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precision posted:Another essential Mickey Rourke classic is Barfly though I don't know if it's streaming anywhere right now. It's a good movie, but it's kind of misleading. There's not near enough vomiting for what the title suggests.
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axleblaze posted:I'm not sure if Rare Exports is still on streaming, but if it is, that. Looks good! It's made the list
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:It's a good movie, but it's kind of misleading. There's not near enough vomiting for what the title suggests. I think of that same bit every time I read the title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSJfpMUqKDc
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:It's a good movie, but it's kind of misleading. There's not near enough vomiting for what the title suggests. For that matter, there's not enough vomiting for being a screenplay written by Charles Bukowski 
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morestuff posted:I think of that same bit every time I read the title
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axleblaze posted:I'm not sure if Rare Exports is still on streaming, but if it is, that. coyo7e fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Dec 1, 2015 |
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Electric Boogaloo is basically the 80s in documentary form. It also put into sharper focus why I disliked Kung Fury so much. While re-watching scenes from the movies Kung Fury was so desperately aping, it just seemed so spiteful and cynical. I don't get the feeling that they loved 80s cinema, only that they love parodying how terrible it was. And maybe you just had to be a kid in the 80s to truly love Cannon Films. Delta Force, Invasion U.S.A., Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo, Treasure of the 4 Crowns, American Ninja, Cobra, Bloodsport, Kickboxer. I remember watching all of these as a kid and being absolutely enamored and 100% entertained, re-enacting my favorite scenes with my friends. Now through adult eyes I can appreciate just how ridiculously bad these movies were, and enjoy them on that level as well. I watch Kung Fury and it feels like they just skipped straight to the "hahaha these movies were terrible" stage without experiencing any of the wonder that was 80s cinema.
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Electric Boogaloo is basically the 80s in documentary form. I was born in 1994 and I unironically love Cannon Films 
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Electric Boogaloo is basically the 80s in documentary form. But Kung Fury doesn't have the uninhibited fun, it's just trying to do a low budget full Spaceballs/Scary Movie treatment, the toxic avenger version of that movie that made fun of '300'.
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coyo7e posted:Yeah, "80s action" has become kind of a genre that's only farce. But the 80s was an amazing time which nobody could recreate without some wild bladerunner-esque scifi poo poo going down anyway. Which is pretty much how it ought to be, come to think of it. I fully admit nostalgia may be unfairly coloring my reaction to Kung Fury. I also didn't like The FP. Maybe it's just hard to parody movies that are already unintentional parodies.
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:I fully admit nostalgia may be unfairly coloring my reaction to Kung Fury. I also didn't like The FP. Maybe it's just hard to parody movies that are already unintentional parodies.
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coyo7e posted:Have you seen the remake of the Lost Boys. I'm genuinely interested, in the vein of this convo on 80s movies. I have some strong opinions and would love to hear others, but I don't know if it's streaming anywhere. That remake is important to me because of Eighties Movies (a ton of 90s movies are also 80s movies, btw). Wait, what?
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coyo7e posted:Have you seen the remake of the Lost Boys. I'm genuinely interested, in the vein of this convo on 80s movies. I have some strong opinions and would love to hear others, but I don't know if it's streaming anywhere. That remake is important to me because of Eighties Movies (a ton of 90s movies are also 80s movies, btw). I remember watching it, but remember none of the relevant plot points, so it must not have made a huge impression on me. I still need to give The Thirst a try. Holy poo poo, Over the Top was Golan Globus? These guys basically directed half of my childhood. I really need to find a copy of The Apple now.
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The funniest thing about Electric Boogaloo is whenever they cut to the MGM guy who clearly completely despises Cannon Films and resents ever having had to deal with them. Even when it's pointed out that a movie they made was good or successful he's like "NO. That doesn't count! It still sucked, they all sucked, gently caress off."
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coyo7e posted:Have you seen the remake of the Lost Boys. You mean the sequels? 
