Curt McGirt Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Well, I know what I'm doing the rest of the night... being scared. Here you go ladies and gents http://www.popcornflix.com/wake-in-fright/364bbc6b-02ce-4e06-a5c3-d85932329c55 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I watched Spring at long last. I'm somewhat surprised by how much I enjoyed it, and how easily I went from, 'Oh, come on!' at the inevitable twist to, 'Yeah, that works.' Lovely film, and done with enough humour and quirkiness that makes it feel just right. Lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Just finished watching Push (no not that one) on Syfy. Not as horrible as I thought it would be, but it reeks of "let's cash in on this super power thing before it's too late." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Blood Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Everybody needs to see the 1994 action film, PAROLE VIOLATORS! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 On Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 3:41 PM, New Blood said: It's been quite a while, probably since 2014, where I had a real interest in film and here's a sort of resolution/shame list that I want to check out: Hide contents 1. 12 Years a Slave [2013] 12. Bullet In The Head [1990] 13. Cape Fear [1991] 24. The Drop [2014] 32. Get Carter [1971] 40. Hobo with a Shotgun [2011] 45. The Killer [1989] 46. King of Comedy [1983] 51. Master of the Flying Guillotine [1977] 53. The Monster Squad [1987] 59. Perfect Blue [1997] 63. Prince of the City [1981] Of the ones I've seen off your list 1. 12 Years a Slave [2013]: Good, well-filmed, depressing. Personally, I prefer 'Shame' for my Steve McQueen devastatingly sad movie but, you know.. 12. Bullet In The Head [1990]: Disappointing. Read a biography of John Woo and the book just went on and on about this being his masterpiece and I never really bought into it. Plus, it's really over-the-top dramatic, like kinda ham-handed. 13. Cape Fear [1991]: This is all right. I like the original better. Robert Mitchum was creepier. I spent years trying to track it down (Was really hard locally for some reason) so maybe that length of time made me over-anticipate it. 24. The Drop [2014]: Good but not essential crime film. Tom Hardy is awesome. James Gandolfini is awesome. The plot feels like it's half-finished, probably because if you read the novel, they take A LOT out (Like the whole reason the bad guy is such a bad guy). 32. Get Carter [1971]: This is one of my faves of the 70s. Just dark, gritty British crime stuff with Michael Caine as a badass who finds a conscience. The Stallone remake didn't have the balls that this one did. 40. Hobo with a Shotgun [2011]: Saw this with my father and HATED it. I was expecting something other than a grindhouse-type movie, so that's probably part of my dislike. 45. The Killer [1989]: Essential 80s viewing. This is like a blueprint for the next 10-15 years of action films. Great shoot-outs, set-pieces and some humor. I had a cheap dubbed VHS of this that I picked up at a pawn shop and, for some reason, they DUBBED the voice of the cat. I never realized this until I picked up the DVD and the dubbed version has someone who sounds not unlike Phil Hartman going "MEE-OWW" over top of the audio and it just KILLS me. 46. King of Comedy [1983]: Good. I probably should rewatch it because I can't remember anything about it. 51. Master of the Flying Guillotine [1977]: Terrific. 53. The Monster Squad [1987]: Not sure you'll get much out of this seeing it for the first time now. I know part of the appeal for me is the nostalgia factor, watching it at a birthday party with a bunch of friends and laughing like crazy when he shouts "Wolfman's got nards!" 59. Perfect Blue [1997]: I remember this as pretty fun little anime psychological thriller. The film plays around with what's real and what's being filmed for the actress' movie and I watched this with two friends and one of my friends kept coming up with theories and every time he thought he had something figured out, someone in the film would shout "Cut" and it would just be part of the film not real life and my friend would shout "DAMN IT!" and this went on over and over and over again before we finally told him to stop trying to figure it out until it was over. That was almost twenty years ago, so I have no idea if it holds up. 63. Prince of the City [1981]: This movie is great. Treat Williams is king-sized in it. I prefer it to 'Serpico'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 4 hours ago, New Blood said: Everybody needs to see the 1994 action film, PAROLE VIOLATORS! Holy shit, that's awesome! As it appears you can watch the whole thing on Youtube I'll probably be reviewing that in the Grindhouse thread. It also reminded me of Jim Van Bebber's action epic Deadbeat At Dawn, from whence comes this greatest of all quotes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 I rewatched Spirited Away yesterday so I could better place it on my GOAT ballot and then I proceeded to yell at my wife because I had convinced myself that she had let our son watch it when he was like 5. She then rightly yelled back at me that I was an idiot and he only watched it for the first time a couple of years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 14 hours ago, RIPPA said: I rewatched Spirited Away yesterday so I could better place it on my GOAT ballot and then I proceeded to yell at my wife because I had convinced myself that she had let our son watch it when he was like 5. She then rightly yelled back at me that I was an idiot and he only watched it for the first time a couple of years ago. Your wife is right. You are an idiot. I am an idiot for failing to completely slug through my Japanese animation GOAT Ballot considerations over the MLK holiday weekend (Nausicaa and The Castle of Cagliostro are on my GOAT Pile of Shame), so we're even. The weather was shitty and I had time to chill watch at my leisure, but I chose XB1 and binge watching overdue DVR shit. I have no excuses. Did you continue your journey through the greatness of Miyazaki and watch Mononoke-Hime for GOAT ballot consideration or did you continue to be an idiot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 On 1/22/2017 at 4:38 PM, Curt McGirt said: Well, some of these are online Russ Meyer is one of my heroes but as titillating as this movie is supposed to be, watching it makes me sad since it only reminds me that Haji passed away back in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Tura died two years earlier of course. BTW, read her Wiki -- it's wild. She must've been the baddest woman ever. And according to her, she took Elvis' virginity! Since I got lost in the evil stupor of Wake In Fright last weekend, Pussycat is gonna be my next watch out of all these. Then I get around to