Pretty much is. I recall it crossing some sort of threshold for costing a million dollars a minute, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
remember when he was two face
― max, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
i do remember
― (_()_) (Lamp), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
#90skid
― max, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
we should do a thrillers poll, thrillers is the best genre― lag∞n, Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:35 AM (5 hours ago)
― lag∞n, Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:35 AM (5 hours ago)
this is totally OTM. this thread and the voting thread made me realize i like thrillers prob 10x more than action movies.
we should have done 2 polls w/ a rule that a movie could only be nominated in one or the other
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder how many pre-1971 movies wd make that one
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
none
― max, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
not a single one
ya, because no one here has ever seen any old movies. and if they did, they would hate them, because ilx posters are stupid and ignorant. good call
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
But it's a scientific fact that movies did not get thrilling until the '70s. Until then they were merely suspenseful.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
that's true too
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
old movies more like ::plays violent videogame::
― (_()_) (Lamp), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
it's no secret that i think Men In Black is top notch cinematic entertainment
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3:43 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark
co-sign, but I took it off my ballot cause it was more about the humor than the action imo
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
most old movies are just people like... talking
they aren't even in colour so many of them
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
"I wonder how many pre-1971 movies wd make that one"
http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/4/A70-2159
― scott seward, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:03 PM (13 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what?? really?? bleh!
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
ya, because no one here has ever seen any old movies
fukkov
and if they did, they would hate them
WELL LOOKS AT DA POLL
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Trouble_in_mind_post.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
bleh and white
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://varifrank.com/images/ThirdManAlley.jpg
you know, if you were really upset about ilxers not watching old movies, it might be helpful to constructively suggest some that non-film-buffs might dig instead of just rolling your eyes for 8 years straight
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
did you even vote in this poll morbs?
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
i can't even read. i thought it said post-1971. i miss alan rudolph movies. i wanna go rent them all.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
to educate other people presupposes you care about them
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
morbz totally voted. here's his ballot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-erjci4JzoA
― scott seward, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
well, beyond treating them like teddy bears for you to arrange around your superiority picnic
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
it might be helpful to constructively suggest some that non-film-buffs might dig
yeahhhh, I've nevvvvverrrrr done this
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
beyond treating them like teddy bears for you to arrange around your superiority picnic
In fairness, when I unfolded the wax paper I got "I love the Pierce Brosnan Bonds"
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
Dr Morbius is just waiting for the right ilxor and a bunch of balloons to make it OK that his wife died and he never traveled.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
it was lj iirc
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
treating them like teddy bears for you to arrange around your superiority picnichttp://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080205080846/southpark/images/3/3a/Cartman
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JchKa8Ox3Hs
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
Thank you Morbs for guilting me into liking only old things because joyless cypher is win
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
Also thank you for pointing out the rich cornucopia of pre-'71 balls-out action films that have been shafted by this poll.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
Can't remember if King Kong was nominated...I probably should have voted for it.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for the new one, gave it 166 points
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
treasure of sierra madre! should have voted for that.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
tons of old war movies and westerns i love. and that are action-packed. but you guys didn't nominate any of them and i'm too lazy to think.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
i was considering that, got hung up on whether it was action or not, either way its in my top 10 of all time
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
everyone knows action wasn't a genre until 1971 doy
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
man morbs the cut off is 1960 not 1970 come on, movies before 1960 legit suck
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
13 Assassins was a superior 'action film' that came out last year. It's not about "old things."
there's an argument for that.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/kungfuhustle.jpg
#53 (TIE)
KUNG FU HUSTLE
Stephen Chow2004Hong Kong(217 points, 8 votes)
I liked that bit where the landlord and lady were watching Chow kick ass, and the one goes "who'd have thought being beaten by the Beast would have purified his chi?", and the other one just sort of shrugs.― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:08 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I love this movie so much. The musicians were unbelievably frightening.― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:37 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I really liked the explicitly Buddhist moralism of the ending, which actually resulted in a walkout at the screening I attended. I thought there was lots of other good stuff in it, too. Way better than Shaolin Soccer, IMHO.― Chris F. (servoret), Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:04 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Definitely top five of the year material. I want this guy to make two films a year until i die, please.The visual flourishes were so dead on; personal fave was the cat shadow leaping then dividing in two perfect halves.
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:06 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Have we had a thread about Kung-Fu Hustle yet?
― omar little, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
too low
― beware of greek bearer bonds (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
rules
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
why is KFH in this at all, I want to know
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
Shoulda nominated Shaolin Soccer. Hustle rules though obv
― Number None, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
because it rules, that's why
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
I really liked the explicitly Buddhist moralism of the ending, which actually resulted in a walkout at the screening I attended.
i don't remember the ending!
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link