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Forum: General Movie Discussion 13 hours ago
Replies: 47
Kevin Smith's Dogma
Posted By skizzerflake
Well....how bout that. I just looked and...

Well....how bout that. I just looked and realized that I did find a cheap copy of Dogma in a Big Lots close out or whatever. I have not watched it yet, been sitting on my big DVD pile. I must have...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 13 hours ago
Replies: 24
the 10 best movies from 1982 are ??
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: the 10 best movies from 1982 are ??

Best is a big word, but, right off the top of my head, ones I remember liking would include a lot of the above.

Special mention definitely goes to Blade Runner, ET, Fitzcarraldo, The Thing,...
Replies: 17
Do you buy movies digitally?
Posted By skizzerflake
The thread topic also is "Do you", to which an...

The thread topic also is "Do you", to which an appropriate response could be no. Being of a verbose nature, however, "no" does not suffice for me. I need to cite my reasons.
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Do you buy movies digitally?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Do you buy movies digitally?

If I'm going to "buy" it, I want something physical that I hold in my hand. In regard disks, the desk I'm using right now has this big precarious pile of discs on a shelf. It makes me feel good to...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 320
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By skizzerflake
>>>Both. I've run across people who don't think...

>>>Both. I've run across people who don't think something they call "Art" should be accessible or entertaining. They delight in figuring out the puzzle or theme or whatever. Much of that is lost...
Forum: Movie Questions 3 days ago
Replies: 5
Unanswered:  Do you know this character?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Do you know this character?

Yep. That's him. Indeed he was a metaphor for a crew of German missile scientists that were faced with a choice between the US and the USSR, unless they were kidnapped by the USSR, in which case,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 10
Do you keep a movie list...a list or file of movies you have seen?
Posted By skizzerflake
Do you keep a movie list...a list or file of movies you have seen?

I used to. I migrated it from a spreadsheet in Lotus 1-2-3 to Excel to Numbers, kept it up to date and backed it up. It had names, dates, comments, ratings, etc.

Do you do something like this? ...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 320
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By skizzerflake
Of course you need money, even if it IS "film"...

Of course you need money, even if it IS "film" and you need to have it processed. You need all of the other stuff, scenery, crew, props, etc.

I actually HAVE seen lots of "films" (actually...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 5 days ago
Replies: 6
Peter Cushing
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are absolutely essential to a lot of those Hammer Films. They made a great pair, generally with Lee as the deep voiced "monster" and Cushing in pursuit often with...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 33
How many films have you watched so far this year?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: How many films have you watched so far this year?

About 50 in theaters, probably another 50, in full or in part on late-night home video. I can't imagine seeing hundreds since I do leave the house and do other stuff.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 5 days ago
Replies: 15
alfred hitchcock vs roger corman
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: alfred hitchcock vs roger corman

Corman was probably the most productive movie maker in history, with something like 500 movies in his resume, as a writer, director, producer and just about any other job in the industry. He's most...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 320
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By skizzerflake
Sooooo....have ever made a movie? How did you...

Sooooo....have ever made a movie? How did you pay for it?

It's sad that it comes down to that, but it does come down to that. An "Artist" can do a painting pretty much on the cheap but not a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 21
Movie franchises that need to stop
Posted By skizzerflake
Oh yeah....they're not used up yet.

Oh yeah....they're not used up yet.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 320
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By skizzerflake
I'm all in for art, but movies are expensive,...

I'm all in for art, but movies are expensive, require deep-pocketed investors who are not as worried about art as much as they are interested in making a profit, in a pursuit that often does not make...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 6 days ago
Replies: 15
alfred hitchcock vs roger corman
Posted By skizzerflake
At least what I have seen, Hitch stayed away from...

At least what I have seen, Hitch stayed away from strange stories that actually had supernatural elements or creature features. Corman bathed in them. I can't imagine that Hitchcock would ever have...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 25
Most uncomfortable movies to watch?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Most uncomfortable movies to watch?

This also came up in the thread about oldest movie I've seen, but it's also the most uncomfortable movie I've ever seen, and that's Birth of a Nation, the silent 1915 epic, the biggest movie of its...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 week ago
Replies: 15
alfred hitchcock vs roger corman
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: alfred hitchcock vs roger corman

Corman was a master of what he did (he died in May at 98), the subtle art of making movies that are not low budget, not high budget but competently produced, well acted, knocked out movies from a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 49
That one movie you never tire of.
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: That one movie you never tire of.

After I nominated The Blob, I started thinking that there's a lot more than "one" movie I'll come back to. Tonight's is Tremors, the first one, not the sequels. Kevin Bacon and a cast of gnarly...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 17
What's the oldest film you have seen?
Posted By skizzerflake
If you ever get the chance, there's a chamber...

If you ever get the chance, there's a chamber music group called Alloy Orchestra, that does live accompaniments to a bunch of silents. I saw them do original music with a restored print of...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 32
When you write a movie review,
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: When you write a movie review,

Any review that avoids a significant part of the movie misses the point. The only thing I avoid is spoilers. What's a spoiler? I don't know exactly, but I generally know them when I see them. ...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 17
What's the oldest film you have seen?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: What's the oldest film you have seen?

Aside from clips of early movies, I guess it was Birth of a Nation, that whole, melodramatic festival of bigotry.. Apparently, 1915 was also an apex in popularity of the Klan. No surprise.

Seen...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 320
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Minio's Ramblings on Cinema

One of the best ways to enjoy movies is to get away from them for a while. Take a walk in the woods, go feed some birds, sit on a park bench, scrub down the kitchen, even maybe read a book. Movies...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 49
That one movie you never tire of.
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: That one movie you never tire of.

The Blob....the 1958 version of course, the "original:. It had Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, 15 tons of jelly and one of those amazingly catchy intro songs, written by Bert Bacharach. The song is...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 21
Movie franchises that need to stop
Posted By skizzerflake
Yeah. To this, I'd add: James Bond ...

Yeah. To this, I'd add:

James Bond
Ghostbusters
Lord of the Rings and its sequels and prequels
Hunger Games
Mission Impossible
Anything on the Planet of the Apes
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 14
Best labor related movies
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Best labor related movies

You can go way back on this topic with movies like

Native Land - 1942
On The Waterfront - On The Waterfront 1954
Hoffa - Hoffa 1992
The Grapes of Wrath - 1940
Modern Times - 1936

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