No doubt...but my favorite which may seem odd is The Towering Inferno. That movie just blew my mind when I was still a little dude changing channels with the turn dialOriginally Posted by nosebone
No doubt...but my favorite which may seem odd is The Towering Inferno. That movie just blew my mind when I was still a little dude changing channels with the turn dial
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Papillon is playing on cable currently. Papillon is to me as Towering Inferno is to Klonk. Its a little slow in some spots but still holds up.
I didn't know that. You wouldn't know it by the movie, however, as James Coburn was about the only one that mimicked a Brit accent, and he didn't always do it. Actually there was no Virgil Hilts (Steve McQueen and motorcycle) either.
I must have only been 12 when I saw Papillon at the theater but loved it. As a kid, and read the book, and follow-up (Banco, I think).
I loved that one too. I remember it being very long!
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Coburn played an Aussie.I didn't know that. You wouldn't know it by the movie, however, as James Coburn was about the only one that mimicked a Brit accent, and he didn't always do it. Actually there was no Virgil Hilts (Steve McQueen and motorcycle) either.
Most if not all of the charactors were amalgamations of real people . The GE was an entertainment feature , not a docudrama. Its a perennial in my Top 10 , even Top 5. Another permenant fixture in my Top lists is Key Largo.
As are, apparently, most "based on a true story" pictures.
Papillon is a stone cold classic of cinema
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
I heard Tarantino was doing a remake of it.
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"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
that'll be as good as the remakes of Ben Hur, The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz for sure!
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
I would go as far as to say all.
You will never get 100% accuracy in any movie based on fact, and you will notice that the credits will never say 'a true story', always 'based on' or 'adapted from' etc.
Surely the boat has sailed on that, due to the recent remake with Rami Malek and Chatlie Hunnam?
You didn't like The Wiz?
My cinematic brother!
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
There is actually a remake of Pappilon???
Yep!
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Oh, and I'll just throw this in here for the fans, now that it has been released.
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I'll see that.Oh, and I'll just throw this in here for the fans, now that it has been released.
Hmmm.
wow... Hollywood just can not come up with anything of value nowadays
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
I have never seen the original.wow... Hollywood just can not come up with anything of value nowadays
One of those films that just passed me by. I should rectify that sometime.
definitely see it! Steve McQueen delivers an Oscar winning performance
and Burgess Meredith's cameo is excellent as well
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
and Psycho.
I liked the original Papillion, and like many of the remakes see no reason to remake it. The actors that they picked for the remake don't look very convincing to me and have a "modern-ish" look to them. Whereas Hoffman looked dirty and pretty authentic, which is my problem with some of the newer westerns too.
they actually dared to remake a Hitchcock film?!
the hubris of this new Hollywood knows no bounds
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
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