Holy crap, that line was in Buffy? Wow, so many jokes I miss out on not having seen the movie.
Holy crap, that line was in Buffy? Wow, so many jokes I miss out on not having seen the movie.
Carry On My Blood-Ejaculating Son - JKL2000
The opening shots to Midnight Cowboy were shot in my home town. The parts where Joe Buck is leaving his small town job to go to NYC. I even tried out for an extra, but didn't make the cut--they were probably looking for someone more rural, small town look.
The Father--best new movie I've seen in a while. Stars Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman both gripping with Hopkin's aging and slipping mind.
The Father--I rented the physical disc at Netflix.
Another decent (and somewhat lighter) movie about aging minds is Billy Crystal's Here Today. I agree, The Father was very good.
I'd totally forgotten about that movie. Anything with Olivia Colman always piques my interest. I wouldn't be surprised if she eventually tied Meryl Streep for most nominations.
If you haven't seen it, check out The Favourite. She won an Oscar for that.
I just checked. He did.
“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
I'll check out The Favourite, thanks.
I started the first episode of Sweet Tooth. I don't know what to make of it yet: fairly tale, fable, metaphor? I guess as I watch further episodes it might reveal more. I know it came from a comic series.
Anyone heard of or seen the Terry Gilliam film Tideland? I just discovered it's on Kanopy.
Here is an edited section from the article on it on Wikipedia:
Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman gave Tideland an "F", calling it "gruesomely awful". In the subsequent review of the DVD release, fellow Entertainment Weekly critic Clark Collis gave the film a "B" and stated, "Terry Gilliam's grim fairy tale is another fantastic(al) showcase for his visual talents."
The film received a "two thumbs way down" rating from Richard Roeper and guest critic A.O. Scott on the television show Ebert & Roeper. Scott said that toward the end, the film was "creepy, exploitive, and self-indulgent." Like Scott, Roeper had a strong negative opinion, saying, "I hated this film," and "I came very close to walking out of the screening room. And I never do that." In the Chicago Reader, critic Jonathan Rosenbaum said the film was "hallucinatory and extremely unpleasant" and warned readers, "enter this diseased Lewis Carroll universe at your own risk."
The Chicago Tribune critic Michael Wilmington, however, praised the film, further stating that "it's crazy, dangerous and sometimes gorgeous", and Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News wrote, "Tideland, for me, is a masterpiece."
Filmmaker David Cronenberg described the film as a "poetic horror film", a quote which was used in the advertising campaign for the theatrical release. Filmmaker Rian Johnson named Tideland and The Fountain as his favorite films of 2006.
In the 16 July 2007 online edition of Independent Film Channel News, Michael Atkinson published a comparative film review of Harry Kümel's rarely seen Malpertuis (1971) and Tideland. Atkinson posits that a historical perspective has made Kümel's previously scorned film a more viable creation when far removed from the cultural context in which it was first released. He goes on to argue that Tideland could be the 21st century counterpart to Malpertuis, suggesting that Gilliam's film "is a snark-hunted freak just waiting for its historical moment, decades from now, when someone makes a case for it as a neglected masterpiece."
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Gilliam has gone on record as saying that nearly all his films have initially garnered mixed reactions from critics, and in at least one interview, he stated that he believes "many moviegoers will hate Tideland, others will love it, and some just won't know what to think about it." Gilliam also said that Michael Palin had told him that the film was either the best thing he had ever done or the worst—although Palin couldn't quite decide either way.
I have to say I'm intrigued.
I've always like Gilliam... the man... perhaps more than his films. I will say that I have liked almost all I've seen and I think Brazil, The Fisher King, and 12 Monkeys are great films. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen left me underwhelmed. I haven't seen Tideland, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, or The Zero Theorem yet.
“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
We saw this a few days ago. Fun film. Ryan Reynolds plays pretty much the same as he does in every movie, but does a good job. Lots of action, some laughs, amazing special effects. Overall a good solid escapist film.
Nobody--action film like John Wick, pretty good. physical disc from Netflix
Echo in the Canyon doc about the 60s bands that came out of California. streams on Netflix
Valley of the Dolls--sort of soap opera about some women and their aspirations to stardom and downfall. Pretty good cast, and I mostly watched it to see Sharon Tate, and how she did with her acting. It's melodramatic (but watchable). It went well with the Echo movie. I caught it off a Roku channel.
If you liked that, there are a couple of other docs about Laurel Canyon I thought were good:
Legends of the Canyon. It's about an hour & 45 minutes. I'm pretty sure I saw it on Prime but it's not available at the moment.
Laurel Canyon. Two part doc on Epix. The first part is about the bands/artists that came out of LC in the mid to late '60s; primarily Mamas & Papas, Buffalo Springfield, Byrds, CSN, Joni Mitchell, etc. Part 2, which I didn't enjoy as much, was about the people that followed. Oddly, most of The Doors footage is in part 2, iirc. Other bands/artists covered are the Eagles, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, and Bonnie Raitt (she was such a cutie when she was young).
“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
I've got the following Gilliam-films on DVD:
Brazil
12 Monkeys
Tideland
The Brothers Grimm
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnasus
It's been a while I saw Tideland, but I remember it as a strange though entertaining movie. I can live with Cronenberg's describtion, but to be honest I like 12 Monkeys better.
Maybe I'll watch it again one day to see Jeff Bridges as rock 'n roll-cat.
Re: Legends of the Canyon and Laurel Canyon, okay thanks Hal I'll check into them. I like 60s docs.
I Am Mother--pretty well made SF streaming on Netflix about a robot raising a young child. Things happen to change their relationship.
I think even less than stellar Gilliam movies have fabulous sections.
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
I forgot about The Brothers Grimm. I haven't seen that one, either. What did you think of it? How about The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnasus?
I recall liking that movie and I think I recommended it in this thread. (going to check) I did recommend it. And to you, specifically. lol
Did you ever get around to seeing Her? That's the movie with Joaquin Phoenix who develops a relationship with is AI (voiced by Scarlett Johansson). I thought the movie was really good and Phoenix's performance was as good as his performance in Joker.
Agreed. Gilliam is an auteur that I consider in the same company as David Lynch... just a lot more accessible. 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
Grimm was similar to Van Helsing in it's over produced action fantasy.
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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?
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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
Anyone seen The Ritual on Netflix?
Monster/Horror movie. Some good suspense, good monster....ending felt rushed. I give it 6 1/2 Ancient Telepathic Norse Bastard Elk Mutants out of ten.
"And this is the chorus.....or perhaps it's a bridge...."
Brand New Cherry Flavor--it's a series, but pretty bingeable. I still haven't watched the last episode. Good performances all around. I wouldn't say it's horror, maybe more surreal or something like a David Lynch film, meaning it's weird. I guess the overall film is about a witch. streams on NFLX
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