sportdan30 wrote:How about naming some "I can't believe you haven't seen that movie!"....
Believe it or not, I've never seen The Graduate, The Godfather, or any of the Harry Potter movies, and Driving Miss Daisy to name a few. I know, I know....pathetic.
Would I still appreciate The Godfather in the year 2005?
Yes. Great cinema is great cinema no matter what year it was made. By all means watch the Godfather series.
Yes Sir!
The Godfather I and II are both timeless.
Besides the fact that they are period pieces so that they never really age....They are just incredibly written, acted and directed.
They are My #1 and #2 Movies all time...
sportdan30 wrote:How about naming some "I can't believe you haven't seen that movie!"....
Believe it or not, I've never seen The Graduate, The Godfather, or any of the Harry Potter movies, and Driving Miss Daisy to name a few. I know, I know....pathetic.
Would I still appreciate The Godfather in the year 2005?
Dan, I have never seen The Graduate or The Godfather either. The Godfather in particular is a black hole on my movie list -- I need to see it.
I am also missing some classic Hitchcock -- never seen Psycho or Rear Window.
Brando70 wrote:
Dan, I have never seen The Graduate or The Godfather either. The Godfather in particular is a black hole on my movie list -- I need to see it.
I am also missing some classic Hitchcock -- never seen Psycho or Rear Window.
Hmm, someone may have to revoke the outstanding taste in cinema appelation.
Thing is, you're more likely to find recent films at the local Blockbuster than those classic films (which can encompass stuff over 50 years old). With "great films," especially long ones, you feel you have to dedicate some time when you can give your full concentration, as opposed to most run-of-the-mill movies you just put on and watch, not think too much about their profundity. So they're harder to find and set time aside to view them. Then you may want to view the extras and then read reviews or find discussions about them, if you got into them at all.
Oh and Laurel Canyon, caught that on HBO Signature once. Watched it again for Kate Beckinsale, particularly jogging in those tights.
SoMisss2000 wrote:Hell, just for laughs, rent The 40-year Old Virgin. I laughed the entire time in the theatre and I picked up the dvd tonite.
Hilarious movie. I think I actually liked this movie better than Wedding Crashers. For some reason, Wedding Crashers too often looked for a quick funny joke that turned out to be not that funny. Still, I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Last night, I finally got around to renting Murderball. I had rented it previously, but never did watch it because I kept putting it off. Wow, what an inspiring, often emotional documentary film. It sure put some things in to perspective for me. Outstanding.
On a related note, this morning I happened to turn on Sportscenter before heading to work. They were doing a piece on Travis Roy, the freshman hockey player who was paralyzed 11 seconds in to his college career with Boston University. I had seen a similar story on him quite a few years back, but this story was even more moving. Not ashame to admit, I teared up big time.
I believe The Aristocrats is on DVD now or will be soon. It's a documentary about the dirtiest joke ever. It's the joke that comedians tell each other and try to one-up each other in how dirty they can make it. It's an entertaining movie but just make sure there are no children in ear shot.
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait.
My time is water down a drain.
ScoopBrady wrote:I believe The Aristocrats is on DVD now or will be soon. It's a documentary about the dirtiest joke ever. It's the joke that comedians tell each other and try to one-up each other in how dirty they can make it. It's an entertaining movie but just make sure there are no children in ear shot.
I also heartily second The 40-Year Old Virgin. While Wedding Crashers has some hilarious moments, Virgin is a much better movie. Carrell is actually a believable character, and the Greek Chorus of his pals provide a lot of great lines. One side note: when Mrs. B and I saw this in the theater, we were the ONLY people in the audience who laughed at the Asia reference. Talk about feeling old.
I finally saw Team America this weekend. While not nearly as good as the South Park movie, it's worth renting for the puppet sex alone (especially the unrated version). It is heartening that, in a day and age where the line for good taste has been pushed almost to the horizon, Matt Stone and Trey Parker can still cross it.
Brando70 wrote:I finally saw Team America this weekend. While not nearly as good as the South Park movie, it's worth renting for the puppet sex alone (especially the unrated version)
That's the point in the movie when I turned it off. I didn't find the movie funny at all. I felt bad because I heard such great things about it and I actually talked my wife into watching it with me. Luckily, my wife was asleep by then because I would have had trouble explaining to her why that scene was supposed to be funny.
Brando70 wrote:I finally saw Team America this weekend. While not nearly as good as the South Park movie, it's worth renting for the puppet sex alone (especially the unrated version)
That's the point in the movie when I turned it off. I didn't find the movie funny at all. I felt bad because I heard such great things about it and I actually talked my wife into watching it with me. Luckily, my wife was asleep by then because I would have had trouble explaining to her why that scene was supposed to be funny.
It's not a good movie, but there were parts that I really laughed at. They had the Bruckheimer action movie formula down pat. But the puppet sex was just unbelievable -- not funny, more a "I can't believe they did that." Worst thing is I can't get that stupid theme song out of my head.
I think their original idea would have made for a funnier movie: a scene-for-scene, word-for-word remake of Armageddon with puppets.
Brando70 wrote:I finally saw Team America this weekend. While not nearly as good as the South Park movie, it's worth renting for the puppet sex alone (especially the unrated version)
That's the point in the movie when I turned it off. I didn't find the movie funny at all. I felt bad because I heard such great things about it and I actually talked my wife into watching it with me. Luckily, my wife was asleep by then because I would have had trouble explaining to her why that scene was supposed to be funny.
I know I have a really low brow sense of humor but the first time I saw that scene I literally cried with laughter. The rest of the movie was a real disappointment after that display.
on a related note, this morning I happened to turn on Sportscenter before heading to work. They were doing a piece on Travis Roy, the freshman hockey player who was paralyzed 11 seconds in to his college career with Boston University. I had seen a similar story on him quite a few years back, but this story was even more moving. Not ashame to admit, I teared up big time.
Dan, if people DIDN'T tear up during that then they are devoid of a pulse. No need to feel shame at all. Read the book (Eleven Seconds) if you get a chance, but bring the tissues.
I do have to disagree on the Wedding Crashers vs. 40-Year Old Virgin debate. I measure great comedies on whether i need to watch it multiple times to see/hear the parts i missed because i was laughing too hard at what happened just prior. This happens FAR more in Crashers than 40. Both very good movies, but i'll fire the first flare for WC.
ScoopBrady wrote:I believe The Aristocrats is on DVD now or will be soon. It's a documentary about the dirtiest joke ever. It's the joke that comedians tell each other and try to one-up each other in how dirty they can make it. It's an entertaining movie but just make sure there are no children in ear shot.
I don't think it would be as funny at home. Half the fun was hearing the audience gasp during some variations of the joke. Nobody walked out of the screening I saw but it takes a lot to shock a SF audience.
Another movie along the same line is the Comedians of Comedy, a tour documentary with Patton Oswalt & Brian Posehn. It has that same kind of comedy "inside baseball" vibe as the Aristocrats
Actually, there seems to be a few movies out in the theaters now generating a lot of discussion.
Obvious one is Brokeback Mountain (or at least a lot of snickering).
Another is Munich. Pretty simple and predictable as far as the way the movie proceeded to its "prayer for peace" message but it's pissed off everyone, it seems.
The Jesus is Magic is suppose to be a big movie for comics.
