Finest Hour but after reading your review I may have to check it out
Never heard of Truth; looks compelling
Fully agree about The Big Sleep being even MORE twisty-turny then Maltese (excellent flick)
Haven't seen Intern, not likely to. Though I did find your review amusing on how everyone got angry with it.

[gbgoodies]

If you want to watch a old film noir that is so twisty-turny that a person does miss stuff, watch The Big Sleep. Now that's one confusing mystery movie.


I've seen The Big Sleep several times, and I'm still not sure that I understand it. There seems to be something about Bogart's movies that make them watchable even when they don't make much sense.

[gbgoodies]

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The Space Children (Jack Arnold, 1958)

Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Michel Ray, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: 69 minutes

On the eve of a secret rocket launch, that will put a hydrogen bomb into Earth orbit, a strange light appears in the sky that only children can see...then an alien intelligence mentally connects with a group of children who live near the missile base. As the parents begin to worry about the odd behavior of their kids, the children become more focused as they go about their strange mission.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=27493&stc=1&d=1476922107


I thought this was a very cool movie, well done and with a message too. The kids could have been annoying but instead they were good. This is a short movie at only 69 minutes and reminded me of a hour long version of the Twilight Zone. But...if you look up this movie, The Space Children at IMDB it has a dismally low rating of 3.5 out of 10.

So I expected this to be the dumbest of the B monster movies. But it's not a cheesy monster flick. In fact it's not a monster movie at all. It's a good film by arguably the top director of sci fi in the 1950's, Jack Arnold. Who directed such other sci fi classics as:

It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

So after reading some more, I found this movie was lampooned on the popular TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Which explains it's low rating as most reviewers only seen the joke version done on MST3K. But it's not a bad movie. Quite the opposite it's well done, simply yet effective. So effective that this movie had a deep impact on the original Star Trek TV series, directly inspiriting three different episodes of ST.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=27490&stc=1&d=1476921790

The alien in this movie is near identical to the super brains in Star Trek The Gamesters of Triskelion
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gamesters_of_Triskelion)
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=27492&stc=1&d=1476921819



But wait there's more, the idea of children entering a cave to be influenced by an alien power, which then gives them mental powers over their parents and a task to be completed for an alien mind, was latter done in Star Trek: And the Children Shall Lead.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=27491&stc=1&d=1476921802


There's even a third episode of the original Star Trek that is inspired by this movie. ST Assignment: Earth, both deal with a helpful alien come to stop a rocket launch that will put an orbiting nuclear war head into space.

This long forgotten and unfairly maligned movie, The Space Children deserves a better place in sci fi history.

rating_3_5


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I've never heard of The Space Children, but the top picture immediately made me think of the "Star Trek" original series episode "And The Children Shall Lead". Unfortunately that's one of the worst episodes of the series, so it doesn't really make the movie very desirable. :shrug:

The big brain alien in the picture above reminds me more of the Horta from the episode "The Devil in the Dark", than the aliens from "The Gamesters of Triskelion".

I think I found this movie on YouTube. Is this the right movie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ueBXF9V1TE

[Citizen Rules]

I think I found this movie on YouTube. Is this the right movie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ueBXF9V1TE Yup that's the movie:)

[Chypmunk]

Ye Gods - I have a vague recollection of The Space Children from aeons ago but that's all it is .... vague, just a knowing from the screenshots that I've seen it ... with my memory that I have any recollection at all says something for the film - though whether that's good or bad remains to be seen .... so I'll abstain from comment for now but will watch it this morning.


edit: no I won't - Gbg's link says 'video not available' for me and other versions either require payment (nah, not gonna happen) or are seriously cropped :(

[Gideon58]

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Looks like this one is ruffling some feathers and I'll have to weigh in...adding it to my watchlist despite my hot and cold feelings about Anne Hathaway...I like her in one movie and hate her in the next.

[Gideon58]

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Robert Redford looks so OLD in that picture...I had to look at your cast list to see who it was, that's how unrecognizable he is...so sad...I'm old enough to remember when he was the best looking guy in Hollywood. At very first glance, I thought it was Charlton Heston, but then I remembered he was dead.

