Now I'm gonna watch Godard's Le Petit Soldat over a burger so that Morbs doesn't scream at me.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 17 February 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
^^There's some good action in that one.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 February 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
I am loving this thread to death. And so happy that even though I didn't vote, I got quoted in the post about the movie I surely would have rated #1.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
maria is going out tonight so netflix will be my mistress. thinking one of these:
the big bird cage caged heat grand theft auto the way of the gun women in cages battle beyond the stars
― scott seward, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
although.....speaking of bruce willis, should i watch set up?
― scott seward, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
I've been wanting to see Way of the Gun forever...I really need to watch that damn movie
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
i tried way of the gun once. the first 10 mins were awful imo, that's all i got thru.
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
way of the gun is really cool & underrated lil flick
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtu.be/9w6UUkkOmgo
yeah idk man
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
i am sorry but that is garbage
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
thats not the whole movie m8, its a scene from it
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
its an intentionally unpleasant movie and it feels real try-hardy at times when its going for that effect, but theres some cool stuff in there too. its a mixed bag imo
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
ooh this is on netflix now. never seen it. rick ross fave.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/weirdposters/SOnGWnwF1AI/AAAAAAAAXnQ/cTULkqgTyjo/god_forgives_i_dont_poster_01.jpg
― scott seward, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
i remember being rly disappointed; the usual suspects is so tight and imaginative, and way of the gun read worse than the 90s tarantino clones like "love and a .45"
xp
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
netflix kind of a treasure trove for smelly dusty 60's westerns. there are a ton of them on there.
― scott seward, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
hah, i hate usual suspects. i think its one of those movies that seems like a better idea when you're not actually watching it
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
the fountain bit in Way of the Gun...that shit gives me the heebie jeebies
― Number None, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
hah, i hate usual suspects.
really? it's the only 90s-style twist ending that's satisfying at all!
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
the twist is cool but the journey's tiresome to me. tbh i think of suspects as being way more tarantino cloney than way of the gun, which rips more liberally from leone and peckinpah
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
ugh yeah fuck that movie
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
I used to think Spacey was the shit but when I revisit usual Suspects or Seven or whatever he's very smuggy mcsmuggerton to me and I have a hard time not noticing him. It's annoying.
And I loooooved Usual Suspects for the longest time.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
well all right, i'm not gonna peel your eyeballs back i guess. sth about the really ornate swearing and silly nihilism (he punches the *girl*, geddit?!) just felt really "screenwriting class fall semester 1994" to me
xp 2 H4A
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
i got much love for Way of the Gun. Opening scene linked above is an atypical gag that's really about the insane amount of swearing in 90s Tarantinoesque indie flicks. Beyond that it's a lot of fun and the gun sounds are great.
― encarta it (Gukbe), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'd estimate that roughly half of Netflix Instant's pre-1970 content is westerns. I have no idea why that is.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
Spacey's stardom has always been pretty baffling to me - he can be okay when used appropriately but he's incredibly limited and the smugness is so punchable
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
Spacey is good in Margin Call
― Number None, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
i do like netflix's oddball 70's collection too. tons of stuff i've never seen.
― scott seward, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
the smugness is so punchable
^^^^THIS
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
There was a funny Usual Suspects joke on "American Dad" last week, wherein a character has to come up with a quick fake name and ends up with "Squirt Cinnabun," then remarks, "I Keyser Sozed It off the top of the file cabinet."
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, February 17, 2012 5:09 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lots of dads sittin' around drinkin' beer and watchin' netflix?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's because of all the Sunday matinee tv watching I did with my grandma, but I can only watch old 60's Westerns in the afternoon now, lol.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
that's the perfect western watchin time
― Number None, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
btw i am not a dad but i can basically think of nothing better than sittin' around on a saturday afternoon, drinkin' beer and watching like six westerns in a row.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
I am not a dad either and that sounds awesome to me
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
The reveal in The Usual Suspects is roughly equivalent to tacking on a scene at the end of a movie where it turns out that a wizened septuagenarian has been telling his grandson a bedtime story the whoooole time.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
i totally picked the best week ever to get my first DVR/Satellite TV hookup!!!!!!
i will have Mad Max & Road Warriors waiting for me when I get home tomite
the future rules
― ⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
you guys ever seen fade in? that's what i'm talking about when i talk about oddball:
This unusual romance takes place during the real-life location shooting of Blue, a 1960s Western, when sophisticated film editor Jean (Barbara Loden) falls for Rob (Burt Reynolds), a charming local cowboy who's been hired as a driver. As the excitement of movie-making engulfs them, kindred spirits Jean and Rob worry if people from such different worlds can share a lasting future. The stars of Blue, Terence Stamp and Joanna Pettet, are featured.
― scott seward, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
kinda worth it to get netflix on demand just for the bizarro 60's and 70's stuff. i too could watch westerns all day.
― scott seward, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe for my birthday I'll get drunk and watch Shane, and Rio Bravo, and Stagecoach. Pretend to be a dad and watch mah westerns. lol
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
xxpost gr080 I'm so excited for u!
full reports plz
I'm trying to think of movies that do the "unreliable narrator" thing better than the Usual Suspects... Kubrick's "Lolita" springs to mind
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
Action movies are so much more my jam than I ever realized. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY didn't I vote.(repeat ad nauseum forever.)
Same here! A lot of these are among my favourite movies everMy absolute favourites so far out of those already listed areCon Airthe Die HardsDistrict 9King Fu HustleT1 and T2Dark KnightTotal RecallThere's a fair few I haven't seen (but actually less than I would've thought) which is why I didn't vote but wish I had.Except... don't hate me... I watched Mad Max for the first time not long ago and did not like it.
― kinder, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
kind of want to start a pollthread to decide which genre marketing term we should poll next
i think it would be cool to decide ahead of time so a romcom thread can truly be romcom and a comedy thread can truly be comedy but idk
thoughts?
― ⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
sci-fi poll's been done iirc
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
and yeah horror's well-trod
Because the movie (or any Chan?) won't make it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOGLk-DzomM
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
romcom seems like the most fun to me because it will also probably be the most combative/obnoxious/trolly
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
WESTERNSWAR MOVIES
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
romcom def
― Number None, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link