I just watched Nice Dreams again. Gotta love Cheech & Chong 
"How much money do we have?"
"Uuuuuuhhhh, we have 17 million dollars, man!"
"How much money do we have?"
"Uuuuuuhhhh, we have 17 million dollars, man!"
Latest Movie That You Watched!
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I'm watching Heartbreakers, with Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Jason Lee. Great black comedy.
The Big Lebowski (1998) Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
I have seen this one a few times and never tire of it. It seems to get funnier every time I see it. It's sort of a detective story except that the detective in this case (Jeff Bridges) is not really a detective but is the probably the laziest dude in California. John Goodman plays the sidekick and if John Goodman has ever had a better role than this, I haven't seen it. The Coen Brothers are awesome and just seem to turn out one great flick after another in all kinds of genres.
I have seen this one a few times and never tire of it. It seems to get funnier every time I see it. It's sort of a detective story except that the detective in this case (Jeff Bridges) is not really a detective but is the probably the laziest dude in California. John Goodman plays the sidekick and if John Goodman has ever had a better role than this, I haven't seen it. The Coen Brothers are awesome and just seem to turn out one great flick after another in all kinds of genres.
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That movie was new right around the time I got married. One of my husband's friends had a girlfriend who kept him on a tight leash, so instead of telling her he was going to my husband's bachelor party - he told her he was going to see What About Bob? with the guys. It was a big joke, and on our get away car, they wrote WHAT ABOUT BOB in shaving cream on the window. That was soooo long ago. Lesson we learned: don't have the bachelor party the night before the wedding. Do it maybe the weekend before the wedding. My husband was so hung over he was sweaty and green and nauseous through the wedding - and so was ILast night I watched "What About Bob?" (for the umpteenth time!) on Netflix. I REALLY love that movie-am always surprised there are several parts where I chuckle out loud, even though I've seen it so many times!
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What? Of me enjoying myself? Ohhhhhhhhhh My!
A couple of hours ago I watched Mel Gibson's Apocalypto. Damn fine movie, excellently shot, the final chase was brilliant.
Tony Dalton, who is curator of the Harryhausen Collection (and who has co-written with Ray 4 quite excellent books on Ray's art, craft and career) lives quite near me, and I know him. And I have seen up close (but wasn't allowed to touch, because of insurance restriction) one of the Jason skeletons, one of the Jason hydra heads, the Minaton from Golden Voyage, the armatures from one of the Jason harpies and the 7th Voyage Cyclops... It was like being in the presence of the Dead Sea Scrolls or something, just amazing.
I don't suppose I need to clarify that I am a major Harryhausen fan, having everything on DVD/Bluray (including The Tortoise And The Hare). There is a good chat track with Ray and Tony Dalton on the recent Bluray release of Jason, recorded not too long before Ray passed away.
Movie Monsters in Scale: A Modeler's Gallery of Science Fiction and Horror Figures and Dioramas: Mark C. Glassy: 9780786468843: Amazon.com: Books
I won this book as an ARC over at Librarything. I put in for it because as a little girl, I would buy the monster models and put them together, and I have a thing for miniature doll houses, so this was the best of both worlds in this book. The author, Dr. Glassy, recreated many of Harry's creatures and in a review I did, I said if I could own only one model, it would be an individual skeleton from Jason and the ARgonauts. Love those guys!
THis is a great little film about the guy and his models.
In fact, I think Stephen King would like this guy. They would have a lot to talk about.
Stands about a foot tall, and lives in a black coffin which Ray made for him. There's some uncertainty over which number he is, but they are pretty sure he doesn't have his original sword and shield, they come from one of the others. I don't know if any of the others survive - Ray tended to re-use armatures.
Since Snow White and the Huntsman and Oz the Great and Powerful, I've been very wary of fairy tale movies. The delivery doesn't live up to the promise.
It was nominally enjoyable for us. Had good parts but the overall effect just didn't grab us. And with that cast, you'd expect more notoriety. I tell my friends we watched that movie, and they're all saying, "Never heard of it."
This one's brilliant. Yeah, we own it, and we can plug it in anytime. Wonderful (but brutal) movie. With a great ending.
I was post-Vietnam, but I could relate to Marine boot camp there. It was more brutal than my DIs and platoon. but there were DIs who could go too far. And during wartime, you'd kind of expect boot camp to be tougher.
I dunno. We weren't that entertained, and the wholesale machine-gun massacre of the Indians put the final nail in that coffin.
Oh, my. Another one we own, and like Usual Suspects, like Shawshank, like Green Mile, like Caddyshack, I can tune it in anytime and enjoy it for what it is.
The Dude Abides.
I really like the multi-quote feature.
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#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I like the part where Sigourney Weaver sings "Back in the USSR" on stage in a Russian accent
At least one of sK's fave movies from childhood was Earth vs The Flying Saucers, a Ray Harryhausen project.
The guy also went to the Ackermansion that Steve talks about in either Danse Macabre or On Writing. They just enjoyed the same movies as a child. I think they would have a fun conversation.
Inside Man.
Great idea; not-so-great direction by Spike Lee; not-so-great script by Russell Gewirtz. I don't see why people think Lee is such a great director. They're just not that good, even when they have a cast of thousands and an obviously large budget like this one.
Great idea; not-so-great direction by Spike Lee; not-so-great script by Russell Gewirtz. I don't see why people think Lee is such a great director. They're just not that good, even when they have a cast of thousands and an obviously large budget like this one.
I have to say that Inside Man was one of our hidden favorites, just a pretty good yarn, not as brutal as it seemed, with a pretty decent line, watchable and enjoyable. I suppose Grandma could've been distracted by the eye candy of Clive and Denzel. The main complaint I had was that Jody Foster's material was throwaway.
Like the current 3 Days To Kill, written and directed by Luc Besson, and both suffer from schizophrenia - straight-faced serious action with serious prejudice, but played with comedy stylings. The two elements contrast so drastically that each has the effect of undermining the effect of the other: consequently, neither works as it should and the film as a whole doesn't.
I couldn't find the words to sum up how I felt about the movie, and you found them for me. Perfect.