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chillywilly |
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:09 pm |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Here's the link hippie posted in the last Specialty Forum:
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Syd |
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:54 pm |
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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.
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:03 am |
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Ott sound like hot, which is the best way to serve bacon.
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gromit |
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:16 am |
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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 |
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:50 am |
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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 |
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:42 am |
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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 |
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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
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