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Originally posted by Karachi Vyce
It also gave me the idea to include the putting forth an unserious, joke answer (a la Hollywood Squares) before giving a real answer while playing Trivial Pursuit.
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There is now. And my first recommendation is... Men at Work, a mindless romp chock full of everything from slapstick comedy to over-the-top performances of stereotypical character types to the standard, cynical performances of Sheen and Estevez.
It also gave me the idea to include the putting forth an unserious, joke answer (a la Hollywood Squares) before giving a real answer while playing Trivial Pursuit.Recently, there was a reckoning. It occurred on November 4, 2014 across the United States. Voters, recognizing the failures of the current leadership and fearing their unchecked abuses of power, elected another party as the new majority. This is a first step toward preventing more damage and undoing some of the damage already done. Hopefully, this is as much as will be required. -
The Rampant Irresponsible Movie Recommendation Thread
I think you broke with tradition in naming this thread.
I recommend The Final Cut . It's a great science fictional story, managing to address implications of a technological advance more profoundly than the typical scifi movie.
The current front-page user comment (titled "a lot of unfulfilled promise, but still worth watching") misses the point. I like the movie precisely because it only addresses a few consequences/uses of the technology to record memories, points out several more and only hints at others, gives it a more realistic feeling IMO (this happens very often with short SF stories, I think it's a strength). The main plot is good. I don't think this is Robin Williams greatest performance but he does a good job.
Also, what IMDB lists as factual error in the ending I see as deliberate.
I do think it's a movie that is really worth seeing.Such... is the respect paid to science that the most absurd opinions may become current, provided they are expressed in language, the sound of which recalls some well-known scientific phrase
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Slap Shot, one of the funniest sports movies ever.RIP Coach Larry Finch
Thank you Memphis Grizzlies for a great season.
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This is one thing that we can agree on. I absolutely love that movie.Originally posted by WillieStealAndHowComment
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Here's my own personal top five list:
On Borrowed Time, The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, Stairway to Heaven, Death Takes a Holiday (the original, not the piece of crap with Brad Pitt) and North By Northwest. Even though I have all of them on VHS and/or DVD, to this day, if I stumble upon any of them on television, I will still drop what I'm doing and watch them again. Thank goodness for TCM.
For those looking for something from the 1960s and up: The Princess Bride, Spirited Away, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Untitled (the extended version of Almost Famous) and The Shawshank Redemption. Any of them would be recommended without reservation.Comment
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This goes without saying...Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
"That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen."
"So it would seem."Recently, there was a reckoning. It occurred on November 4, 2014 across the United States. Voters, recognizing the failures of the current leadership and fearing their unchecked abuses of power, elected another party as the new majority. This is a first step toward preventing more damage and undoing some of the damage already done. Hopefully, this is as much as will be required.Comment
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I watched it 3 years ago on DVD during Christmas. The only thing it did for me was have me think what all I could have done for 2 1/2 hours instead of watching it.RIP Coach Larry Finch
Thank you Memphis Grizzlies for a great season.
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You...cultured swine!Originally posted by WillieStealAndHow
I watched it 3 years ago on DVD during Christmas. The only thing it did for me was have me think what all I could have done for 2 1/2 hours instead of watching it.Recently, there was a reckoning. It occurred on November 4, 2014 across the United States. Voters, recognizing the failures of the current leadership and fearing their unchecked abuses of power, elected another party as the new majority. This is a first step toward preventing more damage and undoing some of the damage already done. Hopefully, this is as much as will be required.Comment
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Best Pirate movie? Captain Blood (1935). The great director Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn and Basis Rathbone. I enjoyed Curse of the Black Pearl, but even the immensely talented Mr. D can't hold a candle to Flynn in his prime.Comment
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Joe has made it abundantly clear that he is a fan of older movies.Recently, there was a reckoning. It occurred on November 4, 2014 across the United States. Voters, recognizing the failures of the current leadership and fearing their unchecked abuses of power, elected another party as the new majority. This is a first step toward preventing more damage and undoing some of the damage already done. Hopefully, this is as much as will be required.Comment
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your point being?
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on the "rather unclear on this one" ID"There are no good wars. War is always the worst possible way to resolve differences. It degenerates and corrupts both sides to ever more sordid levels of existence, in their need to gain an advantage over the enemy. Those actively involved in combat are almost always damaged goods for the rest of their lives. If their bodies don't bear scars, their minds do, ofttimes both. Many have said it before, but it can't be said to enough, war is hell. "Comment
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No, I made it clear that some of my favorite movies are maybe a bit older. That doesn't mean I enjoy contemporary stuff; it's just that I find modern classics to be few and far between. As an occasional film critic, I see an awful lot of movies, good, bad or otherwise, but I also tend to seek out older material as well. And incidentally, I make my living covering mainly film and television.
In the end, I suppose it's all a matter of perception. I was in an HMV store in London a couple of weeks ago, and I overheard a customer asking the clerk about The Princess Bride. The clerk replied that she didn't know an awful lot about it, beause it was a 'really old movie.' Needless to say, my wife bustled me out of the store really fast, because she could see any number of sarcastic remarks bubbling to the surface!Comment
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