xevious
(Gary)
March 8, 2022, 6:08am
2101
Yes, you’re correct.
RichH:
Let us know what you think. The reviews were a bit divided, but that’s to be expected, the world was under Covid at the time and just about everybody became a TV and film critic. Also there was very little else going on in the news, so the production problems became larger news than they should.
Yep, will do.
In a strange turn of fate, I often see a guy with his laptop sat at a quiet table in our local pub. I assumed for years he was probably doing the accounts or something, but we got chatting one day so I asked him what he did. He said he wrote the Bond screenplays, so I asked (naively), what bits he wrote. “All of it” was the reply. He’s written everything since Halle Berry walked out of the sea in Die Another Day and is a really nice, down to earth bloke. Most of the locals here know what he does, but everyone just leaves him to it, I think he likes it that way. He won’t let on what he’s writing at the moment, but as long as it’s not another Johnny English or Plunkett and Macleane Ride Again, then I’m not bothered.
Quite a story! Did you glance at his screen to see if he was the real deal?
The new Dune was better than I anticipated. Hard not to think of the 1984 version and compare, but after a while I “shifted” my mind to forget about it. I think the new one is pretty faithful to the whole premise. Excellent production values. And of course, it felt so unfinished stopping half-way. Can’t wait for the sequel!
Ha, that’s the one! Mad skills for the guy he’s chasing, too! He’s like The Bat Man the way he’s bouncing around like that.
Gotta say, I don’t think you could get me up that high even at gunpoint, let alone jump from one crane to another like they did.
Alas, one of my faves:
“District B13” is a hoot! Awesome flick.
"Little Murders" (1971)
Starring Elliot Gould, Marcia Rodd, Donald Sutherland, Alan Arkin
Written by Jules Feiffer
Directed by Alan Arkin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtUYLyy6r2c
This often bizarre black comedy is one of my favorites. It has scenes that are laugh-out-loud funny and others that are the blackest black. The scenes of family life are hysterically twisted, as is the famous wedding scene where Donald Sutherland portrays a hippie pastor.
Over the years, I have seen Little Murders three or four times, and my reaction varies the same way it does to Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange . Parts of it horrify me, leaving me aghast. But then other parts put me on the floor, rolling in laughter. Gene Siskel , who gave Little Murders his top rating (four stars), called it, "a mean little comedy that made me laugh and then think, 'God, how could I laugh at that.'" [Source: Wikipedia article ]
Roger Ebert also gave Little Murders his highest rating (four stars) in a lengthy review you can read here .
RichH
(RichH)
March 8, 2022, 11:30am
2104
No need. If he is not Robert Wade, he is his evil double
xevious
(Gary)
March 11, 2022, 3:25pm
2105
I had overlooked this. Whoa… what a mind trip! So surreal.
Lightbringer:
Ha, that’s the one! Mad skills for the guy he’s chasing, too! He’s like The Bat Man the way he’s bouncing around like that. Gotta say, I don’t think you could get me up that high even at gunpoint, let alone jump from one crane to another like they did.
Alas, one of my faves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJFUIjiaExI
“District B13” is a hoot! Awesome flick. :laughing:
Thanks - hadn’t known about District B13. That was some seriously cool Parkour!
xevious
(Gary)
March 11, 2022, 3:31pm
2106
KeepingItLight:
"Little Murders" (1971)
Starring Elliot Gould, Marcia Rodd, Donald Sutherland, Alan Arkin
Written by Jules Feiffer
Directed by Alan Arkin
www.youtube.com/embed/YtUYLyy6r2c
This often bizarre black comedy is one of my favorites. It has scenes that are laugh-out-loud funny and others that are the blackest black. The scenes of family life are hysterically twisted, as is the famous wedding scene where Donald Sutherland portrays a hippie pastor.
