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chillywilly
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:09 pm Reply with quote
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mo_flixx wrote:
and one with Jeff Fahey (looking very gorgeous that I can't remember the name of) but it was still a good movie.

It wasn't Detour, was it? I remember it being an ok movie.

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mo_flixx
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:27 pm Reply with quote
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Syd wrote:
Bound's a great film, but I find Showgirls unwatchable.


Not at all. You ABSOLUTELY MUST SEE THE V.I.P. EDITION. Once you use your shot glasses enough, you will love it.

BTW, the commentary is to die for.


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mo_flixx
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:28 pm Reply with quote
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chillywilly wrote:
mo_flixx wrote:
and one with Jeff Fahey (looking very gorgeous that I can't remember the name of) but it was still a good movie.

It wasn't Detour, was it? I remember it being an ok movie.


I checked the imdb.com - even tho' hippie thinks I'm lazy. Somehow, this doesn't seem like the right movie. I'm in a quandry.
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mo_flixx
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:30 pm Reply with quote
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lshap wrote:
I loved Memento, but I'd classify it as 'gimmicky' rather than exclusive to one decade. And besides, I think it was done in 2000, like being born on the cusp.

Pulp Fiction is really, really, really THE film of the 90's


Yeah, but we're supposed to be discussing MORE THAN ONE.

Besides I think the argument for TOY STORY being THE film was pretty damn convincing.

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mo_flixx
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:35 pm Reply with quote
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I am a huge fan of the '90's films of John Dahl -

"Red Rock West"
"The Last Seduction" and others.

What a stylist!
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ehle64
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:36 pm Reply with quote
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Here's the link hippie posted in the last Specialty Forum:

hippiemc wrote:
Here's a terrific "best of" list resource.

http://www.listsofbests.com/lists/home/movies/definitive

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Syd
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:54 pm Reply with quote
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mo_flixx wrote:
lshap wrote:
I loved Memento, but I'd classify it as 'gimmicky' rather than exclusive to one decade. And besides, I think it was done in 2000, like being born on the cusp.

Pulp Fiction is really, really, really THE film of the 90's


Yeah, but we're supposed to be discussing MORE THAN ONE.

Besides I think the argument for TOY STORY being THE film was pretty damn convincing.

Wink


I made a case for Toy Story to be the most influential film of the 90s. (Except for Fred Ott's Sneeze which was one of the most influential films of the 1890s.) It changed the face of animation to the point where few successful American animated films are done in the traditional style. (Although that's not true in Japan because of Ghibli Studios.) Toy Story was the most influential animated film since Snow White.

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Syd
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:56 pm Reply with quote
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By the way, if you want to stump someone, ask him to link Fred Ott to Kevin Bacon.

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mo_flixx
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:44 am Reply with quote
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Syd wrote:
By the way, if you want to stump someone, ask him to link Fred Ott to Kevin Bacon.


I remember...and I thought your observation was brilliant.

What is this...six degrees of Kevin Bacon and "Toy Story?"

Fred Ott --- who?? 20 degrees of Kevin Bacon?
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Ghulam
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:56 am Reply with quote
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I thought Pulp Fiction was all style. The substance was gory, and the characters unsavory. However to give myself a second chance, I just rented it from Hollywood store for another look-see.
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jeremy
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Ott sound like hot, which is the best way to serve bacon.

Where's my dollar?

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gromit
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Ghulam, I also wasn't such a big Pulp Fiction fan. Some scenes were very good. Samuel L. kicks ass. But too many plot lines seemed grafted on just to add a shock or camp element. It was interesting and lively, but didn't really hold together or keep my interest entirely. I'm not much into violence on film, so maybe that came into play.

Since my first viewing, I've seen scenes and segments here and there, but haven't seen PF whole again. So I'm willing to dust off my copy and see how it affects me.

Also looking forward to a 2nd viewing of Fight Club (long overdue).

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Joe Vitus
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I more than disliked Pulp Fiction, I thought it was hideous. Amoral to the core, and layering in the "cult" references in the most obvious learned-it-from-a-textbook-never-actually-encountered-the-stuff manner. No real feeling of connection between the tawdry pop culture it brandishes in such a chic way and the director utilizing it. A disturbing film, unpleasant, for little reason. Really, in my opinion, a terrible picture.

Kill Bill is everything Pulp Fiction is not. Genuine, original in its use of pop culture artifacts, and intensely personal.

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jeremy
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I think Pulp Fiction is everything Kill Bill is not, precisely because it does not let the audience of the hook by labelling itself a joke.

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Mr. Brownstone
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:45 am Reply with quote
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Some 90's stuff I'd like to see addressed in one way or another:

The Doors-JFK-Heaven & Earth-Natural Born Killers-UTurn-Any Given Sunday: What the Hell Happened to Oliver Stone?

Forrest Gump vs. Pulp Fiction, the war of '94 - Tarantino loses the Oscar, Clinton loses Congress. Coincidence?

Best Shakespeare Adaptation. Nominees: Bertolucci's Hamlet, Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, McKlellan's Richard III, Branagh's Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

The best actor of the 90s - Sean Penn. Tom Hanks. Johnny Depp. Harvey Keitel. Leonardo DiCaprio. Denzel Washington. Morgan Freeman. Jeff Bridges. Al Pacino.

If the only other George Clooney movie you ever saw was Batman & Robin, would you have seen Syriana coming?

Goodfellas. Cape Fear. Age of Innocence. Casino. Kundun. Bringing Out the Dead. What the fuck did Martin Scorsese ever do to you?

Malcolm X vs. Girl 6. How are these both Spike Lee joints?

The best movies of the 90s, according to me:
Dead Man Walking
Goodfellas
Natural Born Killers
Unforgiven
Reservoir Dogs
Three Kings
Pulp Fiction
Fight Club
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Glengarry Glen Ross

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