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Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 07-08-22
Replies: 26
R.I.P. James Caan
Posted By dudalb
Re: R.I.P. James Caan

Almost all the leading players in "The GOdfather" are now gone. Only Pacino and DIane Keaton remain.
Next to the Godfather, "Thief" was his best performance.
Replies: 5
Oscars to allow streaming movies
Posted By dudalb
More and more major movies will be made for...

More and more major movies will be made for streaming. Things are not going back to the way they used to be.
ANd Ludditism never works.

Streaming is something to big for Hollywood to fight.
...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 07-01-22
Replies: 328
Justice League
Posted By dudalb
Oh, how prophetic that turned out to be.

Oh, how prophetic that turned out to be.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 12
How many of you waiting for Thor - Love & Thunder ?
Posted By dudalb
I can understand that,,phase 4 ahd had a bumby...

I can understand that,,phase 4 ahd had a bumby start.., but the MCU's batting average is high enough to make me a regular.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 420
ESSAY: No, Starship Troopers Is Not Brilliant Satire
Posted By dudalb
It's fun but I think it's wildly overpraised by...

It's fun but I think it's wildly overpraised by it's fans.
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 07-01-22
Replies: 49
Morbius - Jared Leto
Posted By dudalb
Re: Morbius - Jared Leto

I am new to his site,and I fled here from "Box Office Theory" becuase I got tired of all the fan feud crap., and, although I guess I should have expected it, sad to see it spring us here though...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 07-01-22
Replies: 49
Morbius - Jared Leto
Posted By dudalb
Get used to it A number of people both behind...

Get used to it A number of people both behind and before the Cameras are now doing work in both universes.
Nothing wrong with that.
BTW although they are competitors in the real world, the Marvel...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 07-01-22
Replies: 49
Morbius - Jared Leto
Posted By dudalb
I consider myself a Marvel fan, and I thought...

I consider myself a Marvel fan, and I thought that Morbius was a terrible movie.And , although not quite as just plain terrible, both Venom films were not very good.
And as to the MCU proper,I did...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 07-01-22
Replies: 2
(FMV) Interactive Film with animation Games??
Posted By dudalb
Re: (FMV) Interactive Film with animation Games??

A number of FMV ...live action.... computer games were made in the mid 90's after CD technoogy made them possible, but the fad quickly wore off when they did not sell. Another "Next Big Thing" that...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 07-01-22
Replies: 6
New Release Date's for Star Wars & Avatar Sequels
Posted By dudalb
Re: New Release Date's for Star Wars & Avatar Sequels

Avatar 2 is pretty much set in stone for December; but the dates for the Star Wars movies is in constant flux. I get the feeling The Mouse has not quite decided what to do about the franchise, given...
Replies: 5
Netflix buys Roald Dahl estate
Posted By dudalb
Re: Netflix buys Roald Dahl estate

I would love to see some of Dahl's horror stories filmed.
Irony is for most of his life Dahl was best known as a horror and suspense writer and "CHarlie and the Chocolate Factory" was a drastic...
Replies: 810
The Hall of Infamy
Posted By dudalb
Is the Rifftrax version a lot different then the...

Is the Rifftrax version a lot different then the MST3K version?
I have the MST3K version on DVD as part of an MST3K set, and, of course, the RIFFTRAX is pretty much the MST3K gang reunited.
ANd I...
Replies: 810
The Hall of Infamy
Posted By dudalb
Given that the movie was made as propaganda, what...

Given that the movie was made as propaganda, what do you expect?
I admit, I am not feeling kindly toward evangelical Chrisntianty today, since it has been clear in the past few weeks, many of them...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 29
Sleezy Recasts The Hobbit
Posted By dudalb
jakco Jackson's misfire on Radagast was one...

jakco

Jackson's misfire on Radagast was one of the worst misfires in a film (let;s consider the Hobbit movies as one movie released in 3 parts) the was full of misfires.
I am one of those who was...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 41
Top 5 Spielbergs?
Posted By dudalb
Re: Top 5 Spielbergs?

1.Saving Private Ryan
2.Raiders Of THe Lost Ark.
3.Jaws
4,Schindler's List.
5.West Side Story.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 12
How many of you waiting for Thor - Love & Thunder ?
Posted By dudalb
Re: How many of you waiting for Thor - Love & Thunder ?

A MCU movie is a automatic ticket buy for me, but I don't expect a home run everytime I go.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 420
ESSAY: No, Starship Troopers Is Not Brilliant Satire
Posted By dudalb
[QUOTE=Wooley;2205011]I saw the movie when it...

[QUOTE=Wooley;2205011]I saw the movie when it came out in theaters.
I actually was kinda shocked at how bad it was.
Years later I heard how I'd missed something and it was really this extremely...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 420
ESSAY: No, Starship Troopers Is Not Brilliant Satire
Posted By dudalb
I think you are going to have a lot of issues...

I think you are going to have a lot of issues since Verhoeven chose to adapt a novel he hated.
Verhoeven has made some good films, but ST is not among them, for reasons that have already been stated...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 68
Do movies ''age'' or not?
Posted By dudalb
Re: Do movies ''age'' or not?

One film that is now over 80 years old but holds up beautifully today is the 1938 Errol Flynn "Adventures Of Robin Hood". No other version has come near matching it. And it is still of the most...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 6
TCM Presents Russian Epic, "War And Peace"
Posted By dudalb
Re: TCM Presents Russian Epic, "War And Peace"

The battle scenes are still just jaw dropping.
BTW the film, when you figure in inflation, is still the most expensive movie every made. No commercial studio could have ever made it. But the Russian...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 182
Are Marvel Movies Cinema?
Posted By dudalb
Re: Are Marvel Movies Cinema?

I find the movie snobs and the mindless CBM fanboys to be equally annoyning.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 27
Best Marx Brothers Movie
Posted By dudalb
Re: Best Marx Brothers Movie

Duck Soup.

You might argue that the Opera scene in Night At The Opera is their single funniest scene, but the lame musical numbers and romantic suplots in that movie drag it down, whereas Duck...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 68
Do movies ''age'' or not?
Posted By dudalb
IIt Ironic that the 1932 Mummy seems to...

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Ironic that the 1932 Mummy seems to have aged better then the 1999 version.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-01-22
Replies: 68
Do movies ''age'' or not?
Posted By dudalb
Hey, "Glee" and all those "High Schools Musical"...

Hey, "Glee" and all those "High Schools Musical" movies were basically updated versions of the "Hey Kids, Let's Put On A Show" films.