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06-10-13, 10:10 AM | #106 |
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Just for Father Goose, I might watch his movie tonight.
My grandma has it loaded in her digital collection.
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I wasn't even aware of this movie but had to order it once I read some reviews of it. I also ordered "Nicholas & Alexandra" as my daughter is becoming quite the history buff and seemed pretty keen to watch this when I described it to her. Definitely one of my favorites. We watched Robocop yesterday and although not on my top 10 list, I remember being pleasantly surprised when I seen it in the theater back in 1987. I hadn't even hit the play button and my daughter looking up info on her smart phone was asking me if I knew about the remake coming out next year. Huh, nope, didn't know that. Then she asked if I knew they were making a Robocop statue for Detroit. Huh? Really? Sure enough: http://news.yahoo.com/plans-move-for...142556165.html |
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06-10-13, 02:01 PM | #109 |
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Thanks for the tip there Steve. I just skimmed a couple reviews and that was enough to get me interested. I can't believe I've never heard of it before.
I just watched the "Fall of Eagles" mini-series a few months ago and if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. The very first episode was a bit dull, but I really enjoyed the rest of them and learned quite a bit. Patrick Stewart does a great job portraying Lenin. |
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Also the fact that I found it unbelievable SLOW up to that point. I was pretty much ready to give up on it anyway. I remember thinking, I know why this movie is so long, it's because it takes forever for anything to happen in it. |
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Yes, that's the one. I wasn't into Dr. Who back then so I had no idea who Tom Baker was. |
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06-10-13, 03:46 PM | #112 | |
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Maybe because I saw it more than ten years before I discovered Doctor Who and haven't seen it since.
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06-10-13, 06:00 PM | #113 |
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Here's a freaky movie that I almost forgot about. I loved it back in the day though I haven't seen it in over 2 decades. I think I got this on DVD
somewhere.
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06-10-13, 09:13 PM | #114 |
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You know, it's funny how personal taste works. I have a friend who says Body Double is one of his all-time favorite movies. I like Craig Wasson, I like Melanie Griffith and Deborah Shelton had just been noticed through a series of TV ads for radio stations around the country, and I really wanted to see her in a movie. No matter how I tried I just couldn't make myself like it. I'm not knocking the movie. My friend has great judgement and in certain circles it's highly praised. It's got to be me, but I just couldn't get into it.
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I loved it the first few times I watched it.
However, I had a hard time understanding parts of it, or maybe I should say keeping track of what's going on (sort of like the first time I watched "Slaughterhouse Five"). I remember Craig Wasson was a claustrophobic and was intrigued by a woman who was later brutally murdered, but there were times (maybe due to the editor or director) that I couldn't be certain what was really happening from what might've been a claustrophobic episode for Wasson. I think I'll have to watch it again, my memory seems more vague now that I think about it. Funny, I loved a lot of the movies from that era, when I remember them in the context of my age in retrospect. There have been a number of those movies that, when I watch them again (for the first time in 20+ years), I find myself thinking: "What was that all about?"
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One movie that I really enjoyed and found that few people have heard of it is "Timescape" that came out in 1992 with Jeff Daniels and Ariana Richards both giving great performances. Kind of a different time travelling movie that has tourist visiting famous man-made and natural disasters:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104362/ The full movie is available at youtube for those who might be interested. It's nice to see Ariana Richards has become quite the accomplished artist: http://www.galleryariana.com/ Last edited by mako88sb; 06-12-13 at 01:36 PM. |
06-12-13, 04:21 PM | #118 |
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Instead of Father Goose, I watched most of The Godfather last night because I'd never seen it. I still have to finish it...but it's a great movie.
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Great movie. Godfather 2 is even better. Godfather 3, meh. Have you at least watched "Casino" or "A Bronx Tale"?
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06-12-13, 05:58 PM | #120 | |
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My friend Rocky once said Godfather 3 is the only time he knew of that a whole movie was made just so an actor could say a single line.
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