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Heavy Metal is one of those movies where you know exactly what your opinion of it will be within 45 seconds of it starting.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Top Secret! is a lot of fun, it's worth it just for the bookstore scene:
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May 2, 2014 05:23
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May 2, 2014 05:25
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Top Secret! is worth it just for any one out of a dozen scenes. A bit more information for those who haven't heard of it: it's basically like Airplane!, but with Val Kilmer (in his first role) as the lead. Ostensibly it's a World War II spy movie but mostly it's just an excuse to make a zillion gags, from the hilarious opening credits and onward. If you want something goofy to watch and to test your knowledge of the occasionally dated '80s cultural reference, this is your jam. I kind of love how unashamed they are about not knowing what time period they belong in. It's a WWII spy drama about a late 50's rock icon. In WWII.
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May 2, 2014 05:36
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I'm surprised Odd Thomas is so polarizing. I liked it, though I could see people calling it "boring" or "mediocre" but outright "bad"?  Looks like Clay Pigeons is up. Very good underrated late 90s indie flick with Vince Vaugn and Janeane Garofalo. It kinda reminded me of an even more underrated 90s indie flick, The Minus Man (which also had Janeane Garofalo).
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May 2, 2014 06:02
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Baron von Eevl posted:I kind of love how unashamed they are about not knowing what time period they belong in. It's a WWII spy drama about a late 50's rock icon. In WWII. It's East Germany, so after WW2! Although there are members of the French Resistance in there for some reason. Yeah it gets very confused. But it is still one of my all time favourites. So, so many gags. I did not realize that was Kilmer's first role, he was so good in it.
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May 2, 2014 06:11
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I thought Odd Thomas was pretty bad, but not unwatchable. It moves fast and I was never bored, but the whole thing reeks of a network TV movie; uninteresting cinematography and bland lighting, cheap but not incompetent CGI and a really weak screenplay. It was though it was intended to be made for the lowest common denominator from the very beginning. I also got around to Mortified Nation. I found the off stage interviews to be repetitive, but the actual performances were great, often hilarious. Oh, and everyone should see Short Term 12. It comes close to being the best film from 2013 I've seen so far, only just behind Blue Jasmine.
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May 2, 2014 06:18
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priznat posted:It's East Germany, so after WW2! Although there are members of the French Resistance in there for some reason. Yeah it gets very confused. But it is still one of my all time favourites. So, so many gags. That's kind of what I'm saying though. It's East Germany, but during the War, and there's the French Resistance, but it's still East Germany. Also surf rock is a thing, but also skeet shooting. They just didn't give a gently caress and it's so very wonderful. It's like one step removed from this. Note -  for cartoon zebra wang.
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May 2, 2014 06:21
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There is a ton of background throwaway bits in Top Secret! too, it rewards multiple watches. that giant watch edit: I had seen that PBF comic before but I honestly never even noticed the zebra wang 
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May 2, 2014 06:26
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F Stop Fitzgerald posted:
I finally saw both of those for the first time a week ago, and no one was exaggerating how good they are.
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May 2, 2014 07:11
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Hewlett posted:I love The Innkeepers for exactly these reasons; the scene where Sarah Paxton is taking out the garbage is one of my favorite little comedy scenes in a horror movie. This scene was so strange for me. I was watching this movie last October and noticed the logo on the side of the dumpster was "CWPM"; which stands for Connecticut Waste Paper Management. A Google search later and I realized the inn where this was filmed is about 25 minutes from my house. The ambulances at the end are all "Campion" (I went to high school with the Campion daighter, whose family owns that ambulance company).
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May 2, 2014 13:51
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I really liked The Innkeepers, and I think it's an overall better movie than The House of the Devil. It's slower, more character-based, but I really liked how down-to-earth the whole idea is. House of the Devil is more ominous an darker, but The Innkeepers has a charm the other one lacks. And I thought Sarah Paxton was awesome. Also, Top Secret! is hilarious. If anyone was on the fence, "Weird Al" Yankovic boasts about it being his favorite movie. A
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May 2, 2014 14:21
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I could have sworn Val Kilmer was already known from Real Genius and Top Gun before Top Secret! Was that really his first role?
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May 2, 2014 14:54
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Zwabu posted:I could have sworn Val Kilmer was already known from Real Genius and Top Gun before Top Secret! Was that really his first role? 
