A few days ago, I watched a 2003 Filipino film called Magnifico. Heart-warming, and heart-wrenching. Excellent film.
A few days ago, I watched a 2003 Filipino film called Magnifico. Heart-warming, and heart-wrenching. Excellent film.
Here's my best "gritty crime drama" list for the 60s/70s:
Bullit
Dirty Harry
Charly Varrick
Across 110th Street
The Taking of Pelham 123
The Friends of Eddy Coyle
Prime Cut
The Getaway
The Seven Ups
The French Connection
I've seen them all, and those are the best.....imho.
I'm going to see Django later today...
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
An excellent list. Here's a couple more good ones
Framed
Hickey & Boggs
The Laughing Policeman
The Laughing Policeman was a good slow burner mystery with Walter Matthua in his third and final straight crime drama.Originally Posted by philsunset
I need to check out Framed with big Joe Don Baker of Walking Tall and Charly Varrick fame, and Hickey & Boggs........, with a straight Bill Cosby?!?
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Yup, Bill Cosby in a straight role. Another film with what might seem odd casting is The Late Show with Art Carney as a PI. Recommended. The 70s was a great decade for crime films (and films in general).
The combo of Art Carney and Lily Tomlin seemed odd to me, but it was a nice film.
And, speaking of Art Carney, his brother was my dentist while I was growing up. Can't count the number of times I met Art while I was still too young to watch The Honeymooners. Really nice guy.
SyFy Channel had a Star Trek movies marathon. I still enjoy the first picture, although it could have eliminated a few scenes, I still think Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is pretty well made.
Star Trek II or IV are probably the best of the Kirk movies. First Contact will always be the best of the Next Gen movies.
We finally saw Skyfall at the little small town theater in the next town over. Not much of a plot but they didn't overthink it like Quantum of Solace. I like that Bond was off his game for most of the film.
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
I've been watching quite a few silent films of late. DW Griffith, some German Expressionism and American dramas. It's amazing how advanced those old silents really were. Quite a few masters at work back then.
I've recently watched a couple of interesting documentaries on Netflix. One about Woody Allen, another called After Porn Ends (IIRC) about porn stars after they leave the industry.
I watched After Porn Ends also last week.
Randy Jones!?!
I haven't seen that guys mug since the early 90s....on video.!
He always seemed to ....uh, er, struggle during his big moments.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Yeah, Randy's story seemed pretty sad. I guess he really had a thing for Tera Patrick.
Just saw Looper. Pretty good time travel scifi. Efficent storytelling, well depicted near future. Liked it.
Also saw ,Jeff Who Lives At Home. I like some of the new "small indie" movies, this being one . Satisfying. As was.........
Cedar Rapids , not so small but fun and worth the time to see.
I have been watching on Showtime the documentary series Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States (8 x 1-hour parts on demand)....fascinating stuff
RE: the gritty 70s crime dramas, don't forget "The Conversation." Another great one.
When I was a kid in the 70s, the holy trinity of cool movies for me and my friends was:
Planet of the Apes
Westworld
Rollerball
They all rule. I just watched Rollerball with my son - he'd never seen it and I hadn't in a long time. Still holds up. Yeah, we were raised on 70s dystopian films, weren't we? It's funny how many scenes Rollerball has in common with other 70s sci-fi films. Especially the "the mega-computer that should be able to answer your big question goes haywire" scene, just like in Logan's Run.
You might as well throw The Stepford Wives in there as well.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
When I was a kid in the 70s, the holy trinity of cool movies for me and my friends was:
The Cheerleaders
Blazing Saddles
Emmanuelle
Just kiddling. Well, maybe not kidding about Blazing Saddles. We quoted that and Young Frankenstein all through my junior and senior year.
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
Yeah, actually Rollerball has elements of that as well, including a robot going haywire, though not an all-knowing computer. But when Jonathan E is trying to find out what's going on as he's being told to retire, I did think of The Stepford Wives.
Lastest watched:
Machete--exploitation, but really almost a black comedy it was so over-the-top, I guess I was in the mood as I enjoyed it on some level and I'm not a huge fan of the genre.
The Asphalt Jungle--caper movie gone wrong. If you haven't seen it and are a fan of such genre, be sure to watch it. This is my second viewing of it and it's still impressive.
Dogs of War--early Christopher Walken film where he plays a solider of fortune type trying to overthrow a corrupt African govt. I enjoyed it up until the ending, which I didn't buy into or didn't understand the motivation of Walken's character. Anyway, worth a watch.
Last Action Hero--light fare starred Arnold Schwarzenegger in duel roles--the actor and the role from the film. I enjoyed it as it was a farce on action films, overall fun film if you haven't seen it.
SF film fest on tonight Friday 04, 2013 on TCM: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Tarantula, Incredible Shrinking Man, etc. if interested
I got Touch Of Evil (1958) from Blockbuster for the weekend. Love that movie.
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
RE The Asphalt Jungle. Probably the best known heist film. And I second the recommendation for anyone who hasnt seen it to check it out. A couple other great ones are
Bob Le Flambeur
Rififi
Le Cercle Rouge
If you never watched "Get Shorty" (1995), check it out. John Travolta is a Miami low-level loan shark who loves the movies, goes to LA to collect a gambling debt, gets involved with B-movie film-maker Gene Hackman. The movie is based on an Elmore Leonard book, so you know it's a nutty kind of movie. But in one part of the movie, John Travolta's character Chili Palmer goes to the local theatre to see the movie Touch of Evil ! Palmer is sitting in the theatre with a big smile on his face, makes a few comments about the movie, and the screen shows the ending of the movie, and Marlene Dietrich is shown speaking her classic quote "he was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people."
saw Looper recently and even though i liked it, there's was one thing that didn't make sense to me. after old Joe comes back to 2044 and escapes from young Joe by throwing a gold brick at him (he could do this because he did NOT have a hood over his head), young Joe is chased by the bad guys through his apartment and falls from the fire escape onto a car while old Joe watches (he's still in the past). then the screen goes blank and now suddenly old Joe reappears in 2044 this time wearing a hood where he is shot and killed by young Joe. then only at this point they show young Joe living his life through the next 30 yrs where he is eventually caught by the bad guys, escapes then sends himself back WITHOUT a hood on his head. huh? what circumstances led to old Joe coming back to 2044 a second time and under different circumstances (with the hood on)?
other than that i liked the twist involving the Rainmaker guy.
"She said you are the air I breathe
The life I love, the dream I weave."
Unevensong - Camel
All this talk of magical hoods, I think I'm just going to break down and watch Looper. I'm soooooo confused.
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