infernal affairs is a slow burn, it seems kind of low key and procedural but by the end I was all invested and amped up
don't know how much that experience gets soured by knowing all the twists in a post-departed world
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
Kind of surprised Demolition Man's not higher - I think of it as the kind of movie that ILX helped me feel good about loving. Also, it's great.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
Demolition Man is the unfrozen caveman cop movie, right? I more or less conflate this and Judge Dredd.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't seen demolition man since 1993! well, maybe once or twice on t.v. since then. will watch any sly at any time day or night for the most part. would watch this right now if it were on.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
i literally have not seen it since VHS
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
haha xp
Does this mean Tango & Cash is going to make the cut? And about 10 other Sly movies?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
Infernal Affairs I&II are both straight excellent. IA III got bad reviews iirc, but I thought it was just as good, taking insane paranoia to a level where it becomes hallucinatory.
― The Winged Devil Ape (Fizzles), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
ah, xposts.
Also, didn't know we were voting for camp value itt.
i watched DM recently on tv, its p rad imho
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
I'm a little surprised only 7 of us voted Dirty Harry.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
its a good movie, but i would say the action isnt just perfunctory, its kinda lame. its a tricky choice because its not a movie i appreciate for its asskicking elements (and really, snipes vs sly shouldve been such a no-brainer - they dropped the ball)
it was weird but also apt finding out that the director only did one feature and mostly just does video installations. i think the same guy did that crazy kanye Power video!
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
WAIT FUCK UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DEMOLITION MAN
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
the spirit seemed confused about whether it was a note-perfect spoof of sin city or not, but i kinda loved it anyway.
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like camp, whilst not essential, is a key element of a lot of great action flicks
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
everything about that movie was pure shit
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
tied w/Demolition Man:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/taken-3.png
#62 (TIE)
TAKEN
Pierre Morel2008United States/France(184 points, 6 votes)
taken was pretty rad for a movie about how if you go to france u will be kidnapped by muslims and the french police wont help u
― max
yah idg why ppl like taken is it entirely for lols like i have said before the premise of this movie is that there are teenage girls who like u2
― plax (ico)
i loved taken's monstrous xenophobia so much
he just left that blonde chick from gossip girl chained to a bed in brothel needle in her arm dead
also he shoots the french cop's wife
so great
― WINNING. (Lamp)
i feel like 'taken' is a movie that might contain the most pimp of all his performances
― the gush of yesterday (omar little)
LIAM NEESON
― omar little, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
still have to see this
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
im astonished that you havent!
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
now that's how you do a racist-action movie
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
me too :(
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
i have a v particular set of skills
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
taken is one of the greatest examples of the power of a badass speech. that speech sold the movie all by itself. the hand to hand action in it is pretty cool, but the car chase was draggy for me. i dig that its only like 90 minutes
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
they shouldve just called it neo-con bourne
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
I don't even know what Taken is.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this movie is SWEET and SO RACIST/conservative/fucked up
― max, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
i love movies with badass speeches :(
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
What, is that the Liam Neeson reboot as action star vehicle?
i will find u and i will kill u
― max, Saturday, February 14, 2009 7:34 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
also the only way to not die at the hands of french muslims is to be a virgin
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Sunday, March 8, 2009 3:59 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you. I also cook.
― ledge, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
i felt a bit dirty after it finished but i was laughing pretty solidly along the way and yes brevity is good
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
its a cool speech by itself, but combining it with neeson's trademark mega-intensity... damn. damn!!!
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
Man the apparent "let's not even bother to tell the other girl's parents and just have a happy reunion at the airport" thing (SPOILER ALERT) is like one of the greatest dropped plot threads EVAR.
― The Large Hardon Collider (Phil D.), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
tightest movie imo
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
I would like to know if it is popular in Albania.
― woof, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
neeson is really well cast. hes so tall, too, and sorta hunched over, like he just seems like a guy that would throw you out a window
― max, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/madmax-1.jpg
#61
MAD MAX
George Miller1979(196 points, 6 votes)
I think Mad Max probably affected me in the same way that Star Wars affected the people who were a few years older.
― walter kranz (walterkranz)
Great film. Really surprised me at how Hitchcock it is.
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta)
Mad Max is great but I only got around to seeing it last year. I love the way it doesn't strictly define the time and scenario, like you can tell civilization is on the brink of collapse, but it's never really stated directly, just implied by the scenery and dialogue.
I also like that it's a slo burn than a fever-pitched action movie...the slower development makes Max's transformation much more convincing.
And ending the movie right after the final gang execution with no formal denouement was also awesome.
― furious styles p diddy kong (San Te)
I read somewhere that this was one of the most successful films of all time as far as production cost:worldwide tickets sales is concerned.
It's a fucking badass movie.
― Trip Maker
"Mad Max".. the original...a surprisingly affecting, emotionally harrowing film, rich with pathos and genuine tragedy.
― omar little, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
@ 2:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUl9CuL_mno
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
(He's a really good sport and leaves an outgoing msg for a crazy fan)
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
i think Taken is instructive because it gets you to think about how a little bit of what u might call badass magic can go a long way for involving an audience in a movie. its not just about the punchings and explosions, its about making u anticipate them. but for a shorter movie, it's pretty sloppy, neeson's guy kinda seems like a great character in search of a better movie, which is why i didnt vote for it
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen the end of Taken about 3 times and the beginning 0 times.
― one little aioli (Laurel), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
i posted about it in that thread, but i love the stuntwork in mad max. love the vibe of that movie. i decided i had to vote for either it or road warrior and not both so i went with RW, but tbh MM is more my style - nastier and less mythological. it kinda drags though, less of a superbly engineered thrillride
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
the stuntwork in mad max is SO crazy
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
I tried to watch MM and realized I'd rather be sitting on my stoop with a beer and a cigarette so I only got about 10 mins in.
― one little aioli (Laurel), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
i remember some crazy interview with george miller, who was a doctor before he became a director, and he talked about having to treat all these brutal accident victims in the trauma unit and that somehow inspired him to make mad max
lol xp
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
x-post - Yeah. I tried to watch it last year and I fell asleep within the first 1/2 hour.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
that is a very unlikely movie to fall asleep in front of imo
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link