[quote=Mr Minio]Yep. I too wish [i]Basic Instinct[/i] had just the interrogation scene (that turns into an orgy that lasts for the entire film).[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio]And also to be so sexy to boot. /s[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio]Damn it. It's so exasperating to be so cool. You know nobody will ever reach your level of coolness, so in a way you're lonely up there in your ivory tower. :cool:[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio]And, once again, whoever dislikes [i]Mandy[/i] is a Reptilian agent.[/quote]

[quote=Mr Minio][i]Vampire's Kiss[/i] is a masterpiece and Cage's favourite of his own films.  Am I getting [i]through[/i] to you, IROQUOIS?![/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]Cage or no Cage, [i]Vampire's Kiss[/i] kind of sucks. Can't dig the poor man's [i]American Psycho[/i] just because he eats a cockroach. At least [i]Mandy[/i] tries to ground his craziness.

[quote=Powdered Water]Also: I've seen a little talk about Mandy being supernatural or godlike or something? Nonsense. She gets burned alive. At the end of the day this is [b]a b-movie with a horrific act of violence towards a woman that we are supposed to feel ok about watching because the hero cleans house and by the end, all the big bads are dead.[/b] Hooray![/quote]

This would mean a lot more coming from someone who didn't have [i]The Crow[/i] as their #2 favourite movie (never mind [i]Braveheart[/i], but I guess that's technically not a B-movie).[/quote]

[quote=Powdered Water]Joel's review of [i]Mandy[/i] sums it up nicely. I particularly agree with this bit...

[quote]The first half hour was very promising with tasteful visuals and a great music score by the late Jóhann Jóhannsson. The set up for the love story was almost perfect with both lovers sharing a fascination with fantasy astronomy. So far we are off to a great start. But once the "plot" kicks in everything goes to complete brown town. You take someone like Nic Cage and put him in a b movie like Mandy, and people are going to expect him to live up to the "performance of a lifetime" tag that this film's promotion wears as a false badge of honor. BS. Total BS. Cage has eaten cockroaches in real life on film before in Vampire's Kiss. This Mandy business is a walk in the park for him. He's tragically underused here. We have amazing visuals, but after about 40 mins of constant purple double exposures and lens flares I think the audience is just about tapped out on that and is waiting for some sustenance. We never get it.[/quote]

Some movies can pull this off because they are trying to pay homage to movies that have come before them. [i]Mandy[/i] adds some color and a droning soundtrack and tries to come off as something new. It isn't.

 Also: I've seen a little talk about Mandy being supernatural or godlike or something? Nonsense. She gets burned alive. At the end of the day this is a b-movie with a horrific act of violence towards a woman that we are supposed to feel ok about watching because the hero cleans house and by the end, all the big bads are dead. Hooray![/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][quote=Yoda]Aren't boots the one kind of footwear it'd be kind of okay to piss on?[/quote]

[font=century gothic]I learned a while ago about wearing flip-flops to stadium events.[/font][/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][quote=Joel][quote=doubledenim][font=century gothic]Intellectuals.

I always wanted to be that and I always tried. [/quote]

That's like Beethoven saying "I wish I could play piano".

At least you can hear!

Listen to what you wrote[/quote]

[font=century gothic]It's all perspective. My sister is technically probably a genius. My old man was basically a lawyer without negative connotations.

Sit around with them and a b.i.l. who is a high rank in the Navy and enjoy that conversation during the holidays. Brains are wired differently and this forum favors a writer. We aren't all sitting around benefitting from body language and expression.

Me. I can work a kitchen in a way many can't. I can examine factors of productions and troubleshoot problems like very few can. I can give people direction and treat them in a way that many can't. I can physically outwork 95% of people in conditions that they can't fathom.

When I make the intellectual comment it is a sign of respect and the ability to judge my own pros and cons.

Yeah I have a guitar, but Jimi can play the guitar.[/font][/quote]

[quote=FromBeyond]Ice Age film is on TV for the 10,000th time this year[/quote]

[quote=Joel]haha! nice![/quote]