Over the years, I have seen Little Murders three or four times, and my reaction varies the same way it does to Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange . Parts of it horrify me, leaving me aghast. But then other parts put me on the floor, rolling in laughter. Gene Siskel , who gave Little Murders his top rating (four stars), called it, "a mean little comedy that made me laugh and then think, 'God, how could I laugh at that.'" [Source: Wikipedia article ]
Roger Ebert also gave Little Murders his highest rating (four stars) in a lengthy review you can read here .
I’d seen it mentioned before but never got around to watching it. Will have to give it a shot. Speaking of 1970’s, I had tried to get into some old Michael Caine movies from that time, but few could sustain my interest. I like him as an actor but man, he had so many “filler” movies.
Btw, sorry that your Joe Blogs thread had to be closed. Some people just can't respect an OP's intentions...
Looks promising. Adding that one to my list.
I watched it both ways, I think first was dubbed, and second was FR audio and with EN subs.
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 American Western comedy film written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Newman. It was loosely based on the life and times of Judge Roy Bean.
An outlaw, Roy Bean, rides into a West Texas border town called Vinegaroon by himself. The customers in the saloon beat him, rob him, toss a noose around him, and let his horse drag him off.
A young woman named Maria Elena finds and helps him. Bean promptly returns to town and shoot...
not that good.
only watch it if you are a Paul Newman fan, which we are
since we knew him when he was on the car racing circuit.
There was a small window in the late '60s/early '70s when the suits running Hollywood recognized that they did not understand the counterculture then sweeping the globe. But that didn't mean they did not want to cash in. The result was that they surrendered artistic control to the writers and directors, and just gambled that something profitable would come out it. Directors like Robert Altman got to make the movies they wanted, rather than something based on tried-and-true formulas and careful market studies.
Little Murders is one of those movies.
raccoon
March 12, 2022, 11:35am
2111
I saw His House (2020) .
This movie is pretty good.
The acting is great and the music is also great.
It's a psychological thriller/horror movie, with some drama and mystery as well.
The movie is not completely in chronological order.
Because of this, much of the movie doesn't make a lot of sense, until suddenly it all makes sense.
By the end of the movie, the movie makes sense, which is important to me.
The movie is a bit slow, though.
I like this movie, but the parts of the movie that didn't make sense (at the time) did bother me.
I recommend this movie to others, but you have to stick with it and watch the whole film to fully appreciate it.
maybe a Bogart movie you have not seen:
The Enforcer.
with Zero Mostel.
the whole thing is on Youtube.
Muto
(Muto)
March 13, 2022, 1:34am
2113
The Tender Bar.
Lots of vintage 60’s, 70’s cars and good vibe.
Loved it.
raccoon
March 13, 2022, 1:29pm
2114
I saw Silent Rage (1982) .
This horror/action film is not very good.
Overall, the acting isn't that great.
The music is okay, but there are long stretches without any music, which is disappointing.
This movie is inspired by the Halloween franchise, but it's also a Chuck Norris action film.
There's a mentally ill seemingly unkillable serial killer that doesn't talk much, just like in Halloween.
The movie has a lot of slow parts.
When something happens in the movie, it can be is fairly violent, but the violence is not done very well.
The end of the movie is the best part.
The killer is after Chuck Norris's character and his girlfriend, and it's actually pretty decent.
If the whole movie were as good as the ending, it'd be a much better movie.
Awww, man, you didn’t like it?
raccoon
March 13, 2022, 4:46pm
2116
I kinda liked the last twenty minutes, but I didn't care for the rest.
chops728
(chops728)
March 13, 2022, 5:07pm
2117
Yeah Chuck movies were never Siskel and Ebert approved
raccoon
March 13, 2022, 5:26pm
2118
I used to watch and like Walker, Texas Ranger.
That show is better than many Chuck Norris movies.
chops728
(chops728)
March 13, 2022, 5:56pm
2119
It’s funny —Lots of those old movies / shows, the action scenes are not very realistic ( Superman dodging the gun being thrown at him )
Pete7874
(Pete7874)
March 13, 2022, 6:49pm
2120
Watched the original Karate Kid (1984) with my 7-year-old. We enjoyed it.