I still love the snow shootout
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
lol great jpg there
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
i'm too lazy to search, but someone said basically the same thing somewhere upthread: it was when inception actually became an action movie (raid on the snow fort, essentially) that it started to bog down
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
inception was pretty good but not really an action flick. can't believe it placed so high in omar's poll.
― bnw, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
DJP let's you and I make a pact to get Inception on the ballot in all genres,
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
could call it the "FP Axis"
― contreatable logorrhea (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/good-day-die-hard-jai-courtney-bruce-willis-spartacus-293877
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
That article needs an editor, but I like the choice.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
Want to say Weller went back to school and got a PhD in art history or something? Or philosophy?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks, Wiki, font of all knowledge:
In 2004, Weller completed a Master's degree in Roman and Renaissance Art at Syracuse University and occasionally teaches courses in ancient history at the university. In 2007, Weller was finishing a Ph.D. at UCLA, in Italian Renaissance art history.[11] He expects to complete his dissertation in 2012.[12]
oh c'mon
― desperado, rough rider (thomp), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
would ghostbusters have made the top 75 comedies of all-time?
I'd be shocked if it wasn't in the top ten.
Re: Nolan, dude's good with the visuals, but the only movie he's made that was better than 'just okay' is The Dark Knight. And I have my suspicions that even it might not be that impressive if I were to watch it a second time sans IMAX. Like, he does a certain kind of thing well enough that I'll probably keep seeing his films (seen 'em all but Following), but that thing he does well isn't making particularly great films that I care to revisit.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
this thread is reminding me of when the lights come on at the club and everybody's still stumbling around because they don't want to go home
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
YERRRR MYYYY BESSSSH FREN, EDDDDARD. I MEENNNIT. RLLY.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
WATCH DIE HARD ITSH GUD
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
fugggen YIIIIPPPEEEEKAYAYYYYY riterite?
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
I do think that Ebert was right about Die Hard, i.e. the Lt. was a tremendous wet-blanket on Brooooce taking out the Eurotrash.
Anyway, my ballot, which I'm sure has the most Shakespeare adaptations:
1 Heat2 The Thin Red Line3 Children of Men4 The Incredibles5 Batman Begins6 District 97 Drunken Master (the FIRST, much better one) 8 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon9 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 10 Ghost in the Shell11 Aliens12 the bourne ultimatum13 Miami Vice14 House of Flying Daggers15 Le Samourai16 GI Joe: The Movie (animated)17 Predator18 Raiders of the Lost Ark19 The Dark Knight20 Spider-Man 221 Die Hard22 the bourne supremacy23 Ronin24 Tears of the Sun25 The Bourne Identity26 The Iron Giant27 Titus28 Collateral29 Inception30 Excalibur31 Enter the Dragon32 Strange Days
― omar 13337713 (Leee), Thursday, 23 February 2012 06:10 (twelve years ago) link
Hur hur
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/sharonjoy666/ashwednesday.jpg
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 February 2012 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
Titus? Action?
― mac and me (Ówen P.), Thursday, 23 February 2012 07:08 (twelve years ago) link
(I haven't seen it)
in keeping with the rest of the non-action movie list tbh
― FPocalypto! (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 February 2012 07:09 (twelve years ago) link
second Leeee on children of men and d-9, these are ACTION MOVIES, no lie.
otoh, have terrible, terrible problems w fuggin inception coming in above EXCALIBUR, the obv reason that film was invented. UTHAAAAAH!!! but w/e.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 07:35 (twelve years ago) link
are you drunk?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 23 February 2012 08:55 (twelve years ago) link
omg bro totally see u at the romcom poll tomorrow
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 23 February 2012 09:16 (twelve years ago) link
well yeah
xp
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 23 February 2012 09:18 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw, here's a breakdown by gender:
#1 movie among male voters was 'die hard'#1 movie among female voter was 'ronin'
― omar little, Thursday, 23 February 2012 09:23 (twelve years ago) link
voter?
― Mark G, Thursday, 23 February 2012 09:34 (twelve years ago) link
omar are you gonna do this romcom poll or
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 23 February 2012 09:50 (twelve years ago) link
Eh, the only scene that struck a false note for me was when he ices Godunov in the parking lot. Mayyybe the one line too where he says "the guys out here love ya" or whatever. He's a valuable character otherwise.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 23 February 2012 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:41 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's totally hilarious. Nolan made a movie about dreams, put a scene in the beginning where the characters show that they can do anything and defy all laws of physics... and then it turns out that the dreams always end up with machine gun battles.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 23 February 2012 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
When the fuck did making a great film have anything to do with whether you "care to revisit" it?
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 23 February 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago) link
Movies are like hotels, didn't you know?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 23 February 2012 11:01 (twelve years ago) link
If only Inception had had some in-movie explanation for why they couldn't do whatever crazy ass shit they wanted when they were in someone else's head.
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Thursday, 23 February 2012 11:09 (twelve years ago) link
If only Inception had had some in-movie explanation for why it was such a boring stupid movie \(^o^)/
― ledge, Thursday, 23 February 2012 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
That f'in transit van falling in slo-mo from the bridge. All the time. Also a complete lift of a scene from the excellent The Arabian Nightmare by Robert Irwin (a novel about controlling dreams within dreams).
― The Winged Devil Ape (Fizzles), Thursday, 23 February 2012 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
Right around the same time that video rental became affordable IIRC.
Personally I tend not to watch movies twice, unless a friend of mine hasn't seen it yet and wants me to go with them.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 February 2012 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
romcom fuck fuck fuck fuck
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 February 2012 12:40 (twelve years ago) link
I think you're thinking of "pornos"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 23 February 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
maybe a double ZING and EXCELSIOR there
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 February 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
Eh, the only scene that struck a false note for me was when he ices Godunov in the parking lot. Mayyybe the one line too where he says "the guys out here love ya" or whatever. He's a valuable character otherwise.― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:51 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:51 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Naw naw, Ebert is bitching about the chief. "He could be a fucking bartender for all we know!" Clearly he just was taking the opportunity to grind his axe about implausibly dumb commanding officers being used as plot devices to keep movies going, since the chief in this movie is just completely awesome. "Looks like we're gonna need some more FBI guys."
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 23 February 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID80fUT5SwQ
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 23 February 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
Can't believe I left this off my ballot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKFadyJxwg
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 23 February 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
Terrific interview with Peter Weller here: http://www.kevinpollakschatshow.com/archive/?p=861
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 23 February 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:16 AM (8 hours ago)
no way man this party is not over keep it goooooinnnn
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Thursday, 23 February 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
i watched the punisher last night. the 2004 thomas jane one. i dug it. could watch a movie like that every night.
― scott seward, Thursday, 23 February 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
and now i really want to see the war zone one. i know i saw the 80's dolph one but its all a blur.
― scott seward, Thursday, 23 February 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
― ⚓ (gr8080)
i'll hand the romcom poll off to morbs
― omar little, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
morbs, if you need advice on how to run it letz cyber chat about it
― omar little, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
v late on this (it's a long thread!) but
i also love that the secret character arc of die hard is RVJ learning how to shoot people again
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:42 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, was weirded out by that when i caught this again by accident last year. i think this movie would be perfect if it ended five minutes earlier, before Karl tries to kill Maclane.
― the world is just a racist onion (stevie), Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link