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Forum: General Movie Discussion 7 hours ago
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What Should Have Won
Posted By crumbsroom
There are few movies I've ever seen (at least out...

There are few movies I've ever seen (at least out of those I was legitimately looking forward to) that I have ever found as bland and by the numbers and completely uninspired as Gladiator.


I've...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 9 hours ago
Replies: 12
What Should Have Won
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: What Should Have Won

Everyone of those is better than Gladiator, even Chocolat, which is pretty terrible.


Traffic probably deserved the win. Erin Brockovich is the one I like the most though.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 7,262
A scary thing happened on the way to the Movie Forums - Horrorcrammers
Posted By crumbsroom
I don't have any particular interest in seeing...

I don't have any particular interest in seeing Messiah of Evil on the big screen, because, you know, people. But I'm just glad it is slowly becoming an established classic and not some forgotten bit...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
Replies: 248
Outside the Box - PHOENIX's Top 100 Not Quite Obscure Films
Posted By crumbsroom
The best Coppola movie and almost the best...

The best Coppola movie and almost the best DePalma.


So...two of the best movies ever made?
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 6 days ago
Replies: 39
Tarantino Disses Scorsese for Compromising the Vision of Taxi Driver
Posted By crumbsroom
Also, look how easy and provable it is to find...

Also, look how easy and provable it is to find racism against white people in Stu's post. Nothing to debate here as it's a settled matter.


As for Taxi Driver, no matter which way we decide to...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 6 days ago
Replies: 39
Tarantino Disses Scorsese for Compromising the Vision of Taxi Driver
Posted By crumbsroom
Ten paragraphs delving into the semantics of how...

Ten paragraphs delving into the semantics of how the word problematic is offensive because of what it implies.


As for anything in art that might offend any group other than those who fret over...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 3,063
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
Isn't that enough to make you a fan?

Isn't that enough to make you a fan?
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 3,063
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
I like it too. Sort of. It's a De Palma movie,...

I like it too. Sort of. It's a De Palma movie, and that's good enough.





I considered it for my bottom 5, but then realized I like it too much to do that to it. I think it's one of his...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 3,063
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom

What are DePalma's five worst movies?


Glad you asked.


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Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 248
Outside the Box - PHOENIX's Top 100 Not Quite Obscure Films
Posted By crumbsroom
I refused to believe the critics were right in...

I refused to believe the critics were right in calling it a dog. Because it clearly wasn't going to be a dog. It was Altman with even more people talking over eachother than normal. How could it...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 248
Outside the Box - PHOENIX's Top 100 Not Quite Obscure Films
Posted By crumbsroom
Nearly every movie I've ever seen confuses me,...

Nearly every movie I've ever seen confuses me, and that's probably why I'm such a fan of them.


If they don't confuse me, they probably aren't movies. They are machines. Put one piece out of...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 3,063
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
Femme Fatale and Raising Cane are two of the real...

Femme Fatale and Raising Cane are two of the real divisive ones. Maybe more than anything else in his filmography. I'm definitely a fan of the former (it's all style, it doesn't matter that its in...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 3,063
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom

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So I got the whole way through this movie wondering where Keira Kneightly was. Asking myself "this is a Tony Scott film"? No credits at the beginning...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 248
Outside the Box - PHOENIX's Top 100 Not Quite Obscure Films
Posted By crumbsroom
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 39
Tarantino Disses Scorsese for Compromising the Vision of Taxi Driver
Posted By crumbsroom
Internet discussions have a tendency to circle a...

Internet discussions have a tendency to circle a drain on one particular element of a film, which is exactly what is happening here.



You're right. It's very much not a film about racism. But...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 248
Outside the Box - PHOENIX's Top 100 Not Quite Obscure Films
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Outside the Box - PHOENIX's Top 100 Not Quite Obscure Films

And, no, A Wedding doesn't cut it.


At all.


I've rarely been so disappointed in a movie I wanted to finally see for years and years.
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 248
Outside the Box - PHOENIX's Top 100 Not Quite Obscure Films
Posted By crumbsroom
I know it's not good. I watched it during...

I know it's not good.


I watched it during a time when I had become very fond of high profile boring failures.
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 248
Outside the Box - PHOENIX's Top 100 Not Quite Obscure Films
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Outside the Box - PHOENIX's Top 100 Not Quite Obscure Films

Altman might be unmatched in putting out quality 70's work.


MASH
The Long Goodbye
Nashville
Three Women
Images
McCabe and Mrs Miller
Brewster McCloud
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 39
Tarantino Disses Scorsese for Compromising the Vision of Taxi Driver
Posted By crumbsroom
Yes. There are a number of techniques Scorsese...

Yes. There are a number of techniques Scorsese uses to make us question (and this is the operative word) what we are seeing as absolutes.


But, unfortunately, if anyone continues to choose to be...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 39
Tarantino Disses Scorsese for Compromising the Vision of Taxi Driver
Posted By crumbsroom
Yes, because the only way anyone can do anything...

Yes, because the only way anyone can do anything in a film is if they underline it's specific intent first. Definitely no examples of this ever happening or being argued over in the history of...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 39
Tarantino Disses Scorsese for Compromising the Vision of Taxi Driver
Posted By crumbsroom
So I was eventually able to read that article, as...

So I was eventually able to read that article, as the link provided doesn't work, and while I don't agree with everything she writes, I also don't entirely disagree either. She makes some valid...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 39
Tarantino Disses Scorsese for Compromising the Vision of Taxi Driver
Posted By crumbsroom
Um, how do I explain this? Oh, that's...

Um, how do I explain this?



Oh, that's right, I already did.


Objecting to there ever being any reason to use stereotypes of groups of people, ever, at all, no matter the purpose, is one...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 7,262
A scary thing happened on the way to the Movie Forums - Horrorcrammers
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: A scary thing happened on the way to the Movie Forums - Horrorcram

Another 60's horror that's great, that is overlooked, and also probably not considered a horror, is Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)


Then, I'm just going to go straight into the 50's and...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 248
Outside the Box - PHOENIX's Top 100 Not Quite Obscure Films
Posted By crumbsroom
I think the question we ask in regards to Haut...

I think the question we ask in regards to Haut Tension is 'do you care that it makes no sense?'. If not, than there is nothing to argue...enjoy, no need to get into any of the...Wait?? Some people...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 7,262
A scary thing happened on the way to the Movie Forums - Horrorcrammers
Posted By crumbsroom
You haven't seen Targets? That one is...

You haven't seen Targets?


That one is essential, even if some might balk at calling it horror (they'd be wrong, but they definitely balk anyways)

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