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Alpe d'Huez said:Midnight Experss isn't really that political, but a superb achievement.
True classic. In my Top-20.
The best gambler film (or do i forget another one?): "Owning Mahowny"
Alpe d'Huez said:Midnight Experss isn't really that political, but a superb achievement.
Rouetheday said:Sports Films- At the risk of sounding like a complete d**k, does a sports film automatically have to be sentimental mush? If not, then I would like to put in a good word for the work of Ron Shelton, himself a former minor league baseball player. He wrote and directed "Bull Durham", "White Men Can't Jump", and "Tin Cup". He also wrote the screenplay for "The Best of Times", an overlooked 1986 film starring Kurt Russell and Robin Williams (before he devoted himself almost exclusively to 'sentimental mush') about 30-something small towners who want to re-play the 'big game' they lost their senior year. It was favorably compared to classic Preston Sturges comedies. I haven't heard much from Shelton in recent years but I'm holding out hope that he'll turn his sights to the cycling world next. Perhaps a film about an earnest, flawed young man with an old-fashoined name and a sheltered upbringing who stands up against a golden boy sociopath. That screenplay could just about write itself, eh?
Others sports films I've enjoyed over the years include "The Bad News Bears", "Breaking Away", "Slap Shot", "North Dallas Forty", and that Farrelly Brothers movie about pro bowlers with Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray, the name of which escapes me right now.
By the way, I'm a real stickler for grammar, but putting quotes around all those titles was a real pain in the a**. I may have to rethink that in the future.
DominicDecoco said:Let me introduce you for some of the finest scenes known...:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-f8hwafsIU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkh6if8TL2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6csp2fZt2E
That is an underrated, unseen film. The look at the town of Taft was reality. The back story actually had meaning to it beyond what was on the surface. Good find.Rouetheday said:Ron Shelton... also wrote the screenplay for "The Best of Times", an overlooked 1986 film starring Kurt Russell and Robin Williams.
Another film with a real slice of reality. It captured the simple life of Oklahoma, and some of the scenes are quite frightening.FoxxyBrown1111 said:Did i mention "Silkwood"?
From your picks, Sixteen Candles was fun as a youth, as was Pretty in Pink. as just like every other teenager then I had a crush on Molly Ringwold. But are those chick flicks? Titanic was...titanic! Is Blue Crush a chick flick? How about Heathers? Ghost was a chick flick, right? It was okay. What about Lost in Translation?Rouetheday said:How about this for an intriguing sub-category- "Chick Flicks that aren't just for Chicks"?
DominicDecoco said:
Alpe d'Huez said:That is an underrated, unseen film. The look at the town of Taft was reality. The back story actually had meaning to it beyond what was on the surface. Good find.
Another film with a real slice of reality. It captured the simple life of Oklahoma, and some of the scenes are quite frightening.
From your picks, Sixteen Candles was fun as a youth, as was Pretty in Pink. as just like every other teenager then I had a crush on Molly Ringwold. But are those chick flicks? Titanic was...titanic! Is Blue Crush a chick flick? How about Heathers? Ghost was a chick flick, right? It was okay. What about Lost in Translation?
Looking at those, I'm not sure they're chick flicks. Heathers was wacky dark humor. Titanic was an action movie with a gorgeous Kate Winslet in it. I liked Blue Crush because it had hot babes surfing in bikinis. Ghost had a beautiful Demi Moore, and Lost in Translation had a beautiful Scarlett Johansson.
Any guy here who mentions a Hugh Grant movie...
Rouetheday said:When Brad Pitt pulled out that knife for the first time in "Inglourious Basterds", the first thought that popped into my mind was, "Oh sweet! He's gonna circumsize this Nazi f***er!!". Then he proceeds to carve a swastika into his forehead. Really Quentin? Is that the best you could come up with?![]()
DominicDecoco said:It's a brilliant movie.
DominicDecoco said:It's a an utterly ridiculous movie.
woodenswan said:
straydog said:....fixed it for you...your welcome![]()
That's definitely a surfing film, and better than Blue Crush (even with the babes in bikinis). It may not have the same complete surfer lifestyle that Big Wednesday had (my pick for best surfing film!) and it's not The Endless Summer, but Point Break had a great mix of action, adventure, cops and robbers, and surfing. The final scene shows how true to the sport it was.straydog said:And for the ultimate surf film...surely Point Break...
FoxxyBrown1111 said:I know i´ll get abused now:
I just watched "Inception". It is terrible BS. But it´s clever done by Warner: Leave the end open or to be interpreted differently by the individuals. Then it´s easy get the people in for part 2, 3, 4...
It´s just for milking money out of the people.
It´s not that i don´t like good SciFi (12 Monkeys, Matrix part 1, for example were great movies with great stories), but this isn´t only bad ending, it´s unlogic, boring and complete nonsense. What a waste of money. I should have not listen to the good critics the movie got. Had i followed my instinct, i wouldn´t have spend money for this pathetic crap.
FoxxyBrown1111 said:I should have not listen to the good critics the movie got. Had i followed my instinct, i wouldn´t have spend money for this pathetic crap.
DominicDecoco said:You don't like Shutter Island as well then? Don't tell me you don't like Shutter Island.
elapid said:While I quite liked Inception because of its layers and intrigue, a movie I had a similar reaction to you with Inception was No Country For Old Men. Good movie ... yes, but not worth all the hype and hoopla IMO.