[Citizen Rules]

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Truth (2015)

He does look a bit like Chuck Heston;)



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[Citizen Rules]

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Walt Before Mickey (2015)

Director: Khoa Le
Cast: Jodie Sweetin, Jon Heder, Thomas Ian Nicholas
Genre: Biography, Drama

Based on the book, Walt Before Mickey, which covers Walt Disney's early years from the end of WW1 to the start of his Walt Disney studio...and chronicles his early struggles and failures to build an animation studio, despite hard ship after hard ship.

First time director, Khoa Le, takes on a legend, Walt Disney and attempts to tell Disney's story in the early years before he was a powerhouse in the entertainment industry. OK, I found this at the library at random. I had never heard of it, but thought what the heck, it's about Walt Disney so it sounded good. Was it?

Well I'd say it was mediocre, not a bad film and worth watching if your interested in Disney. I hate to be too negative about a director's first commercial movie and it wasn't too bad really. I could tell it was made on a tight budget as almost all of the scenes took place in a few rooms, what outside shots there were, were CG created (cities and such). Oh well, not that big of a deal. I do think the director made a mistake by having almost all the male characters in the film smoke, and smoke in almost every damn scene too. Smoking in a period piece movie, OK fine. But the director must not have known how to show ambiance and emotion without overusing the tired smoking scenes. It really ended up being a big distraction. Some of the drama and characters seemed cooked up to make tension for the sake of entertainment. I don't feel like I seen the real Walt here.

rating_3

[gbgoodies]

I've never heard of Walt Before Mickey, but as much as I like Walt Disney, and movies about him, I might skip this one just because Jodie Sweetin is in it. I thought she was the most annoying kid in the TV show "Full House", and I don't really want to watch her in anything else. I didn't even know that she was still acting.

[Citizen Rules]

I don't know who Jodie Sweetin is? But I just looked her up and she has a tiny role in the film.

[gbgoodies]

I don't know who Jodie Sweetin is? But I just looked her up and she has a tiny role in the film.


You never watched the TV show "Full House"? She was the middle daughter who was best known for saying "How rude".

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae108/Emqtpi21/My%20Gifs%20to%20Me/tumblr_l5znxxrMfR1qasd8x.gif

[Citizen Rules]

Ha:p...nope I never seen it. I've seen very little broadcast TV. I wouldn't even recognize her from that. This is her from the movie...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Ht1Ygh144E/VBjtJ-gdF_I/AAAAAAAAcS8/DK3RLrj4BRQ/s1600/jodie%2B%2Bsweetin.jpg

[gbgoodies]

Ha:p...nope I never seen it. I've seen very little broadcast TV. I wouldn't even recolonize her from that. This is her from the movie...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Ht1Ygh144E/VBjtJ-gdF_I/AAAAAAAAcS8/DK3RLrj4BRQ/s1600/jodie%2B%2Bsweetin.jpg


Yeah, that looks like her, only older. Maybe it was just her character in "Full House", but there's something very annoying about her.

[Citizen Rules]

I know what you mean, there's some actors/actresses that really bug me. Catch ya latter:p

[Citizen Rules]

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Space Master X-7(1958)

Director: Edward Bernds
Cast: Bill Williams, Lyn Thomas, Robert Ellis
Genre: Sci Fi
Length: 71 minutes
'Satellite Terror Strikes The Earth!'


About: An orbiting satellite returns to Earth with spores of a strange space fungus. When a biologist working on the space project takes the spores home, he decides to grow them in his home lab! and nicknames them 'Blood Rust'. When an ex-girlfriend is accidentally contaminated with the microscopic spores she becomes a 'Typhoid Mary' unwittingly spreading alien fungus where ever she goes.

Space Master X-7 is a seldom seen movie. It originally was shown as a double feature with The Fly (1958). It was never released in the U.S. and so has been near impossible to see. But thanks to Youtube you can now watch it.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=27510&stc=1&d=1477070355


Space Master X-7 is a B budget sci fi thriller film, that despite it's lower budget, works. Mainly because the actress Lyn Thomas is good in her role as a woman who mistakenly believes the police are after her for questioning in the death of her former scientist boyfriend. Fearful that the scandal will upset her new husband, she goes on the lam, hiding out from the police as they chase her. In her wake she leaves a dangerous alien fungus from the spores carried on her coat.

