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| tirebiter |
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| Philo, you old son of a bitch. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:20 am |
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RodneyWelch wrote: Grindhouse is pretty damn good -- a cheapo drive-in double-feature on a $100 million budget. The first one, "Planet Terror," was a gross-out zombie shocker full of dripping pustules, switchblade hypodermics and Rose MacGowan with a machine gun for a leg. Not so much gory as gooey and silly, and very much ooze-by-numbers Rodriguez. The second one, Tarantino's "Death Proof," was tremendously exciting: Kurt Russell plays a badass stuntman killer who meets his match with a posse of daredevil stuntwomen. A brilliant, edge-of-the-seat homage to chase movies like "Vanishing Point," girl-power slutfests like "Faster, Pussycat! Kill, Kill!" and, in one scene, even the director's own "Reservoir Dogs" -- only this time it's a lot of girls sitting around the table talking dirty. A small Tarantino masterpiece that had the same effect on me as the first "Kill Bill" -- as soon as it was over, I wanted to ride it again..
And as for David Lynch.... I consider Eraserhead by far the worst movie I've ever seen twice, and cannot muster any enthusiasm for him since. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:47 am |
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RodneyWelch wrote: Actually I think all or some of you knew me as philostrate back inthe NYT days. I've only just become aware of this site. I wondered where everyone went.
Holy moly! Good to see you 'round again, Philo. |
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| RodneyWelch |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:00 pm |
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| Well, tell ya the truth, I wasn't much of a presence on the NYT forums -- but someone did mention the shutdown to me the other day, consequently mentioning this site as well. |
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| RodneyWelch |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:14 pm |
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Well, good to be here.
Whiskey -- In a way, I agree regarding the object of Tarantino's affection. People wax very nostalgic about those cheapo movies of the 1970s, but a lot of them are just unendurable to sit through today. There was one boob-and-butt flick from that time called "Preacherman," which was a huge hit among the drive-in crowd; when I finally saw it a few years ago I could hardly believe just how little it took to amuse the masses back in the day. I also watched one of Pam Grier's oldies, I think it was called "Foxy Brown," and it was equally awful: so badly acted, shot, directed and edited that it effectively neutered whatever claims one might make to its raw energy. I think Rodriguez and Tarantino are far superior to whatever inspired them in most cases.
On the other hand, there are others I remember liking like "Across 110th Street" and "Super Fly." Be interesting to see if they hold up after all these years.
Can't agree on "Eraserhead," which remains for me a raw subconscious nightmare. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:17 pm |
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Welcome to Third Eye, Rodney.
I also liked/was intrigued by Inland Empire and can't wait to see it again. The "trailer" preceding IE was about 10 minutes of Eraserhead, specifically the dinner table scene.
I chuckled at the long awkward silences and made a vow to re-watch it straight (for once). Still haven't gotten around to it. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:25 pm |
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Quote: If Rear Window is the movies' greatest metaphorical study of pre-wedding nerves, Kill Bill is the same for post-marital fallout.
Rod......what a scrutinizer you are! No shallow 20 year old.
Rodney.....welcome......sounds like your film viewing range will enhance this site. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:29 pm |
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| Welcome, Rodney/Phile. Glad you're here. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:42 pm |
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| The sailor is home from the sea and the hunter home from the hill. Nice to see you Philo. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:48 pm |
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| Wilkommen, Bienvenue, wait a minute, that was Saturday Night, now I'm just a Moderator, not the EmCee. Nice 2 C U Rodney. Have you seen Zodiac? |
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| RodneyWelch |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:13 pm |
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| Zodiac is pretty good, I thought, but it reminded me a little of that Travolta movie from some years back, A Civil Action -- partly because both were true stories, both show the way a particular case can take forever and take a real toll on the people involved, and because neither really had a wow finish. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:40 pm |
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RodneyWelch wrote: Zodiac is pretty good, I thought, but it reminded me a little of that Travolta movie from some years back, A Civil Action -- partly because both were true stories, both show the way a particular case can take forever and take a real toll on the people involved, and because neither really had a wow finish.
A Civil Action was a full-out bore. Zodiac was riveting. Otherwise your comment is on the money. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:09 pm |
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RodneyWelch wrote: Well, tell ya the truth, I wasn't much of a presence on the NYT forums -- but someone did mention the shutdown to me the other day, consequently mentioning this site as well.
I remember you from the old forums, too. I used to post as sydhe but now I use my real identity. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:05 pm |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:21 pm |
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Befade wrote: Rod......what a scrutinizer you are! No shallow 20 year old.
Thank you. No, I'm an embittered and cranky 28 year old.
I did some major home viewing last night to catch up:
Brides; A story that grabs your interest; Damian Lewis, that excellent actor from Keane and Band of Brothers, playing an American photographer travelling home after the Smyrna massacre in 1922, with a shipload of 700 women of Greek, Russian, and other ethnic identities, who are mail-order brides for countrymen in the US and Canada. Lewis sets about photographing them all in their bridal gowns. But the film's slackly developed, it makes Water look like Kill Bill, and I turned it off half-way through because of Steven Berkoff's coarse, sweaty heavy. Talk about a baddie from central casting.
Beau Geste; Badly produced but fairly entertaining edition from the mid-'60s; Telly Savalas, as was his habit, makes things worth watching.
Under The Sand; Charlotte Rampling is god. Thou shalt have no other gods besides her. Otherwise, a spare, sad film from the hugely talented Francois Ozon. Not quite the eclipsing drama I hoped it would be, but very fine.
Private Lives; antique adaptation of Noel Coward's play with Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery started off well, but lost me somewhere around Act Two. Lousy 1931 soundtrack uncomplimentary to rapid-fire dialogue. |
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