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May 2, 2014 15:01
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Franchescanado posted:I really liked The Innkeepers, and I think it's an overall better movie than The House of the Devil. It's slower, more character-based, but I really liked how down-to-earth the whole idea is. House of the Devil is more ominous an darker, but The Innkeepers has a charm the other one lacks. And I thought Sarah Paxton was awesome. I kind of like Innkeepers better too, except I think the flaws in it are just bigger and more noticeable than the ones in HotD. Those silly smash cuts in the last act (bathtub, basement stuff) are just too out of character for the rest of the movie and it kind of drags the whole thing down. That said, I like the main characters a lot and I think the trash scene, the piano scene and the bedroom scenes are all pretty great.
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May 2, 2014 15:21
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Zwabu posted:I could have sworn Val Kilmer was already known from Real Genius and Top Gun before Top Secret! Was that really his first role? So many gags!  
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May 2, 2014 15:23
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Top Secret! really grew on me. I didn't get it at all at first.
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May 2, 2014 15:47
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I watched Swordsman II last night and it was great. Any recommendations for other fantasy/martial arts movies like that and Detective Dee and the Phantom Flame?
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May 2, 2014 17:28
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Tricky posted:I watched Swordsman II last night and it was great. Any recommendations for other fantasy/martial arts movies like that and Detective Dee and the Phantom Flame? Isn't there a Young Detective Dee movie?
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May 2, 2014 18:09
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Canned Panda posted:Isn't there a Young Detective Dee movie? There is, but it doesn't look like it's streaming anywhere other than Redbox Instant. e: Or it's on Netflix streaming. Whoops. Looks great! Tricky fucked around with this message at 19:18 on May 2, 2014 |
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May 2, 2014 19:11
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Top Secret! has influenced my life in so many ways. Any time any of my friends takes the back position of anything I still say "fine, be an rear end in a top hat" in a silly French accent. Also "I want a schnauzer with my weinerschnitzel" makes its way into my conversations way more often than it should.
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May 2, 2014 20:35
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Top Secret was one of the first VHS tapes I owned as a kid, so I watched it over, and over again. "Say, I know a little German..."
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May 2, 2014 21:25
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Medullah posted:Top Secret was one of the first VHS tapes I owned as a kid, so I watched it over, and over again. Comedy Central used to play it 2-3 times a week when I was a kid. It's by the Zucker brothers, who directed Airplane!, Naked Gun 1-3 and BASEketball; all movies with nonstop sight gags and I believe they are on Netflix at the moment. E: I'm also watching Narco Cultura, it's pretty  It's about the culture surrounding narcotics in Mexico: a cop whose attitude is basically  and LA corridos, singers who write laudatory songs about the drug wars who haven't actually been to Mexico.
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May 2, 2014 22:15
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The most thing about Narco Cultura is the mob boss cemetery full of mini mansion/masoleums. That was some surreal poo poo.
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May 3, 2014 01:29
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red19fire posted:Comedy Central used to play it 2-3 times a week when I was a kid. It's by the Zucker brothers, who directed Airplane!, Naked Gun 1-3 and BASEketball; all movies with nonstop sight gags and I believe they are on Netflix at the moment. You forgot Spy Hard and Hot Shots one and Deux!. They're not on Netflix, but they are also very funny.
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May 3, 2014 15:10
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Twin Peaks is probably my new favorite show. It's wonderful. How did I miss this? I have no idea what the hell is going on but I love it. On episode 5 now of S1.
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May 3, 2014 19:05
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Captain Mog posted:Twin Peaks is probably my new favorite show. It's wonderful. How did I miss this? I have no idea what the hell is going on but I love it. On episode 5 now of S1. If you don't know what's going on in season 1, season 2 is going to make your head explode.
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May 3, 2014 19:31
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Captain Mog posted:Twin Peaks is probably my new favorite show. It's wonderful. How did I miss this? I have no idea what the hell is going on but I love it. On episode 5 now of S1. People are going to tell you to stop watching after something major (you'll know it when it happens) occurs mid way through season 2. You'll think "come on, it can't hurt to keep going" so you'll keep going. Once you finish, you'll come back here and tell the next person to stop watching after something major happens mid way through season 2. EDIT: and if some how you do stop at the right time, Twin Peaks will be one of your top 10 all time TV series. If you don't, it'll be somewhere in the top 20. Fate Accomplice fucked around with this message at 19:45 on May 3, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 19:39
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Ignore this man. The finale is one of the greatest things ever shown on tv. That said, after "the event" mentioned above, if you skip every scene with James and Nadine and Little Nicky, you'll have a much better time with late S2.