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Look for an appearance by Moe Howard, better known as one of the Three Stooges.

Space Master X-7 is a fun little movie, if you don't mind a few plot holes. I enjoyed it for what it was, entertaining.

rating_3


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[Chypmunk]

'Grats on getting to watch SM X-7, looks like we rated it the same: EEE - enjoyable enough entertainment :up:

[Citizen Rules]

Ha:D I'm spelling/grammar challenged...or as I like to say spellin'-special. Thanks for the catch, I will edit:)

[Chypmunk]

Ha:D I'm spelling/grammar challenged...or as I like to say spellin'-special. Thanks for the catch, I will edit:)
Assumed it was a case of the incredibly unhelpful predictive text or auto-correct tbh. Have removed that comment now too. Maybe your next watch should be Silence Of The Lambs now?

[Citizen Rules]

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Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945)
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea
Genre: Film Noir


At the heart of this film is one idea: 'everyone screws someone else over, and pays for it in the end.'

What a great cast: Edward G. Robinson (Chris Cross), plays a vastly different role than the one that made him an iconic tough guy in Little Caesar (1931). He fits perfectly into his role as the meek, little man, who's brow beaten by his wife and escapes his misery by dreaming of becoming a painter.

I felt bad for him, especially when his wife threatened to throw away his paintings, that he loved so dearly. Those paintings play a much bigger part in the film, than might first meet the eye.


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Dan Duryea (Johnny) made a successful career out of playing slimy, tauntingly snotty, bad guys. He became the guy everyone loved to hate and he's so good at. He's great here as a sociopathic hustler and two-bit con man, who likes to slap his girlfriend around.

Joan Bennett (Kitty, 'lazy legs') likes to get slapped around! It's bizarre how her and Johnny go together like a black & blue bruise. I thought Joan Bennett was a stand out in this. She's a knock out for sure but she has a certain careless, self-destructive attitude that just works wonders for the film.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E-ANXaly7ms/VqBwjQFhmKI/AAAAAAAA3z0/BBaUYwXCIW0/s1600/ScarletStreetStill2.jpg

Forced Perspective is used to great effect by the cinematographer. Notice how tiny and weak Edward G. Robinson looks in this scene.


I loved the way Fritz Lang defines the characters by their actions. Lazy legs, is too lazy to work so she has to engage in questionable actives by using men. We see her laziness in the record that plays over and over, and in the way she throws her cigarette into a pile of dishes, and when she gets a stick of gum she careless dumps the wrapper on the floor.

Mostly I love the story itself, it's genius. Everyone screws everyone else over....and in the end they all pay for it. Many Noirs have one main theme but Scarlet Street has multiple themes:

The missing husband detective... and the way each tried to con the other. Johnny's ultimate fate, which I found actually sad, despite all of his negative qualities. The way Chris (Robinson) finally ends up is fitting as it fits the way he lived his life. And the whole commentary on art, hype and value, and how the truth of it was skewed, that was pure cleverness. Amazing.

rating_5

[Citizen Rules]

Assumed it was a case of the incredibly unhelpful predictive text or auto-correct tbh. Have removed that comment now too. Maybe your next watch should be Silence Of The Lambs now?
I like to be able to blame it on auto correct;), but nope, I was just too lazy to look up lamb. But I had a hunch it was wrong.

You know what? Even though I knew Moe Howard was in the film, I didn't recognize him at first. Only at the police station scene, when he helps with the snazzy composite photo, did I ID him.

[Gideon58]

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Walt Before Mickey (2015)

Director: Khoa Le
Cast: Jodie Sweetin, Jon Heder, Thomas Ian Nicholas
Genre: Biography, Drama



This sounds awesome, even if I find Jodie Sweetin totally annoying...never been that crazy about Thomas Ian Nicholas either, but the subject matter interests me, will be adding it to my watchlist and hoping that it's as pleasant a surprise as Saving Mr. Banks was.

