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And this movie also has the best on screen street fight I've ever seen. It goes on forever....
Watching the movie Bug from the 1970's,and at one point a lady gets attacked by the bugs in a kitchen..I was thinking,man that kitchen is familiar..it is the Brady Bunch's kitchen,lol.. them Bradys sure left behind some big cockaroaches!!
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) BOMB Directed by Damien Lichtenstein
Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner lead a gang of thieves disguised as Elvis impersonators to rob a casino in Vegas. In true caper movie fashion, things go south. What could've been an amusing thriller is instead a needlessly violent, mean-spirited mess, with scummy characters and an incoherent plot told with pointless stylistics. No thank you very much, baby.
Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner lead a gang of thieves disguised as Elvis impersonators to rob a casino in Vegas. In true caper movie fashion, things go south. What could've been an amusing thriller is instead a needlessly violent, mean-spirited mess, with scummy characters and an incoherent plot told with pointless stylistics. No thank you very much, baby.
I always wondered why it's considered long. Is six minutes really long for a fight?
The Cloverfield Paradox
It was ok, nothing special.
It has mainly negative reviews but i have seen worser films.
It's a SciFi-Horror Film with no Surprises, but ok to watch once
It was ok, nothing special.
It has mainly negative reviews but i have seen worser films.
It's a SciFi-Horror Film with no Surprises, but ok to watch once
I assume you've probably been in a fight or two Gerald, do you remember how tired you get? I've been in a couple that lasted as long as this one, at the end it's just holding on to the other guy and trying to outlast them until the guys in the white hats arrive.. between the adrenaline and the all out effort, you are totally gassed..
I know nowadays a fight wouldn't last too long with me, one solid hit to either knee or shoulder and I'd tell the person who started the Chicago fire to make them stop wailing on me...lol
But movie fights are seldom realistic. Although even within the sci-fi context of this movie, Carpenter seemed to have wanted to create a realistic fight.
But there are longer fights. For example Bruce Lee versus Chuck Norris is longer - probably a minute or so. So I never got what the deal was about the one in They Live being long - perhaps within the standard of American films. I know it's considered long, Carpenter knows this too and he never wanted to change it.
The bubblegum line was by Piper, not written by Carpenter. He used to say this when he was in a match for real, and Carpenter liked it and included it.
Avengers: Infinity War. I'm an 80s kid, so I love comic books, especially the Marvel ones: I first saw New York (and America) through the eyes of the writers and artists at Marvel. This movie was sublime, no other word for it. And I thought I was heart-broken over THAT scene between Peter and Tony, until I read what Groot's final "I am Groot" meant at the film's climax (look it up on James Gunn's page, if you dare).
A Quiet Place - I think Stephen King and I saw a different movie. I was somewhat underwhelmed by it, it was okay, nothing special in my opinion. The acting was fine, but the story was neither particularly engaging nor at all scary.
The Square - A funny and biting look at the modern art world. It could have used some more judicious editing to shorten the length, but it's very well-made. There are 3 or 4 scenes in particular that are absolutely fantastic and quite confrontational that by themselves justify the price of admission (hell, there's one scene set on a staircase that has more dread packed into it than the entirety of A Quiet Place).
The Death of Stalin - Maybe the funniest movie I've had the pleasure of seeing in theatres. It's pretty dark, and it doesn't shy away from the evils of Soviet totalitarianism, but Armando Iannucci manages to perfectly balance this with superbly crafted comedy set pieces. Everyone is hilarious (it's great to see Michael Palin back in comedy), but Steve Buscemi as Khrushchev steals the show.
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - A very, very good movie. There's the occasional bit of tonal whiplash, but it's got some laugh out loud moments, and the performances are excellent. Sam Rockwell absolutely deserved that Oscar.
Lady Bird - Competent, but sort of dull and mediocre. I really don't like the forced quirkiness that is seemingly mandated in indie dramadies, and there's plenty of it in this movie. Hey indie directors, Garden State was almost 15 years ago, find something else to do.
The Square - A funny and biting look at the modern art world. It could have used some more judicious editing to shorten the length, but it's very well-made. There are 3 or 4 scenes in particular that are absolutely fantastic and quite confrontational that by themselves justify the price of admission (hell, there's one scene set on a staircase that has more dread packed into it than the entirety of A Quiet Place).
The Death of Stalin - Maybe the funniest movie I've had the pleasure of seeing in theatres. It's pretty dark, and it doesn't shy away from the evils of Soviet totalitarianism, but Armando Iannucci manages to perfectly balance this with superbly crafted comedy set pieces. Everyone is hilarious (it's great to see Michael Palin back in comedy), but Steve Buscemi as Khrushchev steals the show.
