The Movie Thread

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Saw it in the theater when it came out.

I saw it a short time later when the rating was changed from "X" to an "R" rating. I thought it was a great movie, but a sad movie overall. I wonder how many people realize that this was the movie that started the "I'm walking here, I'm walking here" movie line seen in Back To The Future II, Forest Gump and other movies.

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

I don't want to post any spoilers, so I'll just ask:
What did you think of that freaky couple mid-movie?
AND
Did the ending surprise you?

I think the nice couple was one of the biggest and best surprises I've seen in a while. They deserved a movie of their own I think. Didn't felt so creeped out in quite a while and how things "developed" were just right... you know...the Missus who came for Oleg... Good girl

The ending? Not really. At first when someone was driving home, you know, I was like "Oh no, after all that?". But when "Oh noeee!" happened, I had an idea what was coming because of his former uhm "job". So it made sense.

(Spoiler)
Also, I am/was a medic and know ppl dont just die away from a lateral abdominal gun shot wound that easy if it doesn't rip vital arteries or organs

Anyways, in return I can recommend "Brothers" (Portman, Gyllenhal, Maguire) and "Silver Linings" (My super-secret-celebrity-crush Jennifer Lawrence and this guy from Hangover which name I always forget, darn...)

[Jimbuna]

The Boondock Saints (1999)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/

[u crank]

I love old westerns. Ya they can be corny but I like them.

Watching this one. Again.

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

The Boondock Saints (1999)

Great movie! I have the DVD.

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Anyways, in return I can recommend "Brothers" (Portman, Gyllenhal, Maguire) and "Silver Linings" (My super-secret-celebrity-crush Jennifer Lawrence and this guy from Hangover which name I always forget, darn...)

Thanks for the suggestion. I have a long list of must see movies. Silver Linings Playbook looks interesting.

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by u crank

I love old westerns. Ya they can be corny but I like them.

Watching this one. Again.

I like old western movies ... I'll keep a look out for that one.

This one is my top ten western movies and Joanne Woodward should've won the academy award for this one.

She fooled me all the way to the end.

"A Big Hand for the Little Lady"

Burgess Meredith
Henry Fonda
Joanne Woodward
Jason Robards
Paul Ford

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/61236/big-hand-for-the-little-lady-warner-archive-collection-a/

Delightful comedy western romp. Warner Bros.' Archive Collection line of hard-to-find library and cult titles has re-released
A Big Hand for the Little Lady, the 1966 feature from Warner's starring Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Charles Bickford,
Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, Paul Ford, John Qualen, James Berwick, and Gerald Michenaud.

[August]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

I like old western movies ... I'll keep a look out for that one.

It's actually a Civil War movie but it's pretty good.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

This one is my top ten western movies and Joanne Woodward should've won the academy award for this one.

She fooled me all the way to the end.

"A Big Hand for the Little Lady"

I ended up watching this one a while back when it was on some cable channel, probably TCM - partly out of boredom and partly out of curiosity just because I really like Joanne Woodward. Enjoyed it thoroughly and I was fooled too, I kinda suspected something was up but was still surprised by how it all turned out.

[Oberon]

Speaking of horsemen, just finished watching 'Mongol', a good film, very impressively choreographed, well implemented, takes a few liberties, such as having Temujin let Jamuka go after the Battle of the Thirteen Armies, and it also seems to leave Toghrul out of the picture somewhat, and it skips over the formation of Temujins army and the beginning of the Yassa code a bit.
However, as films go, I have seen a lot worse, and all in all it was rather entertaining.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Speaking of horsemen, just finished watching 'Mongol', a good film, very impressively choreographed, well implemented, takes a few liberties, such as having Temujin let Jamuka go after the Battle of the Thirteen Armies, and it also seems to leave Toghrul out of the picture somewhat, and it skips over the formation of Temujins army and the beginning of the Yassa code a bit.
However, as films go, I have seen a lot worse, and all in all it was rather entertaining.

Sounds interesting.I have to say as the last few years I really like what Russian and Chinese films have been doing lately.They actually have an interesting story and lack over done CGI it still feels like art and not crap shoveled out just to make money.(though any film does have the end goal of making some profit other wise you have no one giving you money to make the thing.)

A really good recent Chinese film I liked a lot was "City of Life and Death" about the Battle of Nanking(and rape of) it is well acted and has some really good actors both Chinese and Japanese and you actually develop an interest in more than one character when all is said and done.

[WernherVonTrapp]

OK, tell me there's somebody
out there who has not seen this movie.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

OK, tell me there's somebody
out there who has not seen this movie.

Lol, there's always somebody who hasn't seen something, no matter how seemingly ubiquitous and popular it might be. I know someone who didn't see Jaws until I showed it to her a few years ago. Believe it or not I know people who have never seen any of the Godfather movies.

And I didn't see Ferris Bueller until I caught it on cable a couple years back.

[Sailor Steve]

I've never seen it, and what are you still doing here? The movie's over! Go home!

I think that was the first post-credit joke I ever saw.

[WernherVonTrapp]

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

OK, tell me there's somebody
out there who has not seen this movie.

Unfortunately, I did see it. It is on the top of my "hated" movies. I have never watched a movie where I had less sympathy/empathy for a main character. I was upset that it did not have a happy ending.