[Citizen Rules]

My next review is thanks to a recommendation by Matt. It took me awhile to getting around to watching this wonderful film, but I'm glad I did.:)

[Citizen Rules]

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Harry and Tonto (1974)

Director: Paul Mazursky
Writers: Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld
Cast: Art Carney, Tonto the cat, Ellen Burstyn, René Enríquez
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Comedy

The more I think about this movie, the more I like it. Often movie watchers get 'programmed' to respond to highly dramatic events in the movies they watch. There's nothing extra dramatic happening in Harry and Tonto. What it offers is something more substantial, an introspective look at an old man with no job and no place to go. Harry is intelligent, he's learned...he's a retired teacher who reads voraciously and has a lot to say. Sure he's stubborn but he's earned the right to be so. Harry knows who he is, but the world doesn't care.

When his old apartment building is torn down, he begins to shuffle from point to point, much like a ship a drift. Until he reaches a point where he takes charge of his journey. This movie is about that personal journey, it's a life journey that starts for Harry at age 70.

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The director/writer Paul Marzusky told Art Careny (Harry) that if he took the role, he'd win an oscar...and he did. Art Careny is best known from that famous 1950's TV sitcom The Honeymooners. Here Art plays a vastly different character from the goofy Ed Norton.

Harry knows who he is, but life has put him a drift. It looks like he will plop himself down at his son's house and become part of the furniture. But Harry want's more than that. So he goes on a road trip with no particular destination but with the hopes of experiencing more of life.

You know, they just don't make films like this anymore. This was made in the earlier 1970's when film making often focused on humanity as opposed to latter films that just churned out entertainment for entertainment's sake. Harry and Tonto still has something important to say, if only we will open our ears and eyes.

rating_4

[cricket]

I loved those last two movies:)

[Citizen Rules]

You know I keep thinking you were in the film noir hof...I think you would have enjoyed it, we had lots of great films. My nom was Scarlett Street. I remember you saying both you and your wife liked it, which of course I'm glad to hear:)

Have you seen Dan Duryea in many other films? He often plays that sleazy snobbish type gangster.

[cricket]

I did watch Scarlet Street because of that HoF.

It looks like I've only seen Winchester 73 with him, but I don't remember his performance.

I see he was in a movie called Criss Cross. I found that funny since Edward G. Robinson plays Chris Cross in Scarlet Street.

[Citizen Rules]

I thought Dan Duryea was a riot in Winchester 73. He was the wacky bad guy who came into conflict with the hero of the film.


I see he was in a movie called Criss Cross. I found that funny since Edward G. Robinson plays Chris Cross in Scarlet Street. That is weird. There was a rap group by two teens in the early 90s called Criss Cross, I wonder if they were fans of either movie?.....Ahh, I doubt it.:p

[Citizen Rules]

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I'll See You in My Dreams (2015)

Director: Brett Haley
Writers: Marc Basch, Brett Haley
Cast: Blythe Danner, Martin Starr, Sam Elliott
Genre: Drama, Comedy Romance

About: A well to do, widower Carol (Blyhte Danner) who once was a singer with a beautiful voice, but now is retired and spends her days alone with her dog, has a life epiphany. With some encouragement from her three girl friends, Carol decides after a 20 year hiatus to take the world on and relaunch her singing carer, as well as reaching out to her estranged daughter, and starting a new romance with Sam Elliot.

Review: I'll See You In My Dreams is an OK film. It seemed like something made for the Hallmark channel, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact sometimes smaller, simpler films are the best. The director made this film in just 18 days and he also wrote the script in just 2 weeks. That's quick! And, well it kind of shows too.

I liked Blythe Danner in this and Sam Elliot is well, Sam Elliot and you either like him or you don't. I liked him OK.