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - A very, very good movie. There's the occasional bit of tonal whiplash, but it's got some laugh out loud moments, and the performances are excellent. Sam Rockwell absolutely deserved that Oscar.
Lady Bird - Competent, but sort of dull and mediocre. I really don't like the forced quirkiness that is seemingly mandated in indie dramadies, and there's plenty of it in this movie. Hey indie directors, Garden State was almost 15 years ago, find something else to do.
Good stuff! I pretty much like most of what John Carpenter has done..but for a real fight,the one between Rowdy Roddy and Keith David was pretty much my choice as how it goes..and at the end,as they climb the stairs to their crappy hotel room,Roddy says to Keith "Ain't love grand?" LOLOL..haha that was great..
another long fight,being shown a lot on cable here,is the Chuck Norris vehicle Silent Rage..pretty much Chuck fights this guy through the whole movie.This is a horror movie,not your standard kung fu fight movie..and you get Flounder,Stephen Furst,from Animal House,as Chuck's deputy,he was friggin hilarious if you haven't seen this one..
The fight was recreated move for move for the Timmy vs. Jimmy fight on South Park
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"Chaps" used in an inclusive, all-embracing kind of way!"Chaps" - oh - I say!
Let's not forget the chapettes as well
The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society - gentle drama about the German occupation of the Channel Islands in WWII. Quietly pleasing.
They rehearsed the fight in They Live for two months in Carpenter's backyard. The bosses at WWF didn't want Piper to do the film. They rather offered him another film than let him do this one, Piper says, for the only reason that they wanted to be in control of him and what he did. But he did it anyway and since the film did very well (opened at number one at the North American box office) it only added to his status.
Actually what I think is strange: how did Keith manage to find Piper in that alley. Piper goes to the construction site to make Keith come with him, but Keith tells him to go away. After Piper has taken the sunglasses out of the garbagetruck, suddenly Keith is in the alley offering him some money to get along. How did Keith find him, you clearly could tell in the previous scene he wasn't about to follow him...
Haven't seen Silent Rage, I think.
Quickly, if you're reading this "the thing from another world" is kicking off in about 5 minutes in the Northeast US, one of my favorite movies ever!
Finally saw The Phantom Thread. I normally would have dismissed this as a chick-flick were it not for director Paul Thomas Anderson and hands-down (IMHO) the best actor of my generation, Mr Daniel Day-Lewis. If they made a movie with DDL packing a sack lunch, I would watch it, because he would find some way to turn even that banal act into a compelling can't-look-away performance.
TPT is the story of how love enters and upsets the life of a successful tailor in 1950s London. It is a subtle and fascinating study of one man's toxic masculinity, as well as the borderline disturbing affection of his muse and lover. While it isn't one of DDL's best films (my favourite is a toss-up between Lincoln and There Will Be Blood), this is a standout because of actress Vicky Krieps, who effortlessly goes toe-to-toe with Day-Lewis in terms of acting ability. Also noteworthy is the musical score, in itself a character in the movie.
DDL has said that this is his last performance and he will be retiring from acting. I hope not, but if that's the case, he has left an outstanding oeuvre that will be studied and lauded for generations to come.
TPT is the story of how love enters and upsets the life of a successful tailor in 1950s London. It is a subtle and fascinating study of one man's toxic masculinity, as well as the borderline disturbing affection of his muse and lover. While it isn't one of DDL's best films (my favourite is a toss-up between Lincoln and There Will Be Blood), this is a standout because of actress Vicky Krieps, who effortlessly goes toe-to-toe with Day-Lewis in terms of acting ability. Also noteworthy is the musical score, in itself a character in the movie.
DDL has said that this is his last performance and he will be retiring from acting. I hope not, but if that's the case, he has left an outstanding oeuvre that will be studied and lauded for generations to come.
Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.
Uh, yeah. This was the weirdest thing. Everybody talking slow and slurry and sort of scary. Odd performances, especially Yoko Ono. I swear to God, how did these stoned idiots keep a straight face when she started her primal scream stuff? Serious musicians playing to some wounded howler monkey -- mind boggling. I was waiting for someone in the audience to do "something witchy" and rush the stage and stick a fork in her belly.
Uh, yeah. This was the weirdest thing. Everybody talking slow and slurry and sort of scary. Odd performances, especially Yoko Ono. I swear to God, how did these stoned idiots keep a straight face when she started her primal scream stuff? Serious musicians playing to some wounded howler monkey -- mind boggling. I was waiting for someone in the audience to do "something witchy" and rush the stage and stick a fork in her belly.
That might have been worth seeing!