Parole Violators. That might be one of the finest double features ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I can't get through FASTER PUSSY CAT because every few seconds I have to stop and just repeat a line of dialog over and over to revel in how amazing every line in that movie is. "Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to violence..." "Go ahead, sponge, soak it up. I'm'a gonna love squeezin' you out." "You're the All-American Boy, a safety-first Clyde." "We just got out of that lice tub and she still got to go into her routine!" "What's your point?" "It's of no return, and you've reached it!" "I can turn myself on a dozen different ways. But you, you've only got one channel and your channel's busy tuning in outside. You really should be AM and FM. You one band broads are a drag." "Don't sweat it. Just get the knife and follow my dust. Your old man's been blasted out of his wheels. And your king-sized brother's been twisted like a pretzel. You're all that's left lover, and you ain't gonna be around for long." "White ones for the nod off and yellow for the big wake up. Ah What you got for sin, Varly?" "That depends, Boom Boom, what you got in mind. When you decide let me know." "She's a cold one all right. More a stallion than a mare. Too much for one man. But then again you never can tell. She might gentle down real nice with the right halter." "That old man is a sick customer. He ain't blowin' the whistle on any broad under 50. He's got a thing for women. And here's where our screenplay starts to unfold right now." "In hell you'll see me...and we're both better than even money to make it." "One more slider, flake, and it's wipe-out." "You got yourself quite a playroom here, buster. What you need now is a playmate. I may not be much in the muscle department. But I've got other things going for me you know I mean." "What you need is a manager. Yeah. 10% of you action be enough for anyone. I never took no course in anatomy, but from what I can see, you've got two of everything...and some left over." "You were a long time coming." "You're telling me!" I still don't know what half of these mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I'm sure I'll get flashbacks to La Sexorcisto by White Zombie when I watch it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 16 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Tura died two years earlier of course. Yeah, we will not discuss the nature of the crushes I had on Tura Satana and Raven De La Croix in the early 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Me and my Roller Derby friend were two of the only people crying about it on Facebook, for entirely different reasons. Well, some similar, but mostly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Just now, Curt McGirt said: Me and my Roller Derby friend were two of the only people crying about it on Facebook, for entirely different reasons. Well, some similar, but mostly different. I was also really bummed when I heard that Tura passed away, but it is usually a bad idea for US government peeps with security clearances to do too much on social media. I stay as far away from Facebook as possible. I also refuse to pull up any post 2010 pics of her as I prefer to remember Tura as she was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Understood on both fronts. At the same time the Elvis story was from that great groupies documentary that Pamela Des Barres did (Let's Spend the Night Together) and though it was rough seeing her that old, that story alone was worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 1 minute ago, Curt McGirt said: Understood on both fronts. At the same time the Elvis story was from that great groupies documentary that Pamela Des Barres did (Let's Spend the Night Together) and though it was rough seeing her that old, that story alone was worth it. That segment was indeed tremendous and yeah, it hurt seeing time and injuries take their toll on Tura. She'd become very sedentary after the car accident in 1981 where she broke her back. I was blissfully ignorant of the state of her health at the time as I was still a young lad and just discovered Russ Meyer having discerned out the nature of the VHS cassette cache my uncle had hidden in his tool shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Oh god don't mention that -- we'll be backsliding into more Woods Porn discussion haha Have to note though, your uncle must've been banking to be able to afford those videos back in the day. Either that, or figured out the double VHS trick before that was affordable for anyone else to try, which still means he was banking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 9 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Have to note though, your uncle must've been banking to be able to afford those videos back in the day. Either that, or figured out the double VHS trick before that was affordable for anyone else to try, which still means he was banking. Even better, he was a VHS and television repairman! He earned a living as a contracted AV tech and worked for several local and regional universities. He was smart enough to ask for salvageable equipment rather than money on occasion for services rendered . His "shed" was more or a workshop, really. He rebuilt the GE VHS that I still own and use to this very day because I am stubborn and am putting off digital conversion.. That stupid machine is over twenty years old and still refuses to die. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 So he got 'em coming and going! Goodnight, ladies and gentleman haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I got nothing against Spirited Away or Monoke-Hime, but if we are talking Miyazaki and GOAT, the line starts behind My Neighbor Totoro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 20 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: I got nothing against Spirited Away or Monoke-Hime, but if we are talking Miyazaki and GOAT, the line starts behind My Neighbor Totoro. Which is also on my GOAT Pile of Shame. My list of HMs would've been thousands of pages long, so I just left it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I would have a hard time ranking the Miyazaki pictures. Its not his best but i have a sentimental feeling for Ponyo, since its emotionally connected to a chick i knew at the time. Might also depend when i saw them. Saw Cagliostro as a teen. Most of the rest college age or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I would have a hard time ranking them all, but I have no question about Totoro being #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Personally I think Spirited Away is his magnum opus with Laputa and Totoro battling for second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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