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There are some plot holes and unevenness in the movie but if you're not real picky there's some charm here too. Though at times this is a bittersweet film dealing with getting old and loosing loved ones, so it's not always a feel good film.

rating_3

[Gideon58]

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Harry and Tonto (1974)

[FONT=Arial Narrow]Director: Paul Mazursky
Writers: Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld
Cast: Art Carney, Tonto the cat, Ellen Burstyn, René Enríquez
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Comedy



This movie is already on my watchlist because I always wanted to confirm in my mind that the Oscar Carney won was a sentimental/lifetime achievement thing rather than really the best performance of the year. Was Carney really better than Jack Nicholson in Chinatown, Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express, Dustin Hoffman in Lenny, and Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II? Personally, my favorite lead actor performance of 1974 wasn't even nominated...Gene Hackman in The Conversation. But your review has definitely bumped this film up on my watchlist.

[Gideon58]

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Loved this review and will be adding it to my watchlist...Blythe Danner is amazing and is always worth watching...something tells me that people who saw Hello My Name is Doris will have a head start here.

[Citizen Rules]

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2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)


Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Stanley Kubrick(screenplay), Arthur C. Clarke(novel &screenplay)
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Genre: Sci-Fi Mystery

This film needs no introduction! Everyone has heard of it.
In 1963 master film maker Stanley Kubrick released his genius on a sci-fi short story by another genius, Arthur C. Clarke. The result took the next 4 years to complete but when this film hit the theaters in 1968, the movie industry would never be the same.

Initial audience reaction was less than stellar. At the film's premier over 200 people got up and left the theater during the movie... including Rock Hudson who's reported to have said, "Will someone tell me what the hell this is about?"...Rock might not have 'got it', and either did the critics who panned 2001...But the film became an instant cult hit with the younger generation, some who reportedly did drugs while viewing the movie for the ultimate space trip.

My thoughts: I hadn't seen this film in decades and I remembered nothing of it, so in a way it was like watching it for the first time. I did have the advantage that I had read the novel so I did know what was going on, in what could be otherwise a very confusing movie.

I was blown away by the sheer beauty of the film! The sets look so real, and this was done in the mid 1960's even before men had landed on the moon. The attention to detail is amazing as in the special effects. Maybe most impressive was: for the first time in sci fi movies a director had taken great effort to get the science right. As with all of Kubrick's films, the cinematography is skillfully done thus creating a visual triumph.

The soundtrack too which uses classical music, is the stuff of legends. The Blue Danube is used for the second act which takes place in Earth orbit and at the moon. This classic waltz by Johann Strauss sets the mood for the second act, with its lightness and beauty, thus making the vision of man's journey into space seem ethereal. This balances well with the darker soundtrack that comes towards the films climax....Then there's the famous 2001 theme song, which everyone knows.

The film does slow down in the third act, when the astronauts are on the way to Jupiter, the movie slows to a crawl. Each scene is done slowly and there's a good reason for that. Kubrick is giving us the feel for space, where task are tedious and time can seem to stand still.

This is truly one of the all time great achievements in movie making.
rating_4_5

[cricket]

This movie is already on my watchlist because I always wanted to confirm in my mind that the Oscar Carney won was a sentimental/lifetime achievement thing rather than really the best performance of the year. Was Carney really better than Jack Nicholson in Chinatown, Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express, Dustin Hoffman in Lenny, and Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II? Personally, my favorite lead actor performance of 1974 wasn't even nominated...Gene Hackman in The Conversation. But your review has definitely bumped this film up on my watchlist.

He was great, but not better than Jack in Chinatown, at least.

[cricket]

Glad you watched 2001 CR, because I wasn't even thinking of it for the upcoming Sci-Fi list. I'm going to give it another shot as my first couple of viewings were torturous.

[Captain Steel]

In re-viewings I was intrigued by the way "Dave's" breathing inside his space helmet is used when his struggle to dismantle HAL begins. It's so intense and conveys every feeling the movie is trying to convey at that point - with breathing rather than background music.
I wonder if this was the first time this was done or were there previous instances.

[Chypmunk]

2001: A Space Masterpiece .... even I've seen that one cue: "shock horror, Chyp has seen a movie" comment from MM :)

[MovieMeditation]

2001: A Space Masterpiece .... even I've seen that one cue: "shock horror, Chyp has seen a movie" comment from MM :)
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