Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 436

innerSpaceman · 05-25-2009, 09:47 AM

Yep, agree about Skynet.

Didn't fully realize the Total Fail of Bale until the movie had sunk in. He's laughable and pretty horrible. I didn't realize till a day or so later that he made zero case for John Connor being the revered leader and messianic savior of his repulation ... and our quarter-century expectation.

But I liked the Marcus Wright character, and it was basically his story with John Connor as an afterthought.

I'm not a fan of Bale's Batman either, so he should retired from the craft.

Still enjoyed it. Except for the original, in all its B-Movie nonpretentions, the Terminator films have tons of flaws to be glossed over by general slick entertainment appreciation.

Alex · 05-25-2009, 08:01 PM

In honor of dead soldiers everywhere -- well, not everywhere, those dead Falkland Island soldiers got what was coming to them (no offense to anybody who lost loved ones in the Falkland Islands War-Type-Thingy but if we can't mock the military dead then Al Qaeda has won) -- today has been Masochist Movie Day.

I've been going through and watching the last halves of movies that were bad enough that I never finished watching them (via Netflix's Roku).

The Hudsucker Proxy - I know! This isn't a commonly accepted "bad movie" like the others will be but, frankly, you're all wrong if you're going to defend it. Paul Newman was the only good thing in the movie and he was only in the movie for 8 minutes. Tim Robbins was demonstrating every bad overacting tic he has and Jennifer Jason Leigh was killed by the writing; yes, I know what the writing was trying to do but it was still murder.

The Bonfire of the Vanities - Sometimes you swing for the fences and whiff completely. That's understandable. Sometimes the bat flies out into the 15th row and you corkscrew yourself onto your ass and everybody laughs at you. I could see how things looked brilliant on paper but everybody here ended up on their ass.

This Girl's Life - A look at an empowered porn star. James Woods, Rosario Dawson, and Michael Rapaport all show up for this poorly shot and edited waste of tiem.

Xanadu - I assume the acid was good back then. Not because it was psychodelic but because I draw a parallel to my experience with acid. I spend a fair portion of the evening writing and while I wasn't amazed by what I was writing I thought I was writing it in the most perfect penmanship ever. Later I found that it wasn't even legible, just scribbles. Something like that is the only reason I can't think anybody involved with making Xanadu thought there was anything remotely close to merit in their output.

alphabassettgrrl · 05-25-2009, 08:37 PM

Hey- I liked Xanadu!

Saw "Star Trek" today. Agree with both the ones who liked it and with all the criticisms.

Alex · 05-25-2009, 08:42 PM

This is not meant to belittle any opinion contrary to my own but rather is honest curiosity. What did you like about Xanadu? After all, it was such a humiliation that after its release Gene Kelly died.

katiesue · 05-25-2009, 09:29 PM

I liked Xanadu - but only really because I think I was in 8th Grade and it makes me all nostalgic. As a movie it's craptacular. Most of it makes no sense. But I had the issue of Seventeen Magazine that showed you how to achieve all of Olivia's different hairstyles - I praticed a lot. And I think I may have taped parts of the soundtrack off the TV. And there was roller skating, and the Tubes.

alphabassettgrrl · 05-25-2009, 09:40 PM

I was a kid when I saw Xanadu, and all I remember is that I liked Olivia Newton John. And it made me look up the names of the nine Muses. Without the Internets.

Snowflake · 05-25-2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

This is not meant to belittle any opinion contrary to my own but rather is honest curiosity. What did you like about Xanadu? After all, it was such a humiliation that after its release Gene Kelly died.

I loved ELO and also saw it for Gene Kelly and came away sad.

JWBear · 05-26-2009, 12:09 AM

I think the shame of being in that movie is what caused the Pan Pacific Auditorium to burn itself down nine years later.

SzczerbiakManiac · 05-26-2009, 10:51 AM

I love Xanadu, but fully acknowledge it's a crappy movie. I love it for its unabashed craptacularity. The same way I love listening to Mrs. Miller butcher a Beatles ballad or Mary Schneider yodel the classics. Call me Leonard Pinth-Garnell if you will.

