Punisher was a treat on some levels
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link
10 year old me would vote for Two of a Kind. However I was
but my vote will probably go for SNF because that's the Travolta I see when I think of him. But there's at least 5 contenders so I need to ponder.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 03:40 (ten years ago) link
Travolta & Pinter & Altman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYV0sbzEIJQ
― cookin' with bad (Eazy), Thursday, 22 August 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link
Shit, that one's not it.
Here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MKcSPh7vB4
― cookin' with bad (Eazy), Thursday, 22 August 2013 13:49 (ten years ago) link
When I was drawing up the list, that one intrigued me--cut it, though, with the other TV stuff.
Don't think I'll get to watch Urban Cowboy tonight. I'll vote for Blow Out--I think he's as good in that as in SNF/Pulp Fiction, and I prefer the film as a tie-breaker.
― clemenza, Thursday, 22 August 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 23 August 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 24 August 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
ahhhhahahaha
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Saturday, 24 August 2013 00:03 (ten years ago) link
The Dissolve's "Forgotbusters" on the Phenomenon/Michael twofer, a pair of films that look even more unwatchable to me than Battlefield Earth (though I've never seen any of them):
http://thedissolve.com/features/forgotbusters/939-a-1996-double-feature-looks-at-the-year-of-john-tr/
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 28 February 2015 05:31 (nine years ago) link
christ Phenomenon is a crock.
― piscesx, Saturday, 28 February 2015 06:44 (nine years ago) link
I've never seen it, but people fucking loved it when it came out.
Michael is my dad's favourite movie.
― franny glasshole (franny glass), Saturday, 28 February 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
I was hoping Michael would make it -- classic nominee.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 February 2015 21:00 (nine years ago) link
all i really remember about michael is that andie macdowell and william hurt's voices realllly grated against each other, and that randy newman's music was goofy. barely any memory of what i saw though.
― da croupier, Saturday, 28 February 2015 22:18 (nine years ago) link
and the mullet
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 February 2015 22:18 (nine years ago) link
I would not call this a sign of confidence...given that the movie is supposed to come out in ten days.
http://www.tracking-board.com/lionsgate-drops-john-travoltas-mob-drama-gotti-sells-rights-back-to-producers-exclusive/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
sorry to be late here
🎬'Staying Alive' starring John Travolta premiered in theaters 35 years ago today, July 15, 1983 pic.twitter.com/1fyqcdLxmr— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) July 15, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6qR2K7NLhs
boy this really looks like something....his voice is starting to sound pretty odd.
― omar little, Friday, 16 November 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
there’s very little about latterday travolta that is not pretty odd tbf
― the Stanley Kubrick of testicular torsion (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 November 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
the trailer is trying to build up some major Wolf of Wall Street energy.
idk i think Travolta's charisma remains effective when he's in the right role, i could see this being completely cheesy fun.
― omar little, Friday, 16 November 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
but man his hair..."hair" rather
If I had voted in this poll, I would have voted for Welcome Back, Kotter.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 16 November 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
So, is Moment by Moment funny/interesting/weird bad, or just bad bad? There's a 1080p blu-ray rip up on YouTube for the time being.
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Sunday, 12 March 2023 02:42 (one year ago) link
Interesting by default--Travolta's follow-up to SNF and Grease, so the absolute zenith of his popularity--but plodding, as I remember it. If I'm counting correctly, he's been in 14 films since I put this poll up.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 March 2023 03:58 (one year ago) link
Actually 11--I counted some TV/video work.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 March 2023 04:00 (one year ago) link
Watched Moment by Moment last night (thanks for the tip, cryptosicko). Hard to figure how this got an R rating. I found Lily Tomlin's home decor and the background views of Malibu, Beverly Hills & elsewhere more interesting than the characters. "Plodding" seems accurate. There's a pair of lap dogs that get too much screen time.
― Josefa, Sunday, 12 March 2023 16:37 (one year ago) link
There's a scene in it where Tomlin is holding Travolta's head and says, "I think you have a fever."
And I'm screaming at my TV, "It's a NIGHT Fever!"
― Josefa, Sunday, 12 March 2023 23:21 (one year ago) link
Yeah, Tomlin's beach house was definitely the best thing about this. Otherwise, I suppose there is some pleasure to be had here for bad movie aficionados--the matching haircuts, the banal dialogue, Tomlin and Travolta's legendary anti-chemistry--but mostly I thought it was just dull.
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Monday, 13 March 2023 01:06 (one year ago) link