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May 3, 2014 20:27
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My favorite thing about the show thus far is how close everything is to absolutely hitting the fan. I feel like it's all building up to this cataclysmic occult event and from what I've heard from people who love TP, i'm right. I'm pretty pumped. Great way to spend a sick day. The one thing that bugs me is why Shelly doesn't just break up with Leo. He's an irredeemable abusive bastard and she seems to get along with Bobby well enough. So why doesn't she tell him to get lost and leave? I also like Aubrey, for some reason, and think she's actually going to be the one to solve this mystery. She's probably the smartest one in the whole drat town. I'm slowly starting to piece things together now near the end of episode 6. It seems to me that Laura either conjured up some entity or was communicating with some demonic entity that was feeding off of all the negativity in the town. People flock to Laura for one reason or the other, many of them with their problems, and Laura's mother also has some kind of psychic ability. Maybe she inherited her clairvoyance? I could be way off the mark, of course. Captain Mog fucked around with this message at 23:02 on May 3, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 22:16
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regulargonzalez posted:Ignore this man. The finale is one of the greatest things ever shown on tv. 
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May 3, 2014 22:42
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It's been a while since I've looked through Netflix. Is there any good Film Noir movies in there currently? I've watched through the parts of Twin Peaks that matter and I've watched a handful of what is listed under Film Noir (Fargo, Chinatown, The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs, The Ice Harvest, Following. I've added The Long Goodbye to my list, but is there anything else there worth watching (or watching before the others)?
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May 3, 2014 23:45
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regulargonzalez posted:Ignore this man. The finale is one of the greatest things ever shown on tv. No. It's really not. I might have liked the S2 ending better if people hadn't hyped it up, but I was fairly disappointed and I really wished I had stopped after The Event.
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May 3, 2014 23:59
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DeathSandwich posted:It's been a while since I've looked through Netflix. Is there any good Film Noir movies in there currently? I've watched through the parts of Twin Peaks that matter and I've watched a handful of what is listed under Film Noir (Fargo, Chinatown, The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs, The Ice Harvest, Following. I've added The Long Goodbye to my list, but is there anything else there worth watching (or watching before the others)? Double Indemnity 99 River Street Scarlet Street You Only Live Once Raw Deal Call Northside 777 Then you can also add Zodiac and In Bruges and Taxi Driver and The Conversation to your neo-noir list. edit: also The Grifters for the neo-noir list. TychoCelchuuu fucked around with this message at 00:11 on May 4, 2014 |
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May 4, 2014 00:08
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From time to time I'll completely forget about Little Nicky and someone on the TP thread will bring it up and I'll be like, holy poo poo they actually did that storyline.
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May 4, 2014 00:59
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DeathSandwich posted:It's been a while since I've looked through Netflix. Is there any good Film Noir movies in there currently? I've watched through the parts of Twin Peaks that matter and I've watched a handful of what is listed under Film Noir (Fargo, Chinatown, The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs, The Ice Harvest, Following. I've added The Long Goodbye to my list, but is there anything else there worth watching (or watching before the others)?
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May 4, 2014 01:25
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david_a posted:Posts like this is why I sat through the utter trash that is the second half of S2. The ending is good, they say. It's worth the pain, they say. The ending episode is super, super good and really visually striking, but it also doesn't really rely on having seen all of S2. Watch until S2's 'event', then watch the finale. It's kind of amazing that something like that was ever shown on TV.
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May 4, 2014 02:20
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cat doter posted:The ending episode is super, super good and really visually striking, but it also doesn't really rely on having seen all of S2. Watch until S2's 'event', then watch the finale. It's kind of amazing that something like that was ever shown on TV. Welll, but then you'll be wondering who the gently caress Annie and Windom Earle are, and why Audrey, Pete and whatshername are at the bank, etc S2 post-event isn't *that* bad, as long as you skip the scenes I mentioned above. I actually liked the main plot.
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May 4, 2014 03:40
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I've been on a "laugh at lovely science" kick lately. What movies have the worst science  ?I just saw Category 8 and literally not one thing that happens is a thing, or even a disbelief-suspendable thing. I was laughing the whole way through! I mean, drat, the first 10 minutes is a rock-solid lump of bullshit.
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Also ignore the people who say not to watch Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me because it's one of my favorite Lynch films, gently caress the haters t t
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