Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel - Page 23

flippyshark · 01-16-2010, 05:09 PM

Treasure of the Sierra Madre is wonderful, and I've found it's a good "starter" classic for younger people wary of anything made before they were born.

Cadaverous Pallor · 01-16-2010, 08:07 PM

Speaking of declining standards on cable channels - we happened to watch most of Little Miss Sunshine today on A&E (still one of the best movies of recent memory and among the best films I've ever seen period). The commercials were for A&E's shows, including Paranormal Cops, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Hoarders, Intervention...it's just shocking. Whatever happened to Arts and Entertainment? I'm reminded of a joke in an old Wayne's World sketch - "A&E is the WWII channel". Hmm, not so much anymore.

Gemini Cricket · 01-16-2010, 08:17 PM

No one should have to sit through a Dog the Bounty Hunter commercial, much less an episode. Talk about hitting a nerve... I find his show personally insulting. A big idiot not from here trying to talk pidgin. Like Edward Scissorhand's "hands" on a chalkboard.

I can never watch feature films on TV if they're censored and cut up for commercials. I feel so strongly that I want to send GD and CP a DVD copy of that movie so they can enjoy it properly.

Stan4dSteph · 01-16-2010, 08:41 PM

I love Hoarders and Intervention.

Ghoulish Delight · 01-16-2010, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I can never watch feature films on TV if they're censored and cut up for commercials. I feel so strongly that I want to send GD and CP a DVD copy of that movie so they can enjoy it properly.

Wouldn't watch it for the first time there, but we saw Little Miss Sunshine in the theaters, so this was just a rewatch to pass a Saturday afternoon.

Alex · 01-16-2010, 09:01 PM

Hope you were inspired. You have a few years to get Theo into pageants before it'll be obvious he's the wrong gender.

Alex · 01-17-2010, 10:56 AM

Just watched the original 3:10 to Yuma. I liked the remake a couple years ago very much and I like this one very much as well, and in different ways.

I liked this bit of dialogue:

Quote:

Charlie Prince: Any strangers come in town?
Hotel Proprietor-Bartender: Not since you went to sleep, sir.
Charlie Prince: I might as well go along. She won't come now.
Hotel Proprietor-Bartender: Who was you plannin' to meet?
Charlie Prince: My wife - she ran off with a travelin' man.
Hotel Proprietor-Bartender: She did?
Charlie Prince: That's why I've been sittin' up all night. I figgered he'd bring her here.
Hotel Proprietor-Bartender: Well, whaddaya know? Mine ran off, too. I wonder why they do that.
Charlie Prince: I don't know. I've always treated mine alright - never hit her too hard.

Alex · 01-17-2010, 05:22 PM

The Evil Dead was mentioned in another thread but I'll mention it here. I saw it was available by Netflix streaming (though II and Army of Darkness are not). So I watched it since football is boring me.

Did not like it. Which isn't much of a surprise since straight up horror movies have never really done anything for me. I know the humor element is ramped up in the sequels so I'll still eventually give them a shot.

But this one was just boring screaming, splatter, and early '80s makeup effects. For people who can like that I can see why this is such a cult classic, though.

Chernabog · 01-17-2010, 05:42 PM

Part II is the best, Alex. It's basically a revisionist history do-over of part 1, but with lots more comedy

Alex · 01-17-2010, 06:29 PM

Oh, in other news, I'm usually not an idiot about what's happening in a movie.

But it was only in discussion afterward that Lani and I realized that the ending of The Book of Eli had gone completely over my head.

Also, if you think you're interested in seeing it I would recommend avoiding ANY discussion of the movie. There's an obvious movie reference to be made and simply seeing it referenced will immediately spoil the movie.

01-16-2010, 05:09 PM	#221
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Treasure of the Sierra Madre is wonderful, and I've found it's a good "starter" classic for younger people wary of anything made before they were born.
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01-16-2010, 08:07 PM	#222
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Speaking of declining standards on cable channels - we happened to watch most of Little Miss Sunshine today on A&E (still one of the best movies of recent memory and among the best films I've ever seen period). The commercials were for A&E's shows, including Paranormal Cops, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Hoarders, Intervention...it's just shocking. Whatever happened to Arts and Entertainment? I'm reminded of a joke in an old Wayne's World sketch - "A&E is the WWII channel". Hmm, not so much anymore.
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01-16-2010, 08:17 PM	#223
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	No one should have to sit through a Dog the Bounty Hunter commercial, much less an episode. Talk about hitting a nerve... I find his show personally insulting. A big idiot not from here trying to talk pidgin. Like Edward Scissorhand's "hands" on a chalkboard. I can never watch feature films on TV if they're censored and cut up for commercials. I feel so strongly that I want to send GD and CP a DVD copy of that movie so they can enjoy it properly.
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01-16-2010, 08:41 PM	#224
Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	I love Hoarders and Intervention.
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01-16-2010, 09:01 PM	#226
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Hope you were inspired. You have a few years to get Theo into pageants before it'll be obvious he's the wrong gender.
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01-17-2010, 05:22 PM	#228
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The Evil Dead was mentioned in another thread but I'll mention it here. I saw it was available by Netflix streaming (though II and Army of Darkness are not). So I watched it since football is boring me. Did not like it. Which isn't much of a surprise since straight up horror movies have never really done anything for me. I know the humor element is ramped up in the sequels so I'll still eventually give them a shot. But this one was just boring screaming, splatter, and early '80s makeup effects. For people who can like that I can see why this is such a cult classic, though.
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01-17-2010, 05:42 PM	#229
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Part II is the best, Alex. It's basically a revisionist history do-over of part 1, but with lots more comedy __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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01-17-2010, 06:29 PM	#230
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Oh, in other news, I'm usually not an idiot about what's happening in a movie. But it was only in discussion afterward that Lani and I realized that the ending of The Book of Eli had gone completely over my head. Also, if you think you're interested in seeing it I would recommend avoiding ANY discussion of the movie. There's an obvious movie reference to be made and simply seeing it referenced will immediately spoil the movie.
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