I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting...
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
[QUOTE=Hal...;691807]Well, just so you know, Le Mans isn't F1. And, as you may recall, I have ADD and I love F1! But I understand the lack of interest in auto racing (NASCRAP doesn't count ).[/QUOTE]
'They're making a left turn!'
I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting...
I haven't seen it, but just flipped past a video from it on YouTube. Are the songs from it all 80s songs or something, or if not, all previously existing songs? If so, f that! I thought it was a new musical. I hate musicals that just use songs that we already know. Mama Mia worked, I'll admit that and I'm not even an Abba fan. But overall it's a cheat.
Edit: Blimey, I've been moved!!
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No offense, my friend, but couldn't this have been posted in the movies thread?
Just sayin'.
Generally, no. Only in the US are most auto races counterclockwise (one or two IRL races are clockwise, IIRC). In the rest of the world, most races are clockwise. At least, what I know of F1, Le Mans series, and MotoGP (the F1 of motorcycles). I have no idea why the US runs races counterclockwise. I remember when Nigel Mansell left F1 and came over to CART and raced in the Indy 500. There was a commercial about it and he's sitting there between Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt and asks why they run "anticlockwise". Foyt said, "you're in American now, son."Originally Posted by JKL2000
I tried googling it and discovered something I never thought of before: track, dog, and horse racing are all counterclockwise, too... in the US. Further googling provided this:
The decision to run horses counterclockwise in the US dates to the American Revolution era. In 1780, the first circular US race track was established by William Whitley near his home in Lincoln County, Kentucky. A staunch supporter of the Revolution, Whitley insisted that horses race counterclockwise, as opposed to clockwise as was the custom at the time in England.
Don't know if it's true, or not, but it makes sense.
And now that I think of it, bike and speed skating in the Olympics are counterclockwise, too.
And supposedly it's more natural for right handed people to run counterclockwise. Maybe because the right leg is slightly longer than the left? WhoTF knows? lol
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Oh I dunno. "Across The Universe" used a bunch of preexisting songs, and I thought it was brilliant. To each their own.
I haven't seen "La La Land", but I want to.
Wikipedia says that all the music is original. I looked at the soundtrack's track titles, and there are none that I recognize. Need to see the movie once it comes to the small screen, baby can't go to the movie theater...
Saw it---there are a lot of original songs---it's an okay film---not amazing at all----like some want to say---just okay---it's an expectations game. You hear all the hype and you think ---wow this is going to be as important as Raging Bull ----well it isn't---at all. It's a Hollywood story that Hollywood would love.
Saw Crimson Peak, creepy gothic horror film from Guillermo Del Toro. Good one.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
The Wanderers - Philip Kaufman's epic tale of early 60's New York street gangs, focusing primarily on Italian gang The Wanderers. It's not by any means a typical 'gang' movie, the focus is more on the rites of passage of the guys and also the changing times (indeed, a shadowy Bob Dylan is glimpsed in a dingy nightclub near the end prophetically singing that song), including the utter shock of the Kennedy assassination.
It's a lot smarter than a lot of movies of its type, it also focuses on the family and parental relationships, especially between John Friedrich and his wayward father, obsessed with bodybuilding and considering his sons talent for drawing cartoons a waste of time, whilst also knocking off one of the neighbours in the apartment block. Then there is Ken Wahl who is being pressured into marrying his sweetheart by her Godfather-like dad, played by Dolph Sweet.
And the realisation of the gangs is also interesting, with the Fordham Baldies, led by the hulking Erland Van Der Lidth...the stealthy Wong's ('Don't F**k with the Wong's'), and the mythical and frightening Ducky Boys. In fact the climactic battle where all of the gangs come together to stave off the onslaught from the Ducky Boys is played almost like something from a horror movie.
Of course the icing on the cake is the music of the time, which is very well integrated.
Apparently the movie did not do well on initial release, and only became a cult favourite in the 90's on video and dvd release. One theory is that the movie was often confused with The Warriors, and moviegoers assumed it was similar. Thankfully there is now a new blu ray release with better pic and sound, and some interviews and q and a stuff with some of the cast and writer Richard Price, as well as an alternate version of the movie with deleted scenes.
Last edited by Rogue Mail; 04-21-2017 at 08:47 AM.
I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting...
I think that is true for road racing, but not oval racing. Oval racing is mainly a U.S. thing anyway, but there are a lot of oval Sprint Car tracks in Australia / New Zeeland and they all race counterclockwise. Japan has an oval track (Indy cars have raced there) and that is also counterclockwise. I have seen clips of an oval track in Germany where they raced clockwise, but that seems to be an outlier.
The Accountant--pretty much John Wick type action film, although keeps you thinking. Pretty good overall.
I had forgotten about Crimson Peak, too, until I saw it on the library shelf. I know I wanted to see it, but it turned out, until yesterday, I had not. You will very probably like it.Originally Posted by Klonk
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
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