Coppola post-Apocalypse Now

i really liked tetro. his best since rumble fish i think

voting for dracula cuz it's enjoyably bad and i'm a horror geek, but i don't like any of the films on this list. remember thinking that the cotton club was decent, but don't have much interest in revisiting it to make sure. have been curious about the last couple, especially tetro.

didn't realise Rumble Fish was so hated, anyway it wins easy for me

Tucker (easily one of his three best films) followed by Peggy Sue followed by Godfather III

Loved Tetro, followed by Peggy Sue and Tucker.

and, yeah, The Rainmaker (and Altman's Gingerbread Man) are good 'uns.

I like Tetro quite a bit.

voted tucker, which almost seems to be a lost and forgotten film.

i prefer rumble fish to any of his other films (apocalypse possibly excepted).

Peggy Sue Got Married the only movie I straight-up love on this list, altho I should probably revisit the Outsiders.

voted Jack

lol

it's weird that he even bothers to make movies at all, it seems kind of obvious that he has no interest in the medium and hasn't for some time (unlike Scorcese)

his New York Stories entry is abominable

I guess I should see Tetro tho, I do enjoy Vincent Gallo hamming it up

http://www.renaud-bray.com/ImagesEditeurs/PG/594/594082-gf.jpg

rainmaker is pretty fun

dracula is a 'bad' movie but i cant get enough of the visuals and the atmosphere. some of those costumes are outta this world! and it has some really cool old-school special effects work if you're into that kind of thing (i am):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8NXzAEo5RM

Robin Williams IS Kevin Smith

dracula is def not "good" but still awesome

The movie begins with Karen Powell (Diane Lane) going into labor during a Halloween party and being rushed to the hospital by her husband, Brian (Brian Kerwin), and their friends. Although the delivery is successful, the baby is premature, born after only ten weeks of pregnancy, and is diagnosed with an exaggerated form of Werner syndrome (an aging disease) as stated by Dr. Benfante (Allan Rich) and Dr. Lin (Keone Young). According to them, as this very rare autosomal recessive disorder progresses, Jack Powell will age at a rate four times faster than normal children due to his internal clock that seems to be developing faster.

Ten years later, Jack (Robin Williams) is next seen as a 10-year-old boy in the body of a 40-year-old man, with a group of four boys telling possible stories of a "monstrosity" of a boy their age that cannot go to school. He scares them away by dipping a fake eye into slime and throwing it at them from his window. He is extremely childish as a consequence of his secluded life. He has only had contact with his parents and tutor, Lawrence Woodruff (Bill Cosby), who introduces the idea that he should go to public school. His parents initially balk at the idea of their son going there because he could be emotionally hurt.

When he first attends school, he is exploited by the other kids to win at basketball against bullies, and eventually to get adult magazines and other such items. As time goes by, he is accepted by them, beginning with Louis, as they discover that they like him. He attempts to be normal there, for example, when he deals with his first crush and heartbreak, and the relationship with his teacher, Miss Marquez (Jennifer Lopez). When he goes through a fall while attempting to leave school, he is rushed over to the hospital, where his doctor explains that he had suffered a shocking severe strain and also because of his Werner Syndrome condition, his internal clock is starting to run out. Realizing the dangers it might entail for his health, his parents decide to withdraw him from school, which upsets him.

He sneaks out of the house and goes to a bar where he gets drunk. He gets into a fight with an angry man (Edward Lynch) and gets arrested. Yet he is bailed out by Dolores, Louis' mother (Fran Drescher). When he returns home, he locks himself in his room and doesn't go out for weeks. His mother speculates that perhaps he realized the fragility of his life and is now scared of facing the outside world again. He also doubts the need to studying as he realizes that he wouldn't have the time to use any of the knowledge.

Meanwhile, his friends keep coming to his house, hoping that he would come out and play, but he refuses. Finally, Louis has an idea: he brings the entire class to Jack's house as they take turns yelling "Can Jack come out and play?" and participate in various games and fun activities right in front of the house. The next day he decides to go back to school.

Some years later, an elderly looking Jack and his four best friends are at their high school graduation. He delivers the valedictory speech, in which he reminds his classmates that life is short, and urges them to "make your life spectacular", as the five drive down the road and into their future lives.

Some years later, an elderly looking Jack and his four best friends are at their high school graduation. He delivers the valedictory speech, in which he reminds his classmates that life is short, and urges them to "seize the day", as the five drive down the road and into their future lives.

bleurgh

wait, wouldn't his body think it was like 180 years old by the time he graduated from high school

lol Jack.

Despite my love for Gary O, I don't think I've ever actually seen Dracula.

lol I can't read, never mind

Jack: Mom, am I a giant?

dracula is def not "good" but still awesome

^^^otm there's a lot of enjoyable things about it but it is just ridiculous and doesn't work on a basic level. I always lol at the old-school overlay of Oldman's eyes watching them on the train through the countryside or whatever

xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf0m_YmQSOA

godfather 3 might actually be the /best/ movie here

I saw "The Cotton Club" once about a bazillion years ago but liked it at the time

Continuity: Jack tells his class that his birthday is on September 12, but his parents were at a Halloween party the night he was born.

godfather 3 is close to being in the same 'bad but awesome' category as dracula - many lols to be found in that movie. i watched an interview with robert duvall last year where they asked if he regretted not doing part 3, and he was just like "heh. no."

i totally love coppola's dracula movie and i hope it smokes all the other shit on this poll

Coppola has stated that the films he made during the rest of the 1980s and most of the 1990s, such as The Outsiders, The Cotton Club, The Godfather, Part III, Jack and The Rainmaker, were done to pay off the debts incurred by the production of One from the Heart.

lol

one of the AV Club doofs (Tobias?) repped hard for One from the Heart; I really want to see it...

it seems kind of obvious that he has no interest in the medium and hasn't for some time (unlike Scorcese)

Not a lover of Tetro, but give me the "interest in the medium" it displays over Shutter Island's any day.

OMG that video clip. Jack would be a spectacular movie if an old man with a hands-free mic introduced every scene.

it's... interesting. really pretty and unique looking but not very engaging

*I use the term 'doof' affectionately of course...

I haven't seen Shutter Island and don't plan to

no interest in the medium?

lol

no interest in Lenny D

I think I've pretty much regretted watching every movie I've seen with him in it

you regretted "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?"?

(lol)

did we ever find out what was eating him?

It wasn't the obese mom?

top guesses:

rodents infected with hantavirus
dennis cooper
the basic gnawing regrets of life

kate winslet

think you got that one reversed

hmm, would love to hear what peggy sue defenders like about it -- i found it pretty unwatchable.
out of the ones i've seen here, i'd probably vote for tucker or dracula? dracula just for the vibe, which is totally over the top but in a fun way.

outsiders and rumblefish r both straight classic looks into the heart of juvenile delinquency