odessasteps Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 I would put Drop Dead Gorgeous in that category too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 2 hours ago, SirFozzie said: Ok. just a random subject change: What is the funniest/most absurd fight scene in movies. I think They Live has to be mentioned here, just for how long the damn thing goes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 We were just talking about They Live at work yesterday, one of the girls in my office said she was shocked to learn her husband had never seen it before, (she is a horror fan who loves Vincent Price, despite being in her late 20s/early 30s). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 (edited) On 4/19/2023 at 12:29 PM, SirFozzie said: Ok. just a random subject change: What is the funniest/most absurd fight scene in movies. The scene in Gymkata where Kurt Thomas (RIP) beats the shit out of the mob of angry villagers by using a donkey hitch WHICH JUST HAPPENS TO RESEMBLE A POMMEL HORSE (or is that a pommel horse disguised as a donkey hitch?) should be everyone's number one pick. There is even a segment of the fight where Thomas executes his signature Thomas Flare that won him several world championships, but never an Olympic Gold medal since the US boycotted the 1980 Summer Games. Silly though it may be, it is still a well choreographed movie brawl. Gymkata as a whole is the pinnacle of movie fight absurdity. It is totally great. Edited April 21, 2023 by J.T. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 22 hours ago, SirFozzie said: Ok. just a random subject change: What is the funniest/most absurd fight scene in movies. Game, set, match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 (edited) https://youtu.be/RCneye8GuSo Will fix later. The Great Race pie fight Edited April 20, 2023 by odessasteps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 The disco scene in Airplane. (the girl scout fight) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Josie & The Pussycats is the best movie ever. Spoiler Join the army 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I wonder who, in last 20 or 30 years, has been in the most good "bad movies?" Alan Cumming seems like he's been in a bunch of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 7 hours ago, odessasteps said: I wonder who, in last 20 or 30 years, has been in the most good "bad movies?" Alan Cumming seems like he's been in a bunch of them. Cameron Mitchell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 8 hours ago, Raziel said: Cameron Mitchell. I barely remember Jack-O. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Just as I'm stsill on a bit of a fighting game to movie kick, which ones have you seen? Me? Just about all of them. King of Fighters: This was... not very good. Street Fighter: Again, watch for Raul Julia and enjoy DOA: Oh god, this is another so bad it's good movie. Mortal Kombat (original): THe best fighting game turned into a movie. Tekken (2010): Not bad, but certainly not good. I haven't seen the sequels or the animated version Mortal Kombat Annihlation: Oh god, this movie didn't jump the shark, it constructed a fucking hyperloop over a shark tank and hit Warp 6. Mortal Kombat Remake: Haven't seen the full thing, I have to at some point. Tons of Animated Ones that I haven't seen, except for THAT Chun Li and Vega scene every boy above the age of puberty remembers in Street Fighter. And.. as an aside, I found PROOF that I hadn't imagined the craziest/weirdest Mortal Kombat thing ever. The Mortal Kombat Tournament/Stock Market! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0288642/plotsummary/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Hey now, don't forget about this utter piece of shit: DOUBLE DRAGOON (1993) HD TRAILER - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Oh man, Time After Time was on TCM earlier. I've been meaning to watch it as it's been on the DVR for awhile now and it was fan-tas-tic. If you don't know, it's about H.G. Wells inventing an actual time machine and his friend who is incidentally Jack the Ripper (played by a chillingly awesome Jack Warner) flashes away to San Francisco in the 1970s in it, and he follows. Malcolm McDowell is Wells and seems incredibly young but Mary Steenburgen is the love interest and she looks like she just got out of high school almost. They really expertly run the tight rope of humor, suspense, irony, and even a brief moment of gore with solid logic that doesn't run into a lot of the problems of other time travel films with stellar acting the whole time. Even the side actors like the bank teller friend and the detective are played deadpan and solid, like their respective versions in the early Terminator movies. Really, really worth a watch. Plus '70s Frisco is really the third lead in the film and it's cool to see all that stuff. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 7 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: Hey now, don't forget about this utter piece of shit: DOUBLE DRAGOON (1993) HD TRAILER - YouTube Double Dragon was more in the vein of Battletoads and Final Fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: Hey now, don't forget about this utter piece of shit: DOUBLE DRAGOON (1993) HD TRAILER - YouTube I will tolerate no disrespect of Alyssa Milano's butt.... ahem..... Double Dragon. Edited April 23, 2023 by J.T. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 (edited) On 4/22/2023 at 9:40 PM, Curt McGirt said: Oh man, Time After Time was on TCM earlier. I've been meaning to watch it as it's been on the DVR for awhile now and it was fan-tas-tic. David Warner's monologue in Time After Time is arguably one the most chillingly delivered pieces of dialogue ever filmed. The man and his voice are legend. RIP. How much range does Malcom McDowell have, man? He can go from cherubic, altruistic protagonist to sneering, mustache-twirling evil bad guy at the drop of a fucking hat. Edited April 24, 2023 by J.T. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Couldn't sleep last night and I have the day off so I stayed up and watched Badlands on TCM again. Everything about that movie is perfect. If Apocalypse Now and Carrie are Sheen and Spacek's #1a films/performances, Badlands has to be #1b. And I can't believe I forgot that the little xylophone theme from True Romance is actually from Badlands. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Id have thought Coal Miner’s Daughter was her #1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Okay then if she won the Oscar that makes sense. I've just never seen it and you know I'd probably pick Carrie (though given my newfound love and understanding of almost all country music maybe not). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 4/19/2023 at 9:29 AM, SirFozzie said: Ok. just a random subject change: What is the funniest/most absurd fight scene in movies. The Quiet Man. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 I finally got around to watching RRR. It's completely ridiculous. There's not one moment that's remotely "realistic" or even plausible. The white actors in this are horrible. The CGI is laughable all the way through. And I fucking loved it. It's just a huge, ridiculous (mean that positively) epic. The two main actors are just incredible action stars. The fights have a sort of rhythm and movement that you don't see in most fight scenes. The songs! I love that there are multiple songs throughout the movie where the lyrics of the song match what is happening in the movie. I was watching by myself, and literally yelled out "WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!" when... Spoiler The truck busts into the party and they release all of the wild animals. It was just so much fun to watch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 5:00 AM, J.T. said: I will tolerate no disrespect of Alyssa Milano's butt.... ahem..... Double Dragon. Settle down, JTetico. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Saw John WIck 4 over the weekend. Awesome movie. Loved the Warriors reference. . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 The best punk venue in Baltimore is right next door to an insanely wonderful video rental store where they've got a giant Criterion display and a whole room where the shelves are organized by director. I was really good about renting from them, but I fell off cause I spend a ton of time with wrestling and games and music but I've been trying my best to get through three movies every two weeks. Redoubled my efforts over the last couple months. So I watched a bunch of movies from them recently and I love a lot them, like The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (!) Auntie Mame Heroes of the East We Jam Econo Chunking Express Beat Street The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Kwaidan movies are good, watch good movies, that's all 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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