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My favorite part in the Cannon documentary is when Elvira showed up out of character with no mention of Elvira at all.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:Wait, what? The same way many historians will, for discussion purposes, speak of one century ending and another beginning based around certain major events that cause a huge shift in culture instead of just saying one ends on the year. As the 19th century ends with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, to me the 80s action movie ended with Under Siege II: Dark Territory in 1995. I love that movie. One thing I found interesting was the correlation of how Hollywood star payment got so inflated because of them paying so much to get Stallone to do Over the Top. After Cannon went bankrupt and Golan/Globus split up, Golan did the same thing with Death Wish 5. Death Wish 5 was set up to have a budget of $5 million. Like Stallone with Over the Top Bronson was like this is dumb as hell you'd have to give me like $5 million to do this. And he got it which is why the movie is shot in Toronto instead of NY for the few minutes of time they're not in a studio (every interior shot in the movie). Raskolnikov2089 posted:I fully admit nostalgia may be unfairly coloring my reaction to Kung Fury. I also didn't like The FP. Maybe it's just hard to parody movies that are already unintentional parodies. I totally agree with you about Kung Fury. I think of the things best things ever in this vein is the "Arab terrorists" in Planet Terror that are helping Naveen Andrews' character. Planet Terror obviously had a high budget compared to any of the movies it was homaging, but they really nailed the aesthetic of the ultra cheaply made stuff like Black Cobra 2 and 3 by having them just be generically swarthy dudes with headbands. It was perfect. Speaking of which, it ends up up focusing mostly on Cannon Films anyway but I think the documentary Bad Arab is still on Netflix which is also pretty cool. Neo Rasa fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Dec 2, 2015 |
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That Cannon film documentary was great. It makes so much more sense why stuff like Lifeforce is so bizzare now!
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Neo Rasa posted:Speaking of which, it ends up up focusing mostly on Cannon Films anyway but I think the documentary Bad Arab is still on Netflix which is also pretty cool. Reel Bad Arabs is a good companion piece to the Cannon documentary because Golan and Globus did to arabs what Steven Spielberg did to sharks.
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hemale in pain posted:That Cannon film documentary was great. It makes so much more sense why stuff like Lifeforce is so bizzare now! I like that during the discussion of all these odd films, they still had to take time to point out Lifeforce is truly loving batshit.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPjWrDmsZ0 Also this song is probably the most played in my workout mix.
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Sleeveless posted:Reel Bad Arabs is a good companion piece to the Cannon documentary because Golan and Globus did to arabs what Steven Spielberg did to sharks. Finding out that a ton of the most sexist, sexually exploitative and "Arabs are the generic bad guys" movies of the 80s were all made by a couple of Israelis was like finding a missing piece of the American pop culture puzzle. E: That came out a wee bit more anti-Semitic than I meant it. Lurdiak fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Dec 2, 2015 |
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I need a movie to watch
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4 RING SHRIMP posted:I need a movie to watch Rambo III
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4 RING SHRIMP posted:I need a movie to watch Ravenous Pontypool The Good the Bad and the Weird The Legend of Drunken Master God of Cookery Just go in blind. enjoy
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Ravenous and Legend of Drunken Master are legit, haven't seen the rest. I'd recommend a double viewing, and Ravenous is a weird comedy/horror/thriller mixture with a lot of good acting and scene chewing.
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Pontypool it is. Thanks
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Junkie Disease posted:The Good the Bad and the Weird
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MeatwadIsGod posted:Rambo III  Junkie Disease posted:
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Terrorist Fistbump posted:Saw this last week for the first time and I do not get the hype. It's mostly people who are jazzed at old-school action scenes, most of the movie is boring garbage but the opening with the characters running through the train in long cuts tickles 80s nerds something fierce.
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God of Cookery is ridiculously good and you should absolutely watch it with the English dub.
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Into the Abyss is really good and also incredibly depressing on just about every level.
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Watch Golgo13 or Cowboy Bebop on Hulu Plus.
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Watch The Man in the High Castle on Amazon Prime or Fargo season 1 on Hulu.
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Terrorist Fistbump posted:Saw this last week for the first time and I do not get the hype. If you ever get the chance to see Tears of The Black Tiger, watch that instead.
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Marketing New Brain posted:Ravenous and Legend of Drunken Master are legit, haven't seen the rest. I'd recommend a double viewing, and Ravenous is a weird comedy/horror/thriller mixture with a lot of good acting and scene chewing. Ravenous loving owns. The soundtrack alone is worth the watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V-KLn_PgQg
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Call Me Lucky is a good movie.
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Sleeveless posted:It's mostly people who are jazzed at old-school action scenes, most of the movie is boring garbage but the opening with the characters running through the train in long cuts tickles 80s nerds something fierce. I like most of it and the Mr.Bean action scenes
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Thanks for the Pontypool recommendation. Pretty cool movie. When I was watching it it reminded me of Coherence in a way although it was definitely less confusing. Just a really solid indie film that kind of fucks with your head as you try to figure out what's going on and what's happening to these people.
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4 RING SHRIMP posted:Thanks for the Pontypool recommendation. Pretty cool movie. When I was watching it it reminded me of Coherence in a way although it was definitely less confusing. Just a really solid indie film that kind of fucks with your head as you try to figure out what's going on and what's happening to these people. Watch the after credits scene then Google some interpretations
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