Scrooge McSam · 05-26-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

Mrs. Miller

thankyouthankyouthankyou a thousand times thank you

LOL

05-25-2009, 09:47 AM	#4351
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yep, agree about Skynet. Didn't fully realize the Total Fail of Bale until the movie had sunk in. He's laughable and pretty horrible. I didn't realize till a day or so later that he made zero case for John Connor being the revered leader and messianic savior of his repulation ... and our quarter-century expectation. But I liked the Marcus Wright character, and it was basically his story with John Connor as an afterthought. I'm not a fan of Bale's Batman either, so he should retired from the craft. Still enjoyed it. Except for the original, in all its B-Movie nonpretentions, the Terminator films have tons of flaws to be glossed over by general slick entertainment appreciation.
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05-25-2009, 08:01 PM	#4352
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	In honor of dead soldiers everywhere -- well, not everywhere, those dead Falkland Island soldiers got what was coming to them (no offense to anybody who lost loved ones in the Falkland Islands War-Type-Thingy but if we can't mock the military dead then Al Qaeda has won) -- today has been Masochist Movie Day. I've been going through and watching the last halves of movies that were bad enough that I never finished watching them (via Netflix's Roku). The Hudsucker Proxy - I know! This isn't a commonly accepted "bad movie" like the others will be but, frankly, you're all wrong if you're going to defend it. Paul Newman was the only good thing in the movie and he was only in the movie for 8 minutes. Tim Robbins was demonstrating every bad overacting tic he has and Jennifer Jason Leigh was killed by the writing; yes, I know what the writing was trying to do but it was still murder. The Bonfire of the Vanities - Sometimes you swing for the fences and whiff completely. That's understandable. Sometimes the bat flies out into the 15th row and you corkscrew yourself onto your ass and everybody laughs at you. I could see how things looked brilliant on paper but everybody here ended up on their ass. This Girl's Life - A look at an empowered porn star. James Woods, Rosario Dawson, and Michael Rapaport all show up for this poorly shot and edited waste of tiem. Xanadu - I assume the acid was good back then. Not because it was psychodelic but because I draw a parallel to my experience with acid. I spend a fair portion of the evening writing and while I wasn't amazed by what I was writing I thought I was writing it in the most perfect penmanship ever. Later I found that it wasn't even legible, just scribbles. Something like that is the only reason I can't think anybody involved with making Xanadu thought there was anything remotely close to merit in their output.
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05-25-2009, 08:37 PM	#4353
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Hey- I liked Xanadu! Saw "Star Trek" today. Agree with both the ones who liked it and with all the criticisms. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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05-25-2009, 08:42 PM	#4354
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	This is not meant to belittle any opinion contrary to my own but rather is honest curiosity. What did you like about Xanadu? After all, it was such a humiliation that after its release Gene Kelly died.
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05-25-2009, 09:29 PM	#4355
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I liked Xanadu - but only really because I think I was in 8th Grade and it makes me all nostalgic. As a movie it's craptacular. Most of it makes no sense. But I had the issue of Seventeen Magazine that showed you how to achieve all of Olivia's different hairstyles - I praticed a lot. And I think I may have taped parts of the soundtrack off the TV. And there was roller skating, and the Tubes. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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05-25-2009, 09:40 PM	#4356
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I was a kid when I saw Xanadu, and all I remember is that I liked Olivia Newton John. And it made me look up the names of the nine Muses. Without the Internets. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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05-26-2009, 12:09 AM	#4358
JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	I think the shame of being in that movie is what caused the Pan Pacific Auditorium to burn itself down nine years later. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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05-26-2009, 10:51 AM	#4359
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	I love Xanadu, but fully acknowledge it's a crappy movie. I love it for its unabashed craptacularity. The same way I love listening to Mrs. Miller butcher a Beatles ballad or Mary Schneider yodel the classics. Call me Leonard Pinth-Garnell if you will. __________________
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